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CASTLE NEWS,,

Castlegar, B.C.

Thursday, August 19, 1954

THE CASTLE NEWS

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Formerely a ‘“‘Scene of

Desolation’’

“A terrible’ silence, broken
only now and again by the dread-
ful crash.of some falling aval-
anche, reigned over this scene of
desolation,” y

Thus wrote Charles Horetsky,
surveyor for ithe Canadian Paci-

EDITORIAL

WHY THE DELAY?

What has happened to the radio booster station that was sup-
posed to have started operation in the Castlegar area early in the
New Year? This is a question that many district ‘ide are as-

, in 1874,
rib @ pass the
mountains where a railway could
be built, he had led a party of
three white men and four Indians
to the top of a pass on the‘mount-
ainous north shore of British Col-
umbia. As he stood there awed by
the silence, looking at the “lake
of a brilliant light blue color”
(Tahtsa Lake), he must have had
no inkling that only 80 years later
the district would be the centre
of.a world-famous industrial de-

king, and -well they might, a news. that! a repeater station is to
be d at Cas at a os 1008, wee coming to
a, close, 4*

The station ‘Here along with similar repeaters at Grand Boris,
Greenwood and in the East Kootenay, was to go into operation early
in the New Year we were told. The first half of the New Year has
now faded into the past and there ig still no booster ‘station here
although the ones at Grand Forks and Greenwood are reported to
be in operation,

Latest advice from.the Canadian ing C ti
a district resident, was that the opening of the Castlegar ‘station oe
awaiting line. clearance.” That. was several - months ago.

Since the necessary. equipment for the station has been here for
some time now, ready to be put into ion, and s
eleswhere were opened with less delay, ‘we cannot be blamed for |
asking why the delay here..-- --- 5 t 2

CONSIDER ALL F, ACTS»

“Tt would row seem that a Victoria radio commentator: by the
name of Ralph Pashley who airs his views Sunday’ evenings, has
joined the for i of the ind-Cascade
road,

His comments last “Sunday left some’ doubt that he is as well in-
formed on events in this district, as he claims to be. His

Aluminum C pany
‘in’ Aérthicen British” Columbia.”

Today, directly under the, spot
where Horetzky stood, tons of
water hurtle down tunnels. cut
through | whe mountain to turn the
it Kemano, One h
miles to fe east a great rock dam
has impounded the water of many
Jakes and backed them up against
the coastal mountains. Half a
mille below Tahtsa Lake a vert
ade, cavern, hewn out of

1 (08a k,

whine of three great electri
erators. ° Nearby, ‘the planned
city of Kitimat: designed for an
eventual population ‘of 50,000
peo) le - is. _gradually taking

,» in barest outline, is the
, at’ project, the vast

emery:

ity.
years,: The. nk orthern ‘coast
tish: Columbia. is a
land of deep. fiords
mountains ‘that come right down
to the sea. There are few wide

Story Of Kitimat Aluminum
Site Goes Back 300 Years —

settlement,
INDIAN FISHING GROUNDS
One of the few, however, is
Kitimat, where the Kitimat river
flows into Douglas Channel, an
arm of the Pacific Ocean. Here,
every spring for hundreds . of
years, the Indians of the district
have settled for the Oolachon fish-
ing. The Oolachon is a species of
candlefish. Caught in the swift
flowing rivers In spring, its oil
has always been highly prized by
the Indians. Oolachon oil was an
important article of commerce,
and, Kitimat formed the Pacific
terminus of an important Indian
trade route into the interior. .
.In 1867, the scatered British

North America formed a confed-
eration called the Domini of

colonies in the northern part of |’

rs,. got discouragd and moved
away.

WATER POWER POTENTIAL
‘The B.C. department ‘of lands
and forests, aware that the high-.
level lakes lying behind the coast-
al range were a potential source
of hydro-electric power, carried
out preliminary surveys of the
watersheds of the area, first in
1928-81 and again in 1937-39, The
reports indicated exciting. pos-
sibilitles, But year after year the
waters continued. to flow unused.
At that time no Canadian In-
dustry required power so badly
that it could. undertake the heavy

Ting and fi

sent out a survey party. As a re-
sult of their explorations of two.
possible sites on the B.C. coast,
the Tweedsmuir Park area was
selected. By early 1951 the plan-
ning was complete, and in April
of that year the directors of Al-
uminum Limited, the holding
company of which Alcan is the
chief producing subsidiary, was
able to give the go ahead signal,

Three: years and three months
later — on August 3, 1954, —

after millions, of cubic yards of.
earth and rock had been moved -

ip
sibilities involved. t
The Governmest of B.C. ap-
proached Alcan with the results
of the surveys in 1939, but with
the war coming on the company
was unable to embark on an in-
tensive program. of exploration
and development.

