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An Independent Semi-Weekly Newspaper Devoid to the Interest of Central and Nortn^K^ rjflsh Columbia
Prince George, B.C., MONDAY, May 31, 1954
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Mayor Outlines Minimum for District Power Development
Ahyoower development designed to meet the needs of rince Geotge and district should have a .first-stage output of at least 25^0Q0 h.p. and a reserve of 100,000 h.p., Mayror 3ordon D. Bryant ^toW an executive meeting of the Prince George Board of TradeMqte last week. . The mayor's remarks followed
10 more thon 200 fellow club members from 42
imunities,
ers of Prince George Kinsmen Club posed for photographer Wo1lv West
Civic Centre at the height of. the big "Frontier' Klnvention.' row (left to right) Dick Smith, Syd Perry, Syd Pozer,' Herb ; McCuish, Ross Goodwin, Walter Camalush, Gordon Noble, Bob Grocey. TRE: Horlcy Robertson, Dick Hipwell, Glen BartorV, Art Lawrence, Dr. Fierheller, president; .fim Fieldhouse, Alex Lawrence, Bill Palin, HetKcfington, Gene Poirier, Bud Boyd, Pat Ggilvie. FRONT: Wilf Olts, Torgerson, Jack Beech, Doc Ferguson, Tommy -Norton, Mac Mac-hton, Harvey Clarke, Harold Fretwell, Phil McGregor, Mayor Gordon dozen other members were competing in the Km^peif tournament flashfghts were popping at convention headquarters.
ly Man Draws led In Irish
icily man who has been buy.-|jn>:, -\\uepsta.He�tickets for f five years todajt^stands to |$140.000 If the horse he has rarn'ps homo a wfnner In igllsri Derby at Epsom
holder of the ticket is am Flees, proprietor of ln-mnters; 1500 Second Ave
V:<.-t Mr. Rees trart1 having} drawn, a horse is 100 s --i rling..
>'> "f the fact that he hail in a, horse came to him by ipl: Unlay.
eil buying tickets about lyearS ago," Mr. Rees said.
i'f the horse ' which the flan, lias drawn was not dis-i vihe":. telegram from, fpstake'officials* but a second is expected sho~Ktly.
Fraser River Claims Life Of 11-Year Old
An unidentified 11-year-old girl drowned in the Fraser River near Hansard yesterday.
Details of the tragedy ave hot yet known TnlfTfoy'al Canadian Mounted Police have been despatched to the scene.
The drowning took place while three Hansard youngsters were swimming in the river near the C.N'.R.'s steel bridge.
Police were unable to determine the name during a telephone conversation with persons at the scene of the drowning.
A search for the body will be undertaken by police constables today.
School Board Mobilizes PTA Groups
School Referendum Will Be Submitted Again June 11
an .outline of a proposal for a privately financed development on the Willow River by Canadian consulting engineer E. VV. Bow-ness.
Mr. Bowness said that the initial stage on the Willow River would produce 6000 h.p. and that second and third steps would produce an additional 12,000 h.p.
figures, he added, were conservative and -were /based on minimum flow in the Willow River.
He proposed that a stand-by steam plant based on usage of Bowron/Rlver coal will also be constructed.
The/englneer, who was once retained by the City of Prince George-tb survey the Willow River'as a potential hydro development, told the board of trade exe-
to the Prince George area.
to a question from, power committee
\|l reply
tradexboard
chalrmanNR. S. Ferguson he said
he believedxttiat backers of the
proposed development would be
willing to supply power for rural
electrification.
Mayor Bryant told theNneeting that the city's power utllity^ea/n-ed a profit of $133,000 last year^ and that the entire amount had\^ been taken up by capital expenditure in the power plant and on the distribution system. >.� '/''
The mayor reiterated an earlier /. statement to jhe effect that the city would be willing to entertain any concrete proposal from private Interests provided it was based on an adequate supply.
