JLIBRAlfY VICTORIA, B.C. ^-^ | -VICTORIA, B.C. ^-"^ nee debrge Citizen An Independent Weekly Newspoper Devoted to the Interest of Central and Northern British Columbia Prince George, B.C., Thursday, June 9, 1949 10c per Copy; $3.00 a Year lection Campaigns Nearing Peak COALITION HARRY BOWMAN Private Wards P.G. Hospital Due to an acute shortage of |rses, Prince George and District pspital will be forced to shut iw private wards, as from Wed-day next, but maternity pri-Ite wards will carry on. [Visiting hours have at the same pe been reduced by half an ur. Visiting hours will be from 3 o'clock in the afternoon and |o 8 o'clock in the evening, f We have tried to get nurses in ]ery part of the Dominion," said Musto, hospital administrator, �t our advertisements have ought no response at all." [We have many capable mar's nurses in Prince George but i trouble is that they nearly all e young children and cannot out and help as much as le of them would like. 6V0TED 8TAPP n to close private wards �21 made in spite of strenu-.and loyal service by a devoted K �Ursingl nurse-aide and uer Staff, [Strep throat" and Hospital In-gjw patients have th^wn ad- '1*5^ to assume that the efficiency of nurses ? fooPera"on between d,ministration. ^e step Z Would have ^ More Than 7,000 Registered Voters Will Decide For Coalition or CCF Parties on Wednesday Next On Wednesday next more than 7,000 registered voters in the Fort George Riding will go to the polls to decide the political future of Prince George and District, fastest growing area in the province. The man they choose, Harry Bowman for Coalition, or John Mclnnis for the CCF, will represent the Fort George Riding in Victoria probably for the next four years. Interest in the election is intense. Never before have people turned out in such numbers at political gatherings. Each of the candidates is climaxing his campaign with a great rally in Prince George. That of Harry Bowman takes place at 8 p.m. in the Princess Theatre on Monday when chief guest speaker will be Air Vice-Marshal Stevenson. The big CCF meeting takes place in the CCF Hall on Tuesday with M. J. Coldwell and Wm. Irvine as guest speakers. Candidates' platforms will be found in this issue of "The Citizen' 'on pages%7 and 1 I. For candidates' careers see page two: "Candidates of the Week." Following is an electors' guide, supplied by George Had-den, Returning Officer for the Fort George Electoral District in the provincial election. WHO CAN VOTE Only those whose names appear on the voters' lisL There will be a copy of \ the voters' list at the office of the Fort George Returning Officer on Fourth Avenue between George Street and Dominion and each polling clerk will have a copy. The campaign headquarters of the opposing candidates also have copies. WHEN YOU VOTE You can vote on provincial election day on Wednesday, June 15, from 8 o'clock in the morning until 8 at night (Pacific Daylight Time). If you are a registered voter of Fort George Riding but will be away from the district on polling day, you can vote today, Friday or Saturday between 1 o'clock and 9 o'clock in Lhe afternoon. WHERE YOU VOTE The notice giving this information is posted up at your community hall oV school house, store or mill office. In Prince George it will be at the Elks' Hall. Every effort has beeij made by Fort George riding election officials to choose a polling site which is accessible to the majority of people in each community. HOW YOU VOTE When you enter the polling station, give your name to the official. He will check it and you will then sign the poll book. Thereupon the deputy returning officer will give you a ballot. You will mark X against the name o your candidate, fold the slip and return it to the officer. Candidates Say High Election Interest Shown not onlv has absence of P- Wm. LockyeTSr. fcs A�ay> ^ge 90 rge\vcirpesid<-�ts of Prince at ad been ailing f and had been Mn hospital- Uvln8*n England ^iage, and three George, Nil! child b, Uves ln * funer i flr8t s ^J be held at 2 elate the Rev ?yin, the ^Klican ' C< S�va-Whlte wUl John Mclnnis spoke at Sinclair Mills on Monday, Longworth on Tuesday and Penny yesterday. He will speak at Crescent Spur tomorrow, Mud River on Saturday and Beaverley on Monday. Fred Saunders, his campaign manager, reports that the meetings were well attended and he received an enthusiastic reception. A feature of the CCF meetings has been the large number of questions asked. Wm. Irvine, Cariboo CCF Federal Candidate, has been on a speaking tour of the Interior and will return to Prince tomorrow. He will go to Fraser Lake, Fort St. James and Burns Lake, before coming back to Prince George for the grand CCF rally on Tuesday, starting at 8 p.m. COALITION Harry Bowman, Coalition Candidate had an audience of '47 at Sinclair Mills on Friday, with W. F. Sawkins as chairman. He spoke at Woodpecker on the day before to a packed hall, was in Salmon Valley on Saturday night, where 37 people heard him in the school house. From there the Coalition candidate went on to Nukko Lake where 100 people heard him speak. The dance which followed, sponsored by the Women's Institute had 200 guests and went on to the early hours. Alex Moffat was chairman at Nukko Lake and Mrs. L. Knight spoke at both places. On Monday Harry Bowman spoke at Penny and on Tuesday at Willow River, in each case to audiences of about 50 people. Last night, with H. G. Perry, he spoke at the largest political meeting ever held in Giscome. His future program is as follows: This evening: Shelley and Fernane at 7.30 and 8.30 p.m. respectively. Speakers Hubert King with Mr. Bowman. Tomorrow: Afternoon visit to Cranbrook. Guest speaker Harold Assman. HUliard Claire will be guest speaker at Mud River at 8.30 p.m. the same day with Mr. Bowman. Tomorrow also the Hon. E. T. Kenney will speak in the banquet room of the Prince George Hotel at 8 p.m. Other speakers will be Alex McB. Young, K.C.. and Cy Westaway. Saturday there is a meeting^ at Pineview at 8 p.m. where Air-\ ice Marshal Stevenson will speak with Mr. Bowman. A visit to Isle Pierre on Sunday will be