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Volunme 27 — Number 6

Williams Lake, B.C., Wednesday, February 11, 1959

Single Copy 10c —.$3 per year

Crown Timberlands on

This statement on their own
Policy was endorsed at a meet-
ing last week in Williams Lake,
attended by representatives of 24
firms comprising 75 percent of
the lumber production of, the
Gariboo.

At the meeting, the associa-
tion chairman, Leslie Kerr, gave
a detailed review of all the cor-
respondence and submissions
presented to the government.

The first submission as
written in December, 1957,
shortly after the association was
formed. The association was
organized partly because the
government preferred the in-
dustry to speak with one voice.

The members agreed unani-
mously at the meeting that the
Hon. Ray Williston should give
them a detailed reply to the
association's letter of April 22,
1958.

This letter, which has never
received a specific reply, wes
written with the aid of a pro-
fessional forester and et the
suggestion of the Forest Set-
vice, who requested a point-by-
point summary of the associa-

tion's criticisms of present
policy. ~

The letter included seven
major Conclusions, _artons

\Wesecs colowiis {
® Criticism, backed by quota-
tions from competent foresters
of the Forest Service, calcula-
tions re rotation cycles as being
too conservative.

© That it would be good silvi-
cultural practice to accelerate

Lumbermen oppose
Sustained yield policy.
for this part of Cariboo

While not against the basic principle of putting

throughout the entire province, the Cariboo-PGE
' Lumber Manufacturers’ Association has questioned
the application of the principle in relatively small
areas such as the Cariboo,
sulting impact on invested capital in the industry
or on the communities themselves.

a sustained yield basis

without regard to the re-

© That the undercutting in the
area prior to the development of
the last 10 to 15 years could he
balanced out by  overentting
during the next 20 years with-
out the detriment to the forests
that the department has said
there would be.

@ That ‘present boundaries of
the different units in the area
are unrealistic and are in them-
selves one of the causes of the
present administrative problems
The association's view that
the five separate units plus all
the pulp reserves should be put
into one unit.

SURVEY REQUESTED

It was also resolved at
meeting that the Hon. Robert
W. Bonner, as Minister of In-
dustrial “Development, Trade

and Commerce, should be called
upon to have the economic sur-
vey undertaken which the asso-
ciation requested in a letter to
him dated December 19, 1958
It was felt that this survey
should be completed within the
next two months. The members
thought this was not unreason-
able since the need for such a
survey was expressed in the
association’s first letter to Mr.
Williston more than a\year pre-
vious hae ne “fatter 40 Mr.
Bonner.

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In summary, it was the
association’s firm conviction that
no one should be forced out of
business for lack of timber when
there are still so many uncer-

the cutting of the mature timber.

tainties to be resolved.

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READY FOR

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issue, waiting to g0
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These copies will go
their regular paper.

nial issue
stand outlets and at

The Tribune’s tardy Centennial

0 copies of the special issue
tack in the storeroom. Perched on top of
orkston, of The Tribune staff.
out to regular subscribers with
Separate copies of. the Centen-
alone are available at regular news-

DELIVERY

ith the regular issue this

Hospital,

EXPERT DIAGNOSIS
Dr, Glenn Martin, clinical pathologist for the newly
instituted diagnostic service, is seen above doing a
job of work with the microscope at War Memorial
Looking on it laboratory technician Lois
Prince.

The loophole these barrack-
room lawyers thought they had
found was first pointed out by
District Engineer Dave MacVicar
who could not find a written

on Oliver.
highwa:

the meters
is an arterial

install
which

verbal applicaiton 1

made and approved.

The present engineer has also
pointed out though, that since
his department never iiled any
objection to the meter installa-
tion, this alone could be taken

Limit raised
on Oliver
and Mackenzie

Speed limit along the main
streets of Oliver and Mackenzie
has been raised from 20 to 30
miles an hour.

Recommendation to raise the
limit was made by the RCMP
and the district engineer's
office has concurred. Commis-
sioners agreed to the recommen-
dation last night.

Williams Lake is one of the
remaining

few towns in the
province with a 20-mile-per-
hour speed limit. Most com-

munities have a 20-mile limit, in
line with the modern trend to
keep traffic moving faster and
prevent bottlenecks.

