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OObUMBUB
IfEWSPAPIB
PHONE
81
PuhlUhwl
at
Canada's
Most
Stratpsii
Purifir
Port-
"Prinre
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
VOL.
XXXIX,
No.
1.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B,
C,
TUESDAY,
JANUARY
3,
1950
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
r
rav
Jan
WW
SHEARED
WESTDCbND
DAY
COACH
!!".':;!'
i:l
"
'
II
nil
i
,
,
Hew
Coniraci
For
Bromides
Administered,
Zm:
investigation
Ordered
i
OTTAWA
Alinounci'inent
was.
W
Iniudc
today
of
a
now
ucon
cm-j
in
VANCOUVER
Two
men
died
the
city
jail
tract
between-
Canada
and
the
.
,
,
,
.
.
.
!
united
Kingdom
whereby
29c
j
here
tlui
.'ng
the
New
i
ear
week-end
and
their
deaths
'win
be
paid,
the
government
to;
are
to
be
investigated.
One
was
James
Anderson,
hUorb
Uie
.v"c
afr"c;iie.,fct"
laired
50.
and
the
other
James
Currie,
53.
They
'had
tween
that
figure
and
the
door
i
,
,
'l
.
been
arrested
for
and
i
are
said
1
A
to
have
i
been
i
price
of
32'zic
by
payment
or
3ub-
.
begging
sidy.
given
Iromides
as
were
five
other
prisoners
who
'
'
;
Agriculture
Minister
James
iome
ill.
It
is
said
to
be
the
practice
to
administer
i
Gardiner
announced
the
comp'e-'
.,
,
.
,
,,
.
.,
-mi.
bromides
to
alcoholics
m
the
jail
here.
!
uon
of
the
new
agreement
which
;
5
-C
ida
Enjoys
Position
,
VOKK
The
New
York
,
said
today
tliut
h,j,i
a
a
auuigpoMtiun
in
I
,.lV
!,r
1
lit
world.
Tills
;
'i
her
lncndli-
1
.
',',!.(:
States
basinesi
j
j'tho
lack
of
fear
of
ex-
I
umt"d
istai
s
In-
J
,j
"
in
Canada
r
csU-
;
me
newspaper
at
six
;;
ii-
j
Mew
Year
!e,Sane
1
1
"W"
J
jr.
"
'""
.-"
-4
rr--
H,
sw
.4fc
Jf.;
r
v
OVERTURNED
5
'
EASTPOUND
ENGINE
!
provides
for
the
sale
of
CO
000,009
;
December
Cold
Snap
Features
Of
!Mtfr"
-'-'p
.
..
......
i
pounds
this
year.
The
new
eon-
j
I
tract
price
being
3.3c
a
pound
b3-
(
jlow
the
floor
announcd
by
Mr.
j
iGardiner
a
fortnight
ago
means
the
lederal
government
will
have
1
I.
!
.1
tov
truck
esiak:
ta:l
'
to
absorb
a
loss
of
$2,100,000
on
'V
m
eorauofi
;
1949
Weather;
Less
Sun,
Less
Rain
The
mercury
slid
to
six
above
on
the
last
day
of
December,
for
the
coldest
day
of
the
month
and
the
lowest
December
reading
in
thirty
years.
-Read-for
December
in
Prince
Rupert
are
normally
between
24
and
o0
above.
.
,
January
of
1947
holds
the
the
deal.
The
minister
said
ths
subsidy
will
be
discontinued
"on
and
atlcr
July
1,
1950."
.
'
alii'-
Aieiiietits
Pi
in
Mii'"i
,;;v
(-.!
'CT'
-
British
,'
a
cm
-
,
.
!
I'iia
i.)
Harold
Winch
Lung
Puncture
'7,
s.iae
manner
:i
m
d'
.''its.
1
'
juiiU'ul
of
traffic
,v
VI
one
of
the
woist
train
crashes
in
Albeita
history.
Southesk
is
a
siding
95
miles
southeast
of
CUgary.
CP.
