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Not so idyllic

In the Baliem valley of New Guinea
lives a tribe of people ‘who, according
to an AP story, live peacefully on sweet
potatoes and pork; experience no
crime, no pollution, no ulcers, no
poverty, and who control their
population by ‘“‘abstinence.’’ The
government of Indonesia hopes to
‘civilize’ them. A recent letter to the
editor echoed the oral opinion ex-
pressed by many: “Who needs it?”

Glossed over was a ‘‘sleeper”’ in the
piece: “There is no money. Goods are
bartered for items of value such as pigs
or women.” Also, ‘Fingers’ of little
girls and women and sometimes men
are chopped off during funerals as a
sign of mourning for dead members of
the family.”

No crime? By what name do they
call it?

One thing the Indonesians want to
do is introduce them to a money
economy. Bartering pigs may be un-
complicated. Pigs can be traded in
whole according to age and weight or
cut up and bartered piece by piece.

What’s a woman worth? How many
pigs equal one woman? Or how many
women equal one pig? Is she worth her
weight in sweet potatoes?

An average adult sow weighs more
than 450 pounds. How does the average
adult woman in the Baliem valley
measure up against their average
adult sow?

Who needs civilization in the Baliem
valley? The women and young girls
victimized by adult males. That’s who.

—The Oregorian

The midi is back!

racks, All over the Eastern Seaboard & .

Everyone, including the wizards of
the American mercantile establish-
ment, is baffled by the sudden changes
in fashion that seem to operate as if a
mysterious virus had been let loose.

Last year, the high arbiters of
fashion decreed that skirts should be at
mid-calf. Stores stocked up, but the
women didn’t buy. Men cheered.

But just as the fashion world had
about given up on the midi, women in
late 1971 started grabbing them n off the

a

stores are running out of their midi
stocks.

It ean’t be blamed on the climate,
because the east has enjoyed an
unusually warm Indian Summer.
Retailers, who are often bad at
guessing such quixotic changes, credit
not a virus, but slits added to the 1971
skirts. The slits go up the sides, hooked
with buttons and zippers. ‘It’s sexy,” a
woman buyer explained

THE HERALD, TERRACE — KITIMAT, B.C.

TRANQUILITY

The Editor,
The Daily News

You have in the past given
us very much appreciated
help and I wonder if yeu might
find space for a write up
concerning our
project; it was started a
couple of years ago and has
been receiving increasing
support.

This year we want par-

Leaders say “governmenis should ‘co-operate.

VICTORIA — A delegation
of British Columbia’s
municipal leaders told the
provincial government the

people of this province would |
be better served if a greater .

degree of cooperation were
achieved between their two
levels of government.
Leading the Union of B.C,
Municipalities executive in its

presentation cf a brief to the .

cabinet, UBCM president
Alderman Ernie Broome of
Vancouver said in recent
years the role of local
government has become more
difficult and infinitely more
complex.

“Relying as we do not real
property taxes to provide the

Noting that one
municipality has been
required by a recent court
ruling to pay retroactive rate
increases for welfare cases
imposed by private hospitals
and rest homes, the brief said
the care of sick ‘people ‘is
rightfully a health matter, not
welfare, and should be
covered by the B.C, Hospital
Insurance Scheme.

The delegation said that
several municipalities may be
financially hard hit by rulings
in a number of similar cases
now before the courts.

This ‘could result in those
municipalities being required
now to pay hundreds of
thousandsof dollars to private

creases which were above the
limit designated as shareable
by the government under the
social assistance cost-sharing
formula, which stipulates a 15
per cent local government
share and 85 per cent paid by
the senior governments.
BRIEF URGES ‘

The brief therefore urged
the government for a com-
mitment to increase its ac-
ceptable par diem limit
correspondingly, pending a
shifting of responsibility, and
to reimburse the affected
municipalities for the senior
governments’ share of the
awarded judgments.

For the third time since 1969
the UBCM made a strong

: which

bulk of our income,’’ Broome
said, “we find this limited tax
basis unable te keep pace with
the escalation in costs of
services — including those
costs imposed on us by senior
government.”’

