CASTLE NEWS,

Castlegar, B.C.

\ Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post O?tice Department, Ottawa

EDITORIAL

They Must Not Have Died In Vain.

Last Wednesday night while crossing the ferry from -Robson
to Castlegar, a half ton truck drove on and up to chain and stopped,
Nothing out of.the ordinary in that, nothing that is, until we noticed
there were six people jammed in that half ton truck — then the
past and the present were in sudden and very unpleasant juxta-

position.
Just seven months ago, ‘six young “peor!
were called and strong represent,

went ott “that same

‘VHI -
Farm and Forest Battlegrounds

gar. Community Club, ;Mesars.
Petts,“Taylor* and “Bremenko, ‘at-

gave

: ‘Page 2 : Thursday, August 6, 1953

i ; THE CASTLE NEWS ” Tp. - Five ¥ Ago: {2 sia, on the new playground

i : Published Every Thursday at ‘ Canada Prepares To : ive ‘Tears @9° Bl being purchased at Kinnaird, at

: “THE CROSSROADS €¥ THE KOOTENAYS” A oN a ; This Week a special meeting Monday night,

' u Vv. abampbell, Owner-Publisher V. A. Misutka, Editor ‘Deal With Disaster f is Wee! The ground consists of 14 well

} mber Canadian Weekly Newspaper Associa : fasted timbered acres, accessible from
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the Castle News.)

water supply available. Recom-
A delegation trom the Castle- i

were made as

‘split’ up insapy ‘way. or “gold but
must be heldiat dll:time for park

J tendea night’

Just as modern ‘war his spread
from field forces to civil commu-
nities, the line ‘of defence has
broadened, say Canadan defence
auhorities,: to embrace all ‘sec-
tlons of the’country’— not only
those in crowded, potential-tar-
get areas. The farmer, most of
all, has an important role to play
in any measures which Canada

ag | may have to take to fight off at-
tack. -
D jon of sources of sup-

illfated ferry and | three. lives. were lost,
ation was es he as the Department of Public Works, igot
a roasting, and the guard chains were ‘strengthened’ on the ferry.
. The ‘overloading ‘of passenger. vehicles ‘also * ‘got a ‘combing out and
pedple becanie very careful ‘about ithe ‘passenger “Hmit ‘of -their
Genieles - — for all of a week!
If that truck had been carrying ‘it’s legal limit instead ‘of twice
it's legal limit,. most it ‘not all. ‘those wan aled lust ‘Christmas ‘might |.

ply for fighting forces is a tech-
nique already being employed
effectively in areas where war
flames, even now. Any assault on
Canada, according to the experts,
would certainly give priority to
which sustain the popu-

be living ‘to-day. ‘The Jaw ‘ a ‘of

(anid other ) is 'a’ ‘and very law, both
for ‘passengers ‘and ‘drivers. . No. driver can hope to cope with :an
emergency in a ‘vehicle in which! "he can scarcely move even under
-the most optimum Conditions, Yet -in :spite ‘of the terrible lesson, |
people were flciting ‘that law before.the flowers on the graves of
the previous Victirris had faded, and have continued to do so ever,
‘since.

Have these three died then in vajn?.Js-not so tragican example
sufficient lesson for those who would wilfully,:gamble with not
their own lives but with the lives of ‘others:as:well?, Experience here
and elsewhere’ would indicate that it is not. . The" ‘answer -is, ‘in that
case, simple and direct — enforce the: law ‘to the limit, Ignorance
is certainly no excuse, when so recent an example is so blithely

‘ ignored, Enforce the law and ‘prosecute, the, guilty. until this practice
ceases, These three must not Nave died in vaint

{have already

lation with food, as well as to

sites of great arms production

plants and industrial zones gen-

erally,

The potential dangers of -bio-
wi

vigilance in peacetime, too, tor
fires cans — and most often
do — from sheer carelessnesé.
CROP INCEND

While ‘a vast number of enemy
agents would have to be used to
do “much harm by ) spreading
germs among human beings and | ©
livestock, and a ‘small army of
saboteurs would be needed for

and playground purposes, :(b).that

title ‘to’ the: Jand “beheld joiritly -

wy the village frunteipality a
2).

