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Page 16 The Guardian

Alberta Indians

Tuosdly. October 19. 1954

Reap Profits

From Booming Alta. Oil Industry

By DON HANDIGHT . Canadian Press Staff Writer

CALGARY. 1CPt e0il is pouring gnld into the purses of Alberta's Indians.

Oil altered the picture -oil and y operating on Indian-reservationi timber and wheat lands have moved Indians of some tribes close- tn independence although thr-3' still are gnvcrnmr-nt wards.

The federal government's tinaii- cial responsibilities to the Alberta Indian have in some cases be-enpl reduced to education and a slim share of health and welfare. rfven the old hoe! rIiIIIVllS I1-'lt'(' Ilt"('ll tits- rnntinunrl in some placrs.

Oiil altered the picture or oil and the sagaritv of tribal rnuricils who" refused to surrender treaty lnniis ahnut 50 yams ago and now are using their EfIYFl'nIll('lIlIrI'l(IIfI funds to r agricultural expansion is n d modern housing. I

The 15,000 Indians of Alberta's rune tzihrs Inn on T1 rvsni-vatirinsl

i'-iriiiirisiiig appiuxiiizaivlv lnlllti. 000 norm All hilt 2T4.RR.'l acrr--i ups imrlrr HII and natural gas

lrases ni PXPIIVYRIIOHS pormits last yrar i

Thrv now hate mr-in titan 57,000.- 00 hold in tun arruiiiits of WI- l,1'I.1 rPn1"Vt' (4.000 mm ,1ltnt'r1 tho 1953 fiziitr. This jrtill, thov .'1i'r' iiimndinlz R total of 5l.5H E00. sou en IIITIPS as nvizh as inst )OR!.

The IR prodticinz nil urlls nn the Stnnv Plriin rnsrive. 30 l'illl0S west oi Ffrlninntmi. l'llf'1'll 310000 niniithly for the Fiini-ii liiinrl. Tho Enoch: ltiito a taiuinl art-oiiiil of 3800.000, and the hn:id': council (II? ii-ihutrs rniiizhly S20 .1 month each of its 238 mcmhrrs.

RLOOD INDIANS PROSPER

The Blood Indians tin C:ii:ada's largest rcscivr, strvirhiug 40 l'Illl'PS

suiithivest from Lotlibridge. are probably more prnsvci-nus than nnx

fmir .'iS3,000-:i('i'n rrscrvr, nnrc lhr rontiv of the F.mpiro's larizt-st ivhont field. last yciir narnod thorn 5Ii5l'l,000 finm ai.:iiciilliiral and zra7.1nz'lcascS and 367,000 from exploration permits.

With a hnnk balance of 3663.000. the Blonds hrivo cstablishcd an am- nitious rant-hing and luuising dc- i'PI011rnr'til tvhich iwontiialy uill provide them uith iii-olmbly the rtighest standard nl living onjnyed by any Canadian Indian.

lVIlnPl'.'lI rights on nll rcscrve land haxn boon sIiirendni'Pd tn the fcdrinl Inrlizin nllziirs Iimnch which nczntiatn: all solos and rontais No lrtdinn rrin mnkr a rontroct.

Oil rnniixnnics cannot hold ox- riloraliim prrniils on mmn than in.” 5prIii1l'lF 3 560 acres of In- dian rrVsm'x'c land. I! thcy find oil or llalillnl gas, thvy air P!IIl'IPl'I In inane hnl nmro than h;ilI' tho

tsriginril otciilivriitir-n nirzt Tho nth:-r halt can hr tnwmii up by in-I other turn:

If and HHFVI rill or izzis lxrgins to

INTERNATIONAL

will he 'I'lGNlSll:-- Tiiesrlay. Oct. lfttli at Spnnknrs, movies, door M()RF.LL:v. Wcdiicsdziy, Oct. 20 at

Sl'M.lll-TRSIDE:-a Wnrlncsrlay Oct. 20th llmt-aids Restaurant.

LllIARl.O'l'Fl7IT0WN:e 'llliiii'sdny, Oct. 21st

DAY CELEBRATIONS

.K'pmkors. niovies, ctitcrl aiunicnt.

at 6:30 p.m.-Banquet at

Hmicr Club. Special speaker.

flow; the company pays royalties at 15 per cent on natural gas and 12'"; per cent on oil

RIGHTS COME HIGH

The price for exploration rights can be several thousand dollars for 160 acres. This summer. the Peiyzan reserve 35 miles west of liethbridge received 310 an acre for rights on almost 5,000 acres.

Last year, all this earned a total of 3860.000 for Alberta Indians.

The development is not confined to Alberta. ln Saskatchewan, there are some 65 contracts covering 500 000 i'csei'vP RCIIW, and roughly ."i0.0ti0 acrrs nic undcr cnntract in Manitoba and Ontario, Oil wealth has come. too. to some tribes In northeastern British Columbia.

