None
of
areas
seven
fires
causing
concern
Seven
fires
were
burning
in
the
Prince
George
Forest
District
today
but
none
was
serious
Most
of
the
22
men
employed
were
mopping
up
the
160
acrc
Blue
fire
at
Vandorhoof
which
has
been
burning
for
about
a
week
Local
firm
given
job
of
constructing
bypass
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registeied
nurse
from
Reg
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has
been
crowned
Miss
Dominion
of
Canada
for
1963
at
Niagara
Falls
Shell
rep
represent
�
resent
Canada
in
the
Miss
Universe
and
Miss
World
contests
TNS
photo
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The
job
of
building
the
south
access
road
to
the
new
i
rascr
River
bridge
here
has
been
awarded
to
Ben
Ginter
Con
Construction
�
struction
Co
The
firm
was
low
bidder
at
817329
for
the
643
mile
road
which
will
go
from
the
bridge
to
the
existing
Cariboo
highway
I
ai
a
poini
uuuui
uvc
iuiiua
suuui
of
the
airport
Other
bidders
were
Peter
Kiewit
US
firm
830034
General
Construction
842104
Dawson
Construction
899713
Arnett
Construction
956172
Anderson
1129652
and
Bed
ford
1221925
Work
of
clearing
Uie
right-of-
way
was
started
this
morning
Although
the
contract
calls
for
completion
by
Aug
31
next
year
the
company
hopes
to
fin
finish
�
ish
everything
but
the
blacktop
by
the
end
of
October
this
year
APPARENT
SUICIDE
A
55-year-old
man
was
found
dead
in
his
shack
at
Rose
Prairie
near
Fort
St
John
on
Sunday
Police
said
he
died
from
what
was
an
apparently
self
inflicted
gunshot
wound
Name
has
not
been
released
pending
notification
of
ncxt
of
kin
Now
hear
this
Anyone
who
saw
a
yellow
swimming
pool
go
sailing
by
and
knows
where
it
landed
about
3
pni
Sunday
might
phone
Mr
and
Mrs
Bill
Ga
shlniki
at
LOgan
4
8317
And
if
people
thought
they
were
seeing
things
its
legit
The
plastic
pool
was
picked
up
by
a
strong
gust
of
wind
from
the
Gashin
skis
yard
1127
Carney
and
went
sailing
off
into
the
wild
blue
yonder
The
kids
Gracie
7
and
Debbie
2
would
dearly
lovo
to
get
it
back
An
ace
with
a
bow
and
ar
arrow
�
row
archer
Ferry
Strobel
proved
less
skillful
with
a
ma
chclte
when
lie
was
slicing
bar
barbecued
�
becued
moose
at
the
Silver
Tip
Archery
Club
tournament
Sun
Sunday
�
day
Ferry
missed
his
target
and
was
taken
to
hospital
with
a
severed
tendon
between
thumb
and
index
finger
City
comptroller
Chester
Jeffery
and
wife
Doreen
celebrated
their
15th
wedding
anniversary
Sat
unlay
Congrats
Canadian
citizenship
certificates
will
be
presented
to
about
32
new
Ca
Canadians
�
nadians
at
a
special
ceremony
in
the
piovincial
building
court
courtroom
�
room
at
3
pm
Wednesday
Refreshments
will
be
scred
by
the
Canadian
rolk
Society
County
Court
Judge
C
W
Mor
row
will
preside
Radar
speed
traps
set
by
the
RCMP
highway
patrol
during
the
weekend
nailed
29
motor
ists
for
speeding
on
the
Hart
and
Quesnel
roads
Top
speed
er
was
clocked
at
8t
in
a
CO
mile
zone
Since
June
9
there
have
been
58
prosecutions
aris
ing
from
radar
traps
and
the
po
lice
said
today
90
per
cent
of
the
offenders
are
local
drivers
Kven
cars
pulling
trailers
have
