(CASTLEGAR NEWS, CASTLEGAR, B.C. CASTLEGAR NEWS, CASTLEGAR, B.C, OUT IN. THE’ OPEN SHEDDING LIGHT ON HIGH TAXES» Those who wonder why. toxes are high will find it worthwhile to glance at a recent Dominion Bureau of Statistics study entitled ‘National Accounts - Income ond Expenditure, 1950-1956," In 1950, according to the DBS study, government expenditures at all levels totalled $3,864 million. In 1956 government spending at all levels was almost : exactly double, totalling $7,663 million. Gross national expenditures over the same period’ rose ata much slower rate. In 1950, according to the OBS study, gross national expenditure stood at $18,203 million, In 1956 it was only $29,866 million. These figures raise some sobering thoughts. One . is that government spending, which must be financed mainly out of taxes, already represents just about one-quarter of all Canadian spending. Another is that if government spending continues to rise at a rate faster than that of gross national expenditure, the shadow of government will expand until it covers a . ‘very much greater segment of the national economy than it is today. If that happens. the free sector of the economy will steadily shrink, until economic and business decisions wil! be made predonderantly, not in the light of market conditions so much as in the light of politics. COTTON COMPETITION AND TARIFFS Cotton fbrics have made a big comeback in Can- ada in recent years according to theCottén Institute. - Improved finishes: such as those which make cottons crease-resistant; give them faster colors and new and better designs and styling have all helped cotton re- gain the ground it lost for a time to the newer man- made fibres. Now Canada's cotton industry is threatened by a -different kind of competition, this time @ large volume «of imports pouring into this ‘country from the United ‘States and from Japan and India. The American industry, which is receiving subsidy assistance from-its gevernment to help it dispose of a huge .surplus, is exerting tremendous pressure on the Canadian market. The U.S. has also forced competitors like the low wage countries of Japan and India to “place strict limits on the amount of cotton products they export to the American market. Despite the vast difference in the populations of Canada and the United States, our country’s market is being flooded with a far higher percentage of im- ports from Japan and India. The Cotton Institution” points out that the Gordon Commission report on Can- ada’s economic prospects called for a complete over- haul of tariff regulations. The overhaul is long overdue according to the In- stitute. Canada’s cotton iridustry must. be protected from dumping by foreign competitors. RED FASHIONS AND DEMOCRACY Women on the cther side of the tron Curtain have never been able to enjoy really fine fashions. The stodgy, mechanical Communist mind has never been able to admit that such bourgeous elegance was a nec- essity to life. The result has: been that Soviet styles have always looked drab and-uninviting. Even gowns designed. for more formal occasions had a’ severity ‘ about them that refiected the very drabness of Com- munism itself. ‘ . The wives of Russian diplomats were noted for their intense eagerness to build up a wardrobe of fine clothes while they were in foreign capitals. While out- wardly scorning the ideas of the free nations, they gave away their true feelings by stocking up with as many elegant. clothes as they could buy. But it, looks’ as though the Reds are beginning to wake up a bit to the importance of fashion. Recently Communist gublications in Eest Germany have been calling for more, refinement in women’s clothes. Mag- azines which formerly spread the party line featuring so-called lady peacefighters, haye starter to show fashions from Paris, Reme and London. . Party ideologists have started demanding “’bright- er and better fabrics,” “more elegant street dresses” and “more stylish shoes.’ Previously, only flat-heeled shoes were considered appropriate, but there is now a demand for spikes. The Communist: clothing industry was criticized flor producing gdrments “cut liké sacks”, and for “possessing a passion for stedgy, dead colors.” " The main point of the argument presented by this new voice is that more women converts can be won to Communism by smart clothes,than by a lot of Party oratory. A better idea would be for them to adopt ALL the ideas of the free world and win a lot more con- verts, The Reds have copied just about everything else in our democratic system -- too bad they can’t get Wise to the idea of adopting the freedom that orig- ‘inated them. , Poblishod Every Thursday At Member: A " L. V., CAMPBELL Canadian Weekly ‘publisher , Castlegar, B.C. Castlegar - News “THE CROSSROADS OF THE KOOTENAYS” Member: ‘Be. Weekly Newspapers Newspapers Assn. e Bureau Subseription Rate: §3.00 per year —. 25¢ month by ‘carrier — Authorized as seccnd class mail, Post Oftice Department, Ottawa - RCN SHIP TO CHART ARCTIC lend FOR US. CUTTERS MAINLAND oe a ‘OF CANADA Be BO BN The Bellgt Strait will pose a big question for HMCS Labrador, Royal Canadian Savy patrol ship, during this season’s voyage of exploration in the Saretic. ‘The Labrador will attempt to chart a coursegthrough the channel current, which success in the sen’s 1803-07 ¢: dividing Somerset [sland from the Canadian mainland so that three United States Coast Guard cutters can attempt to follow the route of the famo ‘MP patrol -vessel St. Roch . in her. ploneer 1940-42, west-to-east ponquest of the Northwest Passage. Bellot Strait is full of rocks and id has a treacherous by-passed. Bellet than once. route taken by the -northern voyage, HMCS Labrador’s 1954 route in conquering the overland route and Amund- add up to a 50-50 chance of venture. The map shows the 5 on her epic west passage, in which he Strait. The U.S. ships, coming from the west, will be ue cultert Stora Spar and Bramble. Supt. manded the St. “avoided destruction by a ‘hair's breadth” more who ‘com- och, noted Paty ship had OM : “Prepored by the Research Staff of EMCYCLOPEDIA :CANADIANA. KNOW. YOUR CANADA When aia ae Frog Lake Mass- ere dccur’ The ete inhabitants of the settlement of Frog Lake, now in Saskatchewan, were slain by In- dians during the Riel Rebellion. The only man to survive was William Bleasdell Cameron, who was in charge of the Hudson's By CENTURY SAM .Bay Company Post there. Let me'tell you about our He was taken prisoner by Big Bear's band of Cree Indians first capital in B.C. or half-a- ang held captive for two months. capital I guess you could, call it. ‘He wrote a book about this ad- Because it didn’t get to be a venture which was re-issued in capital exactly, but it went part 1950 as “Blood Red the Sun”. of the way. He edited the “Fort. Frances Times", and later settled in Ver- it was at a place that was milion, ‘Alberta, where, he found- just below. old Fort Langley, @ eq and’ edited “The Vermilion couple of.miles down the Fraser. signal”, Some called it Derby. I was UP Who served a jail sentence in that way a few weeks ago. The his underwear? , William James Herder, who founded the “St. John’s Evening Telegram", Newfoundland’s first daily newspaper, in 1879, was a great champion of the freedom of the press. He once was cited for contempt of court for refusing to name ‘the ane of a letter that “111 dig.a ruddy (except that he didn’t say ‘rud- dy’) big’ hole in the back yard if there's time—which there probably won't be.”” “Were you in. the ‘services. Well, so was I—in both wars and you. know as well as | do we haven't got a chance, Thanks for calling anyway.” "You have undercharged be by 10 cents for the vegetables, Chang: You'll never make a profit. that. way.” ‘There now, that’s better. Yes? Yes we have. Tell Aunty Margaret’ I'll speak to her in a minute dear. No. Yes. Was there anything else. Goodby. I'ma coming dear.” Hey, wife! Do you want to be saved from the Atom bomb, It’s free, you say. Well—put, us down on the wee list just in case." “Ha, ha, ha, excuse me, but that’s the funniest thing I’ve heard for a long time. Have you met my wife yet? No, then come on-in. She's broken both her wrists you know. She'll really enjoy this. You'll have to take my dog of course, she’s better than, any person. Ha, ho!” . EGO's A CIVIL DEFENCE WARDEN And so, to the varied accémpanyment of amused » CLOSED elt doy Menday —: OPEN ‘Friday ‘Nights a PHONE 3911: for the lady of the house The Room That Grows . [his own things. Lacking this, A problem that besets all| there Ai pe Perea reine nts with‘ igrowing’ children | every.time:,he: is to] ly up. sw to ep sea ae sca The best storage space for toys is on open