Remsen HereFman beatae 5: PROVINCIAL LIBRARY Published at Canada’s Most Strategic Pacific Port — And Key to the Great Northwest Business, Classified 3203. Advertising 3201 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1962 News Desk 3204, Sports 3205, Social 3206 Ram aging creek c rough road.,| Low bid for school P 9 g . ok "| higher than allowed f 7 S rad school was approximately $37,000 higher than p 7 Ee es urn e area what the provincial government allowed, it was High water . 7 | . ; a So 4 Salmon learned Oday ct 52 School closes schools | | amass a: escapement Board secretary, said the board, having discovered this, has con- . BURNS LAKE (CP)—Rampaging Sauls Creek fed in the last 24 hours by 31% inches of rain cut : More VOL. 52, No. 125 PRICE TEN CENTS A low bid for the construction of additions to Con- tacted the provincial government and are at present awaiting a through Highway 16 near here today. The road was expected to be ~—--—---— reply as to what should be done. re-opened after repairs which the Harte Highway and a bridge The provincial government al- sulmon have es- could last most of the day. at Mile 170 was reported under lowed $120,000 to be spent on the water The creek, which runs into : project. Bidders were Commonwealth Burns Lake, spilled over into the village’s main street andin some Construction Co. Ltd. of Vancou- ver, Jarvis Construction Co. Ltd. instances sloshed into homes and steres. Schools here were closed of Vancouver, and. two Prince today because of high water. The Douglas to seek Regiers seat VANCOUVER '()) — New Demo- cratic Party members in Burn- aby-Coquitlam paved the way Tuesday night for their nation- al leader, T. C. Douglas, to seek a Commons seat in the constit- uency. The riding’s NDP Association voled 165-11 to allow Erhart Regier to resign the Commons seat he won in the June 18 fed- cral election to allow Mr. Doug- las, defeated in Regina City, to stand in a byelection. The resolution was passed by water receded here early today. The highway also was cut at Tibbets Creek, 16 miles cast, and was reported in danger at Decker Lake, six miles west of Burns Lake, The rain had stopped in the Burns Lake area today but it was still raining in Prince George and rain was still re- perted falling along the route of City man dies at age of 77 A longshoreman, Gordon St. Claire Bitten of 865 Fraser Strect, died in the Prince Ru-/94 Per cent of voting members pert General Hospital Monday | &t the mecting. The resolution afternoon at the age of 77. ‘said Mr. Regier could resign “if Mr. Bitton was born in On-|#"d at such time he believes it tario and served with the Can- er Rew adian Armed Forces during the r. Regier told a reporter he Second World War. He came to' hoped to seek election in another the city 18 years.ago and_had. riding soon but added he expects been working as a lognshoreman ‘to take @ paid job with-the NDP for the past 12 years. at national level until he gets k . It is believed that Mr. Bitton | P&ck Into the House has a brother in Regina. Fu- He said Mr. Douglas would : robably b ted b lama- neral arrangements will be an- probably be elected by acclama nounced later. , tion. All the opposition candi- ’ dates in the constituency in the June 18 election lost their de- posits, the nearest trailing Mr. Regier py 10,000 votes. The membership resolution al- Socred heads a CONSTRUCTION of the new Prince Rupert Federal building is progressing favorably and it is expected that the $700,000 build- ing will be completed by next May. Construction workers have started building the re-inforced concrete walls. Pictured in the foreground: are ‘stock piles of re~enforcement steel which will be used on the project. : -. ‘Staff photo by Ozzie Zbitnew Federal building work continuing on schedule me 'eaped from commercial Avea 4 near the mouth of the Skeena Rivet into the river proper than = any year since 1958, the Skeena ;Management com mittee said in a report. Catches in test nets for the past week (ending June 24) in- dicated an escapement of ap- proximately 15,000 sockeye. This | brings a total estimated escape- Iment up to 39,000 to that date. | Standard test fishing drifts | begin at Tyee above the Skeena River comercial boundary, on June 11. These test drifts have been carried out in a similar way since 