1910 — PRINCE RUPERT DAILY NEWS — 1962

An independen

newspaper devoted to the upbuilding

of Printe Rupert and Northern and Central British Columbia,
A member of the Canadian Press — Audit Bureau of Circulation
Canadian Daily Newspaper Publishers Association

Published by The Prince Rupert Daily News Limited

JOHN F. MAGOR
President

  

FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1962

Further proof

The “sevelation” that B.C. Electric

Co. was under pressure by the pro-
vincial government to buy Peace River
power at exorbitant prices or face ex-
propriation should have come as no
surprise to anyone.

Bruce Robertson, senior vice-presi-

dent of B.C. Electrie before its take-
over by Premier Bennett's government
snd chairman of BCE’s parent com-
puny, B.C. Power Corp., made the
above declavation under oath when
testifying before Supreme Court of
B.C. ina lawsuit in which B.C. Power
has claimed the BCE seizure was il-
legal.
‘Mr. Robertson testified that the
pressure to sign contracts for Peace
power was exerted through Peace
River Power Development Co., orig-
inal planner to develop the Peace
which later was also taken over by
the Social Credit government.

Mr. Robertson said the government
put strong.pressure on BCE to buy
Peace power, but added that the BCE
directors refused to sign letters agree-
ing to buy Peace power because the
proposed contract prices would have
wrecked BCE.

— There is really nothing new about
Mr. Robertson's revelations.

The Citizen in 1960, prior to the
provincial election, and on seve ‘al oc-
cusions thereafter, warned its readers
that Peace River power, as proposed

J.B, AYRES
Manauing Editor

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of high prices
by the original development company
and later by the provincial govern-
ment, would carry un extremely high
price tag. , .

Premier Bennett’s denial ‘that
Peace power prices, even after a his-
tory-making 600-mile transmission to
the Vancouver market, would be so
high as to make it unsaleable—except
by force—has been reiterated by him
as well as several members of his cxb-
inet,

If their claims were true, however,
why was the government so patently
anxious to have the Peace power
bought by B.C. lectric—at high prices
and eight years In advance of poten-
tial delivery ?

As we have stated on many occa-
sions, The Citizen is entirely in favor
of the Peace River development, but
only if it is feasible—if, in other words,
its power costs are competitive ‘in
reality rather than merely in Mr. Ben-
nett’s imagination, and if on site in-
dustry can be pre-established to use
the power as Lands and Forests Min-
ister Williston has often said should
be the case.

If the Peace development is in truth
going to increase our power costs, as
Mr. Robertson’s statement clearly in-
dicates it will, then we should of course
have other thoughts regarding its
practicability —Prince George Citizen.

Popular, but ignored

¥ Few items Mave such wide popularity and

tiocl distribution as the auto seat belt.

op ortore its to their credit that 16 Van-
hose’ fores. drave equipped company vehicles
vou. Ati befits, and are urging employees
fq ‘eonan thea private cars.

Sto the creait of B.C., Alberta, Ontario

Be, cunts. und some departments of the
' rant winch have fitted belts to
iy, doaedy. owned cars,

S Ad! ui the hat also the the English car
Mmauhiaeturers who will make seat belts stand-
id equipment neat year, And a small nod to
Whericen nianufacturers who fit their models
“oh belts to whieh belts may be attached,

tt the number of seat belty in use remains

Joon ouply small, and the highway death and
aoe: 40 1b remains tragically high,

rieciires supgest themselves:

U.S, car manufacturers mieht follow the
British lead next year and provide belts as
standard equipment.

And insurance firms could offer reduced
premiums to drivers who equip their cars with
belts.

Canadian insurance firms are wary. Their
view is that a seat bell in a car is not neces-
sarily « seat belt in use. “We ceuldn’t know
that the belt would be fastened,” one executive
says. “If we could, we could reduce our pre-
mium.,”

However, a Michigan insurance firm has of-
fered such a reduction tu seat bell owners in

that state.
So, one more round of cenpratulations — to
the Michigan insurance company,
The Vancouver Sun

’ The Volga jazzmen

teal Slates scoms to be trying to blow,
het ane ats Way into the hearts of the

lis atest triumph ef show business
>» odiroueh the O.S.S.R. was that of
oodmoan, Whe gave them the jazz
ayo with such success that a
tickets existed for the first

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Doo. tottloas said to be hat on cool jaza,

YOUR BUSINESS

2 ee te ee EES | ORREERLENENS ConbeeenENENe ANE

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and there is even a current joke in Moscow
that vid-time plantation mitsic las filtered up
the river from Odessit,

But in one respeet Ivan has failed. He seems
unable Lo translate the more exotic of jazz titles.
A valiant attempt was made with Duke Elling-
ton's “I pot it bad and that aint pood,” In
Russian, it came outs “Che Portures of Love”,

