An Independent   Sem^feekly   New^p
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the   Interest   of   Central   and   Northern   British   Columbia    "2
37; No.
, B.C., MONDAY, November 8, 1954
$4.00 per year
Austerity7 School Plan u$i Over $1,000,000
Complete" details of a rvevf "austerity" school construction
Lendum which will be-placed before the city  and   district
[ctorate on December 9 are not yet known,   but   a   school
^official disclosed today that overall cost will   be   about
wfrat^onginally proposed when a $2,020,000 program
nv;ei*""defeated here earlier this year.
ikling % fetrict �" fas* II pr
M.'Hat, chairman of the oinmittiee^ for School inber 57, said that the building "program
DJ-obiibly* eliminate   elemen-,, is charged with xhjfefl of $72 �.'fjOm . n^rty~Tnan7 arid Krpsney is charged with theft of Si00 from two district residerits^�: Evidence  given  at a  prelimin-
Industry  Near  Standstill  Awai
Prince George is in for another cold weather blankets the interior s
British Columbia Forest Branch officials report some 60 percent of the Prince George area's sawmills as inoperative, and an faa-employment Insurance Commission spokesman said that claims from unemployed are only slightly lower than they were at this time^tast year when the lumber industry was strikebound. \VKT WEATHER
Todays idleness in the woods can be laid directly at the door' of unusually mild November weather and unseasonably^heavy rains.
Few logging roads" are passable in the district^, and as * a result, only about .80 of the district's 220-odd sawmills are in operation.
g   frost
'ere Christmas unless"
frost would see~70per cent o'f the/ sawmills "back in operation witlj-in a- few days.                       S' --.
�Operators; are . anxioi^r to   re- >
sume production andAvill probab-.-
ly  start   up  with/less   than  two
weeks to go before Christmas if
(See  WET.WEATHER,   Page   8)'
l                1-r'oom   high   school
laJG-room Central elementary Joel.                                   v
he new  high* school' .plan   is
jhway Accidents lint Five Lives
�ANCnrVKR,... Nov.   8^(0*)   � sh (iiliinil)ia\iounj.e(j a traf-
| cleatti toll of at lettst five dur-the \vei;k-ond. '                         --I
)n Vancouver   Island \ two  73-
�>lri'jxi(1esuians, Geoffrey E.
ifKm Sooke and  Mrs.  Mary.
ll'ah of Xanaimo were killed
separate   accldent^/^Sffturdaj;
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Dn the mainland  an  unldenti-man was killed .when hit by,
tar on  suburban   Lulu   Island
|urd:iy night; ,
the interior Gordon   Morri-55,, Nickel   Plate'mine- em-1 iv.�'js killed Saturday night \
tii his-rar plunged off the road!
 ary bearing-before Magistrate G.
Prince George's municipal swimming pool installation will be complete with a wading'pool, diving tower, and other extra facilities through the generosity and hard work of city Kinsmen, whose president R. H. Clarke, is pictured here handing a  $6085 cheque to Mayor Gordon   Bryant.
The money was raised by the club towards construction of a Kinsmen swimming pool, and is being turned over to the city following assent by the ratepayers to a   $75,000 municipal  pool bylaw.
Mayor Bryant extended hearty thanks to the Kinsmen president and said that the extra facilities which the' donation- will  pay   for  will  be  a   lasting   tribute to  the club.                                                           V
To Observe Remembrance Day
With Parade, Cenotaph Service
Prince George residents will' join with men and women throughout the. world in honoring'the dead of two world wars "SSft^'ltd^Sii^S^ anJ the Korean campaign at Remembrance Day, ceremonies
induced   the   three   complainants |Thursday morning, into games by telling them  they]    taking the form established in' would   get   their  money, back   if j previous    years,    tlie    armistice
ceremony will get underway with.1 a parade which will form outside the .Canadian Legion \ on , Fifth Avenue at lO^IF-atm. and march to the cenotaph along Third Avenue and George Street.
The. three,  believed   they  were playing the games simply to  at-. tract a crowd, but could not get ' their_ money back when they had finished playing.                      _.;
Trial of the two men�will be I in county court here on Deeeni-! ber 5.
 The
 Little change In temperature is  h
ITai
Karlier  Saturday,  expected   here  Tuesday,  with  an Brennan;  22,  nurse    at  overnight low^of 25 and high to--l.ir.;ic Hospital, was killed  morrow of � 4(f predicted, �ii-dropped over, the em-      Skies   wilf.be   sunny,   with   a. hkniciiKpn' the .Trail-Rossland  few   cloudy   periods,   and   winds ) � willbe light.
irmers Will Lose $90,000 Unharvesfed Grain Here
Heavy .rains which drenched:-,the Prince   George, district
|t-w'eek all-, but ended local farmers' battje^with the'elements
it is expected that close to'$90,000 worth of" grain will
in the fields.                            -   I  ___<'  �   .-��i-----------_____-----__
'Citizen' Publishes Friday) This  Week
Most   (places    of   business --in rrinco-uforge; meliitlmg--Thd""-Citi-
CBC Program To Feature B.C. Poet
A  short story by.
