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Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest.
PHOIIE
81
VOL.
XXXVII,
No.
282.
FRINGE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
DECEMBER
1,
1948
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RAINFALL
MOUNTING
Spencer
Sells
Out
to
Eaton
FIRE
DAMAGES
CRUISER
AT
COW
BAY
SHOP
Promises
Ate
Made
By
Public
Works
Minister
Reconstruction
of
Road
to
Port
Edward
i
Gravel
Crushing
Equipment
No
Further
Deterioration
Hon.
E.
C.
Carson,
minister
of
public
works,
gave
But
Sunshine
in
Fringe
Rupert
for
1918
Still
in
Excess
of
1947
Major
Busineis
Transfer
Announced
Fifteen
to
Seventeen
Million
Involved
A
total
of
13.7B
ijldies
of
pre
Fire
of
undetermined
origin
gutted
the
30-foot
cruiser
A.P.C.
as
It
stood
on
the
ways
of
tlw
cipitation
during
November
ran
VANCOUVER,
V.
-Sale
of
the
y
oom
worics
eany
uus
department
store
of
David
Spen-1
morning
and
threatened
the
cer
Ltd.
to
T.
Eaton
Co.
Ltd.
was
boat
shop
itself
before
it
was
definite
assurance
in
Victoria
yesterday
to
Hugo
announced
yesterday.
The
price
P"t,
out
by
the
city
fire
depart-
Kraupner,
secretary
of
the
rrince
Kupert
Automo-
ment.
4
J)
'
A
AT)
1
Jin
Prince
Rupert's
ralnlall
for
the
present
year
to
date
ahead
of
1947.
So
far
in
1948
.the
precipitation
has
totalled
90.28
inches
compared
with
88.05
Inches
in
the
first
11
months
of
1947.
Tho
precipitation
included
inches
of
snow
in
two
days'
late
last
week.
(For
purposes
of
precipitation
reckoning
an
inch
of
lADY-Mrs.
Louis
St.
Laurent,
wife
of
Canada's
new
"
:
;
Nbile
Association,
that:
-
ister,
smiles
as
she
fingers
a
government
telephone
The
blazing
hull
was
noticed
by
Pete
Le
Claire,
Fishermen's
kiiile
waiting
to
call
her
husband.
Mrs.
St.
Laurent
is
irst
lady"
since
1920
when
Mrs.
Arthur
Meighan
held
was
not
revealed
but
the
Montreal
Standard
says
it
was
between
$15,000,000
and
$17,000,-
000."
Announcement
of
the
transfer
was
made
by
Chris
Spencer,
piesident
of
the
company.
Eight
other
stores
Victoria,
Co-operative
night
watchman,
V
Smie
that
time
the
prime
ministers
of
Canada,
Rt.
shortly
before
-2
o'clock
this
morning
as
he
was
making
his
CONSTRUCTION
III
NOVEMBER
TOTALS
$21,000
snow
corresponds
to
1-10
inch
of
Bennett
(later
Viscount
Bennett)
and
Rt.
Hon.
King,
were
bachelors.
CP
Photo)
First,
rebuilding
of
the
highway
from
Prince
Rupert
to
Port
Edward
would
be
started
at
the
earliest
possible
moment
in
the
spring.
.
Second,
a
gravel
crusher
would
be
brought
in
for
the
resurfacing
of
the
Skeena
High
rounds.
He
turned
in
the
alarm.
rain).
No
estimate
of
the
damage
waSl
There
was
a
scant
13.4
hours
of
sunshine
this
November,
available
today
but
it
is
con
siderable.
The
plywood-hulled
bringing
the
total
for
the
year
Prince
Rupert
had
its
third
to
dale
to
1015.3
hours
which
is
cruiser
was
gutted
from
stem
to
way
next
year
on
a
permanent
basis.
......
lition
Still
Solid,
Johnson,
Anscomb
New
Westminster,
Nanaimo,
Duncan',
.
