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n Independent  Semf-W No. 31             (Two Sections)
eekly   Newspaper   Devoted   to   the   Interest   of   Central   and   Northern   BritiV*
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Prince George, B.C., THURSDAY, April 22, ,1954
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,000 'Cofee' Plant
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 got underway yesterday on the first ,.ojf instaltation of a OO soft drink bottling -far Cariboo Dry Ltd., S of Coca-.ColdT'"
 president of_the
cr Qu"cs"el tirtn, said today !,',...,4p|;int will  be in opera-
, ;i]iiiu: 30 days. He said ivr iif t-hiVTlrnVs business to (. ijciiJ-Hf from Quesnel has ^necessitated by the rapid jjjvHffiis district   and  the
central, location of Prince 'go m the area to. be served.
Concrete
vtli
block construction,
I firm's $10,000 buildjftg will be led in   tliL1  my s   Ught-indus-
,,i-t of George  Street, fftr the new  plant was nom   the city a year
ago and the address is 405 Second Avenue.
When completed in about a month's time the plant will employ eight men and will be capable of producing 150,000 cases of Coca-Cola each year. Machinery to be installed in the plant will make the manufacturing and bottling process fully automatic,
Mr. Gook, who recently took up residence here, will bring plant foreman George^Brereton and his family to Prince George from Quesnel.
The new plant will serve the area between McLeod Lake to the north, Williams Lake to, the 'south; McBride to the east and Endako to the west.
Cariboo Dry Ltd. has been pro-
ducing Coca-Cola for 14 years.
in the Interior
irlhwesl Ui. Covets Our is: Trade Delegate
Residents of the northwestern United States are becom-mo.re. and^mor|efconscious._of. the importance of the un-leloped portion^ of  British  Columbia as a source for the lurces of which^ manufactured articles are rnade,  Harry |er, city director of the Pacific Northwest Trade Association The Citizen this^teek. on his return from the association's Ivention in Portland.   . '
Loder. said  that 200 parrf* [is taken- to   the convention (�riblnp the potentialities of the urge area were snapped the gathering of north-rit&irivssmen   and   govern-two hours old.
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a m�kyjate from the i;Gp>rge Board^-of Trade as is a director of ofte^of tho influential   groups   itT\tlie Ihtvest,.. Jlr.    Loder   said^^lTe id increasing  evidence of an wm  realization  that   great s In   natural   resources   lie i of the Forty Ninth Parallel. also said that the business-nf Washington and  Oregon indirectly; working in the in-/o/ ibis area In their desire v\\w the delivery jt>f- Can-n hydra i>ower  and  natural I across the border.        ' ... Itlence of this attitude he back with him a resolu--"1 by the Pacific North-aclc  Association .strongly ig ;i hill recently iritrpduc-� United States Senate far I purpose of blocking the im-
North: Advises ication Minister
\XWVKH (CP)�Ray Willis-er  of   education,  and  rVJCeorgc,' told a joint  leaoYers and the Van-. i; Hoard of Trade in a brief ;; . W'li�!. "It-offers more oppor-I'�'.*� Hum. any other area   in
portatlon of natural gas.      �
The bjll would see inserted in the United. States Natural Gas Act the sentence: "It shall not be deemed to be consistent with the public interest tcNauth0.rize the exportation or importation of natural gas in any case where the commission finds that siieh exportation or importation wUKre-sult in economic dislocation, un*. -employm,eht, or injury to compet-Ing^uel industries in the United StatesX.
The Kfcs\5JiT.A; charges" in its resolution tmiKsuch an amendment to the act wouki tend to restrict the normal Interchange goods and services United States and C
It akt> pDlnt.s out/that "Brills Columbia and Alberta may prove to he the -most-economic sources from which Oregon, Washington, Montana and Idaho can obtain a supply of natural gas. ^: Mr. Loder,-isaid that consensus of opinion among business leaders attending the convention was that Wustcoast Transmission Company would get the "go-ahead" on Its proposed British Columbia pipeline' to the United Stales sometime in June. >
He added that he learned at the convention that San Francisco may apply tqjjbtain gas from the Westcoast Transmission line and that if this comes about, size of Ihe-pipe will be Stepped up to 36 inches diameter. Present plans and financing are for a 21-inch line.
flies Yesterday For Pioneer Storekeeper
Burial services were held yes-erday in the Soldiers Plot at ^orth Vancouver for Percjr Koore, an oldtlmer of the Hutton Mills and Finmore districts, who died April 16 at -his home in ynn Valley at the age of 84.
