Thursday,: May 29, :1952

CASTLE NEWS, Castlegar, B.C.\

Dept. of Trade-Industry
Publishes Booklet
Welcoming: Industry .

“With labour-materials — cap-
ital — excellent transportation
and a growing market at its door
British Columbia. welcomes in-
dustry.” ie
* This 1s a quotation from ‘the
title page of a twenty page bro-.
chure, the provincial department
of Trade and Industry has pub-
lished as its cordial invitation’ to
all business men to investigate
the opportunities offeréd in Bri-
tish Columbia.

Attractively illustrated with
graphic photographs, the. publi-
cation presents a vivid-and des-
criptive. survey of the material
wealth; government h ‘Y>

Bottle Message.
Returns To Sender’
~A.:. New... correspondence -- has
been started, all because’ a boy

played the age old trick of put-
ting his name in a_ bottle and

|More-Tourisfs; =
itish Columbia

Signs of a heavy influx’ of
i i into British

tossing it into a steadily
river, ‘

On March 26, David Donnan,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Donnan,
of the Lake’ View Auto Court
tossed the hottle into the water

[4

Columbia this summer were seeri
in atest tourist traffic figures re-
leased last Saturday by the Hon.
Douglas Turnbull; Minister of
Trade and Industry.

The at

beside their “camp and
it .drift out of sight,’ Nearly
two months later, May 22
when, David had practically for-
gotten about it a letter came
from.a boy in Miles, Washington,
Daniel R, Balcom. The boy’s

‘father, D. H. Balcom, picked up

the bottle while on a fishing trip

where the e and Columbia

historical background; i
development and potential; agri-
cultural development; education-
al facilities and health and wel-
fare accommodations of Canada’s
Pacific coast province.’

“British Columbia,” the book-
let observes, “has, within the
last few decades, attained an.im-
portant industrial status in the
economic world. Today, its poten-
tial recognized by the investor,
: jalict 4 A ‘and
labour alike, the Province is de-
velopi at an dé

rate, with opportunities still ap-
parently limitless.’’
Speaking of the natural re-
sources of B.C., the publication
i “Its tr di stands
of timber; its mineral deposits of
gold, silver, ,lead, zinc, . copper
and ‘coal;“its."abundant salmon,
halibut and other species of com-
mercial fishing in its‘ coastal
waters; its agricultural land suit-
able for fruit, vegetable,’ and
grain. farming, dairying, and cat-
tle raising; and the potential
hydro-electric power in its mighty
rivers are an enviable endow-
ment.. When, one.-takes into ac-
count its strategic position upon
the trade routes of the word, Bri-
tish Columbia’s economic import-
ance becomes apparent at once.”
In ‘regard to climate and living
conditions, they are described as
“delightful” with “social ameni-
ties such as to attract people from
every corner of the globe. Today
its peoples enjoy a standard of

Rivers join. Thus a new friend-
ship was born, :

Diapers get their mame from
D’Ypres, Belgium, where

ced_ th
13,818 vehicle. permits had ‘been

‘issued at Britsh Columbia custom

ports during ‘the month’of April,
just past, as compared with the
13,072 recorded in April, 195.
This represents a five point seven
increase.

The optimistic trend was mag-
nified in a similar, report cover-
ng the first four months of this
year, when 43,284 foreign cars
obtained travelling permits at the
B.C. border, 5208. vehicles or 13.7
per cent more than 38,076 enter-

they ing in the same period last year.

British Columbia’s growing re-

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Putation |
is reflected in the figures of in-
creasing traffic across the Inter-
national Boundary.” Mr. Turn-
bull said. “With the assistance
of'fine weather and a spirit of:
friendly courtesy toward, our
American neighbors on the part
of all concerned, we may surpass
last year’s encouraging 12° per
cent increase over the tourist -tra-
ffie of 1950,” he ‘added.- .

