eC An Independent Semi-Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Intereit of Central and Northern Brit 39; No. 25 (Three Sections) Prince George, B.C., THURSDAY, March 29, 1956 \orestryman Not Guilty if Criminal Negligence �A 2Q-year-o\d B-C Forest Service employee who accident-L shot his life-long friend while on a moose hunting trip, esday afternoon learned that he was free from a charge of ninal negligence laid after the fatal shooting. ; Michael Laitenan, mar- re hree-mqnth-o|d child, with criminal negU- cusecl �f "unlawfully through negligence discharging a fire- jdiar-y Magistrate P. J. , � (n his summary at the I':., of the preliminary |ring]"�'� while moose huiitinK Mary's Lake area on lorii Lake road, shot his p'anion, Paul Loring. [,evouthful construction work-face drawn from long ,� worry, wore a blue-grey la ;. tie and white shirt. ii ;..��! in the prisoner's rougnout the two and a hour session. ;HT WITNESSES cutipn witnesses y crown counsel \ >crry. H. B. King ap-i.,l for the accused. .�� witness was city medical tiiioner Dr. A. L. Chambers was called to the scene of fatality late in the afternoon December 11. hi the scene with two Ml1 ilank< tables. On the way panel delivery truck man's hotly wrapped >erson, later Iden-^ ing. was not breath- and h;id no pulse at his pit.-.-, the doctor said. i the way to Prince George phal ;!;t- truck, being piloted Ithe police vehicle, was halted ]the junction of the Buckhom ;t road and the Cariboo hlgh-Dr. Chambers again exain-the injured man and there no signs <>f life, orsv n autopsy performed the fol-ing day revealed that LorLng itiffered serious Internal In-caused by a largo-callbrc puncturing the lung, liver, y ;n il diaphragm. lUllet was recovered from Comptroller Quits Post City council Monday night accepted the resignation of comptroller S. E. Banning Mayor Morrison and the council, in accepting. Mr. Banning's unexpected resignation, said it was with regret they were seeing him vacate his tenure at city hall. He handed his notice to city clerk Arran Thompson late Monday afternoon to be read at a v-ouncll meeting the same evening. Yesterday Banning told a Citizen reporter he was leaving the job as city comptroller for personal reasons. His resignation will take effect April 30. Mr. Banning,, married with one child, said he had no definite plans as to what he was going Hon. Ray Williston Reports 1 to do after the end of April. Banning holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and is a chartered accountant. The comptroller has been in the accounting business for six years. Nine Jets Whiz Over Cily Tuesday Nine F-84 jet aircraft travelling in three formations flew over Prince George Tuesday morning. They were American planes en route to an Alaskan base. Several members of the Ground Observer Corps stationed throughout central 1J.C. reported the passing overhead of the military alr-prai t They were travelling In a northwesterly direction. Many city residents report seeing the aircraft while others only saw the pencil-like exhaust trails awarded this year. In addition new bridges will be constructed across- Highway 2 at Cottonwood River and Stone Creek. Details of the record 195G highways, program for Fort George highlighted an applause-punctuated speech by Hon. R. G. Williston to an audience of more than 100 in the Elks Hall Tuesday. Mr. Williston also disclosed that temlrrs will hi- railed "within a work or ten days" for a new six-storey provincial government building in Prince George. Four separate contracts to an estimated value of $3,350,000 will be let on the Cariboo Highway south of Prince George. Included will be 9.1) miles between Cottonwood bridge and JAhbati Creek; Ahbau Creek-; Strathnaver, ll miles; Cale Creek-Woodpecker, 8 miles; Woodpeck-[er-Prince George, 13 miles. j Mr. Williston predicecl the en-Holding architects' blueprints, Hon. Ray Williston, MLA, points to site of projected new B.C. j tire highway between Quesnel government office building hers. The Minister of Education and Minister of Lands and For-!and 1)rince George will be hard- . j .. ..