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37>Ko- 11
(Two Sections)
Prince George, B.C., THURSDAY, February 11, 1954
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Dirty, Intolerable'
KO. Condemns ^sanitary Camps
Overcrowded and flimsily constructed bunk-houses, dirty
curling ciub Play [Jrade Boa^To Hear lecture
On Consumer Credit Tonight
Prince George Board of Trade^members wilf have an op^ closed the draws .which will take portuniry  to hear  an  authority/tin  consumer  credit at  the
Scheduled Prince" George Curl-ing. - Club jJtey has resumed and club_officlals  this   morning   dls;
,ng/   poor   ventilation,   unsanitary  kitchens  and   lack   of I a special artLficial 4ce meeting to  16 Limited,  fil
^ndilSTo^'t^S" *mg   9ene^'   dinner-meeting   ,�    the  McDonald
The    club spokesmen" pointed banquet-room tonight, commencing at 7. o'clock, out that one draw has. been omit^N^Thlef speaker will be h//B. Gil- � ted on Sunday afternoon so that  lespie, manager of credit'sa'les for curling ciub members may-attend  western   Canada stores of Sweet"
 ashing facilities'-at many of the 125 logging and operations in the Prince George area were denounced �^sc a thing  monner  today by  Dr.  H.  M.   Brown,  medical
ffh officer..
warned    that'  the    camps -lie    closed     unless    the corulftlons were elimlnat-fefpi-e the spring break-up.
�leisure of conditions under s,   woodworkers . were   living � camps followed visits by inspectors of the Cariboo
\, i .imp on- the Glscome high-huh had planned to resume ions was ordered to remain
d

intll  sanitary  and health jents-nad been met. �;il of  the camps in  this i n very good condition," Brown,      ''but   a great , not meet ^a fraction of uii emerits/They   do   not .lean   bedding,   have - no Kidlrfles, the  kitchen  is ;md the bunk houses iicted so that the wind through     them    very
June ramps w�
van' in a very deplorable
i>," *tat�;d a *umltary In-
h.-il
iiinp near Chief Lake It  :iKt the blankets were  inilv   once   or   twice   a
ainp>>
 when  a  man ^ usually   re-_  bunk, without being  the riext man.
 uRjNegulUnSs
eap   blanket^ and \plllow
just   be   supplied   every
- v
i.ral camps visited"hy the �s    the   workmen   ^were  made.   Meanwhile thVSouth Fort j
��<                                     ' i road committees. anM is expect-
Friday. Feb.-12. 0 p.m.�Nuilsen ed the mauer of a home for the ys Can-, Klrschke-vs. Clear Lake, aged ln tnls area wm again be Butcher  vs  Hill   "    ' '
introduced.
The   power   committee   under the chairmanship of R. S. (Doc)
liston,- MLA, prfor to his departure for Victoria. Another meeting was held \h|s weekT anJ members can; anticipate  a  lively
Pas Lumber Co. Purchase Plant And Stock Of City Mill
aJs of one of Canadn'r major lumber producing firms lost nighr wound up final details of a plan to purchase a Prince George planing mill.
 general manager
of yrffe Pas Lumber Company, announced this morning That a deal has been consummated /for purchase of the plant facilities and lumber of the Hales H. ,koss & Sons; ;l;urrib"er Company -for an undisclosed price.
Mr. Doern, jvith-George White,
executive   vice-president   of >as,   arrived   here   earlier
 The  this
A.  B. Gillespie
weefcxto negotiate the purchase.
The.r3iasjjirurnber_Company is best known, here for, its applicaF tion for a forest .management licence in the Parsnip River area.
The application Is stil] pending but Mr. WKlte said today,""There is no indication that "Che company will secure the timber manage-ment.Jicehcc it applied for several years ago."
Transfer    of    th'e    KjiU-s    S. \Koh8'plant to   its new   owners will   take   place nt the  comple-tion   of  shipping tomorrow. The    coijipany   plans   to   ship only dry lumber, Mr. Doern said today.   \-i,-
As soon as the present stock is shipped out the planing mill will be shut down and the crt>v will be put to.work on plant alterations and repairs.
