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Volume 24—- Number 4.

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C.

Thursday, January 26, 1956.

Single copy 10c. $2.50 per yéar.

School Referendum Goes

RESULTS OF REFERENDUM NO. 1 BY POLLS

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yes - no Total Alexis Creek 6 6 12 Alkali Lake 0 4 4 Beaver Valley ey 3 4 Big Creek 0 ) 0 Big Lake 0 8 8 Bradley Creek _ 0 8 8 Bridge Lake —__ 18 7 25 Bridge Lake North — 8 2 10 Buffalo Creek 0) 14 14 Canim Lake ef 13 14 ie Canim Lake East —__ not reported Chimney Creek —______._ 0 5 5 Dog Creek 2 5 7 Enterprise —___ ____ 1 7 8 Forest Grove —. 4 15 19 Hanceville = 40’ 8 3 Horsefly SHG 84 40 Lac La Hache 8 12 20 Lakeside _____. 3 ) 3 Likely_ 1 6 13 Lone Butte 8 15 23 Meldrum Creek —____.- 1 7 8 McLeese Lake —_ 1 2 8 Miotene SE '} g 8 100 Mile 8 12 20 160 Mile 5 10 15 Riske Creek 8 6 ig 1 7 8 . 4 q i3 5 3 g 8 ® 6 8 9 12 1 4 5 Willams Lake __. 3 82 205 Willowford —_ 1 3 4 240 328 569 Spoiled 19 588

Spoiled. ballots were distributed as follow:

Big Lake 2,

Canim Lake 1, Forest Grove 3, Horsefly 6, Lac La Hache 1, Lone Butte 1, McLeese Lake 2, Signe. 1, Soda Creek 1, Williams

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Of Plonser chdcets Rancher

The district was saddened this week with word of the passing Tuesday at noon of Charles Moon, one of

the most well-known and Cariboo.

In failing bh since he sut-

under ae of the Masanic Ledge, Stores in town will close from 1 to 3:00 p.m, as a mark of reapect for the late rancher.

He is survived by his wife,

Bertha, three sons, Melville, Rexfor and Jack; two daugh- Mrs. T. (Violet) Sharpe, Quesnel, and Mrs. Wes. (Dor-

Ice Carnival Revival Planned

After an absence of two years,

the Ice Carnival is being Tevived apd it js sped that some prom- at members of the Conpaught ing Club will again he on hand fo give the show a polished professional flavor. " Ageqrding te Mrs. 6. Hustgp. as organized this year's peyye, there will also be more local talent used and she re: porta that the children are very enthusiastic about appearing in the show. It is expected that a company of at least 100, from pre-school children to adults, will take part.

Present plans call for groups to appear representing months of the year, interspersed with comic acts and highlighted by displays of skating by the Con- naught Club.

If is expected that the Carni- will be produged around the nd gf February.

Assisting with many of the Fgutines will be Mrs. J. Mupdoch and heading the various groups are Mrs. J. Qroome, Mrs. E. Baker, Miss M, Bromley, Mrs. Stewart Smith, Mrs. Fred Plowe, Mrs. J. Haramia, Mrs. V. Imhoff, Mrs. W. Moore, Mrs. gon and Mrs. Ajlan Smallenberg.

N, John-

respected ranchers of the othy) Retersop, Vancouver, and twelve grandchildren

CharJes Moon, whose name was to becgme a hy—word in provincial cattle circles, learned his trade as a hired man from another Englishman, Berkley Drummer. Drummen, who had bought out the Dac English ranch at Riske Creek, journeyed to a litfle Kentish village to he married. Anxiaus to come west, Charlie preyailed upon Drum- mond to take him back to the Cariboo as a choreboy. The year was 1888,

The young man worked hard and saved his money. He made two trips back to England, the second time to marry Jessie Frances. His first wife prede- ceased him in 1935 and three years later he married her sis- ter, Bertha.

Following his

wedding in

1894, Charlie went into the livery-stable business in the Kentish yillage, byt his eyes

kept turning to the west and in 1902 he sold gut and again headed fgr the Garjhog,

Mr. Mogn first purchased Beer Park ranch on the hanks gf the Fraser and started his ranching career with 35 head of stock. As the years passed he added to his holdings, purchas- ing the Davis Meadows, the old Meldrum Creek ranch and final- ly Briston Place, now Hillcrest ranch, ovemlooking Sheep Creek hill.

With the aid of his sons, al of whom stayed with the Moon ho}dings re: peak abouf 15 years W some 300Q head of stock roamea the family range. The boys took over management of the indivia- ual ranches, Melville at Mel- drum Creek, Jagk pt Deer Park and ‘Pudge! of Hillerest. This latter rangh was s@ld two years ago and Pudge subsequently purehased the qld A & P ranch ap Chimney Creek.

