. THURSDAY, APRIL: it

TERRACE HERALD, TERRACE, B.C.

to Canada:
’ whiskey,

. 1 7 ey!
That was before the turn. of Late
the century when he was. an
‘ engineer for the Great Nor- - -
thern Railway,. stationed ina
hick little town in North -

Dakola. . -

It was Christmas, and it was’ -
dry. North Dakota was one of .:
the first stes to. conjure up a
Statewide prohibition: which
by 1920 grew into 4 monster.

So great-grandaddy and a
few of his pals‘decided to run
the border into Manitoba. By —

means of a.steam engine. :
. CASES OF. BOOZE

' By the time they’ chugged

back they were a joyful crew,

with cases of whiskey in: the
engine's cab and a fair

amount in their bellies.

They were all fired but reh-
ired a week later. There
weren't too many engineers in -,

that part of the country. -

But great-grandaddy came -
west with the Great Northern,

and then north, to Vancouver,

when it was a brawling little —

town smaller than Prince

George. He liked it so much it |»

sent for his family in North

Dakota and stayed. Tere was ° -.
no prohibition -in. Vancouver,

Thal was on’ my paternal
side. :

On- the other side, my
was) "an.
American pushing war bonds - -
and knitting mittons for the ©

grandmother: -

Canadian troops overseas. in.
the 1914-1918 war, long before
. the U.S, entered in 1917,

As a Red Cross worker,
grandmother, who was a belle
of Spokane sociely, was_in-
-vited to Vancotiver with fellow

‘belles from Washington State.

She didn’t drink,

But when they started to
sing ‘God Save the King” she
and her friends, began singing

“My Country Tis of Thee.”

That's a patriotic American

song with the same tune.

RIGHTNOTE .

‘Suddenly, the gals realized. os
they were on the right note---

but on the wrong words. .

. .But she liked Vancouver tgo,:”.
sand@spent-many.of her-years,t-
shere . before. returning, to the ..

US. where: she lives’ today:

- Mind you, she got married--
in the .meantime to a
Canadian.

However, her son and d-

aughters were all born in the —

U.S.. and’
mericans.

Just lo keep the record
straight, I am a Canadian,
and, to keep tradition, I
married an American.

My American Uncle turned
tables. He married a Can-
adian gir). :

So we're a mixed up family
With relatives from California
to Pennsylvania and. -from
New Jersey to Florida and a
handful in Ontario.

T'm ‘@ cross between .an,
eagle and a beaver with a
dogwood hanging. out of my

remained A-

My great; grandfather came :
in Search. of:

maple | feat. dancing before my
es,
A CANAMERICAN? *

Maybe i'm a CanAmerican?
::. But] gave up any. rights T -
‘had: to American citizenship:

when “1
Reserve.
Fve® ‘been Sal over: this
country’ and the U.S. too’

Joined”. the RCAF

- But it's centennial year: 86+ -
‘I've decided to be'what I.am.
‘British’ ¢.'
oltimbian “and Vaneouverite, 7

A°+-Canadian, |.
ail in that order...

’ whose ancestors fought in the

U.S: War of Independence, the —

War of 1812 (probably-on both
sides) and. in the: Civil War. °
But my roots fo back in B-
RITISH Columbia: to te early
1890's when Great-grandad b-

‘rought - his - family (my
paternal half) north.
So I think I speak with some -

. authority when it comes to.this
centennial we're having.
That's why 1 get mad when
this Laurie Wallace guy who's
heading’ the thing and” his
committee pick an’ inane
cheerleader’s yell for a

centennial song---and pay.”

$10,000. for it. Hard-cash.
Cotte, ~ UPSET.

_, And,.I’m beginning ta_wo-

: fider ‘about: ‘the people ‘who’
“send us centennial press

releases and ‘centennial
memos” which are used for
‘what we call “newspaper t

_ iiler.””

These are little bits of B. C.
history. © ;

But I become somewhat
credulous when I read a
centennial memo that says:

' “Vancouver was almost dest-
* yoyed by fire i in 1866,” -

1866?

