Published: by The Prince. Oa. ny ARES i - Bditor An. tndependsat newspaper evoted t “of. Prince ‘Rupert. and’ Northern. and: Central British Columbia. A. ‘member ‘of ‘The. Canadian Press—Audit Bureau. ‘of Circulation. ao “Canadian ‘Daily Newspaper Publishers Association. Et >. os Authorized . BS second class mail by the Post Office Department Ottawa SS the npbiiiding” Rupert Datly News Limited, JOHN F; MAGOR President. ' G: P, WOODSIDE © General ° ‘Manager eXpensive b bu C of t he e. 5 The compact. cars are: really. selling. That is, tlle word from .the ‘automobile. industry. - ‘The. bk oF. two ago;that 10 per. cent of Americans might: :.. ‘p@ for smaller cars /are- facing the: fact that’. proximately 25: per. cent of the. sales -now age in. that category | and the proportion, As. rising. - ” ; Entering. the field after the way had pect. proken “by “American ‘Motors’. Rambler ; ‘and — studebdker’s Lark, the Big Three are stepping: © up prodiction... of’ Ford’s Falcon, General Mo-,” igys’ Coryair,. atid’ ‘Chrysler's. Valiant. These: reportedly are cutting into’ sales) of Chevrolet,’ Ford, and Plymouth on one side and into foreign “ car popularity, on. the other, 9." * So striking is’ the revolution In’: ‘tastes: ‘that ole : ‘maker, is preparing: two more. lines ‘of: smaller machines, one a bit on ‘the. dressed - “UP + . mo \ % The ‘English sigby Union | is determined that their. gqme Is. not going to become a sissy _ one ike’ ‘American and. ‘Canadian football... ., ‘¥ They “were: ‘terribly : annoyed when, ‘news réached’ this. country. during the British rug-"'’ . gar toatn's tour’ of ‘Now Zealand that certain » of the down-under boys ‘had taken to wearing | padding in tho shoulders. of thelr: jerseys. Dis. | atlowed ' ‘by ‘the ‘rulea ‘of the game, ant playors . “i ait INTERPRETING. THE. NEWS. By in “Tha, United station. ‘proposal that the: ‘future: 3 Mastand West’ Gormany be settled by plébls.”: dito is"an“Indicntion ofa wide and irrecone ’ dlablo split: betweon . Russia and tho Western newer. on. this ervio}al issua, ' Ww U, S,rdiplomata agree It would bo ‘sheor golf» dbiusion to-conclude that. Promidr Khrushchev « ould ‘necept such’ an offor nt the May 16: mmit conforence, °°: 7 Undoubtedly: ‘Khruahcligy is aware that if” the peoplo of Mast: Germany are given unob= Abructod power to: degida' ‘they would throw off | tho Communiat: yoke}nnd join thelr Westgrn’ hyothors dn: a Wnstod: ‘Gormany, vt Io wanta ° inatond: to; have! tho: Woatorn, Me fowors, rocognige nat: Germany ns a logitimate | te ie atte and has atarted to. force. tha | ms j O ~ uc by rovising: Woatorn tnilitary passoa, td. tadam so that, thoy boar ‘the imprint..of: _ tho inst German! government, Inatohd, of | ‘thd i" joviet Administration ii we! EF A qonitiod state. departmont authority anys: : t e U8, viow: la‘ thatthe Waist Gorman regime - i not’'n government of the. people “but: a at donlgned ‘and: Imposed by. the. Kremlin: a he much room | ‘for nogotintion © ot tho "Parle FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26,1960 > _ the project. . -car stylists: who. grudgingly conceded: a. year. °. or, Rubh (olroumatoncea, thore may: not? ‘mally ‘some. We. 2 people”. _.contractors. side’ ‘and the other’ to , compete: with the. Ger- = “man Volkswagen and French Renault Dauphine in “the economy market. Other ‘major ‘makers: also .are ‘adding to their compact’ lines.. ‘ears will disappear from: the scene. The heavy, powerful car for. distance cruising, the: roomy ' Jt car for sheer comfort, and the station wagon ‘that will carry a Cub Scout troop or a load of furniture will still have their, deyotees and forecast on this page, is a market in which buyers will have their choice of a wide range of car types and styles. Those who are interested . only in practical transportation will not" be Jaughed out of salesrooms and those who can afford to drive without looking at the. gas gauge will ‘still have that) privilege, o eo The | Christian Sclence Monitor, :'°s. Shoulder pads ‘sissy stuff had got around it by proferring doctors’ cer- tificntes, — The Rugby. Union has now issued instruc “tions that ‘Hrrespective of any doctor's cer-"- tificate, the’ wearing of any kind.of harness adequate transportation facilities for’ ..this area... He also foresaw the Prince |. Ye Rupert: airport: as “a base for aerial’. “ to survey, parties, charting the tremend- “ous mineral deposits in the north.” - .. Now the federal government | has. : 2 bent a: ‘good portion. of $7,000,000'on iis _ the airport and in, all probability will he. spend'a few million more to wind‘up | We've all known from the start, the. Liberal government. and | p° the Conser vative one, that the: airport ml was going to be an expensive proposi-._: fy ton, ‘However, the; people of. ‘Prince a Rupert have been led to believe that re. both. the former government, and the c ppeeent Tory. one were, in - “rapport «with us, ‘that: ‘Hecatrse: of its strategic position inthe development, a the. Northland, (a, major piers 2 ‘baker: platform: plank) that it, would ve he be worth it. Ee 8 1- | “Well, we northernets ‘(gull le de r we are): are getting a: bit tired of all. ip the talk and lack of: action about: the he . future of the great, northland and how me i me are going to: share in it. For 50. +t years, since the time of. Sir Charles ~ - Tupper. and later. the Sir Robert: Bor- . he den (another Tory) regime. the ‘people - Se of. cae Rupert have: heard this complete -don’ t ae ~ habit: of: pairing. , him. -and =. with the oy government s sets tn and : 3 E Drees fatal. : ! This does not mean that large and. luxurious - their. purposes, me _But what is developing: apparently, as was’ 15 prohibited,” adding that “itis our considered opinion” | that. anyone needing it “should not he playing the gnme at'all.” —Wallace Royburn | | writing from London for the Toronto, Telogram. . \ ' ‘ ; - little le hope at euenrnit” for German reunion — ‘By NAROLD: MORRISON | Canadian’ ‘Pross Start Writer suninit meeting, US. diplomats flatly say tho | room ‘is limited, What they anticipate is that: the. Parla meoting: will reach no ‘major: con- clusions’. on Gormhany and that the Issue will “be ‘tossed. Hels. Into: another foreign. ministers’ | conference. .to be. followed by’ mora, aummit - meotings later, In other words, the Amorlean’ atrategy scems “to be'based on keaping the negotiators talking, “coneluding: that os long na thoy Koop talking there will he no war ‘Thay argue: that Khrushchev will do noth Ang at the Paris meoting ‘to ruffle’ Bat-Wost .- | ‘vreldtions to any oxtont on the ove of Blson- -Hower's planned tour of Russian in June, “Yat. Khruahchey has: dliaplayed now bol- Ngerence in his recent Moscow. meotings with “Woatorn visitors, Wo may bo bluffing,.as 0.8," idiplomats, any, but if lt. came to a, showdown, _ ‘aOMO, ObRCrVors Rnggost, that: the Woat. would “allow: Wart Rovln. to-go, hy’ dofamt, . ' A Bb b Thought fas Today "And now yo- ‘shall, see my. fron no’ meen, Acta 20:04, \ we pard;and: I would -take . ot used ‘to: ‘have: old friend : “who. “ysed. to. live, on, “Superior Street: in’ “Victoria “not. “far. ‘from. ‘the Parliament: buildings,” ina’ beautiful: ‘liftle’, cottage... “In. my’ younger . days, whenever - ~ -T" made, ae ‘trip! to: our’: capital, - oS city: if ‘I.did: not. bring: ‘my bag and: stow it away afid let:them:: _know. I .was staying, both he “and his” ‘wite ; Mimi-, ‘demanded - “Ie had: known: to: ‘know “why, : - them. up coast. since the. time I’ “was: ‘a: ‘youngster. and our. ‘fam~. “ilies had. been friends’ for. many - ~years, 80 it. 2got:.to: be: a ‘habit ~ whenever. ‘I went. to Victoria - TD headed: for, ‘the: little’ cottage "on, ‘Superior: a “Old: ‘Bob: ‘Joved, to. play érib- “arrive. than* out: “would ‘come the’: crib’ board ‘and Bob. would: get me into- a game. I was not’ smuch. of “a”: “player. but. he al- ‘ways’ said that: before he got " through with’ me, ‘he . “would make -me : “a _top- -notch’. -erib: f ‘player. Ie Yemember I had: ae all over! the: Cassiar™ Capdniey “up: the: Stickine and: down the © 7 or. Dease. He-.was ‘a real* pioneer ~ _, living’ off’ the - country, An, his - “i search for gold. “He. “eften’ told: me of. “many | of, his early. experiences, ‘which ° were exciting. One experience . 