Page 2 \ THE WILLIAMS LAKE TRIBUNE Wednesday, October 7, 1959 EDITORIAL PAG THE NEED IS STILL HERE 5 As columnist A. J. Drinkell pointed out last week/ action of MLA Bill Speare in trying to secure definite promise of government assistance before the inevitable call for help comes from the rain soaked Cariboo, shows a commendable degree of foresight. Undoubt- edly many ranchers are hard hit, and before individual appeals could raise enough attention at Victoria, many of sien would stand to lose a considerable amount of stock. Both: Mr. Speare and district agriculturist Roger Fry have done yoeman work in collecting factual in- formation on the situation that exists, but their efforts were hampered in the major ranching area of the central Cariboo by the fact that we have no district ag. stationed here. Mr. Fry is stationed at Quesnel and has an accurate knowledge of the north Cariboo, but it would be physically impossible to expect him to have the same knowledge of, say, the vast Chilcotin. For information on conditions here it was necessary to depend on response to broadcast appeals. The Central Cariboo has been waiting too long for agriculture minister Steacey to get around to appoint- ing a district ag. here. All the excuses that have been forthcoming just add up to one thing. The department doesn’t intend to place an official here until public opinion forces their hand. GOOD WISHES TO A NEW BOARD We're a day ahead of ourselves—but our congrat- ulations to the Lac La Hache District Board of Trade on officially coming into being. The businessmen of our neighboring community to the south are installing their new board officers tomorrow night. It won’t be long before Lac La Hache will become aware of the advantages of a Board of Trade. Such a group is formed with only one purpose in mind— to further the interests of the district it serves. To this end.a Board stays clear of affiliations with political or pressure groups and evaluates any consideration offered for its support with a simple questio: it good for the community? ” Because of this single-mindedness, Boards of Trade the country over receive close attention when they take their problems to government departments Officials concerned realize that behind such delega- tions is a cross-section of community opinion with an investment in the community’s future. We wish the Lac La Hache District Board of Trade every success in the building of a better com- munity. ; m { THE HIDDEN PROVIDERS : : f Sue Renew Money-hungry politicians know as well as anyone else that high taxes are unpopular. That is why so much time and energy has been spent by government planners in recent years in devising ways and means of extracting the maximum number of tax dollars pas- sible with the minimum number of squawks from the taxpayers. Hidden taxes, in such circumstances, become the delight of most politicians. But few people probably realize just how large the hidden tax bite really is on the average pocket-book. Some light on this is given by the U.S. Tax Found- ation, which recently came up with the revelation that in the U.S., bread alone is subject to no less than 151 hidden taxes—including taxes on the land it’s grown on, the seed -that’s sown, the machinery used for farm- ing, the taxes on fuel, on transportation, on the bakers and on the manufacture of paper wrappers and so on. The average U.S. home, the Tax Foundation fig- ures, represents some 600 hidden taxes, and even the lowly egg is taxed in 100 different ways before reach- ing the breakfast table. Hidden taxes are no stranger to the Canadian tax- ation scene. Nor is it likely that the burden of hidden taxation is any less onerous in this country than in the U.S. ¥ BELLS the celebration Scotch Bell’s gives great pleasure to those who know Scotch Whisky well. Try this grand Scotch. Savour its smooth elusive flavour. Enjoy the magie subtlety that only the rare, the very best Whiskies can | achieve, and you will know why so many people count it high among their pleasures, Scotch Whiskies Distilled, Blended ond Bostled ta Senlend| td, Dist Perth, Scotland, is not ii or dis by the This The Cariboo Indian As It Used School and St. Joseph’s Mission as it appeared in the 20's. large buildings on the left were Residential The two landscape. To Look destroyed by fire a few years ago. In the foreground church, now no longer part of the is the original What's your score in counting your blessings? By Rey. Arthur Anderson You may be one who sits down for a minute at Thanks- giving to “count your blessings.” If so, you are in good company. For countless years people who have known they stood in relation to the at currents of life unting their blessi Often they have set aside special days or for exactly ,that purpose. of those days where re been ¢ seasons One approaching us right now. When you sit down to count’ your blessings, what kind of score do you get? Well, of course, that depends on what you count, and on who is sitting across the table while you'r counting. Put the wealthiest ntan in town across the) table, score looks quite to the table avlaban- adced ‘Sut Beats e, and your score looks quite rent. hi diff I remember reading some. where about a man who had no shoes. He was feeling very sorry for himself, and rightly so. But his attitude changed considerably when he passed a man on the road who had no feet. There is a sense in which, when all the blessings are counted, everyone comes out