Gharlie Moon didn’t confine nis activities to his own ranch though. The streng ranchers’

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Tt won't be long until

Westcoast Transmission

30-inch diameter pipe

Westcoast placed an

Williams Lake see the first shipments of Co. Ltd. gas pipe moving along the P.G.B. This photo shows the first shipment of 1300 tons of being aboard the S. 8S. Germa in the Port of Middlebrough, England, enroute to B.C. order tons of steel with the South Durham

the people of

loaded

for 75,000

Steel and Tron Co. at The Germa. Sailed on January 12 and is due in Vancouy will then be shipped to various points in the Fraser Valley and along the P.G.E. to be ready for an early start on pipe- laying this spring. Other ships will follow the Germa until the big order is complet- ed. Canadian Bechtel Limited is agent for Westcoast.

Stockt on-on-Teas.

er on February 13. Pipe

Guides’ Reports Show Big Increase

be past moose hunting sea- son was one of the best in re- lcent years, according to statis- ties compiled by the local Game Department office from guides in the district.

Comparative figures between 1954 and 1955 show that, in the area east of the Fraser (Lac La Hache, Horsefly, Beaver Valley districts chiefly) 24] hunters accounted for 156 animals Jast fall, while in 1954, 190 hunt- ers bagged f'4 moose, Perent- age-wise, percentage of success was 71 percent in 1955 and 49 in 1954. There was a 21 percent increase in success and 66 in k

‘West of the Fraser, with fig- ures not quite complete, 275 moose were taken out by guided hunters in 1955. Percentage of success was 77 compared to 66° in 1954,

Game biologist Lawson Sug- den explains that the chief fac- tor in the jumpin kill are the increase of moose population over two easy winters; a longer hornless season in 1955, and the fact that in 1954 many guides were busily engaged in getting in a late hay cron and water- soaked roads were hard to travel. :

Nat so readily explainable is the fact that while the percent- age of kjll on deer was also up in 1955 in the area west of the Fraser, this did not follow in the eqstern section.

Figures released from Cache Creek (all hunters), show that in the heavily hunted Big Creek, Gang Ranch area,- where the number of hunters in both 1954 and 1955 was recorded at 1300, percentage of success in 1955

was 44 percent, up ten percent

1 = 4 ile the ranen, | Ve" 1954. In the west Chilcotin

the figure was 35 percent, an increase of eight percent.

East of the Fraser the per- centage of success remained con- stant over the two seasons at 2 Percent.

$75 on Impaired Charge

Charged with being in the care and control of a vehicle while impaired, Russel Hickey Robinson was fined $75 and costs when he appeared in police

court this week,

Chairman Goad Returned Following Split Vote

Comimissiower tar Goad wast returned as’ chairman of the Board“of Village Comimissioners at a special meeting last Priday.

Absence of fifth commissioner

Kiwanis To Hold Installation Night

Thomas R. Jenner, Vernon businessman who holds the offic of Lieutenant-Governor in Ki- wanis International, will be the installing officer when the local Kiwanis Club holds its -annual installation night next Thursday.

The installation night takes the ferm of a dinner and dance and Will be held at the Elks Hall,

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Pentiacs Split Series with Clinton

Playing the first of a home- and-home series against Clinton on the weel@end, the Williams Lake Pontiacs were defeated 8-7

Saturday and won 5-3 Sunday. The Pontiacs, dawn 6-1 in the

second period, came within an

ace of making it at least a tie

game. They eyened it up in the final frame, and it was in the last minutes of play that deflect- ed puck went high in the air and dropping back, hit goal tender Al McIntosh on the shoulder and went in. MeIntosh had lost sight of the high flying puck. Sunday's game was a nip and tuck effort until the Pontiacs took control of the play in the final period.

With St. Jossph’ icing a team this yea be no league play three centres,

Mission not

between the

In the hard-working Pee Wee division Williams Lake and Clin- ton played. to a final count at ‘Clinton Sunday. Glen Kerley, Glen Richards and Tom Evejen scored for the locals with Evejen

getting the tieing counter with two minutes to go This same Bvejen, who will

bea boy to watch as he goes up hockey goals of

seale, scored the total ago in their first game against Clinton, which the ‘lake club won 4-3. Richards got the other counter,

the age

‘Air’ Eagle resulted Mmaspiie vote; on the chairmanship. The names of both commissioners Goad and Al Carswell were put forward, but when the vote resulted in a

tie, Mr. Carswell withdrew his name. Appointed in charge of the

various village departments were

Carswell — sidewalks, sewer, hospital representative; Gard- ner — streets; Anderson — waterworks; Eagle — beach, cemetery, building inspection: Goad — finance, airport, soeial

welfare,

Caitle Shipments Drop Last Year

Cattle the Cariboo showed a greater drop

shipments from

in the past year than that of

dist according to

other

s in the province, figures released by Thos. Moore, chief

inspector of brands,

this week

In 1955 number of head ship-

ned from Cariboo and south was

17,061, 22,684 54. Other comparative figures

compared to

n

by districts for the two years Nicola 28,953

(1954 figures in brackets) were:

Kamloops) and

(29,312), Okanagan and Simil- kameen 18,00 (15,687), South- east B.C. 7,009 (5, , Central B.C. and Peace River 6,288 (6,407).

Provincial-wide, shipments of cattle in B.C. were 77,311 head

compared to 79,6

Williams showed a drop to 10,093 trom the 1954 figure of 12,631.

