itonal omments <�$?...} As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have __ its fascination. When it looked upon at vulgar/it will C L^cea'se to be popular. ' �Oscar Wilde Prince George Citizen (Established 1916) Published every Mondayjand Thursday jat Prince George, B.C., by. The Citron Publishers & Printers Ltd. - Editor: C. A. Warner DIRECTORS : N. J. Izowsky, H.. G. Kennedy, C. A. Warner Largest circulation of any weekly newspaper in Central and Northern British Columbia. -Subscription: per year - ~. $h.00 Outside Canada - - - - $5.00 An Independent C'ass "A" Semi-Weekly Newspaper devoted to the upbuilding of Prince George and all communities comprising Northern and Central B.C. Authorized- as second class rjnail by Post Office Department, Ottawa Don't Step Off Parental Education Despite the beneficial influence of the Air Cadet, Boy Scout, Little League Baseball and other organized yout,h activ- ' ities, there is still too much juvenile delinquency in Prince George. Cases of petty thefts and damaged property, with young boys leading the fist of suspects, are still common. / .Prince George is not alone in pondering the waywardness of some children, and the solution, to any local problem may be found in the application here of programs ot methods adopted elsewhere. � Dr. Kenneth Rogers, general secretary of the Big Brothers Movement (Canada), advocates parental, education should be made compulsory before young people are allowed 1o marry. However, his statement that, delinquent boys and girls come from delinquent parents is only accurate to a degree. Anvone can bo a parent�-or practically anyone. It is the most important calling in the world, and we have no required standards for it. Doctors, teachers and ministers must comply with the standards of their profession or face the consequences. We even have talk of compulsory physical examination before marriage. Why not compulsory parental education before young peoole ar? permitted to become parents? I The fact is that we are trying to do by law something that ; cannot be accomplished by legal means. The law can stop! ovil forces once they are set in motion, but cannot make any- j enc good. Character education, in the home, church, school I ond by good example, should be the principal approach to the juvenile delinquency problem. eram bulant P en man CNR Vice-President At Kitimot Branch Opening Railways Aim Arbitrary Freight Rate Burden Swearing In Public Oldtime sailing captains would blush.if they were to visit Prince George today and hear the obscenities and blasphemies that too many people seom to,enjoy uttering in loud voices on the street, in cafes, in theatres and, in fact, any place where people congregate, except in church. The strong language of ths sailors of yore was at least fearsome, colorful and replete with the saltiness of their environment. It was rarely moronic and was couched so that neither the Diety nor filth was involved. Frequent complaints are made here of men and boys and, "An interesting characteristic of Canada's post-war progress lias been, the revival of raihvay building," S. F Dingle of Montreal, Canadian National Railways vice-president in charge of operations, toJcl members- of the Associated Boards of Trade of Central B.C. at the formal opening at Kitimat Friday of the new rail connection with Terrace. . He tiled the rail extensions to Lynn Lake, to Labrador, into Manitotnvadge and Chibouganiaiu "And ' there will probably be others," he said. I-ie chided the- "superficial critics, who with one eye on the super-highways and. othe otlier on super-trucks, have condomed transport should be reduced to the' ��minimum consistent with the public interest." Only in Great Britain lias positive action been taken to unfast-1 on the fetters, he said. The railways there have been given the power to make freight rates as they choose to meet competition, i anil rail rates may be made by j private and unpublished agree-� merit. "There is nothing wrong with j the railroads,", said Mr Dingle. "All they ask is a fair, field and ing favor In particular, freedom to price their services so that j they reflect the basic low cost i of rail transportation." . , , r ,, llie railways to a sort of gentle loss frequently, of course, women using foul language for-all�iieeline. The raihvay and only within earshot to hear. In many cases, this objectionable^ the.raihvay can support the mass longuage. comes from "smart alec" youths in a spirit of boast- j" tiunHioi tation needed by this ina- ! Referring to the trucking in- .Particularly objectionable is the crudeness of thoughtless dustry, A I.e. Dingle said it-should individuals who use this language in the presence of-women. m>vc>1' ton* the danger of el'im- /%.'