Page2 =~ tHE TRIBUNE,- WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Williams Lake Tribune Retablished 1931 Clive Stangoe, Editor Published every Thursday at Williams Lake, B.C, By The “fribune Publishing Co. THE OL a The Cracker Barrel Forum Peg HOMETOWN Bye ANIEY By A. J. Drinkell that we . SubseRiDHOH: er year 2k An article appearing in the April | outside to tap this treasur Outside Canada x $566 issue of “The Montrealer” under the |are apparently incapable of sustain- 5 Fee. caption “Eye Opener” was brought|ing the two-par , the vital -Meniber: Gis tone ee gues to the attention of our last hold- | core of ‘a political structure we in- British Columbia Biviaiea, 6 ven a forth. W e strongly suspect Angus, |herited from abroad; that our fed- » CW. Our quizzical counter-jumper, was/|eral system had ‘severe economic |. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION responsible for it heing brought to| defects that concentrate three-quar- Authorized as Second Class Mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa | our attention. He liken to take a ters of the national wealth in one out of the hoy: nd again. We|small region which considers this quote the art atim and fully | the design of God; that our winter Weapons For he Bi ht expect our readers to express the|are economic nightmares for hun- g. ame diversity of opinion as did=the | dreds of thousands of our people; The picture of the cute little six-year-old on the front page | POYS — everything trom three cheers iat He are, by Gnd large, cultural of last week’s Tribun along with the story of her meeting ee ene ee SUN our Here it is: “When New Zealand|™en have gone through the turmoil a world famous celebrity at the B.C. Cancer Institute had a message for our readers. Little Beverley is fighting one of mankind’s worst ‘liseases. In her case we all feel happy that she is said to be “progressing favourably,” but there are thousands of other victims of the disease the length and breadth of the land who idly 3 are not. Those who fall into both categories, and those in the ee cs epee future who will be stricken need our help. Mice Bae ae The B.C. division of the Canadian Cancer Society and the] «scrious en airs B.C. Cancer Foundation are campaigning for $200,000 trom = , 3 the citizens of the province. The budget for the coming year mere. Tlie: re= calls for $62,000 for research, bursaries and fellowships, sponse, said one 30,000 for an educational program to alert people to cancer’s newspaper, sur- yinptoms, and a further payment of the society's pledge of | prised most observers. This is quitz| As the boys sit hunched up around $160,009 to a new 36-ped boarding home nearing completion a jolt for a country that may be| the emporium’s heating system they N. in Vancouver for out-of-town patients. getting just a bit smug about itseif.| hear the heated remarks of Mes- ature All of these needs are important in the fight against | after ten mereurial years of soa mes Smith, Pierrepont, Hansen ee cancer, If you’re on Beverly’s side make a contribution whey itisties, of climbing popnlation|and Polowsky as they make their Ser: b k the canvassers call around next week. = and climbing production, of Purchases. These are average Can- ap jele) compliments from _Avorld statesmen | adian housewives. Their jibes are COMPETITION AND NATURE A Look At Agriculture for our commonsense, our kindness, | aimed mainly at our present econom- our diligence and our dash, we prob-|ie condition. Despite all the talk of | ' There are a great many plants and Since there is little the man engaged in agriculture can do but accept the current price when he sells his product, h ably need this sort of jolt to keep | high wages and industrial expansion| shrubs in the forest, living under our perspective clear. Certain they find it increasingly difficult to| tall deciduous trees,:that must make ada has much cause for satis buy the family needs with Papa’s|an early bed to beat out their bigger main hope of greater returns lies in better management actice, observes the iatest issue of the Royal Bank of Cauada’s monthly letter. recently put in a bid for 100 Cana-|f Wars that brought their nation to maturity and they have left lard- ly one memorable literary trace of the experience behind. When one thinks of what the English, the Danes, the Swiss have done with far dien forestry workers to go there for at least three years. between 5006 and 6000 SPRING TRAFFIC less, we have no cause for smugness, one eee And when 5000 to 6000 men jump at-a good chance to leave it. we should accept it “as. they siga it ie | are tot urpeiecds Es 1Gaek of “6 that there is'still much tn our house tact canoiieat ions foe a: tam fObB In Z : 1 that needs -putting in order”. —| New zealand Douglas How. : in many of the things she has done. | bring-home pay. They opine trade| rivals in sending forth their leaves. i her war efforts, in