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|. 37;	No.	8			Prince George, B	x.;	MONDAY
% \   of   Central   ond   Northern   British.  Columbia
% broary 1, 1954
$4.00 pw year        5�� per copy
;d Harper's Rink Takes, Kelly Cup
B/g W/nnt/s s Biggest Bonsp �ef Ends
	THE		SCORE-BOARD				
1				FIRST <	SAME		
1	� Hatch �0	1	0	0  1  0	01   1	0/O x-	-4 t �
1	Harper�1	0	l	1  0  1	3 0 0	/   1  x-	-9"
1			SECOND		GAME		- *
1	.   Harper�1	0	0	0 0 0	0 3yl	0 2 x-	-7
1	� '   Hatch �0	0	1	2 2  1	1  GM)	3 0 x-	-10
1			.-'	THIRD	GAME		
I	�'   Hatch�0-	2	0	1   0 3	0 0 0	0�6	
1	Harper�2	0	2	0  10	14 3	2�15	
The huge Kelly Gup,, symbolic of the curling champion-of central and northern B.C., is now resting on a rtnantle-; in Quesnel where it will remain-for at least a year. A deadly accurate quartette of curlers from the plywood jrre, skillfully led by Lloyd Harper, took possession of the lefed'trophy late Thursday night when they defeated Hqrold tch'sxPrince George rink in the first and third games of a climaxing the annual bonspiel of Prince George Curling
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Ifter dropping^the   first game he Prince George squad re-,1  iil   the-.Ice   to Vln   the rj .mounter" 10-7. ,� Tills set stage fur the finalgame which the two rinks tied S-G at the ofHhe seventn. frame. . the hi>xt.,cnd,' Harper, built .strong well-guarded  house. h afAempted to draw through ul i!c  put   in   front   of   the id. nis stone barely graz-t he guards and deflect-i\   from the shot rock, he   Quesnel   rink :~with
|\\   won tr?at,one by the width cigarette paper," comment-iw-yuesnel ^klp; .who   then ;. ...on  to   win   the  next  two "and the game. .        .   \.    -k.\I. SCOUR WAS 154
4-2 after %lx  ends in
st play-off meeting. $/ smile from Dame^Fbr-lieTKliis final stone/fn the lit-end resulted In a/double ri->t    Unit  ..swept^-away    both s second storie^and a pet1-lily .pua'nled .-first  rock, p.NSK MOMENTS              \�
�were numerous tense nib-I     '.  throughout^   the    three f^ and -several ^hundred ex-spectators   watched   from waiting-room   while   others \ tnged  the walk flanking  No.
riili Willis led for the" winning i and spaced a majqrity of his esJiv-tiTfe circles. George Allen ?'� a, few mistakes with his _ Thibau-as a baqpable third.
h:id lir.   Larry Maxwell lead, Harold ^Kretwell, second, Hal Hethorlngton, vice-skip. u1. Quesnel' boys^received an ton as they stepped/ forward receive .the massive cup. lndi-uai I'traphies   and    an : elght-n1   silverware   set   from   the
hands of Mel Pechet immediate-ly following the final game.       '
Earlier in the ^evening, they were handed the Lumbermen's Trophy """and individual trophies by Mel Rustad, and Cliff Warner of Citizen Publishers & Printers (See CURLING, Page 8)
CHINOOK HALTS LADIES' 'SPIEL
Moisture dripping from the curling rink ceiling as warm winds-swept across Central B.C. on Saturday resulted in a cancellation of play in the sixth annual bonspiel of Prince George Ladles' Curling Cjub.
Games scheduled for Saturday night were called off after a num-'. ber of preliminary games had been played Friday, night and Saturday.                                    I
"But Gladys Lawson's rlrik emerged as the first prize winners of the 'spiel when they scored a slx-ender against Dawn Klrs-chke's high school girls -late Sat-
Four Annual Credit Union Meetings In District This Month
Four-tonnual meetings featuring special speakers ond im^ portarvt business will be held on four consecutive days in the north-central jareQ,.this^ month,
with Prince George hosting two of the four.
