devotions, Christmas turn again and again
to the Biblical story of that Holy Night
nearly two thousand years ago.

ciptes, Luke and Mathew, we learn of
humble shepherds watching in a field, of
herald angels singing, of a Star that shone
in the East to guide the Wise Men on
their way.

first Christmas lives anew. And most cher-
ished of all are the words that tell of the
simple manger scene, of Mary, and Joseph,
and the Christ Child,

inspire awe and wonder, for the glory
of the moment, for the miracle that was
wrought. Yet the same words bring a
homey comfort, too. It is a miracle that

harping on a tired old theme because he
can’t find the needed facts is understand-
able. But it is unforgivable if he carries on
the same refrain once he is in office and
the facts are all about him if he will
trouble to seek them.

Barrett is doing now in connection with
the Columbia River Treaty between us
and the U.S.A. Without being able to
distinguish between the facts on the treaty
and the political hot-air from former Prem-
iér Bennett, whose baby it was, Mr. Bar-
rett is now moaning that B.C, was skinned
by the Americans and that somebody ought
to DO something about it.

work, came off. very badly in his meeting
with Prime Minister Trudeau, who has.

incredibly naive. First, he says that he wants
to. backoff the Skagit River deal, signed...

~ CASTLEGAR NEWS

Here Let the People's Rights Maintain, Unawed by Influence or Gain

The Glory of Christmas Shines Once Again

“And she brought forth her
firstborn Son, and trapped.
Him in swaddling clothes, and ~
laid Him in a manger, because
there was no room for them in
the inn.” Luke 2:7.
At Christmas, in church and home

even a child may comprehend, for there,
living again in the words, is the Baby
Jesus, wrapped in swaddling clothes.
‘Because there no room for
them in the inn,
In the glory, there is poignancy, too,
“No room in the inn.”

The words echo across the ages, and
rejoicing is tinged with the bittersweet.
That — as in the words of the famous
carol, “Away in a Manger,” — “the little
Lord Jesus” had “no crib for His bed”
weighs on the heart of Christianity.

Even at the manger there is the shadow
of suffering in store for the Son of God,
of trials soon to begin with the flight into
Egypt, and fo end on the Cross.

But the glory prevails, in the miracle
of the humble manger, and ahead, through
the shadows of the future, through anguish
and agony, shines the radiance of Easter.

It is Christmas, and Christians every-
where rejoice at the words of the angel.

“For unto you is born this
day in the city of David a Sav-
iour, which ts Christ the Lord.”

Luke 2:11.

We wish all our readers a very happy

— and a very holy — Christmas.

Columbia River Treaty Was a Pretty Good Deal

About $100 million of that will have to
come from B.C. Hydro, above the amount
B.C, got from the U.S. out of the treaty,
accarding to figures given in the legislature,

Inflation has caused havoc during the
construction, certainly. If 1963 electric uti-
lity construction prices are taken as 100,
todays’s index is more than. 150. About
$500 million has now been spent on the
storage dams. At 1963 prices, ‘the bill
would have been about $390 million.

Despite this, for $100 million B.C.
has obtained .enormous water storage to
spin its own turbines. In this league, that
cost s virtually peanuts.

{It means that about six million kilo-
watts of capacity can be installed in Mica
Dam for, about $100 per kilowatt at 1971
price levels, or $154 per kilowatt at 1977's
predicted levels.

The Energy Board Report shows that
this is cheap power by any standards in
the world of today. The rey
ed ‘that other’ dams: ‘bet

From the words of two of His dis-

In every word of the sacred story, the

“And she brought forth her
firstborn Son, and wrapped
Him in swaddling clothes, and
laid Him in a manger.”
The words, as simple as the scene,

For an Opposition politician to keep

Unfortunately, this is what Premier

Mr. Barrett, who hasn't done his home-

Mr.. Barrett's tactics and timing are

between B.C. and ‘Séattle‘to provide: more'.+ aes

electricity | for Seattle.’ ‘At its crudest, he
wants to renege on a contract, leaving
Seattle with the problem of finding al-
ternative energy sources.

umbia River Treaty and say to the Ame-
ricans: “You skinned us out of $600 million.
Now reopen the treaty and give us our
money back.”

homework. Certainly it will cost about $570
million to complete the treaty storage dams.

Micat(to. reluse thaf®st ‘stored
it is a grea. source of economical power.

It will do Mr. Barrett no good to moan,
in what sounds like an anti-American way,
about deals and politics of the past. He
must look at ‘he figures objectively in
the real light of today.

