CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Mar, 15, 1962 CASTLEGAR NEWS VIGTORIA REPORT Hire Men from the Kootenays First This idea might even have enough ‘ g | reports of thelr departmen % oe I aust say, _ feel is wasting time, and getting nowhere. The basis of hiring set out in an " agreement between Peace Power Con- tractors Ltd. and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners ‘might well serve as an example for hiring done on the Columbia river treaty projects when they get underway. The union announced last week that when hiring is done for the Peace river project, first preference will be given to local men in Dawson Creek, secondly to men north of Prince George and thirdly to other B.C. r An Hundred and Forty-Seven merit to be suggested on the floor of the House to the minister of lands and for- ests. The NDP MLAs for Grand Forks- Speeches Make Excitement When the|nique for the Premler—and cab- inet ministers, too—to remain as silent as possible, That's why ses- sions, In those days, were generally shorter than they are today. Cab- inet ministers did not read long ents—which ban likes to make out that Premier 50 Opposition leader Robert Strac- it and dictators Greenwood, Kaslo-Slocan and Cranbrook mn can hardly be expected to make such a times jae: Araores: therm, ols ootricd position of saying, in effect, to the gov- excuse to make'a big epecck. | ernment: “We don't agree with your untae ‘Mon the Dress Gallty, tee views on the Columbia. We don’t believe quite. aome years sow, and Ihave lennett is you're sincere about’ developing it. We baie four bbe inj, a0ton= mouth, don’t think it will go ahead under this F« y. must be in the province 60 days before they can be hired. A similar agreement for the Columbia ’ projects might see first preference given to men from the Kootenays, second pre- ference given to men from east of Prince- ton and south of Kamloops-Revelstoke and third preference given to other B.C. re- sidents. Any outsiders should be in B.C. for 60 days before they can be hired for . what jobs remain unfilled. We Can No Longer Be Very- ‘Patient The wrecking of the giant steel tower ‘ which carried the Cominco power lines across Kootenay Lake near Kootenay Bay _is the latest in a series of terrorist acts . committed by a people whose behavior verges on madness. Their conduct as a group and individuals is such as to make understandable the ancient belief that such people are possessed of the devil. It : makes understandable too the fact that for 400 years they were “persecuted” in Russia. F Towards those not of their sect they have shown only envy, hatred, malice and all uncharitableness. They are people who do all the harm they can under cover of darkness, They have hitherto been treated as. intelligent, sensible people notwith-. Standing evidence’ to the contrary. Those “charged with crimes have been tried by a justice evolved by centuries of democracy but they’ continue | to flout the law and re- ‘fuse ‘td ack the authority of the courts, : This latest act of destruction shows yutter contempt for the courts, the police .and..the.people of the’ Kootenays, It is ‘time this was fully realized by those in authority. at. Victoria and Ottawa. It is no simple matter to apprehend a law breaker and it is doubly difficult ‘in the case sof those who have beén t up ii and for those very institutions ree. which they gain Must Our Postage Stamps Be Duii? There is a little part of Canada that is carried on wings to every corner of the world. A little part that must reflect our - spirit and it couldn’t be more dull. Safe, somber replicas of the Queen’s face, in safe somber colors. The airmail stamp, with its goose in a debatable pose for safe flight, tnd the: occassional memorial. issue take a daring turn in color and form, but over the long haul we cling to our colonial image. With a. wild, beautiful, young coun- try like Canada, imagination should take wings. Our: stamps should reflect our’ mountains, our dazzling scenes, our ad- venturesome history. Our stamps should be tourist bait. A collection of one week's stamps of an international company brought to. this office and tumbled on. the desk was a kaleidoscope of color. South West: Afri- ca’s 10 cent stamp glitteréd with dia- monds, another a graceful