her growth, ia| unions and big business are hell-| You will notice that these smaller the soundness of her people and| bent on extorting the last red cent| plants or trees are usually two their institutions. from them. The politicians sold| weeks earlier with their leavea than Many dévices have been tried to stabilize farm income, states the bulletin. High prices for his product do not spell prosperity for the farmer if to attain them he has to reduce his volume so much that his total income is reduced. Nor has them down the river when they nholished Wartime Prices and Trade Board. The dictum unceasingly Perhaps, though, we have tended to let satisfaction hurdle our legend- ary inferiority complex and ally parrotted by certain sections of our the taller trees since it is necessary for these smaller plants to use this period to manufacture as much food as possible. hefore being shut out increasing questi any solution yet been found in schemes to reduce the marketing | itself with smugness with the beliel we, the people, are rather a splendid expenses. : ‘1 A s E Discussing the changes in production and markeiing,|#24@ enviable lot in ourselves, the| Prices spell out prosperity for the|leaves of their bigger competitors. ti ee a fthe fact.that.today many eods that were white hope of the British world, a} Masses, is deemed to be a monstrous | If they were unable to beat their big- qeenuus ede OF the fact thal ane : ious| bit better than the Americans who] Perversion of the truth. We simply | ger rivals in this manner they would | formerly seasonal are now provided the year round in various : ne cannot aflord a deep freeze in every | soon di s reserved forms. There is new demand from consumers for | ™M™it such immaturities and | eee aren y = Hi ods in more elaborate forms. They want goods in smal} |S? ™any things out loud?__We;“Mhe| shack and a Rolls Royee under every Seas iti ‘ h hat littl . rocessing is| People, may tend _to-forget that no| Wood shed. The rancher’s wife will quantities and in such shape t ae iu © or no: proce! sing 1s race Owes so: much to the stim-{ tell you she was better off when is required at home. The work our parents did Lk vale ng and ts growth: that we| hubby got 7 and 8 cents a pound for preparing meals and cooking is now done by ne S a serait aanid a fallous trensuse Nouse| beck. Has. hireavanans: auite oan tween the farmer and consumer and pest De pet for. THIS | ose foundations were laid some] insist she had it softer when the old Phone is a trend that shows no neing ong oie tee eae time before we came along: that we|man carned 40 a month and found. TRIBUNE tion~ pees ye a ua te ee have needed help and drive from} After listening to these folks we CLASSIFIEDS s for thesztaw material and the coysump i SERSE 2 es society, that high wages and high| from the energy giving light by the othe ulus of war for LITTLE WONDERS INTERIOR WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS tion price at the end of the chain of distribution. Low Cost — Phone 56-R3 5 Williams Lake, B. The letter suggests that what is needed by the farmer = ——— = From the* Files of the Tribune |. : C seeking to make the most of his life, is a general plan for the years ahead, with specific plans for individual years, and detailed-plans for the next twelve months. This demands basic json is teaching a group of boys car- pentry work in the basement of the 2 United Chureh— | Dr. W. J. M. Duthie has opened. ONE YEAR AGO’ April 22, 1954 knowledge gained from textbooks, personal experience and the experience of others, plus a continuing study of new in- formation, some of which will be used now and some used to form opinions of what is to be expected in the future. The bank recommends that a farmer keep records, and use the facts they reveal to make decisions that are right. Farm records and accounts cannot create profits directly, but they ... express results of farm management-in unmistakable terms of high or low profit or loss. They remove all doubt. office for the practice of ¢ @WENTY YEARS AGO practic— Mrs. Maude Cotton, a = April 25, 1935 dent of the Cariboo for more than| ‘The date set for the fall fair at WATER forty-five years, passed away Williams Lake is September 4, 5, 6 Firemen are making another deter-|_— The Bullion Placers are reported reveals whisky’'s Summing up, the letter states: mined attempt to revive the local/to have startéd spring operations “The young man thinking of taking up farming on his own | band— Road building crew alonss nd to have nearly a full crew of should know that agriculture is a composite of many economic | the 150 mile-Williams Lake section] men working— The Public Works true flavour activities, of modes of living and of social functions, but it of the Cariboo highway are. making | Department boasts a new Dodge still a business in which the character and energy of the/a@ good showing as the spring