Page 2 THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Thursday, January 28, 1954. Williams Lake Tribune Established 1931 C.ive S.angoe, Editor Published every Thursday at Williams Lake, B.C. By The Tribune Publishing Vo. Temptation— We Love You There comes a time when an editor is tempted to take a couple of days off to go fishing, take to the woods or-go to a bonspiel. Just so happens there is a bonspiel going on uearby and this time instead of putting temptation behind us we are falling right in step. So while your editor is braving the frigid climes of Prince George, let’s have a look at other opinions. Hospital Construction Our friends on the Gulf Islands who are giving study to the formation of a hospital district and the construction of a uew and more modern version of the aged Lady Minto Gul) Islands Hospital at Ganges, are well advised to take note of two smaller projects now under way at Creston and Nelson in this province. On December 16 Health Minister Eric Martin officiated at the opening of the new hospital at Creston. It was the first to be built in B.C. on a district-wide taxation basis. The 3(-bed $300,000 institution was financed under the hospital improve- ment district plan in which the whole area participates, similar “to a water or diking district. Press reports stated at the time that opening of the ultra-modern unit was the culmination of a campaign that started in 1945 when the old Creston Valley hospital was described as a ‘glorified nursing home.” At Nelson it is reported that only a few signatures are now needed to complete a petition which will permit the formation of a hospital district there and the construction of a new hospital More than 60 per cent of 3,000 property owners within the proposed district have now signed the petition to establish the Kootenay Valley Hospital Improvement District. In other words the scheme is working in other centres in B.C. It can be made to operate in the Gulf Islands community as well.---Saanich Peninsula & Gulf Islands Review. Take A Third Look, Even That controversial 10 per cent tax that was slapped on drinks by the glass during the last session of the provincial legislature is to be given a “‘second look.’ It has not been accepted as the government hoped it would be, and in view of its general unpopularity it may be revised. Better still would be to give a “third look” and do away with the idea entirely. The tax was a spiteful act that went completely against the mandate issued by the people of British Columbia when they voted solidly in favour of a change in B.C.’s antiquated liquor laws. e And while the government is in a “second look” mood it might be just as well to give consideration to the new taxes that have_been placed on industry. On the one hand very considerable effort is being \nade to woo néw enterprise to the province. On the other hand the government seems determined to pick the pocket of certain types of industry, basing its action on the argument that the public’s share in our natural resources must be greater In the forest industry, one of those hit by the new tax, stumpage and the royalty rates have been pushed up until the point has been reached that many operators are finding it difficult to meet the stiff charges in the face of tighter compe- tition. The practice of imposing heavier and heavier taxes on business and industry is much akin to the old story of “killing the goose that lays the golden egg.” It is a practice that, for some reason, is usually very popular with the general public, which fails to realize that its own welfare depends upon a healthy and expanding industry. Now that the ‘“‘second look” idea has taken root let us hope that it continues, maybe as far as a third and fourth look, if necessary.---Cariboo Observer. Immediate Release Several years ago, the Canadian Manufacturers’ Associa- tion published a booklet called ‘‘For Immediate Release.” Its object was to give assistance in the matter of press rela- tion. Advice was sought from newspaper editors across Canada and many of the replies received were included in the booklet. Again and again the editors pleaded, ‘‘Tell us about your- selves. We cannot possibly know what is going on in your plants if you don’t.”-Of course, no one can miss the implied criticism, but the attitude was not hostile. The editors wanted the news of companies and were deeply concerned at being unable to obtain it. One editor put it this way: ‘One can imagine an indus- trialist in some town saying to himself, ‘I have pioneered in constructive labour relations. I have introduced health schemes, pensions and profit sharing. But the only time I ever heard from the press was when my plant caught fire!’ ” That was a generous statement. The fire might easily have been the only thing the paper was ever told about the plant. The tragedy is that the imaginary industrialist referred to probably didn’t realize just how much the local editor would have liked to hear about all the other things he’d done. He probaby didn’t feel they were “newsworthy” at the time when they happened. ‘When all’s said and done, there’s an immense amount of space to be filled. It is easy to believe the editors when they say they cannot get enough material and it isn’t really necessary to burn down the plant in order to get a notice in the pre Industry. FOR THE BUILDER— Lumber Millwork Cement, Tile, Brick Roofing, Tar Paper Builders’ Hardware Paint Products H. J. Gardner & Sons Ltd. Your Building Supply Dealer The Cracker Barrel- Forum By A. J. Drinkes Letters To The Editor Th rve the inter of the consumers, ue further that the methad of determining the stand- is week the boys had uid not st barely time to make sure the cuspidors hey were properly ard upon which a deficiency yment would be calculated is not 1, as the auction system cannot ure the same financial return to the producer even for animals of like belt. Our attention was gleefully di- | type and quality. They claim to have rected to a highly insiructive artieie | bitter cause to remember that The pr tree market, cr aue- |! tion ring, was not only competitive so far the farmers were concern- ed, but was also speculative depending on weather, the attend- buyers. how well they were niibe one of Country] BES Guide for we produced a copy January; which indicated were to devote another session debating the gyrations of the farm war on page 6 in Britain.’ “It would appear the British Goy- ernment decided to abolish its controls on the meat industry and in line with this decision it proposes to ance of The Editor, located beiore sonie- | re Williams. Lake, B.C. membership in the Board of ‘Trade, community spirit. view — the large number of recently constructed business stores, ete., are haye also meant “‘one-voice” for the Village requests and not two (some- times opposed to each other). You finally claim that to be in- terested in the growth of the Village Williams Lake, B.C., Jan. 22nd, 1954. he ‘Tribune, Dear Sir: business men must start a! ending Re: Your editorial the Board meeting regularly. ‘To «ne, “The Board is in Trouble’ | from past experience, this claim is utter nonsense, and finally, I'm sure the Board will never take tue place As an ex-niember of several years’ challenge your opinion that the|it should until it can intrest the non-member businessmen of the| best businessmen of the iown to Village are lacking a progressive | direct its policy. Yours truly, “From a purely business point ot Cecil 11. Poston. Fawn, RR1, B.C., return the marketing of livestock organized, the number of entries, | °° ais ol Wate SE at a lthe personality of the auetioneer, | evidence enough of that, and I know Sheba sys selling & e e personality d ry : = itor i 3 : ing at publi 2 : they are equally taking part in| Editor The Tribun auction. During, and since war two| the coincidence of other attractions Dear Sir: Have just read Tribune such as shows, and many other fae- tors wholly outside the control of the farmer offering his beasts for sale. Too often their quality was a comparatively minor consideration in determining the price they made. NO INCENTIVE The farmers further the government has handled available supply which ha for after slaughtering and gvadinz by qualified graders. The ment proposes to continue making deficiency payments should prices fall below those periodically agreed rties concerned. Such all contend that worth-while common-sense commun- ity projects of all kinds as well. they have no time for nonsense. something is, and has been for sev- eral years now, it's condition has been quite obvious to observers for some time. It start- ed News of Dec. 31 about a Canadian Flag by the Similkameen Spotlight. I heartily agree with this article. Would you not take a secret poll through your newspaper, and pre- sent same to Mr, E. D. Fulton, M.P., at Ottawa. Bul As regards the Board of Trade — radically wrong, and when the Board decided there Yours truly, y payments would be de-|a deficiency payment scheme along] ro. two almost identical Mr. Reichmuth, termined by the average of prices| with a “competitive” free market] ose organizations in our small realized all across would provide no incentive. They) yinoee the Board and The Junior the country (a prefer the grading of carcasses on|'Gi oi her of Commerce. If come of form of price | the hook where quality can better be] t,6 originators of the J.C.C. had lis- CLOSED support). ‘This assured than before slaughter and|s 0.4 to wiser council and instead government pol- the man who produces the best qual soi.eq tne local Board of Trade it icy has the full ‘ity would always obtain the best | vonia have been much better for all support of the price; whereas in the sales Ving 1W0,| i nousiily. prevetited” che elipsk for i 1 beasts of exactly ‘the same quality | tice present membership of the J.C. butehers, also in nd weight could be sold, one ail G+. ana the Board of Trade. It would large measure of | noon and the other in the afternoon, | 2 the Press and | fetching completely different prices.