IDeIO L ‘ON EDPUED UMOID “3°a aewteve “QE wc wena se sce reer atnnene PAGE A4 THE HERALD Wednesday, October 30, 1974. ot fe Hallowe'en October 31st -- Hallowe'en, ‘the fun-feast which children enjoy more than any other, perhaps. with the exception of Christmas, Yet our very distant ancestors, the Anglo-Saxons of the Bronze Age, called il the Feast of the Dead, and dedicated it to (hem by selting forth a special long table in thelr Greal Halls, near the door, so that the Dead, who were believed to be walking the Earth that night, might coine in and feast upon (he special food set oul for them. The finest of silver dishes were used, loaded with the best food and drink -- the strongest of mead, the whitest of bread, and choicest of meats, the sweetest of honey, It was a very solemn -- not amirthful occasion as il is today, and the faces of the lining folk gathered in the Great Hall were lense, and although games were played and minstrels sang their loudest, and the younger folk bobbed for apples, even as some do loday, all ears were attuned lo lhe moaning voices of the Dead they seemed to hear in the bleak fall wind which whistled outside. That is why the Feast was celebrated in the fall, with the onget of winter very near -- al a time which marked the end of the fruitful life which came to the earth in the spring and which flourished in the sun of summer. The forcesof evil were believed to be abraadat. A look at indexing Aviempts te live with inflation remain very much a second best choice, says The Bank of Nova Scotia in its latest Monthly Review. The Bank supgests thal some of the-syslematic indexing measures recently introduced in Canada, as well as some of the ud hoe adjustments made to take inflation inlo ‘account, can euishiori the damaging social strains which would olherwise occur and car reduce the impediments to the efficient functioning af private markets. But it concludes that the most effeclive way of dealing with rising prices is ihrough sustained and determined official policies which will reinforee thé hopeful elements in the current picture, will allow” the present inflation io disipate itself, and will guard against atly renewed acceleration of prices‘in ihe future. The federal government has for a long time been making variaus ad hoe adjustments in many of its financial dealings with the public : looffset the impact of rising prices. But since the mid-1960's, af- ficial use of prices indexes has become quile commonplace. Many social security payments are now adjusted fully for increases in the” consumer price: index. compensation for rising prices which inevitably would otherwise he. provided by. decisions made in the burly: burly af. the. political ; areia, The introduction ofan Indexing system into the! basic structure: of: This‘ provides ‘on an orderly basis the. - this time, and so arose all the superstitions of witches riding their ” breomsticks’--of black cats stealthily prowling In the darkness. -: - These beliefs were so strong, over many years before the dawn of history, that the Christian Church found it difficult.to eradicate . them. And soit adapted itself to them - changing them to Christan concepts and substituting Christian feasts for the pagan ones. Thus the Feast of the Dead became ‘‘All Saints’ Eve” or Hallowe'en, whichis followed on November Ist by All Saints’ Day. And the former dread Feast ofthe Dead eventually became a {ime of frolic, which still retains same ot tne customs of that earlier feast. Children today dress up in weird costumes, which are a actually an inheritance from (he “memmers”, who ‘later, in mediaeval times, went fram door to door collecting gifts lo pur- chase an animal for sacrifice. And the lighter-hearted celebration of this feast still involves a choice af ancient spells -- most of them having tado with hazel nuts and apples which were sacred in pagan _Tites of the druids; Despite these changes, Hallowe'en has probably retained more ot its ancient character of mystery and fantasy than any other of our modern festivals. for price changes ihe personal income ‘tax: al the federal level and In all of. ihe provinces except Quebec is an even greater innavation. A wide variely of escalalor clauses is now employed in collective. - bargaining selllements, in engineering and constraction contracts dnd in long-term: leases of commercial and industrial properly, the’ Review noles. __, Inflation has had ar. especially pronounced impact on financial | markets. The whole st-ucture of.interest rales has moved sharply upwards during (he past decade as (he markets have incorporaied an ‘inflation premium” inta.jnterest rates in anticipation of the . likely decline in the real value of the future payments of interest and principal. And there kas been a greater rellance on short-term finance and on credit instruments with term options ‘ or adjustable interest rales. ° a : ‘ AL the. mathent éorporaie accounting and the taxation of cor- porate income in, Canada’ are. buill around a framework of historical costs, Caleylations based on ariginal cests of inventories , .and fixed assets, however, have become increasingly unreliable as ~ a measure of actual returns on