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of. ‘Prince Rupert and Northern: and. Central British Columbia.
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"Published by The Prince Rupert Dally News Limited,

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FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1960 -

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oa Noo ‘one can 1 possibly deny the right of
Do he’ ‘Canadian banks ‘to. discount |
TS silver as. they started to do this

~ week! And’ no. one will gainsay the

  

. desirability. of insisting that the coin of

‘the.xealm be Canadian. . But the tim-:
| ing of thie move shows a ‘certain lack of
_ imagination among the mandarins, of.
” the monetary world. = :
~ «Now that our glacial winter is re-.
f “ceding, the U.S. tourist will be ventur-
. ing up here to ‘see the. natives’ and the.

a sights- of nature. in the: north. | What, ;
~~ eould’ be more irritating to him than’ ’
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‘run’ out... “The © ‘provincial

Her weouinise en find | any and ‘there: are

  

No. coin \ but the realm’s:

ritate the most.

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‘It’s unfortunate that the custom,
abused as it has apparently been; was
not continued until most of the ‘U.S.
durists were e safely home again. -
oo —The Financial Post.

no totem

ind. ‘paint. the: history. of his clan. if, he could:
jot. ‘celebrate : “its” completion by” an. orgy of

 

: present-giving? | epat

pelt” looks. as -if: the: young Indian will hence-"

‘forth. spend ‘more: time’ and . energy on. the

aintenance’: of his -power-boat than’ on the

shaping: ‘of: a: beaver.and an owl:in wood, and
the: Pacific: Northwest. - is.-losing. an’ ‘art and

ultuire™ forever.’ For. no ‘government. ‘Subsidy ©

can! imbue such a. medium with the living

tradition’ that: breathed ‘life into the. totem

: 5 will: have to be. content| ‘with:

It: seems that some greedy Cana- —
dian. citizens and merchants precip-. ~
For. the sake ;
of a niggling profit, these people have.
been acquiring U.S. coins to be used
-as change for the higher- valued Cana-
dian dollar. | |
© But for year's, Canadian banks and no
most . merchants have been casting a |
S blind eye at US. ‘silver circulating here

“as legal tender.

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“SHOWN HERE is part. ‘of: ‘the:

‘model totem. pole display at”

.the Civic Centre's - arts and
crafts show. Tall one’ in. the
centre is “Pole of Sakauv’wan”’
carved by Dr. R. M.D. Wad-..
dell of 1010 Sixth Avenue East.

Other four were made by How-*
-ard Sankey jand: Donald) ie

, Roberts of 50 Cow Bay.:

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“By JAMES K. NESBITT
“ABOARD RMS HIMALAYA,

bound for Hong: Kong— Sev~

eral hours of excitement were
provided for the 1,000 passen-

gers on this Orient & Pacific.

liner 200 miles off the south-

ern California coast when we .,
watched’ the -U.S® Navy's 7th
fleet. on manoeuvres,

“AY huge carrier, a supply

-ship, two battleships and sev- |
eral destroyers raced about all —
“over the place and helicopters |
- @ireled’

“ above our decks, and submar- | ,
ines broke water all around us.

Cant. H..C. S. Slinn ordered:
» the’ British flag dipped in. sal-"

and. roaring planes

ute,

' "Glad they’re friendly,”

“muttered a retired British col- .

onel; while a businessman from
‘London said: “Well, there's
only on. thing certain In this
- that’s
Britain and America will never

“-ebe fighting each other—lolly
oo nice ‘feeling. arn

bo ee os
“Four, good- looking,

ton—Mick .Madge, Jim “Olsen,

Jim" King and Willis White—

“had the. time oftheir lives on
. this 28,000 tonner on the nine-
day voyage to Honolulu, via

San Francisco and Los Angeles.

They played deck games, swam |

in:-the pool, danced with. the:

~ pretty girls, and generally sky-
 larked their way across the

ata aamat ai aivets ne eget Pein
Be bp tee ee pe OL TET ent

mo, lively,
young bachelors: from Pentic-

{

ocean, telling all who would
Hsten to them that there's no
place quite Uke the Okanagan,
though it’s nice. to get away.
cnece in a while.