Chilliwack,
Mission,
Courtemiy,
also
the
'Vancouver
groceteria
and
warehouses
arc
involved.
John
David
Eaton
said
the
company
had
laid
aside
tempor-n
rily
plans
to
erect
a
large
still
ahead
of
last
year's
corre-S'
stern
by
the
flames.
ponding
aggregate
of
855.1
hours.
Third,
the
road
will
be
main
Speedy
response
to
the
alarm
The
weather
summary
for
highest
month
this
year
from
the
standpoint
of
building
construction
in
November
when
permits
tot
ailing
$21,450
were
issued
by
the
City
Engineer's
department.
There
were
31
permits
issued
during
the
month.
tained
and
not
allowed
to
deteriorate
further.
RETURNS
TO
MADRID
Prince
of
Asturias,
son
of
Don
by
city
firemen
saved
the
boat
from
complete
damage
as
well
November
was
as
follows:
Maximum
temperature,
49.4
on
November
21.
Fourth,
bridges
over
the
wash
j
Juan,
pretender
to
the
Span
as
the
large
boat
shed
which
fer
Has
Such
Co-operation
Existed,
iay
Leaders
of
the
Liberal
and
outs
between
Remo
and
Shames
will
be
replaced
next
year.
housed
the
vessel.
One
other
small
boat
also
was
on
the
ways.
Permits
authorizing
construc
store
on
the
.site
of
the
old
Vancouver
Hotel.
The
site
would
be
retained
and
the
existing
building
demolished
Three
thousand
Spencer
employees
will
be
kept
on
along
with
the
present
managers.
",
tion
of
two
new
homes,
with
a
Minimum
temperature,
20
on
November
28.
Mean
temperature,
39.7.
Maximum
barometer,
30.50
on
November
8.
Progressive-Conservative
Groups
total
estimated
construction
value
of
$13,000,
were
issued.
One
Cause
of
the
fire
could
not
be
determined
either
by
Fire
Chief
H.
T.
Lock
or
by
A.
P.
Crawley,
owner
of
the
vessel
and
pro
ish
throne,
plays
tennis
at
Lausanne,
Switzerland,
before
returning
to
Madrid.
Recent
conversations
between
the
youth's
father
sud
General
Francisco
Franco,
Spanish
chief
of
state,
resulted
in
permission
for'
the
prince
to
return
and
complete
his
studies
in
the
Spanish
capital.
TO
Ii
I
A
(CP)
British
Columbia
political
was
to
J.
Marchant
for
a
$7,000
Snowplowing
is
not
possible
this
year,
the
minister
says,
but
the
road
will
be
kept
open
as
soon
as
the
Columbia
Cellulose
Co.'
requires
it.
Mr.
Kraupner
was
received
by,
Mr.
Carson,
Hon.
E.
T.
Kenney
and
the
executive
secretary
to
Chi
is
.Spencer,
ISO-year
old
son
residence
on
Graham
Avenue
and
one
for
$6,000
to
J.
D.
Mc-
prietor
of
the
boat
shop.
Mr.
Minimum
barometer,
28.53
on
November
2.
Precipitation,
13.78
inches
In
30
days.
A
niirht
answered
uemands
by
the
British
Yountf
Lf.teral
Association
for
"freedom
.iiiim."
At
the
annual
convention,
the
young
iHfl
attackwl
the
Liberal-Protrressive
coali-
Crawley
had
taken
the
,
A.P.C.
Rae
on
Fourth
Avenue
Wes.t
of
the
founder,
the-
late
David
Spencer,
who
started
75
years
ago
with
a
small
store
in
Vic
Snowfall,
12.1
inches
in
two
Value
of
permits
issued
so
far
onto
the
ways
more
than
a
week
ago
for
winter
overhaul.
Overhaul
work
on
the
engine
ws
uudcr
way,
ye&terday.
All
bfling
that
the
Liberals
break
and
stand
on
toria,
told
employees
that
"heavy
taxes
and
succession
duties
af
Premier
Byron
Johnson.
