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Page Q 9  ~ - THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LARR, B.C.

Thursday, December 16, 1954.

Williams Lake Tribune

Established 1931

Harper Brothers Were Noted’
Pioneers In Cattle, Industry

Extracts from a paper “Pioneers | began around 1862 near Kamloops
of the Cattle Industry,” which: was! and as the y went on the broth-
read ata recent meeting of the local | ers gradually increased their hola-
Historical Society, deals with the ings by purchasing land farther west
es of the Harper brothers, | around Cache Creek and then Kelly
whose vast holdings included the|Lake. The Famous Gang Ranen was
Gang Ranch. The paper was com- acquired by purchase from the goy-
ernment in 1883-85 and comprised
18,912 acres. This became the head-
quarters for the sprawling proper-

Clive Stangoe, Baitor
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Where Were The Voters? The interests of the brothers in

Brickbats this week are due to the bulk of the town’s Thaddeus in 1829. The exact date of| British Columbia were handled Dy
eligible voters who passed up the opportunity to give their | their arrival in British Columbia is Thaddeus, while it is noted in 1863
opinion on the proposed sewer by-law last Thursday. not known but in October 1859 that Jerome, working in the United

Their lack of interest in whether or not the board of| Jerome was Operating a sawmill at| States began to secure control of the
commissioners commits us to an indebtedness of $132,000] Yale. The following year Thaddeus] cattle importing business. It was his
could quite possibly result in no decision being forthcoming |-ubmited a tender for the construc-/ custom to buy cattle in Washiné

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to California, where he died four cotin ranch, which was.no doubt the

years later, Gang or Harper Ranch. The other
INTERTSTED IN MINING states that he was thrown from a
Thaddeus did not tare so well in| horse at Lac La Hache and sustained
the cattle business after his brother's|@ brain fracture from which he
death. In the later seventies the cat- | never recovered. No date is given in
tle industry was in a depressed con-| either account, He died in Victoria
dition and Thaddeus Harper became |in 1898.
engaged in mining activities. These Legends current in the cattle
extended to Horsefly, where work ig country insist that the cattl> brand
shown to have heen spasmodic. By | used by the Harper brothers was the
1891 the Harper interests were ta: first used in British Colum ia, This
ken over by R. T. Ward. From the] may be quite correct, but tre brand
association with Thaddeus Harper | in duestion was not officia ly regis-
the settlement became known loca)- tered until June 10, 1884. Whereas
ly as Harper’s Camp. The Post office | legislation requiring the registra-
was so named until 1921. é tion of all-\Wrands was enacted ag
The last ten years of the ‘life of early as 1869. The first bronds regis-
Thaddeus Harper were tinged with 5 s
tered in the colony were in the names

tragedy. Two accounts are given in 2
this regard. One that he was kicked | Of the cattle-owners. of the Chilli-
wack district dated 1870,

in the face by a horse on his Chil-

on the sewer system for some time. tion of a 4-mile stretch of the Cari-}iand Oregon during the winter
Looking at the low percentage of votes cast, it is quite | boo Road, which was not accepted. months, drive them to the Interna-
probable that the Inspector of Municipalities will toss the re- In 1861 the Harpers first appear | tional boundary where they were
sults in the wastebasket and instruct the commissioners to get| as landowners. That spring Thad- held until spring. Sometime in May
a more representive poll on the question. - deus was granted a pre-emption | he would start a drive with herds of
To the men who have worked off and on for two years on | "cord for a “bit of land on the south | 400 steers, 50 milch cows and 50

the attendant problems of drawing up a satisfactory system | side of the Fraser River near Pike’s | head of horses. Upon arrival at Bar-
and then a satisfactory method of taxation to pay for the project, | Riffle.” From this small beginnings kerville the stock was herded on
it must be disheartening to say the least that the voters | large holdings grew. In 1888, at the | Bula Mountain and animals were
couldn’t spare ten minutes from one day’s activities to walk ae cae pao ee ie
i Stairs a ienify “yes®-on foan estern Canada Ranching y

wpa Ment obstalrs end signity ‘yes’ or “no”. | Company, they aggregated no less Generally it took about 1,400 head
than 38,572 acres. Part of the prop-| for the season. - These drives con-
erty was located east of Kamloops, | tinued for several years, as B.C. did
with additional lands at Cache Creek | not produce enough cattle to supply
and Kelly Lake. , the demand until after 1870. That
EMPIRE BEGINS year Jerome was stricken with a
The building of the Harper empire! serious illness and had to be taken

From the Files of the Tribune

ONE YEAR AGO
December 17, 1953

Unhappy Incident

Although last week’s dormitory incident raised quite a
lot of comment in our small town, we don’t attach too much
Importance to the incident as far as any effect it might have on
weighing the balance of opinion on the merits or otherwise
of our dormitory system.

Anyone who expects that the school board could take from
50 to 70 boys and girls; house them, feed them, set up a system
of discipline and recreation and not run into problems like the
one referred to, was viewing the dormitory system from
beneath q couple of feet of sand.

We do believe that the school officials responsible for the
conduct of the investization showed a praiseworthy attitude
towards the problem. Without minimizing the seriousness of
the offenses, they still showed a commendable understanding
of the adolescent mind, particularly of the adolescent beset
by problems of adjustment to a completely different way of
life away from home.

