Prince George Citizen
Thursday, April 27, 1950
Prince George Citizen
E
1916)
Published every Thursday at ^rir-ic^ George,  B.C., by The Citizen Publishe'
and Printers Ltd.    Editor H. H. Gregson.
DIRECTORS:    H. H. Gregson,   M. J. Izowsky,   H. G. Kennedy,   C. A. Warn0r' Member of tb^ Audit  Bureau of Circulations                          .
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iqher Taxes

At a time when the rhOLjnting cost of living and increasing Federal and provincial t0*e$ moke it harder to make ends meef/ the doubling and trebling of taxes on many city homes has fille^ a large number of people with deep concern.
And it is no consolation for the householder that the bui" den of taxation has bee^ transferred from the business to the residential areas. In fact, he would, if a business man, pref#r the taxes to be in the business area, as he could thereby income tax relief to ths s\tent of his business taxation.
Elsewhere in this n§vvspaper; we are told w^iy these are necessary. Briefly, the city is growing very rapidly, we hofT^ to do many things this ye<3r to irnprove the city which should have been done years q9°; *e ore paying for increased educO' tional costs and for expenditure incurred on the Willow Riv0r hydro.
If the extra money npw to be raised by taxation is speri wisely by competent technicians  in  the  improvement of oOr streets, sidewalks, water supply and electrical system, we thin^ nevertheless that, howev'ei- hard it bears on the pocket, it is ^ good investment.
A glance at our city today-—the dust, the uneven woode^ s'dewalks or total absence of any sidewalk, the many shacK"
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Millions of dollars have been made and have left this towr1'  <m* U-S- authority.                '
but precious little has r0*mairied here. We may now hope those who make their m^ney here, pay to build the city as go along, which is as it Should be.
Improvement taxe$ are an investment. Wisely spent, automatically create a corhrnunity in which newcomers glad to reside.
In Ontario recently o large manufacturing concern rr tioned its difficulties v^ith a branch it had established in outlying community.  /'Our executives quit rather than tur       ,-their wives to a place1 wbere they are denied' the elements/^' p^. facilities of civilized rife/' Said the chairman. We have oi 0^ costs to avoid that here.    If \ve want people with money to'cortf* in, if we want to become a town of resjdents and not of tra/" sients, we have to offer facilities at least approaching, those & the cities which newcomers have left.
It must be possible to go for a walk without danger to lirfi^ along imperfect sidewalks, When we get down town there mu^ be something to see, go£>d shops, proud of their wares and the'r services to the public, perhaps a tree-lined avenue or tw#* freedom from mud-splo$hin§ and dust gales.
It should be made compulsory for buildings to be kept ir* good condition and on^-hoped for effect of the higher tax^ will be that it will not pay qny man to keep partly-used dila?N   lMtinC^ George tpwnsite this v%
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n*   to   the   pound   \< be   entered   by   p^ V> cattle     within     \y

la\v   Will who
nink' which
to    the    excellent cattle  can  obtain   on
to offer to maintain a man .^j^'
tooted shacks lying around on which he has to pay heavy
If we pay for improvements we want the municipal publ'^   tovjrisite Just now. They conscience of certain d^ieris improved too, so that the indi^ dual bad apple does no* spoil the barrel of apples.    Hundred of thousands of dollars ^Pent on improving a city can be marr^ by the eyesore here and rh^re.
Building and zoning regulations are in force. We ho^ they will be enforced aOd w<* were sorry to hear a case in whi^S his Worship the Mayor, yielding to pressure, changed his mir1^ According to Premier 0l)N\\, about the renting of a nut erected in a garden in a1 residential Rtat£inent to the coast public'; lv area                                                                                                 I'.C.E.   survey   parties   will   '%
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I he lumber in our cjistrict is a natural resource the val^
of which is constantly increasing. Few people realize the ext0^> to which lumber is becoming a key product in the economy^ nations, not only for bidding but for the production of alcohol rubber plastics, clothing and sugars. We have no need to P% pessimistic. Unlike minerals, our forests with proper mana^ ment, can be made inexhaustible.
