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An Independent   Semi-Weekly   Newspaper   Devoted   fo   th�         terest   of   Central "aW   Northern   British   Columbia
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37; No. 10         (Two Seeffon*}
Prince George, B.C., MOt   %,/, rebmory 8, 1954
$4.00 per year        5^ per copy
First truck load of livestock.fo travel over the Hart Highway between the~Peace Ri^er and Prince George arrived here last week after a 31 5-rhile.trip from Hythe, .Alberta, in 12 hours.                                         I "   '
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trailers,     although     when     Kir. Turnbull went through the moun-tqjns the road  was cpverod with was compavh-
- ��'�� v-tj
The 16 head of choice grain-fed
beef,   cattle _were   consigned   to
Baird   &   Co. of  Vancouver     for   ,
slaughter and had been purchased   fros[ and traction
from-Miller Patterson, well.Known   tively Bood.
Peace River cattleman, by J. R.
Turnbull   of   Abbotsford,   driver
and   owner -of  the. five-ton  Ford
truck and Semi-trailer van.. i     The lS.OOO-poundload of animals  arrived  here at noon  Thurs-
'day   in   good condition,-although
! a trifle leg-weary, and left threo.    ,                   .       -.,,.�,.,
; hours   later   for   Qun the vvct and Slippery surface.
"1 thought we would land ,up in a ditch or.at the bottom of a
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i bacjc onto.the road after skidded JjelplessIy"Tntp dttehes.
j/vThe   Pine   Pasip^svas   littered with-stranded^cars,   trucks  and
 g in communities which Spi-qng up in the of conskyeffion of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway be- the AlberVa^korder and Prince Rupert will have nostal-l.ecbiJe.ct1ons o^ scenes ^irnijar" to the above.    Forty years
I there  ���ere no bulldozers,  huge motorized carry-alls and J 'fnechanized eerutpment to perform heavy cpnsrruc-riom
 s+jeam shovels loading gravel into norrow^gaugs  by dinkey locomotives.    In those faraway
;i{ie horse scraper anrj drag line were also utilized in
large-scale dirt removal projects, 'hoio courtesy George Henry ond Prince George Oldtimers Assn.
JFifsfPiinter, Friday In Vancouver Hospital
Walter Crocker, pioneer Prince George newspaperman, former city alderman, and a veterar/of two world wars, died Friday afternoon in Shaughnessy Military Hcjspital, Vancouver,
ihool Cost Problem Here Is isull Of I^Mtp
Not Enough Adults Says School Trustee
where he had been~a patient
He recently underwent operation   Which   doctors would halt the spread of>-Q nxallg-nancy. _^                     /      / ^N^urial will take>p1ace j in Yancouver,  terffowin^ services 4n the^iAapeljaf Harrcui'fr Funeral ^      �      /*.....'
 ihee early last November.
Prince
 is hondicd^ped from;an educotion finance^
Born In Victoria 6ft years ago, Mr.  Crocker yas appj-entice.',
 veteran
 c Lass room,
!jad been; studying the 'school' rur'ai prolik'in   here . .with. Frank �^N> ('hill!wack barrister em-,i fo^ta  British folumbla' ni^-u^ ol 11 usteus Association, diiiiuc-d ilVat the ilty   of   -Pxtractiijig
irpra the prdvinotal govern-S.S. and M.A. ta?Nsha*ing o cover education costsNhere iv>ult -of. the fact we h&v^ iwt'r* mitilt j>opula.tion per stu-
mu$t be addecl^ to i equitable, he lnt'erlQr_and nor- j districts face :
higher costs as a result of freight factors on purchases and Kigher wuges for some classificatio personnel.                ""   _^^
A favorite instanee'of �.S. and tax s
and
j prior to-leaving in 1908 for South L Port George -where he was em-l-P10^ '>>" Gore & MacGregor, a j flriri of surveyors.                     >
 \ While camped with a surveying  �6              h   Blackwatop^rfail, Mr.
 ^^^d  by  the
. At Dawson Creek   ..the police were   advising  jnotorlsts  not   to
of the H/rt Highway were solid   profeed farther than Little Pralr-shee'tsM glare^ce and he spent  ie< ^ al1 accommodation in that several hours   helping   motdrists^^communlty had been taken r                   '                    "and Mr. Turnbull decided to "take
j a chance."
