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THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C.

. Thursday, April 26, 1951.

THE TRIBUNE

Published every Thursday at Williams Lake, B.C.

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Clive Stangoe, Editor

: Too Late

received just about the kind of answer
tue Department oi Public
ks im? dt -1 26cGul demand that the proposed
Highway swing around town and use Railway Avenue as the
voute within the town limits.

Sometime last fall the question of the by-pass was con-
sidered by the same organization, if not the same people, and
at that time the proposal was approved with the proviso that
the by-pass should come adjacent to the village boundary.

The Board thus set itself on record, and the record was
kept. Now the Department undoubtedly thinks that the busi-
nessmen of Williams Lake do not know what they want, and
the on-again, off-again attitude is bound to have hurt the
Board's prestige as an authoritative voice.

Actually it is a case of being too late. Many of the mem-
bers present at the last meeting were nowhere in evidence
when the matter was a burning question last fall. That was
the time they should have made their opinions felt on the
matter.

However, if the businessmen acted unwisely, Public
Works officials have nothing to be proud of in their handling
of the problem.

Realizing, as they must, that a major move in an adjacent
arterial highway means a great deal to the economic life of a
fair-size community, the least that could have been done was
to have had a spokesman for the department, preferably the
Minister, discuss the problem. And this should have been done
last fall too.

This attitude of ‘‘we know what's best for you, and in our
Own good time we’ll let you in on the secret,” isn’t good enough.
This is still a democracy and the ‘“‘will of the people” is not
soleiy an idle platitude to be dusted off and presented at

election time. 3

Truthful Anglers

We wonder if the district game club representatives
realize what consternation will be stirred up in the ranks of
local anglers over their suggestion that the license fee be
raised a hundred percent.

When.-a raise of any sort is mooted, those affected come to
the defense of the old rate with arguments that no increase
should be considered because business is worse than ever, or
property values are actually going down, or there is a recession
due soon and the new boost will work a terrific hardship.

The only defence the anglers can {use in their own par-
ticulak ease is that their catghes were & limited:in the past
that the old license-fee étically a EEO 1.
and when they did bring a trout into Ahe boat they had io
stretch the rule to get over the eight-inch limit.

Hither the followers of Isaac Walton will have to bear the
injustice in silence and agree to the increase or they'll be
forced to run contrary to the established custom of centuries
and tell the truth about their exploits with rod and reel.

On With The Show

A lot of tension was eased with the changing of the dates
of this year’s Stampede.

Ever since the first suggestion of July 1st was approved
there has been the feeling among a lot of townspeople that the
issue was far from settled. Call it an uneasy victory, or just
the fact that basically nobody wants to stage a community
endeavour at the financial expense of any faction, but the feel-
ing was there. ‘ s i

Now that we’re back to a date that agrees with our primary
industry we can get on with the show without any qualms of
conscience.

Builder’s Supplies

see our stock of

ROLLED ROOFING - ASPHALT SHINGLES
ALUMINUM ROOFING

DOORS - SCREEN DOORS - SASH
VENEERS - WALLBOARDS
BRICKS - CEMENT - TILE

LUMBER AND BULLDER’S HARDWARE

H. J. Gardner & Sons Ltd.

Your Building Supply Dealer

COAL and WOOD RANGES

AT OLD PRICES -- NO TAX
ON PRESENT FLOOR STOCK
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$89.50
199.50

6 Hole Empire Range, White Enamel Front
4 Hole Beach Range, Extended, full enamel

4 Hole Wingham Range, full enamel .. 159.50
Large ,e Findlay Range, full enamel
with reservoir 231.25

Also a few used Ranges, at much below new value

Cariboo Home Furnishings

“Visit the Store with the Friendly Door”
Agents for Connor, Mayfair, Norge, Gilson and Climax
Gas and Electrie Washing Machines

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REMAINS

ONE YAR AGO, April

Entry fees for all’arena events in
this year’s Stampede boosted 100%,
and cowboys given a chancesat more
prize-money with 50% of entry feces
being added to existing day money --
Tentative date for sports Gay for
schools in southern half of District 27
set at June 3rd — Edgar Charles
Lunn, Cariboo pioneer, passed away
at Quesnel — First 10-day period of
Lac La Hache youth camp to get un-
derway July 2nd. Gilbert Forbes, Lac
La Hache, named chairman of camp
committee — W. C. “Cam” Hooper,
former editor of Tribune, takes option
on Similkameen Spotlight at Prince-
ton in partnership with W. E. Madore
— Five entries in Queen contest are
Norma MacDonald, Jackie Ward-
Moran, Marge MacIntosh, Daphne
Haines and Lillian Caswell — Red
Cross drive misses $2,000 quota. Total
collection is $1,58344 — Rough esti-
mate of $550 for laying septic tank
overflow pipe from Third Avenue to
railway tracks given commissiners: by
J. C. A Long — Horley Cheetham,
Lac La Hache, seriously injured when
his truck went of the ri tr
oes eo Se

celebrates 78th birthd
a five-man team, Cowboys bowed out
in their first appearance ‘against
Wells in Cariboo championship hoop

play — “Mrs. H. G. Wilkinson honor-
ed at shower — Mrs, E. Plante present-
ed new gavel to Legion Auxiliary —
Keith MacKenzie, Miocene, appointed
as maintenance man for School Dis.
trict 23 — Cariboo Truck & Equip-
ment start on new reinforced concrete
and tile repair shop — Mr. and Mrs,
Geo. Renner'’s pet skunk “Stinky”
returns home —

