CASTLEGAR NEWS “Here let the press the people's rights by gota” Established in Nineteen eae sa eae aaa Situation at Hospital is Deadly Serious The situation with regard to beds for patients at the Castlegar and_ District Hospital is deadly serious. In fact, as a ‘brief by the hospital’s medical staff re- ported on elsewhere in this paper indic- fates, ‘when the beds allocated for mater- nity, pediatrics and life and death emer- gencies are*subtracted from the 33-bed capacity ‘of the hospital, there are only 20 beds left for day-to-day. use. ; While plans for the expansion to the ‘hospital appear to be proceeding at a sat- ‘isfactory rate .as reported by new hos- ‘pital board chair Ross McCutel: to’ a recent ‘meeting of the board, nonethe- Jess ‘the situation at this very momient is ‘Serious and some stop-gap solution is im- mediately necessary. i The answer appears to be, as the medical staff points out, an increase im- mediately to 36 beds by utilizing fifth beds in wards six and seven as well as a «bed in what is now-one of the bathrooms. “.,. . It would appear that the’ hospital , board ‘is hesitant about doing this without prior, approval by BCHIS because any un- authorized beds are not paid for on the ‘same: basis by the government depart- ment as are authorized ones. The medical Staff apparently appreciates the board’s and ds very. strongly :that pressure be brought to bear on BCH- 4S, including pressure by Mines Minister Don Brothers, to have BCHIS approve a supplementary budget to take care of the three added beds and the necessary ad- ditional staff that the hospital requires to operate them properly. The hospital board here has been most co-operative with Health Minister Eric Martin and it is time the minister reciprocated. It is unfortunate, but it ap- pears that instead of appreciating the ac- tion of the board in attempting to hold the line on costs and to operate’ the hospital within ‘the budget approved by BCHIS, Mr. Martin instead seems to take the at- titude that since fat has obviously been cut, there must be yet more fat to cut. This is an ‘attitude that does ‘little to en: hance anyone's opinion of the common sense and Mr. Brothers should be quick to point this out to his cabinet colleague. Mr. Martin is.a-man who does not bow down to threats but he is inviting a situation in the Castlegar district where -@ concentrated effort.may have to be mounted by: the hospital board‘ and the - medical staff to influence public. opinion with a view to making’ Mr. Martin apprec- jate the situation here as it really doe? exist. This would be unfortunate because - while the fight was raging,. sick. people would still be awaiting admittance to the hospital. Let’s hope a satisfactory solution is found quickly. , Don’t Restrict Rezoning Hearings - Kinnaird commissioner Maurice Simp- son made a lot of sense at council’s recent meeting when he suggested that the ma- jority council action: in setting up pro- at to hold r tion hear- not as great as a good number of the commissioners like. to suggest ‘to.’ those who appear before them to make .rezon- ing a lications. ‘The only exp is the ings only four times a year was either too early or too late. : As.‘ he commented at that time: “Would. you (the rest of council) wait. three ‘months to hold a hearing if some- hotel? proposed to build a $142 million otel? Castlegar village chairman W. H. Reed gave some modified support to Mr. . Simpson's thinking on this ‘subject when he commented at }ast week’s council meeting that possibly Castlegar should consider _ changing its. three-times- ayyear r ti to a four-a-year schedule such as Kinnaird has now adopted. The expense of rezoning hearings is tion of a legal’ notice’ in two’ is- sues of a newspaper circulating. in the community while the meetings themselves are held’ on regular council meeting nights. Our view is that councils should not tie theselves down with. rules and Tegu- lations which they will not follow at all times. They will insist, for.