Photo)
I'KAiniE
WRECK
This
aerial
photo
shows
the
wreckage
of
lwo
Canadian
Faclfic
Railway
trains
which
collided
at
South-f
sk,
A!U
,
killing
one
man
and
injuring
von
uf
rsoiih.
It
was
First
Meet
Of
Council
VANCOUVER
Harold
i.
record
of
having
registered
the
o
w
e
s
t
eempcrature
reading
here.
Temperatures
then
slid
to
three
below.
In
1943
it
was
.one
above.
Last
year
the
lowest
reading
in
January
was
recorded
as
29
above.
i
A
normal
rainfall
was
recorded
!
through
1949
but,
during
Uie
Fire
Reported
At
Brown's'Mill
i
Winch,
provincial
leader
o
the
Co
-
operative
Commonwealth
Federation,
is
in
"fairly
-good"
condition
In
hospital
here
following
a
rib
fracture
during
a
'
couchinx
soell
at
his
home
Sun-
Standing
Committees
to
be
Named
And
Indemnities
Set
,
1
v.
-
killed
arciciem-
,
V."
;
aivi'r
',!
et.
r.
;i'-f
clrnt
I'.'
Vlf
1
1:1
!.
i-
1.
1
one
woman
lur
,-.
!
w
In
u
1
s
cf
191'.'
isc"uverii.:i!
was
Max
'
-;
,
-a..
1-ilN
"J
w'r
V-
in
;a'
fl.v.
nt
4rom
trv
a
l:v
k
at
il't
licc'-
first
part
of
the
year,
hCie
was
I
J
'
u
r
Inaugural
mccU.ig
of
the
1950
1
"""""
"
,
i
..
.
.
,
,
,
i
"
curing
the
last
month
of
1J48.
ci
y
council
will
takeplace
to-
B,
,
,
.
.'
.
,
.
..
1
93.11
inches
compared
wlta
.lt
night
with
a
statutory
feather-......
in
.
K
A
fire
at
Brown's
Mill
store
on
day.
Hb
condition
was
EcR?all
River,
was
reported
cated
by
posible
pulmonary
manager
James
Donaldson
tnrei
a
dwiov
said.
Winch
frac-
,r,
v.
.'
;
Iri'i't
c:lP'.
r.
'I
Monday
at
3.30
but,
before
details
turcd
RCVeral
ribs
on
Pecembcr
20
ing
for
the
appointment
of
com-
mm
inches
ln
1948
SnovaaIl
ii.-jijf'V
::u'
ciy-
i-ti
coma
oe
ooiumeu,
uie
litwu
.-.-
whpn
lie
fell
in
the
kitchen
of
his
mitii.es
s
by
oy
the
me
new
new
mayor,
mayor,
t-x-
lk-
,asl
year
amounted
to
aboul,
35
1
to
13
.
pj;one
connection
proise,
ine
c,m
.
,
Ald-.raiaif
George
Rudderham;
Tnche8-
-as
compareu
wlrli
4
as
put
m
oy
torn
.btuwh,
vn
v
V
-
i-
of
the
employees
who
stated
tlie
Vi.-.ri!-i.
U"i
:
"
-
store
was
on
fire.
setting
of
mayoral
and
alder-manic
indemnities
and
the
appointment
of
the
court
of
revision
on
the
1950
assessment
roll.
Only
one
of
the
chairman
of
5v
an
aunmobhe.
American
Shi
Due
to
the
poor
visibility
on
account
of
snow
a
reconnais
fttt
-7'"'"
major
committees
remains
on
the
sance
trip
by
plane
was
dismissed
-
'
ft
f
1
I
so
Mr.
Donaldson
attempted
to
,J
rpUl
1
1
At
rs
nf
radi
the
mill
by
boat
with
lVIIUill
al
ml
II.')
p
ile;
r.
v
r.
ii"
ikkIv
r.'i
I;;
'I
O.'.K'
a.S
i!
'
I
)'!
1
:i
'
lv
rail
v
t
';"''..
I
V"
't
msv
h
-ive
been
council
this
year.
He
Ms
Aid.
