INSIDE EDITORIAL ........................ Pooo SPORTS ............................ Page CLASSIFIED....................... Page COMICS .......................... Page WOMEN'S, SOCIAL .......... Page h THE Dedicated to the Progress of the North WEATHER Mostly cloudy with showers and little change in temperature with winds southerly reaching 15. Low tonight and high tomorrow 45 and 70. Phone LOgan 4-2441 Vol. 3; No. 143 PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1959 BT CARRIER S5o PER WEST ANOTHER, CHARGE has been levelled at the local Coliseum. Scotty Munro of the Estevan Bruins (a junior farm club of the Boston Bruins) visited Prince George on the week-end in an effort to promote junior hockey here. He said.the ice plant here � which can't make ice if outside temperature is more than 50 degrees � is almost a useless antique. iSCOTTY MUNIIO, colorful Western Canada hockey figure for the past two fftlecades, chats with Bill Woycik of the Civic Properties Commission. Munro, in J Prince George oh the week-end in the interests of establishing junior hockey * here, said the Coliseum ice plant is outdated and a major drawback to junior hockey iu the area. Prince George's Coliseum �sometimes referred to as the local White lOlephant � has had a knight on a white charger ride up anil offer to rescue it. But the knight, in the person of Scotty Munro, will probably be serit home after being told the C'oii-seum doesn't want to be rescued. Scotty needs little introduction to hockey fans, as his colorful career has covered over 120 years in organized hockey. In that span he has been player, coach ami scout. Today Scotly is one oE hockey's lop mulders of young talent. He rims the Kstevan junior hockey team for the Boston Bruins. And. junior hockey is what brought Scully to Prince George Friday. When he left he was more than a little puzzled by the attitude of some of our so-called civic leaders. A CAMP 151'ltM '�The Northern Interior of | B.C. is virgin land as far as hockey is concerned," said Scotty, ">We (Bpston) want to develop this lei'i'itory." To accomplish this, Scotty and the Bruins propose to hold a I. r'a i n y c a 111 p in Prince George for those between 15 and l'ii years of age! The camp, a week or 10-day affair, would be held in September - � . and that is the big drawback of the whole plan. The Coliseum can't |tnt in ice unless the temperature is below oO. This is tine to tintype of ier-nuiking plant that the local edifice is cursed with. T h i s machine, according to Scotty, is cmtdatcd, outmoded and worse than useless. In fact Seotty can't recall a single city in Canada using the same type of plant as Prince George. .miss ijk; sioi\by - Because of this antique ice-plant, Prince George may be left out in the cold in Boston's plans; "I'rinec George is tli�- centre of tin1 area >ve are interested in," says Scotty, "It is. the largest city and it Isn't tm> !;!!� to draw kids from Smith-crs. V a ud e r li <>o I", Williams Lake, Quesnel and, perhaps, Dawson Creek and Fort St. .loltn." However, he pointed out, the training camp should be held in September. If the plans go ahead as hoped by Scotty and the Bruins, the next step would be to bring Estevan, Boston's top junior team, here for exhibition games. Their opponents would either be the local junior players or Prince George's lUohawks. And, within five years, Scotty csti in a t e s, Prince George would have a Junior team. According to the liiuins scout, such u team would lie in a league with K<1-mnntuii, Calgary ami Letli-bridge. And once Boston- sticks it's nose in this area, the other pro hockey teams would, in order to protect themselves, follow along; BENEFIT A Mi At present. B.C. Is classed as an open province and a junior team can import as many B.C. players as they want. In contrast to this, an Alberta junior team could only import two players from Saskatchewan, or any other province. Therefore, as Seotty pointed out, any junior "players that come out of this area are con- sidered almost as valuable as gold; Unfortunately, only one such player has emerged from the area, and that was Dave Wall of Vnnderhbof. Seotty is firmly convinced that Boston's plans would benefit all concerned�the players, the district. Prince George and, of course, Boston. "In Kstevan last year," he remarked, "over I Itf.OOl) people saw us play hockey." (10s-tevau is smaller in population than Pi'inou ficorgc. yet ' �' has an arena that scats 3,100 people). "The concession grossed $27.-000 during the hockey season," he went on, "and we paid the arena over $15,000 in rent." Figures such as this would cause the Civic Properties Com mission to drool, and might even bring Coliseum manager Bill Woycik to erase his frown of worry. BRIGHT FUTURE The junior hockey set-up, as far as the players are concerned, offers a lot of opportunities. A junior team will pay for a players schooling, or provide teachers, during the summer months. so that, his schedule during the hockey season isn't too much for him. Players on a junior team play. or practice, every day. And if a player so desires, he could nab a hockey scholarship to an American university. T h i 's, explained Scott.v, is fairly easy to do. National HoeUey League teams l'nn the "HiK Ten'1 University League in the U.S. And if a kid has played junior hockey uiul has any brains, �( university team will grab him. Ami there are only 22 Junior hockey teams in the world today. Prince George has been offered a