> _meni’s intention to pust Page 2 THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.O. Thursday, September 13, 1954 THE TRIBUNE Published every Thursday at Williams Lake, B.C. By The Tribune Publishing Co. Authorized as Second Class Mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa Subscription: per year Outside Canada Payable in Advance ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION Member: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association British Columbia Division, C.W.N.A. Established 1931 Clive Stangoe, Editor Visitors From The South Tonight members of the Board of Trade will be hosts tc around 30 visiting American and Canadian civie leader: anc representatives of the press who are stopping here enrout: to Prince George on a goodwill tour that started at Klamatl Falls, Oregon. The tour, sponsored by the Okanogan Cariboo Trai Association has really only one object, to stimulate interest ir the American Highway 97 and the Cariboo Highway as the shortest route to Alaska. In fact those four words make uj the association’s slogan, as they point out that West Coas tourists must now go by way of Edmonton to reach Mile ‘0’ on the Alaska Highway at Dawson Creek -- nearly 800 miles longer than will be necessary when the Hart Highway is completed. We should make these men of the Okanogan Cariboo Traii Association and their guests most welcome, because any future harvest from the publicity-sowing they do now will be reaped in Williams Lake just as it will, say, in Wenatchee, Wash- ington. In issuing their publicity about the tour, Mr. Chester Kimm, tour manager points out that the tourist facilities along the way are excellent. “True,” he states in referring tc the roads “‘there is a spot or two in B.C. that needs surfacing.” We would issue this friendly warning to Mr. Kimm -- watch out for that spot between Lac La Hache and Prince George -- It’s a Lulu! But seriously, The Tribune extends its editorial welcome to the success of your tour, Mr. Kimm. The Complaint Should Be Loud At last_week’s Board of Trade executive meeting when Ted Plante said it was a crime that the government should let one of the province’s main arterial routes fall into the state of disrepair that the Cariboo Highway is in, he was echoing the sentiments of all of us. But evidently it is going to take a much more united yoice to get some action than has been stirred up by individuals and small groups in the past, and for this reason the latest move- ment to enlist the support of every community on the un- scompleted part of the highway seems worthy of as much sup- port as it can receive. Two summers have gone, by and all this part of the province has received in the way.of evidence of the govern- promise: bok Surely the government’s delaying tactics can’t be because the Honourable Gentlemen in Victoria are unaware that the North exists -- why everytime one of them makes a speech anywhere near the Central Interior he makes much ado about the fact that we are just coming into our own, the golden future of the province lies in the North. Only last week the Minister of Health was busy reiterating his, and the government’s, be- lief in this promised land when he addessed a meeting at Prince Rupert. On and on drone the promises and platitudes -- small con- solation to the people who have to drive cars over the route into this wonderful country; a highway that goes from the sublime to the ridiculous when you drop off the smooth pave- ment at Lac La Hache on toa road that is rapidly deteriorating back to a resemblance of what the old Fur Brigade trail must have looked like. We wish the Boards of Tade every success with the latest plan. It is becoming increasingly evident that the wail from the Central Interior will have to be loud and long to be heard in Victoria. Welcome News It is welcome news that the new Federal Building has reached the blueprint stage and that construction can probably be expected to get underway next spring. From the approved plans, it is apparent that Williams Lake will have a Federal Building to be proud of, and one that will add materially to the value of the business section. SUPPORT the STAMPEDE Plan on attending ihe BIG BENEFIT DANCE [lat the ELKS HALL FRIDAY - - Let's Wipe Out the Stampede Deficét! Cariboo Home Furnishings “Visit the Store with the Friendly Door” Agents for Connor, Mayfair, Norge, Gilson and Climax Gas and Electric Washing Machines September’ 2st DOTTED LINE JAPANESE LACE Free} From the Files of The Tribune ONE YEAR AGO Williams Lake dies at’ Yale— Bridge September 14, 1950 re-construction of big suspension Construction of the PGE Railway | bridge across the Fraser on Chileotin ‘rom Squamish to Vancouver, from|road progressing favourably— Over- Prince to Peace River district will| Wwaitea advertises Sliced Pineapple, de considered in Ottawa this— Al-]2 tins for 35¢; Tea, 65¢ per Ib.; Coffee, though only six district resort oper-|45¢ per Ib— ators attended an organizational TWENTY YEARS AGO neeting sponsored by ACRA, keen Septeniber ii, ios aterest was shown~in movement-- : Mackenzies finish off long drawn-out} Fourth annual livestock show held oftball league play-offs and win over| “ith exhibits of beef cattle and sheep Firenien 3-2— Local occupants escape | /arger and better than ever. Best serious injury when two cars collide| Shorthorn bull shown by Yorston north of town. Miss Georgina Fuller-|@nch, Australian; Hereford bull, C. ton suffers broken wrist— Angello| Moon; champion bull of show bred Branca, prominent Vancouver Jawyer | bY Yorston Bros. Mrs, R. C. Cotton vill defend Gerald LaFleur. charged | takes first with her junior and senior with murder— Loca} residents, L,..| Shorthorn females. In dairy female y, C. H. Poston, Mrs. B, Loci. | Classes high awards went to J. Sand- wood, Ray Hargreaves, win prizes at|D8ck of Forest Grove. baby beet to Quesnel Fair— Move to form a Cem.| George Stafford of Springhouse; best etery Society” made by G. G. Groome| fifteen steers to Wynn-Johnson, — Confusion over cost of soft drinks here— Owner Ted Ewing starts work m two new stores betwen Cariboo Saddlery and Williams Lake Meat Market— Five fires in the district, »ut all under control— Jaycees show strong growth in four months of op- e Nature by Bill Myring domeftic pl- are about 200 varieties, originated from a_ single wild species, the Rock dove, whose habitat is about the sea cliffs and rocky places of Europe. Pigeons are the only monogamous domesticated birds; they mate for life. mere, Prince George— Darwin Bell found dead in Ashcroft of bullet wound— Velma Edith Caswell of Horsefiy, be- comes bride of Horace Douglas Hem- brough— Chileo Ranch stages big barbecue for district residents— Out- door program offered at Bridge Lake Fall Fair for first time— Songs from hest known operas and operettas will be featured in “Night in Vienna” when it is presented in Williams Lake—' FIVE YEARS AGO September 12, 1946 Men are still being called to combat fire raging on north arm of Quesnel Lake which has destroyed more than MORTALITY BE THANKED 1400 acres— 5,500 ration books were issued for this area in previous year,| Mother Nature Is often recklessly but it is expected that an extra 1569 | Profuse in what she brings into the will bé needed this year, according to| “0rd. It is said that the “progeny of W. S. Western, chairman of Ration | 2 Single pair of aphids (plant lice) jf Board— Joseph- Eugene Evans of| ‘¢¥ @ll lived, reproduced, and their Deep Creek, 41 died from serious head| °"SPring survived for an entire year, fay)| “OUld fill up the Atlantic Ocean with their bodies.” INSECTS GALORE There are about species of insects in the world, of which 20,0C0 are common to the United States and Canada. And speak- ing of insects, only four species have been domesticated by man — the honey bee, the silk moth. and the cochineal and lac insects. 624,300 different injuries apparently suffered {n from hor: Delegation of Elks Scrapbook . . .