Thomas
Black,
chairman
of
the
Charles
Currie
in
the
"C.R.C."
4
iiriMn
ifnwn
rii-
Mr.itiiu.i-u
r.r
....
..........
,.,,M
(
,l,
il
ic
They
were
driven
back
by
ice
but
'
inch
recording
ln
1947.
Up
tc
the
present
time
over
four
inches
of
snow
has
fallen
thi-s
year
and
before
the
day
in
through
another
Inch
or
two
may
be
measured.
Maximum
temperature
la.st
month
was
47
above.
Last
year
it
was
44.9
above.
Total
hou.'.-of
sunshine
during
December
amounted
to
34.7
hours,
biuiK-ing
the
yearly
total
to
8faC
hours,
the
lowest
since
iy4'.
when
only
818.3
hours
of
sunshine
was
recorded.
In
1941
Sol
shone
for
1,038
hours.-
Mean
temperature
for
December
was
31.7
compared
with
3j
in
1948.
:i:::.
at
9
a.m.
this
morning,
Mr.
Don-
"
n
"
"
;
reasonable
to
cxpctl
will
retain
;,M.son
set
out
again
in
his
ow,
If
'
Chairman
of
t.he
board
"at
they
wUl
refuse
to
,
ciaft,
naft.
the
tne
'Two
"Two
Havers"
itivers
and
ana
has
nus
,
,
'r
w"r
works
last
,t"
vtitr
was
a
the
ures
Isbrandtsen
vessel
fhrough
,f
lnlP.
V
the
i
t.
h
hMH
nf
n
t.n
rcM
.
"i:.
'
-
,
,
..
.
cut.
mavo
.
ueor'-e
o.
asey.
wiuj
,
ruauonaiksi.
-
mineo
ojiuichk;
,
-
,
time.
:was
on
nun.
eonuniiiee
nisi
yeai
rmosa
e
Lost!
i
Residents
at
the
mill,
closed
waters.
:
The
Flying
Arrow
is
due
y
and
sal
at
Alderman
Rudder-
down
for
the
winter,
arc
Mr.
to
head
for
Communist-held
-IT
'
nam
s
ngin
nunu.
icniunis
hi
uk
j
I
Brown
and
his
family
and
Mrs.
,
Shanghai
on
Tuesday.
f
IMcRac.
The
skipper,
Cupf.
David
Jones
,7
'
,
.
,
t('
cha.rmansh.p
ll
of
Chicago,
indicated
today
ll,at:
lh'i
r,i.
,
uaggei.i.,
ruuu
man
m
in.-n.
'he
would
sail
his
ship
into
Sliar.g-'hul
despite
mines
and
National-list
gunboats.
year's
utilities
committee,
is
no
longer
on
the
council
but
Aid.
James
N.
Forman,
a
member
of
AIR
FAENGERS
AIR
PASSENGERS
NO
TON
DC,
A
spokes-llii
United
States
IX-1
ol
S!.at',
apparently
Ii-
way
fur
new
inililaiy
.11
nt.,
in
the
Chinese
,
;r,
ileelaiTd
tiiat
Fui
niosii
n
-trateeic
Importance
as
.'ailed
States
defence
wus
,
1!
and
its
lol.l
by
the
'
Nationalists
to
the
Com-
aa.s
u
be
expected.
j
The
Slate
Dollar
.men
,
at
Cold
Closes
Mills
Down
From
Vancouver
(Monday-'w
hi
ald
thc
crew
knew
last
year's
utilities
commit
tec.
reus
Miss
J.
Miller.
It.
Jorgenson,
N.
taking
when
W.
F.
Stone,
clittrman
of
risks
Ihev
were
r
t.
TJ
Tin
...
Ill
.rt
V
E.
k
.....
......Ml.
.....
and
II.,..,.!....
AIBt'KTA
TRAIN
CRASH-Rescue
workers
lm
p
d
wciid
patterns
in
the
deep
snow
which
al-'m.isthol'X.-.l
the
wreck
of
two
Camwll.m
PaeUe-
Railway
trains
at
remot-
Soutlwsk,
Alto.,
95
inih.s
!h."Ml.
of
Calfary.
