Thursday. April 24; 1952. ae THE TRIBUNE Published every Subscription: per thursday at Williams Lake, B.C, he Tribune Publishing Co. year ae ION CEASE FIRE From Another Viewpoint — “CANADIAN DOLLAR IN MIGHTY COMEBACK” Gin the Bri ge Riv e Lillooet News) Outside Canada TSUST KNOW Canadians generally are getting Canadian bills over the border was Payable in Advance TLL Soe @ chuckle ont of those signs going difficult, particularly at points far- Member: Canadian Weekly Newspap TOIS TIME! up all over the country: “‘Ainerican ther from the line. : British Columbia Division, €.\ money accepted at par.” Worse still was the fact that Am- Established 1931 Authorized as Second Class aM Se il Clive Stangee, Editor the Post. Office Department, Ottawa After yeais of watching Americans | turn up their noses at Bank of Can-| ada currency and listening to them ericans could get a premium. for every dollar they brought here. Back in the days when it was 20 percent call our shining coins “funny money” j they could offer a §20 bill for a $4 we can be forgiven the odd smile—! purchase and get $20 in Canadian Providing we do not make it too bills as well as the articles they had obvious. bought. : Time was when we had to pay 1)|, That Canadians‘were able lo stand cents or more on every dollar we the sight of a jovial, well-heeled, changed into U.S. currency. Using | (Continued on Page 7) Where We Stand. We received letter this week from-one of the candidates for the provincial seat of Cariboo thanking .us for ‘The Tribune’s ‘fair and honest reporting’ of his party's convention. We-appreciate the bouquet, but while deftly catching it with ink-stained fingers the thought also occurred to us that the forthcoming ciettion has probably posed the-question toa stand.” lot of readers of “where does The Tribune As far as. the news columns-of this Paper -are concerned, they now carry, and will continue to carry, all of the news on any issue, political or otherwise. To the end that ‘all sides of the provincial election campaign may ‘be presented to our readers, the news columns will be open to reports of the doings and utterances of representatives of all parties or independent candidates. We feel that the destiny of the country ean only be “ decided by an informed electorate. P 3 Everything for the Sport Fisherman Is your tackle box ready for season opening? or maybe the box itself needs replacing >... make \ our store your headquar- : ters. $ Sy \ FISHING INFORMATION + F He ae We GS belong — in the editorial columns. Bring on the platforms — let the battle begin. of the Tribune i Government Agent and Gold com: | missioner of Williams Lake dled— | Biches Cariboo Sports Counselors a AR AGO April 26, 1951 The village commissioners invok- Thanks To Firemen ed the Pound By-law in an effort to : 1932 i ee ‘There is no other single organization that deserves the|rid the town of Toaming liorses—| 6 Cariboo Live Stock and Fair % continual appreciation of the townspeople more than the|The War Memorial Society at their Association held its annual meeting | in ‘the Lakeview Hotel— Under | brisk and active bidding from a good crowd 31 registered bulls were auc- tioned: at a bull sale held at Wil- liams Lake. The highest priced bull sold for $240.00, and the average price was §$134.00— Horsefly citi zens are preparing for the annual } Volunteer Fire Brigade: Month in and month out these men ¢ from the shops, offices and other businesses practise the art / ef fire fighting and keep the machinery in preparedness for instant action when the dreaded alarm ‘fire’ sounds through the streets. Sunday they tackled a less spetcacular opponent as they {urned out to erase the winter's accumulation of dirt from Miever street and Railway Avenue, but they carried out the job 5 usual thoroughness and the appearane of the well- sbbed asphalt was a welcome sight. Thanks again, Firemen. annual meeting showed a net profit for the year of §$4,422.66— Biggest Single boost to the annual “Conquer Cancer” campaign was provided by the children's operetta— First work on the Williams Lake Planer Mill Property got under way this week with the construction of a small-of. fice building— “Bert” Wilsor, pop- fete, May 24th. Despite the depres- ular manager of the Bank of Mont.| © nan elaborate. program has been real branch leaves to take up similar | 102 22 & BIE: ~ : arranged— At the Board of Trade duties at Cloverdale. J. R. N. Purser, ; ; ts eetin the suggestion was made manager of the bank's wrulorne| Meeting ste a modern appliance. It’s pring! branch, will be’ taking over here {that the telephone exchange be : : ver bere— : e sday fternon and A meeting was held to decide whe-| °!0S¢¢ Om Thursday afternoon Now that the ice has left Williams Lake (and we refer to | ther baseball or softball will be the |'@™4/B open Saturday evenings. | the body of water by that name) we are ready to concede it’s | main summer sport, but the actual | Philco designed for beauty and Philco engineered Spring! acceptance of a suggestion that for utility, this 1952 model Deep Freeze is the There have been other signs the past few weeks of course. baseball get the nod was postponed answer to any housewife’s prayer... 