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JHE TRIBUNE, WILLLAMs LAER, B.O.

- Thursday, February 17, 1938,

Williams Lake Tribune

Established 1931 Clive Stangoe, Rditor

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Time Has Brought Changes

Thanks are due to the members of the Cariboo Bay Association who, for the second year in succession, have taken time out during their busy annual session to unanimously go on record as favouring the return of the Assizes to Williams Lake.

Periodically since the time the assizes were taken awa} from this centre, local organizations have asked the Attorney General’s department 10 give consideration to returning thé senior court, but as the years slip by the representations become more infrequent.

We think the time is opportune to back the request 0: the barristers.

The Assizes were moved following remarks from, the Bench about the cramped quarters of the government building and the noise from nearby Oliver Street. It could well be that the cramped quarters of the town itself with attending difficulty of finding accommodation for jurors and witnesses might have been considered too.

Since that time there have been a number of changes made.

In the government building, alterations affected with the move of the R.C.M.P. offices have resulted in-provision being made for a court reg: istrar’s room, a jurors room and a barrister’s room. The town itself has more accommodation for tranients.

Whether Oliver Street itself has experienced a lowering in noise volumé is probably open to question. Although the new by-pass probably takes some transports away from the centre of town, the increase in lumbering activity has resulted in a steady flow of heavy trucks rumbling down the main street, this of course could be changed, in fact we believe it woulc be in the interest of general safety to. have these vehicles routed another way to reach the planing mills along the track.

Every effort should be made to secure the return of the Assizes. The presence of this court in an asset that contributes to a centre’s importance.

Helping Hand Needed

Next Tuesday the local adult group committee of the Boy Scouts Association is sponsoring a special program marking “Baden-Powell Day,” the birthday of the founder of that great youth movement.

The significance of the day i is of course appreciated by most of us, since most of us well_re@lizeithat the Scout movement, more than any international youth organization provides a common ground of understanding to build its high ideals of clean living.

With their program next week, the local group hopes to achieve a more active awareness of the movement’s value on he part of the ex-Scouters who could supply a corps of leader ship material. This lack of leadership h&s plagued ihe local troop for the past couple of years and has resulted latterly in the number of boys enrolled dropping from 26 to about 10 as far as active interest is concerned. -

That this condition exists should be a matter of concern for those interested in the well-being of our community. It is unfair to criticize the younger generation for their real or fancied faults if we cannot spare the time to guide them through their formative years, by assisting in youth organiz- ation work like the Boy Scout movement.

Part Of The Aggressive Plan

The announcement in Vancouver last week by public works minister P. A. Gaglardi that plans for a new highway to Prince Ceorge from the coast via Garibaldi and Pemberton Valley are being considered made interesting reading for residents of the Central Interior.

Since the minister said the new highway would tie in with plans for a new Burrard inlet crossing, it indicates that the route for the highway would be through Squamish from Vancouver and follow the approximate route of the P.G.E.

When one looks at a map of the province in the light of this proposal, it is evident that such a route would open up a section of the country that has long been isolated except for the railway that up to now has not provided an adequate outlet. With the highway would come in time a network of feeder roads that will open up thousands of acres for settlement.

We agree with Mr. Gaglardi when he says “We are making bold, imaginative and aggressive plans to build roads that will open up the province.”

The Cracker Barrel Forum

By A. J. Drinkeil

After studying the results of the | ernment selling full strength whis- recent Liquor Plebise: the boys | key at no jnerease over the prices feels there is now no reason to doubt | now being charged for shamefully that a majority of the people in this|diluted admixtures? (go ahead province wish to be able to purchase | jrethren.) ali types of liquor in a manner most convenient to the circumstances in which the may find themselves at a iven time. And definitely disapprove o£ being compelled to purchase it Ae

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And, while we were on the subject. of liquor, Shorty suggested the pres- ent regulations governing the sale of intoxicants to Indians are as near the acme of crass stupidity as it is pos- sible to get What grounds are thero for assuming an Indian will get any

trolled monopo.

and when ancther Planing mill gets |

operating at high gear in that area | B the hazards will be even a Gner || For Quality = Upholstered Furnishings

ous. ; Realizing the value of this new industry both to the town and the district it is not our intenion to ap- bear truculent. We would mere) like to suggest the Village Fathers, The Dept. of Public Werks'and the firms | concerned get together with a view to finding some way of abolishing Most of the hazards. It occurs to us that if the road Was moved back tc- Bule: to Your Ordey

ward the hill for a distance of about | Built for Lasting Wear 800 yards the operators would have ASK FOR PRICES

all the space necessary for their op- © on new construct:

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exhorbitant prices from a hootlegger,

more jntoxicated on whiskey than he

We hbpe therefore we have now | Wil on beer and the vile concoctions een the end of now being made in large quantiti lebiscites on this out in the sticks and which are under- ssue and that the nining his health and destroying his

eform Jeagaes, jiorality. 1t is high time we granted inisterial O- him the same privileges as other iutions, the Len- dents and rid ourselves of the et Psalitists et ctimonious poppyeock presently i will now permit ding as benign thought.

