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NEWS EXCHANGE OF THE CARIBOO

Tribune

Volume 22 — Number 46.

WILLIAMS LAKR, B.C. Thnreday, November 25, 1954.

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Land Tax Motion
Creates Confusion
At School Meeting.

Along with the subject of educa-
in District 27, Area

Ap atest

tional needs

D ives at their
meetings usually devote some time to
debating the unfairness of the edu-
eafion tax on land.

Saturday was no exception, Due
‘this time they almost managed to
hobble the board of school trustees
before the tax motion was recorded
to everyone’s satisfaction.

-Winding up a flow of oratory on
the inequities imposed by the pres-
ent taxation policy, representative
Everett Greenlees of Canim Lake
presented his original motion, which
stated in effect that'“‘before this dis-
trict approves another by-law, the
government give serious considera-
‘tin to raising money for capital ex-
penditures from other sources be-
ides the land.”

On ihe surface the motion appear-
ed innocent enough, but the wording
caused trustees to complain’ that its
adoption would, in effect, mean that
the board could not go°ahead with
any plans of providing for capital ex-
penditures at the next budget meet-
ing unless.2 change was made in the
Jand tax set-up first. And this follow-
ed chairman Hilary Place’s earlier
statement that such a by-law possi-
bility was being considered by the
board. ‘

Mr. Greenlees said that hamstring-
ing the board had not been his in
tention, and after half-a-dozen tries,

@ new motion was introduced stating
that the government consider re-
moval of school tax from the land
before approving any further capital
expenditures for education.’ The
resolution passed unanimously.

In speaking to his motion, Mr.
Greenlees said that in his opinion the
government hid to be made to re-
alize that further mortgaging of the

Siderine that the farm income zs}
dropped by about 40 percent, he said
he thought it was time that ina grow-
ing district such as ours that every-
body bore their share of the cost of
education.

Weekend guests at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Hannah were
Dr. Harry Cooper and Dr. John
Sturdy of Vancouver.

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A business visitor this week to
Williams Lake was former promin-
ent businessman and sports enthusi-

Sewer

y-law

Set For

Will Be Chairman
When Banks Merge

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: —Central Press Canndiap
B. S. vanstone, president of
the bank of~Toornto, will be
chairman of_ the consolidated
Toronto-Dominion Bank if mer-
fer of the two takes place.
Government permission for the
Merger has been given, confirm-
ing the rumor that has been cur-
rent for months. The new bank
would have assets of $1,190,000,-
0 tte fourth largest in

Horsefly Rancher
Dies Feeding Stock

Body of Otto Kroener, long-time
resident of Horsefly, was found at
the town stockyards Saturday imorn-
ing where he had suffered a heart
attack as he was feeding his stock.

Mr. Kroener was last seen alive by
Fieldman Slim Dorin, who saw the
elderly rancher heading towards the
yards carrying some hay for a cow.
A short time later at 8 oclock, he was
found dead by Dale’ EO, P.G.B,
emp! ore
Born in'1879, Mr: Kroener came
to the Cariboo in 1914 and took up
ranching in the Horsefly area, where
he lived until the time o his death.

Funeral services were conducted
from the Horsefly Community Hall
under the direction of a minister of
Jehovah's Witnesses. Interment was
in nearby Horsefly cemetery where
many of the old-timers of the district
are laid to rest.

He leaves to mourn his passing
his loving wife, Mary; four sons,
George of Vancouver, Charles, Rich-
ard and John of Horsefly; three
daughters, Evelyn and Mary of Van-

ast, Jack Smedley, of Trail.

cover and Vera of Horsefiy.

DEATH FROM EXPOSURE VERDICT OF JURY
INQUIRING INTO DEATH OF WOMAN

Death from exposure was the ver-
dict handed down at the inquest Wed-
nesday into the death of Elizabeth
Harry, 35-year-old Indian woman
whose body was discovered by her
husband on the Stampede grounds
November 13.

‘An added rider to the verdict stat-
ed that “‘there was negligence on the
part of the husband, and that the
government department responsible
tor Indian Affairs make some endea-
vor to prevent excessive intoxication
on the part of the Indians.”

Although the woman had suffered
multiple bruises to her body, particu-
Jarly about the face, a report by Dr.
J. B. Ringwood disclosed that none
of them was sufficient to cause death.
When found, the woman’s clothing
was disarranged, but there was no

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Who’s Complaining?

