\. CASTLEGAR NEWS. Published Every ‘Thursday By THE CASTLE NEWS Li Casttegar — B.C. ae V. CAMPBELL, Publisher H. G. CLASSEN, Editor Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association® and » BC. Weekly Aavertising Bureau . SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $3.00 per year, 25e. per. ‘month by carrier. Authorized as Second Class’ Mail, Post Office - Department, Ovawe: brought: to -my. fot-s6-old mind very forcefully and. nostalgically by a batch of newspapers brought in by a kind gentleman residing ‘at Robson, This ‘ man.‘had taken: some out of their framés, and Terra jAls What i is;news’ and. what ‘should be printed ina newspaper. is a matter of much controversy. Hie -How,can;we, in our ‘little, office and with our own, limited ; -knowledge of. what. “makes | our villages and their:inhabitants tick—how can we presume t to decide what..is news: and what, is 2 : We decide what is news ourselves: What: do-cur: readers.expect to be informed about? What does our ‘district ‘expect if its newspaper? It-is with this questi that we take down é what is said at meetings and inventions, 1f the whole of Castlegar ‘could ‘be here, what would make the men iby,a. ble rule. We “ask if gnd_.women sit. ‘up and listen?. Which would be: the: ° phrases they. would ; want to répeat: to their - friends, and: neighbors? Which ‘are the events they will want to discuss and _remember?. Those: have in minds when: composing paper. You will notice that-we | “do ‘not ask ourselves” : whether our readers would like a particular event or statement. We do not honestly’ believe that readers - refuse. to.be informed about.things they do not. like. On. the -contrary, it has “been . our: experience: that people are ‘more ‘eager. to” learn: about disagreeable things, than nice and -good i ings. This is only natural, "for in every:man-and woman; there is. something ofa reformer, and it would be impossible to ‘reform *and improve Without, first: fedming :what. is wrong.) ..: a ‘reformer: if one cide our pages. i t)OF: fecal menufacture goodsnews; . the questions, we or the back of ‘the pictures he found the newspapers, “yellow and brittle with age, dating from 1895, - 1899,: Sand. 1900: Some of them are copies‘ of Buffalo, N.Y., and others, of the St, ‘Catherines Daily’ ‘Standard. It is the former papers : that. provide: me with most ‘of the enter st, CRISPIN’S ‘DAY. By L..Clinton Johnston Today—Thursday—is St. .Cris- pin's ‘Day, ,a, day, to be confident together. Crispin ‘and ‘his brother died as martyrs under the, Roman ach acre ‘of; forested land logged by ‘integrated users,.of the forest 10 per cent in the past 10 years. ‘This means that between 500,000 cords '- “and: 1,000,000 cords: of ™ | wood, san now be ‘salyaged an- toa greater | victory. , ‘GONFI- DENCE TOGETHER ‘did ‘it! ‘ Today we need the. St. Cris- pin spirit, Some places jit would usher in quite:a Hew. thing, the vital thing called ‘commonly. our cobblers by. trade,, and are re- membered . as -:patron ‘saints cobblers.: ; Ghekerpery yvolces enlightement. * pa The™ headfines ‘are triking, on one front page’ we Mob ~ Rampant; -, Beer Famine: Scare; Killed | By‘ “Paling Iron; Chicago Fi fa@rshall "| Rescued’ Girl “And . Was Given ‘| Smack; Marks Inhaled Gas And -| Died, ete. ete. ete... ood : old Under“ the “Fire “Marshall head the paper’ reports: that an “electric shock” .ran’ through the : firemen when the rescued miss and’ high" button ” shoes—threw her arms about ‘the -marshall’s Miss - Yand a big ufitt flag. ‘Rebel flag andsoldiers‘ of Agui- néldo's army" “i8 the heading, making it clear that: the. picture which, were then waging ‘all-out war against. U.S, troops. “Many, ecromeous. pictures‘ of the Filipino}: flag have been published, but. the above picture., is: correct,”.., ‘the paper. says, “The ‘Filipine ers, and men, are amuch,; smaller. than’: their » American opponents, refers .to ‘the. Filipine guerillas x 2] mind; ¢ ip, I like the _ version. ‘eee this ‘will, ‘be waith you way: : And in, like manner, ‘ot ‘the victory when genuine’ love is \there, .E.:.E..-Cummings: says mingle ‘with your: pi Faeston No: blood is tnown dri from __the.i“‘foes” 4 faces are drawn to. look: human;. ‘and.,..in' : describing ), them, the paper. uses, a single word—brave. The’ ‘Four, Bodies ‘were those of two women and “two o children, Not le stub-| born—just “brave. E Wes “And I- felt “reverence * ‘and. a United States“ wspaper “eall-: ed the’ enemies of United. States soldiers brave. : Las