An Independent Semi-Weekly Newspaper Devoted to Guns Silenced Interest of Central Northern British Columbia No. 59 Prince George, B.C., MONDAY, July 27, 1953 $4.00 per year per copy Roamed Prince George with a skeleton like that in the (ration once roamed the hills and 'he Prince George District, though him today is hidden under hundreds of feet of clay and gravel. A tusk from a mastodon, or mammoth, like the one above, was unearthed here Friday by a construction crew. The huge animal, which may have weighed 10 to 12 tons, probably came to its death in the Ice Age when half Clucuiz Lake Jo Be Scene Of Extensive Fish Study An extensive five-year plan to study the effects of large-scale predator control on sport fishing waters will commence ' next year.at Cluculz Lake, it was announced today by the British Columbia' Game Branch. Two lakes have been selected in the province for such a study, the other being Bridge Lake in the South Cariboo. The Cluculz Lake project will start with break-up in 1954 and will end at freeze-up time in 1958. Although gamp officials are not making predictions on the results of the project, speculation hy sport fishermen include the possibilities Of far larger trout' in the lake and more of them. These deductions are made from the known fact that coarse and predator fish compete with sport fish for trie available food supply. Increased growth of sport fish in the lake may not be phenomin-al due to the fact the program is almost bound to result in more of them and greater competition between fish of the same specie for food. the world was a seething mass of shifting IMPORTANT 1>KOBI,EM y �** ice, rolling waters and suffocating mud. E AGE MAMMOTH EARTHED HERE A construction shovel cut. through ten thousand years of xy Fnday when it unearthed the tusk of a prehistoric imorh at a gravel pit seven miles from the city. The huge piece of ancient ivory belonged to a strange iy mammoth vrhich roamed these regions thousands of years re civilization began-. In perfect condition, the heavy pointed curved tusk meas-four feet in length, and is five inches in diameter at its ;st point, with a socket at the end. It was discovered about feet below the surface of rhe surrounding land, answer to a telegraph from Citizen, scientists at the Uni-o�, nritish Columbia wir- im your description Jhis is leiiLlytho tusk of a mammoth, of i!h> prehistoric elephants, its age would not be less than .nil thousands of years." l.iiT IN TWO ic-tu.-k was split in "two by shove] which dug it up at the Construction .�'.Co. gravel pit I the Giscpme road. It was first lilted by conveyor belt workers itoy Young and Max Trotter' snatched it from the convey-before, it fell into-the rock c big tusk, which weighs '- 2~) pounds, is now in ,the :ssion of truck . driver Phil Purellp, who plans to send it to father, who has a small pri-' museum at Horsefly. |l"i;il amateur archaeologists Uieyp the tusk may be the first found in B.C. I HKK HONKS jirently the entire mam-was present at the gravel I'- as workers report that re-intly other huge bones, some as title as. two feet with huge sock-were- seen, on the conveyor � Inn were allowed to be -hod by�the rock crusher, and have been spread on roads in the area. The mammoth to which the tusk belonged was a young animal, for the tusk showed a curve of only about one-fifth of a circle. In adult mammoths the tusk completed almost a full circle. Some tusks found have reached the length of ten feet or irriore. The mammoth lived in Pleistocene times, from about 15,000 to oOOO B.C., during the Ice Age. It was hunted by prehistoric men, who left drawing's and .statuettes of the animal in caves in Fiance. From these drawings, it seems that the beast was covered with hair so long that it almost reached the ground, and that the body formed a great hump at the back, of the neck. .The. ears were small. Owing to their great weight, many of the animals became bogged in marshy plains, sinking down into ice-cold mud, where they diet! and became frozen. Frozen mammoths have been found in the tundra of north-eastern Siberia, where they have remained for centuries in almost perfect condition. From these specimens, it' was seen that the whole body was covered with an undercoat of yellowish brown wooly hair through which projected long black thicker hair. The tail was short and like that of a modern elephant, and the small ears were covered with fur. Food has been found in thd stomach and mouth of frozen mammoths, which showed that they lived on veretable matter. . (GIGANTIC In North America, some of the mammoths attained a gigantic size, some as large as 14 feet. The tusk found here was located in a gravel strata, whe'rfe it, may have been deposited by a glacier action thousands of years ago. About ten years ago, a pair of short horns were discovered at the same'pit, about 10 feet below the surface of the ground. An official announcement of the impending program reads in part as follows: "Surveys conducted on many lakes in British Columbia during the past four ye^rs have indicated that one of the important problems in sport fish management, particularly in. the Cariboo and northern areas, may be the effects on game fish of competitor and predator species. Since 1951, stream poisonings have $10,000 AWARDED FOR EAST ROAD Socred M.LA.