Colder weather
invades Cariboo

Frigid temperatures are hit-
ting the Cariboo this week and
there is no break forecast. At
7:45 this morning the official
temperature at the airport was
18 below.

Here are the airport readings
for the past week, taken be-
tween the hours of § a.m. and
5 p.m.

min. max.

Wed. February 4 38
Thursday 8 27
Friday 1216
Saturday 0 6
Mon., February 9 4° 7
5 10

Joins staff

New appointee to the Williams
Lake Social Welfare Office
Ken McLennan, of Vancouver
Ken, who has his B.A. degree
from the University of British
Columbia, 1s a much travelled
man and has visited Italy,
France and Switzerland as
tourist. He then went on
England, where he spent some

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time teaching school at Malvern
Wells, Worcestershire.

application from the village to],

This was duly reported, but it
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No free parking on Oliver

Contrary to the erroneous impression of some motorists
that they don’t have to pay a parking infraction penalty if
their vehicle was parked on Oliver Street, fact remains that
they are completely in the wrong and just as liable as anyone
over-parking on the other town streets.

So thai motorists. There
is no free parking on Oliver
Street.

Will widen
Mackenzie Ave.

Vhe Department of Highways
has advised the village that
Mackenzie Avenue will be wid-
ened to 49 feet this year.

The ‘village had previously
asked that the avenue, which
narrows. considerably in spots,
be widened to 66 feet along its
length. However, the depart-
ment has pointed out that the
amount of retaining wall work
that would have to be done to
secure this footage, put the pro-
ject out of reach financially.

Four timber sales were auc-
tioned last Friday. The total
upset stumpage price was
$36,652.00, but when the brisk
bidding was completed, the total
stumpage value on the firm bids
was $75,208.00. This repre-
sented a gain of $38,556.00 for
the government.

Cause of the high bidding is
the recently-enforced Forest
Service policy to bring the Wil-
liams Lake working circle
closer to a sustained yield cut.
As a result, established opera-
tors have an annual quota based
on their 1954 performance, and
only firms with a quota can re-
quest that timber limits be put
up for sale. Once the limit is ap-
proved and advertised, anyone
can get into the act. The sales
are put up at auction, with the
forestry imposing an upset price
at the appraised value. The
auction is a public one and any-
one can bid.”

The established operator, par-
ticularly if it is alarge company,
at this time is resisting any
attempt to buy up the sales
they have an interest in, hence
the large, and unprofitable, bids

Of the four sales last Friday,
not one went to the persons or
firms responsible for the high
bidding, although they did force
the price to high levels.

Here is a list of the sales, the
footage (in cubic feet) involved,

NATIONAL ELECTRIC WEEK

B.C. Power Commission manager in Williams Lake
Tom Wale enjoys the benefits of modern develop-
ment on his two-way radio telephone now linking
Williams Lake with the main plant in Quesnel and
two of the Power Commission service trucks.

Minor hockey takes over in

War Memorial Arena this
weekend, with three games
scheduled for Saturday night

and three tor Sunday afternoon.

Saturday three teams will
come up from 100 Mile House,
in the Peewee, Bantam and
Midget groups, to play Williams
Lake teams, and Sunday three

Council briefs

Village Commission last night
authorized payment of a liability
insurance policy premium of
$150 to cover youngsters play-
ing hockey in the local minor
hockey league

* * ®

Another donation of $25 was
made to the Education Week
Committee for this year's pro-
gram.

* > *

Village has been informed by
the PGE that a reserve has been
Placed on land adjacent to the
cemetery for expansion pur-
poses.

Tenders are being called for
re-wiring the village Fire Hall.

Minor hockey this weekend

teams from Prince George will
visit.

Game times are $ p.m. Sat-
urday and 2 p.m. Sunday.

DRIVING CHARGE

Alexander Bird appeared in
court Tuesday when he was
charged with driving while his
licence was under suspension.
He had received a previous
charge for driving while intoxi-
cated for which he was senten-
ced to one month. He pleaded
guilty to the new charge and
was given a further two months’
imprisonment, the charges to
run consecutively.

the upset or appraised price,
number of bids, successful ten-
derer, price and the increase in
total value of the sale over ap-
praised.

Sale 78696 (south of Whiskey | -

Creek), 415 Mcf, upset $4.50
per C cf, 33 bids, bought by
Northern B.C. Lumber at $9.30.
Increased value $19,920.

