y Newspaper Devoted to the Interest ef Central and Northern ' itith Columbia 37; No. 93 (Three Section,) 25^1954 assessment Revision leans Higher Taxes Equahzatio'n or assessments,between;rural and municipal unities will mean that some Prjnce George owners will higher taxes next year and some will pay lower. • officials have, been work-n the provincial govern-.^ .,;lliial solution to school at problems for some strict jn spit,. of Utc ' fact that new factors of the municl-i taxation structure are known, t still impossible lo accurately last nesi year's taxes on any niece uf property, Alderman ferry, city finance chair-E-sald yesterday. ¦prince ^¦"^t-Vtoihcr has been direct- iis total assessment to bring itjn line with e^e\v"provincial policy, but the Ifal-area ailjace nt to the city will'' >nts increase cent, idefniai Ferry said this will not ual co ihue the proportion of •i costs/for the city, Lssarily reduce the Achieve the 13 per icrejtSe iri city assessments. uiifily with the provincial imeiu's assessment depreci-ion factor, some -individual as-; will increase by as |uoh ;is---'a per cent. Others be reduced; homes and , structures be among those'lacing high-Bssfhents/Whlle older ones further depreciated on the [sessmyiTi rolls. year'the city ~must levy ixatinn- for school purposes alnst 1-> per cent of improve- [This'year the.levy was against Political Pot Slow x To Reach Boil Here Prince George's political pot is slow in coming to a/boil this year. With only severi' days to go before nominations close on December 2, the only assured contest is in. the papk board field. Only/two persons have so far announced their intention to seek alde'rmanic seats, of which there are three to fill, and but two persons have declared themselves school board candidates. City Clerk 1). T. Williams, who has been appointed municipal returning officer, said today he has isj^ed no nomination papers.jvt bfP has received several enquiries concerning qualifiations, etc. fi per ivpnue. iXlilerman Ity- might *limjna'teJ wemeius fcxt year. He said t Former Mayor Seeks School Board Seat Former mayor Jack Nicholson announced early today he will seek re-election to the board of trustees of School Distirct Number 57, but his running mate of past years, William Rees, will retire at the end of -Jus present term. ¦ . 0 So far there are only two candidates in the school board field, ' Trustee Nicholson and Wilfred ' Olts.^ I Mr. Nicholson, who was, mayor j of Prince .George: for f 1 ve ;yearsf ' has been a member of the school board for a total of eight years. .....He has been chairman of the substantially reduce, j hoard on four occasions and this the levy against iin- veai" i-s chairman of the main-for general revenue ent of Improvements chool purposes and for general Ferry said that the tenance cammittee. Robbers Get $1500 In Bank Holdup hii' unknowns make I Impossible to compute 1955 tax-lion against a given piece of pro-fcny. (These unknowns are, the mu- |cip;.l mill rate, the-proportion VANCOUVER, Ngv. 25 (CP) — iinprovetnents against which' BaYik employees' looked into the rill he levied for general reve-1 waving muzzles of gangstet^ guns purposes, the amount of the for the fourth time in three weeks »f district requirement and j here Wednesday—as—a- week of proportion of municipal re-1 underworld inactivity came to an on?ihility for that requirement, 'end. One thirty is certain, the finance I Three men, in a swift raid on [airman said, and that is the fact! a 'Canadian Bank of Commerce fat the c-iiy will have a far, lower j branch, escaped with $1,500 to :ratc next year as a result of [ bring the total of bank loot reallz-i assessment adjustments 'ed within the last month to al- flight n)i grain." city W, to iin Ilionship cnts nit t.l ( I J (.1 . M I !'• !»•.¦' . by the equalization most $M,000. It was the first major holdup since Police Chief Walter Mulli-the present re-j gan announced a week ago he was m .lan"d:;ahd"TnT-1 transferring 50 men from the will do its utmost, he iyjjain between for -the per year 54 P*r copy Cabinet Approves Land Grant purpose of traffic and other departments .to the ¦criminal, investigation squad. tINCE GEORGE TEEN TOWNERS ELECT EMPORARY NIKE-MEMBER COUNCIL " With newly elected MayorJim Cruickshahk iri the chair o full slate of aldermen present, first meeting of Prince ieorge'Teen Town was held last nighrin the Hj#h School w t? organize activities for the coming year. The dotted line on the above map shows the route of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway between- the' present Prince George yards and Red Rocky Greek,^48 'miles due north of the city. In crossing the flat Fraser River peninsula immediately northeast of the city thejptffe will create hundreds of acres of-industrial sites. City May Nave Surplus From $75,000 Equipment Bylaw I f the city of PrinceJSeorge accepts the lowest bids for 1-1 pieces of maintenance equipment for which is-called tenders earlier this month, it could have an equipment bylaw Tl lv(' will include 'a' weekly j 'liiy niglit dance, for which j '...authorities have" granted I :* i'i the liig+i school auditorium '''Mho Civic Centre is complet- I