An Independent Semi-Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interest off Central and Northern British Columbia bl. 38; No. 69 rince George, B.C., MONDAY, August 29, 195� ^fe31- mi*�r- 5c per copy ferf's Report On City Hall io De Made Public October 1 rndndgerrTent consultant's report which could result In , ing change's in municipal administrative techniques will v & public almost as soon^as it is available. " " iiit.Tview Friday with newslnen, Mayor Bryant personally see that The report are made '"whiM- 'I"1 press as soon as ";�'. i,,,,,, distributed among id lK10 'rlw. fv council me mbers. It not known report would be Earjlei", Slluiilic'or remain cpnfiden-J First copies will be receiv-by the city The re licagq ffic tar. IP hlng about October 1. ill come from the of Public Admin-c. a top manage-insiiitant firm which last ik'on the job of stream-Vancouver's engineering tinent and' which later this " administrative will will do an administrative vev of i ho limelighted Van- 'htment er cri'airtosl two weeks Investing njy Hall business practic-and studying known "preb-�eas" in administrative pro-s was Hubert A. "Olson, San area timer City Man To slum As Librarian IA man who previously spent Prince George as ;.f the British Co mbia'�'Public Library Commis-on has been |�> years einpl< pointed librarian the Prince George Public Llb-ry, it was learned today. icing his duties at the ! ithorized municipal lie library on December 1 will Q- \V. Fnaseih I Mr. Fraser was here until some wars ago. with the city ch of ilit- provincial'library ganizatlon and m' present Is Ihool and children's librarian .the' Vancouver Island Reg-nallibrary. ' A graduate of MeGill Ohiver-Ity in arts and library science, \i. Fraser has Wad a varied Ireer In his chosen profession. -JUpon graduating from^Unlyer-: |tv he spent a year setting, up aj library for ifter'fflon-�eal Daily Herald, and later entsomc time doing circulation ork at the business branch of le Toronto Public Library. [Mr. Knipr""wHi be. in complete of the municipal library er the direction of the Prince orgo public library board and * pttofficio secretary of that xlv. . -i Francisco, western representative for the Chicago firm. It is anticipated that the consultant's report will deal largely with.recommended remedial measures rather than details of existing weaknesses. Council Meet Off; City Fathers Away Regular city council meeting scheduled for tonight has been cancelled due to the absence from the city of three aldermen and Mayor Gordon Bryant. The quartet of city officials left here at the week-end to attend the Edmonton convention of the Canadian Federation of Mayor & Municipalities. Representing Prince George, hesides Maypr Bryant, are Alderman Carrie, Jane Gray, chairman of health, zoning, parks and cemetery; Alderman R. S. Ferguson; chairman of traffic and industrial development; and Alderman C. E. Cranston, chairman of the fire and water committee., . The convention is largely an educational affair with planned sessions on a wide -variety of municipal subjects. Ottis Pariso Dies In City Hospital Oftis Wtfiington Par^o, 82, died In Prince George and District hospital Jlast Friday. He was| a resident of this district ifpr the past 35 years,- and is survived by his wife, who resides at.Third. Avenue East, and a daughter, . Mrs. P. Edmark, also of this city. ".. Last rites yk-ere "held Monday morning I at A88m,an|s Funeral Chapel with Captain George Chap nuth of; the Safvatjcm Army offici atingj and "burial took place in Prince George cemetery. tail Government To eimburse Hospitals [VANTorVKR, Aug. 29 (CP) � l(V hospitals will ask the pro-Incial government to make up Kicits expected this year follow-Ig.ihe government's "hold-there" wage order issued last May. [B.C. 1 la-pita is Association sectary Percy Ward said thej.de-n was made here Saturday-trie executive will "urge their *nw,rs, to do "the'best they �I, i|i maintain 'a balanced bud-p for the year. ' � "..