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NEWS EXCHANGE OF THE CARIBOO

Volume 22 --- Number 7

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Thursday,

February 18, 1954.

Single copy 10c. $2.50 per year.

HOTEL ROCM FOR A CHAMPION | -

Larry Stanway 94th, 800-pound,

—Centra) Press Canadian
<1-month-old champion bull

calf, registers at a hotel in Tucson, Aviz., for the 50th anniversary

meeting of the Arizona Cattle Growers’
three other calves from the Thurber ranch, Sonoita, Ariz..

association. Larrv and
were

~ placed in a specially constructed pen in the kote’ lobby. Bellhop

Charles Wilkenson lvoks.xpretty dubicus.

(ight) talks to desk clerk George

Owner H. B. Thurber
Thunder.

Stamp Win Secures Secon

Spot In League Standing

The Stamps clinched second spot in the Central: TIntericr

leop over the weekend wien they Sekursd ohe wif in &

iv last

Series of regular league play at Vanderhoof. The locals took
Saturday’s game 3-2 and dropped the Sunday tilt 10-5.

The weekend opener was a close-
fought game all the way, with the
Stamps managing their final goal 4t
the 17-minute mark of the last frame
after Vanderhoof had deadlocked the
score fiye minutes, before.

Two quickegoals around the: 17-
minute mark of the opening period
put the locals into an early lead. Gib-
pon sank the first counter after three
shots on goalie Wall during a goal-
mouth scramble and less than a min-
ute later Don Quesnel added the
second. Steel got the first counter for
the Bears with a minute and a half
of play remaining.

Neither team gave up a goal in the
second frame and the tight play con-
tinued well into the final frame. It
was Jim Silver who knotted up the
score in a break-away at 12:38 and
as play wore on it looked to the small
crowd of spectators that the game
would go into overtime. is

Reg Norberg wrapped up the game
for the Stamps with three minutes to
go when he levelled a hard blue-line
shot at Wall that the Bear goalie
couldn’t get hold of.

Sunday’s game belonged to the
Bears right from the opening whistle,
with the club rolling up a four goal
ead in the first period before the

LOCAL STUDIO PIC
CHOSEN TO HANG
IN GALLERY DISPLAY

A portrait submitted by Mrs. Edna
Blackwell of the local studio of Blac
well’s Portraits has been selected as
one of the 100 prints to be hung in
the Vancouver Art Gallery during the
B.C, photographic exhibition.

Work of amateurs and profession-
als was submitted from throughout
British Columbia and a jury consist-
img of Dr. J. S. Bricker, Claud P.
Dettlof and Eric Skipsey selected the
100 prints from a total submission of
250. :

Mrs., Blackwell ‘submitted three
child portraits. The one selected by
the judges is a portrait of two-year-
old Blaine Stangoe, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. C. Stangoe.

Selection of a print for a display of
this nature is considered a noteworthy
achievement among photographers.
Many of the prints will be selected
py visiting officials for inclusion of
other photographic displays through-
out the continent.

The Vancouver display will
until March 7,

last

Stamps retaliated with a counter col-
lected by Keith Norquay. The Bears
continued on their merry way in the
second frame, adding three more to
their total as the Stamps remained
scoreless,

The ‘lake squad finally managed to
come out of their slump in the final
stanza with Doug Norberg and Carl
Buchholtz getting singles and Quesnel
sagging the twine twice. The Bears
scored three times in the period.

Vanderhoof had the services of
goalie Wall for the last time Satur-
day night. He is joining the Airforce.
Local players report the Bears had
poor bleacher support for this impor-
tant series. Only about 50 fans were
on hand for the Saturday night game.

1954 Grazing. Fee
Scale Announced

The following is the schedule -oi
grazing fees applicable to the use of
Crown ranges during the coming
years.

Cattle — 14¢ per head per month;
sheep, 3c; horses, 17 ¥%4e. Fee for hay
cutting permits for 1954 is $1 per
ton.

In line with the practice started in
1950 the fees charged for livestock

'using the Crown ranges is calculated

on a “sliding scale” governed by the
previous year's market price. The
1939 weighted average price of all
cattle sold through the Vancouver
stock yards was $5.12 per hundred-
weight. Cattle fees at that time were
5e per head per month and the new
fees are determined by comparing
this five cent rate to the $5.12 selling
price along with the new rate to the
average price of all cattle sold
through the Vancouver stock yards
in the past year.

