Castlegar Kinnaird CASTLE. EWS Published Every Thursday at “The Crossroads of the Kootenays” Robson. Brilliant VOL. 5 No. 19 .CASTLEGAR, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1952 5. Cents Per Copy Celgar EF Dorest Management : At the May 19 hearing of the Celgar Forestry Management License Application the British Columbia Cabinet must convince the people of B.C. that it ghas the courage of its own convictions. Any attempt to refuse the granting of the license, or to grant it in any ervised form would indicate lack of confidence in its own truly great piece of legislation. Accepting the B.C. Forest Service publication’ “B.37” .as an accurate documentation of section 33 of the “Forest Act”, it is dif- ficult to see how the Celgar Application can be regarded as other than the perfect complement to the governments sincere and sound effort to preserve our diminishing forest assets. Forest management has been approved by -the government and accepted by all but those people who have a direct interest in our present day system of “mining” the woods — and it is even being accepted by a large percentage of the latter. The management license formula has these outsanding objectives: (a) “Sustained field management that will produce the ulti- mate possible return in timber and national wealth.” (b) “Stabilization of industries and their surrounding com- munities in’ perpetuation.” (ce )“Cioser use of forest crops.” (d) “Preservation of the forests in pertuity.” In, return for these public services the lcensae is granted certain privileges to render such an undertaking feasible andd pro- fitable. But’ they are‘not privileges that can interfere with the use of the foests to the greatest benefit of the people; and they are privileges that cai be revoked by the province if the terms of the license are not fulfilled. Such privileges cannot interfere with the public interest in such matters as highways, power transmission, railways, parksor mining,. hydro-electric development. or trapping, hunting and fishing and Thus the govrrnment, after careful study, has protected public interest. There remains then the granting of a license to a company capable of fulfilling its terms in an area most suitable for its opera- tions, Celgar has already proven its worth in the northern part ‘of the province, and presented sufficient evidence to justify ‘ operations here: The district 1s ideal for such-an undertaking, with its wealth of. timber unsuitable for any other purpoes than the use to which they intend to put it. So Iet us conclude that this area must have the Celgar License to take its proper place in the great overall picture of forest manage- ment throughout teh province; and that this foest management as a whole will protect our woods from the rape that has denuded and depleted the forest areas of so many ‘parts of the world in the past. And let’s hope that the cabinet acts accordingly on May 19. BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED IN TWO WEEKS TOTAL $87,325 The Village Board of Com- missioners met on Monday in the village office with all members present. D. Seaton, building in- spector for Castlegar, was pres- ent at the meeting and gave a complete report on buildings in- spected and what has been done in this regard. In his report for the Public Works Department, Commission- er Jenks said the fill on Juniper street between 3rd and 5th will be accomplished with very little cost to the city. He also report- ed gravel stock piles are now placed along Maple from Colum- bia to 5th to make a base for a future permanent. sidewalk. Also cemént sidewalks will be made from Kerr’s north and be- tween Martin’s and Pitts’ Drug. Commissioner Cherrington re- ported he is still investigating garbage complaints and is just waiting for a report from Dr. Anderson in. Trail, who has.been at the coast for two weeks, be- fore giving a health report. Mr. Cherrington has been authorized to have a lock and key procured for the garbage dump. Private trucks will not be allowed to use the city dump any longer. Mr. Sommers reported for Fire, Light and Parks saying that Fire Chief R. West has request- ed a““gate valye” at B. Trussler’s stand pipe and asked that if possible the brush be cleared from the stand pipes in ‘the Shew- chuk