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Vol. 36; No. 19
Prince George, B.C., MONDAY, March 9, 1953
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District Mills Aim At Record Outputs
New Production Marks Established
Fort George Forest District sawmills are still forging towards a new production record in 1953 it was revealed today when B.C. Forest Branch statistics showed the sawlog cut in the first two months of this year is already 11 per cent over what it was at the same time 12 months ago.
For the second consecutive month �district sawmills outcut their production figures for a year ago by a substantial margin.
Mills in the district scaled a cut of 51,560,300 board feet in January, the second month of the forest year, compared with 49,-036,520 feet in January 1952.
Total cut for the district in December and January is 107,183,-210 board feet compared with 90,-916,922 board feet at this time one year ago.
Mills tributary to Prince George cut 39,000,000 feet during the month compared with 34,000,000 feet in 1952. So far this year Prince George area mills have cut close to 76,000,000 board feet, an increase of 16,000,000 feet over ihe total last year.
Quesnel mills scaled less than -1.500,000 feet during January, a drop of more than a million board feet from last year, while Peace River mills scaled a cut of more than 7,000,000 feet, up a million from a year ago.
Tie production boomed in the district during January with a total of 27,803 pieces "compared with only 2147 pieces in January of 1952. Total tie production for the first two months of this year has been 35,294 pieces compared with 4312 a year ago.
Forest officials believe that increased production during the first two months of this year has been largely a result of favorable logging weather.
Red Cross Collections Well Underway In City
Collections are underway for the annual Red Cross fund campaign but returns to headquarters are slow so far.
Chairman W. G. MacLean said this morning the first compilation of collections will be made tonight. He expects the drive to get into high gear this week.
Many   canvassers   hold   back
Two Face Charges Of Selling Liquor
' Two Second Avenue establishments were raided by Royal Canadian Mounted Police liquor detail at the week-end and a man and a woman face charges of illegally selling liquor. . Charged are Ethel Eakin of Second Avenue East, and Cecil Cornyea, 1270 Second Avenue.
-Police raided the house inhabited by Mrs. Eakin shortly after noon on Saturday, while Cornyea was charged as a result of a raid early yesterday morning.
The two will appear in police magistrate's court this week.
City  Woman's   Brother Dies  In  Okanagan
Charles A. East, city engineer, and Mrs. East left this afternoon for Vernon to attend the funeral Wednesday of Mrs. East's brother, Ronald Carswell.
Mr. Carswell, who was a frequent visitor to Prince George, died Sunday in Vernon Jubilee Hospital following a stroke. He was 42 years of age.
RADIATION TECHNICIAN Isa-beile Nauer illustrates use of the Cobalt "bomb" at Montefiore Hospital, New York, as the new therapy unit makes its debut. Miss Nauer wears a plaster east: of the type moulded on a patient's head in a brain tumor case. After conventional X-rays locate the tumor, the cast is marked so that the Cobalt unit can be directed at the same point during each treatment. The "bomb". came from Canada's Chalk River Atomic Energy pile and produces more radiation than all the world's medically used ra-djum.
Hospital Plight 'Desperate7  of Annual Meet
Discussion building for
of  a  new hospital Prince George will
feature the annual meeting and election of officers of the Prince George and District Hospital Society in the Government Building next Wednesday.
Chairman Frank Clark will call the meeting to order at 8 p.m.
The need for a new and modern hospital to serve Prince  George
their collections until they have: and surrounding communities is completed the canvass in their daily growing more acute, a hos-area, and funds often collect in j pital official stated today.
a rush. Objective  of
the campaign is
$4500 this year, $200 more than In 1952. Co-chairman of the drive is Mrs. N. Woodhead. Special effort    is being made
Maintenance costs are mounting rapidly on the rambling 13-year-old building constructed, by the Department of National Defence and taken over as a civilian hospital at the end o'f World War II.
patients are often forced to occupy beds in the halls until vacancies occur in the wards, and the offices, kitchen and other departments are badly overcrowded.
A hospital spokesman described the situation' as "desperate," and said there is immediate need for a 150-bed institution which would provide modern hospital facilities for the city.
Liberals Back Sowed Budget; Premier Hints June Election
VICTORIA, March 9 '� The Social Credit government has assurance that its first budget will foe passed by the Legislature. Liberal
leader E; T. Kenney said his balance of power group would support the government-in today's vote although it objects to many features of the budget.
Mr. Kenney said the Liberals don't feel that British Columbians want to lay out $750,000 for a new election at this time.
However, it was indicated there will be an election anyway during the first two weeks in June. Premier Bennett has said he intends to call a contest before the hot summer months.
this year to canvass mills and in?      Recently the floor in one ward
dustry, as well as residential and business areas.
Wilfred Bldnchet Dies In Hospital Sunday
Wilfred Blanchet died Sunday in Prince George and District Hospital. He was 56.
Born in Montreal, Mr. Blanchet was a veteran of the First World War. A resident of the Cache for seven years, he was retired.
Funeral   services  will   be nounced later.