| sq many hazards as to entirely kill Staff general public All price support systems apart, this | any incentive to produce better qual- The powerful Farmers’ Union, | forum has consistently advanced | 40 meats, D however, is strongly opposed to the| most of the foregoing argumenrs “As we see it the only man who Holidays proposal. It does not question te | azainse the present marketing ‘sy8-|'nceas to worry about. payment on’ removal of controls, only the method | tem in B.C., and maintained that in| the pail is the chap with poor quality of going about it. The farmers do| Cariboo particularly, where we are| proqucts, but he fares no better un- from not wish to revert to the system of | S0 far from the slaughterhouses, it| Ger any system, It is the only method selling at public auction. This fact |18 decidedly costly to ‘the producer, | yy which the producer of top quality January 16 is highly significant when we ¢on- | and generally wastetuly . beef may be assured of top prices sider the auction ring has prevailed] We have with equal consistency | 14 js the only system whereby any to as the padium Be avs tock marke acuesatsdieradine and sell on a group of producers can band togeth- February 1 ing, almost exclusively, for many | hook as the only possible way the = pee erat centuries in Great Br | producer can exercise some control| tn the’ cree ot Gre te neton to that system, say the. farmers, | over the selling of his own product. | Qxanagan Fruit Growers, the Fraser WILLI L would be a retrogressive step which! Under existing conditions there are|yailey Milk Producers, and many AMS LAKE others have successfully clothed : their products with individuality and D C From the Files of the Tribune |resre"wsr'ser canisoo|| RY CLEANERS BEEF”? ‘ e RS AGO + — = = - | 1949 > Ss Of the 48 With the g of their hail still teachers in WR Lake School District, 40 will receive warm, members of Elks Lodge No. $100 more in 1953, according to the | 239 decided unanimously to rebuild new salary schedule award banded) better than ever. It is hoped to down by the arbitration board that ! launch money-raising campaign considered the question— Commis-| within two weeks with work to com- a sioners will ask representatives of |mence on the building as soon as Lignum Ltd., to attend their next ather conditions permit— The meeting to discuss the question of | Williams Lake senior basketball installing a burner at the planer mii) | squad lost their game at Wells 5 to eliminate a fire hazard— vhile the girls were whitewashed ‘ie 10— Three wolves were taken by out the Board of Trade’s annual banquet} game warden Leo Jobin at the 150 five people turned to and witness the installation of offi- | Mile— The teacherage at Rose Lake cers for the 1953 !was damaged by fire— Cattle ship- sioners approved a definite budget|ments during 1948 from Cariboo Of $19,500 at their meeting and totalled 26,814, nearly 5000 more have committed themselves to an ‘than the previous year. Of these, additional 500 for layin and 14,155 were shipped from Williams backfilling the mains in the new PGE | Lake— Dr. Neills of Ashcroft at- sub-division— Stampeders travelled | tends the Lone Butte Outpost Hos- to Vanderhoof and the Bears took| pital every third Wednesday— / two -straight wins, 7-4 and 9-4—-!son was born to Mr. and M Ww. Funeral services were conducted for McPhail of 150 Mile House— A Ray Hamilton, pioneer resident of group of ducks and swans are win- Lac La Hache district— Although it, tering on Williams Lake— bore little resemblance to the real thing, an alleged hockey game was played between the town busi men and the Firemen— -M Borkowski was elected president of ords for the number of cattle “ship- Club— (Continued on Page 4) all ree- the Ladies Curling argain Otler— Large selection of BEDSPREADS including ‘Bates’ and Chenille Spreads that were slightly damaged by water. 20% Of Cariboo Home Furnishings” it the Store with the Friendly Door” M oy, Agents for Gas and E Gilson and Climax , Norge, strie Wash. ing Machines Connor, How! for the first time in Canada...New Improved CHEVRON SUPREME rust-proofs your engine while you drive. To an already fine gasoline, _ Standard of B.C. scientists have " added a safeguard against rust and corrosion, the scourge of the modern automobile engine. 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