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__PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1 959

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7 “Night Calls—Business 6768, Editorial 6769

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘in 1959 arrears. |
. Jes Thirty-one ratepayers face auction, of, their prop-
erty Sept. 30 for non-payment of taxes, City Collector
rick Ratcliffe said today, DR Se tes
said this number have not} —
ct paid taxes for 1957, Under
-{ the. Municipal Act. the city | is
-}€mpowcred to sell property -un-

d for three years.) 0)

four by the deadline.’ - ap

‘He said the property of seven. a ae EAE OE oe
ratepayers was: placed-on' sale]... OTTAWA (CP)—A rise of nearly one-half'o
last year, Of. this ‘number, he oo ee ee ep Mg AS
added, ‘five had later redeemed per cent in Canadian living costs during July:pui
prieeiaaee lie, gaia ‘935. the consumer pyicé-index to a record high of 126
| : r: said '92. me ay a. Lon: ope we kg Fo tate
ben paid ‘time! per cent of the taxes “due July Aug. 1, the bureau of statistics reported today
ill. be put up for sale the same} 31 were paid on time this year | A seasonal rise in food COSC
eo . ° as against 89.7 per cent ‘in {Of 1.1 per cent was the main im- | saigq the sub-index for food’ ros
1958. pets as the index’ of living costs to 120.5 on Aug.:1’ fromi119
This year's figure,- he ‘said, is}moved from its July 1 level. of ol. This still was below ‘th
the “highest in seven years. He {125.9 to pass the previous peak! level of 1296 on Aug. 1 last’ yéa
could not say whether this was a |of 126.3 reached last Nov. ly Jang compared’ with- the recor
record. .| The” index, based .on- 1949 | of 123.4 last. Oct.1:
Total of .taxes due in 1959 is prices equalling 100, was more} 9
$739,546. Of this amount $684,-} than one per © cent above the |.
147. (92.5 per cent) had been paid} mark ‘of 125.2 a year.earHer on |.
by July. 31,.and $701,591. (95 per }Aug. 1,1958.. -) 2 oot
cent) by Aug. 31,0500
. Taxes unpaid by July 31 each
year are subject.to a5 per cent
additional

 

 

he’ deadline by.’ which ‘1957
cés must be- paid’ is 10-.a.m.

t. 30 Property on'which taxes
ve. not. been paid at that’ time

 

 

 

“SM. Rateliffe said'the number
“$0f, people three years in’ arrears
‘Will “probably drop to’ three or

 

 

Cty driver

fined $550 _
|: A city man has been fined a
total of $550 on charges of crim-.
‘inal “negligence and failing ‘to

 

FROM ANOTHER ERA — FO Jim. Holt. of Vancouver and,
~Kamloops,'a pilot in the RCAF’s crack Golden: Hawks sabre--:
jet aerobatic team, tried out the cockpit of a°1909. Sopwith.
pup fighter on display at the Pacific National exhibition-in':

: Higher prices during July. were
reported for eggs, organes, let-
tuce,’ beef. and pork, : offsetting

 

 

* to be awarded Labor Day
|» Achost of trophies await swimmers young and old
when the Prince Rupert Labor Council:stages its an-

nual swimming meet at the Gyro pool, MeClymont. a pee Be
nudges 20-year record

__ News brought back by holidayers that ‘British
Columbia’s weather. was poor all over last month is
{small comfort to persons-who ‘Stayed.in Prince Rupert

Park'this weekend. >.
> Heats for. the swim meet will
‘be-run off -;Sunday® afternoon
with the finals being set:for La-

bor Day ‘afternoon Starting at 2
DM e ee EO asco
_ the -events planned: by ‘the Labor
¢ Council op) ee en

The day ‘will stat’ at’ 10 aim.

 

 

 

in Skeena

Body of one of two men '‘miss-

ing. since August: 15 when thel.

car: they were riding in plunged
into “the Skeena River, eight
miles” cast . of Kwinitsa; was
found Monday, RCMP at Terrace
reported today,
"Police sald they recovered the
‘body -of Perry Bolton, 30, of
Terrace after it had been spotted
by a CNR crew, floating down
the river, . es

The body was located about
300 yards fram where the vehicle
is believed to have Plunged into
the river, RCMP sald, 7
_ SUI missing is Leo Therrien,
24, of Usk, - :

Two other persons, Mrs,
(Cora) Bolton and: Mrs,
Kennedy of Usk,
mishap,

Porry
Percy
drowned In the

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s Last’ year's .winner tw

ware,

 

when track and field’ events

get

underway at Algoma Park...
Main’ trophy of the’ meet;:

Grand:

most: “thé! meet:

as “Douglas

‘Smiall,
-, Other

trophy for the 100-yard. free-
style open, won last year by
former Hungarian . champion
Frank Fogarassy and the Local
708 ‘International Brotherhood.
of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper, Mill
Workers trophy for open ‘diving.

