HE FEELS GREAT wants tai
have tuberculosis, In its earliest .when TB is ena ‘easiest to cure,
the disease has no outward symptoms. But an X-ray can spot early
‘TB. pethl T l) buy. Christmas Reals, you hoe find the unknown

Editor's Note: A Victoria reat
dent, on an extended visit to Nel-
son where her husband has been

.| called on department of highways

business, Margaret Williams has
routed out many. of the ‘colorful
stories which comprise Kootenay
history and which’ are known | to
too few even of our native Koo-
tenaians,

By MARGARET WILLIAMS _
Long ago,’ Indlans from Spo-
kane travelled ‘along the old Dew-
dney Trajl to Kimberley, paddling
their canoes up the Arrow Lakes,

and sometimes making camp on
the west shore of the Lower Ar-

: rows where the creek runs into the

lake, This was at Renata, as it is
called: today.

Then, sometime in the eight-
ies came a prospector, Sandy Gas-

es

ia 2 Reattaisy hat it would Wo ‘im:
possible’ for;-éach: group to ‘Have
its, own \churth,..they have ‘done
the Christian. thing, Plymouth Bre-
thren,; Baptists, , Lutherana and

Meninonite attend’ ‘the Commu-.
nity! Chapel and worship together,

It\ts ead:to think of the orch-
ards of Renata being Jaid waste,
the trees’ felled and, the. houses

e Known as Dog

Hf
destroyed. The rising: waters wa

re the o orange

Inundate the small
the evening ‘campfires ori the shore
will be quenched, for , along the
‘roads and on the rocks of the far

yors, showing <.

the future water’ levels, ‘and when
the time’ arrives. Renate will be no

f iit ooeran en |
a) the 21948 flood ::evel,
Thorp,’ while * the! aurface of the],

said Mr,

Dec-
whether’ or not‘area

@ mb
q tenldaate tates a 'régtonal ‘college or bale

located. in| the) Westi Kootenay: jarea

or; : Dosaibly, be place:
VO the. 1948 |. tion ‘opposing’

ton, He must have liked the quiet

ts| 2 lagoon, iat ane il
beauty ‘of this place for here he on

pital ‘retirement amount ‘of $61,000. .

"eke Room for a "Better Display. ofa Larger Stock.

Extravagant Claims Made
For Septic Honk Additives|:

and you'll see a pattern
oft the sole of the foot in

ence the foot shape ¢ of :
the next: child “in lin
His or or her size may

be

the same but. De ; body
weight, stance, and
habits maybe ©

id =m
unwise. For. heathful ‘||

By WEHU a
"When your. septic tank stops
working or acts in a manner. that
begins"to worry you, what’ should
Zou add to get it into tip-top work:
ing condition? -
Do you: throw some ‘yeast, or

‘] perhaps some. meat,into it, or do

you head for the nearest'store and

‘| buy a product that is guaranteed

to.eliminate all “troubles”? The
advertising tells you all about how

:| effective “biocatalytic” and ‘‘énzy-

matic” additives are, but’ just how

“| good are they?

*. ‘There are over 1,000 products
en the market for ‘use in septic
cla

Femaineay at Dog .Creck, as it was

e gandy ‘built a house of logs
and hand-hewn timbers, two. ato-
reys high, and here were ‘lodged
@ prospectors and explorers who
came his way. It:is not certain
just where Sandy Gaston’ came
from,’ but Mrs.: Rohn, : wife of‘ a
B.C. Forest Service official -at
Renata,’ and present owners of
the Gaston property, found a news-
paper in the old house dated 1880,
The Oregonian, so it is surmised
that he came from Oregon:
Gaston ois to a tragic’ end.
He was caught: in ‘a grizzly bear
trap and subsequently: died‘: of
the wounds, No one today knows
where he is’ buried, \ but ‘Sandy
Pountals at Renata is named after

Gaston fed and housed the
and cut for

tanks’ and ‘ims are
made for many ‘of them. To. date,
none of them has proven effective
in properly controlled tests,

It "is when “ septic’ tanks‘ are
improperly ‘constructed | or ‘need
cleaning that trouble develops. The
vendors of packaged bacteria and
enzyme preparations urge the unin-
formed .to avoid the necessity of
Pumping out.tanks by adding “di-
gesters"to do the. job instead.
There are-already an infinitesimal

+ .| number of bacteria in a septic tank

and to add a few billion more will
not change the bacteria’ content
by very much.

. In fact, the daily deposit of
sewage from normal household use
will add as many or more bacteria
than‘any commersial preparations,
are! harmful

need Correct: jahoes ;
XO) a

Broperly air made of |
good materials; over*

Jasts, axe
R of all
for bove and et aa state
lerstands th

tJ 8
. tance ‘of proper Biting

PUBLIC. NOTICE.

