ie " STHURDAY,, OCTOBER 28, ioe THE CASTLE. NEWS tee a. Published Every Thuraday. By y ‘THE CASTLE NEWS LIMITED: Castlegar, B.C. ‘ L, V. CAMPBELL, Manager + *Suiat V. A. MISUTEA, Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper’ Association and B.C. Weekly Advertising Bureau : SUBSCRIPTION RATE :—.. - $3.00 per ‘year; 25¢ per month by carrier. Authorized as Second Classs Mail, Post Office Dep gO oe = °o 1G While debating the relative merits of needling; Mrs.:Collin- son on the frailties of her sex and a most i unexpected credit is all extra ie: ing. 3 Another “unfailing buttress gainst ‘the slings and ‘arrows: of erence is \an- ttawa. POWER-FULL CONFUSION The sudden tender ‘solicitude over. “proper utilization ofjnatural that: the rv. Dam,:near Castlegar seems to have evoked from Ottawa, is touching: But it’also leaves us.much confused. The: reason :given: for objections to B.C.’s ‘negotiations with the Kaiser Corporation: only serve to heighten our. confusion and add to the unanswered questions. : Admittedly we-are not power expérts.as our Ottawa: protect- ors are. But if Ottawa..intends to veto the. Kaiser deal it.should not require the. Inowledge ofa power expert. to understand. why. Our Ottawa experts,say the Kaiser storage dam rather: than & power dam, could reduce the power potential of this part of the Columbia River system. We und that a rock found: essential. for a power. dam. Without. rock foundation, there is. no power , dam. site and without dam site, .no power potential: ‘It is our understanding that there are only two feasible power dam. sites - on the Columbia in this area. Since we also understand. that .the Kaiser Dam, which would not net, less water through than. normal river flow,‘ would not: affect. the Sultabiity, of, these sites, ; how would the Kaiser Dam i “with the 'S power pot- ential? poe As for Ottawa's ‘claim that B.C.'s, ‘terms for. the dam construc- tion are too cheap, there is also a'recent statement by a Kaiser *. official that to’ his knowledge (the terms are the highest ever. ex- acted for a project of: ‘this nature.” Finally there is. the’ claim that the. dam (built. under proposed terms’ would give Kaiser power more. cheaply than the aluminum book on the various normal ways by. which a finis may be’.writ- ten on the history of. our.’some- what battered world, lo‘ani ho, we: got‘a: letter: Our .old friend, ‘ Muriel Scott, |” having just, finished an‘ exam’ on. :| Hospital . in’ Victoria, ‘h ed to “drop a line and’: lo’. and ‘incidentally to. passout some fairly.’ undeserved “: credit for the “relative easiness”. exam, One of ‘the drawbacks ot. our job is the fact ‘there is'often lit- tle or ‘no’ tangible result » ‘tor Actually’ we ‘all’ like a: word other. old ae Sandy Spence. Sandy’ writes gay. and. distract- ing items on tho lite of a: nurse ‘ae: the Provincial Mental * Hospital The. latest is‘ the tale cof ‘the First Aid’ class ‘skeleton: who goes \ under «some such: irrever- entitle as (“Jake “Jake or; what ever: his ‘name ‘is,’ regularly: ap- pears from: his storage place; with t | a: cigarette: ‘hanging’ at a: Seotatnciem. By STANLEY : _ THEO OLD. HOME TOWN fiwhen. it. happened. .the |toaright aay. a _co-worker asked him: * hate ‘cream’ angle from © his “ bony, i jaws. Each” day ‘the long suffer- ing instructor’ deprives .the skele- ton of the offending fag and/each day he turns up with’a new. one to the delight of the whole’ class: We almost look with’ regret to the day when’ Sandy ‘graduates. ally. It has ‘come to 4, pretty ‘pi when. we. have. .to bludgeon people. with: national weeks on pabidaiis! Ancluding: letter. writ- ing. We-are’ happy to have such write to'-us, Letter Weck. or, 88 of praise or ‘gratitude | put, the Letter‘Week: : ite development at Kitimat’ gets it. B.C.’s Lands and Forests Minister]. ; ah has quoted figures showing it would give. Kaiser power at'a high- er price than Kitimat gets it, Are'we to believe. that our. power experts at Victoria, who are. perhaps closer to the situation and|_ more closely concerned’ with acting in the best interests! of the]: . province, are less reliable than those at Ottawa? If Ottawa is as’: vehemently ‘determined ‘to block the Kaiser deal. as press reports indicate; even to the point .of passing new legislation that “will give them authority to interfere, we: hope bet presen a confusion of facts, figures and objections will first ar] NATURAL ATTRACTIONS. Na ere. i Wes Q" sie Castiogar Ministerial Astociation: ont This is United. Nations “Week. We have all kinds’ of weeks now- An / interesting if minor’ debate is curréntly raging in vie ®! toria regarding - tourists’ and the: procedure. best adapted ‘keeping them in:the: locality for longer periods.” : : Figures just’ published by the Department of |'Trade and. Industry show that so far this year, B.C. has played host to 1.3 percent less tourists than a year ago. The significant figure is that in August, ‘visitors declined by 4.2 percent despite staging, of the British ‘Empire. Games which attracted housands to the Lower. Mainland, f “I The ion is being i othe poor summer, Ob ously the amenities available for Sines visitors are much Tess’ in bad weather so. the is. should B.C. ‘intensify ‘ created or synthetic attractions that may appeal. to visitors even when the does not The interests which gain from i nding are the instrument “for-‘th tion of this: great ideal. The: Uv. isja_ result, of: that teaching. Me to|have come: to see that dity. One .of the: most important, things we need a-week for’is the United. Nations. It’ is vital that we. boost that...» In its “nine -years of life the |. United Nations has donea won- derful -work. It may: be’ a sound- ving board.for the propaganda: of some. nations but ‘despite that - it, has. prevented. several.