_ Page 2 eS THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.6. Thursd ye January 26, 1956, [ EDITORIALS A Board of Trade Is Born Along with the rest of the district, the growth of the small centre of Horsefly has been speeding up in the past two years. More industry, more people and an expansion of business generally have awakened resi- dents to a new pride in their community and the realization that planning is required for its future. Some three years ago three men from the Wil- liams Lake Board of Trade were sent out to: explore ishi a@ committee of the central group at Horsefly. They Picked an opportune time and place. The idea took hold rapidly, and from the time of its establishment the committee grew steadily in strengh and activity. People like Harry Brown, Rod MacLeod, Jack Wynstra and Dr. J. A. Millar, to name a few of the. originals, sparked life into the young organization. This solid groundwork has paid off handsomely. The committee has now made the wise decision to step out on their own as a full fledged board. Congratulations and best wishes for the future, members of the Horsefly Board of Trade. building a home this summer are busy mulling over plans. For those lacking a building site though, that’s SCOTT'S SCRAP BOOK’ 7 KERCHIEF, ~ ~ By RJ. SCOTT COVERING RB THE HEAD. | MeKinnon Memorial Hall was KERCHIEF dedicated in memory of one the Sipienaitr: Cariboo's most _ outstanding Bee clergymen who established the first chiurch in Williams Lake townsite 35 years ago— Tem- perature reading this morning was 31 above— The Stampeders handed the Kangaroos their-first Puck defeat of the season with a score of 5-4— Loss is estimat- ed at $10,000 in a freak fire that partially destroyed a large ‘eat’ owned by Kohnke Bros. Sawmill— The forestry depart- ment announced that we are withdrawing far more from our forest ‘bank’ than we are de- positing. Last year operators exceeded the annual allowable cut by some eight million board feet— Cecil Henry of Big Creek bagged four cougars in the Church Creek basin— ‘There is between eight and ten inches of snow in the Lone Butte district, FIVE YEARS AGO February 1, 1951 A drop of a degree a minute was recorded on the courthouse thermometer. At four o’clock the glass stood at zero, at twenty UEFFERSON NICKEL, MAS DESIGHED EY FELIK SOILAG, A NATIVE of GERMANY, Oar 7) \ Ate oops 4 us WILD BOAR i “ite Most DANGEROUS ANIMAL 1k THE. GREAT SHOKY MOUNTAINS oF SHE NORTH CAROLINA TENNESSEE BORDER, IF CORNERED on WOUNDED IT 15, MORE, DANGEROUS HAN. A LION. Wilad causes WAT WEAK, fiRED FEELING APTER AL ILLNESS “D LACK oF BODY PofAssiuit. The Cracker Barrel Forum By A. Drinkell LOOKS AT The School Tax Problem fire at Jakel’s Hotel was quickly brought under control. TWENTY YEARS Aco January 23, 1936 Voters have beenn called on to confirm the decision of the Commissioners in changing the weekly half-holiday from Thurs- day to Wednesday— The spread of trachoma disease among cat- tle is causing grave concern among cattlemen. 2 Williams Lake Tribune Established 1931 Clive Stangoe, Editor Published every Thursday at __ Williams Lake, B.C., by the Tribune Publishing: Co. Subscription: per year $2.50 Outside Canada — $3.00 Advertising rates on application Authorized as Second Class Mail- by the Post Office Department, Ottawa Letters to The Editor 150 Mile House, B.C., Jan. 21, 1956. The Editor, The Tribune, Williams Lake, B.C. Dear Sir: Before this letter is in print, By-law Referendum No. 1 will have been passed or turned down by the ratepayers. No mat- ter what happens, the fight for a fairer system of distributing the cost of education and hos- Pitals will go on. I feel bound therefore to reply to the letter of Mr. Macqueen, secretary of this school district, as printed in the last issue of the Tribune, in which figures are juggled and School causes higher and higher taxes on the land and this at a time when agriculture is by no means prosperous in relation to the rest of the economy.” This statement by the “Cari- boo Cattlemen’s Association” is - born out by the fact that the school tax was 12 mills in 1951, 15.64 mills in ’52, 18.62‘ mills in '53, 18.79 mills in °54 ana although it dropped to 14.84 in ’55, the assessments on agricul- tural lands was boosted by so (continued on page 3) es ‘om 8 stupidity may I be spared; They send m up to me so unprepared. It as unanimously agreed at o} forth that the pros and cons Planning stage for the better Part of a year is more than we can fathom. But that is behind us, let’s get on company-landlord into A Use For The Giraffe = We've always felt that eventually a use might be found: for giraffes. Down in Cape Town, South Africa, the department of surgical research of the University of Cape Town medical school has been making a special study of the giraffe’s circulatory mechanism and the United States navy is said to be somewhat interested. Why? .. Wellit’sa long story (almost as long as a giraffe’s neck) but the gist of it is that the navy would like to find out if something can’t be done to prevent aviators from blacking out during high speed Manoeuvres. The giraffe has what is probably the most power- ful: heart of any living creature. It has to be to pump blood a maximum vertical distance of 15 feet without hurting either itself or an artery: It is felt that if we|that the cattlemen had not knew all-there is to- know about a giraffe’s pumping | Pressed their claimg ter a new ystem, it might be possible to find out how to fortify | deal with the vigor they might the pilot’s blood pressure and enable him to withstand) As¥e done. Secondly there is the the pull of gravity. suggestion contained in the front The human heart has to lift blood only about af taee editorial regarding pegging ; = he mill rate on land and, Third- footior so but it gets into trouble at the higher pres- ly, we have the forthright com. ment by Mr. Donald K. Peters, in his Letter to the Editor, re- garding the large influx of peo- ple requiring education for their off-spring