Williams Lake Tribune --: NEWS EXCHANGE OF THE CARIBOO Volume 20 — Number 42. WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Thursday, October 23, 1952. Single copy 10c, $2.50 per year. CHAMPION STOCK his Domitone His Lordship 4¥, Grand Champion of the 1952 Annual Bull Sale. The Grand Champion was purchased by eS —Photo by Blackwell's Reserve Champion of the show was Kalwood Duke 28h, contributed by Vern Ellison of Oyama. This bull was purchased by Mel Moon for $1000. = STUDENTS ELECT ee JOAN HUSTON ae alae “to see tt es interest can bi red in school prob- ‘Joan Huston, was elected presi- ee ; CALE SECOND AREA REPRESENTATIV MEET dent of the Studenis Gouneil of the| _A meeting to elect ar docat high school lust Friday. ~f atives SiN Le held Nover The students used the alternative |S p.m. in the high schoo) auditorium. allot system of voting to select the| The last meeting was attended by three candidates for office. Joan fail-|a lone area representative A. E. ed to get a clear majority on the) ‘Bert’ Levens. first ballot by one yote but went away out in front on the second count. = ‘A 95 pereent vote was recorded Benny Out To Supgort RESPONSIBLE FOR MANY FOREST FIRES ‘Of Stewards , aecording to a report com: piled by Ranger Ken Petersen. 1967 HEAD MOVED ightning was respousible for 16 tthe 39 tres his summer and emo AT QUESNEL SALE fires also were blamed for 16. ‘These | vg camp fires were the work of hunters and campers. cless campers vied with nature io produce the majority of the forest! fires in the Williams Lake aisorer & fotalof 967 head of cattle wero \sold in the commercial classes at the nial Quesnel Cattle Sale Tuesday. burns 1, permit_tires 1, cigarettes: 2, ears brought from $16 to $25.60 house fire 1, aud mill sawdust piles 2. ‘wilh the ‘top price. being paid by Al- The 39 fires burned over 4020 herta Meat for a lot of 13 head. Top acres and cost the Forestry Depart- price for the two lots of heifers of- ment $80,000 to bring under control. |feved was’ $22.25 and the top price Besides this it cost private parties for calves was $23.25. a further $1100. Fifteen lieud of bulls were sold at This latter amount was charged|{né bull sale with prices staying in the ease of persons burning under/aronnd the $500-mark. ception permit or on the rangé, who are com- ‘was-a bull, offered by Len Woods of pelled to put what men they cau in Ajmstiong that was sold for $1050 the fireline and to bear the cost of 16 their labour. Other causes are listed as: range iMabalster of Macalister. Poor Turnaut Marks Public Meeting On Sewer By-law ~ Only 25 ratepavers were on hand Friday night to hear age Commissioners explain the-points of the pro o:ed sewer -law and the advantages the system would bring to the town. Chairman Alastair Cara ried the commission's arguments; taxes now would pay between $20 through most of the meeting and ap-|Gnd-$25 for his share of the system. pealed for those present to get out| Present to give technical informa- and sell the by-law to the other rate-| tion were Dr. H. M. Brown, head of payers, ia the Cariboo Health Unit and Tom Following up his theme that in-|Meyo, sanitarian with the unit. Dr. stallation of the sewer system would| Brown reiterated Mr. Mackenzie's eliminate a constant health menace,|statements about the menace ‘to M © pride the ratepayers should! present method of sewage disposal. want a healthy community. Because of the clay soil th digging new rock pits and septic ; tanks on théir lots, Mr Mackenzie | N@yy Laundry Unit The old abandoned tanks At a short hospital board meeting safety of youngsters as the tops]last Friday directors authorized the gradually rotted away, but the dan-| purchase of a 24-pound capacity ger from a health standpoint is that| laundry unit. including washer, ex- he 168 students eligible to Be Ger acre found only five Bella Coole B. of T. | spoiled ballots. ‘Defeated candidates for the coun- ell office were Rex Moon and Cam- eron Kennedy. The irrepressible Benny Abbott is 20ing Lo personally take up the cause of the Bella Coola, Board of Trade in looking for funds to complete the - |Anahim Lake - Bella’ Coola Valley, road link. | ACCIDENTAL DEATH |: ee meray neics mostins of the local Board of Trade Benny! didn’t try to conceal his opposition io the lack of support given to an VER' ippeal from the coast hoard about ON HIGH’Y FATALEY the road and after thinking the situ- * |ation over he announced this week some money that he would see tha as raised here for the project. Details of his future plans in thi: A verdict of accidental death was brought in Tuesday morning by a Fa gee rnaian, Moise |Tegard were not to be proeived how ‘Williams who was fatally injured Oc-) eet as ad 2 ae Ce leo leaving on a hunting trip to the © scoorine to the testimony of |Chilcotin. He did mention something Gordon McLean, driver of the taxi/about disposing of the heef he pur- that struck Willams, he saw the |chased atthe Cattle Sale in a manner elderly man on the road too late to |that would start the fund rolling, | avoid hitting him. Mr. McLean said | | ,town were not eliminating any par ‘of the problem of actual sewage dis- SEE eee this saturated condition of the soil| tractor and drier. Cost of the m: from the septic tanks is becoming] chinery is about $2485, worse all the time as more and more} Chairman Fred Bass informed the