An Independent newspaper devoted to the upbullding
of Prince 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

 

Native argillite

MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1963

Authorized as Second Class Mall hy the Past Office Department, Ottawa,
and for payment of

postage Jn cash,

carvings invaded

~cheap imitations no substitute

ne of the most weleome bits of
“NEWS We've come across lately em-

‘gates from Ottawa. It is that our

Indian arts and erafts will receive
help from the federal Indian affairs
branch to attain the prominence on
the market that is enjoyed by Eskimo
COYVIines,

This is of particular interest to the
Prince Rupert region, the home of
sore of the finest Indian craftsman-
ship on the Continent. Many of us
have seen the huge wooden totem poles
surviving to this day in the Skeena
River villages and on the Queen Char-
lutiv Islands, most of them being’ the
Just great in situ stands in existence,

idaince Rupert.can be justly proud
of the encouragenent and effort given
to presérve-—and recreate—some of
these masterpieces which, apart from
worth In their own right as unique
works of the peoples whose land we
share, will be an attraction for our
Laulusts and enhance the character of
OU CIty.

But the great interest in the news
itsum we have referred to applies to
the smaller creations of our native ar-
tists: the argillite totem pole carvings
ofthe Haidas, the Weaving, basket ry,
beadwork and gold and silver enprav-
ing, to mention a few of the hereditary
crafis of this area. Artistically and
financially, the two most valuable are
the argillite carvings and the gold and
silver jewelry-making.

» Argillite carving belongs exclusively
0 dhe Haidas of the Charlottes, Fora
hundved and fifty years these articles
have heen sold and traded to the white
jaan. The craft reached its zenith in
the late L200s. Carvings by men like
Chief Edensaw, Isaac Chapman, Wil-
Iam Dixon, Louis Collison, Tom Price,
John Cross and Jim Mackay were
SMehi after and today are exhibited
Wn tduseums all ovep the world. Mu-
ecums In London, Paris, Washington
and Ottawa prize theip aredlite col-

tections,

— Prince Rupert itseif has a fine small
collection and owns one of the largest
voles known, for the Information of
deco] readers who May nol have seen
Warst class CArVENg's,

WITH THE COMMONWEALTH

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' Britain's labor

' by DOUG MARSHALL

‘ Canadian Press Start Writer

'  Britrin's Taber party, whieh considers its
prospects food for a return to power soon, has
yooh hopes of renewing the long-time British
meanonne love ag fade with the Commonwealth,
The Chreat te Commonwealth trade was one
Pi the min reasons the late party leader Hugh
ChulskelH, opposed Britain's entry into the
}uropean Common Market,

A leding Labor spokesman said this weels
The Party refuses to wecept the lead, current in
bone Conservative Circles, that Commoanwenlth
{rade asa declining asset to Britain,
© Throwehout. the H-fuled Brussels Common
Mirek renotlations, the Conservative poyery.
Ment gncintaied that the Commonwealth was
Moh an adequate feanamice —aiternative — to
Murope. ‘Tory crities Hecused Tabor of embrac-
Men the Commonwealth Only tram pelithed) ex.
pedeoney.

1 RUE several Observers have noted that the
focietists have a fairly pone record in trade
meremments with Commonwealth countries. In
perticulian, Harold) Wilson, the new Labor Jea-
fer, played an wetive role in expanding Com.
WHONWEtIED trade during the two post-war Labor
ndininistrations,

SOLD EQUIPMENT

' Ditringe visits ta Canada, for Instance, Wil-
Fon sit down with Canadian development ba-
dies suehoas the Ontare Hydro-Floetyrig Power
Commission and convineed them Britain could
Pup ly thelr equipment needs. THe hopes to cin
Chis apn,

. AS Labor planners see It, the veal yeasom for
Britain's deereasing: share of Commonwenlth
Markets is lack of initiative by British Indus-
trles,

Wilson has indlented he wlll make Hle con.
nderubly harder for -hide-bound and lavy firms
Whe becomes prime minister, Among the wen-

The argillite, a slaty material, is
quarried from a “reserve” deposit in
the Slatechuck mountains west of
Queen Charlotte City, an ardous and
difficult journey for the carvers whose
exclusive property it is, Several able
practitioners of the craft today trans-
form the dull stone to glistening black
totem poles, dishes, candlesticks, me-
dallions and other articles, in the man-
ner of their forefathers, although to-
day the standards, as in so many an-
cient crafts, have been lowered by the
lure of quick money.

