Page 2 THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. i Thursday, July 19, 1951. THE TRIBUNE Published every Thursday at Williams Lake, B.C. By The Tribune Publishing Co. Subscription: per year ........... $2.50 Outside Canada . sees $3.00 Payable in Advance ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION Member: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association British Columbia Division, C.W.N.A Authorized as Second Class Mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa Established 1931 Clive Stangoe, Ei From Another Viewpoint “UNIFORM TAX RATE FOR EDUCATION” (in the Cowichan Leader) North Cowichan has successfully | carried: its fight for equalized school) North Co ¢ costs through the first stage of the Municipalties collectively, are, hows rosdrte, lenbiauee eae tere ever, only asking for something which At-its meeting in Nanaimo the As.|W@s Tecommended by Dr. Maxwell sociation of the V.I. Municipalities|Cameron in 1945. He expressed the endorsed Reeve A. I. Beasley's pro-; Problem thus: “It is proposed that the provincial government grants for ‘schools be increased substantially and be distributed in sugh, a way as to Provide a standard for provincial pro. Tepor! on the matter to the fall session 8fam of education by imposing. on its of the association's parent body, tne! Property a fixed low rate. Its tax for Union of B.C, Municipalities. If the Schools would then consist of this rate Proposal passes the U.B.C.M it will PlUS a rate to cover the amount by have hurdlea a major ‘sbstacie. | Which it exeeeded the provincial pro- The es coehiee gram, debt charges incurred lucally, ai : ing|@ share of the cost of buildi of tee the difficult task either of proving |# Share o: 9) tidings, North Cowichan and now, the Island Posal for a fixed millrate for schools. Reeve Beasley and two others, one from Saanich, the other from Nanai- mo, were named as a cominittee to tor atte tana aor More Than Faith Needed Now it’s money. s For over two years arguments on whether power is more | important than fish have been the only signs volving around the Quesnel Hydro development. Powers that be have satisfied themselves enoug be forthcomi Sees eee 2 z that school taxation is becoming ruin.| transportation, if any. and perhaps pf e BuaiebIC oe ae aoe Fork -- there isn’t any money ous to municipalities or that the pro-| the operation of dormitories in some peas vincial government is wel] able to| reas.” 4 It is taking a familiar pattern to the People of the north. The Squamish-Vancouyer link in the development of the PGE has been blocked because there is mo money available, even if there was enough steel. The Cariboo Highway work is facing an annual curtailment for the same reason. Mr. MacLean states that the province never had a premier who was such a staunch believer in the future of the North as Byron. Johnson. make up the sizable amount which| The Island committee might do well Should be required over and above|to direct the U.B.C.M’s attention to the yield of the suggested small fixed |Such recommendations, which were the rate. = result of a survey carried out at pub- Many municipal dwellers will heart-| lic expense. Im turn the U.B.C.M. could ily agree with The Enterprise Bulle-/impress upon the Government the tin. Collingwood, Ontario, in its edi-|need to give these recommendations =) i, os page ae | LOrialtatatement:ontruneer fen en ace learn study, : That is all well and good, but something more than belief! . 3 g ine On the high level of municipal] The ee is needed for the North Central part of this province -- and | From the Files of The Tribune taxation in Ontario: “. . . home owners| its ponuionsof ‘schoo! Soe els own needed right now. ; are being called upon to Bay. Sy nee " : aaa ee oy: eeeles q ane es a ae vice to the public — Charged with|for living in their own Ouse.” The} Means of such uniformity in rates as here Delioves i the eaten bitrate Bees eee manslaughter was Samson Dave, | government for its part, is likely to Br Cameron suggested. BENS Problem more by taking an active part in the development of the north, Chilcotin Indian who was driver of a|point out that it is distributing mil-| will be to include the municipalities But the builders rece coe heIDHinl thie “way Of-powenrang lpadeat ok See Lake, came to|!Tuck bound for Alkali Lake Stam:|lions in three per cent sales tax Beemer Such a scheme without too great traneporn ee ok 2 € 3 L a ea : ye.|Pede, which turned over and caused|enue and that i ies are schment upon the basic power of portation. —- vital requisites gis MOden era for a|his death as the result of a se the death of two passngers — The|failing to apply this money to meet municipalities to do their own asess- country if it ever expects to realize its full potential. interests of P. Berry and A, Towns | school costs. 