� i j- /~,.,r \k, i, , s ii surfaced by 1957. ests was accompanied on the inspection tour by editor Cliff Warner (left) and business man- West of Prince George 10 miles ager Harry Kennedy K>t The Citizen staff. The building will have a frontage of 275 feet on , of Highway lfi between the Black-Third Avenue extending from the north-west corner of Third and Vancouver Street. Estimat- Million For Ft. Geo. Roads Big Black-Top Program South of Prince George Contracts totalling more than $5,000,000 for reconstruction and improvement of arterial highways in-Fort George district, including black topping of 43.9 miles on Cariboo Highway between Cottonwood Creek and Prince George, will be THUGS TAKE $300 TODAY Three hundred dollars in bills were stolen from* the cash box of Rush Coal Sales Ttd., 980 First Avenue, about 12:30 this noon. Door of ths> office was pried open by the thieves and the rash drawer was emptied except for a few pieces of silver change. Phil Austin, an employee of the firm left the office at 12:20 this noon and returned 20 minutes later to find that the place hail been raided. Said an KOIP detective at the scene this afternoon: "This has been a well-planned job and whoever did it had everything figured out." Austin, upon returning, found the front iy. Mrs. Aase Baal Is loyert by Perry's Pharmacy. Panel of Judges closely sent-" the loo entries received week of the contest, s aroused wide interest ut the city and district, itrics came from pur->B communities and show-|i"a! Iho contestants had piu-1 " all the stores represented y can'l decide which one of her twin daughters, will receive the prize. Winning contests is getting to be a habit with Mrs. Erlckson. *Threc weeks ago she won a beautiful eight-day mantle clock for guessing nearest to the time it (See COMELY MOTHER, Page 3) ! pn '"tests. Some entrants on-'ore than 20 entry slips, "Sn only one slip Is reqUlr- ' (:"'li entry. 'try. Erlckson slips, ail forwarded .ten from different .. entry consisted of jau ifuijy iiiUstrated and col. lo!"er of attractive adverUs-^y-outs for the nine firm* � names constituted the cor- �riswers I1" Mrs Id raw " who "likes allhou8h occasionally by arthritis in her given in the press if practicable, he stated, but in the event of ;p sudden break-up load lin.it.-j may be pu^ into force without previous notice. In the announcement today, the restrictions limit loads to a percentage of the-gross load or axle loading. OTo1 special permits will be issued. Logging operators or farmers wishing to transport equipment to Prince George for overhaul or repair are advised to take special note of the latest orders and move their supplies before they go into effect. Load and speed restrictions go into effect at midninght tonight on all highways leading to Prince^ George. D. P. Mai-tin, district engineer for the Department of Highway-;. said this morning the conditions this year-are favorable in com-parlson to other break-up seasons. He stated that the period during which restrictions are In effect might possibly be shorter this spring than any other year. The Northern Trans-Provincial both east and west of. the city, the Cariboo anil the Hart highways tomorrow will have restricted load ljmiis. It will be unlawful for any vehicle- having a maximum gross weight or axle loading In excess of 75 per cent of 18.UUD pounds or a tandem axle weight in excess of 75 per cent of D2.000 pounds to travel the highways. These restrictions are on the Cariboo' highway from Prince George to Woodpecker and all Its tributaries, the Hart Highway to Summit Lake and all its Irlbutaf-i ies, including Chief Lake and | Reid Lake, and the Northern Trans-Provincial from Prince George east to Willow River and all itd tributaries. Maximum gross weight or axle loading of 50 per- cent of 18,000 pounds or a tandem axle weight of 50 per cent of 32,000 pounds will be the limit on "the Northern Trans-Provincial from Willow River to Hansard. The -orders take effect under the Highways Act and Royal Canadian Mounted Police have the right to prosecute In the event of infractions. Speed limit.for all busses and trucks will be 30 miles per "hour. Accused's Mother Collapses At Inquest VANCOUVER (CP) � The mother of a youthi accused of murder collapsed in the witness box Wednesday after she supported doc- One Of the choicest building sites on crowded downtown Thin Avenue will soon ho oecupied b.