No one is doing too much com-
plaining about the weather these
days, as the open fall continues. Bush
roads could stand a hard frost to
tighten them up, but we have been
spared the heavy rains that have
occurred farther north

Here are the maximum and mini-
mum temperatures taken at the ai
port from 8:30 a.m to 5:30 p.m.

Friday, November 19 54 46

Saturday :

Monday, November 22 43 37

Tuesday = 35 30

Wednesday 50 43

Reading at 11:30 this morning
was 50 above.

evidence of criminal assault and this
was further confirmed by a patholo-
gist's report from Kamloops. she
was 5% months pregnant.

According to the testimony, the

events leading up to the woman's
death started on the afternoon of
Nevember 9th when Bill Edwards,
owner of Williams Lake Taxi, found
the woman in an extreme state of
|intoxication lying behind one of the
taxis. Her husband, who did not ap-
pear to have been drinking, was at-
tempting to get her up.
»The police responded to a call from
Mr. Edwards, but as there was no
room in the jail for a woman prisoner
at that time, the two constables took
the woman and her husband to the
Stampede grounds where she could
sober up. The husband was instructed
several times to stay with his wife.
which he promised to do. The wea-
ther was mild.

According to his testimony, ‘he
stayed with her for several hou
struggling with her at times. Finally
he left her, returned to town, and
eventually followed his children out
to Alkali Lake where they attended
the funeral of Jack Long. They re-
turned to Williams Lake. Friday and
continued on to their home ot the 127
Mile. nae

When the husband discovered his
wife was not at their home, he came
back to Williams Lake Saturday,
November 13th, on the bus. As the
bug passed the Stampede grounds, he
looked down and saw a dark splotch
where he had left his wife and later
discovered the body. She had appar-
ently lain there undetected for 3%
days.

SCHOOL ELECTIONS

Board Vice-Chairman,

Fails To Hold Seat

tive picture of School District 27
occurred at Saturday’s representa-

tives’ meeting when School Board:

vice-chairman A. B. Levens was de=

feated in the election of trustees for|
two-year terms. F. B. Bass, who is,

serving his first term as an area rep-|
resentative*for Williams Lake, was!

elected to the single town spot open

‘Young Man Killed

on the board.

_Board chairman Hilary Place of!
Dog Creek was returned by acclama-
tion in the election for a trustee for}
the Chilcotin zone, and Trustee Mrs.
B. Wright retained her seat for the
Cariboo Highway zone. From the
Lone Butte-Bridge Lake area, D. M.
‘Mac’ Thomason of Bridge Lake was
elected.

Kiwanians Conduct
First Quesnel Meet

Nine local Kiwanians travelled to
Quesnel Monday to conduct the first
regular meeting of the group in that
centre.

Headed hy local club president,
Felix Nicholson, the visitors included

George Mableson, Rey. J. Colelough, | ;

Tony Borkowski, Herb Gardner, Bill
Mouat, Clive Stangoe, George Smith
and Bob Court.

Mr. Mouat was guest speaker at
the dinner meeting and
Kiwanis theme ‘we build’ in develop-
ing a brief talk on the historical
growth of the Cariboo and the obli-
gation we owe to those early build-
ers of history.

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Local Shuttle Players j
Drop First Tourney

In their first inter-club team tour-
nament of the year, Williams Lake

- {| badminton players came out on the
Major change in the administras)

short end of a
day.

In the tourney’s most exciting
match, Quesnel’s Don Currie and Dr.
Prauk Avery captured a close win
over Ralph Woodland and Ed Gas-
ard after the contest went to three
sets and points in the deciding one.

22-6 game score Sun-

In Logging Accident

Daniel Albert Rabbitt, 26, son of
a well-known Gibson's Landing fam-
ily, who had been working in the
Horsefly area for the past three
months, was instantly killed Monday

| morning when he was crushed under

a falling log.

According to reports on the acci-
dent, Mr. Rabbitt was unloading logs
‘Irom a truck when one. bounced
sideways and caught him across the
lower abdomen, pinning him to the
ground. He was an employee of Fet-
ters Lumber Company. The accident

occurred about 9 a.m.

‘Two other brothers, Tom ané@ Pat,
sare also working for the lumber
company:

It is understood that the body i:
being shipped to Princeton for inter-
ment there. The family lived there
for some years hefore moving to Gib-
son's Landing.

