Page 2 . ‘THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, "Thursday, April-t0; =278 Social Credit At Crossroads The write-off of Social Credit as a threat on the national political scene has caused a great deal of conjecture on the fate of the party provincially. Sup- porters of other political beliefs are jubilantly predict- . ing that the next provincial election in British Colum- bia will see the defeat of Premier Bennett and his “ movement.” f Strangely enough, here in Cariboo, where the Social Credit party has received continued strong support since 1952, the general reaction to this wiping out of the Socred’s federal hopes was no different ~ than that found in -other sections of the province. Again outside of ardent party workers, a word of dis- appointment in the results was seldom heard. 3 But it is difficult on the basis of past experience to write off the Socreds on the strength of their set- back. The Social Credit party has always been somewhat anomalous. Its support in B.C. came mainly from a protest vote, and many who voted Socred provincially would have nothing to do with them federally. This paradox has even been noted on the party organization level, with people working for the Soecreds provincially but staying out of eam- paign work in federal elections. The pendulum of public support is undoubtedly swinging away from Social Credit, but whether it has swung enough to guarantee the defeat of the party in B.C. in the next election is still a big question mark. Ld Special Event A Dud Listening Saturday morning to the special events broadcast of the Ripple Rock explosion, we experienced a sense of disappointment that was not solely attributable to the fact that the detonation of 1,375 ions of explosive was after all just an outsize bang. We were late tuning in, but for the 14 minutes just prior to the touch off, we listened and suffered while several C.B.C. staffers tossed a series of falter- ing conversational passes back and forth. We got the impression that either the announcers had just been assigned to the job the day before, or someone had mislaid the script. Following the blast, we were treated to a hit- and-miss attempt to contact a Dr Bickle in the obserya- tion bunker near the blast. Aside from the fact that this was a static-punctuated near failure, it was quite evident when Dr. Bickle was finally ‘‘ on the air” that he had no intention of giving any opinion at all. Because of the size of this explosion, the event was being watched closely by scientific men around the world and consequently, the radio commentary was relayed over world-wide networks. Under these circumstances, we think the C.B.C. could have pro- duced a much more professional job of conveying a word picture. Day Of Reckoning Cgming — Cariboo Observer There is a day of reckoning coming when B.C.’s greatest controversy, fish vs. power, must be settled once and for all. A hint that this day may not be so far in the future was given last week when A. E. Grauer, president of the B.C. Blectric, spoke at the annual meeting of the B.C. Power Corporation, parent company of the B.C. Electric. Mr. Grauer dealt with many things ranging from business prospects for the next year to the necessity of moderation in trade union wage demands. But chiefly he dealt with the necessity for a vastly in- creased power supply for British Columbia. It was his opinion that his company alone would be called upon to supply some six million horsepower by 1980, little more than 20 years from now. And he termed present plans for a thermal plant in the lower mainland area and further development at Bridge River as a stop-gap. It was interesting to note that this stop-gap will provide a maximum of 1,760,500 horsepower. He said that during this stop-gas period, it was imperative that efficient development be carried on one or more of B.C.’s large rivers, the Fraser, upper Columbia or Peace. Since Mr. Grauer’s company is most vitally con- cerned with the servicing of the lower mainland, it is natural that his thinking should favor development of the Fraser, particularly as a development on:this river would not require the lengthy transmission lines that other developments would. The B.C. Blectric president studiously avoided any mention of fish, but there was little doubt as to his thinking on the matter. If there is no solution to the problem, or com- promise, B.C. may find itself in the position of sub- sidizing a relatively static industry at the expense of a development which could make this province.the industrial equal of Ontario. Perhaps at ove time salmon was an important food product, but the situation has changed to the point that it can almost be looked upon as a luxury food. It takes no more than a quick glance at the prices displayed on the shelves of any food market to prove this. So the question that is rapidly shaping up is: How long can B.C. afford to throttle industrial pro- gress in the interests of an industry that could never lift this province beyond the level of third or fourth portion of our Dominion? ANNUAL MEETING WILLIAMS LAKE Golf and Country Club DITORIAL PAG |the wars. SCOTT'S SCRAP BOOK Wilo WAS AML FIRST PERSON fo NAVE HIS PORTRAIT ON A wom D> OBTAIN! BY WASHING. ¢ AVMOSE DENSI At AH CENTER, AN AXEKANDER. 