The Dominion Department of Ag-
riculture Market Information Service
report that thé weighted average
price of Vancouver stock yards dur-
ing 1952 for cattle was $14.69 and
this year's grazing fees have accord-
ingly been set at 14¢ a head per
month for cattle. Last year’s price
for sheep and lambs was given at
$17.15 and by the same comparison
to 1939 sheep prices and sheep graz-
ing fees at that time the current fee
has been determined.

The fees are effective March 1 to
February 28, 1955.

Mr, and Mrs. Sam Sloan left Friday
on a three-weeks’ trip to California,

Hotel Manager
Heads Trade
Group For ’54

James Shaw, manager of the Lake-
view Hotel and a newcomer to Wil-
liams Lake, was named president of
Williams Lake & District Board of
Trade at the group’s annual meeting
last Thursday.

Names of other -proposed candi-
dates for the office were withdrawn
at the request of the nominees and
Mr. Shaw was elected by. ‘ion.

Scott Rink Wins
Home Furnishings Cup

Perry Scott’s rink won the Cariboo
Home Furnishings Trophy Sunday,
defeating Tom Hawker in the final for
the event. The winners went through
the entire competition with only two
losses. Rink members are Pat Hosey
third; George McKenzie, second and
Jack Routledge, lead.

It was incorrectly reported previ-
ously that the Scott rink had been
defeated in a challenge game with
Fred Graham for the Mackenzie tro-
phy. This game has not been played
as yet, will ‘probably be held this
weekend.

The new president came to Canada

three years ago and was night man-
ager at the Ford Hotel in Toronto
until he accepted his position here
early last December. A veteran of six
years service with the RAF in the
last war, Mr. Shaw rose to the rank
of Squadron Leader.

Mr. Shaw says he believes that Wil-
liams Lake, in company with other
communities in the Central Interior,
can look forward to a period of pros-
perous growth.

Another newcomer to ‘Williams
Lake, Tom Larson, was named the
‘incoming vice-president. Mr. Larson.
who is manager of the Bank of Mont-
real, has had considerable experience
in Board of Trade work in other
centres. Re-elected secretary is Doug
Adair, and the new treasurer is Bank
of Commerce manager Felix Nichol-
son.

Directors are H. G. Woodland, Ted
Ewing, Bruce Magoffin, Jack Dye,
R. A. Moon, Ray Hargreaves and
Clive Stangoe.

The board approved support’ of a
resolution sponsored by the Village
(Commission, backing the decision of
Premier W. A. C. Bennett to con-
struct the PGE rail link from Squa-
mish to North Vancouver.

Pontiacs Drop Twe=
MorelnWeekend Play

Still looking for their first win ia
league play, the juvenile Pontiacs
made their closest bid last weekend
when they held Quesnel to a 7-7
draw in their Sunday tilt after drop-
ping Saturday night’s game 8-4.

Quesnel took the lead in the first
period of Sunday’s game, scoring
two goals and holding the locals to a
single counter collected by Kozuki.
The ‘lake squad opened up in the
second frame and looked well on
their way to registering a win as
they beat Trites four times. Frank
Purjue got three of the four counters
and Scott the other. Quesnel added a
single to their string.

The visitors started cutting down
on the ‘lake margin in the final
period and although Scott and A.
McDougal each collected singles, the
Quesnel players nullified the effort
by beating Purjue four times to dead-
lock the game.

In Saturday’s opener play remain-
ed even for the first 20 minutes with
the Pontiacs managing a one-goal
margin as McDougall, Scott and Buch-
holtz blinked the light. But from
there on out the score sheet remain-
ed almost unblemished for the local
Scott collected his second goal in the
second period on an unassisted play
and that was the final ’lake counter,
Quesnel rapped home four in the
second and put themselves well out
of reach in the third with two more.

Licence Office Open
All Day February 27

With just over 15 percent of the
1953 total of passenger car and com-

mercial -license plates issued so far
in the Government

clerk

this year,

Agent's office are anticipating a las*-+

minute rush before the Februa
deadline.

To accommodate those who insist
on waiting until the last day, the

local office will remain open Satur-
Office

day afternoon, February 27.
hours will be from §:30 a.m. to

The office has i
ger car validation tabs and 128 com-
mercial plates. Total issued last year
was 660 passenger tabs and 854 com-
mercial plates.

Mrs. Boyd Halfnights returned last

[week from Vancouver where she has
been a patient in the Vancouver Gen:

eral for the past three weeks,

FAIR ASSOCIATION
RETURNS OFFICERS

Satisfaction with the manner in
which the Cariboo Fall Fair is being
operated was reflected at the annual
jmeeting of the association last Fri-
day when almost the entire slate of
officers was returned.