been
clocked
in
the
high
70s
Fridays
and
Sundays
are
the
worst
dajs
TODAYS
TOM
SWIFTIE-
Thc
Citiicn
will
award
two
ihow
tickets
for
the
best
Swiltic
eoch
day
dn
ner
for
two
touilesy
Hotel
Simon
Froser
for
the
bet
to
July
31
First
Avenue
is
like
our
min
minister
�
ister
of
highways
more
holy
than
righteous
said
Tom
hol
hollowly
�
lowly
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Lucas
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OF
PROVINCIAL
GOVERNMENT
PGE
AND
PRINCE
GEORGE
Pulp
and
Paper
officials
were
in
Prince
George
on
the
weekend
to
discuss
lease
of
PGE
land
for
the
proposed
pulp
mill
here
and
construction
of
a
branch
line
of
the
PGE
from
Summit
Lake
to
Fort
St
James
PGE
vice
-
president
and
general
manager
J
S
Broadbent
Premier
Bennett
president
of
the
PGE
and
PGE
executive
vice
president
Eniar
Gunderson
look
over
documents
during
their
stay
Roy
Fujikawa
photo
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CONTRACT
Lease
of
PGE
land
for
pulp
mill
completed
Contracts
for
the
lease
of
PGE
land
by
Prince
George
Pulp
and
Paper
were
signed
and
delivered
here
Sunday
Premier
Bennett
announced
Mr
Bennett
Lands
and
For
ests
Minister
Williston
PGE
vice
presidents
Einar
Gunder
Gunderson
�
son
and
J
S
Broadbent
Cana
Canadian
�
dian
Forest
Products
vice
president
John
Licrsch
and
others
were
here
to
close
the
deal
Mr
Broadbent
said
that
about
170
acres
of
PGE
land
at
Fraser
Flats
is
involved
in
the
lease
but
that
this
could
be
expanded
as
it
is
necessary
No
one
injured
in
3
highway
accidents
here
No
one
was
injured
in
three
separate
highway
mishaps
re
reported
�
ported
to
RCMP
Saturday
Ben
Seiter
told
police
his
car
was
sideswiped
by
another
which
attempted
to
pass
liim
on
the
Ncchako
hill
He
said
the
vehicle
which
failed
to
stop
was
a
black
Dodge
or
Plymouth
Damage
was
estimated
at
more
than
200
when
a
car
driven
by
Harold
Rouchet
of
Hixon
ran
out
of
gas
and
pull
pulled
�
ed
over
to
the
side
of
the
high
highway
�
way
three
miles
south
of
Hix
on
He
told
police
an
approaching
car
ran
into
the
rear
of
his
car
RCMP
are
investigating
the
cause
of
an
accident
at
Red
Rock
when
a
car
driven
by
Milton
Kayc
of
Red
Rock
went
off
the
road
and
crashed
into
a
mail
box
Damage
was
esti
estimated
�
mated
at
100
CA
Phon
LOgan
4
2441
Vol
7
No
122
able
said
Mel
Rustad
prcsi
dent
of
the
Northern
Interior
Lumbermens
Association
It
will
offer
the
possibility
of
milling
lumber
here
in
transit
And
any
development
is
good
for
everyone
in
this
area
he
said
even
if
local
mill
operat
operators
�
ors
are
not
able
to
arrange
planing
in
transit
for
rough
lumber
from
the
norUi
MILL
MAY
CLOSE
Several
others
echoed
this
sentiment
that
the
18000000
branch
line
would
act
as
a
stimulant
to
development
of
the
Northern
Interior
Lcn
Parks
of
Park
Brothers
which
brings
wood
from
north
of
Fort
St
James
to
a
planer
mill
at
Vandcrhoof
said
here
today
he
did
not
know
what
the
effect
of
the
new
line
would
be
It
is
possible
that
the
Van
Vandcrhoof
�
dcrhoof
mill
would
be
closed
The
sooner
we
can
get
lum
lumber
�
ber
into
a
boxcar
the
better
he
said
