opehee SET Hy re wR. AYRES” a ~ Editor sae es oak wie ww sae ae ote ots ro ve it aoe See An independent newspaper’ devoted t to ‘the npbutldiag - an Ee et “of Prince Rupert and Northern‘and Central British ‘Columbia. 0.) 0 OA member of The Canadian Press—Audit Bureau of Circulation’ Canadian. Daily Newspaper Publishers Assoctation _ "Published by The Prince Rupert Dally News Limited. ’ Bey president. GP. WOODSIDE | ‘General Manager Authorized as second class mall by. the Post Office Department Ottawa ie pay Beye Ow OR earnest falnd Sphere hee when Y v “ see ne vee vin “ "MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1960. KS ‘an’ “average ’ taxpayer in Greater | tained from the sales tax, liquor pro-. . a pe other forms of indiréct, tax- off j When property tax | goes ‘to subpart ae schools, I become renlly concerned saa val assessed at $6. 675 and: val: * ued. fo for the purposes of taxation at $5, | 268. “On this valuation, at: 16.95 mills, J paid a school tax’ of $89.29. A This seemed ane to ‘me Seu me added ‘their ay. no. ie . int my*opinion we con. ‘This is. a sort: of tack ofenature.’’... ‘ talbts,” they: allow “these facts ‘to lead:.them’ to: ‘d. conclusions.” Since ‘this country cannot de-_ 1d itself. against. @ nuclear blow, Dr. Key- ston argues, t:.must. help the United States. “peed neoleae retaliation. And Dy, York concedes. his> as 2 Sit 4 ’ When “OB, burglar’s “not engaged in his em- plbyment, or maturing his felonious little plans, fdyent from that of the rest of us. authiet ‘had ‘gnore ed money and valuables in aghouse ‘he had entered, but had made away tlfe tke police But what Is. even more history- making about Sw W. S. Gilbert: came short of discovering the fil capacity of burglars for nonprofessional oe pleasures, This, {{:now appears, will even: ens ». os an on. working hours. - a &.. * 8 8 ky Morhers of Congress who talk about cutting 1 taxes this: year are Inviting the‘scorn of mifuae ible ‘citizens. |” tha stage of this: yonr's talk, tha Interost cost: ie alpne was sot at 8,100 million dollars a year, ry This js money. kept put. of more useful and. nore profitable pirposes simply to pay tha coat © a of money. borrowed. for lack of sufficient tnxes te pay, the. bis in’ previous years, In the Ine.’ wonlng: months ofne coat of: Interest Nas“ asd, alee o ‘ TAU the debt. ‘and ‘tne cost of being in debt. 1x. reduced ; We 1a, fe to speak ‘of lowering © SO ” Vancouver * Vancouver: ‘Givaatington) wanta Vancouver (Hritish Columbia) {(o° change ‘ts name to | eexcea€ I ntold' confusion,’ The aliggestion has been coldly * roecived in, the B,C, -alty, “* But. aurely, the: Amorican elty has. 0 point | non ‘It ‘anys: that: the Canndinn Vancouver Mey iitho younger of the two towns and so should ne he the: ‘one ‘to make the: change, When the w Hudson's Bay. Company built its fort on the Ohlumbin River: hy 1825, jt named it Fort Van- I tdara) part ‘of the ‘Washington community's namo for woll over a century and a quarter, ... a t Vancouvor, B.0,, on the other hand got {ta I pkosont name only In tho 18808 when Slr we ‘yan, Horne decided it would bo 80 _ egiiod’whon hin rallway renchoed tho West Conat, ‘ fore that jt’: ian Granville, but waa: ‘pottor khown by the'colorful name of Gnatown, after. q ack : Pelghton, 1, British ‘sallor turnod hot 1 Keeper, The British: ‘Columbia city's" claim to the name acoma n bit tennous, based as it Js on gore - Let's look at our faxes. ae found. os TWENTY- FIVE CENTS a. day, . the... Victoria, I-realize that a large part : cost of educating my two. children : vs | off school costs are paid by. the: Provin-..- ‘ cial Gover nment ‘out of revenues Ob- | - equipped classrooms. | r staff, particularly | at the high-school Schools”, Vietorla School Board. Pe ‘But - if. the. “two men are’ agreed on their a SS she~. mist, nations, “seek. to, restrain: the. present, arms . “race, ‘Our hope should rest primarily’ ‘on in-. oo ternational accord, and not'on a few one- -shot- fri htenin ‘the’ enemy” with ‘the threat of)". e eS 5 " Bomare: batteries dug: “deep into an, Ontario “frets . of, nature "only to argue in favor of 7 -__ Noseyposy his capacity for innocent enjoyment, as ‘an: oyferetta, has reminded: us, isn’t.’so far’ dit- - # To which ‘Hiting: profundity our attention | whs recalled the olher day by a report that “ in: any form—not of lavender nor of old Jace, itis some - th perfume.” ‘A ‘yadio comment added. that: police were understood to he on his scent “vorsn?), Se els Tax cut’ nonsense equever; and Vancouver haa thys been an ine. out, that. if I set aside would be paid in full! My children attend modern schools / comfortable well- The teaching with well-lighted, levels are university © graduates . who possess the breadth of vision and the ¢ professional training to inspire - my. children. with a keen interest .in study. And'this costs me 25 cents.a day! For reasons of comparison,.to dem- ir onstrate the. actual value: of 95: cents a day, I think: of. the things t th at sum will buy: : 1 quart of ‘apie ee “Less. than: package of cigarettes ‘Less. than rt gallon. of. gasoline — The service OF a Paby-sitter” for HAT I EARN IN TEN: MINUTES! sO little? “Our : ‘$0 much. for: — ‘published by the. ‘Greater more’ ‘money’: “spent” more : “quickly. to: develop anti-missiles and ‘to. build. ‘more*:Bomarcs:: There: can, ‘however, -be-no: ‘doubt. that. ‘the. era -of the: ‘manned: ‘bomber is’ “near: ‘its.end, ~ to. surrender. its: ‘place to the “missile” era, “Mis ee ~ siles” cannot be. halted. by, any. defence’ now.in* existence, “Mor. can’: they : ‘be. , Getected Py “our. ae ‘number of powers that. own: them. Above call,’ in concert - with. other, like- minded or ‘Quebec hillside. _—The Toronto Star, ‘And it is in a “lass - with the ‘anbullish ‘(but ‘not bearish) delight that Ferdinand: took . in. smelling flowers, or the reluctance with which Kenneth Grahame’s imaginary dragon engaged in combat with an equally imaginary and unenthusiastic ‘St, George. : : Now we are not inclined to promote: burglary Once ‘the deed: is: done, however, relief to smell. outa ‘motive “esthetic and” ‘poetic’. rather. than -mundanely. commercial, “And® we count somewhat, for the thicf's re-— oo form, on the: fact. that a little perfume. goes a tiiis redolent. episode’ is that it indicates that | long. way: ‘even a man who could’ ive with ‘long with his nose .(or, shall we say, vice —The Christian Selence Monitor, Federal taxas, There ¢ enn be nothing that’ should he called a “surplus” in the United States “Treasury until the climb out of the red Ink. ' ¥ Tha ‘debts of: the. Yoderal Government Are y barrel has begun... ; ous a Inrge, that, when last year's budget was at Worse than that; the prealdontial, ‘hope of ‘ome’ margin 18 months from now. !s ‘pased on higher prices for stamps and .'more'gasoline taxes, Nolthor of these has been approved -by | Congress and there is litle: rennon .to prediet « | _ that olther willbe accepted, © : ~ (We. suppose talk of tax cuts ia chenp. But. 'it"ought ‘to be expensive nt. the ballot box for congrofamon who. Inala’ on bang’ ‘heard on that RUbsect. now, |: t v'SConmmereint Appeal ceo. - the younger | “ Mayor Tom Alsbury's argument that “wo. aro the clty that has maintained tha strong ties with’ Captain George Vancouver” (by oulja board?) “and with tho British Commonwealth,” Would the good people of Vancouvor ronlly Now, | honestly, where | else .can. TL “not” afford to" ‘become’ a’ great nuclear power. "The answer for. Canada : must be. political. - ‘ She must. forbear : the ownership ‘of. nuclear: . arms “herself. She must strive to limit .the a 25"CENTS IN LESS THAN. objest to once again hecoming | eltizens of ' Gastown? And if thoy should object that Gas. ‘town ta hardly a euphonious namo for so noble av motropolis, lot thom remomber that its prose _ ont name, rendered. into English,” probably means “Of the Cow Ford,” ‘Tho Winnipeg Froo Frnt Should accept vote. Indiana ahowle nacept the vote. Yor’ ‘yoars rt ‘tho Indians have boon tranted as second ‘clnas. citizens, They must be given full educational ' ‘opportunity. and time to adjust themsolves to wee ME ET We eg ayy bee eb ewe eT ar al i” Bib oe wn gt “During the -Klondike: > steamer“ “tain McCroskie was on her way -this left her helpless. ° -dropped anchor to ‘hold her in ‘gold the ‘coastal’ “Amur,” with . Cap- rush’ .about:. 