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Ominous rumblings from volcano

By DAVID GRENTER
Toronto Telegram News Service

Pete Pe GUTAOUs
ee a
wedh aus
t a

rronblingss
sitting, an!
everyone e1se

diveree om whetber or not the
4 -oonean the velenmna is coming alive,
Gr eee a plenty af people who aren't walt-
Mis oe ath for the tap to blow off — they're

from inside
Ominous for

,
habs plida
mo | !

hal, eed yt ab now,
Vt hoonedn question happens to be the
t. rho dowd dn
ole poh ot what JK says, people still are
Peotte, thet the 8 Will have to devalue the
Geo Ane that menns the price of gold will
hao bape up thom the present $35 an ounce,
You won oral) thts kind oof fear drrationad
Botog tod wo toek market collapse. Yet that
Wont tt ih ent or Wart + happen,
' je of ye
Jat deeb oat the way the gold market. In
Locher gd bowtine ry hb now Peaple are buying
Peed treaties dt looks dike the safest hedge
wee ft clodiar deviabuation,
"ae fa iaihion pola pool seb up by the
oo ead urope probably has becn ox
Pouated [gat demand sil hasi't been satisfied,
your toed London keeps Inehing up,
Jeol day and ape. peaple wha keep thelr
Vee ea eek oor stab them dno a nattress

Ups cob) tidietie Yet the way nations havea
to bea Cheer gold rte (oni reserves probably
Pope toeobe eblphtered,

boone thane oat doesatt nike sense that

Frond beoused ta settle payments between

Yotion «hen reld prodneiion tsi't keeping pace
yooh. The roa eth oof aatermtionad trade,
t + +

Cooner oor hiter, we're polage to be in trouble

real Erouble unless we setup the equiva.
Jotoatae werd central bank capable of reguiat-
my ter rertiona) credit ao thik it ean be goaared
toe pasedibe tian

lhere . another reason why we shold be
lodane at tha. problem of international lquid-

ity: the need to prevent expansionist domestic
policies from being hiunstrung by balance of
payments problenis,

The U-IS has had to ve with this situation
since the end of World War Hf, Canad has just
begun to face it, Subeouswiously, Che 0.8) knows
it soon Will.

rt fo ofe

One troublesome factor in the lust few yonrs
has been the flow of “hal money front one
country too apother,

This is money (hat is looking for as high o
retunm as possible over the short term, And it's
movement is largely dictated by differences in
Interes| rates,

Thug last year when the U-Is put is bank
rate wp to seven perecnt, ib bed: to iu Immedi-
ate dnflaw of “hol money, Something, of the
same kind has ainast certainly been going on
here since bank rate was pul up to six per cont
Inst month,

From the balanec of payinents viewpolnt,
is fine to be able ta point to swelling foralan
exchange reserves, But hin Dink wate fs also
a depressing: fretor on tie domestic eeonony.

What's the answer?

One proposal that makes sense was put for-
ward by the head of the Central Hank of
Creeee, Xenophon Aglotas,

He suppested that “hate money should he
Lrented differentty fram domesthe funds,

For Inatinee, it eomid he nllowed to draw a
Iigher Cor lowerh rite of Interest than domostte
funds, depending on whether the nuthoriides
Wanted to encourage or discourige an Inflow
af forelia eamrency. Th eould also be piven sep
nrate tax treatment.

That way, at country wouldn't have to
Highten the eredit: champs when HW. should be
rotting rendy lo loosen them,

The only question is, wilh the nations of tho
west have Lhe eourne to pet together and dla
nomethtye Hie Chis before the valeano erupts!

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shore of the province.

COLORED DIAMONDS

Teams of oxen can. still be seen worki!
have become rare in most parts of North America, and
favorite camera subjects for tourists.

ng in the fields of Nova Scotia. They
eensequently > Nova Scotian oxen are
The oxen are primarily used by farmers on the south

— TNS Photo

Will skyscrapers sink: Manhattan Island?

NEW YORK (® — Things a
columnist might never Know
if he didn’t open his mail:

A survey showed the average
U.S. college student spends
$2,500 a year — including his
education costs . Parents
supply 64 per cent, and 36 per
cent comes from loans, schol-
arships and Joe College’s own
earnings,

Tip to motorists: Truck driv-

Welfare bill goes up, and up -

ers rely on more than coffee
breaks to keep awake on long
hauls . They sing, whiff

smelling salts, and suck Jem-.

ons.
COOK LESS

Thought for today: Never be-
fore has the North American

housewife been able to buy
more efficient stoves — and
more foods that don’t need

cooking.
Did you know that diamonds

By PETER DEMPSON
Toronto ‘Telegram News Service

OTTAWA — For a non-so-
cialist country, Canada has
drifted a long way toward a
welfare state. Welfare . now
costs taxpayers about $2,000,-
000,000 a year, exclusive of pay-
ments from provincial and mu-
nicipal treasuries.