He called for a
reassessment and realign-
ment of beth provincial and
local government respon-
sibilities “to more closely

. Felate to -fiscal capacities,” .
and added:

"T feel that we should try to
go a little farther along the
road of cooperation. I feel that
the people of British
Columbia, whom we both
represent,; can be better
served if we more effectively -
pool our efforts on their
behalf.”

ASK CABINET ;
In respect of pollution
"* eontrol, “the -brief asked the |
. cabinet: to recognize that the
task represents for. local and
' regional~’ governments:
financially ‘and
technologically impossible
. situation which is ‘quite
beyond our means.” |

The province was asked to ~
set firm standards and a time
framework.’ within ‘which’ all

‘-types..of pollution contrel
‘problems: must be met; to
~ share -in-. the - financing
_necessary,, and to provide
penalties and enforcement, as
: -well as the required technical...
design assistance, 8
- “We believe: one- agency
~ must be established and given
~ power to regulate, plan and
:+ @ontrol the attack on pollution
-” through eaten authorities,” a
the brief sald... a
And .‘bec

institutions to cover rate in-

appeal for some form of

@ First Features.

property tax relief for needy
senior citizens, But the brief
noted that senior citizen
organizations dislike a
proposal from another source
that this relief be a sort of
increasing tax deferral
recoverable through sale of
the property on the owner's
death.

Another solution, the
delegation said, would be a
substantial increase in the
provincial home owner grant
for those in realneed.

The government ‘was asked
to recognize that. mobile
homes have become, and are
increasing as, a permanent
way of life, the owners of
enjoy the

municipal services as con- °

ventional home owners but at
far less cost.

- There are more than 10,00 |

mobile homes on fixed
foundations in B.C. and a

. recent government survey

indicates 94 per cent are

“owner-occupied and 72 per

cent have no intention to sell

or move.
‘Many mobile homes are as

big as conventional homes but

pay only a.flat fee in lieu of

“property tax, including school |
tax, to a maximum of $6 a4 ©
year, the brief noted, By

comparison, the average B.C.

- property .tax. on a’ typical |

NHA-finanéed bungalow in
1970 was $380.'

Theréfore, the brief urged,
‘mobile homes’: on ' fixed.

foundations should be subject.
-to the same assessment and
property-tax rates, arid should
_ beentitled to vote and receive | -
-~ the homeowner grant’ the

same as other owner- electors,
MORE STUDY. -

The delegation . ‘also. asked ‘
_ the government to undertake |:
- ggtudy of the effectiveness of

using provincially -:based

“sweepstakes to: help ‘finance

health care and hdéspital
services in B.C, . --
Tt has long been the: con:

tention of many B.C. citizens . ..
~ that a substantial amount of .

" money
_. doriated toward these services -
"\ by ladividuais if the incentive:
~ of a-chance to win a sizeable
4 oi spool ‘of money were. added to:

aa age for funds, :the. brie

‘would. be’. willingly:

newest .

{Al Price photo)
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ticularly to use the funds
raised through this ‘Donation
in lien of Christmas Gift"
project for our work among
children in refugee camps in
India and Jordan.

Tam enclosing a copy of the

card which we send cut to the
recipients of the “gifts” for
your information.
Many thanks for your help,
(Mrs.) J.F, Dewhurst,
Executive Secretary,

2 Save the Children-Fund, ...:
wots 119 WestPenderSts,:

Vancouver 3, B.C.

- Genius perfects: rickion patterns.

CALGARY. (GP) — With an:

wnique idea and $10,000, bor-°
rowed money, Evan Bodrug set
out five years ago to capitalize:

on erratic weather conditions in -
- North America... °

As president of Canadian Hid-
Togas Resources Ltd., the Al-

only propane and butane whole-

saler in Canada, The company .

estimates sales of $6 million this
year—more than . double the

- 4976 sales revenue of $2.9

million. .

He conceived the idea during

a stint as manager of the gas

division at Dome Petroleum.

Ltd. in Calgary. :

The former Saskatchewan :

resident said he was intrigued
by the unpredictable supplies of
propane and uncertain markets

governed mainly by. the conti-
_nental weather. patterns.