 Gerald
McLellan, well-known British Co-
Some 5Q0 marchers, led by the ^lurnbla   writer/and  former ^ resk Canadian  Legion band, ^vill take  dent   of   Erince  George,   will   be part in the remembrance parade,   read on-CBC Anthology'Tuestkiy expected to be one of the largest � evening,- beginning at 9^KJT ever staged herer '      " \            ' /The. story lfMrs. Absalom" was
For   the   first   time  tfiis  year,1 written  by, Mrs. ,\feLellan  while
members of the Ladfesr'Auxiliary to the Canadian Legion will march in the parade. Others, taking part will be the Canadian Iiegion veterans,' United States Air Force, Rocky ^Mountain    gangers,
 of   Pnnce
Driver Fined $75 As Smash Aftermath
Driver of a car which, ivas in a collision at the corner of Victoria Street ' and Third Avenue early Saturday morning was fined $75 and costs and had his licence suspended for the remaind-. er of the year when he .was toxC victed before Magistrate' P.jJ>Mor. ah vof-dangerous driving.
observers within the industry agree that present market conditions,  while  far  from ideal,
j are such that operation would be profitable. A lumber wholesaler told  The
'.Citizen  that lumber prices today
, are   probably  as  strong  as   they are liable to be before next .sprtngj In August"'of this year 1.44 saw-
i mills were working and only 77 were idle, in spite of a wet summer. WEEK OF FROST
Forestry officials say that moisture in the woods is so excessive" that  it  is  going.to  take  a
-Week of /severe frost to improve conditions materially.
They point out also that there is always the danger.that heavy snows will blanket, the area before frost gets a,- chance to penetrate into the ground! �
L ,XL.this_ happens many, sawmills would have to 'remain, closed for much of'the winter because the snow" acts as insulation and prevents  fijf-thef" frost  penetration.
Normally at this time of year, or/jffightly  earlier,  sawmills  are
�going back into operation after the usual fall shutdown brought about    by    the    transition   from
Convicted, of the-eharge was. Kenneth-Mervin ltim, age 22.
According to. police reports on ttfe>case BlrjPs car went through a
maidpff name of Anric I     ricv. Gordon McLaren officiated
;rriott,_ ysf the  author   of   a   an./C . (�(rtlM.-XDKK
A   member of ttv?*Roval Artillery, for 14 y-eavs, ..George Thorps j ^wvarcl for will   act   as^-parade  commander.
Mr. cr.hoprfe was recently appointed major in the Royal Canadian Artillery Supplementary Reserve. �^ Arriving   at   the   cenotaph   at
threshirig has been at a starttl; for several  days  and  about ?er com   of clistri-ct  grain   is paryested;                          �  �
[There is very-little chance th.it
pf it will; be-salvaged;" a Jtyincinl agricultural official M late last week.
1 still iinharvested amounts Wst'ijyer 100,000 bushels, while.. It m itu-bins amounts to about
IThc district slioulil .have just rain  t<> curl'j'^Hs� own. Work Mud1 show ii vprj^small.
'K ili>(iict agriculturist, said
ilii-s voar' as the,-
this 1923.
,                 ynno  resulted  in
Wtl fU'ldsiH^dughout the/dis-down much/^tand-��ind   precipitated  ger-i'\ some places.
;"e   reirtaihing   gi-ain >'.could: he salvaged,  it would
r" l
the fsts Sli
..field.
i^e, difficult to store a\* high moisture cqj.i-lifficult to thresh. .
through-
 were hoping for  h
iyjs_ag{
listrict that   they  could   move
% equipment' out . into di-1! frost now.will do '""' in areas where grain �testuked.
(>s >vill be frozen into the r ;il"l the work of cutting ilE_^oiil(i_^ot _fre -jllstified valuo �'E the grain thus sal-
Per
condh
lotrreT
(il of tlie total crop s-'ivo(l,"T)Tit such condi-"" Hkely.to materialize
do any good. ' 20.000 bushels of grain
 to
 two  minutes
zen^office,  will be closcnl' all. day �Thursday   in   bKseFva'rice   of  iRe-
memb'ranee  Day.            �-------^
Regular   Thursday   edition
] 1   a.m. silence.