The boys will frolic on the
‘beach at, Waikiki for. 10° days,
then. fly home, They figure it’s ©
thelr last great fling together,

‘ being pr epared to sob out, any

time now, that plaintive fare-.
well-to-~ bachelorhood song:

“Wedding bells are breaking up”
* that old gang of mine.”

. th : te

Jubilee Hospital, Miss Jill

‘Jackson of Vernon and Miss

Anne Dugenun- of. Victoria
drenmed of the’ day they’d
graduate and set off together
on a European jaunt. . They
finished last Seplember, six.
months later embarked In this
liner which is: taking them to.
London the long-way. round—-
Hawail, Japan, Hong Kong, the
Philippine Islands, Singapore,
India, Suez and: the Mediter-
ranean. They'll return home in
the Autumn, by freighter, to
Montreal.
a a
Mr. and Mrs. Prank Baker of

‘Vancouver take a long sea: voy-

age every’: year, They've done

more. than 160,000 miles -the "
_ last 10 years—more than. three ||
times around the world. This:

time it’s just a short trip for :

~ them.to’. Honolulu.

 
  
  
 
 

Fe bE WR TE MN Me oa

, During ‘thelr thrce yars of .
-thaintng ” in Victoria’s Royal

proves exciting -

“A sea voyage blows the cob-

webs from your brain,” says

sprightly’ Mr. Baker, born. in
‘New. Westminster, and. who
boasts he was In Vancouver be-
fore. it was a city. As a boy he
grew up.on the famous Fraser
River  sternwheelers, —satled
with the Royal. City’s daring,
gallant Capt. John Irving.

What do British Columbians
talk about: when they pet to-
gether’..on an ‘ocean.’ liner?
Mostly they talk about British
Columbla - politics—when _ will
the election be?

A lot. of them'say they don't
lke him, wouldn't:. vote for
him, but they're sure Premier

- Bennett will go back in.

‘Funny thing about Mr. Ben-:
nett—seldom.. can . you~ find
anyone who admits voting for:
‘him—-but he alWays gets elect-
edit was that. way ° wilh
Franklin: D; Roosevelt.

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Word to the wise

We need a child Jabor law to
_ keep them from: working. their
_ parents - ‘to death. 9°...
i we
A. college. education seldom
“hurts ‘aman if he is willing lo

‘ates, 7
bob os

Thirty is a.nice age for a

woman, especially if she hap-

pens to be forty.

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| PLACE .

By. STAN ROUGH |

a picture. At..that, however, they might be
- better ‘off: than. ‘the: tourists who . take: back’
from® the .. “province. ‘of: the totem pole a piece

    
    

 

 
   
 
    
   
   
   
   
   
    

of’ carved. ‘wood marked “Made. in Japan.” :
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It will, -soon ‘be. legal” ‘for Canadian | ‘old
age pensioners | over 70 to go*abroad..as long,
as: ‘they like and still. draw their. pensions.

fiom the Throne in January, | ob

NOOK ‘for action on .this measure | after the
Waster ,recess. National ‘Health and. Welfare
Minister Waldo Monteith says that. the gOov-
ernment proposes to let Canadians over 70
living abroad receive their old’ age Pensions.
“forever | under certain conditions.” —

The “conditions” are yet to be. announced, -

“Much ‘credit for bringing about this: meas-
urd should go to A, de B. McPhillips, Conserva-
tive MP for Victoria, who has placed a pensions
résolution ° on: the Commons order paper for.
the last ‘three sessions.

“This session he Introduced a bill. which

would legalize the payment. of: pensions to —

Canadians abroad, with no strings attached,
The ‘government chose to take over Mr.
MePhillips’ private. member's. bill "as. a. gov-.

ernment bi: thereby cinching its chances’ of

passing.