| se A new and still higher Cost of Liv- ing index figure has been anounced by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Only on August 1 was anouncement made that the Cost of Living in Can- ada had reached the highest figure on record, and now, just a month later, that level has been surpassed by another 13 points. It is small wonder if Canadians, who were told éarly in the year that the sharply increased taxes of Mr. Abbott's budget were designed as a brake against inflation, begin to ask when the brake is going to start work- ing. Even last spring there were plenty of people of the opinion that the new taxes and credit restrictions would simply add fuel to spiralling living costs. In view of what has happened since there is ample reason to believe chese people were right and Mr. Ab- bot was wrong. Now the cost of living in Canada stands at a higher leyel than in the United States and there seems little evidence of prices tapering off as has occurred in the neighboring country to the south, The announcement made Tuesday of the latest Cost of Living Index fi- gure cannot help but send living costs just a little higher, Many of the Trade Unions, anticipating such a development, secured contracts grant- ing Cost of Living wage increases. From Another Viewpoint “WHEN DOES THE BRAKE START TO WOR: (in The Cariboo Observer) prices, and that will certainly be done in any number of lines. So the Cost of Living will go up a few more points. Workers not affected by the Cost of Living Bonus system can be expected to demand more money also and the spiral will be tightened just a little more. It begins to look as if Mr. Abbott’s brake needs relining, or maybe a whole new brake. *HANGING JOHNNY They call me Hanging Johny, Atway-i-oh ; They call me Hanging Johnny, So hang, boys, hang ! For over a century Lamb's Navy has been the call of those who know good rum. Smooth and mellow it iS matured, blended and bottled in Britain of the finest Demerara Rums, While the increases go under the name of bonuses they are, nonetheless, wage increases and will have to be met in some manner. The simplest way in which employers can meet the new hike in wages is to raise the Lamb's Navy Rum This advertisement is not published of displayed by the Liquor Contro] Board or by the Government of British Columbia. 2An Old Sea Skarty | 1 i Niquidet Transport Williams Lake - Horsefly R. M. Blair’s office, Wms. Lake, phone R6G Horsefly Phone, 3 short 1 long NOW IS HAYING IS NEARLY OVER FOR THIS YEAR For quick cultivation come in and have a look at our LE DISCS - BLAIR °° Imperial Ofl and Massey-Harris Dealer THE TIME Engines that sing off pitch again when they're given a thorough tune-up by our skilled mechanics! We check vital parts thoroughly for wear and tear take steps to save you costly repair jobs, Start saving money . . . see Central Service Ltd. key snap right back on us now! from Williams Lake assist in forma. tion of new lodge at Quesnel— Resi; dents of Forest Grove turn out to build new community hall to replace one destroyed by fire year previous— Another famous old Jandmark of the Cariboo disappeared when the 100 Mile Store totally destroyed by fire— G. G. Mableson will be taking over, duties of Station Agent when FE, H, Gibbon. present agent, goes on super- annuation— Russ Baker of Central Airways makes after-dark landing on William Lake to bring in two stret- cher cases (Earl Morris and Wayne Crosina from Quesnel Lake fire— Promise of $29.000 to be spent gravel- E Chileotin road is to be fulfilled, according to W. Miers, district engin- ecr— Baby incubator, gift of Ladies Hospital Auxiliary, arrives and is in- stalled— Mass celebrated in Vancou- ver for Anna Maude Eop. formerly Likely resident— September 15. 1941 Alfred Miller, manager of Interior Creameries at Prince George, arrives (o carry on with construction of new | | creamary | been building here. There had doubts as to ‘whether | i | some | there would be suifeient cream in this area to keep creamery going. but Mr. | Miller believes this district superior to districts in northern areas— Press. | ing amount of repair work necessi- | | tate increase in Public Works staff. | A, Bowering of Kelowna sent to Ja O. P. Robert, district engineer— Miss Winnifred Brooking of Van- couver married Stewart Mackay of | Alexis Creek— Mrs, EB, J, Boyde of DEER HISTORY The ancestor of the modern deer was not a native North American but found its way from Asia, about two million years ago, by way of a land bridge which once connected the two continents. The mammoth, mastodon, and many other creatures who were once part of the American scene, are belived to have entered the continent by the same route. OF BRITISH COLUMBIA JUNIOR HIGH AND SENIOR SCHOOLS winning 250 word essay. below. our provincial economy. DID YOU KNOW? . . hundreds of pulp and poper produ converted into lumbzr products. 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