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THE TRIBUNE, WILLTA

iS LARS, 8.6,

day, February 2s, 1956. ~

EDITORIAL

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Tax Discrimination

The Vernon News Tecently drew attention to an
action of the B.C. government which can only be called
discrimination against the great majority of the people
of this province. The sales tax on certain machinery
used in oil exploration has been reduced and the re-
duction has been made retroactive for a considerable
period. ~ < :

The point the Vernon paper makes is that this
show of favoritism towards the oil industry is un-
justified.

Other industries under just as heavy or heavier
tax burdens as the oil industry have not had the sales
tax reduced on the machinery they require. Why
should the oil industry be so favored?

As the Vernon News puts it:

“Amid all the rejoicing over the good things the

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‘government is planning for British Columbia this year

—at least according to the speech from the throne
read at the opening of the Legislature—we should
hesitate to voice one small but sour note.

“Yet a news item the other day from Victoria did
manage to rouse a persistent feeling of anger. The
government by order-in-council so the dispatch said,
has reduced substantially the five percent provincial
tax collected on certain equipment used: in the oil ex-
ploration industry and, further, has made the cut
Tetroactive for a lengthy period.

‘The explanation was that costs of exploration in
this province are much higher than in neighboring
Alberta, where there exists no sales tax.

“Precisely.

“Tn what might be called a decisive test of the
tax, it fails utterly to stand up.

‘Faced with an ultimatum—scare any threat
jess drastic would move the government—the govern-
Ment capitulates before what is probably the most
lucrative industry the world over. Oil exploration has
made millionaires of everyone in Texas, or so we read,
has built palaces in the deserts for Arab potentates,
has Virtually underwritten the whole revenues of such

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In this part of the world we
are accustomed to having a long
winter season and many of us
normally find that time hangs
heavy on our hands. While we
wait and dream of the coming
fishing and hunting seasons we
should utilize some of these
moments to our advantage. Now
is the time for all good men and

during the first week in March.
This certainly should be good
news for the ardent Steelhead-
ers, as the Bella Coola river is

ing. Further information on this
will be printed in this column
48 soon as we have the facts,
Dolly Varden up to 24” in
length and in numbers are being

women to come to the aid of/taken in the Chilcotin River
their neglected fishing and shoot-| near Alexis Creek.
ing equipment. The fishing sea- sNaGS
Son in lakes is open the year
Those who are confronted

around and in the streams for
trout, other than steelhead and
Dolly Varden, from May 20th

with rusting of their firearms,
due to excessive moisture in the

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From the Files of The ATHGune

’ ONE YEAR aco
| * Pebruary 24, 1955

TWENTY YEARS AGo
February 20, 1936

|. Jim Stitt was named president
|of the local branch of the Cana-| . Announcement has been made
jdian Legion— Argus Lumber in the B.C. Gazette of the sitting
Services has been purchased by, Of the Supreme Court in Wil-
Diane Lumber Company— Sgt.|liams Lake this fall— Ranch-
Joe Howe was honoured at alers at Anahim Lake have only
Special get-together of fellow|recently begun feeding cattle,
members of the’ RCMP. Sgt.|due to an extremely mild win-
Howe joined the forces in 1928 |ter— Constables Luscombe and
|and will officially retire next Broughton travelled over 800
month— A young pilot brought|miles from Anahim Lake and
his plane down safely in a feed | Ulgatcho, to reach their respec-
lot 30 miles up Dog Creek val-|tive detachments at Alexis Creek
ley as it was running low on|and Williams Lake—

fuel— Police have thrown a

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Williams Lake Tribune
Established 1931 -" R=

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

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by the Post Office Department,
Ottawa

road block along the Cariboo
Highway in an attempt to cap-
ture a hitch-hiker who forced
Artur Lemarche at gun point to
surrender his car—
FIVE YEARS AGO
March 1, 1951

740 people crowded into the

arena to witness the dedication

FOUR DEPARTMENTS

To Serve You—

of the building as a War Mem-
orial and take in the first Ice
Carnival staged in the arena—
St. Peter’s Anglican Church re-
ceived a letter from Rev. Geo.
Fielder of Barbados, expressing
his desire to accept the post as
minister— Ranchers in the 100
Mile and surrounding districts
who do not wish to ship their
lvestock on the P.G.B, may use z
the company weighing scale at
Exeter Station— The freight
line franchise between Williams
Lake and Vancouver now held
by Huston’s Cariboo Transport

