fey PAM ewe, winrar BASE, ag, Ghureday, Aueuad 1B; illiams Lake Tribyne Established 193] Published every Thursday at Williams Lake, B.C. By The Tribune Publishing Co. - $2.50 --2- $3.00 Wi Subscription: per year .. Outside Canada . Payable in Advance Member: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Clive Stangoe, Editor The Cracker Barrel Forum By A. J. Drinkell Building Troubles? eB PE POUDIESs See Len or Clarence Salmon is very much in the news these days. What with the wage dispute between workers and oper- ators, the tremendous run now tak- ing place in the Adams River area, British Columbia Division, C.W.N.A. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION Authorized as Second Class Mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa |‘ hydro-electric and the time-worn argument pbe- veen the fishing power industry and development. bodies. Poor Customer- Relations to In a discussion at our last hold- rth our cabinet became diverted frcm these main features when one If those responsible for the Management of the local] or British Columbia Power Commission had deliberately set out to demonstrate a ‘customer be damned’ attitude, they couldn’t have succeeded more admirably than they did last Friday | to morning with the partially surprise blackout. c It was bad enough in this day of dependence on electricity that the whole town was without power for ten hours instead | pr of the scheduled six-hour shut down, although we are willing | fis! to concede that a time estimate can go wrong in a major |pe alteration job. But what did show the entire incident up as a glaring | it the boys suggested the “Fisheries Act’ is in need of considerble revi- sion particularly insofar as it relates the use of dipnets as a means of tching salmon en route to the awning grounds. The act in its esent form has the approval of the hing industry which fears, and Thaps exaggerates any operation likely to deplete yield of these fish has always been a most difficult example of poor customer-relations for a public utility, was} most residents the casual way in which the town was warned of the coming] along our rivers Power blackout. Without the intervention of The Tribune, the| and streams as only notification of the impending shutdown would have heen| being as inequi- the odd printed notices that were tacked to poles in town. A Tribune staff member noticed one of these cardboard messages, | s along with a couple of dance posters, decorating a pole in front of the Post Office, and checked with the Commission to get | h the details. bition act which ed due to its ill ‘ical as the prohi- ad to be repeal- Company customers, with possibly the odd exception, | effects upon the were not notified of the shut-down other than by the placard-| moral fibre of the system. Asked the same afternoon what provision would be made | citizenry. for War Memorial Hospital during the power break, a com- It was recalled that mauy years mission official said he ‘thought’ the hospital had an auxiliary unit (it hasn’t). The manager of Cariboo Cold Storage Ltd., | in: descended upon a group of ago a newly appointed fish warden than tact Indian spired by more zeal with its thousands of dollars worth of meat, did not know anything of the power break until he came to open the store in the morning. We can see no excuse for this type of customer-treatment, In the case of a power break of the length of last Friday Morning’s, at least several days clear notice should be given the general public, and it should be given through a medium that will reach the people better than the use of telephone (or power) poles. Come jlo The Fair About this time of year, all over the land, home town Papers are exhorting their readers to ‘come to the Fair,’ and we would be derelict in our duties if we didn’t join in, since THE CARIBOO FALL FAIR is only a few days away. We haven’t heard too much about the activities of the association this year, or how the cabbages are doing, but it is bound to be a bigger Fair than ever — it always is. ‘ground cherries’ that sounded interesting too. The Story Of Pork Two years ago the Canadian Government bought up 9,000,000 pounds of pork at 55 cents a pound. The government lad the pork canned (which