with the same score. That is, when we consider our respons- ibilities. You probably know some people who have such a high score that they think they have made it—no more worlds to conquer, no more blessings to hope for. The man who has made it, has had it. His life’s through. His score drops to zero. He loses out by default. The only reason one person is given more blessings than the next fellow is because he is ex- pected to fulfill greater respons- ibilities. His blessings aren’t his to sit on. His score isn’t his to brag about. They are only his to use for the benefit of others. “Unto whomesoever much has been given, from him will much be required.” (Luke 12:48) When you sit down to count your blessings this Thanks- giving, count them all: physical and personal blessings, material blessings, and spititual blessings Your score will likely be higher then you had thought. And this means that you have a greater responsibility for the welfare of your family, your community, and your world, than you thought you had. Ac- cepting this responsibility is the only way to show that you are really thankful. What's the score with you on Thanksgiving. The name of the Mississippi River in Ontario comes from two Indian words—* missi” meaning great, and “sipi” meaning river. extraordinary fRALKER i wh — ASSERTS — “That wasn't Cariboo Apathy —those gremlins were at work” By Through the years, residents of Cariboo hav A. J. rightly Drinkell or wrongly, the ned a reputation for refusing to get all steamed up no-matter how great the need. One frequently comes in contact with visitors who are thoroughly — exasper- ated by their inabil- ity to arouse a sense of urgen in some situa- tion or unforseen cir- cumstance requiring desire to make the fullest us of every hour. Even outside) business houses are oftentimed irritated yorthcom- ing to a request for speedy action, In the earlier days when communication and transportation were on a hit or miss basis, the old timers became inured to trustrations and developed a ‘“‘ what's the use of worrying” attitude which, in spite of tremendous improvements, has not yet been entirely eliminated. One still hears complaints brushed aside with the explanation “ That’s the Cariboo for you—this week or next, it’s all the same. Incidents of this nature are quite apt to become exagger- ated or distorted when re- counted later, but the boys were somewhat flabbergasted to come across a wee bit of exaggeration in this column last week. HOW WAS THAT? They pointed to the opening paragraph which said “ Should the most favorable weather prevail for the next few years a remote possibility—suffi- cient feed cannot be harvested to avert serious shortages.” The boys seem fearful the local ranchers will think they consider them so lackadaisical that even in the serious cir- cumstances now confronting them, if years of fine weather prevailed they still would not have harvested enough feed to meet their needs. Upon looking up the minutes of their last debate, one finds the word appears there, which, of course, is the correct version. It would seem therefore, that one of those things conveniently called gremlins managed to foul up the printed account. Whether it got tap dancing on the key- board of the typewriter: doing a reel on the Editor's desk, or weeks ee THE WILLIAMS LAKE TRIBUNE Established 1931 Editor, Clive Stangoe Published every Wednesday at Williams Lake, B.C. by the Cariboo Press Ltd. Subscription per year, $3.00. Outside Canada, $4.00 Advertising rates on application i P Raard or bv the Government of British Columbia et oad Authorized as Second Class Mail by the Post Office. swinging on the arm tainly the boys no desire to to ply they were so im- ranchers ind as to fail to take ad- ferent vantage of a few weeks, on quen day: On the other hand, getting all hot and bothered over an unfortunate error indicates the boys of the spittoon fraternity are getting a bit thin-skinned in their old age. Should any others have had misgivings upon reading the paragraph referred to, we hope this ex- planation eradicates them. We dia not construe it as Just another example of the Cariboo apathy. LETTERS 10 THANKS FROM RED CROSS PROVINCIAL HQ also hope distant readers The Editor, The Williams Lake Tribune. Dear Sir—May we, through your paper, express our sincere thanks and appreciation to the many people of Williams Lake who so generously donated their blood to our free blood transfusion service at the blood donor clinic¢ held on September 18 We would also like to thank the many organizations who so generously gave their help to Mrs, F. B. Bass and her local Red Cross blood donor com- mittee in making the clinic an outstanding success. Special mention should be made of the local lumbermen who did so much in advertising the clinic throughout their industry. The attendance of 280 was a credit to Williams Lake Those who donated their blood and who helped in organizing the clinic can take great pride in the knowledge that through their support we have been able to give a new chance for life to many of their fellow B.C. citizens. W. G. FREEMAN, D nal Director, Blood Donor Panels, The Canadian Red Cross Society, B.C. Division. RETAIL “MERCHANTS ANSWER ORITIC Dear Sir—To reply briefly to Mr. Harold Edmunds’ letter on store hours, we would like to point out: 1—The Williams Lake Vil- lage Commission changed their by-laws with respect to store hours only after request by the Williams Lake ‘Retail