1 remember is worth ‘relating. | He asked me. once if. I had “any. ‘Idea what: it.did to a fel- ow to really find: ‘lats’ of gold. ‘said, “No, Bob-—tell : “me.” “Well, he. said, “it: was when I hada claim on: Tom. Creek: in the Ominéca ‘country. My our small canoe and pole up the ’ Skeena river first: thing in the spring, just after the ice’ went out, When we got to. Hazelton we: would load up-a couple. of : cayuses without. “ictas’ and hit: off up the Bear.River trail, past Babine, Lake and on into the sticks’ until’ we arrived : ‘at Our. claim® ‘on’ Tom Creek. We had ‘a: fair claim, nothing. to write. home about, just aver- age good pay if you didn't ‘get tired and quitworking.,. We would work hard all spring and summer and get out in the fall ; im. timé to pick up our small orinoe “at Hazelton and. gat _ down the river, ahead of the - freoze-up, “The -last year we worked ‘our diggings was’ in: the. 80's, - Atter we got to our’ claim that - year and got to work on our. tunnel on: the pny streak ‘on , bed rock, we came up against nt huge boulder right In our way. As it was too big to move Wo had to tunnel around. it. “This was all dend work ns. we wore off the pny. streak, Whon we finally did get around thd boulder and: back on the pny. dirt our eyes nearly popped oub of our hands, "Lying back behind . ‘the boulder and right up ngalnst It, the gravel wns yollow with nugzots and gold” duat.. ‘we found it waa Impossible to think of going. to bed, It war no Wao trying to sldep,’ Sbage® and): ‘would. ‘no sooner . We. ime and = B, “WIGes” O'NEILL. GOLD™ FEVER. 62: “by. King George o of nugiets and: 1 gold | ‘dust. ne “That was, the last’ year~ ‘Bob “Tennent and his partner work- ‘ed. their claim: on Tom Creek in: the Omineca:country. When .. they~came out that fall they. divided. - their © gold . _ between. them, Bob went into business “out: on. Queen Charlotte. Is-: lands and’ formed the Skide- | gate..Oil. Works, extracting oil from) dog. fish. He ‘was backed. . by: ‘Simon Leiser of Victoria but the baking powder cans full ‘of| nuggets “from. ‘Tom Creek in the’ Omineca were ~ what. put: him in _business. . Bob: did. very: ‘well on his. oil - venture and ‘finally retired in Victoria’'and.. wound -up:" his - days -in .the. little. cottage on: . Superior Streetz. : listening: - attendant, to be’ “Hated. gimmicks. ; From ‘The Nanton (Alta. ) News. , : We “wish: that. some » food merchandising techniques were’ anything ‘we -have. . However. . 2 ‘we detest:even more the gim- “micks- which we have to work We hate saying” coupons ‘for months. or years. : - Lighter side. A male ‘attendant. in a men- “tal hospital noticed a. patient with: his ear close. to the wall, : intently. The pa- _ tient held up a finger for the’ “very . quiet, ~ then beckoned him over and said: “You listen: here!” The attendant put his ear on the ‘wall and lstened for © some time, then ‘turned to the pa- tient-and said: “I-can’t hear. anything,” “No,” said the pa-- , tient,: “and - it’s ‘been tke that “all: day!” m RK ‘woman Was bitten ‘by a ‘mad. dog and was advised to - make.a will because there, was “a possibility of . rables,: ‘She : wrote furlosly for two hours. "snapped, : "This so list of the | : 4 1 Pa UF We ». woro RO exalted we: forgot ta ont; When it was time to sloop | - worked all night, all tho noxt | ‘day and woll. into. tho noxt night, Wo flnally worked .out the. tronauro houso and. ware | back on tha: old pay -atrente, Just’ tho usual’ good pay, Wa Atrnny ae ourselves down on our bh bunks and slopt for. 34 hours... |, vitor we finally woke. up and got hack. to normal, - “foun _ Merril: yenat powder. anna til jrod and falling wont baal to the enbin, menrly in our trucks, We flurg: wo'hnd 16 Preston: “a! “Tt looks Uke an. unusually ‘Jong: will,” her lawyer sald, “Who's writing a will?” she - People. I’m ‘pong to pie 5 very With the classics Thon: none was fora partys. Then: all wore for tho state; - Thon the great man helped the oor, | Aart the poor mart Joved the oy great; Thon lands wore fatrly. portioned; . ‘thon’ spolls wero. fairly, golds. The Romans wore like brothers: Th. the breyo. days of old, .... here —Mnénutay, ‘well, son," ‘wrotia the” fond smother to her soldier son, "1 Hope you hayo® bean punctual . iniaris alng ovory morning: RO. that ‘you haven't: kept « tho, ‘rogim nt. walting: broniefaat tor j youre of . - t: originally. ie the - wt which. never seem. to’ “match. pip you Know? -LMANY OF THE yc EST PARTIES | BNJOY OUR DELICIOUS | CHINESE FOOD! - fi ee ut Phone. 