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CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, June 22°. 1961

CASTLEGAR NEWS

Established in Nineteen

Hundred and Forty-Seven

The Great Flood of 1961

The Great Flood-of 1961 is now pret- one morning to ‘puild a dyke high. enough lcensé ‘applications for dams on the! eng!

ty well over and those who were. unfor-

tunate enough to have suffered damage,

by it are now trying to bring their pro-

perties back to the state in which they

existed before the flood waters of the rag-
ing. Columbia started: to rise.

It would be inappropriate, because_of

e. probability: of '.missing .someone, to

e nameés and ackriowledge publicly all:

se who voluntarily ‘took a part wher-

ver they could during the flood, but

who took major, parts in. quelling

lood waters and in making life -bear-

for volunteer workers ‘gave’ suffic-

iently that they should not have their

courage and willingness left unmentioned:

Certainly Roy. ,Tipping .and his men

of the local highways department did a

tremendous job under not only unreason-

‘ed pressure from the floods, but also from”

some wunreasoned ‘public pressure. The
RCMP are also to be thanked for it was
they who worked valiantly -until 2 a.m.

Don't Raise Our Rates

No one can’ find: quarrel with the:

Ata recentymeeting of the Castlegar
council
of the. village were wasting water and di-
rected water commissioner George Carr
to look irito the matter and bring in, at a
later meeting of council, recommendations,
as to what should be done.

Village chairman N.-T. Oglow com-
plained ‘at the’ meeting that the extensive
use of. water by village residents is leading
to y and

Some of the suggested methods which
Mr. Carr is to investigate to control waste

‘are means which‘no. fair-minded resident

of this village would like to see imple-
mented and it is to be hoped that council
won't accept them if ‘they should be re-
commended. se .

The best--method of all ‘to control
waste, a' method not suggested to Mr.
Carr but one which he will probably in-
vestigate, is that. of appointing a sprink-
ling inspector who would make periodic
unexpected checks of the sprinkling habits
being carried out. in all parts of the vil-
lage.

at the Robson ferry to keep the’ Columbia
back until-car-loads. of SHHS students ar-
rived on the scene the next day and spent
A days working” harder ‘than. most. of

hem had ever worked in their lives, or
ey will again.

The women of -the Canadion Legion
did:a wonderful and appreciated job of
providing food forthe volunteer ‘sandbag-
gers and the various women’s organiza-
tions in’ Rot did-'an xi job of

For’ ee

BO. Hydro ts gearing up tor
re-development of the Arrow Lakes

area in’ the event: that its water|‘e

Columbia river are spproved and
the International, treaty ig ‘ratified,
- Dr. H, Ea Keenleyside, chairman

of the publicly-owned utility, said
that a B.C. Hydro: work igroup has
been: formed-to look into social and

Beeut Reg! onal Gounet at Victoria,
The’¢

WATE

the general guldance of

tor of!’ ‘Riyer Develop-

+ coinmities will prepare the material

~'] that.:msy be: required( for , public

‘Agow

of-way agent; J. W.
eouti¥e assis

missioners; A. a Mapowall right-| Act.
J. , Milligan,

hearings ‘called bythe Water ‘Comp-
‘oquired, to: ‘support ‘an appli-

cation’ to the, federal authorities un-

der the Navigable Waters Protection

The edinnatttes ‘will wort under

a
ment, Garth Griffiths, and will re-
port periodically to. the Gomimis-

“Tho. “Comimiitee ‘has. been in-
atruoted © to make 9° comprehensive
atudy,” sald the: BO. Hydro chair-
man, “We expect to explore every
possible. avenue . development

benefit ‘of a woman's rzint of view,
“This should prove valuable in
negotiations which will involve.per-

human as well-as the
technical» problems which: will: be
created by the ‘proposed reservoirs.

The BO, “cabinet recently. gran-
ted permission’ for }B.0. } Hydro; to
apply to Watér ‘Comptrolier * ALE.
Paget for water-Iicensea on’ the Ar-
row Lake, Duncan Luke, ond at

‘Mica reek! ‘The .weter license ap-

serving ‘it, of een at ‘hot, and: of pro-
<. viding .coffee..... 4
The flood ‘waters of the Columbio
this year might have wreaked more havoc
than. théy -have’-in over a decade, but it
is times like these’ that bring out the un-
derlying. current of-brotherliness.and good
fellowship in all men. towards their neigh-
bors. Enough so, in: this ‘case,’ to:compen-
sate for the phyaienl Samage wrought by
the flood.

suggestion that no open-end hoses. be -al-

“lowed to be used, but why should law-abi-«

ding residents be forced to pay ‘higher. wa-
ter rates just t a few r its use

Were posted and fled on
June 16, atthe ‘Arrow - Lakes,
at Duncan’ Lake arid on June 16 at
Mica Creek, -

‘The Arrow Lakes site chosen
for. High Arrow. (dam is, the. ‘Big
Rock’ site known’as section

The re-development” ‘committee;
sald Dr. Keenleyside, will interview
organizations and: erons in the sf-
fected: areas. ax’ ‘one of \the -firat
steps in. assembling data... '

“written ” submissions | wilt’ be
‘chairman: |

welcome,” said the utility

“The. Government has ‘stated ‘that
it is its intention to insure :. that
any adjustments: required” by the
Coluinbia river: “developments ahall

: be’ made.in a: completely. fair‘and

equitable . manner.’ The ‘Commission
witl’‘act: in.” ¢ull “Becordance : with
this principle."
‘The commii 5 terms cof: re-
ference includ é 2
+, Establ

tacts with é

and | sonal of .riany,

families,”. anid Dr, Be

‘The i .
designed, ‘ta.give the. committed’ the

fore jolning the Commission Mrs,
Kidd bi the senior Cai

cal aziistance ms
Mr. Hunter, who aoe ‘the

completed survey of a attected Ar.