D.
G.
Stenstrom
of
the
Columbia
Cellulose
Co.
is
in
Victoria
foayll3."see"lhe
minis
ters"
rt
ui
(he
m-xt
cl-
ter
two
.ward
made
it
impossible
days.
Sunshine,
13.4
hours
on
14
.
days
t
Maximum
whid.j'elocity,
southeast,
42
miles
per
hour,
November
21.
light
,
and
power
switches
ha
"MISSING"
BOAT
for
the
most
of
family
corn
panics
to
continue."
Says
Ghiang
Is
Betrayer
Ovnenil
Oordoti
Wis-W'e
wre
elec.U-d
as
c
wvcrniticnt
and
we
TO
PROBE
BIG
FIRE
carry
(in
in
acetic-ttic
nHinrlale
re-the
people.
"
li'rnif-d
Uie
acti'ia
been
turned
off
yesterday
afternoon,
Mr.
Crawley
saids
Only
one
of
the
boat's
three
batteries
remained
in
the
hull
and
It
had
been
disconnected.
The
AP.C,
a
30-foot
plywood
boat,
was
built
a
year
ago
at
the
Cow
Bay
Boat
Works
and
went
into
service
as
a
ferry
on
the
Skeena
River
and
on
the
REACHES
HERE
Just
as
a
search
was
being
Instituted
after
she
had
been
reported
overdue,
the
Canadian
Fishing
Co.'s
32-foot
giilnctter
Porcher
17
reached
port
safely
NEW
LIGHTS
ON
ISLANDS
Particularly
for
the
benefit
to
cost
an
estimated
$325.
of
tlie
fishing
industry,
several'
There
will
be
four
day
bea-additional
"necessary"
aids
to
I
cons
and
three
shore
markers
navigation
in
Queen
Charlotte
in
Skidcgate
Narrows
and
three
..tins!
Premier
Byron
!)
Ims
twenty
Lih-
Chapter
of
Blazes
in
-
-----
Vancouver
at
Week-end
Did
Much
Damage
-
VANCOUVER,
tih
Complete
''rs
in
the
48-wai
this
year
is
$180,898,
as
compared
with
$204,860
for
the
aAU!-4if?Ud
iast-yRr-
Permits
issued
last
month:
Gordon
and
Anderson
Ltd.,
Third
Avenue,
$500,
alterations.
Belmont
Hotel,
Third
Avenue,
$400,
repairs.
J.
Storrie,
Sixth
Avenue
East,
$200,
repairs.
R.
Murray,
Eighth
Avenue
West,
$355,
addition.
Mrs.
H.
Lien,
Sixth
Avenue
East,
$500,
repairs.
L.
H.
Olsen,
Sixth
Avenue
East,
$100,
addition.
J.
D.
McRae,
Fourth
Avenue
West,
$6,000,
construction.
.
E.
T.
fS.
Moore,
Alfred
Street,
$190,
repairs,
A.
Bergerson,
Eleventh
Avenue,
$300,
repairs.
Mrs.
Berkley,
Seventh
Ave-enue,
$200,,
alterations.
C.
J.
Currie,
Graham
Avenue,
$450,
repairs.
Forestry
Department,
First
Avenue,
$275,
repairs.
Salt
Lake
run
last
summer.
Island
waiters
have
been
re-'shore
markers.
A
new
pile
dol-commended
for
installation
by
phin
day
mark
in
the
east
nar-the
Department
of
Transport,
rows
of
Skidegate
Channel
will
Col.
Keith
Dixon,
district
mar-
be
the
most
expensive
of
all
the
investigation
has
been
ordered
new
aids,
costing
$950.
.
VANCOUVER,
Hfi
Plng-Ti
Ho,
lecturer
of
Chinese
histoiy
at
the
University
of
British
Columbia,
charged
yesterday
that
Generalissimo
ChiaingKai-Shek
had
betrayed
the
principles
of
Chinese
democracy.