The Kountry Kousins ‘sqiare :

Dancing Club, dancing in
the:; Kinnaird:
Society" Hall “every.
day evening at BP pun, Inter-.

mediate level. ; Visitors wel-»

come, For’ further ‘informa-
tion. Phone 365-3118."

baie Moriicn Union
*, rummage Sale’ __-above
Bob's Pay'n Takit ‘Nov. eB

ement:.
oWednes- °

i Open House Ist Robson

| Any
‘to, the bacteria already in the.tank,

won't be improved by the addition
of more bacteria,

CANADA'S OUTPUT:

Canadian manufacturing -out-
ut; increased at an annual rate ‘of

'|:3.4 per cent in the 1950-1960 de-

(cade,-compared to increases of 18.1

{'per cent for Japan, 10.1.per cent
| for.

West: Germany, 9.0 per cent
for‘Italy, 3.6 per‘cent for the U.S.,
3.5 per cent for the UK, and 3.3

=|. per cent for Sweden.

Robson: Square Dancing *
2 Nov.°16 — 7° p.m. Rob- '
“son Hall, Everyone Frelome,

Rinnai -
3-Act Play Nov. 22, 23°8 p.m:
Kinnaird Elementary Schoo).

21,- Robson: Rec. Hall, fins
‘group committee’ ‘and annual

Reg... Meeting” David :
‘Thompson, Stamb Club at

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a
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2 OREGCENT CASTiZGAR, BO
een

AA TT TTT

L secret
leal | aia ay oc for
for.

‘the lake steamers, but it was Fred
Nash, from Ontario, coming : to
Dog ‘Creek in 1887, who ‘broke
the first ground and planted the
first fruit trees. By this' time there
‘were three or four families settled
in this:area, There was no. access
other than by the steamer,

Nash decided that “Dog Creek” |=

was not a suitable name for so
beautiful a ‘place, so he held “a
competition, offering prizes for the
best name, ‘one.of which was a
free trip to Dog’ Creek. ©
- It is believed. that a Manitoba
minister sent in the name “Renata”
meaning, we are told, “Reborn”
and this-was the name. chosen,
though the minister never did get
his trip to Renata.
We talked to Jake Reimer, the
“Cherry King” as he is:called, He
came first to Renata in 1912, stay-
ing two years, He returned to the
prairies but came back in 1919 and
here he hasiremained. ,There are
now about 18 families and a daily

') CPR boat running from Arrowhead

to Robson,

All ‘the oldtimers at Renata
speak ‘with nostalgia of the good
days when the steamers were ply-
ing the lakes.— the Minto, the
Bonnington, the Rossland and the
‘Kootenai. «*:

Jake Reinier . came “in with
Frank Siemens who brought ‘se-
veral families in under the name |
of. the :Manitoba ‘Land Company,
and. ‘many. railway construction
and‘ tunnel workers settled in’ the
community, The ‘first white’ girl
to be born, about 1907, was Renata
Siemens, now a missionary in Ken-

"Renata lies on the :west side

‘of the Lower Arrow ‘lake. and.

one reaches it by-driving some 24
miles:along the Iake from Castle-
gar, through Robson and- Deer’
Park, crossing the Jake by govern-
ment : ferry, There is no access
by road. :
At Renata are grown the larg-

est and sweetest cherries we had
ever eaten. The orchard trees were
heavy:,with the frult of summer,
plums}. pears and apples, ripening
for the harvest, but the people of
Renata’ were uneasy and were not
planning far ahead, for when the
Arrow: Lake is dammed and the
water” ‘Tikes, ‘Renata will be no
'more,.
Te is something they do ‘not
like to think about, they love their
quiet: way of “life, their homes
and «gardens, and the. fruitful
land. ‘They. are happy to have been
able to:raise their. children here’
and there forbears are buried in
the small and sun lit'cemetery.
There are two churches in Re-
nata, the Pentecostal and the Com-
munity’ Gospel | Chapel. In. ‘this
small chapel is set a pattern rare
in any community. The. population
is mainly German and‘ Hungarians
and there are at-least seven Men-
nonite families,

‘inc our. READY TO. WEAR and SHOE Departments

Sale Starts Friday Nov. 15th
; Prices Slashed to Clear

10 Per Cent OFF ALL PURCHASES ©
of Grocery & Drug Items

Squirrel PEANUT: UTTER, 48-01: we 99¢

1560 Bay: Ave., Trail’
Phone ‘ZENITH 6181,

rn a iT ie Sora a

less 10% |

“ru aa, an 48-01. ..

_ less ° 10%,

Cloth ted "Napkins
Place: Mat, Sets
‘Mats: and Napkins
Table Cloth Sets

TOP. GRADES OF BEEF
SIRLOIN STEAK, | Renner |
ROUND STEAK, Ib. ............ 686
POT. ROASTS, blade, Ieee eee ee MSc

atched ails us
.L; pros, this ‘New C.C r ‘A
set fakes rugged hockey” ane and.
. helps you you turn In star pel rmances. Good

@ Sturdy, moisture kunt construction’
‘’s Felt-lined tongue + Laminated box toa

t ‘week. 5
cep bald that connection
be $40 compared with
itwo years ‘ago, frontage : tax
‘Will be 16 centa‘compared with’ 20
nts proposed two. ¥

jwhile monthly: charges ‘of" $296)

