Capital for Gasline Here - VANCOUVER, Oct. 15 �-In. , iI Gas Company said today it lal ,-r-,need $4,00Q,00O financing ^e in to bring 100,000 inter-n--British Columbians and their LsSes natural gas from,the See River area. �We are all ready to go once Westcoast gets its nod," said John Ivnhori of the investment firm f McSon & Burns "We have .rinsed the: initial * financing Sf and have talked to in-ns which assure us we can do the rest." The system would serve an 9rpa between Prince George and Rowland near the U.S. border Westcoast Transmission still uist receive permission from the rg Federal Power Commission �0 pipe gas from the Peace into Washington and Oregon. Construction of the $110,000,-,,oo pipeline hinges on U.S. approval of Westcoast's applica- stnutions h tion. Predator War Heeds Bait For Ammunition If the B.C. Game Branch's annual winter war on predatory animals is to be a success this vear the co-operation of a few farmers or mill-owners is need-1 eel, a Game Department official said here this week. Urgently needed by the branch's predator division here are a few horse carcasses for the preparation of wolf and coyote baits. Walter Gill, inspector in charge of this Game Branch division, said today that if any farmer or logging camp operator has got a horse, or horses,, that he wishes to dispose of, a warden will dispatch the animal and remove it from the property. Last year most of the wolf baits used in this area were made from horse meat provided in this manner. I VICTORIA, B.C. 1 n Largest Circulation c � iny Semi-Weekly Newspaper in British Columbia VoJ. 35; No. 81 Railroad Spur Talks Reach New Stalemate Negotiations between the City of Prince George, the Canadian National Railways and owners of industrial property (in the east end for construction o*f an adequate railway spur line are still at a deadlock. Prince Geon � B.C., THURSDAY, October 16, 1952 $4.00 per year 5^ per copy City Council Tuesday evening turned down/an offer of an immediate start on the spur by the railroad because of conditions on which it hinged. The railroad asked for granting of .the required property on which to 'build the industrial spur, plus exemption from taxation on it, : Council will inform the C.N.R. through City Solicitor P. E. Wilson Q.C.. that it is beyond its powers to grant taxation exemption on the property. The Council is willing, however, to give the railroad an indefinite easement on the land needed for the right-of-way provided that improvements made on the land are taxable in the ordinary way. The C.N.R. offered to "immediately proceed" with construction of the siding if its conditions were agreed to by the city. Meanwhile, a number of large wholesale houses which have located in Prince George's fast-growing light industrial area are still without adjacent trackage, despite the fact that they are within a few hundred feet of the C.N.R. yards. 14 Pay Court Fines For Game Law Infractions Wardens of the British Columbia Game Branch here have obtained \ 4 convictions under sections of th^Game Act since the first of October, a department spokesrndnT^tated today. Most" of the convictions have been registered -against persons who carried loaded guns in auto* mobiles, and one man was fined twice and had his gun confiscated upon two succeeding convictions for the same offense. Raymon I. Smith, Prince George, was first convicted of carrying a loaded firearm in a motor vehicle on October 6. He was fined $25 and costs by Magistrate G. H. Hallett Two clays later he was sentenced to another fine of $25' and costs and his gun was ordered forfeited when he was convicted for a second offense of the same nature. Others running afoul of the game laws in this district during the past two weeks included Mrs. G. Craig, $10 and costs for carrying a loaded gun in a motor vehicle; utto Weltz, -$25 .and costs for the same olfense; Andrew A. Saver, $25 and costs on the same Civic Centre Group, Council Will Meet To Formulate Plans of Prince George's uncompleted Civic > Centra on Seventh Avenue may t>e decided at a meeting which will be held next Wednesday at City HalL-The meeting will >be a joint af-iair between the/City Council and the executive of the Givic Centre Association. Wea for the from meeting sprang a City Council meeting on .Monday night at which it wk generally agreed the future c* we Centre should be discussed aml decided upon in the very near future. Motive behind holding -the meeting so soon may "be that the ^-ouncil is willing to place a referendum before the people In December which, if passed, would authorize municipal ownership �t the building and its grounds. hi S�rne agreement for a pos-�^We transfer of ownership from u'e Association to the city is forked out at the meeting, and ne subsequent referendum is passed, work on completing the wilding may get under way in nnn Sprlng> lt is estimated $46,-"u would be required to com: plete it in its 'barest form. count; John T. Lawson, $25 and costs; Robert Fenton, $25 and costs; Roy Wilson, $25 and costs; Alcide Fillion, $50 and costs for carrying-a loaded gun in a motor vehicle constituting a second offense under the Game Act; A. C. Meneely $25 and costs; Sergio Frank Cescon, $100 and costs for shooting a cow moose; Marvin Clements, $10 and costs for hunting without a license. Giant Oil Company Scouting North B.C. (Special to The Citizen) By means of a helicopter, experienced oil geologists arid scouts employed by