yet contributing no- thing “directly” to its cost, WRONG TANGENT Quite some time ago this Forum suggested the cattlemen should make definite proposals to the government for alleviat- ing their plight. It has always appeared to us the parent body (B.C.B.Growers) felt that by re- fraining from so doing they might get a better deal out of the authorities under pressure. That is plain beating around the bush and is totally ineffectual governments are con- the last issue of The Tribune. agreed that regardless of the ou reconciled without further de- lay. For°one thing we cannot Visualize any of our outstand- ing citizeus wishing to become embrolied in a bitter controver- sy each time funds are needed for educational purposes. They will be more apt to shy away from any appointment to the school board until some smooth- er system is devised. From amongst the volumin- ous data presented the boys sel- ected three items they feel could supply the nucleus of a success- ful approach. First there is the frank admission by Mr. Cornwall There appears to be just one trouble: You can’t put a giraff’s heart in an aviator’s bosom. Neverthe- THE GOOD OLD GAME OF PASSIN G THE BUCK University Professors: Such rawness in a pupil is a shame— Lack of preparation in the high school is to blame. High School Principals: Merciful Heavens, the boy's a fool! The fault, of course, is in the public school. Pub. School Principals: We hope Mr. Cornwall can persuade the parent body of the futility of such a policy. We be- Grade Teacliers: : Kindergarten blockhead ... and they call That preparation. Worse than none at all. Kindergarten Teachers: Such lack of training never did I see, What sort of woman must the mother be? Mother: Poor, helpless child! He’s not to blame. His father’s folks are just the same, surance it would not be raised above that figure they would be very wise to accept it. By that we do not mean a ten mill basic rate subject to a series of boosts to meet this or that contingency; we mean a flat rate of ten mills. Sj » Review. Revelstoke Revie When the large school districts emphatically, the rate would not exceed five mills. It was later raised to eight. Last year it was approximately fif- teen: 14.84 to be precise. The flat rate of ten would therefore peg the r: Niquidet Transport WILLIAMS LAKE — HORSEFLY OFFICH — Greyhound Bus Depot, Williams Lake Phone: 62R-2, town — Horsefly 3 short 1 long Mail - Freight and Passenger Service mills neh- IN VANCOUVER _ school problems were yery fairly covered in voting the conflicting elements ur last hold- of current It was also teome of the should be : ers contribution to school costs | at around two-thirds of the 1956 assessment. All requivemenis over that would have to be met consolidated brings us to the item on our agenda, Jout of | which revenue, third The transient, or non-paying Parent referred to by Mr. Peters is not entirely confined to the | lumbering industry. We know of Schools in purely agricultural communities where only one or two parents pay school tax. This Forum is not at all. partial to special taxes but they are with Us and there seems little we can do to be rid of thém. Mr. Peters, very “Wiser away from any revival ofthe Poll Tax and we question the advisability ot making too many comparisons as between one industry and an- other. Each should be quite cap- able of looking after its own in- terests. TUITION FER As a suggestion toward par- tial restoration of what is lost by pegging the mill rate on land why not authorize the school boards to accept a small tuition fee from all parents not spe- cifically taxed for educational purposes, and give them a voice in school affairs? This could be retained by the boards to help meet capital expenditures, It is high time we put into limbo that meaningless phrase “fee educa- tion.” There simply is no such thing — someone must pay. We believe if parents were allowed to contribute say one dollar each month for the first child plus 50c for each additional they would not only place a higher value upon education but would resuscitate the keen interest in our rural schools whieh has, most unfortunatelye become al- most lifeless since the formation of the large districts. Jt appears to us that with the foregoing as a starting point a small but representative com- mittee should experience no great difficulty in making rec- commendations to the govern- ment having the full weight of all our organizations behind them. One other matter that might profitably be kept to the forefront during their delibera- tions is the alarming growth in the cost of education compared with the increase in pupil popu- lation. This Forum presented a Pacific Great Eastern Railway Co. Op v My & Express Service between VANCOUVER, B.C. and PRINCE GEORGE, B.O. 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THE Hf HOTEL § y Via “Land, Eng rk of Hospitality” ) Bay, Vancouver after four the mercury had drop- ped to 20 below— CPA's north- bound flight ran into trouble when engine trouble developed and passengers for Quesnel and Prince George were sent on by bus— After a lapse of a week, due to Slides the first passenger train pulled into Williams Lake this morning— Vern Johnson, Standard Oil agent leaves to take up residence in California, Con- stable Bob Kyte has resigned from the RCMP to take over the agency— Fire destroyed a chick- en house on Richmond Farm With the assistance of Horne’s PGE crew all were rescued— Despite weather, 500 persons turned out Tuesday night for the opening of the new Oliver Theatre. Pro- ceeds from operation of the theatre for the night was turned over to the local branch of the Canadian Legion— A resident of the Ochiltree district for 40 years Fred Rinderé® was guest of honour at a party, on the oc- casion of his 91st birthday— Thermometers registered 50 be- low at Horsefiy. a glaring misstatement made in an attempt to find fault with the stand of the Cariboo Cattle- men’s Association. MOVING? 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