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"GETTING THE HELL OUT" is cat driver Eric Winter of Prince George as M-uG UP for weary fire fighting crew brings (from left) Bill Davis, Bill Hocli-
Grove fire leaped a guard near Schlitt's Mill. Crews hosed down camp build- achka, Eli Gagno'n and John Christiansen into Schlitt's Mill cookhouse where
ings as flames drew, near the mill nea r Buckhorn Lake. Hedy Schlitt, 14. who makes 100 lunches daily for the crew, helps them to
�Hal Yandervoort photos coffee and doughnuts.
CROWNING FIRE swept a mile in five minutes Sunday afternoon to leap into green timber and again threaten Schlitt's Mill, 22 miles east of Prince George, where 100 men have been fighting the fire for three weeks. The fire in the area quieted down today and the mill is not immediately in danger.
Water-Bomber Squadrons Urged
Prince George � Chamber of Commerce wants the RCAF to form squadrons of water
Large areas of commercially valuable forest in this a n c
bou;hers .'�'.> ris,:ht forest ..fires uiiuiiu ,/iveas <>.*' Canada are
without road access, the cham ber noted, and this lack has made proper fire-fighting im possible, with resultant heavy losses of timber.
At the same time, It said that while water-bombing of fires has proved successful, more aircraft and trained pilots are needed to do the job adequately. These cannot be provided privately.
"Preserving o u r forests could be made a part of our national defence system." the resolution says, and urges that "the government form squad-
iicm.ss Canada.
This request is contained in one section of a resolution the Chamber Will ask the Associated Boards of Trade to endorse at its convention here next month.
In other sections of the resolution the chamber aska the federal government to provide funds for cons!ruction of more access roods to make fire-fighting easier.
The resolution suggests that preservation of natural resources, including forests. Is | in part a federal responsibility and that Ottawa through ' h < Nation,il Fores) Act recognized it shares tills responsibility with the provincial govern-
rons
of water bombers which
would be available for the 1902
and subsequent lire seasons,"
Also on the subject of roads,
the chamber will urge In a
second resolution that the 11.('.
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Vol. 5; No. 163
PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COtUMBIA, MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1961
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BY CARRIER it so por Monti)
Rumor?
Rumors are going aroun that IS. M. Hoffmeister, fqi mer vice-president and genera manager of MacMillan an Bloedel and latterly B.C. agen general in London, will tak charge of the new northen umbering interests in B.C controlled by Noranda,
The position would probably be thai of manager of the opei tion.s east of Prince George ontrolled by the Northern ubsidiary of Waite Amulet vhich recently bought out Sin lair .Mills Ltd. and Upper "raser Spruce Mills Ltd. and nnounced the intention to uild a pulp mill.
j departments of agriculture and | highways undertake an ado-koi;i;c.\st quate program of ditching and I
Mostly cloudy In the north, building rural roads to allev- ' western section, otherwise I late pour conditions in Central
:our Firms Bid On High School
Four bids for construction a two-storey classroom ad-tion to Prince George Senior igh School were received by e school board Friday. Name of the successful contractor will be disclosed when approval is received from the department of education In Victoria, a School District 57 spokesman said today. Thai was expected to be some time
SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS
McDonald Hotel Macs capture the zone playoff by downing 100 Mile House twice.
Dunkley Loggers runnerup in senior 'A' finals at Vancouver.
Ketchikan Babe Ruth team defeats local Pony League club 7-0.
Douk Arson Strikes Occupied Dwellings
TRAIL (CP) � A new and He said it was started when
sunny. rM UUCl �il SJ 1 I\S 1 - or
thundci Stl i\ el' the entire
region tol ml in v evi III! � \ ,�
quite B< 1 W arm, 1 r.411: ids ex-
eepl :'ll -1 y near thuni ler
J.ow to 1.; 1 in -b !.......j -
low .1! I Gci .1 Ii il
Sinilhci d 7fi a: Ques>
icl, IS
1.. si _ 1 lloill H
Hi 1.0 Prcc.
Prince G 80 C2
Terrar. M ."i7
Smll be '0 8 1 ,10
Qucsne 1 !'_' |s
Willi.ui is Lake ss |s
K.nnl", p ro ., 1
Foil \ el Ml s , .,11
Von si . .1 oh'n M
B.C
None of the bids was from 1' local contractor, the spokes- nian added.
Construction of the
listurbihg pattern In terrorisi n the Doukhobor district o southeastern B.C. was estal ished during the weeken* vhen arsonists attacked fou )rthodo.\ Doukliobor commun
Two were destroyed and Of lersons were left homeless. N< ne was injured though one amlly narrowly escaped the
ames and an elderly grant
(Other's nightdress caught
re as she was led to safety.
Police, who said the fin
were deliberately set, found
fragment.-
what tliev be
new dd an addi-
lieved to be home-made kerosene bombs in the rubble of one communal and in a wooden building at a third which was attacked.
