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Wednesday, July 8, 1959

THE WILLIAMS

LAKE TRIBUNE

Page 3

_ READERS LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Continued from Page Two

1960 attendance
doubled.

There is no need for Wil
liams Lake Stampede to be sec-
ond largest, let’s try for first
Place!

W. A. (Bill) BROUGHTON

President, Williams Lake

Stampede Association.

would be

Dear Sir—On behalf of my
Dupils, myself and 150 Mile, 1
would like to thank the re-
Porter-photographer and staff
of The Williams Lake Tribune
for the very nice picture and
write-up that appeared in your
Paper. I can assure you it was
greatly appreciated.

PEGGY CHALMERS.
150 Mile House.

Dear Sir—I don’t know
quite how to write this but
I've wanted to do so for, so
long I thought now was the
time to do it since this is the
last day of the Stampede.

I remember when I lived at
Williams Lake I could hardly
wait for Stampede to get here,
and I used to watch the hill-
sides for the first Indian camp.

Williams Lake isn’t very big
but I still think the Stampede
could be bigger and better
than the shows at Calgary and
Pendleton. Williams Lake has
a natural arena in a beautiful
spot. There should be a large
grandstand that would hold
thousands of people and a

Parking area so they wouldn't
have to park clear around the
fence. There should be
stables and a place where
people could park horse trail-
ers. There should be a dance
hall on the grounds —not a
wild horse corral like that
built for the Indians, but a nice
one for everyone. There
should be bull-dogging and
Brahma bulls.

If you advertised in a few
large newspapers, you would
soon have some of the best
riders in the country attending
every year bringing with them
some of the finest animals in
the world. Williams Lake
would be on the Rodeo Cir-
cuit. It would take money but
the town would get it back 10
times over. It would be a
great tourist attraction.

I hope you don’t think- I’m
an utter fool, but a girl can
dream, can’t she?

MRS. KEN HARTWIG.
(formerly Irene Murdock)
, Everson,

Dear Sir—We would like to
express our sincere and graie-
ful thanks to all the people of
Williams Lake and surround-
ing districts who donated so
generously to the fund for our
daughter. We also’ wish to
extend a “thank you” to the
Trail Riders, the Elks, the
Kiwanis and any other club

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Happiness doesn’t just happen.
It comes from planning,
like this picnic.

Our plan is simple. . . regular saving

Our other bank services include: Personal
Chequing Accounts, Current Accounts, Safe-
keeping, Travellers’ Cheques, Letters of
Credit, Safety Deposit Boxes, Money Orders,
Foreign Remittances, Collections, Banking

By Mail.

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Williams Lake Branch — Felix Nicholson, Manager
100 Mile House Branch — D. A. M. Mars, Manager

who put their time and effo
into making this fund possible.
It was a comfort to know that
so many of our friends were
thinking of us at this time.
JOHN AND MARY
BARESON.

Dear Sir—i would like to
take this opportunity to thank
those people who i
making the 1959

Williams
Lake Stampede a success.
They are too numerous to

mention individually, but 1
would like to pay special
tribute to Ossie Walker and his
assistants who so efficiently
ran the first aid room, and also
to George Felker who so ably
assists every year in the office.
A personal thanks to the
boys behind the scenes who
helped me from eafly morning
until long after the show was
over, sorting, feeding and
watering the stock.
DAVE POWELL,
Arena Manager.

: Looking back
along the frail

Continued from Page Two

TWENTY YEARS AGO
July 6, 1939

Fights and a wrestling card
that satisfled the most rabid
fans were staged last Saturday
night at Quesnel in conjunc-
tion with Quesnel’s 80th anni-
versary _ celebration. The
wrestling match for, the Cari-
boo championship ended in a

MORE ABOUT C

Continued from
profitable sales talk.
could not handle
beef, the fat w:
and heaven onl:
was wrong

They

grass-fed
too yellow
knows all that
with it. Gullible
housewives were induced to
pay more for the wonderful
grain-fed product, thereby
swelling . profits. The B.C.
Beef Growers’ Association was
amongst those who fell for this
advertising gimmick. Despite
the fact one of our largest de-
partment stores and an inde-
pendent chain were each* run-
ning full-page advertisements
in the daily newspapers boost-
ing B.C. grass-fed beef, to
which we believe the associa-
tion subsequently subscribed
31,000, its members were
counselled to cease the produc-
tion of beef and become pur-
veyors of raw material to feed-
lot operators.

There is no need to reiterate
in this column the ill-eifects
of the pamphlet issued by the
association at that time. While
great satisfaction was being
expressed at the manner in
which the B.C. ranchers for-
got the beef market and con-
verted to selling yearlings, a
nation-wide survey revealed
that everywhere except in
Vancouver, where the chain
store advertising had been the
more intense, the housewives
showed a decided perference

for the leaner type of beef,
consequently, a third brand
was added called “ Brown
Brand,’ to which grass-fed

beef would be admirably suited
but alas in B.C. we no longer
have any beef other than a
few dry cows.