This was announced at a meeting of the Prince George and District Credit Union publicity committee Tuesday night, chaired by Mrs. Mamie Peterson at the Co-^Gp store on Fourth Avenue." ; The four annual meetings are Quesnel Credit Union, February 20; Sacred Heart Credit ,-Union; Prince George, -February 21; Prince George and District Credit Union February; 22 and Vander hoof Credit Union, February 23.
Publicity and ijrogramme for the Prince George Credit Union annual meeting, which will be held in the CCF hall at* 8 pirn. on   Monday,   February   22,   were
rPresitjfertcy of the Cariboo Bar' the main items on . Tuesday Association came to Prince: night's agenda. Details will be George   on. Saturday   when   city  finalized at a joint meeting of the
H. B.KING
King President Of Cariboo Bar Group
Yellowhead Hopes Revived M P.G.-Jasper Road Looms Hear
Highway  Group  Urges Big   Bend Abandonment
v   Prince George's yitol missing highway link with the east moved Jhrec steps nearer reality late last month at the fifth, annual meeting of the Tran$ Canadq Highway System Association (Yellowhead Route) which was held in Edmonton. The three major: -Steps were:               -______^_
1.     Formal withdrawal by Mayor j. E^Fitzwater of Kamloops of that district's*petition to the provincial government for construction of a_toll rodd through Blue River to Jasper.
2.    Condemnatiorr of   further   expendrture   of   public monies on the Big Bend portion of the Trans Canada Highway
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3.    Full endorsation by the association of the Yellowhead  as a  route through the Rockies for the Trans Canada
PrlnceXGeorge delegates to the EdmontonNneeting, city lumber man Wiliia
board delegate returned to the;
Dobson,  and trade
outlook of a
high
R. Richardson, enthusiastic early con-east   to
over  the strjjction
Alberta connecting wlth\a transcontinental road.
Said Mr, Dobson, "We hi renewed hope for consideratloi of the Yellowhead 1'asn as n major highway route through the mountains."    \    ,
A   member   of   the   board   of
directors   of  the   Trans  Canada
Highway System Association," Mr.
Dobson saw the action of Kam*
loops' Mayor Fltzwater as a major
ontrlbutlon ,to the cause of this
strict in Its fight for a highway
the
urday afternoon. Trailing WM on  barrister H. B. King was elected  publicity   committee   and   credit _�L ei)r'�?**:�   tT^R.* president to succeed Douglas Me-, union directors on Friday.� �/   * Neil of Quesnel.                          |    Members of the publicity com-
The  election of  officers, came  mtttee alsq examined and approv-
house to tie the scores The
girls went on to advance 4n the  during an'all-day   meeting   here Wilson  Trophy event by laying-'Saturday.
Lumbermen Beaten Twice By Williams Lake Sfampeders
WEEKEND   HOCKEY   SCORES
Wjllfoms Lake 4, 8; Prince r>^>iiELAYKD              ,,
 P.   Andei-seh,   head   6L- the  wfilch holds the-cortu-aet for
Ing
 the^buiiClfhg to employe  i                                k
use. said that work ^sompteted within.. __a ^ith, but'.that a shortage of Metrical equipment required to 'fill the contract might exiend_
completion date.
|He said that  the contract, his holds  today  will  not com-^t.e (he alterations and that total t  will probably   run   close to 12,000.
pieunwhrle, the city has launch-enquiry to find out if the
 Government is prepar-to. sell  the structure, and   If .-at what priced ->8T S2T,000
 the   old   post  office
building cost' $27,000 and It was built by Bennett & White Construction Ltd. of Vancouver.
It has been proposed in a Prince George^Citizen -editorhi and by Alderman William D. Ferry that the building might make a good cityn hall.
