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Prince George, B.C., MONDAY, August 24, 1953
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lice Search Find Missing Boy
intense search by Royal Canadian Mounted Police stables has so far failed to provide any clue to the disap-rance of ao 11-year-old Upper Fraser boy who has been ing from his home since last Wednesday evening. pite the failure of dragging " ' �-
fe'tions in the nearby Fraser t.i yield any trace of David Gagnon, police have not dis-
he may
Iterl the possibility
diowned. [iing Gagnon was playing out
Morice River Claims Prominent U.S. Man
Body of Fred T. AVhiting, 62, of� Chicago, vice-president of West-jus family's home beside the inghouse Corporation, was recov-r JUvur shortly before he ered Saturday from the rushing lied. waters of Morice River, 200 miles .�niing playmate said he last west of Prince George. he boy chasing a cat towards Whiting vanished Thursday ear by .woods. I while fishing in the river and ice combed the river banks RCMP at Burns Lake said he ap-and checked all sandbars parently lost his footing on slip-' distance downstream from pery rocks along the bank. Jaghpn home. Dragging-was The body was found about half it along the shore and a mile from where the river tense search of the surround- leaves Morice Lake. jmw days- for air cargo being Iald in tne PGE yards for on,91 pounds of lodge- ( assembling trains and interchang-|pino sent to Alexandria, � ing traffic with the CNR and are I expected to be completed by early Strom became the first October.
�Gbovge millman to ship j : Considerable YUmber is now' be-ir halfway around the world jng handled in the yards. ' -result of a business contact kde on a recent trip to Swed-
Spokesman for the district's lumbermen were Ted Schmidt, f the Northern Inter-
ern
P.G.E. BREAKDOWN DELAYS SURFACING
A mechanical breakdown on the Pacific Great Eastern Rail-markets as a result of the way ot Squam.sh has delayed a.
really tough competition on east-
Ballot Box Missing; Final Count Delayed
Final count of votes in the Cariboo' federal electoral district has been postponed until Thursday, it was learned today due to the fact one ballot box is still missing.
Holding up the final official tally of votes is the Dolling division of Westergaard in the Peace River area where 24 voters are registered.
Thomas Carmichael, Cariboo returning officer, said that the official count of votes will com-
ed the railroad to postpone its application.
In fact, a freight man said, the railroad cut its freight rate from $1.27 a hundred pounds to Toronto to $1.22 early last May.
Today's increase will see the rate jump from $1.22' a hundred pounds to $1.36.
R: W. Hilton, chairman of its lab or committee.
mence at 2 p.m. on Thursday and
Association and drvlnS UP of the United Kingdom start on street surfacing here j will last probably until early even-market. . I but has not materially retarded inS-
-.......... , He- cite,d, statistics compiled re- progress on the overall $110,-
r, ,,�,. Kofn,.n" c.,i/i at,, cently which showed that ship- nrin . , . , ,, � '
never before, said Mr. * . oacforn ,,nmooMV 000 street and sidewalk con-
is to survive the highly competitive condition on the eastern seaboard market today."
"AVithout doubt," .put in Mr. Schmidt, "a wage increase at this time would put some mills out of business.
The N.I.L.A, president said that the Central Interior lumber t'h-dustry is today facing its first
rotbsrs Ltd. of Vancouver. Elmer Carrothers, an official of
At the conclusion of the count, one candidate will formally be declared the winner.
In preliminary counts, B. R. Lebofc, Social Credit, is leading Murray, Liberal by 410
two pieces of local lodge-[pine forwarded by him* to may be the first step in (ling a .huge order of rail's for the Egyptian govern-
pieces will serve as samples
Ji-'pose of comparison with
lent from other parts of the
and will be closely exam-
by Egyptian government
d men.
Strom explained that until tly the Egyptian government ties in the Scandinavian | where they were cut from
pine.
Bay much of this wood is be-jsed as peeler logs, and sup-
for railway sjeepers are R thin.
Strom's $200 air freight lent may mean the beginning Inew market for districMie peers,
sample consignment was issed to Mohamed AVasef auoi & Company, Alexand-
lamed Meskauoi is a leading tian financier and one of t,he fry's chief industrialists, [aining the Egyptian tie ord-111 depend on being able to k ties from Prince George loxandria at a highly com-Ve price.
we can deliver the goods
right price then we should
no trouble doing business
Mho Egyptians," Mr. Strom
rked.