The general m.annger told�The Citizen that his company contemplates no kiln or sawmill installations at present and will buy green lumber on a year-round basis. The company hope^tp, work
out long-term connections with Independent sawmills for the_sjjpr ply of rough lumber.
The company will continue to buy green lumber during the period the plant is shut down and when plant a Iteration^, are completed about June 1 the winter's cut will be ready to ship.
Mr. Doern said that changes in the plant will not be "elaborate" and that the company "tsf not currently planning a larger lumber aciivity th�fn. existing facilities .will,permit."' itt/TKRATlONS
Yard alterations to-be made by The Pas will increase air-drying capacity to 15,000,000 board feet.
Plant changes will be limltedr "to_the .addition of a second�.resasv, exchange of one .planer, installation of a lumber bed-marker and waxer-arid the construction of a covered area for^torting, shipping, and storingjji^ylumber. .
Edwirp'Sands, manager of The Pas^kumber Company's plant at Reserve, Saskatchewan, will be in charge^of local operations. Mr. Sands hasNbeen with the firm for 28 years./\
According to j^rhpany; officials , the change of qwii^shlp will not result in the dlspliicetnejU of any of the present employee-1^. :
............ . el). U, 9 a.m.�Butch-  cussion-of this subject at tonight's
firemen  are hdpjng  they j �r vs siesingeVCordiner vs Kirs-   gathering: will not have to put their obsolete^^ke     Legloo  -vK>-.j\Ieiers,    Te4-^- Several other board committees
Central B.C, Teachers Get Bigger Cheques This Year
Teachers in   School  District  57   teachers in other rural school dis-wiirreceive 1954 salarv increases  'rlcls in Central B.C.
totalling   nearly   $10.0(10,   it   was
At arbitration board sittings in
R. B. Carfer 1$ Officer Of Civil  Service  Group
\R. B. Carter, long an active mefRber of the' l*i'cvincial Government Employees' Association here, waXelected to the executive of the Government Employees Medical Services at a convention in VancouTer. laH Saturday.
Mr.   Carter was  delegate  from this area to the cop't^n-Uon, was elected second        ^
handcart into use before thKfor-' Schrnidt Vs Sandberg.rScott'Ken-, have been active during the past I of a three-man arbitration, ^ard   and mer city truck comes into th>(r ( nei\y   vs  Carri  cawdell  vs-.Phil-   month, and their findings will also \
possession.
Altered Addresses Blamed For Slow 1954 Licence Sales
^M-n�Off leer��>aitJ- these hi id   be 'closed   without^
 fraction of .
 more than
x$unday,x Feb. y, 5 p.m.�Rice vs vV^bster, Jensen vs Mclnnis, VVhite^vs "Rotno, H. Kennedy vs Mel Walls, Madill vs Killy, Car-mlchael vb Dezeil.
Sunday, Feb. IV 7 p.m.5�Bill I Peckham vs Dick Smith, Clear J Lake v.s Di I worth,.McDonald vs , John Doe vs'Bail lie, Wray
: come- up  for discussion.
Dog-Catcher To Be
"   Prince George Saturday represen-  of tne provincial  medical announced following deliberations  tatives- of Qliespel  School   Board /organization.
tprtcbers   reached   an '    He will give a full report of the here late last week.
Annual   salaries   of -secondary schooi i teachers were raised $150,
| agreemenj/Svhich gives   element- convention at the government em-a'ry   school   teachers   a   starting  ployees1 monthly meeting tonight
 .^   �f   $22?�'  a"   lnCrGaSe   �f
of    the building.
In  the court provincial    government
Councillors Curb
 and
 4951 licence tabs,
applied' fiir
and go
1ieve this may 'be palely due to
reeenC   changes   *n   cit>s. street
names and house numbers.  *>,
Car^trQck and mot or-cycle owners who failed to notify the Mptor Vehicle Branch, Victoriav^of these mny have to
nedy.
