Home, Sweet Home TIME FOR TEA is taken by Tommy Frame, a man with considerable time on his hands. A squatter, he often hosts a few of the numerous men riding the rails in search of work. He always has lots of tea, anyway. �Hal Vandervoort photo Jobless Jungle Living Not Posh But Peaceful CAPTAIN MACMILLIAN . . . new posting New Commanding Officer Posted Here by S. Army New commanding officer of the Salvation Army in Prince George, Captain A. D. MacMil-lian, took over his new post Thursday. Capt. MacMillian succeeds Lieutenant Roy Wombold, who was moved to Orangevillc, Ont. Capt. MacMillian served for two years in Drumhellcr, Alberta, prior to coining to Prince George. Born in St. Thomas, Out., Capt. MacMillian started full-time work with the Salvation Army nine years ago. His family has been connected with the organization for five generations. Capt, MacMiliian's father is a brigadier; presently in charge of social work with the Salvation Army in Vancouver. "I've been in the Salvation Army all my life," the 33-year-old � as of next week � captain said Thursday. By PAT DENTON Citizen Staff Reporter Fifty years' living in Canada has brought Tommy Frame a certain measure of stability. His home is within casting distance of the Fraser River as it wends its way to the coast where living isn't leisurely. When Tommy hasn't got any thing else to do, he takes a trek 3l/f! miles down river and throws a line into the water and once in. a while catches a nice eel. Tommy Frame is a son of the Sixties. He lives in a literal hole in the ground some 150 yards off the P'GE tracks and a half mile from the Fraser Bridge. NO NHA He's lived there since last year, when he took over the residence from the previous occupant. He's made some improvements, not coming under the terms of the National Housing Act, such as lining the interior with old cardboard refrigerator boxes. And that's the only General Electric product you'll find in Tommy Frame's dirt-floored, one-room home. Simple as it is, he shares it with Charlie Close, who's around 50. This modern-day Huckleberry Finn has a very simple homespun philosophy: "As long as we stay here and nind our own business we're all right." Nobody ever intrudes upon heir pastoral home-site. But once in a while, a few of the boys drop off a passing freight nd stop in for a cup of tea vhen they spot a wisp of smoke urling from the sod roof. 3OOL WATER Down at the river bank (here's a government-operated giiage to ecord the river's temperature. Tommy usually knows without ising a thermometer. He washes n it and drinks it too. This man has been out of /ork over a year. He's a cook, but willing to mow lawns or shovel sand if it will give him an opportunity to pay his own way. He doesn't drink much. But a lot of people are inclined to call people who live in cardboard jungles "rubby-dubs." That term has, a hollow echo when used in.�reference'vto a willing worker nearing normal retirement age with no career from which to retire. The next step is the old age pension and it's unlikely he'll be better off then. BORN A SCOT Tommy was born in Hamilton, Scotland, and after five years' schooling came to Canada in 1910. He's knocked about a good deal but had always been gainfully employed. But during the last few months of northern development, he's checked in at the National Employment Service for kitchen jobs�or any jobs�but has been singularly unsuccessful. Meanwhile, back at his country estate, he has learned to scrounge the best of nature's bounties. Wild strawberries are abundant along the river bank, and choke-cherries grow as well. Did you know small dandelion leaves make good cabbage? Tommy docs, and he recommends them�if you haven't got cabbage, that is. And an eel makes as tasty a dish as one could wish. After you IHE The Only Daily Newspaper Serving North-Central British Columbia Vol. 4; No. 142 PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1960 _ _ BY CARRIER 7c a Copy 35c per wee 'Check the Oil, Please/ Says Resourceful Pilot PENT1CTON iCP) � Pilot Doug Harrington of Wetask-iwin, Alta., discovered 20 miles west of here Thursday his old Stinson biplane, being used to drop water on forest fires, was out of gas. So he landed it on the highway and taxied to a nearby gas station. "Ten gallons of the best you have," said Harrington, knowing the plane would run on the store-bought product. "And," he added, "check the oil." Minutes later Harrington was airborne again, flying on to Penticton and another mission. Forest Blaze s at Stuart Lake A large fire which the forest service says could become serious if the wind rises is burning out of control today in timber near Stuart Lake, 110 miles northwest of here. One hundred men and two tractors are battlin blaze, which broke out Thursday. The blaze burned out 15 acres of logging