Page 2 —————— ee THE TRIBUNE. WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Thursday, March 19, 1953. THE TRIBUNE Published every Thursday at Williams Lake, B.C, By The Tribune Publishing Co. Established 1931 Clive Stangoe, Editor Subscription: per year $2.50 Outside Canada ... Payable in Advance ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION Member: Canadian Weekly Association British Columbia Division, C.W.N.A. Authorized as Second Class Mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa Scout Leaders Needed The Boy Scouts Association has just completed a nation- Wide appeal for funds to assist in carrying out its work among the country’s youth. But the appeal for support was not pushed in Williams Lake and we have just found out why. The troop of Scouts in our town has quietly vanished from the passing parade. Don Mars, chairman of the adult group committee inform- ed the sponsoring Canadian Legion branch Monday night that the troop had been forced to cease operations because of the lack of competent leaders. This unfortunate state of affairs may be only temporary though, according to Mr. Mars, who hopes to have the leadership problem beat by September. We hope Mr. Mars is correct in his belief that the present situation is only temporary, for the the sake of the dozen boys who are missing out on their weekly ‘Scouting,’ for the younger members of the Cub Pack who will be stepping up into the Scout Troop,-and for the sake of the even younger boys who will someday want to avail themselves of the companionship to be found in the brotherhood of Scouting. The problem of leadership has plagued the Scout commit- tee since the troop was re-organized four years ago. The young men who have taken on the job in the past did a wonderful job with the boys, but most of them were forced to give it up when they received transfers away from town or had to devote more time to business affairs. : If there are any men in town who have had some experi- ence in scouting, and feel they could spend thé mecessary time in training the boys, Mr. Mars would be more than pleased to meet them. ~ $3.00 Congratulations Our congratulations to Miss Alice Fraser on being selected to represent the Kamloops-Cariboo district at the forthcoming Coronaticn. From the information we have gleaned from her teachers, Miss Fraser’s selection as one of a party of 50 Canadian high school girls to make the trip is a happy one. A good scholar, active in sports and student activities, the 17-year-old girl will, we feel sure, be an able representative of Williams Lake High. We wish her a happy trip. é a asuae e Coro: the local branch of the Canadian Legion should take the lead in formulating plans for the proper observance of the historic occasion here in Williams Lake. Unlike Miss Fraser, we cannot all attend the actual Coronation itself, but the occasion can and should be observed with appropriate ceremony at home. To be certain that this is done, the Legion has named its charter president, E. G. ‘Tony’ Woodland, to contact other town organizations and co-ordinate plans for the public holiday. 1t will not be anything new for Mr. Woodland, who took a prom- inent part in the town observance of another coronation date, when the late George VI formally ascended the throne. But the program in Williams Lake should not be the sole responsibility of the Canadian Legion. Every citizen should take pride in the opportunity to help make this an outstanding day in the memory of our children. 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And while B.C. talks a great deal about bringing industry to this province, additional costs— over and above those imposed else- where on industry—aren’t likely to prove much of an inducement to manufacturers who may be eyeing our market. Their answer would be to produce in other areas and to ship here. A ereat deal is at stake here and it is unfortunate there is so much vagueness about the whole issue and its application for both are important to the province and to the people who live and work here. ANNUAL MEETING Williams Lake and District ROD & GUN CLUB VILLAGE HALL Tuesday, March “31 8 p.m. - THIS WEEK'S CROSSWORD ACROSS aw 16 Beast 1. Reason 1. Selection of burden 6. Sack 2. Swiss 19. Command 9. City (Pa.) river 20. Open-type 5 The provincial government appar- 10: eeasre 3. eevit Bs Butomobites Bee) ently intends to invade what for B.C. 12. Ripped an Balen sich Back Page is a new field of taxation—a tax on 13. S 5. Half anem cuckoopint aren SpiNas equipment. This Proposal deserves ie ceninal 6. Parapeta 27. Hevings ag) iS the careful consideration of every 15, Crasy Bea dlssgreeable consumer and businessman. ‘Un- 17. Twice TDivisioy © ds Oneetine fortunately, the manner in which it (prefix) of a plas Furies (Gr. is to be applied and the extent tc 18, ponte: 8 Diving birds Myth) 39. Born which it will effect business and in- Penei - Put away 29, Friars title 40 Male sheep dustry—and ultimately the consum- 23. Long-legged 11. Ametieail” stealing rea ee er—has not been clearly defined. The vacing Indians 31. Appendages 44. Exclamas tax, therefore, cannot be condemued Poe ae fom eg 36. Erbium tion of offhand or praised as a means of anemel - ym.) hesitation shifting the tax burden or increasing Am fla = Provincial revenues. 