‘wars. It has also done great -things ‘for the ; more -unfortunate_.. nations 10- the. only hope for the: world lies |; in this idea of Brotherhood whieh is based,, of course, on the 1 We. observed National Letter : Writing. Week recently, incident rR people .as* Sandy and : Muriel.'to }- est idea of all;—that God -is the pa Father. of:-gll_ m ‘The great, international Church Ce the U.S.A: oa a a practical "illus. tration ‘of how ‘all’ races and colors can meet and work’ togeth- erin & common loyalty. to Jesus Christ who’ died for. ALL | MEN.: The: ‘Christian Church:is. the and most ‘“widespr ad :in- naturally _ impressed» with the “possibilities of i pro- cits food, ion and, at ! Society... It reaches jects ‘which would supposedly ‘hold. visitors/in. a i But|* the effects of the cli seem -to tellj" their’ own’ story.’ Tourists come, largely ‘to enjoy what nature has given’ us. They’can get ‘the manufactured attractions in. grea- ter volume ‘and of better” standard elsewhere. _° The implication seems ‘to. be that \publicity efforts should upon the natural’ attractions, They ae (challenged oe i : J 3 : From. the ‘Vernon News. | Ibi LIMITED TIME ONLY! a BYR oS 4 “GLADYS COLLINSON For: some time now I have writtén ‘a column’ for: the Castle the’ time’ nonsense. At “times :I}{ have fourid it neécesary to defend my, work and. attributes of, ‘my sex’ from: the- barbed: “or atyptic _|comments of perhaps - more com- pétent | male... colu The other: day. aa 8 res _ Through the: U...N.-the world is :beginning . to; realize that we “are members one ‘of another.” It has been said that Science has| made. the world, one. neighbo: hood and. we jnow have to see that .it is ‘a-Brotherhood. : = That is what the U.N. is doing +, but unfortunately- it takes more than’ nine Dherie to” undo all the |:.: and: ‘into “every, country ‘and has ‘the Breatest” Burpose.—to *: ‘tell! the |S "Good: News”: to every. creature. “work which . missionaries ave, done® for: 07 sr'-1900' years in ‘the ‘fields’ of ‘education; tech- itical’ assistance ‘and hospital care. is ‘now’ made’ more. effective. by: the ‘added work’ of: the U.N. ‘There. are.; other - Anternational the ‘U.N. The. U. N- in: this: great ‘work of making’ the E ‘are| the. world &; Brotherhood. ; : able to swork “together 3 in“the way.| ths "There: is. plenty “for. -all: to. ‘do. But I: believe:. the\Church: should | have first placé,in our- endeavors e@.it holds. the teachings, of may be‘used by. God for the therance ‘of His’ great ideal of Great Family’ of “all” Mankind: The’: Christian’ Church. ‘fror Christ: which’ are’ ‘found- Sof all true ;Brotherhood. ti ‘It:also transmits to the people of |: all ‘the ‘world, the Power ® ‘of God, a over. their: lord: sing sol manor? ;On. the. other hand,. take thé: 5 husband who ¢ comes: home ‘to the ceived: a comment froma high- nt. chappiog, | ly intelligent: and: valued’ friend, ‘. Protects sensitive | which was neither “barbed ‘nor akin. Softens and | ctuntig, but so stupidly male it} 5 was funny. .He: iritimated . that | while my. columns ‘were readable "] at least some of the time — he found~ my:: Niewpoint : SO consis- there: an: motion’ man’ for’ a eat circus, \Before™ the show. -reached one ‘small’ town,” Flanagan ‘dropped into. _ the: newspaper’ office ‘and opens,: but. ‘the. whole ™ atmos- he: side-steps a. flying tion: or: t odands | ‘flat d the price of'a full page every. can thé little: ‘woman| ad. br “One hundred. bucks," said, ‘the tently and that it was difficult: for ‘him, an average male, to entirely un- 16 OZ, Size Reg. $2.50. .| derstand them..;)'- fl 3 Only $1. :In-my’: opinion’: this. sounded rather ‘silly; because.‘the fact.of the ‘matter is. that a’ mere male hich: “goes! to prove that the.’ feminine. ‘viewpoint al- though aoe lacking in con- ings of the’ female: mind, And: :why should . they? After ‘DRI all, ‘the -unknown :: quantity ;:is strangely.’ fascinating ~.to . both sexes, and a.constant diet of per- ‘|| may” prove'to: be slow.-poison ‘to dian‘ male’ wants ;to: come home every te in the: jweek to steak Castlegar [erate Shi mysterious work: tutte “OPEN ; fection, while meat ‘to. some men | € TUES. a THURS. — SAT.; others, What, red-blocded Cana- | W3 than. that'I write ina le’ odd ‘deep- ‘rooted “and ‘purely: miale’ opinion, whieh even’ I. ‘oddly. “el drift of. Besides, what. could be more]; tural. 2 Fes hour talk where ‘he as learned. discipline, Senrpredshipy helpfulness,.and the to;: mix: ‘and work and ing, ‘onthe: ‘occasion of the: Ninth ‘of. th "Dr. Chisholm’ emphasized’ that ‘| the, United ‘Nations ‘‘is'not,a:sep- {1 “| arate: organization: with “a separ- ate. entity. of. its- own”. but ‘rather