We must keep paC$ vvith economic developments. We mO*\
 of t\yo things will then  . CBc will eithei- make f0£|e a virtual state monopoly* 3s it has (Tone in the cas<? of te'eVision; or it will permit U*nit£^ private enterprise devel-ofHicnt   under   rigid   control   by
IM Either event, newspaper publishers face a disturbing situ-atlc^n, a. C"B(^ monopoly of fac .si'^iK would mean the genesis of ^ .subsidized government news-p^Bef' published directly in the ])£Op|c-'$ homos without any pos-si^iljty -of competition on eye'1 \erXM>; On the other hand. CBC controlled participation by es;-t^hij^h^i newspapers would ifi^un that publishers would have t/> jii"Ost«ate thPmselv<.'K before [pa C'Hfj for an annual renewal of tfiSjf htpack-axtjiiK licenses—in ef-f^c^ 't'h?u' publishing licenses. It 0        moan that newspapers
 ubjected to the same ts 0{ censorship and exprop-P that now bedevil the ex-e f,f radio stations. Neithe: iritive would be compatible  freedom of the press.
IN   HISTORY
Pfi*\ce George Citizen)
lcebi the road firm for a longer )7t'i"i()'! and the frost in the road-no out gradually ' and less disturbance on the There is more snow (lone now and the result frost in the road-bed m,ore trouble in the spring f deep frost .thaws out.
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WITH   "ROVING   REPORTER
I was glad to see Harry Perry around again at Rotary. Like many other people, I feel that Harry lets me down at times when he doesn't turn up when expected, but being at heart a highbrow and a great admirer of intellect. I'm an ardent Harry Perry fan. His speech at Rotary, in which he thanked Lloyd F. Detwiller, Commissioner of the B.C. Hospital Insurance Service, for his speech and then offered some constructive suggestions on the hospital insurance scherp<f was a masterpiece of extempore oratory.
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One of the things Harry said was that if doctors did not take advantage of the hospital scheme to send people to hospital for trivial complaints (they'll even send them to hospital for toothache, he said), present hospital accommodation would be amp'o and there might be no need to incur further expense providing new beds—expenses which might have to be met by making the patient pay for a stay in excess of nine days or by Increasing further hospital premiums. Ht> said, and it is doubtless true, that hospitals offer a very convenient concentration of patients for doc tors, who are able thereby to treat many people in a short time, whereas they would otherwise have to travel from house to house.
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Some people who heard Harry talk thought that he should have
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municipal band at another exit. of the piano guests. Tempo, ..,., ed when weh;(|( ( t^g hotel accomml' night, bui all's we? well. An oversight haf * somewhere and fj.p \ "'l:^ fuse in their apoloai-', ?ire W turned up for the nlar *' Monday morning
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around $ir,0 a month from $500.to $800 n cation  for  a successf ess is that she mu,t She   has   to  be nurse,   mother  and
unless she likes
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be a success at any (Jf th A   comment  on  the -, of   our   liquor   laws  is were told that drinking permuted on the        J between   Vancouver  a George but, at  the v, brochure advertisinc t service  to  Hong ;; the sentence: "And it    is    to    have   the bring   you   a   whisk} when you need it." Apparently  we i to    behave    ourselvi with   a   drink   ovei   t but  there's something b
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confined   himself  to  a  few  brief i Hayworth calls ' sentences of thanks to  the  Hos \ j^\{ Khan pital     Insurance    Commissioner.' But   1. for one, don't  agree. The most interesting part of a gather-1     w      .  , ' ..„...,. ,,. ' ing  is  more often  the questions W^      U   F- ^m to  the  guest speaker than  what 1221?? 2 "^,WS»S
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the speaker himself said. Im < ^?°™ a cmzen, of this city tf sorry-to note this habit of ques- i ^aen "eoxt ,hthree We€ks- Her;! tioning   the   speaker   going   out.   S?**8^   ™^
ests   have   been   i     -.         i
Only once recently hav.» «^- "„,,,, run »,Hiam mt< I heard questions to the speaker "J*. h.ave ^'en . in negoiiaft invited and that was when S. C.{j"g %*%" Garvin Def'^ Wallace   (now    father   of   twins,   ^ ^1fe~"p<SLb N' H
told Rotarians about the meteor-ological office.