There will he no charge for the "8 rdance to be held next l [Prior - lor the Teen Town Coun-> Place Tuesday night in k< Hall with 250 Teen s ;ind members of the Ki--luh present. .t" the' balloting, L. E. 1 I'.lundell, Kiwanis Club , t. took the chair and told lf futiire Teen Town .'citizens' "ut local Kiwanians are doing connection with youth activi-J.nd pledged the unanimous •PP°rt of members for the young illnrs. He introduced other members, including H. D. warren Holley, Jack Lee; ""K Astoria, mu Duncan, Tom tu^i'\\ and Ken Wier. .' •}•'. Holley presided over the ^n \ Nvn'le the election was fchold-for mayor. Others nom-f"i' the post of honor were Tomlinson and Staffie She- llul er the counting, of ballots, (late Cruickshank was de- may ath ' s seat to .conduct the oight councillors from 11 Teen Towners nom- sful aldermen were-Derek vVho was appointed tiepu-'"' and "chairman of tho "1 committee; Trudy Roth ">" clerk; Gordon Cruick-chairman of the finance ¦""id public relations; Ken-iack.wood, city engineer; k'lelQst, police commission-TEEN TOWNERS, Page 6) surplus of $17,000. Tenders for the 11 pieces of cqiiipTnent were open'ed at City .Hall Monday and tabled at a-c-ii-y. council meeting on Monday night. Total of the lowest bids comes to $34,911, but this figure does not include cost of a new power sho.vel and roller which were included in the, bylaw but for which no bids have yet been -invited. Estimated cost of the.two latter units, taking into consideration the trade in value of the city's City of Prince George became the rightful owjier on Tuesday of 2443 lots^whlch were automatically transferred from Crown ownership with the passage of a special order-in-councll by the provincial cabinet. Final approval of the huge land grant came as no surprise here ^because it was learned as far back as early September that the provincial government had cast a kindly eye on the proposal. More than 90 per cjent of the land is situated in the area annexed by the city/last year and the grant is being made as partial compensations/for the municipal cost of developing the annex. Through sale of the property over a period of several years the city may gross as much as $1/ 000,000. / Mayor Gordon Bryant first broached the subject of a compensating land grant to the Provincial Department of Lands shortly after he took office last January. Teacher Admits School Fund Theft , _ A 23-year-old.scnool teacher entered a plea of guilty to a charge of theft here yesterday and was given one year suspended sentence. Bruce Rutherford, Grade G tea.eher at Cpnnaught Hill Ele--rrientary School, was charged in connection with the November 15 disappearance of $174 in cash from a school cash-drawer. Special action by the school board last night resulted in Rutherford's dismissal from the teaching staff. He had been suspended from his duties two days earlier. Royal Canadian Mounted Police received a report of the theft of the money on November 15 and instituted an immediate Investigation. '• Ruthei'ford. was questioned during the course of the investigation and was formally charged and arrested on Monday. He was released on $300 bail after appearing in police court for a remand. Before Magistrate P. J. Mdran yesterday he entered a plea of guilty. Rutherford has been a teacher for two years and was commencing his second year in Prince George schools. School officials say that the money involved in the case consisted of petty cash and combined Northwest Poised For Word From Gas Sialemate Talks British CplCimbia and the northwestern United States is today anxiously awaiting the outcome of behind-the-scenes dealings which may result oh a north-south pipeline for Peace River natural gas. leum stocks soaring with some well-timed verbal speculation. "Horsetrading" between West-coast" Transmission Company and Pacific Northwest Pipeline Corporation is reported to be still going on. Briefly the position is as follows: Pacific, JS'orthwest Pipeline was awarded a franchise for the northwestern , U.S. gas market some months ago but it can't get the gas to serve the market. Westcoast Transmission has the gas to fulfill Pacific Northwest's franchise, but it cannot get pipeline financing unless it gets part of its rival's market. Meanwhile, just to give West-coast another ace-in-the-hole, B:C. Lands Minister Sommers has in-timatpd that his government will hold -back ceftain international water-power concessions until the U.S. agrees to take natural "gas. • Cost of the, British Columbia portion.of Westcoast's proposed 24-inch pipeline has been estimated at $86,000,000." ['¦.'' Industrial observers believe that the stalemate in which West-coast and Pacific Northwest have found themselves is bound'to he broken soon,, and so sure of this last week was New York news commentator Walter Winchell that he sent Peace River petro- the city engineer. • , "T Eighteen British Columbia firms tendered on the various units. Excluding 5 and 10 per' cent sales tax concessions which must | vet be analyzed, low: bidders were, Dietrich Collins Equipment- Co. Ltd., grader with snowplow, $1!),-G70; Bryant Motors Ltd., two trucks, SS894; Willard Equipment Ltd., truck snowplow, $743; West End Motors Ltd.,. farm tractor present- obsolete power shovel, is i with snowplow and snow-blower, l-o.1 ™« • S2S8:w 30: Willnrrl RnnlnniPiit JIM CRUICKSHANK Meier Coins Fewer But Fines Soaring Second week of .pal-king meter operation in Ei-'ince George brought in only $104 in nickels and pennies, but a substantial $180 in $2 violation fines.'""" unions for control of workers at In a report tabled at a Monday Kitimat and Kern and is shaping : night council meeting by. Alder-urTdespite a recent agreemont-hvi-man-Perey-William.s-t-he-traffic- parent organizations of the unions -........