must have cost something), kept it on its hands for two years, then sold it to a private firm for 16.05 cents a pound. Now, according to information given profit. in things not strategic. But what a lovely ending to a government venture into business — cheap pork for the Russian consumer in effect subsidized by the Canadian taxpayer. THE FALL FAIR IS NEXT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY Since you are all good supporters of a community show like j, this, we will, of course see you all there. (To the officials of the Fair Association, there is no charge for this free advertising.) : Incidentally, although we don’t know anything about the size of cabbages, we did hear that Fred Buchholtz might show his peanuts, if his experimental plants have produced any nuts when he digs them up. Fred mentioned he also had some in the House of Commons recently, the private firm has sold this pork to Russia through a Soviet foreign trade association for a smal! The net result is that the Russian consumer gets Canadian pork at a fraction of the price it cost the Canadian taxpayer. Now there was no reason whatever against the Canadian firm selling pork to Russia, seeing that pork is not a strategic material and there is nothing wrong in trading with Russia If HAS BEEN PROVEN THROUGH THE YEARS OUR COMBINED 34 YEARS OF SHOE REPAIRING IS YOUR ASSURANCE OF A GUARANTEED JOB Tonys Leather Shop Tony & Bob Phone 15-R-3 Whether it’s new soles or heels or just minor repairs your shoes will last longer if looked after properly. Wms. Lake women taking advantage of a goodly salmon run in the Fraser, near Lil- looet. He proceeded to smash their nets whereupon the irate ladies divested him of both authority and lignity by removing his clothing. rhey then dragged him to the river's edge and commenced a swinging notion designed to deposit his body ar out in the current. In view of his abject pleas for mercy they re- lented and permitted him to go. He never returned, in fact he left the employ of the federal goverhment. Nowadays all sick and indigent Indians are issued permits. to catch sufficient salmon for their own use by means of the dipnet. Being either |. too old or crippled up to avail them- selves of the privilege they delegate *y the authority to some young brave who ends up by catching one for grandpa and twenty for his own spouse. .In speaking of the Adams River run one cannery operator voiced the opinion the operators would be quite happy if only one of the many mil- lions of salmon ‘successfully reached the spawning areas. That would seem to dispel any fears they may have of their industry being extin- act to enforce. It is regarded by guished by the dipnetters. It is gen- erally conceded that when conditions. ire favorable and no fish warden is visible nmbers of people take far more fish than they require, even ‘hogh they must transport them by levious methods over trails and back alleys. One of the boys suggests; this business of salmon dipping be regulated in much the same way as PELKEY BUILDERS Estimates Alterations Kitchen Cabinets Concrete work of All Kinds Phone 22-S-L Williams Lake the big game, that is by means of two types of fishing licence. ‘The one permitting catching salmon woulda call for issuing tags to the number permitted to be caught in .any one season, He contends most People would respect a regulation of that nature, and would have no fear of taking home a properly tagged catch. It certainly would require less officials to enforce it than the present demoralising restrictions. It is not possible to discuss all the angles here, but our friend suggests it is a matter our Rod and Gun Clubs could profitably debate with a view to taking the necessary steps to clean up the present undesirable situation, If you run short of water in the late summer on your farm, you can probably cure the trouble for good with a well-placed farm pond. Built where it will catch the spring run-off, your farm pond would provide a ready supply of drinking water for From the Files your cattle and a useful reservoir in times of drought. It’s a boon to any type of farming, as many Canadian farmers have already discovered. FIL — the fixer . his full name Farm Improye- meat Loan. Give of the Tribune