5 ing and taxing. A definite blueprint for this development from Victoria, in the Maple Leaf Hotel was purchas- y them out is what is more ed by B. Abbott. now sole manager — urgently needed than the faith in the north that is being con- ie ] i) 5 z EN YEARS A y 4 Stantly reiterated by every member of the government from = ae 21, = so. ouyd Leather Shop the Premier down, whenever th ic is broached. = ropie is Proached The water storage tank of Williams SSS See ae month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lake was drained completely ary, Shoe Repairs - Saddlery - Harness - Mail Orders The Stakes Are High Walter Gaspard in War Memorial and as a good many water users were 15R3 Williams Lake Railway Ave. careless in leaving their sprinkl Tun steady it was found necessary by alae : the village commissioners and the Last Tuesday, the Village Commission, “in open meeting Hospital — J. p, Smedley has been|Fire Chief to restrict the use of sprini- assembled,” took a look at the traffic situation, decided there appointed government representative|lers to one hour each evening. Water Were too many motorists not observing the rules and regula- engineers have been on a survey for tions and so informed the local RCMP detachment- We quite agree. Although we don’t subscribe to the theory that every small infraction should end up in the morning police court, a week, looking for potential wator 44 Ad supplies for the village — Miss Viola A Pro em [t} ? we feel that the other extreme is equally wrong. Pearl Mitchell became the bride of E Mr. Joseph Amos Sidsworth — : TWENTY YEARS AGO : oo Me leue Cwm Y i ~ E Motorists in Williams Lake are as guilty as those in any July 23, 1931 other centre of slipping through stop signs and keeping too | 4s eee ae eee ee At annual meeting of school board heavy a foot on the accelerator when there is a good chance |‘ Held in the home of Mrs. H. Rich- auditors’ report showed an additional * = e they'll get away with it, fee A pe Se pes $400.00 of mortgage pala of ain ee we nore ao meee é yhen’ XK; = vaaty, ine Fi rere GO at them. ur In all fairness to the local detachment, it could well be nace 3 eae A =a 2 eet | with a $540.00 balance — Party from “automotive detectives” find { that. they are too undexstaifed sto adequately lgndl. traitic | cae yee cei Bice pry | N°W Yerk to inspect Cariboo mineral the trouble ‘aikdsmake repairs ~ problems as Well as their othe duties throughdut the town | °F unseat seeisaare Mrs,|22¢ olf resoules — Round steak “faster. This thea you get { istrict. If ig th ies ati Sing; youngest son of Mz. ani "| advertised at *7i¥e per Ib. at Cariboo Zi you sg and district. If such ig € case however, the solution to the = ; = Os % e 5 a 2 Se = < es A. King of Bridge Lake — wiNiams Meat Co,, also 2 Ibs. butter for 650 —_ you car sooner* and you PAY Problem shouldn’t be a relaxing of traffic restrictions, but the aes 5 = pe ae apes putter! for. 65e LESS. F regular A Gann af eal Lake and district will be treated to Showing at Oliver Theatre, Buster SS. For regular service addition of another constable. : i oe Suembe of fine: malic watay the |accataas, Mere March iosissone and problem jobs, drive up! - Death on the road has often been picured by traffic safety | figar Junior Choir of Vancouver] G7. comedy, All-talking pictures posters as a skeleton shaking dice. We can’t be always lucky if stops here while.on their tour of In- a = a x U we're going to depend on chance -- sooner or laver we'll lose | terior points — 0 the throw and the stakes will be a human life. FIVE YEARS aco July 18, 1946 With but little publicity and a good : Wh at About Zon ing deal of work on the part of a few or- ganizations at Williams Lake, the iWe were a litle premature in dismissing the problem of|War Memorial Hospital for south town zoning with the appointment of a committee several | Cariboo is $2,500 nearer to being fin- months ago. anced — James Middleton Gunn, of seieie a »4 | Horsefly, was arrested and charged Time has been slipping along and the committee hasn’t with manslaughter in connection with held a meeting yet, let alone worked out any suitable recom- the death of W. Winquist — Highest | mendations. : prices in the Cariboo since the d: We expected a little more. These ‘men were approached of 1918 when beef cattle sold in Ash- with the job and accepted its responsibilities. We know it’s a croft up to 18¢ per pound on the houf busy season of the year, but if the committeemen find they was paid last week when 200 head of haven’t got the time to spare they should inform the Village Gang Ranch steers sold for an aver- Commission and pave the way for the appointment of another age price of 12.75 — ‘he directors of committee that feels it can start operating immediately. the Carriboo Cattlemen’s Association have commenced active planning. fox the successful holding of the annual fall cattle sale — A new bulldozer arrived in town for the Cariboo Met- als mine at Cedar Creek. Hodgson Bros. freight line trucked the 13) ton machine to Likely on two of their trucks — The Lakeview Hotel have plans completed for the alteration of! their present cafe and dining room if YFAR AGo Tuly 20, 1950 Herbert Henry Spencer,. long time inflicted gun shot wound in the right temple — Norman Goode, provincial health engineer, may save village money on sewage disposal. Mr. Guode is studying the possibility of “allowing the sewage to run into the creek with- out the necessity of ‘filtering through a disposal bed — Whooping cougan claimed the life of Lillian Gaspard, 14 low Cost Speedy Service —— on the board of management of the War Memorial Hospital — A, J. Drinkell, Dog Creek postmaster, was presented with a medal in recogni- tion of 25 years service by the B.C. Dvision of the Canadian Postmasters Association —. Miss Kathleen Snilth Central Service Lid. REpAIAS I's The Cariboo Home Furnishings for Quality MATTRESSES” SPECIAL PRICES ON OVERSTOCK SUPREME EESOCLIBE RESTMORE NO. 1 Inner spring-filled mattress -- double buoyant unit fea- turing Flex-o-lator construction. Eyelet border allows complete ventilation. 4 only Size 3'3”, Reg $63.50, $ | Sale price .. cat 49.50 e SPECIAL OLD KEG A real Rye Whisky at a popular price. 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