shelves, They are eas- ing" at the same rate as thelt' ter to clean, hindy to reach and ‘When the Simple to re-stacis, "Doukhobor Lands - Allotment Inquiry Ad" TO HIS HONOUR THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR Joutgrows the furnishings and Many children's rooms are There's no better way to cultivate sxcess than with money in the Bank, And it takes only one dollar and three minutes to plant your “success fund” at Canada's First Bank. You'll be spells : with the interest we add — . quiddy your savings grow if f noabed with regular deposits, \ BANK oF MonTREAL Canadas Fiat ,{ start with the: idea that it will nylon stockings! Save: them, and decor, quite a bit of expense can so small that they don't provide be Involved in bringing the room enough space for a. play area, up to date. A nursery roont looks This is a mistake, If there is no! sissified. to. a growing boy, and’ space for him to play in his room, a boy's xeom is too juvenile for’ mother will be ‘apt to-find him a teen-ager, And it doesn't take underfoot in the hall or cluttering: Tong for them to pass into these” up the living-room floor. various stages, ‘The best thing ‘to do is to Brald Yourself A Mat plan the room right from. the| Don’t discard those worn-out have to be changed over the make them up into a hard-wear- years.'In this way you can clim- ing braided mat! It'H take quite inate the need for any major alt- a while to save enough stockings erations that will’ incur consid- to” make a mat, of, any size, but if ‘erable expense. A few minor re- you braid up ‘a new strand every adjustments will bring the room time several old OF THE FOURTH IN T have the honour to submit the following asa fourth interim report: : My .second interim report submitted. on February 9th, 1956, Yecommended that what -are in- up to date, Pairs of steckings, you'll. find The clothes bar in the cup:;that you won't. become bored board-should start out at a height with the project. indiffe , irritation, p and the new Lafayette Street Civil Defence ‘Warden (that's me—full of civic enthusiasm as usual made his way recently along his area. Victoria isa Target Area as you possibly would guess, as is Vancouver and . (you lucky, lucky people) so is Trail. This means that for anyone who has a few Thermo-nuclear (Atom) bombs to toss about, these oreas in B, c. will be a very popu- | lar choice. Now; the Civil Defence Control Board of Victoria has made certain plans, and issued booklets of instruc- tions on Civil Defence for the area ‘which in effect , means evacuating the entire Greater Victoria District to distant towns and villages on the lower,Island. The ° trouble is, no one hos any particular confidence that possiblé attacker will be considerate enough to write a -polite letter or give other appropriate means by which residents will know that he is about to arrive. “’Veddy un-English you know, some of these foreigners just . come in without a word—and probably at tea in his and was rgantencea to 30 days in, jail. . s He declined to wear prison garb and wore only his under- wear for four days, by which time a petition signed by almost every adult in St. John’s won his release. The: newspaper still is published by his descendants. Where was the first meal ever cooked by electric power served? One of many ingenious’ in: ” ventions by. Thomas Ahearn, Ot- tawa born industrialist and in- ventor, was used to cook a din- ner served at the Windsor Hotel in Oxtawa. This was said to be ‘the first.meal ever cooked by electrical. power, The invention probably was one, of the elect- Tical devices which won him a gold medat at the Ottawa exhib- ition in 1892, spot that was supposed to be I knew: several “that did an and they the B.C. capital is just fields now all made out pretty good on on a farm. them, But -around 1858 and ‘59 Although, at the start, when Douglas had big plans for it, He them Engineérs started clearin’ ‘ advertised lots for sale at it, 64’ it wasn’t much of a place to look x 120’, streets were going to be at. 8" wide with 12’ lanes. (There Around. Sappertan way the was 340 lots sold, mostly at 10 alder and bush was so thick it per cent down, They fetched took a man two hours ‘to walk a from $40 up to $725.) And to mile and a half, kind of* encourage the folks to Anyway, Derby was the first pay up the balance on their