(CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, April 18, 1961

CASTLEGAR NEWS

Established in Nineteen Hundred and Forty-Sevon

Lumber’s Counter - Offensive

Much has ‘been said about the Can-
adian lumber industry's problem of com-
peting for world markets against competi-
tion from other nations. The inroads made
by the Scandinavian countries on Canada’s
traditional United Kingdom market illus-
trates the competition within the industry.

But that is only part of the story.
Canadian lumberman are facing increas-
ing competition from outside, from new
materials being used more and more in
all forms of construction.

Going North

Have you ever been North in the winter-

time
When the wind blows strong and cold?
And the air cuts sharp to the bone of you
And grips tight its icy hold." :

And the heart cries out in the wilderness
For a soft, sweet touch of home,

And a curse explédes from freezing lips
For the urge that-made ‘you roam.

What lures men on to this rugged land
With its tundras of ice and snow?

It's the tempting, throbbing promise of
The wealth in the earth below.

Although the construction industry,
which is the major market for lumber, has
tripled in Canada in a decade, the volume
of lumber has increased little, and per
capita consumption has actually decreas-
ed. To the traditional building components"
of wood, brick, concrete and glass have
been added a whole range of new’ mater-
ials, such as aluminum, steel, asbestos and
plastics.

Typical examples of how these new

‘materials are replacing wood is in. win-

dow frames, siding and roofing. As late as
1955 the average house used about 50
pounds of aluminum. It is estimated that
by 1965 this will be increased to 480
pounds.- ~

. The lumber indusry is fighting this
competition.

Two years ago it formed fhe Canad-
ian Wood D Council to it
this competition, Like other associations;
such as: the B.C. Lumber~ Manufacturers

(“LAFF OF THE WEEK «,).

‘po You

Want a cook,
‘Want a partner,
Want a situation,
Want to sella farm, .
Want fo borrow money,
Want to sell ‘sheep, cattle, -
Want to sell groceries, drugs;
‘Want, to sell boots and shoes,
” Want to sell dry goods, carpets,
Want to sell clothing, hats, caps?,
_ ADVERTISE IN THE CASTLEGAR EWS
Advertising will: gain customers,
Advertising. keeps. customers.

“Deve jest realised Chat I cam ae longer live om what 1's worth”,

Advertising hegets confidence,
Adverlising means business,

and Plywood Manufacturers of B.C., the
CWDC is endeavoring to extend the use |

Kinnaird Briefs

Advertishig shows energy,
Advertise and succeed,

and acceptance of wood. Firms are en-

-deavoring to streamline their lumbering,

marketing and merchandising operations.

Ti is important to‘British Columbia, so
a dent on a prosp
dustry, ‘that an all-out offensive be waged
to extend the use of wood wherever pos-
sible. — V: Province

— Margaret Obedkoff

“Findings Should End Dispute

As previous editorials in this néws-
- paper have pointed out, the important
question with regard to the Columbia pow-
er development is not its feasibility, but-
economic soundness of the treaty from
8.C.’s. standpoint.

The : Vancouver Board of Trade, an
organizatibn’ of 2,800 members, has arriv-
ed at the same conclusion. A six-man sub-

surplus power would greatly ease the sit-
uation. To do this would need the sanc-
Vancouver Board is strongly in favor of

the losses sustained by B.C. ‘if its dams
were not operating to capacity.

committee reporting to the 25. ber en--
gineering committee, says the cost of Co-
lumbia power is uncertain because of a
, lack of engineering studies; construction
cost might exceed the present estimate of
$458 million; there are doubts as to whe-
ther there will be markets immediately av-
ailable for the power and that U.S. mar-
kets are believed to be essential if the.
comma project is to be put on a sound

: — is "fortunate that the B.C. Energy
Board was set up to study such questions.
We hope the answers: will come when the
board reports to the government. In the
meantime the Vancouver Board of Trade
supports the B.C. government's stand that
the treaty cannot be ratified until all facts
regarding it are known.

