Williams Lake Tribun NEWS EXCHANGE OF THE CARIBOO ~ WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Thursday, October 18, 1951. Single copy 10c, $2.50 per year. Here are two breeder keep the quality of breeding its present high level. On Vernon Ellison of Oyama with his Grand Champion of the Show, Kalwood Domino 13D which was sold to Alkali Lake Ranch for a top price of $2250. who help to This anifipal was runner-up at this year’s | sires offer | PNB, Grand Champion at the Duncan, | ed at the Williams Lake Bull Sale at, V.J., show aynd Reserve Champion at the left is | Armstrong. On the ri me purchased velp to main- with his Reserve Champ*ion of the show, |tain the fine herds for wich ‘this part of Pavilion Domino 18, which ~#VaS8 sold to|the province is famous. 350 Attend First Days Of Chest Clinic ‘A good average” was how techni- cians of the TB Travelling Chest Unit described the attendance of the first two days of thé clinic in the Eiks Hall this week. About 350 persons have stepped in front of the big X-Ray machine, obeyed the instructions of “take in a deep breath, hold it, don’t move or breathe,” and stepped away agin, the Picture of their lungs ready for pro- cessing and final examination at the coast. : Actually those in charge of the Unit hardiy expect mere than a “good average.” Throughout the province they never examine more than about 70 percent of the population. The re- mainder, for religious reasons or per- sonal ones, would never volunteer. ‘Cf this 70’ percent, $0 SESE are Tepeaters, who never miss a \isit of the chest clinic; about eight percent skip every second clinic, and fhe re- maining two percent are going through the short examination for the first time. Seer nes ‘The unit moves tomorrcw te the 1€0 Mile for a one-day clinic and then reports back to the coast following a One-Night Canvass For Blind Planned A “one evening” campaign tc raise funds tor the Canadian Institute for the Blind will be staged Monday, ac- cording to | Frank Lee. The campaign will ‘be carried out throughout the residential area ‘with canvassers from other loca organiz- ations assisting. No quota is sét for the area, but Mr. Lee impresses the act that the In- stitute makes good use of as much money as is donated in this manner throughout the country. The rehabili- tation of the blind goes on all‘ the time and the wors takes an ever increasing budget as more afflicted persons are assisted each year. local branch president iste say in Williams Lake, that threatened the sight of an eye or both eyes, the person would be flown out and receive immediate specialist treatment. If he was unable to afford the expense, this would be borne from these funds collected by the individual branches. There will be no local tag day in four-month tour of Interior centres. | connection with this year’s canvass. Show’s Grand Champion Brings $2250 At Sale As long as Vernon E. Ellis on of Oyama is breeding bulls, he’ll be Showing them in Williams Lake. At Friday’s sale, the man who has reached the point in demand for his stock that he didn’t anticipate would come for another six years, sold his Grand Champion Kalwood Ranch for $2250 -- the top price in the show. For the second year in a iow his Kalwood strain has taken top honours, and Alkali Lake Ranch has purchased both animals. In addition he sold.Kalwood Royal Domino 20D to Duke Martin for $1000, Kawood Real Domino 11E to R. A.| Moon for $1075, Kalwood Real Domino 18E to C. Moon for $850, Kalwood Real > Domino 24D to Me} Moon for $1800 and Kalwood Beau Donald 2D to Alkali Lake Ranch for $1550. His average price was $1412, higher by $1000 than that of any lot Mr. Elli- son has sold previously. There were 67 bulls sold in the ring throughout the afternoon with $58,150 changing hands. Average price for the sale was $867.50 There were some good prices p: put it was bargain day in the ring too. Surprise of the sale was the low price of $1825 that Dan Lee's Pavilion Domino 18, Reserve Champior of the show brought. Purchaser was Baker Bros., Clinton. Mr. Lee's Pavilion Domino 14 went to Glen Walters of Horsefly for the same price. Average was $1108. Bidding started slowly when the first animals were brought into the ring. The first bull in, Alex Gardner's Shingle Creek Triumph 10th, was taken out of the ring when the auc tioneers couldn't get a starting bid of $750. The same animal was drought in again late in the afternoon and was knocked down to Wm. Downie of 137 Mile for $950. Sr ‘The first competitive bidding came with the seventh bull, Bar D. Tuck Domino 13D to, Alkali Lake purchased by P. M. Patenaude, only brought $625, the bidding seemed to break the ice, with Circle S paying out the first sizeable chunks of money. on the next two animals. Royal Cane 24th by the same contributor brougat $900 and the single entry of Jesse C. Ielfer of Salmon Arm, 9 Perfection Domino, brought $1425. Other buyers who paid out $1000 or more for the animals they fancied, were Mrs. Geneva Martin, wno paid $1050 for Wm. H. Stewart's Demitone Mac 1E and $1600 for Len W. Wood's Elwood Allusion; Duke Martin, who paid $1175 for Leonard C. Johrson’s Victory Domino 11th, $1050 for Bridge Lake [ritisher 19th, from Bridge Lake Hereford Ranches Ltd., $1125 tor Sullivan Dale Lionheart 5 from K&J Herefords Brown Ranch; G..T. L, Ba: liff, who paid $1200 for Sam Sorensen’ prize-winning Danneborg beau Bald- win 3rd; T. Jackson of Salmon Arm, who paid $1050 for Chas.” Vwner's Sunnybrae Brigadier; M. C. S. Moon, paying $1350 for Clonbroch Lionheart 1B from B.X. Ranch Ltd.; Ray Har- greaves paying $1700 for r Earlscourt Farm entiy, Court Domino Lionheart 3rd; R.A. Moon who paid $1000 for the only skorthorn io reach the four-figure bracket, Royal Baron 2nd, contributed by A. & W. Watt. Duke Martin was the heaviest local buyer, purchasing seven bulls for a total price of $6,875. Mrs. Geneva Mar- tin bought four animals for a total price of $4225. Miss Frances Malesicu is visiting her ard, contributed by Fred Gaven, Okanagan Landing. Although this bul) ‘yother and sister-in-law. Mr. Mrs. Steve Malesku. the only | morning to find the ground vovered with snow, = Even though the snow- is melting quickly, we can be assured that winter is not far away, the mer- eury having dropped below freez- ing point severa) nights this week. Se ee ee Watch Lost At Last Year’s Sale, Turns Up Again Last year during the Cattle Sate, Dr. J Jarvis, department of agriculture drppped his watch