A coroner's jury viewed the body
and the inquest was adjourned until
November 26. a

‘Scrool Neeas [n District

Add Up To Healthy Sum

By Clive Stangoe
Expenditure of a large amount of money for capital
purposes to provide an adequate program of education in
sprawling District 27 will have to be considered for either
an immediate program or a progessive one spread over three

or four years.

This would appear to be the almost
inevitable conclusion that trustees
will have to face, based on informa:
‘tion given to Area Representatives,
at their meeting last Saturday.

It such a program is tackled in its
entirety, unofficial mates run in
excess of half a million dollars, of
which half would be borne by Vic-
toria.

But trustees have been instructea
by the representatives to bring down
three proposals to the budget con-
ideration meeting next February.
‘BAREST NEEDS’

The first one would embrace a pro-
gram that could be handled piece-
meal, out of current revenue, and this
is labeled one that would handle the
barest needs” of the district.
The second would entail the pres-
‘entation of a by-law to handle the
whole program.

The third pfoposal would be a ref-

Licence Revoked
On Noise Complaint

Complaint that the issuance of a
commercial licence in a residential
area was creating too much noise,
resulted in commissioners revoking
the licence in question at their meet-
ing Tuesday night. ‘The complaint
was laid by a resident of the area,

The licen issned two weeks
ago to Marie Archenuk for the serv-
chicken dinners
other.

e was

ing of
Although no
laints had been presented,
joners suid they had received oral
complaints from other residents.

formal com-

comm

Application for a trades licence by
Mrs. E. Gerow of Penticton to con-
duct a retail ladieswear business
here was turned down on the basis
that the applicant had no permanent
place of busine

David Howrie Ltd.,
to Raymond Lee of the
Cafe,

erendum. Under this proposal, the
trustees would lay a plan of capitai
expenditure that would take in, say,
five years. If this plan was accepted
by the ratepayers, the board could sell
the bonds authorized~as the funds
were needed each year. Chief recom-
mendation for this plan is the faet
that, although approval is given for
the entire program, heavy interest
costs are saved by he board using the
funds only when absolutely neces-
sary.
FIRST PLAN DOUBTFUL

There seems little hope that the
trustees will be able to reconcile the
immediate needs of the district with
the proposal of paying for these out
of current revenue.

Last year the budget allowed
about $84,000 for buildings and
equipment.

Aiming at that figure, here is the
way it would be gobbled up in several
of the projects that are cosidered
absolutely necessary.

High school addition at Williams
Lake — repaying mount into this
fund set aside last year and used for
additional room a Skyline school and
rebuilding Bach Sawmill school, and
providing for difference between or-
ignal estimates and lowest tender

received — $40,000. Provision for
equipment for this addition could run
to $7,000.

New school at Enterprise where
old San Jose building was opened last
year as temporary measure - $6,000.

Without going any farther, the
is $63,000, and the acute accommo-
dation problems that continue to de-
velop throughout the district have
net heen touched.
2ED CONSIDERATION
Here are some of the other projects
that will have to be considered either
immediately or within a relatively
short space of time

Teacherage and plumbing at Ri
Creek, $4,000; school at Alkali Le
(presently using bunkhouse) $6000
jon for third room at Skyline
(continved on back page)

ecember 9

Property Owners Will Vote
On $132,000 System For Town

Williams Lake property owners will vote oh a proposal to
authorize construction of a sewer system in the village when

they

The controversial by-law, which
has been the better part of two years
in the making, has finally been given
oficial approval by the Inspector of
Municipalities.

Estimated cost of the work to be
done under the by-law is $130,341.00.
Adding to this the cost of by-law and
debenture expenses brings the by-
law figure up to $132,000.00.

If the by-law is accepted, the plan
is to repay the principal over a period
of 20 years. Annual payments of
principal and interest will amount to
roughly $9,000, Interest involved
over the 20 ‘years, provided deben-
tures are sold at par at the 3% per
cent figure will amount to $54,127.50.

Approval of the by-law will raise
the village’s debenture debt to $217,-
000. At present the debt stands at
$85,000 representing the balance
owing: on repayment of the water
system by-law funds.

PROBLEM REMOVED

For their $132,000 expenditure,
property owners of Williams Lake
will have the satisfaction of being
relieved forever of the problem of
disposal of sewage by septic tanks
and rock pits. Poor drainage in the
heavy clay soil has resulted in many
residents sinking new holes every
year in an effort to dispose of the
effluent, or in resorting to continual
tank pumping. Either method is an
expensive nuisance.