éxaniple, that all complaints be made in writing and then will, listen ‘to fellow’: commissioners reel off telephoned complaints: by the ‘armfull. As Mr, Simpson infers, no council would ever delay a rezoning hearing on a mil- lion-dollar proposal. Should it, therefore, delay a hearing on a proposal involying considerably less money. but just as im- ‘portant to the individual concerned? - Stop Foreign Control Before it Occurs In the immediate post-war years many of us were proud that Canada’s nat- i ural: wealth was a big attraction for for- eign investors. Our tremendous industrial ‘develop: ment in the last 20 years, in fact, owes a lot to capital that poured in from abroad, mostly from the United States. But not many years ago we awoke to find that American investors owned 50 per‘ cent of our manufacturing, 70° per . cent. of our petroleum and natural gas in- dustry and 60 per cent of our mining and” smelting. Among those deeply concerned was Walter Gordon, who headed a royal com- . mission inquiry into Canada’s economic prospects in 1956. When the Liberals came into power in 1963, Mr. Gordon, as_ finance . minister, decided to try to do * something to reverse the trend. His first experience was unhappy. He wanted to offer special depreciation benefits on new equipment to firms at jeast one-quarter Canadian-owned and to ose a 30-per-cent tax on salés of large blocks of stock or assets. of Canadian ies to non-resid “The. idea was to “encourage Ameri- can owners : to : make: stock: available to ‘Canadi and: to. dii age: | takeovers of ‘existing Canadian’ firms. 5 However, the reaction of the busin- jess community was'so violent. that Mr. ‘Gordon a left with little of his orien plan, ‘been | established... Undaunted, he’s trying again.. Bat the difference. is that he is working within an area where there is resonable hope of success. A: bill ‘approved in principle by the Commons places a limit of 25 per cent on foreign ownership. of shares of feder- ally incorported life insurance compaiiies, trust | firms and loan companies. « more than. half foreign | owned and mutual firms are not covered, but 12 of Canada’s insurance firms will be affected. Later bills will provide sitnilar regu’ lations for chartered banks and finance companies.-'The banks are all. understood to be under. the 25-per-cent limit now so that, although many bankers are annoyed t at..the’ extra bookwork that will ‘be. in- volved, they presumably. wil be able to obey the law. The whole idea is that financial in- stitutions’ under. Canadian control are more likely to have Canadian interests uppermost when they lend and invest money. thesis, and’ only time will tell whether its a correct analysis. © What is important is: that a move has been made in an area of affairs where it is possible to’ do something * before — “17'S FROM OUR “PEN™ PAL.” . Deer Park Road Opens Up 130 Miles Of Logging Roads to the Outdoorsmen The. effect of B.C. Hydro’s of. the carried out. by. local 1 logeing Deer 'Park road on logging op- erations in the lower Arrow Lake region is discussed in the Castlegar Chamber of Com- merce’s brief; arguing” for re- tention and relocation of the highway. The ‘section ‘of the brief TFL li road is predictably resulting in barging of such equipment and higher ir, costs will: re- 18 to 20 meee are employed on year-round basis in the di- rect activities ‘involving log- ging, trucking, supervision etc. in this section of TFL No. 23. In addition, four, to five men are employed « on toad mainten- ance and dealing with logging follows: Tree farm: licence No. 23 is operated by Celgar on a sus- tained. yield, basis. The southern section that will be affected. by elimination of the’ existing “access road to Deer Park-Broadwater compris- es approximately :70,000 acres. section embraces an operating area stretching from Syringa-Tulip Creeks. to .Glad- stone Creek. Presently, year- round ope- ration yields. 20,000 cunits of wood per year. in: this operating area and. this yield is expect- ed to continue in perpetuity. The wood is transported to the sawmill and pulpmill ope- rated by Celgar at.Castlegar. ‘ :. Presently 130 miles of log- ging roads are operated and maintained bythe. TFL opera- --tor in this section and continu- - ous expansion of ‘this private road is taking place’ in order to continue the operation: In addition the TFL ope- rator is depending on 40 miles of public road maintained by. the government, for access to the private roadnet. In the event that. the pub- lic road, to Deer. Park, along the.shore of the Arrow Lake,; is ‘abandoned, the- operator would require: provision of:al-; ternative access: for .operating: and firefighting purposes, This alternate access would be con-’ structed and maintained by the government and .a. route tak- ing off from the public road at ‘Pass: Creek, following. an .ex- isting logging ‘road, and event- ually a trail along,Ladybird “Creek to the limit of TFL No. -23 have. been mootéd:,- Such: a road. would be lo- cated at a in excess to five months per year. ‘Ali. these employees are commuting to the area of oper- ation from. the .Castlegar-Rob- son-Brilliant-Pass . Creek com- munities and travel to the work area in the summer would, al- though possible through the al- ternate access, add many thou- sands of road miles, jewel for. four - sult, There’ is at’ the present insufficient detail studies’ av- atlablé to permit: development of close estimates for future additional ‘costs’ of wood har- vested. from: this''area “should the all-year road to Deér Park be abandoned, ‘However, ac- : couiiting for the conditions out- lined’ above, using’ the most tors applicable, ‘an: additional cost to the TFL‘ operator of $25,000 per year is predictable. The additional ‘costs to Forest Service, public ‘roa ad i ment woulda’t have any part. The government bape the view that ney Hot: the tinting tion’s duty to new laws, and Rae very great extent, fe: 5 quite true. Just the Macdonald has "pomething; it’s flerce the way phone conversa- tions are taped, the way some : ‘places ‘are bugged, ete.,‘etc., 5 People who live in apartments, Pm told, are always on look-out for hidden mikes, Pos- . sibility of them! makes people nervous. I made a talk’ one even- ing to a local group. I. thought ‘heard “strange whirring rou as I spoke. Next night my phone rang, and I heard a * most ‘dreadful racket, and final- “ly a. voice said: “That's you — that's s you talking last ment.” Without’ asking’ me, some character had placed a tape- recorder, well hidden, Close to me as I spoke, and everything I said was down for posterity. I raised a suitable row, and in- sisted the, tape’ be : destroyed, since’ my -permission: had not been asked. The young man was honestly astonished at my attitude.°He could not under- stand my viewpoint that it’s rude to record a speech with- out first asking the speaker. ‘What I sald that night was at- tuned to ‘a certain audience; played to another audience : parts of it woul a conservative estimhates'and fac- * i eit erate ‘Ro sense, Fortunately it was not a stag party to which I had spoken. They tell me the sale of binoculars is increasing rapid: * ace ete, cannot at ‘present be ly, that a some people ilving in high-rise tional expense. Inthe winter, travel to the . work areas is not expected to be possible and -ope- -rator , would. probably he. re- quired to operate a camp in the working area which would add substantially to ‘operating costs ‘in additon. to the social: prob- lems created by disruption of - family life. -The TRL operator and the ‘Jogging contractor will also suf- fer an increase in costs’ re- sulting from increased ‘travel ‘distances and limitation ‘to ac- cess, during winter seasons, of supervisory personnel.’ Forest service personnel will be af- fected si ly' with resuitant cost increases, The operation of the work- ing’ area require’. frequent Fransportstion® of heavy log- “be. -annual. costs to this ‘brief, 1 sit in their . sums are involven? The funds for the éapital costs’ of the construction of eight to nine miles. ‘of ‘alter- nate access road: frdm_: Pass gin: iy pues for the Columbia treaty projects or from general reve-, nue’ a "may: di S tetdod by drapes, and peer at their neighbors all around, in other high-rises, and way down. upon the -earth be- ‘low. One, therefore, never feels safe from prying eyes, even in one’s: own’ home, ‘unless the drawn. “The cost: of. constructing this alternate ‘road, through terrain equally preci jitous to . that of the most’ cult séc- ‘: thon of the proposed relocation of the ting road, cannot be ‘substantially less, Berhaps eq- to, ‘and conceivably higher than tthe cost of relocation. king into account’ the readily proven aireet, additional iB. Many. ab aay don’t mind, other- wise. they'd -not’: be living in these housing’ villages, where everybody must know what ev- , erybody else had for breakfast. ~Lack of privacy is why pub- lic garbage cans are filled: to , overflowing, why garbage is dumped everywhere, even tho- ugh tts against the: law,, as it should be. There are, I am told, -apartment d Swvellers who snoop ging ‘ai equip- ment io. and * from’ the ‘area -which ‘at the _ present ‘utilizes the qusting iF The provision’ of an