And no small consideration this is,
for in leading stores across Canada
argillite totem poles sell fo, $14 an
lich,

One or two contemporary carvers
can, however, match the attention of
detail and beautiful finish displayed by
the old masters.

Because of the rising price of ar-
culite cal'vings and the demand ex-
ceeding the supply, the industry has
heen invaded by cheap imitations.
They're cheap in relation to the gen-
uine product but expensive for what
the huyer gets, being moulded or press-
ed out of plastics or pulverized slate
at a minimum expense, and painted
black, the color of the real thing.

Imitation may be the sincerest flat-
tery, but such blatant copying, while
it may not bother many who know,
deceives many who don’t know the
difference.

Not only are ignorant buyers mis-
led, but the manufacturers do untold
damage to a time-honored and comple-
tely distinctive craft which has gone
steadily on its way without benefit
of modern technology or salesman-
ship. In another media, insult is added
to injury in the form of little wooden
poles of Tsimpsian design and color-
ing, stamped “Made in Japan”.

For protection of the native craft-
man, the government now plans to

register a maple leaf shaped trade.

mark for authentic Indian work. We
heartily endorse the idea,

We hope the time is near when the
maple leaf symbol will be searched
after and recognized hy the Canadian
public and our tourist visitors as a
respected guarantee of genuine na-
Live craftmanship,

hopes to renew love

pons he intends to use are tax incentives, crea-
Non of publicly owned sclentifie corporations
aud government tuke-over of industries where
necessary,

The nationalization threat was selzed upon
by the Conservatives, who produced a pamphlet
listing more than 100 firms lkely to be taken
over by a Labor government, Wilson dismissed
the pamphlet. as “childish”,

SOME DOUBT LABOR

Childish or not, many Informed economists
seriously doubt: whether nationalization or even
publicly owned industries Will give the British
economy the five-per-cent, growth rate It needs,

All the deadwood isn't in the directors!
ehairs; much of It ds propping up factory hen-
ches. A new Labor BOVernment would have to
Brapple with a developing: crisis in Industrial
relutions and so far it has not shown how it,
should do any better than the Tories,

DINED ON FAGGOTS

MONTREAL  -- Whey the Welsh Society
Of Montreal held its Annual dinner recently
fargots were the main course, Faggots are gq
ktnd of ment loaf made from chopped liver,
Thirty pounds of the dish were flown to Mont -
real for the dinner, a wift of the Wolsh Tourist,
Wwnd Holiday Board

HOSED IN VAIN

ST. TYACINTITG, Que, Qi Firemen hosed
5.300,000 pallons of water Ont fire that de.
‘troyed the Roman Cathole seminary here,
Chief Wonel Gaucher reported, The caprelty of
the city reservolr jg 8,000,000 trations,

BACK ON NOARD

TORONTO & — Col, W. J. Atewnart, onetine
mayor of TYoronta and former speaker of the
Ontario legislature, hag beon reeelocted ehatr-
Man Of the Toronto Historien] Bonrd.  Vstah-
ished in 1060, the bourd is responsible for ny
PUDHe Nistorlea) sites hy the elty,

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A face that waited in the
wings, :
While some were trying other
things,

Now is no dark horse i tne
race /
For you-know-wnose exalted. .

place. ,

H. Halliwell,

Indians have

same voting -
privileges

OTTAWA © —Indians now
enjoy the same federal voling
privileges as all other Cana-
dians, whether they live on or
off the reservation.