�'. i � " . i r i-i u i. -i ination for it has much to offer It is embarrassing to everyone, present, and should be resented in tho pc()p)o of Canada by the proprietors of business places whcTvalue the goodwill of patrons with some conception of decent behaviour. OUT OF THE Mail Bag It is the close control, that is exercised over raihvay rates and raihvay services that were necesV. : sary when the railways hold virtual monopoly but are still taiiied long after the monopoly In a move apporently aimed af protecting motorboat own- ajfnnC?a,^v�vsXlsi tha(-thc? Can" ers from their own felly, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police agairis p'ans an immediate tightening of checks to see that" the thous- What's A Powerboat? Letters published under tbU column arc tin expression of the writers' opinion, nnii arc not necessarily endorsed by the odltor. complaining he said. Road and air competition hfyve onds of boats in Canada carry proper lifesaving equipme'nt, ac-! outdated, regulations left over ,. . r\n � -r- �''�'�' 'i " from the mononolv era in "the cord.ng to; an Ottawa mformant. . | Unju,(i StateS) ^ cnntinucd_ The 'Laws concerning use of m.otorboats have been in existence for years but have not always been enforced. Main objective cf the new check on motorboar~owhers who break the federal shipping act is to see every boat meets the standard of roughly ; and one life preserver per person. Firefighting equipment and lights willalso be~inspected. - . x Yea, but how about pur 60 randlepower one-lung outboard motor? When it is attached to a rowboat, does that constitute a powerboat,within the meaning of the act? Hundreds of owners of small outboard motors would like to.be reassured.on that poTrvfT Minister Of Economics Editor, The Citizen: The haying season is near in VCl'scorne, and an otdtimer recently remarked, "if Premier Bennett could see the crop, he might do something about the highway". While they do not actually count the straws, the hay seems precious enough to garner it entirely with machines. The Bible admonition not to muzzle the ox nor the ass i.s iio longer applicable. United States, he continued. Elsenhower Cabinet, Committee recommended there should, be/'increased reliance on me competitive forces of rate_-maintaining" jtain animal power was derived >he federal regulation on ' from the top of the ground in the immediate vicinity. Out by the new method fuel to obtain machine power is derived from deep in the ground, and transported long distances. Whether this new physical process is economically sound has not received any attention, but it does seem worthy of consideration. ., What, is physically possible is financially possible, is the big slogan of the-Social Credit boomers. But when it comes to physi- Travelling- several, - hundred I miles through Alberta recently I , was forcibly confronted by a highway system whose exceeding | virtues were extolled to us Bri-I tisn Columbians not so many moons ago when B.e.'s Socreds j were attempting to impress us with a picture of what Social Credit can do. My personal opinion is that those who extolled the virtues of Alberta's highways had either never travelled upon them or were deliberately misleading the public. As closely as I could determine there are relatively few miles of j top grade paving in Alberta compared to the total mileage of the sideroad and highway system. Off-pavemertf. roads are as ill-maintained as those throughout this part of British Columbia. > , While the main north-south highway which terminates a few miles north of Edmonton is paved tfor over 90 percent of its distance, it is, in most places, exceedingly narrow in view of the oil-rich budget of the government which built it. In rural communities which lie off the main highways the bitter-( ness expressed over road concli-jtions would do credit to any irate British Columbian. -�I While Alberta has a complex Iss'stem of sideroads bordering I farm section lines, it has nothing to compare with the main and secondary highway complexity which exists west of the Rockies. A tip that our own public works minister might take from his Alberta contemporaries as long as he remains disinclined to make a concerted effort towards solving our highway problems occurred to, me as I traversed the Edmonton to Grande Prairie route. I had no sooner driven onto an atrocious stretch of paving over which speed was