� : � if Uiis is not possible;'we the hnspjlalsfto join '""iye-^0 press the make good the a' united pvermneiv Rqoxeotltive also urged men* isist .m a clause In fu-ment's with employees-�ntract terms sub- L.1i)ake Miurii fated rw joyernment approval. It ImtWftsnHthis Dog's Day Hurricane Connie dumped eight inches of rain on Baltimore, Mu% flooding many parts of the city. . This dog looked like everyone felt as he floated down one of the city's main thoroughfares on a piece of lumWrjiirring the flask flood. Audition Tonight For Choral Group Auditions -will be held- tonight for the community choral group planned last week by Jim Johnson and Mrs. Kay Morrison. Time is at 8:30 this evening at the home of Mrs. Kay Morrison, Suite 1, Pine Manor. Mr. Johnson said that as a result of a news story carried In Thursday's Citizen, many people expressed interest in-the formation of such a .group. � Anyone who Is unable to attend tonight'^ auditioning * sessions may contact Mrs'. Morrison at 317-L-l. Two Die In Woods Nil MATERNITY WARD VISITS BARRED In a move designed to protect new-born infants from influenza, visitors have been barred from the maternity ward at Prince George and, IMstirct Hospital until further; notice, it was announced this morning by administrator Bruce Thomson. Although patients. In the other wards will be alloyfed to receive ll be alloyd t , anyone ^Kavlhg recea contacts with flu' patients is urg ed- to refrain from going to the hospital. Other Areas Hit Prince George Crops Escape Frosl By One Degree Margin Frost made an unwelcome appearance at five central fjrif-ish. Columbia districts on Thursday night, damaging grain crops ond bringing potatoes and other late, non-hardy vege- meeting followed xe-sts to health Minis-Ma\-tlh to modify his '.hospitals hold to their nsreemenjls< although signed. tables to the. ground. According to S. G. Preston, supervising agriculturist, � areas which were hit by the early frost include McBride, Vanderhoof, Fort Fraser, Smithers^artd Francois Lake. ' X^\ There is ncr^estimate of the total vajue of the daniage or the numJber of acres involved. . -'On thp isame night the meteorological office, at Prince George Airport recorded a temperature of 33 degrees; ra slim one degree above the^ freezing point. Fricjay nigM brought the temperature dcWiUo 38 degrees fahr-enhelt, five degrees above freezing. , Some local farmers , say that many of the grains have passed the "milk" stage when the. danger of being hit by frost is the greatest.^ � -:; � When frost damages a kernel of grain,it freezes the "milk" and prevents further development in M cove, Hi has rkelrs Hove Special Section This Year who have spent the last 12 ijTiorrths in a their living room making special doilies, s. sweaters or even sewing tea towels out of flour e � special invitation to display their qrticles at the ffl'orgerf Needleworki corner thrpugh n 11 v� "f the fair board ask "iino*, along with, the *jhE fonilsA''e in as soon as- �" 'be fair as "every w that-displayed at two classes in the "Pen dlvlsi this year. to Knitted center-1 ,' ^ inches in dia-*e other is for cro- cheted articles, with a gross width of 24 Inches.. Section a of the eame division is open to girls up to 17 years old. This is meant to attract exhibits from high school horae economics students � who, have made various articles of clothtnB as part-Of* their courses. Grand aggregate prize-.for this division Is a silver tray donated by the Canadian Bank of Commerce and: second prize is S15 worth of min'chandlse donated by Mr. A: Bowie.' Plastic yardage will cover all exhibits In this division to protect them from damage by dust. the embryo or "germ" of the seedTthus it /will not grow when planted next spring. First symptom bf grain being frost damaged is when it appears to ripen earlier than usual, am when the heads of the grain- ex hibit considerable shrinking ant appear quite "chaffy". Light frosts such as which hit last Thursday ..only harmed the foliage of the potatoes and did not have any serious ef fects on the 'tubers. Nevertheless, they will not de verop in .the sajne manner whlth they usually do because . fodi processing trakes place in tin leaves with the- assistance of sun light. . . Agricultural officials are grateful that the frost did not damage Prince George, fields and garden because it would have caused an aenemic display of! vegetables -anc forage crops at the Fall scheduled next week-end. Fai SudQen death struck twice in the Prince George area late Saturday when 0^,,25-year-old B.C. Forest Service surveyor drowned in St. Marie Lake, 21 miles southeast of here, and a 26-year-old city man died from