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iNOlL
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provi.'.'cial
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,
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f.
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C.
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DRUGS
Til
Daily
Delivery
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'8
NEWSPAPER
PHONE
81
(
A
H
Published
at
Canada'
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest'
.
VOL.
XXXIX,
NO.
27.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY
2,
1950
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Odd
I
Truman
on
Atom
High
Grade
Ore
Sent
to
Trail
y-'i
la
a
.7
1
,
V
inspection
An
estimated
three
thousand
,";iiivj
dollars
worth
of
spectacularly
hiuh
value
ore
from
the
Tide
Reason
For
Change
In
Conditions
Is
Obscure
OTTAWA
(C.P.
Andrew
Thompson,
O.B.E.,
chief
of
Canada's
Meteorological
Service,
is
baffled
at
Canada's
changing
weather
conditions.
He
is
"amazed
at
the
displacement
in
Canada's
weather
nattern."
He
said
todav
that
"the
reason
is
obscure"
Demanded
Lake
property
of
Al
Phillips
in
Die
Bear
River
area
passed
tliruiiKh
.Prince
Rupert
Tuesday
aboard
the
steamer
Coqultlam
..
.v...
......
Tl-rt
1
1
v.
t
rf
WASHINGTON
D
C.
(f
Pres-
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v
i,i
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11
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.-.
h
Ll.iUj
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UuliMl
,.'
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:
.
,;i
ii,;h
in
slioll,
'til
nil
way
w
ituu
Went
Truir.un
made
It
I'hillips
and
his
associates
are
plain
mining
the
property
during
the
day
that
the
United
States
stands
"V?
why
the
West
should
have
seven
weeks
of
such
cold
winter
ana
are
expected
w
gci,
ny
jts
demand
for
Inspections
be-out
about
$10,000
worth
of
ouUuwing.
aU)mlc
capons
racked
ore
for
slilpment.
Pilot
George
Dalziel
of
Telegraph
-'"'S
i"uJ"K
i;
weather
while
it
has
been
abnormally
warm
in
me
East
and
why
it
should
be
colder
in
Vancouver
than
on
the
Arctic
coast.
rogen
bomb
Creek
Is
flying
the
ore
out.
r
i-
-
i
.,,
..
ih:
,i
.it'll
(
I,.,
h
:
,
,
v.
lucli
('
.;',
;!
(
illlll'll
.'1.
,
:
ij.h
an."
tew
-raw
.
M
He
said
lie
docs
not
propose
to
U?e
the.
hydrogen
bomb
order
as
basis
for
a
new
move
on
the,
international
control
front.
The
United
Slates
government,
he
added,
favors
International
,
controls
with
rigid
Inspections.
Robert
Henry
Fuller
Passes
Mild
Weather
Will
Continue
.'to.Jfc..-..-5i
His
Survival
Is
Miracle
Aged
Casey
Mcleod
Still
Lives
from
Amputation
of
I
,',
:
i
y
in-
Snow
flurries
and
clouded
skies
Veteran
of
World
War
I
and
i.l
V.iii-
!
!'
are
expected
to
continue
through
a
resident
of
Prince
Rupert
ior
NURSES
BATTLE
EPIDEMIC-
IV
aver
village,
primitive
Indian
settlement
In
Halfway
Valley
In
the
wild
mountain
country
cM
of
Hie
Alknn
Highway,
was
stricken
with
a
diphtheria
epidemic
tlicre,
48
victims
of
the
disease
which
claimed
five
in
December.
Of
the
52
natives
living
were
lives
Two
nurses
Miss
Ailecn
Bond
of
Kclowna,
B.
C.
and
Miss
Amy
Wilson,
an
Indian
Affairs
Department
nurse,
volunteered
their
services.
Taken
to
the
village
by
plane,
truck,
horse
.sleigh
and
rinally
on
foot,
the
two
waged
a
successful
battle
for
three
weeks
to
curb
the
attack.
This
photo
shows
Miss
Wilson
arriving
at
an
Indian
settlement
with
her
medical
kit.