Kami who will also be here.
Bill told me they will put a I a complete No. 91 planing miSl with v an output of 50,000 boarfj feet per day. Company will aisel install dry kiln. "We cannot sfei; j rough lumber from B.C. and that's why we are opening is | Prince George." ho said
Generally, however, the speaker at any local gathering Is effusively clapped before he begins to speak, effusively applauded after he has spoken (irrespective of the quality of the speech) and is sometimes the j New mill will employ 12 tt subject of further applause after' men in tne mi\\ arlfj morc rJL he has been thanked by a member of the audience, who is himself applauded.
This   is   how   it   goes:   Exalted Buffalo      introducing      speaker:
in logging camps The mill ?hosiH be open around June 15. The I company will bring some of.W machines from Fort William. I!j necessary   other  equipment
"Now   I   have  the  greatest   pleas-, he bought.
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 qugtifares, and will  petitior)  \pti  city   council   to   reconsider 3)if>
pioce^d With surveys of th<? nnrth of Prince George. KlFrR^-N   VBAKS  AflO
This is the season of the \vhc?n solicitors for subscrij? to jill  Kinds of publications ,: S\V3rrriin8   into   town.       Mo^ ii'e unknown, and \\r^
establish a permanent
necessary higher taxation,    the City Council   will   have
majority of residents v^hcple.heartedly behind them.
 If this is the object which rend^  (1^nts  v\'ho in the past pot  1\v
PACIFIC GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY
TRAIN SCHEDULE/-' BETWEEN VANCOUVER AN? QUESNEL
(Effective September 25,   1949)       Pacific Standard Time
iHg   tnore  for  their  money   v^;j'' a receipt form. Several stoi'^ i" tQ\vn   take   subscriptions   [o\   ;}'| at    the    publj.<^\, ?'
Vancouver (Union Pier) WiHiams Lake .   .
Quesnel   ....
NORTHBOUND
Mon%/ Wed., ond Fri......     Lv.
Tues.^ Thurs.. and Sat.             Lv.
lues., Thurs., and Sat.             Ar.
SOUTHBOUND
vy.?snel             .............. A.es., Thurs., and Sat.
Williams Lake                    r\,es.   Thurs., and Sat
Vancouver (Union  Pier)     Vecj'.,  Fri. and Sun.
Stage connects with t^'h ____________      Prince (^Qrge,   Barkerville ond We"l|s.
Ueol  Agent,     CY  WES*AWAY~ 434  George S»ft«f,
Lv. Lv.  Ar.
9.00 a.m 4.50 a.m 8.00  o.m
 7.30 p.nv
 | 1.30 p.m.
 6.30 p.m.

 Quesnel  for passengers  to and  fr  Bl
Prince Georg*
Two CArs of cattle left V0n^^r- hoof on  Thursday  morning ^f1' slgjierj to the Burns Cornpa^ &  Prince Rupert. It is said to V/e been tW first shipment of ri\jj> fod  Cattle to be sent out <r  vanderhoof   district   and      \  Rown-j?n.   agricultural   repr^^ ative of the C.N.R, accoin^  the shipJnei.t to the western \
 Kars ago
 Snow plowing of vo$\  i<5 one of the reason^ \ the roa^s are so bad in the d^\  to enpineers who ^\  They say that the *\
A.-; this is tho season of tho \'c>;ir ^vhen niany dogs are losi steiTiper and as this dis-now prevalent in Prince all dog-owners are advised   ff>   icdep   their   pets   off   the
VKAHS A<;<)
A ftei% what he termed the "\vo,'.-:t iscare in my life." E. R. (.'b.^Klov. C-N.B. conductor, was 3!>le to "at   last  say  that   he  had
ce^n a "born railroader."