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started to collapse and $3000 was spent on renewing a portion of the foundation. Staff and patients have been inconvenienced by leaking roofs on the uninsulated one-storey structure, and it costs the hospital management about $1000 each winter to keep the show cleared from the large roof area.
f   Many cases of bursting water pipes have been reported,     and the heating system is deteriorating rapidly. Due to lack of accommodation,
TAXES HERE WILL CHANGE LITTLE IF SOCRED BUDGET PASSES HOUSE
Muncipal taxes in Prince George will be practically unchanged over last year if the Social Credit budget, embodying fhe Rolston formula for school costs, is passed in the legislature, an informed City Hall source disclosed today.
Although the city's departmental budgets are practically Complete, City Council can take no action on the 1953 mill rQte until it is known what Prince George's share of school =osts will be.
Implementation of the Rolston formula would mean that ^cityawould have to contribute slightly less towards schools n it did l                                             d                 f $100000
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 it did last year, despite an estimated (increase of $100,000 ln school operating costs.
Last year's municipal taxation here consisted on an 80 mill levy on 25 percent of improvement assessment and 100 Percent of land assessment.
The previous year, 1950, taxes were 80 mills on 20 per-lCent of improvements and 100 percent of land.
City Hall Will Supply Correct House Numbers
Householders of Prince George who do not have house numbers on their homes or places of business and who are not aware of what the correct number should be, can now apply at city Jiall so that numbered plates can be erected throughout the city.
Numbering of all buildings in the city, and in that part of the "fringe" area which is liable to become part of the city in the near future, must be in place before the Canadian Post Office Department will fulfill its promise to start door-to-door mail delivery here.
Proper numbers can be purchased at a number of city hardware stores.
Residents who have not got their homes or other buildings numbered, need only supply City Hall employees, with their lot and block numbers in order to get their correct street address.
Members of the Prince George Junior ^Chamber of Commerce this week suggested that residents kill two birds with one stone on their visit to hardware stores for numbers and pick up the letter-drop boxes or slots which the Post Office Department also requires.
South Road Trucking Ends At 12 Tonight
Truckers 'hauling over the Cariboo Highway south of Prince George Airport have until, midnight tonight to suspend operations until after the break-up period.
D. D. Godfrey, divisional public works engineer, announced at the week-end that 6000 pounds gross limits would go on the highway south tonight and that other roads will be closed shortly unless a cofd 'snap brings momentary respite from record early thaws.
Truckers hauling from the Buckhorn Lake road will be able to operate until further notice by using the Pineview route as far as Prince George Airport.
Mr. Godfrey, who last week did not think closures would be necessitated for at least 10 days, imported an inspection of the Cariboo Highway south to Woodpecker showed considerable damage to paved and unpayed portions of the-route.'   ^- �
He said that absence of a cold snap immediately would probably see the eastern and western sections of the Northern Trans-Provincial Highway closed at midnight on Thursday, and the southern portion of the Hart highway will likely close at the same time.
Restrictions on the Cariboo Highway include a 20 m.p.h. speed limit for all types of trucks and a 30 m.p.h. speed limit for passenger cars.
One  Injured  When Car Leaves Highway
A New. Westminster man was injured and three other passengers ' in a late model sedan were shaken up in a spectacular .accident on the Quesnel Highway 12 miles south of Prince George earlj' Sunday morning.
The car, travelling about 35 miles an hour, veered from the highway, plowed through a snowbank, and dropped into a shallow gully in an almost perpendicular position.
The back-seat passengers were spilled into the frpnt seat, and the quartette had considerable difficulty in getting the doors open as the upended vehicle threatened to topple over.
It is believed the driver, Tom Huston, fell asleep. He. suffered a broken nose and facial bruises, but continued on to Terrace today with other members of the party.
LEGION MEETS TONIGHT
The regular monthly meeting of the Canadian Legion will be held tonight at 8 p.m. in the Legion Hall.'   *
STALIN'S BODY IN RED SQUARE TOMB
MOSCOW, March 9�Every steam whistle .in the Soviet Union blew for five minutes, today and artillery thundered as the body of Joseph Stalin was interred in the tdmb on Red Square' of world Communism's other" ommortal, NickolaF Lenin.
G. M.^Malenkov has' been named to succeed-Stalin as supreme leader of the Soviet Union.
Jaycee Letter Box
Drive In High Gear
A Prince George Junior Chamber of Commerce program to get letter slots or drop-boxes on more than 90 per cent of all city homes within the" next two months got off to a flying start this week with distribution of more than 2000 leaflets to city residents.
The leaflets, prepared by the Jaycees, were distributed door-to-door and to all post office boxes.
Jaycees, taking a new approach, point out that unless . city residents show some co-operation with the Post Office Department's offer to institute door-to-door mail delivery, the plan may be abandoned.
"The fate of mail delivery is in 'your hands," the pamphlet reads. "Put in slots or boxes and, Ottawa will give us the service. Put it off and some other more enterprising city will benefit by your neglect."