% a modern two-storey store and office structure. Zogas Holdings Ltd. will call tenders wilhin a week for con-tors' testimony on her .son's his-1 structlon on a site betweeri the No Arrests Made In Safe Looting A safe-cracking which yielded $2100 to thieves at the week-end remains unsolved, RCMP reported today. All clues have been followed, a senior police officer said, but no arrests have been made. The thugs made off with $2100 n small denomination bills from he vault of the Northwest Pro-luce Co., 1507 Third Avenue, late Sunday night or early Monday morning. The break-in and theft was one of the most carefully executed crimes ever perpetrated here, police say, and they are "almost certain" it was a team of professional cracksmen vvho committed tlic- robbery. tory of mental illness. The Inquest into the death of Raymond T. Duchateau, 20-year-old bank clerk, was immediately Northern Hardware & Furniture ('<>. Ltd. store and Tommy Richardson's Men's Wear. ' TJie building will have a front-i adjourned by Coroner Glen Me- ago of HO feet and a depth of 110 Donald. ! feet to provide a, .'5:500 square feel Ronald Clifford pingman, IS. is store area on the main floor, accused of murdering Uuchatcau I The main floor and a full con-labbing Satur-terete basement will be occupied in a beer parlor day. � j by Dingman madenb move when ' � � his mother collapsed. Solid tires are prohibited. Mr. Martin said that it will be necessary to out'Turthcr load and speed restrictions into effect in the near future if the mild yveath-'er continues.- , ;.. Usual advance notices will be Pioneer Woman Laid Jo Rest Knox United Church was filled with mourners Wednesday afternoon .when funeral services were held for Mrs. John Mclnnls, Sr. The pioneer Prince George woman, wife of a former MLA for Fort George, died Saturday in Prlhcd George and District Hospital following a lingering illness. From his pulpit above the flower-banked casket, Rev. Gordon McLaren extolled the Christian qualities of Mrs. Mclnnis, her love of family life, and her fortitude In rearing a family under the pioneer conditions which existed In Fort George during the early years of her married life. Mrs. John Mallls, Mrs. J. A. Whitlock, Mrs. R. A. Carr, Mrs. John Altkcn and Mrs. Douglas Me" and "Abide With Me" accompanied by David Fraser at the church organ, A long concourse of friends; many of them old timers of the city, attended graveside services at Prince George cemetery whore burial was under the direction of Assman's Funeral Chapel. Pallbearers were Martin Caine, Vic Morgan, Nestor lzowsky, liny Henderson, Robert CJracey and Ivor Guest. Wiecker sang "Jesus Savious Pilot al administrator VANCOUVER (CP) � John Philip Matheson of Vancouver has been appointed district administrator for the Department of Veterans Affairs in B.C. and the Yukon, it was announced Wednesday. Ht succeeds W. G. H. Roaf who was recently named region- Tenders To Be Called Soon For Waterworks Bylaw Materials City engineer G. P. Harford this week was instructed to start calling tenders for materials for the $165,000 waterworks Prince George 5c tq, SI Store 1., now located across the- street program in the city this year. City will call tenders on pipe and other materials required for the job. Digging andi back-filling will be done by private construction crews under contract from the city. Total value of the waterworks bylaw, approved March 11 by the electorate, is in the vicinity of S 165,000. It is expected work will begin on the project as soon as the frost has gone out of the ground and a contractor for the job lias been selected. , Some 23.O0CT feet of watermains will be laid on city streets, including River Road as a fire protection measure for the industrial area. Forty-eight hundred feet of 12-inch main will be laid along the length of the main roadway to supply a series of fire hydrants. Lines will also be laid on Pine and Oak' streets, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Tenth and Fifteenth Avenues. There will be an extensive program carried out in Central Fort George. The,Royalite bulk station a few feet cast of the CNR tracks on First Avenue will also be served by water, according to provisions of the bylaw*. It is also, quite possible that a