sub-division. He added that it was the intention .of the Fire Department to paint these red. The minutes of the Parks Board meeting held April 25 were read. A company is being formed which will supply natural gas to Castlegar in the future. Sup- port of the >was * against hoses in the high school, wouldn’t work. This will brought to the attention of pro- per authoritles and remedied at once. Replies to the various tele- grams re Celgar delay were read. In view of the fact that the Castlegar Chamber of Commerce is sending a representative to Victoria at the time of the Cel- gar hearing to present briefs to the effect that licence should be granted, the Board of Commis- sioners felt, after a very lengthy and detailed discussion, that a grant of $50 be. given to the Chamber of Commerce to help defray expenses of said repre- sentative and that full support be given the Forest Management Licence for, Celgar. The motion was passed with one dissenting vote. Commissioner Jenks was the application being granted mainly on the grounds that sportsmen would not bene- fit. Bloomer Creek flood waters were again brought to the fore. The board has decided to ask for financial assistance from the government to remedy the situa- tion. The School Board and the Board of Commissioners are both ready to co-operate on: this pro- blem. A. T. Horswill was in- structed to write a letter to the School Board asking for enough ground to even up the road al- lowance bordering on that pro- perty behind the high school. blem. . An invitation to the village clerk and commissioners was read to attend the J. Lloyd Crowe High School official opening on four be ‘Wednesday, May 7. Accounts totaling $776.62 were discussed and passed. Building , D. Seaton’s account of asked in this project. The com- missioners ‘felt it would be a benefit to residents to have some company supply this gas and approval] was granted. A discussion arose as to where the standpipe should be placed when it is installed near. the high school. Fire Chief West felt the’ added éxperse was war- ranted in placing the ‘standpipe onthe east side of the road as jt would be accessible all winter. ‘Fhe commissioners felt it would be too expensive. Commissioner Williams was asked to investigate further and report next meeting. Mr. West also reported the shock- ing discovery that of the six enono for 1951 was also passed. Trades licences granted in- cluded H. Hesketh for machine repairs; Balfour and Sons, plumb- ing and heating;.J. A. McDonald, barrister and ,solicitor; Stanley, Couch, plumbing and _. supplies; Zebin turkish bath ‘house granted subject to health officer’s approval; and. one’ to. George Salekin of Kelowna, now resid- ing in Castlegar, a buildimg_ con- tractor’s permit. Water licences wete > granted to R. Couch, A. Read, Rilcoff and when ‘mains are laid, Cherzenoff and Kovack. Buildings permits totaling $87,- 325. were granted. P. J. Cheval- (Continued on Page 5) FOREST HARVEST MOVES TO. THE- MILLS en Every spring about this time, more than 10,000,000 cords of pulpwood are hauled out of Canada’s forests and are tumbled into rivers and streams and lakes to be taken to the 131 pulp mills across the land. From that journey to the mills come one of @ most colorful occupations in Canadian history, that of the logger whose skill and strength guides the .valuable forest harvest over rapids, dams and curving rivers. scene, repeated a hundred times throughout Canada. This shows a logger unravelling a log jam at Windfall Lake in Quebec's Gatineau district, Premier To Visit Castlegar Premier Byron I. heduled'to visit Castl Tues- day morning, May 13th, along ah Mrs Johns +fast meeting ‘sponsored by the-Castiegar-Dstril and to confer with district Liberals. © 1.to attend a break- ‘Lit ! The Premier is on .a whirlwind tour of as many of the 48 pro- vincial ridings as he can visit before the June 12 election. He is due to arrive in Rossland Monday morning and will atfend a lunch- eon in his honor. Following this, he will drive to Fruitvale before addressing a public meeting in Butler Park Monay evening at -7:00 p.m. His stay in Castlegar will be limited to about two hours‘since he is due to drive to New Denver for another luncheon. This is the first visit of the prmier to Castlegar since 1949 and years. local liberals have a number of important district problems to dis- cuss with him. Arrangements for the breakfast meeting are being made by, C. A. Anderson. Anyone wishing to attend must make prior arrangements to do so. Hon. and Mrs. A, D. Turnbull will accompany the Premier on all his engagements. CASTLEGAR CO-OP VOTES ON MAY 14 KINNAIRD, B. C. — Nomina- tions for four directors are at present open and to date six names have been submitted. Members will vote on the trans- portation vehicles on May 14. The four directors who have completed their term (of office are, D. Davies, E. C. Ackerman, E. S. Martin and J. 