It’s another question whe-
ther all Indians wep excrcise
their rights on April 3.

In the June 18, 1962, ern-
eral election an estimated 60,-
000 Indians were eheihte io
vole for the first. time freder-
ally. But some were skeptical
of the newly acquired fran-
chise, suspecting nustakenly
that if they used it they would
be denied their treaty rights,

Several Indian bands in Ceue-
bec, Ontario and Alberts pass-

ed resolutions — saying they
wanted no part of the new
right to vote. As a result, ao
eniuneration of — voters Wills

earned out on those reserva--
tions and no polling stations
Were set up there, However,
voting lists were compiled from
NaMES provided by the federal
Indians affairs braneh and
polls were located close by so
that any Indian who wanted
lo vote could do so.

No figures were available on
how many aetually voted,

Until the 162 eleetion, Tndj-
ans living on reservations were
considercd wards of the poy-
ernment and: - with certain ex-
ceptions were denied the
franchise, Canada’s total Tne
dian population is approx
miately 180,00.

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LETS FACE IT...SOME THINGS HAVE TO BE
AFTER THE DISSOLUTION

IMPORTED,”

Not an MP to be found in Canada

By JAMES EMMERSON
MP or not MP? That is the

quesLlion.
The answer, according to
Nelson Castonquay, Canada's

chief electoral Officer, is that
there are no MPs at present,

Once Parliament is dissolved
for an election, Mr. Caston-
quay points out, there is leeal-
ly and technically no. such
person as a member of Par-
Hament,

But, by some curious twist
Of irony the taxpayer keeps
on paying him oas one until
election day-- April 8.

This was confirmed by P.M.
Oltivier, law clerk of the House
of Commons,

The controversial] question,
which crops up after every dis-
solution, has numerous. citi-
zens protesting, “There is no
such thing as an MP” at this
time.

Mr. Castonquay gave a short,
sharp decision:

“He (the former MP) is no
more an MP than you and I
once the Parliament has been
dissolved.”

The electoral chief said the
former MP has no legal right
to represent constituents in
his riding until such time as
a new election puts him back
in his job,

But, Mr. Ollivier points out
the man's pay--MP or no MP
-—Carries on just the same un-
til election day,

So, in effect, he has no re-
sponsibility or right to act for

       
 
 

 

  

 

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POPULATION GROWING —
Canada's population is expect
ed to hit. the 19,000,000 iInark by
the end of the year. The total
was 18,767,000 at the end of
1962, a pain Of 338,000 or 1.8 per
cent over the previous yenr,
Graph traces population
yrowth since Confederation,

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A diminutive lady of my ace
quaintance bas never found
her five-foot stature Any arent
handicap except in one regard,
At chureh, and at movies, the-
Atres and concerts, not to mene
tion politieal meetings, she
Bet ae found she sat so
low in contrast to
those ahead of
her that she either
Missed much — of
the entertainment
or olse wot a tired
neck from. peering
and peeking ame
dst the tall heads
nN front of her,

She hos recently solved the
problem,

She eurvles one Of those
Clath shopping bags naw seen
everywhere. made af striped

awning material, canvas or
other pleasantly decorated fab-
We, In this shopping bags she
puts one ofthese modern light,
firm cushtons filled with plas-
We form, not the sqiuashy type,

Thus, a lady carrying a shop-
ping bag in the familiar fush-
jon, she attends wl gatherings,
and calmly sits on the shop-
Ping bag. It raises her at lense,
four dnehes, und beautitnlly
Into the level of even the tall-
est of the other customers,

With the increasing: domes.
Heation af men, itis net at all
UNcoMMAN to seo men carrylnyyy
shopping bags. Toean see no
reason, from ony five-foot-
three point of view, why short.
men shouldn't aval themselves
of this moat interesting, inne-
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constituents of the riding al-
though he is still paid to-—-ap-
Parently.

