Page 2 ~~ THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.0. ’ Thuraday. June 12. 1889, THE TRIBUNE Published every Thursday at Williams Lake, B.C. By The Tribune Publishing Co. Clive Stangoe, Editor Member: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association British Columbia Division, C.W.N.A. Subscription: per year $2.50 Outside Canada .. isa $3.00 Payable in Advance ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION Authorized as Second Class Established 1931 ail i he Post Office Department, Ottawa This Is It Well, this is it. Here we are right in the middle of the 26th annual showing of the Williams Lake Stampede. This is the culmination of hours of work on the part of a few — too few — persons and whether the final outcome financially is a Success or not, a lot of people are going to Have a lot of fun. Even though the annual ery for more volunteer help has not succeeded in unearthing more of this type of labour, there has been one encouraging note in the last weeks of preparz tion. Town businessmen have indicated by their cash contribu- tions that they realize the true value of the Stampede as a drawing card for visitors. Not so easily discernible is the value the show has in offering perpetual publicity for the town and district over a vast area. People in widely scattered centres have heard of the Williams Lake Stampede and though they have possibly never seen the show itself their interest in the district has been spurred because of its existence and the atmosphere of the Old West that its contemplation conjures before their minds. ‘ There is one way we can ensure that the good word will travel even farther in the future and that is by showing our guests this week the kind of a time they expect to find at a Cariboo celebration. Make them feel at home among us and they will carry on from there when they talk about the 1952 Williams Lake Stampede. ‘A Dangerous Practice At the risk of being slighted by believers in the old saying that ‘boys will be boys’ (usually the parents of the town’s boys), we think it is time that someone in authority should put a stop to the increasing practise of riding bicycles on the sidewalks. Twice last week we stepped out of the office right into the middle of a line of mounted pedestrians and had to beat a hasty retreat to the shelter of the doorway. There were four youngsters following each other in one of the instances and the thought occurred to us that the story will not be a pleasant one if an elderly person has the misfortune to be struck by one of the cyclists and thrown to the sidewalk. It perhaps wouldn’t do any harm if the boys were told by their teachers of the possible consequences of their actions by breaking the law in this manner. In this day of safety driving campaigns — aimed primarily at drivers of automobiles — it wouldn't do any harm to start the youth of the town off on he paths of good safety procedure on the road by lecturing 3 them on their responsibiljties with their bicycles. ay the Cond (2) OM Days In these days of pension benefits, paid vacations, escalator clauses and the coffee recess, an advertisement published by a Chicago department store makes curious reading. It lists some of the rules laid down in an employees’ handbook for 1857. Here are a few of them: —Store must be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. the year around. —Store must be swept and counters, bases, shelves and showcases dusted. —Lamps must be trimmed, bins filled, chimneys cleaned, doors and windows opened, a pail of water also a bucket of coal brought in before breakfast (if there is time to do so), and attend to customers who call. —Each employee must pay not less than $5 a year to the church and must attend Sunday School regularly. —Men employees are given one evening a week for courting and two if they go to prayer meeting. —After fourteen hours’ work in the store the leisure time should be spent mostly in reading. yeaceces: GSS SPOCSSOSSUUOUSCTESTTOSSCOOSCSOOOOOOL PROTECT YOUR INVESTMENT AUTOMOBILES today represent a substantia] in- vestment and every effort should be made to keep deterioration at a minimum. OUR BODY SHOP is equipped to give your car that new appearance and maintain its value. HOW? GET the dents taken out of those fenders — bumpers straightened — broken or cracked glass replaced — new door handles and chrome trim — upholstery repaired or replaced . Quite often you have difficulty in closing doors, trunk lids or hood covers. Have them aligned to work with ease, . And to complete the job, we suggest that you have the paint touched up where scratched or fad- ed. If paint is cracked or chipped in many places we recommend refin- ‘NICE KITTY’ DEAL THAT DIDN’T PAN OUT en : eh - Brechin. oe 46 %&, gues Be Os Ak t ea io k ay ie The state of against which most Canadian Canada, pend a good deal of time complaining, is life in ‘ERI, Thaee. giremsi 3 summarized in rather startling fa- shion by “Industr: Canadian Manufacturers’ tion. It says: a publication of Associa- “The average Canadian produces more, with less effort, pays heavier taxes but has more income to spend after paying them, and actually con- sumes one-third more goods than he did at the peak of the boom in the ‘twenties’.” The CMA editor then goes on to back his statement with federal bureau of statistics figures. The hu- yeau reports that from 1928, just before the great depression to 1950 the physical volume of Canada’s pro- duction rose by 90 per cent. Popula- tion, of course, had increased by 40 per cent. Yet even on a per capita basis, real output was rising by about 1.3 per cent per year, in spite : From Another Viewpoint “ARE WE GETTING RICHER?” (in the Abbotsford-Sumas-Matsqui News) more taxes than ever before from the people. The average Canadian paid 5.5 per cent of his income in direct personal taxes in 1950, against 1.3 per cent in 1928. When indirect taxes are considered government in its three main branches . . . federal, provincial and municipal .. . he now hands over about one-third of his income in taxes. Yet despite this, Canadians