I N S ! D E EDITORIAL ........................ Page 2 SPORTS ............................. Page 4 WOMEN'S SOCIAL ............ Page 7 CLASSIFIED ........................ page 10 COMICS ............................ Page 11 WEATHER Sunny with a few cloudy periods. Little change in temperature. Light winds. Low tonight h'3n tomorrow, 25 Dedicated to the Progress of the North \ Phone LO 4-2441 Vol. 3; No. 69 PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1959 BY CARRIER 350 PER WEEK LIFE-LINE of Prince George and District is a sight not likely to disappear for awhile. Although plastics and other synthetics are making inroads on the lumber industry lumbermen are quite confident that the product will hold its place �in the -world-market in spite of e&y-rcteKetir% freight rates.�Vandervoort. Trade Board Delegation Will Attend CofC Meet A dclQgatiori from the Prince Gqbrge Hoard of Trade is expected to attend an annual incetirig o� the British Columbia Chamber of Commerce in Vancouver this month'. The delegation will he headed by trade board president John R. Morrison and secretary- manager William J. Shbckey. The Chamber will meet In the Georgia Motel in Vancouver from April 2(i to 28 inclusive. Invitations to attend the meeting have been extended to trade boards, chambers of commerce and to "anyone interest* Predicte Record air traffic is forecast for the I'riiiL-c George area this year. Canadian Pacific and Pacific Western airlines officials report traffic here has Increased annually and this sear is expected to be no exception, CTA representatives Earl Brown expects a lo per cent increase in passenger traffic although there have been fewer travellers (luring the first three months of this year than for the same period in 1958. l'WA base manager Bill Harvie also says there is a promising season ahead. Canadian Pacific, in operation here for 16 years, handled 4,500 passengers through the local airport during January, February and March, as compared to !.".")() during the same months in 1058. The 11)37 figure was 3,550, The total for 195S was 10,122, an increase of 9*1 passengers from the previous year, Mr. Brown says. CPA has two flights arriving and two leaving daily on weekdays with only half that number on Sundays, while Pacific Western provides a charter service. A IK Tl.MN I1OWX An accurate register of PWA passengers here is not available but the company recorded 79 air hours to the end of March as compared to 648 last year. Mr. Harvie explains that the winter of 105S was exceptionally busy with as many as six flights a day for Boyles Brothers and the Wenner-Gren company. This winter the average has been only one or two flights daily. However, business at the year's end is expected to show an increase. PWA, which has served this area for eight years. Is kept busy on charter flights for fire- fighters, hunters and fishermen. In lOfiS its planes were air-bound for 2,1)70 hours, an increase from 1,681 the previous year and a record annual total, The Department of Transport reports a total of 272 landings at the local field so far this year, as compared to -155 in January. February and March las I year. For all of last year the figure was 1,324 and for the 12 months of 1957 there were 1,303 landings at the Prince George airport. ed in the welfare of his community and the development of British Columbia as a whole." One of the highlights of the meeting will be a panel discussion on the theme, "The Need for Industrial Peace. Guest speakers will he G. H. Whcaton, president of G. H. Wheat on Ltd., L. G. ,l! Wong, of the Faculty of Commerce, University of British Columbia, and Vancouver, barrister Victor Dryer, QC. R. A. Mahoney of Management Research (Western) Ltd., will be chairman of the panel. The Prince George and District Labour Council is holding a tag dny tomorrow in aid of the striking Newfoundland loggers. The ladies auxiliary of the council will be tagging in the downtown area. A specific chrrge is not being made as the labour council is only soliciting; donations, says a council official. MAKING last-minute plans for a district convention of the Junior Chamber of Commerce here this weekend is the executive of the local organization. Shown above from left to right are Ian McPhie, secretary, Art Murray, president, Robert Hamilton, first vice-president and Ernie Hill, director, �Vandervoort Freight Rate, US Tariff, Tax Increases Predicted Increased freight