" CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Dec. 8, 1960

50 Years Have Passed Since Leo Tolstoy's Death | Neglect Causes fe
Car Accidents _ 7 ~ Many Enjoy

” Laat year, 84,445 Canadians were) proceed slowly ° along edge of road

"TV COMPETITION no
Readership Hasn't Decinei

‘This Is the first of a two-part|/to them, as he was aang ‘inter= wars =~ iced for execution,
artlole. on Leo Tolstoy, famed|ested in thelr fate at the times of pits As ee a |

Russian ‘author and sympathtrer| persecution by the Tsarist Govern-
and supporter of the Doukhobor| ment, over their denouncing mili-
people. tariam by the means of “non vio-

petual necd, ignorance, slavery, be-
‘The grave ‘wos dug, and Shibul-|ing despised by ‘the very peraons

in was administered by all rites of] they clothe, feed, build for and ser-

Orthodox Church kissing the cross.| ve."

He was-dressed in white robes aud

‘This. article has been prepared | lence.”
by Witlam A. Soukoreff, who on
his visit ¢o Russia ‘a few years|fote before the Tsarist court that
ago visited the home of Tolstoy| permitted and made possible thelr
and the museum which is on his/ migration to Canada,
estate. The article first appeared
Ih the Grand Forks Giztte. *

The second section will appear| genius in the written word, but in

next week, '
eee

Nov. 20, 1960, flfty years have, is in accord with the Doukhobor
Irpsed since the death of Leo Nich- | belef of “pnelfism"',
olaevitch Tolstoy, the ‘world-renow-| .
ned Russian writer and philosopher.| cannot comprehend what led Tol-

Hig works are translated into} stoy, who by birth and upbringing
a2 Jong use ‘Tolstoy's writings have| was a landowner with the title “oft

It was his Interference in their

Doukhobors in Canada also re-
spect Tolstoy not only as Russian

his dwelling Into relglous issues and
preaching of “non violence” which

Many readers of Tolstoy’s works,

world tera’

goodness and truth.

Canadian Doukhobors preserve
the deepest affection to “Grand-
father” Tolstoy. With great respect
they hand on such affection from
generation to generation. He is dear

on} count, to the higheat ar-
the development of Russian, and|istocratic nobility, to renounce his
ture, His works are stu-
died. by the writers of different
lands. They edify human hearts
and inspire in people a longing for

class and privileges, rise in arms

ment, and championing the inter-
ests‘of the people.
From various blographies writ-
ten about Tolstoy by people in close
contact with the writer, I wish to’
dwell on some instances that quite
evidently show different Influences
on Tolstoy through his lifetime.

against the fdeology of his environ-|"

‘Thus he came to renounce mil-

While touring Germany and
Paris, in 1857, he wrote: “It is ne-

tied to the pote. ‘The

‘totstoy regarded the private

to order, and from 16 feet awoy

fired twelve shots into his body. His

and buried.

ing of the drums:

accept."

classes of working ‘men.

body was thrown’ Into the grave

. While all this was taking place,
a‘elergyman in black robes was pre-
sent. Completing the act of execu
tion, the regiment passed with beat-

"Tolstoy later wrote: “I can un-
derstand that under influence of
momentary anger, rage, jealousy or
revenge .\... a human being can
commit a crime. But that people in
control of all thelr faculties, with
human calmness, could find the
necessity of killing of ruch as they
are, another human being, and to

of land as &
great evil. He maintained that the
land must belong to those who toil
on it,

Without being a. revolutionary
himself, ‘Tolstoy foresaw — revolu~
tion in Russia,

He wrote that the Russian peo-
ple “will solve the land question in
their country by the abolition of
private property or land and’ will
point to other nations the way of a
rational, free and happy ‘life... .”

