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1HE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAR, B.C.

Thursday, March 91, 1935.

are re Williams Lake Tribune Established 1931 Clive Stangoe, Editor Published every ‘Thursday at Williams Lake, B.C. By The rribune Publishing Co. Authorized as Second Class Mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa

Embarrassing Surplus

At last Tuesday’s commission meeting, Mr. Gardner took’

a dim view of the surplus figure of $6500 that the annual financial report of the village disclosed. The commissioner has aways been of the opinion, and reiterated his views, that there should be little surplus, if any, remaining at the end of the year if the town still is in need of public services.

Mr. Gardner is not alone in this belief. More than once we have heard townspeople voice an objection to the village not spending most of the money it collects in taxation and government grants, particularly following the failure of a service, as has occured along Second Avenue with the water line. To people affected along the street, the fact that the village has a $6500 surplus will be small solace when they think that replacement of the line in question last year Would have averted these weeks of being without water.

The same applies to property owners who are wading through sloughs these days to get out on the street or to cross low-lying intersections. Granted this is a brief springtime problem for the most part, but each year plans are discussed for draining the worst of these spots..

In a steadily expanding town there should be many places the money could be put to good use. The fact that we are ex- panding is also a sign! of a healthy economy, a time when tax revenues should be at their highest to provide money to keep abreast of expansion.

Mr. Gardner’s thought that this is an embarrassing time to have a surplus was a discerning one.

Hockey Gets A Black Eye

There has been a good deal of adverse criticism of. the manner in which the season of senior hockey staggered to a sorry end this year, and it is the general opinion of the fans who support the game and some team officials that the officers of the Central Interior Hockey League will in future have to be invested with more power to enforce their decisions than they now possess.

It is not the first time that league officials have been flouted, and managers and coaches have attempted to dictate when and where the play-offs will be held. But it is the first time~the play-offs have not been completed and a winne decided.

One of the biggest difficulties in operating organized hockey is Central B.C., of course, is the great distances which

-have to be travelled by teams for out-of-town games. Un- fortunately this is a problem for which there is no apparent solution. From Williams Lake to Vanderhoof, the two smallest towns in the league, it is 222 miles, and that’s a mighty long return trip in the depth of a hard winter with a couple of tough hockey games sandwiched in between. The result is that travelling expenses are a great deal higher for the two teams which can least afford them,

This year and in past years the acti of some team man- s have made it-apparent tkey were avtare that the league could not operate without the inclusion of their teams, ana the result has frequently been that the decisions of the league president with regard to referees, suspensions and play-ofis have been ignored.

Under the circumstnees, is it any wonder that it is be- coming increasingly difficult to find men who will act on the league executive. Things have come to a sorry pass indeed when one team demands the right to name the referees and set the dates for games without regard for the rights of other teams who may have even more legitimate complaints in this regard. :

This problem of dictation at the team level will have to be solved if the league is to function next season. One way in which this could be accomplished would be to require all teams to post a substantial financial guarantee with the league secretary that the schédule and play-offs would be completed

The Cracker Barrel Forum

By A. J. Drinkeu

At our last hold-forth Chairman : Blunt produced a transcript of the | Sessional address given by the Hon- }ourable Eric Martin, Minisver ul Health and Welfare. The chairman commenced reading it but got no further than the first two paragraphs when, as they say in Parliament, a debate arose. Paragraphs 1 & 2-read as follows: “I am very pleased. to report, Mr. speaker, that the affair Jor the B.C. Hospital Insurance Ser- fee are now very harmonious, and the discontent which

rankled the

people of this province no longer | facilities. The debate not only arose exists. During the past nine months,| but ascended to a veriaable cres-

the people nave found that their hospital insurance Plan now serves them in the vest possible manner, and as a result they no longer are resentful or biased against |

‘That was about all of that the boys could stand without protesting. if there are any redeeming features in the speech they remain’ un-read We know a lot of people who do not echo Mr. Martin's sentiments. The people of South Cariboo, for ex- ample, have been trying, through their hospital directors, tor over si year now to remedy a situation our district hospital whieh 4

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srows worse and worse, There have been plans submitted, plans revised,

delegations to Victoria, telephone converations, and interviews with our local member; then more plans, more revisions, more of everything but still no definite word can be o)- tained from the Government of their willingness to approve anything put before them. PROJECT MODIFIED

At one stuge they questioned the ability of the district to meet its share of the proposed building pro- gram — perhaps they were right at that time, but plans were modified in line with the suggestions of ex- perts and the people of this district

2 overwhelming proof of their willingness to contribute their share of the modified project. Com- munities everywhere are now bus) g it. If Mr. Martin thinks these people are perfectly satisfied with the hospital insurance service under the circumstances he must be the world’s top ranking optimist. We

waiting for someone to die on the hospital steps, for want of accommodation within, before be-

palling in- our present hospital

adequ

cendo of indignant expression; so auch so Chairman Blunt had to wield the pick handle with unusual vigor.

