OF CME ek PROVINCIAL LIBRARY ” . | | 4 VICTORIA, 2 C “a r t c¢ : At , J DEC 31/6 VOL ; Published at Canada’s Most Strategic Pacif ic Port — And Key to the Great Northwest 8 No. 129 Business, Classified 3203. Advertising 3201 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1962 News Desk 3204, Sports 3205, Social 3206 PRICE TEN CENTS : * —s | “Many “bad” sections | still on Highway 16 By PHYLIS BOWMAN Daily News Staff Writer | BU RNS LAKE—There are still several bad spots on Highway 16 between Prince Rupert and Burns Lake, and much care must be taken by motorists to observe the road signs and drive with utmost caution. Campaign launched by brotherhood | o bolster membership throughout B.C. aoe Crd ~ snow on the mountains, indicat- ‘The road between Prince Ru- pert and Terrace is in extremely good condition -—- with no bad spots or potholes at all. It is payed smoothly all the way. The Skeena River is very high with a great deal of debris, logs and trees being carried down- stream in its turbulent dirty way to’ the sea. In some places the river is nearly up to the road and a lot of the favorite fishing and picnic spots are flooded, as the river washes over the sand- bars and gravel banks used by fishermen. The creeks along the roadside are a torrent of rushing water and the lagoons are extremely high and dirty - colored. Many waterfalls cascade down the mountains, as the summer run- off of snow progresses. - There is still a great deal of ing that the run-off is late this cyear and the resultant water Jmay cause flooding when the weather warms up, aS the river and lakes are so high now. “++ An abundance of foliage lines the roadway in many shades of green — devil clubs and several species of ferns, interspersed with varigated moss and stalks of lacy spirea. * Small animals — porcupines, squirrels and moles scamper gcross the road and bird and grouse flutter away as vehicles ‘approach them. “and hemlocks still have weather - beaten election posters hanging | from them, and scrubhy pines and sprawling alder line the rail and road line. From Terrace castward, there is a narrow winding road_ of gravel - full -of -’pgt=holes and twists and turns for 63 miles, nearly to Skeena Crossing. There igs a gteat deal of logging and road construction along the stretch from Terrace to Kitselas. Glimpses of the swollen, turbu- lent, dirty Skeena can be seen through hugh trees, and vast ex- panses of water and woods can be seen from high vantage points The lofty spruce. along cliff sides. Gushing creeks rush under bridges to join and swell the river, turning from green water to brown as it mixes with the murky Skeena. At Kitwanga, the paved road emerges into open country with rolling hills, and fields of white daisies and colorful Indian paint brush nodding in the breeze from the roadside. From New Hazelton the grav- elled road is.in good condition, wide and straight, to Moricetown. From then on the road is paved and in good condition except for a winding gravelled section from Houston to Topley, and a 10-mile stretch just out of Telkwa. The Bulkley River at Telkwa is flooding its banks, but with, no damage to property or the town as yet. At Houston, the whirling Buck River is nearly up to the rail- road bridge. This river is ordin- arily just a creck and is just west of the centre of the small town. From Telkwa to Barrett Lake, there is a stretch of seven miles of road which is perfectly straight, and climbs to a height of 2,500 feet above sea level. From Topley to Burns Lake, the highway is paved, wide and straight, with one detour be- tween Decker and Burns Lake. where a culvert has broken and jundermined the highway. _Evi- dently Decker Creek was so swol - len, the culvert broke and wash- ed out a 25-foot section of the highway. There is a two - mile detour around this section, which is four miles west of Burns Lake. Motorists report that the high- way from Burns Lake to Prince George is in good condition, ex- cept a gravelled portion at Tin- tagel where there was some flooding from swollen creeks. The main street in Burns Lake was cut off for a time, asa small creek broke its banks last Tues- day and washed out Seventh Av- enue, the highway, and several homes. A bridge has been built along proceeding normally now. No fire losses in city for 6 months says Chief Fire Chief BE. W, Becker today ; commended citizens of Prince Rupert for maintaining a clean record of nob having a single building fire loss this year. “Bix months without a single loss to buildings and contents Is n credit to the diligence and care of the people of Prince Rup- ert,” Chief Becker sald. He noted that the lowest an- nual figure for building fire Joss was in 1952 when $17,616 worth of