Page 2 ‘ THE WILLIAMS LAKE TRIBUNE Wednesday, July 8, 1959 EDITORIAL PAGE MAKE USE OF PRESENT SERVICES The elevatation of the Selective Service office at Quesnel to district status and inclusion of the Central and South Cariboo under its jurisdiction falls far short of a solution for the employment situation in Williams’ Lake. z Fact that the move is obviously better than try- ing to run the operation out of Kamloops as was the case in the past has little bearing on the arguments in favor of an office in Williams Lake. The highly un- satisfactory situation of local firms acting as unofficial clearing houses for labor needs will continue, since even in the Cariboo 79 miles to the government office involves time. Ironically enough, a sub-office in Williams Lake will probably only become a reality when we make the fullest use possible of the services of the Quesnel headquarters. Officials in Ottawa will base “need” on the number of applications received. The number of enquiries handled by private firms will never come to light. It would appear, then, that aside from any other reason, the businessmen of Williams Lake could best serve the town’s interest’ in the matter by making full use of the employment office at Quesnel. WHEN DO WE START BUILDING? From comments on the 33rd annual Stampede, it would appear that we, as a community, are prepared to admit that the time has come to take a greater measure of pride in the ‘“ Cariboo’s Own Show.” Of the show itself there is no criticism, it was bet- ter value for the price of admission than has been the case in the past. But the Stampede is growing up, and our facilities are far short of what is even the barest necessities. Anyone watching the crowds on Dominion Day re- alized the lack. People crowded around the arena fence, dangerously close to the arena events, and yet with nowhere else to go. What could have been a pre- lude to disaster occurred when dozens of spectators climbed up on the grandstand roof. Cars moving in all directions with resulting traffic jams along every roadway. The former Williams Lake resident whose letter appéars*on this page probably typifies the problem. Here we are too close to the forest to see the trees. We have a Stampede but we aren’t able to visualize its possibilities. Like Mrs. Hartwig, if we moved away, our perspective would be much clearer. There is no reason at all why the Williams Lake Stampede of the future cannot rival Pendleton or Calgary. The decision rests with us—now. It will take vision and money and work, but the end will more than justify the effort. PARENTAL GUIDANCE ~ Swimming lessons start this week under a qualified instructor, and as was the case last year, the rush of early applicants for the classes is heavy. "Like every service though, this one provided by the Aquatic Society has its problems, and one of them con- cerns the pupils themselves. As the season progresses there is an increasing ‘‘ drop-out ’” among the classes. This is due in part to family vacations, but probably mostly by a reluctance among young people to keep up with any schedule they aren’t forced to. Here is where a little parental guidance would be in order. The entire idea of the course in swimming instruction is in the nature of tragedy prevention. The more children taught to swim, the less will be the incidence of drowning cases. It’s as simple as that. Your Johnny may not like the routine of instruction, but the more self reliant he becomes in the water, the more he will enjoy swimming—and the safer he will be. IT CAN HAPPEN ELSEWHERE Possibly with a lively recollection of some occasions in Great Britain in recent years when tax- payers’ money appeared to have been recklessly spent, The Economist of London recently printed a dispatch from its Washington correspondent in which are given details of some of the troubles encountered in the new Senate Office Building, opened last January at a cost of more than $21,000,000. Canadians, remembering the government printing bureau, may also derive some rueful amusement from the dispatch. In part, it runs as follows: “ Designed to ensure that Senators’ hitherto ‘packed like sardines’ into the old office building with only three Tooms each, should have five offices and three lavatories apiece, the new puilding is decked with bronze and marble in a manner proper to senatorial gravitas. Unfortunately, it does not work, Clocks were fitted with hands too heavy to move; bronze torchholders in the committee rooms emitted an electric glow too dim for witnesses to plead the Fifth Amendment by; massive walnut and pronze doors leaked Senators’ confidences to those waiting outside. Letters first refused to fall down the mail chutes and then got sucked down so fast that they bounced off the conveyor belt at the bottom. Automatic lifts, ignoring urgent calls, had to be re- stored to human control. Public address systems spoke without being spoken to. . .” An extra million dollars voted to correct some of these faults “ included $150,000 to cover the supposedly skidproof tile floors— installed,’ says their manufac- turer, ‘with the exquisite craftsmanship