spend more, and despite higher prices buy more actual physical production than ever before. “In real terms, after allowing for higher prices, personal expenditure on consumer goods and services rose by 93 per cent (between 1928 and 1950.) Even when the pop- ulation increase is; taken into ac- count the average Canadian consum- ed 38 per cent more goods and serv- ices in 1950 than in 1928.” In short, Canada is not going to the bow-wows. Despite a great de- pression, a war and a period of world wide inflation it has grown steadily richer in terms of actual From the Files ONE YEAR AGO June 7, 1951 The School Board claims that op- position groups helped defeat tne by- law and plan to again present the building program to the ratepayers — Eighteen business representatives met to form a- Retail Merchants’ Association in Wiiliams Lake, to deal with questions of hours of business and other matters that concern every retail outlet-— By Sunday every de- tail of organization will be complet- ed for the 25th showing of the Stampede— Work will start this week on an extensive addition to the premises of Wiiliams Lake Motors Ltd.— At a series of meetings held at Clinton, Williams Lake, Quesnel and Prince George, members of the B.C. Registered Trappers Association voted in favour of a resolution that the association accept the offer made by Western Canadian Raw Fur Sales Ltd., which would enable the trap-| Pers organization to spread its ac- Uvities throughout the whoie of British Columbia, the Yukon and other western provinces— ¥Funera! services } Bessie Emma Buckley, Forest Grove — Bob Moore was elected treasurer of the Junior Chamber of Commerce — Official starter for the flat races at this year’s Stampede will be A. R. “Whitey” Riddle, veteran horse trainer from Calgary— ‘i FIVE YEARS AGO June 5, 1947 A motion was made and endorsed by the ratepayers of Williams Lake that the Village Commissioners pro- ceed with plans for a municipally owned and operated water system— Col. C. A. Scott, B.C. Commissioner of Red Cross, met the represents- tives of Bridge Lake, Lone Butte, Watch Lake, etc., to discuss a hos- pital for the area. He left with the hope that a 3-bed Outpost Hospital would be built very shortly— 4 modern inhalator has been purchas- ed by the Williams Lake Volunteer Fire Department and will be avail able for use in any emergency in the were | conducted for Mi, of the Tribune of a large reduction in average wo ing hours. In the same period, the state took goods produced. people, count ourselves fortunate to live in the country we do. We should, as a formation of a Ranger Company com- prising the same area. as the Wil- liams Lake Police Detachment. ‘This is known as the 39th Company of the Pacific Coast Militia Rangers— Alexis Creek’s most successful dance was held in aid of the Red Cross— Changing the rate structure of the Columbia Power Company, that sup- plies electric energy to the town of Williams Lake, was discussed at a joint meeting of the Village Com- missioners, executive of the Board of Trade, and Mr. Murray, general man- ager of the company— Flockhart became the bride of Wil- liam C. Twan— Dave Bristow sold his property, “The Pine’ Ranch’ formerly owned by Bd. Pigeon, to Mrs. Cowan of the Onward Ranch— The maximum price for beef carcases sold by the packers or wholesalers | has been set at 19% cents, according to a ruling by the Wartime Prices & Trade Board— The school children | of Horsefly shipped a truck load of material for the Red Cross— if TWENTY YEARS AGO June 9, 1932 The spgnsored a picnic at ‘the Comer Ranéh for the children of Williams Lake’ and surrounding dis- tricts which was attended by at least two hundred and fifty persons — Considerable interest has been aroused by the reported discovery of gold on Pine Creek, in the Keithle mining area— The tennis tour ment, which was a return of the one played in Quesnel, did not prove quite so gratifying for the Lake mem- bers, as.Quesnel walked off with the| honors to the extent of 4-2— C, H., Dodwell took the championship of the Williams Lake Chess Club py! the «odd win, taking five wins to four| from H. E. Taylor. ee EE Another move by the government Land Inspection office was made last Friday. Formerly over Smedley & Sharp Ltd., the office is now in the Borkowski building, -«- fron all the others! Let us show you the basic difference behind Ferguson Tractor performance .. + The Ferguson System. Farmers who know the original Ferguson System know it has never been equaled. They know, too, that the complete Ferguson System can be found only in today’s Ferguson Tractor. They know it gives their Ferguson *Tractors exclusive ad- vantages no other tractor can offer. You owe it to yourself to get the truth about the complete Ferguson System. Come to the Fair and stop at the Ferguson Exhibit. McKay & Laverdiere WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. See it on display at our* Garage district— Eight schools were repre- sented with entries in the annual Elks Children's Sports Day at Wil-, liams Lake— The Volunteer Fire! Brigade decided to sponsor the an- nual Regatta on July Ist, and to have boo district— Marjorie Isobel, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Chris- tie, became the bride of S. J. ‘Buster’ Nenke— The engagemnt of Dorothy Antoinette Bellmond, of 150 Mile, to Douglas R. Beaman, of Williams Lake, is announced— TEN YEARS AGO June 8, 1942 Between 300 and 400 children of the public ools of Williams Lake and the nearby distr attended #nd took part in the annual Flug Day children’s sports at Williams L: Authority has been granted by Head- quarters ific Command, Depart- ishing in any color ment of National Defence, for the you wish. GET AN WILL YOU ESTIMATE Li isten to TODAY! CENTRAL SERVICE LIMITED CHRYSLER & PLYMOUTH CARS - FARGO TRUCKS “Always buy a Chrysler product — the best buy all ways" Seo |FBOSOOOSSEOOOO SEO SSEOOCOOSCOSOENREESESEDREDEEE CJOR 600 kc. 10:45 a.m. SUNDAY MORNING d You Came to Help Us Celebrate. . . A ‘The Williams Lake STAMPEDE! 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