Then he'll find the dea! was never

Then he wants to renege on the Cal-

which we all knew and pointed out often
— but :hat it is a better deal than he can
get for B.C. power users any other way
today. — Vancouver Province .

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Patricia Young Says...

That Star of Bethleham is In the Sky saat

Oh Lord, it's Christmas
time again! Pardon. my
groan, but between raffles,
reindeer and rummage sales

I'm not sure whether to ,

--take out more insurance,
stock up on tranquilizers or

reighter to Pogono-
place! I o1 uy know that the
Star of Bethleham is in the
sky again and I would rea-
ch for on we the essence

mailing list, ae aig co-,
okie cutter, | downtown park-
ace or the end of the

tape!
me sweet when
conspires to put
jorhouse; when

pick up, button up, pa
up cup, att when. ‘uses
Cuthbert calls collect from
his New York office party!

Preserve me from cash-
and—carry kiddie carollers
and telephone | ootictiors
from allowing the Christ-
mas scason to ncconne a
commercial carnival, a buy-
ing binge or an eating orgy!

Seal my lips as I sear-
ch for ales Tnittens; bat-
terles and Easyweezy con-
struction kit pieces; when I
find another candy cane
under the cushion; when the

eat gets the giblets am the .

dog discovers the Christmas

tree!

Help me to give gla
and receive io sacs
are the: bore as well as

2.
eyes;

old man’s war experiences;

Reconnaissance of Dewdney
Trail May Lead fo Its Restorafion

The Trail Horsemen's
Society has received a re-
ort from the parks branch
Victoria on the Dewdney
Trail reepunalsssnce car-
Tied out this p:

On ‘the basis of this in-
formation the parks branch
intends to recommend gov-
ernment support for restor-
ation and Teconstsuction of

by a .group of ae caveat
itudents.

‘The department: terms
the survey as successful

tle
identified betwen? Bound-
Falls

and
Gree, the nA tion east
Christina Creek to
Rossland is well preserved
in many places and was ea-
traceab!

The crew located ap-
proximately 70 per cent of
the trail on the 30 mile
‘stretch,

Christina Creek and the
outskirts of Rossland.

Private landowners a-
long. the route with whom
the students discussed the
reopening, were not oppos-
ed to it, but as much of the
trail lies across Provincial

the. Forest ‘Service before
the trail on be protected

and cleare

It is hopeful that aa
ministrative ‘details
be settled in time to ices
a real start on the restora-
tion project next summer.

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CITY OF NELSON

give me
member that Iam selobrat
ing the the birth of Chri Zz
of Kings and Prince art Pea-
ce — source oe all Tam or
dope to be. As I wish you:
Merry cohnicteeas” it is with
the fervant hope that the
spirit of Chrigtiaas be ex-
tended to all men, every:
where and throughout
the days of our lives.

TRUCKLOAD SALE OF FISH
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1972:
11:00 a.m, to 8:00 'p.m.

Fresh Fith Now in Good Supply
LOCATED: CASTLEGAR HOTEL
WEST COAST SEAFOODS

Balldgs- Equipment In Lecal
Schoo District to be Appraised

200
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“SELL WITH CLASSIFIEDS”

EEE ER ENED

To the Residents of Kootenay-West:

: Our Earth is but a‘small
star in the Great: Universe.
Yet of it we can: make, if
we choose, a planet unvex-
ed by war, untroubled. by

a hunger or fear, undivided
by senseless distinctions of
race, colour or creed — a
‘true home for the Brother=
hood of Man.

Merry Christmas -and
a Happy 1973 °

RAN HARDING

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$700 ieotead of of the present

Water Useage .
Up for Town
Of Castlegar

Castle; residents us-
a

half again as
last month as

a did in November, 1071,

this ‘fact “could be a

indication or a had

R. W. Cook told

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“noted Mr,
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an

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ein “time clerical ae
pointment at Tarry's
mentary school has ies
filled by Mrs. Mary Thorne.

Conflict Over
Fry Creek Aired
On CBC TV
ing Ian lans for
Peay

conflict surround-

eth

recent public meeting held
in Baslo.

nflict surround:
ing aang Blane for: for Ery

Kk are W: ten, dire

oa narrated Misha
Halleran, The is
John Seal and Dick Bellamy,

eee eted Uy

_ District

e
Socials
Carla Houghton
and a Randy | He Houghton
heir
as Howton of Kinnaird.
Ms. Houghton will be
ig to ‘Australian in
january while -
Houghton ener simon
Miss Marguerite Forn-
elli, Deceml bride-ele
was guest of honor at a
shower held recently at

home of Mrs. L. V. Camp-
bell of Castlegar.’ Co-hostes-

with a
fed guests,

this picture?

em

One of my wife's students
brought in some old news-
papers, and | found them

ancinating,

FOR GOD AND HOME
AND NATIVE LAND
VOTE

OUT THE
SALOON AND THE

LIQUOR STORE

Thus cried thé Globe an

Toronto on October
1919rHt had'a exculstion of
86,547. It had 24 pages,
Count the liquor advertise-
ments in your today’s big
> city newspaper,

‘Things were not so much
different sixty-two years
ago, aside from the booze
question.