of a master gem-setter *__from which two employees have already been carried to hospital . .. The extra money has been granted, even though it turns out that 600 doors will have to be altered to let them open over the carpets. The heading on The Economist’s dispatch is ‘‘ Skid Row. e % THE WILLIAMS LAKE TRIBUNE Editor, Clive Stangoe tat) Published every Wednesday at Williams Lake, B.C. by the Cariboo Press Ltd. Established 1931 Subscription per year, $3.00. Outside Canada, $4.00 Advertising rates on application ‘Authorized as Second Class Mail by the Post Office. Remember the crush at the Stam- pede on Dominion Day, when fans were crowded two deep along both the outside and inside rails of the AS IT USED TO LOOK race track? I Here’s how the show looked in 1924, when there was parking places for cars right up against the race track rail. ONE YEAR AGO July 9, 1958 Work on forms for Lake Junior - Senior excavation and the new Williams High School got started this week . Representing the pioneer residents of the Central Cari- boo, | two well-known old- timers, Mrs, Norman Lee of Hanceville and Mrs. Wayne Huston of Soda Creek, will be received by Her Royal High- ness Princess Margaret, on her visit to Williams Lake July 18 . . . The possibility that the Kiwanis Health Centre may be put out to tender for a second time was suggested by build- ing committee chairman Fred Waterhouse at the club’s lun- cheon meeting’ Tuesday... Jimmy Roiston, 11-year-old Glendale student, won the ighest aqggegate ppint award \ at the redent combined Wil liams Laké-Glendale Eelemen- tary School sports day... Local Maple Leafs Sunday handed out a severe thrashing © a much-vaunted Prince George HBC team to the tune of 6-1 in senior soccer play. FIVE YEARS AGO July 8, 1953 Switch to the Dominion Day holiday this year resulted in the Stampede reaching its big- gest single attendance in its history. Last Thursday an estimated 3,000 spectators were on hand to see the show. Dave Perry, Cache Creek cow- boy who has topped the show once before, was named win- ner of the best all-round cow- boy award after the results of the three-day contests had been tabulated .. . Decision to wash out the famous mountain race resulted in an unexpected pre- sentation of the handsome trophy on the last day of the Stampede. It was announced that the trophy would go to Pierre Squinahan of Alkali Lake, as the man who has won the award most times. . . The local Cariboo Association of Marksmen has two men quali- fied for the B.C. Ottawa team as a result of their efforts at Vancouver. Walter sie i — LOOKS AT — The beef marketing problem again By A. J. Drinkell The occupation known as farming is full of hazards, in fact it is a continual fight against the elements, pests, weeds, diseases and perplexing marketing problems. The livestock arm proved and a fairly of the industry is no represtntative associ- exception. Insecti- ation was formed, cides, serums and the the buyers resorted like render invalu- to more subtle able aid today to methods. The psych- the rancher willing ololgical approach to use them. A ben- was utilized with de- evolent providence vastating effect. We has a way of temper- were sofented up ing the wind to the weeks before the shorn lamb, but mar- keting conditions are thing else again. * Cycli followed by spates of over- ¢ production are inherent to our shipping season com- menced. We heard of little else but weakening markets, and. some- ime we arrived at the market place we were fair game for system of free enterprise. the knock-out blow. The mar- They occur in almost every line ket was glutted quoth the of industrial endeavour. In buyer. Nevertheless, it in- such instances exceptional variably regained its vigor in gains “and subsequent losses B.C. immediately after the tend to cancel out each other. shipping season closed. The conditions _prevailitig a during years of 1930 onwards F'PUDMEN ANSWER cannot rightly be placed in When this gag began to this category. They were the result of a world-wide econ- omic disruption—a belated aftermath of World War I— that confounded the experts in all walks of life—not just the farmers, wear too thin to be present- able, we were next met at the shipping point by a chappie with a face more solemn than that of any undertaker. In his hand would be a sheaf of telegrams, addressed to him- PERISHABLE GOODS self, purporting to advise him _ prices had dropped that very By far the greatest evil morning all the way from Dan many branches of agriculture to Beersheba. His acute dis- must contend with is the tress could only be relieved by perishable nature of their a ruthless culling of our oifer- ings. This stunt enjoyed quite a long inning, but eventually our livestock associations ap- painted fieldmen to administer y treatment to these distressed souls. products and the determination of the middlemen to exploit the feature to the utmost. The minds of many of us go back to the days when ranching in B.C. was in its infancy. We recall the valiant fight against this unfair thing -waged by Harper Bros., Norman Lee and other early pioneers. We have vivid recollections