® Ae ne Loi ee . 2 ‘ us 1 The ee i910 — PRINCE RUPERT DAILY NEWS — 1962 npn ee Tne ae ae oe STS AT a ‘ em TLL ‘Seaton An independent newspaper devoted to the upbullding of Prince Rupert and Northern and Central British Columbia, A member of the Canadian Press — Audit Canadian Daily Newspaper Publishers Bureau of Circulation Association Published by The Prince Rupert Dally News Limited JOHN F. MAGOR President mee » oday is March 2 and that leaves 21 "days before the Vancouver Sym- -hony orehestra arrives in town to coe whether Prince Rupert wants to hear the provinee’s finest collection of musicians. Onee again, the staging of ~ach a concert, like the first one three vears ago and the Canadian Opera Company’s visit last October, is a community effort. Three years ago, thanks to 24 or- vanizations who worked hard selling tickets over a three - month period, more than 1,100 persons were treated io a terrific two-hour concert. This year, due to concerts, drives, -pecial dances and balls, there hasn’t been an opportunity to launch an ex- tended ticket - selling campaign as ‘lieve was in 1959. It has to be a brief Lit concentrated effort-on the part of city groups who want to do the city, itp residents and themselves a favor. . As we've said before, the Prince Rupert Symphony committee, like the opera committee, doesn’t undertake these projects for notoriety or for gain? It means a lot of headaches, time and effort, but all these things are ¢ Yperation Freedom’ smacks of Joh By. F. R. VARELA ‘J. R, AYRES Managing Editor we eeRD Authorized as Second Class Mall by the Post,, OFflee Department, Ottqwa , FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1962 Bringing symphony here community project worth it if a large segment of the pop- ulation enjoy themselves, To us, it was wonderful, in March, 1959, to see the 1,140 people in the HMCS Chatham drill hall watching spell-bound as the travel - weary members of the sym- phony played an inspiring concert and to listen to the laughter.and applause for the sensational presentation of “Orpheus in The Underworld” last October, We hope that as many people, if not more, can see and hear the won- derful music presented by the Vancou- ver Symphony on its seeond visit here. But it is up to you, the organizations, associations and individuals to make sure the symphony’s visit here is a suecess, The Daily News can write about the symphony,-its. members, -its travels and its previous successes, un- til we are blue in the face. However, unless the symphony committee is given the wholehearted support of the town, all efforts are wasted. A com- mittee of four or five persons cannot do everything, so it is appealing to the public, because it believes it is doing something for the publié, A little help along the way would be appreciated. The Canadian Commentator ‘AL great expense and with appropriate pub- licity, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. re~ eefitiy. launched what it ealled Operation Freedom. of vIn the turgid words of the news release the two-fold purpose of the program is “to arouse ‘the order of a political whisper. Has the number of communist candidates in provineial or federal elections increased within | the past.10 years? | The answer can only be a categorical “no”. Communist influence in Canada is barely in There is in Wn tbr A as stmene o- n Birch tactics TIME AN I think it was in 1916. The provincial government ‘sent a couple of carpenters down ‘to. build a good sized. scow. at... Pacific station on the Skeena. — There was a.lot of prospecting. going on at that time” and some good copper . showings had been discovered back: in ‘the hills across the river. |: | The government: decided to provide a power ferry for. the - public’s convenience to re- place the row boat ferry now in use and operated by a Mr. Kyle. In due course I was. sent. down to:install a gas engine: in the scow and put her in. operation. While working. .on the job and staying: at the THE LOST MINE. siall nugget of a kind of dark silver ‘color. I asked him. if he would have this tested and let _ us‘know what it. was, which he -agreed to do. I -explained to him that where we ‘had been working our. gravel had been ‘full of this stuff, and if it was '_ worth anything we could go ; back and make a, fortune, there ‘was: such’ an abundance of it compared with the amount of pold. . . . . “On picking up our money at. the bank, the manager in- formed us that the foreign piece was platinum and hardly worth anything—so that dream faded. ; GAVE UP DIGGING PLACE | by Wisgr Oi 7 He ‘had given up the idea of ever making @ stake again, as he was ‘getting well along in yeats, but still thought: a lot abotit hig platinum mine. If anyone was i a chance. and. go into that country beyond the Liard and finance the ‘trip, he would go along: and: lead him. to it for an Interest inthe mine. The part of the slory that made it stand wp.was that Jim still had the little bottle of tricks he got from the chemist for testing for platinum: in his old grip. Harry’ McLean, 6ne-of the boys helping. build the ferry was a-real adventurous spirit, . had been all over. the McKen- na mood to take © Copyright: Canada Wide Distinctly I remember a styl- ‘ish old lady, a friend of my grandmother’s and arbiter ot all morals and’ manners for our social cirele, 7. U: saying with dis- oe taste: : ye “We is the kind of man wh o¢: smokes on thes cys street!” nani Smoking, in the 4. 