In Cariboo, Lake

head

From Alexis Creek, Quesnel, Lac La Hache, Clinton, 100 Mile House, 150 Mile House, Graham

Siding, 7 head were shipped compared to 8,101 in 4. From Lillooet, Pavilion, Bridge Lake, Lone Butte, Bralorne, 1,092 head were shipped com- pared to 1,952 in 1954.

Cattle shipped from thte in- terior of British Columbia to US. in were 17,061

compared to in 1954.

Shipments of cattle to the prai- ries

showed a jump of 2,071

$49 in 1954 to 9,920 in

in District 27 Tuesday.

The referendum only received 40.7 percent of the votes cast. It required a 60 percent “yes” vote to carry.

Even in the town of Williams Lake, the referendum missed by a whisker. The 123 voters who marked their ballot in favor of the referendum constituted only 49.7 percent of the total of the votes cast.

In country points there was no doubt about the feeling of the people. Whether their votes were a judgment against the Yeferendum or against the pres-

THE WEATHER

The mild weather we had been enjoying for the past week came to an abrupt end Tuesday night with the mercury drop- ping to around ten below.

Here are the readings at the airport for the past week:

min max Friday, Jan. 20 24° 28 Saturday 27 37 Monday . 28 33 Tuesday 22 20 Wednesday -6 10

This morning at 8:30 it was 2° below.

Bus Depot Shacks ‘Ordered ‘Moved =

‘An order requesting the re- moval of shacks being used for @ terminus for Western Canadian Greyhound. has been issued by village commissioners. Deadline for removal has been set for January 81.

Commissioners forwarded a protest letter last month to the bus company after discovering that local agent Ike Nelson had moved one of the small build- ings on a town lot without a permit. A second one was moved on later.

Last week two officials of the bus company were in town to confer with commissioners and indicated that they were trying to secure office space to use as a depot. Tuesday night village clerk EB, H. Gibbon said he had not heard from the men since.

Down To Defeat

Receives Support at Only Handful of Area Polls

‘Solid ‘‘no” vote of the ranchers of the district, and a notable apathy on the part of voters in general, probably contributed mainly to the resounding defeat of the million and a quarter dollar school referendum

ent method of land taxation is difficult to tell, but the results were the same, the ‘no’ votes carried the day.

Surprise fof proponents of the referendum came from the larg- er centres, where small property owners or lease holders had been expected to give a heavier affirmative vote. 100 Mile turn- ed the referendum down 8-12, Lone Butte 8-15, Lae La_Hache 8-12 and Horsefly 6-34.

"There were exceptions. Bridge Lake favored the referendum “by” a count of 18-7, as did Bridge Lake North by 8-2.

Following the results, both the School Board and the Cat- tlemen’s Association have called meetings at which the referend- um will undoubtedly be high on th agenda. The C.C.A. directors meet tonight and will probably discuss what form their attacks on the school tax problem will take now. Individual. directors have indicated that their’ group will not let the matter drop with the defeat of the referendum.

Trustees meet Friday after- noan, and the big question mark facing them is “what do we do now?” Charged as they are with providing educational facilities for children of District 27, they will probably feel they are duty

bound to put the referendum before the people again at a later date, either as it stands or in a modified Tervar, ed classroom conan through~ out the area, and erowing cen- tres ready and demanding more advanced schooling: ‘facilities, there seems no alternative: té-re= submission.

New Closing Date For Airport Work

Close of tender call for con- struction of main runway and access roads for the new Wil- liams Lake airport has been ex- tended to January 31.

Originally the closing date for tenders was January 20.

A number of contracting firms have evidenced interest in the major construction job. Estimate of cost of the work has been placed at more than $750,000.

we haye reason

undecided,

The challenge of communism is the real issue facing the de- mocracies in the world today, the speaker stated. Although he said the Russian menace is not new since it threatened the world all through the 19th cen- tury, it became additionally dan- gerous with the acceptance by the country of the credo of com- munism. This Russian menace was also heightened hy two blunders In modern times; when the Germans underestimated Russian military strength in the second World War, and when the Western nations underesti- mated Russia’s ambition for world control.

As a result, we find thtat of the countries of ceneral Europe “released”? by the Russians, not one enjoys democratic govern- ment.

The strength of the commun-

Battle Between Democracies And Communists Continues To Dominate World Scene

Giving an authoritative description of the cause and effect of the struggle beween the western powers and communist Russia, Professor the University of British Columbia told members and guests of the Board of Trade last week that 1956 finds for optimism European scene, but the “battle” for the East is still

Geoffrey Davies of

in considering the

ist idealogy lies in the fact that it can exploit any conditions, appeals to desperate men, and its adherents embrace the credo with the fervor of religion, Pro- fessor Davies stated. NEED UNITY

On the other hand, the dem- ocracies have shown themselves to be without unity of purpose; their people are: not dedicated to the belief of their way of liv-

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Leaves Legion Post

Jim Stitt, president of the local branch of the~Caradian Legion, tendered his resignation from office this week following failure of members to turn out in sufficient numbers to form a quorum at the annual meeting Monday night.