# ., r f j|/ol 37; No. 2 ^----- ' v An Independent Semi-Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interest of. Central and \ L^hern British Columbia Prince George, B.C., MONDAY, January 11, 1954 $4.00 per year per copy George Man Dies By Truck A 78-year-old South Fort George pensioner died in Prince jrge & District Hospital on Saturday from injuries he re-cm-ed when he was struck by a light truck on the .evening B^ore. I'---------------------------:—:----- (cad is San ford E. Van Bus- inB to British Columbia he was ftt, a district oTcRIWierrwh^^r1"^1'!6!11"01"HA-_lberta-and-at the led to regain consciousness |>r being hit by a truck on ften.swav Boulevard" at about tlme ()f his death he was a mem- ber of tne Fort- George Oldtimers1 Association. on Friday evening. was the'first traffic fatality 'I'ince George in 1954. Inqtiest into Van Buskirk's th Will be held later this vehicle which bachelor was iriver of ..the lick the aged A. Ewen. Iwen told police the elderly was walking down Queens-on the road. )riviiiR in the dark, he. fail- iTrade Board Thursday, Jan. 14 Annual meeting of the Prince George Board of Trade will be .held Thursday next in the McDonald Hotel when the election of officers for the ensuing year vvill be held. A-dinner will precede the meeting at 7 p.m. John Mclnnis, H. B'f King and ¦Hgto sec the figure in front of ; Martin Caine have been named Sgrami until it was too lato to stop a nominating committee. They biji the slippery road surface. | will bring recommendations to f Even's truck was headed to- the meeting, but President Nor-|«H£Is South Fort George a'short man Napier requests that mem-distance away and it is believed hers be prepared to propose no-"Vah P.uskirk was headed towards initiations from the .floor. Prince George. I "The year 1954 offers a chal- ¦¦\S|e was seen earlier near his lenge to all of us." remarked Sec-home and it is thought he decided rotary -Mrs. T. Emerson in a bull- to:'return to town. Funeral arrangements will not be-kn.own until after the inquest daitte is set. : .Mt. Van Buskirk came to this area around 1!.)H) and until 10 years ago he operated a farm near', liuekhurn Lake. Before com- etin to members. "It will be a year of change and opportunity. A great deal may be accomplished by an active, vital Board of Trade." - /Veic Nnval Uadae This budge, _ designed at Naval' Headquarters, will soon be available for wear by ex-m™mbers ol the naval forces of Canada. To be known as the Former Naval Personnel Badge, it may be worn by all former naval officers, men and women who have been honorably released from the service, flic badge is to be reproduced only in metal,..suitable for wear in the left lapel button note, or embroidered fm ivenr on the left breast pocket of blazers and jackets. Reproduction of the badge for any other purposes must have the approval of Naval Headquarters. The former -Neval Personnel Budge features a gold anchor set in a circle of navy blue. Ten" gold maple leave* surround the circle, atop of which rests the naval crown. The crown "jewels", left to right, are red, green, blue, green and red. Build Modern Plants LABOR federation Ft. George Formers Produce RAPS JUDGE LORD More Local Eggs, Poultry .Ian. 11 . County Court .ludgt A, K. Lord came in for swore criticism at the'annual convention of the British Columbia Federation of Labor here Saturday.- Stewart Alsbury, former district president of the International \Vo6dwoikcrs of America, took is-suei.wiih Judge Lord on his recent, handling of investigations intofa woodworkers strike in the 'no'l'ihern interior. ,.;. si£$sbury charged that recom-,m#SHaiions put forth by Judge &M made for him by a As the result of a vigorous local demand for fresh eggs coupled _wjth an abyndance of cheap locally grown grains, Prince George farmers are showing increasing interest in commercial poultry raising. cleaning out of the floor area is necessary only once every one or two years. The center roosts prevent crowding of hens and provide a convenient place for water and feed, hoppevs. All walls and In utilizing their own grains. farmers are finding it more profitable to convert these to a readily.