limited to about 20 miles per hour when a large roadside sign informed me that I was traversing an "experimental" section of highway. The sign did not need to add that the experiment had failed. Mr. Gaglardi might erect similar signs adjacent, to our interior roads and thus, perhaps, mollify irate out-of-province travellers ' whose cars are inclined to fall to bits along the way. In a way I believe such road signs might be -justified � on the grounds that our roads represent an experiment in just how far we can be goaded before taking concerted action. Another Alberta highway feature which Mr. Gaglardi rnight well emulate is the profuse use of the "highway under construction" sign. Any stretch of really abominable main road in Alberta Is now j flanked with a system of these I signs and elaborate warnings tie-signed to prevent the motorist from colliding with construction equipment. I On most of these sections not a single piece of consu-uction I equipment can be seen but, no j doubt, many an unwary traveller .interprets their existence as manifestations of an aggressive highway program. , -Two other things about Alber- the tourist dollar and the friendliness of its people, coupled with many natural atti-actions, is 'certainly strengthening this bid. If British Columbia Intends to keep its share of the tourist trade intact it will have to match the Alberta effort with something more tangible than Victoria's seagulls and an Old Cariboo Trail whose northern portion can still be seen in something akin to its original state. Ontario Renovates Old Trading Posts TORONTO (CP) � Visitors to Wapiscogamy creek will soon, admire the Hudson's Bay Company trading post there. It was abandoned long ago, but the Ontario Lands and Forests .department plans to irenovate it, along with other posts in the' Kapuskasing district. � These trading posts were found-' ed more than 175 years ago, but most were abandoned before the turn of this century. In conjunction with their restoration program the department plans to set up an historical library of Ontario photographs, depicting everything from the pro- vince's townsites, mills, j and industries to period clothing and recreation. The history of one of the forts is described by'C. P. Wilson, editor of "The Beaver", a magazine de'picting Ontario's northland. "During the summer of 1788, a post, later known as the New Brunswick, Was established on Micabanish lake, now Brunswick lake ... It was aban doned in the fall of 1791. "It was re-established, however, in 1800, and abandoned again in 1802, then re-established in 1805 for a year. Nothing remained of the fort in 1817 but the ditches and a few decayed tockades." ROSS SMYTH, flight dispatcher with Trans-Canada Air Linos Montreal, has been elected ;�! tional president of tho Juhio; Chamber of Commerce! ROTARY CLUB Continued from Page 1) volume marking the organiza- ta which impressed me most 'were the super-healthy economy By tho old.method, fuel to ob-|and. the extreme hospitality. ' The-province is making a con- tion's golden anniversary. They were Ian Evans, Karl \nderson, Karle Fulmer, John Mclnnis, Sr,, Bob Madill and Martin Caine. The latter has not missed a Rotary meeting for even, years. Cy Westaway, secretary; Nor-Tian Napier, treasurer, and Mart-n Caine, sergeant-at-arms, wore �e-elected to office, and the directorate includes Jack Nicholson, Jerry Clarke, Ted Williams, Jack Robertson, John Mclnnis, Jr., Vic Morgan,- Wally West, Jack Lee, Art Newton and John Morrison. John Mclnnis, Sr., ably proposed a toast to Rotary International; Norm Napier proposed a toast to the guests, with the response coming from Tommy Norton, president of tiie Kinsmen Club, and Eraser Taggart proposed a toast to the ladies which was replied to by Rotary Ann Ray Bowie. Guests included Education Minister Ray Williston, Alex-Cross of Vancouver,., former- dub treasurer, and Bill Gallagher, president of Burns Lake club. The -Rota-flans wound up their annual gathering with, an enjoyable dance,during which "Chuck" Ewart, who played a leading role' in organizing the event, organised a grand march headed by two Earl Malcolm, 67 Buried Thursday Funeral service was ho!-i Thursday from the Chapel 'son Robert and two grawjdii tlren, all of Vancouver. Pallbearers were 'S. Allen, 1 Spry, If. Cleland, I). J. Muir,.Di J. F. A very and W. CouldweU. certed bid for a larger part of brawny pipers and a drummer. For the best in used tires, s Prince George Tire Servfce. NATURE'S SCRAPBOOK FISH FALLACY this By. G. : Remember when old : people were rcspected'for their wisdom, | and even people in their 30's, W> and 5O'.s were given credit for Waving a brain? . That was before tlm machine age tinned the tables on the wn-oration.