An Independent   Semi-Weekly
awspaper   Devoted   to   the   Interest
7- No.  15..
(Two Sections)
Prince George, B.C., MONDAY, March 1> 1954
Jrncess Will Utilize Mill Waste
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Site Truck Thief
f $2 Million Pulp Project
,1 Fined
To Pay Semi-
City Asked To  Find 25-Acrc  Plot
honces are  "90 ,percent certarn"  that  prince.George the site for q $2,000,000 pulp mill this year., ,,i the impressive develop-
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Saturday t'ryant,
from Mayor who disclosed
has been  asked  to  25-acre 'site for  tho
f   the', pulp   project .-i.-n' named   by   their i.-re but it Is reliably t that development-capital half  Canadian  and   half
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Ima.n

 ryant    said    he    had '   (Jf the proposal for ut.tTiat t'he direct ap ,,l on>oT-the firm's spokes- '�'-' \vfe�k was the first  hU been
^pfSposed   pulp   devt
lure   >vJJI    eliminate     ;S
i, vv�bti>m which, ban faced
Kfoi*  vast     quantises     of
JIOVVIT.    f
i oi tin- power required by ;j;j>., is/iui* operation of the T..'v\<>liminating the need for iacmnery to bre^k up logs, "chipper plant might be in connection' with it qnnecould be used. >ii\io aid In finding^ iIkmHW has been ask-intee '^standby, power" a flow of water ffr.OOQ gallons every The plant wuhJns'tall lesej  or ^tearn  pafrer nv everyday use.             x
tiuu of the pljiiit in Hh Jni-,t;ig� would be 130 tons of |ht tl:i,v and it would em-;i."i i'h-i xtus and operate on
a new and recently perfected process which was developed by a trio of engineerS\jn France.
Known as the "Bouffe process", dry pulp recovery from the new t>pe of mill is atxnit 14 per cent greater than by the standard process.
The  mill would utiliW^hnv-Ings and chips obtained a�"&al-vage from liifnttfu* fnills jn th�T" city   and J*urMsttnding  district and the,s�> plants mny gain up to fS per thousand board^fept of lumber   proceed  fo?.  tbelmi-terial   they   no>v   getVld  of  inx huge burners.              -'
J. X. Desfargej?i one of tne tfrree men who control. the Bo.uffe process, and the ma^-who approached thecity, said th^t about 400 .tons of potential pulp salvagers being burned daily by the-mills, located within the city limits* He also told Alayor Bryant that (See PULP PROJECT, Page 3)
|p pbin(  workers  would, hasic  wage  of $1.75
 for. the xmill's
e mil! mid an officiM-tpld Mayoih
 that  this is
 per cent  i
;" i'instruction wlii get-un
ihls spring.
null [mended for       ^ be the first in-Canada to u�?e
Council Ratifies
Contract terms
^C-Uy council Thursday night ratifled-an earlier decision to extend the^4Q^hour work week to members of Prince George Civic Employees Federiil^Unioii as the basis Tor a 195.^ contract. _ A special meeting of tfie^cpun-
If three prisoners had not escaped from Princfj George women's jail last Tuesday a 26-year-old city mbn would probably, not be in jail here today charged with theft of a truck.
Peter Evans Sawmill, George, was fined $25 and costs in stipendiary-court here, recent^ Ijr and ordered to pay S223 to,fs^o former employees for back-wages.
Owner of the mill ^was charged with failure to pay''an employee semi-monthjv^olr. oftener. '. Employee natned in the^charge was Patrick,..Madam,  who  onder  the
Food Store Hours Extended As Council' Repeals Bylaw 593
May   Install Partitions For Confections
Prince George's food stores will lose separate classification from general retail stores next month.and in the process will gain a half day in mid-week and two hours on Saturday.
City council met in a special session on Thursday to- repeal Ejyi,aw 593 governing the closing of fbdS stores and- to launch. Bylaw 7>0\coverthg' the creation of "-eorifectlorlery stores as a new T
Judgement must be paid
A second employee, C. Phillip And  If the  truck -thief   hadn't will receive $150 in back wages, had a gijilty conscience he would     Failure to abide by the terms probably never have been arrest--of the judgement will result in a
ed.
And if the R.e.M.P. had known their original quarry had already eluded them they never would have maintained the cordon which recovered the stolen vehicle.
30 performance uas held in thXhigfcx school auditorium and �, adjudicator Mrs. Phoebe Smith of Vancouver- presented the   cups   w^ tapphies   to   the
 p             ttphies   to   the
\K(nners. John Cookc was master of ceremonies.    - ., \.
