An Independent Seml-Weekly New,poper^Deyor,d
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(Two Sections)
�lock Confidence In Forest Policy
Three powerful lumbermen's groups including the. North-Interior Lumbermen^. Association have passed a formal ,lution unariimoTJSIy^demandingr tHp f a-royal Cornrnfssion into the forest economy of the province.
u and three-way illre'c't result.of the having lost confidence llhe adniiniHt ration of the Brl-�^lumbfa Forest Service. r
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that hln an.socla/ jioi party to the re�o-;�� largely because tt� man* ri� not agree with th,e*-�*. litration <>f sii.Htuined-ylohl enforced by thf
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ihe three assocla- redicted foe.some r'-s' within/the, in-
(jservirr. , action o
first joint meeting of the big industrial/associations lsllgated by the N.I.L.A. j other groups which par-a'ux'l In the meetings InVan-st week were the.^Truck ?rs Association and the Irr-1 l.ti.-utif.r Munufacturers/As-Jtior.. / . /
Prime George delegation Lifted of I{. \V. Hilton, N.I.L.A. fedent. Mr. (I aligner, C. V.
D, .y^voll. Ivor" Killy T.Clare. � "\
executive members in lailon and constitute the rv committee..
lieeiing ended with the ding of a K. S ids k Fo
Prince George, B.C., MONDAY, October 4, 1954
unanimously submit for your consideration and favorable action the following resolution;
"Be It therefor resolved that /due consideration and study having been given to the more important aspects of the legislation and the. regulations pertaining to the Forest Act and its administration by the Forest Service, we request The Honorable The Minister of J Lands and Forests to recommend ' to the government of,the Province of British Columbia that a Royal , Commission be�/immediately implemented to/inquire into all 1 phases of the forest economy of the Province of British Columbia.11 /y
So ,/ar the minister has not replied to the document or made public an acknowledgement of its existence.
registered letter to imm'ers, Minister of
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In part, -r;As a result concern oVer the existing alley of this province, our associations have this day ci the first of a series of ociation discussions, and
Prairie Snowstorm Darkens Crop Picture
EDMONTON, Oct. 4 (CP) � An early fall snowstorm swept across the prairies Sunday night, whitening fields but blackening- the grain harvest picture. Cold air ami snow which'hit northern Alberta Saturday was over southern Alberta vand Saskatchewan Su;/ day night '.and moving towapns Manitoba. )
The snow wasappther blow to. graingrowing farmers who3 have been buffeted since last, spring with wet weather, rust and^hail. After, bumper, harvests in r9$2-and Ydf)'.h estimates of this yejycS yields are lowest in recentyears.
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ik Solution In Annexation
. ..ccordmg to reports ther^ts a possibility that the South rtGeorge Water District may obahaon 'i^s plans fora system, (mains, in the flourishing community/South of the city in or of being 'subject to municipal annexation, of Uuvwater district
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f1ty*Clerk I). T. Williams ad-ihat the rity is interested possibility;
said no formal approach ?fning annexation ai South George had beer/made by. fHa!!. hut added, ?\Ve are do-wythinu- we can to keep the Jollity alive." �/ !r- Williams loVijectured that Kori Ccorgc came into it would be afi a portion arger area. , !>!]' rity has been eon-;i further annexation "lie months and that L- beyond the foot-fst and south, or the 11 � north and east, ."we "hi try and gel all we can," it said in a news weeks ago that
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; Considering an at-yi in all of the law., (influence of the Fras-Mkn Rivers. � Port George Water ' !^'i| letters patent ^'vini'lal government 11 iuo and has been
planning a distribution system ever since.
If South Fort George came into, the city it would boost the "hvunl-cipal population by an estimated fiOO persons.' �
Another city service cjob was officially inaugurated September 25'following a banquet at Melvadeer Lodge when District Governor C. E. (Tommy) ^Thompson handed.a framed charter to President L E. (Barney) Blundell of Prince GeorgeXfwanis Club. Left to right: Dr. Frank Christie, presiden/of the sponsoring Kamloops Khydnis Club; Mr. Blundell, Mr. Thompson, Robert Johnsor/of Kelowna, lieutenant-goverpor of Division 5; Jim Finucane of the Kamloops Club. The new club meets every Thursday noon in the McDonald Hotel.
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City May Ush&nn New Era Of Electrical Energy Tonight
Tonight wijKprpbably mark the beginning of a new era for the development and distribution of eJectrical power in the
Prince George area.
