The
Citizen
Wednesday
July
15
1972
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City
RCMP
are
starting
to
use
part
of
the
motor
vehicle
act
which
allows
them
to
charge
the
owner
of
the
car
for
offences
if
they
are
unable
to
identify
the
driver
Charges
could
range
from
hit-and-run
to
speeding
to
going
through
a
stop
sign
Constable
John
Bowers
of
city
traffic
said
if
the
identity
of
the
driver
of
a
vehicle
is
in
question
in
any
incident
the
registered
owner
will
be
charged
with
the
offence
All
witnesses
would
need
would
be
a
description
of
a
car
and
the
licence
number
Eric
Nice
Driving
tips
My
wife
says
that
she
Is
going
to
take
a
course
in
defensive
driving
Humbug
How
do
you
defend
yourself
against
a
garage
I
mean
an
old
garage
that
refuses
to
move
over
1
have
given
my
wife
my
own
rules
of
defensive
driving
based
on
30
years
of
accident
free
travel
on
the
road
Her
response
was
to
run
them
down
Rather
than
waste
them
I
am
passing
them
along
to
you
Cut
them
out
and
past
them
across
your
windshield
obscuring
vision
only
if
you
are
driving
with
your
eyes
open
1
Assume
that
the
driver
ahead
of
you
is
90
years
old
female
and
restricted
to
20
miles
per
hour
She
could
be
your
grandmother
You
would
not
curse
at
your
grandmother
because
she
was
holding
up
traffic
and
falling
to
draw
over
to
the
right
side
of
the
road
would
you
You
would
Alright
give
the
old
creep
a
blast
on
the
horn
But
defensively
Never
use
the
horn
to
spell
out
in
Morse
code
offensive
letters
of
the
alphabet
unless
you
are
driving
a
very
fast
car
indeed
and
were
planning
to
have
all
your
teeth
out
anyhow
2
Assume
that
the
man
driving
the
car
behind
you
is
trying
to
get
his
wife
to
the
hospital
before
she
gives
birth
This
will
make
you
simpathetic
to
his
tailgating
you
and
trying
to
pass
you
in
excess
of
the
speed
limit
Instead
of
becoming
hostile
pull
over
to
the
right
graciously
waving
the
driver
behind
you
to
pass
As
he
goes
by
yellI
hope
its
a
boy
It
may
be
that
the
driver
is
alone
in
the
car
in
which
case
he
will
be
too
bewildered
to
enjoy
passing
you
3
Assume
that
the
driver
of
the
car
approaching
you
from
the
opposite
direction
is
the
one
in
twelve
persons
who
is
mentally
ill
and
the
one
in
twenty
persons
who
is
an
alcoholic
He
is
both
stoned
and
bananas
And
he
is
coming
at
you
at
50
mph
What
do
you
do
Ideally
you
take
the
bus
If
you
do
not
have
time
to
stop
your
car
and
find
public
transit
wave
through
the
driver
behind
you
This
will
act
as
a
deter
rent
to
the
oncoming
vehicle
and
encourage
him
to
seek
the
ditch
where
he
belongs
4
Defensive
driving
at
night
requires
special
measures
such
as
turning
on
your
lights
When
a
driver
approaches
you
with
his
lights
on
high
beam
you
may
be
in
the
habit
of
turning
up
your
own
lights
to
high
beam
Dont
This
is
merely
peevish
and
could
cause
an
accident
Instead
turn
your
lights
down
to
parking
lights
several
times
in
rapid
succession
This
will
make
the
offending
driver
won
wonder
¬
der
what
the
signal
means
and
could
drive
him
crazy
if
he
is
not
already
the
one
in
twelve
that
is
bonkers
SThemostimportantruleofdefensivedriving
anticipate
what
the
other
person
may
do
This
is
especially
critical
if
the
other
person
is
sitting
beside
you
very
close
and
has
already
nibbled
your
ear
To
avoid
further
damage
pull
over
to
the
curb
and
wait
till
the
congestion
has
cleared
Anticipate
Dont
drive
when
youre
mating
Dont
drive
when
youre
tired
Dont
drive
when
youre
angry
or
upset
Follow
these
simple
rules
of
defensive
driving
and
you
not
only
wont
have
an
accident
you
wont
even
find
its
worth
owning
a
car
Next
How
to
ride
a
bicycle
defensively
Owner
is
liable
if
car
borrowed
to
get
a
conviction
The
registered
owner
is
responsible
Bowers
said
This
may
start
people
think
thinking
¬
ing
who
loan
out
their
cars
If
the
car
is
in
a
