An Independent Semi-Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interest of Central a<>,rthern British Columbia No. 70 Prince George, B.C., THURSDAY, September 3, 1953 Midway, Racing $4.00 per year 5^ per copy Departments Ready For Gala jggest' Prince George Fall Fair Three Days Of Events: Official Opening At 1:30 p.m. Saturday Workmen are putting finishing touches to new buifdings, ¦riesare pouring, in, the circus is arriving and all the last- iufe hustle-bustle is underway for the 38th Annual Fall of the «ala showcase of UC ..pen tomorrow, with ;,„) packed with - enter mem planned to continue Sat ,v and Monday.: , fair promises to be "the ¦t";mN with the addition of a Dance group.. movie shows will be given 0 grounds on both Saturday Un"Jay at 3, 5 and 8:30 p.m., 1 by. the National Film 1(1 the Cariboo Health CIRCUS lyson Circus will be held I^Unday and Monday, start-Ji »-io p.m. each night. There if gating capacity for 2500 Pander the Big Top, and the show will last two and a quarter hours. Included are trained animals, clowns, trapese artists and all the other stars' of the sawdust ring. The Leader Shows Midway will get underway Friday and continue Saturday and Monday, with seven big rides, side shows, games of skill and refreshment booths. Livestock judging in the new show ring will get underway at 10 a.m. Labor Day. Stock entries will be received up until that time. Poultry judging will be held at 11:30 a.m. and the stock judging finals at 2 p.m. Exhibits and displays are expected to be more varied and interesting this year than ever before, with exhibitors coming from many centres to give the public an opportunity to see the variety of hobbies, home products, art work, produce and other items to be found in Central B.C, The exhibition is the'largest heid in the province north of Armstrong's annual provincial show, and the hard-working committee of the Prince George Agricultural and Industrial Association has everything lined up to! guarantee a wonderful time for citizens when they "come to the fair." Doors of the fair building will be closed by 11 p.m. each night. Premier Says No Interior Hydro Start This Year Premier W. A. C. Bennett asr week said there seems to have been some misunderstanding between thexgovern-ment and anybody who thought thai a Quesnel River hydro prq-ect would be started thi§ year. He said the project is still in the-investigation stage and-rthis was backed up byBritish Columbia Power Cominission officials who stated much work must yet be done before construction can get under way. The Premier said the proposed hydro development was still under investigation. Outlining policy, in replying to the throne speech at the last session of the legislature, Agriculture Minister Kenneth Kiernajn said: 'It is essential that the north" fork of the Quesnel at Cariboo Falls be removed from the paper stage and made an accomplished reality to serve the Central Interior." Later, Trade and Industry Minister Ralph Chetwynd told the legislature: "Everyone will hail as a progressive step the announcement that a primary hydro Pacific Holds Key To Holiday Weather The weatherman crossed' his fingers this morning and predicted a good chance for fine weather for the Fall Fair this weekend. It all depends on weather formations off the Pacific Coast, but the weatherman says that unless things become more active there, the weather picture is "promising." He is calling for variable clouds on Friday, with slightly warmer temperatures.. Overnight low will be 35, with a high Friday of 70. project will be this government 'Q commenced by t g on the north fork'of the Quesnel. This project will give us up to 89,000 horsepower without losing a single fish." He added that $9,000,000 will be spent on the first stage of the development. Two years ago it was estimated that the north fork development would cost $240 per horsepower, but B.C. Power Commission officials believe it may now cost about $3000 per horsepower. Meanwhile, according to reports, the commission is looking into less costly alternatives. andard Oil Builds 5#00O Station Here $65,000 Standard Oil Company of British Columbia |ce station now abuilcfing at Victoria Street and First {*e should be completed and in operation by November 1, City Kitten Off For Job In Big City A Prince George kitten is on his way to a life of mouse-catching in Vancouver, thanks to the help of ^several kind-hearted city residents. The kitten was rescued .earlier this week when a big/dog was seen chasing the little fellow into traffic on a busy city street. As no one in the neighborhood knew where he belonged, he was taken to the Prince George Hotel. He played around the lobby while attempts Were made to find him a home. Drivers with Carson Truck Lines noticed him, and when they heard of his plight, said the trucking firm could use a mouser in its Vancouver warehouse. So the kittten set off in a big truck for his new job in the big city. VANCOUVER, Sept. 3 (CP)—Brown-eyed Lynn Adcock of Vernon Wednesday night was named "Miss P.N.E." at the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver. The 17-year-old beauty's statistics: 720 pounds, five feet, six inches, dark brown eyes and hair, and 36-26-36 measurements.