‘CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, April 12, 1962 CASTLEGAR NEWS Hundred and Forty-Seven Advertisers Make Newspaper Possible (This is the third in a series of edi- torials explaining how a weekly news- paper functions.) The advertiser is the man who makes the modern newspaper possible. He pro- vides the major part of the revenue, for without advertising the subscription price of any paper would be prohibitive, The advertiser wants to sell his goods or services to a large number of clients and therefore must get his message to prospective customers. A much higher percentage of both news and advertising appearing in the hometown journals is actually read than that appearing in a metropolitan newspaper or a national 2 magazine. This fact is the reason why the weekly is such a valuable advertising . medium. The readers are customers—one half. of all retail buying in Canada is done in: small centres served: by weeklies. ‘While on the subject, we would like to refute the old chestnut that advertisers dictate a paper’s policy. The advertiser wants his message read, and that means|# a large number of subscribers who have] { a fair amount of faith in the paper. Such a circulation is possible, over a period of years, only by a paper with an independ- ent policy. It woud not therefore be in the advertiser’s own interest to try to dic- tate editorial policy. Here at the Castlegar News we have had very few attempts. made by advertis- ers to “dictate to us. And those few at- tempts were rebuffed. Summing up, the advertiser makes it possible to sell the paper for a few cents a piece. An independent, : outspoken press provides better advertising than does a subservient one. No paper, there- fore, need be dictated to by its advertis- ers, even though the adviertiser does pro- vide the major part of a paper’s revenue. Our Own Hospitals Should Reap Benefit The member for Vancouver-Kings- way, Ferguson Browne, has introduced a bill into Parliament which would make it legal for Canadians to gamble on sweep- stakes, and for the establishment of a lios- pital sweepstakes board. There would be “strict supervision” of its operation. The Province is against gambling on ‘principle. We do not believe that the. ad- vantages of freedom for the individual in this respect can outweigh the. obvious dangers which are incurred. But The Pro- vince is also against fog, illness, and some of the disadvantages of old age. Never- theless, we have them with us for keeps, just as many have > gambling i in herr blood. The bill nit would have the govern- ment be the boss of a sweepstake business would be by no means an innovation. Both federal and provincial governments are already in the position of standing under an, umbrella at the track with the sign: “Place your bets with the old firm.” Both governments know a good: thing’ when they see it, and Victoria, for instance, will pocket more than a million dollars this year from the propensity.of mankind to wager money on the comparative speeds of four: “legged animals. The ana acre: both fed- erally and provincially, would by no stretch of the imagination be taking the highway to sin for the first time if it got into the betting business. Once already the prog to 1 has got as far as the Senate, ‘and government participation in the vast industry of the pari-mutuel is, perhaps ironically, con- ducted under the Criminal Code of this country. Sweepstakes are already in the pat- ~tern of our lives, despite the efforts to pretend that ticket salesmen and pur- chasers are criminals. The profit from VICTORIA REPORT By JAMES K, NESBITT. One. cannot magine any lace more quiet | u: han the legisla- ive buildings in he ~=week after . baw session ends The - Premier took right off, maki great pity: and we should be o ; jelection, until he has British col. mbia in such political turmoil that no-one knows what's going to happen. tery, eo like the oll por- Pee which throbbed with Il- ac for elght/At ecks, are 80 si- lent they become. almost eerie; there seem to be ghosts all about, the, ghosts .of fiery speeches and wild shoutings and angry scenes, so important at the time, but now part of the ages, The sessional staff is still here, clearing ‘up the debris after your MLA's, who scatter to their homes the minute “the session ends, and they give their constl- tuents accounts of.the goings-on at the. session, and these vary, ac- cording to politics. For instance, the people of Prince Rupert hear the Social. Credit. view, and the people of Cranbrook get the NDP- CE view, trait by Moore of Tom Uphill which the government pur-, chased for iegislative haliways, At the