-elect Ray Willisron disclosed ,lare last week that a transfer of funds from another district will make possible a special $10,000 expenditure on the Northern Trans-Provincial Highway east of Prince Geotge;^^ Mr. Williston said he got the committment for the money from the Hon. P. A. GaglarjJi, B.C.'s Minister of Public Works. The special grant was made after Mr. Gaglardi had been driven over the east road for some distance. The local member-elect said that the money originated from another district an�l probably represented'part of an allottment which could not be spent this year. He said he believed most of it would be spent on the. worst section of the road in the vicinity of the Willow River hill. ' Iwas Tough Week-End For Prince George's Two Teams Athletics Plunge To Cellar It was a bad week-end for Prince George's two Interior Baseball League entries as Athletics hit the cellar with a resounding'thud at the hands of Vander+ioof and Merchants dropped two ends of a double-header at Quesnel with Lumber- to/n Plagues Attempts To 'wface Hart Highway Here Rainy weather is plaguing attempts to pave the Hart :ghway from the city to Summit Lake. A paving crew from the sur------- .....------- -� ----- ------ branch of the Department Public Works arrived here re than a week ago but have n unable to make much progress yet. They attempted to surface a section near Frenchie's Service station last Wednesday but rain cashed out the c|fort before much surfacing was accomplished. Over the week-end the crew Managed to surface another short ictibri in the area, before ,the 'in set in again. Five miles of the Highway is |i'oady for the pulva-mix which is hc used.ih surfacing^ First sec- j"f>n to be |J< rencfite's. g done "will start at Surfacing of the hill immediat-'.V north of the Nechako River ridge will be next. This surfacing is being left until the workers are sure of a full day of sun-snine, so they may complete the ) in one day, to avoid unnecessary interuption of traffic. The local public works department has spread crushed gravel four inches doep . for six miles near the city in preparation for the pulyaVmix; For the rest of the men. Second half of the double-header here was played under protest according to Athletic's .spokesman Don McEachnie who said the team Will seek clarification on the umpire's interpretation on the balk rule. He said Athletics would protest the game on the grounds that Umpire Fred Andrew allowed "illegal pitching." McEachnie claimed Andrew refused to. call a balk on- Vanderhoof huHer Dave Wall.when.-a man was nailed leading off at first. Athletics moved to the bottom of the pile where Vanderhoof had recently keep house after being in a fourth-place tie only - a week ago. Scores in week-end games were Vanderhoof 8-Athletics 2, Vanderhoof 11-Athletics 6, Lumbermen 13-Mcrchants 5, Lumbermen 10- distance, the paving crew will j Merchants 8. utilize the gravel already on the'i Lord went the full seven inn-road, ing distance for -Vanderhoof in Whether or riot Summit Lake: the. opener at Connaught Field will be reached this year depends letting only two runs for five hits entirely on the weather. The and one walk. Athletics started Young but switched to Glazier in the fifth with Vanderhoof leading by three runs with a man on second. Glazier allowed only two hits, a double and a single, but errors brought in three more runs. Athletics went into a two run lead at the start of the second crew will work as long as weather permits. . / The crew of seven men, headed by foreman Bert Hunter, have recently been working in the Daw-son Creek area, and are already six weejis behind schedule because of unfavorable weather conditions throughout the province. I game with Reg McEachnie on the In the crew are two pulva-mix-' mound. Wall hurled for Vander-ers, two rollers, a spray trock and hoof allowing four hits and three ( a light delivery truck. (passes. j Vnd lgt devey tuc (p , Twelve trucks have been used j Vanderhoof scored a run in the Trailing by throe, Vanderhoof went into the fourth frame and watched their first batter, Howie Sugden, nail a home run. Smith-ers took the count, then the next three batters singled, and the situation was' tense. Dave Wall stepped to the plate and burst the game wide open with a second) home run and Vanderhoof led by two. 'McEachnie went -to the showers and Young came back out only to get belted for two more.runs in the next inning as Lord slammed the third home run of the day. A's picked up points in the fifth and sixth but the westerners capped their lead in the seventh with a three run rally sparked by three doubles. Scores by innings: i RHE Athletics' 100 ]00 0�2 5 4 Vanderhoof 010 221 2�8 9 5 Batteries: Young, Glazier and Franklin: Lord and Graham. / R H Ei Athletics 211 toll 0�6 -1 3 Vanderhoof 010 52Q 3�11 14 0 McEachnie, Young and Stett-ner; Dave Wall and Graham. Weather A wide variety is offered by the weatherman for today and Tuesday. He says there will ise widely scattered showers this evening, fog patches in some areas early tomorrow, sunshine in the morning and some clouds in the after- noon. Winds will be light. liow toby the local department to spread second as Athletics look single | night is 38', and hich tomorrow, crushed gravel. points in the second and third. 