An Independent Semi-Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interest of Central and Northern British Columbia
34; No. 83
Prince George, B.C., MONDAY, October 29, 1951
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GOVERNMENT STOCKPILES STEEL FOR BRIDGING LAST GAP TO DAWSON CREEK
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RECOUNT PLANNED
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ITY UP IN ARMS OVER RIDICULOUS9 CENSUS
On this 50-foot long truck and trailer combination is stacked one of the first shipments of steel girders for the Parsnip River Bridge on the Hart Highway. More than 10 carloads of steel have been brought here by C.N.R. and loaded onto trucks like this for transport to the bridge-site. Contract for hauling the huge steel beams was awarded to Arrow Transfer Company, Vancouver moving specialists.
For City Voters List
Wednesday, October 31, is the deadline for persons who wish to have their names included on the voters' list for the next municipal election, it was announced at the City -Hall today.
All names on the 1950 list will be automatically included in the list now being compiled, but those householders, licence holders, and company agents who have qualified for voting privileges since the last municipal election must register on or before Wednesday.
A preliminary list of voters will be posted at the City Hall and other public places on November 10, to be followed on November 15 by a sitting of the Court of Revision.
Prince George Firm Gets Giscome Contract
G1SC0ME�Contract for construction of an assistant ranger headquarters building here has been let to John's Cabinet Shop, Prince George, on a low tender of S7670.
Only one other tender, at $9486, was received from Dominion Construction Co. Ltd., Kelowna, when bids closed October 5, in the Parliament buildings, Victoria,� with C. 1). Orchard, chief forester and deputy minister of forests.
4,686 Here Say Government Population Figures
According to the 1951 census the population of Prince {George is 4,686.
And today this city's businessmen and public figures are up in arms over what has been described as the most "inefficient- census on record."
11. B. King, president of the j Board of Trade termed the figure ["ridiculous in the face of what ;\ve know of the city's growth."
Mayor Garvin Dezell thought a Citizen reporter was joking when he told His Worship the recently released findings of the census enumerators.
Frank lirinkworth, president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce expressed complete astonishment. "It is a disgrace," In* said. "I was never contacted .mil neither was my family."
1 King said he thought the
city should conduct its own cen-
> and he said the Board of
(Ifiwould wholeheartedly sup-
. ' iiny move to get the correct
ulation figure.
r. Brinkworth pledged the aid
in rectifying the
Mm who know the city well V'O Hint Iluv government figure is slightly over half of what � In1 population actually is.
� ��>� point to the federal voters ' which carried about 4000 1 ics for Prince George. They if there are 1000 voters there us� he at least 7000 people." Hardly a person in the city "�- not know a family or num-!' "!' families who were missed : the census.
The Prince George Citizen eon-ducted a private enquiry following the "nose-counting" and with little effort turned up over 30 people who had not been counted.
Population of South Fort George is 1264 and population of Central Fort George is 731. The Cache contains 347 people.
Rupert Road Closed West Of Smithers
Northern Trans - Provincial highway is closed west of Smithers according to word received here this morning.
Huge slides and wash-outs have cut the road, in several places and traffic east and west over the Skeena section is at a standstill.
Public Works Department crews are at work today attempting to .qle^ar..up_ the debris and fill the gaping holes in the right-of-way.
Egyptians Rattle Swords In Dispute With Britain
CAIRO, Oct. 29 (CP)�The Egyptian State Council Sunday approved a general mobilization of manpower and the drafting of all Egyptians between 18 and 50 'in case of war or threat of war."
It also provided for the setting up a high council of war headed by Prime Minister Mustapha El Nahas Pasha.
To become law, this preparedness move in British Egyptian dispute over the Suez and Sudan needs only the approval of cabinet ministers. They drafted the mobilization bill.
When parliament is in recess, as it is now, the^eabinet can issue decrees 'iHtitiPiS" required: by urgent circumstances."
Mac & Mac To Bid On $10,000 Building Site
A recent "land boom" along First Avenue East in the heart of what is intended as this city's industrial centre went a step further today with the announcement from City Hall of an application for property valued at about $10,000.
