UBBAHX Prince fjeorg^ Citizen No. 32 An Independent Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interest of ...trol and Northern British Columbia Prince George, B.C., Thu.sday, August 11, 1949 10c per Copy; $3.00 a Year luminum Company Applies For �Ian* Site On Nechako River Ifciol.ai permission Objections Of Farmers And Fishing Interests To Be Heard By Committee FOUNDATION DRILLING CONTINUES he Aluminum Compapy of Canada yesterday made of-pplication to the Government of British Columbia for to use the waters in the Ootsa Lake-Nechako region i, their proposed $500 million aluminum plant project. A government committee will consider the application. lih's committee will also hear opposition to the scheme. Chief nloints ote coming from some 50 to 60 farmers, whose erty would be flooded, and from fishing interests who ntoin the scheme will interfere with the salmon industry. Meanwhile possibility of a huge Ion the upper Nechako River i the eastern end of Tweedsmuir irk for the Aluminum Company i Canada's proposed huge plant, a little closer today as engines report they have struck rock ' nation,in their drilling. k is needed to provide a Hsefor the (lam. So far this base looks as though ift prove satisfactory on one of the river. If similar rock ucture Is found on the other Ide the clam may be built at this The dam would bottle up water liatnow runs into the Fraser Rife1, and would be the first step forming a huge lake-system lat would he diverted by tunnels Irough the coast mountains to an dumintnn plant on the northern 3.C. coast. JFF1CIALS PLAN STUDY A party of Alcan executives In-JidinR E. A. Clark. J. S. Kend- !tt. R.'\\r. Kraft. Dr. Victor Dol-age and W. W. Wolcqtt left by lane Tuesday for the properties. The Alcan men will discuss the Han and lako flooding possibilities with about lf>0 residents of Ootsa Lako district. If the dam is established on the Nechako some properties will ho xled. and officials say that In-�fists of all concerned would be protected in every way. will take several years to I the dam and several more ars to flood the area, if present pns are followed. Police Struck In City Brawl There was a sequel to a brawl on Saturday night on George St near the MacDonald Hotel whep three Prince George brothers were charged Monday with taking part in the affray. ; The brothers are Robert, James and William Rigler. During the fight, three city police constables were struck. A fourth man, Glen Wilson, is charged �with obstructing the constables in their efforts to separate the fighters. Shed Burned But Engine Unharmed A fire which broke out in the diesel shed of the Proppe Lumber Company on First Avenue shortly before noon yesterday, destroyed the 20 foot by 15 foot shed but miraculously left the huge engine apparently unharmed. A short ten minute fight against the flames by mill-w.orkers and city firemen brought the-.blaze under control and within 20 minutes of the fire report, owner. Len Proppe stepped into the shed and started the motor. "If it hadn't been for the hose brought over from the Prince George Planing Mills, the whole mill might have gone up," said Mr. Proppe, as he thanked Bill Dobson, Prince George Planing president, for his assistance. N'o estimate of damage is so far available, nor is the cause of the blaze known. EARTHQUAKE An earthquake in Ecuador on Monday has so far accounted for the deaths of 9240 persons and it may never be known exactly how nany people perished in the four towns reported wiped completely off the map. JL "Army" Due r Work Here Several hundred C. N. R. section City Boys Detained Near Banff With Missing Car Three Cors Reported Stolen From Prince George Owners In The Last Few Days Two Prince George boys, apprehended at Leachoi.i, near Banff on Sunday will be returned here and charged with car theft. They were detained following the disappearance of a car belonging to D. Hartley Fawcett from behind his home at 743 Scotia Street at 1 1 p.m. on Saturday night. The boys were found driving a 1947 Pontiac Sedan, believed to be the missing 3ng workers in the near future for a jeproRram of railroad improve-according to C. A. Berner. car. Three cars in all were missed by their owners in Prince George in recent, days. The sedan of Jess R. Collins, foreman in the public works department, disappeared from First n, . | Avenue on Wednesday last week. Divkinn r mv*iiB the | but was quickly found abandoned Division for about two in a dltch near the ah.port An arrest has been made in Prince Rupert, which, it is believed, will shed some light on the case. A panel delivery belonging to Prince George Tire Service was recovered with minor damage in South Fort George on Monday morning, after It had been removed from near the home of James Slesinger on Sunday night. Mr. Slesinger lives near Mr, Fawcett. Talk of a car theft ring is discounted by police who point out that in most cases it seems to be the work of juveniles. P.G.E. Engineer Here To Stay The Pacific Great Eastern Railway has appointed a resident engineer for Prince George. The engineer, A. W. Ferguson, arrived yesterday. Much activity in P.G.E. and Government offices this week