The attitude of the dorm prefects stands out in the in-
vestigation as extremely complimentary to the dorm disciplin-
ary system. Here are youths who willingly shared the respon-
sibility of authority in trying to curb the shoplifting outbreak
in order to maintain the good name of the dorm.

The incident has cast no reflections on the work of
dormitory matron Mrs. Boyce, whose work continues. to be
looked on with pride by both her charges and the townspeople.

Murdock, son of Mrs. Clara Murdock
of Williams Lake, reported killed in
action— Dance to be held in honor
of four men -home on leave; Percy
Pigeon, John Moore, Ivor Hill and
Frank Lindley—. Flying Officer
“Turk” Pigeon, son of Mr. and Mrs,
Eddie Pigeon, welcomed home—
Two to 15 helow registered in Chil-
cotin points, but town had tempera-
ture of 14 above—
TWENTY YEARS AGO
December 13, 1934

P.G.E. features prominently in
Proposed expansion plans for B.C.
announced by Premier W.A.C. Ben-
nett. Railway will have 311 miles
added, extending its southern end to
Vancouver and its northern end to
Dawson Creek— WW. B. Smetanuk
retires after 32 years with the P.G.E.
— Thomas A. B. Larson named new
Bank of Montreal manager— J. R.
“Jack” Robertson, son of Mrs. K.
Robertson of Lac La Hache, killed
in trench cave-in at Kelowna— Plans
to install new 1000 kilowatt unit at
local power plant announced by B.C.
Power Commission— War Memorial
Hospital announces the appointment

s M. D. Hills as hospital aS.
Herb Gardner and Mac JoBn.

Fire broke out in store of H. Fay-
er and spread to store owned by A.
Gosman where considerable damage
Was done— Advertised for Xmas as
Mackenzies: Ladies’ four Piece satin
sets, comprising pantie set, slip, ted-
ies and gokwn, per set 2-00.

Manhattan
Beauty Shop

Margaret Blenkinsop

ey could otherwise havelreceived, including:the development
of their personalities through association with other students.
The odd paragraph of its ‘history will no doubt be marred by
incidents like the one just experienced, but they will be small
in comparison to the overall results.

‘For The Love They. Bore Us’

The Free Press made editorial references a week or so
ago to a seemingly growing feeling that the “rod,” strap or
what have you, has been unduly neglected by*parents in the
rearing of youth. It quoted Field Marshal Viscount Mont-
gomery and former Inspector Fabian of Scotland Yard. as
champions of a bit of caning on occasions, Now additional
evidence has cropped up in support of corporal punishment
for the erring. =

Sir Winston Churchill no less, is a witness to the efficacy
of such chastisement. In engaging in reminiscence on the
occasion of his 80th birthday anniversary the other day, he
testified, openly and unashamed, to the merit of the strap or

som top poll in civie elect; C.FEA,
announces flights will be curtailed
to three times weekly during months
of January, February and March
First Going-up ceremony of Cubs
into Scouting to he held in Williams
Lake for some years solemnly enact-
ed at Columbus Hall— Ray Laver-
diere and Harold McKay dissolve
Partnership. Mr. Laverdiere will con-|t
tinue to operate garage business— soe ee
Appointment of James Shaw as man- :

ager of Lakeview Hotel announced

FIVE YEARS AGO
December 15, 1949

Phone 68-y

Newly formed Curling Club meets
to ‘form season’s policy— Ice was
forming at north end of Williams
Lake, and the towa had 2” of wet
snow— Construction has started At
Quesnel for a new store for Mackeh-
zies Ltd.— Soda Creek ferry remohi-
ed from river after being threatenta
by heavy ice floes“and jams in the
Soda Créek Canyon— Interior of
Catholic Chureh renovated and mote
seating capacity providea—

TEN YEARS AGO i
Deceniber 14, 1944

And now from Scotland comes word of a certain parish
that, a while ago, decided as an experiment, to dispense with
the “‘taws” in its school. After two or three months, it had been
decided that the experiment Was a colossal failure. The school
children were acting up badly, being saucy with the teachers,
skipping school, and raising the proverbial cain generally. So
the “taws” have been restored, and ‘restored automatically
much inipfo obedience and respect towards the teachers and

Only two candidates filed nomin-
ation papers. W. S. Western and h,
G. Woodland will fll two vacancies
on village commission— Pte. James

wrong-doing was afflicted o
and accepted by him as one of
boyhood. Neither Montgomery n
any ill effects of the punishmen
within reasonable bounds.
What say the authorities about corporal. Punishment?
Ah, such “authorities” are many. Samuel Butler affirmed:
“Spare the rod and spoil the child,” ana Solomon ‘
all sides to bea man of supreme wisdom, was credite,
declaration: “He that spareth the rod, hateth hj Y
Snally, this quotation from Rudyard Kipling writing about
Westuesrnen his schoo) — the United Services College at
“There we met With famous men
Set in office o'er us;
And they beat on us with reds
Waithtully with many rods, ,
Daily beat on us with rods,
For the love they bore us.”

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