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An
Devoted to the Interest of Central and Northern British Columbia
37,
No. 81
(Twa Sections)
Prirtee George, B.C., THURSDAY, October 14, 1954
$4.00 per year � 5f� per copy
Seizure red By Police Witnesses
Couple Face Trial November 1
Royal Canadian Mounted Police witnesses recounted pub-for fhe first time yesterday the dramatic story of how intercepted a Prince George-bound car which yielded a with a resale value of close to $4000.
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.of a half day of Prince George
|�-;ir November 1. middle-aged pair reacted >ntly throughout the"-..three-earing to the line\pf police who are their accusers, inel, balding, gray templed, txim moustache, wearing nil a sport shirt, sat tense-... wife, making ner-.: ires with hisJiands and
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fc plump and with jet :. i..-|>i'';tacled and \V,ear-I .<.*..-.tier and beige top-aim-l uQrnposecK The two ('frequent whispered converse-
as the hearing progressed. | linute prior to official open-jr.f the hearing a woman In packed Spectators' gallery ?! forward, patted, the accus-iman tin the shoulder and in atiifible �throughout "the m -;ml. "Hell, Maudiei y Thai, goes for Sarah
engineered and supervised the interception of thevcar some miles south of Prince George.
Rosnerg described how on the evening of September 24-he proceeded south down the Cariboo Highway in one police vehicle, \\vith a second one, containing three constables, following close behind.
Seven miles south of Prince George where the" highway makes an- "S" curve, the second of the two vehicles was stationed, while Sgt. Rosberg, accompanied by a constable, drove to a point on the (See DRUG CACHE, Poge 51
Cariboo Liberals Seek Solution For B.C. Feed Shortage
At a meeting treWhe're last night the Cariboo Federal Lib-
Civil Defence Topic At CCF Hall Meeting
Several aspects of civil defence, and plans for new courses, were discussed at a civil defence meeting in the0 CCF Hall recently, when 50 persons attended.
Fire Chief August _Dprnbierer discussed fire fighting and current efforts to standardize civil defence and municipal fire fight-Ing equipment In various B.C. centres, so that civil defence personnel might work with the cities in the event of an emergency.
Ken Jack gave a brief talk on rescue work. He -jvill give a course on this subject at the high school, starting at the end of this month. . . , %%
Gordon Nicol discussed "transportation, and told of work In Okanagan centres, when problems were phoned into civil defence headquarters and solutions found, In a mass mock emergency.
Mrs. Dorothy Allen, who is in charge of area welfare, gave a
� A , talk on this subject. The area ex-
eral Association went on record tencls from Ro' P�o1 tn* n r;..i>;i,..,,... � Prince George will have f
for a fieldhouse.
He scored the fact that the
which
rince George will have for SQnie Vcars to come, and therefor that it d
council agreed to talk the location I s, over with the school board,"and | then failed to do so before, draw-1 ing up a $76,000 pool bylaw WhTcTi establishes the' location in Block 57.
PROMISED MBKTl'Xtt
"In view of the fact tha\ the
| should
located where it will greatest number of
to the fullest
Mr. Moffat criticized the Block 57 site as being "practically* on the banks of the Nechako River." TRAFFIC HAZARD
"We on the board recognize
city council did not see fit to i Fifth Avenue, where it was for-grant the. board of. school trus-1 merly Winchester Street, "as be-tees the opportunity to present | ing one of the busiest arterial their proposals at a promised ! streets on the. city and we would meeting, we feel that we should j hesitate in our planning to make
it necessary to move three quarters of the population across such a busy thoroughfare to reach a pool. We feel that by placing the I pool in Duchess Park this hazard I. is, lessened.
- "Our present construction plans lend themselves perfectly to mak-
Prince George js in a favorable position from^ theaspect j ture'oiuuf� thlsf project!" "'"'
of unused municipal borrowing powers, and two money bylaws ' "Money can be saved by elimin.
to be voted on Wednesday totalling $150,000 are "well within ' f^* tJJ*ndressln.B antl showor
jits means," city, finance chairman Alderman-William D. Ferry j !n�Their ^plac-e Usine*the^'sa^e
stated late yesterday.---------------'�-------------------- � .. � niWi. u'n; w- :;,;\-^W
"We have a safe reserve of bor- A!'1""" ^ ^ , ~.o,i in ...,~ f.r.i.i.,,,
rowing powers, and are in a d'e- e "���.......... ���': vf tne
fieldhouse would constitute one wall already built for complete (See SCHOOL SPOKESMAN, Page 2)
C. B. (Chuck) EWART of Prince George went fishing early this month In the famous Kispiox River, a tributary of the Skeena River, near Hazelton, and returned with a 36-pound steelhead trout which Field & Stream magazine and �other authorities pronounce the largest of its species ever caught. The city hotelman-�angler oattled the piscatorial monster for nearly two hours be-fofe landing \\. His catch was 4G inches Jong and had a girth of 2-4 inches.