However
any
change
in
operation
would
require
con
considerable
�
siderable
study
Mr
Parks
said
that
a
large
number
of
operators
arc
bring
bringing
�
ing
lumber
from
Fort
St
James
and
north
for
manufacture
at
planing
mills
in
Vandcrhoof
PLAYING
POLITICS
Alderman
Spike
Encmark
Liberal
candidate
in
Uie
last
provincial
general
election
said
in
an
interview
that
Premier
Bennett
was
playing
politics
wiUi
the
announcement
Bennett
must
be
playing
politics
Thats
all
he
ever
docs
with
these
special
announce
announcements
�
ments
isnt
it
said
the
Prince
George
alderman
and
Liberal
candidate
in
the
last
BC
election
Mr
Encmark
said
the
peo
people
�
ple
of
Prince
George
would
raUicr
have
a
road
to
McBridc
than
half-a-dozen
railways
And
the
people
of
Fort
St
James
would
rather
have
the
road
to
Vandcrhoof
paved
and
have
a
doctor
and
a
hospital
than
Mr
Bennetts
plan
for
a
railway
he
said
OPERATION
IN
65
In
his
announcement
Mr
Bennett
said
it
is
hoped
con
construction
�
struction
can
start
this
sum
summer
�
mer
as
soon
as
engineering
work
is
finished
and
the
line
can
be
in
operation
by
1965
The
line
to
leave
the
mam
PGE
line
27
miles
north
of
here
will
follow
the
route
pro
proposed
�
posed
by
the
interests
of
the
late
Axel
Wenner
Gren
for
the
Pacific
Northern
Railway
J
S
Broadbent
PGE
vice
president
and
general
-
manag
manager
�
er
estimated
revenue
from
the
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within
five
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of
operation
at
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an
annually
�
nually
This
is
a
great
step
forward
in
the
further
development
of
BC
by
our
Pacific
Great
East
Eastern
�
ern
said
Premier
Bennett
president
of
the
railway
LOG
BOOMS
It
is
of
particular
interest
that
one
of
our
provinces
old
oldest
�
est
settlements
Fort
St
James
will
now
be
served
by
a
mod
modern
�
ern
railway
At
Fort
St
James
the
new
line
will
tap
the
waterways
of
the
Stuart
-
Trcmblcur
-
Takla
Lakes
chain
along
which
log
booms
can
be
towed
to
mills
at
railhead
he
said
Making
the
announcement
the
premier
said
the
entire
area
was
rich
in
timber
resources
and
potentially
rich
in
minerals
as
yet
undeveloped
And
establishment
of
pulp
Continued
on
Page
3
No
pulp
mill
for
northern
town
CFP
says
Canadian
Forest
Products
spokesmen
have
denied
reports
they
arc
planning
a
54000000
pulp
mill
for
Fort
St
James
The
reports
followed
an
announcement
�
nouncement
by
Premier
Ben
Bennett
�
nett
Sunday
of
a
100
mile
18
000000
branch
of
the
PGE
from
Summit
Lake
to
Fort
St
James
They
apparently
derived
from
an
ambiguity
in
his
printed
an
announcement
�
nouncement
which
referred
to
the
pulp
mill
being
planned
by
CFP
and
the
Reed
Group
of
England
for
Prince
George
John
Licrsch
a
vice
president
of
CFP
and
a
director
of
Prmcc
George
Pulp
and
Paper
said
in
a
telephone
interview
from
Vancouver
today
that
only
the
one
mill
is
contemplated
the
one
here
Citizen
The
only
doily
newspaper
serving
Central
British
Columbia
PRINCE
GEORGE
BRITISH
COLUMBIA
MONDAY
JUNE
24
1963
SlMMiT
LAKE
FORT
ST
JAMES
18000000
rail
