Mr wis ee olay: choansuhol sal aa BOOK REVIEW CORNER’ Da wson no hell-nole says Pierre ; erton : A. lively new book about the Klondike gold rush, debunks the g generally held the town made famous by rootin’ tootin’ hell-hole. ; The book is “Klondike,” pub- lished by McClelland & Stewart \Limited. and written by «a long- itime..student of Klondike his~ ‘tory, Pierre Berton, whose fath- ‘er crossed the famous Chilkoot ‘Pass in 1898 and spent 40 years dn the Yukon, Senator glad - government | ceo!’ to dam ; PORTLAND w--A contemplat- ‘ed ‘private power project “in ‘British Columbia would delay for ‘20 years the full development of. ,the Upper Columbia. River, Dem- rocratic ‘Senator Richard Neu- ‘berger said today. " Neuberger said. he was there- ‘fore’ pleased that the’ Canadian, “government ‘is. cool :to..the pro- ‘posed, $500,000,000 Wenner-Gren power development on the Peace ‘River, . “L agree ‘with. Canadian of- ficials that the. Peace River pro- ject would. delay by 20. years “the tappine%of.the power reserves ‘on. the. Upper Columbia,” the ‘senator said. © » Ifthe Peace River project is “built . first, if would take B.C. éyears to, absorb the huge: bloc ‘of power, Neuberger said. . Both nations would benefit, he said, by splitting the-costs for “Huge public bpdro-electric pro- sfects on. the Columbia, « It was not immediately known «what -basis: Neuberger had for “believing. federal officials are y cool” to the Wenner-Gren plan. 48 *| Delicious Chinese Food SERVED “| HERE 2S “4 Free Home. Delivery *| = (Min... $3.00 Orders) MELROSE CHOP SUEY. t “Phone 3329 . lear, H. + Vancouver, consulting engineers theory that: Dawson: City, Robert, Ww. Service, wasa “Thanks to the presence . of the Mounted Police, not a single murder. took place in | Dawson City In’ 1898, and very little: ma- jor theft. “It. was possible to leave one’s cabin or. tent wide open, go. off on a six-week. trip, and return to find all: possessions intact.’ ” Berton. writes. He says no man could carry” a revolver on the streets without a licence and few licences. were issued. “If there had. been’. a Dan: Mc- Grew in Dawson ... as Service’s fictional verse suggests, there could never have beena shoot- ing because a Mountie - would have. been on the spot to .con-' fiscate: the guns before the ‘duel began .... The chief crimes that season included .such hein- ous offenses: as ‘non-payment’.of wages, -dog-stealing, operating unsanitary premises,’ fraud, -un- lawfully . practicing “medicine, disturbing the peace, deserting employment, and that - vicious crime ‘using vile language’.” =: | Berton -credits Sam . Steele, “The Lion of. th Yukon”, .the tough Mountie superintendent with Keeping law arid, order in the strange sub-Arctic -elty,—a city of 39,000, and - 4,000::miles |: from civilization, and:as large as Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, .Win- nipeg,: Victoria or Vancouver. Job awarded | Celgar woodroom Special: to The Daily News VANCOUVER — Fraser. River Pile. Driving Company. Limited of New Westminster, who. gitb- mitted the lowest of. 11 -bids received, yesterday was. award- ‘ed the contract for the woodroom foundation piling. work for’ the Ceigar pulp. mill, at Castlegar. This work will consist of the driving of approximately 600 wooden or steel piles’ on. the south bank of the Columbia River, 242 miles west of Castle- ‘A. Simons Limited - of for the project, said work: will}: start. on- the site on: Monday, November 17, and it.is expected that it) -will be- ‘completed ° by February 28, 1959. . ‘Delegates | ask judge for disputes. “VANCOUVER: ‘@—British Co- lumbia -hospital. trustees Tues- day night approved a motion that described the. powers of the hospital insurance commissioner as’ “discriminatory,” and asked for the appointment ‘of .a° judge to:give binding decisions: on dis- putes. ‘More’ than 3u0 delegates from B.C. are attending: ‘the: 41st an- nual convention here of.the B. C. Hospitals Association. - The meeting wag undnimour that hospitals at’ least should make an-attempt to’ force gov- ernment action, although. some. speakers claimed the ‘govern-. ment would never agree to allow. the appointment | ofan arbitra- tor. Trustees also. approved’ a: mo- tion requesting a: pension plan for ‘hospital workers. : The. mo- tion ‘suggested costs::of: a. con feet. San: Francisco,’ “longest single span in the world, ‘stretches 4,200) _ Pree secommoaoditions by day ornight... dining aaray Te oreiven fen dally i aa 1 : coffee shops ad dinettes , +. enjoy downtown winwen O90 am Wed. a val ot departures und arrivals for added conventenee, | ayes oN mm, me : oe I Montreal 5.05 pom Pr. i ve wwe oe ee te coe cee eeepc et Lesv cs igaseeicites poe eee meeress yw FOR FURTHER INFORMATION consull your local Camardian National Repausentative, t uy \ ‘ t ve ’ ra hes mete ” a hits 1 cult DD OANAARR et Lahn sii