of the many attempts to form In the main, this new treat- ment was reasonably success- ful. When the fieldmen could not raise prices, they did pre- vent much unwarranted cull- in and the imposition of. fic- associations to better combat ‘ Bailey it, all rendered abortive py titious price reductions. This i lack of c i improvement was destined to won the, B.C. pistol - ship and Game Warden Joe Gibault won the Victoria Cor- poration mateh. TEN YEARS AGO July 7, 1949 Williams Lake didn’t have the best band in the B.C. roundup parade at Kamloops last week, but it had the hap- piest, craziest and noisiest. The “‘hillbillies” from here literally “stole the show” from the other entries... Climaxing 33 years of service ~ the government of British Columbia, Henry G. Windt, clerk in the public works office here, retired at the end of June ... In the City Softball League this week the powerful Maple Leafs dumped the Buck- aroos again, this time for a 12-7 score... Williams Lake along with some other B.C. towns, came in for a blistering blast from at least one Ameri- can tourist recently. Irwin Conn of New Haven, Connecti- cut, complained that in Wil- liams Lake he could get no re- sponse to repeated attempts to arouse the hotel management in order to get a room al- though it was only ten o'clock. Continued on Page Three be short-lived. Huge surpluses of grain both in Canada and the U.S.A. permitted the chain stores to indulge in a little tions and transportation; long distances between centres and not a little adverse propa- ganda on the part of the buyers. Continued on Page Three When these conditions med om 85 : im- ical shostages “bt tupsiy + eptiis pricey, so thdt by tHe! © ‘Letters fo ~ the Editor The Editor, The Williams Lake Tribune. Dear Sir—Through your’ paper we would like to thank everyone who worked toward making the Stampede parade such a wonderful success this year. We think the Kiwanis band leaders can be proud of their ~ group ‘of boys and girls. It isnt’ easy to gather together a group of young people with so much success. We couldn't possibly thank each personal effort that went into building floats and ar- ranging entries, but we do think the people of town and district did a bang-up job. Did you know the North Kamloops majorettes were in our parade at their own ex- pense? We found just a place for them to sleep. The School Board loaned the use of the dormitory for one night. The army band added a nice lift to the parade and also at the grounds. We would like to thank the following for acting as judges: Mrs. Jack Lloyd, Mrs. G. Adair, Mr. and Mrs. Felix Nicholson, Mr. and Mrs. Mel Mayfield, Mr. and M Ray Pigeon, Mrs. T. Denny, jr., Mrs, Bernard, Mrs, L. Pigeon, Tom Larson, Dr. and Mrs. Stan Wood, Mrs, J. B. Ringwood, Mrs V. Cowan, Mrs. H. Corn- wall, Mrs E. Baker and Mrs. B. Roberts. The town management did a wonderful job too. We gave them the route the parade would take just over a month ago, and they dug, laid pipe, refilled ditches to have the parade route in shape for us. Many thanks, we are sure it wasnt’ easy and the job must . Fred Downs and Mrs. D. Fowler, along with our own two sons, did a fine job of get- ting the parade on the road. We close with our love to the people of this district. And Clive, many thanks for the wonderful coverage your paper gave two parade greenhorns. GEORGIE }AND PUDGE Moon Dear Sir—Just so we do not forget about Stampedes for an- other year, may I have these few words printed in your paper. The 33rd annual Williams Lake Stampede is over, so we are free to start planning for the 34th. Last November I made notes on necessary facilities needed at the grounds. The directors were in accord and well aware of the requirements, but with $175 in the kitty, what a hope! We were well aware of, and in, believed the tremendous the Williams Lake Stampede, provided the necesary push was put into it. With this, in mind we went ahead, and to anyone who saw the crowd there on July 1, the picture must be quite clear. Williams Lake is without doubt the ideal Stampede centre, everything is there in its natural setting, so make the best use of it. calling an executive meeting in a matter of a few days, at which concrete proposals will be drawn up pertaining to the facilities, and said proposals will be presented to a public meeting in the very near future. With the necessary facilities |. and everyone behind the direc- tors pushing in the same direc- tion, I am convinced that the Continued on Page Three 3-WAY ENGINE PROTECTION — RPM Motor Oil protects your gasoline engine against three basic causes of damage. ]. A special detergent washes away carbon deposits—keeps rings free and unclogged. 2. Rust and lacquer are prevented by a corrosion inhibitor. 