At
the
riyUt
of
the
l-ri..-ks
is
the
overturned
locomotive
of
an
ea.st-i
mid
1)
u-
n-e-express
which
sid-.swip-d
a
west
bound
pass,
n-r
train,
killing
one
man
and
in-
,
M.
Sinulders,
Ii.
Hamilton,
the
health,
police
licensing
!
Hoover,
M.
R.
Stevenson,
W.
"
.
committee
lust
year,
ls
no
longer
ine
(l(W
is
lt
.,...rts,.Ilt(lus
prtst
iiko-as
t
v..
..rut
mi
m
k,..,h
a
.1
11,
in
fid
Also
ill
the
liile-tiri
arc
two
ueianeu
nay
lu.u.ie
s
in
wiv
ij.i-w-
..(;.
.
.......
juring
moi
i.-
on
the
coiinc
(C.
P.
Photo
i
OCKEY
SCORES
Thompson,
Miss
MeAlpine.
,"8.
'"..
bulled
and
shells
flying
From
Sandspit
(Monday)
-'about
Mr.
Chunnichal.
,
but
not
of
mines."
To
Vancouver
(today)
J-1
"
Wick,
Miss
E.
Johnson,
Miss
G.'
.
.
.
c
.
.
Heavy
Demand
On
Liquor
Emporium
Na
1
10
ii.i
t
l.i
amie
'
Council's
decision
on
the
matter
of
indemnities
will
also
be
of
interest.
Up
to
$2000
can
be
paid
and
this
was
paid
until
Mrs.
N.
Arnold
became
mayor
when,
at
her
own
request,
it
was
reduced
to
$1200.
dav
liosi,
o
11
I.
New
WATSON
ISLAND
PROGRESS
'
'.
.
Steel
Work
On
Five
Major
Buildinns
Now
Coiiinleteil
IX'spUc
the
hea-y
trade,
the
;
clarke,
A.
Murray,
B.
Brophy,
t,oc"'
t"'J,w"
.stock
of
liquor
at
Prince
Riipertin.
p.
Rcid,
R.
L.
MacDonald,
A.
Mon
Posses
Awoy
'
during
thc
festive
season
more
Grandison.
j
-,,,,
,nth
n.
Port
Essinii-
VANCOUVER
it-
Tlie
prolonged
cold
snap
which
lni;
been
hugging
British
Columbia
today
cut
lower
mainland
industry
as
seven
wood
mills
closed,
leaving
600
workers
idle.
No
relief
is
expected
for
a
clay
or
so
by
the
Weather
Man.
Vancouver
temperature
last
night
hovered
around
six
abovt:
but
it
was
00
below
today
at
Lone
Butte,
between
Williams
Lake
and
Llllooet
In
the
Caribou
cattle
country
400
miles
north
Detroit
5.
Torohl.)
I;
2.
Mi.
nt
real
3,
.y-Toronto
0,
Detroit
5;
to.
ro,;ton
six;
Montreal
v
5.
-E.
F.
Mc-
(
ton
on
Sumlay
o(
an
elderly
than
met
all
demands
right
up
,
To
Sandspit
(today-lo
New
Year's
Eve.
Thc
local
cm-
I
Williams.
man
named
J."
Flewin,
who
nau
porium
was
well
stocked
with
From
Vancouver
(Saturday)-
rcgltlcd
tnere
for
many
years,
Installation
of
Machinery
!o
Proceed
This
wit,!-
Mrs.
E.
Larscn,
R.
D.
Clcland,
the
district
:
rum.
r.i
ii
u
coast
I
S-'l-nla
j
to
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
.
After
an
extremely
cold
night
on
the
lower
mainland
and
the
was
reported
Scotch,
rye,
gm
am;
beer
plentiUil.
G.
Mostad,
J.
Flynn,
M.
John-
heaclquai.te,.s
ot
the
provincial
ston,
Miss
A.
Waterman:
ivuoa
...