the giant Anglo-Iranian Oil Company are looking for promising oil structures in the region of the North Peace River and the north-eastern portion of B.C., it was reported from Dawson Creek today. M. W. Strong, who has wide experience in spotting .likely oil fields In many parts of the world for the giant English company, is flying over a huge area of wild and rugged country, including the Fort Nelson district. Immense areas in northern B.C. are being given visual examination in a fev/ hours that would take weeks of wilderness travel on foot and with less satisfactory results. Many Canadian and American oil companies are showing an interest in the north-eastern part or B.C. as a potential oil field. Anglo-Iranian is said to be on the verge of starting surface explorations in the region now being scanned by heliocopter. According to oilmen there is a big area west of the Rockies and north of the Peace River in BiC. that may some day rival the Near East fields recently vacated by the Anglo-Iranian company..;i....;. N.~'..�,'.'.- ..�_.<:.._"_; Blind Fund 'Tag' Exceeds $700 Mark Splendid response to the tag day for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind was reported this morning by R. H. Clarke, president of the local branch. i The tag, held netted over $700 last Saturday, for the fund, Mayor Dezell Wins UBCM Executive Pos! Prince George's Mayor Garvln Dezell led the poll in voting a new directorate to the Union of British Columbia Municipalities at their annual Convention in Vernon. He was also instrumental inj getting unanimous support from __ the mayors and. reeves present of I ^er the famed Hobbs Report which treasurer here, Norman Napier, would see the Provincial Government made responsible for paying 80 per cent of all educational with final figures not" yet computed. . Personal canvas for donations is now under way, but no reports are in ^ yet, Mr. Clarke said at press time. Letters appealing for donations from city residents wilt be' in , the mail the end of this week. Anyone not contacted by a canvasser who wishes to donate to the annual campaign to help citizens may forward his or donation to the C.N.I.B. costs. A resolution will be forwarded by the Union shortly urging the government to adopt the Hobbs Report. Mayor Dezell delivered the key address for that portion of the U.B.C.M. membership in favor of the move. His Worship will be serving his second term on the U.B.C.M. executive. Home Owners Ignore B.C. Fire Regulations A warning that installation of roof jack chimneys is contrary to the Fire Marshal Act and constitutes a grave fire hazard to occupants of homes and their neighbors was issued by a representative of the provincial Fire Marshal's Department on Wednesday. , _ . The warning followed a tour of residential areas in Prince George by the inspector, who noted numerous violations of the fire prevention code. �'lij:i It was also pointed out that storage drums for homes using oil must be erected on metal stands and be properly vented. A permit for their use must also be obtained department. from the city fire P.O. Box 309. Members of the Business and Professional Women's club, headed by Mrs. C. Cranston, organized Saturday's tag day. City Soon To Have Citibank Lookout Prince George may soon have its-town diminutive Grouse Mountain Lookout, Prince George Board of Trade was told recently by Harry Loder, chairman of its transportation committee. The lookout will be a cleared park-like space atop the Nechako River cutbanks immediately north of Prince George from which an unsurpassed view of the city may be obtained. Mr. Loder said that the Provincial Department of Public Works is currently improving the rbad in to the spot and that an effort will be^made soon by provincial authorities to secure a strategic plot of ground,as a view point. Mr. Loder and Trade Board president Norman Napier heralded the lookout point as an ideal place to take visiting officials and dignitaries so they can. get a realistic idea of the orderly growth in and around the city. City Inventor With Trap Death Claims City Woman Hundreds of Prince George friends were shocked this morning to learn of the death in Vancouver General Hospital last' night-of Mrs. W.' R. Munro, a resident of this city for 24 years. Mrs. Munro went to Vancouver three weeks ago where she underwent two major operations. Mr. Munro and son,'Ronald, left here by car Sunday night upon learning that a second operation was necessary. A prominent social worker and member of the United Church, Mrs.* Munro came to Prince George in 1928 from Golden; t.C.,'.when, her husband was ap- ointed- manager of P. Burns neat market, then located at the orner of Third Avenue and eorge Street. Funeral services and interment Ad II take place in Victoria on VIonday. Mrs. Munro is also survived by a daughter, Mrs. F. R. Lynn Hazel) at Cecil Lake and a granddaughter there. She was president of the Women's Institute here at the time f her passing, secretary of Kn.ox Women's Association and a valu-;d member of Knox church choir. She was also a director of the all fair association, in charge of horticultural exhibits. Pictured above with his wrist locked in the steel arms of the fur-bearing animal trap he invented is George Mostrom, 1947 Ross Crescent, Prince George, who this week is hard at work filling his first big sample order of the device which he and many others believe will find the approval of trappers and humane