PROVIKCIAL LIBRASr, ' 113 VICTORIA, B. C. Jlloiaf KAY 3151 152 Jill VI IfPAlD A GKbA I tVfcNI- E OPENING OF COLUMBIA CELLULOSE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER w Published at Canada' Most Strategic Pacific Port "Prince Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" VOL! XL, No. 136 PRINCE RUPERT.B.C, MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1951 PRICE FIVE CENTS UARKS NEW ERA FOR PRINCE RUPERT CE RUPERT heralds the official opening Now we have the permanent and modern anchor Heir For Mp M Giiiiiig ,orrow (ii liic .u" uuiwc ws &iva. jnuusiry wnicn, with expanding market demands; ,v. mill with enthusiasm and appreciation for will bring the secondary industries and services and ts indeed, a new era in the economic life not the population which is essential to the building up f Prince luiperi out uie wnoie oi central ana of an important and thriving community instead ,,n Briu.-m oiumuia. u piays an important of the wilderness which has been our lot these aml synchronizes with the transition of this Industrial Business I Leaders From United States, Canada Arrive With as prominent a galaxy of big name visitors f British Columbia from the function of a producer of natural products to the phase of ,,al manufacturing of. those products. he large industrial payroll provided by the 1 us auenuaiiL upci ainjns, inusi lrnpon- - THE PROGRAM - ' (Monday) " 5:00 p.m. SS Prince George arrives. (Cars to be parked at open space on CNR dock before ship's arrival) 5:3C p.m. Tour -of city commences. 5:45 p.m. First cars leave city for the Dam. , t 7:30 p.m. Return to ship for dinner. (Tuesday) 1 :u a.m. Prince George leaves fur Tort Edward. 11:15 a.m. Official opening of Columbia Cellulose mill, flag raising, luncheon and tour of mill. 6:00 p.m. SS Prince George sails. John Ash by, Westminster! J. J. Callaghan, assistant pub-Paper Co., New Westminster.. l;sher, Seattle Post-Intell!-1 T. H. Atkinson, general man-: gencer. ager, Royal Bank of Canada,! Horace Campbell, Edmonton Montreal. ' (journal. R. E. Baker, miU manager, G. L. Colpitts, Imperial Oil Co., from both United States and Canada as has ever hich are in the woods to the east and north ,ty ai.d which will later extend to the other e areas covering one thousand square milei vilhin a radius of two hundred or so the mill, is something that this district has visited Prince Rupert or anywhere for that matter, Canadian National Steamships liner Prince George, many years. This is, indeed, a day for gratification and jubilation in the attainment of a new phase of our economy. But, if it brings rejoicing, it also brings responsibilities to temper our satisfaction. It brings the need of a new energy and a new outlook in the end that we may live up to the requirements and meet the new problems and the greater tasks that will face us all. The city of Prince Rupert knows these well enough and w,e do not need to recite them here. . This is the day of celebration. Tomorrow will come the day of settling down to the new state of affairs. The pulp mill is being opened. For the most of us, it means a new lease of life which will tax our ingenuity and energy to maintain and nourish. This should not, by any means, be taken as a signal that our troubles are over and that all we have to do now for nearly halt a century. Capt. Ernest Caldwell, is due in port at 5 o'clock this afternoon from Vancouver. They are here for the official opening ceremonies tomorrow of the new 527,000,000 pulp mill of Columbia Cellulose Co. Ltd. e is the realization of the vision on which T T I A. 1 Al- i. , A' riders oi i niice impeii aim me iraiiscuniin- ilwav which leads into the port built. Here The group group consists of chief fulfilment of the well-founded hopes and Weyerhauser Timber Co., Long-, Ltd., Calgary, view, Wash. W. T. CooK, executives of the Columbia Cellulose Co., led by President Harold Blancke; British Colum superintendent. of those who came here in those early days nvt' llieir ir.nu iiiidinidiiy anu yiiysi- or these it is, indeed, a great day even if Edward 8. Morse, W. L. O'Dono-van, S. B. Roberts, Fred T. Small, Dr. R. H. Ball. Others are: W. T. Alexander, assistant general manager, Canadian Bank of Commerce, Toronto. George Alcorn, chief engineer, Weyerhaeuser Timber Co., Tacoma. ferred. D. K. Baldwin, Nesbitt-Thom-son Co., Montreal. Glen Bayless, Washington editor, Business Week Magazine, Washington. ' Ross Beesley, Associated Screen News, Vancouver. Adam Bell, chairman, Workmen's Compensation Board, Vancouver. bia "government officials lead by Hon. E. T. Kenney, minister of lands and forests, and leading business men of two countries. The party, umbering about 150 in all, includes: 1 President Harold Blancke ; George S. Schneider, vice-president; George H. Richards, vlce- Canadian Bank of Commerce, Vancouver. " P. E. Cooper, president, Pacific Mill" Ltd., Vancouver.