e n An Independent Semi-Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interest of Central and Northern Brill olumbia 57 No. 60 (Two Sections) Prince George, B.C., THURSDAY, July 28, 1955 ixcar Shortage Continues 'ilh Mills In Tense Position Prince George district lumber companies are still operat-J with something less than 50 percent of their normal boxcar (uiremenr, it was learned today, and the shortage is contin- , \;lVge wills operating in .-, described' the situation respect to the probability �6ff.s as "tense". , ,,,,. getting a day to day which is far below- our ,.,. , nt but which has eti-u to keep our full crew ,-Kv'.' one mill man stated. ,;�,. hilc. Northern Interior I'rinen's Association Presi-� xv'. .Qobson spoke of the iniling co-operation" which shippers are getting from Officials here. praised the work of Ed iv, assistant ' "superinten-Wiiliam Dale, travelling ;hi agent; and* Jack Robert-froitiht agent, for "doing i- single thing within their i- to protect the shippers on division." |r. ijpbson, who is president 'rihec George Planing Mills [ind its affiliates, said his is "just barely getting by" oui a partial shutdown. a telegram to NILA Secre-l-NUfnager R. J. Gallagher, hi Cordon, CNR president, the car shortage is "very ��� and that rationing of Itifs throughout Canada is in-iiablei lid the shortage is con-iclo arid added that west^ Can.'nla rail officials have instructed to assist the' liiprs Division as lie; Ilice Arrest Two Theft Suspects Ja w r <� n c v Edward Wade, |ci- George, charged with the 'of a 19.51 Mercury sedan trailer, plywood boat, outfit motor and other fixtures offered bail of $2000 yester-when he appeared before strate P. J. Moran. e alleged theft took plac*. irst week of Julys - � �� -� i; and equipment was the 'C'rty df Iv-hwird A. Rempell. mpell. who Hves seven miles of Prince George on the lprhbof highway- was in-his when he hoard a large el -transport truck pull up. Silcr he looked out to see that �ar and equipment were miss--tho miek�leftr-in�their lade was arrested earlier this following an; investigation lice. was remanded for eight or sooner and bail was set 12000: P appearing "on a charge of theft was Herbert Harter, allegedly stole a 1955 Buick J"1 Mom a resident of Fort. fceocl,. about 75 miles north of fr was remanded for eight Rotarians To Hear German Traveller Guest speaker at the Rotary Club meeting at noon tomorrow will be a 45-year-old. German author, world traveller and former political advisor to the'premier of Egypt. Heinz Helfgen, who "was a Luftwaffe pilot during the last war and at the same 'time acted as war correspondent in several theatres of the conflict for DNB news agency, is in Prince George gathering material and pictures for a book he is. writing on the Canadian north and Alaska. Carrying passports from many countries, Mr. Helfgen spent two years from 1951 " to 1953 pedalling a bicycle around the world. He is Interested in youth work in Germany and has transcribed a .series of radio programs which are still carried into all German schools once a week. There was little danger of the globe-trotting journalist and student of world affairs encountering linguistic difficulties in the many countries he has visited. He speaks a dozen languages, and already has heard eight of them spoken on Prince George streets. much as j "Your city is one of the most cosmopolitan young communities in the world," he, said. "I've found it so interesting that I intend to stay here a few days Curling Club Land Deal Nears Finish Another step towards the final stage of a transaction which will see Prince George Curling Club Ltd. purchase 2.98 acres of city-owned ground as the site of a $100,000 curling rink was reached at City Hall on Monday night. City council ordered the draughting of an ordinary sale of land bylaw to cover the deaL The property is situated on the old airport in the vicinity of the tee of the first hole of the Prince George Golf & Country club course. A price of $250 .an acre, totalling $722.50, was agreed on by council and club officials. Curlers must pay for all survey costs incurred in- the deal, and will undertake to extend both water and light utilities to their new quarters. longer than I. intended.' Mr. Helgen has met a city resident who came from the same;-town in Germany and who was a school-mate there. He is Nick Schmeling, who now operates a gymnasium and physical training centre here. Angry Bear Hotib'jed By Trap, Chain, Post Report reached the Game Department late last week of a bear roaming at large in the Hixon Creek district, south of .Prince George. According to the complaint the bear was wandering about with Ti bear trap, heavy chain and a fence post attached to one of its rear legs. Residents said the animal appeared to be very dangerous and game wardens went to the scene to investigate. Latest report was that their mission was unsuccessful, searchers often being misled by the many trails which livestock had made through the bush. The heavy objects the animal was dragging behind him did not seem to retard his movement to any great extent, wardens said. As far as they could trace him, he had cohered a comparatively long distance. Sanitary Inspectors Attack Squalid Slum Development Prince George's Board of Health has been asked by municipal health officials to issue