THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAER, B.C.

Wednesday, March 26, _ Boe

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SHOOTS BURGLAR

IRENE

s Make Borneo

zt Appealing

Ave never felt any strong,
ing 4esire to travel and
lately. The thought ha
that someday, some way

that fateful “ forty
seems as though
dribbling away quickly and
quietly in a small spot called
Williams Lake, and I must hurry
if I would find out how the
other half lives,

And so when I talk to some-

life is|

my

one from far-off places as I did

takes
account
in

imagination
bank
entrenched

today, my
wings while our
keeps us firmly
the Cariboo.

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Garrison,
who were visiting my neighbors,
lived for 2% years in Borneo,
of their
Canada
a travel

and even the itinerary
trip from there _ to
sounds as romantic as
folder . Phillipine Islands,
Honk Kong, Japan, Hawaii, San
Francisco and then Vancouver.

I can't say I have ever felt
any eagerness to visit Borneo
(my thoughts have run more to
England, France, Mexico, Hono-|
lulu, the Mediterranean—you |
know, the romantic spots!), but|
right now I would even settle
for a trip to Borneo—head-
hunters and all.

KEEPER OF SKULLS |

Yes, the word “head-
hunters’ came up and the visi-
tors amazed me by saying “ Oh,
they are among our nicest
people.” Although _ peaceful
now, with many of. them work-
ing at the Shell oilfields, where
Mr. Garrison was employed, it is
not very long since the tribe
practised their ancient custom.
During the last war, the Alli
paid them 50c for every
Japanese head they produced.
And their 1l-year-old daughter
spoke cheeriully of seeing their
“skuil house” down the river
and of the old man or custodian

who had the happy title
“Keeper of the Skulls.”

The natives five. in “long
houses” built on stilts because
of the swampy- ground. The
house is divided in half, with

one side free for communal |
ing, and the other half divided
into as many as 150 rooms, with
150 doors leading .on to a long
yerandah running the length of
the house. |

By ‘Edna Blackwell

This week, we are going to
direct a few words to the be-
ginning photograph
point out afe w very common
and very exasperating camera
errors,

The out-of-focus subject is
at or near the top of any list
ot miscues. Those using
simple cameras can avoid this
with an- awareness of safe
minimum shooting distan
and owners of adjustable
cameras might do well to be-
come acquainted with their
camera's focusing control.

The unwary photog is th
executioner and his
the guillotine when ]
to correct for parall
result: Chopped heads

Light streaks, camera
motion, over or und ‘po-
sure, and a ardinal sin—
double exposure, a all com-

mon errors which with a little
thought or practice can be
easily avoided.

However, something no
photographer should avoid, is
a close inspection of the
Ziess Ikon Box

Everything considered, this is
* *“e finest camera buys

\

I would like to see

overwhelm-

been there

I had visions of this Pritish
family living in a rustie mh-
ling raneh-house with 40 serv-
anis and no plumbing (as

pieted by Cecil B. DeMille),
not so. They had a large mo:
ern home with two bathrooms
and all the latest conveniences
run by electricity, and only two

servants. Another impression
went by the board when I heard
the serve paid at the
rate of 140 Malay dollars, or
between $40 and $50 in ony
money. It isn’t a high wage, but
certainly not the “peanuts
that I had understood native
servants were paid in eastern

countrie:

The
humid,
difficult
stockings again
shorts and bare legs; of the
bananas which grow green and
hard and are not as tender and
flavorful the ones we buy
here; of fresh pineapple and
the strange fruit “ pa-paw "; of
the open markets called “kedai
and that there is no tresh meat

me of the
and how
used

visitors told
hot climate
it was to get
after years

to
of

as

available, just frozen meat
brought in from Australia; of
eu dishes made with

meat
and rice, and then heaped witn|
chopped eggs, chopped tomatoes |
and cucumbers, and even sliced |
bananas.

KING-SIZE EARRINGS

I listened fascinated ‘about
the native women who wear]
weights in their ears until the|
lobes hang to the shoulders; of |
the water buffalo that wallow |
n the wet mud because they!
have no sweat glands and would |
die without the moisture; of|
pygmy elephants only five feet
high. |

I was interested to know that

&

d a stick
as he did a shotgun when he
blasted at a group of men in
his kitchen at Bothwell, Ont
Peacock's house had been
entered four times in a week
and each time beer and wine
had been stolen. He warned
~ the entire village that he would
be waiting with a pump gun for
“the next guy who comes.”
One of the group, Gerry de
Meese, was hit by shotgun
pellets was taken to
hospital.

Pan nnnnnnnnnnnnennennnnnnnnnnns
the natives, or “ibans” have a
strong Mongolian appearance
and yet resemble our own In-
dians here, a great number hay-
ing the same broad face and
heavy features,

They spoke of the Sultan in
the neighboring province, who
was building a new palace, and
1 immediately dreamed
fierce giant in a gold turban sur-
rounded by a harem of beauti-
ful gals. But, alas for romance
—he is a nice quiet little man,

up a

so they said, with only one wife.
He probably wears a grey flan-
nel suit, too.

daughter
‘nm roll is

Their teenage
ssured me that rock

firmly established in Borneo, too,

mong the young crowd, and at
that point I began to wonder if
there are many strange customs
left to see in this world.

I might as well stay home and
study the odd sights in Williams
Lake.

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Williams Lake

Leaving

Beaver

will spent
in
be hi

ter

tion
will
her

years.

Mrs. Ni

marrying

continued

trip by air,

Vancouver

Scotland. a

from Seotland in 1911, after| day at a

Nicol. The pair settled at the
coast until 1914, when they
journeyed to the Interior, liked
the look of Beaver Valley, and
settled there.

They never lived anywhere
else after that and Mrs. Nicol

ranch after her husband passed

awa tew

Well known throughout the
Cariboo, it was filling that Mrs.
Nicol should be given a big
send-off for her trans-oceanic

Leaves By Air For Scotland

Mt and a surprise party was

iturday with 60

by

tomorrow Tor her first fig
Mrs. x Nicol, of) siven tor her

alley, will Ay reom|

to Great Britam. Si | ing phe will
‘@ three-month vaea-{on her trip

visit: which |

igh-lighted seein

for the first time in-a

by

5 |

icol came to Canada

Bdith Donaldson, of California.

> coast.

her husband, Alox

to stay at the home

ihe home

Members of

Lezion W.A,

Three new members were in-
Mrs. Ken Cameron will leaye|stalled at the meeting, Mrs.
this weekend for a 10-day holi-| M. Clar

C. Richardson,

Legion W.A. to Hold ws

To clean brushes of enamel,
paint or oil-base paint,

swish in turpentine until all

Telephone Whist

regular meeting last Fri
decided at
[hold a telephone whist on the
|nightof April 26.

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