rates, income taxes, excise duties and corporation taxes have been forecast at Ottawa. The railways today applied to the board of transport commissioners for a 12:per-cent increase in freight rates. Finance Minister Flem- 'Grim Picture' Forecast A "grim picture" is seen in the local lumber industry if the railways once again hike freight rates. Hot) Gallagher, secretary-manager of the Northern Interior Lumbermen's Association said the situation would be "almost chaotic." A rate increase is always a "serious blow" to the industry because it is a "major cost expense that can't be passed on to the consumer as wilh:.pther commodities," he said, i "The last increase practicably put us out of the Winnipeg market and each increase reduces our market area because here we are in a non-competitive location because we have to ship so far lo our markets." Mr. Gallagher says the Northern B.C. lumber industry always gets the full brunt of any freight rate increases because of its location. The lumberman says a rate hike will aggravate a difficult situation just as the industry is struggling to get back on its feet. He expressed hope that a Royal Commission on freight rates will remove inequities in the costs. JCCs Hold District Meet Here A district convention of the Junior Chamber of Commerce opens In Prince George tomorrow. More than 50 delegates from Prince George, Quesnel, Dawson Creek and Fort St. John will attend the meeting in the Prince George Hotel banquet room. A dance will be held Saturday night and a meeting on Sunday will see a new district president elected. The candidate from Prince George for district president is Art Murray. The local Jaycee executive consists of Art Murray, president; Bob Hamilton, vice-president; Steve Borilri, second vice-president: and Bryce Morrison, past president. ing presented his 1959-60, budget increasing personal and corporation i n c o m e taxes, the general sales tax and excise taxes on cigarets, cigars and liquor. Mr. Fleming forecast a deficit of $393,000,000 compared with last year's peacetime record deficit of $616,-600,000 and also revised upward fruit and vegetable tariffs. Higher income taxes will fall on every tax-paying individual and company this year. For the individual, the increases will start July 1. For the company, they started Jan. 1. Finance Minister Fleming announced Thursday night in his budget speech that the old age security tax, which is applied on personal and corporate income and commodity sales, will l)e increased to three from two per cent. The increase applies to personal inc()ine July 1, to corporate income Jan. 1 and to commodity sales today. Mr. Fleming described the' personal income tax increases as "moderate." For instance, he said, a married man with two children ot family allowance age making $4,000 a year will pay $208 tax � including personal and old age security taxes � compared to $194 in 195S. A married man with two children of family allowance age � 16 or under � making $5,000 a year will pay $390 in a full year compared to S3G6 in 1958. A married man with two children of family allowance age and earning $200,000 a year will pay tax of $125,280 compared to $121,308 in 1958.' Those seasonal bargains in fruits and vegetables that Canadian housewives look forward to in summer are less likely to appear this year. The most noticeable result of tariff changes announced Thursday night by Finance Minister Fleming in his Commons budget speech probably will be in the prices of these foods at the time of year when Canadian producers are bringing them to market. The last previous general freight rate increase, 17 per cent, went into effect last Dec. 1. Veterans Honored At Vimy' Banquet Marking the 42nd anniversary of the Easter Monday morning that five divisions of Canadian troops stormed and captured strategic Vimy Ridge, more than 50 veterans of two world wars gathered last night, at. the Civic Centre to honor IS members of the force that withstood withering enemy fire at Vimy that day and helped write a brilliant page into Canadian history. Honored Vimy veterans were Judge C. W. Morrow, William Conway, Fred Sherbacori, .lames T. Isherwood, George Henry, Bob Hearn, Harry Gray, Frank Grant, H. W. Ponsford, Hugh Blackburn, W. J. Boweri, E. A. Burdon, F. Boyt, Win. Bexon, Bob Poolcy, David Ross, Art Thompson and John Ward. Speaker of the evening was Major George Thorpe, who gave the Vimy Address and