Thursday, June 9, 1955,

THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C.

Page 7

1 his BW cele Tn Ottawa

By E. D. Fulton, M.P.

May 28, 1955.

TROUBLE

The government has been in more
trouble this week, once again over
western matters. Last time it was in
connection with the International
Rivers Bill and the Columbia River
Development. This has at last been
settled; new trouble has broken out
in a new spot. But whereas on that
subject there had been plenty of ad-
vance warning, this time it came out
of the blue. ;
LOADED

It arose out of a seemingly Simple”
Resolution for the introduction of a
bill to amend the Yukon Quartz Min-
ing Act. None of us had any idea that
there was objection to the proposed
legislation—indeed none of us knew
what it was proposed to do. except
Mr. Aubrey Simmons, the Member
tor the Yukon. Mr. Simmons, how-

BLAST
When the Minister (Hon. Jean
g€), had finished his statemer
Simmons let him have it with
both barrels. Then, since the Min-
ister was‘still moving, he clubbed his
gun and swatted him over the head.
It was a fearful-blast — the more
powerful as coming from a Libera!
member against the Liberal govern-
ment.
ARBITRARY
First, Mr. Simmons objected that
the proposed act would eliminate the
Pstatutory basis of prospectors’ and
miners’ rights, and substitute for it
“distasteful legislation forced upon
us by the arhitra enactments of a
series of regulations’ — in other
words, more power in the hands of
Ottawa. Second, the change was con-
trary to the wishes of the people of
the Yukon and had been condemned

ome

sons for oljection.
pungent criticism came when he said
the policy
tion kad been devised by
the Miniser’s
he doubted if they knew “‘the differ-
ence between a f1
pan.”” The Hon. Member fairly snort-
ed his contempt for those who are
thus trying to foist on his constitu-
ents a
be so unsuitable as that which the
new Bill is designed to introduce
SUPPORT

can feel a sort of proprieta
est in this situation, and in support-
ing Mr.
Yukon Mining Act is based. on B.C.
Mining Law. In its close and detailed
definition of the rights of pr
tors, of the method and requirements
of staking, recording claim
opment and so on, the B.C. o}
been el

people of the territory.
IGNORANCE

Mr. Simmons had many more rea-
But his most

behind the new legi:
people in

Department of whom

ng pan and a gold

tem of mining law felt to

Interestingly enough, we in B.C
inte

Simmons. For the present

spec-

devel-

sely followed in the Yukon

New Island{ Po

wer Plant

, But this would all be changed, and
these matters left to be governed by
regulations if the new Bill passes.
Simmons is therefor receiving
support from all quarters in the
House — except from the govern-
ment. The debate promises to con-
tinue a hot one.

ever, was sitting and waiting. loaded
for bear.

by the unanimous Resolution of the
Yukon Council, representing all the

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Alterations and Repairs

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An estimated 2,419,000 families
had children 24 years of age and un-
der living at home at the start of
June, 1954. ie

FREE ESTIMATES

Australia, with about half the pop-
ulation of Canada, has since the
Second World War accepted just
about the same number of
grants.

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Courtenay — Premier W. A. GC.) controlled at the site. Normally it is
operated as a base load plant with
load fluctutions being handled at the
John Hart station.

The daily-output of the plant is
enough to supply the average home
with electricity for something like
250 years.

Another interesting feature of the
project. apart from the construction
of a new powerhouse an intake dam,
is the 16,9¥2- foot penstock. It is 12
feet in, diameter — big enough to
accommodate a London underground
tube train.

Of this length 4,511 is woodstave
construction built by Pacifie Coast
Pipe Company, of Vancouver. About
1% million board feet of timber was |

in the Forbidden Plateau. The drain’
age area for the development is es-
timated at approximately 183-square
miles. 3

Practically all of this is mountain-
ous terrain and includes several
areas of glacier and_permanent snow-
cover; consequently the yield is com-
paratively well maintained into dry
seasons.

immi-/ Bennett officially opened the prov-
ince’s newest source of hyro-electric
power last Thursday, the B.C. Power
000
Puntledge Development near here.

After the Premier declared the
plant officilly open,-Gordon B. Cleal,
a hydro operator at Shuswap Falls
near Vernon for 20 years, will pr
the plant’s automatic up. but-
ton to set the big generating unit in
operation. _

Mr. Cleal retired from the Com-
mission’s services M 21 after more
than a quarter of century in the
utility business. Since he left the
Shuswap Falls plant in 1950, he has

For the fourth year in a row Cana-
dian travellers in 1954 spent more
in other countries than foreign tray-
ellers spent in Canada, $380,000,000
against $300,000,000.

Commission's horsepower

Rocky Mountain Saddlery
256 Lansdowne Street
Kamloops, B.C,
MAKERS OF FINE,LEATHER GOODS :

LEADING SADDLE MAKES
ALL LEATHER REPAIRS

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Coats, Shirts, Pants

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Commission's John Hart Develop-} enough to build about 100~average- OPEN 24 HOURS

MAIL ORDERS FILLED SAME DAY went at Campbell River scck Eee | _OPEN 24 HOURS
Thursday's ceremony was sym-

Dominion Bridge Company of Van-
2,401

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@ Modern Rooms

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bolic only, since the plant has been
in Operation since mjd-April Its com=
pletion was expedited to meet the

laid

using

eouver fabricated and
feet of Steel penstock,
tons of steel for the purpose. :

The Puntledge River and its tribu-
tries have their sources mainly in the
eastern part of Strathcona Park and

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rapidly-increasing Vancouver Island
power requirements.

The new plant has taken two years
a re-develop-
horse-

Under New Management
Len & Phyl Smith

to build. Actually, it
ment of an original 12,000
power plant producing

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Lone Butte News

power built and operated by Cana-
x diga Sollteries: (Dunsmuir) Limited THE WEATHER seems to be im-
Ie. $ 1p 1918: The Comimiasion purchased |. ving. itiday, Satiiday and Sun-
SY from {hs: collisty dompany on'| a. gave ab-afee Swan einer wed
y 1 3, and work on the new

ther and lots of mosquitoes. If you’re interested in

grams Crown R

Phone development. commenced immediate-
eo; ly thereafter. DOWLING MONNETTE has reaching over . 1200
Ay * Seaqram’s “83” TERIOR WHOLESALE INTERESTING FACTS bought part of the Bill Davies place homes in the South
q ms

on Horse Lake, The old Bill Bridge-
man place.

DISTRIBUTORS The new Puntledge plant is re-
° metely controlled and operated from
the John Hart Development at Camp-

bell River, but so be manually

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3 AT THE TRACK MEET at Wil-
the Liquor Control Board or by the Government 6f British Columbia

liams Lake Donna Widlund won
second place in the sixty 'd dash,
also second place in the sixty yard
hurdles race, and third place in the
broad jump. Joan Larum won third
place in the sixty yard hurdles race
and third place in the ball throw.
It seems too bad that none of the
junior grade ribbon holders were al-
lowed to go to Williams Lake,

Ife want your sales
message in a newspaper
with top reader-interest

USE

The Tribune

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softball team organized. There are
some promising players once they
get some practice. In a practice game
with the Green Lake team on Sunday
Lone Butte took the short end of an
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