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An Independent Weekly Newspoper Devoted to the Interest of Central and Northern British Columbia
II. 31; No.
Prince George, B.C., Thursday, December 30, 1948
10c Per Copy; $3.00 a Year
rnest Baloski Dies rom Mortar Burns
I Boy Victim of Missile Picked Up on Artillery Range Passes Away Peacefully at Christmas, After Suffering Six Months
Eleven-years-old Ernest Baloski, who was badly burned July 8 by a mortar bomb which he picked up on the old tilery range near Tabor Creek, died in Prince George and Strict Hospital on Sunday morning�the day after Christmas, [us ended a gallant fight for life, maintained with great Ititude and courage in spite of great pain, and in which all 3t kindness, care and modern surgery could do, was given
fchout stint, but in vain.
No fewer than six blood and
Irl Dead From >!d On Highway
Death l>eside a lonely road came 19-year-old Indian girl who
bved from
wood-cutting
plasma transfusions were given the Injured buy between the time of the accident and his death. An arm was amputated in an effort to stop'gangrene from spreading. Skin grafts were taken from his mother and brothers to try and heal the burned surfaces. Penicillin sulfa and other drugs were administered.
W EATHER FORECAST: Overcast, intermittent light snow flurries this afternoon ami tonight. Cloudy with widely scattered snow flurries Friday. Winds southerly 15 today and light tomorrow; Little change in temperature. Low tonight in Prince (Jeorge, 15P. High tomorrow, :\l)F. Lowest temperature since last Thursday, �H.:1F. early Tuesday.
ftp last Thursday night, eight-'
da-half miles east of Prince iot< h amm.o
Ever since he was first burned by the mortar bomb explosion, it had been touch and go whether Ernest Baloski would live.
The accident happened after an excursion in search of berries to the old artillery range. With two other children, both of whom were injured but have since recovered, i Ernest was showing a "bright object." he had picked up on the ground when he dropped it. There
orge.
A post-mortem held on the ��'�'BWato~Pfou�-, Ft. St. pities Indian girl, on Wednes-.� morning revealed "Death (�m Exposure," following a lan.v hour stay in the snow be-dp the Giscorae highway.
I.C. Police sources here s'ate Sarah was staying at the od-cutting camp of Austin Han-
dcutting p land Alec McMillan, where she
washing and other house work fch another Indian girl, Rosy
^APPEARED
pircumstances surrounding the flnight disappearance of the girl the camp are vague, but it {reported that her body was |nd less than half a mile from camp in the early daylight iirs of Friday morning, by her fend Rosy Todd. Rosy informed the two men at
camp, Haney and McMillan, lo brought their truck to the |ne, and, as they thought they
:erned faint signs of life, put
in the truck and rushed her the Prince George and District spital. Jpon arrival at the hospital,
was found to have been dead
some hours.
charge against the girl by p. police recently was dropped er she had been held in custody
some days. �arah is reported to be survived
her mother and father and
sisters in Ft. St. James, ^n inquest will be held, parah Pious is also known un-
the name of Sarah Benoit.
till Stand Trial Cheque Charge
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was a blinding flash and danger ously burned he was rushed to hospital.
So powerful and intense was the blast that the frame of the bicycle on which Baloski had been riding was twisted. The seat was half burned away. Pieces of metal dented two-inch thick iron rails nearby and bur* ied themselves in a garage door. Many children nearby escaped death only by a miracle.
During his long illness, Ernest Baloski was attended by Dr. A. L. Chambers. Dr. Chambers is of opinion that the burning of the boy's clothes into the skin aggravated greatly the healing of the injuries.
"He was a very good boy," said the Doctor, in a tribute to his memory. GREAT COURAGE
"He behaved with great courage throughout. We always hoped against hope that he would pull through but he never made any progress towards recovery after the last skin graft which took place about six weeks ago.
"Accidental Death" was the verdict of the coroner's jury at the inquest held into the death of Ernest Baloski last night. The Jury foreman, George Cho-ban, strongly recommended that the old artillery range be well searched for live bombs and shells, by the Department of National Defense.
Funeral will take place tomorrow from the Sacred Heart Church, at 11:00 a.m. Rev. Father McDonald will officiate.
pmmitted to stand trial this k for "obtaining money under pretenses by means of a phless cheque," is Ben Wall,
urneclfrom Nipawin, Saskat- j , f lnfection
p under police escort on I ueain IOUK H �
psday.
freliniinary hearing of Wall's * was held Wednesday morn-More Police Magistrate P. J.
cheque in question was al-Y accepted by Isaac Spaner, for an amount slightly
ran.
r a
than $100. will
defended by A.
and general weakness."
Interviewed a few weeks ago, the sick boy, pale and wan, said he would miss school opening. He said the time dragged, but he-had everything he wanted.
Members of the nursing staff of the hospital, the nurse-aides and other staff did everything lo ease his long ordeal. Outside or-
j-*, w�, ot. m.ieiluev, Uako in the Prince George police district
Quesnel and Williams Lake will now report separately to Prince George district headquarters.
Reorganization may result in the transfer of popular members of the police force in prince George to other stations for duly.
SLIPS ON THIRD AVENUE
William Schamuhn, local logging contractor, slipped on Third Avenue on Thursday and received treatment for a fractured leg.
Premier Says He Cannot Make P.G.
