LIBRARY Prince GeoiliiFGitizen An IndCDGndent Sm*ii_\rVA�>lrlu kj.-...._______�%_. . > - .� _ � . ci > �*.._� _ ... � ^ . .. An Independent Semi-Weekly New�po*per Devoted to the Interei | entrol and Northern British Columbia 38; No. 93 (Two Sections) isfortune Plagues GE Span Builders . > � � � � Cold weather misfortune continued to plague PGE bridge-Iders at the weekend when a heating shed for concrete /el was destroyed by fire. ;Cl,invhile, efforts to recover $S000 steam hammer which _____;_____[ g___________________ Prmce George, B.C., MONDAY � ember 21, 1955 | :,, ihe freezing Fraser River a iik ago when part of the uv wooden span was de-eil by shifting ice have insuccessful. .. .iHiern Construction Comp-erew has been fishing for liu iVz ton hammer for more i week. tool was lying on top of lnporary, span when a 50-tiiiun was ripped out by The company first attempted to recover the hammer with a crane, but was. unable to determine its position on the river-bottom. Today the search is being continued with a large electro-magnet. Salvage crews have been dragging the magnet over the bottom hoping that it will fasten itself to the big steel hammer and disclose the location 6f the tool so that the crane can be manouever-(See P.G.E. SPAN, Poge 3) lood Threat Hinges �n First Warm Spell Fate of Prince George's flood-vulnerable heavy industrial today rests with weather systems as yet unformed. c N'cchako River is today $4.00 per year 5c per copy its normal winter level but (linked with huge cakes of ice ih formed during the extreme l-water period one we*ek ago. �ther or not the unusually amount of ice in the river :reale havoc in the Indus-irea later thi.s winter will >n the nature of the first kthor which .brings above-|zlnR temperatures, tlie first thaw comes swiftly brings with it a sharp rise Icmperature, say to 40 degrees, .K is almost certain. ;lif other hand, if the thaw gradually the volume of the Xechako River will be il by melting and will break in sufficiently small quan-to clear the constriction , A rapid thaw will have the opposite effect because it will bring about a quick rise in the river level with the result that huge quantities of ice will be broken away and will create dams of ice. A January Chinook which extended over several days could wreak havoc in the planing mill area. Last winter thousands of dollars damage resulted from flood ed millyards, and some plants were forced to close for protracted periods. One old-timer said at the week end he had never seen so much ice in the Nechako River before. "We've just got to hope that it doesn't ail go at once," he told the river joins the Fraser. I a reporter. nsioner Found Dead In is-Heated Shack Thursday A 73-year-olfl pensioner, Fred St. Arnold, who had been [he district for the past 30 years was found dead in his gas-jited cabin at Stone-Creek, 24 miles south of the city, Thurs-� afternoon. He is believed to have died from gas poisoning asphyxiation through the lack of oxygen. week RCMP here attempt- �(intact the deceased man's Hives who were believed liv-in the vicinity of Grande lrie, Altai. �niher of Forest Service vov crew who is working in Stoiid Credit district discover-ttic dead man. - -. St. Arnold was last* seen p"'t11 7:L!0 the, same/ morning ft: he attendedThe.rlodgfr's-|fuf-' weeks ago, on Sunday, N'o-r � :. St. Arnold lost all his ions in a fire which Icvell-h;u;k' iiv which he was liv-rci:(ly behind" the building ch he was found dead. '� ' liail lost ull identifications pqrsonal papers in the fire. Itnying the fire which made oiticlAss he lived with a 'ANIS CLUB ILL SPONSOR iRIBOO CHORUS ls-mbmber Cariboo Chorus greeted by capacity audl-'it their concert in^the 1 hool auditorium on Dec. if tlie sponsoring Prince Kiwanis Club can main- r I'arly enthusiasm of the heir noon luncheon today member was! handed a :k "I tickets to .sell by Kiwan-IBruce Thomson. I''1- Johnson, conductpr of the, <��'�chorus and a guest at the IWM, told the clubmen the iwance of the group "would '"''it to the Kiwanis and the "ity, and serve to enhance L:�ltural level of' Prince eds of the concert will be li� charity, iiian Keg Lawrence outlin-lTi which will result in sur-"Ivp and deer meat being 'ted- to needy familes dur-"J.c wimer months, Warren [' y has offered to donate lock-�. atul other.members will 111 hunting and preparing [Game for distribution. Ithi ^�in Krn Luttrell remind-nietnbera that November *-� date of the club'3 annual �i service in Knox United at 7:3� p.m. and that Pres-f Hi|nicy Blundell would read bartender who also worked at the lodge. However, the management soon found him a home and he moved into the cabin just a day before his death. Other persons who are living in homes adjacent to St. Arnold's LANNY ANDERSON, 15-year-old grade ten student ot the Prince George High School is shown receiving a cash award and trophy from J. L. (Lou) Edwards, B.C. supervisor), educational division, McLean-Hunter Publishing Company. Presentation was made recently at a special assembly in the school auditorium. Lanny was high salesman of all B.C. high schools in a province-wide money raising campaign. Competition involved the selling of subscriptions to McLean-Hunter publications, a notional project undertaken every fall by many Canadian schools. " Funds raised in this manner are returned to the studenfV councils Photo