Doris E. Bechtley H58 Melville St. VANCOUVER, B.C. Dec6-57 Prince George Citizen An Independent Semi-Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interest of Cento) and Northern British Columbia THE WEATHER Sunny with cloudy periods Friday. A little warmer. Light winds. Low tonight and high tomorrow in Prince George 50 and 75. Vol. 40; No. 47 Prince George, B.C., THURSDAY, June 6, 1957 (Four Sections, 28 Pages) $4.00 per year 5c per copy Slayer Sentenced 12-Year Prison Term For Chalifoux ON THE SITE of tbe city's new arena today are carpenters and excavators of C. J. Oliver Ltd., who are rushing work on initial stages of the half-million dollar project. Working on a tight schedule; the contractor hopes to have � the 1000-seat arena completed within from five to six months' time. When finished, the building will provide all-year round entertainment. Construction started late last week. Two Mills Destroyed As Fires Rage Over Fort George Forest District Hundreds Battle Blazes In Three Areas; More Needed Three major forest fires arc today raging in Prince George. Forest District. By nightfall tonight forestry officials expect to have nearly 400 men fighting the blazes. Two mills have been destroyed by the lire which broke out suddenly yesterday near Buckhorn Lake. Mills owned by Northern Spruce Ltd. and David Welly were wiped out by the fast-spreading flames. Over 150 men Ituvo boon recruited to battle the outbreak and the forest service, is looking for ah additional 100 men today. Some 13 tractors have been Anglican Bishop To Preach Here Sunday K(. Key; ICalpli Stanley Dean, recently enthroned Anglican bishop of the Diocese of Cariboo, will mulco a return, visit to I'rinee George Sunday to preach at the II o'clock service �" St. Michael ami All Angel's Church The Aiiglicaii bishop made bis first visit to the city last March. 8 Men To Tackle. B.C.'s Highest Peak � VICTORIA � The highest peak in British Columbia, scaled only once before and never by a Canadian, will bo attacked by a mountaineering expedition next year as part of the Province's centennial celebrations. The B.C. Centennial Committee today announced that official confirmation has been given the proposal of the Vancouver section of tho Canadian Alpine Club i.o make an attempt to scale 15.300-foot Mt. l''airweather on the B.C.Alaska Border. An eight-man team will be selected this fall from members of the Alpine Club and the B.C. Mountaineering Club. They will train through the winter and challenge Jit. Fairweather in late Jlay and early June. The climb is expected to take one month. Special high-altitude and down clothing will be necessary for the expedition. Several camps -will also have to be stocked with supplies by parachute. thrown into the fight to contain the fire. Elsewhere another 70 men arc battling a blaze that is spreading over 1,700 acres along the PGE right-of-way In the Pine Pass area ever since last weekend. LIGHTNING BLAMED In the Canoe-Valcmount district 50 men were called out yesterday to engage in a fire which had covered some 50 acres at last report. Lightning was blamed for its start. Despite woods still so wet in places tractors bog down in the mud, forestry men were fighting a tough battle yesterday. Strong, shifting winds made efforts to control the fires difficult. The calmer situation this morning held out hope all three fires could be confined soon. Cause of the Buckhorn fire is a mystery. Two loggers who saw the flumes start, described it as suddenly exploding into fire. Meanwhile the B.C. Forest Service headquarters at Victoria at latest report put the number of fires that have broken out in the district since the first of the year at 70. Since the report was released the fire hazard has changed from ��moderate" to "high hazard." Total cost of fighting the outbreaks has so far cost over 91000. Last year at this time the total number of fires amounted to 131, costing close to $100,000. Judge Lenient, Nobles Gets 6 Mos. In Slaying Case lOvan Nobles, 27, was sentenced to six month,!