GOING, GOING, GONE. Miss Spokane ‘Hydro, rated by experts as fastest in her class with a speed well over 154- mph, will entertain visitors to Nelson’s © Chahco Mika July 8, 9 and 10. Besides exhibition ‘runs on the West Arm of: Kootenay Lake, 10 lucky spectators and mining with world will be treated to pe ‘rides in the’ speedy craft. The Chahco Mika days will be a revival of the oldtime logging tree-climbing and log-birling on hand . to show their skills. ‘ contests of the Kootenays, champions in the arts of VICTORIA REPORT Progress Stymied by: a Few do’ not want these plebiscitcs. That's’ By JAMES K, NESBITT If a municipal council wants to spend $1,000,000 on a necessary civic project the taxpayer: must be consulted. But the provincial government ean spend $10,000,000 if it wants to and doesn’t even have to get legis- lative approval, let alone the ap- proval of, the people in the polling booths. ‘We elect reeves and councillors ‘to do our business, yet, when ttiey deem it, advisable, after much thought and exploration, to spend money to better conditions for. all the people, there must be the up- roar and the confusion of asking the people, a minority of whom, mostly, vote a big and.loud NO, A majority of these taxpayers 1 proved when we consider that usu- ally more than 60 per cent of vo- ters can’t’ be "bothered to’ vote at aul, The NO voters, — the squawk- ers — turn out: in force — but they're a minority: most pcople, by not voting, show they're quite wil- Ung to let their elected represen’a- tives make ‘the decisions — and that's. the way it should. be. These thoughts are conjured: up by the result of a plebiscite in thi, your capital city, on a new Mall, designed to brighten up Victoria’s shabby and dismal downtown shop- ping area, which fs losing business to the vast new shopping centres on the fringes — even to outside municipalities, , Only 38 per cent of. th2: tex- payers bothered to vote in. this but 60 per cent of this minority. said NO. Thus was pro- gress stymied by the few, Becaute people will not turn out to vote on money by-laws it shows they're not interested. "They know it costs money to make a city at- tractive, and a better place in which to Hve. They. feel they elected a council and that’s it's up to that council to do what it. thinks best) for the community, Otherwisec, why have a council? Why go to all this trouble for nothing more than mere window-dressing? ‘The government didn’t have to ask the people if they approved ex- penditure of $10,000,000 to set up @ public ferry system. The govern- ment doesn’t have to ask the, peo- ple’s approval before it . borrows money, Yet, it’s the government that} clips the wings of its children — the municipalities — by insisting. that municipal expenditures of any size be pué to the people. The govern- ment does this in thé name of what it calls democracy .— but, at the same time, the. gavernment takes great care not to clip its own wings. If the. government had to run to the people every time it wanted to spend a few million we'd be in a state of constant chaos, getting ab- solutely nowhere, The Shylccks would ruin the country. It's a ridiculous state of affairs when we elect city’ and: municipal councils and then foxbid them to make any important decisions, ‘What are they there for? -In any community there are al- ways .backward-looking people. dull panda stodgy tigh‘wads, complainers, grumblers, frustrated start-,. who delight in throwing monkey wren- ches’ They belleve in taking every- thing and giving nothing in return; these are the, people who vote NO every time a city or municipal coun- cil wants to. spend some money in order to better the daily lot of all the people. YMCA ‘Camp Beaverlodge at other busy season, Walt Taylor, of the camp reports’ that all facilities are being veadled for thé -varlous programs ‘\planned for the camp during this INTRODUCE THE GOOD NEWS BY So many things to share when there's a new baby in the: house! Friendly things, funny things —"He looks just like youl” “Huge eyes!" “Jane Is fine, tool" This sort of news, means so much to proud grandparents.* Costs so little to tell by LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE. ; © BRITISH COLUMBIA TELEPHONE COMPANY spring and summer, Early in May, a group of 50 ‘Trail army cadets and their offic- ers made use of the camp for a weekend exercise: Other groups Rosebud Lake is preparing for an-| will” play < one game, ‘and picnics, swimming, boating and fishing will be enjoyed by: the players and their families, A major improvement planned fo the camp this year js the construction of a-new swimming wharf, to form ‘part of the enclos- ed deep and ‘shallow. water. swim- ming areas. Tie new: wharf will and 4 ft. diving boards, Further that will be at the camp‘ during] June will be the Trail Girls’ HI-Y Club, a grocery chain. plenic ‘and the first round of the:*¥’ East Trait sandlot’ ball league playoffs. The ball playoffs. will be.on June 19 and it {s.expected that all 200 players and their families will be on hand.’Each of the 12 teams instruction. improvements are also planned for the plenic and sports area. The ‘¥’ Boys’ Camp will be held in the early, part of July, for two periods of one week. A major part of the. program will be swim- ming lessons for all levels of swim~ mers, and boating and i penoping have a diving tower, with 10 ft.|1 . Attorney-General Robert W. Bonner has announced that Magis- trate Parker, ‘Willams: :of Trail hos been’ appointed district magistrate for the Trail area, including com- munities Parker Williams ’ New: Magisirate imained men for appointment to the ‘8’ bench, it is estimated that, the great’ majority of people in the province now, re- side within jurisdictions presided . Magistrate Willams’ appoint- ment in this capacity is the second such appointment made on the mainiond, the first belng that of Magistrate “Guinet of Chilliwack, Magistrate Williams recently discontinued his private practice tioning system in the whole building and’ provision for elevator. _ be, the case) then the pro- gramme of. expansion is, in our es- uring umation, the only sound economic method of plarining for these future néeds, whilst ineeting present needs H ag the desired build- rn improvements, @ cine Believers Hymn Book with initials. “G. T.” stam) gold on cover...Owner may c! at oe eteeey News by -paying for and Wa. Peter "F Soberlak ‘allace, .som:.of bps ing ok of Gastte~ e Rrelso 2-4 on June. 17, e ‘Madam Maria, advisor,. Pay. her a Pate and solve above Sun Cafe. Lost a PLUMBING Pe HEATING’ \SYPHON SEPTIC ,TANKS ‘PHONE 2181.” D. FOX”. SHIELIS ... 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Peak + due following program. is there: fore’ presented to both’ the ‘hospital board ‘arid ‘the “trustees of the’ im-|' Provement: aistriot for adoption, as policy." : This program ‘plans tor” the fu- ture on the basis of ‘ultimate need. and envisages. the building .of a second, taining accommodation for 33 beds. Since, however, our ‘Present need ; FOR RENT - ay bc pl space, Reasonable, rund Son fowse at ‘Thrums. Ap-' Einakin, *| ply John J. sig §-room modern Houre.: Phone 26 g6L after ‘2 ‘Trailer apace across Take from tin26 SVIPOND: For Travel 1560. Bay. Ave, Trail — Phone 2345 +Your. experienced: Travel’ Agent in the ‘form ‘of’ phased expansion | torey, to the hospital con-i with surgical and mater-' nity facilities would. require increa- ses-in staff. ": Calculated on salaries payable this year,' would involve an from $100,000 ‘per.annum: to $165,000 Per- annum, “an increage’ of 65° per cent. ‘The bed ‘complement would, | on the other hand, increase by only 56 per cent. 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