No. 125 LVII, : Violen ‘death overtook thrée ‘persons | in ‘the ince Rupert’ area over the weekend as two persons e drowned and another died from a rifle wound. | “Drowned in the Skeena River. in. separate mishaps were: / James Edward Morgan, 37 of “nighp to visit the RCMP boat “Victoria, Salvage Ltd., ‘before she continues her ‘ce tennial cr * -The- boat, stationed at. Victoria and: skippered by. Princ Rupert-born Staff Sergeant Frederick. Brooksbank, will » _ open to-the -public:from. 8:p.m. to 8 pm. ul) “dock together with: ‘the’ “Nanaimo,” the’ ROMP. boat” known { isherman James Morgan lost (his fe .when...his fishing ~A coroner's jury inquir of Chester David Leask has vindicated the crew of a train which crushed the 54-year-old Metlakatla fisher- man under its wheels in the Canadian } National Rail- way yards in Prince Ruper The, six-man’ fury, convened Friday. by cily. coroner George J. Dawes, returned after 15 minutes of deliberation a verdict of: accl~ dentalrdeath.. Time of ‘death was fixed at about 8:30" p.m. Jone 4. The verdict exone rated the Jury rules accident | No fault of train crew NEW EXECUTIVE ‘of Prince Rupert. Rotary club installed ‘Saturday night.at 38th annua! installation dinner and dance are front row left to right: James MacGregor, secretary; - ‘pres- . ident Charles R. Roberts; past president Robert. McKay. Back row: George Mitchell who inducted. new members;. past-pres- ident and charter memover S. D.: Johnston, who installed Mr. Roberts and directors C. J. Decth, Jack Mussallem and William Noble. Treasurer A. L. Bell and director Lb. M. Felsenthal were not present..(See story on Page 3.) —Staff photo. ing into the death June 4{———____—- te mt that the body was lying’ ‘on its back, “right leg" crossed ‘over, “the jeft one, when he was called’ to the scene at 12: 30 the following Cuinmins ‘testified cab, the: inquest’ PAID BY BCP. Medium halibut pre hits, “Season hi pad ky ghof.2 4 cents’ per poi tr fi) halibut was paid at Prince Rupert Halibut: Exch gel. |Fraser were on their way ‘to Kitwanga, ‘who died when his fishing boat ‘overturned « ‘near Port Essington, Saturday; "An unidentified American mo- - torist: whose icar:: ‘plunged ‘into the Skeeria” ‘River,’d mile and.a half east of -Salvus,- on Highway / | 16: about -2: 15 Sunday afternoon. oe Jean.» Mary.” “Chesher, Airs ‘at Terrace General Hos- pital. who was tuund. dead in -her home at Terrace’ after. suffering a ‘rifle. wound in- the head... oy “ROMP. at -Prince Rupert sub- division and: at. ‘Terrace reported that a car.driven by James Irv- ine: of Terrace. was ‘proceeding westward near Salvus when the American car, with Washington licence plates, overtook .the’ Ir- vine car at a high rate of speed. CAR OVER TRACKS Police said that ‘investigation SO far showed that the American car sideswiped — the Irvine car, turning: it completely around, and then bounced over the: Can- adian National ‘Railway:: ‘tracks | ag into the windswept: waves of the erie Skene River. - - the car. -with- Mr. “Irvine 25, 8. -presiding.° The jury .was.sworh| . - in, viewed the: body and the in-|..- quest. was adjourned: until 7:30) sington.” The RCMP boat from body: Saturday: afternoon when to Port. Es ssington. © Morgan, his wife Eva,. five broth- ren: all of Kitwanga. INQUEST: ADJOURNED. ype! An inquest into ‘the: ‘dfowning! | was begun. at 2'o'clock this after- noon at Ferguson-Funeral. Home with. Corcner George | Je. Dawes p.m, Thursday, at City Hal. - . Memorial ‘Services for Mr.- Mot- ‘gan will.be ‘held. Thursday after- boat overturned near Port ‘Es-|" here. subdivision: recovered. Morgan's]. the capsized gillnetter: was ‘towed : ers, five sisters and: ‘three echildé be noon at Ferguson ‘Funeral. Home with Anglican. ‘Jay reader Wallace. Morgan, of Kitwanga: officiating: Remains ‘will -be forwarded . ‘to. Kitwanga Friday: for burial. ° ‘ to’ ‘Mayor Peter. J. Lester ‘atid. - Mr. Morgan: 16 survived’ by: his} 2 parents, Mr.