----------------:------—— Airport workers at Vancouver had trouble keeping their minds on their work for a few •minutes last Saturday. Reason for the wandering attention (and eyes!) was the shapliest cargo that had landed at the airport in years, in the person of five contenders for the title of "Miss P.N.E." Contestants in the picture are, left to right, back row: Linda Ghezzi of Kelowna, Margaret Brett of Penticton; centre Eileen Mahoney of Kamloops and Lynn Adcock of Vernbn. In front, as she was "the smallest, is Annette Hrehorka of Prince George. '. ' Kitimat Rail Line Damaged Terrace Rocked By Sharp EarfA Tremor ^ TERRACE, B.C., Sept 3—"Twisted trees and a missing railway roadbed stand as grirn reminders today of the power of an. earth tremor that shook this northern British Columbia district.---------------------------:-------------- Main damage caused by the tremor' in this sparsely settled district was to .the roadbed of the C.N.R.'s . ,Terrace-Kitimat line. About 1,000 feet of roadbed is estimated to have disappeared Tuesday' into a 50-yard-wide fissure opened in the earth by the quake. , Tales of close brushes with death, of twisting trees, flames and smoke were told by construction workers building a rail link between Terrace and the Alcan smelter site at Kitimat.. Eugene LaBelle, ¦ only man reported injured in the tremor, said the start of the quake was heralded by "trees twisting and rising." From a hospital bed here, he told how violent "earth shaking" caused timbers supporting .'the aprons of his gravel hauling machine to collapse and smash his leg three places below the knee. LaBelle said a fellow worker he was unable to identify saved him from falling into a huge fissure ripped open by the tremor. He said his companion grabbed him "and the two of us watched the machine disappear' into the earth* followed by smoke and names." He said "1,000 feet of the railway right-of-way is gone.*' Workers estimated 60,000 yards of earth tumbled into the main fissure that was 200 yards long and 50 yards wide. Sandy McDonald, tractor operator, said he heard a crackling sound in the bush beside the roadbed and looked up to see what looked like a "wave over . the land," travelling from west to east. Seconds later, a large crack opened in the earth about two fet from his machine.' He jumped. from the machine on the opposite side and just missed another break opening in the earth. 'Baby X' Identified After Year's Search The 12-month-old mystery of Prince George's "Baby X" lias been solved. Royal Canadian Mounted Police announced nere without fanfare this morning. "Baby X" was allegedly "found" in a car parked in downtown Prince George just a year ago. U.S. Army Air Force Checks Red Rock Woman May Have Clue United States Air Force planes based here on the search for an American millionaires' missing twin engine plane will investigate a slim lead received by The Citizen this morning that the aircraft may be south of Prince George. ^ The report of. a sighting of a -------———------------------------ light green twin-engine plane on August 17 near Red Rock was relayed to the Prince George search centre justx a few hours after Royal Canadian Air Force search and rescue craft had been called back to base. According to the report receiy-ed by The Citizen, a plane similar to the one owned and flown by Ellis Hall of New Mexico was sighted on August 17 by Mrs. A. Doherty of .Red Rock. Missing wjth Hall, and the ob- jects of rewards totalling $30,000, 17- company official said this week. FfWon, situated on the* Li corner of the intersec-K-L K.?:,.ai,lei;al highways, is by Standard of B.C. bays and provision for a third. The main structure will be of standard frame construction with a stucco interior and it will be located on a 200 by 142 foot site which will be surfaced with asphalt Four pumps will be installed in two islands on the approach, to the station and provision will be made for installation of a diesel fuel pump at a later date. Underground storage tanks will hold 5000 gallons of gas. Contractors on the project are Hastings Construction Company two j publication ' Ltd., Prince George. eorge. ? based on Ps P [.comPany.built and oper-tons now in use on the lr Mainland. ' * the lion's, opera. ? $be company Ut'have not be "operated on are his wife, daughter and a year-old New Mexico boy. The information received by The Citizen this morning" has been relayed to United States Air Force search Officials who will probably interview Mrs. Doherty today. The Red Rock area and terrain south of Prince George has not been searched with the same in tensity as the western half of the se'arch area. In.fact R.C.A.F. aircraft only covered the