VICTOK'A. �.C-i City Auction Brings $5330 For 12 Lob City coffers tinkled to the tuna of $5330 here yesterday afternoon when bids totalled that sum for lots assessed at $3780. Only 12 lots changed hands In one of the smallest auctions in weeks but prices reflected the growing scarcity of munlcipally-ou-ned land. Biggest sale was $2000, the upset price for a single general shopping lot In Block 165 facing o� George Street. Purchaser was Harry Rollason, proprietor of Margie's Flower Shop, Third Ave- nue. Biggest bid increase oyer up- set price was $535 for lots 5 and 6 in Mock 86 near Calgary and Cariboo Streets. Upset price was $200. eorge A� Independent Semi-Weekly Newspaper Devoted to tfc* Interest of Central and Northern British Columbia Vol. 35 No. 40 Prince George, B.C., THURSDAY, Moy 22, 1952 $4.00 per year 5^ per copy Jaycees To Provide Rides For School By-law Voters Members of Junior Chamber of Commerce are making sure no one falls to vote on the school bylaw tomorrow because they can't get to the polling booths. The Jaycees have set up a car pool, so that transportation to the voting centre can be obtained free of charge by phoning 362-R-l. Span Parsnip By End Of June Traffic should be crossing the Parsnip River on a temporary pile bridge by the end of June or early July at the latest, a Provincial Public Works Deportment engineer stated this morning. -----------------------------�------------- D. D. Godfrey, divisional engineer here, said this morning that a crew is now at work near the bridge-site erecting a camp to accommodate the labor force . required, and lumber for the deck of the temporary span is being hauled north from Summit Lake. Mr. Godfrey said the pile bridge should not take more than 30 days to complete. The highway will be opened to through traffic as soon as the last plank is laid on the wooden span. The Parsnip Biver is reported of the permanent structure has been set for November 30 of this year. Jurors To Return For Case Wednesday Jurors chosen for the spring assize, which was adjourned here a week ago due to the fact one accused had jumped bail, will file Into the Provincial Govern- rne rarsiup xiiver is reponea ment BulldIng again on WedneS- be at full flood at present, and <�av. it is anticipated . the level wilt have dropped substantially .by the time the construction camp has been erected. Low water is required for driving the piles on which the temporary bridge will he built Dawson and Hall' Company Ltd. were awarded the , $620,000 contract for both the wooden and steel bridges. Date of completion Work Progressing On Victoria SI. Exit Work is at full pace on the new Victoria Street west exit from the city and initial earthmoving may be completed in two weeks time. About 20 men and eight machines are ploughing a road through the bush south of Bowser Street and filling is taking Place along the Northern Trans-Provincial Highway tangent beside the old airport Yet to be started is a fill of several thousand yards of material at the east end of the swampy Jake to the right of the present highway exit about a half mile from the city boundary. " Hard-surfacing of the newly constructed route will be done this year," Hon. Harry Bowman announced today, but about three months will elapse between completion of the rough work and the start of paving so the grade �an stabilize. Equipment at work on the pro- * i and operated, by C C is owned "en Ginter Construction Co., ud. It is work expected that machines at on the $25,000 Victoria extension will move to the Highway paving project the present job is complete. Sun, Showers For Friday & weather is predicted for George tomorrow. Fore-say cloudy, with sunny j*"ods and a few light showers, , , , change in temperature, J;1hfht except gusty to west- day. Mr. Justice A. M. Manson did not dismiss the jury after he adjourned the assize last week. A panel of 12 must yet be chosen to preside in the theft trial of James Haggerty. Haggerty is accused of theft of merchandise from a South Fort George store last January. Two co-accused were convicted of the charge at the assize and wiH-be sentenced at the close of the Haggerty case; City, Rural Areas Vole Tomorrow On Bylaws Property owners in Prince George and surrounding school district will go to the polls tomorrow to vote o� a totalled $366,000 expenditure that would provide for erection of a new Connaught elementary school, new buildings in eight rural areas, and reconstructions and additions to school buildings already standing in school district 57. Sum of $225,000 is Prince George's share of the proposed expenditure, and $141,000 will be voted on by rural areas. If the by-laws pass, the amount of expenditure voted upon will be matched by the Provincial govern, ment. 'Misleading' Winch Charges Indignant C.C.F. Leader Fires Heavy Salvos At Party Rally Last Night fort George Liberals are frying to delude the electors by-misleading advertising tactics, Harold Winch told an audience of 150 in the C.C.F. Hall last night. . Draw Complete For $500 Ball tourney First game of the $500 Ma^y 24 baseball tournament gets under way Saturday morning at 10 o'clock between Prince George Lumbermen and the vaunted Ne-chako All Stars. Second game, at 3 p.m. Saturday, will be between Giscome Dodgers and Prince George Merchants and the third game, between Vanderhoof Cubs and West Lake Loggers, will be at 7 p.m. Saturday. Fourth and final game in the preliminary round of the knockout tourney will be at 10 a.m. Sunday with Quesnel Plywoods drawn against Willow River Red Sox. Winners of the first two games and second two games -will play off in the semi-finals on Sunday and finals will be between the winners of these games on Sunday evening. , PAVING PROJECTS FDR CITY 'FRINGE' Hon Harry Bowman announced here today that provincial paving crews will hard-surface about 4.6 miles of road In and around Prince George this year. Opening his castic mood, speech in the C.C.F. a sar-leader HAROLD WINCH held up a poster which listed the Kitimat railway, Alberta oil pipeline, Alcan project and Kitimat liquid air plant as developments the Liberals would bring the people. "In other words, if you vote for Bowman he'll do something for you that has already /been accomplished," he said, adding: "It's the most fantastic thing I've seen in 19 years of campaigning." Where is forestry and agriculture, the two