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An Independent Weekly Newspaper Devoted * he Interest of Central and Northern British Columbia
>� No. 9
Prince George, B.C., fe rsday, March 3, 1949
10c per Copy; $3.00 a Year
F0G PATCHES
, . f h B R FORECAST:
,e*r today becoming cloudy Bulklcy Valley section to-
tbt, but remaining clear elae-
Fog patches overnight
g the river valley in the vi-
y of Prince George. Light
nds. ��Ie chanKe to f*ID*
,w tonight 22F. gl, tomorrow 45P. west .temperature of the |,k was on last Thursday [h 2| p., highest temperature Tuesday with 49.2P.
linen! Citizens in Civic Centre jvisory Board
L civic Centre Association I steps towards reorganization In it met in the City Hall last bt and readily accepted the of-of Aloe Moffat and Martin De to serve on the Board in an Isory capacity.
jrry Perry has already ex-Led his willingness to serve luch a board and Alec Bowie | the meeting that he was sure Biu consent of Karl Andersen J John Mclnnis, M.L.A. Iher eminent citizens are to ontacted so that their prestige
business experience may bfit tho Association. BART
Jie Association was assured of feupport of the Library Board pave Fraser, who stated, how-I, that the move of the local try to their new building
not be postponed until the
Centre was ready to hous^f Ilibrary. "This library board lady to accept an invitation to
in as soon as your building . idy,'' he said.
j was decided to hold a public King at the C.C.F. Hall on Inesday. March 16, at which few board of directors will be <-�-'-' Notices are going out
Battles Vicious "Cat" With His Bare Hands
Ravenous Beast Found Beside Dead Horse, is Tracked and Shot by Avenger! on Following Day.
(Staff Reporter and Woodpecker Correspondent) A hand-to-hand battle with' a cougar Friday afternoon brought severe tooth-puncture wounds and scratches to the legs of Rubin Hagen, 25-year-old logger, who encountered the ravenous beast on a trail leading from Woodpecker Sawmills Ltd., while on his way to work.
ivic Centre Advisor
Hagen is reported to have been i returning to the mill, near Camp Creek, after having his lunch, i when, turning a corner on the skid-trail, he saw the cougar j some feet away. Its tail was ] twitching and it sprang at him.
Hagen, unable to flee before j the sharp teeth clamped over j his leg, closed with the beast and pressed it to the ground, simultaneously shouting for help.
Holding the cougar to the ground, he waited for his calls to be answered, but before other workers could get to the scene, Hagen, whose legs were suffering from the raking of needle-sharp claws, was forced to loose his hold, permitting the cougar to* spring away into the nearby forest.
He was brought to Prince George for medical attention following the dangerous encounter.
On the following day, with vengeance in their hearts, Ivor Hanuss and Murel Elston started tracking the man-eater ami came upon him standing over a horse which it had apparently killed. A single shot sufficed to kill the animal. Woodsmen in the area believe the cougar's viciousness was brought about by snow conditions, which, lacking sufficient crust to support the animals, prevents them from tracking game and forces them to lie waiting in trails where they are liable to attack man or beast in their efforts to survive the long winter. RARE CASE
F. Shires, acting forest ranger and experienced bush man, who visited the scene of the encounter two days later, says that in his many years experience with wild animals, he has known of only one other case where a cougar has attacked a man.
Hagen's condition is reported good, he is able to hobble around the camp, but must report to medical authorities in Prince George for treatment.
Drifts Cleared On Rupert Line
Meat Hunk Attracts Dogs
A hunk of meat, which might have been off a large child or a small man, was a great attraction for hordes of hounds, who congregated on the lot outside, opposite "The Citizen" on Wednesday afternoon.-
One report is that the meat was dropped by a Third Avenue storekeeper, to keep the dogs away from Third Avenue. Another report is that it was a Third Avenue storekeeper. The dogs did not seem to care, who it was or where it came from.
Police Court Docket Heaviest in Months
Kicking two rear windows out of the police wagon and resisting arrest, brought fines totalling $115 to Richard Williams, a transient, who faced charges Monday morning of wilful damage and the price of a new window, in lieu of payment Williams will spend tour months in Jail.
Also in police court this week in one of the heaviest dockets in many months, were five roundhouse sleepers who netted $3 or three days, three Indians charged under the liquor section of the Indian Act who received fines of $10 and costs, one fourth offender of the Liquor act who was awarded a straight 20 days, one first offender of the same act who paid $10, and one, Frank Mac-Donald, who was convicted on charges of wilful damage, bringing a $50 fine, and intoxicat ion bringing $20 and costs, or in lieu of payment, 50 days in jail.
