PAGE A2 The uniled egg producers of Northern B.C, are furious and in revolt as a result of the continued Injustices suffered at the hands of the B.C. Ege Marketing Board, In a letter to David Stupich , Minister of Agriculture, signed by all Northern producers, it has been advised that the Northern Producers will no longer cen- tinue to financially support the Board until certain, outlined conditions are met. The Northern Preducers told the Minister of Agriculture that failure lo meet these conditions means in fact that there will no longer ic a fresh egg market in Northern B.C. and that they have. “paid for their awn execulion by. an organization and government that doesn’t care. about the poultry producers or the consumers in the Northern Interior of the Province.” = The poultry | praducers demand that they have control over thelr. own destiny by having all eggs marketed in their respective areas con- trolled by an agency in the north - and not a puppet for the B.C. Ege Marketing Board, but rather an honest sincere person interested in the people and development of the ‘north. The Northern Producers have received the wrillen support of three Northern M.L.A.’s who have also written to the Minister of Agriculture. In this supporling letter M.L.A.s- Hartley’ Dent (Skeena) A.A. Nunweiler (Fort George) and Doug Kelly (Qmineca) have indicated (hal they were deeply concerned over the aclivilies of the Egg Marketing Board in Northern B.C. and accordingly + urge'an. immediate and full enquiry by the government into the ‘activities thal have now resulted in the the remaining six ‘Northern Producers refusing t make further payments to the Ege Marketing Board -pending prompt and effective government action. The three M.L.A.s inform the Minister that {hey note the increasing ° . practice of oy , t! oe i Skeena: MLA, Hartley. Dent, : revealed today that a number of Brants from the.First Citizens’ Fund have been made to Indian groups ‘In’ the :Skeena Con- sliluenty. - : They are $3,120.00 lo School District No, 80 (Kitimaat) for assistance in conducting a curriculum enrichment program; $3,500.00 io the Canyon City Band io assist in the ‘widerlaking of certain research work relating ‘tothe two lolem poles al (he entrance ia: ‘their community —hali; $3,639.00 to - the ‘Nagwilget Homemakers Club to meet the cost of renovating » building in their community; and $7,500.00 to the’ Kitwanga Band for construction ‘of a. Band ad- ministration office, renovation dames S, Dodge, at 54, holds degrees in mining enginecring and economic geology, and is a minerals exploration consultant with 30 years’ experience in diver. dozen countries, Through a range of activities from miner lo mine. matager and mine gevlogist. "to explaration executive, Mr. Dodge has known the mining industry us a lone prospector, as a corporate employee, as a Government staf member, and as a con- sulling professional engineer in the base metals, uranium, and ‘non-metallic fields. - ce ane ae ee ganecrew waite S made at a recent annual meeting of Sparlan Ex- plorajiona. Lid.; a «small : Canadian exploration com pany, . afl - which Mr. Dodge is woo ‘Pyesident.They point up the in, mining, as he sees it, under the present’ New Democratic Party of British Columbia. ' *As 1 have indicated in my “Jost two annual reports to ‘shareholders, Spartan has been ‘sueecssfulas a Canadian junior ‘mining company because it has ‘had dinanciny and a competed: : : ‘field staff with long experience : ‘in weslera Canada. Keeping in ‘mind — (he. ruleedf-Uhum) ‘estimate (hat loday each new -+ ‘mine has been. preceded by i east len years and fifteen ‘million dollars of exploration, ‘Spartan has continued to da lis -ghare in coming up witha large ‘inventory. of viable prospects ‘for further exploration. However, all the exploration _ for “The following cammenis were | plighi of the enlerprise system - Northern Egg Producers for their own execution" large chain stares and the Egg Marketing Board itsclf ta dump Fraser Valley oggs,often of sub- standard qualily, into the Northern Centers and at the same time prohibit the Nor- . thern Producers to supply the increased local demands and needs: - The M.L.A.s algo indicate that they are aware of the Lranster of the only available quota _ existing in the whole Buckley A Terrace gets $2,736 from sy Cultural fund oo af their community hall and for ihe complelion of construction of an ouldoor skating rink. - Dent further revealed that in addition |o lhe per capita grants 10 Kitimat and Terrace from the Cultural Fund of $1,416.00 and: - $1,896.00 respectively, that ‘special grams. for - northern, communities “have also been awarded lo these two centres $uB0.00 and . $R40.bo respectively. Dent expressed pleasure’ that the NDP Government is. [ollowing through on. its promise 1o provide additional cultural: assistance and he hoped that - there would: be’ even further consideralion for. iniproved -culural apportunilies: in nor- thern B.C, _ Spartan to explore ae of Province success in B.C, has taken place under more lavaurable political - conditions (han now exist in the Province. Unless the N.D.P. government chooses