*!"- ¦<"¦'•'—' ""? - .......'•« involved not to raid each other. Rival Unions Seek Alcan Certification VANCOUVER, Nov. 25 (CP)—A bitter struggle between . rival §23,000. • This would-bring the total bylaw expenditure to $58,000 and Jeave a $17,000 surplus in the $75,000 bylaw account. ' But tenders have, not yet been scrutinized sufficiently to learn whether the equipment offered by the six lowest bidders meets the specifications laid down by Willard Equipment Ltd., mower, $930.75; Air Equipment Service, steaiji" cleaner, $1581.56k Dietrich Collins Equipment Co. Ltd., street sandcr, $260. Bids for the_ll units are being scrutinized by the city works-department and the council's pub--lic works committee. Trades and Labor Congress of: Canada and the Canadian Con-press of Labor signed the armistice last week. However, indications are that a feud at_Kitimat between Allied Aluinirfum Workers Council (TLC-AFDand United Steehvorkers (CIO-CCL) will continue. Twenty top AFL officials will meet here Monday to review the battle by1 -AFL unions to'retain certification of over 1,400 Alcan employees.. committee disclosed that a special city constable sworn in only a few days earlier had" already handed out 90 parking infraction tickets. • The reduction in the coin box collection was due largely to there being a statutory holiday during the second week* Alderman Williams said. Also, many motorists who dutifully fed the meters for the first week ..were quick to note a lack 'of enforcement, and just took a chance during the second week. First Ave. Lighting Program Imminent Plans to install street lighting facilities along First Avenue will be implemented soon, city council disclosed Monday. Number of lights to be installed along the mile-long arterial highway is not yet known, but a. "substantial improvement"-Tn^visibili-ty will result.' First Avenue hai been the scene of more fatal accidents than any other thoroughfare— in the city. Earlier this year, after a man was hit and killed by a motorcycle, strong representations for more adequate lighting. were made by the Prince George Board of Trade and the Junior Chamber of Commerce. -: On Monday city council received a similar representation from the British Columbia Farmers' Institute. Wm. Bellos To Seek Park Board Seat ¦ Possibility of Prince .George's first, five-man parks board .taking office by acclamation was eliminated yesterday when long-i time city resident arid general contractor, William . Bellos,. announced he would be a candidate. Mr. Bellos came to Prince George in 1912 after being employed in construction of _the Grand -Trunk Pacific Railway (now the CNR) with a crew of 150 men working under him. Since coming to the city he has been irr the general construction business and is principal shareholder of Bellos Ranch Ltd: In' an interview with The Citizen yesterday he said he believed it is essential that the parks board have at least one member with an, intimate practical knowledge of earth-moving, landscaping and clearing. He pointed to the levelling and sloping of Duchess Park, the landscaping of the Connaught School grounds and the clearing and landscaping of Prince George Golf & Country Club's nine-hole course south of the city as samples of .his experience.^^ "My experience is my^reason for placing my name-^before the electors for a seal on the parks board,"- sauL-^lr. Bellos, "and if elected^J'ivill do my utmost to enable "us to have good parks and good landscaping in and around the city." W. Aizlewood Elected At Annual School Meet W. Aizlewood was school representative re-elected for . Isle Pierre last night at one of the best attended meetings held during the current, series of-district annual, meetings. The meeting was the first to be Tield in the recently opened Isle Pierre school, _ and residents of the district expressed satisfaction with the new building. The forthcoming school building program was one of the topics discussed at the meeting. School secretary R. Gracey and Trustee A. C. Birchard represented the School Board. revenues from the rental of books and the sale of milk and other sundries. It was kept in a drawer, but a safe has since been ordered for the school. Ruthei'ford was ordered by Magistrate Moran to post his own surety for $300 to keep the peace/ during the time of his suspended sentence. Willijton Agrees to Fraser Flat Annex - Hon. Rajj'- ston, Minister of Education,/agrees with Mayor Gordon/Bryant and the remaind-er.of^the city council that crea* xtion of a satellite municipality hi the Fraser Flats area as a result of