chance to, perhaps, become the 23rd team. Giscoma Veteran Harry Prlngle, resident of Gis-come for many years, died August I in Sliuughnessy Hospital Vancouver. A veteran of World War 1 ".ie is survived by his wife Doris in New Westminster,;son .John with the Royal Canadian Navy at Esquimau, and one grandson Funeral services will be heir Wednesday. August 5, at New Westminster. C. A. M Awarded Diploma Results of examination;? written by 121 municipal and school hoard officials from all parts of British Columbia have been announced by . Artliuj' Beedle, e<^ ordinator cflM rnuhicipal and school business administration courses given by the University of Blrttsh Columbia. C. A Jeffery of Prince George received a junior diploma in the municipal administration course. The department of Municipal affairs and the UBC's faculty of commerce sponsor the foiii1 year courses. Local Flyers The R.CAF has sent a telegram to the Prince George Flying Club expressing "thanks and appreciation to all persons who par tleipated in the recent searel and rescue operation Patehett for their excellent co-operatioi and effort." Flying Club members helped in the search for the plane thai carried four Quesnel people to their deaths near Etralorne, 100 miles northeast of Vancouver. An inquest into the deaths Is slated for today. Department of transport of-i'icials say a wave of four plane -�rashes which took 11 lives i 11 days.is unprecedented in British Columbia and "perhaps in all Canada." Besides the four, two men diec1 in a crash of a light plane hear Karnloopa July 15; two marriei .�ouples died, when their amphibian crashed at Pavilion, 7V miles west of Kamloops, Julj IS; one man was killed in ; ��.ash on' Vancouver Island July Youngster Improved VANCOUVER ( CP) � Virginia Morrow, three-ycai'-o'nl daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Morrow of Prince George, was in fair condition in General Hospital here today after an operation 'for .a hip infection. Tim child was flown to Vancouver Saturday by the RCAF after she lias been ill for 10 days in Prince George. She underwent surgery Sunday for ostcdinylitis. Dr. .1. K. MacLcah, who is attending the child, said she has improved from the "seriously ill" condition in which she was when she came here. He said she had been on the operating table for an hour | while abeesses were being! drained. Thieves Net $3,000 !n Aleza Lake Break Between $2,700 and $3,000 in cash was taken from u saie in trie Aleza Lake General Store over the week-end. Police say thieves broke into the building and opened the safe sometime Friday evening. Door to the safe had .been closed and the dial had been turned only several digits. The dial was merely turned back by thieves to open the safe, report RCMP. The amount taken was composed of week's receipts and extra cash kept on hand to take care of pay cheques of local people. All the money taken was in denominations of $20 and less. Aleza Lake is about 50 miles east of Prince George. No one has been arrested in connection with ' the robbery and RCMP are continuing investiga-tions. Accident An overturned tractor at Hixon Saturday afternoon claimed the life of five-year-old Richard Ward while his nother, Mrs. Rose Ward, who was driving, and three-ifear-old brother Allan escaped injury, was taken Mrs. Ward was taken to 'rince George General Hospital and was later released i ft e r being treated for shock and slight injuries. VIIan was thrown clear of the machine as it rolled over ind escaped without injury. The Wards moved to Hix-m from the Eraser. Valley mly a few weeks ago and settled on a farm. Mrs. Ward was taking "ood and water to a hired nan working on a lower 'ield w h e n the accident occurred. According to reports available, she was driving down a steep grade and attempted to shift into a lower gear but the tractor gained speed and she was Sieve Cavaghan, manager here; of the Toronto-Dominion Bank, has been transferred to Kamloops. �He has been with the bank here for six years. 'Mr. and -Mrs. 'Cavaghan and their two boys will be leaving shortly for Kamloops. Well known in Prince George; Cavaghan has been very active in church work and service club ictivitics, with St. Michael's Church and the Gyro Club. Replacing the bank manager is Harold Ramsay of Vancouver. unable to. It is reported she was not able to turn a corner and crashed into a bank. The tractor rolled over pinning Richard underneath. An inquest will be held this evening at 7:30 o'clock in the police court. Beer Price! Cut Beer drinkers in the Peace River Block will soon be getting their suds a little cheaper. Communities in that dlstlic.1 have, for many years, paid a freight differential of 2.j cents per case o'i" beer, to partially offset enormous transportation charges from breweries in the south. The Caribou Brewing Co, I-Id-says it will wipe out the extra charge and give Peace River beer drinkers their beverage at the same price as it is sold in the rest of the province. The company has announced that it "feels that one of the advantages which should accrue to the northern market by virtue of our large modern brewery recently built in Prince George is the benefit of a lower price of beer in the affected areas." K. T. Mullens, general manager, said the company "is ol the opinion that this adjustment to the consumer In the purchase price of the average man's alcoholic beverage is a siKnifi'"in( step in the development of Northern H.C." Visit to Festiva Thrill of a