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An Independent- Semi-Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interest of Central
British Columbia
35; No. 55 .
Prince George, B.C., MONDAY, July 13,
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\rsnip Management License ^position Plots Next Move
group of Prince George district lumbermen which has jrheaded opposition to a forest management licence appli- : n by The Pas Lumber Company announced today that campaign will continue unabated. I
jiose opposing the license ap-^t ion will be presented in form to members of the i'incial Legislature. �
Rustad, a local ^planer mill "
fetor and chairman of the cause we "have been able to log jp, said today that the-views closer to Prince George than the i
Parsnip River and because there I was no highwaj' to that area un-' til last; year. There are quite a few such stands of timber* in this
jie personal letters to mem- area which have' never been
logged, but that does not^mean they will never be logged by small independent concerns."
The spokesman for the independent mills said that briefsjal-ready submitted to Victoria voicing opposition to the license application in the Parsnip River area had been acknowledged, but that no action had been forthcoming yet as a result of the unsettling effect on. government circles of the recent general election.
will bolster four briefs al-subrriitted to the go'vern-�bearing the signatures of 100 local millmen, planer Itors and businessmen. lid Mr. llustnd in an inter-with The Citizen today: opposition to the granting huge management license the Parsnip Kiver is unrii-ished."
jo want the public to know lour motives In opposing this ion are based on the wel- a large section of the in-j economy of the Prince -George district and ;iro not representative of a few biased interests." �$� said tin1 group of which he
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�Jsr.'chuiiinan is not in opposition ';tO tin.1 I'as Lumber Company 'Startl trict,
operations in this dis nly to its bid for forest
COMPANY
S'v.'We would actually welcome :the Pas Lumber Company hero tout We feel that they should ac- � incurred by two district men
Five persona died in traffic ac-1 early Sunday morning., when cidents and one in"a construction flames completely destroyed" a mishap. j service station, store and future
Giovanni Zanardo, 55, New ^mebroom at Cale Creek. Westminster, died in hospital Sat-j Owners of the .establishment
/,-but- they- came. here, that assurance. < OMI'KTITIVK
feel," he went on, "that lumber industry here should laintained 'on a competitive and we do not feel that this could continue.if one SjSjiKore companies were granted iHRtrads of timber which would them a permanent supply
Rustad challenged the ity of trie argument that the ier which .the Pas Lumber has applied for could ^P>e logged, by local indepen-
' sawmills.
?*This timber has never been 'licked by us yet," he conceded,
urday from injuries suffered ( were George and James Stewart, b
when he was hit by a car. Adam McKinno, address
j The station, known as Stewart's un"i Service, was only a recently com-known, was struck down here) lete(, venture. Lost in the fire
by a car and died later in hospital. RCMP
were crates of dishes and a new propane stove which had not yet
Americans Amazed
Airman, Child Drown In District Lakes
A member of the United States Air Force and an eight-ysar-old boy lost their lives ,in separate drownings here at the week-end as Prince George's swimming season got under way
again with warmer weather.----------------------------------:-------
Name of the U.S. aircraftsman could reach him. Further efforts
has.been withheld by Air Force t0 �ve. lxJm fjlilecL , �
. . . .,- � HlS body was sighted in 20 feet
authorities pending notification of water near the pier but diving
of next of kin, | for him was unsuccessful. The
Body of Vernon McLeo'd, age 8, body was recovered by grappling, was recovered in less than three Feet of water near Hatnil Creek at. McLeod Lake yesterday.
Artificial respiration applied to the hoy's inert body by a physician who was fishing nearby failed to' recusitatc him. The youngster is the son of Mr, and Mrs. Vernon McLeod of
Rumors Sabotage Pr. George Route
Strong protest over the adverse publicity being given the Hort Highway by individuals ond organized groups in southern B.C. and the north-western Stevens & Rahn Sawmills, a few j stotes was voiced by a Fort St. John hotelman last week. * miles no,nl1 of Summit Lake. |
Jack Moffat, a brother of Alex Moffat of Prince George, soys a majority According to witnesses to the t a � > ni'i lL iL. CJ rs r- i i tragedy, young Vernon had been
of-Amencan tounsts are traveling north over the Edmonton-Dawson Creek wa3in*'near �e momh of Hamil
road after being informed rhot the Prince George-Dowson Creek link is in fjj.gp^ while his parents were poor condition.