A federal government
spokesman said that this rep-
resents 29 per cent of the 1962-
63 budget of -6,900,000,000.

F be .

Included in the welfare pay-
ments total is the $10-a-month
increase in pensions. for the
aged, the blind and disabled,
approved at last session of
Parliament. Added, too, are the
new veterans’ pensions. —

These increases boosted over-
all welfare payments to 1962-
63 by about $130,000,000.

The biggest portion of the
$2,000,000,000 goes to the 928,-
000 Canadians 70 and over who
received old age security pen-
sions — $737,000,000 in a full
year.

The payment, boosted from
$55 to $65 a month on Febru-
ary 1, is now costing the Lrease
ury an additional $114,000,000
a year,

Family allowances take the |

next largest slice, The $2,650.-
000 childryen under 16 will be
pald $521,000,000 this year,

Ottawa's share of the na-
tionwide hospital insurance
plan will cost the treasury
gbout $325,000,000, a jump of
$55,000,000 from 1961-62,

ek ef

Velerans’ disability pensions
and .dependents’ allowances,
paid on behal! of 180,100 serv-
lee personnel in| World Wars
Tand TI, will total $170,800,000
this yenr,

Due to heavy wnemployment.
during the winter, and the ex-
tension of supplementary poy
ments to Jobless, the federal
share

of unemployment as-
sistance In 1962-63 probably
will be between — $70,000,000

 

  

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MLERPING SOUNDLY —-— Ts
the Infant son oof the Duke

nnd Duchess of Kent. We slept
pencefnily in the arms of his
mather durin his first. ap.
penrance before the eamern,
The baby bus been given the
title of the Mar at it. Andrews.

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This has caused heavy drain
on the Unemployment In-
surance Fund, which on June
3 was down’ to $28,643,000. At
its peak in 1956, the fund held
more than $925,000,000.

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Old age assistance of $65 a
month to about 100,200 people
between 65 and 69 will cost
Ottawa about $37,800,000. The
provinces -pay -a sim ilar
amount. :

Blind allowances, also $65 a
month, go to 8,530 people at
a cest of $8,580,000. Ottawa's
share is 75 per cent; the prov-
inces pay. the rest.

Pensions for about 50,300
disabled people, shared by the
federal government and the
provinces, will cost Ottawa
around $23,000,000 in 1962-63,

 

Liahter side

Two business partners, va-
eationing in Florida, were fish-
ing when a sudden storm over-
turned their rowboat. One of
the men started swimming to-
ward shore, but’ the other
floundered helplessly and was
obviously about to sink

“Harry, Harry!” called his
friend from shore, “Can't you
flont alone?”

“Good grief!" cried the help-
less man “I’m drowning and
he wants to talk business.”

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George: Why do you eat so
much alphabet soup?

Fred: Oh, televiston takes up
so much time, It's about the
only reading 1 do.

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Cliches have to be updated
from time to time, Comparing
a road toa washbonurd, for ex-
ample, daesn’t meansmueh to
a generation that has never
seen a washbonrd.

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Tittle Annie had heen to
sehool for the first time.

ewell, darting, what did you
learn?” asked her mother on
Annie's return,

“Nothing,” slimhed Annie
hopelessly, “T've pot to go back

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come in such shades as pale
yellow, coffee brown, red, pink,
green, blue and black?

Our quotable notables: “The
race is not always to the swilt,
nor the battle to the strong
—-but that’s the way to bet.”
— Damon Runyon,

Visitors often wonder aloud
whether Manhatan Island will
ever sink from the weight of
its skyscrapers . . Actually,
they sometimes make it light-
er .,, Example, the new Time
and Life Building weighs 200,-
000 tons, but the rock excavat-
ed for its foundation weighed
215,000 tons.

CAME FROM BOTTOM

How they got started: Actor
Dana Andrews was a gas sta-
tion attendant Gregory
Peck worked as a tourist guide
in Radio City here ... Dor-
othy Lamour had her ups and
downs as’ an elevator operator

-in a department store.

Here’s news for anyone who
ever suffered from mal de mer
... The tallest ocean wave ever
measured was 112 feet high.

Wisecrack of the week: Os-
car Homolka tells about the

bride who was worried about

dishpan hands—so she bought
a pair of rubber gloves for her
husband.

Nature note: It is said that
up to 98 per cent of all-white
blue-eyed cats are deaf,

Worth remembering: “The

only time some folks don’t in-
terrupt is when they're being
flattered,’-—-Arnold Glasow.