Heading the fair group for a sec-
ond year is Roy Clements. Dan Buc!
Jey is first vice-president and Mrs.
Lillian Deschene is second vice. Mrs.
Gordon Gibbons declined to serve
again as secretary-treasurer and she
has been replaced by Mrs. Joyce
Holder,

Directors are Harold Richardson,
‘Claude Pigeon, Don MacKay, Joe
Walsh, Mrs. F. Matheson, Mrs. W.
Dingwall, A. J. Drinkell, Mrs. C. Hus-
ton, Mrs. C. Melntosh, Reg. Millar,
Mrs. L. D. Scott, Les Pigeon, Mrs. J.
Edwards, Mrs. G. E. Gibbons, R.
Brandon, Bob Lees, Mrs. Sid Pigeon.

Selectiow of Williams Lake as lo-
cation of the provincial gladiolus
association's annual show this year
will provide an excellent opportunity
to publicize the fair as a whole, Mr.
Clements told the meeting. Growers
throughout the province will be dis-
playing blooms and many outside

Be
PB tee ‘of this year’s Pall Fai
been set for August 26th and 2
One-room schools in the district
will be competing this year for a
shield donated by A. J. Drinkell of
Dog Creek.

HOCKEY TONIGHT

Clinton seniors will be in town to-
night to play the Stampeders in an
exhibition tilt. Game time: 8:30.

Latest information on weekend play
is that Kamloops cannot send a team
up.

North-west states.

Route of the Westcoast Transmis-
sion’s proposed pipeline was outlined
by Mr. Smith, and he brought his
audience up to date on the company’s
import application hearing still going
on in Washington, D.C.

Although these hearings have been
going on for 18 months, the speaker
said it was generally felt that a de-
cision would be forthcoming in the
very near future, possibly by April 1.
It now appears, he stated, that West-
coast’s chief opposition would be
ruled out since their source of gas,
the San Juan basin in New Mexico
does not have the proven reserves.

- Should the application of West-

Waitress Drops Dead
In Local Cafe

Miss Judy O’Brien, 40, waitress on
the staff of the Famous Cafe collapsed
and died at work Tuesday night.

Miss O’Brien, who came here from
Vancouver and Victoria seven months
ago, was standing near the coffee
urns about 10:30 p.m. when she had
her fatal attack. Dr. J. B. Ringwood
was called to the scene but the victim
died several minutes after his arrival.
It is understood death was due to
heart failure. An inquiry will be held.

Miss O’Brien is survived by one
sister, Miss Ethel O’Brien at Port
Wallice, Nova Scotia.

= And Back To Sprin

The weather story this weeir-

cords a complete cycle from spring
to winter and back to spring.

After basking in the fifties early
last week, the mercury started to
drop sharply Friday and the follow-}
ing day a heavy snowstorm blanketed
the area,

This Monday the warm air that
sWept over the southern part of the
province worked up the valley and

we've again been enjoying a preview
of spring. Stro: warm winds Tues-
day again bared the hills of snow.

PGE Forecast In

Pacific Great Eastern Ra

according to the Speech from

Other excerpts from the speech
that marked the opening of the
second session of the 24th parli
ment of the province were:

In orde¥ to improve the existing

‘Railway, orders have heen placed in
[te United Kingdom for fifty miles
of new steel, and plans are bei
ee to place further orders for that
amount in the coming year.
This policy of purchasing rails was
created to assist the United Kingdom

encourage and enable the United
Kingdom to make purchases of ba
British Columbia commoditie:
as lumber, fish and fruit.

My Government is continuing its
enlarged program of highway
struction of both arterial and second-
ary highways.

Amendments to the “Social S
jee Tax Act” will be introduced to in-
clude exemption on articles such as
children’s clothes, children's
and shoes.

The ten percent liquor tax, ix
tuted during the last session of the
Legislature, will be eliminated

It is proposed to grant a substan-
tial reduction of registration fees o»
automobiles and trucks.

In as much as our amusements tax
is the highest in Can:
Ment proposes a reduction in the rate
charged under the “Amusements Tax
Act.”

Proposals will be laid before you to
inerease the amount of provincial
bonus paid old- pensioners and
blind pensioners, also to increase the
allowances to persons rec:

con-

boots

a, my Govern-

iving so-

road-hed-of the Pacific Great Eastern |

| provincial-fede:

in its dollar shortage with a view to

Throne Speech

A bill to provide for commencement of the extension of the
ilway from Squamish to North Van-
couver and from Prince George into the Peace River district
will be placed before the Legislative Assembly this session,

the Throne delivered Tuesday

by the Honourable Clarence Wallace, Lieutenant-Governor.

| cial assistance.
| You will he asked to approve legis-
jlation enabling my government to
take advantage of the disability-pen-
jon legislation now beng considered
by the Government of Canada for im-
| plementation by the provinces on a
basis.