societies. Mr. Mostrom started work en his invention in real earnest two year? ago when his leg, still unhealed, was injured, in a logging accident. Idea of the trap is that it renders animals dead instantly-by collapsing the lungs, and thus eliminates suffering and damage to fur. In 700-foot Nechako Cany on Thrilling Rescue Ends IB-How Ordeal Of Injured Constable Following a painful 18-hour ordeal and dramatic resuce from a� 10-foot canyon of the Nechako River, Constable B. McDonald of Vanderhoof detachment of the RCMP is recuperating in St. John Hospital, Vanderhoof, from a broken leg. MacDonald was injured when he fell 35 feet to the canyon floor during a search for the bodies of two drowning victims who disappeared in the swirling waters of the river two miles above Ken-ney Dam three months ago. He had crawled to a narrow rock ledge in order to scan the canyon bottom when a portion of a ledge broke away. Two companions, Lloyd and Doug Neff of Mannix Ltd. camp fire department, heard him fall and called to him. MacDonald said there was something wrong with his stand. Upon leg and he' could not reaching the injured man's side, the two men learned that deep water in a gorge ahead and behind them had them trapped. Two other searchers, Mel Cass-man ,and Stuart Lindsay,' heard calls from the canyon and investigated. After exploring the region they arranged for a rescue party to be sent out from the Mannix Camp at Nechako. The rescue party first tried to reach the men by canoe, as the canyon bottom was dotted with deep pools of water, but it was found to be too hazardous. It was decided to lower Ken Carpenter, a Mannix first-aid attendant, and :en men by rope from a shelf on the canyon wall to the river bed. At 1 a.m., nine hours after the accident happened, the injured man received medical attention and a dose of morphine to ease the excruciating pain of his fractured leg. Because of the darkness the rescuers remained in the canyon until 7:30 a.m. before tackling the risky job of lifting the injured constable in a basket stretcher to the top of the bluff. From that point he was carried another three-quarters of a mile to an ambulance waiting at the roadside. (See THRILLING RESCUE, Page 16) Mrs. Esil'm Wins Last 'Spoon Day' Of Year Mrs. Virginia Estlin was victor in the final monthly "Spoon Day" of the season, held by ladies of Prince George Golf and Country Club on the local links last Friday. She won a sterling silver coffee spoon for her best score. Tee-off time was 1:30 p.m. The event also marked the close of organized "ladies' days" on the course, which have been held each Friday - afternoon throughout the summer and early fall. 200 Teachers Will Come Here For Meet Two hundred teachers will con- , verge on^ Prince George a week , :rom tomorrow when the North Central Teachers Federation opens its annual convention at the Junior-Senior high/School. Seven, school districts will be represented at the meet, with. delegates arriving frotn points as far. west as.,Smlther&, east to McBfiae~"and "south"v'to" Williaiffir Lake. Teachers from Terrace, though outside, the north central area, are also expected to send representation. "Canada's Contribution to Literature," a public address by Prof. R. E. Waiters, of the Department of English at the University of British Columbia, will be a highlight of the programme. Dr. Watters will ^speak in the high school auditorium on Friday evening, October 24. Sessions will commence at 10.-15 that morning and run throughout the day and throughout Saturday/' October 25. Among items on .the second day's programme will be a talk on rural school sani-tatibn by Cariboo Health Unit sanitarian Len Hiebert. The convention will wind up with a banquet and dance at Melvadeer Lodge, Six-mile Lake, Saturday night. Clear periods were forecast for later today in the weatherman's statement just before noon, but Friday's outlook is "cloudy." Little change in temperature is looked for, with light winds and low and high readings tonight and tomorrow 40 and 50 degrees. Missing City Electrician Fired Before He Started Prince George's recently appointed electrical superintendent was fired by City Council on Tuesday night, almost six weeks after he was supposed to have' taken over the post vacated September 15 by John Steward. William Wallace, successful applicant for the $400-a-month post never turned up here to take over the city's top power post. His application was chosen from one of more than 30 two months ago and he agreed in the first instance to take over � on September 15. Around that time he requested that he be permitted to postpone his date of commencement to October 1 due to the fact he had to conclude the position he* already held with a Vancouver firm. On October 3 he had still not arrived but advised Council he would be here shortly, the further delay being caused by ill- ness in his family. On Tuesday tlfis week he had still not materialized and Council instructed Acting City Clerk George Gibbins to wire Wallace telling him his appointment had been officially rescinded. Asked what the city would do as the next step towards filling the post, His Worship Mayor Dezell said "nothing at the present time." Acting Electrical Superintend-ant Ken Jack, who took over when John Steward's resignation-went into effect on September 15, will continue in that post at least until the 1953 Council has assumed command of the city's affairs, the Mayor said.