Tt should be pointed out, how-
ever, that while criticising the.social
and moral foundations of Tsarist
Russia, Leo Tolstoy preached non-

violence to evil and sought a way|hand

injured in’ traffic accidents, ~ 4,000
More than in 1958, according to the
All Canada

‘until you can get help.
2, .Avold arguments or violent
manners of

Most common causes are neglect
and poor driving practices.
Officials of the Federation, whi-
ch represents more’ than 220 fire,
automobile and casualty ‘insurance
companits in Canada, sald the ma-
jority.of traffic accidents ‘are due
to carelessness, rather. than poor
oie conditions or mechanical
failure
Safely officials stressed the im-
portance of obeying the well-known
traffic rules, ond xecommended
some lesser known ones,
1.. If hydraulic brakes give out
suddenly on the highway, use the
bmke to slow downss0 you

out in “moral self-perfection,” i.e.

ean shift to ‘8 lower speed, then

over the
other drivers. Additional’ adrenalin

‘| in the blood makes good driving ae

ficult.
3. Check tire pressures before
atarting on a trip. Under-inflated
tires difficult, cause
driver fatigue and cuts down life of
tires.

When crossing. streetcar

tracks on a wet day, cult across dl-
agonally to avold skidding. .

‘5, Stop for repairs well off the
highway.

6. Don't change lanes unexpec+
tedly.

7. Avold “closing up” in heavy
traffic,

commit an’ act contrary to human
nature, over such humans, I cannot

+ Time and again ‘Tolstoy sought
the answer in common people, the
oppressed Russian. peasants and

In June of 1881, he adorned

cessaty to ‘dress a human-being in

“$87,070 were issued during Novem-
ber in Castlegar, bullding inspector | s

B.C. Sets is Sights On
$480,000. a-

a i wes
Six building permits valued at

Norman McNabb told councll’s
meeting ‘Tuesday.

In addition, he sald, two traf
fic tickets were handed out along
with two warnings and one cane

Dutch Party.

Ralss Corrie Hogendoorn of Cas-
tlegar gave her annual Dutch party
on Friday“at her home. .
‘The octual date for ‘the cele-
bration in. Holland, when , Sinter
Fleas ang’ Black Peter arrive by
steamer from Spain, is Dec. 6.
‘ ‘The ussémbled guests sang the

The B.C. government. Monday
set alghts on a potential $490,000 a
year "bonus" revenue from the Col-
ymble river hydro project,

A complete revision ,of rentals
and - fees. for water licences has’
been spproved by the provincial
cabinet in a new-set of regulations
for the water act,

Year. Bonus

new regulation ern: rental on
hydro-electric. power outside BC.
‘This directly affects. the Columbia
project, due to start next year. :
‘An international treaty already
drafted ‘lays down the terms of
this  $460,000,000 development. —
damg on. the’ Arrow and Duncan
eek — and

appropriate songs — one about put-
ting presents in shoes, in Dutch 52
words, while they waited for the
august visitor. ,

Sinter Klaas arrived in his bis-
hop's robes of white. lace-trimmed
surplus and flowing gold-trimmed
red cape. He wore his mitre and
carried his gold crook.

He was. by Black

‘There is,'no . indication that

newspaper. reading has has declined in

the face of competition from radio

and television.. The role of ‘both

wea, and daily newspapers‘will be
and

impor-
tance far beyond the 190s,

‘This was the conclusion reached
by a team of University of British
Columbia’ professors during a ‘panel
discussion et the recent 4ist annual
convention of the Canadian: Weekly

Peter in purple and gold pages bey.
suit, who carried ‘a large bag of
gifta and ‘a bundle of switches to
punish naughty people.

‘ Sinter Klaas opened. his welgh-|*

ty book of records and read ac-
\{counts of each guest in. turn. AS
he called their names they came
forward and bowed and herd his
comment and received a suitable
pitt,

After more songs the real gifts
were exchanged, These were ingen-
fously wrapped to disguise thelr
contents and each wes

Housing Aid Act
Sees'20- Projects ie

Hon. Wesley. D. Black announ-
ced this week that between April 2
of this year and .the present time,| p;
$538,927.00 in ‘grants have been (BP
proved under the terms of the
ow Citizens’ ‘Housing Ald Act.”
figure, covering 20 separ-
ate roe and supplying accom~

Jed by a “poem” which contained | no.

478 of

Alan Thomas told the
editors ‘fhat newspapers. must: con-
centrate on less reporting and more

if they. are. to meet ihe
challenge of the sixties.

“For this reason, newspapers
must now provide a different kind
of reporting, whether they be week~
ly: or" daily,”-he. said.