moment it's: resting ‘on. a large ease] in the entrance to the Provincial Library. It’s an excel- lent likeness; every. e I pass it I expect old Tom to rise out of the paint and ‘the frame, and say to.me: “God bless ya,” as so often he did in ue I miss his particular benedictio: Ym anxious to know where this Picture is to be permanently placed, because there's not much wall space in the buildings, Most of our noted ploneérs of the past — or their pictures I should say are hanging in basement corri- eminence of Sir Richard McBride, Robert Dunsmuir, James’ Duns: dors — pictures of men of the|tl 8 Victoria has suddenly — blos- somed out with two landmarks- by-night — the Water Tower and the towers and turrets of Craig- darroch Castle, all of which have been floodlit, to mark your capi- tal’s 100th birthday as an incor- porated city. Both have the popu- lace quite excited; I must say they are very beautiful and I hope you have a gocd look at them when next you're in Victoria. We are, too, at the moment, engaged in one of those contro- versles so typical of dear Victoria. There’s'a move afoot to change the name of historic Foul Bay Road Ne) palverslty: Ways Most All is Quiet i in. Legislative Buildings. we cepted by Victorians without ques- tion, but which intrigues visitors, who allege they never heard such an odd name, and always want to know how come. The southern half of Foul Bay Road is elegant residential, dis- trict, now mostly apartments, but once the elite dwelt there, in mansions of stone and timbered’ gables. Foul Bay Road was: good enough for them. If: you live on the east side ‘of, Foul Bay you pay your taxes:to Oak Bay, if you live on the west side, to the city of Victoria. Thus the east side ds sald to be tonier than the west. Mrs, Guy Audain, daughter of the Hon, James Dunsmuir, had a home on Fout Bay Road. Former Meut- | Charles Banks once Foul B: in fury about ity eri like the aanies even if some people think it smells, Foul Bay was so named ecnust earlyday morinors avold- ed it, so foul were its rocks and ides, Every, now and then through the years there have been moves muir, John Robson. I think it’s a to ‘abolish the name, which is ac- vel there too, as did Montreal brewer and banker Hobart Molson and milllonaire shipbuilder Nor- man Yarrow. They were not ash- amed of the name Foul Bay Road, However, dear Victoria woul- dn’t be dear Victoria without such flurries every now and then. By DON McGILLIVRAY’ Province Ottawa Bureau How much say should a city- dweller be given in the running of nation? This is the tricky question wrapped up in the government’s announced plen to turn electoral redistribution over to an indepen- dent commission. ' Ever since Confederation, one of Canada’s laws - has of the greater difficulty of a mem- ber representing a scattered rural Population, And the effects have been seen in the tender regard of Parliament for the problems of farmers and: fishermen compared with ‘the much more casual treat- ment of urban problems, such as mass . transportation and slum learance. Now that bere is.to have been that urban voters don’t de- serve as much say in running the nation as-rural voters. . It has never been spelled ‘out in precise It never needed to be as Jong commission, tie mvritten law will have to be written if the politi- cians want to continue to give rural voters more say in the gov- ernment than urban voters. Independent commissions wrote ant drawn by politicians. They knew what side their farm-baked bread was buttered on. It has always ta- ken fewer rural voters than ur- ban voters to ‘elect a Canadian member of Canadian participation in goes to benefit hospitals in other lands— not quite proportionately to the huge a- mount invested, but quite satisfactorily. Therefore, all but the hypocritical will logically conclude thatthe government should extend its interest in the: gambling business and put’ an end to a false’ and fanciful situation. Our . own hospitals should reap the benefit of sweepstakes. — Vancouver Province A Move to Simplify Voting Procedures It is an axiom of .democracy - that voting procedures should be .as simple as possible consistent with the secrecy of the ballot. In Canada we have achieved sec- recy but we can still move toward sim- Plicity. The Windsor Star points out that “in federal, provincial and municipal elections a_ ballot which does not have a clear cross-mark against the name of the ‘can: didate can be ruled out. This spoils the ballots of those who ignore the printed instructions and mark their preference with a V - shaped check-mark. “The reasoning behind the insistence on a cross is clear. In the