-and’ Mrs. Geoffrey sion of resolutions: Me. ‘and. Mrs, Irvine ‘and Mrs. worst condition | ever . Skippers. of ‘both boats: this 1 morning p at Geiday s" meeting of: ‘the thehway m 0 the Associated: Boards: of. Trade of Central B. C ‘One of the: prime considerations of the committee was the “Boards ‘of ‘Trade’ ‘Chambers of | ‘\ Gommerce and, other. ‘interested pot. iene 0 ities that |’ ded. at. all costs, the min ‘ ‘Alderman’ Norto tee, ab Chty. coneeining High 16to . The highws mornin three-man CNR crew operating Corporal’ Cummins said the this morning as the “Fureka” sold her 17, 000 pounds| Prince Rupert to‘take part in’the | pital. id. the train from any blame, position of the body.plus the fact: catch to British Columbia Packers. 50th Anniversary. services at] have .the. “names of. the injured. “Speaking - ‘on: “conditions on | Mr Evidence given by an RCMP| that the grass around it was not] pie “gurecka’’ received 22.7 _ First United Church.. Mr. Irvine} persons ‘Highway. 16, B.C’s flying roads: | t . boss” claimed’ that. there. “was. S ‘no use going on’ Highway 16 j this’ year,. ‘because: reconstruc-. a: ‘tion | details must be ironed said Mr. Gaglardi, “Hf y - out.” | the. words. ‘we feel’.” ‘In spite: of what is said, ‘the nfuswering further eiminister minister’ claimed that his crews | were working’ just..as- “hard. ‘asi. ever on the province’ s roads. Carl ‘|Frederickson, president of. the |. Vanderhoof Board of Trade stat~| ing allocated id highw was to unvell ga new baptismal font, to be dedicated in memory of Mrs. J. S. Irvine,:a longtime and faithful member of the church, re eSayy -Miss Chesher- is -survived . by "Mr. and Mrs. Irvine, suffering her father Walter Chesher, 1516 from shocks. returned to Terrace Second Overlook, ‘Prince Rupert. while Mrs. Fraser, although up- Funeral services are’ set - for set, continued to Prince Rupert tomorrow in ‘Terrace. in another car and took. part in the unveiling of the font. Mis. Wells: said that she went to seé if:Miss: Ghesher- was - all- right’ as she ‘had been most up- set by the accident. , disturbed pointed to the conclu- sion that there was “no foul play.” Leask was” on the verge of in- toxication but “still knew where he was going” the corporal said, quoting luboratory tests on al- cohol contents of the bload. CNR yard foreman Erdman Hildebrand was the first one to discover the body, shortly after officer and the train crew who found the body four hours after the mishap indicated that Leask was asleep under the train, his head resting on one track, when the tail-end boxcar in a train of 16 cars rolled over him in oa switching manocuvre, RCMP corpora! John Nelson cents for large fish and: 15 cents “Predelia” (70,000), the “Signal” for chicken size halibut. . | (18,000) ,;and the “Cape Spencer” Other catches, with prices for! (17,990.) medium, large and chicken sizc! atiin had one halibut in brackets, were as fol-' 7900 pounds from the lows: wing.” Sandra L.=- 50,000 pounds.) There were 22,000 pounds of (23.1; 22.3; 16), sold to B.C. Pack-| nalibut landed by packers.and ers, : 10,000 pounds fere traded in -inis- B.C. Clipper--80,000 pounds, cejjaneous sale at the exchange. direct sale. ‘of “Fleet - Jion highways budget w alls . oe (22,8; 22; 15), sold to Atlin fish- ee pipe po! “When asked about midnight. PPPOE LOE ECL OOO REE SAD AT DEOODVOODE. o- fy ©: £ . ed that slowdowns had been ex- nen ked . about. : Lic erles. reer RIVER DRAGGED F Ch fo ex | ain f work necessary: < Impaired rs a first I thought he was just Western Monarch — 40,000 RCMP dragged the Skeena Mf € lé pericnced an Ce the’ ider ot end of the ‘Kitimat. ° . close vdid fee What : epee pounds, (22.8; 22; 15), sold to! Area 2 River until 5 a.m. this morning word answer to Mr. Frederickson |road, the minister said. that: driver fined vened.” M Hildebrend a de | Pacific Fishetics, in an attempt to recover the Am- urges caution consisted of only one syllable . "|departinent. would ‘try