- marketable product than to ship put to a clogged grain market. According to John Zacharias, district agriculturist, many local farmers who formerly kept only a few dozen hens for home -use have now increased- their flocks to at least 100 birds and are planning on expanding to a 400 or 500 bird unif as a profitable sideline XKW to other livestock enterprises. j These and many other produc-One well known local producer, er's are demonstrating that with SSHfcia'N wrote Premier Bennett H. O. Cuddie^ who along with new methods of management, isiin'u''that lie dismiss the judge ¦¦ ' '• "• Poising'has played an im-' careful feeding, and well insulated ^^ni^e they had no faith in him. iportant role in the development_•houses, the hens will keep laying 5*iVVA officials said in their! of the poultry <'lUpiber manufacturers' associa-j ? ¦:'-T(t-wa.-- the second charge against f.tjh£j. g.ivernment-elioseh investi- j ;$$$>i' into the province's lumber I HbEsc in the last few days. ! §$BJarlier, sonthern interior .IWA ! ceilings are ,>vell insulated. Ve,n tilation is attained through slots ¦with adjustable openings above the windows. Mr. Hudson of Canyon Creek has also 'completed ' a. building modelled along similar lines. t p _ industry here, is 'right through the winter. the Vancouver judge 'was in his condemnation of membership. 3 ]ie stated, before producers here this week. -. will know whether prices are going to strengthen '.....' He said that producers here have lost the first quarter orders for industrial lumber and in some to strengthen in 195-1. An indication of present spruce prices can be drawn from price ca'ses have lost second quarter of pomler0sa PLnCi the industry's market "barometer." Ponderosa pine competes^pn the orders.. An estimated 60 per cent of the lumber produced locally is used for such industrial purposes as crating, boxing and scaffolding. BUY QUARTERLY Industrial buyers purchase Power Commission Interested? McGregor River Could Provide Power For City In a brief address to Rotary Club members at noon on Friday, Ray Williston, MLA, intimated that the B.C. Power Commission might be induced to consider, the installation of a hydro-electric power plant on the McGregor River, one of the-main tributaries of the upper Fraser River, 40 miles east of Prince George. Preliminary surveys have shown that there are a number of sites on the river which are capable of developing sufficient power to supply Prince George and large areas of Central B.C., including communities served by the Smithers division of Canadian National Railways. same market with locally manu factured, lumber and prices usually are comparable. Today prices for number 3 pine are irt about $69 per thousand feet their . stocks n q.uartei'ly.-and let compared with the postwar peak orders well in advance. About the jn September, 1950, of $87 a thous-only first quarter industrial ord- and, and the postwar low in June, ers which can be expected here 1949, of $55. are those which went begging in in 1940 pine was $23 a thous-other producing, areas. and and in 1952 at the height of 1 Operators are facing about the defense spending for the war in same prices as those which pre- Korea the price was $8G a thou.s-vailed at the start, of the strike and. in the case of specialty and crat---------------------------1_ ing lumber. Green normal stand-"ard lumber prices have slipped slightly. :-\ ! One millman said that there was an indication of a "firming" , in the market a few weeks ago but "that prices softened again be-1 An aftermath of the strike Start Made Signing IWA Contracts fore an actual upward trend got started. ^ s "FAIR RESPONSE" He said that re-entry of Northern Interior mills into the eastern markets has broughft a "fair response." The. millman 'explained that buyers, who have been obtaining substitutes for local lumbar dur- settlement will take place here this week when some 65 certified mill.