PROVINCIAL^
An Independent S�mi-Weekly Newspaper Derated to lhe Interest of Central and Nor I British Columbia
38; No. 67
!Two Sections)
Prince George, B.C., MONDAY, August 22, 1955
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/-five Boy Scouts, from central and northern "B.C. are at jra-on-the-Lake, Ontario, where they- joined 10,000 other from 68 countries attending the eighth annual Jamboree, joy Scouts. The district: contingent assembled^ in Prince Lge before boarding a CNR train for the east on August 13. i were given a civic farewell before posing rfor the above jppicture, with Scoutmaster Ted Williams in the centre. :,-'/' �Wal ly West, Studios
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Turns Down renalPlan
Outlook for artificial ice ned dim indeed this morningjwh
OeofgeJS' civic arena Park Commissioner Bud
reported that the .B.C.'. Inspector ofT^unicipalities has said
nqp dppfove the -$75,000 arena jnoderi
,'isf inner Bell' said he re-� hi' mnvs In a telegram H^jam'iisriion Chairman. Syd
afion proposal.
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are gpnrig to have to get am! fight for this thing.now," Hell's reaction. '�-;..
said that those.jwha p.wan.t lukil ice and the other "1 in-" lenient'; on (lined In vthc pro-
siiouk) stage a campaign
.v (ho1 Department;of. Mu-Affairs that the. people Ir the expenditure, hairiiiah 'Perry Interviewed Ii.nu>Hciilni inspector in Vlc-
m'oi'ting - was designed to
the department's reaction
|nls ihe program before city
lyil submitted a bylaw for ap-
jmls, for the project were to no out of the .city's sales-ru.sT fund, over which the linclal governmept has juris-on.
y council two weeks ago of-tn consider a modified" arena �il which would see instal-
lation i of artificial ice\faclUtles, renovation of facilities ^-inV the hbrth. end of the arena, and^ vision of adequate fire exits.
If the department of municipal affairs refuses to recommend the expenditure , to' thfc cabinet ther# will tie no arena work this yejir,. /Reasons fpr the municipal inspector's refusal to recommenH. the project are not yet known here, but it is believed the temporary nature of the work was a deciding factor. � . ,.
.Parks board members have stated that the $35,000 artificial ice system . planned for the old arena.. con Id be moved to a new arena! later.
Meanwhile, however, City Engineer George .Harford carne up with the rough outline of a proposal which would transform % old arena into a new one in three stages.
If lhe plan proves feasible, it may change, .the thinking in Victoria.
Escapee Silent In Court Today
Rene Couvellier, one of the four men who escaped from,.the new provincial jail here, last Thursday night, was mute in court this morning when he heard a charge of making a false statement to the police' read to :him.
In previous hearings, Couvellier had asked for psychiatric treatment but today he stood with head bowed, appearing not to have heard a single spoken word in the court room. ^>Me was charged with making a.false statement-to the police when korbert Harder and John JosepHDanie'ls were accused of stealing a 1955 Buick coupe from a resident of Fort^McLeod.
It turned out that the vehicle was owned by Harter and Daniels and that no implications of theft were involved.
Gas-Filled Room Explodes; i7'Year-0ld Girl lamed
Berna Walton, 17, 1735 Eleventh Avenue, was seriously-burned Thursday night when a gas-filled room in which she was preparing her evening meal exploded: ,.--" ^
Miss Walton is suffering v from major facial, arm, hgiad and teg burns and shock. " '
The accident took place in a three room cabin oh the same lot where the home of H. L. Stewart is located.
Meiers To Control 130 More Spaces
Approximately 130 additional downtown/parking spaces will be equipped with parking meters this year following completion of a $17,000 concrete curb and gutter project.
Additional meters will-bring to
almost 400 the total'number of
larking spaces-controlled by the
'curbside Jsaridits".
frronr^the -160 spaces already
Coast Papers Distorted Facts
Locksmith's
Distorted accounts of a jail escape herelast weelTwhicfii were featured on the front pages of Vancouver newspapers and over CBC news broadcasts were countered today b>^ Warden Bill Trant two days after^the four escapees were captured. ; Warden Trant corrected
She was in Prince George only two or three weeks before h accident occurred.
