INSIDE EDITORIAL ........................ Page 2 SPORTS .............................. Page 4 CLASSIFIED ....................... Page 6 COMICS ........................ page 7 WOMEN'S SOCIAL ............ Page 8 THE Dedicated to the Progress of the North WEATHER Mostly cloudy with sunny periods a** occasional thunder storms in the afternoon. Little change in temperature Light winds. Low tonight and high tomorrow, 45 and 75. Phone LO 4-2441 Vol. 3; No. 121 PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBI/^Wf^NEjDA^MJNE 24, 1959_ BY CARRIER Me PER WmP? rker City council h;i.s its momenta. i\X u recent meeting one alu'errnari, aisled to be chairman of [.ho committee to arrange the civic dinner for the provincial cabinet, next month, declined gracefully. "The last time I had ;i guests had to stay over/? "Were they all stiff/' man. "No. I fed them some Incidentally, citv businessman will face Howard Webb in the July 8 by-elec tion. Webb filed nomination papers earlier this weak, but was not going to announce his intention of contesting the seat left vacant when alderman G e o r g e Stewart resigned to become the city'a magistrate until Thursday or Friday. Webb, local IWA financial secretary, was not available for comment on , liis-frling~nbminUtioii pap-" ers. He is in Ihiwson Creek on business, and ection Spike Enemark will have at least one opponent in the forthcoming alderinanie by-election. The popular Felch Doing Fine Hans Felch, ;> Canadian National Telegraph lineman, was reported to be In fair condition in Vancouver General Hospital .today. Felch was injured here / last Thursday when he came in contact with a "hot" wire carrying 7200 volts. lie was working up a CNT pole checking carrier lines when he came in contact with the 1J.C. Power Commission power line. will nut return turday. The local IWA office is jxpected to issue a statement by Webb tomorrow. Webb has served one term on City Council. He edged out Ft. S. Ferguson in the 1SJ5G election. lie was defeated in last December's elections, coming in last in a field of six candidates. Webb is expected to have the backing,..of the powerful Prince CJent go Labor Council in his comeback attempt. The deadline for filing nomination papers for the by-election is noon on Fri-day. HOWARD WKHH . . . comeback try Affects City Work Halts On New Hotel Work has ground to a halt on the million dollar Simon Fraser Motel here due to the strike of BIG. Ironworkers. ADDITION to the B.C. Power Commission's Power House on the south-east end of the Fraser Bridge is moving rapidly towards completion. BCPC officials expect to move their generator (or generators) into the new addition within a month. ' �Vandervoort Prisoner Assaulted In RCMP Cells; Accused Of Being A "Stool Pigeon" The attempt of three prisoners to beat up a man they considered as a "stool pigeon" in the cells at the City Police Station resulted in them receiving $25 fines. The three � James Stoncr. Richard Riemer and Leo Bockus � started a fight with Henry DucharnVe after accusing him of being a "stool pigeon." In his evidence in Police Court this morning, Ducharme stated that he was accosted by the three and accused of "ratting" on several of their (the accused) buddies. "When I denied it," remarked Ducharme, "they started to rough me up. Then all three ame at me and started to hit and kick me." 1'hc crown produced Gordon Sherett as a witness, and he related the same story. He said the others in the colls help Ducharme were not inter-; mixed up in it did not try to because, "they ested in getting (the fight)." DENY FIGHT The first witness fur tho defence, Kenneth Ileiehcrt, denied that any tiling unusual happened in the cells that morning. He In Fair Condition Victor Skin, a 13-year-old Burns Lake boy, is reported to be in "fair" condition in Vancouver's St. Paul's Hospital today. lie was flown out of Burns Lake Monday afternoon by an RCAF Cansb and rushed to Vancouver. The young boy is suffering from a respiratory ailment, and made the Mercy Plight to Vancouver in an oxygen tent. He was flown to Vancouver as the proper facilities were not available in Burns Lake. Five more units ready fm- occupaiic the Senior Citiy.cn.' velbprhenl hen-. The Home Development ciety announced to ire to be .Inly ] ai Home dc- that So y applications for entrance to the units should be made as soon as possible to Hill Woycik at LOgan 1-1557 or Xeil Unruh at LOgan 1-7211. society stresses that the available only to ROADSIDE mail box erected by the local Post Office is proving to be popular with Prince .George residents. The new box is situated on Fifth'"Ave. in front of the Post Office, and is for the use of motorists � who can now mail letters and parcels without leaving their cars. �Vandervoort The units wari-frd couples; fiiits hvc completely funilsli-ed and are equipped with water, lights, etc. The society says that "All they'll need 'are' their clothes when th?y