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An Iwrfaptwfaaf Semi-Weekly N�wtpop�r Devote
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Interest of Central and Northern British Columbia
Vol. 34; No. 23
Prince George, B.C.,
�DAY, March 22, 1951
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3loyee and bookkeeper, lis 62nd year.
He b survived by his wife, four dm, three daughters grandchildren. lis children living in ,r*e include sons Harold, Rol J| Walter and Robert One slighter. Mrs. A. Gillingwater, sides here, while two others, Dora Kosberg and Mrs. ills Nielsen live at Vancouver Hedley B. CL, respectively, !r. Allen came here Jn 1916 was chairman of a C.N�R. rievance committee during the 919 railroad strike.
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CITY THREATENS SCHOOL SPLIT
Council Demands 'New Deal' From Provincial Government
Prince George is threatening the Provincial Governmen with withdrawal from School District Number 57 if some satisfactory adjustment in soles tax and municipal aid tax remit tances is not* made in the very near future.
Formcr Pr. George Mon tperiences Fire Loss
Art Bellos, well known former ident of Prince George, was a ..ent visitor here. | While In town Mr. Bellos learn-that the Eagie Coffee Shop, fhich he operates at Dawson �k, had been badly damaged an early morning fire which oke out in an adjoining office, f As in the case of a recent fire Smitbere, firemen at Dawson ek found one of the hydrants frozen, and it was necessary string 950 feet of hose to an tier hydrant [Damage was estimated at 1(000.
A motion to withdraw from th district and run city schools on autonomous lines was made to the government a short time ago City- Hall officials revealed yes terday, but the government has asked the city to await developments before taking such a dras tic step.
It has been estimated that under the present financial share-basin at the school district, the city would save some $30,000 per year through the atorto.
Some officials see seccession from the district as the only step to alleviate the burden of exces sive school costs presently being shouldered by Prince George tax payer*.
If carried out, the move woulc be a severe blow to the Depart f Ed
ment of Educations' ished plan to unify
long-cher rural and
NO PAPER ION MONDAY
TTw Citixm staff will
\mnkn w)H miff fk ferity p*|Mf.
N�� msm will b* |Tfcii�Jay, March 2%
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municipal schools in each area.
The government has promised an "investigation" into the tax distribution which municipal authorities claim is inequitable.
The investigation was first promised early last month when Mayor Garvin Dezell and City Clerk D. T. Williams flew to Victoria to present a brief showing that Prince George is being financially crippled by school costs due to an inadequate return, of
tax monies by the pointed out that
&S. and M.A. government.
The brief
whJlt Prince George is forced to delve deeply into its current revenue to support the city and district's schools, other cities of comparable size actually have money left over each year from their share of the tax distribution.
If the government forces the city to withdraw from the school district, a disruption of school facUities will probobly follow. Rural students who are at pres-
(See MCHy Threatens" Page 8)
[ruck Load Limits Force Tonight
Portial rood restrictions which go Into effect at midnight tM will ^ doytime tnxk loads reduced to half, special
Seven-Mile Road Will Be Bulff
Major project on the hug AJeza Lake Forest Experimenta Station this year will be construe tion of a seven-mile long acces road to some of the station's isolated stands of timber.
Larry DeGrace, director the station, said this week the con struction would probably be per formed by the government.
Other work at the station which last year employed about 20 high school boys from Prince George, will not be announced until after annual appropriations are known. Mr. DeGrace said.
conceited, ond full lood hooling permitted
P-m- ^^ 8 o.w. rf temperature is below
ting.
ouncement of the partial ^bans was matte this morn-Godfrey, divisional engineer, and Doug-~l,cUstrlct engineer. Godfrey said he intended restrictions as fluid
as well as maxi-l transport would
restrictions would be
from utne to Permitted.
time as
be
teor each �vemng to ** or prohibit night haul-
loads �aiiM for in the �.
as
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Cosl Index Reaches Record
OTTAWA. March 22 (CP>� Virtually the entire wholesale
Jobless Multiply As Break-Up Comes
Spring lay-offs of bush workers commenced this, week and unemployment insurance claims are mounting daily, a National Employment Service official said today.