slash and timber yesterday before being brought under control. However, it started moving again last night and, at last report, had eaten its way through 40 acres of timber. the A B.C. Forest Service official in Prince George said the blaze could develop into a "real bad one" if it isn't brought under Sky's the Limit On Mortgage Loans Under New Plan OTTAWA ICR�The sky's the limit for a three-month period this fall on the total amount of federal government mortgage oan.s to builders with purchase igrecments signed by home buyers and to low- and middle-income wage earners who want ionics built this winter. Works Minister Walker told he Commons Thursday night hat the federal government is villing to lend as much money jetween Sept. 1 and Nov. 30 as s required by these merchant milders .and prospective home wners earning less than $7,G00 year. �_ * ' The result of this program to tlm'ulatc winter employment in he construction and related ields will be that the federal overrinient will lend consider-bly more than the $150,000,000 t had planned to lend during 9G0, he said. However, he declined under uestloning from .T. Ft. Garland i.-Nlpissing), opposition hous- ig critic, to estimate just how men federal mortgage money /ill be committed. He also declined to estimate le total number of homes that ill be started this year except o say it will be more than the 25,000 he estimated some time ago. GOOD HUMORED Mr. Walker remained avowedly mild and unproyocatlve as the Commons neared the end of a grilling that began three days ago with study of his department's 19(J0-(il spending pro- control soon. Forestry official Dennis Mac Donald said three planes were shuttling men and equipment to the scene. However, he said the planes wouldn't carry out water bombing operations as the blaze was "too big". Mr. MacDonald said the ranger in charge of fighting the blaze hopes to complete his fire lines today, providing the wind remains favorable. ONE OF FOUR The blaze was one of four which flared up in the Prince George Forest District during the past 24 hours. However, two of them were extinguished. This brings to 17 the total number of fires burning in the district with a total of 172 men and 13 tractors employed in fighting the blazes. The fire hazard in the district is still rated as "moderate to high". INTO YUKON. ALASKA Okay Given For North VICTORIA (CP) � A consulting engineer said here the federal government has authorized start of detailed survey work on a route for the proposed Pacific Northern Railway extension through the Yukon Territory from B.C. to Alaska. Engineer H. H. Mihshall said be was ordered to make the extension survey for the railway nine months ago. Me said the railway suggest ed two routes, one following th< Alaska Highway and anothei cutting northeast through Car macks, Yukon. 2nd ROUTE He said the government fav ored the second route, apparently because it would open up new territory. This route woulc make the total length of the line from Its southern terminus near banks, Alaska, a distance of 1,390 miles. The route begins at the B.C �Yukon border near Gladys Lake, passes through White-horse and takes the Mayo road to Carmacks and. 'Fort Selkirk, following the Yukon River. From Selkirk the line would follow the Yukon, White and Ladue rivers, crossing the Alaska border alongside the Laduc and then turning southwest to rejoin the Alaska Highway within the new state and follow it into Fairbanks. The journey from Vancouver ) Fairbanks, by way of the PGIC to Prince George and thence by I'NIt would cover a listance of 1,S5G miles, Mr. Minshall said. If the PNR Company plans o extend its proposed rail line nto the Yukon and Alaska, a Youths Stone Window In Police Station Here Three youths threw a stone through a window at the po lice station here rnrly (hi: morning ami bounced Minn selves right into magistrate's court. Konald Joseph Howie, 18. Wage Talks Between NILA, IWA Still Off Wage talks between the IWA prepare it, don't throw tiie skin I and Northern Interior Lumber-away, says Tommy. If you have a sprained wrist, wrap the skin d i MORE TRAFFIC Advance bookings on Trans-Canada Air Lines flights to Europe this fall are up almost 300 per cent over last year with some 1.330 passengers already booked on TCA from Canada to Europe in October. Now Hear This.. Britons, like their famous bulldog, don't let go easily. A bulletin from the United Kingdom Information Service tells a story of a group of mountain climbers who arc leaving Britain to spend the summer in "the Territory of British Columbia" . . . Last night's softball (???) game, when the coaches and managers of the eastern Little League allowed themselves to get edged by those of the western division, raised $25 for the Little League all-star team. That's the most money a same of this kind for