1956. The test fishing catches drop- ped to a relatively low level shortly after commercial fish- | ing began and remained low Rupert contractors, Robinson Construction, and North West Construction Ltd. Commonwealth was lowest with $157,298, and Jarvis con- struction second lowest witn $162,469. It is up to the government now to decide what the board will do, and Mr. Lien said he does not expect any construction to be- gin until sometime next month. Two other school construction jobs are in the offing. Prelimin- ary plans for a two room addi- tion to the King Edward school are being made, and tenders will be called shortly for a new ele- mentary school in Section Two. Five vessels land halibut [MAYOR LESTER SAYS: a Cancellation of granis “may boost mill rate per capita grants to municipalities could mean a mill- ‘ate increase of 7.1 mills in Prince Rupert, Mayor P. throughout the commercial fish- ing period. Information from past tag- ping and recovery operations show that up to this time, the sockeye were mainly proceeding to the early south-end Babine streams as well as to and Alastair Lakes and Bulkley-Morice system. Scale readings of the caught in the test fishing nets large at 35.2 per pound and 1,000 during the week ending | revealed that 80 per cen i fish were five years old while per cent were four years old. 1 The provincial government’s plans to discontinue;” Preliminary landing figures ' provided by plant operators re- iveal that the sockeye catch in ; the Skeena gill net area ; other spawning areas such as Lakelse the fish pounds of medium at 31.6 cents Five vessels landed a total of 230,000 pounds of halibut in port today. Selling on the exchange: B.C. Rover with ‘70,000 pounds, in- cluding 40,000 pounds of medium at 32.6 cents per pound and 30,- 000 pounds of large at 36.15, sold to Pacific; Miss Georgina with 66,000 pounds including 40,000 per pound, and 25,000 pounds of , er PaCKers; Shirley Rose with 30,000 pounds, including 15,000 pounds of me- dium at 32.1 cents per pound and 15,000 pounds of large at 35 cents per pound, sold to Nelson Canadian people, , But. y Mr. ‘Thompson sale his party : : . saving ny xenvati roblems und still . “| Brothers; Connie Jean with 26,- oe ee eng yee i ee eth Const any: Lester said today. 2H vieses last week. The catch {000 Pounds including | 23.000 : sped as one ae ae re onths. Im that case Mr, ;Pemaining on schedule, Commonwealth Construction?’ \yo ior pester was commenting |2mount to $141,896 per year. | pieces last week. The catch | pounds of medium at 31.7 cents is eri : let LPs ated cs yenroe forwar ; . Deniyni 2 id the amount of taxes|O! red an pring per pound, 2,000 pounds of large ” Regier would not have to resign |Co. Ltd. officials hope to surge forward with the con-!on Premier W. A. C. Bennett's ea ine provincial government | Was reported to be about 550:) pene eis Ver pound and 1,000 a his seat. wtas . e Ditnaa T. Weoya . sal dariledino: recent ¢ at the | ¥ ‘ inks rht in . eae i Say5 Thompson , The 46-year-old schoolteacher, |St’uction of Prince Rupert's new Irederal building. | yy aon cee Ieaislature. would pay if tney were to pay The umber of pinks sco ut IN) pounds chix at, 7 cents per i By THE CANADIAN PRESS first elected in 1953 and re-elec- Beginning construction in, " the government will fheroducs|texes on provincial property pou sol ° a rt Prince a y ’ ted in 1957 and 1958 and at the |March Commonwealth is now Crockett, construction superin-/ legislation permitting grants to! Within city limits is $27,707, vance landea a it The two heads of Social Credit 5 decking the future two-storey, tendent. icipaliti -_ making a net difference of $114,- Rupert Fishermen's Co-opera- a last election, leaves for Ottawa : ee . . ; municipalities equivalent to tax ; eavy axes ive Association's Fairview plant a in Canada speak as one. today to check the technicali- |bullding. Locally hired construc-; The building, which will cost!es instead of the present per-|!89 which would represent a {tive Association's Fa N ple a That, in effect, is what Robert | ties ‘involved in resigning when | ton workers are now working on an estimated $700,000, is expect-i capital grant system. mill-rate increase of 7.1 mills. VANCOUVER ( — British Co- with 38,000 pounds, including 18. if Thompson, national Social Credit | there is no House in session the walls, and staircases. ed to be completed by next May. ove, ; Ga Premier Bennett said the in-|lumbia Hydro and Power Author- | 000 pounds of medium and 20,000 ‘ leader, said Tuesday night In| powever, he said he would not) “Not finding the Yock where It is being constructed in two ne Bove iment plan also iN-| Greased homeowner grant would ity will pay $6,400,000 in school] pounds of large. 