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a nd ta ke an as p Lrin ee Ba aciutitions of

their readers.

< , : These contributions take two forms. The first is financial, to close the gap
VERYBODY gets headaches mptoms, but goe : 2 Se

ame — SS anihes mE a Bek : Ree eee between revenue and operating costs. Each year our readers respond magnificently

; 2 : ; life wretched and work diffi- in this respect, and enable us to keep the presses rolling.

and a headache is always a Buk for the eutterss The second form of contributing to the life and success of the
symptom, never a disease in It i beli : paper is harder than the first. It meang more than digging in

itself. In fact, it can be a is no believed that one the pocket for a money contribution. It requires persistent door-

symptom of many different cause of sinustis getting a hold to-door slogging, signing up new readers and renewing old suh-

ailments. ; is living too much in central- i : {

scriptions which have expired.

The year 1956 has been a difficult one for progressive papers
everywhere in Western countries. The Pacific Tribune has been
no exception, and we must record a drop in circulation of 400
mostly on bundle and street sales.

During 1957 we must regain these 400 readers and introduce
our paper to hundreds of new readers. The temporary loss could be overcome in

That is why it is worth pay- ly heated rooms and then going
ing more attention to what out into contrasting cold.
causes the headache than If the trouble becomes very
simply trying to get rid of it bad, the sinuses may have to
with a couple of aspirins, al- be washed out or drained by
though that is usually an ef- an ear, nose and throat sur-

fective treatment. geon, but normally the infec- January if our supporters would resolve to pick up every sub that expired in
All sorts of things appear to tion disappears after a time. October, November and December — for there are close to 500 of them. This is
make adults’ heads ache, al- Until then, the victim must

a simple proposition, but it can only be accomplished by hard work, by visits
to subscribers whose subs have lapsed in the past three months.

In addition, we need more factory and plant workers who will take bundles
of three; five and 10 papers and sell them on the job. Equally important, we need z
more street salesmen.

We intend to call a press workers’ conference shortly to discuss the problem:
But without waiting for this conference, can’t we have some immediate action
in the next few weeks?

though children rarely seem try to reduce the headaches
to suffer from this particular with aspirin or codein in reas-
trouble, and we do not know onable quantities, and by try-
at all how headaches are pro- ing to avoid sudden changes
duced, although we know Of temperature and atmospher
plenty about what produces -—such as going out of a hot
them and what relieves them. Stuffy room into a frosty mor-
One common cause is the ning.

: oS as ; Below we publish the figures showing the work done by our press clubs last
“gS daa one oe of Th oe < h ig year. As you can see, the results varied greatly, with some clubs topping their tar-
a A adh Gian Sa are eS Bee the sick head- gets and others lagging badly. Let’s resolve that we'll all do a better job in 1957,
SMe Spee the Self control re. “ache” ~~ migraine. ‘This is and a decisive increase in circulation will be assured. ‘
quired to avoid one! can all a really devastating form ,
produce a violent headache. which usually knocks the suf- Rela Whyte

Another common cause is ferer out for some hours. Mi-
being in a stuffy atmosphere. graine often begins with cur-

Too many hours in an over-_ ious, whirling spots before the bd
heated room with no windows ¢yes—or “spinning cogwheels” tT | S$ t an I Nn iS or
open will make many people’s and being able to see only half

heads ache. Obviously. it is of anything at a time.

wise to avoid such conditions Semi-blindness may be fol- GREATER VANCOUVER PROVINCE
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dows wide open. sickness, finishing up with a : Cranbrook ------------ 15° 12
. x um x very bad headache indeed. A. E. Smith ---------- 50 a. Fernie: seg 25 10
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aches which have more spe- spasm of the blood vessels of ED Ak pe ae age spare at a Haney oe 40 39
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ache or neuralgia, or a bad back of the patient’s eye when Building Trades ------ 45 a4 Kamloops: 2-42" S222 40 23.
tooth, may cause severe head- he is having an ‘attack one Dry. Dock: hs a 60 48: Ladner --___----------- 35 ii
aches, which we call “re- can actually see the vessels in < Ganrtey. 15 —_
ferred headaches.” spasm. So now we give mi- East End ------------ 40 a8 Maple Ridge 40 32
Another cause and one that graine sufferers a drug which . en ae
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which disappears completely sible for migraine, and try P. ll. Ri 70 60
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ning. This often develops at things which seem to bring it Kitsil Prince George -------- 2g ai"
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