Page 2 “> THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Thursday, October 14, 1984, Williams Lake Tribune Established 1931 Published every Thursday at Williams Lake, B.C. By The Tribune Publishing Co, Subscription: per year Outside Canada .. Payable in Advance Ciive Stangoe, Editor Member: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association British Columbia Division, C.W.N.A. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION 4euthorized as Second Class Mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa The Cracker Barrel Forum By A. J. Drinkell One of the most pleasing features ence. Ranchers cannot afford to pay of the recent cattle sale was the many faney prices for substandards. complimentary remarks that kept AND THE TOWN waiting toward our ears from the Not nearly so complimentary were lips of those apparently attending the event for the first time. All seem- {SM of the remarks we overheard ed greatly impressed by the splendid | "¢&4Tding the appearance of the town way the sale was organized and the | itself. One party designated it as un- smoothness with which everything |*empt. Another could not understand SCOTT'S SCRAP BOOK By RJ SCOTT 4 Gg was condueted. Our pleasure arises|WhY in the world they don’t haul from the realization those compli-| 2Wa¥ those rusty old car bodies scat- ments were well and truly earnea py | tered about the place and those rub- those responsible for the arrange- bish piles atid other eyesores. They ments. wouldn't stand for that in our town, Next in line was the satistactory|@uoth one. Still another, after re- received marking upon the wealth of natural Eup oF A RACE oR A dOURNEY. A Helping Hand This week has been named by the Canadian Institute for the Blind as the one set aside for the annual appeal for funds to aid our sightless citizens, 1900 in British Columbia and| Prices 0 22,000 in all of Canada. for the various beauty surrounding our shopping People who are blind do not ask for sympathy, but they | Offerings. While centre, thought that with a little appreciate assistance to enable them to live happy, normal|We realize cur- more civic pride the town woufd be : lives. This is the kind of assistance your donation assures when |*et prices are a’ really pleasing adjunct to those giving the beet surroundings. Couldn't they align MISSILE DESIGNET FOLLOW AN ENEMY ARRGET WAS WAMED AF{ER HE GODDESS oF IS “ie feu YAM A NATIVE. & CHINAYD ec Birt em you give to the CNIB. In the institute’s classrooms, blind i - people are taught to work and play in spite of their afflictions |?Toducers many books lumber “pues ya; Ute, more year con mete YES. REA we anxious moments symmetrically while awaiting ship- MyfHoLogy Wf HAS = 49 Scare Locally the campaign will be under the direction of the aue. 46. aoesipns lent tntsesd' of scattering tuamceitn MORE SHAN a MILLION, PARAS. Baines. CNIB branch.. When the canvasser calls, remember your dol- lars go towards lending a helping hand to a person who is seeking independence by defeating the handicap of living in Derpetual darkness. such wild abandon all over the land- scape? Well, we seem to recollect at- and expenditures being in adverse ; ji ei balance,’ all things considered the|tempts at stimulating that littie! TB° ee St ouelner pies Dut 1954 Feeder Sale may truly be mark-| touch of pride, particularly by the '™ Senade CUES 20) enclted fan ed up as a most successful event. local press. Perhaps it is just a wee. All-time peak of 96,839. The Bull Sale was not nearly so| bit slow in germinating so we will -And The Blame satisfactory to many of the contribu-| keep hoping. | tors. Although the auctioneer re- —S minded the ranchers of their good| Nowadays when the boys receive fortune of the previous day, and used their copy of The Tribune someone all the tricks in the bag to cajole will enquire “Well. whose store has them, bidding on many of the offer- been looted this week?” and upon ings was quite desuitory. [learning the answer will remark So many uncertainties are con-,upon the fact no ever seems to be fronting the cattlemen at this time it | apprehended in connection with this was pretty much a foregone conclu [wave of burglary. It seems to us the Safety On September 13, at a district Rotary convention in Toronto, Rhys M. Sales, president of Ford Motor Company of 2 Canada, made some significant statements in a speech entitled “Death on Wheels — What can we do about it?” Some of the observations made on speed by Mr. Sales are of extreme in- terest, in view of necessity of doing something about the awful toll of human life and serious accidents on our highways. And with the growing increase in number of car owners, both new v x f and second hand, this problem is accentuating all the time. sion they, would be hesitant about / business concerns of cowtown will | Mr. Sales told of a surprising survey made by a joint safety |™®kins any heavy commitments. | simply have to organize some sort of Pesearch goup at 9,350 crashes on the Pennsylvania Tunpike, | “ven # fairly good winter the situ-| protective association and Dut on a} Zi : a 327-mile four-lane super-highway safety-engineered for ation will become clearer and many night patrol of their own in order message in a newspaper speeds up to 90 miles an hour. The survey revealed that “exces- | PPivate sales may be effected with| to safeguard their premises. Unless with top reader-interest a sive speed is not, by and of itself, a frequent cause of accidents,” | ‘M€ coming of spring. Many thougnt|sworn in as special constables these bs and that accidents involving speeds more than 70 miles per ae ae oF eee ie an ae nae eae ze ee i ones ae é 7 il the customary standard and that the|rests but they wou oil many at- e 5 hour accounted for less than two per cent of the total..