days when at- tempted election frauds were more com- mon, a particular checkmark could have been used to identify a-ballot or the. vot- er who cast. it. Hence only one type of|t™ mark, a cross, was allowed. “This reasoning, however, is now ob- solete. Polls are much larger, the entire system more foolproof, and the chances of any infringement of secrecy more re- mote. “The Ontario government is reported preparing legislation to remove from the list of spoiled ballots those with a check- mark or any marking which clearly in- dicates the preference of the voter.: This would be a forward step which might well be copied by federal authorities.” Are 18-Year-Olds Mature Enough to Vote? Members of the House of Commons d to the that accompany the brief that 18-year-olds should be permitted to vote in. federal elections. An hour-long debate on the bill reached no finality after six MPs had spoken in favor of the measure. Voting age is now 21 yéars. The main arguments were: Young people who can get married, pay taxes, teach children and ‘be drafted in wartime: are mature enough to vote. Sponsor of the bill, Frank Howard (CCF-Skeena), © said better more ch for higher education, and the increase in numbers of young people getting married and going to work tend to make 18- -year- olds more mature. Authorities well qualified to judge Mr. Howard’s argument can take it apart piece by piece. Reports on the immaturity of young people going into early marriages ‘have been written by the scorés. Better] communications do not guarantee ‘matur- t gers. That t gers leave school and go to work, or that they pay taxes, is no proof of maturity. Being drafted for wartime service requires only ood physical health ‘and reasonable in- telligence. — Sudbury Star — of political redistribution can be seen in.a quick glance at the voter totals in the 1938 election, The results — for city voters | pl ry voter quotes, not by .unwritten laws and back-room deals. In Bri- tain, for instance, the. con sions ‘which operate in the four regions of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland sim- ly take the number of voiers in the region, divide by the number of seats, and try to draw up con- jstituencies, cach having the resul- ting number of voters, The same is true of the state commissions in Australia. ‘New Zealand did try for years to operate an elec- Political Power in Need of Redistribution Manitoba has already had to face the problem now confronting the’ federal government and Par Uament. When redistribution : was handed over to an° independent toral commission | along with a quota system which gave more vo- ting power to rural districts than to ‘cities, | i It was set out in the law that rural areas, “country quota’ system was abolished in 1945 and: New Zealand adopted the principle of “one vote, one value’? — mean- ing that a voter had the same say in electing members to parliament whether he lived in the city or country. : One- New Zealand political scientist wrote at the time that the country quota system was.“an overt breach of democratic prin- ciple that no self-respecting de- moceaey could permanently en- lure, cities were to have 28 per cent | dari more electors to each riding than |" in 1957, tho Manitoba legislature wrote’ into Jaw that seven‘ urban voters were equal to four rural voters and the the boun- The Canadian Parliament wil soon be EP against the necessity of putting in similar plain ‘and spec- itie terms what has been done un- til now by a wink and a nod. In. an in urbantred _ Canada, the battle over continued discrimination by an urban-rural ratio may. be a hard-fought battle, A switch to the “one vote, ona value" principle seems unlikely, but if it came, the coming redis- tribution would be the most sweep- ing. ever made in Canada’ and ig would result in a massive transfer of Political Power to the. cities. ‘The biggest.‘ in Canada by population, was York- Scarborough, a Toronto . riding with 112,628. voters on’, the list. was about 22 times. the num- ber of voters in the Quebec riding of Mes-de-la-Madeleine which had 5,191 on the list, York-Searborough. has one ember in Parliament. | Ies-de-la- Madeleine has one member. That's the extreme. contrast. But the same thing, to a desser. extent, can be.seen in’ any ‘p vince in Canada, In Manitoba, the Winnipeg South urban riding had three, times. as many, voters as the Business. and Professional Directory | ALEX CHEVELDAVE .C, Land Surveyer 33 Pine Bt. Castlegar Phene 365-5342, - Box 813 of F In shiberts, the Edmonton West riding had 62,000 voters while the Vegreville constituency. had 24,000. In British Columbia, New Westminster, at 