1898; south: loaded with returning Klondikers.. On entering -the harbor at Port Simpson in the early morning. she got a little close to the barrier reef that- ‘extends ‘across. .the . harbor mouth, struck her propellor on a rock and knocked it off. As she was a Single screw. ship, They - “place, while they thought: out “himself. after many such deeds cotuld: not live - "a now status of life. Thea vote should Incrdnée | tho Indian's solf-reapect, It should be no prob- Jom to give Jt to them without Interforing with thotr righta,.: —The Onlgary Nornld, t of Port Simpson saw. her~ “Bernie Island,’ “miles: out, “it was all ‘about: Mr: Rudge the’ steam: launch fellow “named: Walter went out. and asked permission : to. borrow. “the: what to do in the matter.. When daylight broke, we in ‘near ~ about three and wondered what. ‘hotel proprietor, had, a small. and - ‘another | and - T “Rita’ and.go. wits a: andiseekhwhatiwae? ANTON . “ahead boys: ” So: we ‘kindled : a --fire-in: the fire. ‘box, ‘shovelled * ‘in’ some coal, and in about an — hour ‘had: .steam.- ‘up: rand: ran out to-the “Amur. 7 “Capt. McCroskie, who “every- | body knew well, was. on the‘. bridge, lined with passengers. I got out: and the decks were . on the little deck-at the stern and sang. out “Ship ahoy cap-. tain.” He leaned over the rail-. ing arid ‘sang: out “Hello Wiggs what. the Devil: are you doing with that pill box.” This is no pill box,” I said. “this is the tug boat “Rita” looking. for a tow job.”,To:the. . old Captain, who had a voice like a fog horn, this was a joke and he laughed so hard. you - could hear him across the har- bor. The sprrit caught on with the passengers who a]! started to laugh, and they all had a. lot of fun .at our expense. I said ‘No ‘Joke Captain. we ‘cnn tow you in and tle you up . ‘to. the Hudson's Bay wharf, it’s better than Inying out here by the reefs.” After he got over his big laugh, and probably realized the position he was In,. thought It was worth a try. , Ho told us to the Up along side , went up from. the . ‘Klondikers. . were very proud f:0uw job’an » lines or wireless at that period, and the situation looked pretty . a“ gloomy. There was the “Amur” When’ we got’ close | aboard, a By WIGGS. O'NEILL THE BIG. TOW and see if we could move her.” We did. so, fired-up, got. up.a_ full head of steam and started” full speed ahead. - After pufi:ng away for a few, minutes to our amazement the big ship started to move ahead. The captain hoisted anchor and we..were.on our way on the long tow. ‘The ‘Lord ‘alone was with -us. It was a dead calm, without a-ripple on the’ -water and nota breath of wind or we would never made first base: - ‘ It was. a. big assignment, but after ‘towing . for “five hours, we . made: the .-three.: ‘miles across the: harbor and much to our. amazement and to the delight of the old Captain, we’ ‘shoved ‘his ship along side the, wharf. amid the’. cheers: that — have: Needless: to’ ‘say Walter ‘and. ‘bs “p ve Narcissis” ~ than ..we™ were of: the. Httle: “Rita. me “There were, “no telegraph tied - up to the. dock. loaded with. impatient. . Klondikers anxious. to get to: “the Out- side,” which was‘ a common term .with them, and worst . thing of all, no propellor. The Captain realized that head. office’ in Victoria would be ‘worrying wihiat had become of ‘their ship and her load of pas- gengers, and he had. no way of. ‘letting ° them know. As the “Amur” belonged to the Canadian Pacific Navi-- gation Company | (afterwards , taken over by the CPR) and. was the only ship that called at Port Simpson south bound from Alaska, she -was really placed in the category of “Lost Ships.” All they. could do was to walt patiently. for the ar- rival of the regular coast boat from the South.’ Oaptain McCroskic ; had fu ‘brain wave. He ‘hired ‘us to take the "Rita" and go down off the moutb of the Skeena where’ the. channel). - narrows and intercept an. American passenger liner, and have her All Aboard with ‘The poor victims of tobagco | try all kinds of tricks to cut down the pollution of: thelr Jungs... A friond ‘was tolling me {oe cently that the people In na ‘office have quit carrying clg- arota, They appoint one man - to bo the algarat porter, When © thoy. fee] an urgent need of a. smoke, thoy buy fags from him at two-for five conte. “'Mhoey feols thls dodga slows down consumption, a ~ “"You'ro. kidding. .yoursolf,"! I sald, looking down from the: vast: holght of three non-smoking. “The only wry. - fo quit smoking is to quit. T_ used to hate that kindof. | talk In my amoking .dayas. © Snug..Bonatful, But it is true. ny not. roforring to. people. 4 who. play at smoking, and fid- pet with two or three cigaraty: | n day.. They aro not rent toe. hanco- nddiats, and It dooan't- matter whethor thoy quit or aa on, But the poanle who, are hooked, so that thay frantic. ally canst. around for a tobacco yenra’: fs G. E. ‘Mortimore 30. or 40, Such people are chronic worry warts. They have the il- _Jusion. that 'a elgaret ,calms ; them, But.in: fact ‘the ‘smoke pulls: the. strings’ “fs little tighter, . Cae -' The more. anxioud aman - gota, tho more he. smokos, And the: more he smokes, the more anxious he gots, Thore's no way “out, but.to throw. tha almaret : in, tho ash ‘can, with tholr ‘thousands of tiny filtera and all thé othor advertising men’s gimmicks which were dosigned - ‘to'convince suckors that a clr nrot is good .medicinay ‘My wifo continues (o smoke, and this ja a-source of Ilelar- Sng from time to timo, Mn. my house, - My waunl mothod of . ‘attack "Ya to toll my wife that: smoking. {a‘ugly, amally” and monsy, “Somot mos I erticize hor atylo ; of ‘amoteing,. Pako n look at some.of tho aoa women who amoke," J. aN RO "You: ‘don't seo them 1, 0 -soREy. butt. idangling store whon the packnge Js halt: Tom tho pa, If you must ompty, or roll olgnrots ahead “amok, take, aome lessons and ad thoy amoke—thoao. trug . learn: how. to. amolko —grace- slaves of the weed have no fully." wr a hope of becoming “moderate “AG thia! my | wife usually snjokers,. .. They needn't imagine that they will got nway with juat. one olgnrot at coffeo-tima | Vory soon thoy will be baek to Vy wl Jonvos tha room jn a cloud of ~ fumoa, slamming the’ door, Maybe 1 should uso mn more ; Kubtla technique, Y would he * grateful for ‘advica, e and Place be 3 “flower .grows wild; - A man he,was, to all the And passing rich with forty wn “ 4 . i £0 back -to Port: simpson and ee - lo. ‘up. his ‘passengers. The idea“ was :good but the weather was terrible.-By hug- ging the shore: line we ‘got... down -all. right, but owing to the strong south ‘easter blow- ing and the terrible. seas, we. couldn’t venture off-shore. We. would see a big smoke in the distance and make an attempt to get out to. hail ‘the ship, only to .be- driven: back by’ the - high seas and wind. SOUTHWEST: END | of. ‘North- : land” Navigation’s ‘dock * and © _shed-is etched, in the late’ ate.’ , ternoon | sunshine © ‘as. fishboat:.. “makes “across harbor. its. way, homeward. | Photo . by. Kengeth Specht. ‘The’ lighter side be “I'm ‘gotling ‘a: divorce—my ~ wife called: mean idiot.” . “That's, no: grounds: for dis vorce.’ o “well, “ibwas like this: ‘I came home | and found: my" wife in the arms ‘of the man. next door, and I said.,’What’s the meaning of .this?’.arid she said, ‘Can't : “you see,’ yOu, idiot?" EE SE] the PACKSACK| . completing a many thousand ~ ‘right over, their -tips touching Staff By GREGORY CLARK | With a government biologist anda telephone company. en- gineer, I visited one of the ; ‘most seriously affected areas in‘which ice storms wrought ‘such havoc in the enstern part -of Canada. I have seen dice- coated. landscapes before. But - $0: ‘thick. was, the deposit’.on every. ‘tree;: pole, .bush, (house (and ‘barn ‘in: this” ‘disaster’ ‘that . it, was. Hterally a “erystal: ‘world ’ through which we. moved. Not ‘silvery, not. . flli- gape “cgree,. not. fairy- ii ~ like, but rich, ra- dlant ‘solid crys- —taleOf course, the “destruction wasg dinmense. Every- & thing that could fall fell, -every- “thing, that. could a -crack, cracked, trees, poles wires, aerlals, roofs gates fen- _ces. In. bright sunlight — the _erystal world ‘almost blinded “the eyes. oe “The. telephone. engineer. was -man hour reconstruction job, “and the biologist and I left, “him while we went on foot into -a@ large woodland. tract. The “slender. birches were hooped .. tHe ground...Pines and spruce had lost their: tips: Elms, map- ~ Jes and-even tough oaks had great. branches | ripped — off them. ‘And in‘the undergrowth, “apart: from. the wreckage from “above. it) was Next ‘to: impos- _ sible to * move, since. all: the Saplings, bushes and-shrubbery ;;were crushed | almost’ flat. dn Apdgseribabte confusion, ar * “In the interest of: a‘ great “Many, ‘species ‘of birds; mam- ‘mals, insects: and ‘plants, ” “sald the; ‘biologist: “nature has cre- ated a jungle, a. shelter, a Tef- uge here that will last- for’ S@v- eral years and:give. them’ con- “ditions for survival that ‘were . just about ended through | thie. tidiness of man. [n’ nature, .. disastrous’ phenomena ‘are -al- wiys beneficial to. some forms - Of Ife.” . 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