'H. West- wood. Nominations closed. Tuesday, May 6 at 5 p.m.. Mrs. C. Brodman To Attend C.W.L. Convention The Catholic Women’s: League of St. Rita’s parish held their regular monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. W. Fields. There were 15 members and two guests - present. - During the business period, the: various reports from com- mittees were given and Mrs. M. Dalton was appointed delegate to .the Kootenay Society for Handicapped’ Children. Mrs. ‘C.- Brodman’ will” attend the C.W.L... convention, to , be held in Trail as Castlegar’s re- presentative. It was also -de- cided to sponsor a bake sale in the .near future. While the hostesses, Mrs. Fields- and Mrs. LeFaive were serving.‘ the~ delicious | refresh- ments, the drawing for the boost- er prize .took place, , with Mrs. Fields the luct:y winner. . The June meeting will be ‘held at the home of Mrs. Dalton with Mrs, LaRocque as co-hostess.’ - ise. in four years. S “BYRON L JOHNSON Band Concert TONIGHT» The; .Castlegar Legion Band will present.a concert tonight in Kinnaird on' the lawn of the residence ‘of’ Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Horne. .The concert -is. scheduled to. start at seven o’clock. BANDMASTER HONOURED Following band practisé last Thursday...night the Castlegar Legion. Band held a social eve- ning to honour bandmaster Gus to the’ band,''On: behalf of the Leitner. for. his faithful services members, Herb Horne presented Mr. Leitner with a' pocket metro- nome: ‘suitably. irfscribed. Mr. Horne semarked on :the faithful who: has ShIY. missed one pract- -in the Highland Fling, NOTRE DAME SCHOLAR IS TOP ORATOR The West Kootenay finals of the seventh annual Knights of Pythias public speaking contest, | were held in the Twin Rivers hall on Sunday afternoon. Six youth: ful orators representing as many localities, gave a polished display of oratorical ability. Of these, Francis Godderis, senior matricu- lation student at Notre Dame College, Nelsori, was awarded first prize. R. G. Joy of Nelson, chairman of the contest, present- ed the' trophy to Mr. Godderis, who will represent the West Kootenays in the B. C. finals at Vernon on May 18. Second place went to Derek Fraser of Rossland, while Miss Pat Oka from New Denver, was judged third best speaker of the afternoon. The other finalists were Harry Killough, Castlegar; Jordan Munck, Salmo, and K. R. Stanley, Nakusp. All the con- testants spoke on the same topie,. “Abraham Lincoln.” The judges were Mrs. A. T. Horswill, Castlegar; Mrs. W. Mac Cabe, Castlegar; and Mr. F. Beinder, Trail. Mr. Beindes was spokesman for the judges. He congratulated the contestants for a splendid effort on the part of each of them and encouraged them to practise and become yet more proficient. In the intermissions during the contest, Miss Shirley Taylor play- ed a piano solo; Miss Gail Seaton and Miss Eileen Goresky com- bined their talents in a piano. duet; and Mr. Olaf Aasland, ac- - companied by Mrs. H. 4. Has- tetter at the piano, sang two vocal solos. ‘ Timekeepers for the contest were Walter Markin of Castle- gar and James Draper from Now Denver. TEN MEDALS FOR CASTLEGAR FROM HIGHLAND GAMES The Annual Kootenay High- land Games were held in Trail this year on Saturday, May 3. There were 13 competitors from Castlegar, all pupils of Mrs. K. Andreashuk and the group came home proud possessors of ten medals. Little Marjorie Helen King won a medal for being the young- est competitor as well as one for the Highland Fling, Novice Class. Her sister, Jeannette took two medals, one for the Sword Dance and one for the Reel-O- Tullock. Gayle Marie Davis came first Novice Class and ner a sista “hey ‘each received