hit-and-run
and
witnesses
cant
see
the
driver
the
owner
will
be
charged
He
also
said
owners
who
leave
their
cars
on
a
sales
lot
to
be
sold
by
a
dealer
are
responsible
for
any
offences
committed
by
persons
who
take
the
car
for
a
test
drive
The
owner
should
check
who
the
drivers
of
the
car
are
he
said
Stingers
conquered
by
spray
campaign
Believe
it
or
not
the
mos
quitoes
arc
subdued
Even
city
hall
is
uncon
unconcerned
¬
cerned
The
Prince
George
area
mosquito
population
at
one
time
was
bombed
with
every
everything
¬
thing
but
napalm
but
now
only
occasional
forays
are
conducted
to
quell
any
fleet
fleeting
¬
ing
uprisings
The
latest
skirmish
occurred
on
Cottonwood
Island
when
sprayers
applied
Abate
an
insecticide
consi
considered
¬
dered
safe
by
fisheries
per
personnel
¬
sonnel
That
spraying
was
com
completed
¬
pleted
a
couple
of
weeks
ago
when
the
rivers
began
behav-
ing
themselves
but
still
left
puddles
and
sloughs
Bill
Jones
the
citys
public
works
superintendent
annu
annually
¬
ally
conducts
a
campaign
against
the
pesky
critters
but
said
that
since
the
big
con
confrontation
¬
frontation
about
six
years
ago
which
was
won
by
the
city
the
enemy
never
really
was
a
threat
It
had
been
expected
that
all
the
extra
stagnant
water
left
over
from
the
flooding
would
have
increased
the
mosquito
numbers
but
Jones
figures
that
never
really
hap
happened
¬
pened
At
least
not
enough
to
necessitate
arming
a
host
of
his
workers
with
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GAUTHIER
points
to
the
water
level
reached
in
her
daughters
bedroom
Her
home
was
one
of
the
worst
hit
on
the
island
in
last
months
flood
Citizen
Photo
by
Dave
Milne
Look
at
my
400
stove7
Widows
home
ruined
By
Marj
Gray
Citizen
Staff
Reporter
Elizabeth
Gauthier
glanced
sadly
around
her
Cottonwood
Island
home
wrecked
after
four
feet
of
flood
water
entered
it
in
June
My
husband
worked
all
his
life
to
leave
us
a
home
before
he
passed
away
and
this
had
to
happen
Look
at
my
400
stove
I
just
got
through
paying
for
it
It
took
me
two
years
to
pay
for
it
Warning
given
The
water
came
up
just
high
enough
to
cover
every
everything
¬
thing
Just
like
it
came
up
on
purpose
to
cover
everything
Mrs
Gauthier
was
warned
of
the
coming
flood
the
day
before
it
filled
her
home
The
civil
defence
told
me
it
was
going
to
be
worse
tonight
I
didnt
believe
them
Ive
been
here
for
eight
years
The
biggest
problem
facing
Mrs
Gauthier
her
three
chil
children
¬
dren
still
at
home
and
52
other
families
on
Cottonwood
Island
is
where
to
find
another
home
Her
house
at
1130
Sixth
will
probably
be
condemned
by
the
city
A
special
council
hearing
last
Thursday
declared
the
house
uninhabitable
and
a
health
hazard
Another
council
meeting
next
Monday
will
decide
whether
all
the
52
listed
homes
should
be
condemned
Mrs
Gauthier
is
one
of
the
few
on
the
list
who
owns
her
home
Most
are
rented
If
they
condemn
the
house
I
want
them
to
pay
me
enough
to
buy
another
house
Thats
13000
Mrs
Gauthier
admitted
Improvements
made
Her
house
was
bought
eight
years
ago
for
3500
A
winter
warmth
program
sponsored
by
the
local
British
Columbia
Association
for
Non
Status
Indians
paid
for
2600
in
improvements
to
the
floors
and
walls
of
the
house
Look
at
the
brand
new
heater
I
got
from
BCANSI
in
March
she
sighed
The
furniture
in
the
small
two
bedroom
house
had
floated
from
room
to
room
and
was
still
filled
with
water
The
adjuster
and
I
could
couldnt
¬
nt
lift
the
door
of
the
deep
freeze
Mrs
Gauthier
said
squeezing
water
from
insula
insulation
¬
tion
around
her
new
stove
Sheestimatedherdamaged
furniture
almost
everything
in
the
house
cost
5400
Northern
Claims
which
is
investigating
flood
damage
claims
in
the
Prince
George
area
settled
for
3496
in
damages
she
said
I
will
have
to
get
stuff
from
a
second
hand
store
not
new
stuff
like
I
had