Householders wishing to have slots or drop-boxes installed on their.homes or business buildings may contact any member of the Junior Chamber of Commerce in order to obtain the names of carpenters willing to do the job.
Omineca Skiers Tops In Five Of Eight Prince George Events
Despite wet granular snow and q continuing thaw, Prince George Ski Club officials saw close to 400 Spectators congregate at the foot of ConnaughtHill here yesterday as the club's first annual ski meet -moved into its second and last day.
Baseball Weather Hits Winter Sports
The weatherman probably rang the death-knell for winter sports here with a prediction of rain today and Tuesday. Temperatures will reach a low of only 32 overnight.
There will be a few sunny in: tervals between the showers, he said. High Tuesday will be 45.
Wild Allies Astound Game Officials Here
A belief held 'by seasoned woodsmen that wild animals are capable of some wierd.accomplishments was borne out late last week when the B.C. Game 'Branch here received reports of. a moose whose constant companion is a domestic dog which has run wild.
The reports come from loggers and millmen in the Buckhorn Lake area where moose are fairly plentiful.
Several times the big beast of the forests has been sighted plunging through the bush with his police dog companion trotting at his side.
Residents of the Buckhorn area said' the dog is one which was abandoned by its owner in that region some years ago.
When the pair were first seen it was thought that the dog, was a wolf in pursuit of the > moose, but when they were sighted again and again, the moose's companion was seen to be a part-Alsatian dog.                        *n
According to j^oodsmen in the area, the association between the two animals is a close one.
Game officials believe the moose may be one which at one time was fed at a sawmill and became used to the presence of canines.
Ordinarily a moose is as wary of a dog as it is of its constant enemy, the wolf.
\ Men who have seen the pair together have so far not been able to determine whether the moose is a cow or a bull.
Omineca Ski Club swept five firsts in the eight junior and sen ior events with city skiers win ning the 12-years and under slalom, ladies slalom and the sen ior jumping.
First place in the senior jumping went to Nils Glidde of Prince George Ski Club with a soaring leap off a low jump of 71 feet. Second in the senior jumping contest was Carl Richmond of Burns Lake with a jump of 62 feet.
Prince George's ski meet opened Saturday w?ith a number of junior events.
Diane Williston, daughter of district school inspector Ray Williston, drew first place in the girls 12-and-under slalom" with Darlene Skelton of Prince George only a scant 3Vfe seconds behind. BOYS SLALOM
Omineca Ski Club members Phillip and Peter Engstad drew first and second place in the boys 12-and-under slalom and Phillip went on to capture another first in the 12-and-under jumping event. Bobby Strom of Prince George placed second.
Ladies' slalom event, minus two Burns Lake entries who were delayed by thawing roads, was won by Miss Jane Skelton of Prince George Ski Club with fellow member Mrs. Harriet Gordon in' second place.
Nine contestants entered the junior jumping for skiers 16 years old and under, with Harold Eakin of Burns Lake capturing first place followed by Gunnulf Myrbo of Prince George in second place. AOKI INJURED    .
Gordon Williams, Omineca Ski Club instructor, showed flawless technique on his two senior slalom runs to win going away with a total time of under 40 seconds. Second place in the men's slalom went to Carl Richmond of Omineca and Harry Aoki of Prince George, who later suffered the only injury of the day, was third. Aoki, instructor for the Prince George club, suffered a severely fractured leg in a practice run over the senior slalom course after the meet was over.
Prizes were presented at the close of yesterday's events by Prince George Ski Club officials. The prizes were donated by city businessmen for the occasion.
" I events at the tourney fell to Ray Williston and Junior Chamber of Commerce president Len Hiebert. The    Canadian    Legion    band, transported in to to by Ken's Delivery Service, provided a musical background     for     the     colorful events yesterday.
Burns Lake skiers expressed envy at the downtown location of the local ski hill as well as its northern exposure. They expres-ed surprise that the hill was not further developed for skiing.
Watery Ice Delays urling Cup Play
Directing   and   controlling   the
Continued mild weather has put a stop to curling which may well prove to be permanent unless �here is a change within ,a few days. Pour events in the men's section remain to be decided while ladies have yet to declare winners in three events.
Plans for the annual mixed bonspiel which was to have started Friday are being held in abeyance with the hope that colder weather will allow play to com-nence by the middle of, the week.
Saturday, March 21 was chosen at an executive meeting Friday, as the date for a get-together and presentation of trophies for both nen and women, to be held in the -urling rink.
Future plans of the club were also discussed at the meeting in view of the fact that the city is oing to take over the Civic Centre building. A general meet-ng will probably be called in the near future to further consider possible action.
Car Collision  Sends Woman To Hospital
Suffering from broken ribs and severe shock, Mrs. Martin Caine is a patient in Prince George and District Hospital following a traffic accident at Seventh Avenue and Victoria Street at 5 p.m. Friday.
Mrs. Caine was alone in her car when it was struck by a five-ton truck. The two vehicles met almost head-on, and Mrs. Caine's-car received extensive  damage.
At the hospital today her condl* tion was described as "Improved.'*