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NEWS EXCHANGE OF THE CARIBOO

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Volume 21 --- Number 40.

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Thursday, October 15, 1958.

Single copy 10c. $2.50 per year.

Commissioners
Turn Down
Curfew Request!

Proposal that the Village Commis-
sion give consideration to the estab-
lishment of a curfew in Williams
Lake was turned down by.commis-
sioners at their meeting Tuesday
night,

The proposal came from District
27 School Board, and in support of
their request, the trustees pointed
out that the absence of such a cur-
few added to the difficulty of main-
taining a similar ‘off the str * rul-
ing for the students in the school
dormitory.

Actually the commissioners did
not refuse to enact a curfew by-law,
but refused to enforce the one now
in effect. Some years ago the village
passed such a w, which has never
been rescinded. The siren at that
time used to sound at 9 p.m. and all
children were supposed to head for
home. But the by-law was too diffi-
cult to enforce and eventually the
scheme was dropped.

Commissioners couldn’t see how
police officers could find the time to
round up curfew-breakers today if it
had proved impratical in the past.

PERMITS
Three residential building permits
and two commercial were approved

by the commission. Permits for
homes were issued to J. Rowat
($8500), Rudy Johnson ($7000),

and a permit for an addition to a
residence was issued to Mrs. C. Buch-
holtz. A permit was approved for
the PGE Railway Company for the
consiruction of an engine men’s
Dunkhouse that will measure 32x30
feet and will contain six bedrooms.
A permit was also issued for the
construction of a Home Oil Service
Station on the corner of 6th and
Oliver Streets.

AUEMISN

The annual banquet for active
members of the Williams Lake Fire
Brigade, which is being inaugurated
this year, will be held on Tuesday
December 1. Firemen will be guests

of the Village Commission. jiupnetier “Terry. Icnesy

Badminton Next Week

Directors of the local badminton
club have set opening date for the
season’s play at Monday, November
1st.

Same fees and same hours of play
will be in effect as last year. The
senior club plays from §:30 on every
Monday and Thursday and Sunday
afternoons, Junibrs piay on the same
weeknights from 7 to 8:30 and have
one court reserved on Sunday.

Here are Sen the top animals in the
16th annual Sale here last week. At the left
Bob Wood is displaying his Grand Champion

which was later bought
Len Wood, and wil

steer,
his father,

the Royal in Toronto this winter. At the right

+» TOP ANIMALS 1 IN THE SHOW

Wood holds. Elwood Royal Tricaldo,
Champion bull of the show. In the
background is Charles Yule, internationally
known judge, who handled both commercia)
classes and bulls this year.

Len
Grand

at the sale by
1 be shown at
Photo by Blackwell's

Terry Mart Met
Death When Rifle
Discharged

‘Terry Mart, 20-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Mart, met his death
the night of September 19 in White-
horse as he and two friends were
going over plans for a hunting trip
the next mortiine.

Terry had purchased a high pow-
ered German rifie from his cousin
several days before, and he was hand
ling the weapon when it discharged,
the bullet striking him in the head.
there was a
shell in the breech as he worked the
Tifle’s mechanism is not known.

A coroner's jury returned a verdict
of accidental’ death concerning the
tragedy.

The story of how Terry met his
death was brought back to Wiliiams
Jake by his father and Mrs. Mart’s
brother-in-law, Fred Willmore. The
two men made the trip to White-

horse when the family had exhausted

other means of obtaining informa-|

tion.

».. RESERVE CHAMPION OF SHOW

In number two spot at the show was this two-year-old
Hereford, Sunnymont Bob. Holding his Reserve Champion is
Armstrong breeder Sam Abramenko.

E. G. Woodland
Heads Local Elks

s 2lected
Cariboo

E.G. ‘Tony’ Woodland
Exalted Ruler of the local
Elks Lodge at the recent election of
cfficers for 1954

Other officers include:
Smallenberg, Immediate Past Exalted
Ruler; Ralph Woodland, Leading
Knight; Bill Adolph, Loyal Knight;
Jack Halfnights, Lecturing Knight;
Ed. Baker, secretary; Walt Thomas
Treasurer; Inner Guard, G. S. Allan,
‘Tyler, Marius Mortensen; Historian,
Alf Eagle. Trustees are Stan Goad
Herb Gardner and Tom Bishop,

Alfred

Photo by Blackwell’s

Hospital Tag Day
Receipts Up This Year

Approximately $167.00 was real-
ized by the Hospital Auxiliary at the
annual tag day conducted during
Cattle Sale, according to convener,
Mrs. K. Petersen. This represents an
imerease over last year’s proceeds.

Conyeners of the annual bridge-
crib tournament to be held during
November are Mrs. R. Cunliffe and
Mr K. Cameron. Prizes will be on
play at the Vogue (Lees former
ndow) shortly.