He said chains are' a help_an~ the hills but cannot he relied on i to"~prevent skids on the straight _                stretefies^of the road where-even
Rf      MaI    Yftf    tftlH         walking  is^iUfficult.   He  advises
Val�i    IlVl     Ivl    JUiM         motorists ttf-travel in pairs if po.s-
On Yeilowhead Pass j^;1^ nhe spsss^
' cattle driver  found  many oppor-
Frovinc-ia! government is not tuniUes for\trad� -between that t yet .sold on the proposal, of ex- cpuntry\and\vancouver and the i tending the Trans-Canada High- iower-jnahjlanU He --plans to in-'way through British Columbia by . Vestig;ite tho possiblity "Uf trans-Way of the Yellowhead Pass, it porting Peace River limestone to. ] was   learned   this-week.              | Vancouver   over   the   Hart   rtjad,
A   Kelson   surveyor   who   has   arid also to make other cattle buy; : led    three    exploratory  .surveys   ing trips Into the north., ! through   the   Selkirk    Range   ah-nobneed a pending provincial survey ^>� the Jumbo Pass route to the annual, meeting of  the  Net-^son Chamber of Commerce, j Nqie surveyor, Boyd C. Affleck,
j referred ' to   tlh>  Jumbo   I'^s   �'�*_.. A "-�uyiniped\ Prince    George 1 �"appareX!yvPossWing many Mm-: Lumbermen hockey team return-portant ndv;intages\-ecently  had   peelers, although they ttorne clos-this    to say Of-the'Jumbo pass  eI- to winning a; game phbposal: _^TKls .route   hav'th^  have-this season, �.disadvantage   of  serving-� ohlyxa^K .Scores were %2 'comparatively   small   portion ] f>f j   xP"feying    beforj^'the^/  biggest [southeastern     British     Columbia _crowd :�f the-^season at Williams and,, in  fact,  would  probably  be   LakjS<$pjK^Saturday/ night,    the more useful to the United States �J.'rijKre'HJeorge  squad     was  out tHanTtcrCanada.                       ^fttustled byXhc Stamps, who
"This   route   would .le'ave,xfhe' ed  70  shots   at   Jimmy  MaHiich, Trans-Canada^ HighwaW^eff  th.eo new   LuiTibernien^^net   custodian Mount Kisenhowet> in the first month of'the B-C. tics
Liltnbermen Lose Twice To Stamps
'Strike Hangover' Culs Mil! Output
X^Aipoiiy Creek to Jumbo,Creek and gqoTl hockey impossible-'and few ^^vT| then Ut Jumbo Pass.;at an eleva-
Wame
battled
iel''to the..�'--  ~~   �------
gri^before teyrlhg to. the Stamps for
' | the fourui tirne this season-
"WhenXvou cqnsid^r A\\e tre-j --^n the Prince George goals mondous cfH> of blasting oven a **er'e scored by Bob Wolfe, a mediocre? highway Qiit('f-i"l.'k.n('vvf->n"ii-ir from. Kclowna. while Pass route asy~it is/Uie only port-   Ken    Lip.sott,.   another. .Kulowna
apgearec
ftidirS'try
Tow Decemberxtft on a i "stprKe"hangover" and^soft mar-' I^et prices.          yf                     I
The "strike^hanguver" they say j.......______^
will likol.v/effecL--productk>n dur-j Golden roiite.'/i'ml/Wlu-n you .add   Product, ing:tbe>i-rst three .jnonths of the   to that the cdk?6f dnKfng a tun-1 fen^-' ,�,"., present" Forest Branch year.      � � {ne!   wide   pno^'h   to   carry   four I     Cqach   Fred   Andrew
 also
 on
n  publications days  lPf
ride a'"horse- lntot and/.operas
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pecernber   cut   for   the  district J lanes of tf-afjic/ttirougft a� ntile or 'was a mere .23,71G.()M  board feet j more gt* npcJ^-the, total,  we s:ib-c'mipaied' with 4-1.000,000 feet in � mit, j4 sp^iiigh that the financial j the   1051   forest 'year,  4.1,000,000   disadwfhtagQ far outweighs every
ling in  the capital city until i feetir>n  1952. and 54,n0p,000;fGet j other consideration;; and when it ^ i    if,   imp �,*v lan r^p j,v-m7-n �in W".                                        Uf  realised   that  Jumbo  Pass   it-
th o al SiSl MilIs j" the ^CG Geo,^ self would be snowbound th,ou,h-67th B union Folio win- the set"tion o^lhe-Jferest dlstr>r>t out the .^kntct.msintb^mk.m:. B^i^^mM&^J&i�^ }9'QW><�> feet of^he De- tremelv difficult to keep open. it. ioii  i,         ,,   MX,^.mi �-,:'cQmher� tot*�LCompared with 3'.),-  is submitted  thin the  rmHe caif-
S2SS . ^/J^Sl    w'ninlm,! OOO,OO0feet one year'ago.' ;,       ,.;apt'be jt,stified>N ;^^^
