a iu ! eer meh arty at-Kelowna August 1, J. R. AYRES editor: PRINCE RUPERT. DAILY NEWS An independent newspaper devoted ‘to ‘the upbullding ” of Prince Rupert and,Northern ‘and Central British Columbia. wo A member of The Canadian Press—Audit Bureau ‘of : Clreulation—-Canadian Dally Newspaper Publishers Association Published by The: Prince Rupert Dally News Limited JOHN FF. MAGOR . ” a President — Qa, P. WOODSIDE General Manager Authorized as ‘second “clans maf ‘by ‘the Post Office ‘Department. ‘Ottawe MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1959 Algoma Park is over, at least we hope it’s-ended, the ‘matter | tiorss mainly the Parks Commission andthe District 52 school board. Major bbjeét lesson of the controversy, Spaiked when the Football association Youd time growing near for the start Sean! of its: ‘season and no field to play on, is hagagreements to have ‘things done . shonid. be in writing. J) Py ue, in the end everyone got Loget ther and:co-operated.and while the soccer field wasn’t ‘all that it should have been, it was good enough to stage - the first game of the season. Back in September ‘City : W orks Superintendent C. J. Gustafson and School Board chairman. W. J. Septt- were named a committee ‘to see that'the grounds were left. in their original state after completion . of the new senior high school by Blakéburn Construction. Ltd. That arrangement tlidn’ t stipulate that the grounds ‘had ye.in good condition ‘before the 1 was completed. Therefore if arks ‘Commission knew :that the construction material and ‘equipment encroached: -on the soccer field and that the, soccer opening was drawing ‘near, ‘earlier action to expedite. matters shoitid have been taken. 1 As City. ‘Council pointed _ out the should | serve as a warning to several organiza- Parks Commission doing best it can. Now that the football hassle about Parks Commission has sole jur “isdic- tion over the city parks and could have | been in closer touch with the -construc- tion firmiabout having the field clear- ed:at ian earlier date. 7 ‘That parks commissioners ‘had problems there is no- doubt ‘but ‘the fact that they did doesn*t ‘mean ‘that ‘they have to be subjected to abuse and con- demnation because ‘they failed in ‘one respect. The Parks‘Commission:is not a ‘body elected by the people: as wag'the old Parks Board. appointed to do a job and ‘they do iit ‘to the ‘best of ‘their :ability ona lintited budget. They don’t’ have to take in- sults .and ‘there is no reason why ‘they | ‘There are clear ‘and normal. channels through which sports or- should. ganizations can go and if the Parks ‘Commission can do a. job it will do it, if it has the money ‘and ‘the time. ‘On the whole, the Parks Commission is do- ing a good job for the city and the residents should be grateful. However, for July 1, a Powell River team is coming here for an exhibition game. It would be pleasing if the visit- ors chad a first-class field to play on when they arrive. Residents of this city are always ‘howling about the bad publicity the city receives from the south. A poor-soccer field for a visit- ing team will not help the city’s cause . very much. VICTORIA REPORT By Jamies K ‘Nesbitt | VICTORIA—The more: “his. attack him for his”. plans at the Social Credit seventh: ‘birthday. ‘the “happier be- comes Premier Bennett. ‘ as Political controversy . spice of life, the spark that makés every .day exciting for him, and so he’s happy “indeed when he hears that: Liberals and :CCF’ers ‘are’ in a political fury with him because - -he’s. tak- ing public business into the realm of politics— and that’s just what he’s doing, all right. CCF chieftain Robert Strachan calls. the Premier’s bond-burning «a delusion, a ‘show, a hoax, and a cheap political fraud.” New Liberal leader Ray Perreault:sees the ‘Premier's bond-burning as a sham, and says a sham ‘it will remain as long. as there are poor and underprivileged people in the province. ‘Such ‘criticism worries the Premier not ‘a whit. He thrives on it, encourages it. ‘When- ever Messrs, Strachan and Perrault ‘falk, they give him an opportunity ‘to. make. another speech, and the Premier, Nke any ‘good :pol- itigian, dearly loves speech-making, as Jong as he’s the one doing it. He’s pretty good at it, Loo, political ‘eneimics coe “burning-the-mortgage’’. .. “well, ‘as “has been ‘said: in? ‘this column before, such cdntroversy ‘is -g00d, . ‘because it creates an. ‘tmterest in public affairs. ‘It’s up to each one of us'‘to study what all the opposing ‘pol- : ce iticians say, ‘and ‘try and make some sense out is, to him, the very ~ of.the jumble, at least 'to-our own/satisfaction. ‘However, it must -be -admitted it’s ipretty ‘difficult for anyone to make sense out of this high-falutin’ ‘argument that’s now going on about high finance... The average person, strug- gling to make ends meet, of keeping up with the Jones’, and budgeting for his car and TV and.garburetor, doesn’t know what the -politic- jans are ‘talking ‘about, and really doesn’t care. The. great Socred birthday party nears, and ‘for the next:six weeks the fireworks preceding it will ‘be as good, or as bad, as-an election ~ campaign. The Premier will be loving every minute of it, and on the Kelowna stage, ‘with ‘bonfires ‘roar- jing round ‘about, and bands blaring and all good ‘Social Creditors cheering him, and bonds going up in smoke, he’ll be the star, and such fanfare, he naturally ‘hopes, will stand him and his Socreds in good stead when the next election comes, It is:a group ‘of men - INTERPRETING THE NEWS Prospects for summit become darker, darker By JOSEPH MacSWEEN Canadian Press Staff Writer The general fecling appears to be that the Geneva talk marathon of foreign ministers is running out without any important -agree- nent, but that East-West negotiations will re- main active. Prospects for na summt meeting become durker day by day-—they were never exactly bright. Even Premier Khruschev seems'to have turned away from the Idea he ‘has so long preached, Khrusehev discounted the value of ‘the for- ign ministers’ conference from the ‘beginning, calling instead for the summit, It now appears he is getting set to blame the West for fhe waive to reach the heights. He said week: “Different statesmen declare: ‘Tf the ‘Boviet Union does not accept the conditions ‘of ‘the Western powers ,.. then there will ‘be tno summit meeting,’ World opinion ‘will ‘see ‘who hears the yreasponsibility for that.” V's VIEW President Eisenhower ‘said | flatly: two weaks ayo that Goneva had ‘not produced anything sulflejont to justify ‘the aummit, Sinee ‘thon, i new proposal for Berlin ‘has ‘bean ‘termeil iinolly unantisfactory" by ‘the Weatern mine te Cys Some Westorm lendors ‘fear that continuing tedious talks on a high Jevdl could have .an cvoding effect on the confidence of West Bor- ners, who worry that concessionseven minor oncr-—-In nepotintion would harm tholr ‘poal- on, The Western ministers may: wonkon ‘the protection of exposed West Berlin -or inadvare tently open the door to ‘gradual Communitat infiltration, the Berlln ‘folk fear, Tha longer the conference goes on without ‘reaults, thu preater the uncertainties and tonnongJt-crentys, Despite all these difficulties, Western dip- lomats hope to bring the Russians to manning- ‘ful doclsions dn certain fields, They point, for Instance, to the second ‘Genevn conference-- the one Jn Which the United States, Britain nnd Russe are trying to reach agreement on the contro) of nuelear wenpona tonta, , Inat. . This conference reconvened Monday after o four-week recess, and a total of nearly 100 ‘meetings have been held, The Western rep- yesentatives have been striving to mect ‘Russia's suspicions on inspection ‘proposals, and some: progress ‘has heen made, ‘One ‘hopeful ‘aspect is that Russia may be anxious'to restrict membership in ‘the so-called nuclear club, something that cannot be done without effective controls and a measure of East-West trust. Yrance ‘has ‘been driving ahead with nuclear ‘plans and Russia may be no-happler over specu- lation ‘that one day ‘Communist China will also own “the 'homb,"” cataneeemee i e lle ° Unfair. licencing It seams modt unfalr to fIne n resident for having fishing tackle in his ‘poakaxsion without i Heence when a commercial Msherman can get his yearly harvest ‘from ‘the sea for © nominal HNeence fee of $1. The -reaidont mnglar'a ieeyee Is $2, This difference has been the subject of complaint of ceytnuin chanibor of commerce ‘memhars -for ‘somo ‘years. The Axsoclated Chambara of Com- ‘morce of Vil, through ‘Ite ‘fishorlos committer, nas‘argued that the commercial cance shoutel bo ‘nt Janat $25 sf 'the commorcinl industry is ‘going ‘to ‘ha ‘regulated praporly. —Cowlehan Lendar, ene More opportunity A young couple In love chose a railway sta- tion as the plnce they could kiss. each. other 'the moat without attracting attention. Evary time-a train was due to loave they rushedl ‘to the platform and began kissing each other ax ifcono-of them was Joaving. After thoy'e done this ax tints, ‘a aympmthatic redenp sniet, fo thom: “Why-don't you fo across the atreet to thn bua dopot. There's a hus lonvingg every twa minutes?" Pe en an nee tee we we om e — 1959 TIME and PLACE..: By: SPERRY ‘DUTCH CLINE ‘Skeena River Pionccrs When I first arrived at, Hazelton in the early years ‘of the province, : White ‘women ‘were “vory fow and I could -have. ‘counted them‘on my fingers and :prob- ‘ably would -have -had:a ‘finger or two left. .I-‘may ‘later rdfer to some of,them ‘but today it ds the men ‘that -I wish ‘to. ‘tell Of. ‘These -were men who. ‘had taken a very active ipartiin the '- development:of ‘the ‘west.'Some had passed the ‘plains ‘to ‘Call- fornia in ’49. others ‘who :de- fied the Fraser ‘in :the “‘60s:and 60s to open up ‘the -Cariboo ‘country. Some ‘had ‘been :em- ‘ployed ‘in ‘the :construction of ‘the ‘Round ‘the ‘World ‘éle- ‘graph ‘Line and ‘remained in ‘the country -after ‘that :enter- ‘prise had been ‘abandoned. There were men who ‘in ‘the 0s ‘and -80s ‘had »mined ‘in. ‘the ‘Omineca and -Cassiar -districts. “Phese men ‘were .at ‘that ‘time _ considered ‘the old ‘timers.. There was:.a newer :genera- tion, -men -who ‘had ‘built tthe Wukon Telegraph ‘Line ‘during the ‘Klondyke gold rush cand who ‘had remained to ‘main- ‘tain .and operate it. “There were men who had ‘been lured into the country’ by the advo- cates of the Poor Man’s Route into ‘the Yukon but who ‘for some -good reason had -not reached the ‘Yukon but had -remained in the country con- ‘tiguous to Hazelton and who had become the first perman- ‘ent settlers on. the rich agri- cultural land ‘thereabouts. Men in nowise inferior to the older generation. but of a newer era. There was a- -sprinkling | of men, mostly from “the ‘west- ern states, who had come ‘for no other reason than to ‘keep ahead of civilization and, were making their last stand inthis country. There were a goodly num- ber of Chinese, ‘many of whom had been brought to Canada ‘during the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway. After -the road was completed they had taken to rewashing ‘the gravel from the’earlier dig- pings in the Cariboo. and Omineca. When this had-play- ‘ed ‘out they had ‘settled in ‘Hazelton and had ‘become an. important and useful: part ot the community. Cg ee There ‘were. the traders, ‘tive in‘ number,”*'two of ‘whom, had spent a lifetime in the. service ‘of the Hudson’s Bay ‘Com- pany and other companies: and. two younger who had served - ‘their. apprenticeships with the companies before launching into trade for them- selves. The other was a native ' Indian, All were men of ster- ling integrity whose motto through life was ‘Pro Pelle Cutem.’ Outstanding among these pioneers were two missionaries One, grown old in the service, was a man whom any one ‘the old timers ‘during. ‘dead: “Men, ‘known and ‘ or drowned in s of this century T met and later became very well. acquainted with all the: residents.of ‘that por tion was better off for just know- ing. The:other a young medi- ‘al missionary who later be- came a ‘pillar of strength ‘to the ‘whdle -country and alsoigave his life in the -coun- try’s ‘service. After the two gencrations of which T have spoken, civiliza- tion crept in. During.and after construction of the transcon- tinental railway'a great iinflux of papulation occurred. ‘Many who first ‘came ‘during ‘that period ‘still remain antl while I was not as closely associated . with them as I was with the older ones there are many‘that I ‘can‘recall‘who-have taken an important part in the develop- ment of the -country from Prince ‘Rupert ‘'to . Prince George. Then:of- ‘course there was the large Indian ,population among whom I ‘numbered some-of !my- -best friends and whese com- pany and comradeship I learned ‘to enjoy. ‘There were aiso,-among ‘this throng, some who were not of the same calibre as the above but.all were interesting and most of them had a story that could be told about them, and this is what I hope to do in the future. I lived and worked with these people for 26 years. Dur- ing my l@st 14 years with them I was a provincial constable. That was a period. during which @ constable was really in touch with the population. There were no welfare branches of the government at that ‘time and looking after people who were in trouble or in need. was a large .part of 2 constable’s duty, ‘especially so in'a district that at oye time was comprised of an area equal to one eighth of the pro- vince. I helped care for many of their last days. I- brought many sick to the hospital by dog team, pack horse and canoe. I also brought numbers of dead into town for inquests and burial. On one occasion it was a tele- graph operator from the -sev-~- enth cabin, 170 miles north of Hazelton, ‘where he was: found “uan- - known, found. dead.on. trails rivers were brought ‘in and all received Christian burial through the kindness of the people of Hazelton. - ‘On occasions. when .circum- stances were such that bodies could’ not be transported I bur- sed several where found and in such cases read the funeral service myself, I.am not endeavoring ‘to justify ‘my existence while in Hazelton, bul simply trying to illustrate how closely I was in touch ‘with. the people about whom I will try to tell in the future, In tune with the age From The Montreal Gazette The appearance of a supple- ment. to Chambers’ English Dictionary is always something of an event. Chambers’—pub- lished only in Britain—is of an age with the century. It wellds ‘an austere authority, and its successive supplements have hecome a kind of barometer iIn- dicative of change in the lin- gulstic weather. The latest such supplement furnishes a look at some. of the things that have been happen- Ing to the Janguage in the Jast 10 years. An age-of upheaval is always reflected in a marked expansion of the vocabulary, and the present ts no excep~ tion. The accents of modern youth are heard In a_ formidnhble variety of expressions such .as “bebop”, “Jive”, “cha-cha", "hep", and “sweater girl.” Like- wise Invested with recognition are those terms, Increasingly. familiar in contemporary life, “stereophonic” and “expresso.” It is odd to recall that not sa long ago “bikini was simply an atoll, and “sputnik” stilla stay-at-home in its Muscovite habitat, Yet there they are, ‘both of them, installed tn Chambers’--and in the com- pany of “boon-dogegle”’, whose definition, incidentally, runs to fifteen words. It is possible to feel misgiv- Ings about certain of these ad- ditions to our “word-hoard:" rr € 9 OF PH Hv UV who ~ TT eS ' NEW BATHING CAP?—Swim star Esther Williams finds that the “eap” worn by the. RCAF's ‘Golden -Hawks aerobatic team for their performances would hardly be suitable -for’ her, as ‘she tries on one of the jet helmets at RCAF Station Uplands, near Ottawa. In the capital for a-day, Miss Williams paid an impromptu visit to the Hawks after landing at. Uplands — airport. Squadron Leader Fern Villeneuve of Ottawa, helps ‘her with ‘the ‘“fitting:” al a a ee ee 1 ”- * Fe eC ee endl right, ‘called Raising’school standards From The Vancouver Province Should the matriculation pass mark be 50 or 58? Edu- cators seem agreed that a.stif- fening:of standards somewhere is needed; but not all agree as to where it should be. — There is the group which favors ‘raising the.pass mark to 58. That would have the ad- vantage of weeding out, before they ‘reach’ university, the stu- dents who are unlikely.to sur- vive the first year anyway. It would save both their parents ‘and the taxpayer the cost ‘of a ‘worthless “year.. But: there are ‘disadvantages. Some of ‘the ‘students, late ‘bloomers, . would have .picked up in university and gohe ‘on ‘to: become suc- cessful and useful citizens. And some come from outlying areas of the. province quate instruction was not av- ajlable. They -would be -failed, not because of a lack of. inte!- luctual capacity. of application, but because they were improp- erly taught. And with the ‘higher standards of instruc- tion ‘at the university they might succeed. Mrs.» W. V. McDonald, past. president of ‘the "B'C. Parent Teacher Federation, took an- other approach. , ‘Leave the pass mark at 50, she said; and stiffen the stand- ards at the elementary school, level, This suggestion re commends Itself; Many a parent has been disturbed by his child's appar- ent lack of a sdiid basic for learning, Junior may be able to spell four-syllable words with accuracy, and yet be un- able to differentiate between there, thelr and they're, He may bea whiz at trigonometry, but still doing simple arithme- yet, before giving way to a ooo shudder, one might reflect ‘upon ‘the faciiity with which, for more than a thousand years, English has been absorb- ‘Ing Hnguistic invasions and subduing them to Its own pur- poses, It will hardly be other- wise in our day. Chambers', moreover, is nt ‘our elbow with the not unren- sonable reminder, “We muat ‘keap-up with the times,” NINE YEARS : yh MEL DIVING OCOBRTS mounted 'b nema | 1958 J HY | . eae ZZ YY. twoeflftha ‘of a'point in April to | 1959 TAPRIL 1 Te) 169) 125.0, ‘following a flve month ‘decline, The ‘shaded aren of “tire raph shows fluctuations since {iio base your of 1040—ecpuid lang 100, The single Hne ‘shows ‘the ‘pattern of ‘chines ‘for average wares and salaries, This index stood at 160.1 at April 1, the lant date for whieh figures are available, —CP newamap, ' PON PRES HOME DELIVERY PHOND .$0-- where .ade-. tic on his fingérs. If our educational standards are lower than we like it is a fairly safe bet that the place to begin improving ‘them Is at the beginning. Life taken for granted There is so much ‘in life that is exciting but which we take, for granted. We are inclined “to accept things as of no-in- terest and without curiosity, | rather as a cow views.a passing train. 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