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THH TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAEG, B.d,

e Thursday, September 2, 1964,

Williams Lake Tribune

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Local Air Cleared

In another page of this paper we publish a letter from
Russ Baker, vice-president of Pacific Western Airlineg Ltd.,
on the question of air services locally.

For the sake of the local firm anxious to establish a small
air transport business from Williams Lake, we are pleased to
note that Mr. Baker’s company has withdrawn its objection
1o the application for the necessary charter.

However, with regard to our editorial on the subject, we
fail to see the ‘harsh’ attitude referred to. To our mind. the
whole question revolved around the economics of the situation.
While PWA has three planes ready to serve this district from
Kamloops, the cost of flying the aireraft from that base to
Williams Lake and back would probably rule out their use
for, say, casual stock spotting work in this area. On the other
hand a rancher would quite possibly feel he could afford the
hire of a small aircraft based here.

‘We had no thought in mind of casting any refiéction on
PWA’s contribution to the development of air services in the
Tnterior, and particularly of the contribution made by Russ
Baker, whose name will always be associated with the history
of such air development.

Mr. Bennett Is Convincing

Premier Bennett stated last week that cheap hydro power
for the Central Interior is recognized as a prime necessity for
the area and intimated that his government is exploring every
avenue to find the most logical source from which to obtain the
needed power.

/ He did not go into details, though it is known that at the
present time a survey is under way on the Murtle River north
of Kamloops, and if the power potential there proves up as esti-
mated, it might well provide energy for the Central Interior,

But Mr. Bennett made it plain that the surveys for power
would not stop at the Murtle River. He indicated that every
Possible source would be explored to the fullest.

This promise of power for the Central Interior is not new.
It has been made and repeated many times during the past
seven or eight years. Always it seems some snag arises to delay
or shelve plans just as they are taking shape.

It may be that power for the Central Interior is still an
advantage to be enjoyed in a somewhat distant future. On the
other hand the coming of hydro power may be closer than we
realize. if

as = ett’s words last week had a ring of conviction. He
Mt Benn t's words last w a &

=ei5—Impress¢e—with the resources so
arent in the Central Interior, /and confident that those
resources will be utilized through the use of cheap power.

The Premier was not making any promises. He was stating
a fact. The need is recognized. Preliminary survey work is
under way. A site will eventually be determined. A power
develoment will be undertaken. That, essentially, is the sub-
stance of Mr. Bennett’s remarks.

While the power question is still indefinite there was a
convincing ring in the Premier’s voice that more than hinted
the days of doubt are numbered, and before long the high
power transmission lines will be an addition to the Cariboo
landscape.—Cariboo Observer.

Never Could Be Free

Whenever a conference- of distinguished educationists
convenes, it is to be expected that some of them. will talk
through their hats for edification of the masses. The recent
parley of Canadian Teachers Federation in Vancouver was no
exception to the rule.

One learned delegate noted with approval what he termed
the increasing trend toward ‘free’ university education in
Canada. At least some of his colleagues agreed with him that
such a trend is a worthy one, which should be speeded up
rather than retarded.

Before such easily vaporized generalities are accepted,
however, they should be subjected to the cold light of critical
appraisal. At least two disturbing thoughts occur to us‘when
we ponder this matter of “free” university education.

‘We suppose the learned gentleman meant by free univer-
sity education the opening of our halls of higher learning to all
who wished to enroll. If such was his thought, we hope it per-
ishes promptly.

In the first place, there-is a definite limit to the number
of young people capable of deriving benefit from a university
education. Those whose talents and industry indicate they
would benefit from it should have university training, even
if they require scholarship assistance. With that type of young
person, we think governments should go much farther than
they do now in respect to aid.

Fora great many, however, ‘‘free” university would simply
mean four years added to high school with no guarantee that
there would be any greater degree of serious purpose associated
with it than there is with our present secondary school system.

Second chilling thought to us is that any educated person
would use the word ‘‘free’” so carelessly. University can never
be free, even if there is no charge for pupil enrolment. A
modern university capable of providing suitable training
ground for those entering the professions and sciences of our
society is a mighty expensive institution. Like so many othe1
things that are truly worth while in life, someone has to “pay”
to may it “free.”

That someone is the taxpayer, and there is a limit to how
“free” he can afford to make it.

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The Cracker Barrel Forum

By A J: Drinkell

The northern extension of the
Pacific Great Eastern Railway is now
generally recognized as being vital
Lo our economic well-being and it is
to the credit of the present govern-
ment they are determined to pro-
ceed with its immediate construc-
tion. As is usual in such matters
there are opposing views as to the
direction to be followed after leaving
Prinee George. One group advocates
following the Pine Pass to Dawson
Creek while another favours the
Peace Pass via Finlay Forks. Sur-
prisingly few people are sufficient!
well informed regarding the topog-
raphy of the Peace River District to
be able to pass an opinion; conse-
quently it behooves the government
to give wide publicity to their r
‘ons for selecting the route they fin-
ally decide upon.
An undertaking
of this nature
demands the tax-
Payers are in no
doubt as to what
they are paying
for.