Spore. with, the ‘Proposed ;in

‘The oe will be ‘eollected
Piped over: the,CPR bridge:ta ita)
the site af fhe old Celgar sawmill

hasan option

a the: property. There ‘will: be

Bn
adtiiated with’. the Sastlouee
Curling Club:

‘to the attorney-general’:
_ department ‘in ‘Victoria.

school board | untae in Castlegar,
“Bil Reed scutes Papers” for
in’ le

Pedestrian aécess to the oS ick
subdivision «either <-wit

sive: and ‘quiet,’
‘Carr

‘sald other’ Village re-

ve. cai :

4
'

attractive, from dollars and certs point of. view,:than
0 it has seen’ igo.down fe
the ‘costs for the tow

the ‘ol

ly. t: $25;
:: more: than -the*$420.000. bylaw presénte
7’ ago yet connection charges
to $40), ‘the frontage tax is down '5 cents

20’ cents: to

“was sewerage tunning "free

3. be

village’ is eing lost ‘sight of by ‘the sl
made’ by, th ‘medical. health’
In:

. further), the: MHO is: oe

P : ;
people‘in Castlegar. will get it" before. we pread

5‘ that:is more

years
are. down $25, rom 365 =] 4,

nd cently, there:
an Wend Sts The

per. student (for ‘
Fovincial government

+ (continued ; on page. eae

gad the ‘yearly operational ‘costs

ler 1 Y
(Earlier in the meting, ditriet
superintendent” ‘of ‘ach:

on tt,
21 Kinnaird ‘chairman Carl Loeblich’
told the the: meeting ‘that there ware

‘to satisfy public
‘matter:

Loree, important questions to hes
iy

ped
ass,,to: the Shewebuck "rubdl.
uild cost the ‘village: be

advised Castlegar ‘council.

commissi
‘Rolph ia ‘also
‘k possible com.

This ed by
‘a: second failure on a feu morn-
ing anda’ third “on” Monday ‘morn:
ing. He said athet the: of

_ ing or the: Ted

2 provided
by. the buzer ‘and light ‘at the Hos:
pital instructing nurses’ what’ to‘do
in. the’ event of! the: buzzer. sound:

night's: council | meetitig,
.that while the draf, hi
=|,

"Associated | Engineers ;

esday
‘Associated : Engineers. told..council

from winters works

fund. Both ‘village’ chairman:
Sylvest and: Comm. R. C. Maddocks

. | noted, though, that to” take! advan-
alf | tage ‘ofsthe: municipal; Ioan ‘fund

money for the project ‘wi
be b

$3,000: from : the’ "mnunicipal eas

thi
a wedestran crossing of, the} rail-
+ the:.ateas® which
Yi ee ae. the tracks.) (Full: text
of: this ‘letter | will! be:

‘Ardele, by Anouilh, is a provo-
and: unusual play, ased “on
mn

1] present ete ‘private rooms are $2
plus the $1.

ly,
this com unity a’ disser,

e'| able.’ This active will be. sallow.

into citer ‘on! Dec.

| the? sol decided \ this ‘at its
me

for semi-private wards
tlegar and’ Diateet Hospital ell Zo

of! management ‘of
insurance. From Dec,

In‘ the: past, ‘persons desiring
public: Wi plies were
*

will be ole ted” tthe ‘time’ of

Cas- Casi] fervlces

r two: procedures
are’ follamed By a Huiter of: hos-
Pitals i cut di on ad-

oard bara? its’ meeting also
appointed 1 ‘Meredith,’ Bruce, -Bald-
win ‘aii ditors f

thedue’ for $508 from Bi

: scHIs we
‘was recelved covering the furnish-
extra

ing-:of six beds “put. into

given semi-p:

éd after, D

‘i help. cance ‘rising cds!
"7 ‘0 assist in

- ‘deposit ‘on
‘Alsi

fife. ‘whi -pass ray recently.

2Tt was. = noted with appreciation | ¥
that yohany: Williams, until | re-

iportablé suction pump.
pital. in, honor of

‘Waldie said’ he- ‘would
attend ‘the Nelson seminar ‘to in-

tyestigate the matter further.

ward
accommodation vailt be, requiied to}>
await’ a: bed: in’ the. public:-ward
i€ none. is ‘available! or els tain
semk pnevate: accommodation at the

board felt a firming. up
jolicy,: necessary ‘to

collection
billing expenses,.as fromDec:
, patients will be: asked for‘a'si0

for Periods ‘of from one to five
years, epee J. E: Brown of the

’ Castleg, may. lease’ its ‘arena

charges for: ‘oulpati G

“elty cast Castlegar has been ‘getting:
over Its. e‘by!

+; gathered ‘around

last: week when sewerage ‘collect

| affairs 4

torermalige Gece 2
Village chairman” Aage . ‘Syk
vest suggested that'a copy of sec-

e ton 621 of the act be made avall-
Club:

able to the Curl

acquiring * th
he | the Project. Society for. $1 rH ihe

law, also empowers the ‘yillage to
tout ‘the’ ‘arena.’

ed: on: 7th “Ave. ‘where’ children
the: before ,th