Page 2 THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Thursday, May t, 1952. THE TRIBUNE Published every Thursday at Williams Lake, B.C, By The Tribune Publishing Co. Member: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association British Columbia Division, C.W.N.A. Established 1931 Clive Stangoe, Editor Authorized as Second Class Mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa A Hoary Chestnut The political campaigning had not even got underway in the Cariboo before one party adherent had exercised his democratic privilege of bursting out in righteous indignation ver being ‘misquoted’ in a neighboring newspaper. In this instance the speaker was reported to have tossed at a public meeting the hoary chestnut that business interes controlled the press. Although ancient, the charge never faiis to arouse the ire of the nearest editor and this case was no exception. The editor verbally clouted the speaker, a Mr. Jas. Reid, a member of the Social Credit party, and Mr. Reid retaliated in a published letter, claiming to have been freely misquoted all the way down the line. ‘ Up to the last paragraph of Mr. Reid’s letter he remains fairly consistent, but then he upsets the applecart by saying are am most certainly grateful for the publicity that the Social Credit is getting in the press but regardless of that I believe your editorial is the best evidence in the world that the press is.certainly being controlled by someone.” Staying strictly in our own backyard, the weekly press of British Columbia, we are quite prepared to brand Mr. Reid’s statement as a lot of malarky. These community papers, similar to the one that Mr. Reid is tilting with, are owned by men who fiercely defend their independence and the right to print the news as they see it. They are a clannish group too, and any attempt to ‘control’ their utterances would be taken up by every editor in the province and across the country. We are not foolish enough to believe that every publisher hews to the line of strict impartiality of every public issue— unscrupulous men can be found in every profession. But as a group, the weekly press in our province is doing a fine job ot impartial reporting as the reading public will find anywhere. , .We believe that Mr. Reid would be well counselled to confine his public utterances to political policies; a subject he may know more about that he evidently does about the press. ‘Clean Up’ Time The early part of May is generally recognized in our communities as ‘Clean-Up’ time. Although too cold, in our locality for planting, the bright days afford ample opportunity to clean up the town’s backyards. It doesn’t look as though there will be a sponsored ‘Clean- Up’ campaign in our town this year, but the adult population shouldn’t need to be prodded into a job that will make Wil- liams Lake a neater, cleaner community. There is a safety factor too that should not be overlooked. Behind quite a few of our buildings, particularly business premises, piles of accumulated rubbish and lumber make ideal tinder boxes that could create a major problem in the event of fire. With the expenditure of a little elbow grease, property owners could handle the job in short ae be proud of the re: { Why Not, Ladies? It is some thirty-five years since Canadian women first voted in a federal election. During the years that the ladies fought for the franchise their leaders promised great things for the nation if the women received the right to vote. That promise, somehow, has not been fulfilled. Women have not taken the part in local, provincial and federal affairs. that they might have. In this country there are several million women .. . few have ever served on municipal councils, on school boards, in the legislature or in parliament. Why? We think that women should get into public life for they have much good common sense, much organizational ability. much executive ability that the country needs. Why not women on our school boards and our town councils? There are many ladies in our community who would be real assets to any board or council. . We wonder why the ladies of the nation have not been more active in public life. In their own organizations they do a wonderful job; why should they not focus their abilities on larger spheres of action? Women are no longer tied to their homes, burdened with housekeeping toil — modern science and invention has releas- ed them from that. They have taken their place in business, in industry, in the professions but to only a minor degree in public life. The welfaz:e of Canada demands the interest and .ctive participation of women in local and national affairs. How about it, 1adies? —C.W.N.A. Spring Spruce-up ——owa We perk up your car inside as well as outside. Check and adjustment of your spark plugs, caburetor, clutch, brakes and steering mechanism means faster pick-up . radiators flushed and ... safer driving this spring . . cleaned. SPECIAL This Week 1948 PLYMOUTH SED A N — Excellent condition ...... $1295.00 CENTRAL SERVICE LTD. ~e meeting— TRI_TO MOON MAY COME SOONER THAN WE THINK aS — Loree From the Files ONE YEAR AGO May 3, 1951 Climax of a manhunt for two armed men who are alleged to have held up and robbed a Prince George couple in their home, and then con- tinued their crime wave by robbing a man here, came Saturday morning when they were apprehended near 100 Mile— Eighteen sportsmen turned out and breathed « little more energy into an almost defunct game club that now shows hope ot becoming once again an important sounding board for fish and game problems— Taxpayers of School District 27 will go to the polls May 29 to vote on the proposed building by-law. The decision was made after two weeks of consultations between the School Board and the Department of Education in Victo- ria.