Page 2 = THE TRIBUN®, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.6. 4 fhursdar, July 17, 1953 THE TRIBUNE Published every Thursday at Williams Lake, B.C, By The Tribune Publishing Co. Established 1931 Clive Stangoe, Editor Member: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association British Columbia Division, C.W.N.A. Subscription: per Outside Canada Payable in Advance 2 ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION Authorized as Second Class Mail vy the Post Office Department, Ottawa Valuable Customer Relations A couple of weeks ago a new businessman in the district made his first buying visit to Williams Lake and he is alleged to have said it would be his last. According to the story, he received such shoddy treatment at the local store he chose to deal with, the experience was enough to turn his thoughts to Kamloops as his marketing centre. We don’t believe the man will persist in this attitude because we know he is close enough that he will, in the course of time, meet other businessmen in town who are just the opposite to the one he first encountered. The majority of local merchants go out of their way to make a newcomer welcome. But this should be the case with every merchant. The greater portion of our trade comes from the outside, either from rural customers or tourists, and this fact makes it even more important that the fleeting impréssion they get of us across the counter is a good one. You can get away with occasionally slipping up with your good customer-relation, attitude with the townspeople and they will probably lay the blame to the fact that you are feeling ‘out of sorts’. "With them it is your continued atti- tude that counts. But the transient customer is differ- ent. If he gets barked at by the merchant, he will assume that it is the merchant’s usual attitude and will make a wide berth of his-store the next time he comes to town. There is one basic precept of selling that some merchants unfortunately fail to take into consideration. When you are dealing with the public you are not merely selling a product or a service, you are ‘selling’ your firm and your own govuu name. The simple rules of courtesy are the ones that will - Suffice to do this extra ‘selling’ for you. You, your business, and your town Will benefit from the better customei-rela- tions that will result. Our Visitors Are Back With the arrival of sunny July weather, we have our annual vis:iers from across the line and other parts of ou- own country with us again in even greater numbers. There is a lot that we can do to make them like this Cariboo of ours and want to come back again. They want to meet frisndly people, a desire that. we should surely be able to fulfill, and they want information about the fishing, the accommodation and the roads in districts off the main highway. These latter questions are sometimes a little harder to answer, but if we make it our business to know our own country better. we should be in a position to give the tourist an intelligent answer; o~ to direct him Tt tourist 2 whe » sideration. INTERIOR FREIGHTWAYS SCHEDULED FREIGHT SERVICE Between Williams Lake and Quesnel Leaves Quesnel 1 p.m. Mondays and ‘Thursdays Leaves Williams Lake 1 p.m. Tuesday. and Friday INTERIOR FREIGHTWAYS, W. T. Hannah THIS WEEK'S CROSSWORD From Another Viewpoint “IS BEING AN M.P. JUST 4 JOB?" (in the Financial Post) A 3. Paused 22 1. Tree 4.Wallaba 24 4. Viper, tree nal See eee | MSDN 20 ss ee. The dying days of this sescion of 8. Tropical 6. Large dishes 30 jack Page Parliament have held more than UK Picatty é phyeribed For Solution Usual interest for M.P.’: ‘They are 11. Once more 10 An Amelé: 31. considering their own future—a pen- 13 Groundless kite ing sion scheme for their own retire- rumor 12. Bare 34 ment. Win or lose in the asvt elec- = oe a fie 37 40 Valuable f tion a lot of them will be eligible for 16. Close to 18: Satished 42. Old umes pensions if the scheme goes through. 17 Spasmodic 21.Dampens 39. Particle y ‘archaic) The rapid way in which the proposal ia Sutenine: has been cons‘dered, and the impont- grass to dry GON a [3 ja [5 le ance which M.P.'s have given to it, 20. A bud ‘goo - g makes the taxpayer wonder to whose welfare M.P.'s give precedence. Re- 10 a iz gardless of the outcome. all of them, xcept the outspoken critie of the i ES ie plan, Davie Fulton, M.P. for Kam-- ri 7 G 5 loops, have raised the hackles ZY of many citizens—the people whose 33.River (Eng) [> ar 2 2S [at wishes and welfare are supposed to 35: Hawaiian _ _ come first. : 30: Mavable The proposal is that all members banice 37 [26 po 30° (31 will contribute 6 per cent of their be Lee eiee ee Y EE] 35 i each. session until pay- sae eee | GY ments reach a maximum of £4000. 44. Source o xa Dia 39 [40 The taxpayer then makes his contri- of indigo bution, and upon retirement the M.P. eee ES 42 | receives $3000 annual pension. Can The post a Sie any private citizen find such a pleas- (ina. ZO Z ing retirement plan? Fe ae % wa Ge Under the scheme an M.P. could 2. Resorts draw his pension if he retires from office after 17 sessions. In practice this means that if a man is elected at : : 30, he can leave Parliament at 47 From the Files of the Tribune [2 tc" The plan takes substantial contri- ONE YEAR Aco July 19, 1951 | A three-day program is being ar- ranged for the formal opening . of Columbus HalK— Only two small spot fires are burning in district for- ests— Alf Eagle has purchased the business of Hunt's Barber Shop— E. D. Fulton, M.P. states that cov- struction on the publie building for Williams Lake is only “probable? The Quesnel Board of Trade will contact Williams Lake and Prince George with a view to having a dele- gation from all three points travel to Victoria in an effort to get a definite statement on the question of the Quesnel River power