^Uahl tribute, to fes-Uval present Mrs. Fran\Gib-bins for heK\vork; In making it a success, but -Mrs. Glbbin* rev plied' "Thl8 ^ fort."
�-�Ftrst top form   was
group
!*w�tfJe^o^Tperf-Joarx^Ridley's King George V SchooKGr&de two
class,- who won the/Vy Shield for chOfal/Spe'ech with'the high mark of i& They'presented* "The Elf ar\(/l\\e Doormouse" and
ithar Was  Loaded; [nocked Willie Silly
\ new name was jabbed across the ljsts of eligible Can-amateur lightweights here Friday night when somej^QO pxincj fans warched.,a 21 -year-old, forrr>er Gerrhon boy'Tn )brs of the Prince George Bo*rng Club* batter afcseasoned
jricon professional, to the canvas in less than a
fourth round.v
to In- reckoned with in lightweight  fistic jfare '  Lithar Lvibow,ski, the l'ine entry, in last year's \Columbia   Diamond   Belt who fought to a split des �'/i Toimtiy Palmer after, taken out  ol  his normal
Pit i!Wlsioll._.\.
>'k'sne , - professional'''-   Willie (1 never been knocked out ihliir 2po:[fighi8 Until he -!!vi'i�(�(} into- a deep ^luni-.iHiow'sfcJ bri Friday. Boyd
iRlUly built Prince George PPed tho scales at the top S'ht bracket of 136 pounds
"lain event debut in the Wall and" he proved two necessary to a successful reer�he can take it and sh it out. i I /weighing 132 pounds and
built close tQ the ground, pitte< the experience of 150 amateur bouts and 58 professional encount ers against liUbowski's lOO-figh background Qnd It didn't measure up.                      �       -    .      "   :
Friday's 1 fight wus less tluitt a minuto ol,j when to the frt�n-Viiod chctsr^ of "Coh�e on I^thar1' the honiptoVn boy backed Boytl ngtilhxt the iropr^ for two sting-inp lffts ai�"t\ a hard right u^ rut.
Liibpwsk.1* fighting a Continent al style With his chin tucked int> his left shoulder, flicked lefts, int the Spokun<> fighter with, _th speed of a high compression riif chine and Wasn't fazed "by a ''har right at the- bell.   '"'
Boyd  went  through  the  rope
for the soco-fkl time in round tw
as Lubo\vskI connected with a sec
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ff The Wires today
The Sandman." j  / ' Bobby   Arnett, ( who   won   the rlnce George.Agencies  Cup for locution out/of "a field of almost
00  enwavpes, performed "Now." Connajight School Grades   five
nd si^presented !*Tbe.Sentkftiet^,-
1   >Scarecro.w/'   a   one-act   pfay
 won the�Women .of'.Ahe loose Cup. Anthony Nolan, who layeci the scarecrow, wori the NUlmer. Cup )for beat Individual  Ii'"- the*""eTtm�Jntaty  A. KippeJR rdlr
Fran GibbinsT^who topped  the
So close togeLher were theft of the truck and i)ts recovery that i it's owner never knew It had "been stolen until he spotted it outside" the Seventh Avenue police station a short time later and enquired why It was there.
Owners of the truck -are Acme Electric Ltd., 1215 Fifth Avenue.
Charged with theft of the vehicle following\hl6 capture by police was Ray I^rank Kierce, a logger.
Kierce appeared m court for an eight day remand>fast week and it is_�>elieved )rfs ease "wljl proceed on Thursday.       \ ; ,
MlflMtf TilCS vftt
City hsl April r
aclies open eldsutioh class, gave   gfneer recitation of "The Quest."     ,     j rjjtv h
^Prince George higtKschool Grade (HJrama class                           ^
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Prince   George's   new   city en  will arrive here April 1, a  Hall spokesman declared this
 ^p he wanning high schoolii}ay "So
morning. ""Confirmation
of* acceptance, o
Wdndcrfb-l in White," which r�:-efyed the Community Drama^As>-ociatioD Cup>^)el Diipperon waX Jirector.   .        \.
The Rotary CupMor best high school individual iierfonnanct^ was presented to Derek Noske,-or" his performance in �''Balcony Scene.'.' Certificates were also pre-;ented to Joyce Moffat, Larry Bell; ~d _ and Art Webb; of Prince George,'[ vlsil t0 and Deirdr? W'npllett of McBride. Fitial item on the program was 'The Old Lady Shows Her Med-ils,'' the Catholic Drama Group Mitry which won the Prinze George Players Cup. Gordon Wiley received the CKPG Cup for best' "performance. Director was 'ecil Glass.   .   x     '                   '
�Olive   Morflssey .received   the
the position was received late last week from G. P. Harford of the Municipality of Coquitlam. -.', Mr. Harford was one of three pllcants Interviewed by the city tly and his name was chosen list of 20 men who applied the sspn-to-be-vacant post. Ax younger engineer   was first choseXby the^jcouncil but he turn pbsition after, a brief itlv.   \,
fanning Co. Ltd.  of Vancouver as lowest for installation only.