At our last
hold-forth chair-
man Blunt who .
jas travelled extensivery through
che Peace River by saddle horse and
pack outfit during the past thirty
years, insisted there is but one logi
eal route for this northern extension
to follow and that is via Finlay
Forks and Peace Pass. He points out
‘hat the Pine Pass route reaches an
2levation of 2850 feet whereas the
Peace Pass is 1000 feet lower. Surely

the railway directors have already
1ad sufficient experience with heavy
srades to avoid adding to their woes
2y building more of the same.
Entirely apart from this vast dif-
‘erence in climb, and worthy of
equal consideration is the fact that
to construct the line via Pine Pass
would entail the destruction of much
of the newly built Hart Highway.
Brother Blunt further pointed out
the valleys in the Pine Pass area are
not nearly as productive as those ot
the Peace River and its tributaries.
The timber resources of the Pine
Pass are adequately served now by
the Hart Highway so why destroy it,
or parallel it? The small saving in
mileage by following the Pine is
fore than offset by that ~ gan
1000 feet of climb which Will bur-
den us with heavy operating costs
for all time.
On the other hand, says Mr. Blunt,
after crossing the Arctic Divide near
Summit Lake (just north of Prince
George), which must be crossed re-
gardless of whichever route is chos-
en, the Peace Pass offers a water
grade right through to Hudson Hope
and even beyond that point. The
valleys of the Parsnip and the
Peace are exceptionally fertile and
contain an abundance of good farin
land with excellent soil.
One glance at the map will show
that Finlay Forks could not fail to
become a most strategic junction.

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From there it would be possible to
branch out along the Rocky Moun-
tain Trench to the rich Cassiar dis-
trict thence to the Yukon and also
to the Taku-Atlin area, the site of
the ‘huge Frobisher development.
Chairman Blunt also visualizes a
further branch from Finlay Forks to
the vast mineral resources of the
Omineca. He maintains the terrain
in all these areas offers no serious
construction difficulties, when using
Finlay Forks as the point of com-
mencement.

The United Kingdom has the most
intricate network of railways to be
found anywhere. A most unique
feature of that system is that it is all
on one level. Years and years of ex-
perience have taught them it is in-
finitely cheaper im the long run to
construct tunnels, cuts, fills and via.
ducts than it is to buy fuel to climb
mountains. The CPR has found that
true too, and the directers of the
PGE should have done so. It is to be
roped that fact will be kept well to
he forefront when deciding the ex-
tet location of the northern exten-
sion. 2

This province has already suffer-
ed too much from an abundance of
hindsight so it will be particularly
sratifying if just once a government
looks farsightedly into the future
and makes carefu: assesment of
what appears so plainly upon our
northern horizon when one peers
through eyes undimmed by the mist
of political expediency. A few votes
here or there pale into insignificance
in the vast expanse of future possi-
bilities. The preponderance of gov-
ernmental activity in the Pine Pass
area right now fills us with appre-
hension lest the truly wonderful
economic panorama ‘presented by
the whole hinterland be obscured by
the flashy daubs of a few industrious
but unrealistic artists and once
again a decision is rendered whien
hold the voting power immediately
adjacent to a particular area to he
paramount to the well-

From the Files

of the Tribune

ONE YEAR AGO

August 27, 1953
Police are still unable to uncover
any clue to the where-avouts of Sam
Brown, local businessman, who was
last seen in Vancouver June 29 —
Fair entry list of 1200 exhibits

equals record of 1950— A-verdict of.

accidental death returned by coron-
er’s jury inquirng into the death of
Robert Sam, whose body was found
at foot of embankment in town—
August 23rd marked the opening of
the new Gospel heights Tabernacle
at Lac La Hache— Electrical storms
cause a rash of fires in the Quesne:
Lake district, 18 were reported on
Quesnel-and Horsefly Lakes— Locai
ladiolus growers, Les Pigeon and
Mrs. Tom Marf win second places
vith spikes in Vancouver glad show
— Directors of War Memorial hos-
ital approve a general staif salary
increase— =

FIVE YEARS AGO
August 25, 1vay

A loss in hay so large it is difficult
-o estimate has already been suffer-
ed by ranchers in the Cariboo due to
»xcessive wet weather— Good steers
selling through the Cariboo Cattle-
men’s Association yards at 20:50—
An application for an air service be-
tween Kamloops, Williams Lake,
Quesnel and Prince George is being
forwarded this week to Ottawa by
€entral Interior Airways, accordinz
to company president Russ Baker—
Mrs, Gertrude M. Church, $1, pioneer
of the Big Creek area, dies at Haney
— Active community worker V, W.
Norten dies in Vancouver—

TEN YEARS AGO

August 24, 1944
The skating rink at Williams Lake
has been taken down to make way for
@ new sub-division. The Athletic As-
sociation is appealing for support of
an indoor rink drive— Three Sisters
of the Congregation of the Child
Jesus have arrived in Williams Lake

to take charge of the Academy open-
ing in September— Prices quoted on
stok sold by the Cariboo Cattlemen's
Associaton this week: steers 11:25,
heifers 10:50, heifery cows 9:50,
cows 7:00— Born to Mr. and Mrs.
Bud Steel, nee Ethel Barber, a son
at Vancouver—

TWENTY YEARS aco
August 23, 1934

Plans readied for fiirst annual
Water Stampede on Williams Lake—
Resignation of Miss Miller, matron
of War Memorial Hospitai, accepted
—Mrs. Florence Jesise Shi laker, 36,
of Chezacut, passes at Vancouver—
Cedar Creek mine at Like'y reported
to be taking out three ounces of gold
to the yard.

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