to.clear. | yp Pensa, Mr Tligeprand sald. Kaien — 12,000 pounds, (22.4; | | J i erican car and continued to do “where?” the right of way and lidd:some : Mr. Hildebrand, who was inj 23; cioses Ju y so later today without success. hopes of letting. the contract-by ~*~ 16), sald to Babcock Fisher- ; Alderman Harry Loder. of Prince George urged the niinister to “do his best” to keep roads open at all times so that indus- try could be kept in motion, In discussing money available -Residents are asked to be ex- tremely careful when burning rubbish durlng the current dry spell, Fire Chief Earl Becker said today. the end of 1958, “There will be _ fe no additional construction, hls... . year,” he sald. *. — wes bake a Speaking in; respect: to Federal Government participation inthe charge of the yard at the time of the accident, sald all usual safe- ty measures had been taken be- fore the train was given clear- ance to leave the repair track at Police believe that they have established that there was only one person in the car and while they have obtained a tentative identification are withholding ics. First halibut season in Area 2 will close at 6 am, July 2, it was announced today by E. Victor Whiting, local agent for the International Pacific Hali- Island Queen—34,000. pounds, | (22; 23: 16), sold to Babcock. Teeny Milly—-36,000 pounds, | (22.0; 22.3; 16), sold to Booth | loses licence Franklin John Stewart, 18, of 1183 Ambrose Avenue was fined $50, costs or in default sen-| About 8:30, Fisherics. but Commission the man’s name until they are|* He said that the city fire de- for mainten: Mr Ganlarai | construction of Highway 16, the teneed to one month in jail{ Mr. Hildebrand and two other| , Mr. Whiling s , ositive and next-of-kin have|Partment had been.called out|/f0r maintenance, Nil. -iAglar j CNR employees on duty that P Doreen — 17,000 pounds, Mr, Whiting said the date Deon Notified, Tt is belleved the| three times during the weekend stated that, although this was | minister indicated that work: on when he appeared before Magis- (22.4; 22; 16), sold to Booth. Was set by the commission, It the first year in some time the; this B.C. government. approved trate E. T. Applewhaite in city night, locomotive engineer Lloyd The Prince ‘Rupert Fisher-! is estimated that the 26,500, 000 driver of the Washington car to attend grass fires which had annual appropriation had not norther trans-provinclal arterial inatlon showed that part of the red yesterday at 8:15 a.m. at 2161 last,” said Mr. Gaglardl, “but, police court this morning. Walter Lane and fleldmah Ed-| os Co-Operative association! pound cateh limit will) be |Was S7-years old and lived in got out of hand. been increased by 10 per cent,| highway wis being pushed:.to0 A Stewart pleaded guilty to the ward ean anon “ee uney had three entehes totalling 105,-! retehed by the announced {Seattle, Two fires occurred Saturday, {+o amount of birektop in exist- completion, ‘He stated -alsovthat a. charge of Impaired driving and he ih wit . he peratt ure 000 pounds, They were from the Mate, On Saturday morning well-} one near the powerhouse down | anes now amounted to the same} the federal government was, be oy was prohibited from driving a, U8 be switching operation, emcee treme ert sim mes em Sey ae nme meio ~— towards the: new fishermen’s thing. ‘ ing asked to: support, the: ‘road to car in Canada for a period of{ Pr. R. B. Smith, who perform- ' floats and the other behind) yory districh has “recelved program in this: sector onthe ~ Dore three months, ed the autopsy, sald his exam- Tony's drive-in, A third-occur-/the same moncy this year as|same 60-80 split arranged: for. i the building’ of other similar C : : § . : charged with “applying. an Te ee a well BS the per part of Seal Cove Circle. overtime has been curtailed in routes, .