Jamieson Construction bid 2&M5O9  for supply and  installa-
lon>Nartd   $79,432.40 for  Installa
ion alone?\.
Bayne^xMannlng  bid   $231,000^ or supply\and installation,  i "8,722.30 for ^installatioriNanjy^
Other bids under the sathe^i plans   were,   Christian^ &   Alle~h
,td., Ladner, $104,654^ and S250,-343.89:    Ben Ginte/ Construction Ltd.   (installation only)x\$117,283; G. W. Leddingham Co. Ltd., Van couver,   (installation only) -$134,-744.98;. Poble Construction any, Edrne/nton, $111,782.60    ahc $262,074.09; Swift River Dredging "^inpanly' and Yoraton  Cpn^trW' ft, Que*rnel, $95,7444.38 and $235 .73;, Fred Welsh  & Son Ltd Prin'fee  George,   (supply   and   in stallatJiqn only) $202,384.96; Daw son  Wabe* &  Company,   Vancou ver,v.SJ97.IKW.2G- amr S341,165:46.
Remaining\ids were for alterna tive plan.vNfor\par'r of the work part of th^e .materials or all o the materials. \.  \
Two tenders, .submitted by Marshall Wells Alberta\Ltd. am McLennan, McFeely i^Pcior Ltd were rejected by the council be cause they were not aceonnpUniec by certified cheques as required by the conditions for tenders. The two rejected bids were for supply of some materials.
i Bylaw-593 and creation / of|/Th�^confectionery store bylaw was Riv^rKfirst, second and third readings on Thursday night. The ne,W regulations wllkgo into effect on Marchil8..          ^<-
Meanwhile,-finaiswording of the" conf^jitionery store bylaw has not been determined.
A rough draft presented^ to the council on Thursday by City. Solicitor H. B. King was modified, tq^cclude the sale of frozen fruilsK
It may aMjo be amended to add '�drug sundries'^..to the list Of merchandise which "may  be sold  in (he stores. MERCHANDISE
The list at present includ.es dairy products, fresh fruits, chocolates, candies and other confections, popcorn, soft drinks, bread, biscuits, cakes, cookies, sweet-goods, buns, pies, pastries and uther_bakery_ products, cigarette.-?, tobaccos, newspapers and magazines.  .
/The   confectionery   stores   will \ Kee FOOD STORES,  Page 3)
Housing Corporation lo Open Office Here
Establishment of a new loans office of Centhal Mortgage and Housing Corporation in' Prince George and the appointment of R. W. Bond of Comox, B.C.,' as manager was announced in Vancouver-at the week-end by T. B". PickersgiTl;-British Columbia regional supervisor.^
Construction ^inspector for CMHC at Comox since. 1952, Mr. Bond was born in Vancouver. He enlisted iri the army in 1940 and
Williams Lake Stampeders have ung up their skates for the seas-n and will not, compete in the >lay-offs for the Central Interior wckey. title. The surprise announ-ement came in a telephone call at he week-end to league president Hi Kirschke from Claude Hu.ston f Williams Lake. '
Huston said1 mild weather  had jreyented  the1 Stamps from  get-Ing any practice for two weeks, nd several of their key players 1*ad left towjri.
President   Klrschke immediate;............ ...  ...    ,..,,,..  ...
y orderetl^Vanderhoof Bears and! following   his   discharge  in  19 fi>\ Prince    Gep*ge   Lumbermen    to 1 was   employed   at.   Shaughnessy start a three-gatne^series for the! Military Hospital in Vancouver, right to meet QueshSl^Kangaroos 1    in   April,   1949,  he  moved   to in   a   five-game   8erieS   Lumbermen
yesterday
and     the
teams vvilJ meet^again Wednesday night in Vanderhoof. \.  .