He
said
he
had
identified
himself
with
bankers
and
capitalists
and
pointed
up
the
contrast
between
the
extreme
opulence
of
the
ruling
class
and
the
abject
poverty
oi
the
peasants.
This
was
fruitful
ground
for
the
seeds
of
communism.
i
"
Ping-Ti
scored
the
United
States
aid
attitude,
saying
that
half-hearted
support
was
only
prolonging
the
civil
war.
The
United
States
should
get
out
a,s
reported
thai
Imson
had
made
a
il
by
tclcpratn
to
the
t
support
the
coali-iil'i;raiii
was
never
('-('iin.seivalives,
ui-"
MinUsU-r
Heilx'it
into
the
$150,000
fire
which
destroyed
the
John
F.
Sigurdson
Millwork
Co.
plant
here
early
Sunday
morning
and
hi
which
Inspector
Lieut.
Walter
Carfrae
of
the
Fire
Department
was
in
lave
.sixteen
wats
In
last
evening.
She
had
left
Vancouver
a
week
ago
Monday
for
J
Prince
Rupert
and
some
concern
had
developed
as
she
continued
unreported.
Bert
Piper
was
in
charge.
Extremely
stormy
weather
had
caused
delay
to
the
vessel
but
she
suffered
no
mishap.
Arrangements
had
been
made
by
the
company
to
Institute
a
search
out
of
Butedalc.
The
P.
ML.
15
was
standing
by
here
ready
to
be
dispatched
to
start
looking.
Game
Warden
Ed.
Martin,
heading
northward
from
Ocean
Falls
to
Prince
Rupert
in
Ids
bout,
had
bee
ninstructed
to
'
keep
a
look-out.
.
The
Porcher
17
and
Porcher
jured
when
a
falling
;
timber
struck
him
on
the
head.
U.K.
PLACES
BIG
ORDER
VANCOUVER
0'
The
United
Kingdom
has
placed
a
$7,000,000
order
for
British
Columbia
lumber.
The
contract
calls
for
the
purchase
of
100,000,000
board
feet
in
the
first
six-month
period
of
1949.
No
mention
is
made
of
a
'"n
Mr.
Anscomo
mment
on
the
Young
An
estimated
300
fire
fight
Ine
agent,
and
are
assured
of
'favorable
consideration,"
according
to
a
letter
received
by
II
.
O.
Archibald,
MP.
for
Skeena,
from
the
deputy
minister
of
fisheries
whose
department
has
recommended
the
work
and
will
continue
to
press
for
its
being
carried
out.
Meantime
surveys
will
be
made
covering
the
exact
location
of
the
lights
and
buoys.
,
The
new
aids
being
recommended
number
11
three
lights
and
eight
daymarks.
'
The
new
lights
will
be
at
the
iventlon's
action
bui
ers
were
called
to
battle...
the
SCHOOL
BYLAW
WINS
APPROVAL
;
TERRACE
Terrace
district
taxpayers
'went
to
the
polls
on
Tuesday
and
approved
by
a
substantial
.majority
a
bylaw
authorizing
expenditure
of
$137,-000
for
the
building
and
reconstruction
of
schools
from
Kis-piox
t-o
Terrace.
On
the
basis
of
12
polls
reporting
out
of
a
total
of
15,
Uie
tlie
Conservatives
bicak
the
coalition.
uf
dissension
in
Uie
Mrs.
L.
Hill,
Fifth
Avenue
W
$350,
repairs.
possible
extension
during
the
D.
Sollien,
Fourth
Avneue
East,
and
leave
the
Chinese
to
settle
their
own
problems
or
ship
large
scale
aid.
If
the
latter
was
done,
Russia
would
likely
reply
with
large-scdie
aid
from
the
north.
second
half
year.
Coast
lumber
$200,
repairs.
men
had
sought
a
$15,000,000
A.
Rlvett,
Fourth
Avenue
West,
order.
.
$100,
construction.