-Other‘donors of trophies are
Frosty’s Lockers, Gordon’s Hard-
Shop Easy, Watts and
Nickerson, Family Shoe Store, La
Gondola Cafe, B.C. Packers Ltd.,
McRac_ Bros., Esquire Men's
Wear, Decth's Pharmacy, Man-
son's Jewellers,. ° |

The swimming meet "will pe
offictally opened by Mayor P, J.
Lester. ;

No cases of parrot fever have
been reported in the Prince Ru-
pert area, acting medical health
officer. Dr, E, Edwin Stockdale
said today. A number of cases
had been reported in: Greater
Vancoliver, where residents had
been warned to tnke precautions
when buying birds, ‘Symptoms

 

are similar Lo those of influenza,

 

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~ Bonner, Hamilton to address

“

trade

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP)

convention in Alaska

—~ Tho 42nd general conference of

the Pacific Northwest Trado Association opens today at the uni-

versity of Alaska. It will
hearing tn the
cummnilssion, \
More than 300 porsons nro OX-.
Nected to register for the sos:
sons, . ot
Tho opening day's program in-
cludes talks by Robert, Bonner,
British Columbia atiornoy-gen-
oral and minister of Industrial
development, trade and come
meree and Alvin Hamilton, Can.
ndian minister of northern af-
falrs ands natural resouraes,
| AN afternoon Panel discussion
WIHT Include W. O, Mainwaring,
wikprasidont of the 33,0, Ponco River
Power Davelopmoant Compnny:
¢ Roprosoniatives trom Canada
MYO axpected’ Lo travel with the
We and highway commission is
abe: (© ob various altios:
jthroughout. Alaska ‘ane Intoy at

une Goorge, 3.0, and Edmon-

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bo followed. Saturday by the first. publle
state by the Alaska International Rail and

Highway

"No paper

The Dally Nows will not
publish on Monday ay” tho
staff Joins personnel of banks,
provinolal and fedoral governe
mont offices, stores and hus-
Inesses In observing the Unhor
Day holiday, Publication.wilt
rosuma Tuesday,
Postmaster RS, Soherk
sald today that all Poxt Offtes.
Wickots except the one for
Money ordors will he open
from 8 am, to 10 am, Monday,
The hox lobby witt he open
from 8 am, to 6 pam, There
WII be no letter carrior sorvice
Labor Day. but Mapateh and
recolpt: of matt will bo carried
On AK USA, , Fe
POOPOPOIOIL ODIO OD ONLI 0000000004

. Prince Rupert has
how gona 282° days
without a fatal traffic

SPOMEP OPE

 

 

 

 

 

 

~ Vancouver for size.
exhibition...

The Golden Hawks performed ‘over ’the.

“CP. photo -

 

 

The ,

‘trophies ihelude: The:
‘Labor. Council. Grand Challenge

 

for the month‘of August.
“Not only ‘did a! total. of 7.43
inches of rain fall during the 20
days when there was measurable
precipitation, ‘but the ‘eight-
month . total’ for: precipitation
this year is the third highest in
more than 20 years. . .. ,
Up until the end of August a
total of 57.48 inches of rain and
‘snow had descended on the city.
Only other eight-month. damp-
ness totals to top that figure
were in 1955 when. a total of

 

 

 

Lightning
starts fir

Cool, wet weather kept fires
in the Prince Rupert Forest
district to a minimum over the
past weck with only one new
blaze .belng reported, iDstrict
Forester J. R. Johnston said to-
day.

‘The new fire, caused by light-
ning between Terrace and Kiti-
mat,, was quickly extingulshed.

The Terrace area fire brought,
the district's total for the year
Lo date to 49 compared with 252
at the same time last year, Fire
fighting costs for this year's 49
fires are estimated at $58,682
compared to $518,580 last year
for the same period,

' Mr, Johnston said there is still
some hazard in the Atlin-Telo-

graph Creck area, .

 

 

Year's rainfall total

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52.12 inches: of rain::and .snow
had been recorded. by the end. of
| August and 1939, another. soggy
year, when 64.03 inches had fall-
en in eight months. Last. year’s
eight-month tally was 45.16
tinches.. _ ee
LESS SUNSHINE.