In This Issue
Editorials, Roving Reporter ....
Letters to the Editor ...........
Classified ......................
News From Quesnel ..............
McBride Page ........
Children's Page.............
Women's Pages ....... 15,
An OW-Timer Recalls ...........
Sports' ............................ 18,
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Swift Action On Power Question
Swift actibn to cement relations with the B.C. Power Commission and to take steps towards solving the future power supply of Prince George and District was taken at Monday's Council meeting, when Alderman Gordon Nicol and Alderman Garvin Dezell were authorized to proceed to Victoria to consult, the Commission.
Action followed receipt of a letter from the B.C. Power Commission as follows:�
"We have your letter of February 15.
"Ours of January 31 was writ-1 have us believe, it 1s_because the ton before the announcement was j bad-men's bullets are coming too made by the Premier which deals c)osCt but sucn is not tne case witn
Lyle Knight To Give Up Office As Sheriff
When a sheriff resigns, according to what Hollywood would
Accounts Passed
Financial accounts totalling $17,154.63 were recommended for payment by the City Council this week.
Alaska Railroad Being Opposed in Fairbanks
"Effort to Unload P.G.E. on U.S. Taxpayers," Says Surrey Engineer Donald Macdonald.
FAIRBANKS, Alaska�An Alaskan engineer has charged the proposal thai President Truman negotiate with Canada for construction of a rail link from Prince George. B.C., to Kobe on the Alaska Railroad is an "effort to unload on U.S. taxpayers the Canadian government-owned railroad."
Donald Macdonald, wKo helped pioneer the Alaska Highway, said the Canadian Railroad, "like ihe Alaska Railroad is unable to pay its own way."
Macdonald said a more feasible plan would be construction of a 550-mile stretch of highway from Fort St. John to Atlin and would
He was appointed by the late President Roosevelt as the Alaska member of the Alaskan International Highway Commission.
Macdonald said he was in charge of the office for engineering during a 1912 survey for a proposed military railroad from Prince George to Teller on the Bering Sea. a stretch encompassing the link referred to by Mag-nuson.
He said computations showed the extension of the Pacific Groat Eastern Railroad could not :r Stampede
Kfi iWil,liams Lake st�-
*1 beheld June 8 and 9
t 'thp J weH-attended meet-
av nilTPede Association
after n ?PP">ved these
er considerable discus-
trled before Gov-
with
An all-out effort with heavy bulldozers by Prince George operators, who left for Terrace last
week, moved the mountainous cret armv survey. could be built drifts which were blocking the fOr $111,859,000." route to Rupert, and C.N.R. now J Macdonald called this "mislead-report that services are back to jng"
normal. "Secret survey! That's some-
Cat men who took part in the thing like a secret brass band." "snow-blitz" included Ray Skog- Macdonald has long been one lund and William and Tony Bel- of Alaska's most active champions los. pf development of the territory
C.N.R. officials report that while through expansion of its roads.
one train was late during the ___
week, it was eaused by main-line connections at Jasper, and not to snow conditions or other stoppages on the B.C. section of the line.
way approximately 1,000.000 tons annually and that savings by shortening the route would pay for construction of the road link in eight months.
He said neither the P.G.E. nor the Alaska Railroad would be able to generate consistently enough freight to pay operation maintenance, "to say nothing of interest on the investment." �CP-VCR.
Britain and" the United Stales have denounced charges against the Bulgarian Protestant Church men charged with high treason, There are only about 15, 000 Protestants among the 7, 000.000 people who live in Bul-
garia.
with the proposed hydro develop ment on the Quesnel River.
"It would appear from the Premier's announcement that special legislation is contemplated for the purpose of this development and we have no doubt that such a plan would provide adequate power supply for Prince George and District. "As the plan develops and when the Commission is empowered to iroceed with this development, t would be appropriate for the �epresentatives of the Commission o meet your Council and discuss he best method of making power ivailable to your citizens and in-' Uis tries.
R. Weston. Chairman."
The Council felt that representatives of the City should go to Victoria immediately, interview Mr. Weston, chairman of the B.C. Power Commission, and get an early reply as to their intentions. W. G. Fraser. City Clerk, was instructed to wire Mr. Weston, to fix a date for his meeting with Aldermen Dezell and Nicol.