alter- * nate ‘access will “pe: f movenient' during summer, :al- thougl at higher r cost, b however, : ‘de; padre the personnel involved, it tis th the authors considered belief’ thai there is no choice: but itiocat: ing the existing road in | prefer ence to construction of an al- ternate road, if accepted stand- - ards of economic evaluation of are.used. Fi inances [easing Rift thé somewhat ‘improved climate ‘of relationships between the two super-powers (the U.S. and the: Soviet Union) has. not of 3,000 L for. approximately six to eight miles.and three to four miles of this would-be ab- ove 4,500 ft. with ap- : them closer together‘in the matter of their financial obligations to the United Nations; and it is-these which have been.and are threatening to disrupt the world organization. — Coch (Ont.) Northland Post — proximately two miles varying in elevation from: 5,000 ‘it. to ennieal route. Construction of this alter- native access road: would be very costly. General mainten- ance would be no less than for & low-level road and snow clear- ing would be extremely costly, ° if not impractical. The logging - operation is. 9 There are some who question this ONE MAN'S OPINION Not Criticized Enough © The press is the least criticized. institution'in our society, - though eritical of all the rest. No other institution more re- { bage “ves _ away, fi to mind’ their own | bu: _ to. live and let live, that there gi See garbage domestic crets. ' if aine sn0o | through your: n ors’ garbage you can ‘find out what medicines they take, the names of their doctors, who kind of: liquor they. drink, and ‘ how much, i whether they're ¢ economical or cooks, if they have false’ teeth. or. aie their ‘hair. Rather, than give. away. such intimate secrets, some: people bundle’ up: their ‘garbage ; and dump it in parks and on bench- es. Tm sorry Alex Macdonald didn’t get | ie privacy bill thro- ugh. Jt would have been’-a toughie to enforce, but it would have had its education ‘values have taught people isiness, are:more values in life than idle gossip. ie Healthy curiosity is one thing, uite 3 of the hy iby too many of its properties. Only. ‘to provide this scrutiny, and it does not Choose to do'so, domi- , “tated as it is by advertisers. who are not eager to sponsor. ‘eri- to so often a Id, a. true domo, has the knows there’s no. enjoy- ticism of the other, chief. medium’ for. Advertising, £ = Louis'M. >; fs Lyons, The ‘Atlantic ee “May be: cou _ One,o£ the rea- instead of after’ — foreign control has. '[ :—Lachute | (Que. ‘Watchman CASTLEGAR NEWS © fublished. Every, Thurséay © 1% “THE In v. Camptell, Publisker ‘clasc mall, Post Oftice Dersrtmemt, Ottawa, for pay- ‘ment of postage fa cave, and ts a member of the udit: Bureaa ef: fircalations, - “ye ia a meraber’ ‘et the Canadian Weekly ‘Rews-| ‘papers Association, re B.C. eee of the pape or THI’ Custiognt, BO.’ —' Bert Campbell, Editor Bi all ; shenld be to The . Editor, Castlegar News, Drawer 490, Castlegar, B.C. Lettere fer putitesticn must be accompanied by the correct mames aud sfdreas of the writer. Pen names will be used by request, but tte eorrest name must be submitted. The Cxstlazar News reserves'the right to shorter retters in fee futeréats “of ‘economy of space, . have* cme.’ still, enjoys this food ° and admires al the beauties of na- ture‘including the young and; fair who grace our streets. One of the privileges of age is to bore ones friends with - tales of long ago. That: is ano- '® ther reason why I think I'm not old. I. seldom’ remember * the past: happenings ‘in: my life... However, occasimally.a chance remark will set s:ecollections in flood. A contemporary of mine ‘looked ‘at all the snow ‘around: \ ro. It: blew for three’ Says, ae littered the valley. with fallen trees and it piled ae snow: : fed.) * * . simply dtc cold and piled more swood :on the. fire. Of course, -we had .to get our own woe Fortunately there w ‘weré: mi : tamarack butt logs left around and: we ‘sawed;-them : “UR, “my " suet pudding and children at school to eat them, = to: ¥ a the ‘country -places “all ‘did wife and: i in the ; fine days of Fall, ; That wasn't the first hard ‘rer ’ winter I had met.'Back in 1895, when I: was a boy of: seven, | 2 oar England,-which:nor- .; have a d winters; was hit by a three montis Gold spel “which ‘lasted fr . the end of March. Everything ‘om January..to. was frozen, the, ponds,. the ri- vers and