Nor does the. sunshine - total
brighten the picture too much.
There were only 89.8 hours of
bright sunshine compared to
92.9 hours up until the end of
August, 1958". The cight-month
total for 1959 is 674.6 hours com-
pared to.946 hours last. year and
714.8 hours in 1957,

High temperature for last
month was 72 degrees on August
10 while the mercury dropped to
46 degrees on August 9, 10 and
11, Monthly average was 55 de-
Brees, . .
POIOLIO PDE OOOCPCOOUDODOOOOOOOOD

Quebec premier's
condition grave

QUEBEC © — Premier Du-
Plessis is unconscious and in
an extremely serious condition
in hospital at Scheffervilte,
Que, after being © stricken
While visiting the © Ungaya:
mining communiity,

. Exact nature of the premier's
illness was not disclosed, but a
- reliable informant said Mr.
Duplessis is’ unconscious and
his condition is extremely seri-

 

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PPPPPFOLIOP LIPO POP VDVOOOOOODOOON

. day -afternoon for sentence..

driving: a motor . vehicle any-
‘where in. Canada .for a period

dent
“;Hglmut.. Schultz, 27, of 940
Ambrose Avenue pleaded: guilty
to ‘the two charges August 26
‘and was remanded until yester-

‘the scene of an dcci-

“Magistrate E. T.Applewhaite
iso. .prohibited Schultz . from

Of one year.. eee a.
} He was- assessed $500 or in
fefaut : of. payment. six’ months
th Jail for*eriminal « negligence.
in'-thé operation of a motor |
vehicle’.and $50: or one month,
concurrent to. the first charge,
for. hit.and Tun, ve

The charges ‘arose following
an ‘accident on: -Third Avenue
West August 23 that sent a city
man, Melvin Paulson, 26, of 513
Eighth Avenue West, to hospital
with back injuries and facia]

lacerations. | .
_ Also In police court yesterday,
George Sato of Prince Rupert
was’ committed for trial in
County Court on a charge cof
possessing of a stolen $200
cheque. _
Sato pleaded not guilty
through counsel A. A. W. Mac-
Donell yesterday before Magis-
trate Applewhaite. —

Woodfibre milf

to be reopened

VANCOUVER ()-—An old firm
with a new name has announced
plans for an immediate start
on & $15,000,000 pulp mill con-
version at the Howe Sound ghost
town of Woodfibre, 25 miles
north of here,

Rayonicr of Canada Ltd,
which changed its name Mon-
day from Alaska Pine and Cellu-
lose Ltd. will build a 280-ton
high-quality bleached kraft pulp
mill employing 375 men at the

 

nal payment .and~ other
penalties.’ me DG

due to start

Tiling. will begin on the indoor.
pool next Tuesday, Civic ,Centre
manager Jacob. Vandenbrink
said today. . ee Pe

Contract for the. tiling work,
which is’ expected ‘to take be-.

been awarded: to“ Vancouver: Tile.
Co.

Mr. Vandenbrink said official
opening of the * pool : will take
place “sometime ‘in. November.”
He added he. hoped the opening
could be arranged for the first
week of the month. . NS

He said a full aquatic program
has already been arranged for
the pool. ‘This includes public
Swimming, diving and life-say-

‘tween’ :four+and~six: weeks; has:

Price declines for - most fresh
vegetables. . especially: potatoes
and tomatoes. ° an
HIGHER RENTS)

: Other. factors behind the-index
tise were slight increases in rent
and home-ownership ‘costs, gas-
oline, taxi fares,-hospital rates,

| Pharmaceuticals; alcoholic bev-

erages and.personal care items.

The July rise in- living costs
followed a June decline’ in wage
figures. The -indéx: of average
industrial wages ‘and ‘Salari

a ae

figures. are available—was 171.6,
based on.1949. equalling 100. This

and.164.6 on July 1 last year. -.
. This. wages index; computed

from ‘a survey of firms employ-

ing. more: than 15° ‘persons and
‘covering a wide range of indus-
tries, represents. an. average of

total wages paid. oo.
In a breakdown of the con-

 

ing classes, © ~

 

: atests- date tor which}:

compared” with 171.9 on June:.1} in serviceable: conditic

 

sumer price index, the bureau

_A. major part’ of - the: city's.

poor. condition ‘that. it’ caniiot’ .°
e maintained for much longer: . ig
without. excessively: high: epair'

water supply. system-is “in

Je

‘costs,’ Ald. Norman Belli

last” night...

