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British Columbia
Marius Mortenson,
den vitt kände högvilts jägaren i Monte Lake, har varit på en visit i Williams Lake. Han har blivit lovad en anställning hos B. C. Governments Game Commission men den erbjudna betalningen ansåg Mr. Morten
son var för låg. Den var $4.20 per dag plus “living bonus” och extra utgifter.
Konsul Hanson optimistisk.
Konsul Olof Hanson i Vancouver har varit ute på sina in-fcpektionsresor i norra B. C. och blivit intervjuad av en Prince George tidning. Han sade bl. a. att utsikterna för det inre B.
THE SWBDISH PRESS
C. har aldrig varit ljusare än vad de är i dag. Han baserade dessa uttalanden på följande grunder: 1. Den blivande stora elektriska kraftanläggningen i Quesnel. 2. Utsträckning av P. G.E.-järnvägen och 3. den stora cellulosa fabriken i Prince Rupert. Han sade bckså att han trodde att efterfrågan på tim
mer kommer att fortfara och kan komam att ytterligare ökas genom försvarsprogrammet.
Avliden under visit i hemlandet.
Mrs. Helka Nyberg, Port Kells, vilken helt nyligen tillsammans med sin make reste till Finland på en visit hos släktingar, har enligt ingångna un
derrättelser avlidit den 11 april. Hon efterlämnar make och en son, samt två systrar i Finland.
På lasarettet
i New Westminster avled den 17 april Fritjof Ingolf Thorsen, senast bosatt på 404 Scott Rd., Surrey. Han var 53 år gammal, och efterlämnar hustru, en son och en dotter.
Torsdagen den 5 maj 1949
Helge Vikström,
nyligen anländ som turist från Sundsvall, Sverige, gästar för närvarande sin kusin i Ag-assiz, Mrs. Evelyn Brostrom.
Charles Gustav Malm
i Lillooet har avlidit den 17 april 76 år gammal. Närmast sörjande är en son och en dotter.
Which Way, British Columbia?
The Coalition Government, formed in 1941. combined the resources and energies of the people of British Columbia in the execution of the war ef fort
Post-war problems of reconstruction and re-establishment made it advisable to continue this combination in order to speed the re-establishment of our own veterans and the many more who were taking their discharge in British Columbia, although natives of other parts of Ca-nada.
The successful record of this Government during the se trying periods, stands as ample testimony to the wisdom of the united front during these timés of economic crisis.
The population of British Columbia has grown more rapidly than any other province in Ca-nada. We have absorbed nearly a quarter of a million additional people in the last years and if present rate of increase continues, British Columbia will have 1,500,000 people by 1959.
The people of our province have watched this fantastic growth and many of them realize that an even bigger problem faces us if we are to successfully emerge economically sound in the years to come.
British Columbia is today at the crossroads of growth and development. We WANT more people. We must be able to give them and following generations a real chance to live and Work in the best province in Canada. One false step could mean chaos for an economy that is straining at the leash, burdened as it is with an immense growth of population.
Let‘s face the facts squarely; we must weigh carefully what road to follow if we are to march ahead to the great heritage that is destined to be ours, and which we have hoped and worked for.
Industrial and agricultural growth must be encouraged and guided meticulously to ensure that we keep pace with the rising démand for jobs for our people.
As British Columbians, we are proud of our high standard of Social Assistance. We will continue to set the pace to assure better health values for all our people.
To continue the development of British Columbia, we must guarantee our province will be a bulwark of free enterprise for a free people.
Some people are determined that we shall take a backward step. They demand a Socialist state of so-called “planned economy“. We have but to look at the “Saskatchewan expe-riment“ to see a glaring example of Government attempts to manage expropriated bus i nes -ses. The Socialist administration of that province already has closed down most of the in-dustries it seized, simply because Governments are not geared to compete with privately-owned organizations. The theory that there are huge profits to be made by Government-controlled companies has proven a complete fallacy. Socialist planners have “killed the goose that could have laid the golden egg” and even now admit their error by beckoning private Capital to invest and manage provincial resources.
The Coalition Government of British Columbia beliéves that the tax burden for Social Services should fall proportionately on both industry and the people. Only a partnership of these two elements can insure a fully rounded-out and expanding social aid programme, Efficiently managed, free enterprise Industries contri-bute substantially to social services through taxes, thus reducing the share that must be contributed by the people. Bureaucratic mismanagement of Gov er nment-contr olled industry is a burden on the people
This, Then, is YOUR Choice!
You can follow the reaucrats or you
fallacy of Government ownership and management by illtrained bu-c u • can encourage private enterprise to invést, produce and compéte successfully in the markets of the world.	H
l°tter programme has, and will produce jobs for the men and women who are already here and for the boys and girls of new generations as they leavé our schools by the thousands each year.
Ves. we are at the crossroads of our exi«tence. British Columbia must go ahead . . . cannot go back. Your Government feel this responsibility and believe it i. above and beyond partv hnes for many months to come.	ueyona pariy
The future and welfare of all the people in British Columbia must asked to decide not the future of any political party choice is yours.
come first. In a few weeks you will be or parties, but the future of British Columbia. The
In succeeding advertisements, we are going has done, is doing, and will do in the future to to come. You will read with pride. a saga of North America today.
to tell you what your Coalition Government ensure the greatness of this province in years plannmg and achievement, unmatched in
HON. HERBERT ANSCOMBE
Minister of Finance.
_____	this advertisement published by
HON. BYRON I. JOHNSON
Premier of British Columbia.
THE B. C. COALITION ORGANIZATION