- D. Denham, Workmen's Compensation Board, Vancouver. D. Dewar, Penticton. A. H. Douglas, Vancouver. R. A. C. Douglas, Vancouver. Edwin J. Dreschsel, U.S. News and World Report, San Fran- umhia Cellulose is the outstanding incident of the coming into its own of this great and W. A. Moscarella, publisher, extent so far untapped treasureland of nat- ... i - e i.: i- ...u: 'i i.u and H. H. C. Anderson, editor, sources not oniy oi umuer, on wnicn uie predent, Columbia Cellulose J. S. Bolton, assistant general manager, Bank of Montreal, industry is based, but of agriculture, oi and of waterpower. Co.JLtd., and other company executives as follows: Emery N. Cleaves, Peter D. Cooper, A. S. Vancouver Daily,. Province. J. R. McMillan, vice-president, Western region, Canadian National Railways, Winnipeg. Bernard Allen, B.C. manager, Montreal. Parker S. Bonney, Nanaimo. Clifford Bowden, New York. Hon. H. R. Bowman, minister e must certainly mennon iisning in uns nsu CNR, Vancouver jrinf( recent years, the development along Derapewolff, Jesse T. Ellington, John D. Fennesbresque, Ronald O. Gilbert, Wallace W. Hoge, Vincent Lyons, Morris B. Mines, L. A. Fonger, assistant freight ; of agriculture, British Columbia cisco ' R. Edwards, Pacific Mills, Ocean Falls. Erik Ekhom, vice-president, Puget Sound Pulp and Timber Co., Sellingham, Wash. Edward C. Ertl. president, Financial Times, Montreal. Harold S. Foley, president, and M. J. Foley, executive vice-president, Powell River Co., (Continued on page 8) n lines of processing and usage is well enough is sit back and take it easy. If this is a time for happy exultation and sober reflection, it is also a time for acknowledgment and appreciation. First of all, it is a time for an expression of appreciation to the people of Columbia Cellulose appreciation not in the sense of the bringing of gifts to us but of the foresight and the putting into physical application of an opportunity to be mutually beneficial both to themselves and to this country. Acknowledgment is also due to the governmental authorities who, through the recent years of negotiation, have co-operated, assisted and encouraged the advent of today's realism. Then there are also to be congratulated the actual builders the men who did the mighty jobs of organization, construction and co-ordination. And to the people who carry on from here in the operation good wishes are to be expressed. The Daily News is happy to join in the felicitations being expressed ttpday and tomorrow and to herald this very special milestone event in the career to all. The fishing is the one industry that, :: the years, has kept abreast of the times with traffic manager, CNR, Winni- government. peg. A. J. F. Brandstron, Seattle.- W. A. White, general freight i ; Roy W. Brown, director of agent, CNR. j editorial policy, Vancouver Sun. S. M. Greene, general pas-1 i Leo Burden. Soundview Pulp sengcr agent, CNR, Vancouver. ! Co.", Everett, Wash. See page 2 and other inside pages for Canadian Pre -is and other ordinary front page news. Rupert as a most important central point, irdoes this imply that the other industries nt been making progress of recent years. To Today's Edition Contains Special Sections Marking the opening of the new Columbia .Cellulose mill at Prince Rupert and reviewing latest developments in this area. It also contains many messages of congratulation and appreciation. ' Extra copies of this special edition are available for those who desire them. They may be picked up at the Daily News office or they will be mailed at a price of 10c per copy to cover the mailing charges. nessd has been the great expansion of the "linn; industry in the central interior w hich ,b doing for" such centres as Prince George 'olumliia Cellulose has been doing and will it to do for Prince Rupert, i'iihthe advent' of Columbia Cellulose, Prince :and district may go forward unafraid today. cf a great country and the people who dwell therein f till Stow 0 I - 8fo fmM m -hm , ! Ii 'Itm i mi 1 mm 'rui-l . .. 4illKvainnpniJII t..' t'it J jtttl teaMm Hemlock, balsam and spruce or rhe most desirable species A mossive hydraulic barker removes th Automatic conveyer baits carry the chips to storage, , for making dissolving pulp to be used in the manufacture of bark without ony wood loss. The bark is and from storage to the digesters on the lower plant chemical yarns and plastics. Here at the top of the jacklad- burned for process steam while the barked level. The mill has storage capacity for a thret-day X" ' der at the Columbia Cellulose mill, a hemlock is cut into log goes on to the chipper. supply of chips. twenty-foot lengths before it is token to the barker. '". ' ------ V. X r-'S :,M i P 4 1. . fly 'I ! -1 -1 1 fiF iooo0 1 - y ,s 111 ;l .! 11 L SJl t : ; . 1 it comes out of the Flakt dryer, the "Won. : , . . As it travels through the Kamyr wet end, water is removed from the purified pulp, and the pulp becomes a continuous sheet. It goes from here directly into the Flakt dryer. which the pulp is "cooked". in of five oiant digesters ThrM IZl a . pou.ld intone top, hot acid piped into the bottom before the cookmg begins. and the cover is bolted on in inaHtng calcium rnl K k7cl,c'.,,,e booking aqent, comes finished pulp is wound on jumbo rolls and taken to storage, where it will be inspected and classified, then cut and re wound for shipping. lslond I"' seven miles im it ,h Columbia Cellulose mill.