When a modicum of order was re- stored he proceeded to read from an-

PAL-- DON'T HITCH

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THE OLD. HOME TOWN emu tremors By STANLEY Trepeaixc | ae PRETTY BEEASE, )- (ee

other sessional address hoping there-

by to cause peaceful diversion. This time it was that of the member for Cariboo, the Monourable Ralph Chetwynd. We didn’t get far with that one either. After stating The Cariboo has been synonymous with the first of everything ever since Captain Vancouver entered the

ter of Railways puffing full steam ahead with his governmeit’s approv- al of our hospital improvement pro- gram. True, we produce gold, beef, lumber and he-men in The Cariboo. It is also true we suffer casualties in the process. We are now totally in- capable of taking care of our casu- Straights of Georgia, the Honour- aities and we don’t like it; Mr Mar- able Minister of Railways proceeds tin to the contrary. We ave tired of to inform The House “Gold, Beet- gne words and scintilting promises Cattle, and the P.G.H, Have made the Ww qany rp ovick Cariboo famous and made this} humble representative in this house! We Just want around 12,000.00 Wonse their MAGA Wns out of that 6% million dollar cash ould. one Spanti balanss Me Mattia uy pro- Sao tances é claims to be in the IS coffers, DON'T WANT HIM HUMBLE and want it sort of quick like. So, The boys quickly opined he wasn’t hefore the Minister of

more

Railways, ,

sent there to be huinble. They look Industry and Fisheries goes puffing |

Tor some aggressiveness. They want of to Europe to buy rails and sell him to take issue with his colleagues salmon we would like him to sell and insist we get an addition to our our needs to his government. Then, pital P.D.Q. They prefer he get if he gets air-sick on the way home ® wiggle on instead of humbly con-) we can have a nice cozy bed waiting doning these exasperating delays.| co. nit Snéi ow tne hospital steps

We do’t mind him extolling the vir-| 0) ng a tues of his boss or putting the backs | ?¥t nside— and all the hot water

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and so on the nurses may need to ease his ailing tummy. We notice a neighborhood town gets 70,000.00 for a similar purpose. We just want one-sixth of that amount at the mo- ment. How about it Mr. Chetwynd?

POLIO IMMUNIZATION

Notices of clinic hours and dates have been sent to parents who registered their children for - polio vaccine. : :

If you have not received your notice, kindly con- tact the Cariboo Health Unit, Box 354, Williams Lake, as soon as possible.

of his fellow ministers. He is wel-

come to acclaim the excellent quali- ties_of the social credit doctrine. IT may sound good in some ears; but what WE want is to hear the Minis-

From the Files

of the Tribune

ONE YEAR AGo £

April 1,°1954 y

500 people gathered at Alkali Lake to pay their last respects to Tommy Johnson, one of the district's most resepeted Indians— Forty-five youngsters were on hand to hear de- tails on the formation of an army cadet corps in Williams Lake— The B.C. Telephone Co. officially took over the telephone portion of the service at Williams Lake— St. Jo- ssion, which was built in 1867, was completely destroyed by fire in an afternoon blaze— Sliin Dorin was returned as president of the Stampede Association— fer

that Williams Lake air schedule

ley left to return toger unit of the CAW.A.C. The road from Alexis Creek to Redstone is almost impass- able due to spring. break-up— 23 cougars have heen killed this winter in the Tatlayoko Lake district— A mercy flight from the Anahim Lake area to save the life of a young In- dian girl failed when the patient died before reaching the hospital—

TWENTY YEARS AGO

April 4,

Roderick Mackenzie has Deen elected president of the Stampede Association. Other officers are Major D. M. McKay, Newt Clare, W. S. Western, - Chas. Nedel, T. Thomas.

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three times a week will hecomeja| The big events will be a Stampede permanent schedule . has arouséa | Ween contest and a midway— Chil- strong protest— The new two lage|4ren’s summer shoes advertised at bridge over Big Creek is now open to| 5¢ @ pair— The mercury dropped to

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It Isn't Just Their Age

Recent newspaper headlines attributing crimes to teen- agers have carried an unfortunate implication that “teen age” and “outrage” are almost synonymous terms. Many boys and girls, especially those in what are considered underprivileged sections, feel almost suspected because they happen to have reached their teens.

Yet what adult today has not been a teen-ager? And most adults never have been criminals. Countless teen-agers will be tomorrow’s upright, subtantial citizens.

And why didn’t the two teen-age boys who rescues a man from drowning near Boston the other day get front-page head- lines instead of those who had committed violence?

It is not merely because they are in their teens that some boys and girls of that age group have been a serious problem. It is because parents and community have somehow failed in their guardianship. How are the oldsters spending their time in the neighborhood where youngsters are out of hand?

Adults of the community who are-scrutinizing the teen- age problem will find one solution in dealing vigorously with the influences which lead teen-agers astray --- in scrutinizing adult age shortcomings for answers to teen-age delinquency. ‘christian Science Monitor.

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traffie— Three wolves bagged by Leo Jobin have heen mounted and aré now on exhibit in the Los An- geles County Museum— An addional $17,000 has been allotted this year

for road work in Cariboo—

FIVE YRARS AGO

March 30, 1949

Buckley Eagle suffered a serious accident when he caught his foot between heavy gears of the saw carriage at the Lae La Hache Lum- ber mill— A bill is being considered in Victoria to allow the village to have five commissioners instead of the present th -— The Provincial Government aS announced that a new Provincial office building is “out” for the present— A meeting

was called to protest the presi of sewage disposal in the Henry Castillou, K.C. has heen pointed County Court Judge for t Cariboo, replacing Judge J. A. Me- Geer— Ten successful candidates passed the St. John Ambulance tests— Fred Bass and Pert Lloyd have heen appointed local agents for idian Pacific Airlines— an partridge released at Lac’ La Hache in 1935 are idly losing their fight for survival— A kitehen Goudie of ce those she

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ates that ease in the moose popu

and fifty

of cedar y shipped via PGE to the co: Scallon of Big Creek reported there is still ten inches of snow in the di

paign has realized over $2,000 in the local area— Lieut. Gladys Smed-

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