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ont the edi ytbles 4 Having disposed of the liquor thout more fuss and|@estion the boys turned their

i the people.» alaver. We can assure them that if

e are called upon to mark another undred ballots it will not change che picture. However, in case their thirst for plebiscites on this issue is still unquenched we sugget in all ness their next ballot paper s the following questions:

thought toward Cowtown. It seems Mat whenever one of rustics! gets. a yen for the neon signs, and when we them trom the stockyard area wa are called,upon to perform a prodigious number of acrobatic feats, After ero: the “Narrow Bridge is called upon to alter nately duck out of the way of a truck getting inte position to unload lum- ber or escape being steam-rollered by monstrous vehicles wending their y across the highway to discharge a similar load. Unless you are wise Il the gyrations of these mens monsters, as they swing this way

a) Are you in vour of the Pro-

cial Government, through the Li- qvor Control Board, continuing to sell liquor so weak the Vendors ex- perience difficulty keeping the bot- Ules from sagging on the shelves.

10 (b) Are you in favour of the Pro-! j),.

erations without crossing or man- ® on re-building oeurvring on th c ed Li ne _toad-bed: “ana of all Upholstered Lines

tarough traffic would proceed with

greater comfort and dispatch, There

mney be objectionable anges vo tuis|| SAN MIKLER For over 30 year's Manufacturer of

idea that escape us hence the su. gestion the various bodies, get to-

usive Upholstered Furniture Phone 89-R-5

sether to discuss it or some other method of overcoming a condition that wiJl surely worsen otherwise.

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Effective June ist, 1954, Will Operate THROUGH-FAST PASSENGER & EXPRESS SERVICE between VANCOUVER, B.C. AND PRINCE GEORGH, B.C. Including Sleeping & Dining Car Service Prince George - Squamish Dock Pacific sieve Time

vineial Government charging

and that, your esr is lable to get

other oD quantities | sige-swi), the corners of the sold wnder the guise of] toad ana that would be far from pleasant, Jt takes skillful driving to

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From the Files of the Tribune

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ONE YEAR AGO 1 Thawing weather contimied to tie-up (ransportation in the Cariboo. Slid have prevented PGE from having = James Shaw, manager of the Lake-| train through for nearly 10 days— view Hotel, was named president of | Tenders have been called for new the Williams Lake and District | \idewalks on Borland Aye., Yorkston Board of Trade at the annual meet-| and Oliver Streets. ing when nearly the ‘entire slate ci: officers was returned—.~ A portrai! TH submitted by Mrs. Edna Blackgyeli Febru of the local firm of Blackwell's Por- Wilien:gn Ciisehh nse an-cee traits Awas chosen “io “hang in gine et eee On) Shoe Vancouver Art Gallery: ab tieV CoN 1abue iii: sale’ Wes rons ae fomibe-photogranl of Keithley, Chas. Place of Dog Creek Judy O’Brien, waitress on the and Tommy Hamilton of Beaver Val- of the Famous Cafe collapsed Abd! ie, iert tor Vancouver for treacment died at work— Spring must have of broken bones— About 80 eattle- heen ‘earlier last: year,, Pom'-Hawl6i" avant envesentiig aéirly the Gis having: Dieked the fist panéy— A9' leer wndustry of Britisli~ Céluihiia, early morning blaze completely d| met in Williams Lake to. form then Shroved Pred: Pie's Mil at the 168 | camccting policy for therguline gear Mile— Dione Bagle and Robert All) oauation of: beet. cattle A plane n were united in a wedding ‘oi ying pilot and five passengers

Pebruary 18, 1954

YEARS AGO 8, 1945

ile House P.7.4. met to con’ | Rives ear the mouth ofthe Chil: sider the possibilites of seeuring the] .otin with only es of a dentist for the school! of ine passenger: children of the South Distriet— Thy Senior Girls’ Basketball Team left for a three day trip to the Okanagan. PWENTY YEARS AGO February 14, 1

interest. to the ‘whole: district= The! cosh danded on the ice of the Feaser a

ported a complete loss

FIVE YEARS AGO

Mackenzies Ltd. advertised pine-

February 16, 1950 apple at 0-tins for

Leo Jobin’s discovery that there|liams Lake School 4 are-long-eared bats in the district |'0ed With the Department of Mines to have mining classes to be instruct-

has been a valuable addition to Can- adian zoology records— ‘The Wil- liam Lake Badminton Club will sponsor the largest week-end sports rent held here with en- trants taking part in the Cariboo Clubs Championship tourn was announced by Board C Sam Sloan of the W: pital that an operating loss of $5441.79 was incurred during 1949 — Ala meeting of the Williams Lake Board of Trade Angus MeLean, MLA, support of

by Major E. B. Hart— Bella Coola reports an increasing number of wolves in the district is becoming ions menace to the

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neouver should the matter come before the House—

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