Princeton to Prince George line of search in transit here. The missing aircraft took off from Annette Island, north of Prince Rupert, on the afternoon of August 17 bound for Belling-ham via Smithers and Prince George radio airways and has not been seen since. Before leaving here yesterday Squadron Leader W. B. Fee searchmaster at Prince George gave a statement to The' Citizen in which he said he and his crews are convinced that Hall's plane did not go down in the area between Prince George and a point 50 miles west of Smithers. Aircraft under his command flew hundreds of hours, in the western search area without finding, a trace of the craft. Squadron Leader Fee paid high tribute to Prince George Airport officials and persons who assisted in providing accommodation for his crews. . When the R.C.A.F. left yesterday,' their strength had been re-1 duced from four to two aircraft, a Canso and a Dakota. American aircraft still operating from here are two S.A.16 Albatross search and rescue craft... Meanwhile," P. .J. Hibben, father of 17-yoar-old Patrick Hibben, a passenger in Hall's plane, has covered highways between here and points west in an effort to trace reports of plane sightings. The missing boy's father interviewed dozens of farmers and ranchers along his route without obtaining a tangible clue with which to aid air searchers. IT'S OFFICIAL NOW —LEBOE ELECTED On Wednesday, six days after the start of the official count of votes cast in the August 10 federal election, Returning Officer Thomas E. Carmichael typed the official form announcing the election of Bert R. Leboe, Social Credit candidate in the Cariboo riding. With all polls reported, the final count showed: . Bert R. Leboe ••-•.......... 5562 G. M. Murray7 Liberal^ 5158-WilliEun Irvine, CCF .... 4314 Late returns from two small polls in the northern part of'the riding cut Mr. Leboe's lead from 410 votes to 404. • Churchman Scores Neglect Of Indians FORT WILLIAM, Sept. 3 (CP)— The Anglican Church "missed the bus" years ago by not recognizing the need of Canadian Indians for a native ministry, says Frank Anfield, Church 'superintendent of Indian Affairs at Prince Rupert, B.C. f\t a joint meeting here Tues-. day of the Executive Council of the General Synod and board of management of the Missionary Society, Mr. Anfield said: "unless the Indians raise their own clergy, teachers and nurses, they won't have any because we apparently are unable to supply them." Several speakers said that various evangelistic sects have recently entered the Indian mission field.. It wa .announced that a commission will be set up to study the. Indian problem. 1 School Enrollment Here To Hit New High On Tuesday Schools Expected To Meet Enrollment For First Time In Two Years The owner of the car turned the two-week-old tot over to police who in turn passed him on to Prince George & District Hospital .authorities. Today police announced that a Ladner, B.C. man who told an amazing story a year ago of "finding" the babe on the seat of his car parked near George Street and Third Avenue -was in reality the father. The man, Joe Coleman, has admitted fatherhood of the child, in a statement to police, R.C.M.P. authorities disclosed today. The tot's mother has also been found Meanwhile, unaware of the in rteftsiye * 1.2-rcionth investigation which led to his identity ttii week is "Baby X" himself. WEliL CARED FOK Today he is about 14 months old and is a well cared-for Costei member of -a "well known Prince George -family. His ultimate' fate is still unknown. According to police his mother could claim him, but now that' his identity has become known, his abandonment makes iim a ward of the Provincial Government under the care of the Social Welfare Department. Identity of "Baby X" was the subject of one of the most intense police investigations ever launched here. ; At the time of his alleged 'abandonment" there was only one tangible clue through which po-ice might have traced him. This consisted, of two physician's sample bottles .of a baby tonic. DOCTORS CHECKED Doctors throughout the Central interior were checked but none emembered giving the samples to a mother who might later have abandoned her child. The initial investigation included a check of all B.C. hospitals for a birth which might have aken place two weeks before, the circumstances of which might lave indicated eventual abandonment. It is now definitely known that "Baby X" was born at St. Hospital at Vanderhoof. His foster parents here may Well over 2,000 students are expected to return^fo city classrooms on Tuesday, and for the first time in-two years there will be enough accommodation for them. Despite the-fact enrollment is expected to reach 'an all time high in the city elementary and high schools, there should be sufficient classroom accommodation for everyone without resorting to the shift system, in effect during the past two years, states Jack Beech, supervising principal. Most of the student increase will be absorbed in the seven classroom addition' to the Prince George high school and the modern new Connattght elementary school, housing 700 students, which has replaced th£ elementary school destroyed by fire two PGE Contractor May Be Known Today "Successful tenderers on more nan $100,000 worth of building or the Pacific Great Eastern Railway may.be made known here ater today with the arrival in Prince George of_B. E. Valde, the railroad's chief engineer. 