% , \ 2 i é ] | —— ee Ten NN NY, vy wy ‘ ' Webbie ye, Co : re HED VER LER WA se we ee ee we eee ree ATU Meee eee EM ES HOS 1910 —- PRINCE RUPERT DAILY NEWS — 1958) ATS SE NNT NE NE NEN ANN NNN AD NT WSN NNT NU NUN ANNE oe ot Fes : eon a we a WMS VSS HENS Be Ew EN HE ON we ew 8 Pe weR rent revs y a 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 Dally News Limited -JOHN F. MAGOR President .J. R. AYRES , Editor a. P. WOODSIDE General Manager Authorized as second class mall by the Post Office Department; Ottawr we 7 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1958 -- Immediate action on. Highway 16 essential JE. have the word of men who have driven Highway 16 since it was first opened in 1945, that. the road from Prince Rupert to Terrace is in the worst condition it has ever been. Saturday’s fatal accident:.and other thishaps over the weekend’ that will . cost city motorists hundreds if not thousands of dollars in repairs, ap- pear to bear this out. Once again the car or truck-driving public is being penalized for venturing beyond Gallo- way Rapids bridge on pleasure or business. Target of an irate driving publie, object of the scorn and wrath of poor | | motorists who face $300 or $400 repair bills after visiting Terrace on business, is the provincial Highways Depart- ment... For 18 years motorists of this district have suffered at the hands of Liberal, Coalition’ and Social Credit gover nments. Promises, excuses, token strips of semi-paving, election bait sections of hardtop have been the lot of district motorists. ‘In the middle of.car owners who have almost reached the end of their tethér.and the mealy-mouthed Social Oredit government is the provincial { engineer, a man on whose. ers lies the responsibility of not 16 open and passable but safe for tr avel, Two days before Labor Day the Terrace to Rupert section of Highway 16, was by local. Standards ‘in excellent — condition. On top of that there was (to Rupert motorists) a. wonderful éxtya strip of cold mix as pim.o0! Nn 2 Wihtrd table The Labor Pry end rains redured the road week- to a “he Ino dess than a month rain dd traffic bawe completely demolish- ual thie roe ved mii\ step. Pay last brie day night the pore wes aliest bevoned only ‘keeping his portion of Highway - a___he beoun right away no matter-what belief. ; Consider then, the task facing the provincial engineer. His district ex- tends only to Kwinitsa. After patch- ing the old cold mix and adding the new cold mix strip this spring and summer he has funds left for mainten- ance only. When it’s dry he can grade. When its raining there’s no point. He can do little or no patching as the weather becomes colder, when it’s raining or even when its wet after _rain. If he does cars and trucks soon - remove the new patches and the jag- ged potholes are that much bigger and more dangerous. All he can do is pray for good weather for patching, grad- ing and gravelling at a time when the percentages are against him. Finding a solution is a tough job. Civic bodies, organizations and groups should demand that Highways Minis- ter P. A. Gaglardi fly up here immedi- ately and see Highway 16 at its worst, not after its been doctored in anticipa- tion for a visit. Mr. Gaglardi should be urged to spend a great..deal of money preparing the Terrace-Rupert road for a complete paving program to start next spring, not just the 46 miles that was announced by Premier Ben- nett this summer. For the present the provincial publie works crews should be doubled and the equipment quadrupled. A plan for placing guard rails along the stretches where the road is open to the Skeena River - should be ‘implemented. immediately. Action to fix’ up the Terrace-Rupert highway, and fix it up properly, should the cost. After all, the British Colum-— bia taxpayers haven't complained too loudly about the good roads in the Kamloops and Kelowna areas. They won't complain about paving the west- erm end of Highway 16. Buying cleaner politics AM! “RIC AN denjoers bey waowtel he On far sounder vround if elections Were not finguneed by a relutively few “creeds, Pt bs estimated: that On per eer! of capedea funds come from | poreeent of the popuikation, We wold not