Hospital authorities jth*scrlbe her condition as "fajj^out close friends tsay that^sne is still in danger..' ^^ U
Fire department responded'^) shortly, after'^ p.m. ^ "and the-'fnjured girl
"was rushed to hospital in an a*p-
Ah eyewltfteks'tOltT tWCitizen that the only obvious cause for .the explosion was^that the pilot light ia the four-burner stove became extinguished, and that the-gas slowly filtered throughouVthe buUdlng1 while Miss Walton was t work during the day.
A kitihen wall, cupboard was blown off Lhe "wall and partitions and roof of the building -were shaken to an extent that repairing -will have to be done before it can,, be occupied again.
A r{ porter ,whb visited the abode shortly, after the fire department responded to the call, and after the ambulance had taken the injured girl to hospital, found that bed covers and clothing in the bedroom, almost 20
How ddes'tjtie cost of government-subsidized Royal Con-In Mounted Police-enforcerh^tcpmpljre with the costs of [ating a municipal law enforcement authority? ^ is-.ii quest ion .which
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Columbia injmtclpaUlles, ; t heyi�ctves this � year �<>�>nefcat>ed RCMP costs, ;i qxicmion whicK Is go-1 Ret some very serious con-*!.i�n before. ..1957 when-ifn-HCMp cost increase will into effect. J^\ qvaluatp. the^ costwls� posi-<1L the RCMP.1 in Prince. The Citizen has worked 1 policing costs and'ap-'ihem to a. municipal police wale drawn up by theUn-" ' Municipalities.
us conclusion is that
RtMP ehforceifient is not a bar-
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V^hat readers must weigh is the cost of'the presence of a" Royal Canadian Mountetl Police force here "over the disadvantages of a municipal -K5rce.
� With' present costs it would seem that continuance of RCMP enforcement, is'justifiable, but the imyease ^planned for 1957 would definlt/ly, indicate the desirability of a municipal force. - Tp assess the relative merits W ^ijetwolypes of policing'from the pqlnt of view oU costs,. The Citizen's ptaff,worked with figures
>rheBakingS<3ctidn Open Mom ,Dad, Ancl} Junior
Home bakers�meh, wome^n-ond -childror^�hove-a�.wide n in which to display. tVieircuji nary skills at th.e Prince
feet awciy from the stove, singed. ^- <-
A..lady living in a^hSme adjacent to the "thrgp-r/oom building said that aU^ne heard was a tremendoywriioise and when she irst �aw the building blue flames shooting out the windows.
"1 didn*t know what had happened. I was just getting jiupper ready and the w.h.ole ^kitchen shook,"* she said. '-^
Jt appearedeh buns.
fry. will be -a
: lThe, men 1 wUJ- have th,e honor of showing ihe ladles their skills If they exhSbit in Section \i of
this, division. All exhibits
wilJ be covered
wjith plasUc bags^to ensure freshness and jutteaniinessr V ! Enlries^'wlU bi accepted ob Fri-Tb 2 t 9"pi
dayTSeptember 2, to i Mr�. L. King Is
9pi^ -director 'of
B.C. �miihicipalities vvhic'M operate their, owji police organizations.
The � eight ' are Victoria, New Westminster, 'Saanich, District of West \'ancou:)!ei<1 Oak B�iy, j Delta Nelson and Port Moody! '-�;..{ :�___
{These elkht niunlcipalities cither fiiiled tp enter into contract! with the...HCMP upon the demise of the hid B.C. Police in August 1950," a)- else terminated RGMP service [since that date.
Among 'the' eight private force municipalities the average num her of residents per poUceme.n.:ii 1111. Prince George, on the othej hand, has a police, constable for every"625 persons' on; the � basis of>1954 population figures. . , :
This means that cacti of .the city's lS^-ertfprcement constables has a theoretlcftLJurisdictibh over �44 per cent feweTr-HJeople than do the members of the^tgrjt municipal forces.
