Prince George (Citizen
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39; No. 13
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Prince George, B.C., THURSDAY, February 16, 19
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Entry, Theft Charge
ut Years for \oison Suspect
No More Cogs Poisoned Here
|A man who allegedly poisoned se.yen dogs in Prince jge lost week is now in the second day of a term in jail
|ing four years and 25 days.
Gaudette, 48, Spruce
�.�.�-iiient, Tuesday morning
., guilty to a charge of
::r, entry and theft from a
Department poisoning sta-
ix miles west of the city.
endiary Magistrate P. J.
l.ilicliinK the offense "most
�,r. handed Gaudette a term
!� years In the B.C. Peni-
Iry.
iv bearing this, the Becond against him, he was sent-
10 pay a fine of $50 or 2.'. days in jail 'for keeping meat out of season. . charge Is under the Game
11 maximum penalty could [fine of $300, three months sonment, or both.
us 'Inspector Walter Gill for a heavy penalty, delle stood quite composed Ihe second charge, mat of Ing, entry and theft from the
hlng station was read to him.
lastened to plead guilty to
geant L. E. Rosberg told the that mi or about February
< year Gaudette broke into
lie Commission poisoning
six miles from Prince
� ufl the Vandbrhoof high-
ii i _� - lid the man went to ��tic in a taxi or other ve-[� transportation. There he into the building and ro-I with a quantity of lethal and horse moat, (came back to the city, Flos-Ltated. and gave quantities pjualntances.
Canadian Mounted Police B.C. Game Commission in-WUun into the matter, reyea.1-, some uf the ".loaded1* bait >r predatory canines was fil by the receivers them-
� some persons ate it, threw it outside to their FOUR YEARS, Poge 8)
Speaker Scores Federal Neglect Of Road Program
VANCOUVER (CP) � The federal government Is hiding behind the British North America Act to avoid its responsibility in developing Canadian highways, the B.C. Automobile Association1 was told here Wednesday.
H. R. Chauncey, president of the Canadian Automobile Association, arrived here from Calgary to address the annual convention of the B.C. body.
"We've been trying and trying to get federal authorities to take some action on the deplorable state of our highways," Mr. Chauncey said. "Kut they just hide behind the BNA."
Canadian highways, said Mr. Chauncey, were "built for 1,000,-000 model T's" but now have three and a half times that number of high powered cars using them.
In 1953, he said, the provinces spent $397,000,000 on highways, but the federal contribution was only $13,000,000.
Heavy Docket For Judge W. 0. Fulton
Judge William 0. Fulton of Prince Rupert will be here next week to hear five criminal and a number of civil trials in County Court.
,.,� Harvey A. Plon next Wednesday, February 22, will appear on an appeal of unlawfully keeping liquor for sale.
Morris Stevens, Vern Veitch Hall, G. H. Douglas and Lawrence Edward Wade will face trial on other criminal charges.
ly Crews Fight Blizzard id Losing Water Battle
Prince George's works department is today literally "snow-bndcr" following last night's blizzard and a continued :mic of frozen water services.
clearing crews were Just !ting a week-long "blitz-"ii accumulated snow yes-when the first fine flakes "of the worst storms this started sifting down out llcaden sky.
tn eight inches of snow feted the city last night and winds piled up drifts to
� of three and a half feet, the water service front the
� department has fought a ''�title so far this week, ing out Monday morning" 1 dwellings and commercial '- deprived of water, the � nt's crews thawed out
�li es in three days and have 48 more to contend
Engineer Harford, sound-1 trifle harassed, told The 1 he is putting the thawing �n a 21-hpur basis. , '��'U' put-, it off as ldng as Id because the noise of jack-('!- pounding through the 1 Rround is going to disturb of .sleep," he said. i wo can't afford to lose more ground in this thing se we believe that the num-ee CITY CREWS, Page 8)
Court Investigation 01 Sturdy Charges Sought By Laing
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