project—Retir- ing Staff-Sgt. A. Fairbairn was pre- sented with a hand:colored photo- graph of Williams Lake by memoers of the Board of Trade— A {ood-sized audience attended the travelling Pro-Ree gym display. at the Elks “Hall— The honor-of © ng the first Jperson to landja plane at Sodp Creek — en Who Bit was forced to bring his snip down |due to an empty fuel tank— W. D. | Roberts purchased the funeral bush juess of Alex Clark— The highest j temperature of the year was record- ed at the airport when the thermo- meter registered 93. The PGE ther- mometer registered 102 in town—- |The Lone Butte Farmers’ Institute |held its 21st annual sports day and |picnic— The Bridge Lake Farmers’ |Institute and the 1951 Fall Fair | Committee vetoed a proposal 10 sup- jply milk to a co-operative: cheese COMPLETE AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE | Washing | | | Greasing Tires | | Batteries | Mechanical and Electrical Repairs | Body Work Painting | | Simonizing | Motor Tune-up | | Wheel Alignment | | New Car Sales | | Used Car Sales | | SHELL GAS. and OIL | CENTRAL SERVICE ‘Always buy a Chrysler product - The best buy CHRYSLER & PLYMOUTH CARS -- FARGO TRUCKS i LIMITED | AU Ways’ Ja son was born to Mr. and Mrs. R =| factory in the North Thompson area — In the softball league, the Rock. ets swamped the Firemen 18 - Funeral services were conducted for John Alexander McDonald of Mac- alister— | FIVE YEARS AGO | July 17, 1947 The Williams Lake Hockey Club! beld a meeting to organize for the coming winter. After a vaviety of names, the “Stampeders” was chosen | — Miss 1. Primeau, district healtin! urges all the adults in the/| Cariboo to make use of the free ser-. vices of the Travelling Chest Unit—- Louis D. Scott is building a ware- house and distributing center tor the Oliver line of plows ané-machinery— Jim Filtness, police’ radio operator is leaving his position here— Geo. Milburn, former government agent. at 150, Ciinton, and Quesnel, is re- tiring from public service— One of the onjy defeats of the season-was suffered by the Willlams Lake fall! fp€ayers at Wells— Al Johnson} 8i-! fyea@r old pioneer of the Carhoo and. Prince George districts, passed away — Florence Ruth Hind became the bride of W. “Billie” Smith of Willi-| |ams Lake— Agnes Emslie Robert- son, whe recently arrived from | Glasgow. Scotland, becanie the bride ‘of Andrew Kennedy of Soda Creek—- TEN YEARS AGO July 20, 1942 A fairly representative parents attended the annual ing of the school board. R. champ, who has served on the board for the past twelve years was re- elected for the ensuing year-— 2000 pounds or more of Wiliiams Lake brand butter is being made weekly at the creamery— V. S. Patierson of Vancouver has beef in the district] re-organizing the War Savings Com-! mittee— Sgt. Obs. R. L. Mellish,| nephew of Fred Mellish of Williams! Lake, was killed in action— F. C. Hooker of Horsefly has been named! Western Canadian pelting champion! in a competition conducted among) trappers by the B.C. Sporrsmen's| Spitfire Fund— Allister Mackenzie arrived to take over the position of manager of Mackenzies Ltd.— Rita Margaret Hamilton became the bride ot Hilaty Halstead Place of Dos| Cfeek— The marriage took place of Vera Lillian Burr and John Anthony Lepinski of Williams Lake— i TWENTY YEARS AGO July 21, 1932 The Keithley Creek area is made | prominent by the discovery of gold |.on Marvey Creek, the strike being | made by Harry Curtis and associates )— The first mail was delivered to |the Tatlayoko post office July 20—- nurse, up of meet- Bear- E. Stowell of Meldrum Creek— Clarke Knut Edall, 38, a cowboy of as a result of injuries re- ceived while on his way homeward | from the Stampede at Green Lake.} Serapboak ch by W. F. Myring The next time you are fortunate enough to possess a one dollar bill || remember that, if it wasn’t for Brit- ish Columbia’s forests, you would enly be clutching about 60 cents in- stead of 100! ! In British Columbia, no matter ;how large or bow small it may be or where it happens to be burning. @ forest fire is of direct concern to YOU. Roughly, 40 cents of every} dollar earned ir this Proyince js} derived from our forests! butions from the taxpayers, and will be paid to M.P.’s regardless of their need. Doubtless a few members suf- fer financially when they enter Par- |Jiament, but many of them also en- j bance their position by establishing their names in the public eye. sion plan would help make it pos- sible for some outstanding men of inadequate means to enter public life but this is not a matter of weight. But we think there shouldbe seri- ous hesitation about any scheme | Which tends to professionulive the job of being a member of Parliament. We haye seen legislative bodies in- some other countries become nrofes- sionalized, virtually full-time politi- cos. We don’t think much of the result. Our parliamentary institu- tions have worked best and have won the service of outstandiag men when they sere least professional. Do M-P.’s enter Parliament for what they can get out of it? Some doubtless do. We prefer to give our regard to those who go into the House for what they can contribute. There are some things moaey can’t buy. sn the House should not be put on a com- mercial basis.Certainly this pension scheme should not and need not be rushed. Surely membership Propane PROPANE— were connected to a PROPANE— PROPANE— is safe — it carnot PROPANE— YOU CAN A supply of goes where Mains Don't! ALL THESE ADVANTAGES will give you full gas service just as though you will boil a kettle of water in five minutes—cook a breakfast for less than a cent. harmless even if breathed undiluted. times as hot as oe ennea odorless when burning and leaves no scot or PROPANE— iss) times as hot as natural gas. PROPANE— carbon. 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