most important industries in this district, on Mr, Bowman's poster, the speaker asked and claimed that "agriculture had been starved to death In B.C." In 19 years the province's bud- $10,000 Sash, Door Factory In Production Here Soon One new city business -will not only open its doors around the end of this month, it will put doors into production. He said he had received wgrd| yesterday from the engineering branch of the Provincial Public Works Department that Winchester Street between Fraser Avenue and Central Avenue will be paved, and that hard surfacing will be laid along Victoria Street southwards along the new city exit as far as Prince George ceme- Prince tonight in the showers, with low and hjgh tomorrow ex-at Prince George 38 and tery. Souih Fort George will also get paving from Bowser Street south for 1.3 miles on Queen Street. Mr. Bowman was unable to give costs of the projects but said that a considerable saving would be'incurred in doing the paving this year while hard-surfacing equipment is at work on the Carl-boo Highway. Mr. Bowman arrived here Tuesday and made his first public appearance in his constituency In the 1952 campaign at a rally at Shelley on Tuesday night. Last night, he spoke at/Willow River and tonight he shares a platform here with Attorney General Gordon Wismer. Mr. Bowman disclosed that Public Works expenditures in the Fort George riding will total at least $1,288,500 this season. Of this amount, $1,122,750 is slated for expenditure in the Prince George area. The total figure for the riding does not include an undetermined portion of the special $2,000,000 Northern Trans � Provincial Highway grant which will be spent in the McBride area. Prince George area expenditures for which appropriations are already made include maintenance* $183,000, hard-surfacing from Prince George south for 40 miles $80,000, Tabor Creek and Red Rock fills $50,000, Swede Creek and Squirrel Creek road, $30,000, Victoria Street extension $25,000, Prince George to Squirrel Creek improvement $25,000, elimination Josephine Creek $4750, gravelling south of Prince George $10,000, access -roads to A. C. Camozzi, manager of recently-formed Prince George Sash and Door Co., Ltd., said today he expected the firm's $40,000 Sixth Avenue plant would be in produc tion within two weeks. Electricians are putting the fin ishlng touches to the company's new buildings and owners of the business are setting up $10,000 worth of complex wood-working machinery in readiness for opening day. Ultimately the plant will em ploy from 10 to 15 men, but an initial labor force will consist of the three owners and two employees. Principals of the new company are Mr. Camozzi, W. R. Ridley BOWMAN PUDGES EAST-WEST LINK Hon. Harry R. Bowman last night staked his political future four years hence on construction of the Northern Trans-Provincial highway section between Prince eorge and McBride. At a public meeting held in the Willow River school house, the agricultural minister told residents "I make the promise right now that you will either have a easonably good Northern Trans-rovincial Highway or I will not ask for your vote again." Mr. Bowman said that it was not his policy as a rule to make election promises, but that necessity for a northern east-west oad link was imperative and demanded early action. He said that survey of the "fringe area" blocks $30,000, re-.route to be followed by the long-decking south side of Fraser River Bridge at Prince George $65,000, Parsnip River Bridge HUNTERS CAN'T TAKE TROPHIES HOME WASHINGTON, May 22 (CP>�The Fith and Wildlife Service said tali,]' f01*"**" Hunting Hi Canada this fall Will be barred from bringing their ">to the United States. The ban applies to all cloven-hoofed animals, 'ing tnootm. dees', elk, caribou, mountain goat and sheep and antelopes. Albert M. Boy, director of the service, sold transportation of these ani-m oerow the border will be prohibited as longias the foot and mouth dis-bo. J�nHniwt ����*� S*"��an oarrle. He said small quan/iries of completely ��d thoroughly cooked meat from any of these animals, intended for 'nclud molt BT? eoiM�"�P�*��, may be brought back if approved at the border by * *�"� *� "�"* *� �*��*� back If they are hard-dried, or if d to f ned to � B Ceu; to � Borentment-approved establishment* for disinfecting or pro-�f fl"9' Anrter*# hows and oilier trophies may b� brought across the border *group of young Christian men/' said the spokesman. i U.S. Publishers To Pay More For Newsprint VANCOUVER�Powell River Sales Company, Limited!, Wednesday announced a $70 a ton increase, effective. June 16, on newsprint shipped to the Unired States market. Base price now will be $126 a toiv including certain delivery charges, M. J. Foley, president1, announced. "Since last July the increase in production costs and the loss of the >remium on U.S. funds hove presented a problem to Canadian mills," Mr. :oley said. "Because of these circumstances the Canadian Government, after consultation with the United States, has permitted an increase which will rartialfy offset the decline in revenue." B.C. Civil Servants Will Consider Wage-Hour Offer VICTORIA�Civil servants from all over British Columbia will meet on Monday night to consider the government's offer of a five-day 3634 hour week for office workers and a fire-day 44-hour week for outside worker*.. Forty-two locals of the B.C. Government Employees' Association, representing 10,000 civil servants; will hold meetings. The Association executive wants a quick decision to accept or reject the offer because the new work week would go into effect June 1 on a four-month test basis. U.S. Producers Oppose Aluminum Importation WASHINGTON�Congress members and mojor United States aluminum producers .Wednesday received coolly o Defence Production Administration proposal to buy up to 75,000 tons of aluminum yearly from Canada. The plan, to be accompanied by the expansion of about 75,000 tons � year in U.S. aluminum capacity, was drafted by Deputy DPA Administrator Samuel W. Anderson as "a moderate" step towards building sufficient capacity for an all-out war. In a closed meeting with key senators and members of the House of Representatives, DPA Administrator Manly Fleischmann agreed to withhold action on the Canadian deal pending hearings by the Senate House Committee on defence production probably next week.