hin a plan for the Sevslzpment
‘of the’ iground the @rafted 3.
yenen accepted, strictly adhered
Bs s(d). that“no “healthy: ‘fen
The commissiéners wish _to|" eds be cut or certroved inthe
commend teen -town for placing |#rea ect: aside ‘for "ore k, Thi

of the “Commissioners, their
mission being the transfer of the
Community Club property to the
Village.
agreed to accent the property:
and ‘the Club will appoint three
rrustees to operate it on behalf

of. the Village,

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the of- water
sources’ and food stocks, exten-
sive fires could be by a
mere handful of agents, Fire will
not spread in standing crops, ex-
cept during the period between
ripening and harvesting, and then
only in dry, weather. at’ these
times standing’ crops might* besa.
target for incendlarism. Attempts
might be made, too, on stored
grains and the loss of basic cer-
eals and provender would not
only be a calamity for the farm-
ers . but, if widespread, would

disaster of

logical and are

the

been.
with their peculiar significances
to those who operate farms and
who live outside the larger com-
munities, There is still another
possi le -threat to such places —
incéndiarism.

“When we think of arson — the
deliberate firing. of property —

7

Is It Adequate

We have been having. a look at the new Bloomer Creek run-off

* main — and wondering. In the first’ ‘place the culvert which carries
the water of Bloomer Creek under the C.P. .R. road. bed is consider-
ably larger (350 square inches in’ area) ‘than * ‘the new pipe (180
square. inches in area). Where the C.P.R, engineers who put in ‘that
culvert just pessimists, or do they use a certain size pipe for all

» or does Creek at its flood, height need

a pipe of that diameter to carry the water off safely? If the latter’

case be true, then the present pipe is at some ‘time, going ‘to be
a source of greif to those in it’s vicinity.

Secondly, if the new pipe is theoretically adequate for the joh,
is it adequate in actual fact? We do not pretend to-be engineers, but
we do know that even in an ordinary garden hose, the pressure at
the faucet is considerably greater than at the nozzle, due to the
friction between the water and the inside surface of ‘the hose. If
that same hose has a few bends and kinks throughout it’s length,
the volume of water coming out of the business end -is consider-
ably less than before. Now, the new pjpe is nofsmooth rubber but

coefficient of friction. It also has almost as many bends in. it as a
rattlesnake with acute indigestion. These two factors alone are
goihg to.make a considerable. difference ‘in ‘its actual“and*theoreti-
H cal output. The Pressure alone of such a solid column of water,
i] dropping as it does a height of over 200 feet in a distanced of halt
a mile, would be terrific strain on the pipe. Should it give under
the pressure, we would not care to be in the vicinity.
Thirdly, and what is most to the point, is. the fact that there is
a small bridge over the road to the Castle Bar ranch. This bridge
grosses Bloomer Creek before it gets to.the track. Under the bridge
there are three culverts with a total ara of 330 square inches, Dur-
ing the time Bloomer Creek was at it’s height, George Anderson
. had to watch those culverts day and night since they could scarcely
carry the flow of water and the bridge, therefore was in danger of
being swept away. The new pipe has an area of a little more than
half that and in some cases makes almost right angle turns. Since
. water is an almost: ii the at the
time of a maximum flood should be most interesting.
True, there are several sumps: and manholes along the course

out of the man holes, where does it go from there?

Admittedly we ‘are asking all the questions and admittedly we
aren't supplying any answers, but we didn’t get paid for it. We're
just those for the work asked themselves

much more rougher concrete which: has a correspondingly higher |"

‘these same questions before they started.
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VENTILATED
PULL-ON STYLE

we ,usually ;think of such.acts as
directed against stores of mater-
ials,, key. installations, production

Farming people, therefore, are
counted upon by those setting up

with trouble, no matter where'or
when or IF it comes, to do their
share in defending ‘this land and
in foiling activities of ‘this “sort

Department,
Mr.) W. Nixon m-reported. onthe
Hincompetent | iin.

our organizations for dealing}.

Signs on the highway |’
each side of town.

‘A new: engine block is, being |
purchased for ,the Village truck
and a new motor stdrter -for the
Trailer Booster Pump of the Fire

worlmanship cf
electric tric wiring in the Municipali-'

ty which creates a fire ‘hazard as
well as unnecessary expense ‘to
have wiring brought up to the
code, - ‘2

The Kinnaird Softball team
won their: second game on the
new school grounds. The rocky
condition of the field made it
very difficult to judge grounders. 4

_ BUSINESS (DIREC ORY

which may well be it fac-

tors ‘in our sheer survival.