'Mr. VaAde \v\W ayrive on today's P.G.E. passenger train from his headquarters at Squamish. A number of local contractors affe among, those wno submitted bids ffti a project which includes the construction of a house at Prince George and bunkhouses and small stations between here and Quesnel. Originally tenders were by invitation, but these were cancelled following opposition from some persons in the building trade, and new tenders, were -called. Those were opened at Squamish i week ago yesterday hut railroad Officials have so far failed to dis-lose the amount of the bids. (Vest Must Arm To Deter Aggression VANCOUVER, . Sept. 3 (CP)— The West must increase its military strength to a point where, the Communists will not dare start an atomic war, Field Marshal Sir John Harding, chief of .the Imperial General Staff, said Wednesday night. Sir-John, who was once-a staff" college pupil of Field Marshal Montgomery, will leave for Victoria- by steamer today. He will inspect the Royal Roads Military College while in the B.C. Capital. He is scheduled to fly to Abbots-ford Friday before proceeding to Calgary by rail Friday night. Roraricm Injured At South Ft. George Rotarian Fred Black received painful injuries Tuesday evening while assisting with the prc-- aunch adoption proceedings, po- paraUpns for the annual "Citrus Grove" garden' parly at Souvh ago. Classes will also be held in King George V. Central, South and Hart Highway elementary schools, high school annex, and in temporary classrooms constructed in the West End Sunday School and the school dormitory. Only tipset in the school schedule is expected to be made in the high school, where physical education and 'industrial arts facilities are inadequate to meet the larger enrollment. Unable to fit* 44 gym classes into a 35-hour school schedule, school officials have had to fit a few classes either an hour earlier or later than the regular session, in order to work in the full program. However, there v>'ill be no increase in the length of day for students taking 'these subjects, states Mr. Beech. Students will be dismissed after they have completed their seven periods. pecause of the lack of gym space, Mr. Beech said, the course in Effective Living for Grades 11 and 12 students will not be offered this year. Final year of the three-year compulsory training in Effective Living, which includes gymnastic practice, will be offered next year to Grade 12 students instead of to Grade ll'si to allow more time for regular gym classes. In the school . dormitory, 84 students have already registered. Catering facilities are not adequate to look after any more students in the residence but students can share rooms and allow more sleeping quarters to be made available. ice stated. The R.C.M. P. official who made he identity disclosure this morn-ng would not say how investiga-ors had found the trail which led o the missing parents. It is now known though that the.baby's mother was in Prince George when Coleman took his son the police station. Fort George. Mr. Black tumbled down a. .flight of stairs at host Charlie Albins' home and landed on a water pump in the cellar. He sustained a broken thumb and three fractured ribs. But the Rotarlan's injuries did not prevent him from attending the event the following day. Falling Tree Kills Entile Carpenlier A woodsman died in Prince George and District Hospital on I Tuesday from head injuries re-j ccived when-he was struck by a falling tree. Dead is Emile Carpentiec, 49, \vho was employed ¦ as a sealer with a.West Lake logging company. Following the accident the man was rushed to Prince George and District Hospital but succumbed to his injuries., He had been employed with the company for two months. Earlier j he had worked with another com: pany for one year. Surviving are his wife and son in Prince George. The remains will be shipped to Duncan for burial. Hotel Employee Dies Suddenly On Tuesday A resident of Prince George for more than 25 years, Harry Eye rliecl suddenly Tuesday night. He was 5S. Mr. Eye was employed at the Canada HoteJ. Funeral .services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. from Assman's Funeral Chapel. Funeral Rites Friday For Giscome Resident Funeral services will be hold at 10:30 a.m. Friday from Assman's Funeral Chapel for Jack R. Mullen -of Giscpme. . Mr. Mullen died at Prince George and District Hospital Sunday' after a short illness. He was 45.' He has lived in this area for two years. There are no known survivors.