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“SERVING TERRACE AND KITIMAT:, |

‘*Premfer"a Office,

TERRACE, B.C. THURSDAY, DECEMBER. 2,.

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ted d teen no. » licenses.

‘Pitty logging. trucks: are aff.

the highways in the Terrace *-

area as of Wednesday noon. :
Northwest Loggers association
made good their warning that
“the. trucks would. be off’ the
-Yoads if new rates were -not .
established by the big local -
m@ firms that employ the truckers. ©
j Approximately 25 of the:
ed on the site
of the old Community Centre at
Park and Emerson and will: |
Temain, there, says Frank’

+

tater ith the nvidia

° find

approximately 4287 0 hie’ éach -
quarter for licenses; the owners .-
‘themselyes. in’: an.
impossible financiat situation.

_ The rate they receive (based on -

‘Munson, until the companies on

agree to negotiate * with the
truck owners. ve :

A representative of” “Caleel

told Mr. Munson that'théy ‘could
not afford a raise in rates at this -
time because of the situation
that exists in the world market
for lumber. Colcel and Skeena,
‘according
refused to deal with the
association as a group and said
that they would. discuss the

to Munson, have .

FRANK MUNSON.

Sam.

7” operation has not been, told to

shot |

in Thornhill : |

A dog was shot in Thornhill
Monday afternoon and its
owner, Richard Wills of
MacNeil Street is not only hurt,
-but angry. He. said that a

‘nelghbor, Harold Husberd,,

claimed: that the animal Mid -
been digging in his garbage. cal
' before he shot it,

NLA,” Potter, who. was
delivering mail on MacNeil.at
the time -says that. he saiv, the

spayed female blond. lab

ying with another dog’ as he. ‘.
+ matte. his way: along. ~Machivell:: Beery mment:
~with the mail. :-Soon after’ he* ° cae

* passed the a Is he heard a.
shat, turned and saw the animal -
lying on the'side of the street
: squiriming, When the dog,
_ called Sam, crossed the street,
Husberd ran out of his door with
a gun and shot. the’ animal -
again. He (Husherd) then
picked up the animal's body and —
threw it in the back of his truck
_ Which. he drove ‘away. °- Mr.
- Potter’ sdid that. Husberd
returned five minutes later. -
Sami’s owner, Wills, searched,
: the area for the © dog's body al all

day Tuesday and a" Wsdneadiy

* morning to ho avail.: The SPCA .
-said that they: could not press -

charges untll the animal body.

. had undergone an ‘autopsy to .

prove that it had indeed been
shot and had. suffered, :

Wills said that: Husbérd
refused totell him where he had
-buried the body, and the RCMP
when asked, ‘told, them there
was no way: ‘Husberd could be

. forced to tell. ..
Husberd could not be reached ue

but. ‘decording “to

wae Sam -had‘beén accused

“af. routing “through: Husberd’s .

: garbage © can, «Wills. thinks this -

impossible since the cans are.
‘weighted dawn on top. :

Another Thornhill dog ©
problem, this one with a tragic
‘end, that may be avoided if the
‘Regional Board ‘assumes:
responsibility for the SPCA so
that Thornhill. residents, . by ,
“helping to support. -. othe

“organization, can deal ‘more
sefficiently with. the’ animal -

- Protection society.

a

Fred ‘Weber, ‘Vice-President
of. .the... Yellowhead ©
Interprovinclal “Highway...
organization reported: that the.
" ¥ellowhead delegation: were’.
. very. pleased with the: reception .

they received in Ottawa,’ The -
 Ministera “of “Tranposrt™- and.”

Public Works showed that ‘they.
“had ‘a good knowledge: ‘oft
~area- much more, sald ‘Weber, .
* than used to be known about the
_ “Forgotten North Country.” aa

“a The Yellowhead : ‘reéeived.
+ immediate Pecognition ‘and.will
be. Inchided “as. -an- importa

, bart vot the ew, policy; to “be.

_ Owners too great, a. burden to.

Before. ; Wriday'in

a.number of factors including.
‘cunits per load ‘and mhiles

. driven) - has.’ not been raised

since 1998, ~~ .
The: businésses that. handle
sales. of trucks ~ find ° the
outstanding payments from

oF thicge’ care’ ‘not soon.

changed, the trucks will return | .

to the finance companies
Munson '-estitnates : “that: 90

percent. ofthe licenses ‘are up-

for renewal. A few owners have

yearly’. licenses which will’ run |

out at the end. of:the ‘month. .-
“He gaid that if the. trucks’ do —
not ‘get “back: ‘to work “it,

gould affect the mills who would
-800B use up. ‘their Present

stockpil e of logs.

