Good Bushy Interior Christmas Trees Mahogany Casing, special Rough Cedar Boards, per sling 75e and Up 1x6 Yellow Cedar, S/L, per M. _ HALE, PRICE $20 $22 1x8 Yellow Cedar, S/L, per M. C.M., per M. : bd 1x8 Red Ce No. 2 and 3 Log Cabin Siding, per M. 5. Cedar 2x4, in sling load lots, per M. 15 1%4x10 No. 2 and Btr. Forest Siding, per M. ee 1x8 Yellow Cedar S/L No. 3, per M. 6’, 7/, 8 No. 3, 1x6 S4S, per No, 1 Cedar 1x12 dressed, peg ft. 1x6 Cedar Drop Siding No. J per M. “|Mayor and Clerk creating smoke screen - Douglass Mayoralty candidate Harry ,was taken from the table which T. Douglass emphatically stat-)took all mill rates and adjust- ed that Mayor Hodgson and/aq them to enable comparison. City Clerk John I) Jones were |p haps the mayer docs not creating a smoke screen in a aelluerets attempt to mislead realize the Taxes Assessment multiplied by mill rate equals the taxpayers. “The present council’s dic-|taxes. The actual mill rate is tatorial attitude has been/only one factor, strengthened by accusations made by Mayor Hodgson to me that I have been misleading the public,” Mr, Douglass stat- ed at the all-candidates meet- at the Canadian “In other words if we want to raise $12,000 in taxes we can do it in several ways, as for instance: ing Friday, Assmt. Mill Rt Taxes Legion Hall. 20 30 $600 “I have been working with} 30 20 $600 figures for the past 40 years| 40 15 $600 and I have at last found I know} 50 12 $600 nothing about them, according) 75 8 $600 to them. “As can be seen the percent- The mayor in his report in age of assessment taxes varies a Generfl Meeting - December 17 _ at 8:00 p. (Election of Officers) No. 46, White Rock sharp — PLEASE ATTEND — (foam ly 4 pam-ly whe a.m.; Sundays 2 p.m.-11 p.m, CATERING Ae 5 DECEMBER 17, 1959 ‘AF. Veterans last week’s paper stated, ‘All the facts and statistics may be v/ Bender Cafe PLYWOOD SPECIAL in the above example for 20% I should have got all my fig. can be compared to each other 3/8" 4x8 Sheets U/S P| = ; to 75% while the mill rate var- CATERING verified at the City Hall fi Se 1 5/16" 4x8 Sheets U/S Jlywood $2.25 veri! ae aa sa Guano ies from 8 to 30 mills. Yet all | Blaine, Washington Ph. ED 27911; ED 20331 5/8” 4x8 Sheets lywood $4.50 leere Sene ainaly ake them |CO™binations ra the same é ' 3/8” 4x8 Sheets S Plywood See O et efor lip celone Ahery amount in ta In other| V4" 4x8 Sheets Sa Plywood $205.08 | oeer pection. By that, |words all the above mill rates | Ey DD DLP DDD AMD DDL DLDD Le Be De De Dy WM De DDD BD VPP HDD PIPPI EDs Be BUR BDI) ma [ue en _ [gRRCCIMOEROLELELOLLO MR THEY 1 %4" 4x8 Sheets Sai sia a $425 f/ures from the city hall rather|anq shown to be equal in tax- i! Ya"! 4x8 Sheets Shan Tong Wallboar: . than from Victoria,” Douglass|;_. dub ipa tices Que . i ‘ Ya" 4x8 Random Plank Mahogany $495 &) said. ee But Bribes K Y City of White Rock Asbestos Board, 4x8 sheets, reg. $5.00, $1.75 “Figures to me mean success|59 by 14 plus $ i iA 3 plus $700 then ob- 5 J - ——- Ror failure,” he said Mowdy therm roe wet." TAXES and SEWER RENTALS TABLE LEG SPECIALS “I have neither misled or|higher than that of 30 above] 6" Unfinished, per set $249 Finished $2.75 R\distorted my findings taken|in its taxing power. This year| T 10” Unfinished, per set $2.85 Finished $3.25 from the municipal statistics.” |the same mill rate for Whi HOME OWNERS GRANT Meh Petriahcs, per sot. $3.40 Finished $3.75 ‘T have never said that | Rock has resulted in a 17% in 5 ‘ Der as ie 5 |$18,657 was taken from thejcrease in tax dollars on the Notice h: the owners of oo Laaet DOORS, Special $3.50 | administration fund |same average. in the As are outstan: ing ane I did say that the cost of] “The mayor said that Sur and/or unpa es, Many of these f administration was $70,295 plus |Tey’s tax rate is higher than notices ucas Lumber 5 B[S1857 for aeration, “aren | White Rock. Just ask ‘peopel ae lS ee jafter ignoring the arbitration|in Crescent Beach if their ta ue fas fr ay should’ be paid not Alcost, the administration cost of|dollars are higher! Reema elarseae rede tha they should be f 17967 New McLennan Rd. Ph, YE 7-4251 Cloverdale /$70,295 is still the highest cost} “The mayor hangs on to the|}} [ter than Dec ane Slot any of the cities quoted. {mill rate but very pointedly Owners who have not yet claimed the SS SS SSSSSSSISE| 1 realize that administration |ignores tax dollars - and you||| Home Owners’ Grant, are also reminded that applicatior e |cost covers more than salaries.|pay dollars, not rates,” Doug-|{} should be made be December 31st, even although P |The figures quoted are as the|lass emphasized. payment is not being made of the outstanding taxes ¢\mayor has stated taken from| “Again the mayor stated that Department of Municipal| White Rock includes in its mill City Hall, irs’ official publication.|rate a levy for debenture re White Rock F cities quoted have same|payment. The only debenture December 10th, 1959, items charged to administra-|debt included in the general ' tion and White Rock is still}mill rate is a small amount for A. T. RUSSELL, 1 ¥ | the hest of those quoted fire hall and equipment! Sewer City Treasurer. | “The actual expenditure on|debt is charged separately to seral public works is still on-|the sewer area 60% despite the mayor's} ts. The remaining ap proximately $15,000 was as the mayor says work for private in- | dividuals, not work for the city as a whole. | “I did not claim that the-city [had the lowest expenditures in| Re but the lowest in| Ri the province lel lation to the money spent on | = ladministration. In fact white |S? )Rock is the only one that spent | ag | more on city hall than on pub-j & lic works. s \snon } Hart a LON eee runes sreregcnosen the family like the foot comfort only because they were the latest available The mayor good looks that come with slippers said that 1958 was a year of or Christmas, We have the rig! es organization To my knowledge {the city was incorporated in| April, 1957. How long does| jit take to organize a city? rt: | | | styles and colors for Mom, Dad and the children. - LEWIS SHOE BOX Led. 1377 Johnston Road Hilltop Loa R ARS SA SNL LLIaNs YELLOW PAGES Come in and select now |ticularly after that city has |been functioning as a ward of 5 another municipality for half : SB a century? “In 1959, despite increased taxes of 17%, the city spent only $122,2000 plus $40,000 bor- | rowed on public works, *f still say that the White Rock mill rate is the highest This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor |in the province except for Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. Greenwood. The rate shown DEMERARA PEARL MLAS aaa le PRORLAL LILLE Ratep. Board anc eetin “I a with ¢ “One see a ing roo Rall w Fennell ‘why di but she when yt about j knew of were pi given.” She ; being cc ington 4 and tou enjoy th wanis ¢ once ag: and the | governme