a course of preparing a favourable climate | for major mining companies lo invest in exploration, the risk- \aking © prospectors ‘and Canadian junior mining com- panies will be foreed to retrench _ because they can't sell (heir produet; thal preduct being -a partially explared. prospect. © ‘hus, the avowed concern uf the Government for the "Little Man” + that is, you and me, in Spartan > is not valid. fn truth, the Government is doing irrepairable damage 10 the individual inlliative the founding spirit of Camula, the big the N.D.P. “Resources Belong to the People." lo my apinion, this is nothing but a political cliche ewithoul true mening. Daas the Government imply thal. [here is lo be ne private ownership uf farm land or even our homes? ‘These tag are busic resources of the Provinee, fF heliewe mineral -. resaurees are ti pe cused prudently mind thal a continually -vhanging world supply. and demand market exists for cach commodily. ‘The . preser- yalionist minerals polley of the Government not only would jeopardize the good relations with long-term trading. part- ners, bul also could: result in - downgrading existing mineral mo _ Contract. No, 2, p west bung-up is clearly uthitude. ob- to. develop. an: vnlightencd seciely, keeping it: Valley from a producer there to the south. They indicate thal these practices are contrary 10 the stated policy of the Bourd and the Government, Continuing their tetter to the | Minister the Northern M.L.As -allof whom are N.D.P. mem bers in the Legislative Assembly, express concern that . the fragile egg producing in- dustry in the North may be destroyed with climination of Samsom’s Poultry Farm ‘Skeena ‘MLA, .Hartley /Deyt, - announced today thal tenders _have been:cailed for steelwork for the new bridge across the _Skeenn River at Kitwanga, | : "fenders for this project, called. Kilwanga Bridge — (Kitwanga-Moeziaden’: “Lake Highway), will be.opened ‘in Victoria’ at 2:80 p.m. ori Jinuary 15, -1974. re Camract.".. Nol for the’ substrucjure.-of this same bridge, for nearly one million dollars, . was: awarded ‘lo’ Dillingham Construction _ Company. Dillingham is now establishing .¢ construction camp belween Highway No, i6 and the Skeena at the sile of the proposed bridge and is expected’ Iv begin work shortly. Bent alsa stated lhat three bridges west of Terrace. outside. resources, if mine production isn’: achieved during periods of » high world metal prices.. : 1 consider it unwise, Af. not. arrogant, forthe Government to consider using our tax money in a» previncialized mining ex-. oration’ schome,. when there, are alternatives that are al. _figient, fair, and benelicial to British. Columbia. [is no wonder Uhat banks won't tsk, ~ aur savings in this pluse, when: there uresonly Jl producing. nines out-of the thousands of, - prospects in the Province. | £ do not believe that the” Gavernment: has to: hold: the power and threat of wlake-over of the mining industry jo en” tpurage: secondary ins! dustrializetion of the Province. ‘ax incentives for new Cantdian capilal plant in vestment can readily chanel ihe offorts of efficient private - enierprise in reaching this goal: he strength of dha individes): ean grow and high taxes can be reduced” significantly, “if. sleps “ure liken to restrict the rapidly rowing © bureuaeracy in the Proyinge which is very costly lo Ihe taxpayer: On the - other hand, windfall profits: can be” vurbed by a fair graduated tax slrnelure, we Until the present -mining ‘paticlos of the Government are madified, ‘Spartan’ will-’ seek’ private plagement finaneing for uxploration. only: of its. barite, silver, and zine praperiles, . » oulside the Provinge.” - a “namely the THE HERALD, have "Paid. farmers and loss of jobs and with an increase. in consumer prices wilh the result thet the rapid expanding Northern popula tion will be cenied locally produced epgs. °° The M.L.A.’S conclude their Jetter by expressing the opinion that ihe government should permit the remaining Northern producers to expand with local demands as well as to induce new producers in this area. TERRACE, 5.C. Coming The year is barely underway and already signs of a big year are being talked about in official — cireles - o£ ‘Terrace, Here is what we have, plucked off the_ ’ Civic’ Center is moving grapevine this week;- The Cloverlawn Shopping Mall is moving: ahead rapidly. A public meeting will be called to deal’ with: the firm’s. ‘ request for re-zoning. It is. expected that representatives of the leasing company will be at ‘Monday’s Council meeting with design and development plans, City ~ Engineers are looking’ service into requirements for the project. It would appear that the project cost will, be. well above $5,000,000 and will consist of 160,000 square feet of store space including K-Mart. There appears to be utmost confidence that. this project. will ga into construction as soon as weather conditions permit. There is only one more possible stumbling block facing the project if the re-zoning by-law goes through and that is permission from the Provincial .. Highways’ Department for con- struction as the project lies within a half mile of a Provincial