A 30-inetnber firing party of "A." Coy Rocky Mountain Rangers, commanded by Captaih AlfrGcl S^rom will 'present arms' follovr-
i'ng the'period of silence._____
member of the local AliiGadet
has contributod poems and stories to njpny publications, including Cana'dlan Forum, Poetry and Saturday Evening Post. She was winner   of   the   Governor   General'.-;
Poetry in 19-12.
She ' is at present residing nt Squamish, where she is at work on a.novel.
f'oinotery.
Pall-.bearers worji_Lai:i-y� Brewer. Garry . Wayarit, Rill Paschal, . Mort Smale, T'ete Paulson and Roy Winkler.     '    .
Mr. Huble, drowned on October o0 at Sumihjt Lake when the �motorboat he was attempting to start tipped up, throwing into tire water.
In most years, even  a spell of! some of the party's policies and a
fairly mild frost will harden the ground sufficiently to permit work in the woods to commence.
But this, year there is so much moistm-e that the mercury will have to get down around zero before it will do any  good.
British Columbia Forest Sei-vice men.say that the right degree of
group promptly pq�S�d a resolution of confidence in leader. Arthur  Lalng.
Spokesmen said thr incidents cleared. th�� air In a �hffit ult si1-uation which* has ex'-jted 'sinct* Johnson stepped down as party leader. Johnson's critical speech , was made at a. closed session.
Harry Bowman Pied Friday Hospital Ward
Henry Rqbson Bowmar^ former MLA for Fort George and B.C..Minister, aK^gricultureTMi^d Friday in the Royal Jubilee
In failing health for two ytuji Mr,  Bowman   moved   to   Victor
sumrrver   .from     Winnipeg-]
Young Fire Victim Back From Treatments In Vancouver
.^.Little Barbara Goodwin; camehome from^ChjIdren's Rosp-
ltal irT
Squadroi'i  will  perform  t.hp duty j Christmas of .lowering inirl   raising  the  flag of | under  the  sounding of  the   Last
The Citizen will be published on i Post and Reveille by Ken Arnett.
PARTY
 anicouyer today to spend the-..nexrtwo months � and  with her parents.
 eiKllL.ye.u.;oid {iaughtei-of
Friday this week, and advertisers, | correspondents and newsboys are 'asked   to_,�pvern   themselves   ;j.c.-cordinglv
Concluding the  military aspect (See   REMEMBRANCE  DAY,  Page 8)
Nev^MembersJoin Elks At Mdss^^rtitiotiQn Night
Gufminat.incj the^'selective membership campaign which
the local Elks Lodge has had underway for the past two weeks, jed, covering 'herewith flame.' the  Elks  Hall,  filled  to capacity,  presented a'colorful scene' Friday night when 36 were' added to the membership.
Mr.' and Mrs. Leonard Goodwin has been undergoing a series of treatments for extensive burns she received in a fire at her par-I ents' Chief Lake home in October of last year.
She, arrived hpme by the n,oon plane today, and- her parents were at the airporMol meet her.
The-Red Cross had made nil arrangements for the trip.
-^Barbara has received a series of surgical operations and there- has been great improvement in her condition. The child was severely
The membership campaign had bcen-dircctcd by P.A. Miquelorfof Edmonton, Dominion Grand Organizer, during his visit to Prince George lodge" No. 122.'      ?
Visitors came from Quesnel and .Williams Lake to attend the-initiation ceremonies-. Among them were D. G. Woodland, District Deputy^Grand Exalted Ruler of B.C. District No. 7-13.
the meeting was under, the direction of R. A. Henderson, Exalted Ruler of the local lodge.
Several speakers, called on for
brief�remarks
-expre
pleasure at being present at such an outstanding meeting of Lodge No. 122, and one which they pointed out might well mark a red-letter day in its history.
'ering hat wh
Lis high
to-1
i:en harvested, that| Mr. Woo storage problem, ch.was direct-combln^ 'ii moisture content >e shovelled over at in-'"�evejnt "heating".
of the evening' was ^Ir. Miquclon, who-covered a few of the highlights of the Order of Elks''in Canada, emphasizing its aims, ideals and. objects and urging its members to "carry on in Elkdom" to find that it was really worth while.
It is the qutstanding organization of friendship and service in Canada and at no previous..period of its 'history had it enjoyed trie growth and prosperity that it is enjoying at the present time," he
His address was received by great applause and a hearty vote of thanks was tendered him by Prince George lodge for his-ef-f.tri.s in. the conduct and success' of the selective campaign.
A buffeti lunch1 and social hour followed -the ceremonies. ,-
Mr. Miquelon will leave tonight for. official visits to Burns\Lake, Smithei-s, Prince George and'Kiti-inat lodges. He also plans to visit Cariboo Lodge No. 23!) (Williams Lake)  before returning east,.   -
Canadian Legion Meeting Tonight
Much activity. \v-iH be seen around the Canadian Legion this week, starting tonight with a regular general meeting at 8 p.m.