Cant
afford
motel
The
welfare
cheque
Mrs
Gauthier
receives
each
month
wont
help
She
is
liv
living
¬
ing
in
the
Spanish
Villa
now
formerly
Prince
George
Manor
and
pays
165
rent
Her
welfare
to
support
two
ol
the
three
children
at
home
is
265
I
cant
afford
to
live
in
a
motel
and
starve
the
kids
My
husband
would
know
what
to
do
If
the
city
used
some
the
money
spent
on
relocating
people
to
fix
up
Cottonwood
Island
and
provide
water
and
sewer
Mrs
Gauthier
would
be
content
to
buy
herself
a
trailer
and
tear
down
her
home
The
best
solution
now
would
be
to
clean
up
the
house
and
return
home
she
said
But
she
will
not
do
a
lot
of
work
until
she
knows
whether
the
house
will
be
condemned
Inquiry
hears
egg
complaints
VERNON
B
C
CP
Egg
producers
from
the
Interior
told
the
provincial
govern
governments
¬
ments
three
man
egg
board
inquiry
Tuesday
that
they
are
being
denied
full
access
to
local
markets
because
of
restrictive
marketing
prac
practices
¬
tices
by
the
British
Columbia
Egg
Marketing
Board
and
buying
practices
by
some
chainstores
Don
Taylor
chairman
of
the
Okanagan
Mainline
Egg
Producers
Association
said
the
egg
boards
policy
allows
Lower
Mainland
producers
to
dump
eggs
on
the
Interior
market
while
not
allowing
enough
quotas
for
Interior
producers
to
meet
increased
population
demands
Theyd
cut
your
throat
for
10
in
1
91
3
Sigurd
Nordin
has
not
seen
Prince
George
since
1914
Itwas
arough
pioneertown
then
where
a
man
was
mur
murdered
¬
dered
downtown
for
10
I
certainly
wouldnt
know
the
place
by
observation
he
said
Friday
as
he
and
his
wife
drove
through
The
first
time
Nordin
arrived
in
Prince
George
he
walked
30
miles
from
the
end
of
the
railway
line
into
Fort
George
looking
for
work
He
had
to
find
a
job
his
finances
had
dwindled
to
75
cents
since
he
left
his
home
in
Theodore
Sask
In
a
few
days
he
became
a
fireman
stoking
a
steam
boiler
used
in
consfruction
of
the
Fraser
Bridge
i
He
worked
all
winter
for
Bates
and
Rogers
Construc
Construction
¬
tion
building
the
railway
part
of
the
bridge
and
left
for
Fort
Fraser
when
the
piers
were
all
in
Fort
George
seemed
to
be
the
main
town
at
that
time
Nordin
recalled
The
men
from
the
bridge
construction
walked
across
another
nar
narrow
¬
row
bridge
over
the
Fraser
to
get
to
town
For
one
thing
the
town
had
a
bathhouse
Nordin
laughed
It
had
wooden
bathtubs
you
could
get
a
sliver
where
you
sit
There
were
also
shoe
stores
dry
goods
stores
and
just
ordinary
stores
in
Fort
George
Shopping
could
be
a
i
risky
business
the
town
was
rough
Nordin
remembered
Chris
Christmas
¬
tmas
Eve
1913
when
two
men
from
the
camp
went
into
town
One
had
his
throat
cut
the
other
was
killed
for
the
10
he
had
in
his
pocket
I
didnt
go
down
to
gamble
away
my
money
and
drink
it
up
Nordin
added
When
the
piers
were
in
for
the
bridge
Nordin
moved
on
I
always
have
had
a
roving
nature
He
walked
to
Smithers
and
stayed
long
enough
to
catch
the
train
to
Rupert
He
helped
a
New
York
man
ship
horses
on
the
Canadian
National
steamboat
to
Van
couver
island
then
followed
the
man
into
the
United
States
He
landed
up
in
the
Cas
Cascades
¬
cades
in
Washington
working
for
the
Great
Northern
Rail
Railroad
¬
road
Nordin
78
and
his
wife
now
live
in
Sparta
Wiscon
Wisconsin
¬
sin
They
passed
Prince
George
on
their
way
to
Alaska
On
the
drive
back
Nordin
who
has
retained
Canadian
citizenship
although
living
in
the
US
will
visit
his
old
home
town
of
Theodore
I
was
born
in
a
little
log
house
on
a
homestead
there
July
2
1894
There
was
no
Theodore
then
SIGURD
NORDIN
Water
logged
chairs
stood
around
the
kitchen
and
living
room
sewing
machine
and
new
record
player
were
rusted
and
ruined
What
will
I
do
We
got
the
TV
out
it
was
floating
when
my
boy
came
in
It
had
been
sitting
on
top
of
the
bed
before
Just
two
changes
of
clo
clothing
¬
thing
and
a
little
radio