(C.
P.
Photo
Vancouver
Rail
Two
Legs
for
Frostbit
today
and
tomorrow
with
a
prob-
inircy-one
"
able
change
in
wind
direction.
Fuller
74
V
Prince
R
pe
-
General
Although
scarred
snow
flurries
hj
His
two
leas
havinst
been
jLine
Cleared
.,ni
u7lnH
lhlK
mum
liir
speiilRO
.
aiiiDutated
near
the
knees
cau.se
of
freezing
after
having
j
.VANCOUVER
Canadian
Na-lain
helpless
for
Uiree
days
In
.
(
ofrt,.lals
here-
a
prelude
to
colder
weather,
the
weatherman
assured
temperatures
to
remain
about
the
same
as
yesterday
and
early
this
morn-
1
patient
for
a
few
days.
He
resided
at
107
Eleventh
Street
and
had
been
in
falling
health
for
the
past
few
months.
For
many
years
Mr.
Fuller
was
Identified
with
canneries
on
the
ills
lonely
watmront
caoin,
i
'f
that
the
.-,.
V
riv,
".nounce
compans
Huh
Meit
aed
17.
ims-ij
.
.
i.
(
'hhiil.i
Uev.
)-.,',
l'
'1!
.
'
I.
K
fi.'l'
)i
.,
(
.
i
.1
.mil
t'.r
'
.
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I'-ii.
.
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.
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-
::
(
i!
,.
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I.
r.oib-
,
it-
)
l-'ui
'..
,ii','
Power
Situation
Worried
About
Coal
Supply
i
,
i
I
Vancouver
Une
has
been
cleared
.
fUU
lives
at
the
PUnce
Rupert
...
.
.....
ifo
o
ne
a
12-day
strucslc
by
a
TJ
ing
unless,
he
added,
the
present
southeasterly
winds
shift
to
northwest.
It
may
then
become
slightly
chillier.
Maximum
reading
yesterday
Latest
reports
from
Shawatlans
ind
tails
River
indicate
water
is
itill
receding
at
.1
foot
per
day
i
afternoon
was
34
above,
apparent
ocncrai
iio.spiuii.
cvva
nw
aui.
-
-
-
it''Bhty
force
of
men
and
mucb-a
peon.
Dr
W.
a
Kcrgln.
caUs
nilrlcle
of
stamina
and
resist-'toes
against
snowslldes
which
ance
for
one
of
such
advanced
1
have
blocked
the
roadbed
sine
years
to
have
survived
such
aa.thc
night
of
January
19.
'
rxperlencc,
undoubtedly
the!
Railway
cuts
havuig
rjceu
wld-inast
h.inwing
of
any
durins
ened
to
allow
for
handling
of
the
the
recent
cold
snap
ln'Prtncc
longer
passenger
cars,
easlbouwl
-Rupert.
1
passenger
Service
was
resumed
Mt'Leod
fell
out
of
bed
follow-'
yesterday
with
a
train
leav'xig
.
..
.
.
'
-l
I
V.
4Um
r
kT
,tnH
r.
by
melting
snow
and
warm
sooth
Skeena
Kiver
ana,
aurmg
innw
War
II.
had
been
a
Security
!
guard
in
the
city.
He
was
born
In
England
and
served
during
the
first
war
in
France
W.Zi
the
220th
Battalion
of
the
Canadian
I
Army.
.
-
Surviving
relatives
Include
two
1
daughters,
Mrs.
John
Eilolson
j
and
Miss
Alice
Maude
Fuller
of
i
Prince
Rupert,
and
two
sons,
j
Edward
and
Robert
Fuller
of
Vancouver-..
Deceased
a
was
a
ing
air.
The
mercury
dropped
to
32
above
overnight.
f?
V
J!
r
'
.
.
L:
-
i
-J
'
V
''-1
mt,
as
far
as
power
delivery
L;
concerned,
Manager
T.
B.
Black
f
Northern
B.C.