24 opinion of a great many peopic 50% ie ‘ years ago, Was a vice. And like other vices, it should be prac- ticed in private. the smell of those chemicals B called perfumes, which. E many women douse themselves with nowadays.” ~ I knocked out my pipe for fear of getting into Lhe tivh: a INE gems: of thought. If we turn away from the poor, we are not ready to re- ceive the reward of Him who blesses the poor. —Mary Baker Eddy. + ' + This only is eharity, to do . . at. “well, my partner and I fi- -gie river country and_ one of “eat parlor Car all. all thatewe can. °, Canadians fromvapathy#and indifference into fact, Jdsk, Heed to ‘fear communism than there small hotel, 1 com Be °F “nally separated and ang gave ~the best woodsmen and: travel-- In .the buffet in car on at John Deorne wetien agiunst the growing threats of socialism — is to tear. the awakening monster that is right to the prospectors hanging up ever eoing back to the Liard lers I ever met, listened hard the train yen ay. I aeuanen © 8 oe uo oitonusm” and “to inform Canadians of wingisim.. . ‘ , ground the bar. The. propri- country as our claim that. we ‘to. old Jim's story, I ‘admit I only two of ner passenpers red It is well to give when ask: teed under the democratic form of = I! conimunist agents are working harder . C did too, but I had the anchor sides myself: a middle. ~ ABt i Ferteent and under the economic system of ' than ever, “their bosses in Moscow, or where- > ote eeanpetitive enterprise.” boa Cunada chock full of apathetic citizens pig radi da tk commendable effort to stir romplacent Canadian, baie fault of the program, however, is cetrow, arehuic outlook on such matters as mob awwebtare, to wit: “Canadians must bewara of leskine to the state to provide security Lo the extent that the individual loses initiative to provide for himself.” People have always looked to the state for wid —- the chamber itself is constantly appeal- inp to the government, for support. “Gneinl welfare represents tne conscience of iw body politie and in this enlightened age cuny Canute-like creatures who live in the age te Industrial Revolution can believe that could welfiire is soclalism. 1 % ies here to stay, whether the chamber likes iwoor Wot lake aaagy elosely-krilt, reat patriotie growps, the ever, are hardly getting their money’s worth insofar as Canada and the U.S, is concerned. One of the cardinal sins of the notorious House Un-Americary Activities Committee is that iL sees an enemy where none exists, and that it has blown up the alleged “communist menace” into a gigantic bogey. Why should the Canadian Chamber try to emulate the worst features of the committee? In the area of domestic politics the chamber states that “political parties are more and more moving away from. the principles of private competitive enterprise”. It one took it at its faee value one would inelingo Loward the view that the whole system of pilities was designed to further the interests of business and industry. If Canada is — as the chamber insists — moving into the spineless era of @ “cradle-to- grave” Utopla she is merely following a modern world trend and no amount of quixoatie oppost- tton is gelag to chiaige the pattern, etor, Frelse, had a bar licence then and did quite a business. Listening to the various pros- pectors it seemed that every- one of them had discovered the richest find out of: doors and every discovery would make a future mine, but. nearly always they were a long ways back-in the hills and invariably across the river, so I concluded that the government had really done them a good turn and the much needed ferry before. long would be doing a bang up serv- ice. PACIFIC STORY Pacific also had: mine” story: Onc old fellow named. Jim who had been a prospector ‘all his life but at present had a job on the railway section, nad a story to tell about the. lost, it's “lost never bothered to stake was not rich enough to bother with. I went up.into the Cariboo country and worked on various jobs for many years. One day I discovered platinum was up to a fine price; much more valu- able per ounce than gold. Right away I thought of our old dig- wings wp the tributary on the Liard. I decided to go to work, quit boozing and’ save my money until I had a stake and go hack and look It over. I had nothing, to. go. by only the banker's ‘word that the stuff was platinum, but remember- ing. how we were bothered with so. much: of this ‘stuff every time we'ecleaned up I thought tt was worth making a trip in and find out... —"Iefinally got. a stake to- gelher-and went downto Van- out, had just got married two- years. before. -. ; DECIDED. TO. MAKE TRIP_ Harry ‘being footloose and fancy free, the adventure ap- pealed to him. We: talked it over. and: Harry - decided to make the trip to the. platinum diggings with old Jim and I agreed, to help out the. ex- penses. They were to strike out as soon as the ferry job was completed. 