line
brings
mixed
reaction
There
has
been
mixed
reaction
here
in
the
wake
of
Premier
Bennetts
announcement
of
a
100
mile
18
million
branch
line
of
the
PGE
from
Summit
Lake
to
Fort
St
James
Most
political
party
spokesmen
lumbermen
and
others
contacted
were
not
prepared
to
make
any
com
comment
�
ment
without
more
information
and
the
opportunity
to
consider
it
But
many
welcomed
the
development
generally
on
the
grounds
that
it
would
open
up
new
territory
which
has
not
been
exploited
because
of
its
isolation
My
reaction
is
cry
favor-
Weather
roundups
In
the
five
day
outlook
for
this
area
slightly-above-normal
temperatures
and
moderate
piecipitation
arc
indicated
Forecast
for
Tuesday
how
however
�
ever
is
for
mainly
cloudy
skies
with
scattered
showers
and
a
few
afternoon
Uiunder
storms
A
little
cooler
Light
winds
Low
tonight
and
high
Tuesday
at
Prince
George
and
Quesnel
52
and
65
Smithcrs
52
and
CO
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tonight
and
high
Tues
Tuesday
�
day
at
Grande
Prairie
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tonight
and
high
Tues
Tuesday
�
day
at
Vancouver
and
Victoria
52
and
65
LAST
24
HOURS
Hi
Lo
Prec
Prince
George
Terrace
Smithcrs
Quesnel
Williams
Lake
Kamloops
Whitchorse
Fort
Nelson
Foil
St
John
Dawson
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New
Pope
pledges
to
work
for
peace
CP
from
AP
Reuters
VATICAN
CITV
Pope
Paul
VI
told
the
leaders
of
the
world
today
that
he
would
do
every
everything
�
thing
possible
to
contribute
to
an
international
peace
founded
on
truth
justice
love
and
free
dom
The
new
pontiff
addiessed
greetings
to
the
worlds
peoples
nations
leaders
and
govern
governments
�
ments
at
a
special
audience
in
the
Consistorial
Hall
for
the
dip
diplomatic
�
lomatic
corps
accredited
to
the
Vatican
state
He
pledged
that
the
Vatican
under
his
reign
would
not
inter
fere
in
the
affairs
or
in
the
interests
deriving
from
tern
poral
powers
He
said
follow
uig
the
example
among
the
diplomats
Many
of
Pope
John
we
plan
to
un
dei
take
in
this
domain
all
that
depends
on
us
he
said
Pope
Paul
speaking
flawless
French
as
he
addressed
the
as
assembled
�
sembled
diplomats
said
the
Ro
Roman
�
man
Catholic
Church
favored
principles
of
humanity
and
civ
civilization
�
ilization
on
which
are
based
the
harmony
of
international
righteand
obligations
Ojjjheir
observance
depends
for
the
great
human
family
the
establishment
of
a
true
peace
Uutlncomparable
but
always
lliregUncd
treasure
of
individ
walifarjd
peoples
he
said
fopf
Paul
seemed
at
ease
were
old
fiiends
from
the
days
when
he
was
Giovani
Battista
Montini
Vatican
pro
secretary
of
state
After
speaking
from
his
throne
he
walked
among
the
diplomats
and
chatted
with
almost
everyone
It
was
a
busy
morning
for
the
new
Pope
elected
scarcely
72
hours
earlier
Before
iccciving
the
diplomats
he
held
a
special
audience
for
the
priests
of
Rome
in
Uie
Clementine
Hall
At
the
end
of
the
audience
Pope
Paul
seemed
almost
mov
moved
�
ed
to
tears
as
he
gave
his
blessing
to
the
thousands
of
priests
gathered
in
the
hot
and
humid
hall
e
a
Copy
nnr