‘Panel member Dr. John’ Young

told’ the’editors that anyone with-

oub an -education in stlence today
a ill-educated, no matter what car-

‘Dri ‘young was joined by other
panelists in calling for more news-
paper writers skilled ‘in reporting
scientific, economic and other tech-
nital subjects. \
“No one in this country will be
able to carry on his job in the

years to come if he relies on the|*

he received when he was

ee nl

SHOUT TT.
FROM THE
“WANT ADS:

In this nowspeper

‘When you want to sell something,
tell about it in the Want-Ads, When you
+ want to buy something, ask for it in the
Want Ads. See for yourself +2 Want
Ads talk big at little ‘cost. |

--GASTLEGAR NEWS

lca © Crt
Tolstoy pursued the art of ed-| military uniform, separate him bine antares anit aes: Hut Ot tier canada, 0
uation and had his education in|from his family, beat the drums, to| PU. (RERIADE Bh ant
anes Weloraiy ci ie ite ot|devélop a human-being into a| Yiones, sleeping in thelr huts with
sophy, intent on en-| beast.” re
straw for bedding, after which pil-
Balad the diplomatic corps as a While im Poss he rere a grimage he wrote in his dee
At various times, he pursucd @/ prompted him’ to denounce a at
military, eareer and voluntarliy| punishment. pital) arin | uk anaN eome Lam
joined the army in ‘Transcaucnsin,| Even after 25 years, he retarn- surprise haat omespentic at a est
and took active part in military ex-|ed to this subject in his “Contes-|Per head, while a, certain Oriov
greses in the Crimea between 1851|sions” (1970-1981) and his treatise|Prvaort has 49,000." aad
and 1854, : “Then What Shall We Do" (1882-| tn his article “The Sole Reme-
But the fate of comimon people,| 1886), he wrote: “At the moment,| qu» (1991) Tolstoy wrote REAE
their meager existence and thelr|when the head separated from the! this subject: “There are over a coat
oppression always were his inner|body and fell into the box, I shud-|jion working people in’ the whole
concern, and Yasnaya Polyana, his|dered and understood, not only in world, thousands of millions of per-
homestead, offered’ a good oppoxt-| conscience, heart, but with all my| sons. "an the bread, all the Leo
unity to study and live the life of being, that all arguments which I|o¢ the whole world, all that clas te]
peasants, heard about capital punishment, are| need to live’ and all they oases ts
Faced with the Tow standard nonsense, By my presence and in-|madge by the working people. .
of army officers in Simferapole,| ability to interfere, J have approved “But it is not they but the
their leisure existence and spend-|such sin and became part of such] government and the rich that enjoy

ing huge amounts” of money on| evil” all that is produced by them. Wher-

BOs cleans, ‘Tepresenta over #1%4 20 or 30. We all will need contin-
uing educal

‘The big change in addition of a| gives Canada o payment for flood references to the recipient and hints} million dollars in construction. dur- tion,” Dr, ‘Young said.

control and the extra power to be|%4 to the present in the parcel.  |'ing the year.
a ‘ ia available for the U8. -
Floxible $$ Policy ‘The rentals are entirely separate | 5
ea tre from this, The rental will-be about
Needed Says Hart
: : New fees for water storage, el~
To Shareholders  .  [ectric power ond icence spplica-
Toe | tons in the regulations will mean
In an increasingly tough, com-|an iesinereass in’ provincial revenue
as to. accelerate _ business oe the Columbla and the Peace, in
avolding ‘inflation, according to G. Northeastern: Bo. .
Arnold Hart, president of the Bank’ For example, B.C. Power Com-
of Montreal. mission will have to pay some $3,000
ing, a reasonable enlargemént of|row dam, first to be built on the
the nation’s money supply and of Columbia. = 7 °
bank loans should be aftowed to
continue so Jong as this can be done

- | $490,000 a year, once the project is
completed — about 1070.

petitive world, Canada needs a more|from all water projects — existing

flexible ‘official monetary policy, sojones as well as future ones like

5 ‘Thus, he told B of M share- @ year rental to the government on

holders at their 14Srd-annuat meet-|the water storage of the High Ar-

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HE Ger.
"THE PANTS?

N
Primitive man wasso pithy an ani-
mal we might wonder how he got
Hiesktinehe ware, Onatheoryisthat
the other animals laughed them-
selyes to death at the sight of him.
.But man had the last leugh—by
putting nature's energy to work
he became earth’s most powerful
creature.