Sunday,  Feb.   14,
Prince George will not have the same bylaw as Kelowna In respect to the control of dot's 'city limits In spile.of from   the   Board   of
p.m.�-Mel Wlllsori
vs Carl Kustad, Wilf Peckham. vs Mazarak, Ron Hatch vs...Gtistaf-son. Itice v.s High Scb�6!, White .ys Bill Peckham.   >s
Trade  that the same law be., en-   $2400 as^rtquesteo"., ^ -acted here,      v\.         � _yy     u- '
recommended Monday night .thnt the city enforce "the bylaw which.
S15Q-  over  last- year..-  Secondary fringing   their   starting   salanea  school   teachers \vill   receive   an
to $2950. Prince George and Dis-  ad(litIonal $1Oo to a starUng ^a-tarv
trlct School Teachers Association   of �2900 annuaj|y.
had requested an extra $200 for.     H    rj.  King of  Pi
this group.                               I acted    as   board   chairman    and Sale   Of   Fireworks
." Argeement was also reached on Quesnel  School Board was repre-1
an increase in the starting salar-   sented by Robert Range of Prince aes^of    primary   school   teachers  George.   Acting for � the'teachers
from   $2275, to   $2300   instead. of   was   .1.   Pmulpson   of
 es!;
Lake.
salary gctta-spd work- \ ing, agreement  will aj^^embody , a number of coriejissions made.by flte-     teachers  in yfringe  benefits .

 of    the    arbitration
;   unt Ice,  but   in  view of roccnl   strike     and
the   March   1   deadline^ for t{ielr licences, as the^e cannol-b   iUd
Frances Magnes Tops
Is on   the city's books  now, and   contained in the" old contract employ a dog-catcher ir necessary. Council    accepted    the^ recommendation   and   it   Is believed dog-calcher     win
 C. Stevenson
-r�PlHHi|>son, �
Aid. dray Charges Police Speeding
Dresent r without   the   application    formic nditions the operators hwhlch are maifeciTfrom Victoria,    |  T^     W as 500  vehlcle own'
Chairman
board  w
.��-,�j�of�W-WHa+iVr�fc?i be    employe^ Wj]]iams   Lake   SChool   principal.; Canadian Mounted PcilJce on Mon,
 Alderman    Carrie    Jane    Gray  Into a new tiff with � Hoval
�  adopted     by 1 council atrlkua .
wflUams a blow-at a,number oC'cHy stores catering tb Halloween celebrants I ar\AvalSo contains bad. news lor � youth^ w^trTa penchant for noise, [flames and sparks.
It -forbids (he giving or .-�<>IlinA: : of   fireworks   to   persons   under [the age of 111 years. And to make certain, gunpowder aiidL.oitieir.^ex-is are Included in Hie ban:
 be' in  ihls  caiegOty,   it
\The largest audience -of-'ilic Alaska Millie Trail Series crowded   the High  School   Auditorium
by the Prince George Hoard of Trade would have made it unlawful for a,dog to be on a. public thoroughfare   unless   unde)'   the
re*
been glvun until the end iUnriL:- broak^up�to  comply ' ers
ihc regulations of the Health i w�s atawxkat. the     Government  last night to hear the gifted viQ:. direct   control   o^its^vi rrtrjient,                                     Building today>-^                           llinist.' Miss* Frances  Magnes.        J gardless of whether or-4iot uvwys
that!    Mailing   of" apptiwttion' forinsSv Herxdelicate    and    melodious   equipped   with   a   municipal   dog
BrpNvn   pointed   out a   condition  exists   in   a u'hich   menace  the " public "k^ has the. authority under I'inciiiKindustrial  camp, regu-to cloqe   the  camp  until s
The  prexynt
 Prince Gieorge by-
|don  Gibson  Charges
Mailing   of   apptci
was completed  late  ltTst ^nonth.  touch  were  Immediately  evident and owners who have not receiv-   in   fte.r   first  number,  Schubert's ed them should communicate at' Sonatina, in D Major, which call-   law   permits   a, licensed  dog - to once with the-Superintendent of  ed  forthNhe whispering  tone of   roam at will. Motor Vehicles. ParHamehi Build-  her priceless..Amati violin.              I       :,------------------:---------
G Tennis  In   February  Is PrincejGeqrge  Boasf
�esehfed  the teachers,  and  G. ; rlay  night ...when she charged po-
i. Xprth of  Wells  appeared__fpriice _.lcar-S�a're-lspeedinfr �-in�.iU.;hool
the sclK^o! boartl/                     - -Jzones.                                   <,.-
SchooPxBpard officials '" arej.' �Mrs^...Gray..-hah--b*�fT"a Strong awaiting aNlqttiiled report. n6w critic of the 'mounttes' here and being preparecl^ the arbitration once reported a hon-commls.sion-board which will euntain the new , ed   officer   for   driving    througri
a stop sign.                            _   �
At 'a  numljer of council .ni'eet-' ings in the past she has charge police drivers wilji speeding and failure to abide by the city's -traf-
Another section of the.samfi. law prohibits the sale or of fireworks and a long list of "other" consistibles anil explosives obtaining a permit at tluxl'ity Hal!.