Mr. Moffat, operator of the Fort St. John Hotel, said the Edmonton route, after the recent wet spell, was heavily pitted with deep chuck-holes and had become practically impassable.
"Why were we not told of the Hart Highway?" dazed and shaken U.S. motorists are asking Mr. Moffat .when they arrive at Fort St. John.
"Tbe Hart road is in splendid condition despite the heavy rains," Mr. Moffat said, "and no one need fear the trip north from Prince,George."
Trucks and busses are moking regular trips on schedule he stated.
Mr. Moffot was recently visited by his brother, Alex, and their four sisters, Mrs. C. V. Johnston, Mrs. Lynn Hill and Mrs. M. Eagleston of
The aircraftsman had been swimming with the 'three companions who witnessed the sudden drowning and was the last to. remain in the water.
The drowning took place short-]y after 330 p.m. on Saturday, c
Coroner's enquiries will beheld in connection with both fatalities this week.
sitting nearby. A fisherman,
Quesnel and Mrs. F. Wall of St. Paul, Minn. Theye made the trip comfortably over the John Hart road and Alaska Highway.
Old Post Office May Become City Library
Prince George's present ;post office building at Third Avenue" and Quebec Street may be leased to the City of Prince George for a nominal sum as a public building, it was learned from an official source last week.
The building, constructed in 1030 at a cost of about $30,000, would probably be used as a municipal library and museum.
Indications that the building would not remain in government service after the post office moves into the new $450,000 .Federal building at Quebec Stret and Fifth
Fall Fair Ass'n Plans Full Agenda
With midway, circus, a full rao
Walter the
Gudwer,
PIONEER BAKER DIED SATURDAY
A native of northern Ireland who came to Canada in 1901 and.
was wading near the youngster arrived in. Prince George> years but neither he nor the parents saw the youngster disappear.
His absence was noticed and a search disclosed his body sub-merged in two to two-and-a-half feet of water. It is believed he
ing card and greatly enlarged place at Erickson Lake situated a
later to establish a bakery business died at his home in the Millar Addition at 12:45 p.m. Saturday.
.William Allen, 75, operator of
. , , . Prince George Bakery, 1341
may have been under water for Second Avenue has be � in fail. as long as 15 minutes.
Dr. C. E. McDonnell of Vander-hoof sped to the scene from nearby and applied artificial respiration to no avail. OX PICNIC
The youngster and his parents were enjoying a family picnic when the tragedy took place.
Second week-end drowning in the Prince George district took
few. miles south'of the Baldy Mountain United States Air Force'
prize list for district entrants on the agenda, members of the Prince-George Agricultural and Indus- camp in the old Blackwater road.j iri; "�e<
Fair, to be held .in the fair build- was seen swimming near a pier ing September 4, 5 and 7.
rial eady
Association are making for their 38th annual Fall
The victim, an aircraftsman of, Mexican extraction from Kansas,!
"This year we're going to have everything," enthusiastic Fair secretary Mrs. R. B. Carter told' a Citizen reporter.
"All. support,
need is the people's and I don't think we
at the lake by three companions. SAW ^STRUGGLING
Suddenly he was seen struggling in the water but his body sank before one of the watching trio
have to worry about that. People j
��...,... ..,,,- recently wh,-n :iih.-i\c been taking an inn-wising | J^fQ
was learned that a plan toirnove | interest In the Fall Fair," she the National Employment. Se^yice into it had been abandoned. ^
George Murray, M.P., Liberal candidate in the forthcoming Dominion election, said here recently that he would support any move to put the building to good use for the public.
The post office building may be
WILLIAM ALLEN
:MP reported that Nicholas been unpaclcec| for serVice on the ,.pnf it Pellechi about 30, of Vancouver, ,%ropOsed. adjoining lunch-"counter, was killed Saturday at his job on
vacated later this year when the postal staff moves into the uncompleted new building two blocks south.
City Hall officials said today they had not heard of the plan to lease the structure to the mlint-cipality, but added mat they would welcome the opportunity to
said.
