: Vednesday, May 3, 1967

CRAB

HERALD, TERRACE. B.C.

: the lighting of all outdoor fires
for . any. Durpose ig prohibited} camp and picnic sites,
unless ‘a permit 13 held. .
“Permits are required for all sounds, ;
B campfires'and these’ may: be

obtained from any Forest Ser-
vice or Fish and Game Branch
g office, and from many sport:
ging goods stores, No: permit is
mTequired for portable . - ¢ainp

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Fire’ Season Now Cc
And Permits Required

British Columbia's 1967 forest fire season went into| where they may be ‘obtalned

t at midnight, April’ 30, and continues .in. force|from local duthorities,

B until the end. of October. in ‘accordance. with provisions
g of the Forest Act.and Fire Prevention R

ulations.
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‘Bioves or for fires set-in  ap-
“proved. -facilities in provinelal

Burming permits, which: aré
required for clearing land, periods of: high - ‘hazard,

burning debris,:and similar ac:
tivities, may be obtained ‘only public ‘notification will be made

‘from ‘a Forest Ranger — office,
in municipal . ‘areas put into effect. .

Op en

Throughout the fire’ season,
regulatioria require that - -all ac.
“eldent fires discovered in for-

ed if podsible and that they be

or in .
supervised commercial camp. reported fo. the ‘Forest Service

by the quickest means possible.

. Access: to any or all forast
areas ‘may be prohibited during
‘and

when. stich . ‘closures are to be

For the first timé in a num-
ber. of years, there have been
no changes in the Fire. Preven-
tion Regulations which will be
the same Lal those issued for
1966.

. During. the fire’ season, the
Forest Service will have avail-
able“for forest protection dut-
jes a total-of 44 aircraft, in
addition to approximately 750
protection personnel located
in the 109 Ranger Districts.
Forty initial attack and sup-
pression crews also will. be
available: as advance forces to
handle fires in their initial
stages, and 163 lookout towers.
will be manned throughout the
province, augmented by -six

sy ’

"| fixed wing and two helicopters;

| selatively:quist one with a.total:
{annual .average of 2,117 fires:

spotter eircraf from the Forest
spotter aircraft from the Forest

The aircraft, of which 31 are
fixed wing and 13 are helicop-
ters, will be located at various
airfields In the five Forest
Districts aa follows: .

Vancouver District — four
fixed wing and two helleopters;
Prince Rupert District — six

Prince George District — six
fixed wing and four helicop-
ters; Kamloops District — nine
fixed wing and two helicopters,
and Nelson District — five fix-
ed wing and two helicopters.

In addition, there will be one
fixed wing alreraft and one
helicopter on duty in the Peace
River Pondage area where For-
est Service crews will be con-
tinuing clearing of navigation
channels and landing areas.
. This year, the air tankers
will extend the use of long:
term fire. retardants which
were tested. in the Kamloops
District last year. The usual re-
tardants such as Bentonite also
will be used.

The 1868 fire season was a

‘of:1,067: fires, compared:to the!

for. the 10-year period from
1957 to 1666. During last year,
forest fires burned over 54,708
detes and caused a total “of
$757,017 damage to. forest
cover, This was in marked con-
trast to the 10-year average of
438,039 acres burned and
$3,252,637 damage to forest,

Prince George Forest District
was the hardest hit last year
with 43,752 acres burned and
$648,504 damage to forest cove
er,

eidental fires discovered in for-|_

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TWENTY-THREE CAN INES came but only eight stay-
ed-cround for the action, as Terrace’s Dog Obedience
course at the Community Centre drew to a close with
an awards night on Thursday. The eight dogs entered
in the final show were each vieing for "top dog” spot

which went to a poodle owned by Mrs. JI, G

G. Bernard

(eft), The Bernard poodle took 188 out of 200 points,
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In -the . lush river valleys of
the - Fraser . and - Columbia, .the
people ‘are saying this could be
the year — the first big flood
since 1B48,
In the high | interior moun-
tains,:3t’s been ‘a brutal winter.

fell and: formed, and provin-
ial government officiala say
the spring runoff could be the
biggest in history