The application came from McLennan, McFeely and Prior Ltd., hardware wholesalers, only a few days after it was learned the firm intended erecting a quonset-type building on First Avenue West.
The section applied for by the firm is in Parcel "Y," the block bounded by Second . Avenue
Police Poised For Hallowe'en Vandals
City detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Avill take every precaution to prevent wanton damage to property when Hallowe'en celebrants swing into j action Wednesday night.- j
'"The full detachment will be on duty." it was announced at RCMP headquarters this morning.
Prince George property-owners both in the residential and business areas, will have ample protection from police patrols in squad cars and afoot, and a close watch will be kept on youths who allow their zeal to overcome their
$1 Million At Stake In Sales Tax Protest
judgement. Some allowance
will be made
for innocent fun by juveniles, but wilful destruction of property will not be tolerated and will re-'suit in stern police action.
Sfnlce Action Endorsed By District Millworkers
Planermen Fight Regulation At Ottawa
Prince George district planing mills may be forced to pay close to a million dollars in back sales tax remittances if a Canadian Manufacturers Association delegation due in Ottawa this week are unable to persuade the Canadian Tariff Board to classify their operations as basic industry.
Recently planer mill operators here and all over Canada learned
A foregone conclusion became ;' '"eality in labor circles here late last week when membership of '!lt' International Woodworkers "' America voted overwhelming-'�v j� favor of accepting the Con-ei)iati6n Board's majority award and pledging strike action if it is 1 accepted by lumber operators, government-supervised strike will take place within the 10 days, it is believed. '�A. members expressed their in a union-sponsored straw-
vote next
o
vote last week. Ballots were
counted here
ts were counted here lursday and by Friday morning application had been made for the
vote.
t vote.
�f the 1500 paid members in joe-district local, only about 700 JJ ucipated in the referendum
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City Bank Manager To Move Shortly
Charles D. Fyfe, manager of the Canadian Bank of Commerce here, announced this week he will be leaving shortly to take the post of manager of the Langley Prairie branch.
Transfer, the well known city banker stated, is necessary due to reasons of health.
Mr. Fyfe opened the present branch of the Bank of Commerce here three years ago, and was accountant in the first branch of the bank here from 1930 to 1932.
He has, served in many parts of British Columbia and at one
he recent f
ure of several operations. Although only union members
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due to the recent fall clos- time was manager of a Dawson,
Yukon, branch. Immediately prior to his return here three years ago he was at Armstrong.
"I am sorry I must go," Mr. Fyfe said today, "but my heart will remain here."
He will be replaced at the city branch "by N. Woodhead, at present serving at Langley Prairie, will take place
in the initial, ballot, all \v-i. uyees of certified operations \vu be entitled to vote in the gov-
"ment-supervised ballot.
un the question of the award.
ni
men out of a total of
703 i�n men out of a total of Strib � in favor of acceptance. � iiKe action was voted for by men out of 693.
The transfer next month.
that they hgd' been purchasing equipment minus sales tax and that their operations are not classified as sales tax-exempt industry.
Discovery of the condition dame to light during auditing of suppliers' books. SUPPLIERS LIABLE
Accountants found equipment had been sold to planing mills without sales tax and investigation revealed that the suppliers would he held liable for the amount of sales tax which should have been charged on articles sold to the mills.
Although under the present reading of the sales tax regulations a planing mill could circumvent further payments of the same kind, the question of those payments due on past transactions is under fire by millmen. WANT MONEY
Suppliers have gone straight to their consumers in an effort to obtain the money with which to pay the due sales tax to the government.
Circumvention of the rule can be achieved by installing a small sawmill at the planing mill site.
Under the exemption list, a sawmill is a basic industry and as such is not required to pay the tax.
In the case of a sawmill and planer mill operated as a single unit, the planer comes under the tax regulations of the sawmill and is therefore included on the exemption list.. LOOPHOLE
City mill operators say they can
beat the regulations by installing
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HART ROAD WORK HALTS FOR SEASON
All construction work on the 266-mile Hart Highway is coming to a standstill thisNveek.