Kvijn the most ardenKsuppoi t-ers of the liumhermfn glvs them" little chance to prolong the to three games and, weather mltting, the Bears will probabB go to Quesnel next weekend for| the first two games of the-fihals. I
�Third  and. fourh games will   be  in- Vanderhoof, .and   the
CNR  Employee Ends 35 Years sOf Service
S.   J.   (Steve)   Clare, of  Prince George, a C.X.H. eiiiployeC'-f!)r^.T years, was recently retired under" the company'* retirement planJ � Mr^Clare   commenced  .service w^th the Canadian National Rail-on August  5, 1919,  at  liiq Valley,  Alberta.  He subsequently worked   at   Wainwright,  Alberta, a., short period before coming
 lsil t0 thexcity.   \  Mr. Harfohi is no\stranger to  Prince George, having been con-
riectud with CartehHall er during construction of George Airport and the Canadian^ Army camp west^of the city.
He was also in Prince George as a member of a United -States
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best supporting actress award and Film Glass and Lilian Boech received first class .certificates:
To open the program four young elocution class winners performed. They were Karen Olafson, Bobby Hoillngshead.  Cheryl Cor-
*   and Donald White. Earlier In the festival other jun-
Army team of engineers whq.sur-veyed: a proposed route for a rail Ak
y road to Alaska.
A 1941 graduate in civil \en-gineerlng from the .University \f British Columbia, the city's new engineer lias been employed';by Consolidated MlninR & Smelting Cbnipany, The Powell Rivet Company, Boeing Aircraft' Company, Standard Oil, British Pacific
ior elementary class winners per- properties & First Narrows formed at evening perforninnces. > RrWge Company ami the Depart-Wlnnersv were   Margaret' Morris-  ment of Transport. '
sey,  Susan< Johnson,   James   Ro-1           ----------------.
bert    Brown,,    Shirley     Penner,1 Glenn    Goodwin    and    Christine Morvissey.   y' \                      .-    j
Excerj^s fl'om Vlie honor performance will be Irt-nadc-jist1 over CKPG next Sunday at.5:1:5 p.ro, *
Throughout 4K� bidding the city I fiftK. -if necessary, in ��Quesnel.
has reserved the right to supply ill or part of the materials for the
job.                                (ai-ivi-irn'u
It is expected the low bidder-, >r bidders, will be announced late next week.
. QCiesneLand___Vanderhoof  have � ouufpor rinks^    and  officials   have -suggested  t
Prince   George on June   11,
Mr. Oore came, to Canada from AbbeywootL "Kenv ^England, in l(t()fi to Linosay, Qntario.
...,,,.,                                    ,                Fellow emp^yees from all.-do-
that it" mayxbecoriie^tutvislirrle to] partniem>v prest^iited ' Mr., Clare play all or �some, of the final gamesr\vith a purse^ on\the day- of his in Prince .fi.epj�e.^;_                :      I retirement.               V ./
Farmers Want Power, Too
Stresses Industrial Potential
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Of Pr. George In Victoria Speech
Prince George\js one of the "hottest'.' spots in British Columbia where a combination of natural gas from the Peace River ancKhuge stands of\softwoods might soon lead to the establishment of  enlarge  petro-chemical   industry,   the   B.G:
(Canadian Press�Monday, MortS   |)
Rabies Infects Peace River Block Animals
j VANCOUVER__Nine cases of rabies have be^h discovered in the Peoc
p        of British Columbia since May,   1953.
IF; W   b. Smith, district votcrinariarv for the 'fcderQl health of anima v, .^Qid confirmed coses of  rabies fiad boef  fourid among five foxe .coyote, wplf and cow.     He said there had been no reports of rabies tfie^sections rn B.C.'
Airlines Pilot Plucked From Sinking Plane     .X .
NCOUVER�Ronald  Pore,  pilot   for  British Columbia   Aktfnes,  wos i           the water ot Eliford  Bay Sunday, after'>,js DeHotfillarid Beaver
 k  on   landing  at   Queen   Charlotte   Islands   Ppint.  ^                                                         W            Gil
On-Again  Off-Again Winter  Back fn City
Arctic air crept into the Prince George area Sumjay, sending temperatures timvbling, and the, ctreid will continue.
The weatbei'-man is calling for a low overnight of 10 betow, with a hifilv Tuesday of 10 above. Lov? Sumliiy night was three degrees .below zero.
Skies will he cloudy and there will be occasional snow flurries Tuesday. Winds will be Hght.     .
wasxpicked up unhurt by the seiner W^tc/n Girl.    OHiciols said j)loncNwcs slewing down when one of its pontoons struck a dead-head.