It is. however, hard to im-
agine a “disolutioned” MP fail-
ing to bitter up lis) former
constituents if be has the
slightest hupe «f inaking them
his constituents again. Bys-
pecially when he is being paid.

When an election is held,
pay for the MP-elect starts
from election day. So someone
reelected has no break in pay.
Even if a man serves only a
few months as an MP, he gets
tn appropriate proportion of
the $8,000 a year and $2,000
tax free expenses.

And although the pay goes
on and on... the title of an
MP-elect does not become of-.
ficial until he is sworn in at
the Peace Tower in Ottawa, ac-
cording to Mr. Castonquay.

He is not declared officially
elected until election writs are
returned. Date for their return
this month has been set at
May 8, one month after the el-
ection. So it is impossible to
have Parliament convened be-
fore May 8.

An MP therefore is officially
acknowledged as such and
Bazetted as such, when the
writ for his riding reaches the
chief electoral officer. But he
docsn't enjoy the official] title
till sworn in, when he gets to
Ottawa,

But with the pay going on—
none has been known to eom-

' deal

Plain, as yet.

Formerly, MPs were paid per
session. When it was decided
to pay annually, about 10 years
ago, the House and the Senate
agreed that the MP and for-
mer MP and future MP should
be paid right through—with
no break for eleetions.

Of course, part pay could
SUI eo to ane man before
election day and = to Another

after, But that’s the way the
system works.

And despite the fact. there
dre no MPs, the Prime Minister
and Cabinet still function as
the Government until defeated
at the polls or until the PM re-
SIENS.

If any great. erisis arrives
between dissolution and an el-
ection, the
with it alone, It can't
summon MPs to Parliament
because, technically, there are
no MPs. -— (TNS)

POPE OLIP IVE DOPOD PIP PPODIP DP LOODS

LETTERS MUST
BE SIGNED

Letters to the Editor and
Poetry or editorial page items
of any description will not be
published untess they are sign-
ed and the full address of the
sender is listed. 2 however, 2
persen wishes to remain anon-
Ymous the article wiil he pub-
lished as such bud it still IUSt
be signed for Daily News re-
cords.

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A Look Back-:

at Rupert ©.

“¢

(50 Years Ago) =,"
March 4, 1913—At the meet"
ing of the council last evenine.
a report of the board of works:
was read that upon the reg.”
ommendation of Mr. ©. G.
Ducane a pumping Plant be!
purchased for installation ats
Shawatlans Lake to cost the ,
sum of $7,000. ‘
(40 Years Ago) 2
March 4, 1928—One motions
of C, H. Orme, seconded by’ gy,
Scott, a resolution was Passed
by the board of trade at ‘hts
meeting last night requesting
the appointment at this port*
of a foreign freight agent i:
act as a freight gathcrer ‘tn
view of the development “of”
foreign shipping out of Prinee:
Rupert. ‘he,
(30 Years Ago) %
March 4, 1933—At the resy
lar monthly meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce helduin
the council chamber at the
City Hall last night, H,
Johnson, presiding, §. F. Par-
Ker brought up the subect of
better rates on motor cars he-
tween Prince Rupert and the
interior.
(20 Years Ago)
March 4, 1943—A. M. Bor-
land until recently with the
Union Steamship Co. of fice
here, was in the city yesterday
afternoon bound for Vancon-
ver to Whitehorse where he
has accepted a position as ace
countant with the White Pass
and Yukon rotue.
(10 Years Ago)
March 4, 1953 — Maximum
surplus electrical power which
could be developed from an
one source of hydro energy
within a 50-mile radius of
Prince Rupert is 18,000 horse:
power, manager of the only
Major private power company
in Northern B.C., said in ap
interview today. oo

word of God-
“NOTHING TO FEAR"
We have nothing to feat
when Love is at the helm uf
thought, but everything io en:
Joy on earth and in heaven.
—Mary Baker Eddy

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