Colcel called i in

According to spokesmen from
Wedeene River Contracting,
Tower Logging,.:. and‘ the-
Northwest Loggers Association,
the report from Dave ‘Lloyd of -
Coleel -and published in -
- Tuesdays Herald, that all crews
~ resumed operations ¢ on Monday,
- is false.' °°

‘The Wedeene | River: “Nass

return to work; Tower Logging,
' Bear Creek Logging and Beaver.
“fogging are also affected,

bringing the total number of:
; men who are unemployed as a
result of the shutdown to 9 about

"Distrust of the “Calcel
‘operations has been mounting
-in the community because of ‘the .
. dire affects it has on the town's
economy. -At Wedeene River's
office, a spokesman said that, of
_ Sauree, it's hardest far the men

need their paychécks,. But.
“gon ctors have bills topay for
“equipment and if the’ money
, doesn’t come in the bills ‘cannot
be paid. . He is in full support of
: Mayor Jolliffe’s -itention to
meet: with ‘Labor .Minister
Chabot. about: the: problem and .
has requested that a ‘brief feos

Wedeene. be. mines Dee at thé

us contractors tel ia they
cannot put up yi! atop
start. manner- het ch
Site operates.: Although some’:
contractors have had‘a partial
‘force of men resume work,
there are two-or three. crews:
that don’t expect to be called
back until spring... ;

“MLA Diddley Little, Frank.
Munson, ‘secretary: of the .
‘ Norhtwest Loggers Assocation,
Honorable Mr, Chabst, Labor
Minister and a representative
from .Colcel are expected. to.
meet with the Mayor Dec. 3 at3

_ _ bm,

“The: following is the text. ‘of a

. " detter sent by Mayor Jolliffe to

“Serimshaw: who --

7 “President: “of the. Columbia

* Cellulose

drawn’ up. hy. tie: federal
highways branch.-*
"Executive - ‘Director of - ‘the .

: Yellowhead group, Ted Sample

“epen several . days” in. Ottawa
following: the. confererice to.
-.discugs' "particulars - “with the ©
‘Canadian. Government Travel
Bureau: The Yellowhead route |

will’ now” be: included. ‘on. all:

government maps, .and agroup:

that. spent alx’: weeka last’:

: siumamer, gathering, information

~ilong the route, will, beable to

present; inforriation dnesthe

‘ ‘Wodreeda
8 sen R. es at

g :
-Yinces, which agreed to’ erect.
ie sign along the roulte:.

eMoose “Mountain).'

€
of any other. provinces.
to. withdraw: from.

Company:
- Vancouver. coon,

‘your Company persist.
_ shot-downs so far lasting

» MAYOR'S LETTER

Dear Sir: |

1 am taking the ‘unusual step
of writing. to you at the request
‘of many of.aur. citizens, and to
urge: you to inaure that your,
Woods operations..within your

- tree farm licence js returned to

full preduttion.on November
* 29th, 1971, after your announced

one ‘month shut-down. time ‘has

been completed, *

I draw to-your attention that
whilst, ‘the Columbia Cellulose
Company is not a large ‘direct
taxpayer . - without. 2 :our
_ community, the wates of ’ your
’ employees, sub-contractors,
and their employees, make up a
substantial portion of : our
economy, and because . your
Company has this special status
of operating the . tree. farm
licence -surrounding our ‘area

«FOU, therefore, have a Special
' responsibility . as a-. good -

corporate citizen to see that our
area is not adversly affected by

. shut-downs, a

E would also like to: bring to

your attention that in this day ~~ a
and age when we hear-so much -

about Labour versus
Management tat. itis iny

that :when:.a Union:
callas ‘.a “strike ‘which -shuts -

“Industry down for'a month they:

“are called irresporisible;:and 1°
“would: ‘remind you: that. the
- Columbia Cellulose Company

* could well find fiself in-the same —

position if these shut-downs by .

note
‘that there has alreadybeen ee
or
‘two week periods, add this:.to
‘the’ present: shut-down and it
will mean that management has
caused a ‘total of eight weeks |

‘Brawny steel faces of the mz trucks shown lined up a at the site of ‘the old Community Centre -

_(see story at left).

OveR ASSL LAND,

ae

minis (CE) —British ‘Cok

-umbia is. ‘‘an . innocent, by- |

_Btander'’, in. the aboriginal ..

srighte..

federal government’ ‘and noti:
treaty. Indians;.: the.. Supreme
Court. of ‘Canada ‘was told
Wednesday 0. +é

-umbia done . ao IN out

cairying
fhe scheme of Confederation?”

~ eygenceral of the pravitice.”
He is opposing an‘appeat by -
the Nishga Indians who are ask: .

ing thé high court for:a declara-.°

tia that they hold indiun title =—

~“Waat wrong bes British ol

Lok aA
“

Kitimat workers

still unsettled

Some officials are hoping the -

quarrel is With thé: federal ‘gov-

ernment and that the courts had _

no ‘en to. deal. with the
x Taatter. 1 :

ai “But Mr. Justice Emmett t Hall
disagreed. He said.the federal.
government seemed to be tell-
“Ing the Indians first.to prove

their claims of ‘aboriginal rights _

Kitimat! “atid: “disiriat ‘labo re

loas of wages and.production in - present: dispute between: the _ couricil in Kitimiat, Glen: ‘Yearly,

ourarea this year, Lurge you to
take the necessary steps to see.

- that this kind of Situation does

not “continue,” and. that ° full.

’ operations return. on November _
‘99th, 1971, .in accordance with —

your: Company’ 8 statement. at.
the time. af Shutdown. -

"Victor CG. Jolliffe,

Mayor.

