so Page 2 THE TRIBONE, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.O. 4 = fhursday, January $1, 1952. THE TRIBUNE Published every Thursday at Williams Lake, B.C, By The Tribune Publishing Co. Subscription: per year $2.50 Outside Canada . $3.00 Payable in Advance ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION ° Member: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association " * British Columbia Division, C.W.N.a, Established 1931 Clive Stangce, Editor Authorized as Second Class Mail py the Post Office Department, Ottawa Horses Can Be Dangerous Every winter the village is plagued with the problem of “stray” horses, that are quite evidently not ownerless, but are left to forage for Uhemselves during the winter months rather than burden the owner with the cost of feeding them. * This year has been no exception, and although the band has not been too evident in the heart of town, they are ecroving just as much a problem to the village authorities by their choice of the airport as their winter “range.” Actually the problem would have remained more of a “nuisance” one if the horses had remained close to the village limits. On the airport they present a danger to human lite. It would only take one of these horses, panicked into, run- ingin front of a landing plane to become-the cause of a disaster that could snuff out the lives of all on board. And a plane is far different from a car, with its ability to brake to a stop. When the pilot. is ready to touch down he can’t pull his big ship into the air again to avoid an obstacle. Appeals to the owners of the horses in the past have been to no avail. The commissioners have contacted the SPCA and the police with the same lack of success. Perhaps the most successful means of coping with the - situation is the one presently being adopted by the 150 Mile Stock Association, which has applied for a permit to round up Stray horses on the 150 Mile stock range. When the animals have been impounded, the owners are notified and have five days within which to claim their animals. After this time lapse + the animals not claimed are disposed of. The owners also have to pay a $10 rounding up fee, a daily charge for feeding and e second daily charge that the government comes in for. We quite agree with the ranchers that they should be given the right to rouna up these strays that are boading free of charge on expensive hay, but we think the village problem in regard to these same strays is an even more serious one. One Plane load of human passengers would be worth all the hay Stacks in the Gountry. And A Playground Too? One of the more pleasant projects to be given considera- tion by the Village Commissioners at their annual budget / meeting last week was the proposed start on a long-range development of the park land set aside at the top of Oliver Si oot. —.«--#¢'Tribuné has steadily mAintainea that atong ‘with the more commonplace developments that are carried out because of the dictates of necessity, some thought and action should be given to setting aside a portion of the village revenue annually toward beautification of the town. The development of our first Park, although in a small way, falls into this category. It is practically impossibie to directly attribute any material gain a community derives from the development ot Darks, but gain there is. In the contemplation of the beauty that nature can present if she is given the opportunity, the average person finds that peace of mind and pride in beauticul Surroundings are not the least of these. Our only wish in this matter of parks is that Commissioner Borkowski had gone a little farther ana presented the board with a blueprint for another project that should receive high priority --- a playground. There was one playground in town, and we use the past tense because the small area beside the village hall that once was given over to the younger generation is now partly used for storage space for wood and village supplies. The swings and teeter-totters have fallen into disrepair or been removed. We would not particularly advocate the return of this piece of land to its former status, because with the coming or the new Federal building to.-that corner and the resulting growth of the immediate property as a commercial one. it would not appear to be the safest spot for such a gathering spot for toddlers, Boe But there is no shortage of land that could be still set aside in other sections of the town for playground use, and a start should be made on developing one of them. The old eDlayground equipment could be repaired and set up and a fence erected around the lots chosen at a fairly nominal cost CREDIT It is our policy to give the best in automotive service, but we can only continue to give this service as long as we receive payment within a reasonable credit limit. Due to many charse accounts being lett outstanding for several months, we regret that we must adhere to the following credit policy. Without exception ALL ACCOUNTS ARE TO BE SETTLED AND PALD IN FULLIN THE MONTH FOLLOWING PURCHASE OR SER- VICE and failure to do so other than by ¥ of delay in mails, will result in such accounts being placed on a cash basis... To. reinstate charge accounts customers will be obliged to make application and submit the usyal credit references. CENTRAL SERVICE LTD. |W. s. INEXHAUSTIBLE SUPPLY Fro the Files ONE YEAR AGO February 1, 1951 Despite the cold weather, 500 per- sons turned out to take in the gala opening Williams Lake's new theatre, and because this is a small town where just about everyone knows each other, most of the first nignters stopped to add their personal con gratulations to owners Mr. and Mrs. Western. Operation of ine theatre for the night was turned over to the local branch of the Canadian Legion with all proceeds to Legion funds— Many community orsaniz- ations will fee] the loss of a hard- working member when Vern John- son, Standard Oil agent here for the past four years, leaves Williams Lake around the end of February. His place will be taken by another active community worker. Constable Bob Kyte, who has turned in his resigna- tion with the RCMP and will take over his new business February 24 CPA's northbound flight ran into trouble as the plane was coming in for a landing-at Williams Lake. The jPlane was foreed to lay over here pnd the Quesneljand Princ passengers were After a lapse of a week, the first pas- senger train pulled into Williams Lake this morning— a sell-out owd was treated to a fast, smooth brand of hockey when a touring Ver- non team stopped off on their way to Prince George long enough to hand the Stampeders a 10-4 defeat— Pos- sibility that a Junior Chamber of Commerce may soon be formed in Quesnel was reported by a committce from the local club who travelled to Rivertown to hold an informal meet- ing with young businessmen of that centre—. Mr. A. B. McKelvie, a staff writer with the Vancouver Daily Province, will address the annual banquet of the Board of Trade— With elimination draws being play- ed off regularly despite the cold weather, the first annual Curling Club championship play will be al. most completed this week— FIVE YEARS AGO Januar 0, 1947 The Williams Lake Stampede As- sociation was formed at a public meeting of the business men and women of the town. It was first agreed among those present that they were in favor 6f renewing the stampede this year. Mr. Woodland, who was in the chair, stated that the Memorial Society funds, under their constitution, could not be used for renewing of the Stampede grounds and it rested mainly with the yeople of the town to find some metnod of financing the stampede— Williams Lake shipping point again led the province in the number of cattle ship- ped during 1946. ‘The Cariboo ship- pea 96 head, with Williams Lake leading as the shipping point 4 sending out 13,313 head— a. ‘art Evans and C. B. ‘Bert’ Brown have announced the purehas, liams Lake Garage from Lo: Pierre, who is turning over tne busi- February 1st— Assurance that government will make a lump sum contribution of $50,000 towards the cost of alteration and purchase ef building and equipment in the former military hospital was received by Prince George hospital board— The Lake boys outplayed Quesnel hocky team to win on a 4-1 score— Chileotin River to be improved to assist the salmon to gev to their spawning grounds— TEN YEARS AGO Febru 1942 Williams Lake continues to hold place in livestock circles as the ‘ow town” of Bri of the Tribune shipments by billing out 11,491 head to bring th total for this district up to 20,318— A petition to pledge }money for the completion or im- provement of the Williams Lake air- port to make it again suitable and safe for planes to land will be cir- culated— A regular 24 hour tele- graph service from Williams Lake started yesterday with three epera- for son their regular § hour shifts— Rationing of gasoline to become ef- lective April 1st was announcea from Ottawa, with a quota to non essential of from 300 to 380 gallens per year- Water for the town was again the leading subject at the regu- lar monthly meeting of the Board of Trade. Mr. Western stated that dele- gates would go to Victoria if neces- sary to meet the cabinet and Jay be- fore them the village appeal— ca TWENTY YEARS AGO February 4, 2 The Boy Scouts and Wolf Cubs | Staged a wild west thriller before a | capacity audience at the Oliver Play- house— February 29th will pro- vide the answer to the Old (Maid’s | Prayer = a big Cabaret Leap -Year jdance in the Stampede Hall— a small but appreciative crowd of fans | Watched the local hockey team bat- {tle ‘to thirty minutes overtime with the Alkali Braves in a futile effort to break a one-all draw— a Ine feature of the Grand Ice Carnival to be held on the local rink February 11th will be the pbrier but hectic hockey match between the Female Fizzikal Wrecks and the Doddering Sextette from the Old Man's Home. Speed races and novelty races will add to the fun— Miss Randall, of | the Williams Lake Hospital staff, left for Vancouver where she will marry Jack Smart, recent manager of the Bank of Commerce herc—- 4 daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. MacDonald of Beaver Lake and also to Mr. and Mrs. King of Roe Lake, 2nd Mr. and Mrs. Buchholtz of Wil- liams Lak pe ae ee Hungry Bird When a phalarope bird gets hun- gry he selects a likely looking, shal- low pond- and whirls around on the water at great speed: Although this sounds rather odd he has method in |his madness. The swirling stirs up |erustaceans and other forms” of jaqautic life which he eats to ‘his |heart’s delight. The phalarope is' found on the Pacific coast. KE po HART START wit a ° | This advert ement is not published or sh Columbia and| displayed by the Liquor Control Board or set a uew record last year m cattle | ‘by the Government of British Columbia, From Another Viewpoint (from the Victoria Times) “SIGNIFICANT PAUSE IN PRICES? The Conservative party, which Certainly the results of higher in- terest rates, high taxes and credit No:one: knows, beeauseiit-dopentsillenrbay arebwisinletin come mansiee on so. many incalculable forces Pyue.| mine winaieeon aaa an tie Geka ther prices here have leveled off at} trades. They should soon discourage last or whether, after a brief pause,| provincial and municipal govern- they will start upward again. ments from unnecessary capital ex- Mostly it will depend on American | penditures, prices, which, have been rising slowly |S ravcr tie: Ganaaien Government, Sinee early, autumn, and» Amerieh|| peratine mines vacuum, could cure prices will depend ‘mostly on two} inflation by its present metaods, it factors—the impact of rearmament cannot be sure of succeeding if new on the supply of civilian goods and inflationary forces pour in on us the buying habits of the people. from the United States. The impact of jearmament cer-| 1 is entitled to say, however, af- ter the record of the last few months, ahead on’ that its ownepolleyssoltin Ge i ean schedule. No one knows in advance go. has becunitS succeed. The alter- the buying habits of the public. If native policy of direct price controls the public holds down its purchasing, | jg not succeeding very well in the as it has been doing since the first United States and already is strained of 1961, rearmament could absorb to the braking point. There is noth- still more goods without bidding up ing in our neighbors’ experience to prices \eubstantielly, lt the. publit'| aneourage our Iman begins another spree of panic buying this, with rearmament, could start another upward price spiral, and so could another large round of wage increases. more forecasts. 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