Williams Lake Tribune |... NEWS EXCHANGE OF THE CARIBOO Volume 22 — Number 38. WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Thursday, September 16, 1954 Single copy 10c. $2.60 per year. Local Glad Growers Sweep Quesnel Show “Williams Lake ex carried away practically all the asvards in| the Gladioli section of the Quesnel Fair last week. Mrs. R. Hargreaves won the Grand Champion award for the best spike in the show, while Buckley & Walsh took the Reserve Champion. In the eighteen gladioli classes, the local exhibitors swept the field with the following total awards.. Buckley & Walsh - four firsts, two seconds; Mr. and Mrs. Hargeaves - eight firsts, five seconds, two highly commended; L. Pigeon - two firsts, four seconds and two highly com- mended; Mrs. G. Renner, one second. Dr. Frank Avery of Quesnel, well- known here for his exhibits in the Williams Lake Fair, took first prize for a Basket of Gladioli, with Mrs. M. Matheson of Quesnel second, and Les Pigeon ‘a highly commended award. For the first time this year, the gladioli section was a special feature of the Quesnel Fair and was warmly praised by the judges as rating as fine as the PNE show. Hunters Out In Force Opening Day Concensus gleaned from a cross- section of the male population that took to the highways and by-ways on opening day of the hunting season indicates that honkers are compara- tively plentiful; ducks in fair num- bers and grouse seldom seen. Up on Becher’s Prairie on opening day there were just about as many hunters as birds, ond other district spots had their usual quota, Many of the potholes in the area though were passed up by hunters as heavy rains the night before turn- ed sideroads into treacherous mud- holes. = Wrestling will be featured again this year on the Cattle Sale Week program. Bill Kohnke went to the coast this week to arrange for the appearance of two stars from the coast circuit. On hand too will be prother Fel Uses Anti-Biotics to Cure Plant Ills John C. Dunegan, plant patho- jogist at the U.S. department of agriculture, is shown in Estes rk, Colo., comparing healthy pear branches sprayed with streptomycin and terramycin, and diseased specimens that were unsprayed. He has revealed that the wonder drugs control fire blight, a bactérial plague that uses “an annual fruit loss of millions of dollars in Canada and e U.S. 39, inset, one of a dozen young flallened a new car. Blast Reduces London Apartment to Rubble Reduced to rubble, the remains of an apartment building are inspected by members of fire department following explosion at London, Ont. Cause of the blast, which killed Mrs. Ellen Leslie, building, is undetermined as yet. 1e 5f old building, the blast-shook the downtown business district and —Centra! Press Canadian business women who tenanted the Besides wrecking the 50-year- at its present level. Parents in town whose children’s sixth birthday fell between Septem- ber 30th and December 31st had agitated for admittance of this age group, and a registration showed ten such children who would have been eligible. Although the plan might have been feasible in town, trustees point- ed out that such a ruling would have to be district-wide and the already crowded condition of busses on rural school routes presented an almost unsurmountable problem Only answer to the poblem in town would seem to be the establishment ofa nursery school, which would have to be of a private nature. AGRICULTURAL SPEAKER The problem ofy.the agricultural course in Williams Lake High School, which had to be discontinued be- cause of the lack of a teacher, was discussed by William R. Grant of Abbotsford, chief agricultural train- ing inspector for the Department of Education. Mr. Grant said he was deeply con- cerned with the problem of main- taining the interest of last year’s agriculture students. He advocated forming an agriculture club in the school with outside assistance being asked from District Agricylturist J. Walsh and veterinarian Dr, Stan Wood. TRANSPORTATION Working on the problem of trans- portation in the district, trustees authorized the purchase of a new 30- passenger bus to ease the situation affecting routes at Forest Grove, 100 Mile and 150 Mile. All busses on these routes are overcrowded. Mr. Nadin of Forest Grove was granted permission to add additional seats to bring his bus up to 30-passenger capacity. Unless the minimum of seven passengers on the local air- port route is maintained, trustees Recognizing the seriou: to come. part taxation plays in whole: SERVICE TO CATTLE INDUSTRY confronting the Cariboo beef industry, The Tribune has offered the medium of its pages to officials of the De- partment of Agriculture and of the Cariboo Cattlemen’s ‘Association to pass on pertinent information that will pe of assistance to individual ranchers in the months Next week an article will be published giving further information on supplementary feeding and also on the sness of the feed situation sale selling of stock. Age Limit For School Beginners Remains Same z 5 4 4 = ig Crowded school busses in the rural areas and crowded-. classrooms in both town and country influenced trustees of | District 27 in their decision to keep the age limit for beginners warned the bus tinued. Small rural schools which will re-open October Ist include McLeése Lake and Meldrum Creek. The new Bach Sawmill school wili also be ready for occupancy at that time. Grade four pupils of the over- erowded San Jose School will be moved to Lac La Hache via bus be- ginning next Monday. Most of the schools have been