Major Brundson Sees City After 11-Year Absence
Major and Mrs. Edward A. Brunsdon of the 'Salvation Army at Saskatoon leave today after a holiday visit to Prince This was the.first time in 11 years they had been
of
George, here.
Major Brundson was with the Salvation Army Corps here from
193G to
yeiuvne(i-once
in 1942 for a brief visit. He notes a "wonderful change" in the city since he was last here.
list of-from 10 to 20 persons looking for accommodation.
To show what a disastrous effect lack of housing can have on people, t, he told the story of a Winnipeg couple who, drove to Edmonton, where the husband ob-
streets are certainly a step in the ri^fit direction."
. Major Brundson marked a vast increase in the amount of industry here since he lived in Prince George. i
, He recalls, only one small mill near the city.
"The city is certainly growing," he said, "And I'm sure there is no danger of it going back. There is such a demand for housing. There will be plenty of work for the mills for years to come." HOUSING SHORTAGE
Citing the housing shortage on the prairies, even in small towns, Major Brundson said that the S.A. Social Service Centre of which he is superintendent �n Saskatoon always has a waiting
debt because they couldn't find suitable housing. They finally had to sell their car, and barely had enough money left to return to AVinnipeg.
Finding homes is just one of the many tasks that Major Brund-son's centre undertakes. His latest quarterly report shows that in the six-month period ending in June, the centre supplied 60-1 free beds, S44 free meals, assisted 16 persons with fares and gave away a total of $3127. in clothing.
In addition, many persons in
per
"They are after our market and if we cannot compete with them
on an equal footing they are very' Sonally supervise the work "here, apt to get it," said Hilton. said that much preparatory work j takes~place~today'
The labor committee chairman has been done while his comp- j_________
said the unidn has no logical eco- any's asphalting equipment has nomic right to demand that wages been held'up. [
here correspond to those. In coast ?. The machines were scheduled to i^l* operations-'......- ----�'�.------ arrive here over a week'ago but"
Mr. Hilton pointed out that arrived only yesterday, wages in any industry-are directly connected with operating costs and market reception.
COAST COSTS LESS
throughout the re-British
Pipe Band Tartans Cheerful Note Here
Welcomed at City Hall here Saturday afternoon and commended on their efforts to publicize the John Hart Highway were members of the Dawson Creek Pipe Band.
The band skirled through the streets of the city, their colorful tartans bringing a cheerful note to a drab, rainy day; on their way to a civic welcome by His Worship Mayor Dezell.
The mayor greeted the band at the steps' of the city hall and invited them inside to find shelter from the rain.
Later the band were guests at a dance at Six Mile Lake and they departed from here yester-""day.
The pipers are travelling by chartered bus and will repeat their offering here in cities, towns and villages throughout Washington, Oregon and British Columbia.
The band members will act as goodwill ambassadors from the Peace River area of British Columbia and will do their best to steeV northbound traffic over the Hart road rather than through Edmonton.
n Board
"Coast operations can log for
The contract held by Williams & Carrothers calls for about
seven miles of street paving and make an award in the dispute be between four and five miles of, tween International AVoodworkers
Will Convene Here
A conciliation board set up to
Cily Residents Are Happy BCHB Clients
Prince George citizens, many of whom have been heard over CKPG this week, are pretty satisfied B.C.H.I.S. customers, according to G. N. Hobsori, public relations officer of that service.
Mr. Hobson, along with Gordon Coiu'nibTa Bain> local representative, has interviewed more than 400 citizens in the past 10 days to reach this conclusion. Among townsfolk thus far interviewed are, B. Noyce, a bookkeeper, on behalf of whose child; a bill for $800 was paid; Mrs. T. A'�re1l, a building contractor's wife, who, since July
concrete sidewalk. Sidewalk mileage
less money than Interior opera- creased before the job is finish
tions because they use water efj.
transport extensively, which costs Mr, Carrothers said that stir-
a lot less than truck or rail trans- face preparation for asphalt, iri-
of America and the Northern In-maj' be in- j terior Lumbermen's -Association
port," said the chairman.
| eluding spraying of a priming
hold its, meetings in Prince George, a union spokesman dfs-closed today.
As yet no board chairman has been officially named, but it is
He went on to say that because coat, has been carried out on somei believed an appointment will be of different logging conditions, portions ol the streets to be pav- made this week and the first coast operations get more board ed. feet of logs per man, per hour. I A hot-mix asphalt plant will be
"We are now in a position set up at a gravel pit adjacent to
where we must compete on the the city and from there will be same market with another branch distributed to machines which of the industry whose basic pro- j will spread and roll it. duetiqn costs are less than ours." Th's year's street paving con-
The N.I.L.A. spokesman said many local mills are now breaking even on the lumber they ship east and are getting no return on the substantial investments they represent.
tract is designed to cover all bus routes and main traffic arteries through residential sections.
The company official said that wet weather will not affect either the progress or quality of the paving provided the ground's mois-
"Youjnlght ask why they keep ture comcnt does no ^ h operating at all under these con- ,m here the f t �
ditions, and I want to say that gets soft
Some portions of the paving project may not be completed until next year.
First streets to get asphalt will
they keep operating because they want to keep their market. J.W.A. UNREALISTIC
"Last year," he went on, "the
\smen Queen Will Fly PNE Beauty Parade
ice George Kinsmen queen Hrehorka has a brand [wardrobe packed and a, ready for the plane that frhiz her off to Vancouver |he Pacific National Exhibi-|hut she still has to pinch to make sure its really
can hardly believe I'm ac-Roing," says the pretty 17-M.high school student, who fchosen over five other con-|ts in a Kinsmen sponsored
here on July 1. jiette will travel to Vancou-week to compete with fentatives of communities B.C. for- the Miss PNE id $1000 cash prize. -fdrobe for the young Prince queen was chosen last y the Kinsmen committee, deludes a suit, street dress, ' gown, with accessories each ensemble.
Ndent of Sinclair Mills, An-twill return to the Prince dormitory in September
for her final year at High School. She plans to continue her education at University of British Columbia where she will take a course in dietetics.
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temporary distress were supplied ' ciol shape that it should not be with orders .of groceries and fuel in business.
and other aids. Major Brundson j "i want to say that this is a also works with the Police Court rnost unrealistic attitude. If every
union said that any operation , be Burden and Alward at the west whose profits are so negligible ' end of the city.
that it cannot afford a wage in- j_________________
crease is in such unsound finan-
MLai^
ANNETTE HREHORKA
in rehabilitation and assistance. OVER RI� BEND
The Brundsons. notice an increase too in the work of the Salvation Army here. They have been staying with friends at Willow River while in the area, and renewing acquaintance with old friends. Accompanying them were their two children, Edward, 16, and Beth, 10.
The family drove here over the Big Bend Highway. The road was excellent, Major Brundsbru, reports, until shortly before Williams Lake. For the rest of the road he had "no comment."
The Brundsons have nothing but praise for the "really hospitable feeling" of the people of this area. They spent nine yeaTs altogether in the northern section of the province, going from here to Prince Rupert. After that they travelled to A-'ictoria and Port Arthur, Ont.. before making their home at Saskatoon. __ . McBRIDE ROAD
The one thing that Major Brundson would like to see here is a road through to McBride. He pointeu" out that it would open up a tremendous amount of tourist arid other business. � He himself might have made a visit here sooner if it weren't necessary to take such an indirect route. "It really seems too bad that something isn't done about those few short miles that need completion," he said.
PGE Car Transports Cattle To Vanderhoof
The first P.G.E. freight car to
mill shut down on the first day reach Vanderhoof was spotted at
it stopped making money there
would not be many mills left
(See AVAGE BOOST, Page 2)
the Vanderhoof stock yards on Thursday afternoon, last week.
The car, P.G.E. 584, was loaded at 1:00 p.m. on AVednesday at "Williams Lake with livestock consigned to George Striegler and arrived here at 1:30 p.m. the following day.
The stock, all of white face breed, consisted of 19 calves, 20 cows and a bull, are a valuable
man who said his mind was be-'addition to the fine herd of stock ing tortured by memories walked owned by Mr. Striegler.
Police Investigate Murder Confession
VANCOUVER, Aug 24 (CP)�A
meeting will be held next week.
The 1952-53 agreement between
the I.AV.A. and the N.I.L.A. ex-
pires on September 30.
The.I.W.A. is asking a pay increase of 18 cents an'-hour across the board as well as union shop and statutory holidays with pay.