The incpmcmis held in two ac- counts at Ottawa. earning live- pcr-crnt interest. Into the capital account goes "surrendered capital assets" v- mostly sales of mineral and timber rights and land.

The revenue account holds rev- cniie from petroleum and agricul- tuial lnascs and rentals. the sale of larm nrodiicts. fish, furs and SJIIIVCIIITS.

The capital account is held in reserve at Ottawa and can be tapped only for certain permanent improvements.

The amount th 3 rnmes out of a band's revenue account and what is done with it is lhs business of the liPS9l'I'l'ElS council. However, the government does not allow the fund in be depleted.

James Mason To Give

I Up career As Actor

IIOLLYWOOD 4APl w J A m e s lvlason announced Thursday he is gixing up acting to devote his tal- enls in writing and producing for his own company.

"I've always regarded myself as sonimvhai at a writer and pro- diicer," he said. "Acting never was my ultimate choice as a pro- lcssinn. I did it because the work came easily. Now I can enjoy the things I like more."

The 43-year-old Briton said he will confine his energies to his companies, Portland Pictures and Portland Productions, named alter his daughter.

”I may act in some til the pic- tures mysell." he remarked. "But I rlnnit plan to act for anyone else. In the past. I've had to grasp film a s s i it n m e n t s that I otherwise uouldn't have done. Now I don't have to."

Mason and his writer-actress wife, Pamela, are said to he in is grind position financially, having invested heavily in Beverly Hills iral rstate. It was reported that Mason earned 5400.000 from ”A Star is Born" nlnnc.

Mason said he will continue as Ilrit-lvnalTflIOr nn llux Video The- ntro.

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Canada's Males Died Faster Than Females in 1953

OTTAWA (CPI-Canada”: males represented less than 51 per cent of last. year's total population. but they accounted tor almost 58 per- cent of deaths.

Of the 127,381 who died last year, 73,517 were men and 53,964 women. the bureau of statistics reported Thursday.

Deaths among men oiitnunibered those among women in all age groups except 85 years and over, the bureau aald. .

It utlmated that about 40 per cent of the men and 35 per cent of the women who died in 1953 wt-re under 60 years of age. while 23

per cent of trio men WPl'E more thiin 80.

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Considers French Vole Hopeful

O'I'rAW.A (GP) - External Ar- talrs Minister Pearson Wednesday termed as National Assembly's vote of confi- dence Tuesday in the government of Premier Mciides-France. V .

Mendes-France staked his gov. lieves Mulgrave ernment's life on the issue of Ger- lman resrmament I-lotwver. the London pact aimed st rearmlng tsin (actors are established." the Germans has not yet been rati- jilllitillsy France or any other nation meeting Wednesday of the town

Mr. Pearson made his comment to a reporter following a cabinet meeting at which he reported on the London confer nee. cm I! is D 1 A signatory of the London smock eve opment Association and the

Seas Mulgrave location For Pulp. Paper Mill

MULGRAVE, N.s. (CF) - Pro; mter Henry Hicks says the pro- vincial department of industry he- would be the proper location of a proposed pulp Ind Piper mill "it and when cer- ,

"hopetul" the French

The premier spoke briefly at (

ed- councils and boards of trade of Mullrlve and Port Hawkesbury. the executive of the Antlgonish- Guyaborough-Inverness - Richmond

Arlchat board of trade. Mr. Hicks said a report on the

TT? :;'F:MI79'5”m "'0" thin 30 years economic survey of the area now ibetivecn l2 per ent ' l I

Mmlm 1. D" mm M ,1” dean” rye”. c were it onto under one

Wm W9" DCFAOM underway is expected before the ""5 mid W YHY5 Ind end 01 the year and thd people CW” depgnd on the government I” 399k I Proper solution" of the

is completed.

towns Completion of the causeway will I-Iawkesbury.

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What every wile should kn

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A husband, says the dictionary, is a man married to a woman. A second definition states that to husband is - to manage thriftilyl.

How to manage a husband and how to manage a budget are two things every wife needs to know if she wants a happy home.

"We're careful with money In our family but we can't seem to build up our savings," says one wife. "There are so many things to save for-a home of ' our own-the children's education-the dayrwhcn we are old. Sure-we want to have-but how?" '

Thrift helps, of course-but it's not the total answer to building up savings. A regular. systematic savinhs plan is needed too. . -

Hundreds of thousands of Canadian families have adopted the Canada Savings Bonds way to build up a worthwhile

reserve for the important things ahead.

If you need the money in the meantime your Canada Savings Bonds are immediately caahsble at full face value

-at any bank-at any time.

CANADA ssvmos BONDS

The 915 Series on now available at banks, Investment dealers or through the Payroll Savings Plan when you worlu

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