Mer- chants’ Association. .this country, THE MACDUFF OTTAWA REPORT BATTLE OF THE PASS = @ OTTAWA—Once again a major battle on the controver- sial Crow's Nest Pass rates on western export grain is shap- ing up as the Royal Commis- sion on railways settles down to its year-long task of remov- ing or alleviating inequities in the freight rates structure. Every time a Royal Commis- sion or some other inquiry is launched into freight rates in the Crow’s Nest pops into the picture and sparks begin to fly. Western Canadians always view with alarm any sugges- tion that the statutory grain rates may come under scrut- iny. They want no tampering with those rates. This has not been the view of the Canadian Pacific Railway and lately the Canadian National Railway has echoed the protests of the CPR with a faintly heard “me too.” Consequently when Prime Minister Diefenbaker set up the latest Royal Commission to study freight rates, under the chairmanship of Hon. C. P. McTague, ofToronto, the ex- perts predicted that it would not be long before it crashed into the Crow’s Nest Pass. They made these predictions despite assurances voiced by the Prime Minister that the Crow's Nest Pass rates were to stand unchanged by the Com- mission’s inquiry. CONFIRMED STAND When Hon. Howard Green, as acting prime minister, first announced the, enquiry late last year, he assured the west- ern farmers that such ‘a review would not mean that they would have to pay more freight on the shipment of grain for export. Mr. Diefen- baker when he announced the formation of the Royal Com- mission confirmed this stand. He said he wished to make it clear beyond question that the Crow's Nest Pass rates are part of a bargain that made between the railways nd the government on the one nd and the settlers who fent west on the other hand. «yyp intend insas fe as igbis Sovethment is concetned 0 ee tp it that that contract shall not be broken,” Mr. Diefen- baker declared. Under the Crow's Nest Pass agreement, by statute the rates on grain and tour and certain related commodities moving from all points on the lines of railway west of Fort William to Fort William or Port Arthur, or from prairie points to the Pacific coast for export, are on a level which is three cents per 100 pounds lower than the level prevailing THE EDITOR 2—The trend in merchan- dizing today is to provide a late shopping night, to enable family shopping as well as shopping to those who other- wise find it inconvenient or im- possible to shop between nine and six. The new store hours here are an attempt to meet this trend and at the same time to comply with the hours of work act. Practically all other types of business or pro- fession enjoy the long weekend closure. If after a proper trial period, the existing hours prove to be unsatisfactory to all concerned, steps will be taken to correct this situation. 3—There is nothing now to prevent. any merchant from supplying a customer in case of emergency, as it was in the past. Equipment dealers and service stations are not in- cluded in the category of Re- tail Merchants and their hours are their own particular problem. G. LLOYD, Secretary, Williams Lake Retail Merchants’ Ass'n. The Editor The Williams Lake Tribune Dear Sir—The local branch of the Canadian Red Cross wishes to thank you for the articles that you so kindly published in connection with the recent blood donor clinic. We are convinced that they greatly contributed to the splendid success of this pro- ject. Yours truly, L. Weil, Secretary (Editor's Note) — a “thank you” should also go the way of the local lumber companies who generously sponsored. a full-page advertisement for the clinic. in 1897. As these rates are fixed statute, they are beyond the jurisdiction of the Board of Transport to control. The big question as far as the west was concerned was whether the latest Royal Com- mission would bring the Crow’s Nest Pass rates within the scope of its inquiry in the light of the pledge given by the prime minister. When the Commission opened its pre- liminary hearings in Ottawa to spell out its terms of reference the questions came to a head. ASK FOR INQUIRY Immediately the CPR called for a wide inquiry into the much-disputed statutory grain rates. Spokesmen for the prairie governments argued the export grain rates were out- | side the scope of the Commis- sion. before the Royal Commission had got around to formally launching its hearings. The Canadian National Railways agreed with the CPR that the inquiry should cover the Crow's Nest Pass rates. ‘Not so,” western provincial repre- sentatives emphatically de- clared. Chairman McTague found himself in the middle of the disputants. When one Alberta spokesman pointed out that th minister had given his word that the Crow's Nest Pass rates would not be changed, Mr. MeTague observed emphatic- ally that the Commission was operating under an order-in- council not under something said in parliament. Later he ruled—declaring it was unanimous decision of the ion—that the Royal Commission will investigate the Crow’s Nest Pass rates. It will be part of the general in- The made over the vigorous protests of prairie governments and grain grow- ers on the one side and the two major railways on the other. SPECIFIC SOLUTION The CPR told th: Sopanis: } stonfzat fa wilt have 2 f ocr fic Solution” to proppse tor the problem of the Crow's Nest Pass rates. The proposal will not result in changing existing rates as they are