RACKER BARREL

There is little wonder then
the ranchers regard each new
Pronouncement of falling
Drices as a continuation of the
old ballyhoo—the softening-up
Process—so dear to the hearts
of our middlemen.

TIME OF CHANGE

Mr. Fry, with his long asso-
ciation with the industry, must
be fully aware ‘of this fact. As
secretary to our major organ-
ization he must be cognizant
the industry is in the process
of violent change; that many
a-rancher has not yet fully
determined whether his spread
is best suited to (a) the
straight sale of calves (b)
continued catering to the feed-
er market or (c) the reversion
of production of the finished
product—BEEF.

From his ‘Letter to the
Editor we are inclined to as-
sume the release he handed
out was not an authorization
of the B.C. Beef Growers’
Association, but on expression
of his personal opinions, in
which case our apologies are
sincerely tendered the direc-
tors of the association.

Had Mr. Fry felt comment
to be imperative he would
have done well to have had
his board of directors sanction
the distribution, to members,
of a circular letter clearly set-
ting forth their views. On the
other hand, if he felt justified
in putting forth a personal
eifort, every precaution should
have been taken to ensure it
was reproduced as released
and that portions of it were
not lifted out of context and
given undue emphasis or sig-

nificance, thereby adding con-
fusion to confusion. He must
also Enow that oftentimes it is
not sO much the message as
the timing and manner of its
delivery that makes the greater
impact.

We do not claim to have
aay superior sources of infor-|
mation, but we do know that
in addition to many farm jour-|
nels, the Financial Post, the
Canadian Grain Journal, the
New York Times, Newsweek;
and Time Magazine, to men-
tion a few of the more reliable
publications, havé each car-
ried articles recently predict-
ing livestock prices will re-
main high well into 1960 or
beyond.

We do know the department
store previously mentioned has
just given a further’ demonstra-
tion of its faith in the future
of our industry to the tune of.
three million dollars, and that
any cyclical period of increased
production is not considered
likely to prove catastrophic.
Furthermore, with a govern-
ment guaranteed floor price
under our beef, the debacle of
the dirty thirties, which Mr.
Fry so glibly quotes, cannot
possibly be repeated unless the
entire free world becomes
hopelessly bankrupt.

We can only ‘hope now that
this debate will result in a
measure of reassurance to the
perplexed rancher thereby en-
abling him to determine iis
future course in an atmos-
phere of greater tranquality
with a greater measure of con-
fidence.

May we also venture the
hope we have not cause@ ir-
reparable hurt to Julian's

TIMELY TRAVEL TIP CAN
SAVE WORRY—MONEY, T00

t can be mighty embarras-
sing when you run short of
ready cash while travelling.
Yet no one likes to carry around
large sums of cash _ because
there's always the danger of loss
or theft.

What's the answer then, on
your next vacation or business
trip?

More and more people are
finding the easiest and safest
way to carry funds for travel
purposes today is in the form
of B of M travellers cheques.
Any bank in Canada and most
hotels and stores will cash them
readily—because you counter-
sign each cheque only when you
cash it.

Thus the person cashing it
knows right away that you and
only you are the rightful

owner. This feature makes

less to everyone except their
purchaser. What's more, if
your B of M travellers cheques
are lost, destroyed, or stolen,
the bank replaces them.

So before you set off on that
next trip, stop at the Williams
Lake or Lac La Hache branch
of the Bank of Montreal and
buy as many travellers cheques
as you think you'll need. The
service charge is negligible and
the peace of mind is wonderful.

Bob Lywood, the accountant,
or any member of the staff will
be glad to help you make any
other arrangements for your
travel financing. If your trip
is an extra long one and you
need a large sum, travellers
letters of credit are available
from the B of M, and if you are
going abroad, there are special
travellers cheques available at

B of M travellers cheques uuse;| every branch.

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favorite corn.

draw, although most  specta-
tors thought that the referee
should have won it .. . Quesnel
trimmed Williams Lake 11-1
in the cleanest box lacrosse
game yet played in the district.
There were no sudden deaths
or permanent injuries to either
side, although there were
many threats to wring the
referee’s neck . . . E. Marillo
won the welterweight cham-
pionship of the Cariboo last
Saturday night at Quesnel
when he dropped his opponent

to the eanvas with a knock-out
in the third round...
liams Lake ook on Ques

in the men’s singl
ladies of the Lake won four|
and tied one...
large head of

In 1939 a
ttuce cost Se.

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Should your partner die or
retire, would you have to
liquidate? Profitable
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fair payment to the retiring
partner

con-

or his estate, can
usually be arranged with the
help of a MONY policy. May

I show you how?

JACK PICKERING

Fircrest, Lac La Hache

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