70. been carried out in many areas, primarily on an experimental basis and with a view to evaluating" techniques of1 application of poison. "It is felt that a sufficient body of data has been gathered concerning effective concentrations of poison, extent of kill, success in various sizes of streams having (See FISH STUDY, Page 8) PANMUNJOM�Except for the rattle of moving troo;. through war-torn hills, ajl is quiet on the Korean front todo . for the first time in 37 months. The hottest part of the "colo war" is, for a time at least, over. Silence swept over the battle-scarred fields and mountains of Korea this morning just 12 hours after senior United Nations and Communist truce delegates placed their signatures to 18 copies of an historic armistice. Anticlimatically, in contrast with the more than two years of bitter, wrangling debate which led up to it, the denial signing went like clockwork. Before dawn broke over the bleak and brown Korean land. today, all shooting along the 1554 'mile front had ceased. United Nations and Communist troops held their positions- along �both sides of the front where bia game officials announced bitter fighting had been taking The vef 1U bo ,ocat6d at . place only a few -hours before. > Buckhorn Lake on the Buckhorn - There . was no mixing with . road a few mi]es south of here. enemy troops along the front! line. Supply and medical groups went about their day-to-day duties Wildfowl Refuge To Be Set Up Hear Here Prince Georgewill soon have a wildfowl refuge which may be every bit as good as the one at Vanderhoof, British Colum- TEST CASE AGAINST STORE BOGS DOWN IN LEGAL MORASS of feeding and caring for an army. Troops all along the U.N. line were resting today but are keeping a close watch on communist troop movements and truck convoys. The armistice was signed by truce delegates' at a ceremony; which lasted only 10 minutes, and the pledge of the United Nations to uphold it was later ratified by General Mark Clark at his headquarters. First test of a city bylaw affecting food store closing hours got bogged down in legal tie more than a hour after it PERIODIC RESEARCH had got underway. Frank S. Perry, counsel for D. R. Knight, proprietor of Central Store, brought the oft-postponed case to a grinding halt when he asked that the prosecution produce a five-year-old petition on which the bylaw was based. Due to uncertainty on the part BRINGS NO RESULT! Periodic search by Fort St.! James detachment of the RCMP. and residents of the. area have failed to uncover the body of John Warren, 40-year-old city hospital orderly who is missing and believed drowned in the waters of Pinchi Lake: j Inspector Walter Gill, of the B.C. Game Branch said today that the Buckhorn Lake refuge, has not been officially gazetted yet but that it will be before the 1953 migratory wildfowl season gets underway. The 'refuge completely surrounds the small lake, is just under a mile long and is half a mile wide; Although it will become a regular game reserve thus making it j unlawful to carry a gun or shoot within its borders, the area is mainly being set aside for ducks and geese. Inspector Gill said that both ducks and geese have shown an affinity for the lake in the past but because of its small size and, easy accessibility, they have been blasted out on the first day of t(he season. Migratory wildfowl will likely use the lake for rest during thq hours of the day and night when they are not flighting to nearby grain fields. The" inspector said that at present many of the ducks and creese are driven out of the could b( P. J. Mpran called for an adjournment of eight days or less. It was tne second time in a half hour that Mr. Perry had sent city officials scurrying to their filing cabinets. A few minutes earlier the court had adjourned for 10 minutes while City Clerk D. T. Williams drove to city hall in order to get a more recent petition required by defense counsel. According to reports, the second petition requested by the defense has now been found and the case can take up where' it left off.. CITY CLERK Key witness in Friday's proceedings was Mr. Williams, on whose evidence charges were laid against three city food stores for remaining open on a Sunday. In direct testimony Mr. Williams told of entering a city store on Sunday, June 14, and of finding Mr. Knight inside. "The door was open, I went in," said the city clerk. "The usual way. There were at least three customers in .tne store and Mr. Knight was waiting on these customers. � - "Mr. Knight was at the counter wrapping parcels of food for customers and other customers were at the shelves selecting their purchases. They would bring them to the counter so Mr. Knight could wait on them. 1 very definitely saw food being taken out of the store." CROSS EXAMINATION Under cross-examination by Mr. Perry the city clerk said he could not identify any of the customers. "Can you point to any specific person who gave money?"