Thursday, Jonuary 26, 1926. THE TRIBUNE, WIL IAMS LAER, B.G. ’56 we are assured that the mill Tate will drop to 13.68. How- ever a crushing assessment on standing timber will far more than offset this .98 Of a mill. If the secretary-treasurer of School District No. 27 is, as his letter intimates, in possession of all the facts, it is a pity that he did not use them correctly. His sta- tistics and table of comparison of school costs are -meaningless as far as the issue at stake js concerned. The rancher has to dig deeper each year to pay his school taxes: Letter to the Editor - “Mr. Macqueen ‘states, “Tt is that in some cases. new assess- ments have not caused greatly increased taxes, mainly because there are some ranches that the assessors have not as yet reach- ed.” * I consider Mr. mMacqueen’s Suggestion that we give a “trial to the new tax on standing tim- ber on crown-granted lands” particularly unworthy of a man “dn possession of all the facts.” As itswill be paid by the ranch- er anyway the issue at stake is affected only by the fact that it is another proof of the ranchers SI aes =< complaint of ever increasing Let us imagine Mr. Brown (a rancher) and Mr. Smith (a man who is gainfully employed, but does not own any.land) are travelling together with their respective families. Both men are making the trip on Govern- ment business, and hotel and car expenses will be paid for by the Government. However, they have been told that the cost of incidentals'such as meals is their own responsibility. We will say Mr. Brown has two children and Mr. Smith also two. Mr. Brown and Mr. Smith dy both have $20.00 in their poc- the kids.” ‘This. they do, and af- ter a sumptuous Tepast, they prepare to leave. Mr. Smith turns to Mr. Brown and Says, ‘‘You pay the bill. It’s customary you know.” Mr. Brown is not happy, and mumbles something to the effect that they could have found a cheaper place, but he forks out $12 of his $20. They wheel on down the high- way till it is getting late, and the children are getting hungry again. Mr. Smith again insists on the best eating place obtain- able. However, this time Mr. Brown, thinking of the large hole already made in his $20, refuses to pay more than what he considers his share is for himself and his two children. Mr. Smith is disgusted, amazea, horrified, ete. ‘‘What!” he ex- claims, “you mean you will stand back and let these poor little children starve?” To some people, Mr. Brown is the villain of this story, but remember Mr. Smith owns two of the town children, and his $20 is still in a tight ball in his ‘We Can Produce Pussy-Willows Too produce such beautiful tokens of spring. Well, Williams Lake can brag too. Mr. and Mrs. Steve Malesku brought two branches of pussy willows to the ‘Tribune ‘office this week with the silvery buds just bursting from their brown cocoons. eee used in Mr. Macaqueen’s letter and which no matter what they prove, studiously avoid the basic problem. What business concern, given the opportunity of charging any desired amount of operating costs to someone else, could not show a healthy balance sheet to shareholders? Yours truly, H. G. Cornwall, Onward Ranch, 150 Mile House, B.C. Track mileage of Canadian railroads at the end of 1953 to- talled 58694, f true that in Some cases, increas-| School kets. They roll along til) eveniu- i aca i Regarding Mr. Macqueen’s in-| ally the children get - hungry. 4