Copies of the 56 page prize list have already been sent to all former entrants in the Fall Fair, Mrs. Carter said.
Anyone not receiving a copy of the prize list may pick pne up .at the Norfhern- Harriware'-imd -Furniture, the Co-op Store or Blairs, or,a copy may be obtained directly from Mrs. Carter.
proposed adjoining First to notice the flames'was
the Trans Mountain Oil pipeline a b;St t vvho ,ives only a near Hope when he was crushed ; snorLbdistance a,Vay_
by a machine.
Doris Mitchell, six-year-old Kim-berley, girl, was fatally injured when struck by a car near her home.
lilt that situation only exists be- A two-year-old girl, Loney
ocal Boys Off Tomorrow Ottawa Scout Jamboree
Nine boys of trie local First and Second Scout Troops will a Greyhound bus tomorrow morning for thejfirst lap. of which will take them to Ottawa and the second Scout Jamboree.
V&the affair will be held in the |i||tal city from July 18 to 26. , ffiiltending from Prince George yjffl- be Herb Assman and Jack hKbci- of the First Troop, and HBh Lund, Gordon \Crowe, Don HKeod, Hill Tosoff, Roy Good-H| Fred Baxter and John Ber-^Bo of the Second Troop. f?#3\e boys will travel via bus to Ash a t> ft where they will meet JSggl^oys. of the B.C. contingent boarding a train for Con-Ranges, Ottawa, where the rally will be held.
�At" the capital city they will be joined by Scout Larry Bell, ywhO.has stopped off enroute home from the coronation which he attended ;is B.C. Queen's Scout.
Some -1.000 Scouts from all parts "^Gf Canada, the United States and Jjsjj^West Indies will take part in 'fiffl�' jamboree, which is held In Tada every four years. s ||ne highlight of the boys' trip be an international pageant
&ps
boys from will represent
the local England,
pee, Holland, Norway, Swedef,
(stria, Portugal, Greece, Bel-
m and Scotland.
;d in the national coses, the scouts-will take part
a ball game, in which the ball
1 represent, the world. istrict Commissioner Ted Wills and Dr. J. Thorsness are in rge of the local Scout group eh, together with seven West
jheou'ver lads' and the boys of 295th New York Troop will n the Sixth Jamboree Troop at
following the J.amboree, the* p will return home through the States.
Ottawa-bound Scouts of the First and Second city troops will get a ronsiiiR send-off when they moot at the City Hall grounds at, 9:30 Tuesday morning.
In full ceremonial dress, the boys will be addressed I>.v Ray Willisfon, Port George MI ..A, and scout officials before they hoard their bus at 11 o'clock.
The blaze already completely enveloped the building when he awoke to strange noises and looked out a window.
Attempts to get into the burning building to save account books and, lodgers failed due to the intensity of the heat.
Owners of the establishment are in doubt as to the cause of the blaze. There was no heating
Youth Rescued From Six Mile Lake Sunday
A young millwor'ker had a narrow escape from drowning in Six Mile Lake as the. largest crowd df the season thronged that popular summer resort on the Giscome highway 12 miles east of Prince George.
Marvin Clements, 17, was swim->.,*. ...l..^. . .,v.,x. ...... ,.v, "-"-."'fe I ming a few feet from the wharf
system in operation in the bmId- at MeIvatIeGr Lod'ge when he sud-
ing at the time and the only electrical unit'drawing power-was a soft drink" vending machine.
The loss was by insurance.
partly covered
Air, Water Search For City Man Fails
An intensive search by air and
Ex-Member Favors Joint Meeting Plan
Holding of joint political campaign meetings with all
j three parties and.their candi-
J dates participating was termed "an excellent suggestion" here, Friday by C.C.F. standard bearer William Irvine.
Mr. Irvine's statement came following a successful party rally held in the C.C.F. Hall on Thurs-
] clay.
I The fiery former member of
denly disappeared under the surface.
Another swimmer, noticed the youth lying on -the bottom in about five feet of water. He dove in and'brought the unconscious lad to the surface. He was carried into the Lodge where a former nurse. Mrs. William Palin, applied artificial respiration for 20 minute?, before Clements recovered and was taken to a nearby sawmill where he is" employed.