S5
left
Vancouver
together
on
'November
22,
the
latter
vessel
amp
were
circulated
''''
by-flection
Moii-Premier
Johnson
and
Minister
Anscomb
Uc-
saying
that
there
b('i'n
a
time
in
British
history
when
such
11
Imd
existed.
They
!uld
not
disintegrate
flames
which
towered
hundreds
of
feet
in
the
air,
Lighting
the
.
entire
industrial
area.
A
Complete
investigation
was
started
today.
-7-
The
wet
cleaning
plant
of
the
Vancouver
Carpet
Cleaning
Cb.
in
the
Dunbar
district
of
Va-couver
was
also
destroyed
Sunday
night
in
a
fire
of
undetermined
origin
which
did
$25,000
'damage.
-t
Firemen
fought
for
more
ih'an
an
hour
to
prevent
the
blaze
from
spreading
to
the
adjacent
dry-cleaning
p
lan
t
bousing
majority
in
favor
of
the
bylaw
was
113,
with
175
voting
"yes"
western
entrance
of
Skidegate
Channel,
Tasu
Sound
and
Hous-
Mrs.
H.
B.
Rochester,
Elev
in
command
of
John
Brillon,
reaching
here
without
delay.
;
ton
Stewart
Channel,
each
light
and
62
voting
'no.'
enth
Street,
$100,
repairs.
Silversides
Block,
Third
Av
enue,
$100,
alterations.
::
TOD
ATS
STOCKS
::
Courtesy
8.
D.
Johnston
Co.
I
td.
Commercial
Hotel,
First
Av
h
Uif
menace
of
cutn-
enue,
$800,
repairs.
istcd.
M.
Hill,
Second
Avenue,
$200,
alterations.
Beatlie
49
Bevcourt
WVz
Bobjo
13
Buffalo
Canadian
15
E.
M.
Harding,
Eighth
Avenue
hundreds
of
gallons
of
cleaning
fluid.
'
f
f,
,
,
:
No
,
PEEDS
UP
HI
BVIfF
Earlier,
more
than
100
box
cars
were
threatened
in
a
fire
which
broke
out
in
the
National
Harbors
Board
yards
in
the
east
end
dlsrtlct.
The
inside
of
an
REAL
A
new,
faut
pPwt,
and
import
'Slit
service
between
l,ui'ts
and
central
and
aMla,
including
Brit-'"nbl.
for
Canadian
Consol.
Smelters
........124.75
Conwest
130
Donalda
52
Eldona
-..
-80
East
Sullivan
-
2.95
,
Giant
Yellowknife
4.50
God's
Lake
39
Hardrock
.21
Harricana
08
Heva
09
Atlantic
Coast
Lines
box
car
was
gutted,
with
damage
set
at
$10,000.
A
lighted
cigarette,
West,
$300,
repairs.
W.
H.
Shortridge,
Fifth
Avenue
West,
$150,
repairs.
F.
E.
Anfield,
Dunsmulr
St.,
$300,
construction.
W.
Seymour,'
Eighth
Avenue
East,
$1,000,
repairs.
Trevor
Hill,
Eighth
Avenue
East,
$400,
addition.
J.
Marchant,
Graham
Avenue,
$7,000,
construction.
J.
M.
Walker,
First
Avenue,
$100,
construction.
.
W.
D.
McAra,
Eighth
Avenue,
$50,
addition.
Mrs.
M.
Mclvor,
Sixth
Avenue
West,
$400,
repairs.
Peter
Mark,
Eighth
Avenue
West,
$300,
repairs.
dropped
in
the
car,
was
blamed.
lini)orl,ers
whs
iin-
liere
dent,
(Jf
pvort.
t.mf-
ii
un
t..
.
i
.
.
.
NO
FIRE
DAMAGE
HOSCO
Jacknife
04
Vi
Joliet
Quebec
.422
IN
NOVEMBER
PVM
hf.l.l,
I
.
i
.
.
i
'"
U
III
VPX
.
in
i.iiiw
Lake
Rowan
05
.....
v.fu,
v.