Born in London, England, Mr. Moore  went  to Australia before
NEW WESTMINSTER (CP)�Premier Bennett and his wife are enroute to California for a vacation. The coupler accompanied by Anderman and Mrs. Waldo Shillings of Victoria, are aboard the Royal Mail Linef-ship Durango which sailed from
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here Tuesday.     They will disembark at San Frasncisco and return to Victoria about May  12.
Engineers Present Plan For $90,000 Horlh Nechako Basin
Council Studies^ New Reservoir Site
e George can obtain aNwater supply adequate for the JuHb 20 years with construction of a proposed $90,700 reservoir in'ct natural draw immediately north of the Nechako River Bridge anc^west of the John Hart Highway.
cjuin.7 Legion    Credit  meet   in  the   Legion ia-at 8 p.m.   Elec-s will be held.  All  urged-to attend.'-
Variable   Weather Predicted Here
Admixture of clouds, and s'uri-shlnexare ^expected - for Prince George^tgday and Friday. �
The weatherman predicts clouds and showe^siater 4oday, clearing to1 fine weather tomorrow" morning but clodding over again in the afternoon.
There will be little Change In temperature. Expected Mow tonight Is 27, with a high^Friday of 45.
tayisfrate Gives Consent To ice Trial On Plumbing Count
Government Agent Hallett To Preside
[City Police Magistrate P. J. Moran has given his consent Vrc another magistrate act in a case agdinst him and he appear in stipendiary court on April.27.
�siding over the case, which I yes a inunlcTpaiiy-laid charge 'lie city's plumbing bylaw, j"e magistrate G..H. Hallett. f    5!ratc     Moran    gave    his nsent  to  the  transfer iv Num-btir U12, Section 543, which reads as. follows:
"No bath room or water-closet roqnf-'shall ,be used for any other purpose except 'as' a lavatory. Any such room shall have a full-sized door completely closing the entrance to It, shatl either-ha.v^ a window,'.opening directly, to the exterior of the building or shall be provided with adequate mechanical ventilation, and shall comply in construction and design with the building bylaw." .--Prosecuting in the case will be P. B. Wilson Q.C., city solicitor.
j The presiding magistrate, Mr. Hallett, normally has no jurisdiction in offenses alleged to have laKCn place wiMiin the city limits Besides being.a stipendiary magls irate he ho'ds the status of juvenile court judge.
Thls -AvaB di�cl<�eed^\n' a recflnt report from Associated iKnfineer-"tng Secyices Ltd. of Edtnonton, municipal water system ebnsuIt-ants.   \.-------^ _ ...   '
The reservoir in the North Nechako area is [frctposed^ as an alternative to the^SSjoot'ed C'oa-naught Hill basin whicTN4t>" coun ell indef Inttely � postponetk^ last year."'""""'
Member:? of the city council are currently studying engineers' re-)orts on the newly proposed reservoir and Its site..
The basin would hold approximately 3,000,000 gallons, and its capacity could be increased at a-later date through the expenditure of additional funds. MOKK PRKSSUKE
Construction of th" North Nt<-ehak'q reservoir wouHF increase potential water pressures within the city by almost 20 pounds por  inch and would largely solve the low-pressure problem now existing in several of the higher parts of. the townsile. It would be located at an eleyation 45"-feet higher than the present 1'50,000-Ralloii wooden storage tank atop Connaght Hill.   .
Site for the proposed reservoir was first inspected in 1050 -by former City Engineer Charles A. East and an outside consultant.
The reservoir would be formed by the construction of an earth-fill dam approximately 30 feet high and 320 feet across. Its cori would be compacted imperyiouii fall and on its upstream face it would be gravelled ancl; rip-rapped. Upstream, "toe" of the Ccovered with-clcan gravel fur protection.
Breakdown of estimated~ct>s.ts supplied bv.Associated Enginoer-rng"showsJ that actual construe--tion of the reservoir itself would cost $-19,200. The dam, included in this cost, would be made up of 1800 cubic yards of excavation material, 1700 cubic yards of select gravel fill. 3500 cubic yards of  random-gtti^el   /ill   and  1000
wfre fence around .the reservoir and water level con.troter"
The water consultants state in their report that tg meet- fire re (juirements and supply one day's
of water for-domestte pur-city recjuires storage capacity of 2,500,000 gallop less pumping capacity.
This would:' comply ; with the ^Uional Board \of Fire Underwriters, demand that a city, of 10,-000 pers*>ns be able to^prbvide a fire flow ot^SQOO gallons per minute:                 ^^\
Commenting on the^report earlier this week, fire and^aler conv
(See ENGINEERS', Page  3
to   Canada,  and__was   a storekeeper   at   Hutton
coming
ormer
Mills. In 1920 he opened the first store and post-office at Finmore. He was a veteran of the Boer War and the First World War..