While the Vancouver Board of Trade
insists that costs may be higher than an-
ticipated, it suggests that the export of

Rust sald, village crews are to. be

they are doing of cleaning up the
lumber in poutevards slong the: highway..

on the Hick’s road is almost com-
Pleted,
“an awful place to work... one
_mass Gf boulders.”

lated 3
quest” “tor
the

Mr.
yunell
_There is a great deal of prejudice ee nen bs aeiteg oi the'pro-

power to the U:S., since gress of the works department
it is said that, electricity once’ exported during the,previous week. ;

Acting: village chairman G, 8.

congratulated on the “fine job”

eee
Village foreman Paw Hilde-
brandt said slashing and burning

He ‘describe theron | Of
see

A letter was read from Assoc-
Engineers ahswering a re-

Comm. Jake “Hendiicks. will
draft a resolution for council's dis-
cussion re the possibility of pre-
senting it at the annual meeting
of the Association of Kootenay
Aunlonetitien, |
ee

Comm. cs Giles complained
that children in the ‘Woodland
Park area are throwing rocks and
garbage into. the sewage disposal
unit serving that area. Celgar will

_ Advertise judiciously,
Advertise waekly, .
Advertise now, °
Advertise,
HERE!

be mnie aware of the. fcr ones

to the company

and top soll,

eee :
“Hildebrandt ‘will’ .report
— either

cannot .be r bable that

power exported will never need to be re- in g new group which will collect
captured since the Peace River and other and disseminate information from
sources of power are yet to be exploited. Bo, municipalities on such things

At the same ‘time tltere appears to be

gestion that they must be recaptured for

the home market. Power, if there is ‘any comm. Ron Giles, Mr. Rust re-
surplus, should be exported. Otherwise it plied that. licence Plates Sir a
is wasted and a source of revenue: tg the one of municipal equipment are

province is lost.

should sink their differences and should

cooperate sincerely and wholeheartedly or municipal affairs advised the
to provide the best. possible solution for use that Premier Bennett hes

any’ difficulties whieh may arise.

extenal
_ Nelson News gram to May 31.

Railway Line Gone So: Soon

’ ; Forty-six “Years has been the lifé of
the world’s most expensive railroad.
They'll soon be tearing up the tracks
‘on the Kettle Valley line through Coqui-
halla Pass. Mile for mile, says the CPR, it
was the most expensive even built.
Perhaps it has never paid off for the
railway company. But it has paid British
Columbia well.
- First planned in the early 1890's, it
was not finished until 1915. In the mean-
+ time, the commercial: empire of the Koo-
tenay mines slipped away from Varicouver
into the hands of Spokane, whose merch-
‘ants and capitalists profited well by it.
Once the road was opened, it chang-

ed the Ellis cattle kingdom into rich
fruitlands ‘of the present southern Okan-
agan. Bit by bit, Trail and the rich mines}

“This could lead to a .world of in- |
no reason for concern about.the recapture fortiation.. It shouldn't be alde-
of power. Other sources of energy — gas ‘tracked,” commented acting chair-
and oil — are exported without any sug- ™" Pst |

extra set for you,” laughingly ask-
Once the Energy Board has announc- ed municipal clerk Allen Selbie of
-ed its findings then the two governments MY. Giles.

rd shin! will take. part

as wages, salaries, agreements, eto,

Ih answer to a queation by
lece. “You want.me to get an

‘A letter from the departinent:

greed bo the federal government's
ion of the winter works Pro. |

of ae

“I: get so many ‘Phone’ calls
about dogs I'm golng to get a.shot-
gun,” remarked municipal Page
Selble, “I'm almost. tempted
apply for the Job of; pound ee
myself," he continued.- “You He
careful. what you say. You're just

to get the Job,” ans

of southeastern B.C. were won back into
the orbit of Canadian trade:

‘It was a costly.‘line to inaintain j in
money and in livds. “They rode her down
standing up,” is the epitaph of more than

one KVR train crew that never arrived at|-

the other end of the canyon. ,

Good -roads and fast trucks’ spelled |”
the end of the canyon line. But they hav-|,
en’t wiped out the debt B.C. owes the men
who built the world’s most expensive
railroad. -~ Vancouver Sun :

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of Woodland Park |.that’ the atbation ne publicized, .
tion of the federal government and could boulevards ‘and lots. The letter

only be. negotiated through that body. The said that untess the individual

hhousdholder’s- cotitract calls for |Telephone Co, asking when .toll-

ce i dree phoning between this ares
this since it believes that it would offset rough grading would be ee

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Castlegar Council Briefs:

, & delegation of three — Wil-
Mem Saprunoff, Frank Woodrow
and Earl Rourke — appeared be-
fore council to discuss the exten-
sion of 6th Ave.

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A garbage burner will be pur-

‘UBC Appeals
“For Student
_ Summer Johs

Personnel officials'at the Uni-
vernity of Asie Columbia have

the province to contact the uni-
versity. immediately if they “have
summer Jobs to offer to under-
graduates.

‘| connect to anything and it doesn’t |!

chased for the’ use of the village

office and its works department.
ewe:

The village will not Provide re-

sidents with lawn seed for- boule;

located in the area for many years
“and conaiderable tax revenue
has been derived from it." The re.
quest was tabled and will be re-
viewed perlodically in light of

nds. “Et would be a de-
parture from past practice and
other towns,” commen ied Cone
George Carr." :

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. 4 request from Mitchell supply |
for approximately 76 ft, of aslde-|'
walk in front of its lumber division
building was tabled, “It di

go: anywhere,” commented Comm,
Carr. Comm, Walter Thorp sald it

et the eens
ary

Vv. R. ree

UBC Recruiting
Students to: Go.
To African’ ‘State

The University’ of. British Col-
umbia has announced plans to re-
eruit graduating students to go to
the African state, of Ghana, for 18
months as ‘school teachers,

N. A.M,

Comm,
that . the. villlige contact the de-
partment .of highways to see if
it would provide any asslatance for
[moving some ofthe’ power poles
along the highway’ closer ty the.

“ ‘sidewalks. He said 11 .ft. can be

gained by doing blige at the arena.

, Comm, Cook igpestea that the
sites be

hos named a committee on -Cana-
dian overseas student service chair.
ed by Dr. Oyril Belshaw, professor
of -anthropology and director of
the regional training" center for
United Nations ‘fellows, to admin-
fiter the project. '}.

At the same’ time: an appeal
has been‘ made to students in the

might set a since, “it
doesn’t ‘tle. in with anything else."
Village chairman N. T. Oglow salc
‘consideration should be given to the
fact that the business hos been.

1961 summer job i
eppear to be far fewer thon last
year, according to UBO difficials,
who now have more than 1,800
students registered’ for Jobs.
‘Before classes finish it Is ex-
Pected that about 2,500 students
will be looking for jobs through the

UBC “employment bureau, -At pre-
sent onlyabout 60 employers have
contacted the university and in-
dicated thelr requirements,

Letters have ,gone’ out” to 650
firms throughout B.C. asking them
to list summer employment,

APARTMENTS

Only 10, unfurnished 2- and 3- bedroom apart:
A with k

ments

Ist and

- 2nd floors, balcony, private front, and rear en-
- frances in the new residential setting’ of _Weod-

land Park at Kinnaird.

PHONE 5543
CASTLEGAR

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THINKING OF BUILDING? =],

OR RENOVATING?