followed on Monday by the great rally in the Princess theatre at 8 p.m. One more meeting in South Fort George at 8 p.m. on Tuesday will be Mr. Bowman's, final speech before the election. TRANSPORT There will be abundance of transport for those who cannot get to the polls on foot or in their own cars. The JCC will take voters who phone 350. Both Coalition and CCF organizations are providing transport. At the last election in 1945 John Mclnnis got 1726 votes out of a registered electorate of 4176, of whom 3155 voted. Harry G. Perry, Coalition candidate, got 1371 votes. Representation in the outgoing � Government was: Coalition 3fi. I CCF 11 and Labor 1. Of the Coali-! tion members 18 were Liberals ! and 15 Progressive Conservatives 'and three are Coalitions associat-ied with neither party. In this : election the Coalition are contest-i ing 47 seats, in an election which embraces more than half a million registered voters. The ! CCF have 48 candidates in the ' field, one for every riding. P.G. Is Base For Central Airways Central B.C. Airways Ltd. will base a Junkers Seaplane at Prince George for B.C. Forest Service patrol work and for charter flights, said company president Russ Baker this week. Pilot D. R. 'Doug" Williston and Engineer jordon Simpson, will be stationed permanently in Prince George. The opening of the Prince eorge base supplements operations previously put into effect at Fort St. James and the combined operations will handle the expected large increase in demand or service to mining areas located some 250 miles northwest of Prince George. Wesley Goheen Dies Suddenly In Sleep The sudden death of Wesley Thomas Goheen, tvvo-vear-old son CCF JOHN MclNNIS $40,000 Fire Razes Chief Lake Mill A blaze which totally destroyed Rigler Brothers sawmill on the Chief Lake Road Jast Thursday night caused damage estimated at between �30,000 and S40.000. No insurance was carried on the mill according to Police Constable Lyle Olson who investigated the fire. Reports indicate th.it the of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Goheen, blaze first broke out in the en- occurred on Monday at noon. Mrs. Otto Killy was taking care of the small boy while his parents were suffering with the 'flu epidemic that is going around. On Monday, Mrs. Killy noticed that Wesley seemed tired so she put him to bed at about 11 a.m. When she went in to his room at 12 noon, he was dead. His death was caused by poor 'circulation. The funeral of Wesley Goheen. who was two years old last'Friday, takes place today from Ass-man's Funeral Chapel. Rey. N\ D. Mel nnes officiating. The Weather WEATHER FORECAST: Cloudy, occasionally overcast and widely scattered showers. Cloudy tonight and Friday afternoon. Winds light, cooler. Low tonight 40F., high tomorrow 65F. .._ High temperature for the week was on Sunday with 72.9, lowest temperature was yesterday with 32.1. CITY CAR DRIVERS TO TAKE B.C. GOVERNMENT ROAD TEST Mobile Testing Unit Here For Four Days, Will Go To Rupert Before Return Tests Many Prince George drivers who have not taken a standard driving test dre now doing so through the arrival on Tuesday of a unit of the Motor .Vehicle Testing Branch. More than ! 100 drivers are to be tested in this area, said unit chief William Archibald. Drivers are required to take a written test, reaction time test, various eye tests, and a road test. Assisting Mr. Archibald is Los Shellard, also of the M.V.T.B. headquarters in Vancouver. Eye tests cover capability to read small eye testing chart lines, ability to judge distance, scope or vision and double vision. Distance judgment is checked through the use of a long tube, at one end of which is an image of a truck and an image of a railroad crossing sign. By manipulating controls, the car and truck may be singly or together moved closer or farther away, from the eye of the person being tested. When both these appear to be even with each other the person says stop and the examiner reads an indicator on the back telling how close they are to being correct. Surveyor Missing Near Stuart Lake Edward Kelt, of the Royal Canadian Engineers, has been missing for two days in the wild and trackless Stuart Lake Country. Kent was on loan to the Topographical Survey Department, and according to Vanderhoof police did not return to camp as he was scheduled to do on Tuesday evening. Other members of the party searched for him in vain. District Police have also made an intensive search on foot. Police now contemplate using aircraft to find the missing engineer. T Election results will coincide with next week's issue of "The Citizen." Don't miss your special election issue. ginc room, and although it was still confined to there when discovered, it got out of hand and soon became too hot to approach with fire fighting equipment. Police stated yesterday that their investigations revealed that the fire was caused either by a faulty waste burner or by a dropped cigaret. A second fire rumored late last week at Central Sawmills, on the Giscome Highway, has not yet been reported, police said. More Jobs Available Says Minister of Labor Honorable Humphrey Mitchell, the Minister of Labor, Ottawa, announced today that at middle of May unplaced applicants registered for employment in Canada with the National Employment Service were 51,400 fewer than one month previous. Unplaced applicants at May 12 for Canada totalled 178.800 as compared with 230,200 at the middle of April. The situation in British Colum-bia~had greatly improved during recent weeks, Mr. Mitchell stated. On May 19, unplaced applicants in the Vancouver area numbered about 14,5000, 3.400 fewer than the month previous. Unemployment Insurance "live claims" in that city at the end of April stood at about 11,400 as compared with 22.800 at the end of February. IN THIS ISSUE Editorials, Candidates of Week 2 Letters to the Editor . 3, 19 Brevities ,........... 5 Roving Reporter 6 Classified ......... 8 Lumbermen's Convention 9 McBride Page 12 SI.000 for Civic Centre 17 Women's Pages 22, 23 Children's Page . . ......... 26 Sport Pages '21, 27 News from Quesnel 2ft