injuries sustained at a sawmill near Woodpecker. Dead, are: Ganlt Klkington, age 23, Victoria, B.C.. chief of a forest uervice tmrvey party working in the Buckhorn l�ike region. Neil Raymond Cahoon, age 26, Prince George, a i\X.R. hrnkrman whdse brother operates Cahoon Sawmills, 26 mileis south of Prince George adjacent to the' Cariboo Highway. Elkington, who is the son of a noted B.C. eye specialist, perished within a short distance Of the misty shores o� St. Marie Lake late Saturday evening after he-rhad A strong. swimmer, EIMngton at first repeatedly assured a nian on shore that he was all right, then suddenly, cried out for help and disappeared. The 25-year-old survey party chief had started across St. Marie Lake from the survey crew's main camp for the purpose of picking up one of hisrnen on the opposite shore.-"' Awaiting" Elkington and the canpe'on the far shore was Siegfried Tausendfreund, a,lso of Vic toria. The time was late in the evening and mist covered the darkening waters. Tausendfreund. saw the canoe coming for him and then heard the small outboard , motor ' fade out a short distance from shore. He shouted, to Elkington^-to' ask If every thing' was i and the' latter replied-'"yes". Seconds later he heard a splash but This view^of ihe canoe, was obscured dv the mist. ^-Again Tausendfreund called out and again- Elkington's voice was reassuring. He said he had fallen overboard and would swim into shore. - ... Suddenly the words "help help," floated over-the water, and then silence. clothes and swam out into the lathering darkness. He found the canoe about 100 yards from shore, but could find no trace ol Elkington. Other men from the camp joined the search, but to no avail. Royal Canadian Mounted Po- lice were notified and dragging operations which commencec early yesterday located the body shortly hefore nightfall. Elkington had drowned in about 16 feet of water after swimming i half! the distance Between the canoe! Jand shore. Court Officials Shocked P.G. Schoolboy Sentenced At Smithers . A 14-year-old Prince George schoolboy who would have jeen mingling with hit youthful contemporaries in Grade Nine next week will be mixing instead with the hardened criminals of Oakalla Prison Farm unless the B.C. Attorney General'! De->artment intercedes on his behalf. He "will be one of the youngest inmates ever admitted to the provincial prison if sentences imposed in Smithers and Prince George courtrooms are carried out.r , ' Police, jail officials and barristers here are shocked at the sentence handed down by a Smithers stipendiary magistrate on August 15. The magistrate, York Hardjv s�ntenced 14-year-old Ronald Leenon ot Prince George tir 18 months imprisonment after the lad pleaded guilty to a chargo of car theft. It was the youngster's first roft. another Victoria man empjkjyed on the timber en-ventory survey party. .Elkington, who had spent several summers here previously with the BCFS and who had irioved his camp into the Buck-horn region from the Naver Forest only a few.days previously, was a graduate of UBC where he had studied forestry, physics, chemistry and English. He was chief of the inventory survey party. FATALLY INJUREIJ In a second accident, detailg^of which are not hoon was fatally offense against the law and would ordinarily draw a suspended sentence or a short term In an Industrial home for boys.- Smithers police officials claim the lad did not identify himself correctly when, arrested and gave his age as 16. He was. tried under the name ''Webb" and no further identifi cation was made. Brought to Prince George over a week ago to face a similar charge, the youngster was recognized by a provincial jail guard and his true Identity and age became known. ' He pleaded guilty to the local car theft charge on Friday and was first sentenced to a term of three months definite arid six months indefinite in the Young Offenders' Unij at Oakalla, to be served concurrently with the Smithers sentence. But a short time after sentence was handed down by Magistrate P. 3. Moran; police unearthed the fact" that boys under 16 years of age cannot be sentenced to^the Young Offenders' Unit. -. There is, howeyerv"no legislation, preventing-trTem from being sent to an--ordinary prison. Thje boy's -solicitor, George O. Stewart, said today that the