Consult E us

.without
ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING AND HEATING -
LAYOUTS AND INSTALLATION SUGGES TIONS

_ BOUNDARY ELECTRIC

BOX: 907, “CASTLEGAR, PHONE 5919
al __AcccoccAAoco A

: obligation.

nee

for.
fiuorescent.| lights when another 12
Nghts are installed in Beptember:
Co-op | Store, “Jack's - Pic-n-Pac,
Mitchell, ‘supply, Oglow Brothers,
the aréna,. Smith's Plumbing, the
old Co-op garage, Caatle Motors,
RCMP building, King and Columbia
and on Front. St. in the pool hall
area. Comm, Carr’ suggested that
the post-office area also be con-
sidered, -
ate
. Comm, Cook suggested thet
the installation of one of the “old-
type; lights be considered in Sep-
tember In front of the Eadie Breds
erickson property,
woe
Tt would cost about $800 for
material plus 25 per cent of the
labor costs under Winter Works to
fence the Kiddies Park, reported
Comm. Welter Thorp. Quotations
will be ‘obtained from three firms
on the cost ot Solng. the job.

‘Gayland show will be granted
a ‘cence to: put on a carnival iu
the village on May 1, 2 and $
under the auspices of the Project
Society.

eee

A request from R. W. Friesen
of Oak Bt. in the new-Landis sub-
division for a street Ught was tur-
ned over to Comm. Cook for in-
vestigation,

- eee

A request by the Civic Workers
Union for an annual statement of
sick leave, credit to. be ‘sent to all
village employees was agreed’ to.
Chairman “Oglow said that “for
continued ‘good relationships” the
village is happy “to supply the
amall extra service for the benefit
of employees,”

soe

Council decided to join the Fe-
deration of Mayors at a sere of $50
a year. , -

Bee me eee

“ "Accounts totaling $2,202.92 were]
approved for sdhatioens

» [ing on the recommendation’ by a

+ | mobiles: «,

+ | able to reduce ‘the’ toll of traffic

1901 class to offer their
services for the project, Arta, sci-
ence and agriculture graduates are’
needed as teachers in primary and
secondary schools in Ghana, °
Students must agree to a ser-
vice period of 16 months and salar-
fes will range frém ‘g00 to 1000
Pounds. depending on ‘ability and
experience. Teacher training is de-
airople but ‘not. necessary,

——_

car Seat Belts

* Can Save Lives
Says the BCAA
Beat belts could ‘save from. 30

car accidents, says the "B.C. Auto-
mobile Association,

‘4 ‘The association was comment-

traffic safety group, the bress and
ether news media -undertake an
all-out publicity campaign for the
adoption of safety belts in auto-

The jury made the recommen-
dation in re g a‘verdict of
accidental death in a traffic col-
Usion which claimed the life of a
22-year Vancouver women thrown
from her car.

Scientific research shows thnt
the automobile seat belt- is. the

testive equipment presently avail-

injuries.and deaths, BCAA presi-
dent Clarke Simpkins stated.
“Thousands of lives are lost
each year bepause people are
thrown against windshields or out
of car doors-by the impact of
crashes,” he sald. “Your chances of
belng killed in an accident are five

from the vehicle.:A ‘seatbelt would
help keep you in the car,”
Mr, Said. his 76,00-

Looking far something?. .

member association welcomed the

Producers Have. agreed to brovide
installation aids for safety. belt

front seats of all: 1962 motor ye~

WE 2
CASTLEGAR NEWS.

hicles, e

One. Loan (ife-insured),
One Payment (monthly)

“( Bank OF Mowe

One Visit to the B ofM

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wai

Finance Plan

Why r not talk to the people at your tetghbourhied cat
" BofM branch about a’low-cost, life-insured’ loan to *
rit bag ol or penal eae suds ea cnt

Pulp and paper is not only ithe,
mojor, but the fundamental in-
dustrial force which has shaped the
social and economic development of
Canada.