property was destroyed. The highest figure since then was in 1958 when $101,730 worth of pro- perty was destroyed, To dune Inst year there was a | 1 1,500 pounds of halibut landed Three vessels Innded a totnl of 111.600 pounds of halibut at the part of Prince Rupert today. Selling on the exchange: Dol- na Two with 70,000 pounda In elirding 40,000 pounds of medium nt 3f cents a pound and 30,000 pounds of large nb $4.0 conte a pound; sold bo Atlin, M. RB. with 19,600 pounds including 7- 500 pounds of medium at ot conta a pound, 7,600 pounds of large atl 84 conta a pound and AO) pounds of chix at 16 cents a pond; sold to B.C, Packers, One hoa landed wt the Prince Rupert Mahermen's Co-operative Axsocl- ation's Fulrview Plant, - Neptune with y4,000 pounds eluding 18,000 pounds of mad- nm nd 18,000 pounds of large. rorehot ! ORMES DRUGS LTD. total of $35,000 loss in building fires compared with a total of £75,000 for the whole year. Chief Becker warned that al- though fire losses have diminish- ed, ecltizens must take extreme precautions againslh fires, He stressed several fire safety hints including the removal of all fire hazards, knowing the fire department telephone number and the location of the nearest fire alarm box, getting children and all people out of the build- Ing ab the first thrent of fire, nolify the fire department promptly, never Jenve young children unattended, and obtain rescue Identity markers for in- valtds, (the infirm or persons who are unable to fend for themselves). the highway, so traffic iS! phone i vide local exchange t tive July 1. Under the agreement, the City jot Prince Rupert, which owns: and operates its own dial telc-: system, continues to pro- | service, while | the company takes over respon: | sibility for long distance, infor: | mation, intercepting and assist- ance calls. The company expects to be- gin construction work on the new! long distance centre some time | this year on property adjacent! to the existing telephone build- ing. The centre will house a six- position long distance board, in- | per tertoll switching equipment, car- rier apparatus associated with long distance clreuits and radio- telephone equipment. and intertoll switching equip- ment will make it) possible for Prince Rupert operators bo diaf, long distance calls direct to any! point in Canada and the United! States on the distance dialing | network, Plans also call for} long distance centre for the sure; rounding aren, | Coineldent with the effective: date of the agreamoent the ope | crators formerly employed by: the City of Prince Rupert Teles: BROTHERTOOD POOSTHIS phone Department and chief P sean. ‘ cette — Three mombors of the Nitive BC. Telephone to spend $300,000 in aity The B.C. Tclephone Company plans to spend more | than $300,000 ‘within the next 18 monttis’ ona. new long distance centre and associated facilities at Prince |Rupert, following the signing of an agreement be- tween the company and the city, which became effec- op- dolar devaluation, erator Miss Alida Johnson, were transferred to the B.C. Telephone Company. Offer said “too small” Salmon net fishermen will’ meet at the Civic Centre Friday. to vote on whether or not to ace | cept a price offer by the B.C. Fisheries Association of one c#nt pound on chuns and sock- eye. Also disputed will be the fact that the association hasn't made any price offer at all on coho The new long distance howd) and pink salmon. R. L. Gardiner, northern rep- resentative of the United Fish- ermen and Allied Workers Un- ion said that the meeting will not be open to the press. Pri R Cio 4 The union's negotiating cot. 1 ny . OC 1 i : : rince Rupert to become Me niittee said earlier that the as-| sovintion's offer of one cent per pound inerease chums js so to only a fraction of the taken by fishermen due to the | ay wos eer Brothorhood of British Cohn ‘inerease shoreworkets for sockeye and: small df anoutits | Joss! Rupert recently. Executive members of both the brotherhood and the Nishga Tri- bal Council are taking part in the campaign which is on @ “di- rect approach” basis. Rod Robinson, district vice- president of the brotherhood; William McKay, chief councillor of Greenville and James Gosnell, vice-president of the Nishga Tribal Council, met with The Daily News to discuss the cam- paign which is described as go- ing ‘very well.” The three agreed that interest in the brotherhood has dropped and must be boosted. They felt the prime purpose of CONTROVERSIAL OPERATION SWEEPSTAKE was launched in Prince Rupert over the weekend and will give citizens an oppor- tunity to sign a petition urging the Federal government to legalize sweepstakes for Ganadian hospitals. Women of Western Canada are uniting for the