“aas2601 Brn YEAR ra AA "TERRACE, B.C. TUESDAY, . Pranter's versace, “Miatertta: Be Cs NOVEMBER 2, 1971 OF Skeena Forest Predacts PHONE 635-4544 1 tae Kinsmen from Prince.Rupert through to Smithers and Houston were in Terrace’s Catholic Hall f Saturday night to pay homage to newly installed - officers of Terrace’s club, Incoming Terrace club President Kerry Condon is pictured far left with ee out-going President Jim’: Frey, Kinette Président Edith Gieselman and Vice President Kam Beaman . standing to the right. The hall was packed with celebrating K Kinsmen, . Kinettes and members of the K-40, * Recrace: ROME report some children: making the rounds on Halloween night found metal’ razor ‘blades‘and pins | stuck’ inside fruit and candy, collected from’ doar ‘to: “door ‘trick. _ Or. "All tases. “Were "reportedly discovered béfore any children . tried toGonsume the food and no injuries ‘were ‘reported, © Further reports say one tire, on every car parked ‘at ‘the Tillicum’ ‘Theatre: -lot “was flattened: a by. ; _Pranksters : * dewang air from tires: . ‘Damage yeached high. figures’ over: the’. festive’ night ‘when vandals. broke windows at the S and-S store on: Lakelse and Emerson. Police are currently - invéstigating and report large glass windows were. completely. smashed... Three: plate glass whidows and two doors. were.” written off, Police also report some cars: parked downtown sustained || damages to the ignitition . . were blamed, '. systems, reportedly cut in some ¥ -A-well’known Prince Rupert ™ man, David Price, is one of the . 30 crewmembers of the protest vessel ‘'Greenpeace Too’’, } which is now enroute to the ‘Amchitka bomb site in Alaska, ” Pricg, 27, son of Mr, and Mrs, . : CA. Price.of 430 McBride. St., a served in the Royal Canadian — Navy. after graduating. from - high school in Smithers, and 4 ‘then worked for RivTow Straits B and logged in Kitimat, + - ‘Recently he has been working | for Coast Sort for. Twinriver Timber Company ‘here. . -.. Last ‘Kitimat to .Vancouyer by = himself through the bush ‘ofthe Telkwa Range, carrying only’. a year, he “hiked ’ from”: s reenpeace Too | “gun ‘and knife and sleeping o ona pictures of his two and one-half month trip at the Prince Rupert ’ Library here on his return, H2 obtained his commercial pilot’s licence at Reno, Nev. _ “He's: a “very "sécially- conscientious boy “and” most’ — conservation-minded," We his: ‘ mathér: said, ° “Naturally i we are -all proud of. him and ‘just’ a‘ little ‘nervous. He's going for the whole family ‘and we are all behind him." The Price’s have three other sons, John,. who “is a. district . horticulturist in Oliver, ‘Dave's finishing ‘geology course. in. Vancouver, ‘and Alan, : former - ‘waterproof bedroll. He showed Rainmaker ‘and .Daily New photographer, who is now: an.: industralist photographer. t Kitimat. | Mrs, Price said David was: in: West Vancouver negotiating for - a section of ‘land: he’ had discovered on his trip last year when fie volunteered for the Amchitka trip. Four original. thembers of the ©” first Greenpeace mission ship, “Phyllis. Cormack,”’ which ‘called in here Tuesday” on her” way. south: transferred. to the / Greenpeace ® Too’ at - Comox Friday morning, - They were Dave Birmingham of Nanoose Bay; who went back — 4 sy cooking up the 20 ‘crabs she and barid Derek caught inear. Kitson RivTow. ‘Rupert birds die by nature's hand The hundreds of song birds’ that died on September 23 and 24 in Prince Rupert, B.C., may have been poisoned by naturally . occurring cyanide compounds, . the Canadian. Wildlife Service _ Said today. Because a CWS autopsy on eight specimens suggested ‘the’ possibility of cyanide poisoning, fests were conducted by the: toxicology: laboratory of the Animal ‘Disease.’ Research Insitute of: ~ thé’ :. Canada Department. of Agriculture. * Cyanide levels ‘ranging from 15 to 200 ‘parts’ per million were found: in ‘the gizzard tissues of the dead birds.. The emptiness - oF “the ‘gizzards led CWS- oe -pathologists to believe that:the acti ahide compound,‘They io babi fed elsewhere on-plant’: “Simon: “Fraser * University “seographer, Terry § Simmons.’ ‘ . -Offictats aboard thie: fisheries . “patrol. vessel; “Tanu;!"” which - - was in Prince. Rupert. over the. had | the’. “(Greenpeace Too" at: noon. . » Sunday she was 100 miles north-: : west. of Cape St. James ‘on the. west" coast ‘of. the Queen: ct : ‘Charlotte Ielands, and was then: : weekend; said : concentrations of ” contained only three of the seven species reported dead from ‘the area. Other tests are being carried out by the Canada Department of” Agriculture in Vancouver. The . dramatic ©. deaths - occurred during two foggy days when the air was still.. Air pollution was under early suspicion asa possible cause, but most of the dead birds were collected. at ‘the — higher elevations in the community where the air was relatively clean, Pesticides and heavy metals were also suspected, but -dead -birds. examined by the “provindial pesticide laboratory contained no abnormal ‘substances, . ‘The cyanide . compounds _ these - Garbage ¢ cans ‘were damped ". from locations: throughout’ the - city and’: bits - of’: glass. ‘arid _ assorted debris day : throughout- ‘the streets, ‘giving city clearrup . crews a chore Monday morning. Terrace Fire Department - " report. no major occurrences bul say one fire did ‘start in-a. ; garbage .. can . located. behind Terrace’s B.C.. Hydro building. Nothing ‘major: materialized. from the incident and. vandals Two fire hydrants were also tampered | -with : and” fire department ° crews were: summoned to “control the situation. ~ Downtown - Terrace streets = were crowded. with young believed tobethe cause of death | f..-plant ‘specie! including’ some wild -berries. The amounts may: be increased th wilted or frost-bitten plants, “in young plants growing Tapidly as a result of fall rains after a “dry. summer, . and - ini ‘plants ‘treated ‘with herbicides, such .a8- concerts, ’ “Arty calendar The ‘TERRACE ARTS COUNCIL is planning. to publish a calendar of all events related to the arts, shows of ‘arts and crafts, . workshops, . theatre ‘Performances, ~ school and _ childrens: activities i in the arts. . The plan i is to publish. the calendar on a quarterly : basis. = “Any organizations or ‘individuals who want their "activities in the field of the arts included in this calendar is asked to contact Mrs. Mien van Heek at - the Terrace Library (635-5152)... + .. To-be-sure the event you are sponsoring is not: ommitted contet Mien van. Heek before novernber MB . primarily to an. extended ‘strike. people rom early si until after midnight... Police say many . were - soaping : windows a and letting off fire crackers. Some youths .were reportedly. . stationed on top of department | stores while. plastering pedestrians with rotten eggs. At one point inthe night, youths had gathered road bloacking devices from nearby city works project areas and had literlly. blocked traffic on Lakelse.’. The incident did not . , mount to much, reports say. Fire .crackers cannot be ‘purchased now that October has come to an end and if local: residents ‘have any remaining fireworks, extra care in using them is encouraged from all local authorities, “Boo! This little ghost i is a fine example. of the many” spooks that wandered the streets.on Sunday night. The only difference between normal - everyday ©. spooks and the ones seen Oct. 31st is that: normal ghosts rattle chains but these spooks Ww were rattling boxes of pennies. Wood and wages both improving — British “Columbia Forest Products. Limited’ “has announced. earnings | ‘of: $3. a: million or 92.cents per common share after . provision’. for. ~ preferred share dividends for _the first three quarters of:1971- compared to a loss: amounting to 14 cents.per share for. the similar. period of. 1970." Ian A, -Barcla} shareholders that results for. the first nine months: of ; reflect an improvemen in w product prices and more settled labour conditions, He notes the 1970 three-quarter Joss was.du at the:Company's Crofton ‘pulp and paper operations. Third quarter earnings of $1 Re million or 41 cents per common share after preferred divid were down. slightly from ‘th cents per shar ‘eatned in“ thé: ‘ second quarter. The-slight atop: was attributed higher. costs, “million: _ president, . ine udirig. wage. "negotiated in:.1970;, “BS. Sales .of ' $36.9. million were “up. ‘over. _ second. quarter ‘sales. of $33.7". : Total ‘sales, for the. milli, up: from $42.4. million cine reases : showing signs. of firming and: furth —C