hands of the local court were tied In the" mattjaj" He explained that the Smithers sentence took precedent over any hpnded down' here and that the local magistrate had t.o alternative hut' to Issue a' concurrent jail sentence. If be had sentenced the young ster \o an industrial home the tarm* there would have had to he served after the jail term had expired, resulting in extended in carceratioYi. ed concurrently with the 18 months handed down by Magistrate Hardy. He could not award a suspended sentence due to the previous conviction in SmitherB. Mr. Stewart said that both he and Crown Prosecutor P. E. Wilson Q.C. will write to the Attorney General's Department to Intercede in the case. The case was described by the boy's solicitor as "completely fantastic and exceedingly unfortunate". Young Leeson was enrolled in Grade Eight at Prince George Jjunior-Senlor High School last year and was scheduled to enter Grade Nine on September 8. His father is a construction worker. Leeson's case was not the first of Magistrate Hardy's sentences to attract attention in Prince George. Some months ago he sentenced two city men to pay fines of $200 each, fort catching trout during the closed- season. Upon appeal to a higher court the sentenced was reduced to $50 fine each. helping his brj&Hier around the mill. ><] '. He is^'survived by his parents ^ Fort! George, Mr. and b J ! g, Mrs. M; E. Cahoon, and two brothers, Roy and Bob. Official report-of the accident was only filed with Royal Canadian, Mounted Police this morning and at press-time today constables were just leaving to investigate , the. circumstances surrounding the fatality. � Funeral services^ for Cahoon wjll be held on Wednesday from KJiox United Church a,t 2 p.m. aria will; be under the auspices of;the Prince George chapter of Tausendfreund stripped off his AF & AM Masonic Lodge. Four Hurl When Two Cars Collide Near Willow River Four people \yerejnjured yesterday afternoon when two cars collided aria hair-pin turn on a steep hill, six miles west It is ^physically .impossible to serve two terms concurrently in different places. On Saturday Magistrate Moran reconvened court and changed the sentence to three months in Oakalla so the term could be-serv- the ground. Couvellier Held On Jail Fire Charge Rene Couvellier, convicted jail breaker, appeared in police court Friday, morning on a charge of setting fire to the former provincial jail in the rear of the government building. . Warden W. Trant said that the ire in the jail on August 9 was caused by a prisoner who dyg a Hole in. the ceiling, stuffed it with paper, and set a match to it. After subsequent Investigation by RCMP officers and jatt officials, Couvellier was charged. Accused asked that his case be remanded! until witnesses could appear. .; He- requested that four other prisoners now housed at the new provincial jail on the airport hill, be present to give evidence. The fire occurred 2-1 hours before the prisoners were to be transferred to the new penal institution which had been under construction for. the past IS months, r- Guards who made checks of the cells at 15-minute intervals failed to see the prisoner cutting a hole, in the celling In preparation for the arson attempt which could have seen the three-storey brick government building burned to eWires Patrons Will Judge New Fall Fair Class Fair-goers this year will be interested in an xciting new class called the "Hall of Fame" attach-; ed to the Flower Division. . , This new gladioli class is open to all. Anyone may exhibit one spike, any;-size, any color. Exhibits niayibe brought in Friday from" 7 to?9 p.m. or Saturday noon jfrom 'I2~to 1 p.m. The public wlllv^be able to judge all Saturday Afternoon until 9 p.m. by putting the number of their choice In a ballot box. At 9 p.'m. the ballot box will be opened arid the three "glads" getting the most number of votes will be named theiwinners. Containers', for .the gladlolis In this class only will be applied. Another new class, "Minature Garden" sometimes called a "planter" ps a' real growing gur-den. : � ""' ; of Wijlow River. ( ' Both were late model oars and were driven by Donald Frank Chamberlain, Prince George, and Johr) Harold Sassf Giscorhe. ' All passengers and the drivers except onp Hrince George man In Chamberlalnk vehicle, were injured. ' .