campaign. Last Thursday Mrs. John English, one of twenty women who conceived the operation in Calgary last spring, was in Prince Rupert during the weekend and designated a local executive. Mrs. R. C, Mouland of 505 Seventh Avenue East was approved president, and Mrs. G. P. Voemans secretary. Pictured above, Mrs. English is seen hand- ‘“pag Mrs. Mouland a pundle of. petition forms: as Mr. English looks — Staff photo by Ozzie Zbitnew en, PE eT Plant work | on recommendations Members of the Prince Rupert United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union will vote Friday on whe- ther to ageept a conciliation board recommendation for a six centean-hour across the board increase for fish plant workers rather than 26 cents an hour or- iginally demanded. | A good percentage of the 3,000 laniel less OW inane see then union members right down the mecha hit ‘ti _ d ° traliz coast Will vote on the matter. |); aniza ards Ot 800 rt 1a ~ Local union officials said that Nor aes 8 mt . loved meetings at rie ND [than ht gear Witt MABE hroughout. northern BC. The}. ee ea keen River eannery proup wilh ings to the companies of around : wi . o " meet ata later date. $700,000," he added. R. L. Gardiner, northern rep- Mr. CGrordon also said that mar- resentative of the union empha- | ket conditions for fish are now sized that the shoreworker'’s ne- excellent and that management. roliating committee has recom - spokesmen have publicly ex- mended in the “strongest possible | pressed optimism with respect to terms" that the conciliation future markets and selling prices, board's recommendation be re- He went on to state that the de- jeeted, preciation of the Canadian dol- Besides lar is a boon to fishing compa- nies and will bring an extra prof - it to them, while at the same Hime inereasing the cost. of liv- ing of shoreworkers. He desertb- ed this as “i thoroughly one- an hour miso ree quested a new Inethad of calen- lating and paying for statutory holidays and changes were re- quested in the shoreworkers! wel - ay cenk the fare plan and the shoreworker's | Sided picture.” pension plan. The conedintion hoard rejected both of the tate Lor requests, The six-per-eent per hour wage inerease recommend- ed by the board wis for a one- year agreement, “Rishworkers are fed up with wusterity, they have had it) for years. A full 25 per cent per hour ware increase Is Necessary this yeur and it) ts likely this full amount, quite npiurt from giving Union business agent Alex) more parity with the majority Gordon in an official URFAWU of B.C, industrind workers will be release from Vaneouver said that this recommendation is an in- sult to B.C. fishworkers and bs so recognized by the union con mittee, “Wehworker rates are far he- low rates paid in Puget Sound and Alaska, thelr earnings are in the bottom 10 per cent at ac, Industrind workers province wide ponk of the month of industry netivity, and are fr helow bnele B.C, constal dadustty rates,” he suid, “Eabor costa tn the dndustry POPPOOLP OORT TELL EEOIIOLIELIT ETN: raing cost of ving,” he sald, Lurned up by surprise today wt of oubrages against the Rupert wins opener Prinve Rupert won the apen- uy mame in the Tndernadional Waxehall Tournament wi Ket- abikin tnst night, dawning the Ketohttian all-stars 9-5, mony Nationalist army Kheddn's renin through the Berlin wall were ALGIERS a --- The threat Independent Alwerte today and reports of growiy opposition commitnders to Premier the brotherhood was the better- A province-wide campaign membership and boost the interest in the Native Bro- therhood of British Columbia, was launched Group officials say interest falling off designed to bolster the in Prince will unlock the door to a whole new field,’ the three men said. “with education we can ob- tain qualified Native teachers to ecntinue educating the remain- der of the tribe, “Also, we can have trained Native people to help develop our own natural resources. “We are re-awakening to the fact that we must keep our own organization alive.” Mr. Robinsen said “We want to convince the leaders of the various villages the importance of the brotherhood and urge them to support the organiza- tion in their home villages.” Results of the campaign won't ment of Natives throughout BC. Mr. Gosnell said: “We have to strengthen our membership — that’s the whole purpose of our campaign. Without a strong membership we'll have no voice in Native affairs.” Mr. McKay said the brother- hood’s ultimate aim “is to sign up every Indian in B.C.” “We're not just interested in fishing, we’re interested in edu- cation and the welfare of Indians as a whole.” The three men stressed the fact that Native members of the United Fishermen and Allied |Indian | brotherhood