capital. The means of best ad- ‘Justing financial statements ta key management (ool) and: ihe "corporate tax structure.to bring inflation into the picuire is now a , Subject: of extensive discussion, - the’ . chanee . . By BILL SMILEY S afine, nay, a beautiful October day, and I have a fine, nay, a beautiful feeling inside me. I've just'spent.a weekend with my grand- babby, The experience was enough to make me feel, that the daily grind, which seems to get grindier and grindicr, a be worthwhile’ after al The Jews have a saying,. in ‘one of their books, : that killing “a-man.is a terrible . nines because you ‘are not only killing him, but the sons he -might -have and ‘the sons they might have and so’ on and on. I think this is a fine thought. ‘This would apply equally to killing a woman, though Old - "Testament Jews were not. exactly~ sold on Women's Lib. ‘Ohjwhata beautiful day -Uf Thad been killed in the . war, and there was a good 1. would be, that grandbab would not exisl, "and the whole world would ~ be poorer. Fm not kidding. The existence of'so much, delight and © charm laughtér and love, ~ all wrapped up in one perfectly formed | nine-month creation, restores my faith, which at times becomes a "Httle. tattered. around. the ‘edges, in Gad. ‘Man alone, with< . breads ‘and other’ perishables’, cfm @etmeh. eet se ome weirdo's lo get their jollies with day passes who steal again. We perience of having a fire in our “years and certainly no one is: - the equal of manure. So.a fair building fora few years anduse Sincerely which won't .be 4s: sulablée’'on poisons razer blades and haverapists who sit for acauple ~ home. going lo siop this twice yearly. . part of the'cost of digging ‘our (hat money tohelpin solvingthe F. Frank ~ ” Monday, will be priced to move ; whalever in the childrens of years and wind up back on We would Sike to lake this floodof waternow. The swamp catchbasin might be recovered flooding in the Horseshoe area Co, .. While ' shopping, “temembe (reals. . the streets (o harm our opporiunily to thank all (hose of-the Horseshow area is its by selling this topsoil. and at thesame time develop a © Council decided the ~ that pennies. saved ‘here and It seems obvious to me if children, Our democracy, it concerned. ‘natural catch | basin, and: Howe Creek would have lo be beautiful nature park which 1 suggestion was indeed worthy {here add up to dollars: at:the parents would take their ~ seems, protects the guity. >. . :First-of all, we woilld like lo. “natures way of smoothing out cleaned out likely for ils entire am’ sure. many people would of further study and ordered it’ cash register. For gxample, you i children to homes of friends and Freedom of religion? Wher. bring ig the -Altention of City’ these sudden flash floods, . length, $o.the waler level ‘could appreciate..." ° turned aver to the engineering’. can save on canned | goods": 5 known neighbours instead of each church thinks it is God? “© - Council and the Citizens of the Duririg-the hot dry days of ‘be lowered’several feet in Ihe | When. the: heavy-. fall rains - department. and staples by purchasing stor ore ie encouraging a blankel of the Are we not forced to conform?’ ‘Terrace area just what an ef- summer the swamp dries oul to’ catchbasin, but’ this shouldn'l . - threatened 1o cause flooding the brands, : a iown,apartments and trailer Does Mr. Homburg love hipples ficient firedepartment we have. ° a large degree and. the water: pose any problem as large as “flood gate al the exil from the -couRTHOUSE SQUARES The general rule for effective. is courts grab all you can gel, ‘with long hair too? Or does he Their response to our call was lable drops, With the fall doods. buryingsix {oot pipes down Eby “lake could be opened, allowing a shopping is— plan ‘ahead: and- policy, everyone would be fookdownonthem asthe scum jimmediale, their organized - the swamp can absorb a great. and Sparks.. Affer the spring the water level ‘in the lake to remember that litle savings. ° batter off. of sociely? Don't we too have to: — efficiency was remarkable and deal of (his water and hold it runoff a floodgate at the exit ‘drop’ about two feet in an. . add up. me Anounce of pravention and all be and do like the rest’ or be they over-cxtended themselves — back tole! il continue onits way from the catchbasin could be (icipation of a flash flood, GOOP ADVICE IS ; 7 thal, ustracised? to our family in our time of al a more even flow. closed, and. the clear spring Twenty acres of Jake surface SOMETIMES NO MORE . — : Yours truly, Why do we have (a invile * need. But’ in the Horseshoe area . water from the large spring.at two feel keep will hold ap- WELCOME THAN = FIGHT THE + the foot of the bench on Eby Streel could be used to keep the water in the catehbasin al a man -has encroached into: the swamp area so far thal it is no ‘longer able to fully serve ils .. function and a’ man raises the normal helght and also help “level of large areas of ihe - keepthewaler from stagnating. Horseshoe swamp the waler - Takingaclue from the prairie naturally flows into the nearest ‘farmer's now raising thousands lower spot and we get flood = of trout in their reservoirs and