It is pleased to note that British
Columbia Hospital Insurance Servic?
is ina good financial condition. How-
ever certain changes in this act will
be plac before you.

During the past twelve months my
government has given considerable
to the problems of labor, par-
ticularly in relation to the Industrial
Concilliation and Ar tion Act.

It is proposed at this sitting of the
slature to make certain changes
intended to improve management-
labour relations.

My government is also proposing
changes to the Workmen's Compen-
setion Act” and in so doing, has not
| (Continued on back page)

EARLY PANSIES OUT

The mild weather has started pro-

| ducing reports of spring ‘first
| Tow Hawker picked the first pansy
lout of his garden Tuesday. He was

ek by Jan Mikler, al-
some difference in
Mr. Mikler
bed with boards
r and found the plants
he removed them.
cold weather prob-

heaten 1.

for the wint

Last
ably

finished his

North And South Extensions Of

Gas Company Official States
Outlook For Pipe Line Still Good

A record Board of Trade turnout of 40 members were on
hand at the much-postponed annual meeting last Thursday
and heard Cecil Smith of Inland Natural Gas Company discuss
plans his company has to swing into action when and if the
pipeline is constructed from the Peace River country to the

coast’s be approved within the next
sixty days, Mr. Smith said it was his
opinion that we would have gas in
Williams Lake by the end of 1954.

When Westcoast starts construct-
tion of its main pipeline, Inland wiil
start placing the networks of mains
in centres that they have secured a
franchise to serve.

Questions from the audience main-
ly dealt with the safety factor of gas
as a fuel, and its cost.

Answering the first, Mr. Smith
pointed out that gas is considered a
‘safe’ fuel. It is non-poisonous and
ranks 24th on the list of the National
Board of Fire Underwriters as a cause
of fire in homes and commercial es-
tablishments. —

Gas still must be handled properly
though, Mr. Smith stated, and his
company has prepared a draft of reg-
ulations that will be suitable for in-
clusion in a village by-law. The com-
pany will also have a training pro-
gram available for service men em-
ployed by appliance sales outlets.

Although the company could not
state at this time what the cost of gas
will be to the consumer, since they
did no know what they, in turn, would
be charged by Westcoast, Mr. Smith
said it would reflect a considerable
saving over present fuels. Asked what
would be the approximate compar:
on to the cost of manufactured gas,
he stated: “less than half.””

At the conclusion of Mr. Smith's
talk, he showed a colour film entitled
“Gas Unlimited,” showing the gas
wells in the Peace River country; the
laying of a gas pipeline, and the many
commercial uses for the fuel.

Fined For Making
False U.1.C. Claims

Making claims for Unemployment
‘Insurance benefits while he was actu-
ally employed resulted in district
'yesident Jack Shaw being fined $15
and costs and ordered to pay back
the sum of $293.55 received from
U.LC., when he appeared in poli
court Tuesday.

The accused pleaded guilty to a
charge of making false claims under
the Unemployment Insurance Act.
The claims were made for 18 weeks
last spring.

NO LEAGUE TILTS SET

WEEKEND HOCKEY
PROGRAM CLOUDY

What the hockey program is for
Williams Lake was still anyone’s
guess at press time today.

There will be no senior league fix-
tures. With two games of regular play
still on the books for Prince George
Lumbermen at the first of the week,
the league president ruled that one
of these games would be played Wed-
nesday (last night) and the other
game with Vanderhoot next week.
That postpones the play-offs until
next weekend and if there are any
senior games this Weekend in the fonr
centres they will be exhibition ones.

“Actually the two games Prince
owed made no difference to the league
standing, which wound up on the
weekend with Quesnel well in fron
Williams Lake second and Vander-
hoof and Prince following in that
order.

According to the loop set-up, the
semi-finals will see Quesnel play Van-
derhoof and Williams Lake play
Prince. The semis are two out of three
series, a change from last year’s two
game total point system.

If the mild weather continues it
will be doubtful if any of the four
centres will have ice for the semi-
finals let alone the final games.

Stampeder manager Claude Huston
has been trying to line up a senior
exhibition game here this weekend.
Vernon pucksters have indicated they
can’t make the trip and word is still

had | awaited from Kamloops.

i

If there is no senior hockey lined
|wp juvenile league officials woull
|like to make use of the arena for the
Clinton Quesnel play-offs. Clinton

optimistic plants. ' has no ice to stage a home game on,