| ,ver and Victoria and also visiting Mr.| A. S. Thursday, March 29, 1951. THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. F Page 6 A left next day to spent Easter at her Canimahood News | rm-in verion DAVID CHRISTOPHER “took his MRS. A. G. NAISMITH, who has sister, Mrs, Celestine Celesta, to Kam- been spending the winter in Vancou-| loops Hospital, suffering with flu, BARKER and his four sons and Mrs. Alex Philip at Alta Lake, is| with two helpers arrived by car and now in company with” Mrs. Philip} truck from Vancouver and drove Spending Easter week in Seattle. down Mahood Lake to spend Easter DR. NAISMITH got two wolves on| week and put up ice at Wells Gray Mahood Lake last week. | Camp. MRS. K. E. HIGGINS gave a pre-| R. A. PITRE and Steve Erickson also Easter Canasta party recently int have put up their ice, Mr. Erickson honor of Miss Hopkins. Miss Hopkins ; having sawdust from McNeil’s mill, LINOLEUM BEAUTIFUL INLAID LINO, = _— in an assortment of patterns, priced from - REXOLEUM, per yard .: Lake Hardware & Plumbing $1.95 up +. 80c and 85c Williams Lake Kuction Room We Sell Anything, Anytime hauled across Canim Lake by George Daniels. VISITORS to Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Hig- gins over the Easter weekend were Mrs. Ed Malm and daughters, Mrs. Frank Leavitt and children, Howard Malm and Clarence Kelly, all from Roe Lake. GLEN McMILLAN spent Sunday at K. E. Higgins. ‘TAKING ADVANTAGE of the pres- ent good roads Ed Higgins had his threshing machine and other machine. ry hauled over from Roe Lake by V. Roberts. ‘THE FIRST ROBIN appeared on Good Friday. First: pussy willows ga- thered the eighth of March. WILD GEESE were heard Thurs- day 22nd at Canim Lake and Red Creek. Crows have been noticed for some time. MISS DOREEN SULEY and Miss Donna McNeil were co-hostesses last Saturday evening at a party held at MeNeils on Mahood Lake. The return trip was made with difficulty owing to the bad condition’ of the hill lead- ing out from the lake. THE WOMEN of the neighborhood | took part in a quilting party held at the home of Mrs. K. E. Higgins last @ purpose? Our answer is a definite yes for the following reasons: effect has not been immediately ap- parent. Rather, it has been slow ad cumulative. Through shows, selection for improved type has taken place. couraged. By the combination of K. G. McKenzie Saturday afternoon. . R. Erskine, From 1945 to 1949 Ottawa paid out Auctioneer = Clerk $1,168 million in family allowance —Quick Canadian Facts. You pay for age! See that you get it! Melchers, distillers of fine quality products since 1898, presents for your pleasure these four outstanding Real Rye Whiskies, and their famous London Club Dry Gin — the perfect mixer. 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In VALUE OF itamloops. wasthe site| wards of ATE: Darlow, writing in TVESTOCK last, welt “of the Sra] i Tacs) “ope AElnal Suichen ee Saba Provincial: Bull si iging Gna gerieh oF compromies aie ond Fat Stock Show. ‘Teithis: nen: i. onan ploaenise Netter in every Tabehee the significance jof sich An) snect quaavtheeeeree ehsiacioe ee ‘vent, is\ Probably vague. Why do.wé |i. judge aiestie get what he con- have: livestock: shows? Do they serve | iaaSthe monic bese In vis ts animal.” His must be the ability to see and evaluate correctly all the Over the years shows have set the|many characteristics that constitute breeder, shows cannot guarantee the selection of the top breeder. However, it would not be fair to damn a show standard of type for beef cattle. Ee As the placing in the judging argue that the wrong kind begets win- superior type and feeding know-how, | ners as often as the right kind. cattle today gain more quickly and economically than in earlier years. The very fact shows exist is a tri- bute to the ranching people. Long ago they realized the value of sound man- agement practices such as the use of pure bred sires. Their constant striv- ing for greater efficiency of produc- tion has been clearly demonstrated by the support given to livestock shows. Ech year more registered sires go on the range, and each year a finer type f steer comes to market. Production | PIGEON costs will gradually be reduced and TELEPHONE cial Insemination meat quality increased. Here is the SYSTEM Station where 20 bulls nswer. to so-called inflated meat iare in service, a ‘telephone system” Better feeding methods have been on this premise. To do so would be to loops Bull Sale. Prices. More production can beat in-|— trained Pigeons, is use in an intrigu- ing manner. Each pigeon, bearing a flation. The cattlemen are aiming fo: that goal. number, is carried by the insemniat- A criticism we often hear is that a' ors to outlying farmsteads. 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