the.canal, with a foot." “of clear 1és-on topsand thers’ ‘ was’.snow. It: was a-:time c Freat snisery; for® it; was fore the welfare age. Men were out of work and f ed. The: more aiclucnt /enoled invited ' thi eir.best« to help: thoes who were out of work . But the winte? swhleht aticks warm, Sy eh inost in my “mind is the one spent in, France | in-1917.It “in ar air froze'on the leafless” Each branch ;seemed : ito. ;)shimmi ering _ blade ,, hit. That was the pret. f.the ‘picture: femilies stary. But :|.. There was no fighting an no guns fied. hee men used take chine guns to, bed with’ ean to keep them: water Jackets) would A a een AG GIR ese Pp out in “the -open °- TRE ESHER Dy t Wat 30,.DAY SPECIAL - |") MARCH 30 to APRIL 30 — AL Dinagioovs) Stereo Records Regular $5.20 NOW ...... $2.99 ASTRONAUTS ° CHET ATKINS BOBBY. BARE’ ” JOHN GRAY © ° PETE. NERO LIME. LITERS SKEETER DAVIS ‘JIM REEVES al FLOYD CRAMER... FREE. — FULL COLOR PORTRAIT with every. Elvis Album Purchased , BUY “HIGHLIGHTER ALBUM ° & A REGULAR & RECEIVE FREE YOUR CHOICE “ANY CAMDEN RECORD — "Cheek Your Needle! — .. Phone . 865-5951 ‘| tribute it on thi =e SPECIAL Il ft. 12 ft. 14 ft. ALUMINUM FISHING BOATS and Se 61 6-9 - 18 HP. Johnson Motors With units purchased on or. ‘Wefore ‘Apel ‘gra we will “include free - two Life ‘Preservers ‘and one Paddle. See them all at WALDIE ’ SERVICE CENTRE: RGOLE | TON THED GASTLEGAR COURSE Kee By os ie JOHN MacLEOD | When Car Burns Vancouver: Man Escapes Injury man, Robert “phe die is cast — April 15 has been a deadline to raise‘ the necessary ‘carry out the aims.of the Golf Club for the coming season, If this amount is not forthcoming then this executive will have no alternative other than to shelve these plans for. possible consi- deration by a future executive.” These in effect were the words ‘ used" by . president, Dick Wayling at the meeting held in the arena hall on Friday even- ing, which was attended. by, ap- proximately 90 club. members. Jt was agreed unanimous! that financing. would be covered by the: 7 per cent interest rate and a concentrated drive will be sustained to leaye no stone un- turned to raise this amount be- fore the deadline date is reach- ed. e fortunate in one to| and it would ‘L could see it as a sea side resort, or for. diving off cliffs, be a marvellous spot for. kiddies who liked play- ing: in.sand, (even Snead . an Nicklaus‘seemed to’ enjoy that) but it certainly must have tak- en a-fiendish mind to designate” it as’a golf course! Music and dancing plus just general’ congervation’ rounded out the evening ‘and although golf. was the main subject the diehard curler was seen to cast an. eye.to. the. sheets below, in | $4! fact’ John’: arranged: ' several breaks in the film so that. one certain golfer-curler could make the: transition eon curler’ to ‘olfer in easy stages E John I'am sure would: like to thank all who helped him in putting on ‘this first social of 1965, 80 consider this done A Street, esacped with singed hair when fire broke ‘out under. the dashboard of his car as he was driving toward Grand Forks late Saturday night. Mr. Street, who works on the bridge construction -project at Kinnaird, was’ alone- in’ the wvehicle, which was extensively damaged. e fire started | under the was travelling on th Lake-Kinnaird highway 15 miles west of Kinnaird. : He jumped from the car and extinguished, ‘the blaze” with snow, ‘A passing motorist brought him’ to ‘Castlegar. where he re- ported the incident to RCMP here, Deer Park Socials. ways, will now, through money faved by the ‘sinking of a well, 8180, complete, the sonwaye and Mrs. C. T. WILLIAMSON On a two-day fishing tri in .the Gladstone- Sunshine Creeks area ‘of the Arrow kes, Doctor Unruh and Rod wit liamson, both of Rossland re- turned home with a catch of 8 beautiful: Dolly, Varden. ped ae scales at approximately 15 pounds each; the next 4 were between ‘7-8 pounds while th smallest was about 5 pounds. © These fish were caught on Pink Pearl, Alaskan and -Green- ‘catch: like this ‘rei one (of ‘the fishing in ‘the aunt ld days’ when on one occasion, . Williamson and ‘W. Brig: a ‘three’ largest fish’ tip-| ‘A‘ honored as soon 50 that ve Pees drawa ‘a lead on the palanc Snead and Jack Pebble .Beach course ‘cer- tainly the highlight of: the evens ing, especially seeing it :in ft eolor. IT found myself comparing it W:: W. Semenoff ’ Funeral Service ‘Conducted Today "