Lifetime' By SO X.I A Z.VKMK Sponsored by the Canada Council, 200 jubilant high school undents converged on Strat- ford, Ontario, July 22-24, to get a j-'limpse of Canadian art ant. drama at its best. While visiting the festival city we attended performances of Shakespeare's As Von Like It, Othello and Offenbach's Orpheus In The Underworld as well as touring the theatres and Exhibition Halls. Tine National Festival Orchestra also performed a brief concert of chamber music especially for us. Some of the most complicated, reservations in the history of the C.N.K. brought students together from such distant points as Prince Rupert B.C.; Dawson City in the Yukon and St. John's Newfoundland] A feeling of sadness hung over us on the return trip as we said farewell to Stratford and were parted from newly gained friends who shared common interests and ideas. Those of us from northern B.C. owe our deepest appreciation to our chaperone Mrs. Anne Stevenson of Williams Lake who so ably watched over us during the trip. The experience is one which I shall never forget and the only burden that bears on my mind is that I may successfully put. to use the knowledge I have gained to the benefit, of the community. Prices on the lumber market have been sinking gradually during the past two months and a lumber industry spokesman says; market conditions have now reached a "completely haywire" state. He says prices are "up one lay and down the next" and spruce dimension is now selling U eight, nine and 10 dollars less per thousand feei than the peak prices experienced earlier this year. Prices dropped six or seven dollars in the first three weeks if .Iu. e and since then have skidded down several dollars more. The market is described as be-trig "like a bomb that you are not sure is unexpioded or not." STRIKES BLAMED The blame is laid ourtly on the construction field, which is slowed down due to strikes in industries supplying steel ;m�l other building materials iu the I'.S. and Canada. The steel strike In the East-err; States Is, said to be a "tremendous factor' in the market condition. Prices arc only about a dollar less than those that were being received at this time last year :,ut lumber, at even the current prices, is not selling as readily us during the summer of 1!)58. A "strong buyers resistance" to going prices was noticed when the market' began sliding �jnd is still evident. All hough the difference in price of only about a dollar per thousand does not seem large the spokesman contacted by The Citizen says that higher priced operations have cut the margin of profit to the point where "a dollar makes a big difference." A softening of market conditions was fij.;st noticed in ,the United States � (tie major market for spruce from the northern interior. Canadian markets for the backbone product of the north have also softened recently as well and the national market is now worse, than the American. HWTjIJNG SIjUGCJI.SII Spruce dimension per thousand is now selling sluggishly on the U.S. market for between $90 and $95. Canadian prices are in the ^S'J and v>!>2 range* "Ninety dollars is the danger mark," says the lumber industry spokesman. He says lie believes smaller lumber operators will "begin to feel the pinch" (lining the no'.vt few d;iys. particularly it' prices continue to creep down* . ward. At the distributor end of the Industry most people concerned are slightly "baffled" by the marketing conditions. Usually prices drop in the fall but riot in the summer months. Besides the affect of various strikes on i In- market prices the lumliei' spokesman says "a few mortgage announcements ir.'e needed" from the U.S. and Canadian governments to give the market a shot iu the arm. Local lumber companies, are experiencing a situation in ivhich their order files are gradually becoming depleted and they are rot filling up agaln'j says the spokesman. With the most puzzling market conditions In years facing spruce lumbermen local Industry "officials are viewing the markets with some apprehension and some buyers are being very cautious in their work. The strike of coast woodworkers has apparently been reflected little in this area. Should the strike continue, builders might tise spruce in lieu of coast fir and increase sales in this area which produces 90,% .spruce. Advanced Classes Start Tomorrow Rotary free swim classes for advanced students will begin Wednesday morning at the pool. The schedule and names will appear in The Citizen Tuesday. Advanced swimmers between the ages of six and 12 years can still register for classes at the pool. The possibility of Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev visiting the United States and Canada is becoming more of ;� reality. President Eisenhower s?id he would extend the invitation for the visit this fall. While these plans were still in the offing, Prime Minister Diefenhaker was preparing to discuss the possibility of a Russian visit to Canada. lie told newsmen that no decision could be made until he had talked with the cabinet. This is not likely to take place until the middle of next week as the Prime Minister is holidaying in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. i LOUNE LLOYD, 3W, of 1567 Birch Street proudly displays a prize SV4 pound lake trout to his father, Howard. The youngster, who weighs only 35 pounds himself, hauled the huge fish from the waters of Stuart Lake recently. Lome received no adult assistance in landing the big fellow.