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The Search for the People of the Woods
By STAN ROUGH |

Every nation has its super-
natural creatures -~ demons,
spirits and little people. Even
the canny Scots have their kel-
pies. It is not strange, there-
fore,
maats) have their Bug-quash
or “People of the Woods”.

The. Bug-quash who appear
in local legends, are believed
to have once resided in various
sections arcund Douglas Chan-
nel. and the Gardner Canal,
they were half shuman, ‘half
animal, .

It aroused considerable in-
terest recently when a Kita-
inaat fisherman, trolling for
salmon, anchored his gillnet-
ter on June 4 near the shore in
Collins Bay. It was 9 p.m, and
he was busily cleaning his
day’s catch of spring salmon
before icing them, when he
heard « noise in a tree a few
yards from the boat. He glanc-
ed up and to his astonish-
ment and horror, saw what he
claims was a bug-quash, The
creature was staring down at
him, probably altracted by the
smell of fish. Nearby in the
berry bushes in an old logging
clearing were others, The fish-
erman lost no time in start-
ing his boat and returning to
Kitamaat Village to relate to
his incredulous friends and
ncighbors his adventure.

Gordon Robinson and myself
heard the story and decided to
investigate, and make Collins
Bay a port of call on the fol-
lowing weekend, We therefore
recruited two additional crew
members, John Pousette and
Earnie Pope and on Saturday,
June 9 we left the coastal dock
at 8 am. on the gillnetter
McGinty.

We went

( down channel,
passing to

the left Costi Is-
land, and arriving at Crab
River, we set out crab traps
and took enough crabs for our
use, cleaning and steaming a
batch for immediate needs.
We then took the 28-foot dug-
cut canoe we were towing, and
Starling up the outboard
moter, we went around the
point to the river.

The river has its source in
Crab Lake. The lake is located
a short distance from the
channel, consequently its. des-
cent is rapid°and marked by
several waterfalls and rapids.

The last fall is less than a -

hundred yards from its mouth.
A’small island divides the river
as it enters the sea and it is
covered with a species of lilly
of the valley. . .

We took a stcelhead and (wo
spring salmon and we lazed in
the canoe in the warm sun at
the mouth of the river, we
tentatively made plang to. or-
ganize an expedition to go up
to Crab Lake some day. We re-
turned .to our boat,,ate an in-
credible number of crabs, tied
up the canoe, pulled up the
anchor and headed: for Kitse-
way (Blind Pass). As our-crabs
were depleted, we decided to
secure another supply. I set
out the crab traps and volun-
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So
of the ‘party left me in the
canoe, and set off in the pie
netter to troll-for salmon..; ..,

The sun was warm, the “gia

like a leaf, and the next thing
I knew three hours later Was
the gillnetter pulling alongside
and waking me_ up from. a
dreamless sleep. I can highly
recommend a canoe on Doug}ay
Channel under the right con
ditions to catch up on your
sleep. :

We tied up the cance to the
boat and headed for Colling
Bay on the Gardner Canal. On
the way over, we struck somé
rough weather, and TI reluct-
antly transferred from ‘thé
canoe to the McGinty. 4

When we arrived at Colling
Bay at 9 p.m. we found Don
Grant of Kitamaat Village with
his boat the Betty G. and
Frank Tayler of Butedale in
the troller Rhoda. Both bouts
inquired if we were in search
of the bug-quash. We asked
asked them if they had seen
“the, Peapie of the Woods” but
they reported nothing mysteri.

ous or unusual had heen
sighted. :
Frank, who had not seen
Gerdon since 1941, reported

{hat a dead bear was in the
bush a short distance from the
shore. We discussed the situa-
tign and decided the creatures
seen by the fisherman were
probably bears in the shedding
stage, plus vivid imagination,
The three boats anehored in
the vicinity where the bur-
euash were allegedly seen, and
after admiring the changing
colors as the sun disappeared
over the mountains, turned in
ond slept as only crab-stuffed
fishermen can,
The next day we continued
our cruise to Fishtrap Bay
with its half-moon bay, and
placier-gorged mountains still
capped by the late snow. There
were many ducks and shore
birds along its shores. Varney
Pass and Ursla reach, which
form Gribble Island complete
the magnificent setting. After
taking a few more fish, we
headed for Kitimat, a five-
hour run for the MeGinty and
its Easthope eneine.
We can hardly wait until the
people of the woods—the Bug-:
quash are sighted again, to
organize another expedition, «.

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The value of a sentiment is °
the. amount of sacrifice you~
are prepared to make for it.--,
John Galsworthy,. ‘

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can do for you — ask what you
can do-for your country.—-John *
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law of life--Mohandas K. Gan--
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Great is the reward of self-
sacrifice, though we may never:
receive it in this world.-—Mary |
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