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Vol. 3; No. 136
PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1959
BY CARRIER S5C PZH WEEK
If s the Caribou
Motorists have cursed many things for holding them up on the highway but seldom has the subject of a driver's venomous outburst been a caribou giving birth to twins.
A local man re]torts that lie was stopped recently on a highway in the area by just such an occurrence.
He says he got out of the car to "see what was going on" when he spotted the animal on the road but was quickly chased back to the shelter of his vehicle when mamma caribou lowered her head and prepared to defend her newborn.
New State Attracts Panama Family
By JARVIS WHITNEY Citizen Staff Reporter
"Panama to, Alaska � the Hard Way." This isn't the title of a host Keller; or even a book in print, for that matter. lint, if a book
ever carries that title, the odds are good that an American-family, currently in Prince George, will write it.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Harris and their si x-y e ar-0 Id son, Stephen, pulled up stakes in Panama this Spring and have since set foot on just about every trailer court In the U.S.A. and British Columbia on their way to a new life in Alaska.
Not like their counterparts in Michigan (who recently joined in a caravan to make a bee-line da.sh to new stamping grounds in the recently-proclaimed 40th stale) the. Harrises have left a trail tlm/ugh 1!) states and one province to wave good-bye to friends and relatives scattered throughout the U.S. IXTBKIESTING STOItY
Spotted here by the Canal Zone licence plate on their car, ..Ui&J la r.ri.Hr^r toirJ -it 'no-i'y- in tor-cstinfe story. y
In 195:5, after he had served a 20-year hitch in the U.S. Navy, the couple moved from Norfolk. Virginia to Central America, where Harris worked a.s a "mule" operator on the Panama Canal.
Al his job, guiding ships through the canal, Harris was bothered by thoughts of Alaska, where' he had been with the navy years before. "It has been haunting me for 20-odd years."
As the sun boiled down on the ex-navy man his thoughts were centred more and more on the cool Alaska terrain and finally the Harrises decided to move�from the equator/to the a relic circle.
However, the move from the 10-mile wide Canal Zone to the largest slate in the union wasn't going to be as simple as the decision to move. � Tile car was put aboard ship and the family packed up and left with it for New York.
Arriving in New Philadelphia, Ohio, eventually, to visit relatives, the couple bought a :S0-foot house trailer�about a fifth the size of the living room In the to r m c r Harris home in Panama � and crammed their belongings into the mobile home.
During the first week in May Ui'c! long j o ii v n e y to .Alaska bcgnii.
The Harrises, bag and baggage, headed South from Ohio� away from their new life in the union's most northerly state.
The route traced in coming here followed roughly the coastline of the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico slates, the Mexican border, and the Pacific coast; the huge circuit ending at Prince George.
Barreling through 1!) states and most of the province of B.C. the Harris car has chalked, up about 7,500 miles, so far.
Friends and relatives living in many of the 10 states prompted the family to come "the. long way 'round" for a final farewell, before venturing into the far north to live and work.
The ccVuplc was halted in Prince George by a bit of misfortune.
One of the special 12-ply tires on their trailer was ruined by aUjlow-out on the trip between Viincouvci' alter here, and a similar one is nut available in B.C. A tire is being flown here by air freight from Toronto to provide the trailer with a spare, and when it arrives, the Harris family will be on its way, once again, to Alaska.
The blow-out was the second of the trip and the tire trouble is the only misfortune the travellers have suffered on the long haul. FUTU UK UN CIOKTAIN
The Harrises are not sure where they will settle or what will be their livelihood once Alaska is reached.
They will probably continue living in the trailer for a while, and there are several sites where they might settle.
llcnr.v Harris lias no work waiting lor him. Kni. he says liis experience should stand him in good stead, as he had a wide range of duties in the navy, including cooking,
The Harrises, who are sharing the driving chore, say the trip has been "lots of fun" ami they are looking forward to a life in Alaska not filled with the hustle and bustle of the rest of the world, and to a "place of our own!"