Delegate to the annual convention
at Vancouver at the end of October
| wil] be Mrs. Stewart Smith,

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Noted Livestock Judge
Praises Cariboo Cattle

Charles Yule, internationally
known livestock judge had some
sound praise for Cariboo cattle when] to “‘stick to the kind of cattle you've
le spoke briefly to 180 ranchers and got — you're on the right track.”
townspeople Jast ‘Thursday night et, ie note of humonr was interjected

ir.

won a class.
His advice to the cattlemen was

the annual Céttlemen’s Banquet. Yule’s remarks wnen in going
Mr. Yule said he was impresse/ (yey his reactions to his first visit

with the heavy bone in cattle here. ||1,ere he said that our sale has a lot

“They are big cattle,” he emphasiz-lio¢ character, “and it lasts 24 hours

ed, “and should bring tremendous|/4 gay.”

Returns in the feed lot = Mr. Yule was introduced to the!

He said he was amazed at the|}, iaience by Livestock Commissioner}
champion and reserve champion SE Ande Sheraait Me ae
oe which be claimed were “good //i,44 juaged more widely and at more
enough to go anywhere.” ‘Anywhere’|\nows than any other Canadian.
would include the Royal at Toronto, i. .votner distinguished guest was
Whsre he said he had seen lots of} W. A. Crawford-Frost, one of ‘Al-
times when those steers would have P oo). veinown Hereford breed.

‘Ss, now retired, who assured the

long time to find his way to the
he inteided to come back

Workmen Douse
: spaibee,
Flames At Mill \"pmphasis on ‘the contribution of

ucusey ranchers to British Colum-

a's cattle industry was stessed by
Bavie Fulton, M.P., who pointed io
the recent action of the Unive ft
British Columbia Board of Gov

Only slight damage is believed to
have resulted from a sudden fire this
morning at Lignum Ltd., that com-
pletely engulfed the company’s
planer before it was brought under

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ners

control. nors, of which Mr, Fulton is a mem-
A hot bearing fs believed to have| Per, in decidmg to confer an honorary
ignited shavings and oil beneath|esree of Doctor of Sciences on

Lawrence Peter Guichon. The people
to an intense heat. The presence of | f British Columbia owe much to
three fire extinguishers close to the ,™e™ like Mr. Guichon and our own
machine and promptnes with which | Carlie Moon, Mr. Fulton said.
workmen brought them into play is} Mr. Fulton singled out Miss Bar-
credited with keeping the fire con-| ara Spencer for a more spontane-
fined. ous and immediate honour when he
The fire occured at 10.30 a.m, and | revealed that it was her birthday and}
local firemen responded immediately | Called on the audience to join him in
to the alarm. They took over from] Singing ‘‘Happy Birthday.”
mill workmen in completely extii=| In opening the program of speak-
guishing the blaze.

the machine and blowers fanned it

(Continued on back page)

suests that although it had taken him;

Buyers Pay

On the overall results of 1;
expressed themselves as being
buyers. There were some

period.

Good steers, and particularly good
heavy steers held up well. Top price
of 19¢ in the sale in commercial lots
of steers was paid by Alberta Meat
for 18 head of Duke Martin’s with
an average weight of 1082. Burns
& Co. paid 18.75 for a lot of mixed
ownership and a similar price was
paid by Swift Canadian for 20 head
of show stock from Newton Estate. |!
Cows ranged from an isolated low!
for three head of 3.75 to a high of
11.35.

Top price for heifers was 20.25
paid by J. L. Savilee for five head
from the Chileotin ranch of Dan Lee.
Another lot of five from the same
owner and bought by the same buyer |
brought the second high price of

7.75. Lowest price paid for heifers
was 13, No premium was paid for the
ten lots of ealves contributed. The!
top price was 17.10 paid by Duke,

Race Meets Fai
To Draw Spectators

After the experience of the War
Memorial Arena Society in sponsor-
ing two race meets last week. it is
doubtful whether the venture will be
repeated in coming years.

As far as the number of spectators !
was concerned, Saturday's meet drew
| no better that the one on! Wednesday.

Results ‘ of the Saturday races
were: 1st race, % mile, Cariboo bred
— 1, Chief Alkali, Clarence Twan
owner, Clarence Twan up; 2, Mid-
night, R. & R. Rankin, Louis Bates;
| 3, Goldie, Rankin, Frank Benson.
Second race, 6 furlong, open — 1,
. April Day, W. Pulver, Spike Hannah;
tied for 2nd and 3rd, Flying Scarab,
Rankin, Benson and Lucky Rolly,
Mrs. W. Pulver, Gwen Pulver. Third
race, 4% mile open — 1, Roman De-
vil, Mrs. W. Pulver, Hannah; 2, Mid-
night, Rankin, Twan; 3, Goldie, Ran-
kin, Pierre Squinahan. Fourth race,
five furlong, open — 1, April Day, W.
Pulver, Gwen Pulver; 2, Flying,
Scarab, Rankin, Benson; 3, Nupper
Tandy, Mrs. L. C. Hannah & Mrs. Pul-
ver, Spike Hannah. Fifth race, %
mile open — 1, Roman Devil, W.
Pulver, Hannah; 2. Midnight, Ran-
kin, Twan; 3, Goldie, Rankin, Squin-
ahan.

instances where indi
dropped far below the average, but in general prices here
were several cents above the Calgary taarket for the same

Cattle Sale Prices Above Open Market

y $295,02 2

For 2470 Head of Stock

ast week’s sale, ranchers have
“satisfied” with prices paid by
idual lots

Martin for 29 head
Bambrick’s ranch.
The 2470 head in all commercial
and single classes brought a total of
$295,022 from buyers. The three
heaviest purchasers spent close to
the same amount of money at the
sale. Pacific Meat «spent $44,000;
Swifts $44,000 and Burns $38,900.
In the single and junior show
classes, top price of the show was
paid by Len Wood for his son Bob’s

from Walter

!grand champion steer. This animal

will be readied for showing at the
Toronto Royal this winter ard Len
was forced to pay 36.00 to ké2p the
top animal in family ownership.