A W. C. Arnett Company official said today that the southern crew has ceased work and that the northern crew. with about eight miles of gravelling ahead of them, will wind up foi the season this week.
All equipment remaining on the job after initial shipments were sent to the firm's Lac La Hache project about a month ago is now being withdrawn.
Only a few miles of gravelling remains to be done on the southern side of the Parsnip River.
The company official expressed
Pr. Rupert Submerged By Five-Inch Downpour
PRINCE RUPPRT, Oct. 2!) (CP) �Torrential rains driven by a 40-mile-an-hour gale Saturday isolated Prince Rupert.
Five inches of rain which fell in 24 hours flooded highways, disrupted communications, grounded aircraft and isolated homes in some localities.
Three or four washouts are re-
Queen Street, First Avenue and George Street.
Upset price on the land in Parcel "Y" is 35 cents a square foot.
Mac and Mac, as they are better known, have applied for a segment with 162 feet frontage on First Avenue and 200 feet on Queen Street.
Last week a part of Parcel "Y" was auctioned at City Hall and was acquired by Northern Spruce Sales Ltd., for $9963 at a bid price of 41 cents a square foot.
At time of going to press The � Citizen was unable to learn whether Mac and Mac's, planned development of tho Parcel "Y" property was in-addition to their quonset-type warehouse west of that point or whether it was an alternative.
The auction will be held November 1 at 2 p.m. in the City Hall.
Clearing, Colder
Clearing this evening, colder tonight and suinny tomorrow is the urrent forecast tor Prince lebrge's weather. Winds will be light, low temperature tonight
ported on-the C.N.R. line between and high Tuesday 15 and 3o de-Prince Rupert and Terrace.______grees.___________;____________
JAYCEES SHOULD STICK TO AIMS SAYS RETIRING PRESIDENT CLARE
Prince George Junior Chamber of Commerce should place more emphasis on civic affairs and education of members, and less on service club work, Hilliard Clare, retiring president, told more than 100 Jaycees, their wives and friends on Saturday night on the occasion of the annual installation banquet and ladies' night.
Frank Brinkworth was installed as the new head of the city group by Clive Stangoe, district Jaycee
held in
the opinion that only a small'councilor, at ceremonies labor force would be necessary | the Prince George Hotel, next year to complete the grade' Mr. Clare reviewed the year s
to specifications.
activities and said ho had come
Meanwhile. two contracts in to the conclusion that the Junior connection wjith the Parsnip Chamber should devote more of River bridge must be let before j its time 'and efforts to typical Jay-the highway is completed.
1 ce aims.
He said it was satisfying to be able to help out such organ iza-
structure of the bridge, and the', tions as the Civic Centre Associa-other will be for erection of the tion by the donation of funds, but
One of these will be for coir st ruction nf the concrete sub-
bridge itself.
i that the true work of the club
First step in spanning the Par- was towards helping one's fellow snip will be construction of a
wooden-pile bridge over which to move equipment and from which to pour concrete foundations for the steel bridge. Hundreds of piles for this phase of the job are now located at the .river cros>
sing.
Steel for the bridge is being transported to the site from Prince George.
man on a more personal basis.
He termed the July 1 program inadequate and said the club must work towards a real Prince George and district event. The retiring president warned that this, could not be done by the Junior """"CKamber alone, and that the co-operation of all service clubs and boards throughout the city would be required.
dance here and morning, Sunday.
He touched briefly on the "Bearskins for Britain." campaign, which he stated, had brought this city good publicity the world over.
About 10 Jaycees from Williams Lake attended the banquet and the following met with the
Prince George executive for a district meeting.
Out of this came a plan to stir up interest in preparing a special railroad display car for the inaugural run of a Pacific Great Eastern train here next year.
Members of both chambers agreed that an early start must be made on the industrial display car and it was agreed to carry produce representative of the entire northern section of the province.
Jaycees hope to have the special car on exhibit at Vancouver before the trip and will discuss a plan to send it on a Canada-wide tour.