Power
Co,
jlooniily
stated
this
morning,
the
;oal
delivery
matter
U
a
point
to
u
seir.uit;
miu,
ujr
tuc
Vancouver
over
V.r.v.
uiira
v
worry
about
...
Last
month,
he
said,
only
300
he
revived,
he
was
too
weak
and
8
p.m.
A
westbound
passenger
helpless
to
move.
For
three
days
lra
arrivwl
In
Vancouver
over
i....
.1
1
Un
E.Ioa
.
..
...
.
.
h
.
Us
I
'
-
1
W
'
'
'
v.'
Vjonsbf
'
the'luel
was
dciivered
a.
widower
ana
nas
a
sisier
m
tns-,
land.
f
.
.
HOCKEY
SCORES
National
Montreal
3,
Detroit
3
BoUm"3,
TOW
York
Z
."
;
"
'
'
Chicago
3,
Toronto
0
.
Pacific
Coast
San
Francisco
7,
New
Westmin
'
.
ster
1
.
Tacoma
4,
Portland
I
Los
Angeles
7,
Fresno
2
&
Jhv
steam
plant
an
average
10
;.,:
Cillll
-
.
.
'.
h!
I'htrnil
.
,
i
,
;.iy
'"
'...1"H
ail
Current
disbusrcinents
under
!
Canada's
Family
Allowances
Act'
I
nrn
ahit
t171
000
000
ft
VPflf
w
-
ne
my
tunotiuu.-.
CNR
Jules
this
morning.
ol"
life
around
his
dwelling,
a
Two
frt.isht
trains,
reported
neighbor
became
curious
and
it
ejrIlpr
as
ing
detoured
Ust
was
then
that
his
plight
njBt
between
New
Wrslmlnstcr
discovered.
'
land
Kamloops.
one
in
each
dl-
The
doctor
wailed
ong
enough
,
m
bft
handled
ovcr
to
observe
how
extensive
the
National-sown
line,
fiostb
was
and
then
the
am-
NR
a)so
c,
:rSd
wltSod
weath!
novement
through
to
the
Tac-mnl
nc
Coast
yc.rday
of
a
number
the
exposure
and
the
added
of
cars
of
coal
which
have
been
slux-k
of
surgery
and
Dr.
Kcrgln
fine."
,
accumulating
at
Boston
Bat,
reports
that
he
is
"doing
,
'about
20
miles
ca;
of
the
area
;
1
been
cleared.
which
has
Just
Premier
Mine
Is
I
:
,
-
ions
per
day.
But.
he
added,
the
xllcr
eaU
up,
at
the
present
generating
rate,,
between
70
and
80
;ons
daily.
The
power
manuger,
.lowevcr,
expects
400
tons
from
ancouver
at
the
beginning
of
next
week.
This
morning,
two
.arloads
8
tons
were
delivered
jy
rail
but
the
steam
plant
expected
four
.
,
Last
week,
the
supply
Into
Prince
Rupert
averaged
one
car-
.
.
;r
.......
1..
lint
.
...
n'
i..t.di:
-i
V
.,
It
l
.
e.
.ii
:h.
:
nl'l-
:l.-!t
I
;m
SuUethU
ir
.
rOLIO
SUFFERERS
OCT
ALL
LOST
IN
CRASH
-
f
.
-
v
ioaa
per
ua.v,
hum
h
mui.
T3tTv
por
TREATMENT
One
of
six
polio
victims
Irom
JJt,-
dplivered.
Mr.
Black
said,
the
Back
to
Normal
RAILWAYMEN
ARE
..
.
.
.....h...l
carried
fn.ni
from
an
nil
R.C.A.F.
RTAP
nl.llie
plane
ut
Ut"!
I
Ann
4.,.,
in
In
n,
AugiwUn.
Que.,
is
shown
bring
i
STEWART
-
SUbak-Prfmler
rOMD
ATULATED
present
400
tons
reserve
will
be
rapidly
consumed.
,
"We
arc
damaging
the
coal
supply
to
protect
the
water,
and,
if
the
delivery
cannot
be
stepped
up
,the
draw
at
Shawatlans
and
TT...