move in." With the five new units opening the number rises to 10. Five additional units are expected to optm August 1* then accused Dugharmc of hitting Stoner. Gordon Cook, another witness staled that he did not notice "anything out of the ordinary in the cell room." He stated that he did hear Dueharmc call'for help, but didn't know the reason why. RCMP Sgt. W. W. Thompson coiTorbdrated the evidence that Ducharme nan called for help. He stated that he had removed Ducharme from the cell room when the prisoner seemed upset about something. In the final speeches to the court, the defence lawyer asked for a light sentence due to the fact that i here was no bodily barm caused. The crown prosecutor was Pilot xams For over 20 pilot trainees, six weeks of extensive study came to a conclusion yesterday. The group wrote their Department of Transport examinations yesterday. H is expected thai approximately 05% of those writing will pass the exam ami receive their pilot's licence. The pilot hopefuls are member.- of the a:.--training class being held by Cariboo Air Charter. The course takes six weeks ami consists of Id hours of ground I raining ami :tn [0 ;i;> hours of actual flying lime. Tin- DOT exam consists of one page on air regulations, one on airmanship, the theory of flight and one page on aero-en-gir.es. The last part of ihe exam is on navigation and nietcorolo- The complete course r<>Ms s 150. This includes medical, registration; pub! ica ViVir.s (pamphlets etc.) and Hying time. On completing the course. SlOO.of the 150 is returned to the student by the Department or Transport. � About 30 studem exams every year. A ly l"<(i have v-iWn u,,.,,. Prince George mid 111 in? area during tin years. . A little ovci' 109J, 0[ dents purchase their craft aftci in favor of this, but added that the verdict was completely in the hands of Magistrate Slewart In passing sentence, the Magistrate remarked that .some of the evidence that was heard had "to be taken for what it was worth." Breathe Easier Local lumbermen, who were eyeing the United States lumber market with a good deal of anxiety a week ago, have been breathing a little easier the last few days. Prices for Northern B.C. spruce dimension, which finds most of its buyers in the U.S., are still down seven or eight illars per thousand. However, an informed lumber industry spokesman here, who wishes to remain anonymous, told The Citizen today that the market ows signs of "firming up." "There are definitely signs that the market is levelling oil" ifLcr a gradual price tll'O'p during the past month or su. lleransi* of Ihis, lie says, there, is �,�> ji<>ini deal more optimism evident among northern lumbermen than a nock ago. iiuaiion, as reported last s been created by strong The ii ri ces �Sonic take the from ;.IJITiil]li'l- pagj (ire the stu-own air-passing the exams. These aircraft c S.'i.OOO and .SI 2,000. Private aircraft registration in D.C. increuses 100 every year. between buyer resistance to peak lumber, reached during Afay. of this resistance is still evident,, however, and the market I'ould quickly move up or down. But lumbermen arc cautiously believing that the market will, establish a firm base shortly. ' '� The end of this week is expected to tell the story', By then it is expected that the market will settle down "one way or the other." Meanwhile, the guessing game among lumbermen and buyers continues, with cards being played, for the most part, close to the chest. � Most likely to be affected if the price drops even slightly more arc tin- marginal pporatdrs; The lumberman has safe! 'they "could clo^c" if the inarKet kept dropping. Peak prices of rarlicr this year arc not expected to be experienced again this year at any rate. Lumbermen are keeping a keen watch on the market, with their hopes pinned on a firming of the market by the weekend. The erection of iron�second stage of construction � began ast Friday and was baited when the three union workers on the project walked off the job, effective midnight Monday, with other ironworkers in the province. Rocco Zappone, building superintendent, told The Citizen today that nothing fijvihcr can bo done on the building until the iron work is finished. The eight carpenters on the job have been "marking time" since the strike began and they will be laid off tomorrow, leaving the construction site (Sixth and Quebec) deserted, be said. ST RIK K " U N V6jKTV S A T K" Zappone, representing Clover-dale Construction of New Westminster, said that the strike is unfortunate. A "couple of weeks" of iron erection would finish that phase of the job, be says, allowing other work to continue on schedule. Prince George Holdings Ltd., which is building the huge hotel, has an agreement with the city whereby the company can purchase the site at a reduction if the building shows "substantial completion" (walls and roof up) by August 31. The Inside can then be finished at the company's