FARM FIGHTERS |
Ottawa officials, and their]

tation, iBte.

But -the civil, defence

in-all:the Prov-,

believe that an enemy might at-|
tack .our farms and forests, as
well as our industries and de-

inces, are. h
terest being shown in rural com-
munities in\the subject of civil)

fence establishments, in an ef-
fort to cripple our resources and
‘undermine our whole ‘economy,

BUSH Figs’
- The. Havoc (which -forest. fires
cause is,’ unhappily, too well

known to Canadians, from peace-
time experience, They will have
no. difficulty in visualizing the

.| which may. be expected to under:
‘|go direct ‘attack. ~~

But, the farmer,, may, find ‘that, .

which | C:

def and -int which
many of our smaller places are;

a Worthwhile role if ever Canada
is in danger, ’

tion for those villages and sec-
‘tions where, alfeady, civil de-
fence services have been set up
to fulfill the function of mutual
aid and reception‘areas, in sup-
port .of the bigger. communitjes

by. the in-}]

taking to ensure that they play |

They have expressed admira- A.

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war has come right into his own’
barnyard’.-He .must,’ ‘say. ‘the.ex-

ensure that no one tampers with
his holdings or endangers his own
family, stock hss yield, He, as.a

terror and
could be spread, in wartime, by
the deliberate burning of our tim-
ber lands. ‘Those charged with,
our national security urge all who}
live in or near wooded | areas to,
be should

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i safety and, if need be,

the thteat of war draw nearer.
Of course, they count on them fot

backing up our disaster services
with positive ‘action,

The role. of community services

awa.

the next in this series of articles on Canada’s preparedness plans, as

of the pipe, but if the water is coming in sufficient volume to: come ails by na Department of National Health and Welfare, Ot-

in Civil Defence is considered in

‘Castlegar Fire Dept.

Two men, Walter Banigan and
Fred Moroso, were voted in as
new members of the Castlegar
Volunteer Fire Department Mon-
day evening. With the resigna-
tion of C. Appleton, who has left
the community, from the brigade,
total membership is ‘now 20 fire-
men and_.three officers,

‘The department’s personnel is
thus as follows:

E. A. Lewis, Fire Chief.
R. A. D. West, Honorary

Chief.

G. H, Carr, Deputy Chief.
s. fa Dower and J. Mason, cae

Fire

enants.

J. Taylor, P, Tarasoff, F. Bart-
soff, M. McPherson, L. Atkinson,
James Killough, F, Fomenoff,.N.
Andreashuk,.. J. Strelioff, R.

F. Moroso, firemen.

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The first’ session of the 24th.

Has Two New Members|

J. een and: é. Wanless, Lieut- :

Couchman, J. *Markin, E. New-
man, R. Pincott, W. Banigan and

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CASTLE NEWS,

‘Castlegar, B.C.

Accounts Owing For

Bulldozer Work

Spurred by threats: of having

their accounts turned. over

toa

solicitor for collection,.a number

of Kinnaird

whose | C

to the amounts charged against
them,

Despite - + the objections, how-
ever,,the commissioners decided
Monday evening they- would go
ahead with collection proceedings
if the amounts are not. paid in
full soon. “If they had & com-
plaint, they should. have made it
a long ‘time ago,” commented
‘Wanless,

names have been on the Castle-
gar Village Office books ‘as ow-
ing for bulldozer work done two
and three years ago,’ have re-

“We ve sent’ out’ bills .regul~-
Jarly ever since .the accounts
were first . incurred - two and
three years ago,’ advised Village

cently lodged vigorous

Clerk A. T. Nl, “This is the
first we've had from | P!

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Kals ¥S Rossland Hero:
Tonite For Last Gamo.
Of Challenge. Semifinal

Tonight, ‘Castlegar * softball
fans’ are. vigorously urged to be
on hand.to support their lady
friends, the Castlegar Kats, in
the final game of their best of

Kiwanians Race Dusk
To Rout Waldie’s 20-6

‘A powerful, score hungry, Cas-
tlegar Kiwanis merellessly flat-
tened the luckless Waldies nine

tlegar Ball Park before a small
crowd of tiring fans,

In a game which dragged on
and on and pn, ‘and barely. end-

Ghe West K Chall

ed before came, the

inals with the d
Ieee, ‘at the ‘Castlegar Ball
Park. * >
With the first game last Thurs-

because we've ad col-
lection proceedings.”