67,000, was more jan three times Okanagan: -Rev- elstoke at 18,000. That was 1958. Since then, city populations have grown and the arity “is even greater now. The ‘excuses for this situation have mainly been along the lines ‘ E POWER “4. for “week-end” gardening! TILLSMITH COMPACT CUSTOM POWER TILLER FEATURING... } Space Saver folding ~ handles for compact storage... conven- ient to adjust! CASTLEGAR NEWS Published Every Thursday At “THE. L. V. Campbell, Publisher rate to the News iw $3 per year. The price by delivery boy 1s 85 centa a month. Singte coptes are 10 cents. ‘The Castlegar News is authorized as second- class mall, Post Office Department, Ottawa, for pay- ment of postage in cash, and is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. 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Phone: Castlegar 365-3508. - Bur ALWAYS: PLENTY OF TIME TO COOK WHILE HE CONTIN Dr. Taylor Is New Deputy The Honourable’ Eric Martin, Minister of Health Services and ‘Hospital Insurance, announced in Vistoria last week the appointment of Dr, James A. Taylor. as Deputy Minister of Health. The new de- puty minister, who surceeds Dr. G. FB, Amyot, has been twenty-five years in British Columbia's pub- He hoalth service. Dr, Taylor is a native of Cran- 200 Atiend Annual Guides Competitions| “The Stanley ‘Humphries Soc- ondary School. was a very busy =. rl 5 couver, During the afternoon, tea, coffee, and cookies Place last i wi about 200: Guides and leaders | ga- thered ‘in the’ school for the an- nuai’ competitions, ‘here were Guide companies from ) Fruitvale, Trail, ). Warfield, Rossland, . Kinnaird, Robson and Castlegar. The afternoon was opened with the - march’ past - under” the direction of Mrs. W. Slywka with Mrs. D. Munday taking the salute. Appropriate music for the march- ing was supplied by Mr. N. Fish- wick and ‘some “members of the band. Mrs. .H. S. Hutchinson, divis- ‘fonal commissioner _ of | Columbia Division, ‘extended ‘a’ welcome to guests,, Guides, leaders and par- ents, She” intorduced. the guests sitting along with her. aa well as guest speak , Mr, G, Bissell, _ school Inspector of schoot District No. 9. Mr. Bissell expressed his plea- sure at being invited to attend the competitions and also for. being asked ‘to speak, He congratulated the Guides and leaders: on their smart appearance and for the smart march past, He said he had + some idea what it was all about, having been a Scout at one time and has had an-interest in. the Scout and Guide ‘movement ail along. He said that Guiding helps to build character, encourages one _ to get along with others and helps to make. one observant. .Competi- tion, he said, involves sportsman- ship. He concluded wishing all the Guides success and good guiding. : Mrs. Hutchinson’ thanked Mr. Bissell and extended thanks to the school board for the use of the school. There were 11. Guide com- panies taking part in the first aid competitions: which : were: held: in the gym. Campfire singing and the Srooderaty display were held in the|" rides for the campfire sing- ing were Mrs, Jean: Ellison and Mrs, P. O'Flynn, while“ the duties for first aid. were: ail: members of the Cominco St. John’s First Aid team. ey * were: George Bruce, pads B prembley: Leo Bourdon and ie Aduing: the wooderaft was ‘Mrs, D. Munday, provincial wood- craft advisor of B.C., living in Van- were available, as well as pop and doughnuts for the girls, Castlegar LA were in charge of serving the refreshments, Gucsts present were: Mrs.-D. Munday of Vancouver; Mra... Hyson, West. Kootenay area com- missioner; Mrs. R. F. Bailey, Dis- trict Commissioner for West Trail; Mrs. G.: Barnes, district. commis- sioner for - East Trail District; Mrs, G. ‘Hubbersty, ‘district com- missioner for Beavervale District; Mrs. 'G. Kemp,: district commis- sioner for Rossland : District; Mrs. J, Dalziel, district commissioner for Castlegar and District; Mrs. A. ‘A. Taylor, secretary of Nelson. Di- .Jof the campfire singing; vision and Mrs I Raine, of the West Kootenay area. « = Other guests’ present wero: Mrs, EB. A. G, Colls of Trall, who presented the ‘Colls Cup: to the winning, first sid teams; dirs. D. Perry of ‘Trail, who. presented | a the Cominco Shield to'the winners Mrs. L. Cross and Mr, P. Dougan, who pre- sented the Maude Dougan Memor- ial Trophy to the winners of. the woodcraft competition. Thank-you gifts were present- ed to’ Mra, Perry,‘ Mrs, Colls, Mrs. Cross and Mra, Munday.: Mrs. son thanked all those who had helped ‘to make the day so suc- cessful. At the close of the afterncon the: Guides and leaders formed a ition was “won by 2nd huge ment and enidithe “of prizes. ‘Winners of the wooderaft com- petition were! (in order of “1st, 2nd and Srd prizes) 2nd Warfield R.