Laurie, or Mr. Wallace, or

whatever they. call you, just
who do you have gathering

us?
There was. no ‘Vancouver i in
1866. Gassy Jack hadn't even

“started up-his sawmill and: sa- °°
“loon: in Gastown, which fiv 1885

becane “Granvillé’”and, in

1996," when the CPR. came

through, re-named *“Vaneouv-
err’
In 1966 the only inhabitants

--of the ‘Vancouver area were
" Indians. The nearest town was:

New Westminster.
Your gremlins haven't been

: doing their homework, Laurie.

“PARLIAMENT 7

. Almost every day we ge -

official news releases from the
B.C.. Centennial. ‘71 .c-.
ommittee, - from, the

a “Parliament, Buildings"’ in
. Victoria. :

- Now. I know sontebody’s
gone batty when ‘they call
B.C.’s legislative . assembly
buildings the “Parliament
Building.” '

That Laurie, or your boss,

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“ear. and ‘stars, ‘stripes and

» us: from Ottawa’ where’ the

I'm a Canadian nationalist :

. words‘in his mouth. *

; i}. much ‘ofa. owindba
Tm. upset: that. our. cen-*-. oa

" tennial flags are made in Ont:
ario :and- our Centennial lic: |:
- ense plates in Saskatchewan

these little bits of history for
. mention: the: savers: cost to

- baitéd breath the next) —

in 1866...

| Evangelists :

.. Conference on Evangelism ’ ‘wil

. to'13. The theme of the con

King Cecil, tells me that we -

ie

‘rent celebrating “the 100th
Anniversity of B.C.’s joing the

Canadian _ confederation.
. Bennett, infact,has separated

REAL - - parliament’ ‘buildings -

are. T-imagine King. Cecil is

_ calling himself Prime Minist-

eh t6 bost. Ba

. Oh, duddle ‘duddie.

But ‘these ‘press: releases.

- cag. Everyone of them. begins

*, with a quote from Latrie Wal-

lace and quotes hirn through

. and through: If he did ali that

talking he wouldn't have tiie

to hurim‘the centennial song,
"WORDS IN MOUTH "

‘So, dear reader, if j you read

a ‘press - release where Ld.

Wallace is quoted, you can -

‘assume one of his public ret:

_ ations ‘type is. putting” the

Besides, nobody talks like,
_ for- example: :*'The most
extensive tours af British
Columbia ever planned by the
Royal Canadian Mounted
Police Musical Ride and the
RCMP Military Band will be
the outstanding features of the
Provinee’s Centennial ‘71
Celebrations.” :
Quote attributed to Wallace.
Comé'on! No body is that

" ihe “was speaking he'd
probably: Say something like
“The RCMP band and musical
band is. coming: ‘to BC:. this
summer," ao

But...PR men have to eam:
their ‘Centennial Medals. -

This is a great tribute to the

historic importance of the 100- .

th birthday” ‘of. British C-
- olumbia in Confederation and
will add impetus to the celébr-
- ations. The tours.are made
available through the, co-
operation of the. Federal: -
Governrnent’ and the Pro-
vincial Centennial ‘7i Com-
mittee,” “quotes ‘Laurie: :

Interestingly endugh, the
band. arid ride’ aren't -even
coming to Terrace.

In the mail today’: we rece-
ived ‘about 22 pages outlining
Queen Elizabeth's | nine-day
tour to B.C. and a glowing
press release that doesn’t

room.
And: we're waiting’. with

centennial memo ‘telling us
what happened i in ‘Vancouver

‘

meet in June
The Pacific. -Northwest
be held in Terrace from June 1€

ference is expected to be
“Evangelism In Perspective”
with Dr. Mariano Di Gangi, a
Presbyterian Church minister,
as guest speaker,

He has a_ background..in
missionary leadership, ‘the
pastorate and evangelism.

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| BUT. BETTER THAN LAST YEAR

production reached;“a. 30° year
low of 624,000 cases...

The implications: for

season, many of which are fixed
costs, must be’ borne by-a level.
of. production nly.” half: the
normal rate of output. *

There will be fewer fish -for
each - fisherman, .. less’ «em:
ployment ‘for shoreworkers and
tendermen arid fewer operating
days far canneries. 4

‘LOW LEVEL, .
_ Canadian’ and - _ overseas
markets will not be ‘serviced at
normal levels...