It is believed the youth, whose parents live in the United States, suffered a heart attack or fainting spell while in the water.
B.C. Electors Won't Haye To Alter Clocks
British Columbia voters will go to the polls August 10 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Standard Pacific Time, which is official designation of Daylight Saving Time or "advanced time" now in effect-in this province.
The announcement was made late last.,week- by the Chief Electoral Officer at Ottawa following an exchange of . telephone calls and telegrams with Thomas Car-michael, returning officer for Cariboo electoral district.
Following the posting early this month of election proclamations, which mentioned "Pacific Standard Time," doubt was expressed by some returning joffieers in B.C. as to whether "fast"' or "slow" rime was intended.
Now it's been settled�B.C. election officials and voters will be governed by Pacific Daylight Savr ing Time, or as they say in Ottawa, Standard Pacific Time.
Here At Week-end
. Royal Canadian Mounted Police throughout the Interior of British' Columbia are today searching fori a car and a Hght truck stolen � here at the week-end.
Missing vehicles are a gray 1!M9 Chevrolet sedan bearing B.C. license number 8-l-2.'J;3 and a blue,
and black 1952 half-ton Ford"'11'1 matl� 0I�ht 'rms across tne
Atlantic: to visit the scenes of his boyhood. ^Ir. Allen was for many years a
ing health for the past year and a week ago was confined to bed.
Born in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, Mr. Allen was apprenticed to the bakery trade in his^>youth, and after coming to Canada was employed in a bakery in Ottawa for ten years and for a similar period in Regina be-foVe settling in .this city.
Although J>e had resided in Canada for o2 years he never lost his 'love for his native�Ireland
truck, Jicen.se number unknown but believed to be B.C. IG-oDG.
The sedan was stolen early Saturday morning from in front of | member of. Loyal Orange LodfeV. Melyadeer Lodge at Six Mile Lake ! Survivors include his wife, three and the light truck was taken j daughters, Mrs. Carl Johnson, from in front of the Canada-"Ho-] AIrs- Austin McLennan and Mrs.
Gordon Styles, all of Prince
tel, 20(> George Street yesterday. Owner of the truck is Roy Johnson of Penticton.
Anybody knowing the whereabouts of either vehicle is asked to immediately communicate with the R.C.M.P.
water has so far failed toafind a I parliament said he would be will- and police are on the alert for a trace of a 40-year-old Prince j ing to meet George Murray, Lib- smooth-talking transient who took
'Time Marches On'... Bui Not For PG Pair
Two Prince George men were defrauded of $15 here last week
George hospital orderly who has been missing since late -last month.
Royal Canadian' Mounted Police are still dragging a portion of the 12-mile long kike in the vicinity of where John Warren's overturned kayak was found.
An air sweep of the lake failed to find any trace of the missing fisherman last week.
Police have so far recovered the b^at and two paddles, all of which were, found entangled in shoreline willows.
Warren's parents are known to be living in California, although the missing man himself was a resident of England until about two years ago.
First indication of where the man had gone on his solitary fishing trip came when police fotind his light truck parked beside Pinchi Lake. ,
Police officials say that dragging operations may be suspended for a time and resumed in a few weeks.
eral candidate and proponent of joint meetings, to discuss the details.
Asked*to comment oh Mr. Murray's suggestion; Mr. Irvine said: "That is an idea I have always favored. I would he very glad to make arrangements, for a meeting with Mr. Murray in order to de-
their. cash and left them with two expensive-looking but noAV silent wrist watches.
One of the victimized persons was approached on the street by a stranger who announced he was in financial straits and would sell his $S5 gold watch for $30.
The time-piece�an imposing
Hulatt Resident Dies From Heart Attack
A 72-ear-old pensioner collapsed and died near his home in Hulatt
Style
George, and five sons. Arthur, John, James and Harry, residing here, and George of Quesnel; and 15 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held in Knox United Church at 2:30 p.m. Thursday. .
Mayor Dezell Greets 'P.M.' In Vancouver
at 3:30 last Monday afternoon.