Of Alaska, Henry Harris says, "1 love it" and his wife, who is impressed with the beauty ol Northern l>.('., shouldn't be disappointed with her new home.
Witnesses
Michigan Canoeists Arrive For Northwest Brigade Canoe Race
Four men from Michigan arrived in Pjrinee George Wednesday after travelling over 1,500 miles' to"' "lake part in a l.'JS-milc race.
The quavloi will take part In the Second Annual Northwest Brigade Canoe Race, which kicks off from Fort St. James early Friday morning.
Both teams promise to provide Stiff competition for the other canoes as they have an enviable record in Eastern and Mid-Western U.S. racing.
The team of Leroy, 2!), and
Albert Widing, .11, are the 1958 Mid-West Canoe Race champions.
..They .raced..jRyer a (10-milc river course in nine hours and three minutes on their way to the title.
The other team of Ralph Sawyer. 22, and Gerry Wagner, 28, of Oscoda, Michigan, are heavily favored to walk off with the top prize.
And if they do win, it will probably lie in record time. Tlic paii' wrrc the t!�57 champions in the Michigan Inter-national Marathon.
PRINCE GEORGE; B.C. (CP) � The RGMP is reported to have asked the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation for assistance in locating a Texan, probably with a record for dope and attempted murder, in connection with a slaying near here last month. The Texan Is reported
to
have been in the area of Me-Leod Luke, 00 miles north of this north-central British Columbia city, when Bruce Wor-line, :t(), a University of Alaska student, was killed.
W'nrlino's bullet-riddled body was found near the lake June L'!>. He had been driving to his wife's parents' home in California from Alaska in a panel truck which was later found in Vancouver.
RCMP in Vancouver said Wednesday it was believed the Texan was travelling In Quebec
but police here, who refused to confirm the report that the FR1 is being asKetl for assistance, said they knew nothing of this. Nor would Prince George. liCMI' con firm that an all-points call has been sent out for the Texan.
An KC.MP officer from here is (hiving VV.prllno's truck along the route from Vancouver In here, stopping at all service stations and coffee shops in an attempt to find somebody to Identify the driver of the vehicle alter the murder.
"IT'S A LONG WAY to Tipp.er.ary" but it must be up stakes in Panama this Spring, where he worked almost as far to Alaska � if you start in Panama. Mr. on the canal, and are currently in Prince George on and JVIrs. Henry Harris and their son Stephen pulled their way to start a new life in Alaska. �Vandervoort
They covered the long and tough 240 miles, with six portages, in the spectacular time ol 17 .hours, 20 minutes.
Both teams will be tough to beat, as this is a race both would like to win. Especially, after travelling such a great distance to get here. TWO MpjlK EXTK1.KS
The entry list has swelled to 13 Wednesday with the addition of twef Michigan teams and two more local teams.
The team of Smith and Davidson from Vanderhoof and the Rod Chalmers and Glen Wilson team from Summit Lake submitted their entry forms.
IIerr is a list of teams, with their numbers;
1. Al Moore and Ron Anderson, Prince George.
2. Frank and Robert.Buchanan, Summit Lake.
0. Dave Hlackburn and Kd Di-one, 1'ort St. James (Sponsored by B.C. Spruce Sales).
1. Harold and Arnold Swartis, J'rincc George (Sponsored by W. Mi Th-e);
5. Bill Blackburn and Niel Pel-terson, Prince George. (Sponsored by Tommy Richard-s Men's Wear).
6. Wayne Stoltz and Ehvood Morris, Isle Pierre"!
7. Leo LaRbque and Frank
Gordon Wilson and Art Ura-ccy, Nukko Lake. Jim and Andy Miller, Summit Lake.
Leroy and Albert Widing, Hoi ley, Michigan. Ralph Sawyer and Gerry Wagner, Oscoda, Michigan. Smith and Davidson, Van-derhoof.