9929 | MELROSE CHOP. SUEY "Ti tell them: -chair to read.a book. by.. the |. ‘-smillions of dollars - behind it, there a ‘their counters up and down’ and _kon riverboat, and an engineer — : ~All Aboard _ y GE . MORTOMORE » One: day. soon. Tm’ ‘going to “take my two: little sons” to, meet: = an’: ‘Old seaman.‘ Before--we* get. to his’ house, “Listen carefully to: what “he™ SAYS, boys... ,He’s . one ‘of the-men’.who ‘worked: in the sailing ships. He ‘pulled on ~ wet ropes, and. climbed’ up in "the. tigging to .furl. the: Sails, and: hé: had dirty old biscuits. ‘and. salt pork jor.his dinner,” ° - “In a sailing ship, they’d be” ’ away. for a long. time—maybe’ « three years. Look at this man,.. and remember him. When you, grow up, there won’t be any. -men> like’: him left in. the. world.” oo pe I also want. ‘the boys to meet a cowboy.who drove longhorn . cattle ‘in the rough frontier days. of ‘the American south- west; and a pioneer farmer of . Canada, who cleared. bush with his own hands, built his cabin, * . shot, his own’ meat. in the wil-.. derness, ploughed virgin grass, and. ‘sat down in a rough- -hewn - light of a candle. .I- would like them: to. . streets. of our. bigger. cities. ~ ‘steady increase and expansion of super -fessional power" ‘ tptown streéts ‘stand ‘the .grocers, ‘druggists, the dealers in -fancy .goods,; radios, _ ‘gents furnishings, ladies’ wear, One of. the. ‘preat | mysteries © of our time-is the apparent. prosperity, or at least the sur- vival,“ of -thousands upon thousands of little stores: and: shops along. the -miles Of. the most Despite, ; highly Clark, | to a most lfinited- clientele on very limited occasions. ' Yet they appear to flourish, : or if they don’t flourish, they - seem to .provide a’.livelihood. for their keepers. All right. Where.do. they. get the money to start these en-: ea terprises? . It must take thous- — specialized : ‘and scientific com- Sands: tolaunch’ a. ‘butcher, shop. : ‘It takes a’ great many thous-_ petition “of: the’great’ ‘mérchan- Lile: stores. down- town, and the: : es markets and. :shop-. ping ‘plazas, despite ‘the: ‘pro-- nd force’. of, advertising wi ‘th ¢ across miles; ‘of the butchers, the % and an extraordinary. sprinkl- - ing of - extremely “specialized shops. whose ¢ goods must appeal. 3 ands to stock and: equip Qs drug store, " The’ answer must be that, many. people have money than’ . "Is. generally ‘supposed. And a; a great “many. ‘more - people than: ‘is generally supposed, like to.: toddle around. and shop in. oy » bes a Counsel ‘(to patice withess) : “But if-a man is’ on-his. hands” - and knees in the middle of the’ ‘road, ‘that does not ‘prove he ‘is - drunk, " “Policeman: “eNO: sir, “it does: not: But this one was: trying: bo: ‘roll-up; the white ine! a little _shops among. folks they , ru eee oe i 7 > ee Cen see} - some of the Indian dances. that. >: still mean something, and (in {0 the more recently-settled parts’ of Canada): hear the‘old-people ~ tell the ‘stories that they got ‘from. their grandfathers and. “uncles, about. thé’ sort, of coun- | who ‘drove a steam locomotive. : “As ‘for me, IT never saw a - harbor: full of sails, or-buffalo. “bones on. the prairie. But there = are: men’ alive, who: did. Chil- 1° - dren should talk to: ‘them, and, : learn. that ‘yesterday was ‘a ‘real, exciting.time, full of: real. _ people, Boys and girls need the old-. timers to show them that his- tory is not merely” ‘words in a : book ‘or: pictures ona. screen, : but a: stream of - ‘events . that “runs, ‘tight through the house” ‘where they, live. wo a | True optimism, . From The Red: Deer Advocate In home buying at . least Canadians cannot be -accused of being over. cautious. ..The saverage Canadian family: buys ‘something which {s often be- yond their means.at the start. With true Canadian optimism ‘that the: best is yet to: come, the home- “buyer. feels that his _ financial position will improve ' In years. to .come and what Is _ Sible burden. of. repayments t ‘will soon become Neghter, The dullard’s envy of’ bril- ‘Mant men is always nssuaged _by the suspicion that they will “come to a bad ond, —Silr Max. 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