The � deceased, Alonzp L'Heu-reux, had called at the Hulatt j store to make a few purchases ' and while there complained to Mrs. Ed. Siinonson, wife of the
.More than 1000 Vancouvqrites stood outside Denman Auditorium in Vancouver late last week after they failed to find even standing room inside to hear the address
. , of Prime Minister Louis St.
store owner, of having a pain in j ;U|ron(
his chest. Later she.saw him j "His Worship Mayor Garvln He-sump down as he was walking� m ,.oc,,m nnsll(.russfll, Libera| alongside the railroad track near i c.mi]k,.lte ,n Ihe provim,i;i| cl(V. the home in which he has lived j.t|On. returned Saturday from for approximately the past year, welcoming the Prime Minister to Before anyone could reach his British Columbia along with other siu"o he was dead, from a heart at- P,(,mincnt Liberals. Ulckl While in Vancouver Mayor De-
Prior to taking, ujv residence in zell attended a Liberal meeting Hulatt the deceased worked j at which the province's lucky and around the Europe Hotel in j unlucky Liberal candidates untini-Prince George. He is survived by | mo'usly moved ;i vole of cohfi-
a brother Charles of Batiscan,
Quebec, and Is* believed io have
a nephew residing in the Fort St. John area.
Funeral 'arrangements were
placed in the bands of the Wel- J fare Department.
donee in provincial leader Arthur La ing. ,
Prime .Minister St. Laurent's address in Vancouver was carried to the crowds outside the auditorium by a spedially-installed public address system.
REV: V. STANFORD
cidc when- and where the joint j affair with self-winder, sweep
meetings should be.held and along what lines they would run."
He said that his schedule of meetings at both ends of the riding has already been arranged but. that he would welcome the chance to make some of the most important of them into joint meetings.
"]
like such meetings because
they, make each candidate say whatever it is he has to -say in front of his opponents, and be checked on- it," said Mr. Irvine.
Under Mr. Murray's plan all three" parties wouk! hold joint meetings {it Prince George, Daw-son Creek. Vanderhoof, McBride and Quesnel.
second hand and flashy bracelet �changed hands, and the .new owner departed with his "bargain."
A few hours later the watch stopped running and the "gold" started peeling off what proved to be a tin case enclosing, a cheap, mass-produced 'movement which a Prince George jeweller estimated to be worth "less than $5."
Another nian paid $15 to a chance acquaintance in a similar deal.
Police say the phony watches are manufactured in the United States and sold to confidence rrien ;ind circus concessionaires . for $30 a dozen.
PARISHONERS HONOR RETIRING BISHOP
Members of St. Michael's Anglican Church are joining with other parishioners in the Cariboo diocese to honor Right Rev. F*. Stanford. Bishop of the Cariboo, whose retirement became effective last week.
The church member's will present Bishop Stanford with a purse of money in appreciation of his services to the diocese" during his 10 years as Bishop of the Cariboo. -
Contributions to the purse fund will be accepted for the next two weeks.
Off The Wires Today
Canadian Press�Monday, July 13
Life Raft Clue To Missing Pacific Airliner
PEARL HARBOR�The navy transport Barrett picked up an abandoned aircraft life raft Sunday, 325 miles east of Wake /sland in the lost reported position of a missing airliner carrying 58 persons.
Socreds Say Civil Servants Innocent Of Charge
VICTORIA�Three Oak Bay Social Crediters say they "appear to hove proof" that two senior civil servonts recently suspended for one month by the government did not handle the sealed tenders.
The civil servants, A. B. Crowe of the Forestry Department and D. A. C. Smith of the Purchasing Commission were suspended for allegedly altering a tender for a Forestry Department grader after the closing date. Socfal Crediters VY. A. Scott, George Alexander and Louis Holkcr said Saturday night the two men did not handle the tender but "quotation sheets," which have provision for alteration.
Pigs Quarantined At New Westminster
OTTAWA�the Department of Agriculture's laboratory at Yull,. Quc., is expected to make a report today on a shipment of swine held under quarantine at Mew Westminster.'
The swine, shipped from Edmonton to the United States market, were held on suspicion that they are suffering from vesicular exanthema, a highly contagious animal disease.