He predicted that although the break-up lay-off might see a large number of men temporarily jobless, the percentage of jobless in relation to the number of men working in the district would.he leas' than usual.
This, he saidYis brought about by the immense stockpiles of green lumber awaiting planing and drying in the yards of district planing mills.
He said he believed lay-offs at planing mills would be far smaller than usual and that they might not even occur if the break-up is a swift one.
Meanwhile, Mannix Construc-ion Company are taking on a few men for their road building project west of Vanderhoof and more will be employed as accommodation for them becomes available.
Jamieson Construction Com->any is still hiring .sporadically or preparations for P.G.E. track-laying operations. W. C. Arnct Construction Company, Hart Highway contractors, are not yet in the employment market, officials stated
Business Tempo Will Slacken For Easier Observance
Til* tw�p wm a imjw record �t Hm Nnfimf
Min Sentenced On UHle-Used Charge
A little-used charge of the Can-adian Criminal Code was brought into play here this week when John Melynchuk, 26-year-old laborer formerly of this city, was convicted of non-support of his wife and child, and failure to supply, the necessities of life.
Usually a charge under a provincial statute is used, but the federal'"act provides for a stfffor
Another unique feature of the case was the fact that costs, which accused -was ordered to wy, exceeded the amount of the ine.
Magistrate G. H. Hallett fixed costs at $75 and ordered Melyn-huk to pay a $25 fine or spend 5 days in jail. Costs in the case were high due to the fact that the R.C.M.P. were forced to bring the ccused man back from Vancou-er. Mrs. Melynchuk is a resident f LongwortK Her husband was
Prince George and offices will
stores,. banks observe Good
wholesale
to higher Friday (tomorrow) and Easter advancing Monday by closing their estab- Hshments on both days
week
hours will also be
price ranges went
ground in. January, _______� , u u ^ j
the whole price index 7.4 points Ilshments on both days.
to a peak of 233.8, the Bureau of The Te^xlar Wednesday mid-
Statistics reported today. iWf *
Biggest advances were for wool, |to A worsted yarns, and wool,doth. Announcement of this came Pronounced gains were also made frorn Alex Moffat, chairman of for meats, leather, oils and fats, tite merchants committee, Prince lumber, wood pulp and wrapping! George Board of Trade, paper. A meeting of the committee
In * separate report, the Bur-1wfU ** heId �arlv ln APril to eau estimated wholesale prices of reacn an agreement on other building materials in January ad- dates when dtv business prem-vanced to a peak level. " 'iscs wil1 be cIosed during the bal-
During the month the cost-of- ance *f the year, living index jumped 2.7 points to Prince O�>r�e postoffice wick-reach a record 175.2, the blgsest ets wiU ** �Pen from 9:0� t0 11:0� monthly jump in more than three tomorrow and from 9:00 a.m. to years. This index Is based on the 2:00 P-�- on Easter Monday/Post
1935^39 prices equalling 100. Continued "Balmy"
master Ernie Burden stated this i morning. Incoming and outgoing mail will be sorted as usual. ] With the. exception of Prince
Cloudy with widely scattered George Motors Ltd., on Good Frl-showers today and Friday. Little day and Roger Motor Products change In temperature. Winds Ltd., on Easter Monday, city gar-westerly 15 miles an hour de- ages will close for^both holidays, crtaaing to Ught this afternoon. Gasoline and emergency repairs Low tonight and high tomorrow, I will be available at the garages 30 and. 40. I listed.
also ordei*ed to commence supporting his family.
J.S.S.R. Won't Return American Boats
WASHINGTON, March 22 ra�ft Cr~k �W M4� O 0* the Akuke H*kw*r im tW FW� lOvwr country. This wilt provide m 750-mile olt-B.C. highway between V��-couver and Dewxott Creek.