�Cost of lavv-enforcement in. ^Prince George von the bas's of last ^rea'rV, figures for both population and polio|e 'strength is 56.39 '�>er. !capita compared.with an avjerage of $5.02 per capita a m^ni* ij>k elffht--municipalities-feeing ^used for "tipm{4irison-;""This � represents a 27 iper -cent higlier per capita
"Only one of the eight private forces had fewjer persons.per policeman than Prince George flnd ^hat was Victoria where there is a law enforcement officer for
Ne>V .West*
minster had a higher per capita cost |for policing t-han1* Prinda George. Figure (or Victoria is <5^ RCMf, f�og� �
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club's piece-
mealcanlracts in favor of a cost-j)i�s^fixed-fee agreeTaent for the entire project , c
Four, city firms are expected* to submit tenders on the job. ; The contractors . will- simply submit the amounts they require for supervision and profit.
Successful bidder will supply only labor, supervision and construction. facilities. �� . -All materials will be supplied by-ihe club. . .
Meanwhile, John Inglis Co. Ltd.
Interior Roads
Balk Tourists V
Sifts Ex-Resident
Discouraged by the' rough .con-ditlon of." the Cariboo Highway north arid.south of Quesnel, many Prince George-bound tourists are cartcelllng plans to visit the Peace River, ^ukon Territory .and Alaska and are returning | south, according to a formex . resident�* of - VaHderhool^ and: jPrincc George who airrlyed. iere at the *week�end on a holiday. ' - 1'
Phil Brown, accompanied by Mrs. iBrown^ was hece. Saturday from Mission Glty where they operate a grocery store.
Mr. .Brown-sald^rime sections of. the highway, south of, this city are '.'worse than-th[ey were 30 yeaj?" ago.*'v . �
^; and prs. Brown left Prince ^fii^li^fcahd nc^_ � ',
The four menj Ltjcien Aubeiji alias Lucien Trembley, l^icjiolas Markin, Rene Couvellier''and Evan McGowan, were captured at Giscome Friday just 20 minutes before they" planned to' board an eastbound CNR ffeight train.
Two of them, still wearing remnants of. prison.- clothing, had been seen earlier in the day near the. � CNR watertower but had fled when questioned by a. rail-, way employee. .
Tip-off to ' poilce .came^Tfrom Station Agent DavidJPdssum and Track Master Ijkl''Leary.
Six constables were dispatched to the.,.scene and �discovered., the" men huddled in the bushes adjacent to the CNR "yards. They surrendered without resistance." -
For more than -36 hours they had been the object of the most intensive . manhunt ever launched here. ' '-,.?
The men are believed to have walked all- the way to Giscome, about 27 miies, fleeing to the cover of the bush when cars apf-proached.
They had kept the kej concealed for four days before they made their break.
Foundorion, Soil Tests Planned
foiindaUon drilling and^other e^-i likely power sites In Central B.C. ploratory work at a prontising | this summer, including the Mc>-power" site located at CartboulGrsgor � and Stuart rlvers^^and FallB on the Cariboo River near lt-M> expected a final decteton will
Kelthley � Creek' about 12- milef, from the small community, of i1
of Vancouver has been awarded a $23,094 contract for installation of an artificial ice system.
the-system is designed to/malce ice between# October 1 and April 30t but will'probably be capjjhlft. of a greater range If required.
Already delivered is a 400-gaI-lon^an-hour pump to-bring water to the new rink .from a large well dug by club members. ~'
On order are /"\
� Tenders for the work "will be opened ,ne*t Wednesday.
Cariboo tRiver flows .into-JMg north end of Quesnel LaJce/Ji drains a chain of lakes"'about 60 miles east of Quesnel, of which Isaac Lake^Js^the largest.
Sitejof the potential power de-vptep^nent .is 100 miles south-east of Prince George.
However, the Power Commission has not .definitely decided on the Cariboo Falls site as a source of power for, central B.C.
"We want to carry out the foundation- tests and, soil studies in order to learn' moreSabout this site," said a Power Commission spokesman at the" week-end. .Commission engineering crews have inspected a number'of other
be - announced before the end of
Solicitous Cook Charged With
Sunday Murder Near Quesnel
A'68-yeo.r-oid railroad c?siiep�d and ifell from p. rishingiij>ggj'.t|nto the Frtscr- River.
Trie boyi se^TofiMt. dn