trailer court site, proposed on the banks of the Fraser river east of the Cariboo highway will also be furnished with the utility. The trailer court is being planned by Ben Glnter, Central B.C. construction contractor. His plans had been shelved for two years awaiting a decision of the city to service the area with water. in a bilildihg recently purchased for an extension of the big Hudson's Bay Co. store. Second floor of the new build-Ing will be reserved for office suites. Construction will be concrete block masonry with open web steel joists. Working drawings are now being prepared for contractors by Jolyon Briggs, city architect. Pensioner's Body Found In Burner An old-age pensioner was found 5�tid late yesterday afternoon in anlhmised planing mill burner in The Cache area. Police identified the dead man as William Arquette, a resident of the city for about 30 years, and surmised that he had crawled i'nto the '1jig metal burner to keep warm, The body was lying in a huddled position when found. Arquette was a familiar figure in the city'.; transient colony, and friend? say he came to Central B.C. in the lafc 1920's. Heart failure is believed to have caused the man's death. The body is now at Assman's Funeral Chapel pending burial instructions. Gas Line Builders Applying To Buy Compressor Site Westcoast Transmission Co. Ltd. has applied /or the purchase of a plot of land to be used as a compressor station site near Prince George. Westcoast 'is the firm which is building the natural gas pipeline from Fort St. John to the U.S.Canadian border. The 90-acre plot being applied for is about five miles due cast of the city on the Shelley road. In the company's application to purchase form filed with the Government Agent here it is stated that the property will be used as a compressor station. Owing to the Easter Holidays, The Citizen will go to press Tuesday next week instead of Monday. Advertisers, correspondents and newsboys are asked to take note of the changed publishing day. Third in the series of "Fix the Mix-Up" contests will appear in Tuesday's paper. Off The WiresToday (Canadian Press, Thursdoy, March 29) Democratic Candidate Woos Alaskan Support FAIRBANKS, Alaska�Senator Estes Kefauver Wednesday indicated in a letter to Rep. Richard Greuel, territorial legislator, he may visit Alaska to seek its backing for the Democratic nomination for President. "I am looking forward," Kefauver wrote Greuel, "to returning to Alaska during the coming campaign." There was no comment from Greuel. He is chairman of the "Alaskans For Stevenson Committee" backing the candidacy of Adlia Stevenson. Minister Warns Of Impending B.C. Labor Shortage VANCOUVER�Labor Minister Lylc Wicks headed a closed session here Wednesday between officials of labor and management to plan for a threatened labor shortage in B.C. this summer. Mr. Wicks said the talks were "only exploratory." He said he wanted to test reaction to a suggested relaxation of overtime regulations so the existing labor force can deal with more work. 'If there is any common ground we must find it," he ioid. "If we don't, we may be faced with a serious situation." B.C. Hospitals Wage Negotiators Stalemated VANCOUVER�Severol B.C. hospitals have signed new wage agreements with their non-medical staffs but negotiations with two hospitals hove leached a stalemate. William Black, business ogent for the Hospital Employees Federal Union, soid negotiations with the Royal Columbian Hospital in-New Westminster have "completely bogged down" and a conciliation board will be called into the union's dispute in Trail. Greatest raise in wages was won for Fcrnic hospital workers, he said, who will get $30 a month more to bring their wages- to interior B.C. levels. VICTORIA�Two new gas wells have been brought in by Imperial Oil to extend the natural gos fields around Dowson Creek and Fort St. John in northern B.C., it was reported here Wednesday. The wells ore early results of Imperial Oil's $9,000,000 exploration deal with Pacific Petroleum announced a year ago. NEW WESTMINSTER�The body of a 55-yeor-old man was taken from the Fraser River Wednesday. Police identified the body as thot of Bert Halverson, who disappeared from his Fraser River boat-house about three weeks ago.