salarv     schedules
working board
iron Ore Deposit �j looks Promising
ings, Victoria, B.C.
Government ys foe ofP&ttxtension
'Iron Curtain' Around  R^jroad  Facts
B-htish Columbia's Social Credit Government has adoptive dictatorial tactics of Nazism, Gordon Gibson, M.L.A. "ilooet, charged in an'interview here yesterday.' .
The   Beetlibyen   Sonata   in Mdjor were played /with the fire and      depth of  tone  of   a   true artist.                        �             \    |     Proof   thatt Prince'-George  can
Her playing of two of Bruhms-^hauentFe Vancouver's "Kvergrpefi" familiar Hungarian Dances made ptjivgroumi".claim was givej>'Sun-listeners   feel, that   the   violin   is   day   by   members   of   the-Prince
Teachers in. Quesnel school/ trlct will'also  receive larger salary  cheqdes   this" year,   bringing them^nore in line wjtlv.thbse o|^chool zone speedlng cnar^e am,
urged to take steps to_preverit its recur ranee-.'

o-ori,.;�here.'pn  a. fpct-flndlng
Vn  connection  vyith   the  �Rg2^ !?,
"i of the Pacific Great East-   *�*
Railroad, said   he   had beon
�i any of the information he
ed by Premier Bennett him-
 floor   of
 be
the    Only   right   instrument   for these dance*., a          � �     !
Miss  Magnes  was   at  hei> Irest In  the  last   half of   her concert   out with   two   compositions   of   Sara-   joyed satPy-Romanza Ahdajtiza and Za-pateadp, and   two of Ravel,   the Tzigane    and    Habanera,    .which   oIoVmi.    li.i! seemed to  pour out   the spM.pT her violin ami of her music.      /
Ovations called her back/for threv'encores, one of whipn-wtis the amusing Hoedown pmm Aaiv on Copelnnd's Rodecv^uite. . But climax of  the ^concert
George Tennis Club;   ,             ;.
�.In' balmy; ,5.5-deeree   sunshine, fivts4riembers lif.the club turned at^Hhe chfb's courtst.und en-"^V^ast games of tennis. ainuHhe  courts, which located a half-mile west of .toe-
 the
 came
 a Citizen
r      on   the house,   n^^
He  saiu   that   non-government members   woul^   not   have   any
in.
nes rendition of the Berceuse from the Firebird suite by Sta-vinsky.    X
Miss Magnes will play with tht> Vancouver Symphony Orchestra oyeY C.B.C. Vancouyer^ this evening at 8" o'clock, repeating two of
ul was under orders from Hennett   not   to   answer  Government, �i;iesUon.s.
I'rlm-p (Jcoi-ge, lie clainurd, �iii]�loyec    of    the    Pacific hit    KuKtcrn    toUl    Iilm    he {iil�I loKR hi* Job if he divulg-|"ii.v information  relating to I'iUh-ond's operations. >eated telegrams to Premier ett   protesting the  order of '">'   around   operating sta-t-itN' [of l^he P.G.E. have mefwlth sajd Gibson,   and the ".sent several days ago from �ouver  has' broughtv no  an-
bson. to^d The Citizen he was ivpitng ttrgeirinlonriatlon con-inj,' -the' p.G.E. so that he ft?   'Mn%eiIlgemly discuss the
proposed railroad ex* pan rrbm Squamlsh to North xpuver.