...til
!i,..,ric(rl
1,1
Montreal's
Dorval
Airport
aiu:r
oeing
uowu
i,a,u
o
remote
settlement
on
Uie
Quebec-Labrador
border
for
treatment..
The
six
children
were
brought
to
Montreal
after
a
polio
epidemic
in
the
village
resulted
In
the
death
of
two
other
children
last
week.
(C.
P.
Photo)
in
l;t
1
1
M1
l
'TON
-
A
Mirpriiing
Kil
,
'ry
Hie
.1ai-H'lur
ir.i
rrio'iiial
."tvi'r:
I
in-
ii
of
.re-
-a
-i
r,
jn
tcl
almost
back
U
nor-
mine
Is
now
,
.
i
mal
oKrations
after
the
long
MONTREAL
-
The
following
i
shut-down
'cmd
a
force
of
Up-
message
of
commendation
from
ards
or
two
hundred
men
Is
on
Donald
Cordon,
C.M.G.,
chairman
he
payroll.
Two
trucks
arc
en-
and
president,
Canadian
National
tagcd
in
transporting
the
con-
Ranways,
was
yesterday
sent
to
-H-ni
file
down
the
sixteen-
,,,,,
v
fnreis
In
Western
Can-
THE
HAGl'E
The
wreckaje
of
a
Royal
Dutch
AlrUms
DC
-3.
missing
on
a
flight
from
Schip-hol
Airdrome,
Amsterdam
to
London,
with
freight
and
mail,
was
found
in
the
sea
early
today
about
50
miles
west
of
The
Hague
.according
to
the
Dutch
Navy
Rescue
Service.
The
1.579-ton
Danish
steamer
Rignior
was
stated
to
be
standing
by
the
wreck.
Five
British
aircraft
from
England
took
off
to
help
th.
niani'
with
a
crew
of
MONTREAL
Eight
children
from
a
lonely
Northern
Quebec
village
are
in
hospital
here
today
undergoing
tests
for
the
dread
poiiomvelitis
but
a
Labrador
doctor
says
he
does
not
expect
there
will
be
any
more
evacuation
from
the
epidemic
area.
Two
tbadren
were
flown
to
Montreal
by
the
RCAF
last
night
from
the
Strait
of
Beile
Isle
villamc
of
St.
Augustin,
where
a
polio
"epidemic
has
been
raging
since
Jan.
18.
IBM
-
,
1
road
from
mine
to
dock
ada;
.
.nile
j
r
una
fiivn
niu
yv
,iivt,.
.2
or
.3
Inches
per
day,
Mr.
Black
explained.
This
will
mean
further
curtailment."
The
present
weather,
although
warmer
,1s
not
easing
the
situation
in
any
way,
as
temperatures
trues
carry
supplies
here.
The
.1
v;
,
back
In
,
"The
courage,
resourcefulness
land
devotion
to
duty
of
the
Canadian
National
men
In
Western
In!
M.;.c,
iiilii'iiils
I
III'
.lltl
I'SpilllM'
mrki
il
mil
li.v
llm
dii.-
ill!'
r
study
-'
iii'
:i
i.Uv
;.'
ster-i
iLn.!..'.,
ruer
1'fi
'i
ni.i
lii
y
(he
are
not
sufficiently
high
to
melt
the
snow
at
the
water
sources,
j
And
no
rain
to
speak
of
lsin
(M-
t
,
i-
!.i(
s
will
Canada
and
particularly
on
me
Kamkjops
division
In
British
Columbia
in
fighting
the
storm
his
all
of
us
been
an
inspiration
to
lu
the
service
of
the
railway.
I
would
like
to
conv?y
to
all
of
fleets
mid
men
who
bore
the
brunt
of
sight.
'I
in!
i.iloni.itie
-
i'(!
Mi,
n-
i
,
little
tin-
I
X
will
answer
i
St
.
