CHa TRIBUNE, WILRLANS Lake, Bd. a ae || SCOTT'S SCRAP BOOK By RJ. SCOTT | £RTEORTAIS : be ce ——_ Watch That Cigarette! 7 = Travellers in the bush, whether working or at play, would do well to consider the obvious connection be. tween news stories on the district’s economy that -emphasize the value of the lumbering industry, and “one like that of last week that stated “26 fires in the Chilcotin area break out in five days.” 4sach year fire losses in the nation’s forests amount From the Files of The-Tribune @RN YFARS AGO June 6, 1946 sional en-| A plebiscite is to be held on gineer here for the past four whether Williams Lake will years hasbeen transferrd tolswitch over to daylight saving New Westminster— Another 270|time or stay on Standard time Post Loxes will be added at the|— The new Home Oil site on Charles Grigg, esa tl Meg 15 ASPARAGUS APE MAL CROP : i s yese vouay local post office, according to|Railway Avenue is well under to millions of dollars, much of which are attributable BE PRODUCTIVE Postmaster Cece Rhodes— Ruth|construction, the Value being ““to man’s carelessness. The person who tosses away a For FROM 15 Schoonover, 17 year old Wil-|$35,000— C. F. “Bert erts live cigarette butt, who fails to extinguish his campfire SUCTERSS? ms Lake high school stuayt|or Riske Creek was elected tha property, or who doen’t practice fire safety principles Placed third In the provincial | frst President to form a Wii S . around his lumber operation — these people are in Snals of the Knights of Pythias|liams Lake and District Big ed as Seu many cases the guilty ones. ————— contest speaking at New West-|Game Guides Association for| PY tbe Fost Cn ‘We should be particularly aware of the forest fire LIBATION, ttawa fotape a OF 2 Arounina of Al danger in this district, where lumbering is an industry Hew aS 17m that contributes something like seven million dollars eRe AN ea Ho in payroll alone. It has been five years now since we BRA BENT. minster— ~The government has|the conservation of game and authorized the expenditure of|for the protection of the busi- $6000 on the Tatlayoko Lake|ness of the guides Owing to}have a direct connection ‘i OK. SACRIFI nd Alexis Lake roads— Alf|the short supply of newsprint|Vancouver and other oui. experienced a major forest closure because of the fire LIBATION, and Al Smallenberg have leased|The Tribune was foréed to eut | Points by radio telephong as vy thazard, but this could be another similar season with Womenous. the Ewing building for the oper-| the number Of pages to four— |S by telegraph— pezause “oF sidle mills while workers man the fire lines. It is the —RPCTATION. ation of a 5c to $1 variety store ee the prevalence of trachoma ; is : TWENTY YEARS AGO the — Ca g sPesponsibility of all of us to see the danger is kept] - BX DANCES. — Beath Motors announced the May 28, 1936 e to a minimum. $-25 q BICYCLE, AND DR uO. C1 Ad purchase of the established gar- Wora i 3s e 2 . aise age business of Neufeld Bros ord has been received that|Dr. Wall tg the distrin Over a foot of snow fell at Lone|*ithin a week the Cariboo will| advertised at 35¢ 1b. Butte this week with the ther- mometer around 34 degrees— , The pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our By J Ure ieee Lady of Fatima will visit Wil- |liams Lake this weekend on its world-wide tour— . Principles Sacrificed The Cracker Ba Government’s decision to invoke closure in natural as pipeline controversy is melancholy commentary on willingness of parliamentary majority to sacrifice ‘democratic principles to political expediency. Effect of closure, rather than putting an end to controversy, is ‘kely to inflame emotions and distort judgment to point where embarrassment of Government will be greater than at present. Only real justification for invoking losure is when issue occupying time of Parliament is ‘wholly frivolous, or when national emergency threat- ent. Neither circumstance applies to pipeline controversy. Matter, rather, is serious issue on which sincere men ‘In both major political parties have honest divergence ‘of views. : Parliamentary democracy rests on necessary prem- isé*that governments are fallible and that if error is to be avoided, and the interests of the country served ‘effectively, the Proposals, actions and policies of gO ‘ernment must be scrutinized and debated in House ot Our Local High School ~ When in Cowtown recently som@ found themselves in the yicini Announcement 7 June 7, 1051 < Bighteen business representa- Effective Thursday, May 24th the tives met to form a Retail Merchants’ Association— Wil- business of liams Lake Motors Ltd. have be- j gun an addition to the present t garage which will result in 4200 CHILCOTIN FREIGHT L NES - square feet additional space— ag Over fifty registered trappers > s their sloppily finished hems, ir-| ¢.om thia district. attended a Y owned by rdon L. Jasper principal, Mr. Beames, they entere a pleasant hour wandering in the pedagogic halls. Being permitted to view our higher seat of learn- ing while the clas ein regular sewing und poorly at- meeting of the B.C. Registered tached fasteners, Trappers Association which was e Ri ie Has been , ci I feenet npose of Her Mt sion is a most enlightening ex-| 1 the Wine Arts division are|neid in Columbus Halla. yee aS Purchased by C ommons. n fact, this is Major purpose o: er Majes- Perience. To anyone whose edu-|{ be found some very credible achool by-law which went down | “oy2l Opposition. ae cation was largely obtuined in an| WOKS in crayon, water-color and/to defeat last week will agéin I ur re» Closure, in the absence of frivolous issues or na- sketching. The originality of atmosphere in which the drop- ping of a pin would cause more distraction than would a bomb burst today, present conditions may well cause mystification. be presented to the ratepayers tional emergency, is tantamount to claim of infallibility (contingga on page 9) this month— on part of those who invoke it. Effect of invoking closure, however, serves not to establish claim of in fallibility, but rather to transfer controversy to wider political arena, and to leave government open to charge ‘ci having done violence to principles of parliamentary democracy. nwisdom of decision to resort to arbitrary closure ent instance is highlighted by recent Marald, which asks “Will we really bal gas pipeline scheme a oe = z WEEKLY RUN TO ALEXIS CREEK Pacific Great Eastern Railway Co. from Williams Lake THURSDAYS PRIDAYS Operating Througl & Express Service Retmn = FRID: For example, in one room the social studies lesson involved holding a mock court trial. The learned counsel kept the student audience in hilarious mood which the presiding judge was iasps tO Suppress although the between VANCOUVER, B.C. and PRINCE GEORGE, B.0. Including Sleeping & Dining Car Service Telephone 118 Prince George - Squamish Dock April 24 to September 24 inclusive trial Lv-Vancouver (Union Pier) 9:30 atm.