A snag has arisen in connection with the big convention for the extension of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, which it was planned to hold in the City in January, with participation of the Premier and Interior boards of trade, mayors and village commissioners.
The Premier, after expressing his desire to be present at the convention in January, found on his return to Victoria that the accumulation of work awaiting him before Parliament re-opens seriously prejudices his chances cf getting away.
C. Albins. chairman of the P.G.-E. Committee of the . Prince George Board of Trade has received a letter from Byron I. "'Boss" Johnson, in which he expresses regrets that in view of his work program unexpectedly large l>l just cannot spare the time, but.'1 the premier added "I definitely want to meet the group and make an unequivocal date for a meeting
City Enters Into Two Year Power Contract
Prince George Planing Mills to Supply 900,000 Kilowatts Annually in Return for Monthly Payments of $3,333
Negotiations for the purchase of city electrical powet from private industry won final approval Tuesday night, when the city council moved to close a contract with Prince George Planing Mills Ltd.
The contract will call for payment by the city, *to the planing mill, of a minimum of $39,999.96 per year in 12 monthly payments of $3333.33, for a power minimum of 900,-000 Kilowatts per annum.
The monthly payment and yearly total are arrived at on the basis of delivery of the first 400,000 kilowatts at five, cents and the additional 500,000 kilowatts at four cents per kilowatt. Power in addition to the stipulated 900,000 kilowatts per year may be purchased at the rate of three cents per kilowatt.
POWER CREDIT
The agreement also allows for a power credit to be held by the city in the event that the 75,000 kilowatt monthly power output i-^ not absorbed. The power credit may be drawn on in any other month of the year but all power credit accrued at the end of the year will be null and void.
The contract will be for a term of two years with option
Women Struck By Car-Man Charged
Lato Thursday afternoon a car struck two women at the coiner of George Street and Third Avenue. Injured were Mrs. Sinclair McLean and her 19-year-old daughter Marilyn.
Following the accident, Robert Cameron was charged with "failure to stop the said automobile after an accident and driving on without tendering assistance and without giving his name and address with intent to escape civil or criminal ability."
Cameron was arrested at his home shortly after the accident and was released on $1000 bail by Police Magistrate P. J. Moran.
Mrs. McLean was removed to the Prince George and District Hospital by ambulance, with a broken leg. concussion and contusions. Marilyn, also taken to the hospital but shortly released, suffered a broken toe.
A late hospital report indicates that Mrs. McLean's condition is good.
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lossified Ads ..... 8
Sport ...f..........................."............ 9
McBride News............................ 10
Children .................................... 12
Women's Page ........................... 13
in Prince George some time in March."
The Premier said that before his return to Victoria he had every hope of coming to Prince George for the meeting in January.
The executive of the Prince George Board of Trade P.G.E. committee will meet early ne^t week to consider their further action.
for renewal by the city for a third year.
All cost of power metering on the planing mill's premises an! costs of transferring power fron: the company switchboard will be the responsibility of the cily.
The City will pa}- sales tax on the power it purchases, and levy the tax on power users.
FIRST DELIVERY
Delivery of the first power from Prince George Planing Mills turbines will . take place not later than March I. 1949, but should the company's full turbine installations be completed earlier than anticipated, power will be available from the date of completion. Closing of the city-owned Army Power Plant will be necessary. Mayor Jack Nicholson said, until such a time as the city absorbs the entire minimum output stipulated in the contract.
"The staff of the Army Plant are all employed on a temporary basis," Mr. Nicholson explained, "and at the most only two men will be layed-off temporarily by this move."
City Clerk W. G. Fraser point- � ed out that the four cents per kiJo-watt figure was at least half a cent-cheaper than the city could produce power.
"Our usual cost runs around four and a half cents per kilowatt and it may run higher than that for the past year," Mr. Fraser stated.
Three huge General Electric transformers have been delivered to the city for the distribution of the planing mill power. They weigh 3500 pounds each and stand almost nine feet high.
MISSING GIRL FOUND AT HOME AFTER 24-HOUR SEARCH
A city and district-wide hunt. through the medium of radio, press, and police search, for 10 year old Mary Lischynski, missing from her home at 921 N'elson since 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, proved to be a wild-goose-chase on Wednesday afternoon when the littln girl was found to be hiding in a disused out-building a few feet from her home.
Mary is suffering from frostbitten feet and an empty stomach as a result of her 21-hour wait in the unheated building.
Police were notified of the girl's disappearance at 8 o'clock Tuesday night after she had been missing from her home for five hours.
INTENSIVE SEARCH
Cpl. Norman O. DeWitt. B.C. Police, who led the search, states that seven police were on search �duty for the majority of Tuesday night. District police were alerted and drove 20 miles out of Prince George following up one rumored lead on the hunt.
What allegedly happened to Mary was that she was found crying. In the street by G. H. Widow-son, a C.N.R. employee, who was on his vay home. WidoWson hailed \ massing truck driven by RegiT ^lFoot, who said he would eitY � . Ice her to her home or to iui .loliee station. The girl that she lived near the
Corner of Vancouver and Bowser Streets, where he let her ou' of the truck.
It is supposed that following this she returned near to her home at 921 Nelson Street and niii In the. building in "which she was found. Mary denies that she �va-driven anywhere in a truck but police discount her denial. , She was discovered by her brother who found a note written by her attached to the out-building in which she was hidden. Po� lice report that Mary has run away before, in Vancouver, where she and her family resided until recently.