- “This measure was one of the promises I
made, ' and: I’m happy. to: be able ‘to: see -that
promise kept,” Mr, McPhillips sald: recently,
“I believe the only restriction wil) ‘be that, .
Canadian citizens only will he able to quality

Maen

INTERPRETING. THE NEWS |

ms Al Aboed with KG. E. Mortimore

“ignoring. the’ union's “discriminatory
e system | and hiring” qualified ~ -Negro
yorkers: and :'p

vis
act. forbidding : ‘racial. discrimination in
employment. THe Unted States cannot continue

‘to be a party. “to this ‘denial of elementary _

justice. The ‘time: ‘to puta stop to it is’ now.
S Washington = Post and Times Herald.

note

1 .

‘Lo receive the pension freely abroad.

“Tt is my understanding that. provision will

_. be made for’ Canadians already living’ abroad
“The government promised this: in the Speech. a

to: receive: the. ‘pension; so. that’. they ‘do: not

“have to ‘return and’ re- qualify.”

In’ this column recently I drew attention

to,.the promise which the government: had
- made, to allow payments: of pensions abroad,
Some people got the idea from what I wrote, .

that the ‘measure had already become law,

I’m sorry if I put over that idea. I didn't
mean to, That rebelHous typewriter is playing’
tricks oy me again.

However, the measure should be law soon.
: Several people have told me that. it will be

a good thing for them.
“My. son has a small house waiting for

me. in California, as soon as the Jaw. comes,
dn," one. elderly B.C, man sald,

Others are hoping. to Ive with. sons, ‘daugh-
ters, brothers and. sisters jin. Britain,

A few people grumble. about. the proposed
new. law. They ‘talk about
Canadians.” I think they take a narrow and
selfish view, Old people should be allowed to

£0 wherever they can live most happily) and
cheaply. In. rewrn: for sending: some of our

‘pensioners’ abroad, we'll have elderly people
from Britain and from forelgn countries Mving
here and drawing pensions. : .

ay

i "UN. sacrifices could be nullified in. Korea,

hs, a : By HAROLD MORRISON |

ye | mo ms Canadian Press Staff Writer: “

The rony in the ‘south Korean altuation |

jal. that repressive actions of Syngman Rhee's
regime could possibly : lend, in ,tlme of peace,
to destruction ‘of. sncrificies made) by United
Nations troops in time of war n decade ago.

iy United States diplomats say ‘they have no
way of knowing to what extent the anti-Rhee
uprising. In South Korea may be inspired by
Communists, Rhee has charged ithe Reds are
béhind the -rioting, but. thus far has not pro-
vided evidence to support this’ charge. BO

yeas

“But ‘American authorities do know that
through foreign broadcasts and demonatrations
avd parades in thelr own territory, the Red
North Koreans are giving every sympathy to
ine South Korean uprising, It is posalble, they
aay, that. some North. Koreans, may alréady
have infiltrated | Into South Koen to. give
phyaleal support to. Motera, 7 :
ie . : * + +

In any cane, evorite in Seoul ‘and olsowhore.

fallow. wed charges that. Rheo's re-clection: was
rigee

bryital pollee action and its mounting toll In
dend and Injured all testify to. Rheo's, growling

amnpopularity among: Ila 20,000,000 .people,.... -
. hdd arvunuaual move, State Becrotnry Chriat-.
‘tan Herter has called for.an end to “aggressive: ~
menaires In’ South Korea—a‘call which gould

bring charges’that tho U.8, is interfering In
they # internal, ‘affatya, of another country,

+1 But. Rhao, perhaps fearing that tho UA.
mayzont.o oft. rvbally: Needed economle ad, haa,

my : , Me i ™

The gagging of freedom of specch,”

responded somewhat reluctantly, saying. ho

will, redress major: grievances when martial:

law ends—but also will punish those found
guilty in ‘the: disturbances,

Under such circumstances Jt Is posaible that:

Q dissatisfied and depressed people. may turn
lo some form of political philosophy. opposed
‘to what. Rhee Js supposed to stand for —~
. democracy, Internal political upheaval might
give Communists the chance of | conquest
blocked hy United Nations action In the 1050-63
Korean war, -
+

+

Aside from complaints of election. ‘vigaing,
the South Koreans grumble that while the
U8, has poured about $2,600,000,000 into thelr

tiny country, moat of this haa gone to support

the 22 military divisions maintained to pre
Vent another invasion from the north, ;
For Preaidont Hisenhowor, the Korean altune

‘ton holds a double embarrasament, since he |

ds acheduled to visit Seoul June 22 after his
Russian tour. He Is unlikely to koop that Ay
holntment: Mt current conditions still prevail,

 

 

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‘Uso defenalve driving tactics nnd iaaume
avery ofhor motorlat will make the wrong
move In any omergenoy, This way, you will
automatically ylold the Nght-of-way and give
the other drivar plenty off room, 7

    

. “exporting -

number of iyea,.

“A WAY OF LIFE -

Jimmy. Jones, an Objwa In

dian: from. Ontario, is | ‘today
the only. inhabitant: of Lorne

Creek: which’ ‘has. attracted:
- placer miners from as far. back “|.
-No'one * knows. how”

“been taken ‘|
“from the creek and the Dry Hill -,
have.

“as 1884,
‘much gold has |

» by”, the hundreds who °-

   

- along the. Skeena. River.

Prior. to coming . ‘to. British.
Columbia he: had.been a “pilot: {|} <7
on; the Sault: Ste. Marie! River,..|.°:
worked in lumber camps - and o

has toured England: with -

travelling show. The theatrical
. troup was organized by Profes-

_sor ‘Frederick R. Burton of.New
“York. and: featured a cast of
twenty-six from five Indian
tribes, Jimmy’s speciality was

outlining a human target with ,

arrows.

In 1926 Jones met up with
“Cariboo” Dave Shaw, a- 65-

year old -miner who placer
mined on Douglas Creek which

flows into Kalum Lake north :
of ‘Terrace, Besides Shaw there -

were Billy Cavanagh, Billy Ste-
vens and Jack Evans, They had

& home-made sawmill powered |.

by an old’ Ford which produced
lumber for flumes and. sluice
boxes, They worked the creek
‘from June to August each year
and lived in cabins bullt by
draft dodgers of the first world
war, +

Jimmy ‘worked, with Shaw.

for three years and then went
to Lorne Creek where he builll,
himself a cabin. At that: time

there were few. signs of the.
days when Lorne Creek boom-.
ed, The ruins of the hotel,”
sawmill, ,
bunkhouses, store, cookhouse, .

telegraph office,

steamboat wharf and. numer-
ous cabins had all rotted away,

‘Lasked Jimmy Jones why he

had stayed for the past. 31.

years at Lorne: Creek with its
— tsolation, flash floods, the dif«
 Tenlty in finding pockets. of
course gold and small nuggets

in rack crevices at bed rock,
The answer fs simple, he kes’
placer mining and Lorne Creek /

_ better than anything alse in
the world, As wo sat In. his

cabin he talked about the ate’

tempts made to mine the Dry
Hill, & canyon filled with rub-
ble, and how the boulders on
the steep sido. of the Hill and
tho creek botiom were the. big
hazards in getting at the gold,
smashing flumes and ‘taking a
He talked
' about the areok an If it wore n

living thing and: the rumbling:

of the boulders in tho creek
when the water was high mak«
Ing anolse “ike on frolght
train.” The ok to tho Bot u«
, Waya camo ‘back to he hould-
* OPA,

. At Jimmy Jones intonds to
continuo mining for: sovern)
more yonra,
xious to Janin more ahout rock .
formations and. the search: for
gold and: delights to: talk to
ind go on prosneating » trips
with profeasional yalning. men,

some colorful: stories of work-
ing under rugged | conditions ; .-

Ho fa atill ane,

 

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