paid by far- mers, said the railway’s spokesman. It would appear that the CPR has in mind the payment of a subsidy by the federal government to the railways in lieu of allowing a hie in the statutory grain rates. The western representatives will argue vehemently during the hearings that the Crow’s Nest Pass rates on grain and flour are not unprofitable, and never have been unprofitable to the railways. The railways will maintain that had the rates been allowed to go up in line with other rate increases their revenues would have been boosted by many millions of dollars. The CPR will point out that if the post-war freight rate increases had been applied to export grain the CPR’s revenues would have been $235,000,000 more than they were between 1948 and 1958. The Western spokesman will also contend that the Commission must consider the land and other grants to the CPR made as part of the Crow's Nest Pass agreement. The lines are drawn and the battle is about tobegin again, a battle that has been fought out more than once, each time in the past with the Crow's Nest Pass rates being left un- touched and untouchable. CAPITAL HILL CAPSULES Prime Minister Diefenbaker returned from his “ holiday ” tour of Quebe¢ declaring that he vhad had a “ wonderful i He worked hard cam- paigning to bolster the for- »tdnes of the Tory party (re- cent Gallup Polls show the Liberals ahead of Tories in Quebec) in that province with _daily rounds of travel, speeches and receptions starting at 8 a.m.and lasting well into the evening. The trip was billed as a “holiday” which caused reporters to comment with amusement, “Call that a holi- day?" But, retored the P.M., “that’s a holiday for me,” and indeed it would appear that way because such trips have a rejuvenating effect on the Prime Minister. Back in Canada after a trade tour of Europe, Hon. Gordon Churchill, minister of trade and commerce, reported that the possibilities of ‘selling The fight was on, even “= wheat in the UK and Europe this crop year are about-as good as last year. He expects q that Canada’s total exports of wheat will reach around 300,000,000 bushels in the new crop year, no higher than last year when they reached in excess of 290,000,000 bush- e Asked if he was “ opti- mistic '' about Canada’s pros- pects for trade in Europe, he replied, “I’m not pessimistic.” To date, however, Canada has ~ not got a proportionate share ~ of recent increased world wheat sales. ONE YEAR AGO October 8, 1958 At least 1,000 head of cattle are expected to go under the auctioneer’s hammer Friday morning at the annual cattle sale, according to Fieldman Elmer Derrick Bill Broughton, who last year headed the Macalister Centen- nial committee, was elected president of the Williams Lake Stampede Association Monday night when the group held its annual meeting . . . Students of Williams Lake High School only brought one cup home from the annual Cariboo school softball tournament at Quesnel last weekend, but since it marked the first time the senior boys had captured the trophy in their division since 1954, there was great jubila- tion among student ranks... Thomas Hystop Baird, 70, one of British Columbia's best- known cattlemen, died in the hospital here last Saturday. FIVE YEARS AGO October 7, 1954 Buyers were taking their choice this morning around the auction ring as 2,789 head of cattle went under the hammer. Although; the tributed is heavyup 338 from last year's sale\it is still far short of the 1949 record of 3,362 head Fred E. Dey, Kamloops breeder, enter- - ing his stock here for the first time, took the top bull award of the day at yesterday's judg- ing ... The 17th Annual Sale is being well covered from a ~ news angle. For the first time a television camera was in action, with some 300 feet of film slated to be shown on the coast channel . . . The weather is continuing to throw farmers for a financial loss in this part of the country. Latest to be hit are the potato growers. Heavy frost this week has re- sulted in estimated losses as high as 75 percent. TEN YEARS AGO October 6, 1949 An enthusiastic audience numbering 400 in a door count turned out to hear Fr. Patrick, C.S.C., at the new Elks Hall last Friday night ... The suicide of Oscar Oberg, 67-year-old long-time resident of the Cariboo, was discovered at one o'clock Sat- urday morning, October 1, by the B.C. Police . Federal fisheries department will fight any move by aluminum inter- ests to establish big power dams in the Chilco River salmon system : . . Campbell- Bennett “cats” are busy strip- ping a full foot off the old grade leading northward out of Quesnel as they prepare the way for laying of steel to Two Mile Flat where an assembly yard will be set up in prepara- tion for pushing steel toward Prince George . . . The death at Shaw Springs recently of Mrs. Mary Mobley breaks an- other link with the early days of Cariboo. She was the widow of the late Johnnie » Mobley. TWENTY YEARS AGO October 2, 1939 The official resignation of Hon. F. M. MacPherson, Min- ister of Public Works, was Te- ceived by the Lieut-Governor Wednesday and Premier Pat- tullo was sworn in as Public Works Minister . . . The Cari- boo boys who have enlisted at Prince George in the 2nd Searchlight Battery, Coast De- fence, are being held and trained at Prince while await- ing their uniforms and equip- ment .. . The war will likely postpone construction of the proposed Alaskan Highway through British Columbia and the Yukon.