Opposition to the plan caine from His Worship Mayor ^Bryant who believes a newxcltj�..bait should be built on or ^adjacent to the site of the.,pregent- one. x TllADK BOARD   OPPOSED
P'rinije. George Board of Trade has formally opposed the government's decision-1& turn the building over to the National Employ-
Carpenters, Contractors Near Agreement For 53 Contract
Negotiations between city building trade contractors and the Prince George Local of the United Brotherhood of Car-principals for both camps said late last week. Contractors met with union of-
Mike Church, Lumbermen forward,   was   tak.-rn"rrom  the   ice' ncia^ ,ast Thursday and came to ' will  ta'ke less than' the  original the third period afterv^susta n-x ^/^   _�_, �� ovorvtMn*  15 cent demand.
deep, cut above tKe eye ^^erai agreement on everything      4m^ how
except the wage scale.                  I they are wlIHng to give,, sald the
^jpr^^oj4ailoxi^jo�ejie^__abojK_lCK business agent. "If they say give effective players when   (3ays  ago" wlth~^n^^arpenter^::aF:alg::th^n^thatdsryhat�we^-wUI
do."                                  �
Both   Harvey   and  Dezell   said
shoulder injury.                          �holidays with pay each year and
Church wasback for the second  a> -hourly' wage   increase of. 15
there is an'earnest desire on both sides *tp reach an amicable settle-�ment.
Carpenters'/rales .on the coast,
game/'bat Blair was  unable  to vcents'i,
V)?y- '/��                              � .        )   X^ontractors  asked   renewal
' The teams battled to a 1-1. ir (last year's contract with the hour-'where the 1953 contract will re-(he first period of Sunday's tilt,  ly ratex,of $2:10 unchanged.         | main in effect until April 1, are
At the  4:30   mark  Reg Norberg j    "We tre really quite close to $2.17 an hour' and $2.20. put the Stamps ahead with a long ' an agreement, I   think,"     union i    prince George local of the union low drive-from left wing.    Twc  business agenixT. A. Harvey told'. nas a- strength of   117 members
arid average, number of carpenters
minutes-later Andrew passed out  a Citizen reporter; this week, from/behind   the   net  and   Ron   CONCESSIONS'      i B;ickinan got the equalizer.          |    "We   have  both   made   conces-
WilHams Lake took  charge as  sions     and we   are ndi  too   far
working  here during the   build-Ing season is about 18,0... The  union   has   a   unjonr'shop
(2)  and  G-.
the second period opened and apart," he added,.declining^) give ciauSe in Us 1953 contract which Frank Latin beat young after details of just how. much either requires that em'pfoyers hire only two minutes of play. It. Norberg side had conceded.                      ..j linlon ^f when available. and
inlon labor must, as of employment,     join . & J. within 30 days in ad>Utlon   to heing  subject to position at pcesenf.                    \J repiacemsnt by a union"- membe
Bargaining officials of the car- 'airing thatsperiod. penters   and . Joiners   union - will'
ment  Service, boarti. as well
Members of  t he 1953 city coun-
ciT'members, felt its location was not suited to s'u'ch use. !   Owners of property in the vicinity   of   the   building" believe their" holdings  will  be^ -serheusly depreciated by the transfer of the employment service to the inp. Other prominent city business- ^weather.
Hutchinson   made  it i    Garvin Dezell, presldenrbf 5-1   before  Andrews counted  tin   zell  Construction Ltd., a spol a  pass from Bud Gourlle'at the  man   for   the employerSj^agreed 15-mlnute mark.                          | with Mr. Harvey's j|uaty"sis ofj.
The visitors kept up the pressure in the' early part of the final session,  and  Bucholtz and Doug
Norberg ran the count to 7-2 he-. � ^sult the" g*eneraf menTbersh'ip fore Church blinked the light be- ne tomorrow to determine the hfnd Hutch nson for the dumber-   ncxt niove                     .              ,
men � third tallj. Latin, one of Hr Harvey said the member-' the best or the1 visiting -squad, ship must declde on whether It then shook loose from the Lumbermen defence to slide the rubber behind Young. * Before the, Bdtne ended, Church got his second goal of the period, and Backman added another^ "with one minute to play."
The playtrs gave referee Bert Withiam and lineman Martin Johnson little trouble, only nine minor' penalties bein^-harided\out In the two games.                 ^
Blizzard Cancels H.S. Hoop Series
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,The    High   School    basketball series between Prince GfeorRe and Dawson Creek scheduled for the  was' cancelled by the
men oppose the transfer on the grounds that the, corner on which  hld            d    i              f
the   huilding stands  is' too ahle to escape municipal taxation. The  Dominion Government  does
Late Friday morning officials n,l the High -School received word .fforn. Dawson Creek that the northerners were unable-to- leave town  as a blizzard had engulfed
not pay "taxes on ihe-propurty or, t hie north end of tlw Hart High
bailding.
way.
A    37-year-old   Quesnel    youth
A pioneer lumberman, \V N. Jatkjk",' forliterly of\I B.C.; died January 2& atxhis liiun
 "" Vl'ars  He i8 syrvlved.by a brother, Leon
 ard,   of   New  AVestminster,   an
 Joh
 als
who last year v?ds  an" employee! two sisters, Dr. Emma G. Jaeck of Prince George Post Office Was  of   Omro,   WIs.,   and   Mrs.   1-arrested   in   Edmotjton   recently. Froscher of Hinsdale,   III.; and returned here to face charges a  grandson,     Earl  N.   Jaeci. of theft from, the Queen's mails, i Spokane, Wash.
Royal Canadian Mounted Po- J Mr. Jaeck's only Son, Earl; wa lice have declined to disclose the killed In a railroad crossing a youth's name on the grounds that' cldent   at  Kamloops   two   year
he is a juvenile. He will not be tried in a Juve.-
.nile court however, it ed   today    from    the
ago.
Mr; Jaeck operated sawmills i -- \the   Carll)oo   and   at' Longwort ' and Bend during' the early 1920
handling the case.                        i dnd up to 1932 when he retire
The youth was remanded eight  to Vancouver   Island.     Later h
days   or  sooner   for
 to     ancu
 moved  to   his    forrrifcr home I
dy                 r   for l^ftjteiiry
hearing when he appeared In city Wisconsin where he lived In' tr
police court on Saturday           I I summers while'making his wLnte
police court on Saturday.
 w  I summers while'making his wLnte
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Charges against the youth refer home In Florida, to the theft of^thre* cheques fromj     Burial took place jn the fami the mails late'laat suawaeft          .'piot in Neenah, Wis.
the east. Recalling
that  the   association
as  almost defunct   a  year ago ecause of a series of deaf, ears hlch   had  been  turned   to   the roposal that the Yellowhead Pass epresented the most feasible en-y Into  British Columbia for a^ ans-continental highway systenir e said, "I was immensely ch�er-d to. see the    great � revival of ans-which is taking place." He attributed the Revival lsrge-r to the  fact  that part  of the ig Bend route-'is likely  to be-ome submerged   upon  construe-on \>f a _,power development in hat region. IG BEND SCORKD
Edmonton meeting of the Trans Canada Highway System Association has prepared the rough draft of a submission relating to the Yellowhead route which will be presented to Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent.
The submission cites a military report asserting that present Canadian roads are inadequate for defence purposes and that national highway planning is essential for the welfare of^the nation.
cine of the'main arguments oh behaK cjf- the Yellowhead route for, aAi^ans-Cariada Jhlghway Kas.
tffeert' thatvit would better serve
the west than a hlghw British   Columb the route argue head  makes connection    north
defence  measure farther soutruiu
Proponents  of t the Yellow-
British Columbia as well
The west leg would be the1
sought   Prince George to
read.                          �    ,
The. submission- points out that '   (See YELLOWHEAD,  Page ^8)     ^
ICE, SPEED DEADLY COMBINATION HERE
Prince George and district motorists must douhle their car.e-.di'-C^ ing the present conditions
\\m ���*��� m ahvmi                     frosts, a. �oyai Cai
Major resohition -passed at the  ed    Polic6(3fflcial
tremely slippery roaals^fesulting from Balmy weather with night frosts, a RoyarCanadian Mount-stated   this
dmonton meeting reads that "in  opinion of the rnembersjof he Trdrts-Canada   Highwjiy^Sys-
monnng.
He reported that eight accidents of_a relatively minor nature took
8 entirely unjustified, particular-
y since this road Is likely to.be
Btroyt-d an^. ttecoms, valuelasa."
Copies of the^ resolution wlljlvbe
forwarded    to . the    appropriate
ministers  of the     four western
arbvlnces.
R.   G.   Wllliston,   M.l:A., commenting   on "the   proceedings  at
speed," he said, after describing an accident which took place at Ceocge Street and Third Avenue on Saturday night which resulted from a car trying to beat .a traffic light before it changed, to red.
Said one e.vperfehced city motorist  wh"o enjoys a  lengthy  acci-
ETdmonton   late   Ihstxweek,   said   dent-free   record,   ';every   driver hat withdrawal of thVKamloops I must   approach   all   intersection!^ iet.ltlorV-for a  toll road^ will  be. and   other   high "-azarcl   locations i great aid^to him in persuading  expecting the worst, the   gbvernment   to-accept Hhe[    -'if  an  emergency jjoes   ari.se,
rince   George^Jasfper   link   as a, ft  is   far better to apply  brakes' tep-prlority-project.        .  ,          [ intermlttantly   than   to Nock   all
The ' Kamloops   petition   called j four  .wheels � with excessive   ami of toll highway construction from   prolonged brake pressure. In addi-
vamloops through the North Thompson .Highway aridthe* Yel-owhead.Pass to Jasper,     ^xj
Mr, Willlston said theresoonse o a^ Prince George -district peik Ion for a toll road east has been xceptionally good     and  that it will strengthen his hand in Vic-orla. FOR PRIME MINISTER
ji_addjtjon tcMts formal re'sb-ullon~coridemning - furtfief�work  the  Big  Bend   Highway, � the-
tlon, it is sometimes better to attempt to avert' an accident .by' careful use of the steering wheel father than the brakes, because a car is literally out of control Ayhen wheels are locked."
This driver suggested that unless a person actually needs a car\ with  which to conduct his business, it WQuixl be better to leave the  family � sedan in  the  garage' during- tne  present street  conditions.
e
res
(Canodion  Press-^Mooday,   February   1,   1954J'      .....
New Wage Demands Would Hamper B.C. Industry
VANCOUVER;� Ralph C. Pybus, retiring president of Vancouver Board of Trade/has asked labor to call o holt to repeated annual Woge increase dernonds.                             >  '                                      ^-,.:_^i_
In his 1953 presidential report, Mr. Pybus said "British Columbio cannot afford the luxury of wage scales high above those in the rest of Cartada."
The 1954 outlook .is ,fayoroble, he said, but he viewed with some concern a coming period of tougher domestic and international competition and said "a period of rnore difficult selling  is facing our industries.','
Labor Leaders Seek Boost In Compensation Rates
VANCOUVER� British Columbia tabor leaders will rrK:et the"provincial cabinet in Victoria todoy to seek chohgesrrt-the WarlcWeTiVtGompensdtiorv-1-Act  and the   Industrial Conciliation  ancf Arbitration Act.
Canadian- Congress of Labor headed  by regional director Daf>vRa"diord is scheduled to meet  the cabinet and urge  the compensation moxirrjum b& Boosted from  $3,500 to $4,000 with workers^receiving  100 percent ofSthf.'-v wage rate instead of the present scaled percentage.               t     ' ^.       .yT\
CPR Would Serve Stimulants On Trains, Boats i
VANCOUVER�Canadian Pacific Railway officials wjirjncet with At-torney-Genoral Robert Bonncr and the B.C. Liquor Commission in Victoria early next week to discuss ne* liquor regulations as they may offect ships trains in British Columbia.                  7~ 7
CPR wishes to apply for dining lounge licences for trains which cover   -the saK.of  beerj wine and liquor with meqlsV                             "�-"'>
Southern Woodworkers Settle For Ten-Cent Wage Hike
VANCOUVER�A'thrcfcrnonth-pld strike,,of woodworkers ifiThe southern British CcAKHbiaVinterior is ended and the mills were to reopen today, unipn officials j^inb^Npcd. Joe Morris, district president of International Woodworkers -^Preier\\ basic wage.is  S1.29V2..                                        ~.:. :--.   ��' .
Deg In Distress Results  In Drowning Of Boy Owner
CHEMAINUS, B.C.�rftavid Irving., -1 Qr-dfawr>ed Saturday [vherv he fell through thin ice on Mill Creek'-fieor here while attempting to rescue his-dog. The dog had been retreiving stick^xthrown by David and a friend, 10-year-old Jimmy Bell, when it fell through theNcs.    The