B.C. Life Insurance
At All Time High

The people of British Columbia
now own more and larger life in-

surance policies than ever before.
According to final_figures for
1951, just released by Stanley W.

Taylor, Superintendent of Insur-

ance for British; ‘Columbia, ‘the
total amount-of-life-insurance in
force at.the end of the year’stood
‘at $1,260,746, The year’s purchase
of new ‘life: policies -were ‘$173,-
751,072, this being. 13.48 per cent
more than the corresponding

States! and five British compan-
ies, :

-'To provide . themselves: with _
this new. amount of protéction,
the people. of British Columbia
paid premiums during the year
of $30,107,916,

amount of néw.insurance effect- l,

as a mecca for ‘tourists | ed in 1950.

Of the total amount of protect-
ion now in force, 75.40 per cent
was with 26 C: di. i

CASTLE THEATRE — Fri. & Sat.
Th on the Hill

Shows. at 7 and 9 p.m.

and 24.60-per cent with 16 United
[eorone

COOL MORNINGS — HOT DAYS

THIS IS WHY THEY MAKE THE

General Electric FAN HEATER

FLIP THE SWITCH — It gives comfortable warmth on a

chilly morning — CLICK IT BACK and its a

weather comfort.

fan for hot

SEE IT AT

KERR?S

NO CARRYING CHARGES

were first: manufactured.

living second to none in Canada.”
Succeeding pagés are devoted

tries; mineral desposits;
available for agricultural’ expan-
10n; water power both developed
and potential; education and wel-
fare accommodations and a quick
survey of the transportation facil-
ities. The final page deals with
the province’s world famous sce-
nic splendors and outdoor and
wildlife attractions.

Anyone wishing a copy of this
brochure or desiring further in-
formation on the subjects cov-
ered, may write to the Depart-
ment of Trade and Industry at
Victoria. .

HONEST CLERK

Central Press Oaradian

rgetful customer sent a pair
of pants away to be cleaned by an
establishment-in = Winnipeg. and in
so doing forgot-to remove $475 in
cash which had been stewed away
in one of the pockets.. Upon dis-
covering the modney, Mrs. Hedwig
Dennis, a clerk in the store, tele-
phoned the customer long distance
in Riverton, Man., who. promptly
came in and picked cash up.

PLUMBING &

~ HEATING ©

Phone 2673
“EJ. ENNIS

es Koa Of w fiper bprute Gun T |

Sounds odd doesn’t it . . . as if trees were a farm crop like wheat or

cauliflower!

Well, to us, that’s just what they are. Of course it takes man.

a

y years to

produce a crop of mature spruce or hemlock trees but eventually the

time comes when they must be harvested and the ground cleared for new
growth. Otherwise they will decay uselessly like last years tomatoes
withered on the vine.

In the B.C. forest areas leased to Columbia Cellulose Company a large
Part of our work consists of harvesting ‘‘ripe’’ trees. Our foresters locate
and seélect-thezpature timber to be cut, leaving the surrounding blocks
’ of treés to'reseed the area. Each year we cut only as many trees as will
be replaced annually by new growth.

Under this careful system of “sustained yield’’ we are actually improving
the productivity of forest areas for which we are responsible. 2

But that’s not all. We will be giving steady employment to many people

and producing new wealth for our Province year after year... from those

same spruce and hemlock stands we’re farming today.

Columbia Cellulose Company is the first unit of a rapidly expanding
Canadian industrial organization. Within afew months, this organiza-
tion will be combining timber from British Columbia with natural
gas derivatives from Alberta to produce a wide range of fibres and
other acetate products for Canadians from coast to coast. Our program
of continuous forest yield ensures lasting full-time employment
for thousands of Canadian workers.

COMPANY

See

COLUMBIA CELLULOSE co.
Ss dard ‘dai. Vv:

“LTD.,

‘ Story of Tree Farming.”’

‘Name

r 2, B.C.

Please ‘send’ me, .without charge, the’
attractive 20-page. illustrated booklet ‘The

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