TJturWa
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--
PACIFIC
GREAT
EAST
rrn
Railway
will
build
about
100
miles
of
railway
between
Summit
Lake
and
Fort
St
James
Track
will
follow
right-of-way
survey
surveyed
�
ed
by
Pacific
Northern
Railway
which
started
in
I960
to
build
700
miles
to
the
Yukon
but
which
cleared
only
three
miles
of
right-of-way
Map
shows
PNU
route
ill
dotted
line
new
IGE
branch
and
ex
existing
�
isting
CNTl
in
solid
line
V
N
rtr
r
t-
y
V
X
BC
credit
gradually
getting
over
BCE
grab
Credit
in
BC
is
slowly
re
recovering
�
covering
from
the
shock
of
the
BC
Electric
takeover
accord
according
�
ing
to
David
S
Beatty
of
To
Toronto
�
ronto
However
it
wont
get
right
back
to
normal
until
all
the
pub
publicity
�
licity
surrounding
the
takeover
and
ensuing
court
action
is
finished
said
Mr
Beatty
im
immediate
�
mediate
past
president
of
the
Investment
Dealers
Association
of
Canada
Mr
Beatty
was
in
Prince
George
Sunday
night
with
a
party
of
about
65
investment
dealers
touring
BC
after
the
associations
annual
meeting
at
Jasper
They
came
from
Jasper
in
a
special
CNR
train
and
trans
transferred
�
ferred
here
to
a
PGE
tram
which
also
took
Premier
Ben
Bennett
�
nett
and
his
party
south
in
a
special
car
They
will
arrive
at
North
Vancouver
Tuesday
even
evening
�
ing
after
stops
at
Williams
Lake
and
elsewhere
Discussing
BCs
credit
Mr
Beatty
remarked
that
BC
Tele
Telephone
�
phone
stock
had
dropped
after
Ihe
BCE
takeover
but
is
now
rccov
ering
C
MINOR
ACCIDENT
COSTS
MAN
300
A
man
was
fined
300
in
police
court
to
lay
on
two
charges
arising
from
a
minor
car
collision
Saturday
Leo
Wlasuk
pleaded
guilty
to
driving
while
his
right
to
obtain
a
licence
was
suspend
suspended
�
ed
and
fined
100
He
also
drew
a
200
fine
for
hit
and
run
Wlasuk
admitted
running
into
another
car
and
failing
to
remain
at
the
scene
He
agreed
with
another
deal
dealer
�
er
who
suggested
that
the
market
is
beginning
to
appre
ciate
that
the
intentions
in
the
BCE
takeover
were
good
al
although
�
though
there
might
have
been
some
room
for
complaint
In
tha
methods
employed
Mr
Beatty
said
that
on
the
whole
the
climate
for
invest
investment
�
ment
in
Canada
is
good
de
despite
�
spite
problems
such
as
unem
ployment
and
provincial
var
variations
�
iations
in
companies
acts
The
federal
government
is
vigorously
trying
to
attack
un
unemployment
�
employment
and
standardiza
standardization
�
tion
of
the
securities
acts
in
several
provinces
holds
prom
promise
�
ise
for
work
on
the
companies
acts
Fight
in
street
brings
tvo
fines
Sunday
dinner
in
jail
was
the
reward
for
two
men
who
creat
created
�
ed
a
disturbance
by
fighting
on
the
sidewalk
outside
a
city
beer
parlor
Saturday
night
Theodore
McLean
of
Quesnel
unemployed
was
fined
35
and
place
by
Avtar
Gosal
of
Sel
Selkirk
�
kirk
Spruce
Mills
at
Donald
about
30
miles
from
Golden
Mr
Blom
won
100
and
a
cup
with
his
score
of
837
out
of
100
in
written
tests
anil
the
practical
examinations
held
at
thc
Coliseum
Mr
Mingay
won
50
with
his
score
of
8153
Mr
Gosal
won
25
for
his
score
of
8125
Prizes
were
presented
at
a
banquet