con- car for the service of the road ‘ + a a ount more than any other factor. : struction program gets underway— | engineer, Mr. Ramsay— Members of N \ Why, Se a le who want quick returns on their | Blackwell's Portraits will soon be in] the golfing fraternity gathered on San Impatient peeple, Deople who want gid new quarters on Oliver’Street— A|the links for a working bee— A investment of money and labour, will find little in farming to attract them. People who lack initiative and enterprise and euergy will prefer jobs where decisions are made for them: where they are always told by some authority what to do next. People who are timid, who recall the poet’s lines “His life is a long-drawn question between a crop and a crop,’’ will seek first of all the security of working.for someone else. ; “But the farmer who approaches his job with the idea that farming is something to be made efficient and so profitable as to yield income sufficient to enable him and his family to enjoy the advantages and comforts of life will find many other th nes added: the loveliness of every year’s seed time and harvest, closeness to the heart of life and nature, and the spirit of the giant of antiquity, Antaeus, whose strength increased every time he touched the ground.” plate g) window at the Oliver] hole-in-one was played by Major Theatre was broken when someone} Hart— Tailored made suits are of- who had been hiding in the theatre] fered for § 95. decided to leave long after the crowd had left— A flock of about 100 geese were observed flying northwards] |> MOVIN G? over Lone Butte— The ice break é occurred 1:48 p.m., April FIVE YEARS AGO April-20, 1950 > ; " contact _ S 66 83 99 John Smedley, well-known’ re- » ioe sesame at ton TE MTT cagram's W. Renner was elected president of TRANSFER & STORAGE G iy Whisky Pay Seaguaw’s oxcé Sure Put Seagram’s “83” to the water test: Water, plain or sparkling, reveals a whisky’s true, natural flavour and bouquet. If you are moving anywhere in Canada the Provincial Cariboo District Lih- eral Association— Over 500 enthu- Wully Equipped Padded Van Volunteer Nuisances oa mene ins Village and jammed the airport to _ extend a welcome to © fic Airways inaugural fl Phone 57-R-2 Commissioner James’ Cunt OUESNEL, B.C. issued a flat “no” to. the'sug that the Chileotin be stocked” with Elk— The Provincial Public Work appropriations for this ea “topped other districts by $70,000 this year— When the fire siren sounds in Surrey, notes The Surrey Leader, half the drivers within earshot jump into their cars and head for the firehall, to follow the fire engine. Most of them are not volunteer firemen, they are volun- teer nuisances. ; ; . This particular form of insanity is not confined to Surrey. It has been noted at many other points, including this district. Drivers who chase fire engines constitute a real headache for fire brigade and police, in that they clog traffic and sometimes impede essential vehicles endeavouring tg reach the scene of a fire. “ When that happens valuable minutes are lost, and some- Due to the-thres weeks Intec times lives: ane placed dn jeopardy. i stockmen will undoubtemy Toot It would be silly to ignore ithe overpowering element of prosimataly 6000 hena nr e ap. curiosity which impels people to want to find out about a fire. Dus fos the siapénston. nt tie Yet even the most casual should recognize the fact that being vite “from Poinaause ¢ p yontest nes means risking the property and perhaps George ineat is hecoming very seance the'lives.of others. A — The Likely Hotel whic) The public should endeavor vo co-operate voluntarily, DY) woney jos ina fire ae héen, leaving highways as free as possible for firemen and police. and 48 < Pull to the side of the road the minute you hear a siren sound. ..iroia Prince Georak és Watch out carefully for a second fire truck or pol car neouver was resumed— A tem- which may be following the first one you see. Keep at Iea: | porary wooden retaining wall hac 500 feet behind fire engines enroute to a fire. If you must 80) heen ronstructed along Olives street to see what the alarm is about, park well back from all ©) at Railway to keep not only thé department or police vehicles and be particularly careful to] water and ice trom the sidewark but keep clear of hose lines. ; ; the: occasional ea Phe Chien Some fellow citizen whose home or business is endanger-} looks as white with snow as it “aid eg will appreciate your courtesy. in the middle of winter— Mr, John- This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. SENDING 7 MOMEY | fA out of town? TEN YEARS AGO April 19, 19. For your convenience in sending money out of town or abroad, use our money orders and foreign remittances, s been r ain operating— A w For details, call at our nearest branch—we have more than 680 to serve you. THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE Williams Lake Branch — Felix Nicholson, Manager