Barney Blundell, chairman of 'Hie'-House Committee will give recommendations for operating the new large upstairs lounge which will be open next week.
The. annual armistice smoker will be held in the Legiori building Wednesday night at which a good crowd is expected.
COMMERCE CHAMBER MEETS  FRIDAY
November meeting of Prince George Board--of Trade, will be held next Friday in the banquet-room�of- the Prince George Hotel. The meeting will be preceded by a dinner at 7.30 p.m.
Norman Napier, will present a complete "report- of -proceedings at a meeting of B.C. Chamber of Commerce held in Vancouver. Oct. 29 and 30.    �
--S.l-ie"wnf Hospital after ther treatment.
" Earlier�this year..the little girl was the centre of a district-wide campaign, organized and conducted by the Loyal Order of. Moose and Women of the Moose, when more ! than $3000 was raised to finance,the long treatments, necessary..    '       � ' '
Clubs, organizations and Individuals, in Prince George and in surrounding areas raised funds or
donated. privately which met with success.
to   the   drive, overwhelming
nmi where he was 'superintendent of colonization and agriculture for the Canadian National Railways.^
Born in Mount For'est, Ontario, �Harry Bowman was \ known and admired by'thousands of: B.C. and prairie farmers who came to him for information,and advice during the 25-years-he^was employed .by Canadian  railways.
He graduated from the University of Saskatchewan in 1925 and Until]'- 1028 was a Canadian. Pacific1  land  appraiser.      �     ...   [':',
In 1928 he was married to War': ion I_dna Potter and in the san'ie _Ly.eai__jrioved to Minnesota cto accept a position as county agent. The following year he went to Vancouver as agricultural ifgunt for the CNR. From 1931' to 1919 he was superintendent of colonization and,.agriculture foj^the CNR' with headquarters in" Prince George and was credited with much of the agricultural expan sion which developed in Central B;C. during that' period.
Mr. Bqwman entered public life in 1949 when he was elected lab-
majority of more than one thousand. votes in a Coalition Govern-
eral    .standard-bearer     for George    provincial,  riding
 Fort  by   a
Wires
(Canadian  Press,   Monday,   November. 8, -1954)
Vancouver Police Chief Steps Up War Oh Criwe
VANCOUVER�Chief Constable Walter Mulligan announced during the weekend a flying squad of 12 men has been forrned to bolster the morality squad   as  the   first  step   in   the   promised  all-out  drive  against   Vancouver's
current  violent  crime  wave
The  squad was ordered  to crack down  on drug  addicts who  Mulligan blames  for 70 percent of the crime.
1       Dominion Government- Opposes Columbia  River  Dam
VANCOUVER�Fisheries Minister James Sinclair said Sunday the federal government plans to block the proposed construction of a  low-level dam on the   Columbia   River  by   the -Kaiser  Aluminum   Company   because   the  pro- j (ToSm f vincial government's "proposed agreement would amount to signing 60 percent j \n   if)-,}
niont landslide.                       _.��.,--.
Shortly after taking his s(?aT in the Legislature he^was appointed Minister of Agriculture, holding the scat until the 1952 elections -when he was "defeated by the Social Credit candidate in a four-party race and the Coalition government was broken up by a �SornrH^rcdit victory at the'polls.
Mr. Bowman had been granted leave of' absence-by the CNR to enter-B.C. politics, and following the 1952 election he returned co Winnipeg to act as colonization and agricultural, agent for western Canada.
One. of his main tusks while Minister of. Agriculture w.ts to pi-ess for a sweeping investigation of the whole question of milk i-ontrol in the province.
of the~^ower output of the Canadian stretch of the Columbia  to American interests.
NELSON-^�Radical Freedomites have sent a letter to Judge Arthur Lord saying they cannot buy land because it is contrary to their 'beliefs. Judge Lord is th)e provincially appointed commissioner chosen to decide wheth-i" lands the Doukhobors lost rBy mortgage foreclosure in 1938>5hould be sold back to them and the conditions of sale.
VANCOUVER�Labor Minister Lyle Wick's has announced plans to call a special meeting, of the leaders of B.C. industry here November 1 5 :in an sffort to promote construction jpbs during the winter.
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B.C. Stockmen gave- him credit   for   saving   the   industry \. when he imposed an embargo on \" the  importation  of cattle  during-"| the   hoof-and-mouth   disease   epi- L demic on the prairies. , . He is survived by his wife and four-^children',  Aniie and   lan.Jit home,   Mrs. "Ruth   Winstone _of Brandon,   Man.,     and   Mrs.  Jean Patterson of Fraser. VaUey.
Funeral  service "was  held  this afternoon in Victoria followed by cremation.      .                  .