25. Period = OSS Poel ad a Se oTS An equipment tax is in effect ix 6 oe 5 7s < many parts of the continent so thal 27, Food = the fundamentals are fairly well es- for cattle ta. 5 tablished. It is fair enough in prin- 29. Most Ide iz Ae 5 gle but by itself it can-be danger- 32, Blundera ae 33, Formes 1S IBN = ST Equipment in itself, is not an in- European dication of ability to pay. Equipment empire 25 2 utiless kept busy on profitable work % ae note = Z can “edt its head off.” A business 37, Measure with little or no equipment can have (Chin,) aT a6. Ss a gross income of ten times and a 38. Inside Ra net income of twenty times a busi- ry oneeer sz 3 ness which depends on equipment for a as its meal ticket. An equipment tax 43. Gang ne bse se: /86 aT reaches only one segment of busi- ie owed ay Ss om a = ness. To reach another segment, an ieee Ee inventory tax would be required, for (abbr.) 43 inventory represents the supposed 46. Helmet with = earning capacity of much business. movable ne: Inventory, of course, is no more an front plates indication of ability to pay than is : ~|equipment but the two factors cur- From the Files of th . respond, roughly. If an equipment e Tribune . ONE YEAR Aco lem of who owns and is responsible March 20, 1952 for the maintenance of the Williams A delegation from the Board of|Lake livestock yards and met with Trade, headed by president Bert|Ralph Chetwynd, PGE representa- Roberts, travelled to Victoria. to| tive, to discuss the matter— bring to the attention of the govern- 'TEN YEARS AGO ment the beard's thoughts on the March: 18,1048 PGE extension, the Cariboo High- way and several other matters—| Cariboo as a whole has had the Several enumerators are covering|hardest winter on stock for many the South Cariboo District, regis-| Years, with twenty inches to threo tering voters for the forecast early | feet of crusted snow still in the cat- summer provincial election— ‘The|tle districts and temperatures to 36 Williams Lake Rod and Gun Cluy|below— Hubert Bonson Campbell, are again hosts this year to the Cari-| @8@ 46, former Gold Commissionen boo Zone Convention— Canada Sate-| and assistant Government Agent at way Ltd. purchased 70 per cent of| Williams Lake, passed away— 4 the cattle at the 4th Provincial Bul]} Mall fire on the roof of the home gt So) {| J. Phillipson wa Sino eT 087, Dan Rottacker’s rink won the title in the Mixed Bonspiel, final season curling competition— An organiza- tional meeting for the formation of a local branch of the Professional Women’s Clubs was held— FIVE YEARS AGO March 18, 1948 Thirty-six persons attended the meeting of the Williams Lake Board of Trade, including sawmill repre- sentatives and ranchers, to go into the problems of the South Cariboo district, including telephone service, and roads— The 110 registered bulls at the Kamloops Bull Sale sold for a total of $44,110. The highest price was $1000 paid by Austin Taylor for a Hereford exhibited by Alex Gard- ner— Highlights of the budget speech were a new 3% sales tax to be imposed, municipalities to receive additional $4 millions, rural areas to receive an extra $1,100,000 for education— Local membrs of the Elks Lodge are busy planning for the annual Provincial Convention B.P.O.E. Lodge which will be hela in Williams Lake this year— From several sources have come reports of coyotes killing deer in the near vi- cinity— The Cariboo Cattlemen’s As- sociation is confronted with the prob- Smiles... Teenage Carol announced breath- lessly, when she came home from her first day at high school. “Al my teachers except five are men.” “How many teachers do you have altogether?” her mother asked, “Seven,” Carol answered blithely. | A vigorous lady of about 60 asked the airline reservation agent about a vacation trip to Chicago. He @noted | tite Vorunteey a boo representative L. LeBourd@iss warned the government to look out for Premier Aberhart of Alberta or we would lose the projected Prince George-Alaska Highway— There are approximately 200 Japanese in the Fawn-Taylor Lake district, cutting pulp wood for shipment to the coast— TWENTY YEARS AGO March 16, 1933 Indications show there will be an influx of mining activity at Likely and Keithley Creek this summer. It is expected there will be a lively town built at Keithley Creek on the border of Cariboo Lake— Macken- zies and Smedley & Sharp advertise long lists of mining camp and pros- pectors supplies— Dog Creek hoc- key team played Grandview Ranch The players included Ray Pigeon, Harvey and Frank Armes, Charles, Geoffrey and Hilary Place, Harold Place, George Thompson, Eric Hill- man, and Leonard Krebs. of The Canadian Bank Commerce the tare and the time schedule. “Do you mean to say it takes less than three hours to get all the way| to Chicago?" she demanded. “Yes, two hours and 45 minutes.” The lady said, “Then I guess ra take the train.” “But look at the time you'd save by flying,” the agent protested, “Young man,” she retorted. “I’ve been saving time since I was as young as you are. Now I intend to use some of it."" The Reader's Digest. ee ner More than 95 per cent of Canada’s | wines come from the Niagara Pen- | insula, of Drapery car y windows. 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