ONE YEAR AGO August 20, 1953 (No issue of The Tribune, closed ‘or annual holidays) FIVE YEARS? AGO : st 18, 1949 Augu A closéd skating and hockey arend ‘or activities this winter was pro- mised by President Claude Huston at 2 special meeting of the Memoria! Centre Society— Filming of the story “Cariboo Trail”, which was originally to have been made in the Chilcotin this month, has been “can- celled— 260 head of cattle, mostly steers, were sold hy the Cariboo Cattlemen's Association last Satur- day. Alkali Lake sold a choice 16‘ head of steers which averaged 1125 pounds and brought 21 cents a pound straight through— Diamond drilling by the B.C. Power Commis sicn has commenced at Likely for tl foundation of a possible power dam — Tenders called for the erection of a combined quarters for the Indian Offices and quarters for the Indian Health Services— W. Gordon Ro: berts, 41, Soda Creek, passes at Kamloops following a four-year ill- ness— Sister George, R.E.J., ret cently of Notre Dame day school, North Battleford, arrives to take over the office of superior at Rosary Hall— 45 guns turned out to last Sunday's skeet shoot at Williams Lake. S, L. Richmonds of Beaver Valley teams up with Roy Nelson to win the partnership shoot over Dan and Manuel Rottacker on a close sere of 11-10. Jack Smedley won the straightaway shoot with a perfect score— if TEN YEARS AGO August 17, 1944 Mike Powell, engineer, and F. J. Mulhern, fireman. of the P.G.E. Rail- way, were both drowned when the engine they were operating on a ‘fisherman's special’ to Lillooet, hit The Pacific Great Eastern Railway Co. Effective June Ist, 1954, Will Operate THROUGH-FAST PASSENGER & EXPRESS SERVICE between VANCOUVER, B.C. AND PRINCE GEOKGR, B.C. Including Sleeping & Dining Car Service Prince George - Squamish Dock Daylight Saving Time Ly-Vancouver (Union Pier) 9:30a.m.-Mon-Wed-Frid Ar-Wms. Lake 5:20a.m.-Tues-Thurs-Sat Ly-‘Vms. Lake . 5:50a.m.-Tues-Thurs-Sat Ar-Pr. George 1:30p.m.-Tues-Thurs-Sat Ly-Pr. George 3.40p.m.-Tues-Thurs-Sat Ar-Wms; Lake 11: 00p.m.-Tues-Thurs-Sat Ly-Wms. Lake 11:30p.m.-Tues-Thurs-Sat Ar-Vancouver (Union Pier) 6:30p.m.-Wed-Frid-Sun THROUGH FREIGHT SERVICE Ly - Vancouver-Mon-Wed-Frid Ar - Wms. Lake-Wed-Frid-Sun FREE PICKUP AND DELIVERY ON FREIGHT AND EXPRESS an open culvert and plunged into Anderson Lake, a few miles south of Shalalth— The largest depart- ment store in the Cariboo, Macken> zies LUd., at Wells. is closing the end of this month, according to an anh- nouncement made by R. Mackenzie. Closing of the store is due only, Mr Mackenzie states, to the policy of the Selective Service in not giving con- ‘sideration to the merchants of the Manhattan Beauty Shop Margaret Blenkinsop Phone 15-R-4 re im a to Don't let a shortage of ready cash delay . help fix up your this or any other farm improvement faem -- bess 1p— Cattle price - conv ue s ae meee ae that will make your farm a better farm, ienraverenleere one eB Ee Oe Discuss your needs with 1 san dopalmort 7.00; choice lambs 11.50— ee Oe ue ece anything in mak: BofM . He’ Born. to Mr. and Mrs. Bud Steele. pees Eee eee wey ell you what a Farm Improvement y 7 nee Ethel Barber, a son, August 21| Loan can do for your MY. RANK at Vancouver— Ira Perjue, third son farm—howitcan boost rowan iuil fof Mr. and Mrs. Perjue, formerly of 2 your profits and save Tatlayoko Lake, was killed in action you time and work. on the beaches of Normandy— George Armstrong of the Armstrong Drug Co., has purchased the huild- ing housing the drug store from Mrs. Rife— TWENTY YEARS aco August 16, 1934 Following negotiations with the Department of Transport for nearly 12 months. the town of Williams ake was granted a temporary lic- ence for its airport— Chileotin re- ports the arrival of Dr. McRae, for- Bank or Monrreat Canadas First Sank Williams Lake Branch: THOMAS LARSON, Manager merly of the Vancouver General WORKING WITH CANADIANS IN EVERY WALK OF LIFE SINCE 1817 Hospital, who will take over the oa Alexis Creek Hospital. 2 eee eae Set NEW HOME OF BEATH MOTORS LTD. Corner of Oliver Street & 5th Avenue Under Construction Soon A fully modern Garage te derue you Dealers for Ford - Monarch - Fordson Tractor _ Farm Implements DICK MOQUIN, Resident Manager Williams Lake ee, =