° 3 dian with liquor was” Peter eee injuries Mined tficlent Persons burning rubbish should | favor of increased employment,”! william. Murray, ML A. ‘tor “ Gergen of Prince Rupert. to cause death "Dr, Smith said telephone the fre hall to let|The minister cautioned that, In| prince Rupert claimed that’the .. " Georgea, who pleaded guilt ’ “4 th firemen know the location be- {spite of his department’s Pay-| “pyivamix’ road topping . that 2 ACOrBER, WHO Wencea BEY} Corporal Cummins told the fore a rubbish fire is started, |ing out extra moncy in some dis-| pad been used in the Prince Ru- J and was fined §50, costs or In| jury that RCMP had been unable Chief Becker said, tricts over appropriations, “the! port section, particularly on. the : default of payment sentenced to to trace Leask'’s movements on p Hor from eeainbow Lake on, ‘ a ong mona jall. the afternoon of June 4. was no longer. in evidence al ( William Korhonan and Vietor] The last time Leask was seen t son a np ele ve enh tned Swan abo apn on cw Operation Doors: EP |earsmitied me costs or In default sentenced to} town street, the corporal sald, Mr Murray a (ok one mom in Ra whon thay coroner Dawes paid he con: [. Also crltieined by the Prifeo - pleaded bullty to the charge of }eluded that Leask o nius wave / re unlawfully having Hquor in aj been trespassing on CNR prope Surpasses set goa Buport Mus to tion a ok PesbAUran ee - : the highway from Tyee to Kwin- \ " A total of 6,917 clly and district residents, about 84 per itsa, He told the minister that ss M nd B Ito rites z ‘cent of the umber eligible, lind thelr chests X-rayed during | patching of the pulvamix was a any att en 0 on Yi es - a Cperation Doorstep, Dr, W. B. Laln, director of Skeena Health | not yet complete and, tn addy ‘ Unit reported today. tion, urged for the reconstrig. « . it Avgrent many frends attend "Rock of Ages and “Abide iy, a Operation Doorstep got underway Juno 2 and after a (continued on Page 6) Ms ed finer and memorial serve | Me" were sung. Norman HH. Me- block-by-block survey of the city, Port Edward and Digby Seo — FP. A. GAGLARDI i won for Robert Arthur Bolton} Lary, resident airways engineer &: Island, concluded Saturday night. {| ang his wife Ruby Loulse Bol- | in charge of construction of the Dr. Laing sald that It had boon ostimated that 6,312 per~ 4 fon, vietins of a boat aceldent| Princo Rupert airport at Dighy - sons over 15 yonrs of age were oligiblo for X-rays in the mass’ WEATHER— | . due 17, Island spoke on behalf of Me, “ survey tnkon herve as 0 precaution. against tuborculoals, | dy wit fow ‘eunny Ab a memoria) service ‘hura- | Bolton who worked for the Do- ° “That mennd that’ counting persons X-rayed at hospital, Clon 7 with tnd to on OW i day night with Rev, Vernon i | partment of Transport. : ‘ those having regular X-ray checks and thoso X-rayed’ in pute A hanue in tempor j MdEnchorn of Wrst United| yunoral service for Mr. Dolton, Operation Doorstep, & total of 7,042 district roxidonts have had ture , Winds light. | Sow to« ‘ Church offelating: the hynins Ny chief of the Kitsolna tribe nnd , X-rays 40 for ih the Jost year,” Dr, Laing sald. night and nah tomorrow 50 : | nia wife were held Friday from p ' ‘Ho oxpreassed himself extremoly pleased with tho Go-opere and 67, Now ver ind tablot daily; Waneral 1: itt tion and response from tho public, 4 p Vilaming | 12 Minerals gg | Perguson Puneyal Home with Whiners of the Rotary Club draw for threo $50 prizes, 4 REXALL } Mr, MoWachorn officiating. | Dorothy Spillor, 731 Frasor Apartments; Jack Loo, 836 Third TIDES— : pC | SUPER PLENAMINS Hymns wore “Safe in the Arms Avonuo West and Waltor Polloway, 652 Fourth Avenue East, ‘rueud a4 ie my oN sn Mano with | of Jonus” and “What a Friend can pick up thelr cheques at the Skeona Hewlth Unit, Dr, p uel uy, June a Timed” ot equlrementa Sin Atul Wo avo In Jowus.” SEC an : ) Latng anid, 1g arab 174 foot intinnrant Ri and we ae aro RUT are : — seo mS Bn fv if. lauded the ex Ruport Rotary ott for Ita wens TUBA wanes 19,00 as tect. 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