7 That was on election: year and about that time Duff Pat- nello arrived from Prince Ru- pert. and ‘staged a political meeting In the. school house. This was Diffs first effort at threwing his -hat in the ring, which Incidentally turned out successful: for: hitn. After: the meeting’. Duff, told: old Nels, ehmnber alenates inary of tts potentlal sup- . t . mine, something like this as T jcouver. L-went: to achemist.and Our . hote) - owner: that. the marters bs its wild byperbole, IL is the nature of politicians to pander and ' remember. | a, ‘Ob Kim to make me upa small drinks were allo, him for bh han. under Necd for Operation. Freedom: ae et eee _ “ night arid, the sky was the lim- PConmunist eels, communist newspapers and commmlibust agents are working harder than ever te Drape about the eventual onl of com- Vatitebs al - his sounds lke a typleal John Wirech. bull, althiouph ats ohwiously ment to be taken eat phouedy What conmminist nawspapers (if there are vy have the slhtest jifluence on the poll- iad thanking of Canadians? Certalnly The Canadian ‘Pribune (Toronta-published Com- nitiiet Weekly? Dues a] sueh infiienee. INTERPRETING THE NEWS to make specious promises, and what the people are askin for is more and more social welfare, They den't readily enrve who: pays for it, and few of them understand that welfare means higher (axation, individually and corporately. To stay In his two-faced btsiness the politi- lan must deliver the poods ud as jong as there are more workers tian hourd ehairmen, the “goads” required will reflect the masa de- sire of the people. Maat deste is strongly orlented In. the gene eral direetion of state caddling. ~ Glenn’s success victory for U.S. way of life fy JOSEPIT MacSWEEN Canadian Press Staff Writer “ thoawra not anty the sclentifie Bsuceess of John how mueh Amerleans were hart by Russia's Jim's story: “Years ago when I. was a young fella, my. partner-and J went wp the Stikine river by canoe. We prospected back In the sticks and finally. went down the Lilard rivar. Several miles downstream when we came to a sronll river flowing from the north, After prospect ing the mouth of the stream, which we always did, we strnale colors, 8o followed It up, pine ning as we aseended, Atler go- ing up about 10 miles we struele pretty good pay on a flat and decided to work It. “we stayed there al] summer and made pretty well, nothing spectacniay but falr pay, To- wards fall we were running out it: of chemicals and show me ‘how to test’ for platinum. Tf it was platinum 1 knew I had a ‘fortune made. HKADED FOR WRANGEL | “f bought a tléket or ‘the Crt stoamer Prihcess May for Wrangel, Alaska and prepared to.go north on her sailing next day. ‘That afternoon IT tan weross an old frlend on the aireeh hy the name of Jacl McQiiary who wsed to run a hotel jn Asheroft, and to see me off we had dinner togeth- erat my hotel. We had a bang up dinner, Jack sald, ‘Jim, as you are pulling out in_ the morning, It wort hurt althar of us to have a ttle antfter and I am golng to make it champagne. I knew I was do- Glenn: orbital tHieht that sent the United pariior advances in space exploration. at arb and winter wis not tao ’ njate; inlaw emotional binge, Glenn's attrac This was sometiines denioustrated inan odd, ne art ad We LY we had to HE RT and ere have Live personstlity lied something to do with Wt. Invented Kind of Way. eb out o a it ny ao pulled hadn't had A dink tor nl , ot S Amerienian would have heen wildly delighted In New York, for Instance, it was onsily por~ un nian at here for ve two years and T knew hat Nl iy ouny ense with Glenn's pioneering space sible to come nero people --- and not just ae ed rea 4 wes we ind going, concern L wus when i {Heht. Hut they were piven: it hang -- they pol simple peaple - who refused to belleve Ruasshi enshed our smn) canoe, 0 Je . not frat hero, bul the image of uw hero, Not only did Glenn came through his space ardent withy eval caurage. le then met the Highest dhenttaries of the country with polse, ereked: pokes With President Kennedy, spoke ot Oa Wile ti the ‘vouk™ of his family and ~ mbave all = spoke with obvious sincerity of ls dip pablo, ) Newspaper writers live been digging a) the had conducted orbital Mphta. Tt was all a pro payonda stunt, they dechered. stoutly in. the face of all evidence, After the Russtana released nictures, the question, was “why did't