The Irish had two front-
page stories, There was
“nearly a settlement on the
{trish problem". ‘Hands
were extended but they
were never gripped”, and
the Sinn Fein political

prisoners were released from
Qfountjoy Prison as the out-
come of their hunger strike.
Like, what's new?

START WAR ON DRUG
TRAFFIC read another

headline. There was to be a

$1,000 fine for improper

use of narcotics, Apparently
the opponents of prohibi-
tion were scattering a leaflet
purporting to show thi

since Ontario went dry “the
use of drugs has increased to
alarming proportions.”

But the only dry
were concerned wil)
those oldies, opium, cocaine
and morphine. Apparently
our granddads were not ac-
quainted with pot, hash,
horse and speed. Or perhaps
they didn’t use slang terms.
Anyway, what's new?

Another headline stated:
LITTLE FIGHT LEFT IN
REDS. The whole article
revealed that the revolution
in Russia was just as good as.
over, and the “reds” had
had it. [ wonder if Stalin or
Kruschevy read that, and
what they thought.

There was an election on.
The Globe, as it still does,
tried to tell its readers how
to vote.

On page 1, there is a box,
with a facsimile of the bal-
lot, and the paper urges
every reader to vote No to
every question on the refer-
endum. ‘About boars, that

ime HBe i

they
were

agai 3
i Liberals, and against | booze.
So, what's new, except the
booze adverts?
a desperate . four-

column twenty-inch. advert, -

the Liberals try to separate
the political issues and the
booze issues. Not a hope.
What's new?

The rest of the front
page could have been print:
s yesterday. Trouble all

ver the. world. Gold-dust
ais from ane Yukon.
Lloyd George carried to his
university chair by students,
led by a ragtime band (ex-
cept that today he'd have
been humiliated and led by
a rock band). Somebedy.s
wife, with a certain lack of
novelty,” had presented him
with his third set of twins.
And amie garbage.

IE WEATHER. Same
ot jazz as we get today.
“Probabilities: Fair weather;
stationary or higher tem-
perature.” In other words,
it's going to stay miserable
or improve, What’s new?

But the real fun of an old
newspaper is the advertise-
ments, as they are today.
Even then, the auto manu-
facturers took a lot of space.

You had the choice amonga «

the Gray Dort, the Franklin,
and something called the
Lexington. But the copy
hasn't changed much.
Instead of power brakes,
you had the “one-fii finger
emergency brake.” Instead
of anti- freeze, you had the
Franklin's “Direct _air-
cooled, No water to boil or

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freeze.” Wonder what hap-
pened to that one? And in-
stead of the 120 per cent
performance romised for
today’s cars, the.Gray Dort
ad said it would take care of

of a motor car's work,
Wonder what happened to
that copy writer.

But among the names are
many old, familiar ones,
Mason isch,
Kellogg's
Flakes. Shirriff’s Mi
lade, Horlicks’ Malted Milk,
Red Rose Tea.

And the all-too-familiar
ads in tiny type for aids
with dandruff, piles, under-
arm hair remover for ladies,
kidney — pills, liver _ pills,
Theumatic remedies. What's

ew?

“There isn’t exactly an
entertainment section, as
such, but the King Edward
Hotel offered a dinner de
tuxe for $1.50, with music
by Romanelli's orchestra.
The Alexandria was present-
ing ROADS OF DESTINY
with. Florence Reed. And

Shea's there was a nine-act
vaudeville show. Prices? 25
to $0¢, What's new?
should tell you?

And in a coloured sup-
plement of the time, there
are full-page ads for such
things as chewing ums Bon
Ami for whiten
thoes, Borden's Mil
Pebeco — tooth:
you believe?

Macleans, Canada’s “nation-
al masaiee there were
268 aes of writing a and
just over 20 pages of liquor
advertisements. So what's
new?

1752’ Calendar
Set Christmas
Date on Dec. 25

8,
brated on January 718? Fi is
still so celebrated by the
Later on.

Some church people in
very indig-
nant whten this change too
Ince feeling that some-
ww they had pen robbed
of ‘th days and the corre-
and

Some of
led Yo hna out if the

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