Mr. Weston is at present in Vancouver.
Right Toes of Frost Bite Victim Saved
John Whyte, whose 36 hour ordeal in the unheated cab of a stalled truck during sub-zero temperatures resulted in amputation of his left, leg last week, is reported to be in good condition today by his physician Dr. L. B. McLaren, who added that the toes of Whyte's other foot .may yet be saved from amputation.
Sheriff Lyle Knight, who announces his resignation will take effect March 31.
Mr. Knight says he finds his insurance business demands more
To Resign
Sheriff Lyle Knight
time than his sheriff's duties permit. His resignation is to enable him to attend to the insurance
i needs of the district more fully.
Mr. Knight became sheriff of
Prince George in 1945 and has
held the post continuously ever
since.
It is believed that a new sheriff
will be appointed 03- the Attorney
General's Department in the near
future.
MUCH MAJOR WORK INCLUDED IN ESTIMATES OF 5188,516 FOR 1949
Council Approves City's Share Amounting To $106,700 at Monday Meeting.
Gross expenses for the 28 schools in Prince George and district this year work out or around $340,000.
Against this figure must be set revenues, leaving a total estimated expenditure for the year'of $188,516.00, the City's share being $106,700.45.
J.C.C. Speaking Club Feature Over Radio
The Junior Chamber of Commerce Public Speaking Club will be featured next week on the "Know Your Community" campaign program, to be broadcast Tuesday night over Radio Station CKPG at 8.00 o'clock.
"Our Natural Resources," will be the theme of the Club's, broad' cast.
Sees 17-Year Old Son For First Time
P.G.ET. rail services between Squamish and Quesnel also returned to normal this week after encountering abnormally heavy snows the week before, reports Cy Westaway, company agent here.
Canadian Pacific Airlines, who have operated p r a c t i c a 11 y trouble-free during the entire winter, report that the past week has been normal Greyhound, buses have also operated trouble free with no cancellations of trips, and no trips late, reports Harold Simth, agent for the1 bus-line and operator of Trallway Stages Ltd.
Quan Poy-Lee of Prince George was a proud man this week as he presented his 17-year-old son, Cin Quon-Lee, fresh from China, whom he saw a few days ago for the first time.
Cin Qubn arrived very recently from Hong Kong, his father went to San Francisco to meet him and, as he had never seen him before, identified him as he stepped from the boat by a photograph.
The long period which elapsed between birth of Cin Quon and meeting up with father is due to the fact that father Quan Poy went to China in 1932 and has not
been back since. (By Canadian reckoning .'Cin Quon would be 10. as Chinese reckon to be a year old when they're born.). <;<)()� BOY
"I am very glad indeed to see my son," said Quan Poy-Lee, gazing fondly at the slim, dark-haired youth, as he introduced him to "The Citizen" staff. "He is a verv good boy now, but,' he added with a smile, "I don't know how he will be later."
Cin Quon, who speaks no English, so far and is attending Prince George High School to learn it, was very reticent in replying to questions, translated to him by his father. All he
would say was that he liked Canada and everything in Canada, including the food.
In preparation for his trip to Canada, the youth studied Eng-lish at an English school in China. His mother is in the neighborhood of Canton.
Father Quan Poy-Lee brought his son to Canada as he thinks the prospects are better here. "He is going to stay here, and I shall train him as a restaurateur," he said.
Quan Poy-Lee was bom in Canada.
At present Cin Quon-Lee is staying with Jack Lee, a Chinese cousin here.
City Council approved the estimates at its Monday meeting.
The estimates, said R. Willis-ton, Schools Supervisor, include provision for a great deal of major work; on 20 schools. Five rooms are to be added to Con-naught School, the basement of Baron Byng School is to be redesigned to give two rooms for industrial arts and Sinclair Mills School is to receive an addition.
Estimates also include health, dormitory and other social services for students. Twenty-three new class rooms were put into operation last year.
Of the 1.850 students attending 28 Prince George and District Schools, 1,200 are In Prince George itself.
Youth Gets Industrial School Term for Theft
A remorseful 10 - year old Indian youth, was sentenced to serve an indefinite term in the Boys' Industrial School upon conviction last Saturday of having stolen a wristwatch valued at more than S25.
Walter was tried before Government Agent George A. Hallet, who was given a special appointment as juvenile court judge to deal with the case.