It was at this point he defined an adequate supply as being
cutive that three groups-express- j 25,000 h.p. .fir-5t-stage developed Interest in supplying pownr' ment with a 100,000 h.p. reserve^
Decision To Be Made Tonight On Reduced Power Rates Here
City council 'will tonight decide -whether or not to implement the proposed electric rate schedule drawn up some months ago by its power consultant M. A. Thomas.
Ratepayers of School District No. 57 will have another chance to vote on the school expansion referandutn which they turned down by a narrow margin two weeks ago.
The school expansion referen-1
dum seeking permission from'and 50 per cent of the clly elect electors of school district- No. i on? approved the building pro-57 to rajse -$l,"Q<)0,006 for school I gram, but the referendum failed
Jaycee Members At Provincial Meet
buikHng over ..a ..three year period will be placjed before' ratepayers on June if.
T.he'school building referendum will be the same as that put before voters on May 14. At that time 77'per cent of the rural area
ree City Youths
itemed Al Trail
PAIL, hiy 31 (Cp) � Three ict: l�ys from Prince Qep'rge stole 1 hive 'ears here 10 days ihave hoen sentenced to jail * by Magistrate Parker Wil-; in Tr.-.iii Police Court. tiry t;<,hjn r(�sts are met," Mayor Bryant
Hetokl The Citizen that the city should have about 10 per cent of taxation revenue, whereas this year it gets but 1!) mills out of an SG-mill tax levy.
by three per .cent to gain the 80 per cent majority n�ce�|a�y.. fqj; it to pads.
Permission to hold the referendum again came from the Provincial cabinet last week and the signature.of the Governor-General giving the School Board the final go-ahead signal was received early this morning. PROVINCIAL AID
The referendum will call for permission for tho Board Of School Trustees of- the Prince George .district to borrow $2,060,-000, but under the government grant system en. school construction, one half of this amount will be taken, care of by provincial funds. Of the remaining $1,080,-000, $570,000 or 57 per cent of the i district share will be the, cityrs cost under the present division system!
The money, will be borrowed
in yearly installments of $(300,000
in each of the first two years, and
$800,000 inc.the third year.
I Members' 6f--the School Board
j blame a misunderstanding on the
part of electors for-tholnled out that under hi.s proposed^ale of rates the heavy commerclat. consumer stands to gain 'the most\because under the present scale 'l�ex was the most abused."
The power consultant was ask^
d by finance chairman Alderman W. D. Ferry to produce an analy-is of the heaviest consumers so hat an accurate percentage de-rease figure under the newjicale ould be determined.
Mayor G. D. Bryant stated at
he conclusion of Mr. Thomas'
submission to the council, "I feel
hat the Thomas report should be
adopted."
Action on the new scale of rates ;vaB deferred until tonight.
The city has budgeted for a reduced power revenue for the atter six months of the present year. .
If the council .decides to adopt he Thomas recommendation in fs present or amended^form it will have to seek app'roval from the lieutenant governor in council as" well as from' the British Columbia Public Utilities Commission.
arber Shop^Jaxt^o.
Concrete foundations have been poured at the northeast corner of George Street and Fourth A Venue, for a one-storey building to be occupied by a barber shop and a dispatching office for United Cabs Ltd.
The building will measure 60 x 30 feet and have exterior Walls of pumice stone.'
Joseph Novakowskt has charge of the work for R. B. LhfV well known city barHer, whose shop was removed to/the rear of the property while/work is In progress.
An old building ik the comer, one of the first buvlt on George. Street, was-recently demolished.
City To Have Own Utility Appraisal
City council will have its own independent appraisal of the Prince George power utility with which to compare any offer which may be made by the British Columbia power Commission.
Tills was disclosed at a couneil
meeting Wednesday^.
/ .
Although the appraisal/ttas not yet been made, it wiU'be in the hands of the council by the time the power commission, currently making its own survey of the utility, is ready to open negotiations.
Alderman R. W. Hilton, chairman of the city power committee, suggested Wednesday that any qualified appraisal firm could probably undertake the task.