-
Vancouver
Bayonne
06
Bralorne
.
705
B.R.
Con
02V4
B.
RJC
082
Cariboo
Quartz
105
Congress
.
.03
Vz
Hedley
Mascot
.30
Pend
Oreille
5.80
,
Pioneer
..
2.60
Premier
Border
03
Privateer
.
15
.
Reeves
McDonald
3.15
Reno
.
06y2
Sheep
Creek
.
'
1.60
Silbak
Premier
31
Taku
River
.
.30
Vananda
.49"
Oils
-
Anglo
Canadian
4.25
A.P.
Con
'.
25
Atlantic
..
1.05
Calniont
53
C.
&
E
6.25
Central
Leduc
:
.19Vi
Home
....
....
13.50
Mercury
25
Okalta
1.66
Pacific
Pete
3.25
Princess
.35'
Royal
Canadian
.14
South
Brazeau
-
22Vt
Toronto
Athona
.13
Aumaque
.
....
.15
"WIlPS
of
slnniiinir
mi
City
fire
department
answer
LapasKa
-"on
"
SCrvlep
hetn.e.n
I
lull-
ed
nine
alarms
during
October,
lllt
John
Iinrl
Mnn.
".
U"1
west
for
some
ii
lu..
.
R.
E.
Morton,
Eighth
Avenue
East,
$150,
repairs.
-
u.
f'l
'
illto
"T
Vo
none
of
which
caused
damage,
according
to
the
records
of
Fir?
Chief
H.
T.
Lock.
November's
total
brings
to
93
the
number
of
fire
calls
so
far
this
year.
For
the
corresponding
period,
last
year
there
were
90
fixe
calls.
"
R.
H.
Larsen,
Piggott
Avenue,
$75,
construction.
,ave
worked
out
a
cer-1
will
be
a
boon
to
the
u
export
and
import
"'fatllin
Of
a
fnut
lin.
Utile
Long
Lac
'
.70.
Lynx
-
14
Madsen
Red
Lake
2.22
McKeiiisle
Red
Lake
32
McLeod
Cockshutt
80
Moneta
39
'
Negus
215
Noranda
54.50
Louvlcourt
37
Pickle
Crow
195
Regcourt
.05
San
Antonio
3-55
Senator
Rouyn
41
Sherrit
Gordon
2.10
Steep
Rock
1.56
Sturgeon
River
12
Silver
Miller
34
"5l,t
train
direct
from
""d
Saint.
.ti,
Cy
Kellett,
district
representative
of
Home
Oil
Co.
and
C.
P.
Renouf,
of
the
company's
Van
couver
office,
motored
back
to
w
into
eirect
Nrlotte
said.
It
will
second
morning
de-
the
city
from
Terrace,
arriving
LOCAL
TIDES
Thursday,
December
2,
1948
High
2:30
19.9
feet
14:00
22.4
feet
Low
8:05
7.8
leet
20:45
1.8
feet
here
Wednesday
morning
after
foremost
authority
on
parliamentary
procedure,
mr
(wapT,?i
RTTLEBOOK
RETIRES-Canada's
announced
he
expects
to
retire
in
January
as
Clerk
of
r,
Baeuchesne,
72
74,
left
wk.
has
u
Arthur
Dr.
j
d
hM
oeen
a
vluJ
background
the
Commons.
He
has
written
efto
toe
Speaker.
Successor
to
Dr.
Beauchesne
is
ex-force
in
many
Commons
fi6rh.aaodwVl2Jt0at
cle,.k.
A
former
Liberal
Member
of
Parlia-pectedfto
J.Si'SSSi
his
present
appointment
after
his
defeat
in
rSfeKSrposf
Clerk
of
the
Corn-on.
is
considered
the
rjnjjn,
civil
service
Job
in
the-Dominlon.
a
15-hour
trip.
They
followed
"l
1V1UII-
'
Will
.
.
...
the
Terrace
snowplow
most
of
upct-a
up
ae-
tern
points
by
21
the
way.