Canadian Soldier Returning With Japanese Bride
[VANCOUVER�first B.C,.. sOldicr^lO^ marry Q Japanese bride ovcrscos return home with her from Japan in six Qr eight weeks, the ormy ^ccd here,     hie  is CorpbrdT A.   Johnson,  Royol  Conadion Ordingnce
S20.000 Fire Roies Guest Ranch Hear Kclowno
t-OWNA-UMoin   ranch    bulldingv 6f   Lor>gQCrc's   Guest    Ranch   at 1 :-  B.C.; 2$   miles north Qf Jhe re, Aiws destroyed  in a-$20,000 fire cne was  injured.                          "v                             "'�,         ,
Six Mile  Employees Vote To Quit Union
H-X government-supervised votp/ta.ken at noon Saturday is witlfied by the Labor Relations Board, the International Woodworkers of America will lose bar-, Kaining- rights for employees of Six Mile Lake Sawmills Ltd.
The employees voted 14-12. in favor of ..decertification, but It wns not leai^hed whether the men wanted to rernain without union i-epresenta1ion or affiliate with anothermhion.   :
At the request of the 1WA, the Labor Relations Board-has ordered William E. KlVsehke, "pr^esideht
of the cotnpany, tc ing in Victoria on
 a\hear-
Liberals Balk Pay Boos
VANCOUVER (CP)�Vancouver Province? - in a s{>ecial dispatch from Victoria said a "hush, hu&h" petition is being circulated among membersVof~lhe British Columbia Legislature sectehig^ a raise ^iopal indemnitj".
The Province sayVtbe petition stiKpests the sessformr indemnity 'he increased from'$3,000 t Overall cost to B,�. would 000.
The'newspaper,  says,   It learned from reliable sources that virtually   all Social ' Credit   backbenchers and CCFgis have signed the petition.
iHowever,   the    Province   adds that liberal members of the~Legislature are "llalklng, which prol>-ably  mcans\the  'whole be dropped."
Legi^lature learned last week.
Speaking in repryjo the throne speech, Ray Willistorj, Si LA for Fort George, told thV '
GeorgeHs located close  hi
could' be�,rtssurj
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"At present.>e^lulos<< ma
ired at Prince Rboert is fi
1o the geographic, centre of this province, and is the natural dis-tribiftioirxentre     forr "theswhole north-centrahrogion," he saidx^lts Immediate pastlvos reflected booui . cnnrlitlon in the laqiber industry* question: and  there   has been   aiv obvious .      - ' lack of diversification ah4 hence
i certain instability in  the local ;onomy.
"The crJppling strike of last Fall brought a maturity . of outlook to the- people which ha�' already been indicated in their approach to the future, pur citizens fully realize that they must now efficiently and economically ,harvest their fojeest crop to get the woou\ products distributed on a tbmpetUive buyers' n^rket. This involvfes^utilizing the waste of the industry attd In^ueveloptng' now" enterprises N^hich will process types of log.< r^)t readily saleable on the nr^sen.t lijmher market. A pulp-rallf would be\me answer.
"Tfu? position of ihVcity at the junction of the N"cchak(r\i.nd\] er Rivers allows it to use^naturol watercourses stretchinR hurtdrods of miles north, east ahd west through some . of the best puh} timber on this continent. GAS PIPKUNE
'"The projected pas pipeline from the Peace River might be planned to bring a,t least some of the raw gas to Prince Oeorjje whore the chemical by-products could be- extracted\and the headquarters for a large\petro-cheml-cal industry using sulphur in the puper industry -arid Combining,' other by-products with' -c'ellulose hianufactui'ed  from  waste     and
inufac-
tured at Prince Rtmdrt is further processcHt at Edmoitubiq where the product of the/gas industry play a vital roll in deveJpplngNhe fln-isned materials. Prince. (]ec>rpe can cptHoine the natural advaHV ages/6f Prince Rupert anil Ed^ nipnton at the one point. /"Vast clay deposits just north, of Prince George only await th<; coming of natural gas foivtneir proper development. Last summer several carloads of/this hiph-tjuality clay werejoaded by hand imo trucks, transported to Prince IGeorgearuL snipped by I\G.E. to
"Thel extensive   BowVon   coal fielcC located a few miles east of Prince GeorRC,  provides  another raw    materialx-which   would    be utilizetl   ' in an  expanded   petrochemical' ^(.'volopnient.. At.this moment  in {felt "of- - the coal  ns-ecl  by Colupibia OJhlk�e in Pvlncfr Ru-port comes from Alberta.   1 (OPPKK AND LKA1>' /\In the region immedlat^iy east" of Prince George there^ffas never been\. proper geophysical survey? of our^atural resources. CoppeY and lead nave been discovered in quantity     and  many  claims   are presently staked and held. A proper y�!-"vey~ woimKindicate the potential   of  the region,   woulcl  attract   exploration  nyxWeH  established cdTOpanies, and\}venuiaily (Soe WtLLISTON,
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