lots capital, or half-a-capital that we Douglas said they would build a had — and-New Westminster church, a jail and a court-house. come on to be the next, and after But just at that time comes‘that when Vancouver Island and Col. Moody from England with B.C. joined together they put the his engineers, Douglas was Gov- capital over in Victoria, And 30 ernment, but Moody was Public far they still got it over there. + was asleep at that time . . Works Minister. And as soon as he saw the set-up at Derby he says, “Oh no. uh uh.” He saw it was no place for a capital or a port.or anything like that, Instead he picked out what is - now New Westminster. He sald it had everything . . deep water, steep hills for.defence, flat part around shore for docks, etc, ‘Well, it was so logical Doug- las “had to give in, although he didn’t want to. They fixed it up that any- body who had bought a lot in Derby got the same kind of deal in New Westminster. I never got one myself. (I, ) But . Sanday Church Services ST. RITA'S CHURCH Rev, E, Brophy, P.P. Masses at 8:30 and 10:30 Benediction Friday at 7:00 p.m. Confessions Sat. 4-5 and 7-8 p.m. ST. JOSEPH’S CHAPEL Rev. E, Brophy, P.P. Masses at 8:30 and 10:39 a.m. Confessions Sat. 4;5 p.m. COMMUNITY BIBLE CENTRE Sunday in the “Legion Hall 10:30 Sunday School ° 7:30 Family Service At 51 Columbia Ave. “Wed., 7:20 Young Pecple's Hr, Fri, 8:00 Prayer & Bible Study} CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY. SAINTS Sundays at 10:30 a.m, Twin Rivers Hall ” PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH F CANADA . Kinnaird “THE UNITED CHURCH PENTECOSTAL TABERNACLE : Sunday School — 10 a.m. Morning Wership — Mg am. Evangelistic — 7:30 p. (during summer months) Robson: 1st and 3rd ‘Sundays at 11 am. Kinnaird: Service of. Worship, at 10 am. Prayer and Bible study, ‘Thurs, 30 p.m. Castlegar: Service of Marsttp| Sunday worship 11:15 a.m. Sunday School during worship THE ANGLICAN CHURCH Sunday, August 25 cs Castlegar 11 am. H.C. Kinnaird 9 am. Matins. Everyone Welcome at 8 pm. Robson 7:30 p.m. Evensong. time too.” The Warderi is expected‘to point out that the radar lines should give sufficient warning. “Maybe (very doubtfully), but what about at- tack from the sec "Uen."" IN CASE OF ATTACK —JUMP IN A HOLE Furthermore,, the: plan is-still in it's swaddling clothes. That is one cannot say at ‘such and such a signal you will go to such-and-such a place and will stay at such-and-such a house. People like things to be definite and if they cre ‘not definite and cut and driéd they are likely to have little enthusiasm for . jumping in‘a fog. They'd rather jump’ (quite uselessly) into a hole in the back yard. That's people. Besides the authorities, and particularly the Civil Defence oe a level :that is within the child's reach so that he can store that the child can reach and then; To prepare the stockings, cut gradually be raised higher as he | grows up. In this way he can be trained to hang up his own cloth- es right from the start. ino eae, of serage space is an- and it should be off the’ heavy, top and foot, Use six stockings for each braid, using | two to a strand. Fold the six stockings, one on ‘top of the other, and sew them firmly together with heavy linen thread. When you've braided the first.six stock- ings, sew-on six more and con- as the Douk- hobor' Lands in and: around the areas’ of Nelson, Castlegar and Grand Forks, B.C., be surveyed, subdivided. and ° ‘appraised. The appraisal was for the purpose of pricing the individual parcels of land preparatory to offering them, for ‘sale, after . subdiviison an registration of the plans, by ihe owner, the Land Settlement Board of British Columbia, in the PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA TTERIM REPORT ON THE INQUIRY INTO THE ALLOTMENT OF DOUKHOBOR LANDS IN THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. The.Ce Agents Office at, respectively, in the Drewry Appraisal Report after having considered each would be a just and equitable such application, should recom- offering, and would take into ac- mend to the Land Settlement count certain historical claims of Board a disposition of it, the Doukhobors, The terms of 7, Guiding Factors for the payment I think should be gen- Applications Boara. erally similar to the ordinary . terms for the sale af F Thi Board, be- Government. land