‘and | Tow Lakes properties. A native of

.England, he int iP:
ted an economics course at Cam-
bridge in 1039 to serve through

the Near East, ending his years in
the service with the rank of major,
with “responsibility for all’ atmy
communications In north-east Eg-
ypt, the Suez Canal, and across the
Binal peninaula to Palestine,

Returning to ‘Cambridge, he
graduated as an honors student ‘in
law in 1947, articled as a clerk with
@ firm of solicitors for the “Man-
chester Ship Canal Company:’and

tons with honours,

Called to the B.C. bar in 1954,

“| Mr, Hunter joined B.C. Hydro the

open-end hoses. Wouldn’t it be*better to‘
appoint a sprinkling inspector who ‘ “could
first warn and then pr

ersons With a view

to. working oti’ problema’ on’ an’ in-

dividual :and ‘pergonal basis, |:
Discussions’ swith departments|

found to be using open-end hoses?

As for the suggestion that some sort
of a usage charge based ‘on property size
be investigated, this’.aspect is already be-
ing covered with a frontage tax’ where
those property owners. with large lots *
which require more Water, ‘pay more:, in
frontage taxes.

It would be a backward step for Cas-
tlegar to increase the fees of all water
users in the village just because some re-
‘sidents' are wasteful. It would be much
more to the point to employ a water in-
spector who’ could prosecute those’ who
would cause our village fathers to even

and their

closely associated. with the legal
aspects of hydro development, in-
cluding’ the ‘negotiation of clearing
and logging contracts, land evalu-
ation and ‘His spare

interests in‘ the areas
tion, education, heiilth, agrtoulfure;
forestry, labour, etc).
Discussion “of. reservoir opera-
tions with forest industry, ‘companies

‘located in :the. area of the* reser:

volrs,
Chairman ot the committee i

‘BC, "Hydro: solicitor H.C, Hunter,

honors graduate in law from!Cam-
bridge University who had had six
years experience in dealing with le-
gal, agricultural, forestry and re-
creation problems associdted with
Previous B.C. Hydro power develop-
ments.
“Other of thi lt.

time’ sativities “ have been’ devoted
to the Boy Scouts Asiociation, He is

was admitted as a solicitor in’ 1950 |!
after passing ‘the {Inal _ sadmning= || :

He came to Canada ‘in ‘1982,|.
joined the Vancouver law ‘firm of |).
¢| Lawrence, Shaw and McFarlane. |!

year and has since ‘been |.

currently president’ of the Boy| ,

experience

: for TV. cable .
hookups made here.

is our

arantee of. dependable service’ :
eee . 3331 — Phones — 4601 :
ELECTRONIC. ‘SERVICES:

1946 with the Royal Corps of Sjg-| |:
i{nals in the United Kingdom and

children to the school’as yo
Bs hldren probably 2 at the school
-. @ parent-teacher, meeting, He's 1
es 3

tee are Mrs, P, Ross Kidd, .execu-

tive assistant to the Power Com-|

consider the possibility of i d water
rates.

; Electrical Power Export

Speaking in the Senate, Senator Reid.
chairman of the International Pacific Sal-
mon Fisheries Commission. said that there
would never .be cheap power in the Lo-
wer Mainland of B.C. while the B.C. Elec-
tric remains. in its Present dominant pos-
ition.

- The B.C. Electric does not deserve all
the hard things said about it. Looked at

will benefit greatly by. them since he does
not purchase much of the total power. In-
dustrial users may “get power cheaper. be-
cause of the universal rule of lower terms
to those who purchase large blocks of
prime power and, in general, the: province
may. benefit.
The ar t bety the D

and the provincial governments is not

historically its progress tehes that of
the province. It is true that-it has an out-
standing ‘position in the ‘power field but
that position was attained by foresight and
service to the public. There has been. no
time despite the rapid population growth
‘when the Lower Mainland has suffered
from an acute power shortage. :

Judged by the yardstick of Nelson’s
power rates, the B.C.’ Electric does give
cheap power. The rates ‘of our municipally
owned utility are by no. means the lowest
in the province and when it ‘is remem-
bered that from time to time the ratepay-
ers are called upon to! sanction bylaws for
expansion: or. equipment; then. it is pro-
bable that Nelson pas ‘anything but cheap
power.

Cheap ‘power is a myth and a sound-
ing phrase. used - by- politicians . without
much depth ‘of knowledge. The Columbia
development, the Peace. river project and

‘any other power constructions will not

lessen the cost of power. No individual

d with the price to the. consumer
but with the cost of s pencancees This: is

Lineup with BEAR
KEN'S &
“Wheel, Alignment

Kinnaird —- Phone 2472

the provinci OV ‘needs |

some definite information on which to.cal-
culate. the amount to be raised. and. the
annual interest which will ‘have to be paid:
When that ‘is known they will be able to
estimate the cost to the consumer but this
is unlikely to. be much cheaper to the
small B.C. consumer than rates: elsewhere.

Senator Reid is bitterly opposed to.
~the export of power, as are.a great many.
other people. This.is based on the exper-"

-ience of the Ontario Hydro which could
not recover power sold to thé U.S. The two
cases are not the same. It is highly pro-

bable that B.C. will never. need to recover _
any power she: ‘exports, There, aré still, ex-. |
cluding the Peace river, many moré,sour-
- ces of-power in the-province which are yet |
untapped, ‘so ‘that there canbe no disad- °

vantage in exporting power; indeed. with
out it there may be no cheap. power for
B.C. — Nelson News.

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