flamingo; Trinidad was a ition of blue and bright yellow; Spain, that country of pov- erty, could design a stamp of great beau-. ty, gold gilt superimposed with a ir . has and entire series in brightly colored aioe of British Columbie Munt- gov 0 you hire the people in our constituencies mie ae Saree met | ‘before you give work to any other men paitle DD ae ust the same. in the province!” “Bar. Bennett, ) 7 would” say, The member for Rossland-Trail, how: ™es more specches than Messrs. , Hart and Johnson. ever | 940, pecams ever, being of the firm opinion that deve- did, perhaps more than the three of lopment on the Columbia is most certainly them combined, of course he has going to go ahead, might'do the people of bem Fremler, longer tan soy of |p the Kootenays the favor of recommend- He id Jonson eras it was, the tech- dal, 30 bosey nd so anippy, that he suggestion for they will then be in the on the bait, thus giving himself en | thing Speaking of shocked" how Uttle’ MUA‘s Our quite’ faacinat tory. If I was a rich man I'd offer @ big cash prize to MUA's for his- tories of ‘their ridings, including a 1953, when Boolal Credit ¢ came into ‘power in this province, distory, & ain often know of ting political his- A human ornament in the Leg- ing to the government that Kootenay re- Castlegar sidents be given first preference for jobs. He'll be well remembered if he does. Briefs No it of will those hundreds of people now out of work “4 jeter trom B and M Hold- that this latest act of terror is in any ings requesting the relocation of 8 way connected with any Christian relig- Per pole ‘wes rend. ted in ion. No amount of legal jargon as to terms toteoe, poe oon inline their livelihood. of agreements or agreed concessions to and the back of Waton’s store, mak. | felt honor! fell ‘his way, Tor he's an immigrant people can convince Koo- ‘8 Seosee aietiau to) the tntosding tenay workers, industrialists or h patient cone the pole wes who do not have electricity’ with which, epproved by council and the West | Shants: gavi Kootenay Power and Light Go,’ will to cook and keep warm, that some extra- bs 6 uneextake | the “one ordinary measure to round up the offend- unaer the winter works program. ers is not past due. searitate nee Sas The people of the Kootenay are now ,. Bacrjoge tensten eu demanding further action by both Victoria Te oe a Smal vevtlon of Cet, and Ottawa, for this now is not ah isolated =r es pes Solr gpea mie panes little valley disturbance. It is not the color- i arise: : ful demonstration’ of: nudism:or burning iene ba to itp Tes ny be of ‘shacks. It is the case of some..70,000 gage pon existing mains by the islative is Ned de Beok the Olerk of the House. He was 72 a few days ago. He was born in New ‘Westminster when Willlam Smythe was Premier and Clement Francis Cornwall the Lieut-govern_ or, Ita Mr de Beck's duty to’ keep eek ‘of. crannies that goes on in When he turtied 79 many. heart- < “You know, the dividends on my Mutual Life ~ .. policles are higher than ever. this year". Get the most from your insurance dollar Guaranteed and plus high dividende ” E See the Man from IM]? The Mutual Life with th dividend record e REPRESENTATIVE: C. ARTHUR ANDERSON en required ‘and iitnont poe Canadians living in an area where a hand- @* to pate new user in { ful of terrorists take away their jobs, their area, security and the progressive development {0 totaling ona ‘were of the area through this blight. - 2 17erored for, pagent We now d d stern and action to bring the situation under control, a i motion wag ade ns have village's linancis even if this means depriving a large group °°! atanee available. Anyone inter- of its freedom such as was necessary dur- ested May obtain a copy in the vil- ing the war period. tage office, er aes True, there will be: some innocent Futher discussion on the drain- people inconvenienced, but these will be age situation on Front Street was few. in ber and the ii will. carried out pe a Wor! superyi jorman. [c= be less hurtful than what is being perpe- Nabb stated that the ground was trated upon thousands of law-abiding Ko0- too hard to have work started ut tenay citizens today. — Nelson News ®s soon as weather: permits he has plans to run more: tlle north and south from the present catch basin, Chairman