re- painted and repaire.d Forest Grove school has been repainted through- out and will soon get another ex- terior coat. Ten new typewriters are to be rented immediately for Williams Lake high school commercial room would be discon- (continued on back page) New Furniture Store To Open In Town » A new furniture store to occupy the premises formerly occupied by Williams Lake Dry Cleaners will be Opened in the near future. | Owner of the business is Earl Brown, who has been in Williams Lake for over two years and was formerly employed by a local furni- ture store. Name of the new business will be Brown’s Furniture Store, E. Follis Purchases Insurance Business At Salmon Arm Ed: Follis. well-known local sports- man and businessman, announced yesterday that he has purchased the insurance business known as Shus- wap Agencies in Salmon Arm. Mr. Follis came to Williams Lake from Ladner in 1947 and, in partner- ship with his father-in-law, con- structed and operated Chilcotin Cabins, now known as Herbert Lodge. This business he sold out in 1951 and the following year he join- ed the firm of F. B. Bass Ltd. As Tural representative, he travelled extensiyély throughout the Cariboo the next year, and was then trans- ferred to Quesnel when the firm opened a branch there. In April of this year he returned to the head office. He has been active in the Board of Trade and Elks Lodge during his time here, although he probably | gained more recognition for his work =ath sportsmen. He held the office of “nyesident of the Rod & Gun Club for four years. Currently he is holder of the Cariboo Trap Shooting crown, which le has held for the past two| years. Z Mr. Follis left for Salmon Arm this morning. Highway Fatality Ruled ~Accidental A verdict of accidental death was returned by a coroner’s jury Tues- day enquiring into the death of Byerett Jock Heron, 23, who lost his life last Tuesday morning in a road construction accident. From evidence brought out at the inquest it was revealed that Heron was inexperienced in operating the huge gravel leader he was driving when it went off the road. The young man had only been on the job for several days The big Buclid weighs Sewer Plebiscite Set For This Year Williams Lake's sewer which has been out of the news for a’ number of months now, cropped up again at Tuesday night's meeting of the commissioners. Once minor details have been changed in the wording of the by- law, E. G. Brown, inspector of muni- cialities, has indicated that it will be given his approval. This should be forthcoming in a matter of days and commissioners plan on holding a plebiscite on the scheme hefore the year end. PERMITS The following applications tor building permits were approved by the meeting: commercial - United Church hall, $30,000; Beath’ Motors (Williams Lake) Ltd., $15,000. Residential - John Unrau, $6500; D. Smetanuk, $9000; W. B. Matthews, $8000; B.C. Barnes, $6000; BE. Koi- visto, $8000. Trades licenses were issued to Beath Motors and E. Brown's Furni- ture Store. A special meeting will be held next Tuesday to consider the new rates by-law and zoning by-law. by-law, Derek Yule, teller of the Bank of Commerce, who has also been active in the local Scouting movement; left Wednesday for Victoria, where he | will spend a short holiday at home before taking up his new duties at , the branch office at the 100 Mile. appr ely 40 tons when it is loaded. Coroner R. Hance conducted the} inquest. olution of Feed Problem Advanced Agriculturists Working With Ranchers In Industry Crisis Only hope of a solution to the serious feed situation confronting the cattle industry in the Cariboo lies in the use of high protein pellets to bolster the poor quality of roughage generally available, it was agreed at a meeting Tuesday of ranchers and representatives of Agriculture, Dominion Department of Agriculture and the University of British Columbia. Warned by Dr. Alex Wood of UBC' that the two plants on the coast pro- ducing pellets had an output of only a hundred tons daily, most of which has been finding a ready market across the line, directors of the Cari- boo Cattlemen’s Association author- ized placement of an order for 2000 tons. To meet the feed situation, which is recognized as one that could de- velop into the most serious in the history of Cariboo ranching, agricul- tuists have come forward with the following information: Two courses may be taken by the producer. He can sell off all his cattle that he cannot adequately feed. or he can buy concentrate feeds suf- ficient to winter his normal herd. The rancher is advised against the first course wherever finances make the puchase of supplemental feeds at all possible. Over the years, the cattleman Who has maintained his herd relatively intact and who has bought feed in times of scarcity, has been the most successful. Em- phasizing this point it is highly un- likely that replacement cattle will Funeral Held For Fire Victims Funeral services were held Tiesday at Lac La Hache for the three vic-' tims of the tragic fire there last Friday. An inquest into the early morning blaze that claimed the lives of Mrs. -Williams Allsopp and her children Brian and Dorothy, will be held at Lae Lo Hache next Wednesday. According to police, the fatal blaze started when Mrs. Allsopp used gas to start the kitchen stove _in the morning. Another son, Ronnie was in the kitchen at the time and he rushed from the room calling to his father for help. Flames had made the kitchen a roaring inferno- and Mr. Allsopp only had time to get Ron- nie and his infant son to