in this prov- ing purely advisory in capacity, ince, I suggest for the purchase cannot be ‘bound by rigid rules of a parcel of a value up to and. as to how it shall exercise its including $1,000, a down payment discretionary rights of advice. of 25 %, with the balance payable However, in my view it should a aye equal annual instalments weigh carefully in dealing with ith 4%% interest, and for a any application the following five emia of over $1,000 a down relative to the particular payment of 10% with the balance application: - payable in nin¢ equal annual in- 1, The public interest involved. BRANDED F ‘OR YOUR PROTECTION PLACE YOUR ORDERS NOW AT Mitchell Supply Lid. , ‘CASTLEGAR, B.C. PHONE 3551 Board, together with the usual i tion of the press ‘hos, I feel, scared people, ‘including me, into varying di of Greater Victoria is approximately six miles across. Consider then, knowing. this, how you would feel when you read the following data from C.D.C.B, In A.R.P. days. we found shelter in a. basement or what, was known as an ‘Anderson Shelter’ or even in a slit trench _ | but with the changing times” (how we have improved) “these protective measures are useless and the duties of a Warden under Second World War bombing are complete obsolete: We have to plan on a missile with an explosive force not of 1,000 tons of TNT but an explosive force of 5 million tons of TNT. This could wipe out the whole of Victoria with one explosion a, and destroy every living ‘creature within a radius of three miles of Ground Zero, with very little living in a further three .miles of Ground Zero,” Comforting, isn’t it? PEOPLE HAVE FALLEN VICTIM To FATALISM it is all very well to try to shock people into a realization of danger and frofn thence into some kind of action, but failure to have some concrete plan to follow-up te the scaring is in effect crying wolf. The- cry soon becomes ineffective and then no plan will save the situation. Ironically enough, even’ the Federal Government itse]f seems to have lost-all interest. Has it also fallen heir to the general fatalism? Perhaps if all members of parliament were required ‘to spend, eight months out of ,twelve in the capital (a most likely target) their interest might be gredtly stimulat- ed in either prevention or cure. | have just at this point received a phone call from Mr. Williams, my immediate superior,'to whom ‘el made an unsolicited ‘report, a little less facetious than the present one, naturally, and.he has asked per- -Mmission to present it to'the next meeting of the Civil - Defence Control Board and has further’ suggested that | might “like” to speak at some later. date. I‘Il never team! is - 670X15 Deluxe Champion ....... “Prices as shown ‘plus: recapable 670X15°4 Ply Super Champion .. .: $16.65 600X16'4 Ply Super Champion ... tees. $14.95 * $24.50 670X15 Tubeless Super Champion’ . jter to’haveia little too little than a Uittle_ too much; tinue to braid. Start your rug. with a braid six inches long in the centre, and simply continue winding the new braids around, sewing them securely to the orig- inal braid with the linen thread. Be careful not to sew the braids will develop a hump in the mid- dle. As a further measure to pre- vent this hump, keep the mat under the mattress of your bed when you're not working on it, “A mat of nylon stockings wilt wear almost forever, and can be washed any ‘number of times, The How And Why Of Rouge When our mothers and grand- mothers were young, no. one, ex- cept “painted ladies” were caught wearing ‘rouge. Now it is daubed on so indisereetly by most women |p that something Should be done a- bout it. Especially near-sighted together too tightly, or your rug dre' first instance to the Doukhobors. talments with 4%% interest, The survey and. subdivision 4, Method of Offering. was organized and carried out There are now being prepar-" most effectively and speedily un- cd and will shortly be: available der the jurisdiction of the Sur- maps of all the Doukhobor lands veyor General for this Province, a5 resubdivided, the written and Lieutenant‘Colonel G, S. -An- numbered parts of which will be ws M.B.E. I am indebted to in both Russian and English. On both the Surveyor General and each parcel or lot on such maps to: William Papéve, Esq., B.C.L.S., there will be set out the apprais- of the firm of McElhanney, Mc- ed value, taken from the Drewry Rae, Smith & Nash for the man- Appraisal Report, and in brack- ‘in the sale and whether the particular parcel should be sold at all. 2. The history of the eecupancr of the particular parcel of ° land, and af the construction , of the buildings on it 3. Whether or not the applican= has been paying rent or other . payments to the Land Settle-— ment Board, and if so, the details of such payment ar ner in which all concerned in the a figure task ‘of survey and subdivision ing 60% of such appraised value. 