13 ABout “EN 4)HES (HAT oF LEAD» Tae GREAT, i SUB Font, wEnaKs ABOUT 32. “ons. Juvenile group of young apprentice human beings. Teen-age problem? delinquents? Surely the situation is this:/ In movies and television shows Young people are full of a blind,/and cheap— books, there are wild, energy. It is an element,|/numerous bad examples — like fire or water. If chan-| robbers, outlaws, gang-fighters— nelled and harnessed it will turn|to encourage the tendency to- wheels. If allowed to rage un-| ward violence that is part of the controlled, it can wreak énor-|life-foree of youth. mous damage. In the force has Times are ta prosperous. There is no great pressure tor nd earn this elemental checked by past, been | YOURE people to go out poverty, and by the restraining| 1 living for themselves and effect of religious belief, social : j their families. There is still custom and the authority of ‘ plenty of ea money around parents, all strengthening one When the youngsters land jobs, another. they stand a good chance of get- Families used to be more|ting high wages right aw: closely knit. Fathers brought/ without any period of ini home the food and provided ex-|styay and struggle. ample and discipline. Now, in a i ae more highly-organized society, | fathers and families are nor as important as they used to be. The goodwill of relatives doesn’t matter as much as it once did. basically bady” but Young people are neither “ good” nor * merely full of life. western American is a fertile anti-social However, modern society, and North Religious beliefs do not weigh | Society in particular, as heavily as they did a genera-|reeding-ground for Social customs and/ behaviour, among the young just| ines have taken a4} 70W Thi Ww is that jpore beating in’two ways, and the| Young people ddn’t turn outlaw. turbulent time between and after) Goodness knows what can be done to change the situation. You'll have to ask the experts about that. Because of the falling infant mortality and disease rate, | young people form a larger per-| One thing is clear; our society, centage of the population than] prosperous, confused and soft as they did. Movi radio, tele-|it is, does not provide ‘enough vision, certain writers in news-| healthy incentives to the youn papers and other well-meaning| Maybe the solution is a minia- folk encourage teen-agers to|ture society within the larger think of themselves as a kind of|one, to give a different sort of separate nation, entitled to Pye monvanen and discipline. ern themselves, rather than a| Such a miniature society al- Own the world’s finest 35 h.p. outboard THE COMPLETELY NEW —r4ncon 35 SUPER SEA-HORSE The top 35 for every kind of outboarding fun—sensarional nev super star of three superb Johnson 35’s. Sleek new beauty in gleaming white and gold! New instant key-switch electric- starting! Immense, smooth power for amazing new spec! And new magnificent new Super Sea-horse 35 and all eleven new Johnson “sealed-in-silence” that’s almost incredible! See the outboards from 3 10 50 h.p. today! $715.00 -$675.00 -8575.00 35 h.p. Super Sea-horse electric 35 hp. Sea-horse electric. 35 hp. 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Referendim |i) of heh iver, Alberta bought Lac La Hache store from date set for May 23... W. Morand. Atamanenko has taken over land inspector’s office at Kamloops - Retriever trials to be held here next month “. . Street oiling machine has) TWENTY YRARS AGO April 14, 1938 been ofderea at a bnles Nofiqee yo ee ee one aie fer for the Cariboo, urged $3,112 . . . Progress of the local | British immigrants to migrate to Centennial Committee and con-| Northern British Columbia . . dition of the Williams © Lake! plackieg has killed several head Cemetery were the two major of cattle at 100 Mile House and topics of discussion at Thurs- Buffalo Lake . Intesloroet day's meeting of the Board of Bo. was shocked Saturday to Trade: hear of the death of Mrs. Jean | Foster, a. pioneer who lived at |Soda Creek, FIVE YEARS AGO April 16, 1953. TWENTY-FIVE YRARS AGO Four men were charged with 2 the theft of Robin Blair's truck Apres; 1088 . Claude Barber-was returned for a second term as president of the Williams Lake Golf ana The Williams Lake’ school concert was presented at Oliver on April 6 and 7~. ampede é Queen will: be chosen from local girls, to reign three Jocal rancher George (tacked Wealth taddists itici of unsanitary food... . > Stampede for ayer the zed beet as a source WILLIAMS LAKE TRIBUNE Bstablished 1931 Bditor: Clive Stangoe ‘Cuue Published every Wednesday at Williams Lake, B.C., by~ the Cariboo Press Limited. Subscription per year $3.00 Outside Canad#..______ $4.00 Advertising rares on application’ Authorized as Second Class Mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa. eee Fashi @STHONS ... at the Canadian Legion Show on April 16 by LEE’S LADIES’. AND CHILDREN’S WEAR Country Club... Only pe cent of necessary money was available for road construction Baseball revival = was attempted Commissioners discussed cost for fire alarm WE BUY OLD BATTERIES C & S TIRE SERVICE LT system for the town... Chet Leavitt was secretar, manager of the Cariboo Cattle- men’s Association . Auction sale consisting of both stock and equipment will highlight agricul- tural field day here. 4 TEN YEARS AGO April 15, 1948 DAILY A move was made Thursday to hire a full-time physical educa- tion teacher for the high school . . . Crow shoot to be held on April Rey. G. Ashbee has Northbound volunteered first aid services for Read down No. 1 daily the Williams Lake Stampede LOPS PPLE OIL CLES IT ECA TLIO OEE, Horseshoe read, ex 5 found y sts. Jt is to he found |] Roe aioe in thé armed s€rvices. iGlinjon = How about six months’ or a Ly. Williams year’s compulsory service in the Quesnel army, navy, air force or a labor corps, for everyone at the age of 17. Reclining Lounge Seats Now that I'm safely out of my teens and twenties, and rela- tively secure from the danger of being called back into uniform in peacetime, I have become a booster for drafted military ser- vice. 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