--operations in the Prince George area "will commence signing the 1954 contract with the International Woodworkers of America. Following a move recommended in the industrial enquiry commission-report of Judge Arthur K. Lord, the I.W.A. is today rnaking a bid to expand its membership here and already plans are underway to apply for certification at ! several previously uncertified operations, j The 1954 contract, which gives \yorkers a 5l£ cents an hour wage boost effective January 6 and in- Thieves Gain Little From Clothing Store Thieves smashed their way into A. M. Patterson's Men's Fur-nishings, 126I7rhLrd Avenue, early dustry-wide maintenance of mem- Saturday evening but aside from a pair of boots, got little in the way or loot: Proprietor of the.store said this morning that a small sum of money left in the cash-drawer now taking the lead iir producing for the broiler market. In addition to his laying flock of 600 hens, he maintains a flock of 1000 birds of various ages solely fyx rail to Edmonton where^riatttral gas is utilized in tho>ifuinufacture of. nylob threa< arrfl other finished products.. ¦ When' natural gas from the Peace" River and north-western Alberta is brought to' Prince George, attractive opportunities will exist for combining these two separate operations in the production of plastics... Car manufacturers are now experimenting with plastic car bodies, and if these tests prove successful there will be an iin- ial which feeds this new and booming industry. . • - '-'There is no other place In British Columbia with brighter possibilities or greater need for a stabilized economy based on our immense natural, resources," Mr williston fold the Rotarians, win were'meeting for the first time in the new basement banquet-room of the Prince George Hotel addition. Plans are.going ahead this week to build ali enlarged courtroom at Royal Canadian Mounted Police headquarters on Seventh Avenue. City officials- are' preparing plans for the'new courtroom this week. It will incorporate the old courtroom and space which is now used as a private office. Even in its enlarged state, the room will be only 11 feet wide, and 20 feet long. Long a target for criticism by 1. I the press and city -barristers, the recent present courtroom facilities cover less than 160 square feet. So small is the room that spectators, when there are any, must ' sit among prisoners awaiting tria.l. and lawyers, the magistrate and the accused all share one tiny table. I -' The building in jwhlch police court is located is the property^ of-the City of Prince George and is supplied to the UC'.MP live of charge under terms ofrMre' policing agreement between the city-and the federal government. Enlargement of the courtroom is being maffe possible tht'ou^w the evacuation of the quarters for single/constj.ibles jn tilt. rear of the' building. New Deadline For Coast Air Mail Woman May Tackle_ Mainland - V.I. Swim __y]GTORlA-r Jan. II (CP)—Flor- ) ence Chadwick, worid-1'enowned t distance swimmer, is considering an attempt to swim the Straits t>i Juan ,de,"Fuea ni.\t summer, it was announced here Saturday. Tentative plans-call for tlic at-teinpi to be made in July from Port Angeles, Wash., to Victoria: If successful, she will he the first swimmer to conquer ihe;tai'rbulent 20-mile, stretch of water between the majnJarid and Vancouver'-Js-¦kind." . Victoria Tii and the Llri- Airborne mail destined for Van-I ' lil culver will have to be at Prince • hisj> American Pyjut Company George's main post office two h;iVt' tJt'Lii-£iiit,covlm « S2.500 bonus if.successful. Mulligan announced todav. Council /sheets Tonight Fir.st scheduled meeting of the 195-1' Prince George city council tonight at S p.m. now stands at $170.50, and | tually house a flock of 1500 birds, looked like league champions—which they are—as they took j tori'i ni< ount will be The first unit, designed to house Prince Georgc Lumbermen apart to the tunes of 9-2 and 1>5 tlo.ti w« ajtyR expected this amount pt^mented this week following |^Mtings at which a number of Irani organizations will decide kfttyftimounts they are willing' to 500 laying hens is now nearing completion. This modernistic building, constructed according to plans (drawn up by the B.C. Dept: of .%ricul- nnpunced last, Thilysday, ture. represents a radical depar-|Wpose of the fund is to .provide ture from the conventional type financial assistance to a young j poultry house. The building is 10 feet square;-with windows on both the north and south sides. It features a central roosting rack which needs to be cleaned out only twice a year, community nests, and a dirt floor. it is expected construe-ill get underway in the on Saturday and Sunday in the first league games played here ! spring. ,. . ,_____________• —_________________ -The jail liuildin this season. i jajTDllander who was seriously in-Hunpd during a fracas resulting *fro>ln the recent lumber strike. Uo tidB already spent three weeks jijpghospita!. preventing him from :\yqrking on a home he