Sunday's attack was the first directed at Orthodox Douklio. bors and their homes. M <> s t
live in I'-.-liaped communals. a
All-weather road access
icntlal, it says, to the .-
-mi! development and eo-|wlng, which will ,.,
eration of farms in sucl, Unnal 10 classrooms .....�, | inedal-lype v,lh.ge. wlneb has
?asa* Praser Lake, McBrlde, present 17. is expected to Btarl w" ",iam brick buildings side Vanderhoof-and Prince George. Jcxl week. !�:>.� naied cosl is . liy ,Ml1" i1".'1 ;1 ' u''"'V' li:""MS Existing roaasinuiose areas $440,000. 1. will be ready for �"d uorksh.,,* i,,.h..id .lu--c mosl unsatisfactory, t h e | use In September, 1002. solution says, for long pei
iods iii spring and fall, a n d lack oi proper drainage is a
major contributing factor.
'Satisfactory ami complete drainage of roods and ami-cultural lands < an be accompli ihed only by a co-ordinated oi ditching and con--ii Hi tion of bridges and cul� vorta."
Now Hear This...
Police Mark Up A Quiet Weekend
Tin' long, hot summer ap-
pears to havi
idled oil
Bight Mich communals � each named after the predom
inant family In the settlement
� nre stretched out about hall
a mile apart in the < lotlshenla (III Diet along Hie Columbia
[liver from Castlcgar,
The 111 -t hit Sunday was
Gleboff. Five minutes later as
a boml) exploded in a wooden building near him. Police later said fragments found there smelled of kerosene.
John Boodoff of nearby Brilliant hinted the possible reas on behind the attacks was to frighten Orthodox Doukhobor: off their land.
WILLISTON HERE
Fires Contained, Hazard 'Extreme
Three spot fires, one resulting from lightning oroke out in the Prince George Forest District Sunday night bringing the lumber of fires to 90.
While the three major ires�the Grove, Tsus and --ouie � wore contained vithin their fireguards, he situation today was [escribed by the forest ervice as extremely haz-rdous'.
"There is no overnight re-
overy of moisture so the dan-
er grows worse every day and
lore susceptible to breakouts."
forestry spokesman said. Hot
y weather conditions con-
nue with no relief in sight.
Battling fires in the district
re 1,663 men, 107 tractors,
ree Avenger mud-carrying
in danger at the moment. Mill-site buildings' were wetted down.
Farm homes of four families in the Buckhorn Lake area were menaced over the weekend but today were considered out of danger for the present.
Tsus fire, 40 miles southeast of here, jumped a guard on the northeast corner, but the guard lias been re-established. SI ill covering an estimated 30,000 acres today, it is contained by well-built fire guards.
Louis fire, burning in the
Francois Lake area about 100 miles west of here, ia also contained within its guards. The southwest corner is expected to burn itself out as it moves toward swampland.
McBRIDE QUIET
Several small fires are still burning in the McBride area but all are being contained. The largest, the King fire, covers about 3,000 acres and is reported quiet.
(Continued on rage 3)
George Murray, Ex-M.P., Journalist, Dies at 72
George M. Murray, former ( discussing politics with tin
liberal Member of Parliament
nd MLA for Cariboo and a
icwspaper publisher in the
B.C. interior ror many years.
Fly Over Grove
Miulti and Forests Minister Kay Willistnn, who ar-fiVCd here at Ihr weekend,
anil Klntuy McKinnon, thr province's chief forester, Hew over tin* (i'iii\|, lire in a helicopter today.
manager complained about the sitting member for Cariboo. As a result no went on the hat night for half an hour.
Saturday in Vancouver. | ,\ listener was Harry G. iv.-ry,
then editor and publisher of The citizen and a former member of the Patullo provincial government, who urged him to run for Parliament.
He was 72.
Mr. Murray latterly was publisher of the Bridge River-LH-looel News which is edited by his wife. Margaret "Ma" Mnr-bos-
Air. Murray ran and w
ambition- of lho i, . - ] � �. - Ident'l Mil hour I III mi '
in:: explanation ol whs there ll/ul counln you have vi�n llftod 'in- will oi ihe 2,<>lcomn
die del',it inn ut oi highways Airport Equipment Operator .....��OOfl Went Dorllners to n novoi
� H i""' irouihi idle while Cliff Manh wuntN in inaKo iun � �' Communl i pie .im and 11
pilVllte iii.iiIiiiii...... I.ni,' Ihe people Who slopped In put I <|Ull't(H| le.ii tl,e\ mlrlll be I
bouses lieeaii-i
th
iIs Of wind
carried sparks toward them,
I'll! it Ollt.
Kit.MOST BVANS
. . . bin ltd in Victoria
Last Riles Held For Ernest Evans, Tourism Chief
Funeral for ESrnetl ISvana commlaalonor ol the m.c. Qov eminent Travel Bureau. ohdilUell today.
ray; He was admitted U
pita! three weeks ago. ,H, )|1,V(,1.