No other industry has, and hes
had such far-reaching ‘effects upon

CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, April 13, 1961

The industry $roduces about
1,000, grades ,of pulp and paper

ranging from paperboard for milk |

tle cape to newsprint, the raw
material of the newspaper, from
cigaret paper ‘to banknote paper,
from. plobing beper. to the flnest

Pulp & Paper Shapes Canada”

Tag paper, and from building pa-
pers and een: boards to book
and writing pape!

Tt hos a production, also, of
by-products including yeast, tur-
pentine, road binders, and com-
mercial alcohol,

. | farm woodlot, in big mills and in

to.60 per cent of the Yves lost in | -

fe economy, And every Canadiin

= Hy luis eatiigeiievabuen ceo! ec
‘Airline U- Drive

the fruit of the forest. into pulp,
paper, building miterials, plastics,
COMPANY LIMITED

and hundreds of other convenient
and economic commodities that
have become the symbol of twen-
tieth century lving.

” the ‘level of ‘Canadian well-be-
ing has. been rajsed by this great
industry; the nation hag attained

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Serving Trail, ‘Castlegar & District
: and Castlegar Airport

ing world owlng largely to tts ac-
tivities; and its economic potency
has helped bring Canada to nation-
hood.

FOR INFORMATION PHONE es

CASTLEGAR 6062

: "/ AIRPORT 3011
: TRAIL 1097

‘The industry's fleld of opern-
tlons stretches from coast to-coast:
in the, great forest hnd in the

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Uttle mills, in villages, and in
bustling cities.

All together the , 130, plants
across’. the nation coristitute . ls,
largest ‘single “Industry, : Cannda’s
greatest: breadwinners: first in em-
ployment, figst in aapital invested,
first in wages ‘paid, first in -value
of, Broductions “and first in export
values.”

Operated by some 90 companies,
these 130) mills, located in eight
provinces #cross Canada, produce
every -hour — night and day —

NOTIC E
“NEW PHONE NUMBER

68211

more than'1,200 tons of - products
having a value of $150,000, or close
to $1.4 billion’ a year, They. gen-
erate at least one of every $8, of
the income of all Canadians,

‘The , mills’ output consists -of
paper, the currency of civilization
and the bedrock of culture; of
paperboard, the hand-miaiden of
trade; and of piilp, the raw mater-
jal of paper and of many other
products including rayon, phote-
graphic fllm, cellophane, nitrocel-

- DESMOND T. ‘LITTLEWOOD D.O.S.
: . + OPTOMETRIST
FOR APPOINTMENTS

"PHONE 8211.
DURING THE WEEK

most effective single item of pro- |"

times greater {f- you. are -thrown | -

.mews that’ the’ major ‘automobile 5

users as standard equtpment’ on the |.

ihe, sad Usiaracnbte fleetle nace CFFICE ‘HOURS 2-6 WED. ONLY — 15 PINE ST.

Traffic Victims
Indemnity Fund

How much protection?

© Tho Traltic Victims tndemaity Fund is being established fo profeet

_ residents of British Columbia who are innocent victims im traffie
oS ~ accidents vansed by: hit-and-ron_ drivers, drivers: cof stolen cars,

: divers who are not Tieensed ~ drivers who cannot t pay damages:

‘When §it.t fully OE ional, it wil,
' limits’ for, Pink Slip i ance to give -B :
the’ most complete Protection for traffic victims in ‘North America.

‘Starting January 1, 1962, the Fund will protect you financially
: up to $25,000-for injury and property damage in cases when you
cannot collect from the motorist r ible. The ion if
you are the victim of an,insured motorist will also: be at least
$25,000.

In the mmcelithne=— from” June 1 to cue 1-TV. LF. “will : :
protect you up to $10,000 if you alone: are injuyed; and, subject to ‘
that limit for any, one person, up to $20, 000 if others are injured
with you in the same accident; up to $2,000, subject to a $200

. deductible, if you'suffer property damage {except when property
‘damiage is caused by a hit-and-run driver.)

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