Surviving are-his wife; a daughter, Mrs. C. G. Stott, Burnaby; a
:randdaughter, Mrs. A. Streigler, North Vancouver^ and three grandsons in Regina.
 Performance Sohirdoy
With Sparkling, Colorful Show

annual Folk Festival, sponsored by the Canadian Folk Society, opened last night at the high school auditorium with an outstanding program of color and entertainment.
The capacity audience gave overwhelmingly enthusiastic response to the many performances in which natives of 10 countries sang and danced and presented other aspects of the culture of their blrthlands.j___
The show has(proven so.-popular' that ah extra night has had to be schedujea. Originally planned to be helcKJast night, tonight l<�nd Friday, vthe^sttval has been extended i to include ' Saturday night as well;''-"~
Tickets for the Saturday^higjht performance will go on sale afternoon  at   the  Prince  George' Agencies, 430 George Street, and there Is already a waiting lisy. for
them.
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Taking part In the festival are representatives from Denmark, Wales, Ukraine, Australia, Gerj many, Luxembourg, Norway, Ire-
First Stage Of Big Clean-Up
Campaign Starts Next Week
First movs in what is expected to .be the most compre-nensive clean-up campaign ever staged in Prince George will cfcrrie next week when a special committee of the, Junior Chamber of Commerce assesses the work which must be carried out in the week of May 9 to 15.
Art Bell, Jaycee president, told The Citizen  today that a  "spotting" committee has been set up to divide the city into zones and mmediately survey each zone and
report   on   Its condition . and  on he amount of work which je  carried out to  restore   it to orderliness, if not to beauty.
Mr. Bell said that about 24 men will be working on preliminary preparations for the six-day cleanup, paint-up week and that about 100 will be required during the actual drive.
These will come from a number of  to as much pains to familiarize-city voters with the ramifications of the referendum on: city taxation as the^ school board has gone to familiarize the people with all facets of the'^ex-parjslon program.          %^-
"it is not my duty^fo actively oppose this referendum,1-! remarked the mayoi^'b'ut it certainly is my duty, ana the duty of the rest of thc^eify council, to see that all fac>� are known." -^The city, he said, will prepare material which will show the effect of the $2,000,000 program .on the city's mill rate during life of the5 bonds upon which the money will be raised, and on the city's borrowing powers.                     -.['*�'
�"Basically � thc_ .question of whether this bylaw passes or does not pass is up to the people and I have no intention of telling the people what I think they shoulc do," said the mayor.
"I do believe, however, that the city should take/every step to ac quaint the people with what is likely to occur if they pass the referendum. I consider it most regrettable that the /School board did not see fit to implement the recommendations of the city council." The city called for a curtailed
expansion program based on present need and year-to-year revision in the light of required expansion.                /
After consideration, of the" city's counter-proposal; the school board replied that it wotf1dggive further considerationr'Only to a city proposal that it abandon plans for an $80,000 central heat-ng systeiu'lor aifl buildings in the high school are;> within the city in^favor of, "unitized" heating Systems.
Pitted Windshields In Prince George!
The "giasspox" mystery which has caused so much excitement at the coast has moved in on Prince George.
At noon today at least two city motorists discovered their wind shields, earlier in good condition, had suddenly developed the strange pock marks reported to l>e damaging cars across the coun try.
The two victims of the weird and so-far inexplicable pheno mena are "Cecil Glass and Johnny Daniels.
The motorists reported what seemed to be small bits of grave on their windshield which when removed left small.-holes in. the windshields.
The pits arc about the size of the head of a pin,
An additional story of the mysterious pits appears on Page 5 of today's Citizen.
San Jose, the Rosicrucian Order maintains a sfcterice musi>-uiri. a planetarium, an ^Egyptian-Oriental museum, and sive.art gallery. �
It   promotes  field and  camera expeditions  to archeological "sites-in remote corners of the world.
Bimonthly meeting will be held in TheLyon Building upstairs in the photo   studio on   the  second, and-fourth Fridays of each montj at 8 p.m.
Youth.Given 4 Months For ParKjn Robbery
One youth- hus been sentenced o four months irkOakalla Prison �'arm and two-others have bee,n committed for trial irhconneetion vitl\ the brutal beatfhg^of a niddte-aged man on Second Ave-iue April, G.
� Sentenced, was Ellsworth But-ery, age ljf who with two other youthS/Was charged with robbery with-'violence.
/Committed for trial; in coruiec-ion. with the case were Jospph Stewart,   age   23,   and   Raymond
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Vernon   Woman Teachers'  Feder
VANCOUVER�/ ^ Cryderman of VernpifSvas elect-/ ed-president of tiieB.C. Teachers' Federation ;by>