stavest that all the werlthiay didividttals or orounizat ions Wha comprise this fractlan seek to “buy or could “buy eontral of the Lwooniajer pacetios. Paittia ane doubts thats of them possess speebal- Intercet qaces they world be deliohted to sharpen, Citizens concerned ithout “naflue ence peddling at aay level of gavern- INTERPRETING THE NEWS ment can do something more about it than grouse. They can “vote” a few dollars. Three years ago a Gallup poll reported that 17 million American fumilies were ready to give at least $5 ta their chosen party for election OXPENSES, The sad fact is that normally only 2percent of the people make any contribution, We warmly support the drive of the Heritage Foundation and the Advertising Couneil to help Americans correct this shocking weakness, ) —Christian Scienee Monitor, SMO VT NTS VE OW NN te ts NT ee boo Me Ty Net cb teri Bs oe eye " q : Re a U.S. may moderate view of Chiang issue Why Vobiie hth ten Mireniellaa comunittedh te Hea yoaece planer oof Pated tite polieves dn thie Pap deat diate Teee tr fbhercd a pdimeadiag Gb heap Uhrat tia Atre tbe sete dle aye peet) bain Olt three bicaak Whale Utrata di qavibelie copeor a dawtebed bie Peer dukes bt toleration aad oubiyhit dislike Of Chia Bab shed Noatratadb t © ae se pray. Mpbitnede day Forni TQ nathes trot Che aaadar: Jats. og few triton favor the presences oof C harceray Praia. on tQuenioy oauly four migdes Proto the dete Cotati ft petta pee filownes ror ween OO Micetnithvn tia been ostaetberay efl eXpre cdo of hati at the dacolvenvet of thre Weta the fe fenee af OC hibatiyes, envgt post with ou onadees tliat Hitters ae moblitaery Comotaiitineiite da the atea At the sane foe, he divs eehord the statement. by State Hleepetary Dyibles Geqiericge thee ote oof fore Yr wetting) datertiationadh aie pater The qortee: triste dig bea otegiied: te vryeeait Tarber reque ct. tor ae poliey statement pega. the Uoited Stutes te diy off Quienvey with thre eapent aeptiendt that Da ttade ean mike her dnfluence felt ioiore effectively in private ftatla; than an Dobe promcuneenients While Marermitlinnis patit. were well tale fnonant quarbers, the UY trete shells ane Bee pupabnda burrafees hive ony Terdtiabe nerves Informed by own hin Impressive erass-secthan ete explosion af wad Arertcahy pra. oulwelhiod their effoeat The prioie tibnats ter has been of ED SIMON Couadiuien Press Staff Writer his countrymen that they dq not consider Quemoy worth fighting for. Consequently, students of the Dulles prose ‘tyle happily selved on one phrase In his New York speech Thursday night as a departure from hls previously expressed views on Quemoy, The US. he sald, would find neceptahle an arningement not involving force or the thre of foree, whieh “eliminated from the situation rentures that could reasonably be regarded a4 provoentive.” ' To Britons, the statement was sle@nifleant fio that de Was the first Indleation that Dulles mirht he sympathetic to thelr view that Chinng's henvily garrisoned Inatallations at Quemoy could be sa. rogarded, As Jong as Chiang weepa his troops within mmshet range of the Communist mainiand, the nrgments of Prontkdant Waanhowear and Dutles against foree pre effectively countared by the Com- muniat rejoinder that the orlelnal threat wos Chitnws and that the UB. 7th Woot ia aup- porto de by proteeting® Ala supply lines to the tolond:. British friends of Ohtang would be happier vhout ondervriting his future if he witherew hin forces to the Inoffonilve edistansea of Par. nos and the Pesenedores. They rend into Duller’ remarks the indeation that the U6. ia ba- Ginning to share they view, the use of foren or threat of - VICTORIA REPORT By J. K. NESBITT VICTORIA—It’s happening at last—this week—the Pacific Great Eastern Railway Is ‘ful- filling the dreams of countless thousands of the people and seores of promising politicians it’s chugging into the Peace River district, to new northern terminals at Fort St. John and Dawson Creek. By one of those: “queer quirks of history and the fates, it has fallen to the lot of W.A.C. Bennett to ve Premier on this tremendous occasion in the life of British Columbia. He is riding the train as VIP No. 1. having himself a