Thursday, May 19, 1955.

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THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, Bic.

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Average size of Alberta ranches| Canadians are stiil the world’s| The 1954 navigation season was
are 2.000 acres owned by the indi-|/greatest telehpone conversational-! shorter than the 1953 season by 16
vidual rancher with 8,000 additional | ists. During 1953 — latest figures| days for the Canadian lock at Sault
acres under lease from the provin-| available — Canadians averaged 411| Ste. Marie and the St. Lawrence
cial government. conversations each. system.

SPRING FEED SALE

We are selling out some of our stock at considerably
REDUCED PRICES to make room for more and better feeds.

Example: 32% concentrate feed reduced by $25.00 per ton

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Dog Creek News

THEE PARTY of four timber
cruisers headed by J. G. Ludgate,
Kamloops, completed its work and
left for headquarters Saturday.

JIM COVENTRY of the airport
stag was a guest at Dog Creek House
Sunday. He was accompanied by G.
B. Walker, chief radio technian with
the D.0.Ty Mr. Walker exchanged
territories with “Lofty” Harris a
short while ago. Lofty is now living
in Edmonton.

A DAUGHTER was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Antoine Harry Monday.

DISTRICT ENGINEER Jim Pom-
eroy and Ben Gruhs were in viewing
the local roads. They also received
the views of local residents.

GORDON KANE and J. FOWLER
of Clinton Sawmills were business
visitors in the valley Monday.

ANOINE BILLY is in town for
medical attention.

LOCAL INDIANS and some others
were invited to attend a meeting at
Ganoe Creek Wednesday last to dis-
cuss the’ Forest Management Licence
applications filed with the Forestry
Department, covering this area. As
only cne of the applicants was invit-
ed to attend Hilary Place

MR. and MRS. R. M. ALLISON
spent the weekend in Town for the
christening of their young son Rob-
ert Charles. Mrs. Allison Sr. journey-
ed from Kamloops for the ceremony
and later accompanied the family
party to Dog Creek.

A PARTY of government officials
are now at work cruising the timber
in this area.

C. R. PLACE was’a business visit-
or to Town Monday.

ALEXIS CREEK

Community Club
Elects Officers

(held over)

A Community Club meeting was
held Wednesday night to elect new
officers and also discuss the coming
May 23,School Sports Day.

Mr. J. Webb was elected president
with Mrs. Irene Bliss as vice-presi-
dant. Secretary is Mrs. Valerie Yells.

A pienic grounds committee was
picked and members are Ken Hop-
kins, Sammy Martin, Mrs. June Bliss
and Ken Walmsley,

the meeting was improperly consti-
tlited and out of order and that any
resolutions passed by it would car-
ry no weight. A resolution endorsing
the one application was passed any-
way.

(held over)

MRS. L. DUNLOP has relinquish
her position as housekeeper’ at the
Circle S Ranch and returned to Kam-
loops. Mrs. Walter Zrinsky’ will fill
the vacancy caused by Mrs. Dunlop's
departure.

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Dance are
Mrs. Betty Jasper, Mrs. Olive Hop-
kins, Murray Taylor, and Gordon
Cowell. ;

The meeting was very well at-
tended with many new projects dis-
cussed. n

BOY SCOUT meetings were held
recently to discuss ways and means
of raising money to supply the
Scouts with uniforms.

MANY LOCAL RESIDENTS at-
tended the Community Hall fund
raising dance at Riske, Creek.

A GOOD TURNOUT of the com-
munity was shown last Sunday to
prepare the field for the coming
Sports Day. The field is situated in
Bull Canyon.

The expression “many hands make
light work” proved itself as all were
busy with shovels, axes, etc. and
even had time for a short ball game
with the men opposing the women.
of which the score will remain a
secret. The day ended with refresh-
ments served around the much-
needed bonfire.

MR. and MRS. TOM HAMILTON
arrived here Tuesday. Mr. Hamilton
is the new Forest Ranger replacing
Ted Gibbs. Ted arrived with the new
tenants and it is nice to see him
again. We sincerely hope Mr. and
Mrs. Hamilton and_young son will
like it here.