Sometime after 8 p.m. when council ojiens its regular ^ meeting a resolution call-
ing for approval to two agreements with the British Columbia Pbw^er Comjnission will' be ^pxe-sented^wlth a recornmepdation from cbmmittee-ofthewhole that it be passetk.,
Word that^tbft ctty. and the power cbmjnlssldn Had reconciled nil final dlffer�ncc8 over trrniH^oT the agreements came froJrMayor CJoitlon l>. fer^ant/ Fri�lay, and^tv'tts
studies have been based. � In accordance ,wlth the agreements which the city will probably execute within the next few days as a result of approving them' tonight, th6' power commission
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Threot To Economy Says One
Mills Here'Sifting Ducks' For Industrial fire Disaster
Lumbermen Plan Approach To Council
A spark, a high wind and the right- degree of humidify could j*A Prince George of its $10,000,000 planing mill in-dustry with never a Hope of fighting and beating a major blaze before it crippled the lumber economy and perhaps took a good part of the business area with it.
These are^the words of F. W. Dobson, managing (director of Prince Geoigo Planing Mills Ltd. and the man chosen by Northern Interior Lumbermen's Association president R. W. Hilton to try and remedy the situation. �
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diistrial area, on Saturday the former N.I.L.A. [president waved underwriter's report "on the disastrous Rimouski fire which in 1950�made~~200(r--homeless"~and caused property damage 'estimated at more than $10,000,000. "SITTING DUCKS"
"Unless we can interest the city in undertaking a major fire-prevention program for the planing mill area we are just 'sitting ducks' foWa similar disaster," he told a Citizeh\reporter.
"We have gotSsvery factor present in Prince Georg griffon a short time later./
Essence of the program which maV bind the city utility and the power commission to a form of partnership over the next � five years is the possible development of a hydro installation. J--
C'ommissioner Griffon was optimistic Friday morning that a site.would be chosen from among five upon . -which engineering
Experts Sought To Determine Cause Of $5000 Blaze Here
fast hydro proposal by December 31 next^year or all deals are off.
Mr. Griffon, who became, a memljer of the power commission after a judicial decision placed blame for the Whatshan disaster on the p'revious incumbents, told The Citizen he believed engineers might beat the deadline by a month.
He pojnted out that drilling work �t one or more of the proposed hydro sites to prove feasibility of dam. construction would (See CITY, MAY, Poge 3)
more than 900.000 cases this year, compared with an estimated 750,-000 cases for Alaskal
Principally responsible for the remarkable Fraser triumph is tho high Adams River sockey: rim which yielded !),.r>00,000 fish'
I that is the situation today and we simply must recognize, it."
Mr. Dobson said that of 500.000,-000 board feet of'-Iumbor produced in the district last year, about 375,000,000 board feet was dressed in the First Avenue industrial area which runs along the north-
ern extremity of the city. PAYROLL LO8H
Payrpll of the industrial ai'en
estimated at S240.OOO a month and value of Its annual production runs close to S3.000.000.
If a major fire crippled the in-
New Salmon R. Span Opened To Traffic
Vehicles started rolling oveK. the new $200,000 steel and concrete Salmon River Bridge., on Tuesday, some six months; after work on the span com-, menced.
The bridge was actually com-pleted structurally about a mon'.h ago, but opening of it to traffic was held up while the concrete deck was allowed to "cure" and painting was finished.
Yet to be done by sub-strircture'' I contractors G. W. Ledlngharn & Co.. Is removal of the falsework beneath the span and demolition of the old bridge.
Superstructure of the costly new bridge "was supplied and * erected by The Dominion Bridge Company.
Rapid deterioration of the old' wooden structure which spanned the river Immediately west of the new bridge necessitated rush worjk on.,the part, of the provincial government and contractors. Early construction stage on the
Herb Sperling Is Socred President
Herb- Sperling/ of Prince Gsorge was . r^-elected president of the Fort George Social
Gas System Here Would Ease Financing Of B.C. Pipeline
The existence of operating gas distribution systems, in British Columbia similiar to one proposed for Prince George] will materially contribute to justification for construction of a natural gas pipeline from rhe PeaceN^iver.
In a letter to The Citizen today, I--------, ^\ . �
Cecil Smith, an executive of In-, land Natural Gas Company, applicants for a I'rince George fran-
project developed Into a dramatic race against the weather as- Led�> inghatn men fought against rils-1 " ing flood waters to complete potir-ing\ of the two huge piers on which the steelwork rests.
Had water risen another few inches at one stage the � forms might have been completely washed away arid work curtailed until mid-summer.
21 cities am, similarly supplied. Mr. Smith disclosed that West-,
chise, wrote. "It is absolutely vital
Special investigators may be called in to help determine^ t,
constituency held its convention and annual meeting here
the cause of a
did an estimated $5000-damage to
Assman's Funeral Chapel at Fifth Avenue and Brunswick Street late Friday afternoon.
The fire, which displayed more smoke than flame, attracted -hundreds of spectators from the downtown area at 5 p.m:"
Its cause is still unknown and Fire Chief August Dornbierer said yesterday he has not discounted the posslbllty that it may be a case of arson.