-*. Now. suns are wiser than their, fathers. M;iii.v ;i father's prestige vanishes in exhaust smoke when his toon-aiied .son starts a car with a flick of die wrist after daddy has wivstle'd vainly with the thing fo'i half an hour. hai moment;,-daddy loses ion as head of the housc-itl the hoy- takes over, man's claim to wisdom is, ird.-gained but none too knpwle^IUG about.']>onple. i^ji't, even interested in but he already hows a mnchine.?; which are iriant in the modern aye when the 'earlier was still frittering � down in lovers' lane wimming pool, serious .s have already learned car to pieces and reas Fishing in this Province is world famous, but here again a popular misconception should be corrected. The widely held belief that in the early days almost all of our lakes were-filled with magnificent fish is hardly true. Actually, most of the lakes which �are famous fishing spots today j were originally planted with fish by man. CONSERVATION STEP semble it into two cars, both of them 'better than tbe original:- - Of course there are mechanical fathers and feckless hoys in the world. But~4n general", the boys are handier with machine's than their fathers were. They have more chance to buy'old cars for a few dollars and fix them up. �fir --r ft A ft You may think this lopsided situation will right itself when the boys of this generation become, fathers in their turn. No smart-alec youngsters will be able to outshine them, eh? Don't kid yourself. Science moves so far that the older generation will always be a lap behind. While daddy of the futil�Pr fumbles with an old-fashioned automobile, his son will be assembling a rocket ship in the basement* TOWKRS GONK | ST. JOTIX'S. Nfld. � The I last- of the three "Marconi Poles" 1 built near here in 10J 4 by the Most Canadians -are 'conscienti ou.s guard ians�nf 'woods,. waters, ' and wildlife. But each year �!,- ; 000 others set the country�blazing and desecrate two million �! acres. They incinerate 350 mil-_, lion young trees-that-Mother Nature herseltu:H1had planted as a future .endowment for the child-1 ren of Canada. The first stage in "Conservation" is to wipe out tho fire plague. Fire thrives on human recklessness. It can be throttled by human vigilance, | CAKIBQU i The woodland caribou, believ-! ed by many to be the most beau-' tiful of our big-game animals, is much like the grizzly bear in that it is an elusive creature which retires at once when man intrudes upon its range. Caribou \vere once numerous in the Wells Gray Park, Mahood Lake, and ]3owroa Lake areas, .but. appear to have largely moved from these districts in recent years. Few [the, labor raU cat economics they seem tq go o,qt on more t,han a boom. When all- the labor that has been used from the raw material to the finished machine, plus the lahi or in drilling for oil, plus, the labor in building refineries, plus in refining -the oil, plus the labor used in numerous transportations, are added .up, it would appeax; that a very small portion of this labor applied to the hay crop would be more economical, and considerably reduce the price of hay. What is financially possible is not necessarily physically eco-noqiical, and it seenps the boomers, will have to dig deeper. Judging from the physical aspects in promoting highways, and the poor results obtained so far, the establishment of a ministry of physical economics is long overdue at Victoria. Mysterious money juggling is no substitute for physical problems. After all, the expenditure of money doe's not guarantee that suitable highways will result.. .This is in line with the great S.C. delusion, where it is contended that, if sufficient money'is' made ayailable, social needs of an unlimited variety will be at the command" of everybody. At, Royal Navy as part of the Allied | caribou are taken by sportsmen, communications network has (and it is known that hunting has- boon torn down. The first of the 300-foot towers was dismantled in 193S and tho second went last year; ~. ' very little effect upon their numbers. The Oshorne caribou is also to he found in fair numbers in northern British Columbia. fhe, present time there is" a tre-} -inendous waste of money, because) 'the physical economics are not sufficiently; taken into account, � WiVr. S. WHITE, � G is come, B.C. ltA Professional Prescription Service IN OPENING Blow's Prescription Pharmacy Ltd. 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