Jimmie W-.Smith Riese ‘first in the Highland Fling under 10 and Linda Gail Hesketh re ceived a medal in the Highland Fling novice under 11 class, Elaine Marie Chernoff received a medal in the Sword Dance un- der 10 and Ann Louise Robert- son brought home a medal for the Highland Fling under 14 This shows an excellent re- cord for Castlegar and much credit is due both teacher and pupils. CANCER CAMPAIGN ADVANCES All | across Canada, the an- nual appeal for funds to carry on the fight of sciencé against cancer, is being made. Latest national figures indicate that once again the appeal is find- ing a gratifying response. Re- turns “for the past three weeks show British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan in the lead with 25 per cent of their quota realized. The quota for B. C. this year is $250,000. Although it is still too ‘soon to predict the final re sults, B. C. Cancer Society head- quarters seem condifent this ob- Jective will be realized. quick survey of returns that nae come in, shows the Arrow peer a comparatively new unit, 200 per cent of their quota eaneved. This figure, however, is for the town of Nakusp only. The other Arrow Lakes commu- nities in the unit are yet to be heard from. . Mission, Kamloops and Squam- ish units are also well over the top of their quotas. Armstrong is almost there, and Kelowna was $100 short on May 1.. Dun- can has contributed two-thirds of their quota, Nelson, four- fifths of theirs and Burns Lake and Cranbrook slightly more than -half of their quotas. Prince George still has a portion of their goal hot realized. Returns for the Kinnaird-Rob- son-Castlegar unit will not. be available until around the mid- dle of May, Cancer Society mem- bers are active in securing new members,to the society’ as a part of the national campaign. Minister Reports On Provincial Progress The Honorable Douglas Turn bull, minister of trade and in dustry, release preliminary fig- ures on provincial progress in. farm prices, timber scale, fish- eries and movement of freight. The statistics, made available last Friday, show an increase in. most of these fields. In farm cash income from the: sale of farm products during: 1951, there is a gain of $19 mil- lion over that recorded in 1950. ‘This was mostly due to the high. “"domestic demand for ;farm pro- ducts, resulting in an increase: of farm prices of 17.6 per cent. in 1951, Toial farm cash in- come in 1951 is recorded at $119.3; million. Latest statistics for timber scale in the province for March, represent an increase of 55.54 per cent over March, 1951. The cumulative total of timber scaled during the months of January, February and March is particult arly large for this time of year,. being 31 per cent greater than for tne same period in 1951 anc. 133 per cent greater than that for the first three months in 1950. There is also avery Jarge in- crease in the Statistics of land- ings and landed values for Pa- cific fisheries for February, over the same month in the previous year. A 156.4 per cent increase - in value and 136.5 per cent in crease in quantity is recofded:_ There was further a 7.07 per~ cent gain in the total volume of freight loaded at B. C. stations or received from foreign connec- tions, during 1951. However, tig- ures for the 14 week period end- ing April 14 present a mixed . picture. There is a 1,700 car .- drop in the volume of revenuc - cars of fresh fruits loaded, comer pared with the same period last-. year, and a 48}°car drop in load-. ings of ores and _ concentrates. Loadings of logs, piling and cord- wood however, show a 3,117 car increase and pulpwood = ship; ments, a 4,157 car increase. Move- (continued on page 5) KINNAIRD FIREMEN’S. BALL FRIDAY KINNAIRD, B. C. — The Vor unteer Kinnaird Fire Department held its regular practice and. meeting on TucSday evening. Final check of all the fire hydrants in the community has. now been completed and a list. ed to the village commissioners. for action.. A letter was read inviting the .- local fire department to be pres- ent at a demonstration showing the various methods and chemi- cals used in oil fires to be held in Tadanae next week. Final arrangemcn:s were com- pleted for the 4th annual Fire- men’s Ball which will held im; Kinnaird Improvemen: Soty: hall this Friday evening.