Highway. This would appear to he simply a matter’ of routine however. It would also seem that Highways Department plans to go ahead on the construction ofthe ap- |. proathes ¢o. the new ~. Skeena River Bridges Kitwanga Bridge Contracts fete Biya Exchamsiks, pipe al Kasiks-and Kalum bridges are this spring. It will be recalled that the Department __. indicated this earlier when Council asked that. department. when it was prepared te . lake over jurisdiction of -(hecibey. Through. route “thtongh Terraces along’ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1974 Bill 71 Appealed . BHT TE Appear finds’ that il. is “almost im- possible to sell his business. on the grounds that his operation. has. been laxed aut of business. This .means that. this: person: in 1974. in 1974. Keith Streel,: There does . ” Mr, David‘ Bowen-Colthurst, not seem to: be any President of the Terrace change indicated in this Branch of the B.C. Motels, plan. ; : Resoria, and 4 ee parks ae sociation and-.Ron: Lowrie, h The Senior Citizens | Regional Director for the samé | loses nol only the. means of residences planned for - group have indicated that the | making his living but his ability the area just north of the Associationhas appealed B71 to sell aswell, because . this legislation will © Mr. -Bowen-Colthurst. states force many motel, resart and “With an inflation-ridden \railer park operators out of | economy such as we are living business. . oo in, we feel such vast tax. in- Speaking to the Herald, these’ creases are unjustified and we gentlemen told us of one local ‘luge all dissatisfied people to operator who has built up his appeal this tax assessment", oe business over the past fifleen He alse reminds i terested ‘years and whols now faced with persons that the deadline for a land assessment increase of filing such appeals is before along. We have. learned _ that there are discussions. presently going on bet- ° ween Federal-Provincial- Municipal officials into such things as design etc. ‘A meeting of all three is scheduled for’ thé near: future. it has’ been ‘learned that the. building will be three stories. and that most. of the. recammendations submitted by local people” will be incorporated, _ Tenders. ‘have’ been | called by the Provincial Department of Public Works for the con- struction of a Govern- nent Building in Terrace plus provision of land by the contractor, The. huilding will be a single stovey structure and will invlide washrooms, office’ space. and waiting : room. Since the tender -. includes the provision of jand it is not established ° where: the construction: will Lake place and this won't be determined until the successfui bidder. is. known. We would wager! “however that this will be’ the ‘new Government Auto Insurance Building’ destined for Terrace. There appears to be a_ the Skeenaview Hospital on’ and north of the proposed Senior Citizen’s | residences, on Kalum north of the Civic Center’ Complex. A local real ‘estate firm has been approached on the land and Provincial Depart- ment of Public Works . people have been looking ,,. -over” the ™ . present. ' Skeenaview hospital. «>: . Z : a xen camo vae= - SKI Society Signs Bridge, Terrace ‘and-on the Exiew. Bridge. Work is now Belting underway -on- the Zinmacord and Delta bridges. also west of Terrace.” - - Bill Reynolds, Chairman of the -Kitsumkalum Skil Development Society has ad- vised. the Herald that. some progress has been made in the year long efforls to | gel something going in the establishment of a ski facility . for-Terrace. He said that the Resaurce Use Permit has arrived and this has been signed by the Society. It has now been sent to the Minister of Parks 28th, 1974, Hearing to be held at Th 7 Kitimat-Stikine Regional District wee Land Commission Act. Agricultural Land Reserve By-law - and Plans ae PUBLIC HEARING | . TAKE NOTICE that a draft by-law intended to enable the - adoption of Agricultural Land Reserve Plans for the Regional — District ta preserve tan land for farm use has now. been ‘prepared and the draft by-law together with the proposed . Agricultural Land Reserve Plans will be presented ata Public ornhill Elementary School on. Janvary The proposed by-law and Agricultural Reserve Plans. may be inspected at th e office of the Secretary-Treasurer at. the Kitimat-Sijkine Regional District office from the Ist day of Januay to the 25th day of January (Saturdays and Sundays excepted) at No.9 - 4644 Lazelle Avenue, Terrace, B.C., between the hours of 3:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. - - se .. _ Please refer to the Notice of Public hearing in the ‘Legals 8 Section of this newspaper for additional information. «| i : ‘John Pousette. Secretary-Treasurer: and Recreation for his signature. ‘ The next step-is to lay plans for the financing of the project. IF this financing can be. arranged the site development can begin in early spring with a- chair lift and daylodge being in operation by December of this _ year. The society. is now prepared’. ta’ sell memberships in’ the Society to anyone in the area. ‘ Woda. ‘ 4 450 percent. This operator now January, 14, 1974. MED, ae ee ee Wr (