'I  know �hat Bennett Is go-^6,"   �ald   the   ODooet
"he is going to  push : tlirough in about two [� if he can. ThiM. Is dictator-
I donH Ilk� it."
sadl   that   Bennett   re-
Members of the. Social CreeJitT the compositions which were en-he said, "all have joyed onjasft night's program, the little hooks fastened onto the coir chnusson "Poeme" and the lars. of ' their shirts and when% bauntlngly beautiful Tzigane by Bennett pul.ls the. string for tjietti to vote they all stand .up,"'"
Gibson,   who   made 'a   fortune out of  logging,on' the coast,  ad-
i.mits he Is. opposed to southern extenslon'of the P.G.E. _�_ ^ H&'clalms it will not improve the economic picture gf the,.Prlnce George dlstrfcL and will at the same" time saddle the rest of the province with an increased railroad debt.'
City Reopens Case Of
City council again re-openejj the" .controversial   case   of   a west-end resident applying for a retail food store''licence on on Centra^ Avenue, j Monday night-following" receipt
VICTORIA- (CP)�An   iron   ore
fie ordinances.                ,     .   �     /'deposit that  .shows  promise .has
Monday she. recommended iha-tKbeen iliscovered at the souttrr�p(l wlice officials be advised Qf^the ~xk Home  Lake,  100 miles ndrth-
west of hei-e.       v    . Howard  H. Pur'Ki& K;;i:op.- of QuaHci^m' found Hhe outcrops and>nave ax-
G.
Funeral   Tomorrow   For !Salmon   Valley   Farmer
r   Carl
ranged   \ for    diumorfci    drilling.r-which will begit1>xvdien. the snow' melts.   Assays Vindicate   the  os.it-1,'dierl Tuesday   crops qontamea: more-than 10 per � cent iron./      ...
Vancouver Island  isXpi'oyihg a
A native of Germany, Mr. Eich-   fruitful   source1 bt  iron  ore.  Ar-
Mine near Campbell Tiner as already yielded 2,000,000 to>^
ler came to Canada and  this dis-
trict  In  Ut25 when hv settled on^
a farm  un Salmon \-alley   niajx i of ore �� most, of it   shipped  tox
^Ti-f^iK-   h�      in.i   in  nW.oii�,ii     ,      ,         ~^i          Li-       �     a  tarm  ori >aiinon  \; a i ley   roatK    of ore  � most., of  it   shipped  to
tfm� The! cburt" ai'e SS^S �f � lettGr fr�m the. aPPhcanf- | 'He is survive,! by hls/vif^. .lamui- and another .2, (W).UOO Crete floor of an old armv build->-. C. E. Bellamy, owner of an siding on the farm, and^i son. tons is believed to \w in reserve, ins which hasbeen moved              Inoperative    store     building    on   Raymond, of Vancouver< who ar-   Also shipping to  Japan  Is  Argo-
\v______\___________\            Freeivftm^Strt'et, recjuested council., rived here yesterday/                   i naut's allied company on Texada
The Weather
Thehe may l>e a few snow flurries here Friday, the weatherman reports, and the sub-freezing weather will continue.
.However,-the northerly, winds are expected to.drop off from 15 miles to light. Winds of up to 22 miles an hour were recorded at the airport overnight  '
Expected low; tonight is 10 above, with a high.Friday of 28. The thermometer dropped to zero lasY night.
in his most recent-letter to grant} Funeral will be^lekl Friday af-him a licence equal to that which ternoon at_2 p.^il from-'Assman's was granted  to  him by  the pro- � Funeral Chapel; -Rev,  Allen  Ken-
yinc.ial   government  prior   to   the' ney offlcijjlinR............
city's   annexation of "part  o/ the      "'"" fringe area.
According to  Hollamy t3i(|  pro-vihcial licensing authority grariV> ed   him  a  general   retail   liL
Island, where the ore is of. lower grade;'
Richest ore on the island is EebaUps, on the west coast.
which   was never put  to  .. cause hi;<"store_building was still, under''construction.     �/
City council  prevMusly  denied Bellanw a license/of any sort on-
 Overtures To B.C. Power Commission
City of Prince Georgo passed^a rmal motion on Monday eVenin^
formal motion on Monday requesting the British Columbia Power Commission-to supply electrical enerfey here.