whale of -a time, convinced that if he hadn’t come along the PGE would never have reached the Peace. Well—he could be right, but one doubts it; someone, someday, was bound to come along and send the. PGE into the Peace. However, let us give the Premicr hisgdue; he used his drive and his imag- ination and his sense of gam- bling and timing to complete the PGE. What history there is wrap- ped up in the dear old PGE-- what bickerings and aArgu- ments. Many an election cam- paign has been fought around the PGE—it has been; the sub- ject of scandals, the butt of jokes, of Royal Commission enquiries, and terrific hours of acrimonious debate in the Legislature. The first PGE inaugural was in August of 1921, when Pre- mier John Oliver hosted a big party for the first train ride into Quesnel. There was even controversy about that. The Opposition members of the Legislature | wouldn’t go along. On this 1958 inaugural they’re not invited,. not even Opposition Leader Robert Strachan. “One _ of these days I'm going over the PGE, but I guess I'll be paying my own way,” says Mr. Stra-. chan, who pretends he’s not -hurt because he’s not invited, but just the same, he’d like to be there. However, the Pre- mier doesn’t want Mr. Stra- chan to be making any politi- cal capital out of the PGE. < But, back to 1921—William® Bowser was Opposition Leader when Premier Oliver invited: him on the PGE inaugural: . into Quesnel. No, Mr. Bowser wouldn't accept, thank you, “THé* excursion will be so. ar~7 Hi ranged that. the management : of the railway and the con- ; . tractors will conduct the party as to have them see what they want them to see—I want an _ independent: view’ — I don’t” propose to.have my hands tied when such an important mat- ter is to be discussed in the House.” No, Mr. Bowser wouldn't go;. he said the PGE inaugural into Quesne] was nothing but a joy ride, at the taxpayers expense: ‘Along comes the present Premier with the in- satiable ambition to bea rall- road builder.” The PGE, you sce has always been tied up in politics, and it always will, as long as the gov- ernment owns it. But Premier Oliver, didn't seem too happy in the role of railroad builder: “It is cost- ing the people $3,000,000 a year. Becnuse of this we have $3,000,000 a year less to spend on roads and schools’ in’B.C, You never saw a railway built in your life but that there were charges, and that there was a waste of money,” Premier Bonnett today, of course, would deny that there has been any waste of moncy under his regime, and he muy be right. Well, let's let bygones be by-« ones, and wish for the best for the POE—-a rich and happy future, returning some- day, fat dividends to the peo- ple who have poured so many milians Into It, wewvsece rye yy DN YS DH HH WN wv devin ee RT ees SURPRISE HATCH-—An abandoned ee Arseni Smirnoff of Calgary keeps both pigeons and hens ion. SN WN Sw Ye PT YE RV ee WO Nw how . Se dt ante r te seas smpannd PO Me Ses Patan 4 on oN oN Ne te } aa wh ep caused all the confus- in his yard. When he found an egg he felt sure it belonged to a pigeon so he gave to ‘Momma Pigeon to hatch. But the offspring stunned the pigeon. The new baby was a chick. * —CP Photo. LETTER BOX Tribute to carver The Editor, The Daily News: An aged Indian was laid to . rest in Port Simpson Monday last. I wonder how many of us realize that with him went much knowledge of the old culture and Native handi- crafts, for he was one of the few and true carvers of our totem pole, who had earried on his carving all down the years, and gave much to us in the way of history and craftmanship. Moses Alexcie was 82 years old: . he died quietly and - peacefully, down at the sea- _ shore he so often. -visited, near ' his “Port.Simpsoni., “homie, « ‘His was a ‘rare gift—he . was) one of the few left, who had that gift and that knowledge, and I wish to pay tribute to him, and for the hundreds of carvings he brought in to me, during my years of friend- ship with him. Vera A. Webb, Prince Rupert. Security preferred Frem the London Free Press One of the marked weak- nesses of business today is the refusal of young men to accept proper responsibility. 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