Published Every Thursday At “SHE CROSSROADS OF THE KOOTENAYS” Castlegar, B.C. Canatilan Weekly Newspapers Assn. L. V. CAMPBELL Editor and Publisher Bubscription Rate: §3.00 per year — 350 munth by Member: B.C. Weekly Newspapers Advertising Bureau carrier Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, April 14, 1960 Huge Profits Not Record Smashing When Shared The Osoyoos Times recently carried an editorial protesting the “record-smash- ing profits” reported. for last year by Can- adian companies. “These financial reports are intended to show the sound positions of these large firms and they do that,” notes the Times, “but one cannot completely justify these large profits after listening to the argu- ments put up by management when faced with wage disputes. Invariably the cry is . that the company cannot stand the wage increases, that the demands are too high. And then come the huge profits.”- A look at some of these companies and their “record-smashing profits’. would seem to indicate that the profits, although “huge” when looked at-as one lump sum, aren’t quite so “record smashing” when they're spread around. At a current market price of about $50.50 the Bank of Montreal is giving a yeild of about 3.66 per cent; the Consoli- Science, Easter, Religion For, many years religion and science have appeared ta be in conflict. Many forms and expressions of religion have seemed .to lose ground steadily as the scientific age advanced. - : But is there any valid’ ‘reason for the “belief that there is conflict beween Bentiine religion and pure science? ! Recently a world-f. + yielding 1.67 per cent. dated Mining and Smelting Co. at about $17.25 is yielding 4.64 per cent; Consum- ers’ Gas at about $36 is yielding 2.78 per cent; Dominion Stores at about $48 is yield- . ing 2.60 per cent and Loblaw’s at $24 is «failed to keep up the payments on his car, : "THANK YOU"E ' The Castlegar-Kinnaird KCinemaen Club wishes to § + thank all the residents of Castlegar, Kinnaird and ff y who so ited library books. jl: a during our book canvass last. week. a Also, our appreciation and thanks are extended to i the Scouts, Guides, Cubs and Brownies of the Dis- trict who helped us in sconce this canvass. i ird Ki Compare: those returns with such guaranteed investments as Pacific Great Eastern Parity Development Bonds which pay 5 per. cent and the federal government's ‘latest issue of Canada Savings Bonds which yield about the same and an individ- ual investor's profit isn’t too “huge.” A person who invests in the common ‘stock of a Canadian company is still tak- ing a chance on the value of his stock £o- ing up or down and on the divi chang- ‘life on spiritual overdrive? He knows that if Timeless Topics’ What driver is there who doesn’t like to,get his car into overdrive as soon as possible? He knows that this position saves gas and reduces wear and tear. What man is there who doesn’t aspire to go through he can achieve this happy condition he will conserve his basic energies and prevent unnecessary wear on his human i He will be a happier and a better man. ing.. Those huge profits aren’t “record smashing” when they’re spread around’ and a person who invests in a Canadian company ‘is still taking a calculated risk in exhibiting his faith in Canada’s future. ligion and science for the simple reason that religion deals with the Creator and science studies the laws which control that which has been created. For illustratio: The inventor of a machine is not in: con- flict with the student who studies how that machine was made. ° “The Bible is not a work of scierice. was quoted as. saying: “I do- not “Tike and do not believe i in one planet God.” And’ up- on that p her ted all r Replying to this assertion a writer to the letter column of The Milwaukee Jour- nal made a few observances which are worthy of careful thought and study by those who are perplexed by this subiect. He wrote: . “This writer is not a theologist, phil- osopher or’ scientist, yet: his religion clear- ly teaches that God is’ the supreme intel- lect who by act of His will created the un- iverse. The universe is governed by natural laws which God enacted-and the scientist is he who searches for, studies on classi- fies these natural laws. “To so act, the scientist uses ‘his in- tellect, his mind, which God created to the image and likeness of His own. ; “There can be no conflict Behwern re- Peace-Columbia ‘Relations ; Seen as Highly Significant Things are moving, on the Peace river power development program. Peace River Power Development Company -has received engineering approval from the provincial water rights comptroller, which is the first hurdl¢. The next step is an.ap- plication to the Public Utilities Commis- sion or a certificate of public convenience and necessity. This