a ne ol al oe ate 1910 — PRINCE RUPERT DAILY NEWS — 1963 An independent newspaper devoted to the upbuilding 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 and for Authorized as Second Class Mail by the Post Office Department, payment of postage In cash, Ottawa, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1963 City Hall property too choice for museum The suggestion hy a Vancouver archi- tect that the dilapidated City Hall building be restored as a tourist at- traction would cost this municipality more than such a venture is really worth, ‘Robert F. Harrison tells council in aletter: “to look again at your build- ine—Its use is far from over.” He says the structure should be converted into wiving museum such as those in Bar- kerville und Dawson City. To carry out Mr. Harrison's scheme -—-Which is truly a good one in its pro- per place—the city would not only have to dig deep in its coffers but it would be minus a potential area fur downtown parking—something badly needed in this city at once and certain- ly In preference to a second museum. And we've been told by council the city just does not have that kind of money to spare. Tf the city can't see its way clear to put up a mere $375 fora basketball banquet then pray tell where will it dig up the amount of money to literally reconstruct this heat up old building. If it was just a case of putting some paint here and there and adding a few fixtures we could easily concur with Mr. Harrison. However , this is not so, In order to put this building in condition to have tourists pacing back and forth it would mean practically w whole renovation from top to bot- tom.. You just can’t take a building that is 51 years old and expect it to plas: such a role without sinking many dollars into rebuilding: it, particularly for safety sake. ven if council did decide to take up this plan, surely the ratepayers are entitled to some say by way of a ref- erendum, and we simply can't see tax- pavers of Prince Rupert going for it When we already have one museum, although not a Hvine museum it’s a museum—prohably one of the finest of any city in B.C. this size. The idea is marvellous—we don't dispute that fact. But this city is not in shape financially to go ahead with it. There are many more things needed as we've pointed out in this space be- fore. And if the city is going to lash out some $300,000 over a period of time for the post office building which ix to be the new city hall and cough up funds to restore the old one or give up the property for this purpose, then the treasury is sure to take a licking— one we can't afford at this time. With parking becoming more and more acute every day—and especially with the Alaska ferry in operation— this is what our thoughts must turn We don’t have near enough space to conveniently handle the amount of parking now let alone in the thick of the tourist season when every little inch will indeed count. Admitcedly there won’t be much room when the city hall is torn down but it will help some in relieving the parking down- town. In any event where would these tourists park to have a look-see at the building. How many tourists—that is the ones that stay here overnight—will actually take advantage of a museum of this type and would the city really derive that much profit? We must also consider our residents, many of whom have been in and out of this old build- ing time and time again and have as a result had their fill of it. The building would become—under this latest proposal—strictly a season- al thing, and this property in the heart of the city is just too choice for such a gamble What makes anyone so sure the pro- vincial or federal governments would kick In with money when it’s really not as if we were on such a historical level as Dawson City or Barkerville If this was the case every city in the provinee, or Canada would want one of its buildings done over the same way. We just can’t see either govern- ment goine for that. March to Disaster By LUBOR J. ZINK vrasped in 1957 after 22 years the PM's chief licutenant, Ex- OTTAWA TNS) Its ay du the wilderness, | ternal Affairs Minister Howard overin the capital. What hap- Having achieved its phen- Green, who bears much re~ pens next depends on the omenal 1958 triumph under sponsibility for the downfall voters. ‘They now have a John Diefenbaker, _ the of the government and the chance to correct some of the party’s reluctance to discard anti-Tory mood of the coun- its aging dsastrous effeets of their own . ’ enigmatic andecision dn the 1962 ballot. and chieftain is derstandable, increasingly un- try. Jn the last few days before , e . > r . Pdon’t believe a elear break it is alse wees qatfortuniately, the defeat some of the more with the ilimsiens or the past as ae ee ° realistic members of the Cahi- ‘ Those ‘Tories who believe net made several attempts to en be aenweved in one clean they are marching to a great get rid of their suicide-bent EWE], All the Alice's of Can- election vietery under the leader, Monday afternoon