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expectant mother boarded Checkloy's freight at Dome Creek, and 50 further v-<-\ it became af>-paieflj that M: Stork was get-t iHjr MnpatieHi. Five miles west c/ ilftc freight's goal, McBride, a t^aby Wo* bo'bn With Mr. Check-\ey iictj.i" ::-• nurse.
\jpoii   arrival  at   their destina-tten   inother.   father,   and   baby and. headed for the hospital ns happy as can
0-C/s Biggest Bang
•Jtl^CE  RUPERT, April 27--2   nf    the   largest    dynamite ats   ever   fired   in   B.C.   will May 7 at Pacific, 110 miles of   Prince   Rupert   on   the line.
railway  rock   pit  will   be with ; 122.500   pounds   of '-Xpl^iVPs.      FVom   the   pit,   the ny   nope':   to   obtain   lf>00 of rip rap. a type of grade i£. anrl fill rook.
Fort William said Hill Thrum I ; is the gateway to the north-vsj provinces   and  through the ci^j , passes  90   per cent of the P< | raised   in   Alberta. Saskatchewj land Manitoba. He said they Ml winter he e^l
lire   in   introducing   an   eminent guest,   etc.   etc."   OoUd   applause). Eminent   guest   rises  to  his  feet iloud  applause).     Eminent  guest makes    speech    (loud    applause). Exalted   Buffalo:   "I'm   sure   we all  enjoyed  one  of  the  most   in-; had  the  hardest teresting speeches we ever heard, i remembers, etc.   (loud   applause).   Before   we K<>   I  think we should all give a big  hand   to show  our  appreciation  to speaker (loud  applause).*j ed by 11 p.m. Trouble w The   audience   then   gives   a   big' ed by one of the twins who4* clap for, the guest, who may or jped safety razor in the tans, w may     not     thank     them     again! culminated   a   week of iwsciwj (loud   applause)   and   we   all   go  during wHch all the boot-briL home thoroughly happy with our  and a $4 paint brush (<nini1 "V
Spent four hours on the toi I on Friday evening, but pot it fil-
mutual  congratulations. <r    it    it    •&
Now I'm not saying there shouldn't be loud applause, but it has its limits; When you applaud everyone and everything it loses its meaning. A friend was mentioning in his quiet way the other day how when he was in Vancouver people said: "Down from Prince George? How interesting. So nice to see you again Walter. Real country up there. Don't forget to drop in and see us again when you're down. Wonderful people in the Interior. Wonderful job you people are doing."
"Then." said Walt, "they shake hands and forget you. They're just smoothies," he said. "It don't mean   a  thing."
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Some of us who went  on  the
pre-inaugural flight of the C.P.A.   "I   have   sympath.izea

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into tbe furnace.
Heai- that a new pr bottling plant is to 1><' ly  in  Prince G.eorge, will decrease the <¦ already
if  you  don't  use water, still further. HiUM gas has been imported"!o ers   which   adds  col  ;':-transport charges  1 now" set up it will he inn1   '',;; and   bottled   for  distn householders here.
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The breeding aft. r periment of   a  wing!¦*»_ in the States has prpm ' fessor   Pull-it   of   'r   .!L to publicize his own with an  intestine1
"For years
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"milk stop" service were just a little disappointed when we got to Vancouver. Somehow, although the C.P.A. invitation was exclusively for the flight, we had got it into our heads that we would be entertained in Vancouver as well. Prince George went all out to entertain the guests who arrived on the flight and this too, perhaps, gave us the irnpresslor that the hospitality might be re ciprocated in Vancouver. Instead, on arrival at the coast pity, we found ourselves standing in the airport wondering what to d,6 next. At first we thought \ye haO left the airport building by the wrong exit.  The  red carpet and
housewife miles of unnecessary l""'J^ the pullet's interior i-can be boiled in ""' !, | first efforts were sirni  j . ed the intestinal iuM' • one inch from Its h at another  point one.   ^ its   end,   threw   awa    ^ .. lay  between  and J two severed ends
"This was excel" but the digestive l"1 treated   pullet   were¦^^f that when it ate a it had to back up ¦¦¦ to avoid losing never f"' :  ' '    ,,  . (See R.R'  :
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