safety. The two children who were burned were trapped in a bedroom off, the kitchen. Down for the opening of hunting season and staying at the home ol Mr. and Mrs. Sid Pigeon this week are Mr. and Mrs. Ted Taylor, Dr. and Mrs. Frank Avery, of Quesnel; and Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Sullivan of Wells. afternoon’s meeting. Lord Martin, who said he was re- signing because he would no longer be able to devote the time to the association, expressed his apprecia- tion for the co-operation that the directors had extended to him over the years. Mel Mayfield, first vice-president, thanked Lord Martin on bebalf of the association membership and pre- sented him with a large desk pen set. Unusual aspect of the resignation Change Announced In Taxi: Business In a business deal effective today, Bill Hawads. one of the principals in the firm of Williams Lake Taxi, an- nounces he has purchased the inter- est of his partner, Joe Seibel. Mr. Edwards originally purchased and the following year Mr. Seibel bought an interest in the firm. The company has three cars and a school bus. Lord Martin Cecil Resigns As Cattlemen’s President Lord Martin Cécil, who has guided the destinies of the Cariboo Cattlemen’s Association since its inception in 1943, formally tendered his resignation as president at Tuesday was the fact that just prior to an- nouncing his intention, Lord Martin had presided over the fosmal closing of the affairs of the association. He therefore became not only the associ- ation’s first president but it only one. Actually the wind-up of the power- ful ranchers’ group was only a mat- ter of form, The meeting had been called to amalgamate the Cariboo Cattlemen’s Association with the Cariboo Feeder and Bull Sale Asso- ciation. and in order to do so, both associations had to be wound-up. After this was done, a new associa- tion was formed and given the name Cariboo Cattlemen's Association. Named to replace Lord Martin on the B.C. Beef Growers’ Council, was Ray Hargreaves of Springfield Of 300 questionnaires sent out to members on the desirability of es- the business in 1948 fom Bill Kemp|tablishing a feed lot at | Williams Lake, secretary Chet Leavitt said only 22 replies had heen received as y f these only five were definitely of the Provincial Department be available in any quantity in the next few years. Heavy selling would reduce prices for stocker cattle. The facts would indicate that the costs of supplement- ing with purchased feeds would be much less than the extra costs of relacement of cattle. Cattle can and will winter well on one third to one half ration of Hay if it is properly supplemented with a concentrate feed. The amount of supplement re- quired will depend on the amount and kind of roughage available. A cow rustling on an uncut meadow will require more concentrate than one given a half ration of good quai- ity hay. However, for adult cattle the quantity of pellets or other supple- ment will probably vary from two to five pounds per head daily, depend- ing on the kind an amount of rough- age fed. Specific information is available at the local district agri- culturist’s office. A questionnaire on feed require- ments will be sent out to all ranch- ers form the office of the C.C.A. to determine what the, individual re- quirements in the way of supplement- al feeds will be. It is emphasized that immediate action on replying to the questions is of the utmost import- ance to the industry. During the discussion on the alter- native’ courses open fo producers faced with the problem of little or no feed, one rancher at the meeting offered the opinion that if a man with 100 head felt he had to sell on the depressed market that could develop, he woud be broke anyway, so the alternative of buying a little. feed and wintering his herd would be the only sound business move Speaking on the general market trend, Ron Waite, traffic representa- tive of the PGE told the meeting that his company was working on a better freight rate scale for move- ment of cattle to Edmonton. If this should develop, Mr. Waite said he believed that a firmer market would result since there is a good demand fo feeder cattle at Edmonton. Pres- ent rate is $1.36 and this would have to drop to from $1 to $1.10 to be of any help. As ranchers at the meeting out- lined the hay situation in their in- dividual districts, it became increas- inglp apparent during the discussion that the industry faces a graver crisis than the year of 1948. Com- menting on the Chileotin, veteran breeder Dan Lee said that in his opinion three-quarters of the hay tere would never be put up thi District Agriculturists attending the meeting were -Ron Tarves of Quesnel, G. A. Luyat of Kamloops and Joe Walsh. Dr. Stan Wood, Do- minion Department of Agriculture was also present. Over 500 Head Moved In Two Days A total of 378 head of cattle mov- ed though the Cariboo Cattlemen’s Association here last Saturday and another 200 head on Tuesday of this week. Saturday’s prices — good steers to 18.10; medium steers 50 to 17; heifers 12 to 13.50; common heifers 12 to 13.50; good light cows 11; heavy cows 8 to 9. canners 6 to 7; bulls 9 to 9.50. Tuesday’s prices — steers 16 to 17.75; heifers 13 to 14.50; heifers cows 11.50 tol ight cows 10.50 to 10.85; heavy cows § to 8.50; can- ners 6 to 7, calves 14 to 16; bulls 9.50. Mr. and Mrs. Edmund C. Thompson of New York were recent visitors of Mr. and Mrs. P. Jorgensen. Mr. and Jorgensen drove their visitors to Vernon and then to Vancouver, re- opposed to the idea. turning last weekend.