4 halibut oe Moncton, N.B. muke his decision until after a iit was supposed to have been,” parts, the north part of the. cludes fr 1 850 ta grant IM-| cost $30,000,000 annually, taxes and grants to municipali-| The Prince Rupert ha i ee ' ‘And that, In effect, is what | party caucus in Winnipeg July {constituted basic excavation, building {s 100 feet by 80 foot, oe ty te $50 0 $100, Ty ape “Not one cent of the money |ties this year. . change will be open on veer i Real Caouette, deputy national) 12, ‘problems according to V. W. and the South part 60 fect hy 90 i os on y to owner-occupiers Of roy this grant will come from} Dr, Gordon Shrum, chairman, | day, June 30, ut will be close : Séial Credit. leader, sald in —_ _ — -- --jfeet, The basement will be re-: 1OMes, your taxes,” he said. “Every dol- announced today that grants to-| Monday, July 2. , Oltawn about the same time. ° ld k eM to the 60 by 90 section, Some municipalities have said Jar will come from your resources, tating Bo 00 will be paid to as } ae . ‘ , . . qj ‘ € ’ . SUES te i raed 2 7 es id rs apr oO are t W t Mr. Crockett said that many the new system will adversely; my friends. municipal . a oe seemed oer Ad 30 Blasting ; or Mar e jot the materials used are avall- affect their own budgets and pn me ne enanes ce mmm , Poles ordered i cae aN next Parliament _— able locally. Some of the sub- shift more of the tax load onto for ower line i ccats: n me Le vith Prime Min- ‘ f h t trades are not local because they businesses and apartments. p aay will co-opera c wie eve at oats or W €a are not available here, ‘The / eT anctar es la VANCOUVER '@® -— B.C. Hydro f ister Dicfenbuker’s minority gov- a » siib-c Mayor Lester said the per cap- , ~ Authorit ced bo nh X% as lone as It. ; phunbing and painting sub-con -: ita erants for Prince Rupert and Power Authority announcec iW ernment of 116 Ml is ‘ts of the , ° tract is handled by a Kitiniat, Wak S ceemte w neaeenetm nie evn pent today that 3,854 cedar poles have i wets In the best aneres™ starts Friday incréa $@s sub-contractor, Ornamental iron; been ordered for the 230,000-volt rork, and other specialized jobs A com- | Work and i bination of factors has produced | transmission Ine that will sup- ply power from the Bridge River generating system to the Prince WASITINGTON @ Talks capped REGINA be handled by Vancouver, Blusting at the Rushbrook contractors, t (P.- Saskatchewan's Creosoting Company Ltd. ¢$501,- 932) and North West Cedar Pro- ducts Lid. ($432,853), rt H ; . ‘ , floats area north of the old dryly reeord rid markel for wheat ; r Hy w rol support any move to Via record world markel for wheat, ' ystruetired |! ~ ae . ; “vy : “ens EM nate "nr olsen sone [rk wl bet hs reeey ith Gann, the United Stes! yin" fenton wert. yg wee ll a wae CEE ae i ay 3oclnl Credit doctrine. urn, Superintendent of be stralila sharing the larg: wnt Of cade at eanerete wip cetmnentin WEEE sau ie ve a * , s a Wary to Soclal Creal doctrine. |v ncouver Pile Driving Company Oat exporting gains, " B fabout 2,000 yards of concrete WHT honds today on the question of have been awarded to Canada { ibe used before i ts completed. edienl care insuranes, Mr. Crockett said that necording | to government stipulation all products used must be Canadian. gnnounced this morning. Mr, Cliburn asked that persons and ships do not come any closer The U.S. ment today agriculture depart- estimated that in the 12 months ending June a0, Marathon talks between the Lumber ship ‘iwo froups were capped Tuesday : : . cline vetaal a An additional 700 poles will be / ort a te wards of the aren ioe world wheat exports climbed to} The Commonwealth working: night when en on cade supplied to the project from B.C, eaves p the drilling and demolition ofj® Peak of 1,600,000,000 bushels, | force of 26 Is made up of Joeal | Steering certian Pees. Hydro and Power Authority rocks is expected to