B.C. liberal leader Speaks Here June 10
In ther course of a speaking tour of northern and central B.C. ridings, Arthur Laing. MLA, leader of the Liberal party in. B.C., will be in Prince George on June 10 to address a public meeting sponsored by Prince George Liberal Association.
Mr. Laing will open his tour in Prince Rupert tomorrow and before reaching this city will have visited Kitimat, Terrace, Hazelton; SmHhers, Burns Lake and Van-derhoof.
A. Bruce Brown, MLA''"-for Prince Rupert, will accompany the Liberal leader oivlhis stage of his trip.
At Prince George he will be joined by J. Gordon Gibson, MLA for Lilloqet;' who will accompany Mr, LaJng to the Peace Rtver, Cariboo and Kamloops. xAiso with Mr. Laing in Prince George will be Harry G. Perry, pioneer resident^ and longtime MLA for Fort George who now lives in Victoria. Mr. Perry is' a former publisher of the Prince George Citizen, Vanderhoof Chronicle and Prince Rupert Daily News. He served four years as Speaker of the Legislature and in December, 1941, was appointed minister of education in the newly formed coalition administration.,- '
On June 11 Mr- Laing will be guest speaker at a Rotary Club
Unofficially the ^city reckons)luncheon here before leaving by the utility is .worth in the neigh-'car for Dawson Creek and Fort borhood of $800,000. Bonded in- St. John. He wil] return to Prince d.ebtedness \ directly attributable George June 15 and leave' the fol-
to it amounts to just over $300,-000. �? .
lowing day for Quesnel, Williams Lake and Kamloops.
Off The Wires Today
Injured U.S. Soldier Survives Mountain Ordeal
FAIRBANKS�Privotc George Argus was found "alive and well" high on the slopes of North America's tallest peak Sunday. The Brooklyn soldier, lying helpless "in'a tiny lent at the 11,000 foot level off ^ount McKinley ithr* a broken hip was^ reached by a rescue party.
Argus wo5 ipjured and George Thaycr killed when the. four climbers mbleti overdo thousand-foot precipice while scaling McKinley Mpcn the store safe. The gunmen, apparently hoping to find the safe con-oining heavy week-end receipts, entered the home of Anthony G. Anselmo, manager of a -brooch of Canadion Safeway Ltd. Three gunmen forced Anselrno to accompany them to the store while the fourth held Mrs. Anselmo as hostage at home.
Ar�s�lrno was forced at gun point to open the safe which the bandits ootcd, then phoned their accomplice at the Anselmo's home and fled, 'olicc ore still searching for the bandits. [
A0BGTSFORD�Peter James Burger, 84, was killed outside his home lere Soturdoy when he walked into the side of a moving car. Police said he elderly man was hard of nearing and partially deaf.
PENTICTON�Flip Filipclli of Trail wos elected president of the B.C. and Yukon Junior Chamber of Commerce at a windup convention here on Saturday. Next convention is to be held at Victoria.
VANCOUVER�The year's domestic gos toll here climbed to thirty- Saturday when Mike Kilamado, 55, Port Alberni, was found dead n on cost end room. {
� PRINCE ALBERT�Winter hod a late-spring fling over the week-end and flung qver ten inches of snow upon startled Prince Albert.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska�An urgent oppeal for help for natives she said ore starving and jobless with no prospect of relief despite opening of the sdlnion seasvn was made Saturday by U.S. Commissioner Lorraine Moore of Jliompo. She said the native population of her precinct "js facing starvation."
VANCOUVER-!-A motorist was drowned on Haywcud Road near Mission Sunday when his cor overturned in a water-filled ditch. Police said three pas$er>a.er5 in the car escaped unharmed but the driver, whose name was withheld, wos pinned in the wreckage ond his companions were unable to sovc him. "� ~ �~� -~______
HARRY C VERRY
VANCOUVER�Opposition Leader Arnold Webster is in Vancouver
Hospital for a minor operation ond medical checkup- Provincial
office of the C.C.F. said Webster entered hospitol May 24 ond Is expected ro be there about ten days.