Saturday
evening
The
competitions
are
sponsor-
er
hy
the
jNortnern
interior
Lumbermens
Association
thc
Cariboo
PGE
Lumber
Manu
facturers
Association
and
the
Interior
Lumber
Manufacturers
Association
Saturday
about
130
graders
and
other
lumbermen
from
as
far
north
as
Fort
Nelson
west
to
Terrace
east
to
Valemount
and
south
to
Nelson
and
Mid
Midway
�
way
took
part
in
thc
contest
They
went
through
100
pieces
of
lumber
representing
all
grades
of
commercial
softwoods
grown
in
the
regions
covered
by
the
three
associations
Did
Prince
get
caned
ABERDEEN
Scotland
AP
Prince
Charles
rolled
home
from
an
ocean
cruise
Sunday
with
a
heavy
tan
and
the
chance
of
a
tanning
The
future
king
of
England
came
back
to
Gordonstoun
School
to
answer
charges
that
he
broke
one
of
the
spartan
es
establishments
�
tablishments
sternest
rules
No
liquor
The
14-ycar-old
prince
nad
been
reported
for
drinking
a
cherry
brandy
in
a
shore
hotel
in
a
week
long
cruise
among
the
Scottish
western
islands
in
the
school
yacht
Pinta
Headmaster
Robert
Chew
had
sternly
announced
he
would
talk
with
the
prince
when
he
returned
But
Chew
had
business
on
his
hands
and
kept
the
lad
cooling
his
heels
It
was
visitors
day
at
the
school
and
the
headmas
headmaster
�
ter
was
kept
busy
showing
par
parents
�
ents
around
the
grounds
and
schoolrooms
Charles
parents
the
Queen
and
Prince
Philip
were
not
Uierc
Chew
later
summoned
the
prince
to
the
headmasters
study
A
long
thin
bamboj
cane
hangs
on
the
wall
there
It
could
have
been
used
on
Charles
but
Chew
declined
to
say
I
have
seen
Prince
Charles
and
fully
investigated
the
whole
l
ilium
affair
ui
he
said
aaiu
I
i
have
iiau
huy
now
Thomas
Ross
of
Prince
George
lcaR
UU
thc
mattcr
ant
as
was
fined
50
when
they
plead
1
rar
as
t
anti
tnc
school
arc
con
coned
�
ed
guilty
in
police
court
today
ccrncd
thc
incident
is
closed
Vale
mount
grader
wins
competition
held
here
Dirk
Blom
of
Hystad
Broth
1
Supervising
the
tests
vveiv
crs
mill
at
Valemount
took
top
honors
in
third
annual
In
Interior
�
terior
grading
competitions
held
here
Saturday
Second
place
was
won
by
Maurice
Mingay
of
Eagle
Lake
Sawmills
at
Giscome
and
third
grading
inspectors
John
Ham
say
of
the
NILA
Norman
Mid
tall
of
the
Cariboo
PGE
as
association
�
sociation
and
William
Huggins
of
the
ILMA
Special
guests
included
Wil
Wilfred
�
fred
Coleman
and
Alan
Rais
beck
of
the
Pacific
Lumber
In
Inspection
�
spection
Bureau
Stan
Simpson
and
Clayton
Anderson
of
the
Alberta
Forest
Products
As
Association
�
sociation
and
Walter
Ross
and
Bill
Hardy
of
the
BC
Lumber
Manufacturers
Association
CYCLIST
DROWNS
NEAR
CHETWYND
A
nine-year-old
boy
drowned
Saturday
while
playing
with
companions
at
thc
Pino
River
six
miles
from
Chetwynd
He
was
Earl
George
Mine
ault
of
Chetwynd
Police
said
thc
boy
and
his
friends
were
playing
with
bi
cycles
at
the
river
rushing
down
to
the
waters
edge
ami
stopping
just
before
reaching
the
river
The
Mineault
boys
bicycle
failed
to
stop
on
ono
pass
and
the
youngster
plung
plunged
�
ed
into
thc
swiftly
flowing
water
Dragging
and
diving
opera
lions
failed
to
locate
the
body