,.,,,
v.,,
rnt
!ih
e
MCfl-
east
of
Vancouver.
Stoked
furna'as
caused
fires
throughout
the
province
and
M.prp
u;prp
tun
minnr
firn
in
interior
snow
was
spreading
dow.i
the
coa:;t
and
into
the
interior
today.
Tor
the
southcast-tru
icctkei
of
the
province,
no
Winter
Royon
Yarn
Demand
Increases
Steel
construction
work
at
the
Columbia
Cellulose
Co,
Ltd.
dissolving
plant
-at
Watson
island,
has
progressed
to
the
point
where
five
buildings
have
been
completed
and
eleven
more
are
substantially
erected.
Roof
slabs
ami
wall
panels
have
been
erected
POIICC
l.wu
Ww...,vw
ley
of
Port
Edward.
The
officer
was
unable
to
reach
Essington
to
investigate-
the
death
owing
to
ice
in
the
Skeena
River.
Circumstances,
are,
however,
believed
to
have
been
natural.
G.
Findlay.
From
Sandspit
(Saturday)
Mrs.
W.
Kelly.
To
Vancouver
tMondayi
Miss
L.
Husoy,
D.
Moore,
Mrs.
R
Tast,
H.M
Daggc
t.
R.
Doncy,
Customs
Revenue
Last
Year
Lower
lc
1.
Fresno
t.
!
V.ijeles
3,
San
Francisco
3
4,
PurU.uid
1.
Siinilay
:ni
4,
Portland
1.
Monday
'liver
2,
Victoria
4.
vuucuuvei..
Twenty-three
persons
arc
in
hospital
with
injuries
from
faHa
on
icy
streets.
lclitf
seemed
In
sight
la
til
meantime.
Gal'.-
warnings
wei'J
posted
lor
exposed
waters
of
the
coast
today.
Prince
George
hit
a.
thirty-year
recoid
for
cole'.
Customs
collections
in
Prince
c,v,.,-m1
of
these
structures,
thereby
acnieving
ut
'.RiiimtI.
for
the
month
of
Deccm-
iin
kU.
"
CAR
TUNES
the
buildings
l
or
tne
j
bcr.
was
vcry
light
in
comparison
major
objective
of
closmg-m
installation
'of
machinery
dur
to
last
year's
total.
During
the
W.
Seymour,
T.
Larscn,
H.
i
Young,
Mrs.
H.
MacDougal,
Mrs.
H.
Richardson,
J.
W.
Driscpll,
Miss
E.
Johnson,
Miss
Clarke,
A.
Hill,
Miss
K.M.
Wallace,
J.
W.
Macro,
K.
F.
Harding.
j
To
Vancouver
(Saturday)
Mr.
and
Mrs,
D.
McDonald,
M.
C.
MoWhinnie,
Miss
J.
Freser,
Miss
K.
Mackln,
Mrs.
P.
Gorme-ly,
W.
Ross.
I
1
.
logging
activity
ing
the
inclement
winter
!
last
month
of
1949,
total
revenue
weather
Sunday
night
when
thej
Mrs.
J.
Hayhurst
of
Kitwauga.
thcrmome;er
damped
to
57.5
de-who
has
been
on
a
trip
Ui
Van-grces
teiow
zero.
It
was
mucn
couver,
arrived
In
the
city
on
the
milder
there
today.
Lone
Butte
jCoquitlam
Sunday
night
and
in
Uie
Cariboo
country
was
thc
proceeded
to
the
interior
on
last
'coldest
spot
in
thc.
province
with
j
night's
train.
during
in.')0
as
i.s
increased.
months.
I
was
$17,l)G1.51,
much
lower
than
I
1950
Heavy
machinery
and
equip-
Consideraoie
'S1111'1'111'-1'
lne
$47,111.03
collected
during
1
rt
ft
,
,
I-
.
,
.
i
n
mi
hi
eivun
to
me
Mment.
inclutnng
iias
h;ne
I
December
1943.
The
twelve
program
nlon.n
total
for
last
year
was
feday,
January
1.