this purpose has ever netted here. Winning pitcher was Norm W'asccn, who tossed for the last three innings. The boys only played six, which was plenty what with the shape they're in ... City Manager Arran Thomson, who nearly got arrested t'other day when he was picking up some bricks he'd been given from a demolition job, is now setting his bricks according to Hoylc. lie's bought 30,000 of them from Honest George Leslie, who is demolishing the old hospital. Arran plans to build a six-foot-high brick wall around his new premises . . . Incidentally, the sale of stuff listed in a Citizen Classified Ad is described as brisk by Honest George . . . Barrels of accolades so to those marvellous gals dishing out shots of Salk vaccine at the Cariboo Health Unit's adult polio clinic. They churned through 472 yesterday in one hour, and attendance is reported doubling daily . . . Hey fellas, are you trying to discourage business at the new Kresge store? Parking lot entrance is a double door, and both doors say Out . . . Some of the local black gang were seen around town last night as they rehearsed for the forthcoming Wayzgoose . . . with this horn of plenty handout from the gov- around it and the contraction will have a beneficial result. SURPLUS PORK Out there you can even trap the occasional rabbit. Along goes a eminent, bless it, of 12 cans of unlabelled "surplus" pork. His range is a converted oil can which suits the purpose to a "T". Unfortunately not a T-bonc. Everything is as neat as a flea's knee in his little abode. Of course, GO square feet doesn't rcquare too much effort to keep orderly. And it doesn't give much space for swatting mosquitoes either, which is a prime necessity there. As Tommy sits in his one-room earth built home, he reflects on politics. "The Social Creditors have done more for the working class people," and there he cut off to ask for a cigarette. VOTED PC He voted for Diefenbaker last time and he thinks he'll go Conservative again. He doesn't think he's on the voting list, though. Tommy admits he doesn't follow politics too closely. Back in 1910 Tommy Frame was 18. He worked hard and never did anybody a bad turn. He was to reap the golden years. When the sun goes down casting shiny ripples upon the Fraser River, Tommy Frame winds up his clock and goes to his cardboard - mattressed bed with a whimsical smile on his face. men's Association have ended and no date for their resumption has been set. Conciliation officer J. A. Leff-ling has returned to Vancouver. A spokesman for Eagle Lake Sawmills said that talks with the Union and the Government Conciliation Officer were held in an amicable spirit and have now been adjourned. The official stated that the door had been left open for a further meeting if called by Mr. Laffling. WEATHER Cloudy Saturday. A little cooler. Winds light, except gusty in thunder storms. Low tonight and high tomorrow at Quesnel, 50 and 73; Prince George, 50 and 70, Smith-ers, -15 and (>7. Peace Kivci* Region 1 Cloudy tomorrow, with isolated showers and thundershowers continuing until late Saturday evening. Light winds, gusty to southeast i>0 during thunder showers. Low tonight and high tomorrow at Grande Prairie, 55 and 75. Last 24 Hours Lo Hi Precip. Prince George.. 51 73 trace Quesnel .......... 5S S2 � Terrace .......... 52 69 � Sinithers ........ -1G 70 � Kamloops ...... 54 97 � Dawson Creek 61 79 � Fort St. John.. 54 77 trace Fort Nelson... 51 79 � Wbitehorse...... 51- 6-4 .09 'Give B.C. More/ Cries Bennett VICTORIA ICP) � Premier Bci nctt thinks it's time the fedcra government stopped pleading in ability to pay and began chippinf in more money to provincia coffers. He is likely to take this stanc Monday when a B.C. dclegatioi presents a carefully prcparcc brief at the start of a federal provincial meeting in Ottawa. A dozen ranking members 0. the B.C. government, advisers and other interested parties were due to arrive in the federal cap ital during the weekend. "I consider this to be the mosl important federal-provincial con fcrence held since the end of the war," Mr. Bennett told a press conference before leaving "Canada is in a period where it must prove it can operate sue cessfully in a peacetime economy, with full employment. At this conference, B.C. will bring policies lo meet this challenging new period." The premier, who is also finance minister, would not detail the main points of the B.C. submission, but from government statements in the past a pattern ol demands has emerged: � B.C. should receive as its sliare from tax-rental payments an amount approaching, in percentage, what it would receive if it were still running its own income tax as it did before the Second World War. This year B.C. will receive about $70,000,- 000 from Ottawa, while contributing about $250,000,000. B.C. would like