damage where il never occured. farm ponds we could release before. ’ each spring about ten thousand others lo enter the Canadian labour movement? Hecause we we! : _ need to have sumeane working J ; - 4 and paying laxes so -we can ° 7 A ns wer support our coddled, lazy _ all unemployed who refuse lo take st . a low paying or raanual labour Yours very iruly, ql *, to: 9000 jobs. If our own people don’t ’ The Englemap F amily : ; ; a ‘The present plan. of laying. tingerlings into our artificial want the jabs someone has toda’ *- > them. commu nis ts Debbie Therrien a mo, large drainpipes down Sparks lake, open the fishing Season = oo oo and Eby streets to the river al a Bill Homburg IS here. He . cost of two or mare: million speaks oul against China's ; ’ dollars is a costly one, even if Solution proximately nine million gallons of waler plus the steady: oulflow ‘down Howe Creck, so -flooded basements should not happen from thal waler source. But clay could be dumped along the lake shore betwee it and the built up area to.make a one ‘ta twa foot’ dike as added : precaution. Well, you wanted alternale solutions and this is one, The. We have found that in a lime af crisis, people just can'l do enough for you, and we want to thank all of those who gave and: offered their help. We will be forever grateful. Thank yau again, Marylin Davies LUNG CRIPPLERS|, USE f CUSTHNS sl . = a the herald — communism. Where did he gel we can lalk that hateful bunch rie the information (hat our taxes of. Socialisis in Victoria into- paid to bring Jeff Marvin- here pulting up lhe money to rescue al. Manpower's asking? Is ire ‘ . ‘ us from our own stupidity we -” ee Manpower really spreading Fire men The following letter was are still going lo pay in a “the Gospel of communism.” |. received by Terrace Municipal roundaboul way. . : ae lags don'l think so. Will “9000 Council. Manday night. As it ‘So, people ask, are ‘there CaS dedicated, trained, selected G reat was both entertaining and ~ _ alternative solutions not 50 communists « propagandists worthy of reading we have ‘coslly? The present plan of hee e Fe 0 rWa from Red China “3 eventually decided ‘lo run it separately guing south down Sparks and . ne rour-Wway enter the Canadian labour aa Lt . -. fram Cily Hall Happenings. y means (hat. to gel ie . marie" Will they vuse our The Editor: a y Hal Happening need deph the entre streets Test A \ weekiy published by Steiling Publications Lid. freedom lo lake ou freedom Dear Sirs. , bo a : will be tora up. e whole + from us.’ _ we Dear Mayar anil Counc valley floor slopes genlly lo the - OF the things we think, , Published every Wednesday at 3212 Kalum St., How much does our ‘Freedom - Many: people came forward - Alang with the fall raing . wesl. Now, I don'l reed a high- say or do. i : (Cecha Terrace, B.C Amember of Varified circulation. really mean? Goverament during the recent-flooding in — comes the prabiems of flooding, priced enginecr with his crew - , . Authorized as second class mail. Registration Terrace and: vicinity’: and .. : le number 1203. and costly Instruments to tell Al L have to do is takeover in auto insurance? Corporate tax deductions? | may have been misled but our and the bellowsfor help always resound from the Horseshoe area in Terrace. Then, with the Postage paid. in cash, return postage guaranteed. . -_ volunteered accommodation in . ts it the TRUTH? (heir homes: for families that me this, follow ‘\his same Howe Creek Se * PUBLISHER Freedom seems to be restricled might fave ‘been forced | is spring run-off vu of {he way, reson along the ‘courte It 2. is It FAIR to all EDITOR ADVERTISING ' to (hose at the top. e little evacuale p “developers and: building con- as followed lor cen . . A 0’DON guy al the botlom seems to be: »thank-these people on. behalf of ‘tractors once again rae into observe that II flows along ata cancerned? . GORDON Ww. HAMILTON, PAT AGHY. MAREN LANGLEY: walked on more offen than not, the Provincial Emergency the area lo build more homes.’ pretty good clip, so it: must. be noe, ; Lo. ‘CIRCULATION * ai t Does Mr. Homburg include Program -for their most withbasementslaflood, Andup going down hill. So instead of 3, ‘Will it build GOOD : | SPORTS " * fa French and German and (he generous offer. to (he present this building has | werking against nalure as we WILL and BETTER MARK HAMILTON. : DONNA DONALD... © ; ff 1 myraid other languages in lalsowishtothankthe Hotels gone ahead with the blessing of | have been doing all along in the FRIENDSHIPS? a 635-7635 Do! “fh Freedom at the press and and Motels in and Bround a council and engineering past bow Goa svorking with - : NOTE GF COPYRIGHT : speec! ere is Freedom to , ' epartment apparently ‘ a: ’ ; Sie! ou tore recon pereairy CEPR Yade tent tehigay ote Taorveomton man tte MUERE | Tan ec eee an! apace Wet ems NOT tostrike? Whalhappens{o and T.Y., and the Red.Cross reason why flooding occurs in _ Horseshow swamp Is left, bul I ! ..«,[\ without the wrlHen permission of the Publisher. P as those who are strike breakers? | Sdclety for their co-operalion ~ this area, Over the Gpenlineof expect that there are twenty to -foall concerned?” °°}. Jeeta tek