““The few really good sires amongst the|tempted burglaries provided, of Use The Tri é Tribune If you’re interested in reaching over 1200 homes in the South Cariboo with your ad- vertising message — If you want your sales Tr sing ghwas nd ver v" +: eres Tre Oe te caeeee ae wines, See ne offerings commanded relatively good | course, the patrolling was done on who does not know what to do when his car goes into a skid.” |P¥ices. in which case the preeders| foot and not in the latest creation of """ Neafly half of all the accidents involved only one vehicle | Wil! 40 well to prot: by the experi-|the Ford Motor Company. © which went out of control because of driver failure. Thirty- = ; Advertising rates furnished Phone seven per cent were caused by carelessness or incompetent h Fil f th Tr b drivers. The study makes this observation: “If drivers could rom t e€ I es O e€ rl une on request - INTERIOR WHOLESALE be made as competent and dependable as the machines they DISTRIBUTORS tion started with scratch on hand obtained while Mr. Walters was skinning a coyote— TWENTY YERS AGO October 11, 1934, use, highway safety would cease to be the stagger ing national problem it is.” When this advice is coupled with the fact that there are two and a half times as many motor vehicles on Canadian roads today*than in 1939; more than 1,009,000 new drivers since 1945 /one gets a littl insight into eae oacl problem of safety on the highways today. Mr. Sales said: ‘‘A speed limit that is “unrealistically low tempts violations of the law and causes accidents.” “An intensive nation*wide program of education of our rising generations in good driving habits and safety-aware- ness.” “We must take all possible steps, by education and by law enforcement, to minimize accidents resulting from human faults — distraction of the driver, carelessness, recklesness.” “We need effective legislation in all our provinces to prevent the licensing of unfit drivers and unfit vehicles... ONE YEAR AGO Telephone 56-R-3 October 15, 19: Williams Lake, B.C. Contributors satisfied with prices realized at annual cattle sale. Buyers pay. $295,022 for 2470 head of stgck Grand: Champion bull of show sold to Summer returns to Williams Lake, Greenacres Cattle Co. Ltd., ‘for! on October 9th it was 88 in the shade $1350— E. G. Woodland electec |} __ pelegates to Liberal convention exalted ruler of local Cariboo Elks | include Major McKay, M.L.A., Sain Lodge— Hospital tag day realized Marwick, T. A. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. $167 at annual sale— Village com-|1, ¢. Crosina and Jas. Robertson of missioners turn down a request for| soda Creek, establishment of curfew in town— Verdict of accidental death returned ury inquiring into the fatal saw- Smiles aan mill accident at Lone Butte that took the life of Henry Dandenault— Andy Diesel engines come to life in seconds when Chevron Start- ing Fluid is on the job. A woman doesn’t need to add if aie bogs “Ene speed meniate+ the sient alees-and ithe Svisdahl drives first passenger car] she can distract. over Bella Coola road link— Coron- ~— = er’s jury recommends examinations| Middle age is the time of life when Check these Savings: : for applicants for game licenses in| a man stops wondering if .he can vy TIME V BATTERY In Person . returning verdict of accidental death | escape temptation and begins to won- WEAR in hunting accident that claimed the| der if he’s missing any. Vv LABOUR * Sc RINTEN ANGE life of Mrs. Agnes Wooford of Mer- ; — ; v Towne costs. V- Noa ritt— Over a thousand people attend| Watching fellows play reminds one 0 egan Klondyke Night to set a new record—| that golf is like taxes—you drive Raed hard to yet to the green and then It’s suitable for 7 Ea Eas 4G0 Wind up inthe hole. gasoline engines, too! and his October 13, 1949 a Approximately 3,360 head weighed] Imagination is what makes some : aa Peace River Ramblers in at annal cattle sale— Miss Pat] politicians think they’re statesmen. Applicators easily installed. Webster again took all three classes — Fluid capsules simple to use. in girls’ and boys’: classes— First Gossip is like muddy water. Let it See your Standard of B.C. featuring prize winners in commercial cattle| Stand and it'll settle in a hurry, Agent today for full. par- iculars. classes were A. M. Piltz, Dan Lee K. B. Moore, W. Staffora— Wesle N. Jasper, 30, Riske Creek, passes away after a year’s illness— Con- tract for first 17 miles on the PGE Reilway south of Prince George awarded— First snowfall of season falls October 7— Appointment for Henry Castillou, K.C. of Vancouver as county court judge for Cariboo, announced— TEN YRARS AGO October 12, 1944 Good luck to them as wish to leave their footprints on the sands of time—the rest of us are satisfied if we can just cover up our tracks. STANDARD OIL COMPANY LUCILLE STAR—“‘Darling of the West”’ OF BRITISH COLUMBIA LIMITED ELKS HALL Monday, October 18 Stage Show 8:30 Children 35¢ on: Adults 75e DANCE Admission $1.00 Adm Some 2000 head of cattle entered in the commerci classes for this yeur’s sale and 97 bulls in the show — Word received hy Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Paxton that their son, Bernard, has been killed in action— Frank Goodrich annonces sale of his Chim- ney Creek ranch to Ray Pigeon—- k Richards, winner of easy chair in local draw, donates it to hospital — Lloyd, Irwin Walters, 45, noted big game guide, dies of Tularemia, un infection spread by ticks. Infee- Show and Dance Admission $1.50 The Pacific Great Eastern Railway Co. Effective June 1st, 1954, Will Operate THROUGH-FAST PASSENGER & EXPRESS SERVICE between * VANCOUVER, B.C. AND PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. Including Sleeping & Ditiing Car Service Prince George - Squamish Dock Daylight Saving Time Ly- Vancouver . (Union Pier) 9:30a.m.-Mon-Wed-Frid Ar-Wims. La. 6 hurs-Sat Ly-"Vnws. Lake 6 Ar-Pr. George 1: Ly-Pr. George Ar-Wms. Lake Ly-Wins. Lake 11 rs-Sat Ar-Vancouver (Union Pier) m.-Wed- ‘Frid-Sun THROUGH FREIGHT SERV 1CB Ly - Vancouver-Mon-Wed-Frid Ar - Wms. Lake-Wed-Frid-Sun FREE PICKUP AND DELIV! 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