"This is the first time we have been really stumped on the cause of a fire." he said. , .
He said" the blaze had been go-
"completed Returns Favor ospiffal Improvement District
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f�r ths Pr�P�sed Pr'hce George Hospital Im- District have reported an excellent response from owners.
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rural properly in Prince George 1 I�or cent complct-se has been over-favor of the plan. Hers Tav ^' 230 ProPertv
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approval with only 21
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w IK'e(lc eluding many in California and in other states and provinces across CanadaNind the United States.. Others have" addresses In Africa. England, Scotland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Australia and other countries.
With 179 consenting to the hospital plan, and only 15 rejection* to date, the trend among absentee owners is overwhelmingly j Fi favor of thejscheme. Owners of 37 properties Who were sent notievs could not bje located.
ing for some time before it was noticed.
"I have,looked the. building over three times and I can't find a single Indication of what started the flames," Fh"e Chief bornbier-er said.
Owner of the building, Harold Assman; was in Vanderhoof when the fire broke- ovit.
His wife an "contihue to offer an economical artdeqnvenient gas service." ^^
Inland gas Is a subsidiary of Westcoast Transmission Company, the group which has been Hcehced by the federal government ^o-T>uild a B.C. pipeline. The, company also holds extensive gas reserves in the Peace River and would be the pipeline company's major source of supply.
The gas distribution system proposed for Prince George woidd operate from 30,000 gallon storage tanks located -in or hear the city. Several such tanks might be required, depending on the demand.
Mr. Smith stated that the interior's climate usually requires nesday by plane; and leave FrU the use of a low-boiling-point gas
Graders To Work Double Shifts
Provincial Public Works Department graders in the Prince George District will work double shifts from now until theScoming of heavy frost in- order ^o prepare road surfaces for winter.
D. D. Godfrey, divisional engineer, said that weather conditions throughout the summer had hampered grader operation to a great extent, but addod that every available facility would be used Ukcnsure smooth road surfaces for the coming* of frost.
No^Tall lnc district's graders wijl be al>le\to go on. double shifts, however/-Hue to a shortage of 6p-' era tors. \
COLD TONIGHT AND TUESDAY
Sunny skies and continuing cold is the weather outlook for this area Tuesday.
The arctic air ^mass which blankets the province\will send 15 Honight, high expected
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like propane, but said that with
While here she will address the I an underground system other high school's Y-Teen Club at the j liquifinhle petroleum gases coull
school at noon oA Friday.
The club is ^t present being organized for the coming season and Is being directed by Miss Patricia Esselmont.
Mrs. Bennich also hopes to meet
be used, thereby reducing co>rt�.
The Inland spokesman said that the idea of using liquified underground gas systems-is not new.
Victoria lately switched from coal gas, and Norgate Park in
Off The Wires Today
(Canadian Press, Monday, October 4, 1954)
$250,444 War Chest To Finance CCF Bid For Po*;er X
VANCOUVER�A streamlined, long-term plan aimed at putting 0 CCF government in power in B.C. in 1957~was announced here Saturday by party officials. . ' '
A CCF spokesman at party headquarters here said the plan wos/draft-ed late lost month by the CCF provincial executive and unanimously'adopted at a recent provincial council meeting..'
The plan colls for expenditure of $250,000 to finance the. 30-month campaign.
Sharp Earthquake Rocks Alaskan Mainland; No Casualties
ANCHORAGE, ALASA�A sharp, swaying earthquake�rgted close to disasters intensity�rocked a 1,000-mile area of the lower Alaska mainland corly Sunday, causing near panic and minor damage, but no reported casualties.
The quake hit at. 1:1 8 a.m. and was followed by five brief aftershocks spaced over a period of six hours.
Concrete building walls cracked, plaster showered down, plate glass windows popped and merchandise toppled from shelves here. Broken electric wires flashed and crackled in the. night, but set no fires^
British Steel Mill Gets Million-Dollar Order From PGE
VICTORIA�PGE Railway has placed an order in the United Kingdom for/Si ,000,000 of steel roils, a government spokesman announced Sotur-jfay. ' � . N^
The order wos placed with United Steel Companies Ltd., by former finance minister Einar Gunderson, who is on a trade mission and goodwill tour of Britain. A similar order was placed a few weeks ago.
any former YWCA members while j Vancouver is solely dependent she is in the city, and asks that I upon the B.C. Klectric's liquified they contact her at the McDonald petroleum gas/system. Hotel, whfere she will be staying. I In the state of Washington some
EDMONTON�A single-engined Beover aircraft with five persons aboard is missing on o 250-mile round-trip charter flight from Whitehorse to Ross River, Y.T., the RCAF here reported Sunday night.
LONDON�Nine western powers signed agreements Sunday enlisting the arms and might of 50,000,000 West Germans in the western world's defences against Communist aggre&von. -,