"Ald." Bellis,” chairman of
board of works committee; gave
theiwarning in’a-broadcast ovér’.
Radio: Statio POs

e-Said-ast
of the water. pipe: :alo g. the

Shore of Shawatlan Lake'is ‘kept.
atrolling and‘patch-  —

‘constant. pai
ing of leaks.»

ne

He made the observations ‘in

an address in support of a-$980,-

000 bylaw for reconstruction and

extension. of the water supply —

system. The bylaw is to go be-

 

WORLD NEWS BRIEFS

Recovery of the vaccine won't
help combat .the polio epidemic
here, however, as it will have to
be tested.

Rammed by sub

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.
—An air and sea search was
launched today after a ham
radio operator reported pick-
ing up a distress call that a
27-foot yacht had been ram-
med by'a submarine, |:

Asks UN help

empty apartment.

today. Britain at once an-
nounced she favors UN action if
aggression in Laos is proved. In
its appeal, Laos accused Com-
munist North Viet Nam of in-
tervening on the side of the Red
rebels of Laos,

Charge from China

NEW DELHI (#—Prime Minis-
ter Nehru said today he has re-
celved a new note from Com-
munist China accusing India of

 

LONDON (?)--Laos has appeal-
ed to the United Nations to send
troops to help repel Communist

 

 

 

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CREAR

Pollo continued to sond now om orgonoy cnses to Bastorn Canada

With 610 in the Montre

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1 1 '

g the problom in hard-hit
}aron'alone, At Aug, 22,
only 64'cases and sovon donths,

asthe map s

arons. Total numbor of cases in Canndn

hospitals Thursday bub thoro

Aggression on the Tibetan bor-
der, “There is a big argument
over it,” Nehru told Parliament.
Ho said the government Is pub-
lishing a white paper on the
tense border situation, Ineluding
correspondence with China,

Visit Alaska

JUNEAU, Alaska (P—Repre»
sentatives of the Japanese steol
Industry and - export-import
firms mot briefly with Governor
William A. Egan Thursday as
they wound up a week-long
Alaskan visit. a

A spokesman for tho group
said several Alaskan oro deposits
had been Inspected, Ho sald tho
prospect of Japanese develop-
ment of tho doposits would be
“long range, rather than some.
thing for the next three or four
yours,"

Swiss want a-arms |
BORN (—Tho Swiss general
ataff suggested Thursday thal

Switzerland strengthen its na-|

tonal defence with atomic
weapons, It asked officors'to

discuss tho matior with the

country's militia forces,

Liquor code due
MONTREAL —A national
codo of ethics for Nquor advor-
tlsing in-Cannada will Ukely bo
submitted to. provincial govern-

 

tho total wna 455 cases,
—OP nowsmap

howa,

monts Intor thts year, it wna
lourned today. The codo was dla~

fore voters Sept. 10.0

Stolen Salk vaccine recoverec
MONTREAL (CP)—Police recover

Thursflay. The loot was found stor
and cardboard boxes in an

ed $50,000 worth of stolen Salk vaccine
ed in a household

refrigerator, cupboard

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cussed during a four-day Meét-
ing at Murray Bay, Que., of..£he
Canadian Association of Provin-
clal Liquor Commissioners,’

Unions for peace’:

MONTREAL O-—Claude” Joe
doin, president of the 1,200,>
000-member Canadian Labor
Congress, said Thursday “that
international peace can be as-
sured through establishment
of free trade unions in every.

 

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country of the globe.’ Mr,’ Jo-
doin spoke before 1,000 Cana-
dian and American delegates
attending the 25th
‘convention of the Interna=
tional Brotherhood of . Pulp,.
Sulphite and Paper Mil Work
ers, oy hp!

TURNBURRY, Scotland —~
President Eisenhower arrived In
Scotland today for a short vaca-
tion bofore returning to tho
United States from his diplo-
matic mission to Wostern’ Bue
rope. hos
_ Eisonhowor ‘plans to spend: a
sporting~ resting wookend. .at
Culzean Custlo,
him 6-room apartment in. the
castlongs a token of respect for
Nita leaddrahip as wartime Allied

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WEATHER—

Cloudy with showers tonight
“i. and Baturday, Winds swest-
“orly 20, Low tonight: and
“gh Saturday 45 and 58,
¢ , futurday, Sept, 5, 1080
(PRolfig Standard Time)
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wot 14:80 = 81,7 feat
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