gave a graphic account of the events Lions Club Meets that led up to the great battle, and the battle itself. . Chairman of the event was Bert Mills, president of Legion Branch No. 13, sponsors of the annual event. Dinner was served by the members of the Legion Auxiliary and at the piano for the traditional "old sweats" singsong was Mrs. W. G. Peckham. A $6,000,000 construction and paving program on Highway l(i was promised here today by Highways Minister P. A. Gaglarcli. The bulk of the work will be undertaken on the eastern link of the road between Prince George and Prince Rupert, he said. Mr. Gaglardl was interviewed here this morning after he had returned from a two-day inspection tour of the highway with regional engineer Ray S. Cun-liffe. The announcement came in the wake of repeated demands from the Prince George Hoard of Trade for improved highway conditions in this area. "It will be a wonderful thing and will open up an area with great potentials," commented trade board president John R. Morrison. Me said that although the A. GAGLAUDI board had made several presentations to Mr. Gaglarcli and Hon. Ft1. G. Willlston, minister of lands and forests, for construc-tic n on the McBride link of the route, he was pleased to hear of a program on the other end of the road. Gaglarcli said construction and hard-surfacing plans will be kicked-off this summer when .contracts are let for improving a 1-1-mile length of the highway near Cluculz Lake, about 35 miles west of Prince George. The Cluculz Lake project is expected to cost in the neighborhood of $3,000,000. The highways minister also announced that a contract for clearing the Prince George-Mc-Bride route has-been awarded on the eastern end. "We have not forgotten the route and a lot of work will be done on it this year," he stated. . Mr. Gaglardi predicted that 1063 is the objective for having the highways leading both east and west of the city completed. However, he pointed out that Prince George is comparatively well-served by highways. (iOOl) SERVICE "You have the Cariboo, Hart and Northern Trans-Provincial highways running in all directions from the city but there is still room for improvement," he stated. "There da no area better look-ed-after than Prince George," he smiled. Mr. Gaglardi also announced that a bypuss artery near Qiies-�nel will almost be completed this year. He also had a few comments on remarks made here Wednesday by provincial Liberal leader Arthur Laing. Mr. Lairig proposed a highway which would serve the Northwest Territories and Northern British Columbia. "The Liberals are capable of making statements. Hut we're not interested in statements," Jie remarked. He pointed out that 350 miles of pavements have been laid north1 of Cache Creek to Dawsoii Creek and Prince Rupert since the Social Credit government went into power in 1953. Prince George Lions Club last night held its regular dinner meeting at the Baldy Hughes Air Force Base. Special guests at the meeting were the Commanding Officer, | Major J. D. Leslie and Capt. Griffin, former members of the Lions Club in the United States. The business meeting which followed the dinner was followed by Air Force slides concerning joint operations of Canadian and American forces on NORAIJ. Your Citizen Carrier Earnings from the IC-3 carrier route have earned a new three-speed bicycle foi$. fyght-year-bid Pat Foreman, vvlio lives on the River Road in the Cache area. Pat. whose father works on the Canadian National Railway says he is now savins his earnings for a car. Pat wants to be a rancher when he finishes school. He attends the Island Cache school. His activities include soapbox racing, swimming and cycling. Pat, who now has 2G customers, can be reached lor new order a at JbOgaa 4�53&4. j A WASHING machine motor, some spare lumber, soap-box car wheels and a little gasoline can go a long way in amusing a teen-ager. Karl Erickson, 16, a Grade 9 student at Connaught Junior High School is the envy of his friends with his home-made automobile. Karl, who can often be seen "putting" around town in his machine told The Citizen that he built the car two years ago. It has a five-eighths horsepower motor and can attain a top speed of 25 miles per hour. Karl, who has a driver's license, would like to sell his car for about $30, sans license plates. One of his selling points is gas mileage. The car will travel 15 miles on a quart of gasoline. . �Vandervoort