people build in town. The fact that] Board that installation of the new Williams Lake has been spared an) oj} system for the furnace was now epidemic from this source is a mat-| complete. ter to be thankful for and shouldn’t| Cost of the two major installations leave us with a feeling of false|witl be $3,110, of which §1,0°6 will heatih security, Mr. Mackenzie|pe forthcoming from the B.C. Hos- pointed out. pital Insurance Service as a grant. Even those property owners util- The meeting was adjourned early izing the several effluent drains in| to allow directors to attend the pub- lie meeting on the sewer by-law. posal, the chairman said. He expla‘n- ed that these drains emptied on the] SPRING... IN OCTOBER ground below the railroad tracks nd the resulting condition there| It is a long way to spring, but due would have to be eliminated by next|to the unseasonable weather natnre summer. has been fooled into producing On the cost of the system Mr. Mac-|springtime blooms in October. kenze said it-was proposed to borrow| Dr. Alf Bayne was sporting a but- $90,000, repayable over 20 years. In|tereup in his buttonhole ‘Tuesday. order to finance payments and an-|He had found a lot of the little nual maintainance the commiss blooms in the fields close to town. feel it will take about 17 mills. In| Dandelions are also reported in other words, a taxpayer paying $30 | bloom: he was coming into town when he passed an oncoming ‘car. Then he j e © saw the man standing in a slumped S rin Position in front of his cab and 6 Cre slammed on the brakes. He estimated he was travelling about 30 miles an e ‘os hour at the time, which was corrob- i @ ister passenger, Johuny orated by his Bates. : Coroner J. D. Smedley testified to : the jury that he had seen Mr. Wil-| Pacific Great Bastern extension be-| Hame ahout 6 pm. that day and Be/eween Quesnel and Prince George | appeared ‘very drunk.’ He said he). eave Williams Lake Jater saw him in front of ne sey it eR See j ing on the rig ene es waving| In a telephone interview ~ with hese 2 ox The accident oc-|PGE manager J. A. Kennedy yester- eee ia 6: 15 day afternoon, The Tribune learned ae an ned to hos-|that accommodation will be reserved Mr. Williams was rus os | a ; zie pital but lapsed into unconsciousnes® ek 100 apenas Hon ee about an hour after admittance and 1 a “ees si ee Scar bbe ee ee a ‘The special Board of ‘Trade com- Ce ee about VSN i mittee. under the chairmanship of pee ane See that sal rie Magoffin will be working at See speed i r remaini i 1 fps zone signs be erected top speed in tie el a ieee Inia peyond the 20 Mile per hour zone me to work ou s The first. off jal train over the! station 6 of t jicit for is strict at the cates were C. B. Mace | in Prince Ge Committee mem- eee foreman, William Adolph, | bers will Tony Borkowski, George Owen, Herb | tive pas: Gardner, John Clemente, ngers so that some idea can be arrived at as soon as possible , ce George Special’ Will « Run November Ist of the number that will be making of that centre. The train will leave : Prince George around 6 p.m, tor the the trip. r. Kennedy announced that the return trip and scheduled to ar- i rive back in Williams Lake just ie- hind the regular south-bound pas- special train would arrive {ro} south about 3:30 a.m. on the s 2 day. Times, he stated, were only ap- Senger train. : proximate at the moment and exact Cost of the round trip from wil- and departure times would | lizms Lake will be $8.80 and tick- lets may be purchased at any time gov-|from local agent George Mabieson s Mr. Kennedy stated that the rail- err be given out next week. t The speci in, carryi ernment offic and. old-timers of the north now living at the coast,|wey company was prepared to make will pick up the extra passengers at | 00d on a promise to carry the Rube Williams Lake and Quesnel and roll|Band’s famous bucking car ou the cn to the Abhau Creek Bridge where | trip, if the band members could gei the last spike in the $12,000,000 away. extension will be driven by district! The local Board of Trade com- old-timers, L. C. Gunn of Giscome mittee is seeking the assistance of and John A. Fraser of Quesnel, |Hon. Ralph Chetwynd to have the Then the train will go on today set aside as a public holiday in Prince George where it is expected Williams Lake. This would allow to arrive about noon. A monéster!many businessmen to make the trip CARELESS CAMPERS | Sua CREDIT a a ‘ECONOMY i Board of Trade Hears Report hip By Hon. Chetwynd Te wmembers-of the Board of Trade last Thursday night the Hon. Ralph Chetwynd gave his first ‘business’ report on his stewardship for this constituency since being swept into ofiice June 12, and aithough it wasn’t highlighted by any outstanding announcement, most of his listeners were ccon- iy. Mackenzie said that as a matter |tealth that is presented by the town’s |future plans for the northern exten- resists | Sees ibe. eoyerr “ieee Hespital To Purchase ~ : have spent hundreds of dollars hospita 6 FC ase before considerikg the southern On the-roads and PGE Railway the minister had several points to make. Primarily the Social Credit party was going to provide a government of economy, Mr. Chetwynd stated, but the economy wouid bea matter of cutting out ‘frills,’ not efficiency. The province road building program would not suffer from these econ- omics but would benefit