‘An independent’ ‘newspap oo of. Prince ‘Rupert ‘and Northern ember. of The Canadian ‘Préss.— ‘Audit. Bureau of. Clreulation “Canadian Daily Newspaper Publishers Association Published by. The Prince ‘J, R, AYRES — “ " Editor Zz : 2 *) JOHN, F. MAGOR. ‘Pre . tea to. the npbiillaing” _ a ‘and Central‘British’ Columbia, . =. Rupert" Dally’ 1 News ‘Limited. " og P. woopsiDe | ston: ¢ velopment we “eeelis att of : a : 1 pels te ey those "eticits an : the. long: years | ‘before "the Columbia : . ap ‘the - “federal ‘government had not offered. a cash’ grant. But he. . _ made es comment, whieh is of. ft slanit. : e Wr ite. the deficits until the Columbia ._ begins | to bay for itselt. ‘We a count. an. immense’ “power: candertatcng i is snot. We wonder if thére aren’t a ‘good: many taxpayers. who would: be. happy | o-see.p rivate investors ee gf to taker ne ie OTTAWA. Q—I ‘the Commons ‘debate : rage" ing over . the Bomarec ‘anti-aircraft : missle, the céntral . -problem of, Canadian air defence has. barely . been touched . on,’ wo is Only Prime ‘Minister’ Diefenbaker came. to eflps with it “Monday, and ‘then: only.. briefly, out. of the ‘air ‘defence business ° altogether. e-This choice has been. forced'on Canada npenuise it can’t, afford new weapons: systems S own, Oe , in When ‘the: ‘government ; cancelled: the: arrow 6t. interceptor 13° months’ ago—100 of them =» would have cost $781,000,000 on top: of.’the $500,000,000 for development—Canada, retired ffom the. major weapons field, NO CHOICE : . : “Consequently, if. Canada wants to ‘make any . _ contribution. to North American alr defence, ib: must accept American weapons developeci by: the ULS. at enormous cost. i ‘This country must accept the Bomare-B anti- alreraft missile—Iif it works and Congress * provides the’ ‘funds—or -reject it and leave we American alr defence: entirely to the INTERPRETING THE. NEWS ta, & Oe . so . By ED. an successive days, the South. African gov-. . .dfament- has taken conciliatory and reprossive ' -aotions In its efforts to cope with outbreaks of > -Viplence ‘between police’ and: Negro nationalist smonstrators, } ae Myst it suspended tho -law ‘requiring all ent.” Thon ‘it moved to ban two nationalist parties, the modorate African National Congress ahd the more extreme Pan-African Congress, : «The Nogro organizations, mean-while, re« t Hated ‘With a campaign urging Africans. to ‘ .WUrn thelr. passas,: the chief: weapon : for one cing Prime” Minister ‘Verwoord's apartheld. . fiblicy, and -polica countored with na threat of : Vera. punishment. against anyone who did xo, “HAs. sporadic violence continued, the situa. ts _ diaturbing resomblance Vo, the,” is: XVI,,whon another government, an ore Yotroata’ and shows t 10: cope with: mounting ; KNOW oot h Africans abroad, many of them ol tovapartheld itself, pationtly continua to batt wit 1; tholr country's critica to, withhold id t-and to inslat that. ino Jautalday | te “poaltion to . understand | the - probl Apting. Vorwoord: to: his: curso: of nell on. hint tor of Britons criticized. thalr Bove an uy iWhito! oe nbty but ‘even. after Prime ‘Minintor' ‘Mnoe Jan's donunoia tion ' of. rnolalam during hia,” its t tha isauc’ arourcd ewe ye hr ee ‘at ‘Bharpovilio Inst wook * “Ape By DAVE. McINTOSH “Canadian. Press| Staff Writer . --The-choice for Canada is this: Either con- tinue to rely ‘on American’ weapons: or Bet" Gight-ycar-old; subsonic RCAF OF-100 inter- | — - a continued story in the Fam- .; Hy Herald. and Weekly Star -, and had brought, along the * latest issue -which was in his ' ‘pack’ pocket. Slowly he’ reach- . in‘ the matter of. defence, a fleld of ¢xpenditure. which will run into ‘Canadian Progk Start Writer Nogroos to. onrey passes on paln of Imprinon-» “oIne ag half-dozen. or 80 rocont, English, : soma: Amorlenn, ; one aliaractor: ar: When the’ US. ies Force decided. to: dower.” “its request - for'Bomare funds, Canada had no - choice but to accept this, ° And if’ Congress eliminates. the “Bomare. altogether, Canada will have to. Accept that,. too; Tf the government: "decides to: ‘replace ‘the ceptor—chances are all against this: happening —the replacement, will have: to’ be: an American plane, we, . WOULD cost 3 “BILLIONS » AS Mr, Diefenbaker said Monday: ‘.“TIg* there anyone in this House who will say that’ Canada, in order to-‘assert herself should enter into billions and tens: of billions of dollars before it. js achieved? - wae In short, . ‘the’ Bomare is a. branch but not . the root of the Canadinn alr defence problem, - . Violence not influencing Verwoerd government SIMON “¢ pear, at least | tomporarily, Lo have shocked | sone Britons-intoa second look at South African policies, “But there’ da Uitte indication, as yot, that the shock wave has roverborated with any “visible offact. on the Verwoord | Bovernment,. rom pee “King Canute and the tide An amusing, if not’ particularly | frultful; literary recreation is to count the number of references: one runs acroas to the legend of King Canute and the tide, and. then to count - the. number of times it 1s alluded to correctly, — ‘Tt Ja safo to say that evoryono. who. has heen exposed to the least bit of English history has been taught how Canute, in’ ordor ty rebuke tho finttery of his courturiers, had is chalr moved to the sonside when the. tide coming in “and! unsuccessfully ‘commanded ite te to. move: back, : novels, somo. > another has brought up the Jogond as an Juse. tration of m man's attempting. tho impossible, | "hut. always, with tho Implication that poor old . Oanute And been foollsh onough to Imagine Mat tho tide. would obey him, roe “Onnute was ono-of, the. ableat. of, the many. “férelan ‘monarchs who. haye ruled. Wigland, | and, ko.’ many of them, became a true TEng=: — Uahman, 80 much go that ha beaame unpopular dn his other kingdom, Denmark, , Tho misapplication of. the’ tido atory ‘ta. . particularly. unfair to, Na: memory, for auch accounts ofihia roign tia Survive. indicate that ‘he: was much too natutoe a politician to attempt the mposatble, oo (Tha Printod Word, all ee and skittles, with the’ taxpay- “ON. THE: ‘TELEGRAPH - LINE | supplies once.a: -year ‘and their. a _: Job. was to. each. ‘patrol, a 20-- -; as -he .was travelling. along..a ee “rocky” “t¥ail’-he- meta. grizzly. Foy The. bear refused to-move and We have, - within ‘the limitations of the population, of this country, done those things ‘which we: sbelieve, asa result of consultation: _ with the: US, represent a true measure of “ defence,” " “ shore and several: of: _Two:. Mile». near~ “worked” ‘as ‘a linesman on: the : Yukon; Telegraph. Line, : -” day patrol in all kinds of wea- _Uher ‘to ,keep his section ofthe ‘jine:in operation. Near. Cabin. 8 where he was. Stationed | for“a. ~ time’ ‘the: line. ‘was mile section. of the~ line. and. ‘keep it. in operation. The. line ran from Daws6n‘in the Yukon. |. . _ to. Ashcroft in the south where. “-it-connected the trans Canada.’ system. The line. was. operated’ - by -the” Federal government. LT. recently~, visited’ Jim* Hod-"! der who will. celebrate his 92nd. birthday. this’ August. Jim. told~. me of his experiences on the: telegraph line and ‘the day by and at. Cabin: 9 the : ily: eret not having one. One: by* its -actions * ‘Jim: knew: that line Af he ‘turned and tan thebear would | than. his ‘kit. to. repair ~ 60 there'was-no hope of climb- There-was a rocky. shelf be- side the trail‘with a.tuft of dry ed for*a match and then for the paper. .He~ struck the tuft of grass, Then he care- . fully. ltt the paper from the ' grass flame. and using it as a. ‘torch’ waved it at the.” bear, | The bear turned — and beat a; i retreat, ; On. another at the end of: Portland Canal ° he decided to hike.’ across » country. to ‘the Risplox, After severn]). days of travel he; reached the Nass river, The | ‘-panks were grounded Jams. and:, Jim made: log snags, himselfia raft. of logs and doe, ap elded“to try ‘and cross the-river 7: using a rough paddle for steer-: iI ing. He launched his crude * raft and managed to eventu- |{- ally reach .the opposite: shore . but was unable to land because - the eight. foot. clay bank was too steep to climb, The was wis boing swopt. along yards ahead was a mess of! snagg and logs that eapalzo the raft if it was swept Into tha jam, Jim Hodder was bout ready fi to. give up all hope when. “ho! spied a single amall poplar no’ Ing, out of tho bank ahend. As | thoy ‘swopt past he grabbed It and tho raft alld in-bealde tho ' pank,: By some miracle tho | mee Mitte: trea held, | Holding with one hand: aim! renched for'his pack anck and throw Jt up on’ the banie and | With his amall axa cut stops: pected every moment that. the . poplar would tony loose under :| é; ho atrain but it held, Mnally,. ting four, atepa that lod-to anfoe | bank while the raft was JI, awopt to the Jog jam. down=!4), stron and broke up, No ploke,: od-up the tolegraph ine and | mado, his way home to Onbin orosa the Nnaa on nv raft, ' - END. OF.. 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J fe -gince today you. can tear the ~ Maren sheet off the calendar ~ and. uncover: ~April, dows and start picturing what the: garden wil}. look like in June, : “But before telling’ you “by March off calendar, you,are giving April: >it: true meaning. ‘Fo: "April comes from. the Latin . wore ‘Aprilis: the’Rom- ‘ans’ ancient word ee ~ for “cover: or lay bare... “And”: “course. it™ had to do with: “the: last: of - ‘winter and the. laying. : “pare: of. the fields. farmer: to. start, work, for: “ green‘big toe, You: have heard’: raincoat. : “endowed: ed ~with:.green thumbs.’ ‘Three’: Of: “my: “neighbors — thumbs. and: invarinbly “have. .. of people:who are. have.” ‘beautiful gardens. But’ the: ad “neighborhodd,- the’. master: 6 “ti ¢ maker: of: itmeans _- -We are also free to cast specu-. ’ lative eyes.out the back’ win: “about: ‘the man with the-green: _. big toe.: -I,would’ like to men- the % ‘green’ - mitted*champion ofthe’ entire< ‘Packsack|_ " Ggoty Clank able garden. of Allah in —| yard. ' But he is no dainty handler: of floral fragility. To see him rip.a peony root apart: and throw away the waste and re- plant three roots for the ‘one, -he dug and kicked out.of the,‘ _ earth; -to’ watch: him brutally” jabbing’ bulbs, corms,’ cuttings - Into.the earth; sée him: using..| his boot: heel both to dig and’: stamp down, to’ perceive him ' with his. knife . and shears Slashing, bayonetting, decapit- ating. is to understand why: swe call him the.” Man With! the t. But his flowers love: him! 30). - they practically sing to him. the month: .buuriuey~ gut. | Sane nS . that pretty word from the verb | which means_ to. mw . 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