Thursday, October 28, 1954.

THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C.

DANCING at Columbus Hall
2 Every Saturday Night
VIC IMHOFF’S ORCHESTRA

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Three quarters of New Brunswick's

land is covered with merchantable
timber.
In 1953 Canadians bought more

new cars than ever before — 461,887
up 15 per cent from 1952.

OF

located at

— NEW HOME

Beath Motors vition tase Ltd.

Corner of Oliver Street & 5th Avenue

Now Under Construction

Opening Dates, November 12 & 13

Dealers for

Ford - Monarch - Fordson Tractor
Farm Implements _

DICK MOQUIN, Reside

Williams Lake

nt Manager

Dog Creek News

FOR SOME DAYS NOW the air
around here has been fragrant with
the aroma of choice Havana
ously handed around by two proud
fathers. Mrs. James Syme returned
trom Kamloops accompanied by Ron-
uld James, a son, their first born.
Mrs. Morley Shaw (nee Joyce Place)
journeyed to Williams Lake for her
bundle from heaven. It too contained
a son and heir, Brian Samuel. We ex-
tend our congratulations to these
happy folks.

gener-

THURSDAY was evidently an un-
fortunate day for hunters. A group of
five from Prince George broke a
main spring on their-¢ar which com-
pelled them to spend the night at
Dog Creek house. They had just got
settled down when a further group
hailing from Victoria came creeping
back to the settlement. They suffer-
ed a broken axle on one of their
vehicles,

C. R. PLACE was a business visit-
or to town Thursday. He got back
with the car all in one piece.

CLIFF EAGLE and a party of
friends spent Sunday with the Hilary
Places. :

VERNON SAUR came out from
town Sunday for a spot of shooting.

ON MONDAY EVENING Evan
Kemp's orchestra staged a floor show
and dance in the community hall, A
packed house was in attendance to
enjoy a most excellent bill of fare,
and the dancing maintained a lively
pace right through to the home waltz,
These visits of the wandering min-
strels are greatly appreciated.

WE HAVE BEEN experiencing
some hot days and chilly nights this
week but a flock of robins still chat-
ter merrily in the garden. Quite a lot
of hay has been harvested during
the past two weeks and the quality
is very fair considering the amount
of rain that fell after it was cut.

AVERAGE
RESIDENTIAL

in B.C. POWER
COMMISSION AREAS

More People use...
More Power
...at Less Cost/

In the past seven years, average cost of residential power has decreased
from 5c to 2.7¢ per kwh—that’s more than 45%! Average monthly resi«
dential consumption has almost tripled from 74 to 204 kwh. For all Come
mission customers, average power cost decreased 25% from 3.2c to 2.4¢
in the same period. Total customers served has more than doubled from

23,000 to nearl

For

PC-1-54

ly 53,000.

further interesting information about

YOUR

Power Commission, write for the Ninth Annual Report

to: B.C. Power Commission, Victoria, B.C.

uli Coluubla
POWER COMMISSION

Minister Gives

Last week in his column running
in the Chilliwack Prog: Hon.
Kiernan, minister of agriculture,
gave his views on the cattle indus-

SS,

try following his visit to Williams
Lake. Below are reprinted excerpts
trom this column.

I had arranged much earlier in the
year to attend the stock sale at Wil-
liams Lake but as the time for the
sale drew near, the dates of which
were October 7, 8, I felt that it was
most urgent that I attend this year
vor several reasons.

‘The reports coming out of this
part of the province in relation to
the feed’situation were all the way
from extreme panic to a much more
level headed appraisal of the outlook.
It was however, difficult to decide at
this distance from the scene just
what was the feed situation in the
Cariboo and especially the Williams
Lake area, S

After having spent two days in the
area talking with the ranchers them-
selves, the district agriculturists from
the various parts of the Interior and
sizing up the situation in general, I
am satisfied that we are not nearly
as bad off as some people would have
led us to believe,

Certainly there are ranchers in
the more outlying areas who will
have their problems in getting their
livestock through the winter. These
problems arise from the fact that in
certain parts-of the cattle country
the winter feed comes mostly from
hay meadows or sloughs. These
sloughs, because of extremely heavy
and continuous rains, are still full of
water. Obviously it is not possible to
harvest a crop*of hay or anything
else if it is growing in two or three
feet of water. On the other hand,
many of the ranchers had upland
meadows which they have been able
to harvest and although much of the
hay is of rather an indifferent qual-
ity, it is still feed.

The next problem, of course, is if
there is not feed available locally
what can be used as a satisfactory
substitute to tide these cattle through
the winter. Provided that the ranch-
ers place their orders early enough,
I see no reason why the screening pel-
lets which are ayailable in limited

__| quantities, cannot be made to do the |

job of supplementing and in some
cases almost replacing the non-exist-
ent hay crop.

Improved weather conditions also
in the area over the last three weeks
have made it possible to harvest some
of the hay that it did not appear pos-
sible to harvest a short time ago.

Prices on cattle at this sale at Wil-
liams Lake were generally speaking
quite satisfactory. In some cases they
were 1c to 2c higher than the pre-

Impressions

Of Cattle Industry Situation

vious year. While some of the stock
did not moye perhaps quite as readily
as was hoped, generally speaking
there was no indication of the col-
lapse in the feeder and stocker mar-
ket that some people had led us to
believe was about to take place. Gen-
erally speaking also, if the ranchers
in the area who need extra feed to
carry them through the winter can
be satisfied that they will be able to
obtain that feed or a substitute for it
at not too unreasonable a price, they
feel quite competent to take care of
themselves through the coming
winter.

It must also be recognized that
the ranching industry has enjoyed
some very good years. This is one of
those years that is not so good but
goes into the general pattern of
things that make up our agricultural
economy.

Lone Butie News

LAST TUESDAY Kerry and Bob
Regan with Lucille Star and Bob
Wood put on some good entertain-
ment in the hall with a stage show
and dance. Mrs. P. Willard and Mrs.
M. Watt served refreshments for the
P-TA.

TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY the
Public Works road maintainer
smoothed out the old 100 Mile road
from Bill Chiupan’s corner to the
highway near the 100 Mile.

THE new housekeeper at the Out-
post Hospital is Mrs. Hazel Brans-
combe of Whalley, B.C.

THE Badminton Club held a Wh
Drive Saturday evening at the home -
of Mr. and Mrs. 0. H. Gibson for the
purpose of raising funds for the club.

THE WEATHER this last week
has been quite cool. Sharp frosts at
night, fairly mild in the daytime.

HOSPITAL AUXILIARY
ANNUAL

Bridge and Cribbage

—...-Journament--_—

During Month of
November

Persons wishing to play or hold
tournaments should contact Mrs.
J. Routledge or Mrs. J. Jorgen-
sen for rules and regulations.

Prizes on display in window of
Cariboo Home Furnishings

Consumers in

effective immediately.

They will be stocking
PROPANE at all

Watch for the opening

Interior

Notice To All Present and Future

PROPANE

and _ District

we are pleased to announce the appointment of

Central Plumbing & Heating

as the sole agents for our products in this area,

times,
carrying a complete stock of

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on First Avenue

Temporarily, for phone oders please contact

Wholsale Distributors

Phone 97 .

mas

Williams Lake :

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and will also be

of their new show room

Price per 100-lb. cylinder, $11.40 plus tax

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Prince George