;--v
Water
was
al
three-foot,
level
in
Acropolis
Hill
reservoir
today.
ic
1930
im
fort
i.h
struiide
my
heartfelt
con-
Fridny,
'February
3,
High
2:00
13:43
Low
1"
7:44
224
feet
gratulatlons
on
clearing
Uw
line,
f,n
fori,
for
mssencer
and
freight
ser-
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
Milder
temperatures
arc
in
fur
nmsl.
retrions
of
1.5
feet
vice."
20:10
seven,
including
six
trainees
left
Schipol
Airfield
at
3
a.m.
i
No
survivors
haw
been
sighted,
j
MORE
SIGNALS
HEARD
j
WHITEHOItSE,
Vukon
Two
!
more
radio
signals,
one
or
them
a
reported
voice
transmission,
were
puked
up
last
night
in
the
1
Smith
Kiver
area
where
search-
i
ers
yesterday
concentrated
ef-
fort
in
the
week-long
hunt
for
a
missing
C-54
transport
plune
and
its
41
occupants.
Air
Commodore
Martin
Costello
.
of
Winnipeg,
eo-ordinator
of
the
joint
United
States-Canadian
search,
said
the
second
signal
was
picked
up
by
a
C-51.
"Two
planes
from
Fort
Nelson
(U.C.)
have
been
sent
to
investigate,"
he
said.
H
CANADA
EXPELS
CZECHS
OTTAWA
The
Canadian
government,
in
a
formal
state-me.ra
today
on
the
expulsion
of
two
Canadian
airmen
from
Communist
-
ruled
Czechoslovakia,
indicated
the
expulsion
of
members
of
the
Czech
Legation
here
in
retaliation,
informed
sources
said.
The
two
airemn
Sgt.
Reginald
Danko
of
Lauder,
Man.,
and
Toronto,
and
Cpl."
J.
G.
Vanier
of
Roche-Baucourt
,Que.,
arived
in
Ottawa
yesterday.
They
denied
the
Communist
allegations
that
they
had
attacked
Czech
policemen
and
epgaged
in
espionage
while
on
the
staff
of
the
Canadian
Legation
in
Prague.
NEW
URANIUM
FIND
QUEBEC
L'Evenment-Jour-nal
says
today
in
a
front
page
...
,u...
.!
mn..rl
rl
.fli-Illlvils
Herringlbundant
But
Prince
Rupert
Unable
to
Handle
11
,r'
.
A
great
harvest
of
herring
is
being
t
a
k
c
n
m
waters
immediately
contiguous
to
Prince
Rup-but.
ironically
enough,
PrincQ
Rupert
plants,
vhwn
:
v.
:
'
earlier
in
the
winter
had
been
anxiously
awaiting
5
t
appearance
of
the
fa,
arc
unable
to
use
Nelson
Bros.
Fisheries
Ltd.
at
Port
Ldwid,
British
Columbia.
Au
active
storm
Is
developing
in
the
Gulf
of
Alaska.
Temperatures
will
rise
slowly
In
advance
of
.this,
j
'
storm.
I
The
'
storm
centre
is
moving
gradually
southward
along
the
Alaskan
Panhandle
and
wJU
bring
mixed
rain
and
snow
to
the
coast
early
tomorrow
morning.
Increased
cloudiness
will
develop
over
the
interior
regions
this
afternoon
resulting
in
much
high
overnight
temperatures.
Forecast
j
North
Coast
Region
Intermittent
mixed
rain
and
snow
today.
Cloudy
with
snow
flurries
Friday.
Little
change
in
temper-;
tture.
Winds
southeast,
(23
mph)
shifting
to
northwest
(30
"niphi
tomorrow
morning.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
tomorrow
at
Port
Hardy
50
anu
35,
Sand-I
r.
pit
and
Prince
Rupert,
28
and
.
35.
'
s
'
1
.
Siorjr
limb
(if
uranium"
have
been
discovered
in
Charlevoix
County
in
an
reduction
plain,
i
.
.
vbeie
the
hu
.,,.
k.