they Ws polio wonderland are pyefenbaker banner are de- sounded. out Socred chief SH ia charpe of thelr respec judine themselves, They are | Thompson about. support for a Vive pu ppeb shows, CHuping tow sinking ship and reconstructed Conservative Howl Loke qnore than one their brave shouts of mutual rovernment, without Diefen- election to pet rid oof them, theourmeement cannot keep i. baker, Thompson told them it But the 19638 eleetion ean pro- afloat, was too late, vide the necessary daperis for As date as last month there Wednesday morning, the tee peedly exit. 4 Pa ee eeud onan at change sume men who plotted the OW Our miajer parties are, che fatal course. But the same ae ' way . too du dadned. saddled with paralysis Ghat inamobilized the paliee coup “wore loyalty. to levdership whieh lives in the Government gripped the an- Mr. Diefenhaker in the party pst, Phas is partienlarly true nual Conservative convention caucus — although all of of the Conservative Party in and confirmed the inept Die- them knew that under him tes third ecusecutive the Dich to re- power it ly ce veins of fonbaker leadership, sire nethe ned TRAVELING LIGHT by the Sloanes Tt aetual- the party was heading to- hand Ul wird almost eertain defeat Just as in Cabinet meetings, hone or irnem had the courage to stand up and speak his the mind. The pro-Diefenbaker forces, composed mainly of Prairie MPs and hended by Agriculture Minister: Hamilton, carried the day, Thus an unbroken series of misjudgpements and blunders since June 18 was) crowned amid) the same splrit. of self. deception whieh railed Par- Hament oand the eountry upainst the Diefenbaker pup- pet show, Josew several sad buek- benchers walking dejeetedly fram the caueus meeting. One of them told me: “Only elec- Hon defeat can bring the party toils senses now. 1 A Newer ore emmpueaat + yeememn ines e+ Editor's Note—Nigned “neti. cles and editoriain credited to other newspapers do not ne- cessarily refleet the views of JOINING + THE FLEET — HMCS Island. Saskatchewan, second comniis- sioned into 6, al Yarrows Limited, Esquimalt. B.C. of the Mackenzie class deswrover es: to be completed for the Royal Canadian Navy is shown above during sea tricls The Saskatchewan will ke the RCN on €a.00 lew, SOLUS aff Vanecuver VICTORIA REPORT BY J. K. NESBITT The premier’s “goodies” budget in debate VICTORIA —~ Members of your legislature are now en- gaged in debating Premier Pennett’s 1963 kudget — his “eoodies-for-everyone” budget, as he himself delights in call- ine it. Well, I suppose there are goodies for everyone. We'll all be able tu cross some big bridges without paying tolls. We'll not have to pay any any more tax on amusements. Home-owners will have their grants upped from $50 to $100, over a period of three years. MLAs, as near as I can fig- ure out, will receive another $1,500 a year. bring their pay to 36,500 a year. They do bet- ter than anyone else when it comes to gocdies. Civil ser- vants will get more. Now that we have so many rivil servants -— I would say too many — MLAs fawn over them, and court their votes. as once they ° fawned over farmers, With more pay for MLAs Icgislation each year will now cest an all-time high of $451,- 000. That’s what a session will cost from here on in. Isit any wonder I advocate a session every two years, as in Wash- ington State. If they can do it that way there, why not we? I realize, of course, there's not a hope of this in British Co- lumbia. The budget shows $781,000 more for social welfare, $892,- 000 more for mental health, nearly $8,000,000 more for ed- ucation. Mr. Gaglardi, how- ever, will have to get along with nearly $3,000,000 less for his beloved highways. The government's ferry sys- tem is prospering the budget shows, Ina nine-month period last year it showed a profit of more than $600,000, which is pretty good. None of the ferry profits will be put into con- solidated revenue, the Premier assured the House, but will be saved up to build new ferries and improve the service, There was no mention of a reduetion in ferry fares, I would Chink the Premier js keepings this plumb oup— his sleeve unlil the eve of the next general election, when- ever that will be, The budget is a vast doen- ment, complete with the Pre- mier's pleture, it's a weighty tome, and, lo the layman's eye & Inost complicated one though the Premier says it’s as plain ws Can be, In the budget. debate there] be no conelusions reached in the Touse on the budget. Everyone on the Social Credit side siys it’s a wonderful bud- wet and everyone on the op- position side says i's terrible, though Oppositlonists are care- “STOW PIEOR" The most. striking feature of the Prince Rupert fisheries hag wees tee heen their economic — strength, Siys Associated Engineering's economic report for the city. Like many other Canadian pro- ducers, the British Columbia fishermen have been hurt from time to time by foreign ex- change problems and the gonera) capriciousness of International frade after 1930, and they are subject to hardships