Voters will have the opportunity
to question commissioners on the
proposed by-law at the annual stew-
ardship meeting which is being spon-
sored again this year by the Junior
Chamber of Commerce. It will” be

Navy Pleased With
Local Recruiting Visit

Members of the Royal Canadian
Navy recruiting team who visited
town this week were surprised at the
response to their appearance. Seven-
teen prospective applicants visited
the temporary office to inquire about
life in the senior service.

Age restrictions and the toughness
of the 1Q test given cut the 17 down
to six good “possibilities,” but otfi-
cers in charge of the team said the
local response was the best they had
had in a small town in the past two
weeks on the road.

Monday night 125 people took in
the free show the Navy put on-at
Columbus Hall. Three colour films,
“Wings for the Navy,” ‘The Navy in
Korea” and a Canadian travelouge
were shown, as well as several car-
toons.

Tuesday Lieutenant George W.
Tanner, who headed the team, ad-
dressed the local Kiwanis Club
luncheon and P/O J. Wylie operated
the projector to show the Korean
film.

go to the polls on civic election day December 9.

held in the High School auditorium
December 3rd at 8 p.m. &

Passage of the by-law is dépend-
ent on the proposal receiving the ap-
proval of three-fifths of the votes cast
exclusive of spoiled ballots. Ballots
are made out for a simple “yes”? or
“no’’ vote.

Eligibility for voting on money by-
laws is restricted to such persons.
being British subjects of the full aga
of twenty-one years, and such corpor-
ations as have for one month im-
mediately preceding the day of vot-
ing been the owners of land within
the municipality.

Copies of the by-law have been
posted in public places in town for
perusal by the the electors, and a
copy will appear in next week’s is-
sue of The Tribune.

Board Leaves Further
Safety Patrol Action
Up To Merchants

A recomendation to the Board of
Trade that the problem of actual es-
tablishment of a night safety patrol
in Williams Lake be left up to the
merchants was accepted at last
Thursday's meeting.

Committee chairman Doug Stever-
son said a comprehensive survey of
vosts had been made and it appeared
ithat a one-man patrol would be suf-
ficient. Of 44 merchants contacted,
40 had indicated they would be in
r of a-patno) and Foer tie 3
itifey would not participate.

One of the results of the publicity
attached to the committee's survey
has been the arrival of Gordon Lewis,
Vancouver man, who has laid the
groundwork for the establishment of
his own patrol service, called Secur-
ity Services.

Mr. Lewis has been engaged form-
erly in police work for the airforce,
Department of National Defence,
construction project policing and in-
‘surance investigation work,

Mr. Lewis was present at the meet-
ing and told the members he appreci-
ated the co-operation he had received
from the patrol committee.

Th board voted the expenditure of
$50 to the Okanogan-Cariboo Trail
‘Association as this centre’s share in
the cost of a tourist brochure that
‘the association will publish on places
of interest along Highway 97. .

Mr. and Mrs. Sam Barrowman of
Alexis Creek left Monday on the first
leg of their trip to New Zealand and
Australia. Mr. Barrowman's brother,
Matthew, lives in New Zealand and
his daughter, Mrs. R. Sprague, lives
in New Zealand, The Barrowmans

will return home next May.

It Happened This Way...

Appearance in town this week of an edition of a coast
daily with a large picture of an escaped convict emblazoned
on the front page created a flurry of excitement downtown.

It happened this way:

Looking over the account of the escape, which includ-
ed the information that the convict was supposedly on his
way east to pay an unfriendly visit to his wife, a salesclerk
in a local store glanced up and felt her heart skip a beat as
she spotted a person she believed to be the one on the front

page.

Wasting no time she telephoned police and described

the man,
checked sports

including the fact that he was wearing a blue
coat. Two policemen answered the call, and

as the man had left the store they toured the town on the

Near
would

lookout for him.
looked as though it
down the sidewalk w

As they neared the ‘suspect’ though
ognized their quar
attached to the local detachment
walking around town in ‘civvies’ on his time off.
his appearance had made the

in laughter as the
the constables ree
who wa

Informed of the stir

I
ently

young constable donned his uniform and went ba
av rrassed clerk recognized him as
he had called the law down on.

store, wher
the man

ry emba

Actual police were pleased
citizen co-operation
resemblance

paper.

the Federal Building the

It happens that there

arch
because walking

bear truit,

aMmanina blue checked sports coat.

the pursuers exploded
y. He was one of

to the

with the

between the constable and the picture in the