* Dry

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- Groceries
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Menswear

* Hardware

Goods

will be under new ownership
effective April 1st, according to
an announcement by Claude
Huston— Seventeen town and
district gardners were present
at the formation of a Gladiolus

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countries as Venezuela. But in British Columbia a tax to. Novenberciioc localities in which they live, TEN YEARS AGO
everyone else pays is cut in half. It is always advisable to keep | ould ae a solution which February 28, 1946
‘If the five percent sales tax is too high for the oil |your equipment in first class|'® Sold locally. This famous pre-| 643.97 has been raised

| paration, Young's‘ 303 Combin-
jed Cleaner and Rust Preventer,
has been on the market since
1900 and has been successfully

condition at all times, not only
for efficient performance, but
since most of this equipment is

towards the building of a war
memorial agricultural and rec-
reational centre— Over 100 deer

exploration industry to bear it is too high also for every
other British Columbia enterprise and consumer, also.
But almost all other industry, if it wants to stay in

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business, to expand, and to grow, must pay up or be|/expensive its montetary value are winter feeding on the
Rea decreases proportionately. No-|US¢d throughout the world. Its| 4041, hi im-
shut up. Sbility. toa beorbT eee a eson hay stacks at Chim:

thing spoils an otherwise enj Hees WO SbBor mpisthren ane ey Greer fs

|to prevent rust has maintained
its reputation as one of the
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tor failing to stai “hen requir-
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eposited | qnwands

a Little @hristianity }

ae, because of neglect. Too many of | “ill disfolve the salts Aen: cause’ bodict fick ion at 40; S08 60. Th
In the past week there have been publicized two us, weary after returning from |i the barrels by thesé primers. | Gus¢ bedics Tablets today. Supplies inviy
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an outing, leave our equipment : late, energize
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|mixture of this preparation is| litte.
undoubtedly the reason for its
success asia cleaher and rust pre-
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stories in which persons have suffered because of what
we consider the highhanded attitude of persons acting
in accord with their religious beliefs.

One tells of a woman, deprived of a life-saving
blood transfusion by a spiritual leader, and the second
told of a man who refused to permit his blind wife to
have a radio because of his, not her, religious beliefs.

Religion of this type may prove staunch adherence
to a particular faith, but. to us it seems that there is
Precious little Christianity in it,

The story we read tells of a woman who required
a blood transfusion. She was willing to have it provided
her spiritual leader agreed. He wouldn’t agree, quoting
the scriptures to prove that a blood transfusion was a
sin. This despite a doctor’s advice that her life could
be saved.

In the second case the blind woman was deprived
of a radio because her husband believed that Satan
Tuled the “air” and nothing good could pass through
it. She wall willing to accept the proffered radio.

If any person allows his own life to be lost be-
cause of his faith, that is his own business; if any
person deprives himself of anything, believing it to be
wrong, that again is his own affair.

But what right have others to make these decisions
for them?

It will be hard to disagree with those who say that
the spiritual leader took that woman’s life as surely
as if his hand, and not his ruling, had committed the
deed.

What possible excuse can anyone, who professes
faith in God and belief in Christ, offer for the attitude
which in one case made a difference between life and
death and in the other deprived a woman without
facilities for visual entertainment, to a radio which
would have made more bearable the grim darkness of
her blind world?

If people paid more attention to the spirit of the
Scriptures and less to the letter they would have far
greater claims to righteousness than these two incl:
dents lead us to believe exists——Comox Free Press.

This advertisement is not published or displayed by
the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia,

this

in some corner or closet without
considering that it should al-
ways be inspected, repaired and
restored to proper working or-
der before storing.

Our adyice is to check your
equipment now, and if repairs
are required have them done im-
mediately, because when eyery-
one leaves this work until the
last minute it makes it impos-
sible for your dealer or repair
man to render the amount of
service required in so short a
time.

If you have any problems or
questions {n regards to the re-
pair, maintenance or storage of
your equipment we would be
very pleased to hear from you
and supply you with the desired
information.

Editor's Note: The authors of
this column will answer any
question relative to sports afield
and the great outdoors in gen-
eral. Address your questions to:
DRIFTWOOD,

The Williams Lake Tribune,

P.O. x 490

liams Lake, B.C.

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