The’ fishing industry . has
always lived with huge.cyclical
variations in production but, ‘in
a period such as this, following
close gn the heels of 4 disastrous
1969 season, with operating
‘costs of all components ‘of the
industry rising dramatically
and ‘interest rates still at’ in-
flated levels, the adverse ef:
fects of a poor. season will be
greatly magnified.

- Sockeye catches are expected
tobe average in the Fraser,
Skeena and Butedale-Bella
Bella areas but returns in:all
other areas will be light, |.

The Rivers Inlet-Smiths Inlet
forecast is for extremely weak
returns with only - limited
fisheries proposed in those

The projections for the ‘971
salmon catch as compiled by
the Department: of: Fisheries
(non-Fraser. stocks) and .the
‘International, Pacific: Salmon
Fisherjes Commission (Fraser
salmon stocks): are. preparing.
the industry for another salmon’
pack which. is expected : ‘to he
well’ -below.- average’ - . nly
slightly better than“1989 when

‘processors, fishermen ‘and
shoreworkers -are. ‘enormous, .
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_Testing to photograph...”

| Portraits
of nature

The natural moods and
beauties of British Columbia -
will be featured in ‘a’ photogr-
aphy show here April 3,

North Vancouver photogr-
apher William Dekur will show
75 color and 25 black and white
pictures of B.C. nature. *

. Theshow will belield from 8
to 10p. m. inthe Civic Center. It
will bé in conjunction with’ “the ©

traveling -throughout the
province preparing for. the
show, .

"My portrait series,” he aid,
“began with a flight from Mo-
unt Edziza in the north, located
near Telegraph Creek. This
volcanic area was most inte-

‘He also photographed the
‘interior and Vancouver Island
‘for the show.

‘Safety award
for Skeena

Skeena Forest Products
logging division recently
received a safety award from
the Workman's Compensation
Board,

The logging division achieved
213,315 accident free man hours
between November,. 1964 and
January, 1971,

Fred Kerby, logging super-
visor, and Jack Coburn, om-
ployees union.
Presénting the award at 1
luncheon was Cyril While, wep
chairman. ;

Terrgeé ‘Aris and; crafts ‘show, |,
Dekur” spent two. ‘years |

areas.

The bright spot is the Fraser
Sockeye -catch which should’
provide 1,500,000 fish each . to
U.S. and Canadian fishermen =.
slighlly better than. 1970, the
year of the dominant Adams
run,

Although the _sub-dominant
1971 Adams run will only
amount to about half. the
number of fish which returned
in 1970, the Salmon Commission
has recommended that’ it he
fished intensively to prevent a
large escapement and a shift in

+. dominance to’ the 1971 cycle

year,
Unfortunately, ‘a very ‘poor
Fraser Pink run overlaps the
Adams River Sockeye run and
this ‘has created a major
regulatory prablem resulting i in
a recommendation that seiners

“dip net and release Pinks from

their catches during the period
August 8 to September 11.

To compensate for loss of
time invalved in this process,
‘they will be granted an extra
day's fishing time, giving them
four days a week.

SKEENA AVERAGE

The situation for Pink salmon
is extremely weak’ over the
whole coast with the exception
of the Skeena River run which is
expected to be about average
with a catch’ ‘of 600,000 fish -
slightly below last year's figure.

- Returning Pinks are expected
to be very light in the northern
and central areas and an ex-

The award was presented to '

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The | Department has in- |:
dicated that severe salmon |° refum ta the omiral ae
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Fraser Pink stocks will also be
necessary" in the Johnstone
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~The Salmon Commission had
predicted that the-Fraser Pink
run could be very poor this year
and, as-Indicated earlier in this
article, the 1971 regulations will

very restrictive unless there
appears to be a suprlus of fish
beyond: escapement
requirements, ... -

The Department’ of Fisheries
also predicts that “Coho salmon
runs off the coast are expected
to return at below average

overlapping weak Pink. returns.

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