an eviction, order against 16 persons living in a slum-development in the southern part of the city. I According to Cariboo Health Unit inspectors, the 16 people are living- in eight sub-standard buildings situated on only two lots. Not one of the buildings is served by running water and one of them is even without electric light. Rents'.in the squalid surroundings range as high as $25 a month. Families of five persons each live in two two-room buildings on the site. On Monday night . a report dealing with the property, complete with photographs, was filed with city council by municipal health committee chairman Alderman Carrie Jane Gray. The report is under study and it'- is expected ~ the council will inspect the premises at first hand this week. Health inspectors state \ that none of_the eight buildings on the two lots are weathertight. Only one has a basement. Interior of the buildings are finished with a hard, . inflammable paper and cannot be clean- " >-.':.:. MRS. DOROTHY BURNS Club Woman N In Vancouver '�'�� Dorothy Burns died in ''mil's H�spital, Vancouver, ivftpk following a sudden' 111-slie w-asH54. active community worker short residence in je, Mrs. Burns came [the. city from Vancouver and later rharripd to-jbhrUB'ur-ns, rs- Burns was president of Prince George Business apd Sessional Women's Club.' dur-tlTe 1953-54 term, and was a committee member for ish. Columbia on the Interzonal Federation of Business Professional Women. uring her term of office she ganized � a Town' Meeting of ""da broadcast here, and was iflstigator of the city club's ndship. banquet", which has Pce become an annual event. Window space is said to be inadequate in the first instance, and almost useless anyway due to the close proximity of other structures. A municipal sanitary inspector told The Citizen that in one eight by 10-foot building, an old-age pensioner leaves six cats locked up from morning until night. The \ sanitation report on the structures reads, in part, "These so-CeUled dwellings are served by two poorly constructed' privies, one of which is padlocked. They are evil-smelling and innumerable flies are present. A.physio1 logical problem presents itself when it is taken into consideration that many people, both children and adults, live in the buildings. "There is no running water in though a watermain fronts this property. As a result of the lack of sinks in any of the buildings, waste water is either thrown outside or deposited in a cesspit. This cesspit is of wood, of poor construction, and is not fly-tight. An obnoxious stench emanates from it and innumerable flies were in evidence. "Residents- obtain their water from a well of the rope anU bucket type. This well is of-poor wood. Contamination "may enter the well through the top and cribbing, and inevitably by the handling of the bucket. "All of the eight homes located on this properfy are, in our opinion, a menace to the health of the occupants and to" the community. "It would. Be difficult to find comparable congestion and squalor anywhere else in Prince George * or in nearby communities." The report closes with the recommendation that the board of health take action under the sweeping powers granted to it in the municipal sanitation bylaw and give notice to the owner requiring the occupants to quit the premises. It also recommends that the bp.ard rule the dwellings "unfit for "human habitation" and have them posted as such. A second report dealing with unsanitary living conditions on property within two blocks of City Hall was also filed by the Cariboo Health Unit and is also being studied. Quiz Contestant Accepts Prize While her husband James holds a large Bible, Mrs. Catherine Kreitzer, 54-year-old Camp Hill, Pa., grandmother, kisses him on the cheek after deciding to take the $32,000 instead of trying for $64,000 on a television quiz show in New York.- Woman's Condition Improves After Crash With Bulldozer An American woman is in "slightly improved condition" in Prince George & District Hospital today following an unexplained accident on Tuesday when her car plunged off the John Hart Highway and crashed into a bulldozer. Tire Price Jump Hits P.G. Monday New price schedules which went into effect Monday saw prices of heavy-duty truck tires up 7Vi.'per cent, passenger and light truck tires 5 per cent and third'line tires 2V� per cent. Tractor\and implement tire prices were boosted 2V� per cent. Goodyear TireN& Rubber Co. of Canada and Sieberling Rubber Co. first announced the. boost. Dunlop announced they would follow suit with similar increases in" a few days, and Firestone and other rubber firms soon followed. -feel-.that the--increase is too slight to warrant any "run" on tires. Greater operating costs, including a higher�price on crude rubber, seems- to be the cause for the sudden price increase. Prices went down considerably on April 11 when the government removed excise taxes from tires and tubes. The recently announced increase will bring prices up to the level prevailing at the be- The woman, tentatively identified as Mrs. Natalie Christman, was driving alone, except for her purebred German shepherd dog, from her home in Long Island, N.Y., to an unknown destination in northern B.C. or' Alaska. She regained' consciousness this, morning for the first time since she was admitted to hospital-