of.costumes, props and miscellaneous Trems TET oG I t - 2 LARGEST COMPANY EVER ON LOCATION task of bringing this colorful and exciting story to the “ike Tame wow NSURANCE ‘ om a minute item had to go through‘a thorough customs inspection and ao N A fFaAo- ‘ he xeports on this alone totaled almost 2 ton, : IN FOREIGN LAND MET MANY PR E tens . of sth ds of‘items-were included in the strange 4 saree from. Hollywood, including everything from a dry cleaning FILMING : ms plant to two hour glasses, BEST-SELLER IN TECHMICOLOR Director Henry King: even ordered four thousand special Aztec lances made.up in California by the Twenticth Century-Fox prop de- ve partment. These weighed ten tons and if anyone cared to go to the OVING an entire film company into M xe Mune riaking as the making of Darryl F. Panwck'n vant rant astile” required even more preparation than Cortez himself needed trouble and lay them end to end, they would stretch a total of five when he invaded the country south of the border back in the sixteenth ventury with his small army of Spanish conqui pedition would have undoubtedly een much Witten ie he haat the equipment that ‘fwentieth, Century-Fox moved to Mexico for. the three Tyree Hite it took to film the Samuel Shellabarger novel in Tech- "Operation Castile Fight baggage cars, loaded to the hilt, aus, made up th that ‘i autiously crept through the Mexican mountains gelatin orelia, 190 miles west of Mexico City, where the company spent the first few’ weeks on location. They contained over two thousand tons miles, In addition, two thousand Indian shields were made in’ Holly- wood to be used by.the. players for.native war scenes: Coals to Newcastle During the eighteen aude that ‘the studio wus preparing, té put “Captain from Castile” before the cameras, the prop and wardrobe departments were busy making-replicas of Aztee and Spanish wear- ing apparel of -the early, sixteenth century. Strangely enough, even - Mexican pottery of that era had to be manufactured in Holly wrod ‘and shipped below the Rio Grande. because ‘the few examples in the museums were far too valuable to be taken out of their glass cases. This, together with reproducing the jewels and headdresses, ne - tated months of research in Mexico even before. the. shooting: ¢ Pe i panies ‘arrived,’ Reproductions, were made from museum pieces 4 _the fi finest details were copied to-avaid the ‘slightest criticism, AGENCIE | Published every Thursday “At The Crossroads Of ‘The Kootenays’’ : fs a BABY REFRIGERATOR Opmnates ON 25 OR 60 Crcis These’s @ BIG OOUBLE caving waiting for : _ lm the Astral Baby. Refrigerator, ve i aiveble opace BASY TERMS bitchen aioe eer stem capeciyt x reor * And it's tow tn pricel | Anyway yeu leek c? oa yee save with oe Adral Baby Retzigerater © er feday and seo ite many enasing _WALDIE eS. nod foe Oe Dyesig 4 Marconi “tn this issue of your pacer ‘you ‘will tind the donee Repost: of the ‘Castlegar. and. District Boara of Trade ‘as given by Mee FoR eaea had now immediate past “PESE: : ident: of, the: ‘Board. ~ : “The report.’ is a. good: one. ‘but .ge wonder just how many ‘appreciate © the: many. hours: of work, during the eer 1950," : thet report represents. ‘Pho. average board member , is a member mainly, on Board — of “Trade: joeeting. night but Mr. Blliott*was a worker: every hour of the ose anon rere conastone far’ pate the nights: . ae irs BUliott. has the. ‘welfare ‘of our district at heart: ave Of: “nd B: time willingly.” tower oe Aes progress of” this opport unity: to. extend ‘thanks toa herd ie Castle’ ar sand. ‘Districts eo ‘ Central. Presa Canadian ‘Barbara: Ann: Scott was. there. to snip the ribbon’ when‘the newly.’ rected. $185,000 Dundas, Ont., arena. was opened.’ :Here,’ the ‘skating’ star. kes. over .as first: goaltender, “with: Dund juniors’ goalstick, ‘watched y/Diane. Neilson; “Hamilton ‘ Skating : eluB, junior. _champ;, Audrey: he elbourn, and: Eric Noble. z : Sesh . |BOARD OF ‘TRADE ‘OKAYS. TOLL BRIDGE. AT ANNUAL. MEETING. _|year, -one genet away, leaving § a a ember silty. of .59 ce _jwere experienced . We made representation to our: ‘Willege : West: Kootenay. This resulted ‘in: several new. - Svines “conditions for: residents. ‘and Visitors ‘|was ‘put before “the ‘public. This resulted in a -referendum| *./ being taken. and our ‘present system put: into force. We : |\Purnbull : A active ‘campaign for the inatallation of telephones - > Ter. reguler and & special - ‘meetings were held; the ‘first “to ‘usher in our . telephones, | the ‘second to: hear. ‘the Hon. H Anscomb,- Minister ‘of Finance; 10 regiler’ ‘council: meetings and < 3 special meetings. : : % a) new members. were. accepted into’ the Board gaping. the During Jenuary- ‘and February severa) power eB: ures: Commission, who in. turn. ‘took ithe matter: L 1: ithe: Three light: poles on the ‘main’ street were’ onsidered a. hazard. ‘and our: ee to Reve them removed, were” success : f° hemes. ‘and numbers Ge ctpoets. and: avenues ; “be -very ‘gonfusing ‘60 with a: view to im-™ gratefully ones seats tance. given. by. our Sitiaes the: ‘Cast legar-Kinnaird-Robson. District and ‘the: members : who so. actively : ‘and consistently. pushed ‘for ‘this much- needed: “service are to be’ congratulated. Some 200 ‘phones have ibeen: installed ‘and ‘there is a wai ting list: of ap- Telephone:. ‘officials. ‘that every effort is being made. t application