 ancient    jfoot-
granted a commission,   returning-1 to France to serve with the Can-1
power -press ori which the paper | a(U     Forestry Corps. is-a comparison ; Was  priitted.     There   were   only f
 about �50 a pupil here 'i a. pupil  in^   Vancouver, because the grants ire not
entire share of ^the an-' costs�out-:Q^�provincial ,
an-this"'.yeaf
 nthe numl^f pupils, l^lnce^George VlU pay .)  the  overall  population ^J^J001 cost totrtl ln
 aiv ;iT>nut  five "adults to chonKstudenf ln   Prince
 As   the
 stands at  present .. the  city will  bd
In Vancouver,'     bave   to  pay  the   school (jafnier school"'board chair-  about �335,000 in  1954 Said  that  the  much touted   witlr $265,000
 board
 on   echicatioh was
 m: to British Colu�)- eustv~problenv �'
the
� school
|''.ii!!f the HotJbS-s^eport recom-I'laticins, lie- polnteU^out,"" the '�iiice would  pjiy. 80 percent school voAXs and the hiir wniiifi pay 20 per cent,
y vahy
lie trouble with this plan.,- he fended,   Is  that   it  still   deals
tli fixed costs,  whereas school is vary from district to' disc-
fwenty per cent might not mean
"^kJn one municipality where
'�rv*jsts. per student are low,
it might be oppressive on an-
?'��' munieJixjHty where cost per
^pointer! out
* a school popt ^frh^thnt of but   need teacber^Tvhile 12^
.__    re
i.Ired her^-^" " s ^-largely because of the Prince RUpert has a very . rural'   seJiopl   -population
.this   district has   a   large ^hutever'solutibn  is. founckto
school
 cosis   problem ' must
npensa'te for varying costs, said ; trustee.
H VST EM 3JKEDED proposed as b basis of a w TinancjinB syfetem a basic 'finment grant on a por-class-"ii basis with' H sliding' ycale absorb differences in' cost of a
get. however^
adjustment    before it is accepted
;by th'ccity.
In any case It is'believed that S.S. Sinrf^MI/L tax grants to the city this year will not run much over �100,006,'...........
three white men in Prince George at. the time. ."
After the armistice he was ap-
 sPplnted
 officer '  in  lcavi"B
Trade Board Joins Move For
reported �
the  three     Qkanagan- Valley, re- , cVuits ;iddo(i a Tot^m�� strepgth^to.' the  Prince  (Jeorfie  terurfT^-nlid  is predicting there wjJ-Kbp sorne up.-sets when leacuj:f't'"ulso  looked" good  on  do- .' fence, while     Mallach's perform-ahce in goal was termed "sensa-tional/'
 U'�Op
a few Issues had appeared.           j  v FollowThg^his liischargc^ he re-
He enlisted in August,"l.Ql5, and [turned to  Prince 'George aqd  in wis in charge of a/squathof re-11'120 artiuired Th><:itizen in'part
 for V,ictoir!a.  After
First TV Prograiii
Screened Here
~Pcince_Georgc0 couple-
nership with the
 B.  Dan-
iell. Heretained an interest'in the business until it was takeii
ew
 Prince George^Bdard ofv Trade,
 in cp-opejxJtToh
with the Junioj>Cnamber of Cornrperce, will make^dn all-.aut
Traffic Ban
watched wh
Television received in CentraJ B.C. � .but there is not expected to be a rush to buy sets;
Mr," arid  Mrs. K.  McDonald oj Winnipeg have brought   in pictures on Channel used    by   Seattle    a broadcasting
They.
set and aru detachment on Seventh Avenue now has a new court-room and work will start soon on the, installation of a prisoner's dock and witnesses'�tanf, a hallway has j iow 0{ 30 tonight, ivith an expect-
effort thi^e'ar to attractrjjsw indlistries tc)>KTs district and by'Harry Gl Perry, r"            ^latternp^to solve the proSTerp. of chea^Krnd plentiful electric
On tlie outbreak of the Second   ROwifr.     x                                   -:f^>^       -------�--�_---------���.
World War, Mr. Crocker enlist9il<^^icx\r3owiCx-trade board r)rs>*�^"cor&c an(l tne surrounding area lieutenant   in .--the   Sectvriu       *          : .                         .,         ' !=� a  natural ^ito for  n  centre of
*"       i-i-=::   ~-'3-m an interview" Satur-;      c   IU1UU'1 �  �*-  '"   li  LVIlii�. ui
left un- '< nuin-v     industries       because     it ioard's procram of ' abounds   in   potentially  economic j hydro development  sites and  irf | the natural Resources which cheap ' power can convert into industrial prodtiets.