Am ow’; beat a sol snrint
ed and the early runofi has
been well below normal. ~
Té a hot spell hits in late
May or June, it could be 1918,
all over again.
That year, thousands of acres.
of Fraser Valley farmlands
wound up under water. Dikes
broke all along the river, A
small town was lost —-. moved
a hundred yards or 80 from its
‘origitial’ Toeation:' iene |% 7
Official estimated’ 32,000° Gi iv:
iHans and about 1,500 pane
pergonnell' worked on flood
control during the 1948 flood:

ing.
Flood fighters worked
through the long wet nights in
the erie blue .glow of army
searchhghts,
This year the government is
better prepared, says Recres-
tion Minister Ken Kiernan,
MLA tor Chillwack. °
“TI don’t see any point in
running around making nois:

Major single causes of fires
In the province followed _ the
usual pattern and were; light:
ning, 19 per cent of the total;
smokers, 14 ‘per cent, and re-
ereational activities, 12 per
cent. The 10-year average show-
ed a-much higher incidence of
lightning fires which accounted
for 86 per cent of the average
‘annual total. However, the fig-
ures for fires caused by smok-
ers and recreational activities |
were fairly constant at 12-per
cent respectively, . .

The Prince Rupert District
had 210 fires or 11 per cent of
the total. Forty-one were cnus-
ed by lightning, 12 by smokers,-
and .37 by recreational  activ-
ities. Acres burned totalled.
3,000 and damage to forest cov-
er was $27, 982,

e

MONTREAL «CP) == John
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of the TV program Cuisine,
siyg Canadian cooks put too
much emphasis on nutrition.
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What's In A
House

MASONRY VENEER WALLS
There is quite a variety of
exterior finishing materials
such as brick, cut stone, -veneer
on a wood frame = structure,
wood-siding and stucco. Other
materials ate. constantly com: |
ing on the market to compete
with these converitional fin-
‘ishea. a

ish is-desired, the choice of

type and brand of selected
materials in a building cont.
tract, For instance, the cost of
brick is, a reasonably good in-
‘di¢ation of quality, although
the weathering qualitles of
“Masonry veneer materials are
not always in direct proportion
to their cost.

The type of brick being used
‘must be - “adequaté, The porous
qualities of brick vary and if

from the mortar it may result
in crumbling. The quality of
mortar ‘is also very important,

of. water seeping through mas- |:
onry walls. - The — publication

“Residential Standards” which |
ig available at any CMHC office |:

‘mortar - mixes; Brick vencer
must be tied to the frame fem.
‘bers of the ‘house: with speclal
forrosion-resiatant ties at spac-

ings specified - An Residential
Standards,"

BIGGAR, Saak. (CP) — When

ir ‘mother-how a. sheep’s |:

ahowed

Spent ‘a -weok: bm’ carding «and
on: knitting’ two sweaters.

Millions. of tens of snow and ice |

When a masonry veneer ‘tin- ;

material is very importent. Jt is |:
| Sound practice to specify the |’

too’ much water .is -absorbed |:

Poor mortar is anolher cause| -

gives the details of : proper{

e8,” he said. “There are quiet
preparations going on that
seem much more sensible,”

There are, too. Emergency
‘supply lines and = communica-
tions ara being set up. That
didn't happen in 1948.

-In fact, B.C, wasn’t prepared
at all for the 1848 flood. Even
getting food to the dyke work-
ets was a.problem. Sandwiches,
which hadn't been date stamp-
ed, arrived at the dykes days
after they were made, and

‘weren't, fit for human consump.

tion,

People in the valleys remem-
ber 1848. They remember Liv-
ing in tent cities, working un-
til they dropped on the dykes,
trucks running people and live-
stock to high ground to avoid
the ning water.

F rom. 1 The Press Gallery .

They .remember scratching |:
up earth with their bare hands
to fill the sandbags for the
dykes,

They remember the 15-foot
wall of water ihat smashed the
CPR main line near Hatzic,
They remember the stately
Douglas fir atop the river bank
that shot 50 feet in the air as

the pressure of the river broke | @ .

through, near Hatzic.

They remember the muddy.
waters of the Fraser flowing
into the blue of Harrison Lake’
for the first time in anybody's
memory..

: Whatever happens, BC. is
better prepared than in 1548,
but even the best human pre-
parations are scarcely effective
in the face of the fury of a

flood.

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