The resolution acceded to a request by^the power commission
^passijd -a power c6i
-part:
Kfflclently ruivlie~sald, ban?-
Ing of railroad cars from Squa-
mlsji  to Vancouver can be ac-
complished for $24 each, whereas Interest rates on the monpy
retpilroii to extend iht railroad
will coHt front   �50   to  $100   a
car at the present traffic rate.
"The     actual   cost  of "moving that its contents are�� in- no those cars into Vancouver from., binding on-.the municipality^ Squamlsh is going to be increas-j     They say 'that. its passage i ed by at least 50 per cent and I ,jy pavea^ the'way for^tfie power j "jj   j Clon't  see   how that Is   going, to commission to-send^ifw&n here for t ��    '' bring a reduction in rates."         j the purpose of raafang a survey   s-on   offlclals
for   a   formal   invitation,to  tatee.
over power generation here. :
City hall officials say the resolution   Is   a ..mere formality  and
Earlier   this   year
cdmmis
a �u?tyey here, accorrlance witj
The  new re^olu
the/council Mrig   the r.iake siich was. not in j 1 lectric^JCn-
the.._gi"ound thjK the property on '..which his sjfedre la_Jflcited Is not I zoned f6r/comrnerc|al use,
But/an investigation.- undertaken }*y a Citizen reporter later dis-sed that the city's zoning bylaw has never been amended to take in the annexed area. "Meanwhile ihe  council   took"ij
 A    reads    in
the
 seconcj step-in offering to Ri-ant  j.Bellamyva '-cphfeqtlonefy store"  licence*when and if the city sets. up' a separate licence classification for .such stores.
 license would be of a non-and    would
Geoj^e hereby ap'"~*a to the Rrit-
Colunihia  l'o for the supp'y to b? power i-Ttl-e' clpality     ai.-ci thereof."
i conforming    nature * "nce i not -bt bansferable.
Latest step-Haken by the .council
mu^lpallty Ils a 2>�"8 Whf^l?^^}a^ of the'Inn ni- jand^his. counsel wlll>�fe given an bjr     commiueeof-the-
dffTheWiresTpdZy
(Conodion   Press�Thursday,   February   1.1,    1.954)    J
British Columbia  Is 'Drinkingest' Province
TORONTO��British Columbia hos a greater' number 6f alcoholics per capital than~any province _ in, Conodo, d'syrvcy'by the Alcoholism Research Foundation of Ontario indicates. The survey also showed western Canada has a greater proportion of drinkers than the East, with British Columbia heading the list with 81   percent'fa^its cdult population listed as drinkers.
Resignation Of Finance Minister Gunderson  Imminent
-. VANCOUVER�The Vancouver News-Herald, in a front page story, says B.C.'s Finance Minister, Einar Gunderson will submit his resignation to the Premier Mondavi' The story_ soys Premier Bennett, will go to Government House shortly'.aft<5r to be sworn in os mlfiislcr of finance by Lieutenarrf-Governor .Clarence. Wallace:-                                                                          >-"^

Gibson;  whose logging fortune of the city power plants and "(See LIKE NAZIS, Pog
/VANCOUVER�Conadian   Brobdcasting  Corporation  has offered  "full- / ^K co-operation"  to  private   radio stations  in  covefing   the   British -Empire^ "Gomes   here   next  summer.      Kenneth  Copier'"C.BC   regional   representative, in a  statement Wednesday night,  s.aidV+Kc corporation would -work with..oil   . private   stations  wishing   to   broadcast  live  or   by   tape   recording's,   directly from the games, ot no charge to them provided such programs were brood-cost unsponsored as a public service.
Newcastle Disease  Decimates Vancouver  Island  Flock
-VICTORIA�Poultrymen on Vancouver Island were warned to vaccinate :                        Newcastle disease after it wiped oUtt more frzr. ho'f
the fleck of a VictOvio former. The killing pulmonary disease struck the form of A. t. GppdwinsfvQrtly after Christmas and more than 5,COO of th� 10,000 birds died.