,,i
nut
ud
large
500
to
GOO
tons
but
only
quantiti'es
into
edible
meal
and
100
tons
up
to
this
morn'ng.
M
irtA
mill
oil
,
is
short
of
water
wim
i.
mw
"r,Hn-
in
Eddye
supply
from
Wolt
Creek
almost
fclners
ar
"J"
dlled
as
a
result
of
the
long
Pass.
TnL
'.
area
covering
40
square
miles.
'
The
,n;wspapcr
says
the
depos-!
its
extend
from
St.
Simeon,
j
about
1.10
miles
down
the
liver
'
from
Quebec
to
the
Saquenay'
;
River.
.
L'Evenment
says
a
delegation
of
Charlesvoix
County
1
residents
is
scheduled
to
meet
cold,
dry
spell.
I
Ogden
--
INDO
CHINA
FIGHTING
BANGKOK
The
Viet
Nam
news
service
sai
dloday
troops
of
rebel
leader
Ho
Chi-Minh
had
killed
and
wounded
4,000
to
20,000
Chinese
Nationalist
solders
attempting
to
cross
the
Vrr.
-vli
Indo'Cliina
border.
The
Chinese
were
moving
under
I'reiKh
fighter
plane
cover
during
the
last
two
weeks
the
news
service
said
today
troops
French
and
has
been
ed
by
Russia
and
the
1st,
t'h',Trv
regime.
The
Nationalists,
the
service
said,
were
encircled
at
Nagiao
between
the
Chinese
border
and
Cao
Bang
Jan.
14.
tons
APPLY
PADLOCK
LAW
Two
members
of
Montreal's
anti-subversive
squad
look
at
the
padlocked
door
of
a
Jewish
school
In
the
north
end
of
the
city
att'T
the
building
was
raided
Jan.
27
because
of
alleged
Communist'
activities
there.
The
padlock
orders
were
issued
by
Premier
Maurice
Dunlcssis
In
his
capacity
as
Quebec's
attorney-general
C.
P.
Plwlo)
Eddye
Rupert,
requiring
hundreds
.
takcu
irom
El
to
-
have
iia
w
d
v
-
not
thousands
of
tons
fo
.
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A
l
ii
tORCE
oi'i'KATlON
'
'.
fi.
(.ii'.elir1
t.
i;'
i'.
A.
F.
cu;n-'
:
-l
Canadian
.
.
in
Exercl
e
.Mint
wini
t
'"
'
'
'
t.)
be
held
i
in
Febru-5
C
.)
in
fitlrhr
s5
''
the
jo'
.it
cea;re
at
Rive;,
:'
a
ivi.ivo
of
W?y-;-
I"
;'.-!;.
.ji.
chair.'
nu.:.!ul,;,r
gCllC-l
s
ri!i
Army
cj:i
"Pi'JM.iin.
,
lisnius
---
due
as
halibut
ball,
arc
uiwu'-
.,.
.
ten-dav
lay-oH
to
take
the
fish
because
they
.
wcather.
1440
I
have
no
power
for
freezing,
bt-
cmuig
d
and
700
tow
m
ug
lng
allowed
only
enough
tor
AIR
PASSENGKKS
To
Vancouver
(today)
C.
E.
j
ministers
Friday
and
will
ask
1
for
an
extension
of
the
Qucbcc-1
Chicoutimi
Highway
to
St.
Sim-J
eon
to
allow
development
of
a
new
mining
centre.
A.
Richards,
A.
Myros.
From
Vancouver
(Wednesday!
From
Sandspit
(Wednesday)
Rev.
Wingfield.
Starr,
V.
R.
Clerihue,
L.
Saxbee
.
the
maintenance
Of
tcmpcia-
-
.
Jerry's
Barber
Shop
open
9
a,
m.
to
6
p.
m.
Our
own
power.
(29
i
tare
uhirh
is
vital
to
hold
fro-
j
The
nerrmg
.
Robertson.
O.
Dun-
n
stocks
on
hand.
One
of
the
Buteda
j
,o
1
three
local
plants
would
take
south
as
Vancouver.
;