vr Tom Uphill sae ems Spe preces were CE. RUPERT DAILY | NEWS - ee - 1960} ae “An ‘independent newspaper. “devoted to the ‘ypbuilding | os of: Prince: ‘Rupert’ ‘and - ‘Northern and: Central British Columbia. 7 A‘member: of The Canadian ‘Press — ‘Audit: Bureau of Circulation Canadian Dally ‘Newspaper Publishers Association - 5 Published | by The, ‘Prince Rupert Pally ‘News Limited, SOHN F, MAGOR.. “President r 41 years | ._By H..L. JONES wo ‘Canadian Press Staff Writer: VICTORIA «) — The “old M warhorse” of’ British Colum- Kl bia politics is stepping down. Thomas Uphill, who at 86 can look back. in 40. continu- . OUS:. years o service - in: the legislature” ‘Independent- “Jabor : member for’. the: coal- mining’ riding: of. Fernie, says he wants a rest. His is the second- largest G. P. WOODSIDE - Editor | General Manager. “authorized | ‘a8 second class ‘mail. by. the Post Office Department Ottawa, FRIDAY, ‘Ausust 19, 1960 by’ many devoted people ‘ in developing | wr other senses, other talents, other in- : terests; and in virtually completely re- disability It night be: losing orientating their lives.. Others. have th “power. of. helped. indirectly by assisting ‘the.Can- - ysis ~adian National Institute for the Blind. L with donations or their time, or. both. 6 ~ Blindness, like all afflictions, is-‘no ee respector ‘of. race, creed, ‘social stand- \ ing or monetary: prominence. Itis here iimost us stop. For here 8-8 if = in. Prince: ‘Rupert. among the Indians vhich cannot, be‘overec me yy nena “and the Canadian , whites. They both | mbs, hearing | aids or will power alone. have. to 'make the same readjustment. the e S, no: such, thing: as an artificial a They. both need. and merit. all the, help 3 4 : _-we can give them: ‘atemsut, of appalling fact There can. ».. The CNIB.is the leader i in ‘this: vole the: no. reading, t no walks. in: he country, | of aid. Braille books - and atlases. ‘cost ino. driving, little: swimming, no TV, no money, eye » treatment, where’ practi- | ‘films; ‘an: ‘almost. total” cessation | of cable, costs. money. Research. costs activity: for the average. human being. money. “Equipment costs: “money.” me é frightening thought. ° ...* On Monday evening everyone of us ust: ‘Stop | and - think. How. would here: in Prince. Rupert’ is going | ‘to- . have the opportunity to; help in aprac-. st tie: manner ‘asthe :‘Women: of the c ‘Moose ‘spear-lead: a drive for funds for. ; the CNIB. They will be assisted by the . ic- “majority, if not every, public- spirited at “organization: in ‘the city. | ; Help?.Of course, you will. The tar- 7 wet this: year is $2,000. It will be amean is. thing if the. city. does not realize this | and mayor, post he. held for : e stepping r Bgurey or. even exceed it. a _.\: down. for. health ‘reasons in Commonwealth. , The. “old. ‘gentleman” ‘of 5 . the legislature is. a’ veteran. of. the Boer War where | he -:'won the .Kirig’s/ and -Queen’s Medal with seven bars—and also a. court-martial for. , sending, war. news: to English newspapers. | He won acquit~, tal on the charge. .. He confirmed Wednesday’ he won’t be contesting. the Sep- tember 12 provincial election but added he might be back in a future poll.. ' . Casting . an* experienced: ‘eye on.the present. political’ situa- tion, the little man .who- ‘has , attended. 415: openings : ‘of -the . legislature, and “has ‘seen seven _ ~ premiers |” ands. Seight - 80," observed:. . “Ty think “ Premier: ‘Bennett's 2 Social Crediters*:will win .but _ losses | might: cut. ‘them : to. a minority, government. rs >In’ that. case,:-he. said there could, be: another. election next - year, and: “Pil probably ‘run again “then.” .°. . “While L’m-: ‘at it: ‘Y. want’ to _ thank», the: ‘people: : “of: Fernie . for: their. loyalty .; for. ‘so many years. ne ‘The: little, stocky.’ ‘man’ ‘who worked... -in. the. -Welsh «coal - mines | Bs: a boy” “for:. 30 cents a.day and. came. to. Canada’ ‘at 4 _ B: C: coal- mining town’ ‘of Fer- nie“as’ well: as: in’ the: legis- lature. fee He began: his ¢ career. ‘there as a union executive, . alderman 1955, refusing an’ acclamation. ° Fernie’ ‘made hin a ‘freeman . -. of the city. the “provocation, it is a. waste of time sending Me first) tried” _provinelal ~him’-into such a ‘situation. | “ - ee ies nd: lost 00: ee re o. The: Subsequent ‘order to ‘shoot if ‘attacked’ ee We and. ‘cam ae ned” ag aa ‘shows’. that someone’ in‘ the higher hierarchy : .” pee n 0 ealize ‘the true state-of mind. of -the. PC. yngole - soldie $.is; if. “past “experience: Lo these: people’ is any. guid not. a State: often ‘“independent=labor~ man ever 4 BOvernmen * ctated. : Ye; reduced 2S S potent ; PRS section of ; “toy soldiers their efforts are wasted. | # ). thes;peace,. whenever ° ‘they may. be ‘defied: : “Paradoxically, : : jn a police | “capaclti A - Peace.is only preserved P by preparedness to fight... hhe- must, avoid . A violence, ab for: ite date. against him.. This elec-: “ton, the party decided to field: tally. ‘ignoring the | fact that. no goverfinent - can “give” - anything—with - the, exception - of economy... in: government | and- tax reduction. In all other. cases. the taxpayer. must, pay, first or: or last, for what he is “given.”.- °. oye In. regard to.. governments’: “giving”. ‘social ‘med through his spectacles: benefits to people, it may..be ‘enlightening’ to. study the comment of The Economist of London in a review of. Graham Hutton’s book, “Infla- tion! and ‘Society.’ ‘The Economist. says: “Democracies must either limit their collec- _ tivist ambitions or: inflate. It is hypocritical to | ‘rhe CCF is preoccupied with government-owned — ‘vote for a welfare: state of which each. voter ‘utilities and a health plan, ~.“sccad ttle “Hg personally determined -to ‘avoid the cost; : . * Not one has suggested it: ‘might: concerh. “the: ‘burden, which, as taxpayer or contributor;:. 1. dtself with extracting . less front’ your’ pocket: “tthe individual refuses to'shoulder emerges. as. ay or ours. a state. deficit whose inflationary effects fall y)~6Cach party, in. its: fashion, ig: concentrating on those very beneficiaries whose welfare 18: ‘on what it would “give” the people, and tact- ostensibly . aimed at.” ; - Defence costs still are staggering . eee - explanation for the continuing high cost. of our. so-called defence establishment. Where is « We have been. examin Wet “po ca forms of the four ‘parties. “contesting « -the -pr incial election -with~a- -weather: eye- -alert; a particular plank—bu "one } which: 1 ‘by its. absences: 0 ee lank is economy in. 1 government. and ted tion of taxes, — eds. have given’ ‘as no ‘real: platform @. standing .on. their record. ‘The - ‘Liberals would" have the provincial. govern- ment assume:’school costs. The: Conservatives would revamp provincial-municipal -: .finances, .”: mind‘ about ‘running. : fun-loving, * -active’. man, ‘sions, . “vince, - controlled liquor, . | the’ most hardened legislator ae 8 ‘attention and. reapect, - since, voting * with or. against. retires after 8 parliamentary term -in the - ie Heutenant- 7governors come and VICTORIA—-The woods are on: fire. Aiman driving north | 32, is:.a legend. in: the, east- them, and filed can see a. column of smoke from: six miles’ distant, and as he ‘gets . nearer, the car passes. through: the brown shadow of: ' the smoke. These were the woods where * the’ Easter lilies used to grow. In: the springtime, wasteful little girls. picked. masses of the houses with flowers. -, Now it all seems to be burn- ing up. The grass and’ bush, "-paked dry by weeks of sun, / nearly: ‘surrounded by flames . someone’s yard to the ‘make easy fuel. _ Hoses stretch down through lake front,. where forestry. men have a portable pump mount- ed.on a swimming raft, and are drawing lake water for the. men out of sight in the smoke, ‘up the hill. . ‘A’ house on the. hill -was . before the firefighters, helped independent: ‘labor: candidate! . - ‘and won and “he’s:,béen. da party——official. op] ‘position; An “the last: ‘legislature. oon recognized: Tom | Uphill’s: . ability and’ strength . in: Fernie ‘iand have never run’a candi4 -@ man in., Fernie, when “Tom: -t00K so“long’ to“make up his, Despite his years Tom is still’ ” - though ‘his’ eyesight ‘has dim-' , During his legislative’careér he ‘fought. hard. for: bigger pen-'__ a better. deal -for the workers, particularly: coal min= ers and saw many of his ideas, later become law in: ‘the pro- _ He championed. the widen- ‘ing: of divorce. laws,: ‘legalized. | sweepstakes’ for hospital’ dnd often twitted the government on the quality of government- ‘ Tom could bring. 4 smile. to the: face. rd _ With’ his dry. humor, but on, . serious problems he. got. thelr beat, the flames back. re Here’: are. some. pump _ cans, ‘waiting: 0, be. filled." from: “feeble! garden hose:. A man ‘can: “ ~. grab: one of them, fill it and... sling it on his back, and go by. .a lucky change of wind chasing sparks and . flames.’ An antique car, -once a! fav-. orite place for children © to . play, is beginning to smoulder “Better. — catch that before the rubber ‘under the back seat. gets. on fire,” says “someone. ‘Spray the pump ‘can . into the ‘crevices of the old chariot. There’s something: sad - ‘about familiar things” in the path of a fire. 7 Tread. through ° hot. ashes: and try: to douse some burn-, ing - logs, so that they won't blaze into the dry trees. But the pump. ‘can hasn't . enough volume of water. - ~ the horses.” pee oy Ay can't marry him, mother. He's: ‘an:catheist: He -doesn’ t even ‘pelieve: ‘in. Hele? oe - “qo ahead “and marry him,: ’-qear. Between the ‘two of. us, we'll convince him he’s wrong. ” ‘The air is hot on the tace. , Spray hits the fire and sizzles up. Go back in search of more water, but. the, hose; has van-" ished. Go into ‘the house,. Vall | _ water: from .a. low-slung taip “with the dog’s dish, if Make some stabs ‘at purning | fence posts and trees with the small jet, One or two others are doing . the same, Then A man appears with a fire hose, and | the high-presure jet All Aboard with G. EB Mortimore sinks: into the hot places with “a satisfying “thump *"" Might as .well move along. There’s a small fire, about the. size of achat, which has start- -ed in-the dry grass apart from the: main fire. ‘This is. one place where a pump can is of use. Burning turf hisses . when water strikes it Another man with a-shovel finishes the job. is clear-cut. Water against fire. People work. together,. though sometimes: in a disorganized ’ way. What 2 shame that all have: such clean | boundaries. The. lighter side. .. Two men. were discussing a friend’s bad luck.at the races. “It’s funny about Jack,” the - first said. *HWe is a’ demon at ’ cards; bu: ‘the can't win a bet at the races.” “That's not: so funny,” the i ver Island’s. bays and rivers in the fie “dusk, of on: News] eSee “second said. “He. can an shuffle ee ONT py AR Ip ee poses tee “PLATTE CLASSIC—Flat- -bottome Oregon, .Washington and: British da sailing craft from California;, Columbia round. 2 marker: off Vancouver’s English Bay in the International Flattie Champion- , ships. The week- long. competition, “the: 18-foot, two-man: boats, -was first time in Mv years. ok which has attracted, 19. of held in’ Vancouver for the —CP photo. There -is:a simple satisfac- -- ren at this tion in. fire-fighting. The issue ‘And you can: bet@ - now who are out Copyright: Canada “Wide It would be hard to say how many: men, women and child- minute all “over — Canada are fishing. Would it be. hundreds of thousands? It certainly is tens of thous- ‘ands; for even if you are ‘read- ing this in “ped in. the middle . of Sune night, anywhere in this broad realm, it. is still merely * teilight in the westermost, and already the break. of’ dawn. in "the eastermost reaches of Can- ada. And those are the two witching hours .Guring’ which fishing ‘is best saamw ‘the number” right in either Vancou- “foundland’s -S$al-@ mon’ rivers? or No: Bee ‘va Scotia’s trout streams in the dawn, is. countable: in. the thousands. “What a ‘wonderful expansion ~ , The Packsack of Gregory, Clark “in the sport of fishing there has. been in this country in. the’ past twenty. ‘to. thirty. years. Today, it is for everybody and. anybody. But as far back: -as _ fifty years ago, the really priv- ileged class of anglers were the country dwellers, the far~ mers .and villagers. who lived ' within reasonable buggy. ride . of stream: and, lake. Next’! to! them were the well-to-do who, -eculd. afford the time, rather: than.the money, to take a, ‘train. into the country, and “then be met at the railroad! . station: by horse and. buggy to, _ be: driven to. the: fishing. “In-I deed, in 1900 there was a fair= oly large, section of the respect-. able. : ‘community that -- looked? upon fishing as an idle and, wasteful activity, “Were conducted as a mere in-, cident of a two week holiday aty coe ina summer. resort. ae a unless. it EDITORS NOTE—Signed articles and, editorials -eredited) to other newspapers do not necessarily | re- “fFlect the vie ws of The Ds: ally. News. * Defence Minister ° ‘Pearkes’ - ‘qnnouncement ‘that his department. is. studying the possibility ; all the’ money going, !f only one-fifth is for -equipmont? ‘This year's budget is almost $100 ‘of manpower cuts In the armed: services and ‘ckviltan ‘staffs to provide more’ funds: for weapons and equipment, raises an. interosting million lower than last year’s, Some 1,500 civil- - - fan employees have been dropped from defence . payrolls; But about 49,500 are left, What can . \ . ‘question, « How much of this: yoar's : defence’: bill: of they possibly be doing? That's one for every » two men jin. the armed forces.. “almost $1,000 million jis for equipment and "how much to maintain the military. establish ment that operates it? Gird yourself for a These are questions that gain in torce. ‘shock, Less. than. ono-fifth—$200 ‘million--{s and urgency overy time General Pearkes dis- wor equipment, ‘The rest—$1, 207 Amiiion is: for -cusseg dofence costs, An explicit explanation yunning it. = for the continuing high level of this bill Is. F Canadians are: entitled to ‘ole for “some long overdue. . —The Vancouver Province. INTERPRETING THE NEWS i : _ OAS too: concerned with Communism / ‘ oto: By KEN SMITH | myo : we Canadian’ Press ‘Staff Writer oe A possible rebuff for the U.S, ‘however, could - a —_ aoa i" “filtrate the Western “«Homlaphere’ ‘hos overs: be seen jn Chile's sharp warnings againat any : i ae ‘“phadowed the other important questions facing country trying to make’ Latin Amorica‘a pawn 7 _ ythe Organization of’ American. States at ita: “nl the cold war, re Concern over the Communist, bid to in. 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