which understandably he four soma et “ot wen are 1910 PRINCE RUPERT DAILY NEWS 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 J. R. AYRES Editor President G. P. WOODSIDE General Manager Authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department, Ottawa _THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1998 Greetings to Northern District teachers T is with a great deal of pleasure that we extend a warm welcome to,the Northern District Teachers whose convention is being launched in Booth Memorial High school tonight. Hard work in preparing for the varied ses- sions, the arrangements for speakers, accommddation for more than 200 teachers has been evident. from the outset ‘and it is to be hoped that the two-and-a-half day parley runs off smoothly. A great deal of valuable information can be gained from a wer planned conference and exchange » ‘ideas and experiences between teachers always proves enlightening. The recent principals’ conference was an outstanding success due to careful organization and the wide range of topics available for the pr incipals to discuss. Welcome also is the opening up of the. conference to the public. There has long been a wide gulf between the teachers and parents that even par- ent-teacher associations have not been able to close. The open session of the conference should give parents and other members of the public an oppor- tunity to’.see the teachers making a dy of their profession and ramifications. Tonight a topic of gyréat import- “ance, “How to improve our schools” will be analyzed in a panel discussion between two members of the educa- tion world H. N. Parrott. president of the B. C. Teachers Federation and Dr. by B.C. artists in C. B. Conway, director of the division of tests and measures at the depart- ment of education and two laymen L. S. McGill, manager of administration at Columbia Cellulose and J. R. Ayres, editor of The Daily News. Tomorrow morning, at 11 -o’clock, the public will have the opportunity of hearing a noted speaker in the form of Dr, Brock Chisholm, former director- general of the United Nations’ World- Health Organization who will address the teachers on “Education for Sur- yiyal,” guests will be able to view paintings Booth High school and hear Robin Pearce, head of the arts and crafts depart- ment' for the University of British Columbia extension department com- ment on the art works. Also designed for the benefit of. the public at Booth High ‘school will be the largest and most varied display “of children’s text books .and books for ‘recreational reading ever shown in the north country.. Parents will have the opportunity of buying and order- . ing them, a good thought with Christ- mas little over a month away: : All in all the public and teachers will be able to rub shounders in an in- formal manner and considerable bene- fit should accrue from the experience. Again, welcome to teachers from Smithers, Kitimat, Terrace, Ocean Falls and the Queen Charlottes. . The exchange nuisance RECREATION Minister Westwood cites an instance of money transfer very annoying. In a B.C. restaurant he was given among his change an Am- crican 50-cent piece, and making an- other purchase a few minutes later in the same establishment he was charg- ed the exchange discount on the same coin. Pointing to the tourist trade he says a happening of this sort might discourage a’ U.S. visitor coming to B.C, It might, although it shouldn’t. Tourists from across the line should he aware that the American dollar is currently at a discount and should be prepared for the difference. Much of the exchange problem might be eased in fact if tourists from outside Can- ada exchanged their funds at their own banks before coming here, al- though human nature being what it is and American currency being accept- able in Canada it is not surprising that this is infrequently done, It is too much to expect, however, that a U.S. tourist arriving with a pocketful of silver won't put this into civeulation in Canada, Because of the exchange ratio a growing caginess is manifest among local residents. Victorians there are scrutinize © change when making purchases of any kind lest they find themselves loaded with American money. Dollar bills are easily spotted but coinage is not, thus the circulation of U.S. silver in Canada gdes merrily on. Resistance to it is on the upgrade, however, nor ean Canadians be indicted for prefer- ring their own currency. Perhaps Mr. Westwood should have refused the 50-cent piece in the first place, for as he found out not all establishments accept U.S. money at par. In the tourist season particular- ly some business houses do, absorbing the loss as an act of grace conducive to friendly relations and as a stimulant to tourist trade in general. Many Victorians nevertheless find the leg- acy of American coins that results : nuisance to be avoided when possible, Tt ig especially ironic that any estab- lishment should give a customer an American coin without benefit of pre- mium, and then a few minutes later tuke it hack again only on a discount basis. No wonder Mr. Westwood was annoyed, —The Victoria Colonist. Tonight