Imposed by Wide and unpredictable varia- Lions in the availability of fish, But ws ful not to criticize the goodies. That way lies unpopularity with those receiving the gond- ies. Oppositionists are mast vocal in eriticizing the Pre- mier’s high-finance methods. They argue with him about debt, insisting the province is not debt free. while the Pre- mier, with equal vehemence. insists it is so. The Premier was in buoy- ant, optimistic mood as he read page aficr page from his budget. He sad his govern- ment has done, and will con- tinue to do, a first-class job in all respects. To show this to be so, te his own satisfac~ tion, he used these words: “For more than a decade this administration has practised sound fiscal pclicies und fos- tered rapid, province-wide eco- nome progress. We have our HOW MANY KEE share of biased critics, which one might expect for any gov- ernment that is not laissez- faire, and which does not al- low pressures by special inter- est groups to influence govern- ment policy. “Our present excellent fin- waneial position results from more than 10 years of plan- Ning and diligence in efficient end effective government, “The people of this province can look forward with com- plete confidence in 1963, and the fellowing decade, to the greatest period of economic and sovial progress in our his- torv.” All of with which you may not agree, depending con which side of the political fence vocuwre cn — but that’s -.what eur Mr. Premier said in vour Legislature. In most of the aa yanadiiun eities around which have sprung up mushroom suburbs of ranchless ranch type houses and fantastic plantations of mass - produced’ bungalows there is occurring a most in- teresting reclamation project in many of the old- down- town residential streets = : that were thought >. until quite recent- ¢ i. ly, to be merely --: » awailing the ar- , rival of the bull- - dozer. Streets of small semi . de- tached houses, with only narrow oo side entrances between each pair, red brick and gabled, are being bought up by refugees trom the suburbs and convert-~ ed into most attractive down- town residences. By the installation of mod#- ern plumbing, fixtures and wir- ing and the artistic application of paint not only to the wood- work but to the brick in many February 1 FACES OF CANADA GEORGE HEES One face exhorts, ‘Get out and trade’ The war cry of the new cru- sade. A visage of un-Common man- ner, The dedicated growth - rate planner. --H. Halliwell. x Packsack eases, these small — of the cighteen eighties and ninetigg’ become regular little jewels boxes. oo “After six years in the sub-, urbs,” said one of the new own-* ers of such a house, “my wifg’ and I decided that it would be« more fun to spend the years” rehabilitating an old houge than in watching a new houkte disintegrate before our eyes.” A Look Back* at Rupert (50 Years Ago) Feb. 11, 1913—-The pool room bylaw passed its third reading in council last night. As a re- sult Sunday pool in Prince Ru- pert ts a thing of the past. The bylaw poes into effect at onee, (480 Years Ago) Feb. Hi, 1923—Skipper Hoo- mes K. Freeman, of the launch Narbethong, who left port some two weeks avo for south- ern points to supply mush to the mush savages, has been lo-, cated at Hartley Bay. (30 Years Ago) Feb, 11, 1933—At the hospital board meeting held in the hos- pital last night president Frank Dibb named his commit- tees for the following year. (20 Years Ago) Feb. 11, 1943—Trustee C. G, Ham reported at last night's meeting of the school board that teachers had complained about not getting their checks on the last day of the month when it fell on a Saturday. (10 Years Ago) Feb. 11, 1953—The order re- Strictings dogs to leashes or confinement in Prince Rupert has been lifted, RCMP Inspec- tor Taylor announced — today. Dogs may now be allowed to run at large. STABLE FACTOR Columbia Cellulose Company's Watson Island pulp mill is base of the Prince Rupert eceonomy, according to Associated Engin- eering Ltd. Pulp production is a vital part of Canadian manu- facturing; it poSsesses vast ‘re-~ sources and serves a growing world market, and the industry is based on established inter- national corporate organizations. Soit would appear that the pulp mnill is the most stable contribu- tion to the city’s existence. EP THEIR SAVINGS IN A BANK? Probably «all of thom /There are 10 million savings deposit accounts in the chartorod banks, by far the most popular typo. Thoy are used by all sorts of poople-—-wage-oarners, businossmen, housowilves, farmora, Atudonts — who know thoir monoy is safe, oars Rood interest, and is availahle whonevor neodod, And thoy like tho officloncy and courlony of the mon andl womon who serve them / Your noarost branch is tho plaice ' for your savings —and the one place you can do all your banhingz. ’ Msherles go, they have been almost a show plere,” WIAT'LL IT BE, FELLOWS, SKI- ING_OR SHE: ING?" [POE ORONO E eNR pp TR OmgmCRNT REED EC wEND } SOEUR. ne ete erty The Daily News, THM CHARTERED BANKS SHURVING YOUTL COMMUNITY