In Canada our most important
energy source is petroleum, The

il is made

Playing games of chance, led Tol-
stoy to write “Sevastopol in May of
1895”, in which he portrayed the
hare facts of military organization.
In part he wrote, “Each of us
fs a small renegade, and is ready
to open a war, to kill one or hun-

He had witnessed another ex-
ecution’ in 1866, which had left a

eas the working people live in per=

lasting impression through his Iife-] — ?

time. INGREASE

A’ regiment of soldiers were YOUR INCOME :
stationed near Yasnay Polyana. A|
certain officer, Shibulin, became| [RAW ina ut mennULit

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"his creates a crucial need for
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“the upon below
same as our needs, our needs of
50 years ago ore not the same as \Mi AYTAG/
they are today. We don't actually,
“need” elec! razors, electric. re-
frigerators, vacuum cleaners, tele-
vision sets, shampoos, beauty treat-
ments, packaged goods, or even
automobiles, ©

But would critics of

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fe’ +

numbers -of people. It enables the
advertiser to reach his market inex-
pensively and thus increasé his to-

“| tal production, thereby reducing the

cost of making and selling ‘each
unit,

Advertising is in large measure
responsible for better living, less
drudgery, more leisure for more
people.

‘This creates opportunities for
intellectus] and spiritual activities
equaled in few, if any, other coun=
tries. While millions, and millions
of dollars ate-being spent by Can-
adians for cars, boats, sports equip-
ment and the paraphernalia of lel-
sure, there isa growing hunger

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ROBSON SOCHmIS

Cut Xmas Trees
Above First Whorl

‘The time® for ‘cutting down
Christmas trees will soon be upon
us and Bob Watters, a Sesign en-
gineér for Celgar's sawmills. divis-
jon, has, some words of advice for

10 intend bo cut their own

= Watters says
cut abov ‘the «first hor! with 8
saw “will ive. to grow another day”

the oon pe, an? are wal

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Projects Society

ARENA SCHEDULE

Dec. 9 to Dec. 15

6 - 8 pm. ‘Children’s Skat-

ing.
8:30 - 10.30 pm. Adult's
and Students. Skating. .
-Sat., Dec. 10°
7.30 - 1 p.m. Minor Hoste
2-4 pm. Children’s Skat-
ing. 5 - 6.80 Open Ice. . ~
7.30 - 9.30 _General. Skating.
-Sun., Deg. 11
8.30 - 12pm. Open Ice
1-2 pm:, Air Cadets Hoc-

key.
2. 30 - 4.30 p.m. Family Ska-|:

ing. -
7-- 9, pan, Students & Adult

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9.30. -..11.30 p.m. Trail &
Brilliant: Hockey.
‘Mon., Dec. 12.
4.30."- 5.30 pm. Figure
Skating. Clul

6 - 10.30 pin. Minor Hoe-|

~key.
Tues! Dec. 13.
6.- 10.30 p.m. Minot. Hoe-

‘Mrs. Johnson, Phone 5165

Mr, and Mrs. W. ‘T. Waldie left
by car last ‘Thursday ‘afternoon for
Calgary where they visit thelr son-
in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
M: Flynn for a. week.

» Mr, Walter Wanjoff of Vancou-
ver is-the guest of his parents Mr.
and Mrs. Pete Wanjo?f

“Mrs, P, Larocque of - Slocan
Park visited. Mi. and Mrs, D Ae
head Sal

ere cae
‘Get New Posts

‘W. T. Irvine ‘and’ R. G. Me-
Bachern have been appointed to
new sentor geclogical positions with
Cominee, :

Mr, has -been made chief
mines geologist:and Mr.
chief exploration geologist. The an-
nowuncement was made by W. G.
Jewitt, vice-president in ,charge of
mines. The posts were effective Dec,
1 ‘
Both haye been on the com-
pany’s geological staff for many
years, |

Auto Ends: Up

‘Smproperly braked while park-
ed, a‘car ended up 20 feet deep in
the Columbia river here last week.
Parked on 6th’ Ave. at noon
while its driver, M. A. Germaine,
went to lunch, the car rolled to the
end of the avenue, through a:vac-
‘ant lot, over a.25-foot embankment
[and into the river.
‘The vehicle belongs to the J. T.
Devlin Paint Co, working at Celgar.
Mr. Germaine :is an employee. <
~ ‘A skindiver from ‘Trail retrieved
the car which sustained consider-
able water and body damage.-

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