Recently at least two pulp mill inspected   this locations.   Mr.
Bowie said, and investigation will beT*ntade to determine what factor deterred them from establishing here.
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~cTrptaiTr-an�r^<�'mmand.ing offjcer j hringiUg^dTveitifi<'d. industry   to of   the Mftry  which  hJjcl   been   ^^-^            .    � . mainj^fevruited froni comniuni>-"      �� -    -         jn     tQ   WQ,.k   on H^betwcen  Prince  George^^d     -      ^ jj^ illtUlslry together "Prince Rupert.   >      .   ^    .     \I;..   ^-._..i� � i�.i'--- i------> ��
In  3942
 nameil second
because' they go hand in hand," i companies   have k   ihe new, trade board presl- j aT.e~a . ff)1. - pbssjb�l
BACfaY SUN^Y BEATS RECORD
Balmy w?^�>t'eiidingfiF and came ^vith-in^, threC\dcgrees of setting ^n all-time higlKfor the month. y The' thermohMjtcr Soared to a summery 55 Sunday. Previous highvr for February^T^was 50, which was recorded in
i^ coinjiidnd of Uie 28th Anti-Air-cra^t^Hegiment stationed in. Van-cbuvd' and given the' ra'tiK - of JriiiJQr, and two years later wont to England where he commanded a battery of^Kcarchlight in the vicinity of London.
Shortly after the cessation of i hostilities Mr. Crocker was appointed Prince George district representative of the B.C. >Departr ment of Trade and Industry and took a keen interest, in the mineral arid other natural resources of Central B.C. and ,Xas un-flagglng; in his effort*! to Interest development capita!.
. i>k his younger days he took a keen interest, in a number of sport^�including    lacrosse. - and
All-time high for Fobrunry^js 58, the temperature recorded here-on February 4, l^lf.            *
-The' temperature dropped to only 40 h^t night at the airport, but it win be^coolor tonfghtvX
The weathernian is callintftor a
provided^ larger  Vorklng   space for. constables on d4ast war.
'If \\'r can net the power we will notNshave. much trouble Retting indiikiry, and If we can get the assurances from industry, that it will couieNhere pfovided thert\ is cheap and plentiful power, thetv we can hasten^the solu tion of.oUr, power probler
\.\TUH.\li  SITK
Mr..   Bowie- said    that    Prince
^               were   warned ;today
that heavy traffic may be banned on highways in the vicinity of Princo' George ,unh?ss the weather turns cblder this week.
Many sections of unpaved roads are already in a very inuddy cori-dition-nnd it is. feared that they may disintegrate;, rapidly under tht> influence of the mild weather now 'being experienced throughout Central B.C.
%If it become* necessary to impose lond restrict ions sij?ns will' be., posted__ along tho iiffcctoil highways and announcements will' he made over the radio. ^.v.-.,..,. Most main roads are practically bare-:of snow and ice and in sonic places the hot sunshine on Saturday and Sunday dried the s.ufface$ to the extent that traffic is now kicking up wisps of dust.
Curlers Make Move�:.,_ For Artificial  Ice
Ways and moans of securing artificial ice- will be the chief topic of discussion at a special meeting p4_Prlhce George Curling Club next Sunday comtuencipg at 2 p,m-
Jim Willson, president, reports the current unsdas'6n|ime\weather has created a lot,, nf interest in an artificial ice ptant and is ursine that all (.-uf-Trrs and' others inter-estefl^irr', ihe~^w>ject attend ,\b<* meeting, which will be held In the Princess Theatre.
SA,feature.of the. meeting will be W filni showing of the 1053
W   Brier  jiiay-downs. � � i\ speci^invitation fs extend-.-d to lady cUrlerXto attend the mec-t-ing.     "    -�  ^- �:.
Off The Wires Today
(Conodian Press�Monday, February 8) CPR Salvages Big  Diesel Locomotive
^lAGO,   B.C.-�One  of the  biggest   salvage   jobs  in  the history  of  B.C. raiiroaatno ended  in  Coquihclla Pass here  Saturday when , union will continue attempts  to organize ot iKtimat and Kemdno>v
Southern  P.G.E. Extension Starts In June
VANCOUVER�Premier   Bennett   said   in   on   interview        ^ struction of a proposed Squomis-h-North Vancouver extension of tntJ^Pocific ( Great Eastern Railway writ start some time riext^ Jurifc,    He estinKateas.18-I months would be  required td'Complete work on tho 40-milg section,      ^<^