after the panel discussion - Memorial | JARRING DISCOVERY—Getting the feel of the past, six-year- oid Despina . Theoharis. examines a giant, shell-encrusted jar - that her grandmother,.Mrs. Evanglis Palpogos, brought’back to Silver Spring, Md:, from ‘her native home on the Greek island of Samos.. ‘After getting it back to the U.S., Mrs. Palpogos took the jar—which used to hold -the family rice—to the Smith- sonian Institution in nearby “Washington, D.C. An expert there told her the “souvenir” was actually an ancient wine jug which the Grecks called | amphora, and probably dated back to 300 B.C. ,- _ greater their | INTERPRETING THE NEWS Russia back in Stalin era over Nobel prize Vy ED SIMON Canadian Press Staff Writer The hue and cry over Borls Pasternak’s Nobel Prize js hitting Russia where Jt hurts, Ever alnce the bad old days of Josef Stalin, Saviet propaganda has worked hard and not unsueerssfully to recapture tho sypathies of Western. Intellectuals whase Initial attraction in the textbook communism of Marx and Lenin had been allenated by the old dletptara re- pollant methods of putting tt Into practice. Since Btall’s death, the Russians had been busy repaulring the damage. The Wert Wes iven & chance to admire the Incomparable Bulshol Wallet, the fabulous violin playlnag of David Alstaakh, the dynanive performance of planist Endl Gilels. + ¥ + A evack fiusslan hoekny tenm toured Cap- udu und cayned non-politien) praise, Other Rupsejin athletes made thelr mark at tho Olymple Games and in world soccer tournn- ments, Thelr selentata mingled on friendly terms af International conferences, thelr bur tnessmen entertained vistting Western deleg- ntlong and their agricultural experts toured Amerlean farms. All these contacts helped ta demolish the pleture af the Soviet citizen as a blindly ohedlent puppet, whose movernents were rigur- ously controled from the Kremlin. In hts place appeared a human being, artensibdly m0 different from his opposlte number dn tie Weat. ¥ 4 + Now, with the chorus, of denuncution thi wrested the award of the Nobel Jeriae for Hterature to Pasternak, the Rusadans are right back where they murted. The unanimous bitternmes of Pasterngk's follow-writers In assniling thefr colleague and nN accuaing the prize committee of political motives has effectively turned the clock back to the Btalin era, TIME and PLACE... By STAN ROUGH THE KISPIOX STAMPEDE For the past six years the people of the Kispiox. Valley up Hazelton way have celebrated Labour Day with a stampede. The stampede cannot be com- pared with the Calgary extra- vaganza as it is a home grown affair ,and a “do it yourself” _effort. The broncs, steers and " riders are all home grown, and, as a result,.it is an agreeable change from the slick produc- tions we see in the The stampede not only attracts the local population but visit- ors from Hazelton, Usk, Telk- wa, Doreen, Kitimat, Topley, Terrace, Moricetown, Kitwan- ga, Cedarvale, Kitwancool, Pa- - cific and Prince Rupert. WELL LAID OUT The stampede grounds con- sists of corrals for the horses and steers, a judges platform with a public address system, and three chutes which open into the area created by a mile track. The grounds have a natural setting as the spectators can see the events from a bank along one side which grandstand. HISTORIC ROAD | The grounds are located be- side the Valley road some 16 miles from Hazelton and. just below 17 Mile bridge. This is an historic road, for in 1866 Capt. James L..Butler and a party of 40 men started to ex- tend the Western Union Tele- graph Co, line north from Hazelton. The plan, conceived by P. M. Collins, was to link America to Europe by wire by way of Alaska across Siberia and to the various ,European capitals. In the meantime, Cyrus Field was attempting the same thing by laying a cable across the Atlantic. When Field succeeded the work on the “overland tele- graph” stopped 40 miles north of Hazelton. Up this same val- ley road, poured one branch of the § stream of Klondykers - north. movies. . forms a perfect | in 1898,:on their way to the gold fields of the Yukon. Be- fore the arrival of the white man, the trail was used by the natives of the Nass River to bring oolicnan oil to the in- terior for trading purposes. This same “grease trail” is felt bya number of people to be the logical by-road into the mineral rich areas to COLOURFUL AFFAIR The stampede opened with a parade consisting of a float on which the candidates for Stampede Queen were seated, -and another float depicting a ‘campfire - scene With the boys sitting in front of their tent | playing an accordian and gui- tars. The floats were followed by 24 mounted cowboys and gowgirls. After the parade had circled the area, “and lined up in front of the grandstand, last. year’s queen crowned the | new queen, Jean Neighbour, with a white stetson hat, and the show got under way. ACTION GALORE There were wild horse, float | Brone and ; and stake races. steer riding, in all there were thirty events on the program. Trixie, the trick horse from Smithers, drew rounds of ap- plause with her wide variety of stunts. AS we arrived at the Stam- pede