were
all
I
took
out
What
will
she
do
now
Elizabeth
Gauthier
looked
around
her
ruined
home
She
shrugged
her
shoul
shoulders
¬
ders
I
dont
know
Id
sure
like
to
move
back
here
but
then
what
will
I
do
if
they
condemn
the
place
Where
will
I
go
if
it
is
con
condemned
¬
demned
What
will
I
do
There
is
no
one
to
help
me
THIS
WEEK
ONLY
Pioneer
couple
Ask
Polly
first
if
in
Hazelton
Reporter
Marj
Gray
and
Dave
Milne
recently
vis
ited
Hazelton
This
is
one
of
a
series
of
stories
on
that
historic
community
HAZELTON
There
is
one
phrase
on
the
tip
of
everyones
tongue
here
Ask
Polly
Sargent
You
want
to
know
when
Hazelton
was
incorporated
Ask
Polly
Sargent
When
was
the
last
time
the
Ksan
dancers
and
singers
had
a
feast
Ask
Polly
Sargent
Polly
Sargent
is
an
organizer
First
in
area
She
came
to
Hazelton
in
1940
when
she
married
Bill
Sargent
whose
father
was
one
of
the
first
pioneers
to
settle
in
the
area
One
of
her
professors
at
UBC
said
he
had
never
in
his
22
years
of
teaching
seen
any
anyone
¬
one
with
better
organiza
organizational
¬
tional
abilities
husband
Bill
explained
She
took
time
off
to
raise
five
children
and
in
1955
spearheaded
the
incorpora
incorporation
¬
tion
of
the
village
She
was
the
first
mayor
Sargent
added
and
carried
on
for
six
or
seven
years
until
she
figured
they
were
operat
operating
¬
ing
all
right
Polly
Sargents
greatest
achievement
for
Hazelton
and
the
area
was
the
start
of
Ksan
an
authentic
Indian
village
built
on
the
outskirts
of
town
She
conceived
the
Ksan
idea
and
fought
it
through
to
completion
Sargent
said
Inferiority
complex
The
Indian
people
were
really
very
capable
people
but
somehow
they
had
developed
an
inferiority
com
ples
partially
the
effect
of
the
missionaries
They
lost
faith
in
their
art
and
culture
When
Mrs
Sargent
began
forming
Ksan
with
Indian
and
non
Indian
helpers
the
Gitksans
people
of
the
Skeena
quickly
responded
Mrs
Sargent
herself
says
Ksan
was
an
obvious
thing
to
think
of
to
revive
the
Indian
culture
of
the
area
AtKsan
Indian
people
can
carve
and
sell
their
work
They
can
exist
on
their
artwork
and
it
becomes
even
more
worthwhile
to
preserve
The
Gitksan
are
closer
to
their
culture
than
any
other
group
in
BC
that
I
know
of
Mrs
Sargent
said
History
research
She
is
also
part
of
a
team
researching
the
history
of
the
Gitksan
in
a
federal
govern
government
¬
ment
local
initiative
prog
program
¬
ram
They
have
no
idea
when
the
work
will
be
completed
Actu
Actually
¬
ally
it
can
never
be
finished
Mrs
Sargent
said
We
could
put
out
some
something
¬
thing
today
which
would
be
better
than
anything
ever
written
before
History
is
something
with
which
Bill
Sargent
is
very
familiar
His
father
arrived
in
Hazel
Hazelton
¬
ton
in
1891
as
a
Hudson
Bay
clerk
and
in
1900
started
his
own
trading
post
Its
now
the
RS
Sargent
general
store
run
by
Bill
Sar
Sargent
¬
gent
and
his
sister
POLLY
SARGENT
My
store
is
an
old
time
general
store
Until
recently
Sargent
even
sold
coffin
handles
I
relish
the
old
fashioned
way
to
do
it
The
Sargents
also
run
the
Inlander
Hotel
here
First
hotel
The
original
hotel
built
by
Sargents
father
opened
in
1928
It
was
the
first
hotel
between
Rupert
and
George
Running
water
in
every
room
Sargent
boasted
The
original
hotel
burned
down
in
1931
the
Sargents
renovated
another
building
which
burned
down
shortly
before
the
present
building
opened
in
1956
The
main
reason
Sargent
built
the
present
building
was
a
change
in
legislation
which
allowed
Indian
people
to
drink
The
pub
in
the
first
hotel
had
24
chairs
and
was
too
small
As
well
as
organizing
Ksan
and
helping
the
Indian
people
run
the
village
Mrs
Sargent
is
the
manager
of
the
Inlander
Sargent
is
president
of
RS
Sargent
Ltd
a
family
corpo
corporation
¬
ration
which
includes
the
store
and
the
hotel
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