4. have cooperated with myself and The latter figure will be the my Council. price at which a Doukhobor may ‘The appraisal of the Jands apply to purchase, In my view was organised and carried out such maps should be printed in most effectively and speedily un- large numbers and “be made The financial history of the applicant, if gny, with relation -. to the Christian Community of Universal Brotherhood Limited, 5, Justice and Equity. ~ der the of the Sur- along with veyor of Taxes or this , forms, to poe Of- In ideri: factor No, I above it is my view that the W.. F. Veitch, Esq, and in this at the ladies whose mirrors are in a dark corner. They think it makes them look young. and fair when the ffect is to make them look cheap and dowdy, Young’ people do. net _ ust- ally need rouge, but older. women do need a little to brighten their; faces and cover blemishes. little too much draws attention to the sag that comes into the muscles “of the face after forty-| especially if it is applied low onl the face. re Rouge is intended to draw. attention to the eyes, which are the focal point of the face and if the rouge applied does not do this, but calis_attention: to the double chin, instead, itis not used according to-the rules of good grooming. To apply it correctly, put a little rouge on the high” cheek bones under the eyes blend but! never allow it to reach back as tar as the hair-line or as low as ‘the bottom of the nose. A ‘way to avoid these places is to use a soft paper-- a blotter, per- haps, cut to hook under the ear and about an inch in front of. it.! glow, Always remember it is bet- British Ct plet- to assist Di Board should bear regard I am indebted to Neil T. fice at Nelson and at Grand in mind that the principal pur- Drewry, Esq, and his four col- Forks, B.C. At these offices there ‘pose in offering the. lands to leagues, of the Taxation Branch should alsq be available at least the Doukhohors in the first in- of the Department « Aes Finance one Russian speaking employee stance is for thelr use and oc- ing the atteult ie ‘ot t apprais. in the Taatter of perparing ap- ing all th: ids and in dealing the nreientente ieceon! with the ue of the lands. On Mr. Drewry has prepared each map» should appear the and tomea terms of and other’ re- ‘ The not for resale, and therefore public interest would include, among other things, the refusal of sale of any particular Parcel land if, in the opinion of the Board, it might lead to ae comprising tle complete ‘valua: lative tions above described. I shalt re- ty of maps and application forms of irable i or speculation by way of San fer to this document in the course’ and of this Report as the “Drewry the offering, of * he Doukhobor Appraisal Report.” lands for sale should be adver- Set out below are my speci- tised in the. public press in the | fie. recommendations .applicable Keotenay areas, and in particular ‘general recommendation that the paper “Iskra”, published at Grand Doukhobor Lands be offered for Forks,B .C. In the advertisements, sale as resurveyed and ‘ivid- maps and forms, it :ed in the first instance to. the should. be clearly stated that the Doulthobor: people, mn Settlement Board may, in refuse to : My rtotiemeriuation is that pall any parcel of land to anyone the: definition in the “Marriage at all. j Act Amendment Act 1953” be us- 5.° Method of Dealing with” Ap- jed, It is as’ follows: nications, “Doukhobor’ means a person, It is my recommendation titled to claim exemption, or who, first by an Application Board to on production of a certificate, be appointed for this purpose by might have become or would the “Land Settlement Board. I now be entitled to claim exemp- further recommend that’ such tion, from military service by board consist of- the foliowing reason of,the Order, of the Gov- three persons: Leo Gansner, Esq., ernor, in‘ Council of the. sixth. day Barrister & Solicitor, Nelson, B.C., of December, . 