.
143
13:14
7:15
12:01
21.B
r't
,
n-nshers
the
hydraulic
foil
!.
i-nn-t-rueaon
To
Sandspit
(Saturday)
A.
La-
91
f'tt
and
the
whole
log
chipper
5.1
;
et1
tlie
mailt
site
anc
than
crolx,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
C.
G.
Ham.
.
because
of
the
increasing
$413,271.13,
slightly
lower
From
Sandspit
(Friday)
Mr.
-v,.et.eri
to
be
installed
during
demand
for
rayon
yarns
in
the
1948
total
oi
$497,758.04.
to
'
.
,;xty
below.
..
t
..,-
Forecast
:
North
Coast-
cloudy
with
snow
minimum
fo
nest
H
hours-tiurrieti.
milder,
wind
northwest
!
Prince
Rupert,
35
and
20;
Saiwl-15
aiiies
per
'.u.ur
ic.
exposed
ar-'iplt.
38
and
32,
Port
Hardy.
3.
ra.s
olf
tlv
Queen
Charlotte
ls-i
.md
20;
Smithers.sero
ai
d
20
be-lant;,
decreeing
to
?5
miles
per
',iow;
Prince
George,
10
below
and
hour
tomorrow.
Maximums
ana
!
i0
above.
f
thP
'
first
Quarter
of
the
year.
rkl
markcts.
According
Additional
eauipmcnt
ouc
w
MrnI(1
ninncks.
nresirtent,
tlie
v.
and
Mrs.
W.
Crosby
and
infant.
Mr.
and
Mrs..
A.
Brown,
Mr.
Hatch.
From
Vancouver
(Fridiy)
M.
Grandison.
O,
TunoUl,
D,
ShtSJ,
ill
be
installed
as
,
,
1!J4,
I'fiiokQtla,
Alaska
s
t
Prince
Georg
..
..
.
.171.
I
li.Lll
111.....
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t
1
1
.
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.
r
hi,
r
IV)
.......
,ivi,me,"i
annroximately
1.000
1
t
the
construction
oi
.....i
f.,.,,-.Hi.
linns
Droexesscs.
i
JfKAN
MEMORIAL
1
j
a.
G.
Furk.
am,
when.i!.
l,
,5!
nnrrations
OoO.COd
14
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4
Qf.Vb
eet
under
way.
hi
WUIIVM
L-ompany
JB&'"fc
VI
.
.
will
soon
be
under
way
but,
operation
the
company
win
suppiy
Inspector
of
Schools
and
Mrs.
meanwnue,
uie
i.ubs"
"
"
sam.
n
....
i
PRINCE
GEORGE
w
Fire,
in
Eugene
High
School
Band
of
Eugene,
Oregon
CONCERT
&
DANCE,
Wed.
Jan.
4,
Civic
Centre
Auditorium
Concert
8-9
p.m.
Dance
9:30-11:30
p.m.
Students
50c,
Adulti
$1.00
(Tickets
on
Sale
at
Civic
Centre)
...
,.....in.aff
in
the
.
.i...
,.f
i.,.or
.i
....
t...
1.
r.i,.n
ru
it.
'
Centre,
Fri.,
8
p.m.
i
I
i
done
by
muepcnuv-i.
...
----
ccianese
uuipumwuu
u.
,.u.v..v
53-below
aero
weather
here
at''V'i""'""""')
area.'
As
a
result,
Columbia
.
&
por(ion
of
its
,r3onire-
New
year-s
)gutted
the
$25,000
Sunday
night
on
the
-Coqultlam
Cellulose
has
acquired
a
oc1"
of
wood
pulp-
for
tlie
photo
finishing
and
novelty
after
spending
the
Christmas
ate
inventory
of
logs
an
n,;f.Kturo
of
rayon
yarns.
;
shop
of
H.
H.
Douglas.
holiday
season
in
Vancouver,
:
THSM
OM
WIU
fUT
VOU
IN
Ailti..
$100
Students
I
")c
0rms
and
Civic
Centr"
r0