by '//ally West Milk Bottle Bandits Again On The Prowl Sergeant T. R. Maxwell, second-in^ommand of the city detachment of the RCMP, stated thi.s morning that there have been thefts of money from milk bottles this week-end. The petty criminals �have been at work in widely separated areas of the city, he said. Only small sums of money have been lost but theft to any degree is considered a serious criminal offense. Householders should use the regular milk tickets in an effort to thwart the thefts, he said. Several years ago police rounded up a group of teenagers who were raiding milk bottles In the Millar Addition. Our Milk Is Pyre Says Dairyman Prince George-milk consumers need not cast a suspicious eye on every bottle of milk as Vancouver housewives have been doing since the royal commission report of Mr. Justice Clyne was handed down a few days ago, according to the manager of a large city dairy. The Clyne report on the milk business in the lower mainland jared filthy conditions at the farms of some Fraser Valley raw milk producers. Bob Gault, manager of Northern Dairies Ltd., 1377 First Aie- S ITOt of the schools. A.G. Denies Press Report On PG Jail 'A report by B.C. Jails Inspector E. G. Stevens on administration and treatment of prisoners at Prince George Provincial Jail will not be made public, The Citizen has Teamed. said that they pounding on the heard heavy walls of the cabin at 10::$0 that morning. No one investigated the reason for the noise, but it is now believed Mr. St. Arnold may have been calling for help while in a semiconscious state. Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning in Sacred Heart Church. An Inquiry will be held later. Stevens' report of his investigation into allegations of poor administration and mistreatment of prisoners has been forwarded to the office of the Attorney Gener-' at. Hon. Robert Bonner telegraphed in reply to a Prince George Citizen query that "departmental reports are not made public." Findings of the jail inspector will likely not become known. Only hint as to the contents of Stevens' report eathe in a statement made by an official of the Attorney General's Department some time ago when he branded the accusations made by the guards against Warden William Trant "completely without foundation". � The statement was made by Deputy Attorney General Alan Maclean on the day following publication in The Citizen of a petition prepared by the guards. The petition sought removal of Warden Trant from his post on the grounds that he was guilty of mistreatment of prisoners and of arbitrary discipline towards jail guards. ' Receipt of the petition by the-inspector of jails precipitated an on-the-spot' enquiry .by Stevens, and grievances of guards were heard by him. Baby Siller, 15, Saves Two Children, House From Fire A 15-year-old baby-sitter who was lying awake in bed saved two children and the house in which they were living from being burned late Thursday evening. The. heroic story of how Dorothy Johnston, the family's babysitter, noticed the fire and took their two children out of the building was told by' Mrs. 11. Penner, 971 Gillette Street. The Tenner's home caught fire at 11 o'clock Thursday evening and the fire department was called to the scene to quench the blaze. Mr. and Mrs. Penner were attending a movie downtown at the time. Dorothy was alone!' with the children and the Pcnner's dog in the house. She had been in bed for 15 minutes and was about to fall asleep when she heard something cracking1 In the kitchen. Leaving, her bedroom, which is located on the main floor of the house, she ran to the kitchen and noticed four Indhes of ceiling which encircled the chimney ablaze. Before making any attempt to .stop the fire she took the children from their bedroom to a neighbour's house where she telephoned the fire department. Later that evening Mr. and Mrs. Penner arrived home and found firemen still around their home mopping up. ' Mrs. Penner told the Citizen that the ceiling where the chimney went through was probably very dry and the fire began at that point. There was very little fire in the stove at the time, she said. �' About $200 damage was done to the building. Most of the loss was confined to the kitchen while the remainder of the rooms Were smoke-filled. , The loss is not covered by Insurance. The two children are four years and five months old. D. Dallas Bootlegging Appeal Heard Tomorrow Crown will be appealing the dismissal by a magistrate of a charge of unlawfully keeping liquor for sale against Dominic Dallas. � The appeal will take place tomorrow afternoon in the court house here. Dallas was charged with keeping liquor for sale following a raid on his premises early in July by the RCMP. Political Pot Not Efen Steaming Here Prince George's slow-to-boil municipal political pot isn't even spouting steam yet, The Citizen learned today. With nominations due to close in only 10 days, only incumbent council . members have so far showed any Interest , in placing their names before the electorate. Candidates who have announced their .plans to run consist of three aldermen and Mayor Bryant. The trio of councillors are Alderman PYank Clark, Alderman William D. Ferry and Alderman Carrie Jane Gray. Considered a likely candidate in either the mayoralty or alder-manic race is former alderman Harold Assman who was defeated