* in Oakalla by Mr. Justice Harold Mclnnes this morning for the slaying of Gordon Burns at Vale mount 11 years ago. Nobles was originally charged with murder after he shot Burns in the brain following an argument. The jury brought in a verdict of manslaughter. Mr. Justice Melimes described the six months sentence as a transition period for Nobles. The accused, who was recently released from a provincial mental home, �will live with his mother at Whalley when he completes, the sentence. Elkinton Manslaughter Trial Concluded Today Freddy Chalifoux was sentenced this morning by Mr. Justice Harold Mclnnes to serve 12 years in the penitentiary. In passing sentence His Lordship noted previous convictions on four occasions and termed Chalifoux "a menace to society." Freddy Chalifoux, 22-year-old Cree Indian from High Prairie, Alberta, was found guilty of manslaughter by an assize court jury here yesterday. The charge was reduced by the jury from one of murder. Chalifoux was arrested follow- ing the fatal stabbing of Charles Elkinton, 215. of Dalles, Oregon, during a midnight street brawl here February 7. For three days this week the jury heard a lengthy' parade of witnesses describe the fight and subsequent occurrences. Star witnesses for the crown's case were 'Best Deal' Promised Pr. Geo. In Natural Gas Distribution Prince George has been promised "the best deal pos-r sible" in the distribution in the city of natural gas. The promise was made Tues Operators Demand Strike Vote For Woodworkers VANCOUVER (CP) � Coast lumber operators demanded Wednesday that the B.C. government supervise a strike vote amongst 30,000 woodworkers pressing wage demands. The same day, the operators said they would accept a conciliation board majority recommendation that wage talks be put off for four months in hope that the economic situation of the lumber industry would improve. The International Woodwookers of America has refused the conciliation board recommendation. Union officials already have announced a union-supervised strike vole to be finished June 11. They have asked workers to vote against the conciliation board recommendation. President Lloyd Whnlcn of iYVA's Vancouver local said any strike vote, government-supervised or not, must be finished by June 2r>, before workers begin to go on holidays. * The workers are asking a 20- Philip's Niece Wed To Yugoslav Prince SALEM. Germany iAF> � Germany's Princess Margarita of Baden and Yugoslavia's exiled Prince Tomislav were married Wednesday night in Salem Castle. Guests included Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth. The 2-1-year-old bride, who wore white dress lor the civil ceremony, is Prince Philip's niece. He "lew here earlier Wednesday from London. Tight Money Policy Blamed For Crisis In Lumber Industry VANCOUVER (CP) � The federal government was urged. Wednesday to take immediate action on a low-cost housing program to help avert a woodworkers strike. A telegram to Prime Minister St. Laurent signed by six southern B.C. social credit federal candidates said the government's tight-money policy has wrecked home-building in Canada and that this is a major reason for the crisis facing the B.C. lumber industry. . In a press release, the six candidates said the federal government could double the present Canadian market for lumber if it made mortgage money available at reasonable interest, rates and on long-term loans. They said the number of houses started this year is less than half the number started by this time last year. per-cent Avage increase. Basic rate in the present contract, which expires June H, is $1.59 an hour. Brothers Sentenced For Theft Of Pipe Two teccn-agc brothers were given suspended sentences by police court magistrate P. J. Moran for theft of copper pipe from the now government building site. Marcel JWlando Parish, 17, was given a liinp months suspended sentence and ordered to post a $500 bond to keep the peace. Charles Howard Parish, Hi, a brother, was given a three month suspended sentence. Two other brothers, Walter and Gary Young, appear in police court this afternoon for preliminary hearing on a similiar charge. promise was day night by Liberal candidate Angus Carmichaul at a campaign meeting in the Gallo Building. It was the first time since the federal election campaign got underway that a candidate has made mention of the gas question. Mr. Carmichael told an audience of party followers that he had been in touch with authorities at Ottawa and that he was prepared to "do everything I possibly can to get the best deal possible as far as the supply of natural gas to Prince George is concerned." STILL BEFORE COURTS The candidate said that he was unable to say more than that because the distribution question, involving the Prince George Gas Co. and Inland Natural Gas Co. Ltd.. is still before the courts. In a short pithy speech, the last he Will make in the city bo-fore election day, Mr. Carmichael disposed of opposition paiiies in scathing terms. "The Progressive-Conservatives have apparently lost their