-Mon-Wed-Frid with Ar-Williams Lake 5:20 a.m.-Tues-Thurs-Sat Ly-Willlams Lake 5250 a.m.-Tuds-Thurs-Sat eran. If the ‘: ‘us = SS = + j Ar-Pri: jorge “ts jthese” yooh Ke - = é eiftentss os ee seria ! public spea lit imba z, | sami Lake vas eG us. = es Singular inertness and imarticulateness of Primé|with poise aiid “selt-confidence| {ll kr-Vancourer (Union Pier) 230 Du Minister remains one of most perplexing features of|we would adjudge it an unguali- | | THROUGH FREIGHT SERVICE entire natural gas pipeline controversy.—Letter Review | fied success, even though we Ly - Vancouver - Mon-Weda-Frid marvelled at such “goings on’) Ar - Wms. Lake - Wed-Frid-Sun Can Ottawa Look Twice? in school. | Free Pickup and Delivery on Freight and Express In a speech which will not be soon forgotten in We were informed the next lesson would constitute a debate upon the issues raised but con- this part of Canada Prime Minister St. Laurent some | ductea in more serious mood. months ago stated that the Dominion Government could prosEors not find economic justification for the subsidization of fog Pacific Great Eastern Railway construction north of| I= the Manual arts section Red Rocky Creek, two classes were busily manipu- While we can safely assume that he was merely | !éting various power tools (wood talking on the basis of facts supplied him by members|#"4 metal) while others were of his cabinet, the fact remains that the statement will| Seeking to master the mysteries stand for many years as one of the silliest to emanate |! electricity. We were shown, from the mouth of a Canadian Prime Minister. with justifiable pride, a play- Mr. St. Laurent, in spite of his advanced years,|house the boys had constructed will in all probability live to see the utter folly of his/#2d which will be raffled at the remarks, Fall Fair in order to raise funds Subsequent to the announcement of the cabinet with which to purchase materi- decision on subsidization of PGE construction, the|@ls for other projects. Practically = Cariboo’s fledgling member of parliament, Bert Leboe, | !! the improvements to the play- elicited the information from members of the govern-| ing area including the equipment ment that the cabinet had absolutely no economic|@re the accomplishments of the evaluation of the Peace River area on which to base | students, for ‘which they deserve its judgment. much praise. Other improve- ~ But now, with the nation on the threshhold of a|™ents are in the planning stage new census which, by the government’s own admission, | !F there is much yet to do and is largely a measure designed to elicit argicultural|Prosress is naturally slow. statistics, much of the information which the cabinet In the Home Economics or should have had last year will be available late this year|Domestie Science division one That information, coupled with what is generally | will find a number of electric known of the.petroleum industry’s expansion into the|ranges, sewing machines and Peace River area, will surely show ample justification|other gadgets. Unfortunately, for a larger PGE subsidy than was ever contemplated. |the cookery experts were not in The government will have, therefor, two alterna-| session so the old codgers were tives in connection with financial assistance for the unable to pass an opinion upon railroad. their culinary efforts. They were It can, as other governments have done before it,/shown instead numerous gar- reconsider its decision in the light of new evidence, or| ments, which, for design and TRE CANADIAN RANK OF COMMERCE it can earn itself the doubtful distinction of going down| finished workmanship would put 4 = in the northwest as a government of fools. to shame many of the ready-to- © . NW-236 —Prince George Citizen.| wear articles otered today with When I call at your home during the next few weeks I will have only a few simple questions—the name, age and marital status of those living at your address, If you live on a farm, there are some ‘additional questions about acreage, crops, livestock and equipment. “Dollars and Sense Are you planning a trip? Don’t take chances of losing your money—and spoiling your trip—by carrying large sums in cash, The information you give me will be kept in strict confidence. Every Census worker ‘has ‘taken.an oath of secrecy, By Act of Parliament, the personal information gathered by the Census about individual Canadians can be used only for general overall statistics, It cannot be disclosed to any government agency. or private Organization. Canadavis taking count to keep-up with her rapid growth. Census facts are required to meet and plan overall national néeds— schools, piublic.utilities, welfare services, farm and industrial production, Before'you go, turn your money into Travellers’ (Cheque: .°. easy to cash anywhere—and safer \ other sh everywhere. Drop in and see us at The Canadian Bank of Commerce and we'll gladly provide you with Travellers’ Cheques. The protection is well worth the slight cost. This is * simply one of the many banking services we offer Our customers to keep them free from needless Worry about their money. “N. SESS NICHOLSON, Manager— Williams Lake Branch ‘There’s one product where the supply is always bigger than the demand .. . and that Trouble. . © E : \ more #0 SEF in EL \_MEMBER _/ > CANADIAN - RESEARCH INSTITUTE Tvs a big job—your Cooperation will help 5 us do it quickly and a ae accurately. Williams Lake Dry Cleaners | help take the Census. Ask 10 see it.