by Mayor Bryant in the mayoralty contest two years apo. Contacted by The Citizen today, Mr. Assman said his reentry into municipal politics is possible. He would not state whether or not he would contest the mayoralty election or simply seek a council seat if he does re-enter. Another name being frequently mentioned as a possible candidate is. that of former city clerk D. t. Williams, whose resignation some, weeks ago came as a surprise in City Hall circle*. Mr. Williams told a Citizen re porter that "the frequent mention of my name as a possible candl date was certainly not instigated by me." He said he did not think he would seek public office. Dozen Weekend Car Accidents; Roads, Streets Treacherous Following an epidemic of motor vehicle accidents this weekend, police today warned that motorists are still running the risk of serious mishaps unless they heed warnings-to drive with care on the slippery coads and streets. Cab Firm, Ex-Employee Remanded On Charges Under Liquor Act Prince George United Ca"bs Ltd. and the company's former dispatcher appeared in police court Saturday morning facing charges of unlawfully keeping liquor for sale. Magistrate P. J. Moran did not take -picas from cither the firm or the accused dispatcher, Harvey Pidn. Both the firm and Pion are alleged to have kept liquor for sale between November 4 and November 7 of (his year. . The charges were laid Thursday morning against Pion and the taxi company. Both are being represented by D. P. O'Xeill. The crown asked for a remand until November 30 when a witness will be brought here from Whitehorse. A heavy blanket of snow, coupled with the comparatively milder temperatures, have made driving hazardous. At least a dozen motor vehicle accident reports have been filet! with the RCMP since Friday night, when temperatures began to rise and snow started falling. One man, Arthur Carter, Prince George, was injured FYiday night when involved in "a three-car crash at Mile 7 on the Hart Highway. Saturday night another accident saw $(500 damage done to two vehicles which collided eight miles north of here on the Hart road. *v Eight miles south of Hixon, $435 damage was clone to "two vehicles Saturday night. Saturday afternoon and evening approximately $1350 damage was incurred by accidents on city streets. Yesterday afternoon $1,000 damage was sustained by a car and one person was sent to hospital a private road owned by the Me-Bride Timber Co. Yesterday a minor accident at the corner of Sixth Avenue and Vancouver Street saw slight damage done to the cars. Saturday night $175 damage was done to two vehicles, which rah into each other at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Brunswick Street. No one was injured. With still more snow and warm sun expected to shine on Prince George, condition of the highways can be expected to- become more serious. City and Department of Highways snow plow crews have been at work all week-end in an at tempt to clear the traffic lanes, but there are .still a I few left to be plowed. * Some motorists parking on downtown streets over the week end were temporarily stranded when the wet snow would not let them move their vehicles out when involved in an accident on of the tight parking spaces. School Board Chairman To Seek Re-Election One member of the Prince George School Board has indicated his intention to seek re-election in the municipal elections next month, but two other school trustees whose terms of office expire in December have not yet decided whether they will seek election for another term. Boh Range, school trustee for four years and chairman of the school board, for the past two years, said he? would seek a third term of office.. A second incumbent of the city school board, Harold Moffat, said he has not yet reached a decision on whether or not he will stand for re-election but that he would know within the next two days. Mr. Moffat is chairman of the building committee and a school trustee for the past 10 years. term of office expires this year, I. Wiley, said he has not yet decided whether he will allow his name to stand for re-election. Rural trustees arc elected at a meeting of rural schooL repre sentatives. Mr. Wiley said he would dechjie nomination if someone else was also nominateu\_J)ut he would allow his name to run if no other candidate ways available. �Mr. Wjjgy^is chairman of the school board's dormitory com- nue, said farm Inspection is ax in this district and that foul conditions found by Commissioner Clyne in the Fraser Valley nilk-produclng area could not exist among milk suppliers in the Prince George area. EXAGGERATED1 Meanwhile, a former Fraser Valley dairy farmer now employed here by the Provincial Department of Agriculture has said that newspaper reports of the.condition on the lower mainland are �exaggerated". John Zacharlas, district agriculturist here, said he grew up on a Fraser Valley dairy farm and that his father had been a supplier of whole milk there for 30 years. He said that only the highest quality product went into the whole milk supply and that all lower grades went into such manufactured products as condensed milk, cheese and butter. TESTS MADE Bacteria counts of the product From each farm were made at regular intervals by the dairies and only that milk which was the cleanest was sold as whole milk, he stated. Farmers were warned when their product fell from one cate-(Seo OUR MILK, Poge 5) tissing Girl, 13, Found This Morning Carol Morgan, 13 - year - old laughter of Mr. and Mrs. V; Moran, Giscome Highway, was ound this morning after she had oen missing from her home vernight. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan reported hat their daughter was missing o the police at 11:50 last night. she had been away from home ince !) p.m. The family lives throe miles outh-oast of Prince George ad-acent to the Giscome Highway. Apparently the young girl came o town to skate yesterday even-ng. RGMP said she was on her-.vay home, appearing quite nor-n'alj when they approached her ,hjs morning. The girl is enrolled at the high school. Jailed Boy's Release Only Few Days Away Release of a 14-year-old city �schoolboy from Oakalla Prison is probably only a few days away, it was learned here today. Ronald Leeson, sentenced to 18 months In jail last August bv, a Smlthers stipendiary magistrate, was ordered released over a^week ago subject to favorable probation reports on his character and hab Its. . Probation reports were-request ed from officials of the Oakallr Young Offender's Unit and fron Prince George. Order for the boy's rejease sub ject to the favorable reports came from a Supreme Court judge, following the presentation of an appeal against sentence. The appeal was handled by Vancouver agents for the boy's Prince George counsel, George O. Stewart. According to information re celved by The Citizen today the local report has gone forward. Leeson was sentenced for his first offense under the Canadian Criminal Code when he appeared under an assumed name and .said he was 10 years of age. ALD. W. D. FF.KUY * Aid. Ferry Seeking Fourth Council Term Last city council incumbent whose term of office expires De-comber 31 announced this morning that he wi|l seek re-election. Alderman William Ferry,deputy mayor for the past year untl perennial chairman of finance will \k' .seeking his fourth term on city council. He was first elected to office n December, IIH'.i. Alderman Ferry, besides his :ity finance duties, is the city's representative on the board of-Rrince-George & District Hospital and is chairman of civil defence. He came to Prince George in 1020 and received his education liere and at the University of British Columbia. He is senior lartner In the city law firm of Ferry & IJkmdell. Only rural representative whose n^ttee. Off The Wires Today (Conodion Press, Monday, November 21) Wage-Freeze Order Hits Smaller B.C. Hospitals LANGLEY, B.C.�A new deal for smaller hospitals will be sought from the provincial government. Langley citizens met Friday to hear reasons why the closing of Langley hospitol was being considered. Delegations from lower mainland hospital boards facing similar difficulties also attended. Board chairman Mrs. D. M. Armstead blamed the crisis on the Government's wage-freeze order and the hospital's lack of operating capital. Cause for mounting liabilities was this year's reduced BCHIS per diem rate, she said. This is $1.33 less than the acutal rate required to operate the hospitol efficiently. The difference, she said, is setting the hospital back $1,500 monthly. Baby Girl Burned To Death While Parents Absent DUNCAN, B.C.�An 18-month-old baby girl was burned to death in a fire near here Sunday. The girl, Sally George, died^when a, four-room^ house was destroyed by fire ot the KokislioS Indian reserve. Two other children, aged five and six, escoped the eorly morning fire. The parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph George, were' not home when the fire broke out. Young Vancouver Girl Victim Of Brutal Attack VANCOUVER�Police and RCMP Sunday were searching for four men who kidnapped a 1 5-ycor-old girl Saturday night, crirrfnally attacked her three times and threw her out of their car 40 miles cast of here. The girl was found hysterical wandering near Mission, B.C., Sunday morning. Rolph Andrechuk of Mission found the girl. She was treated for shock at hospital and released to police. The girl told police she was grobbed by three men as she was walking home Saturday night. A fourth man was driving the car used to take the girl to Mission. Juvenile Hooliganism Keeps Vancouver Police Busy VANCOUVER�A brawl involving juveniles who forced their way into a city home highlighted a weekend of minor violence described by police as the busiest in recent years. One adult was sent to hospitol and four others were injured when 10 youths forced their way into the home of J. M. McBridc. Police were told three youths tried to shoulder their way into the house in scorch of a teenage girl and returned with rc-inforccments when rcbiJffed. Favored Rinks Start Strong In First Totem Bonspicl VANCOUVER�Name curlers^cTppeo^ing 1n the fifth draw of the fir^t onnual Totem bonspicl here oppcarcd rcody for the long haul towards tho fSnks of the prize winners. Bung Cartmcll of Vancouver, 1950 B.C. champion, scored the mobt convincing win Sunday by sweeping an RCAF rink from Ccmox almost out of the areno with an 18-1 victory. Glen Gray of Edmonton also turned in o neat pcrformoncc in the Totem primary event, one of eight competitions involving 148 rinks from five provinces. Gray, third on Matt Baldwin's 1954 Dominion Championship rnk, turned back tht Jock Diamond four&om� of Voncouvar 13-6.