The minister said $10,700,000 was provided im the wliieNe for ffW-mointepance of B.C's 22,000 miles of highway, end another $14,000,009 m to be provided in capital funds for new construction �md the -rrtriufnulfjji �* highways and bridges and, for hord-swrfacing projects.
The money, he said, will enable Hba Public Works Depurlwonl to fwaMHeV wftn work on the Cariboo Highway leading north to Prince Oeor�a and) ���-Northern Trans-provincial Highway between Prince Goorgo omd Prince
H. G. Perry Sells Home; Will Reside In Victoria
Harry G. Perry arrived by plane last night from Victoria where he lias been residing since last October.
Mr. Perry has sold his home on Tenth Avenue to Herb Wilkes and plans to take up permanent, residence in Victoria where he recently bought a house. He will
Bears Still Hof Bui Not Enough
Playing on sticky ice, Prince George Lumbermen proved they still have an edge over Vanderhoof Bears in Northern hockey circles here last night before a small crowd, but Bears proved for the second time this week that the edge is definitely a slight
one.
Lumbermen
once again man-
aged to hit the final bell with a one point lead after Bears had moved from a near-hopless 4-10 position in the second period to a one goal deficit in the closing seconds of the third.
Flashy young David Wall was held to two lone tallies in last night's game as Lumbermen kept him pinned down whenever he crossed center ice.
Last Sunday young Wall racked up seven points against the � city squad.
Northern Hockey League officials are predicting Bears will be the team to watch next year as their young talent blossoms forth as a seasoned squad.
Summary. First Period. Lumbermen, (i) Bennett (Poser), Bears, (2) Anderson, Lumbermen, (3) Andrew (Favero), (4> Rhodes (Andrew), Bears, (5) Silver, Lumbermen, <6> Rhodes (Andrew), (7) Trask, (8) Favero (Andrew).
Second Period. Lumbermen, (9) Trask (Bennett), Bears (10) Steele (Smithers), Lumbermen (11) Andrew (Favero), Bears, (12) Silver, Lumbermen, (13) Favero (Rhodes), (14) Bennett (Trask),
remain here for a week to wind Bears, (15) Graham (Darnell). up his affaiis and arrange for | (16) Darnell (Holmes), (17) Steele, shipment of furniture to his new (18) Silver.
home. I Third Period- Lumbermen, (19)
Speaking of Victoria weather,!Bennett (Pozer), Bears, (20) Wall
Mr. Perry said, "It was worse (Smithers), (21) Wall (Steele), (22)
last winter than I ever experienc-' Andrew (Sugden), Bears. (23)
ed in this country.'
Smithers.
GHMGE-ftUPHtr HOOP SERIES OFF
Prince George Clippers will nee travel, to the coast this week-end to play the Prince Rupert Jets in the semi-finals of the men's senior "B" provincial basketball championship.
Manager Dick Braathen was forced to default the northern series yesterday due to the uncertain condition of the highway between. Terrace and Prince Bo-pert. Plans had been made to. fly the team to Terrace and continue the journey by car due to the lack of an airfield at.Rupert. Travellers arriving from the west state the Skeena Highway is etill snowbound in places, and Public Works crews could g/ve no assurance that the road would be cleared by the end of the week-Several key players in tkr Clipper's line-up could not leave their jobs long enough to make the round trip by train.
Driver Freed On Hff-Run Charge
Ted Taylor, city trucker, was acquitted here yesterday on a charge of hit and run driving arising from a February 24 collision in which a passenger car sustained $800 damage.
Crown witnesses said a truck

bearing Taylor's struck a car at
name on/ it the corner of
George Street and Sixth Avenue, and made off without stopping.
Defense counsel H. B. King: called witnesses who told the court Taylor was at home when the accident occurred.
Owner of the damaged car was Fred BuchL
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