� walvered In his IwostlnB of the
("a 111 mo and Peace Iti Vor
Legislature from 1033 to 10411 , ,'e .,
and was elected to a term In ,"' l028< Mr' �Ml"11'v ")l"'"1
the House of Commons in 1040. Jthln' " ;| correapondonl for
the SoUtnam llew.Npiiper chain and prepared ;� rhorl Of C0m� ineree foi i lie I '.n i iie i OBI I I'l B bid to stop up Canadian ti.nle
A flare-up Sunday night, caused ,,�� ,i�w - p;i|.ei-' m mum parta I '" Uw OrlonU
by wind generated by (he fire qj Canada and as i corrospond'
itself, sssept the llanies back ,.Mi ,,, ((,,. |,-,,r i;, |
over an already burned .section. | While employed OH a police
outheail corner, ronorter lor tho Ottawa .lour-,
Ihe Murrays founded th Ufl k.i Highway \< w at for
'i. John in 1043. hi-
.Mr, Murray represented the
bombers, one Husky water I cariboo district in the lie. bomber and four helicopters. 3 MAIN FIRES
Here is the picture at th< three main blazes:
Grove firo, 12 miles east of!nCwspnpor career ,u ihe age here: Fire guards are being of ],; on bis bnmeiow n Wood-held around .some �1(),(MM) acres. | st,,,-k Sentinel-ftevlew worked
On (lie bunkliouscs at the Frost Lake
As an Ml.A, he returned to the Par Efl�l in 1037 in eareh n| ni.irkels in BOVOral counliie.i ! in the Orient.
ii.il.
played I
sawmill were being watered ||,,nK,.v ironi In- job i,, h ten
down after flames burned to ' ,,, ,.,,��. m,,,,,,,., Sir Wilfrid l U j0hn "' lll|:! "'
willnn some 50 feel of (hem j | �-,,,,�],.,� ,,, ine ]|,,.....,, (�,,,,,. I "('u PUIlllahca thO |Mipor.
Sunday. Fire was slill a (juar- mona. ^r< �Nllin'iv la BUrviVOd by
iii wiie, on, ,i daughter (leiir� glna in Vancouver and �oven
er of
mile from the null
\ �
.u i ii
p,,- ide
� � oup
in rolli
I I elll'l hen hi I epr.ited :
ih.H the U s. win atand
i w 1111 We * i'ii im .mil iin'
i" uni I i iii II i led i II v ' , .hi
ii i>e bullied Into the Mir- "
II I III |l l| I I'll..... "
he lii'W BITlVall In miljlll I'
father nl Dr. Ian EvaiU of
Prune George, waa held In Victoria lankly.
Widely known Ihioughoul Canada and the t'mied Sl.Ue-
for in� wotk in touti in, Mi 11 Kvan wa i' pon Ibfe for i than) imii i i i ;,iui for hotel,
the Prince Qeoi�'� bjn ile
al " ' ik oum � ,i M e foi matlon
"io i"i ii i.,ii. i i bun bu
e ol Mi ttVMia IlllldVJI
Some timber was burned east
of Schim Brothera Mill Sunday
inner in ihe | |<>u q oi (!om nions.
From there be moved <�� uni v
Dm Ughi 1'|iiiinii 'lit ii not worth nieie thi nie wai under control wh*
plllllllki nil ! In- Im Illlia mid .Hid tin � !�� 11 ltii|l� liHik o|| .11 I |
*>I Ihr liljiu.ni. di-JMtl wilhiuit w.itlliij; lor lltankt � � f 1 Hi-il
h
Iti ill h .ind I- 1 in. Ii
Die f
�o i I oi, In We I Merlin Ii
tola! ol 13,000 iioopx
III Itlah b<'.|ili|ii,n lei i
Ml I \ .IM
I be How ,
veiling publli,
ipenliiu o| the
�nil i in B �> n tli<> a rtauli of nix to in, ii� i �' them vl It oi
Si.uidard. th
night, but the forestry spoke*. n;il �,�) ,,,
man said Ihe mill itself was not World hi Mill.
Thai <>' |l be .l.llted his own
in � papei 1 'i ho 1 Iroater V&n> couvei Cjilnook, a weekly
Which IBI led lun \eai!
Nexl I"- rounded the V*an� Journal vltti
�I'i].-) lo 1 |i|| M 1 'I III I pub.
is BO duj
Wile I Ihe
i'i, 1' nohim ed |,id.iv tli.lt Illllldll I mid two "Mi, .1
'.illiel I lli'iipH |iil\<- been lit plovt d ult I ('tiltfill'.V, Klld ll.ni'lil
John-1 m onihuM'ii on ngi .i) i uniu. .uid tivi gru
P.G. Fire-Fighting Costs $769,000
The estimated coal ol battl
Ing the < 'i inn-I ini' in tin-
I'l nice �.rni ,e I nu I | h h n | tin, ve.ir litis ll'.en to |7flO nun
largest oi the five provincial district! figure, disclosed In the
weeklv II (' I oust Sei v n e
report) compares with $:iH2,.
S29 I" In bl 111 Illis lip In |||(.-
mimic ii.i1' in |in.n I,',.|inuiieil coot Inl Ihe entile pm\ nice Ii $1.7711.1.....
nu i in linn region koopa Hie
Ille ll.i'.lld ill the ||| ;|, |o
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