be complet compared with the previous high |men with exception of the Tah | sions, the doctors rejecting Rov- stockpiles, The poles, many 0! of 1,618,000,000 the previous year. OCanndna's shire of the market rouge to about 360,000,000 bushels from 943,000,000 a yoar ‘apo, the U.S, share of 710,000,000 from 02,000,000 and Ausbprallan ex- ports to 220,000,000 from 183,000,- 000. The Canadian and Austratian Inerenase, said tho department, enmo mainly In saleg to Cam. which will come from the Prince George area, will range in helght from 60 to 90 feet. Bids for the contract to con- struct the 256-mile clreuit will ho called tu the near future and work [Is expeeted to begin in August. Cloaring of the right- ol-way iy underway. WEATHER for Japan “ll The Swedish freighter MV Anjun left Prines Rupert yeater- day after leading 9,400,000 board fect of Iumber at the Prince Raypert Sawntills, The 11,000-fon vessol arrived F in port dime Th from Helainkt A nnd bad been londing until yes- terday aflernoon, personnel, Foreman of the job) Is Ronald Peasey. News Briefs — SAIGON, South Viet Naw |) - More than a regiment “ Vietnamese troops supported by marines, abr force nnd navi units continued slogging through ma nerove swamps Loday n the fourth day of a massive hunt for Communist Vieb Cong od, The Vancouver Pile Driving Campnany was awarded the con- tract for re-building the existing breukwator in dredging tho aren and building an additional 100 foot. to tho existing brenkwater, Mr. Churn ocstimated the job will cost approximately $150,000, Work began the first part of June, Armand Burnett is the ernment propasals. Shoe ds bound for i ulod eirfllinnn foreman on ine prajon muniat China, hit by poor crops | guerrillas, 4 ‘ ¥ . ‘OTthd where she lh ke expoctoad ta be completed in fourland widespread hunger. A lot + } _ . ; -_ ao ereive al B TAN tomorrow, months, of the ULB. wheat was sold RAST) BERLIN (Reuters! = Wash German Gomme on TN way ‘Alt! Mtder. phe freighter, under Captain — abroad for local eurroncies or| leader Waller Ulbricht: has dismissed as We ielevits it Winds AL 15 oawantly Ehbe Ayiberg, will be unionding under other special deals, Ar- | Weastern proposil HH Oe oe wall, shooting Teicents i northwest. 2h aver apen 4 " . , hoe CG vst-billt Berlin border . vey te mt Osnka, Nugaye and Tokyo. Masset woman gentina, another big exporter,| the Commun ‘ ‘ + water, Low tonight and high Thursday 48 and 58, Daily News Readings didn't got into the Ohina market early in the year buble now has nv consigninent, a ahlpmont of 4,- expeelod nt the Aer | Ip 1H Another sil] July. | AsSoeret Army Organization pirate anwmill towards (he ond of JATERS CReuters) —- ALG ordered a halt te the tere brondenst dn Oran Tuesday night dies aged 69 veya dune re HEC TNO ih! @ the Western 700,000 bushola to ronch China| rorlat organization's scorched earth crmprian In Nearian Temporature ab noon fl before the end of Jun yor elty, fb was announced tron Rocher Noly, the Algeria We | ve R MES , mma Porguncn of the Donne Wne, ravernnent contin, today. ’ + Buromoter, ride wee 20-0 , on Rooms dled in the Princo a " . RUGS LTD Rupert Genoral Hospital Monday Prince Rupert has now TOKYO WA spokestnna for i mijor stool roduc sie TIDES " ’ ' “ONC a wit : so steel exports to Canada an \ ny ‘ D . morning a thew {| gone 110 days without a tacity Japanese Nel rdtilod ies euls duly Loon the domoatle Thursday, June 28, 1962 A widow, Mra. Merguaon wit , , he affected by seh 1 , ewan m™ row thy . a a0 youra of nga, and was orlaln- fatal traffic accidont Inarket PRINCE RUPERT ROTARY COU W fulfilled av threa-yonr-old (Prete Stundard Mme) “ DIAL ally from Mnawot ' 1431 i + + + ¥ pledge of $6,000 to the Friondahip Toure yoatorday. Pletured Wigh o.... 10:40 17.7 Covt Munoral arrangoments havo And 4a CYB W Lhout a QUEMOY (a — Nationalist Chinese dofondors on this bit of bove, Rotury Past President John A, Martin: {8 seen handing 20°50 91.0 feet, 21 51 not boon comploted and will bo|| Lire fatality, aunebristling rock are taking the big Communist bulldup on avar a cheque for the sum to Rev. Dr. RB. W. XK. Tallott, director Low ...... | 0427 4.2 feet — ‘announced atv iater date: the Chinn malniand five miles tway calmly. of Yrlondship House. — Stuff photo by Ozsle Zhitnew 10:36 = 7.0 feut | mmncepeecensas ete oe ee