and” belong to” arly ]ee other groups or organizations. They | said the poy leadership and a solid mer per- ship to thrive. As far as organization has been concerned, the trio agreed that a lack of interest has been shown. They emphasized the fact that this interest must be revived. Convincing the Natives that fishing isn’t the only occupation and stressing the value of edu- cation and training in other fields was described as being “vitally important” to the wel- Mr. Robinson said that in the Nishga council “we hammer away at the youns people tell- ing them of the importance vf education.” The trio agreed that the bro- therhood “is the only group that has the welfare of the Indians at heart.” They said the granting of the Federal vote “woke us up.” Mr. Robinson said that ‘by having the Federal vote we now realize we have a responsibility to the country and to ourselves.” “Rducation is the key which High valuc VANCOUVER @—A New York appraiser Tuesday set a value of $250,000,000 on the British Co- Iumbia Electric Company, expro- priated by the provincial govern. ment for $171,000,000. W. C. Huebner, manager of the fnanelal division of nhasco Serv- ices Limited of New York, told a B.C. Supreme Court hearing his figure was a “fair value" for the needed to keep pace with the; giant power tility when it wis taken over Inst August. Briefs MOSUOW (Reuters) — goviel Premier Nikita Khrushchev an Independence Day reception atthe American Embassy and bantered happily wilh the quests on everything from modern art to Berlin, v + ¥ BUENOS ALRIS (Reuters) — The government moved today Lo disband anti-Jewish organizations in the wake of wv Jewlsh community, Serlos of elvil war mounted in newly Yousset Ben ¥ ¥ ¥ TWERLIN (1) --- Hive Borliners involved In attempts to escape given prison terms from tive to brotherhood boulders, wt etrangy fare and future of the Natives. | be known fully until convention time in the late fall but it is hoped that Natives will have a renewed interest in the brother- hood. Three nurses escape injury in car accident Three nurses from Miller Bay ‘east of Skeena, companied by Miss Iria Oman, and Miss Ann Marie Gatherall They were returning from the Williams Lake Stampede. Miss Schoplin this mornig said she considered herself very fortunate She anid that shortly after the incident when the trio had climbed back up to the highway the tide came in, partially sub- merging the car. A salvage truck jdriver said the cur was submicre- led when he went back to the Lcene, and he had to wait for ithe tide to go out again before Ibeginning his operations The women were taken to IMuller Bay by a passing motor- ist nd ! Articles found The Prince Rupert RCMP of- fice is starting to resemble oa cycle shop as the number of lost and wnelaumed byeycles and try- Jeveles grows. This morning's inventory ot items includes a baby. strofler, and unelatmed bicyeles and tri- whieh has been hanging wrouna the police station since May 13 An unusual item arousing most bewilderment is a three by two and aw half foot plaque with pandy copper forms on its face | Anyone wishing to elauim these items must call at the police station to identify them, Prince Rupert has now wone 117 days without a fatal traffic accident and 8 days without a fire fatality. WEATHER Hittin ehange ti temopern ture. Winds ensterty US shill ao and fh, Datly News readbngs: Temperature at hoon Lurometer, falling TIDES Thursday, July o, (02 Hospital escaped without scratch when their car car- ned off the highway five miles flipped over and dropped into the |river bed during low tide at 3:40 TALS eee we meron Driver of the car was Miss Eli- gabeth Schoplin. She was ac- ing to northwest 15 this wt - ernoon oecuslonilly reaching in exposed arene. Low to- Hight and high Thursday do Oy 20g) 16 yours by wv Communist court today, ¥ ¥ bin roview notos as they dacuas the noxl DIAL atop In the campiulgn to holster the membership of Second game in the sorlen WIS Waeihe Standarca ‘Thyes ¥ a» Pyostdont de Chule and Chancellor int the brotherhood, Left to right: Rod Robinson, distriel vice-president of the brotherhood; Wil- soheduled for 2 atelock thls PARIA cReubers) Wish Ja 20.4 treet Ham Mekay, eof councillor of Groenville and James Gosnell, viee-preatdent of the Nishga afternoon while the final con- Adenauer today burned thelr nttontion to NATO and defence W066 LAT feet Tribal Counell, ‘The trio anid the campaign wit launched whout two wooks ago, Th is belng tent wan not for 7 conight, polley as part of thotr wide ranging talks during the West Cer- Low... O04 SO feet. conducted ou mq “direst approach” Wile, poner renrernsseseeorerreneeeense tu Waders Cour-day phate viulb ta Wranee, 21:65 Th feet caren os SLD IST AY