I Suggested for back-haul loads were - such commodities as plywoods, fertilizers, sugar, salt, fresh fruits and fish, which are
now predominantly shipped to year.0|d we|fare pensioner, the Ij.C. Peace River section from ' h
All)erta.
Hit-Run Death May Have Been Accident Rules Inquest Jury
A coroner's ju<$$Tuesday night brought down an open verdict in the hit-run death early last Friday morning of a 67-
irish thieves who were
I week-end; in a bungled I'H'KLIXK
't tocracka warehouse safe The Liberal meeting also re-
struck again last night solved that inasmuch as it has
G.....-go Drug Co. li85 been intimated that the Federal
Avenue. Government may assist in the
'':". at the scene of the construction of ^ $^e proposed
*'�'�'� I'ireakrln indicates that trans-provincial gas pipeline from
ork v.,,> fliat of tyros in' the Edmonton to .Montreal, it will also
land l.t.,1) trade/ consider "ways and :,moans" with
'� iwo fruitless attempts to encourage the Westcoast TraniV
ley L'iiitied the Interior, mission Company to embark at
Ttive attempt was made once imon construction of the ga?
�pinpariy's safe, but only pipeline through the present sur-
known_io be missing is $-10 veJ'ed route from the Peace River
^ of cigarettes! district through the Pine Pass to
The jury was out oply about a half hour before it returned a verdict which read that the death of Ole Sorenson "could have been accidental".
Earlier, Coroner Dr. J. G. Mac-Arthur expressed the opinion during the, course of the inquest that Sorenson might have been killed elsewhere and dumped at the corner of Third Avenue and r was
-(mind.
>^. � anci later performed a p<�si mor-
&ut- the jury put the place of tem examination, said death was death ^Ht the east end intersection probahly caused by shock\ result-ind nanmd the fatal agent as ;in ui'tomobileX whose driver was
gites^
Fulmer, proprietor of the Prince . George and the lower
showed a Citizen reporter mainland."
windows had been Other resolutions urged the Fed-
H*-tw shed i
a third one was oral Government to keep its hoi;! led fhuTthe Interior on the income tax field, and to maintain '21-hour-a-day telephone
rawtojl to the top -of lied to gain entry : a window high up sltle of the building. ; said it will be some >he fun extent of loss
service wherever there is a hospital in operation.
Still others called for Canadian .Government paving of the Alaska Highway system and endorsation of the party's policy on national health insurance.
'ff The Wires Today
'Conodion Press! Thursday, October 14, 1954) � Wj|| Utilize Abandoned Roadbed On North Shore
5RIA�Pacific Greot Eastern trackoge, ripped urxin 1928 when "^ �vthdrcw its North Shore service, will be laid again in North ^vcr 'n January.
Vln3 .vf 'rackoge from the end of .Canadian National Railways steel <5 Xpuver about three miles to theXtfpilano railway bridge in West ^ er ;*'.[! be the first track laid in ^he 40-mile Squomish-North Van-' mC*' ;'On "Wovcd by legislatufeT this year.
� vjK(J:WYL.u by legislature this yeo
ext step in construction ofyihe link will be a calL for tenders fo' With mclUQrn Bridge ,rr6ar Squamish. I, ' -CmPlction of boff^ bridges the roilway could be extended from
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dieted on Tr
minlsfer of railways said he expected the line would b^ te in June, 1956.
$45,000,000 For Kemano-Kitimat Expansion
Ccn A J~$45,000,000 expansion program by Aluminum Company
'js big Kitimat development was announced Wednesday by
T^c cor
No ttn
In tr>u.
'�k
will instal o fourth generating unit and two additional r'n0 'he project's capacity from 91,500 tons a year to
3nc interviews, Alcan officials in Voncouver soid v/orld de-
Off, UrTII?UfT> required stepping up the firm's long range program. f>o '� ; ^oid 5�me preparatory work -xaiM be started this winter but
�f the
would wait until spring.