from! fishing for cohoe in the Kispiox River which runs parallel to the road, we were properly garbed as. events proved. During the afternoon, it poured cats and dogs, fol- lowed by hail, but people head- ed for their cars, and as soon as the deluge was over they ventured out again and the show continued, Unfortunate- ly, we were ultvable to slay for the. supper and dance, as we had to make tracks for home, but next year we will be back again. The Kispiox Stampede is worth Boing: to See. All Aboard B, GE. Morton *Belng a parent should re- quire a ttle more sense than just finding a mate,” writes a mysterious reader who often communicates with this coal- umn under the assumed namo of “Boots” Scott. “People wha cnn not and will not look after thely chil- dren should not he allowed to continue having them. .Chil- dren who come into the world because they were wanted, ang would he giyen . every chance of a decent and nore mal life, “Many people do nat belleve in birth control, but it is far better never to bo. hern than to livesn Wrotime of trouble, sick~ nexs, cald, hunger, and, worst of nll, without Jove. “Perhaps one In a hundred finds happiness when the odds are agalnaL him, but this ja a poor nyerage when the rest sulfer so much, “Bome people any that tak. Ing away a porson'’s privilege tw have children ts Wke play- Ing Cod. 1 think not, for God rave us a brain to think with, and if we have found means ty prevent children from helny born to people wha do jot want them, who yopglecb and ahusg them, thon... it enn't he wron Wut nh {x to decide when Kuch a grhve monasure $8 to be A doctor? A judan tuken? The decision is a hard one to make, even for a person who accepts the: principle behind It. Howover, it seems to me that an xecollent case can he made he case of psychopathic ctiminals, For every other kind of person, it would have to he done an a voluntary basis, if at all. My correspondent “Boots” also has some Interesting re- marks about Cannda’s Indi- Be “"Bolyg barn an Indian (for many of them) Js Ike being horn In a dark valley with alteep slippery sides; and the only way for an Indian to bot- ter aimaolf Js to climb out of it, . “Thin takes a great den) of cournge and — determination, and most of all, thne, Bame- times an Indian will almost make the grado, only ta tn) paok again because no ane Js wniting to lend him a helping Hand at the top. "T's no use foy Us to pub a rope down and quickly pull him out ag this is ton fast for him, We mut put down a good strong rope ladder for him to climb out by himaelf, one atep at an time, while we give him pycourpmement .. + “Whon he reaches the top, we muat be rendy and willinn to help him atny there.” the | , One of the nims of national- , ‘that they . ized. industries is should do business with one another. They are’ supposed to-deal with one another, in order that ‘they may help ease one another’s problems, But a curious situation has arisen. The National Coal ’ Board in the United Kingdom has unprecedented stocks of. .It would | Uke to sell its coal to the na-. But . that ne nationalized - coal upon its hands. t: ronalized gas industry. the gas industry finds the prices of t mines are too high. natural gas from ‘the United ¢ much ‘togetherness’ From the: Montreal Gazette | Tt is going, therefore, to im-~ port. frozen natural gas from private business ‘interests in the United States. A spokes- man of the Gas Council says that 2,000 tons of frozen other country, when. another own country Is business, with it, ness” States are due to arrive in a terprises, But specially- -equipped tanker. If the experiment is a success, the tanker will be put on a permanent run. . The = National: Coal Board thinks. that . this . is . hardly. playing cricket. “And. certain. in’ this Devon town:“Dames ly it is a little odd for a na- © don’t Care,” and: \ “They Never more they are ‘together . unhappier they will be. son memeenennmem et tte enema eee “PF mn g eo ro Ser ig CU He tionalized _Industty “to, deal. Learn, me are WIN. a 230%, 17” RCA Victor. PORTABLE Enter NOW! Contest Dates Oct. 9-Nov. 8 Hts Easy! It’s Fun! Transistor Radio will be given away as an extra - ir bonus prize in our Prince = Rupert Branch a — brought a beer like this to B.C.: says food expert Victor Zizka, proprietor of Victor's Delicatessen, Park Royal, West Vancouver. A former resident of Czechoslovakia, he recatls the taste of the world famous Pilsener brewed in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia. “Labatt’s Pilsener is detightfully different from: ordinary domestic beer. It has the true taste of Pilsener.” _ Pm reo fo FOR VRE HOME DELIVERY Or 4032 Maile fram an authontie European rocine with Imported yoast and endorsed ty hrowmastors of 7 loading Europoan lrewortos. + od ¥ VO This advertisomont is not oubtishod or disulaved by the Uguor Gonteot Woard or by the Governmont of British Columbia, with private ‘enterprise In an- i * nationalized Industry in Itsy ¢ ready to do '™ _“Torether- | is supposed to be the . hallmark of state-owned ‘en- ‘in this cage ..; the Gas Councll feels’ that the the | EXMOUTH, England Py Double hill at a movie theatre |