the" extension would be a bad thing.': In a letter 'to Mayor Bryant recently lie agreed that municipal annexation of the Fraser Flats industrial area would be advisable. His letter came as a reply to one sent to the cabinet by Mayor Bryant outlining a proposal for annexation of the zone which will probably become industrialized after spur trackage becomes available in Fraser Flats. Judge Delayed So Assizes Day Late Fall assizes of the Supreme Court of British Columbia will start a day late in Prince George, it was learned from court officials this morning. Assizes here were scheduled to get underway todav before Mr. Irony of the-whole situation is justice Harold Mclhnis, newest that Westcoast's unsuccessful ap- addition to the. supreme court plication to the U.S. Federal Power Commission for a northwestern franchise was partly based upon the contention that Pacific Northwest Pipeline could not. supply thie area "even'if it tapped alL its gas' sources. bench, but the judge has been delayed in Pbuce Coupe. He will open court here tomorrow and continue until Saturday. There are no criminal proceedings on the docket of the fall assize in Prince George. /—1^. Council Finds Obstacles In Way Of Police Housing Plan City council Monday night unearthed two good reasons why the Provincial JDepartment of Lands'should be in no hurry to turn a w€St-end -block over to the DomfniQn Government as a site for a Royal Canadian Mounted Police housing de-. velopment. , | ¦-. • The block which the provincial pital sites are under reserve k\ government is reserving for the the city. police duplexes is not only pai'fek One of these is located at the of an alternate new hospital site','extreme southeast corner of the but is in a building zone whore city on the banks of the Fraser duplexes are prohibited. j River, another is situated Ion the Alderman William Ferry Mon- southwest shoulder of Connaught day night brought,to light the fact'Hill and the newest takes in the that Block 101 in District" Lot 313 present hospital site is in a residential zone where no blocks to the south, two-family dwellings are permitted. He advised that provincial authorities be informed of this fact \ so that they could take appropriate action. ' Later at Monday night's council meeting a recommendation was ; received from the Prince George j Town Planning Commission in! .which Block 101 was part of a parcel of land which is being placed under reserve for a hospital site. . i Earlier this.month it was learn-' ed that the Dominion Government is planning a $100,000 '10-unit residential' development" for police personnel here next year. An entire block of ground is required because the development would eventually be expanded to 20 units. - '• At present three alternative hos-! plus four Trustees To Explain School Referendum Trustees of School District No. 5T wiil hold u public meeting in thi' high school auditorium on l)(M-('inl)(M- ;t to explain the $907,00.0 school building referendum which will be placed before voters on De-ccmlrcr !). . Sehool Inspector' Gordon 'Johnson and 'niembers of- the school hoard will be on hantl (o answer questions arising at the meeting. .At tin1 same time, rural areas will receive i n I' o r in a t i o n through a pamphlet which will be issued to all rural schools in the district. ,.„_-., Off The Wiresfoday (Canadian Press, Thursday, November 25, 1954) Queen Charlotte Fire Claims Lives Of Baby Sisters QUEEN CHARLOTTE CITY—-Two baby sisters perished in a fire which swept through tbcTr home near here. Two other children were saved by a neighbor. Victims were Yvonne Smith, 2, and her sister, one-year-old Edith. They were daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Smith" of Skidgate Mission. Two other Smith children were saved by Arthur Pearson, who dashed into the flaming house twice. Police Start Continent-Wide Search For Bail Skipper VANCOUVER—A Vancouver man, arrested in Los Angeles four weeks ago for Vancouver police on a charge of obtaining $1,425 by false pretense's, is again sought by police of three nation's. The man is Albert (Horsefrader Bert) Gage, 41, who was free on $1,000 bail pending hearing of a deportation order. He failed to appear in court and now U.S., Canadian and Mexican police are hunting him. VANCOUVER—A protest ogainst food being served Sons of Freedom women prisoners in Oakalla has been made to Ernest Winch, CCF MLA for Burnoby by a delegation from the radical Doukhobor sect's Krestova headquarters. Mr. Winch said he would discuss the protest with Warden —Christie. --.VANCOUVER—Possibility of putting a "no patronage" ban" on five hotel beer parlors which allegedly refuse to serve groups of mixed colors and white persons was being considered by Vancouver Labor Council. 3 CLINTON—A <3r.ounb'~ahd air search is under way near here for Hugh Nelson, 19, missing since becoming separated from hunting companions. Police said the missing ¦ you'th wore no coat end had on matches. VANCOUVER^—A strike of United Packinghouse~'Workers Union at five B.C. plants of Canadian Canners Western, Ltd., went into the second month Wednesday' with charge by a union leader that the company is "strike breaking.".