1898, and ‘every as ..Chairman, William -Papove, “Board tri - ‘Should this Fourth Interim Report meet with your Honour’s approval, I suggest that it be - lee this time in reference to my in the Russian Janguage news- published in full in the papers of Nelson, Castlegar,. Grand Forks an@ Trail and a translation of it in the Grand Forks Russian Language publication ‘Iskra’. %. Location of Application and Sales Machinery. Apptications, the screening of them, meetings private and publiz of the Applications Board, and of the Commission, should be car- ried cut +: much as possible ia imale or female, exempted or en- that all applications be received the Kootenay area~ and'-Grand Forks. My aim in this reeommen- dation is that the machinery for the sale of the Douxhobor lands should, whenever practical, func- tion in the area where the lands and the people concerned are located. 8. Assistance from the Union of of descendant.‘of any-such person, Esq, B.C.L 5. of whether born in the Province or B.C., and Neil T. Drewry, Esq. of ‘the Department of Finance, Civil Defence ‘Group Holds Picnicl n Park The Kinnaird Civil Defence group held a successful. picnic on Sunday at Kinnsird Park al- though a somewhat larger turn- out was. expected, Horse Shoe pitching tourna- the day, and winners were Ted Cowlin and John Paulson, while m were Rey Haegy and R. Archambault. + Steve Jankola, Civil Defence Officer, said thanks should go to y” White, of Nelson,~Civil- ian Defence co-ordinator for East. who had for “las sate of Land . Provincial Government, - Victoria, / Applications should be. in- B.C, vited from the Doukhobor peop:le” Each shoula be the Christ. It has been imformally in- timated to me that the above or- ganization, that of the “Orthodox in the first instance to i by the’ ‘the lands in individual parcels, Board, which should recommend De ", hcs offered the ser- vices of a Committee of three Doukhobor people, to” be ap- on the general principle of one parcel to one person or married as to whether or not. the land pointed by the organization, to should be sold at all, and if so, advi:se, when consulted by the couple, on this principle could be made for group applications, and where ments were‘the main event of exceptional circumstances may, in the opinion of the~ Applications 3. Price and Terms, In the light of the history of these lands, it is my recommen- dation that they should not be offered to the Doukhobor people in the first instance ‘at a price the ful market the free supply of pop donated by Columbia Bottling Works in Nelson, The small attendance at the pleniewes attributed 0 the fact that so many are away on vaca-| tion at this particular time of the value. I think that 60% of the appraised market value as set out « Nelson and Grand Forks. Such forms should be submitted to the Commissioner under the “Douk- hobor Lands Allotment Inquiry to which Should the Board, Board think that a public hearing on matters touching Doukhobor on any application, whether con- customs and rights between tested or not, would be helpful, members of a family as to in- the Board should have discretion-heritance and as to the back- -to-arrange for and hold such @ ground on specific applications. hearing. In my view this offer should 6. Appeal from Recommendation be accepted with thanks, Such of Applications Board. a committee should ,bé purely In my view the recommenda- advisory. If it exercised any tion of; the Applications ro power the position of each of its should be in any D com- mail to each applicant, dress. munity would be untenable. Such ed to the Post Office ad- a Committee would be most valu- ‘dress appearing on the applica- able in assisting with some of tion. If within two weeks of the the delicute and complicated mailing date'of such recommen- aspects of a people whose land dation any applicant wishes fur- and ethnical problems are almost ther consideration of his appli- unique. Act”, who may or may not in cation he may apply for such by Respectfully Submitted year, but everyone ‘agreed they hed a “wonderful day anyway,” his absolute discretion hold a public hearing for such further filling in an appropriate form Arthur E. Lord, Commissioner i at the“ B.C, June. 28th, 1957.