is building in'Prince George for his britie-to- be-in Holland. • jMlstra had planned and work-.edL:-to bring his fiancee to Canada this summer. "I hope 1 can make it," he said from his bed in Prince George and; District .Hospital. "Rut it don!t look too good right now." .Tilstra was brutally beaten I)e-- cemlier 21 near the house he is With the~use of a deep litter, Three Fined For Game Infractions British Columbia Game Act infractions here have netted the provincial treasury $G0 within It was the first appearance this season for both teams, and Van-derhoof was definitely the better club as they iced a solid defence and two fleet forward lines which hit a mid-seasonjiaee and hemmed the Prince George tcarn back of their own blue line for most-of the two games. ( Although showing promises Lumbermen were disorganized most of the time and were unable I to match tlic smooth passing plays :and individual attacks of the visitors, who are again being , coached by Jack Forsey, former j Trail3 Smokcaters star. i. •Bears lived-up to their name ' in the opener as they applied the big squeeze to Lumbermen's'all new defense department to rattle throe pucks past Don Young with building on ,hV outskirts of the j Jhe p^Vew weeksT game officials ^«V^^nZ^ city. His attackers were believed disclosed today. - I/'1, '"'sl lL1 ' - J minute .to: be picketers, but the young Tu'.o men, Robert Watson and "' " ... TltMMWiinK-iminigrant was unable to positive- N \v V]om< pai,Kfines.-nf $25 and , blvho was ar- .$io respectively for c'airving'.Iqad--1 The slick ieamwork of the Van y rented in connection withthe. in cident. which aroused considerable indignation throughout the city. ¦''|j'l believe something should be ftldfio to compensate this now.citi-iris! r'^ nuts who was an innocent ':VR?tim or the strike." said Mayor ;G)Srdon O. Bryant, who gave $20 to1: the. fui)d last week. l |3h"iiations received over the ^week-end include Kechako Bak-W&, $10: Charles K. Haga, $2.r>0; W%y Williston. MLA, $3; Bert R. fljehoe. Ill', $1: H. O. Cuddy, $5: l^ssc CoUl Storage, $12; Jimmy ^|ines, $2: Anonymous,"$5. jfciA complete list of donors will ^» jniblished in .The Citizen at the vconelusion of bhe campaign. anderhoof squad threw the Lumbermen defensive set-up into a disorganized attempt to clear the puck'^oul of vulnerable territory almost from the opening bell. •" The game was less than seven minutes.old when "Jim Silver got the jump on o_ne Lumberman defense stalwart at centre ice and Funeral service was held in j beat the other out with a back-Wetaskiwin, Albert;), today forward pass to brother Ken just Mrs. John Borglund, who died..pnsitle the bluelinc with Ken $ spec ti vol.v ed firearms in motor vehicles. A third man, Anthony Forcier, was fined $25 and costs for carrying a firearm without a license. Funeral In Wetaskiwin Today For City Woman Thursday in Prince George and District Hospital. Mrs/ Berglund came to Prince George two years ago from Wetaskiwin- She was 32. ' . _ The remains -were shippeij Friday to Baker's Funeral Home, who took care of arrangements. ver making the top-corner drive. Smithers pulled a repeat with a neat exhibition of stick-handling from ¦center ice a few minutes later and Vanderhoof was two iip. Bert Baekstrom opened the Bears net when he banged home u rebound from a goal-mouth scramble, and Ken Silver closed the period for the visitors when he caught a bottom corner off his own rebound. KIHST PENALTY Silver also drew- the first penalty of The season with a two-minute stint for interference, and Kirby of Lumbermen drew the scctind: It was Ken Silver again as (he second frame opened when he broke out of a melee around Young's goal to slip one.betweeu the net-minders skates. First light note of the game came when Fred Amtt'ew got into a pmiu ofhockcy-siiek pat-a-cakc with Abe Wall in Bears' goalmouth when referee and linesmen were looking" elsewhere. • Rushing to his team-mate's assistance. Howie Sugden took the Lumbermen coach high-on the shoulder "with a jolting body-checkwthen thought about .matters for the. next two minutes in the penalty-by,x while Freddie smiled from the ice. CHURCH Mike Church, one of Andrew's hip hopes for the '51 season, opened the door with a hard-driving short shot at the halfway mauk but Sugden put the ¦westerners three up off a goal-mouth pass ffoniSmithors. .