Pulp, Suiphite and Paper ; Mill:
Workers anda representative of
the longshorémen ‘ ‘in’ Kitimat
cools off but the two principles .
are just going from day to ‘day.
- Howie Smith | of-" the.
_longshioremen and - pulp - and .
: sulphite union spokesman Ed
: Huhn both: said they will just
- wait to see what: happens,
An - official of the Terrace-

F

Withyour ‘help little ones like the baby’.
pictured. abo ove will receive the care
hildrens:

‘Hospital Terrace door to door canvas °
beings, tonight ‘and’ ends @ Saturday.

; ~high Brlorl

said his group has’ ‘tried tostay: "
out- ‘of’:
“sometimes: things get ‘blown: -
out’ of all: proportion Which is”
_ what happened. here.” ;

Mr. ‘Yearly -was coiimenting’
on the ‘picketing of the’.
longshoremen’s offices on-._

Enterprise Avenue ‘Monday ‘by.

300 members of: the pulp and °.

sulphite union: -

‘He added, “Personally, I

‘ don’t like to see this type of.

thing happen.’"™':

A ‘representative of . the
- Canadian Labor. Council,-Bob |

Langford, «said. he: had no
comment on the situation ‘but
indicated he would be’ in-

Kitimat within the next~ two”

weeks to talk to union men. ..
Mr. Langford isthe northern -
region director: for the: CLC.
Earlier this. year’ the CLC:
Tejected an application by the
longshoremen for jurisdiction to:

represent ‘the ‘dock ° ‘workers, ..
- presently -:-

“employed
Eurocan.

declined: to comiment ‘on “the: |
situation. but ‘said the: ‘problem -
was. “an internal’ thing"

the’ dispute : but held by the province could they

“by.

A. regional: director. ‘for the. \
longshoremen in ‘Vane uver..' * n: the®: q
‘gould tot’ go té the: Land Regis-~

‘before
' tion for tie lands involved..

Only after’ they had proved a
‘aim to: Indian title in B.C:
‘Crown Jands: whose : title ‘was

, press their’ claims, - Said, Mr.
» Justice Hall. at

The court als sssoméd ‘mb.
pressed. by: Mr. “Brown's: argu:
ment that a declaral ‘ation that the-
Nishgas owned the land in ques-
tion, would fe e af nuisance value
: onl y

SHOULD : SE CONCERNED.’

- observed that Mr, Brown should ©
‘be more‘concerned that it: could:
be too’ ‘elfective. pee

Tom’. Berger’ of. Vancouver,’

“appearing for thé Indians,’ has’.

2 that Indian we to raison
“Valley was “not in stent
with: Crown owecrahip. cares

He also: has: stressed: that- the :
"Indians, are'not claiming dam-..
“ages in thé action-against’B.C, '
- They: only wanted to ‘establish .
that: their. ‘aboriginal’ ‘title was”
. still valid,

try Office ‘in B.C.-and “tlle “a: ;

about campensa- °-

‘Mr. Justice Wishart Spence :

“Mr: Brown cauitiined the
judges about “the inherent dan-
gers’ of declating a Nishga in-
terest in the Nass Valley. .Al-.
‘though the request “appears i in-
nocent on its face,"\acleardefi- ~

- nition would be needed. to define |.

that interest”. ¥.,

The judges also didn't appear...
to buy Mr.:Brown’a afgumient :

that: aboriginal rights must |be =
‘Spelled ‘out: in legialation’ ee
given.recognition by the execu:- ~:.

tive branch of government be-< *

' fore the courts could deal With: a

“such rights,

Ye, Justice Roland Martlind ¢ “

noted that the common law rec: 7.

‘ognized the concept of -aborig: =e
nal rights. Was Mr. Brown say- =:

_ing that the ‘rights of Indians;

because thelr land was occu-:<
pied,.were denied unless ‘they ¢ t

+ Were committed to. paper’.

‘The e appeal continues: eda:

“QTTAWA (CP). _ No radioac-
tive fallout from the U.S.-under
’ ground “nuclear. test, on” “Am:

~ chika Island ‘hes been detected
-in Canada, ‘the health départ-
‘ mient: “announced ‘Wednesday.

“The department's, regular.

monitoring: of air; water: and.”

milk has indicated no change in -
normal background levels of ra-

_ Siaactivity since the blast No .

ine fiveinegaton ist was op-
‘posed by environtnentalists who.

* feared - it. could ‘cause - eta
“i claim. for the land ‘since it) now

‘the’ air and | ‘Bea:

s mithers

a * domestic water. Bape:
. ex ted: fy

“wide
misconception ‘that, because

water is not divertéd,. harnessed
"or otherwise: removed: from ‘ita ©

natural state, it is not used! and
further that water ‘not used” is

wasted. andit behooves us touse’

it, use it that isin the indsutrial

», fe: blood’:

pre
of. ‘aed
’ gystem . one - must: -tak
consideration. mora. than’. the
water.” Water oie are the.
ie

‘pense. * Ja acoual fact water is. my
used ‘fi .

~ ‘harinessed,; milo went for |
wees

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