“How can we judge on ac-
tounts three or four years’ old?”
asked Commissioner..Campbell.
The discussion ended with the
motion that notwithstanding ob-
jections, the accounts be placed
in the hands of the village solici-
tor for collection if the amounts
aren’t paid in full shortly.

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| Way Down For July:

Building. in. Castlegar took al
considerable slump during July
with total value of new permits
issued, nine in all, being: $7,665,
as‘compared to $19,000 for the
month of July last year, and $23,
200 for the preceding month of |.
June. ,
The nine new: projects applied
for, brings to 64 the total of un-
finished projects in the ‘village|
as at August 1, the monthly re-
port of: Village David

day ig here, going ‘tp the
locals by: a 19- 18 score, and the
second. taken by- Rossland at

by the nee chucking of Father
Trainor on their mound, wham-

vantage of an abundance of er-,
rots and 14 walks handed: them

{ele of Phil Plotntkoff,’ Pete
and Peter Zaitsoff,, to

Monday ii the} Pl
series.is now all tied up. .

Rossland tied the series in one
of the best games, of any of the

run away with the score, 1
“The third frame’ saw. the «Ki-
‘wanians amass. their biggest
when out of 12..batters

three
locals .6-2. Particularly, Satotard
ing was'a-triple play in the third
canto, ~ an-occurence very rare-
ly seen by softball fans. The Cas-
tlegar batter flied out to Ross-|:
land’s ‘left fielder, who threw the
ball to-first-to trap a Kat runner
with a.big lead off, and then the
ball was thrown to: third to trap
another runner‘attempting to ad-
vance to that base,
Winning pitcher. was ‘Ursula
Stephanie | who was relieved in
the second by’S. ‘Veysey. Ann
Kastrukoff «. pitched ..:the .whole
game'::for. . Kats « with ‘Vi: Miros
‘catching. Ann gave up 1f hits
and struck out three battets..:
In last week’s game, Joy Saun-
ders belted the winning hit with
a terrific home run in the final

who faced Waldie. starter. Phil
Plotnikoff, .8 crossed. home plete.
Among those. Harry. Haines
clouted one, to deep right: ‘field
for a _triple bagger, that “scored
‘Mickey. Moran, Lefty. Kambick
and Sylveo Demeo ahead of. hi
George. Santano. also“ showed

wanis crew with a one rin home!
in the third anda single, int. the
fifth, .

Bill Guerin wielded ..‘a- \ hetty
bat for the losers a
home: run in ‘the third eit no-
body one, while Pete Plotnikoff
hit: three singles.

‘Catching chores were handled
by Ken Sharples for Kiwanis, and
Mike
To Lampard .called ‘them

-innirig to gve the Kats the edge:

‘ommy,
from behind the plate with ,M,

Seaton ‘states.

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sued during ‘July: were as follows:

The B.C. Forestry Station is
now completed and “the mater-
ials used combined with the
a
really first class job which is a
eredit to the contractor,” the re-

i block. on
Main Street is now partially oc
cupied and the Marlarie. Hotel
on Columbia* Avenue ‘is- having
its kitchen and grill room. equip-

The new: ‘building permits is-

money: f.

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Thatcher, ‘alterations, $400; I.
Hartson, residence,” $4000;

addition, 0; H. Ross,
tio: fartini,.

$350; “Mrs:
tions, $850 and
$250.

J. Hanson, shed, $350;° ne E.

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Prairies, a few more Conservatives from Ontario or the Maritimes
‘and. some so-called Independents from Qacbect = :

of.a united ‘national party, how could the goverament help being»
weak and insecure? *

enterprise, promotes trade and fosters the exploration and develop-

- ment of our resources; and you know it as well as we do, that

sequin es balanced budgets, paying off debts in prosperous times
a

Because.of. the di bers of our

t-and- to-stop-Communist-aggression;

fe-have reduced ‘the national debt every year, and, in the ike

two years, reaped the reward in lower tax rates,

‘Do we want all that to he cqatinued?

Do you really think‘ir’s time’ for'a change?
For a change to a Parli of

£ Socia! Crediters from: the : Far West, : a few Socialists: from the

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Do we want a weak and divided government. to deal with’ the
Loaner of the next few years? I ask you, IS it really:

We believe pee Canadians,want a government which encourages

tax structure. which, while fair to all, is adequate to meet

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