Rod Chalmers and Glen Wilson, Summit Lake.
Barges Carry Food
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. (CP) �Barges loaded with supplies for the Qnoen Charlotte Islands and other Northern British Columbia ports cut off by a marine engineers strike are to leave here during tlie next two days, H was learned Wednesday.
Si rails Towing ami Armour Salvage said they would have shipments on tlie way today. Straits are sending 250 tons of foodstuffs to the islands and Armour a scowioad of supplies for Portland Canal points.
oees
Plane
Hit Power Line
(<'i(i/.'ii reporter Jack Hooper was visiting his mother in Kaniloop.s last evening ami was ;in eyewitness to tlie crash of a light plane which came down almost in the back yard of his family's home. This is Ids account of the crush; which claimed
two lives.)
JACK HOOI'KK Citizen Keporter
Death dealt two dark aces last evening in an open field in Kamloops.
Two young men died when their light plane struck a power line and burned in an open field. Both were killed instantly.
This was the first time in my lift- 1 have witnessed death. 1 have-seen the lifeless victims ^f accidents and crimes but to watch helplessly while two men go to their death falls into a different category.
The pilot was apparently out to give his friend some thrills. I watched him going through a series of low level passes ami tight banking turns. Then he swooped clown low over our house barely 100 feet off the ground. 1 could see the pilot clearly.
He climbed several hundred feet and his next low sweep was his last. 1 knew the plane was doomed even before the occupants, because 1 knew it was too low to clear the power lines.
The pilot apparently saw them too late if he saw them at all. At that, he nearly made it. There, was only about two feet between life and death but those 21 inches were against him.
His right wing-tip clipped the wire. The plane flipped around, buried its nose about two feet into the soft ground and explod-eiLinto flames.
Gasoline and airplane, dope are an ideal combination for fire. Almost within seconds after hitting the ground, the sleek, graceful aircraft was transformed into an aigly black steel skeleton.
A minute later I was at the side of the wreckage. Everything seemed unreal. The pilot still sat at the controls, his body charred by the.flames which had burned so quickly. He looked like a store window mannequin. His friend was buried in the wreckage.
It didn't seem possible that the dead hands still clamped to the control stick were the same ones which had, barely minutes earlier, been guiding the plane through graceful manocuvers.
IDyerythng suddenly became so impersonal. Others arrived and stood awed in the presence of death. Conversation was in a low tone as spectators speculated on how the pilot and his friend would still be alive and soaring through the air, but for the death-dealing 21 inches of
wing-tip which lay about 'MO feet from Hie wreckage.
I'olice, firemen and ambu-lance arrived. There was nothing for them to do except piece together the story of what happened. About an hour later, department of transport inspectors arrived to study the wreckage and hear from eye witnesses an account of what had happened.
Then, for tlie first lime, the wreckage was moved and the remains of the passenger were removed. Then working under floodlight, the control stick was cut. with an acetylene torch so he pilot's body could be taken out.
Then as me crowd of spectators gradually moved off, one lone Mouhiic stood guard on the wreckage�an eerie, blackened, twisted reminder that Death is sometimes impatient.
KKLOWNA' (CP)�Mrs. Jacob Peters and her nephew, Ron Slater of Niagara Falls, Out., reported Tuesday they saw Ogo-pogo, the mythical monster of Okanagan Lake.
AMONG members of the Royal Canadian Army Cadets from Cadet Cam)) at Vernon, who will meet the Queen at the Royal Garden Party at Government House in Victoria Friday is C/W02 Dale Muhro Hotell, 1(3, of Prince George.
FRED BERCHER, about 3(J, suffered a fraetured skull and concussion yesterday in a fall from a 25-foot scaffolding at McBride. He was rushed to hospital here and is now in "fair" condition. The injured man is
shown here being carried from a PWA aircraft at the local seaplane base to a waiting ambulance. That crosswalk is dangerous. �Vandervoort