�*nt trT,l ' of '^ Program would mean employment for 1,000 per-s and an additional 5,000 persons in the oreo.
found Sorenson's hat ,T1 feet east of the body and his shoe 71. feet west.
It isyhWieved the elderly man �was w&lifing In an easterly direction when he was struck by a �var going the same way.
Witnesses described visibility as poor in the area where the man was struck, and said a light rain was falling.
Dr. A. L. Chambers, .who attended the sce'ne of the \accident and later performed a p<\st mor
Assuming the electorate passes; have no fear* on financial the equipment purchase, and j grounds."'
swimming pool bylaws .next week,'! He said carrying charges on the the city will still hold in reserve' $75,000 pool program will be a some $630,000 in unexpended bor-.Sdirect charge on current revenue rowing powers. I | each year, "but are small enough
Jn addition, the city's finance, so they can be easily absorbed." chairman disclosed, the city lias I The finance chairman said that
yet to receive an increase in it.sj until he had been given some ideal Expansion and improvement/of borrowing powers from total aa-jof city committments for water! telephone lines in Prince Guurge sessments in the area annexed by system expenditures next yearr|Js moving ahead rapidly.
Good Progress On New 'Phone Lines
the municipality over a year ago. This increase, when it comes next year, should aim the amount which the now proposing to borrow.
and had seen the agreements with the British Columbia Power Com-ost equal i mission sjgneu, he had not been council is prepared to recommend a pool
prepared bvlaw.
FOUR BODIES FOUND ON MOUNTAIN; RCAF PROBE SUNDAY'S PLANE CRASH
VANCOUVER�An RCAF inquiry into the crash of a twin-engined Expediter aircraft opened last night within hours after \ *. Meanwhile, a construction crew the-plane's wreckage was found high on'a Vancouver Island lIne Mac^nnan- f()Ip-
According to Charles O'Connor, ltarict plant chief, more than 50 per cent of the .upgrading of party line service in the business .section Is completed. The remainder will be completed before tho beginning of 'December, when tho new directory comes out.
All those whose service has been, or will be, up-graded between now and the issue date of the directory will be listed In the | book with the new numbers.
mountain, four men
were killed when
the plane, on a routine flight Sunday, crashed into a solid wall of rock.
The plane, partially buried in deep snow at the foot of a cliff at the 5,100:foot level of Mount Arrowsinith, was spotted by one
negligent in "failing to remain at the scene of an accident.
Sorenson's broft&n body was discovered at qboutNi a.m. last Friday by two men, Lathkie Valenta and William Lemke. %
Valenta, standing on tho porch of a nearby house, heard an impact on the street outside, and with Lemke. who had been Inside the house, went to investigate.
After finding. Sorenson's body they called police.
TIKK MARKS
Recalled once for further testimony, Valenta told the inquest that tire marks were plainly visible on tho man's left wrist and left ankle.
Police witnesses said they.
probably caused by shock\ resulting from a severe concussion of the brain.
Aside from severe brain damage, Sorenson's fatal injuries Included a broken back, deep cuts on the head and Internal bleeding.-
Police are still "seeking the vehicle which took his life.
Motorists Damage New Street Surface
Although hampered by frequent rains, city public works crews art-making good progress with the-installation of new curbs and gutters on Third Avenue and George Street.
Many of the new parking meters have been installed on the widened sidewalk strips, and the completed job will greatly improve the appearance of the city's two main business streets.
Motorists are requested to observe the "no parking" signs at points where the work is in progress. Several instances have been reported of cars being driv-
of l\yo teams dropped atop tho peak early yesterday by helicop-ter: \, �
After theN.wret'k was spotted, two RCAF pate-rescue men were lowered to the si:ene and reported finding the bodics^of-
FO L. E. Oppenheimer, of Winnipeg, the pilot; FO: Michael Sounders of Bristol, Kny.; R. 1). Hall, engineer, of Be�u Repairs, nera Montreal, and Sgdn. Ld>\ B. G. Stlbbards of Vancouver, RCAF padre.
man, lias completed tfie erection of cable ami wire throughout tho city, and splicers are now working on the task of .joining the cable sections together.
Principal areas affected by the cable program arc the Millar Addition and the whole west side of town, stretching out to and beyond Central Avenue.
Also on tap before the end (if the year is another addition.'to the switchbbafd facilities., which will allow a considerable increase In the number of telephones in (lie citv.