leisure. The properly has been valued at $75,000 but the company can have it for $27,500 if the agreement with the city is met. The deadline will be affected by the strike. There is provision in tha-agreement for change In the deadline Mil ex'".,, of u strike or other unfoVseen delay which could occur through no fault of anyone directly concerned: Under terms of the "substantial completion" clause of the agreement the achitect can apply for change in the deadline if a strike cripples construction work. Architect Jolyon Bliggs is out-of-town and couldn't be contacted at press time. However, with no way of knowing when the strike will be over, it is unlikely any definite request for change in the deadline has been formulated. It is possible that the request would be to have the deadline advanced one day for each day work is tied up due to the work stoppage. An Ironworkers Union spokesman from Vancouver, In Prince CGorge today to survey the situation here, told The Citizen that there arc no plans to picket here, "unless steel is touched." COIU) EFFECT OTHKIIS The strike by iron, men, for higher wages, could affect other projects in the city. Work is progressing rapidly on the $138,000 Co-op building just across Quebec street from the Simon Fraser Hotel. Construction Foreman Fred Ostere nays cement work will begin in ;i day or so and the iron work slage of tin- project is planned tor next wcelc. The 21 men working on the project, carpenters and labour-ts, will have to he laid off if the strike hasn't ended by then. Without iron erection nothing urther can be done on Ihu con-it met ion after cement work is finished. This project is being under-taken by C. J. Oiivcr Construction. Another major construe; lion Mte here in'niiiicd by the company, the Sillier � Valu store; is nut expected to be affected: The building, going up at Twentieth Avenue and Victoria street, is being constructed with cment and lumber only, with spine steel pillars, and the strike will not affect work hero, says the construction su-icrirtendent. Meanwhile, (lie Dominion Square Dancers Open air square dancing has Uarled again this year in Simon Fra.scr Park. 'be dancing is every W'cdncs-)a\- at S:00 p.m. Dancing is absolutely free and open to the general public, rc- rdlosH of experience. Bill Robertson and his group ire supplying the music for the jenefit of the dancers. Lloyd Larsen is the caller. A grassy area has been mowed "or the purpose and the city has supplied power for the music. Bridge Co. has obtained a com t Injunction to have iron men return to work oil the Second Narrows IJi'idgc over liiirrarri Inlet, centre of the strike, which has affected many projects in 1M'. Other construction sites involved in the walkout arc-: North Vancouver General Hospital, H.C. Klectric hydro project at Bridge River, Peace Rivet Bridge^ Bourne Sawmills and a new Dominion store in Vancouver. Chief issues in the dispute are employer demands for reductions in travel time and a demand to bring in workers from Alberta. Employers have offered a II-cent-hourly wage increase over a 27-month period and claim that the union's international contract allows contractors to import up to 50 per cent of the labor/ force. Present rale in the industry is S2.G2 an hour. The union says that accepting the employers' demands would wipe out the wage gain. Oldtime Dentist Dies Dr. Roy Walter Alward, dentist, a man prominent in the development of Prince George has died in Vancouver.' Dr. Alward, who was in liis S2nd year when he passed away lasl Friday, was the area's firs>t dentist, setting up shop in Al Johnson's Hotel and S*al6bh in South Fort George in 1913; He moved here from his home in the Maritimes. The dental office and a barber shop occupied rooms in the hotel, which boasted the longest bar in British Columbia. CITY'S MAYOR With a long record of public service. Dr. Alward was Mayor of Prince George in l!'2 1-2."> and served as the member of the legislature for Fort George in l!)2S-:52. This community service followed an extensive war record. The dentist served as a Captain the Deii'ial Corps in World War One after enlisting in !!�!.">. He returned here in lO'IO, after the war, and became the first vice-president of the Can a' dian Legion branch in Prhico George when it obtained a charter in lfj2(j. He was also a member of the Maftonie, Lodge. Dr. Alward look up residence in Prince George, rather than South Fort (icorge, upon his return from the war. MOVED TO VANCOLVEK He continued his practice in the city until his retirement about eight years ago. when lie quit work to live in Vancouver. Alward street was named in his honor. The doctor, who never married, is suryived by four ii.-ir-r-, Miss Jane Alward, New York: Miss Blanche Alward, Ottawa: Mrs. Milton Gregg, New Brunswick; Mrs. V. A. Smith, Ottawa; also nieces and nephews in. eastern Canada. Fluneral services were scheduled for 1 p.m. today in Van-couvdj-.