In preliminary talks with a conciliation officer presiding, the operators stated there could be no increase in. production costs this year and that if a wage increase is granted, a higher board rate would be demanded. �Union appointee to the conciliation board is Frank Howard M.L.A., president of Coast Local 171. Operator's spokesman will be F. G. Sutton, a A'ancouver lawyer.
1953 has had coverage worth .?3S0, and in 1952, $200; E. H. Burden, building inspector and one of the city's best known residents; and Peter. Bancroft, I. B. Guest, F. Black.
These people, and many, more, said Hobson, stated -publicly that B.C.H.I.S. coverage was a thing no one should bt� without.
"In the Prince George area," he aid. "the majority of the bills laid are large ones. The highest so far is for $1,700, with an average of around $300.
Last week it was announced in Victoria that the B.C.H.I.S. paid its one millionth account in just under five years of operation. This involved a figure of.$80 million dollars and worked out at , an average of 14,000 accounts paid each month.
"There is little doubt in the mind of the thinking individual," asserted Hobson, "that the coverage given- by the B.C.H.I.S. and the price asked for it makes it the best and cheapest on the continent. For less than 11 cents a day a man and his family can get protection against crippling hospital bills."
Sox, Lumbermen
earns
into police headquarters here dur ing the week-end and made what he said was a confession of murder.
,The man's statement�"I am the man .who murdered Roddy Moore"�blasted back into prominence the all-but-forgotten unsolved case of a youngster ^bludgeoned to death on his way to school.
The youngster he referred to was slain nearly six years ago, in October "of 1917. The eight-year-old boy left for school on Friday morning but never arrived. His body, the skull fractured by a heavy blow, was found on the Sunday morning.
Police did not release trie name of the 33-year-old man, who is being held under close guard. He was released recently from a mental institution and detectives are trying to find out whether his statement is one of guilt, or simply imagination of guilt.
The cattle arrived here in excellent condition after only slightly more than 21 hours of travel.
Yesterday's Scores Willow River Red Sox 6,. 14; Prince George Merchants 3,0
Quesnel Lumbermen 9, 3; Prince George Athletics 2. 2
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Prince George baseball teams will be in the bleachers when Willow River Red Sox and Quesnel Lumbermen open the final series next Sunday in Prince George for the Prince George and District Baseball League championship.
18-Year-OId Dutchman Is New City Resident
Newly arrived here from Holland is 18-year-old Lex Jochems, j 9-2 and 3-2. who plans to take up residence: Merchants took a 3-0~lead in
At AVillow River yesterday the largest crowd of home fans this season watched the Sox blot out the pennant hopes of the Merchants by taking both ends of a doubleheader 6-3 and 14-0, at Quesnel the. Lumbermen moved into the finals by ousting the A's
in Canada. The youth.
whose home was
in the Dutch province of Celder-land, is at present employed at the Experimental Station.
He is making his home here with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Haga.
Young Lex, who speaks his new language fluently, studied English for two years as part of his school curriculum, but he admits he picked up a lot of vocabulary from a group of students from New York who spent some time in Holland this summer. �
He has'studied the German and French languages as well.
I the first inning of the opening game at AVillow River when the So_\ committed three juicy errors. ifowie Martin settled clown to work during the balance of the game, although he was in trouble several times and his usually steady mates were guilty of three more fumbles. Martin struck out ten batters and was very effective with runners in scoring position. The Merchants' Steve~ Maka-renko limited the Sox sluggers to seven hits, but several of these were extra-base blows in the first three innings when the winners scooted to a 5-3 lead aided by
costly lapses by the visitors.
A spectacular stab of a/.hard hit ball by Doug Prest, Merchant centrefiekler, in the eighth frame, was the fielding feature of the game, although both sqiiads came up with two double plavs. SECOND GAME
Although his-wildness kept him in continual hot water, Ken Lar-sen, youthful Graduate from the Pony League, was behind only 1-0 in the fifth inning of the second game when the roof fell in and the Sox pent eight runners scampering across the plate. They added five more tallies in the seventh to complete the route. Doug Sims made a brief but futile appearance on the mound before Larsen -was called back, and Doug Prest was drafted f)'"n the outfield to pitch the final frame. He celebrated his promotion by fanning two and forcing the third (See BASEBALL, Page 8)