�"No." "Was there any money passed?" � "People had money � in their hands." "Did you see any person give (See TEST CASE, Page 2) ' B.C. Will Vote From 9 To 7 Daylight Time .Confusion over what time polls will be open in British Columbia on election day, August 10 can now be dispelled . . . the questfcm has been settled once and for all. Polling centres will operate on Pacific Standard time from S a.m. to 6 p.m. or, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daylight saving time. First announcements said voting in the federal election would be on Pacific Standard Time but this was changed to Standard Pacific Time, a little used term for daylight saving time. Advance polls will operate from 3 p.m. until 11 p.m. daylight saving time on the Thursday, Friday and Saturday immediately proceeding the election. � City Men Sentenced On Driving Charge Seven day jail sentences were imposed on two city men in Police Court Monday morning, when they pleaded guilty to charges of drunken driving. Adrian St. Armand, 32. and Ernie Turner pleaded guilty to separate charges of having a motor vehicle in their charge while they were intoxicated. ) there are' not enough safe restin Pinchi Lake on a solitary fishing Places for them, trip. Police have so far recovered the missing man's boat and two paddles in the 12 rrtile long la^e. A periodic search for Warren's body will be continued in the area, police state. By Milk Decontrol Decontrol of retail price controls on milk may have, a "serious" effect on Prince George, according to Earl Malcolm of Northern Dairies Ltd. The government had announced that it would scrap milk control, but recently decided to hold another public hearing into the matter before proceeding. Prince George is not directly affected by milk price control,* which is in effect only in the southern sections of the province, j But Mr. Malcolm said that indirect results of decontrol would possibly be felt here. "If control comes off, it would mean a milk Avar in Vancouver," Mr. Malcolm said, "And there would probably be only a few. dairies.left in a short time." He said this could result in dairies from the south attempting to enter the miik field here, when markets elsewhere become slim. "This would be very serious for our farmers," Mr. Malcolm said. "As the price of milk dropped,., they would bear the brunt, getting less money for their milk." "Why should we chase them out of here just so they can be shot further south," he stated. In addition to increasing the length of stay of migrating ducks in the Fall, the refuge will probably contribute to a substantial in-i crease in the population of "local1' \ duclts. 1 Referring lo the aim of the ' game department to establish re- ! fuges where necessary, Inspector J Gill said "if we keep this up there is no reason why we should not. have as goorl a Fall flight of clucks as the one at Vanderhoof;", The Buckhorn refuge is the first established "on public ground in tho vicinity-of Prince George. It will be adequately posted as soon as its status is made official. Government Gives City Hosprral $200 Grant Prince George and Districts-Hospital will receive a $200 grant I'm1 equipment, it was announced in Victoria recently. The grant is part of $16,300 ,vhich will be divided among 21 B.C. hospitals. They are made to pay one-third the .total price of new equipment purchased by the hospitals. In Prince George, hospital administrator Bruce Thompson said such grants are routine, and are given when city organizations raise funds to purchase equipment, when the donating group gives two-thirds and the government one-third of the cost. Such donations in recent months include a sterilizer, bought with funds raist-d by the Hospital Auxiliary, and a refrigerator donated by the Business and Professional Women's. Club. OffTheWiresToday Canadian Press�Monday, July 27, 1953 Dynamite Blast Wrecks Rails In Doukhobor Country NELSON�A dynamite blast heard miles away ripped tics, heaved rails ond tore plates on the Canadian Pacific Kettle Valley line 16 miles west of here, railway officials reported Sunday. The blast was believed the work of Radical Sons of Freedom Doukhobors who were blamed for setting fire to five homes last Wednesday after a calm of three weeks in the, troubled Koo'tenays. A dicsel train was warned of the blast in time to spot the shattered track. Officers of the running-trades unions mode no immediate comment but are expected to hold a meeting soon. Fire Destroys Power Plant And Machinery SKEENA CROSSING�-Fire destroyed a standby power plant at Western Tungsten Copper Mines Ltd. mine and mill site late Saturday, causing nearly $100,000 damage. Company employees fought desperately to quell the blaze which also destroyed a large diesel engine and valuable hydro-electric equipment. The stondby plant was in use while the main power plant was shut down for repairs. Company manager, Donald Farris, said the main plant would like be in operation at noon Monday. Lions Gate. Bridge. Claims Suicide Victim VANGOUVER-^-An unidentified man leaped to his death from the Lions Gate Bridge Sunday morning and a second attempt five hours later was foiled by Voncouver police. The suicide victim was described by bridge tender George Kelly as a man about 45 years of age and of medium build. At 5 p.m. police picked up a man at the centre of the bridge who was reported acting in a suspicious manner by a bridge attendant. He was taken to headquarters for questioning. The death plunge was watched by John A. Sutherland, who wos possing below the bridge in his small boot at the time. He soid the body belly-flopped and floated 200 feet downstrec i where it disappeared.