— Fire of unknown origin com- pletely destroyed the Cariboo Trad- ing Company's store at Horsefly— Owners of ten district tourist lodges met to form a local branch of the Auto Court's and Resorts Associa- tion of British Columbia— Sigurd Larum, operator of a fishing camp on the LY Ranch, passed away- Tage. yn of machipery will Grob. ably start next week for the hew planer mill on the north end of town that will be operated by Stacey Tim- ber Products— Clive Stangoe was elected to one of the six vice-presi- dent posts at the Junior Chamber of Commerce provincial convention at Kamloops. FIVE YEARS AGO May 1, 1947 A large audience enthusiastically received the varied progam present- ed by the young people of the town at the “Spring Revue’’— Belief that a Cariboo zone should be formed by Rod and Gun Clubs was expressed at a meeting of the Williams Lake Sportsmen's club— Considerable work was accomplished at the Stam- pede grounds as the result of the work bee— Mrs. Caroline Krebs and Mrs. Angeline Quesnel passed away —The P.G.E. Railway announces it will go on summer schedule and Daylight Saving time— Local Elks Lodge were hosts to the Quesnel Lodge when about 30 Elks from that town came to Williams Lake to per- form initiations for twenty-three new enrolees— Forming of a wo- man’s auxiliary of the Canadian Le- gion will begin at next m onth’s meeting of the Williams Lake Can- adian Legion, when ladies of the town will be taken into membership — Mackenzies Limited announce a profit cutting discount of ten per- cent on all goods except groceries until May 15th— Lady golfers will have their opening day this week— An average price of $143 was real- ized when 22 cows were sold to local buyers— TEN YEARS AGO May 4, 1942 New blackout regulations super- seding all previous orders have been issued by John Hart— Fun ser- vices for Lionel Maclure of Williams Lake, were held under the auspices of the local Legion branch—A wed- ding of interest to Cariboo residents took place at the Australian Ranch | when Mary Bthel Yorston became | the bride of Pte. Jack Rome— A |large gathering of parents and in- terested citizens attended a chil- dren's concert— The Lakeview Ho- tel is installing a modern guest sit ting room on the main floor— Over- waitea advertises 3 pounds of butter at §1.23— Water and the airport were the two main subjects discussed at the regular monthly Board of of the Tribune TWENTY YEARS AGO May 5, 19 2 Great consternation was caused by the bursting of the storage dams at Poquette Creek for the Lackie ining property. The upper dam broke first and the immense column of water let loose washed the Keith- ley Road out completely, taking with it the telephone communica- tion and the bridge over Poquette Creek—A meeting of most of the stockmen of the community was held at Lae La Hache to welcome Messrs. Copley and Melrose, Grazing Com- missioners of Kamloops— The Wil- liams Lake Golf and Country Club will stage a tennis tournament for local members— Parents and the general public are invited by the Boy Scouts to witness the christening of the boat built for them by Mr. Gib- bons— A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. George Stephens of Big Creek. Nature Scrapbook zs By Bill Myring Paper Tells the Story Of Prosperity A few minutes spent calculating the annual paper production of the various nations shows just how well off are the people of the North Am- erican continent. On a per capita basis we consume well over 300 pounds of paper per annum— this is made up largely of wrapping and printing paper. England produces about 88 pounds of paper per person, while Russia uses only 10 pounds of paper per per- son per year. Farther down the scale is China with an annual per capita consumption of three pounds. One of the smallest users of paper is said to be India. That country’s entire press annually uses only about the same quantity of paper as is re- quired to print any one of the big weekly United States magazines for the same period. From Another Viewpoint . “WHAT NEXT? (in The Alaska Highway News) With the Welfare departments to get governments to pap-suck the of both the Federal and Provincial people, are now demanding a gnar- Governments begging people to get|anteed annual wage. The Union's on the lists to get pensions of Old/plan is to supplement unemploy- Age, Mothers’, Widows’ and Or-| ment insurance to a trust fund to be phans’; and every periodical we!built up by employers’ contribu- pick up with an appeal for some tions. do-gooding for Cancer, Crippled, halt. maimed or blind. it is not RUBBER STAMPS unexpected to learn that Canada spends more per capita for welfare than the United Kingdom. Family A cost the taxpayers of Canada another $322,000,600 a year. Civil servants who work in welfare departments are the biggest propagandists for better and bigger welfares, and pretty soon every per- son in Canada will be getting a hand- out in some form or the other. The do-gooding is started with noble in- tentions. It is easy for most of us to fee] sorry for others who are not so well off as ourselves. We all want to help them, but the days of physical ecort to relieve the needy went out of fashion like the hoop skirts. It was too cumbersome. Giving money was easier. Getting the government to give it was easier still, When’a government dollar is spent to help the needy it is worth only fifty cents. No wonder it takes so much in dollars to take care of, so few; and at the present rate pré- dicts, gobbiing up every person in Canada, one way or another for ‘welfare’. The more easy money, the more time for idleness and more lime to think up ways to inveigle, for better and bigger welfare. 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