In the summer of 1948 Alcan

of tons of
and steel erected — docks, rail~
ways, roads and airports built—

the first aluminum ingots were |

poured; with H.R.H, The Duke of
Edinburgh, Aloan and ‘federal
government officials'end world-
wide press and radio representa-

tives witnessing the historic event

in B.Cs’ industrial life.

DIRECTORY

Canada. In 1871 British C i

BUSINESS

entered the infant confederation
on the promise that a trans-con-
tinental railway be built. But the
granite masses of the rocky moun-
tains were a formidable obstacle.
Many routes through them were
considered. The .valley of the
Kitimat river was one of these
and for a time it looked as if the
western terminus of the trans-
continental railway might be Kiti-
mat.

Again in 1907 and 1908 ithe
promise of a railway brought
excitement: to the sleepy Indian
Willige of Kitimat. The Grand|.
Trunk Railway, now, part of the
Canadian National system, © pro- |‘
posed‘ to build the Pacific. North- |‘
ern and Omineca ‘Railway with
its terminus. at Kitimat. But a-
gain. the plans fell through.: ~

In 1914, the Kitimat valley was
opened for settlement, and some
hardy Bioneers settled. ther 2

Captain Charles Carlson ‘tells
clédring his land ‘and gro’

bumper crops of hay and oats for
several years. But eventually he,

valleys ‘suitable :for Permanent |

like the rest of the white settle-

that it is high time the B.C. Government constructed a road-west
from Rossland, spgee: 3 he is @rawing upon. | “our biased neighbo
communities south: of for much of! “his “informed comment.”

Apparently Mr. Pashley ‘does not know that the Rossland- Cas-
-eaile-road is’ not ble. of much imp: -in the opinion of
surveyors and who are lified to judge. Nor does Mr.
Pashley seem to be aware that, surveys for an alternate route
from Cascade to Blueberry Creek which is much more ¢ le of

becoming an all-purpose, year-round highway, are nearing com-
pletion. There is some possibility that this highway would then be
continued across. the river and on to Salmo.and the proposed Salmo-

cutoff ing ine transprovincial highway such’
ag Bi Cc, needs and the ‘Rossland-Cascade power-line trail‘can possibly

nevér become. .
~ We would suggest that a commentator of Mr. Pashley’s stature

and’ responsibility should be certain of his information before urg-
ing thing ont as “high time accomplished”. Thus

he could make: sure} che is not to the i a s of
: at the ex of the best ii ts of the p

as a whole.

THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TOO

Although the appalling ocideait record on our nation’s highways
and streets and roads (someone killed every four.hours; someone
injured every 12 minutes; ‘some cat damaged every two mi )

-|Many of the holdayers, are cer-

“THOUGHTS F FOR

“What Shall I render-unto the
Lord for all. His Benefits toward
me?”

I wonder what answers one
sod solicit ‘to this,

A recent write-up said something
like this: “What to do with the,
Lord on holidays.” This may not
be the correct wording.

“One need’ only read the daily
papers “and one can ‘readily see
what a big majority are doing. |"

tainly not starting out with God
on their mind, And they are
certainly .not classed by the)
average person as ~ unbelievers
fromthe "average ‘standpoint,
They might even be fairly ‘good
Church goers but it juset happen-

is mostly due to motorist: ‘against the-rules of
courtesy as well as the law, the motorist is not: always to blame.
Bicycle riders and pedestrians too have their responsibilities if the
fight against traffic accidents is to succeed. 7

True pedestrians and bicycle riders have their rights to the use
of the road. The Law protects them. Indeed the motorist has a strike
against him from the start in trying to show a pedestrian is to blame
for pis own injury.

But this does not minimize the need for care, caution and cour-
_ tesy on their part as well as on the part of the motorist.

‘The pedestrian in town must of course use the sidewalk. That's
what it's for. If he wants to cross the street, he should use the pede-
strian crossing lanes provided. Where there are no traffic lights,
motorists must come to a full stop when a erasing lane is occupied
by a pedestrian crossing the street,

“In the country, the’person on foot must wall « on the left side
of the road’ as the signs recently i lied along B.C. hig! pre-
scribe, Thus he is facing oncoming traffic and cars comin from. be-
hind will be on the other side of the road where they can’t harm him,

In both town and country, the pedestrian who values his life
will never eréss into a road or street in front of a parked, bus,
street car or other vehicles.

As for bicycle riders, they must use the street or road, not the
sidewalk. Like motorists they are to travel on the right hand side
of ‘the ‘road (the white centre line is ini NOT for bicycles);
they- must observe traffic lights and signs and they must signal
their intentions.

: For safety’s sake also, the bicyclist will make sure his machine
is in good tonal and equipped with lights for night-riding.

* Every. t and every ian, for the sake of his own
safety primarily, must supplement the efforts of careful matorists.

ed,

Could” not “many” ‘mishaps be
avoided: -if’ everybody’ was
found. in the right: path, giving
God:: His rightrw: ‘place at all

THE HOLIDAYER

BY MAJOR MOLL

have one Bible. This dear old
Book is terribly twisted to suit
every self-styled mind and doc;
trine.

Have you ever given a thought
to where your conception ° is

jleading ‘you.

{Are you sure your conception is
‘bringing you out at the right
turn of the road? ©

} Jesua says: “I am the Way, the
Truth; and the Life; No man
cometh unto the Father by Me.”

When shouta you act? “Now is
the ‘accepted time” or “Seek ye
the Lord while He may be found.
Call ye upon ‘Him while He is
hear.’ (73.:55:6),

i 1s36 Let the wicked
forsake his. ray, and the unright-
eous ‘man _ his thoughts; and let

iim return unto the Lord and He};

will? have mercy upon him, ‘and
to our Géd for He will abundant;

times? .'*

ly pardon, him. :.

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4 times troubles children and it is

“¢} the motion may approach’ the sen-
+ sation of riding in a boat. ;

fire hall were discussed at some
length by tha regular meeting of
the C Board of Ci i

ancer Forum
(Questions and Answers on Can-
cer, its Treatment, Causes and
Effects).

Q. Js cancer a virus eae
AL A few forms of cancer : in

is' are known

sioners, A large number of chang-
és were proposed and the archi-
tect is to be asked to submit an
estimate of cost.

. A SURVEY PLAN of a proper-
ty exchange’ between: W.' Smith
and Carol’ Price’ on the Shew-
chuk Subdivision was readily ap-
proved with comments)’ that it
will make a much better property
line. The _ project exchanges a
corner of Lot'30 for a corner of
Lot 31 with the result that the
property: line is . perpendicular
rather than diagonal to the street.
STREET WIDENING on Third

to be due to virus. because
the disease can be

volving vehicles . driven‘ by
Walker and John Peterson of
Natal.
stopped at the bridge approach
to let an oncoming car cross
‘|first, and was struck from be-

After Auto Mishap

Carl Otto Walker. of Castlegar hind: by pine Walleor fae: which
was fined $50 and, ‘costs ona not | stop time. An es-
charge of .driving without due timated total of $300 damage was
care and Police said there were
afternoon when he appeared: be-| skid marks at the scene for about

$50 Fine Meted Out.
To Gastlegar Motorist

in them by means of a virus, So
far it has not been possible to
prove >that” any human’ can-
cer is caused by a virus.. Some

fore 100 feet, ‘
W. H. Taylor, at Castlegar. t

The Peterson vehicle had |.

If you do not to we:
bl Your walla dally, Salng ope butler (8
ony, fewcer pollth, “and” Tanother te:

The charge arose from an auto-

moble collision at “Pass Creek
bridge on. Friday, . August 6 in-

leading authorities ©
' pelieve that viruses may play
a part in producing cancer in
the human being.

Q, Is cancer a blood . atsease?
A. No, The only part blood plays
in cancer is that! of a mechani-
cal carrier. of. the ‘cancer’ cells
from one part to another cf the
patient’s body.

Q. Does cancer come from’ a

single bruise?

A. ‘A type of bone cancer, known
as sarcoma, may in some cases
possibly ‘result from :a_ single
severe injury. It is believed that
a single injury to soft tissue,
such as the breast,’ will not

cause chricer to develop.

A is being: d by the
presence of building on a sub-
division approval there last year,
The owner is being given a 30 day

ings. :

A CHECKERBOARD ‘sign is to!
installed at the end of the street
above the main village pump-
house, along with two street

time. limit, to, remove the build-

lights, to warn’. motorists and

there.

Tipson Touring
{By Caro! Lane need -

Women's Travel Authority

Although car
sickness is, for-
tunately, a com-

+ paratively rare
thing among
adults, it some:

wise parents who know the best
of ing its effects.

others of the end of the street

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These general rules apply .to
both: adults ‘and children:
(1). Eat, lightly and avoid rich
rich foods, Have your main meal
after the ‘day’s trip is over. «
(2) Let the sickness-prone per-
son ride in the front seat. where
there is less rolling motion.
(3) _Make short stops. frequent

water. ~
(A). Avoid fast driving — espéc-
jatly on curving highways where

ee “A very young child, is uae
sq-apt-to,be ill if :his attention is.

ing scenery.
1) An empty i ice ‘cream con-
‘tainer; a wash cloth, a thermos of

mess | if. sickness. actually occurs.

no fun to be sick, but many.
a’ child’s tendencies toward sick-
ness_can:-be:; revented: by these
rules.

vide. only...about :-one quarter

enues this year.

and suggest “a few. sips of, cool |’

distracted from the rapidly mov-7

water, and a.supply of pepper- ||
mint gum will lessen the unpieas-

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if

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