SAM BARROWMAN has arrivel
home from the coast with his new
employees for the hotel. Mr. and Mrs.
George Fawcett who are originally
from St. John, New Brunswick.

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Lone Buite News

MANY CHILDREN around Lone
Butte are glad to see that Milford
Vidito is back home again. Mr. Via-
ito, known as Shorty, is the aged war
veteran who was badly beaten by
unknown persons this last winter.
Mr. Vidito is still paralized in his
right arm.

MONDAY, May 9th, several white
swans were seen on Horse Lake.

THE ICE went out on Horse Lake
Monday evening, May 9th. This is
four days earlier than last year.

WEDNESDAY morning the gro-
und was white with snow.

WEDNESDAY evening J. S. D.
Smith, Land Inspector from Clinton
met with a committee from the Lone
Butte Farmers’ Institute. Commit-
tee men were Nels Sandberg and
Percy Willard. Purpose was to select
a ball park and playground within
the Lone Butte townsite. A good
selection was made and all that is
needed now is a few bulldozers to
clear, the parksite. Anyone inter-
ested please contact commtitee.

THURSDAY and Friday, cold with
snow flurries.

SATURDAY evening the Com-
munity Club held a dance in the hall.
There was a good crowd. Tommy
Trussler’s Orchestra supplied the
music. ;

SATURDAY and Sunday gave us
nice summer weather. the tempera-
ture ranging up in the sixties.

MR. and MRS. FRED ATKINSON
have returned from holidayin= +
the coast.

REV. CARL SAHLSTROM wishe=
to announce that he will hola chureh
service in the Hall every Sund>
morning at 11 a.m. Sunday School
will be held at 10 a.m.

TATLAYOKO NEWS

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Explore Possibili:
Of Recreeticr
Program

A community meeting with a view
to ‘sounding out’ opinions on estah-
lishing a recreation commission to or-
ganize 4nd. conduct a recreation pro-
gram embracing all age groups in

nd around the valley, was held at

| the old-school house April_24th:—4—-» ——

temporary committee was formed to
take care of the business at hand;
that of deciding whether or not to
partake of the help and interest of-
fered by the community programs
branch of the Department of Bdu-
cation. It is hoped that we may do it
justice. A June meeting is planned in
conjunction with Tatla Lake, West
Branch and Kleena Kleene when we
may expect direction from our re-
gional consultant, K. K. Maltman, of
Quesnel. Among other decisions, a
preview of our May 23rd Sports Day
entrants was planned for May 15.

TWO TATLAYOKO LAKE young- _

sters: Sigrid Satre and Stephen
Haynes, have been innoculated at the
Polio Immunization Centre at Alexis
Creek and will return. for their final
shots May 27th.

OLAF SATRE returned home late
in April from Alaska where he has
been since early winter.

RECENT business visitors to Wil-
liams Lake were: Edith and John
Henderson, returning home with a
Dodge sedan last week; George Rett-
berg, for supplies for his well stock-
ed store; Eric Bergelaar, in search
of work prior to taking his family
out; Dona and Gabrielle (Gabby)
Baptiste, and Eagle Lake Henry for
a load of supplies to be taken in to
Mr, Henry's Mountain House befors
the Chilco river gets too high.

OUR ROAD has dried out quickly,
the bumpy aftermath of ruts and
holes being disposed of considerably
by towing a triangular-shaped level
er (built of heavy green logs with
the cutting edge being an old grader
blade) up and down a few times.

BLASTING OF STUMPS and
breaking of new land has Ken and
Harry Haynes and Alf Bracewell
busy these days.

BEAR ARE ABOUT AGAIN, two
browns haying just been seen in dif-
erent parts of the valley.

WITH continued cold weather
Tatlayoko range cattle are finding
new grass srowth pretty slow.

THAT old demon called ‘The Flu’
has sneaked into our vigorous little
community, knocking the ping out
from under one family after an-
other. Fortunately the fever, head-
nche, ete, abate after a three-day
skirmish. :

Canada’s largest hospital is the
00 bed Hospital St. Jean-de-Dien

at Gamelin, Que.

There are an estimated 951,000.
horses on Canadian farms. This com:
pares with a peak of 2,501,000 back
in 1921,