�] ' Sass and his young son, Richard, are in the Prince George hospital this morning and their condition is described1 as fair. Herbert Chartler, a man which Chamberlain picked up on the road while travelling to Gisconie was thrown through the, wLnd-shleld of the car and is. suffering from head injuries. He was. hitch-hiking back to Giscome. � Hospital authorities describe his condition as "good". The uninjured passenger In Chamberlain's Giscome-bound car was Jimmy Haugland of Prince George. Chamberlain was admitted to hospital, treated for minor Injuries, and then discharged.. He is suffering from a cut over his left wrist and a gash -on his head which required a few stitches. RCMP highway patrol was called to the scene shortly after 3 pirn, yesterday. Both cars, a 1954' Ford and a 1953 Meteor were badly damaged. Cnamberlaiti'^.car took the impact on the left" front side. Six Mile Lake Girls Bid For Softball-Crown . Six Mile Lake ladles' Softball team will Be in Kelowna next Friday where they will represent prince George in the play-down4'vJ!pr the senior "B" championship of the province. The Six Mile Lake glrle earned the right to go south by defeating North Cariboos yesterday in the final game for the city title. - ;vx;i_ In. other softball action yesterday Prince George Piuners oift-scored Billiards 13-11 In the men's ' league, and Chevroletx were handed two cheduled games agalrfst the Legion when the ex-servicemen failed to put in an eye, a bruised knee, Injured appearance, (Canadian Press, Monday, August 29) �, .--"' . Bobine River Slide Blamed for Poor Skeena Sockcye Run PRINCE RUPERT; (CP)�The sockeye salmon run on the- Sk6eno this year is the pooreM on record, fisheries-officiols report. The department said a count of 51,243 sockeye had been made up until August 21 at the-Bobine River' "fence." Officials soid the decline from 127,000 at that date last year was a direct result of a slide on the Bobine whicK blocked the path of salmon moving upstream, to spaWn. The result of the low number of fish returning to the spawning grounds now will be reflected in the catches of 1959 ond: 1960. Catches of pink salmon, however, are -nearly double those of lost year. The department estimated 1,130,000 had been netted up to Augusf 19 comppred with 589,000 Jo trvs same date in 1954.* In 1953, the brood year,-414,000 pinks were taken and in the cycle year of 1951 the figure fell to 389,000 pinks. Loggers Back Liberal Candidate In Lilloet By-Election VANCOUVER (CP)�British Columbia Truck Loggers Association hos announced it will endorse Liberal candidate Gordon Gibson in the September 12 Lilloet1 by-election. Don'McKeniie, past president of the .association, sdid in'o prepored statement the association believes the forest management legislation enacted in 1947 is wrong in principle. ' , . The Truck Loggers Association,.ihe soid, "does not feel the Lillooef by-election is political but rother'the trial of on issue. Therefore, the candidates oh'd their supporters should) confine themselves to the issue of government forest policy." Mr McKerizie said: "This issue is vital to the whole economy of the province ond irpportant enough to be the sole subject for debate in this by-election." Mr. Gibson reigned his seat in the legislature on the issue. Traffic Over Squamish Highway In Eighteen Months VANCOUVER�Highways Minister Goglardi announced Soturdoy that .the Squamish highway will be-completed in a year and-a�half;"- ond that contracts for all but five ond a half miles jof the road hove now been let. He said that Within three weeks tenders Will be colled for the only two sections remoining that are -not under contract for construction. The long talked of highway parallels the new PGE extension along Howe Sound. :'.'� �:___,_$ VANCOUVER1-UW. Alo'n V/hyte, 65, retired CNR general freight ogent for B.C., died here Sunday. Ms. Whyte, who retired severol months ago; was a post president of the Terminal City Club^id the Marine Drive and Capilono golf clubs in Vancouver. He is survived by his widow and two retir ^id d VANCOUVER;�James Stewart, 50, was drowned and twofishfng com- panions were rescued by a nearby boat Sunday whin theiffight craft capsized off West Point Grey. The three men were^taking part in a salmon-fishing d�rby wh�n th* drowning occurred. ^>^