Sale 78534 (south of Spring-
house), 187 M cf, upset $2.40,
33 bids, bought by Lignum Ltd.
for $6.60. Increased value
$7,845.

Sale 78294 (north of Hawkes
Creek), 67 M cf, upset $4.50,
27 bids, bought by Lignum Ltd.
for $13.50. Increased value
$6,030.

Sale 65417 (north of Williams
Lake), 176 M cf, $5.90 upset,
23 bids, bought by Northern
B.C. Lumber for $8.60.  In-
creased value $4,752.

Increase in
licence plate
sales noted

A 44 percent increase in the
purchase of licence plates over
last year is reported this week
by Gil Mundell, deputy govern-
ment agent.

This- could -indicate thatthe
economy of the district is higher

‘Timber scramble doubling and
tripling sale upset prices here

The scramble for timber is on in the Cariboo,
with the result that timber auction sales are netting

the provincial government as much as three times
the ‘upset’ price of the sale.

P-TA turns down
student council
appeal for grant

Lack of support for Williams
Lake High School P-TA resulted
in the turning down, Tuesday
night, of an appeal for help from
the Students’ Council.

In a letter to the council
secretary, Carolyn Simons, P-TA
president Fred Waterhouse said:
“Our executive met tonight and
had a full disctission on the re-
quest of the Council for a $30
donation to sponsor a delegate
to the U.B.C. Conference.

“Much as we would like to
help in this way, we feel that
it will be impossible, as we have
had so little support financially
with the High School P-TA.

“One of the first tasks we
did with our new committee was
to send out over 300 notices to
High School parents, asking
them to join the P-TA. If only .
half the number asked had seen
their way to send the necessary
dollar, we would have had
enough finances to perform the
tasks we are trying to do, such
as helping you at this time.

“The actual number who did
join-from over 300 requests was
precisely, two.

“We feel we should point out
that our committee decided
from the first not to ‘expend our
energies on money-raising social
activities. Our work with the
parents of High School students
should bée-expended in-.endeay-
ours of a more*serious nature.

or that more people have moved
to this area, or a combination of

Figures i fie \sale of
new chocolate brown and tif
quoise plates up to February 8
areas follows: Commercial
vehicles, 242 (209 in 1958);
passenger vehicles, 279 (249).

For the convenience of last-
minute purchasers, the govern-
ment office will be open Satur-
day, February 28, trom 8:30 to

5 p.m.

More lights
for town streets

More street lights for Wil-
liams Lake will be installed
next fall.

Following recommendations
of B.C. Power Commission
manager Tom Wale, commis-
sioners last night approved
lights for four areas in town.

Five lights will be installed

in the airport sub-division,
three near the Elementary
School, four in the PGE com-

mercial sub - division along
Mackenzie and four in the resi-
dential area of this same district.

The lights will be of the mer-
cury vapor type. Since it takes
six months to get the equip-
ments, the lights will not be in
until next fall.

It looks as though we may have

However, $0

the end of ir
ise to send

is“monwey
you the

hecessary
money, but on performance to
date, we cannot seriously enter-
tain too much optimism.”

will stop use
of hydrants

Practice of some firms and in-
| diviquais opening fire hydrants
to secure water must cease im-~
mediately, village commissioners
decided last night.

The commissioners were “in-
formed by Fire Chief Sid Pigeon
that the practice was a danger-
ous one, since the hydrants were
not drained properly when they
were shut off. Result is that in
cold weather the hydrants freeze
and cannot be used. Chief
Pigeon said he did not believe
the people opening the hydrants
were aware of this danger.

Commission decided that any-
one found taking water trom
the hydrants or tampering with
them would be charged.

Commission also approved
Purchase of 1,000 feet of 2%-
inch fire hose and 300 feet of
1%-inch hose at a total cost
of $1,750.

Vern Llewellyn,

district

NBW KIWANIS OFFICERS

lieutenant-governor of

Kiwanis International, standing left, is here reading
the charge of office to incoming president Elmer
Carswell and vice-president Stewart Smith, at last

Wednesday’s installation
is Judge Henry Castillou

night. In the foreground
and Mrs. Llewellyn.

(See
story, Page Three).