“You never really know how ..

much propane will be available

from the gas producers, andyou .

never know: for. sure who: is
going to buy it. ™ :

Later, he studied te: situation -

‘WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1971

and discovered interesting exe
amples.

One, he sald, waa a metal -
manufacturer near Omaha,
Neb., who had an arrangement
~ with a natural gas distributor
for a good supply of propane
during the warm mon ths.
berta rancher says he: ig the *

HAD 10 APOLOGIZE |
company had to apologize be-

cause all available natural gas

was reserved for residential
users, -

A perfect chance to ship pror

pane by the fank-car load dur-
ine the winter, thought Mr. Bod-
rug, a former southern Alberta

cow-puncher and now owner of
150 Limousin cattle on a ranch o

near Cal

Igary.
The venture had its beginning .

when Mr. Bodrug leased eight
tank cars and purchased pro-

pane and butane from gas pro- |

ducers willing to sell surpluses

‘ at a slightly reduced price.

He then dispatched a supply

- toa customer by rail tanker at a

modest premium.
“The concept was to be a

“wholesaler :
_ anybody's marketer,” he sald, 2

and”: “not”

“Basically, we live and thrive - |
ona smail percentage of pro-
duction from “Alberta’s gaa
plants, and we deal with a large:
number of customers. ©“.
“There will always be a seat: 19
tered demand which no pipeline

Can serve—that ds where we fit
In winter, however, the ufllty o

in. tt on

Hidrogas ‘has a. fleet of 180 |
tank cars ‘and - arrangements
have been made to acquire stor- .

» age capacity in Regina. Under- | a
ground caverns will be used to |B

store two million gallons of pro-

pane so a. supply is always i
available.

WENT PUBLIC
-The

erties in Montana and southern ;
Alberta, It. became a’ public.
company in, 1960 when it took
over Stikine River Mines Ltd.

Mr. Bodrug, who graduated |i
from the University of Saskat- | ig

chewan with a degree in engi-
neering, also tried his luck as a

s
BS

WHAT’S 80 HOT?

The recovery rate. You get lots of hot water
(75 gallons an hour) when you need it. And
that’s what a hot water heater is for, isn’t it?
To prove our point, we'll provide you with one

rent-free for three months.

WHAT DO 1 DO TO KEEP IT?

Just: tell us after the three months and you
can ‘arrange to lease or buy. Leasing works

“miner at Flin Flon, Man..

outas little aa $4.13 a month, including inatal-

lation of up to $80, or you can buy it over a

. period of ten years. But first, get one for your
frea trial. No catches, just one condition, that
you buy top quality Chevron Heating Fuel for
your oil-fired furnace.

Call your nearest Chevron Housewarmer teday
for further details and get your family into lots
of hot water. (Offer expires December 31,1971).

same’

WA

1SSUE OF: '

foe rakes $350,000,000 _ fe
| GOVERNMENT OF HMDA a BONDS o

7 Baik of Canada is authorized by the Ministei of Finance to receive, subseiias for ¢ a oan, °

to be issued for. cash as follows:

| | “2 year Te month 44% bonds due December A, i974 ;
as “Issue price: 99.70% oo

Yielding about 4.36% ae maturity. |

Lo ‘Interest payable June 1-and December 1 ;
a -Five: and one half months” interest payable June ‘1 1972. ne
Denominations: $1 2000, $5,000, $25, 000, S100.0 000 and $1,000,000

‘and :

8 year’ 58% bonds due December 15,1 1979
‘Issue price: 99.25% | oo
-- Yielding about : 5.87% ‘to ma

“cAnterest payable: yi
Denominations: $

15. and December “15

‘the sitet wil. ‘be ‘used to.redee ‘$285, 000, 600
‘bonds maturing : December 15, 1971, te 1 will ‘be.applied to: advan a
“Rail “in $178,443,500-of the:

5000, $25,000, $1000 and $1

company now is diver- a
: sifying and has taken an inter: [3m
est in oll and natural gas prop- /#ae