Cariboo Feed Situation Better; Peace River Crops Face Ruin
Easing of the crop situation for one group of-British Columbia farmers and no change in the serious plight, of another group was reported by"Agricalturdl Department officials
in Victoria Wednesday.
.The feed situation in the central Interior cattle counti'V Is said to be better than reported earlier this fall with only a minority of
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en over the newly laid hot-mix ranchers in seri0US condition;
surface, a�*i�in some cases the r parking signs have been shifted to. new locations with resultant damage to the surface.
Membership Campaign
Wildfowl Add To Farmers' Worries
Grain farmers in the Peace River country report migrating wildfowl are a greater threat to standing crops than rain and frost.
A quartette" of~youthful Prince George hunters returned Wednesday from a successful hunting trip in the \icinity of Grande Prairie, All wta, where grain growers report heavy damage to wheat and other crops by thousands of ducks now flying south for the winter. Farmers are loaning their do.ck and' encouraging bunteis to kill the winged marauders who descend on their land and attack the crops.
Returning here with 25 ducks, a lone goose and a new conception of farmers' hospitality were Vie Rus.sman, Fred Baxter, Ted and Johnny Warner.
Prince George May Become CFA District Headquarters
If sufficient interest is shown by mill and logging operators os well as .Prince George businessmen, Canadian Forestry Association will establish a district .office here as the initial step in plans to lounch an intensive forest protection and conservation program in Fort George area.
Another outcome of the move would be the formation of a Junior Forest Warden group in
Up to Oct. 7 in the sodden nor-Peace River country only 25 per cent of the farmers had been able to do any threshing at all and they did not harvest 25 per cent of the total crop.
Because of wet weather, harvesting of grain has not advanced for the last two weeks, officials say.' Danger now is* snow falling in volume.
Agriculture Minister Kenneth
said Wednesday his visit last \veek to Williams Lake showed that "a majority, of ranchers are going to be able to carry their foundation stocks through the winter successful I v.
Prince .George, according to D. C. Power, the association's conservation officer, who was here this week in connection with the appearance of a railway display and lecture car sponsored by the organization.
Mr. Power emphasized that CFA's plans for stepped up activities in Fort George district will depend on the number of new members enrolled in the area and the other financial support received from businessmen in the city and surrounding district.
While in the city he discussed the move with President R. W, Hilton and Secretary-Manager R. J. Gallagher of thf> Northern interior Lumbermen's Association; President A. G. Howie of
district forester, and John Mcln-niK, a directoriof the Forestry As-sociation. j
"Prince GeOtge and practically evory other .^community in the Fort George Forest District depends to a great extent on the lumber industry for present and future prosperity," Mr. Powers said. ."Tho'. Canadian Forestry Association- can play a vital role in
Teachers To Hold Two-Day Convention
Teachers from areas throughout North Central British Columbia will meet in Prince George next week for the annual teachers' convention, to lie held in the high school on October 22 and 2:!.
An entirely new departure for the teachers, the convention this yeas will take the form of a workshop.
Mrs. Ivan Black Is convention
Rain Won't Go Away �More Tomorrow
More weather for ducks is in store for the Prince George area.
Today's intermittent rain will! moderate somewhat on Friday, when "the prediction is for clouds with a few showers. .
Winds -"will be southerly 15 in some valleys, otherwise, light. Ex-' peeked juw overnight Is -10, and high to!]iiorro\c;"50.
chairman.
Special guests at the two-day convention, who will act in an advisory capacity, will be B. R.
prolonging that prosperity. Rut I smith of the Provincial Teachers1
we must have the active co-operation of those who will benefit, either directly Or indirectly, from our (operations�and that means everyone."
He said each member receives the official monthly magazine "Forest and Outdoors" as well as [o'ther booklets and a reflecting licence attachment plate urging
Board of Trade; W. C. Phillips, "Keep B.C. Forests Green."
The convent
will bo climaxed
with a banquei>and dance at M"l-vadeer Lodge orN{>toher 23. At
tendance will only.
Federation, Miss K. McKillop, primary specialist at Vancouver Model school, and Walt Hartrlck. former Prince George teacher and
now principal of South Peace F. I. FINT.AY of Ottawa, Ont., High School at Dawson Creek. newly appointed chief executive
iioner of the Boy Scout ion, will confer with leaders and committemon
invitation in tt.O. centres from October 18 to 26.