identity. "All they have to sell is the name Dicfenbakcr," he said. He charged the party of trying to capitalize on the name of one man and added that "one man can't do it alone." ONLY 11OPK 1 Ie said that the conservative party's "only hope" was that it might be able to garner enough seats in the House of Commons to establish "a balance of power." Mr. Carmichael said that if that happened, it would- be the worst thing that could happen to Canada. He said that if a balance of power were established Canada would be likened to many European countries that are unable to maintain a stable government. By a balance of power, he said, opposition parties would be in a position to join forces in an ef- fort to defeat the government and thus force another election. "We must not let that happen hero," he said. He said. that the Progressive-Conservative Party has not enough candidates in the field to form a government, "far from it." LAST FRONTIER He dismissed Social Credit's chances of forming a government and treated the CGF party as one not knowing whether it is socialist or not. "The CCF.'rs don't know where they stand themselves." Speaking of his home riding, the candidate told his listeners (Sec NATURAL GAS, Page 3) Six More BC Seats For Tories �Fulton LILLOOET (CP)�Davie Fulton, Conservative candidate for Kam-loops, predicted Wednesday night that Conservatives will win six more B.C. seats in the. federal election than they held when parliament was dissolved. He quoted Premier Bennett as saying he believes the Conservative Party will win 105 seats and a Saskatchewan political writer for a Liberal newspaper as placing the estimate at 11(3 for the Conservatives. As to his own prediction, Fulton said: "I never predict, but 1 think they're both pretty close." Ho said Prime Minister St. Laurent started out with confidence, believing he and his associates were invested with the righ; to run Canada, but had bo-come panicky and now was using every ruse employed by "common political opportunities to try to stem the tide." two women friends of Chalifoux. WITNESS SAW KM KM "I saw a knife in Freddy's band and he was trying to stab this guy," Sylvia Gray told the court presided over by Mr. Justice Harold Mclnnes. She was the only one present during the fight to claim seeing Chalifotix in possession of a knife during the scuffle with Elkinton. Louise ChajifouN (no relation to the accused) described being handed the knife by Chalifoux after hie light, and of having thrown it into a vacant lot behind Pollard's garage. Police, using the services of an army minc-Oetector, later recovered, the knife at the point she had described. Laboratory tests found fibers on the blade similar to those in a shirt and undershirt worn by the deceased man. ElULuton's -death was .the .direct result of his wanting to see "fair play," Jarties Kllett, a friend of the dead man declared. He stated Elkinton had got out of his car to intervene when he saw "a big man fighting a little man." FIGHT EXSUKS The "big man," identified as Chalifoux, then swung on Elkinton and the latter knocked the Indian down. During a later exchange, Elklnlon floored Chalifoux, sat on him, and punished him about the head. The fight ended, said Ellett, when Elklnlon jumped up, said "Let's get out of Mere before the cops come," and ran hack to his car. Ellett, Elkinton and a third member of their party, Henry Doyle, drove directly to the Rosewood Motel. Ellett and Doyle noticed nothing wrong, hut Elkinton didn't move when they arrived at the auto court. They saw then for the first time blood on his shirt, and carried the unconscious man into the cabin. A doctor was called immediately and Elkinton taken to hospital but he died right artcr arriving there. Cause of death wa.s described by Dr. T. .1. Agnew as being a stab wound which penetrated tilts heart from the front. In his defense; L. 10. Bluhdell laid stress on the fact at least ono witness was "very, very drunk" at. the time of the fray, and on the belligerency of Elkinton previous to the fight upon two separate occasions in local drinking establishments. Frank Perry presented the case for the crown. These Four Go To Post In Monday's Race D. Ferry Cert Lcboc Angus Carmichael William Close STAKING FUTURES politically speaking on Monday a re Social Cre'diter Bert Leboe; Liberal Angus Carmichael: Conservative W. D. Perry; and CCFer William Close. S eat was won in 1953 election by Leboe from Liberals in close race. Nearly 28,000 voters are eligible to cast ballo ts in Cariboo Electoral District this time.