8-1 cubic feet As the vacant lots dried up they were taken over by future Official season opening t the size, the freezer holds 280 pounds. baseball stars and experts at the serious game of marbles. Up |local golf course will take the form s 2 Priced at Only $394.95 on the hills the young of two tournaments— Funeral ser- pushed back to the timbeline and now the slopes have donned | Vices were conducted for 2 3 Phileo’s 1952 Model Refrigerator sy A 7.1.cu. ft. medel featuring the Philco “Dairy Bar” edi ++. @ glea’ » beaw 1 food-saver. 2 Priced at Only $359.95 Cariboo Home Furnishings Agents for Connor, Mayfair, Norge, Gilson and Climax | Gas and Electric Washing Machines “Visit the Store with the Friendly Door” designed for you IN ’52 For the modern housewife, Ancient pastime: Dice-playing has been traced back almost to the be-| ginning of history and there were sharpies even in that era because loaded dice have been unearthed in the ruins of Pompeii. fe Department of Transport it appears Ee : ue pee Nese oe : Mulvahill passed _away at. hi types’ are being forcibly} ciect eGR the back yard to ¢leay up | uly :: i § ——— bedsvand lawns. The odi® one mi ages To escape and can be! eaters Aenea eas “found up on the golf course brushing up on his strokes. | eet omminiga ton trom concede it — It’s Spring. ‘ eye Yep — we'll Goubtful that there will be any money spent on either the present 3 2irport or the proposed one on the Dog Creek road— Daylight saving | time will become effective April 23 — Betty Christina Ure became the bride of William Lioyd Exshaw—_ Ernie Engemoen, senior clerk in the local branch of Overwaitea, has been posted to the Cloverdale branch The delightful performance of the operetta “Under the Greenwood Tree” was enjoyed hy 300 people in the Elks Hall— FIGHT CANCER GUARD THOSE YOU LOVE Give Generously 1952 JOINT CAMPAIGN Sponsored by B.C. Division Canadian Cancer Society and B.C. Cancer Foundation Spring Spruce-up ‘We perk up your car inside as well as outside. Check and adjustment of your spark plugs, caburetor, clutch, brakes and steering mechanism means_ faster pick-up ++. safer driving this spring... radiators flushed and gleaned: FIVE YRARS AGO EDUCATION © RESEARCH April 24, 1947 a The Williams Lake Board of Trade WELFARE endorses the appeal of the sawmill! TREATMENT FACILITIES eperators of the Cariboo for a larger a SPECIAL export quota of lumber to offset MRS. DUKE MARTIN This Week | their excessive freight rate handi- Ale) Creek, B.C. | cap— A bulldozer was at work on the basement of the new cold stor- age plant being bujlt by J. Erickson — Volunteer work parties were to commence setting posts and build- | ing corrals at the stampede grounds | in preparation for the newly inaug- urated stampede— A member of a Board of Trade committee investi- ——— || gating conditions. about town moved ‘that the Liquor Commission be writ. iten about the exorbitant 2-for-a- l quarter price of beer in Williams Lake— Remodelling of the Lake- view dining room has been complet- ed— Moose are found dying from wood ticks— The third annual con- cert by the Community Choir was MRS. WM. DINGWALL 127 Mile House, Cariboo Road * ac La Hache, B.C. 1948 PLYMOUTH SED A N— Excellent condition $1295.00 SEWAGE DISPOSAL OR DRAINAGE SYSTEMS? Let FIL put it in. Talk over a Farm | WY BANK MR. DON BINGHAM Williams Lake, B.C. BofM manager as soon as you can. Bank or MonrTreEA Canada's First Banh Improvement Loan with your nearest [Da atuoe augue British Columbia CONQUER CANCER CAMPAIGN est: ADI20 working with Canadians in every walk of life since 1817 resented 1 4 tl fe ec : . i ondieica serene ARE SEES : Electrify YOUR Farm with the ‘ April 27, 1942 : : : At a meeting of the elected com- mittee for the organization of a Ranger Unit in this district, $. Bl- liott, Geo. Wall, and B. G. Woodland were recommended for ranger offi- rers— There is a possibility Chileotin Lodge at Riske Crevk may be turned into a mission school for Indian children— Mr. Himmelman of Williams Lake has been locating mining property in the Horsefly yal- ley with a view to testing values by driling— Miss Charlotte Auld ana Mr. Arehie Pinchheck were married t Kamloops— A Children’s Sports | Day with competition from all the Schools in the distriet wi GVER 7 YEARS OLD |held at Williams Lake— George | | Carlton of Alexis Creek was in town This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control |to pick up a shipment of bees— a Board or by the Government of British Columbia | Lionel Charles MacClure, former LIGHTING PLANT MORE “WATT” FOR YOUR MONEY! Deper a 'e Morrison Diesels now develop more electric power 3000 watts and 6000 watts at 1800 R.P M. First c2st, operating and maintenance costs are lower than