| Company, 2nd Rossland. Company ind ae Wortie Company, Cross. presented the Mates Dougan ‘Trophy to the win- ners and Mr, Dougan presented the memento cup to his grand- daughter, Joanne Cross, who was one of the winning company. The campfire singing compet- ‘Warfield Company and the shield. was pre- sented by. Mrs: Perry. ‘irst aid © innens: were: Ist Fruitvale team consisting of cap- tain Jean ‘Moggah, Margaret. Sal- Ladies Auxiliary to Legion Holds Successful Tea Party The’ members . of the Ladies Auxiliary. to’ the’ Royal_Canadian Legion, Branch: No,’170," held a very successful Spring Tea Satur- day. afternoon in the Legion Hall. Guests, were received by. Mrs, Adshead, president of the LA. The hail and: tables: were very_|! attractively decorated | in ‘the “LA colours of mauve and ‘yellow. ; ':: ‘The serving table was covered with a lace cloth over white, cen- tered with a }Mrs,.D, A, Johnson and the cake : Lutheran Services To ‘/Begin fiere April’ is begutiful arrangements. + “The food ‘hamper was won by was won by Mr. F. Peterson. “. Lutheran ‘Church services will of mauve and: yellow. spring ‘flo-, wers with. greenery and surround- ed with yellow- imitation ‘straw. Individual tea: tables were each centered With .a ‘small .-arrange- ment of spring. flowers in the shades of mauve and yellow, Presiding at the urns during the afternoon were ‘Mrs. R, West, ||. Mrs. J. Scatt,- pie. hes Campbell | NZ and Mrs, P. Swi table, Mrs, “W. Smith and re pag Sewell; ‘tea te : kets, Mrs. W. Dinner; ‘hamper tickets, ne ‘W.~ Dunn; : kitchen, Mrs. F. Bacon, Mrs. H.' Bate,. J. Leckie and Mrs, C. Lamb; ‘tea tables, Mrs. W.:Brownlie, Mrs. D. Peppard, Mrs.-J:-H.Ungarian ‘and Mrs. H. Newell. Mrs. R. Lundquist was in. charge” of ‘the “decorating and is to be congratulated on’ the Cee tee te charge were: ‘ .| bake table, Mrs.. zi walkers sewing bert, ‘Mrs, ‘Mrs. | inter-départmental:‘planning -com- begin in Ce nday, April i at 3 pan. ‘They will. be conduc- the. St: Alban's Anglican Church on Maple St. The Rev.. Harold ‘C. Clark of Trail -will officiate. British: Columbia is setting up mittees, “Effective: planning re- quires ‘consultation. and between departments of: government. Two such‘ committees, known as ing ‘Groups; are already function- ing in. Civil: Defence Planning. CANADIAN RYE WHISKY Even melting ice cubes : can’t dilute the true taste -of Adams Gold Stripe. It keeps its flavour to the - “0 very bottom of the glass. : —the -mark of a great . Whisky. - Next time you buy, “) > flask bottles, . mellow custom-blended Gold Stripe, in the con- venient 12 and 25 ounce try wie mon. acting as a patient and Becky aline. Redding ard Sandra » Kalsluk;" 1st Glenmerry team: and Ist Rossland team. After the presentations -taps were ‘sung and.Mrs, Hyson dis-. missed the companies, i 14-02 Tw E 32-02: SARS... 0... PRICES _ " EFFECTIVE “ SAT. GRADE “ye LARGE SALAD: BOWL Salad Dressing _{ brook, where he received his early the U1 versity’ of British Columbia, gra- duating with a BA in 1929, He/ fj studied towards his medical. de-|- ‘grea at the University of Alberta, graduating in 1936, and in 1936 he received the. Diploma: in Public Health from the University of To- ronto.’ He’ subsequently ‘received certification as a specialist in pub- lic health from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Ca- nada, and similar certification ‘by the’ American Board -of Preven- tive: Medicine and Public Health. 2 .It-was as Director of the Fra- ser Valley Health Unit at Abbots- ford that Dr. Taylor beyan his ca reer in the Provincial Health Ser- vices, -in 1938. Four: years later he was appointed | Director of‘ the Peace River Health Unit, and in 1944 took over the administration of: the North Okanagan’ Health Unit: at’ Vernon. ‘In 1946 he was appointed Director of ‘the Central Vancouver. Island ‘Health - Unit. These twelve years experience in Health Unit administration stood Dr. Taylor’in good stead after he had moved to Victoria in “1948, when he became Director | of Health Units, and later, the -De- puty Provincial Health Officer. CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, April 12, 1962 | William’‘s ' MOVING & STORAGE “The Family Mover” LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE HAULING STORAGE - CRATING - PACKING - SHIPPING For Free Estimates Call Collect _ Trail 364-1818 ' Nelson 1471 . Read the Castlegar News Classified Ads ETA ie | Airline U-Drive COMPANY LIMITED Serving Trail, Castlegar & District and Castlegar. 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