according to the speaker, who claimed that the money each of the other departments could save by economy. measures would be turned over to the Depart- ment of Public Works to accelerare the road program. “The completion of our road pro gram is the key to the province's de- velopment,” Mr. Chetwynd .asserted. That the Cariboo Highway coxrtin- uation was standing high on the list of highw y projects, th. minister lef no doubts in the minds of his listen- ers. Mr. Chetwynd assured his audi- ence that he never lost a chance to impress on his Premier and other cabinet ministers that the north.was the land of the future and shculd lveceive the closest attention. RECOMMENDS EXTENSION Speaking on the PGE, the Minis- |ter of Railways said he had made |the strongest recommendation that |the line be extended into North Var- couver, He also dropped a hint of possible sion of the line when he was answer- ing Rodk. Mackenzie's assertion that a ep*,should extend the: ce River “eountry- [ar Chetwynd assured Mr. Macken- zie that the government was far from losing sight of the benefits that would follow such a move and hinted jthat more consideration was being given the proposition. Suill dealing with the railway com- Plans Being Readied For Hallowe'en Party Members -of the Elks Lodge are making plans for their annual Hel- lowe’en children’s party October 31. As in the past, the youngsters will le competing in three age groups for the costume prizes; pre-school, 6 to 10 and 11 to 14. Three prizes will be awarded for each age group, one for ‘best dress- ed,”’ one for ‘most original’ and one for the ‘best comic.’ Time Is 7 p.m. at the Blks Hall, Work Starts This Week On New Planer Mill Construction started this week on ® new planer mill on Railway Ave- nue. The mill, operated by Argus Lum- her Service Ltd., is being placed on the property formerly held by Wil- liams Lake Planer Mills. Timber for the mill will be takea from the Blackwater Timber hold- ings. Other details on the company are being withheld by the principals until machinery is in place and the mill in operation. Former Resident To Open New Business vinced that he was doing a good job. pany, but this time in regard to cis contentious issue in the north of ihe PGE’s Hart Highway franchise, Mr. Chetwynd asked the members what their opinion of the question was. The minister explained that aw order-in-council had been passed granting the company an excl franchise on the highway, which meant that no other private company could compete in freight or passen- ger hauling. Mr. Chetwynd said he was against the idea of entering the railway company into the trucking business and against the principle of monopoly that-the franchise allowed. Premier Bennett agreed that trei and passenger business on the ni way should be thrown open for bid. Mr. Chetwynd stated. He also ex- Plained that the order-in-council had never been ratified und placed on the books as law. The meeting 2° agreed with him fhat the should be withdrawn. On the question of comme: (Continued on back page) COACH ARRIVES FOR HOCKEY CLUBS The local hockey picture for the immediate future took on a bright- er hue this week with the arrival of player-coach Ed McGibbon, a native of Antigonish, Nova Scotia. 36-mark. played ‘for St. John’s in the Mari- time juhior league. Graduating to senior ranks he has played ia the tough Maritime loop and one in Que- bec as well as experience in the Uni- ted States. The, last two ses ns he spent playing in Buropean leagues and also stints in Germany and Switzer- land as a playing coach. What he can do for the Stamped- ers Ed admits is a bit of a problem until he knows what material he is working with. He promises though that if the players co-operate with him the fans will be agreeably sur- prised at the results. This emphasis on co-operation by the players is stressed by the new coach, who explains that too often a new coach js given a build-up that convinces the fans (und the players} that all he has to do is’ give a few instructions and overnight the town will have a top-notch club. ‘The team itself is the important factor, Ed explains. A coach has a few hours in training sessions before league play, to work with the club and unless the players are willing to work too the results will be disap= pointing. The new coach has great hopes for the junior club and hopes to work it out with the seniors. Incidentally, the juniors under Gordon Blackwell have started training already for the day when they can take to the ice again. ... HEADS ELKS Cc. S. ‘Clem’ MacMillan, recently of Quesnel and a former Williams |Lake resident, has announced that he will be opening a sporting goods store and gun shop here in about ten day Mr. MaeMillan operated the Famous Coffee Shop here for a short | time in 1948 and then purchased | the store at Marguerite. He sold tha business and started a gun shop in| Quesnel, which he sold quite re-| (cently. | | Interest in guns as a_ business grew out of a lifetime hobby of Mr. | MacMillan’s. A keen sporting man —Photo by Blackwell's Alf Smallenberg, who was recently returned to office as Worthy Exalted celebration will be staged at the new who would otherwise be forced to,he has tollowed his former hobby Ruler of Cariboo Lodge, No. 239, northern terminus by trade groups remain here. . 'poth at the bench and in the field. ! B.P.O.E,