its grants boosted to about $90,000,000. � The federal government should contribute more toward such highways as the trans-Canada and such resources roads as 1 he Cassiar-Stewart in northern B.C., as well as bigger payments towards the cost of railway construction. � Ottawa should begin sharing with the provinces the cost of such services as the fighting of forest fires. B.C. is known to be hopeful for a new deal with creation of a federal forestry department. � There would be an end to what Mr. Bennett calls the "federal tisht-money policy." was jailed (if) days and Beverly llriaii Shaw fined $100, when they pleaded guilty to it charge of willful damage! The third youth, under 18, will he tried in juvenile court. DISLIKE A policeman told the court the youths "seem to have spine dislike for the police." He said they had been drink-i�K. The vandals were nabbed near Connuuglit Hill after a passing motorist told police in which direction Miry had gone. Hondo, who has a previous record, was told "the policeman has never done you any harm, he's here to serve us. "Lots of people drink and they don't, do this," ."Magistrate George Stewart told the (Icfciidents. new company must be set up, Premier Bennett saiil today. H x p 1 a i nir.g the legal ques tion.s involved, the premier said PNR is a B.C. company and "it can only build within B.C. Parliament At a Glance By the Canadian Press Works Minister Walker indicated the government is seltinj no top limit on the amount ol money it will loan this year for home construction to stimulate winter employment. He rejected a suggestion by J. R. Garland (L-Nipissing) that the government consider financ ing the purchase of older homes for conversion into low-rental living quarters. The Conservative majority upheld a government move to in crease Commons sitting hours to 55 hours a week from the present 45, outvoting a bitter opposition 147 to 40. Mines Minister Comtois promised a full explanation of the case of two women geographers missing in the Northwest Territories after being sent by his department, to the Great Bear Lake area. Defence Minister Pcarkes said an investigation is being carried out into a loss of gasoline at the RCAF station at Vancouver. Senator "Vincent Diipuis (T,-Quebec), a Roman Catholic, proposed that parliamentary divorce be transferred to the Exchequer Court � a move advocated by the CCF in the Commons. Senator Gustavo Monette (PC-Quebec), also a Roman Catholic, opposed the suggestion but said ic would support a move to lave the Senate alone rule on that come to Parlia- TOMMY DOUGLAS . . . iond farewell Sask. Govrt Waves Goodbye To 4 Ministers SASKATOON (CP) � The Saskatchewan government Thursday bade farewell to four cabinet, ministers and a Speaker of the House who retired prior to last June's election. Six private members who did not seek re-election were also included in the farewell ceremonies, held during a banquet of the 25th annual CCF provincial convention, with 500 delegates in attendance. Premier T. C. Douglas, in paying tribute to the ministers, the Speaker'and' the private" member, said their contribution to Saskatchewan would not be forgotten. The retiring ministers were: Provincial Treasurer C. M. Fines, Regina; Social Welfare Minister T. J. Bcntley, Shaunavon; Highways Minister J. T. Douglas, Rosetown, and J. II. Sturdy, minster without portfolio. Mr. Sturdy also acted as executive assistant to Premier Douglas. 4-Year-Old Girl Is 7fh Polio Case A four-year-old girl admitted to hospital with polio was described today as suffering an 'extremely mild" case of the liseasc. Joanne Fichtner, daughter oJ Mr. and .Mrs. Herbert Fichtner, 1501 Oak. is the seventh person afflicted in the current Prince George outbreak. She is the first patient to lave had anti-polio vaccine shots. Lumumba Plans Visit lo Canada LKOPOLDVILLH, The Congo H�Premier Patrice Lumumba nnounced today he will visit 'anada and �"other countries" 0011 to seek technical assistance or the Congo. He already had Igned an agreement with an unerican company for financial nd technical help, he said. Before his departure for con-erences at the L'N Lumumba xpressed profound thanks to :ie UN and said there Is no onger any need for Soviet mil-lary aid. He was commenting on adop-on of a security council resolu-011 urging Belgium to speed p withdrawal of its troops from io Congo. Meanwhile a fresh wave of lolence was reported sweeping le eastern Congo today as Con-olcsc mutineers roamed the ountryside burning Belgian omes and attacking the occu-ants. : MEASURING THE VACANCY created by a hurled rock is police stenographer Margaret Jank. Three youths broke it early today and some hours later answered for their actions in magistrate's court. One was ordered to make $30 restitution. ;._____________....... �Hal Vandervoort photo h