is interpreted as a sign that the contract for the section from Prince George to Red Rock Creek will soon be let. "Andy" Graham, P.G.E. divisional engineer, was here on Tuesday and is due again today. With him will be C. R. Crysdale, assistant chief engineer of the P.G.E. The route out of Prince is already decided, although no official announcement has been made. It will utilize, it is understood, the already constructed C.N.R. bridge. A. W. Ferguson, the resident engineer in Prince George, declined, pending the arrival of his chiefs, to comment further on his mission. He is a railroad expert of many years' experience in many countries. Contract for a further 10-mile extension" of the P.G.E. from Cot-tonwood' Canyon northward was awarded this week to Campbell Bennett Company, the contractors who are completing the grade to the Canyon. Health Unit Wants Two Sanitary Men A request by Dr. T. H. Patterson, Cariboo Health Unit, that the council amend a by-law, allowing for two sanitar\r inspectors, instead of one inspector, attached to the Cariboo Health Unit, was referred to city lawyer P.E. Wilson, on Monda}'. Dr. Patterson explained in his letter that the appointment of two inspectors was necessary to enable one to function, or take legal action, if the other were absent. FUNERAL FOR BABY Funeral services will be held for the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Remple on Saturday at Ass-man's Funeral Chapel. The boy was three weeks old and passed away in the Pr,inee George and District Hospital on Tuesday. WEDDING BELLS! ?*KWER c ^. R D,vls. 5upt. is happy at>out large l^sontr1 f�r ' Noise From Cache Unsuccessful Petition THE MARRIAGE of CECIL E. BARTLETT, son of Mrs. W. M. Meachem and the late Mr. C. Bartlett, to DOROTHY ETHEL, daughter of Mrs. E. Douglas and the late J. T. Douglas, was one of the prettiest of the year.�See page 12 of this issue. �Wally West Photo. Our Girls Play Hostesses To U.S. Air Cadets Faces of U.S. air cadets and scouts and Prince George girl "hostesses" glowed happily in a perfect Canadian setting near Davie Lake on Tuesday night. A huge log fire threw its rosy light on the singing group and silhouetted the tall pines against the darkening sky of the vast still northland. Little can be done about the noise from the Hans Roine planing mill in the Cache. This was the opinion of aldermen when a petition from residents chiefly in Montreal and Calgary Streets, that steps he taken to enforce the anti-noise by-law, was read. Alderman Garvin Dezell said the noise was coming not from the engine installation at the mill but from tie- planer. The Roin.^ mill was operating a ni:;*ht shift and other mills were likely to do the same. If the council insisted that no noise wore to come from I planers, then they should not petitioners came forth with any useful suggestions for eliminating the noise, they would be glad to hear from them. 'CITIZEN OF THE WEEK" MISS I have given permission for planer N'o arrests have yet been made J machines (o ho installed. Other aldermen concurred. Mr. Dezell said everything had been done that was possible. Hans Roine had put a muffler on the engine, um\ he was willing to cooperate in any way possible to in connection with the disappearance of the panel delivery'. A police constable will leave this week to bring the.two youths found with the Fawcett car for trial. Board of Trade Meets Monday Prince George Hoard of Trade general meeting1 will be held on Monday next at 7 p.m. in the l'i ince George Grill. C imp rove-section of the line. Hospital Now Has Canteen jnal superintendent, who vis-�hn?2;T'eorge yesterday. nnURh snffo,.i�� ^____ _ . yesterday. sore was In a cast, Mr. Ber-a happy frame of mind �tev forimP'0Vement program, ttrecenti WaS authorized fas ^Srn,!Llhrough tnis clty he Rupert N. R. Vice - Johnson as far as e project will the Kamloops An innovation at the Prince George and District Hospital will be a canteen serving patients and staff members, operated by Harold Aitcheson, Prince George, it was announced by hospital authorities this week. The canteen will sell tobaccos, candies, gum, newspapers, magazines and other sundries. Hours of opening are from 10.00 a.m. until noon; from 2.00 p.m. until 4.30 p.m. and from 7.00 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. It will be the first canteen ever opened in a Prince George hospital. induce the noise, if any suggestions were made to him. The council agreed that if the Pollards lost an,.-opportunity to pick up a game on West Lake in the baseball league when their scheduled fixture with Tirhbars was postponed on account of rain. Neglected Husbands � The Furty-Fifth Annual Convention of the Neglected Husbands Club and Amalgamated Elbow Renders of Central ft.C. will be held on Wednesday, Aug> ust 17. at the Prince George Town and Country Club, otherwise known as the residence of Charles Albins. Announcing the date at last Friday's Rotary meeting, Mr. Albins said that the last meet-showed a large number of innovations in the art of throwing horseshoes and it was hoped that the coming event would produce still more. . VV. "Rill" Bexon. whose unique style