FIVE YEARS AGO, April 25, 1946
David Gosman, age 6, accidentally
run over by truck and miraculously
escaped with slight injuries — Start
made on children’s playground next to
‘Municipal Hall — Vancouver Board
of Trade invites guests from Cariboo
to attend the “Cariboo Round-up”
convention in Vancouver — Boyd and
George Halfnights purchase the busi-
ness of late A. Gosman of Williams
Lake — Seventy-four new.y created
=chool districts to replace existing
under recomendation> df
Report — Earle Kelty,
Evening’ passed awa:

‘Tranquille
Sanitorium — Doug Man'ey states ne
is going to maintain regular passen-
ger stage from Horsefly to Williqus

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active management of Li
ing camp at he
owner, R. L. Mey

Smiles

1st Tenant: “The superintendent
says that the woman who just moved
into that apartment on the third floor
is anemic.”

2nd Tenant:
looks just like
she?”

“My, my — and she
a Canadian, ; doesn’t

‘There was a soldier named Mac

Who was cleaning his slacks in his
shack,

He used gasoline

And that’s the last that was seen

Of Mac, his slacks, or his shack.

LOCAL
CAMPAIGN CHAIRME
Mrs. Harold Richardson,

Williams Lake, B.C.

Mrs. Wm. Dingwall, j
Mile House, |
Cariboo Road, B.C. /

BRITISH COLUMBIA
CONQUER,
CANCER

‘TEN YEARS AGO, April 28, 1941
Major R. I. Ghle is guest speaker of
Williams Lake \Board of Trade —
Eight more leave\for active army duty:
H. A. MeDonald,\. S. Hutchinson, M
©. Penderson, D.'\. Hutchinson, L. M.
Mitchell, F. W. Biley, W. E. Hopper,
and F. Dingwall \ 50 gift parcels
sent for boys over\eas by Comfort
Club — Gym displa\ put on in Elks

Kavent of spring again brings a re-
minder of the tremendous possibilities |
of Canada’s tourist industry. Experts
claim this industry can be the most
financially profitable branch of our
export trade. For it is predicted that
U.S. citizens this year will spent more
han 10 billion dollars on travel.

As a vacation land this country has
superlative natural advantages, yet
single states across the border, whose
natural attractions pale in compari-
son with Canada’s, do more tourist
ousiness than our entire nation, The
only way by which Canada can be
certain of getting her share of the
sravel business is Ly xeeping the
quality of her vacation facilities high.

More and better accommodation is
he greatest need. Since 85 percent of
American tourists travel by car-there
S special demand for new motor
vourts and improved quality in exist-
ng units. Tourists don’t expect clab-
rate quarters but they insist that
“acilities be clean, comfortable and at
air prices.

Improved quality of food and -serv-
ce in public eating places is a prob-
Jem that Canadian communities must
take positive measures to solve.

From Another Viewpoint
“KEEP TOURISTS SATISFIED”
* (in the Journal of Commerce)

Dishes for which each district is noted
can be featured more.

Development of more facilities for
the amusement and entertainment ot
visito another important require
ment.

Larger postwar road-building pro-
grams by the provinces are helping
2vercome complaints by tourists of
oor road conditions. ~~

Perhaps the largest factor in this
business of selling Canada as a vaca-
{ion land is the human value. Every
Canadian must make it a duty to offer
visitors courtesy and friendliness,
cheerful hospitality and fair dealing.
Qué best public reratvons cepresenta-
live is the satisfied tourist returning
to: his own country singing the praises
of holidays in Canada.

Editorial Notes

The most amazing thing about, our
modern democracy is the readiness of
People to sell their freedom for the
promise of any mess of pottage that
any plausible talker can cook up.

Use a Classified ad. to Buy, Sell,

OFF

With those necessary jobs
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POWER

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We are now equipped to
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Hall by school childrey — M. Martin
of River Rarch, Childptin, suffers 2¢

vere head injury in ckr accide* ~~
Miss Frances “Frankie” Bae ro
Williams Lale wins Challes® CUP for

best individyal performe#® by 2 wom
n in Gafiboo) Dp8 Association |,
Fistival hed at@»snel — Telegraph

to 3e k#t open until 10 pm.
months — Annual
sprin, rty of Chilcotin Indians

at Anfimfeserve got too tough and
byought into court — John

TY YEARS AGO, April 30, 1931
r Brown, 50, of Forest Grove
vell-known old timer of district,
Persistent rumours that
+ Tolmie has completed sale of
. to CPR. discounted by Col.
Nefon Spencer — Jacob Mayers Col-
lof Soda Creek and Julia Jones of
Seftle united in marriage — Sporting
seBon opened at Alexis Creek with
ball game and visiting Williams

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Initiative,
Resourcefulmess.

riches, mined

the middle classes

classes.
shop, the bank,

Free Business,

depends.

Free Enterpris

Free Enterprise is

and Asia.

Pe
excerprise?

Free Enterprise is Self-Reliance,
Ambition and Inventive

It built cities out of desolation
—built our railways—our fac-
tories. It deyeloped our forest

ore... and sent them to the
markets of the world.

Free Enterprise isthe working classes,

Free Enterprise is the butcher

the big store, the. great manu-
facturing plants. It is that

on which’ civilization alone

Private Property and

Personal Liberty.

B.C. FEDERATION OF TRADE & INDUSTRY

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