Ron Lyster’s reserve champion
was purchased by the 150 Mile Hotel
for 28.00. Animals’ contributed by
district juniors brought next highest
prices, with Raymond Pigeon’s calf
being purchased for 26.50 by Burns
& Co., and the same buyer taking
Marie Pigeon’s animal for 21.50.
Gordon Seller's top calf in the club
classes was bought by Canada Pack-
ers for 25.00.

Other local buyers who bought
junior animals were M. J. Walsh,
18.50; Ben Abbott 24.00; W. H.
Sharpe 20.50; and Cariboo Cold
Storage 21.00

Th second big sale of the year will
be held here November 5, not. the
12th as was first announced.

Local Rink Does Well
In B.E.G. Bonspiel

Lined up against some of the
toughest curling competition in the
country, Tony Woodland’s Willia1
Lake rink gave a good accounting for
themselves in the big British Em-
pire Games bonspiel at Vancouver
last week.

Of the eight games played, they
lost four and won four. Two of their
losses were close margins of 8-7
and 9-8.

In their winning games, the rink
defeated two Vancouver rinks, one

from Mission City, and one from
Nanaimo.
Curling for Williams Lake were

Len Puchard, skip; Tony Woodland,
third; Harold Cleland, second; and
Bob Kelt, lead.

prices brought at last Friday’s
i appeared satisfied with results.

Auctioners Andy and George She-|
line worked harder Friday than they}
did in moving the commercial class- |
es the day before, with many of the!

It Happened This Way...

Game Department men at the Cache Creek checking
station are telling this one for the consolation of weary
hunters who travel miles without seeing any game, let
alone bagging it.

Several days ago a Vancouver man drove through the
station on his way north on his first moose hunting trip.
With him was his son, also equipped with rifle and licence.

The pair stopped their car about nine miles north of
Cache Creek and pulled into the side to look over the
countryside. The father headed out first and climbed one
of the nearby hills. Twenty minutes later he was back
and told his son to go up and start cutt up a moose }
had shot. The son took along his rifle and he
only a few minutes when he returned looking for assist-
ance. He had bagged a moose too.

Cramming their meat into every corner of their car,
the pair returned to Cache Creek and were j i
their kill when a neighbor of theirs in Vancouy
with an empty truck, headed for home. The men trans-
borted the moose to the truck and the small yoy started
for the coast, the older hunter informing the game
wardens as he left that he didn’t think this mcoze hunting
Was as difficult as he had been led to believe

dsires finally being knocked down
to the original bidder.
bulls sold for a total of
or an average price of
Last years average was

$510.84.
$582.50.

Grand Champion bull of the show
was sold to Greenacres Cattle Co.
Ltd., for $1350. The hid was made by

Col. Victor Spencer and was report-
ed to have been a birthday present
for his daughter, Miss Barbara Spen-
cer. Greenacres is a ranch being de-
veloped by Miss Spencer near Chase.
The bull, Plwood Royal Tricaldo,
was bred by Len Wood of Armstrong.

Strong bidder for quality herdsires
at every sale is Mel Moon, who this
time purchased four animals at a
cost of $3175. He paid the second
highest price of the show, $1000, for}
the reserve champion, bred by Sam!
Abramenko of Armstrong. |

Another buyer who aided the sai
considerably was Mickey Martin, |
who purchased four bulls for a total
0. His top price paid was $800 |
for one of Len Wood’s bulls.

Other comparatively high prices),

of $2.

Annual Bull Sale Reflects
General Beef Market Trend

The generally weaker beef market was reflected in the

bull sale, athough contributors

paid for bulls were: Newton Fstate,
$875; Chilancoh Ranch $850; Louis
Hodgens $800; C. J. Moon $775;
Mel Moon $800.

Those were all Hereford bulls.
The four Shorthorns contributed by
A. & W. Watt brought prices ranging
from $450 to $275.

Only one of the Aberdeen Angus
contributed by Asa Fishback of
Prince George was sold at the sale
and this animal brought $250 from
G. B. Patenaude,

If You Go To Bella
Coola... Take A Jeep

Although an informal ceremony
was held several weeks ago on the
Bella Coola Road when bulldozers
working from the coast end and the
Anahim end touched blades, the
official opening will be held off until
probably next July 1st, according to
Bella Coola Board of Trade presi-
dent Cliff Kopas.

For hardy souls who might think
of tackling the road in the shape it
is in now, Cliff warns that only Jeeps
can get through,