— Lumbermen Avere reeling under the onslaught ol last year's champions when the third-frame opened -and were easy meat for the ' 'Sirver-Smy-hers-Sugdcn ; trio which netted a goal apiece before the final" bell. First two periods of Sundav's (Sec HOCKEY, Page 8) Mr. Mulligan said that air mail destined for Vancouver/will have to be mailed at the Jnain post office' by 2:30 p.m. each day in- i will take p!;ice stead of the former time of l: at City Mall, p.m. . | His Worship, The change in mail deadlines. Bryant will lie results from altered schedules of j public .-appearance in ihe st«iit of Canadian Pacific Airlines, Mr. the city's chief magistrate since Mulligan said. ' lie was sworn in on .January "l. Mayor Gordon P. making his first will (be a steel- reinforced Concrete structure and will serve the entire northern part of the province__ Ray .Williston M.I..A. said late last week that money for the jail was provided in last year's budget. ' Iti'cciitly, In* added, ho lias • ry.ceivrd sonic ci> "I'rincc George's SliaughiH'N^y Heights." •He said that among others who complained of the site chosen for the jail was His Worship Mayor Bryant. Site for the jail is on the-pro-men tory of land which extends northwest from Prince George Airport. It encompasses IS acres. \\ is believed that a substantial, amount of real-estate has been purchased in the same area in I recent years with a view to de-. veloping a residential area whoso | homes would look dowii over thej Fraser River and the present City of Prince Georgc. Mr, Williston said he had for-w;nxlcd the views ofthose -u4io. 'objected to thelrslte to the Department of Lands in Victoria-ami had asked if the value of tho property as poteutial residential land had been taken into consideration. It is considered doubtful, bow-. ever, that the government would agree"lo «n alternate site this late in the proceedings. Water supply for the jail was provided last, year by the government, in an- insTallation made.primarily to. serve the P.G.E. Plans have ~also • been carried out for the supply of municipal power to the juil site. Off The Wires Today (Cqnodiap Press—Monday, January II, 1954) British Jetliner Carries Thirty-Five To Death F^orto Azzuro, Elba—-A British Comet jetliner with 35 persons aboard plunged into the icy Tyrrhenian Sea Between the isles of Elba ond Montc-cristo Sunday and fishermen returning from the scene said there was no sign of survivors. An Italian fishing boat recovered 15' bodies; including those of two children. Twenty-nine passengers, including Chester Wilmott, 42-ycar-old Austro!-ian war correspondent and author, were reported oboard-the jy^ibt-mile-a-minutc jet, whose death plunge was witnessed by horrified fishermen. Ferry Passengers Marooned Eigh Hours On Fraser-Sandbar ROSEDALE, B.C—An ancient ferry, loaded dowri witTi cors, got-,hung up on o stand bar in the Froscr River near hetc Saturday night, stranding 20 passangcrs for eight hours! — The ferry, plying between Roscdalc and Agassiz on opposite batiks of the river, ran -aground at 5 p.m. It was after midnight before ladders werci-put out from shore and passengers were ablentb scramble to- safety. Some had to wade through hip-deep water. Copt. Denis Harvcy~said visibility was poor at the time and the river was at its .lowest winter le\el, making navigation of the two-mile route treacherous. The ferry was refloated Sunday with the aid of tugs. Drunkomcter Evidence Not Conclusive," Judge Rules • ¦¦¦ VANCOUVER—The dtunkclmctcr, a machine for measuring .t^e btood'a alcoholic content content, won .a split decision on court here* Soturday. Magistrate Oscar Orr ruled the machine, used by the City police traffic department, moy.be used to corroborate other evidence, but-that its findings cannot alone bo accepted as conclusive. _ The ruling was handed down as Alex Donald, Vancouver1.- salcsmop, Was found: guilty of driving while impaired, reduced from the original driving while intoxicated charge. Woodworkers Union Calls For Huge Strike Fund VANCOUVER—Dan Radford was re-elected president of the B.C. Fcd-eratfon of Labor (CCL) for his fifth straight term at ihe conclusion of the I Oth annual convention here Sunday. Stcwort Alsbury was named vice-president for the sixth straight time. Ear-ficr at the convention, the International Woodworkers of America called for:ro~strike fund_6s high as $600,000 annually: