hoe “ee . . re ere 8 ve Te men ym SP ah 7 poor hope ‘J. R, AYRES Editor FT eo “THURSDAY, APPOINTMENT of J ames White of ~ Terrace as musical cO- -ordinator for Sehool District 52 will be a boon to the -_¢ultural life’ of local ‘high. school stu- dents. The local school trustees are to he congratulated in obtaining such 4 man. Music, whether instrumental] or choral, isa valuable part of edugation offerings: that has been lacking for sometime, We. realize that many of dur. present teaching staff have been trying, to give Disty ict’ 52 students:a grounding in music but. with their other obligations it has been difficult and no great continuity has been pos- sible.” | wil be. ‘headed up by a professional . ° For two years in succession Colonist writers “have been. finding their way into regional, and : this yéar national, awards given for distinctive "effort in journalism. In 1958 Mr. Ormond Mar- iy Yrion’s fine. series of articles ‘on education in: _British.,; Columbia began it by capturing first place in, the Powell ‘River Company's nitial open composition in the Pacific. area, Yesterday. Mr, G: E.,Mortimore won his third:award this 4 sensitive description of B.C. Indian en-under the title of “The Strangers.” ist is. pleased at this recognition: of onthe part of two popular staff. members r rk that was significant. ‘In March this:year “The “Strangers” took st prize in the National Newspaper Awards competition, open to all newspaper : ‘writers in Ganada. The award, which carried with it $400, was for distinctive featuse writing. ‘A. few. weeks ne later Mr. Mortimore’s series of: articles: won © first place. in the Powell River Company’s $500. award ‘for journalism in open competition with Bi iC. newspaper. ‘Staffs. place in the’ Bowater. ‘Paper Corporation’s. open mo competition: in the division of social, political anid cultural . expfession. The’ award “carries . In Toronto recently the International Read- ing Association wrestled with the question why Many children can’t read after several years of: exposure to education. Part of the answer is’ easy. A generation ago, boys and girls of five or six who could read fluently were not at all uncommon. Denied ‘the benefits of modern pedagogy, these children had been taught by their moth- ‘. ers that there are 26 letters, beginning with A, _. Brand ending with Y, Z; and that these letters, standing for sounds, combine to make works like ‘C-A-T .and D-O-G, It’s surprising how quickly: ‘a’ bright or even average infant will grasp the idea, But one of today’s systems calls on the child to “recognize” words “as a whole” with- out paying attention to component parts. He jis supposed to learn “horse,” for example, 1910 = “PRINCE. RUPERT E DAILY NEWS An independent: newspaper devoted to the upbuilding a of Prince Rupert and Northern and Central British Columbia. ° ._ A’ member of The Canadian Press—Audit Bureau of oe -Clireulation—Canadian Daily Newspaper Publishers Association me Published by The Prince Rupert Daily News Limited » . Lot ce che JOHN | F.. MAGOR... wey Spy a resident and gives an ‘aspect to our educational. Now, our schools’ musical} ‘program. tee een MT G. P, "WOODSIDE General Manager sB}D> Authorized as. second ‘class mafl by the Post Office Demartment. Ottawa : JUNE 4, 1959 pe _Appsinimet music to. school district’s ears who ean outline a ‘program for | the : schools and follow it through. There- are many students who will welcome - . the filling.of this gap in the curriculum and it will provide an outlet for those. with musical] talent. We can look forward to the forma tion of choruses, ‘bands and orchestras, which ‘as in the past can take part or accompany student actors and singers in musieals and light operas. If Pre- mier ‘Berinett will keep his promise of , Several years ago and see that the De- | partment of Education provides school- orchestras or bands with instruments, - then, with a competent co-ordinator in- charge. the musical future of School District. 52- ldoks bright indeed. Awards to journalism with it a handsomely. engraved silver tray. So “The Strangérs” made its mark on both coasts. and nationally throughout Canada... As @ rule. newspaper men and women do “not expect. awards in their daily writing. :-Emer- - son said * the reward fora thing well done.is to have™ done it, and that will always be ‘true. Nevertheless. it is encouraging to those who spend ‘their. lives in an exacting calling whea © good - work. ‘beyond the ordinary tour of; duty comes’ in for public. recognition. The’ Colonist is proud © of: its .prize winners,’ who this year and last have. been setting a -fast pace.. Fundamentally — ‘feature writing on every newspaper. has a serious purpose. In the case of Mr. Marrion’s series las tyear it was to draw attention to. some of the actual prob- lems: in public. education; and we were pleased when ° the’: provincial government appointed a. royal” commission to make a special study 6f the: subject. A plea for better understanding . of. native Indians in Canada by all those who : Yesterday the. third ~ os award came. to - ‘our. columnist’s series: “second come into contact with them was the serious _ purpose., behind Mr. -Mortimore’s -articles;: and. one is. ‘hopeful that good of a practical . nature will stem. from thsi objective. ‘presentation. of their case. hoot —The Victoria Colonist. Progress—it’ S wonderful without knowing or observing that the word consists’ of" h, o and other letters. ~~ m No wonder there are many children who can't learn to. read by this hare-brained meth- od. It’s identical with the classical Chinese system—a separate picture for every word in the language—that kept the Chinese more than 90% illiterate for millenniums. ' Yet most parents are:in a state of abject and idiotic funk when it comes to dealing with the pedagogues on this question. In a syndicated advice. column in a daily paper recently there was @ letter from a mother who was alarmed because her four-year-old | boy had discov- ered the alphabet and the art of reading on his own. Believing he would damage his brain if he didn't learn at school in the orthodox manner, she wanted to know how to cut his self-education short. Progress—it's wonderful, ~The Financial Post. ~ 99) TIME and | . Royal. and a small’ » and other grain foods ete.. INTERPRETING THE NEWS a - Life in Latin’ America ‘continuous revolution By JOSEPH MaeSWEEN _Oanadian Press Staff Writer Acts of: violence in Nicaragua,. Paraguay, Argentina and Peru are manifestations of a continuing revolution in Latin America, a con- tinent of nearly 200,000,000 people, Political and social change plus grinding economic problems are the roots: of unrest below the Rio Grande. And the success of Fide] Castro’s revolution in Cuba has had a tonie effect in. the few countries where dictators romain, . Instability ‘isn't surprising when It's re- membered that Latin America {ts formed of 20: republics less than 160 yenrs old, economic- ully under-developed, with a pppulntion CX plosion and at various stages of a winning Ktruggle for democracy, Tho situation Is seen as made to order for Communist Infijtration, - Currently, the most spectacular events are taking place in Nicaragua, where President Luls Somozn has heen challenged by an actual "df small—invasion by irreguiny. forces from nuighboring Costa, Rica, a centre for antly authoritarian elements since overthrowing Ita djotator in 1948, Bomozn inhorited a dictatoria} regime from his father, Gen, Anastasio Bomoza, Hapnasltye | ated In 10686. Six other Latin American dictators have beon overthrown in the Jaat five ‘youra, Politicn) affairs came to a boll. dt the ba- ginning of this year when Cubn's dictator Fulgencilo Batata yan from Caatro, Then, In. February, Romulo Betancourt took office cs president of Venezueln, whose . Ajetator Aad heen thrown out carier, Castro and Retangourt hejd: publicized meeting in Caracas and soa. after Tala Somozn bacame convinced that fila nd- ministration waa marked for pvorthrow by to to-cnlod Caypcna*grpup, He was then ony brovied jn 9 qharrel “with nelighhoring Hare dyras and his realme waa under } altacks. by poworful Carnens radio atgt) ai. Parhmuay'a’ ambattled prosidént, Gen, frado AlLroeasnor, rosonts bolng enied a Hictnior, but his republic has never had anything olae + \\ © muehe | prepaRnne h a ' dofonted Bolaunde by more than 10 but dictators since it was formed fn 1811, Most of the 1,500,000 inhabitants of land- locked Parnguay live on a hare subsistence Jevel in an agrarian economy. Average per capita Income has been estimated at less than $120, The people have lived under a technical sipte of selge—modified martial law—since elvil violence in 1047, except for a 30-day period that ended last Saturday, 8nce then the dictator, whose army Js tough if W-equipped, fas jailed scores of lenders of his own Colorado Party pnd moved cavalry troops into the capital, Asunction, to keep order. Thousands of Paraguayan exiles’ live just across the Argentine border, hoping soma - day to Invade thelr homeland, Argéntina, meanwhile, has itself heen the scene of riots and wholesale arrests resulting from a atrike of bank ‘employees, The gov ernment of President Arturo Frondizi has heen trying to enforce an austerity campaign and repair the economia chaos that: followed ih exile of former dictator Junn Peron In \ A new wave af Infintion—the cost of living has gone up 40 yer cent since Inst December— 48 plaguing Frondiai's program while Inbor unions, some under Peronist and Communfat inflvenco, nye damanding Inerensed wages. Tho government of Peru, also fnelng serious cconomle troubles, js fighting a major chal- © longe from the anpesition Ponylar Action Party and its Jender, Vornanda Belnaunde Terry, de- fonted “enndidnte, Jy the last prealdential olec- tons, A bank abrike waa the spark for an open ie) rom ng well as Argentina, resyltjng welt tho arreat of int the on. tire high commnnd of the onpor lion party md suspension pf sone conatl utlonal unt Nveea, Tn tho 1086 elections Prosident Mapa Prada but Belaundo still asserts that he loat beenusa of fraud, 000 voles, : PLACE By Mrs. E, M. Whitlow -af Usk,’ EARLY DAYS AT KITSELAS Inthe year 1903, Kitselas, at the mouth of Kitselas Ganyon, _ on the south bank of the Skee- . na River, was a 10-acre block of land leased by the Hudson's Bay Cotnpany.. from’ the ‘Fed- era)’ Indian Affairs | Depart- ment which was in the middje -Of a two-mile’ ‘square indian reservation, This’ reservation covers both sides of. the river from a point at the head of” the canyon to' approximately - onq mile below to the, moth ‘ of Gold Creek. ‘The block. of land, although’ : a Hudson’s: Bay. Post, had ino | buildings nor carried on any - business with the exception: of having. a landing for the com- pany sternwheeler the. Mount freight- shed there which was also’used by the steamer ‘Hazelton. A water gauge was also situated at- this. George - Cunningham site as it was important for’ the ' captains and. pilots to. know the stage of water in the. can . yon: arid. along: the: river. '- Another large deserted ware- 7 house stood nearby - on’ ‘the bank which: had ‘belonged. to - the Singlehurst. Mining’ Co. This company, around the last of the 19th century, had- been. developing a ‘property on the mountain of the same name to which” place they had a fine trail over Bornite Mountain. to their mine. A beautiful, rather. large, long- haired black and white dog, said to have been, a: Klon: dyke or northern dog named - Wanner, left behind by. some one of the mining company, habitually lay or sat outside this building and = generally | ‘Spent the nights telling: the moon his story of: loneliness and desertion.-As he was the ‘ lone dog insthe place he man- | aged to surviye by the scraps fed to him by the few resi- dents but he never took. to:a new master after His old: one left. ~ The only residents. in Kitsel- as in 1903 were Hank Boss and Charles Durham. who were employed as operator and line- man by the Dominion Govern- .. ment Telegraphs which hada. station here, the building con- ': sisting of two bedrooms ‘and a larger combined kitchen-living © telegraph equipment’ installed in there. Their ‘food was sup- “plied by -the. government ‘in one large consignment during the steamboat season, suffi- cient to last them through the winter and unfil ‘the boats were running again the fol- lowing summer. It was mostly stored in the attic. Ham and bacon, those days, with the ex- ception of- a’ bit of mould ‘which would come on the out- side sometimes and ‘could be wiped or scraped off, ‘kept marvellously well; canned cornbeef and sausage “and powdered or crumbled = dried eggs were the main protein food. In vegetables they ‘had dried potatoes and onions ‘to take the place of the fresh, and plenty of other keepable dried vegetables and fruits, some canned fruits and veget- ables as were then available to the amount they thought to order. These orders were sup- plied by Kelly, Douglas & Co., of whom Bob Kelly was secre- tary-treasurer of the Liberal Association in Vancouver dur- ing the time of the Laurier regime, At the head of the canyon was the remains of the desert- ed old Indiarf village with one quite modern (at that time) house standing in which dwelt "Kitselas” George Els who was chief of the tribe—al- though the tribe now all Nved at “Newtown” on another res- ervation about four miles fur- ther down the river. There were several very large, totem poles standing here at this time and opposite on ‘one of the Islands several more, and also the remains of the Indian Jodge houses. An old cernetery which the railroad had some difficulty In negotl- ating was on the other side of the river. Kitselas George wns an old man but had a young wife who js ati! living, and three ama}) children ranging fram papoose jin cradle to ~-gbout three or four years old, During the winter of 1901 or 1002, Olalie Johnson and Char- We (not of Kitimat) Carlson Nving in the prospectors enbjn were haying a desperate time, Thoy had been “broke” the summey hefore, or had failed to lay Jn auppH on to Inst over the winter, They ran out of food, Carlson, the most enor getic of the two, 8 ee timp trapping for aquirre ren bls or whatover g epme he could ot, and tried tubing through he rivor jae, But hia luck wag very poor although he djd mangge " to trap one Ist (atime tn John- fon spent id time In bed aub- (Continued on on prad 7) Ree TIME and PLACK .*. room. Mr. Bossused* his’ bed=.. . room for office and. had. his... _ south ’ with a protective tariff wall ; which. it is almost everywhere OCCUPATION: FISHING—May Fawcett: along the favorite fishing spots of the Capilano ‘Canyon of North. Vancouver. A native of Calgary who started: fishing. to | break the monotony of teaching, Miss Fawcett now arranges “her schedule to. work in as much ‘fishing as. possible. She ' advises women to take up the sport - for the exercise’ involved. ” iene photo. Cosis big threat " » arom ‘The agin ‘Journal ot Our high cost North Amer- tstically, even complacently, ~ dean. economy is not only about the new industries that threatening our position in are going to mushroom around forelgn markets, It. is imperil- the St, Lawrence Seaway. What . Ing: our position in our home. thought are we giving to mar- market as ‘well. We talk optim - '” kets Cor such Industries? STAT: beware ma etme at aes ate meee cenm soa ge APM maa Oe avin eee epemt ree ae cing atm nae pee ca + el entat eeteeete met ae One up and Youll bea. Rooster Booster) - WAKE UP! PERK UP!. ‘ Start everyday right with -a-cup of Brand New - ~ Malkin’s Rooster Blend Coffee. “ “PICK UP A PACK . . . of . ROOSTER Blend Coffee in the new FLAY- O-TAINER, designed to keep ROOSTER | fresher.” is vg familiar: sight ?On two or three occasions during recent months, The Journal has called attention to the mounting number of coun- tries making a bid for the tour- ist ‘dollar.’ _Lands which for centuries never seemed to care whether or: not a stranger set foot with- in their gates are now indulg- ing in widespread advertising, inviting all the world to ,visit them and view their wonders and attractions. “In not a few instances these | bids for the tourist trade have. - been highly successful. We learn from the United Nations “Review that tourist travel is expanding . both in Europe and “ASial” ‘Figures comparing 1957, : tourist traffic with that of 1956 » show. that: in the year, Ireland : enjoyed a 61 per cent increase ! in its visitors; Poland 49 per cent; Japan 21. per cent; In- dia, (17 per cent and _ the U.S.S.R. 14 per cent. Most ‘sensational of all was Yugo- slavia which entertained five i i times as many visitors in 1957 as in the previous year. "Canadians seem to spend more money in foreign coun- ‘tries. (including the United . States) than visitors spend in Canada and the immediate ob- jective of associations and in- _. Unfavorable balance From La Presse, of Montreal Good heighborliness between the United States and Canada sometimes shows itself in a strange fashion. In the field of trade exchanges, for ex- ample, it is not astonishing that the balance of accounts should be so unfavorable to us. For our good friends to the surround = themselves ‘ difficult to surmount, except old - ‘ele ' for those Canadian «products of ‘which the Americans have absolute need, and It is a wall which {fs in many cases virtual- ty Imporsible to gel. over. ‘What should be done? Should reprisals he made, set- ting as high a duty on U.S. pro- ducts as the Americans put on ours?’ Such a solution is per- haps’somewhat too obvious and probably too radicnl , Cus- toms ‘reprisals, especially if pushed to axcess, are not of a naure to favor trade, “Fore meme eter tne nares Pioneers needed Fram’ The Calgary Albertan ‘kh. ploneoring broad of men js needed to open up Canadn's north. Until) now all the em- phasts ag been placed on the yoKBIDIe comforts of northern ife--good homes, transpartna- ‘tion, aven TV. The ploncoring typg ef Canndian who Is scok~ jg adventure and opportunity jg obviously looking for athor flolds to conquer. Maybe the romnités of the narth has boon too: muah underplayed, PeremAPnenren emery tame ran aS eRTEe op sm do * Silly campaign From ", Wamildon Speetator There Ja nothing sillier than this. campaign against nude dymmies in store windows, Un- | alnd dummies are noslen that bua}ness Ja brisk, I's os though the’ proprietor has sold out his entire atock anid nuat rosart to undrersing his windows to mitiafy publle demand. Tourist dollar From The Ottawa Journal ~ dividuals behind the tourist — trade here should be to achieve | . a tourist-spending balance. _ i rn The Whslgn makes it clear you want. real pllener heer, Lahatt’s.ds brewed Nght to Canadian tnate from the authentie reelpe of the mnster brewers of Pilsen usthys the fIneat strain of fresh European pilsener yenst Ask for Labatt's todays © 1 ~—* fece home delivery: Phone 4032 2U2 Vile advertisement is nol published of displayed by tin'Viguor contra Board or by (he Governmont of British Goluinb la, ‘