will be in the form of a public hearing, one which could* be ‘the most controversial in the conimission’s history. But, at this juncture, the position of ‘the Peace project in relation to the Colum- bia negotiations seems to be. highly sign- * ifieant. z This significance lies in the possibility . that the imminence of the Peace develop- ment is speeding up the Columbia negotia- tions at a rate thought impossible a year ago. . ‘Nobody is saying anything official yet. But the,U.S. negotiating team (on the Co- lumbia development) after being pressured hard- in the U.S. to build Libby Dam on living. ' . or of the study of the laws which govern It is a stat it of moral laws which were revealed to its authors by Divine Inspira- tion and has stood the tesi of centuries of “We are aware that the earth is mil lions of years old and it and the | sun and the over billions of stars and planets are all catapulting outward from a focal point through space at an ‘inconceivably. great speed and that our sun is only a minor star of the milky way which in turn is but one of countless other, galaxies. .. “Which proves how immense and all- powerful is the. Omnipotent Supreme In. tellect-who made man and first breathed into the man an intellect made to. the i image and likeness of His own. - “Can such a religion be out of date, as the astronomer claims? Or is man again so proud that he denies the ?daker in fav- the universe?” — Kamloops Sentinel the Kootenay river as the first’ Columbia project, suddenly changed their minds, ' They can hardly have overlooked the fact that if the Peace development goes ahead in the near future there will be much less urgency ‘(from -the Canadian position) to make any concessions. From this standpoint alone-the Peace river plan has. been of great assistance to the Columbia project. These two schemes—one under pri- vate and the other under public auspices— offer some interesting comparisons that cannot be lost sight of. : The Peace does not ask taxpayers to underwrite its . plans. It will pay millions in taxation over the years. It will be-rigidly controlled as to profits and operations (as would: be the Columbia). Indeed, it seriously challenges. the| widely-held assumption that public develop- ment of Columbia power is the best, and most natural solution. — Vancouver. 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A. D. West are to be condemned most strong- ly and the action of the Castlegar village council in re- ‘questing that the. local RCMP detachment be kept ‘at full strength and that Attorney'General Bonner. again, institute a $25,000 reward for information leading to’ the arrest of bombers and arsonists is a request that we in the Castlegar District cannot support too strongly. Two bombs, one a time bomb and the other an in- cendiary bomb, were placed under Mr. Oglow’s build- ing supply warehouse and it is only by the grace of God and the fact that it was. an extra cold night that the bombs didn’t do the wanton destruction for ie they were intended. Mr. West was not quite so lucky. The bomb went off underneath the living quarters which he and_ his wife occupy. It blew a’hole through a wall, shattered eight panes of glass, and did damage. to the building and merchandise estimated at.$3,000. «Recent bombings of pewer lines and tracks in the Cresent Valley-Thrums area have’ taken place and a bomb was placed'on door-step in Nelson next to the “home of magistrate’ William ‘Evans, Mr. Evans was res- ; ponsible for putting many of the Sons of Freedom children in the dormitory at New Denver (and was also responsible for their eventual release from the institu- ‘for him, but was Placed | on his neighbor’s door-step by mistake. The bombing of the Greyhound bus depot in Nelson - a number of months ago is. also brought to mind when considering the recent bombing and arson at I just heard © “that 'my old friend and sparring partner (ed-| too ucation-wise) Dr.’ Gordon‘Shrum has | fired. another" of. his' broad- sides ‘at education in B.C. Besides damming. it gener- ally as he usually, does, he has stated that we are not. doing nearly as well by our top 15 per cent of students as they do in Great Britain. The trouble with this fs that he has gotten into my favorite ammunition pile and that I agree with him absolutely — we are ‘not doing ‘right by our top 15 per cent. In Great Britain. and the Scandinavian countries — and in the top in his fleld, Tens’ scholarship system’ or ‘any Russia — a top student can go to|, ‘other scholarships, but say that they lose by being too little and too late. They. are Yoo’ ite’ to: have any’ significant prestige value, and. therefore-mark the maxi- mum. endeavor,too little to ade- quately finance any student from outside, of Vancouver, "They are too late to stimulate a 2 good effort and good work hab- its which are progressively more important.as the educational] lad- der gets progressively steeper. At” preserit: the system’ (or lack of.system) of scholarships is raffle. One never knows until the last. moment if’ one. is going to get a prize. f ‘This encourages a_ sort of it he has the ambition and ie at ven early er do on. all-out last. ute effort and a belief, both in the “winn 50, Any field — the muineciiies sciences, medicine — is open to the bright and industrious young- ster, without cost. Here it is not 50. Traditionally we have expec-. ted: our aspiring: students to go to‘ university in the winter and work during the summer and to count for any difference in fi- nances on their parents plus the occasional small scholarship or bursary. - | Amd until recently this sys- tem has: worked ‘falnly well, (Though I: have, felt. that when carried to a full round year it is and was a’ dangerous drag on youthful energies physical, em- otional and spiritual.) ,. Now, however, the picture is Every citizen in the Castlegar District has a duty to report any suspicious persons or actions to the local RCMP immediately on witnessing them: Any. resident of this area-who fails to take note of the licence plates of. suspicious-looking ‘Persons late ‘at night or who fails police is doing a disservice to his fellow citizens. ‘These terrorists and arsonists must be stopped and we must do our share in stopping them. . A return to RCMP. road; ‘blocks is not something to be proud of in this day and age’ but they’ appear neces- 2 gq ghe Castlegar, News has. never: advocated.+! ‘indis . ad-blocks as were conducted by the ROMP. over the’ pas years. “As long’ as there is any doubt—and. “we believe there is: very little doubt—but as long ‘as there is any doubt at all that it may be:somebody other. * than Sons of Freedom Who are behind these arson and’ bombings, then every car travelling between Castlegar and. :Nelson and'up the Slocan Valley should be check- This would mean the end of the tourist business’: _ in‘the Castlegar District as visitors bypassed the’ south- ern, transpr t here’ ‘and ‘Nelson, but it is better that we miss out on those tourist dollars than ‘that we have one ofa our residents blown into small “pieces. F CHILDREN’S EASTER SERVICES APRIL 18-22'— 7.15 - 8.15 P:M. ALL BOYS AND GIRLS, AGES 5-13. WELCOME PENTECOSTAL TABERNACLE PHONE 2421 ea ee ee tcc Acca l PAINT SUNSHINE INTO YOUR HOME WITH Tonamel LATEX You'll really enjoy patnting | the one-oat way with Monamel Latex. ‘It smooths on fast—dries in .[| walls, on the general manager's Vsieta and on the acid plants at ie. uni- versity is talking: of lengthening the schoo] year and full ‘sum- mer employment is only for the rare individual, True, the provincial. govern- ment pays the full fees of any student making first-class marks and for. any student: living in Vancouver and staying at. home this covers more. than’ half his expenses. But for any student go- ing to UBC from outside of Van- couver it. is léss than a quarter: of his expenses. =) Secondly, - it’ does ‘not courage. consistent: ‘scholarship ‘or :| respect: for® ‘scholatship itself, 80° 9 eaying am not era” and his contemporaries, that {t was lar- gely “good -Juck” and not a com- bination’ of native: ability, effort and good work habits. adequate scholarships) backed by both. federal. and provincial gov- ernments be _made available to our best students and that the as- pirants be judged not on a sim- ple set of -examinations but on their’ success‘ -from, say, the grade. 9-level: to matriculation. Thus there would be no Iast- minute “dash in’ grade 12, but a ing throughout, these most. im- portant years, - Furthermore, it would give the youngsters a feeling of some- thing concrete, to strive for — towards which -they can_ strive and make. their. plans, Finally, it would strengthen that barely it growing well of resnect for .scholarship in honour students. One who was actually bulld- ing for his’ future as well would gain even more for. himself -and| for. learning generally. Our bright ‘children are our most perishable’ resource. When ‘we invest in scholaships for them we are invésting in) the best for ;,|the, future ’of our “country, our- selves arid them.” And I would urge ! évery 7 *tgdividual, cre group, every. organization to she- A-man who Tacay ‘retired resident Steve Miros,'Sr..- Mr, Miros, a keen hunter and fisherman and a member of the Grecian Fraternal Order, will continue to live in ‘Castlegar with his wife. . ‘Cominco « Magazine reports | that Mr. Miros “got his start in| Canada ,working for the late S. G. Blaylocks That was at Wil- low Point on Kootenay Lake where he was thired to build racic estate.” A Mir. Miros was born in Yue goslavia-and.became a stone ma- son before