they shaw those at the time, as we will dat" Kennedy's messages of congrimulations to Premler Khruscheyv didn't convince the seellas. When Qeann's flight wis repentedly post- bought o ttle grub and Wit. down. the river to Fort Wrang- el at the mouth of the river, Wa conld find no employment there but we were fortunate to get a job to work our pas. ange on trading schooner (f0- Ing south down. the canst, STILE WAD TOPES “Wo were on long tima mak- got started, but I thought, ‘Just for tonight it won't hurt.” “We hoth got a good brant- ru and. Jack anw ma off on the ‘May" In tha morning, | patronizad the bar in the haat and’ tled a real goad one on and refusod to got off the hont ut ‘Wrangel and atayed on board. When we got to Skag- it. Well, there was:a real party and our old-friend Jim got in- volved and. was away on ao pra tracted bender, which ended the quest: for platinum. Somewhere ‘jn the land: he- yond the Linrd, T suppor that big creak hed Yull.ot platinum stlll awalts someone .to stim. ble on to ths tiehes, but Whe inost “last. mines” th still re mains lst, om ae ie wo" : hey, im) NUCLEAT TRAT HITH-—Whon be lady, atidypiebatenileman. He was at the far end of the car, the lady was in the ~middile, and 1 was at. the other: The fat man was smoking a cigar, I was smoking my pipe. And presently the lady began fan- ning the -air with a newspaper. “Pardon me," said the fat man, “but does the: smoke bother you, ma’am?” “TL certainly does!” said she, with the asperity some poor men have to suffer all their lives. “T sympathize with you,” said the fat man, “TE have those al- lergies too. In fact, IP smoke largely Lo proteet myself from ——— The Daily News. ed, but it is better to RIV vesiceds thou phen eerepanieh tienes ing.—-Kahlil Cibran. . ode ok Few save the poor feel to: the poor. —-Letia FE. Landon hte oh Most of our realists and so- ciolopists talk about a par man as if he were wh oelopur or an alligator. wG. K, Chesterton EDITORS NOTE—Signed ar- ticles and editorials credited 0 other newspapers doa not nee: essarily reflect .Le views ol ee tented cenreat coaeiiog ; Bae UNTIED Gu Atta cai aE RUE tan! way back to les for ae paraliel in the wild ac- poned, the wisdom of total publicity expoaure ing the trip, ax the eaptain was = way’ they gave mo tha buns. OS clad that greeted Charles Lindbergh's epig solo | was sometimes questioned, Tb i really the stopping tn various wee and ruah and put me ashore. and if tho United Btnrtes re- y ETE Gna iM Mbt across the Athinde, Bone sort of nm come — wentber that in enusing delay? Bome doubters Inlets trading for furs with the “Whan I finally eume to jn a PO eC UNI purine may be possible new tint Clan has been treated: (ou Broadway Geler-tape purade in ivew York. ts wits Hindberah, he proprmindsa potential of Glonn Is rhe (opie of the diy but Kennedy and other Woh pavesnmient offleluls are reported cautious ean ports ag T was yt nahore about sendy, hind abroad, Perhaps they toel inet from tha Liard country. ay prince Rupert, it 1 cout 1G mila: wide, |e about 3,000 tfind, ulber tl), has explolt fell short of thono al 4d . "We wont un to the Bani of hava ot oft iit Wrangel Y milled. . rons Vancouver and. the Boviet Union's spacemen Gagarin and A dsiblo Thought for Today Dritteh North America, and — vitght have boo alright, but 4,000. titles dia weal. of Gouth Lov, | fuenod th the dust to be ng where t got off at Rupert T was Amoticn, + OF Nowiinap eypservers feel that even if Cann docs not eve hin own country he ts. doing a neodad job ay mracele-bulldiny, at home, The frenzied re- yellon VO Vids Tpht was itsolf nm monsure of » i rl wanted toa know, naut cracking ander the sirngn! the worst disaster of them al? Glenn's soaring suceess Wis taken not Just rs ot Vietory far United Stites selence ut. for the American way of Ife, Ts there danger to the natro- WI this be L will raise them up a Prophet from among tholy brethren, ke mito threa, and 7 will put My words In Wis mouth. Dot, 1H: tH. Christ fulfied the prophecy. Indjuns. In clue coursa we are rived al Vietorla, We had made nothing while we were sailors on the tal but had got fron board and we alll) had our pokes of gold dnat. with us tire siuyod and tested. The manager isiad us to call noxt day and wot. aur raturmi, Among. tha duat and nuggets there was about a woek, TF jumped In. the ald ‘Omar,’ When Tt went to Diy my tiaket. for Wrangel, i Canadian boat could nat soll mea tlakat batwaan two Amer go dinguatod f fuot wart to hall. Finally Y woke wp busted and wot a job on the gnction. Wp horo, and here Tam.” sumoas Mmoupharte nuclonr homb tosts, the alte will he Britinh-awned Christmas Tx- land, the: Paalfie ‘proving ground where Britain has pre vionaly:. oxpladaed: nino bombe, The laland, JO wles leony, and Advertising Brings Lacal Results! mT Ta Cake) te waw famll, alee Gar McRAE BROS. LTD. 2ND. AVE, & QND ST, PHONE: 8252 OR 2250 eee prea + mmr eaert a