3. Wear is minimized by a tough film of oil that clings to parts whether engine is hot or cold, running or idle. For any Standard Oil product, call BOB CARSON Mackenzie Ave., Williams Lake Phone 101 THE MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT Who'll stop the Giant? OTTAWA —Down through the ages, the Chinese have de- veloped a saying for every occasion. One of them, one that has weathered well with the years, is: “The best gov- ernment is the least govern- ment.” Few can dispute the wisdom of these words. But, in Ottawa, and, in fact, through- out the world, the trend is toward big government. Par- Kinson’s law is the most well observed law ever written. The ponderous machinery of bureaucracy threatens to en- gulf every freedom we have Won through the centuries. Government sneaks and probes into our every action. Inspec- tors and agents and officials at every level peep and pry, tramping through every man’s castle as though personal lib- erty was a meaningless phrase. Legions of civil servants are abroad in the land, and their numbers grow daily. It is a tragedy of our time that no one is attempting to stem the growth of govern- ment. It has reached the point where tax dollars are be- ing spent on such ridiculous items as a pamphlet on “ The Effects of Fin-cutting on Gold- fish.” More seriously, govern- ment is increasingly worming its way into fields that are the traditional preserve of private enterprise. ONCE JUSTIFIED At an earlier age in Cana- dian history, there was full justification for the intrusion of government. Trans-Canada Airlines is a notable example. But once bureaucracy enters a field, it never retreats. War- time regulations and controls are the only exception. Once the army or civil service is en- trenched, its position estab- lished, it becomes impreg- nable. Surely it is time for Mem- bers of Parliament to hold the onrush of bureaucrats in check. Someone must say “we -have enough government.” Instead of passing new laws, authoriz- ing new cells of self-multiply- ing civil servants, why doesn't ParliameAt devote more time ensurings the proper adminiss ~ sxisting laws? Thera are now 300,000 civil servants on the federal payroll, 80,000 more than there were in 1946. As Dr. Parkinson theorized, they multiply each year whether there is an in- crease in the work load or not. As Members of Parliament have discovered, it is almost impossible to put this ponder- ous giant into motion. Direct the explicit orders from cab- inet ministers take days to reach the correct level in the chain of command. And, when finally resolved into action, the orders bear no relation to the original. JUST A MACHINE Imagination plays no part in the process. In fact, many civil servants will tell you they are quitting the service because they refuse to become part of the machine—a nameless, an- onymous cog being slowly , ground into shape. Before his election, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker spoke in glowing terms of the Hoover Commission, an: invest- igatory committee that, ripped through smothering red tape to show U.S. taxpayers how to save billions of tax dollars by cutting out waste in govern- ment, by streamlining proced- ures, by hacking away the fungus on the growth: of that country’s civil service. Many of the commission's recommendations were never implemented, of course. But those that were have resulted in the. saving of millions of dollars, annually. Perhaps such a commission could tell the government em- ployees involved how the fede- ral government could accept a cheque for $93,000 from a private firm that felt it was overpaid for a government con- tract? The money was rejected because no one could dis- cover legal means for its ac- ceptance, In the civil service, the “system” is everything. MP’s who develop a new way of handling a situation encounter again and again the refrain “we can’t do it'that way. It’s never been done before.” Here is one campaign prom- ise Mr. Diefenbaker could im- plement that would have the complete support of we long- suffering taxpayers. The civil service has been, for too long a time, a sacred cow in Canadian politics. It has established itself in a posi- tion of inviolability. The god of security rules supreme. Now is the time to topple the old god, and shake up the bureau- crats. CAPITAL HILL CAPSULES External Affairs Minister Howard Green is already show- ing the strain of handling two of the biggest jobs in govern- ment. A man who normally shuns .the social whirl, he has been caught up in a long round of official ‘dinners and func- tions involved in the external affairs job. At the same time, he is still slugging it out as acting nc of Pubjic Works, and handling the doz- ens of chords required of him as government House Leader. One of the strangest facets pf the CBC furore over can- cellation of the political com- mentary “Preview Commen- tary,” was the reaction of the CBC’s news department. At first it hired outside reporters to cover the proceedings in Parliament. Then, at the peak of the crisis, it found courage, and let its own news employ- ees cover the show. The con- they did a good re- porting job, although some Conservative MP’s expressed their annoyance. Look for a break soon in negotiations over the Columbia River. U.S. negotiators are rapidly falling into line, and an agreement will be signed within a couple of months. for free home delivery phone 184. This advertisement isnot published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia