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Kaleidoscope Skeena

Winter is definitely laying its cold,
clammy hand on the countryside of
northwestern British Columbia - the
color is fading from the foliage and the
grasses and ferns lie wet and forlorn i in
the mud.

The streams are gushing forth with
clear, snow-fed waters into the murky
Skeena and the barren branches of the
trees which line the highway drip cold
waters of rain and sleet. ;

Grey mists hang along the shores of
the river and rain-laden clouds cling to
the tops of the mountains. Snow has
crept down the mountain sides to meet
the lower timberline and the cluttered
beaches, with broken and crooked logs
littering the sandbars and bays.

The utter silence is broken only by
the mournful whistle of the trains
rushing along on their busy schedules
to and from the terminal port of Prince
Rupert, or the roar of the logging
trucks as they shift into lower gear to
get a stolid run at the winding hills
near Terrace with their payloads of
logs tied securely with dragging chains"
and heavy cables.

With every passing day, with every
passing month, with every passing
season, this scene changes. The cycle .

of Nature flows on as regularly and as
orderly as the power poles along the
railway line.

For those who appreciate Nature
there is always something different to
gaze on and appreciate, no matter how
many times they make the trip along

-the mighty Skeena,,.,.it is an ever-
changing kaleidoscope of color,
growth, death and. poetry.....a
veritable wealth of knowledge and
learning for those would open
their eyes to its wonders.

And beneath all this pile of leaves,
these mounds of snow, these barren
trees and fallen ferns, there lies a
promise - a promise of Spring and new
life - when once again the leaves will
grow on the trees, the flowers and ferns

will blossom in the forests and along.
the pathways, the hillsides will be
covered with grasses and clover where
the birds and little animals will return
from their winter’s rest to feast and
play.

And once again, as. always, the sun
will shine, the fish will be rising to the
lure of those hooks and worms cast in
the clear waters by hopeful fishermen,
and the shores along the Skeena will
become alive with wildlife, with birds
and people.

So once again the year’s cycle will be
completed, but until that far-off,
clarion call of warm Spring days, the
countryside sleeps, until Mother
Nature awakens it to life once more.

It's a beauty ~

It’s a toss-up isn’t it, which takes the nice new goverment building at:
cake - the. provineial : spovermment's: :.
rejection of-that- beautifieation.award--
from .the..Park ,and..Tilford distillery... .
people or the explanation from Works
Minister Bill Chant?

Knowing Premier W.A.C. Bennett's
liquor advertising ban, as we do, and
how the minds o great. public men
work, as we do, perhaps we should
have been given three guesses why the

“But No -- Mr. ‘Chant, a minister | ina
governmen whose © booze profit
recently soared to a brand-new plateau
in its flight to infinity, couldn’t leave
well enough alone.

“We didn’t want to be accused of.
being hypocritical,” Mr, Chant Sait,

sere bypocritically.

Quesnel was ¢ to,be Senied,, its, reward... » day.

THE HERALD, TERRACE - KITIMAT, B.C.

vegert—

G7 Hbskouwnn Sud

on . "=e.

“A simply marveltars year far Agatha... thir ty-four different protest-worthy events and

fetter than to months heft"

Remember the olden. days
when winter was colder

"BY GINNIE DUNN

Winter is coming. With this in
mind, can you iunagine how you
would have lived if it were 18717

Instead of that fluffy,- frilly
housecoat women of today put
on when morning comes, it
would have been jeans, sweater
and jacket for that first trip to
the outhouse.

Nothing could have worked
faster for waking up and getting
the blood circulating properly.
The elimination of the outhouse
is likely responsible for us
soggy-minded modern

individuals whe take. three
‘hours of waking up and six cups

of coffee before we can face the

"Neitt; the mother in the family’
would have to get the fire lit in
the wood cook’stove even belord
she could have a wash, Unless
she preferred cold water! °
Breakfast could not consist of
merely coffee and toast when
everyone. in. the family had
physical work to be done before
luneh, including mother.’ For if
her husband was busy in the

field all day or away at work she
would have to pack-her own
water and probably chop her
own wood.

bought in a mix either.

Breakfast would consist of
porridge, pancakes and maybe
mogse steak. Not beef. Many
people relied completely on
moose and deer for their meat.

afford to eat beef.

attend school, mornings would
have cme very early for they
usually had.a long walk.

his job or out to the - fields,

mother could. begin her - daily probably’ filled her ‘washtub’
chores. -- with snow. and'then carried it
Again, if there were yolng into the house for ‘melting &
children in the home she — heating on‘ the wood stove or’
probably had a cow or two to. placed it on her outside fire.
milk, chickens. to feed and Whatashame Arctic Power and
maybea pigorhorses.to attend. it’s follwers weren't discovered
These animals weren't kept. inthis day! Just have a look at
“merely for hobby farm. your husband.s work clothes
purposes but as important (unless he works in arr office)
contributors to thedinnertable. and try to imagine scrubbing
Putting food into a ‘horse them ona scrubboard. Or your
amounted to about the same — children's socks! And big items
importance as.buying gas for a ‘like sheets, and long underwear
‘ear today. The horse was there . and even blankets!
for’ transportation, or field: Maybe even worse was the
work, ' : drying ‘process; A woman who
When, mother could finally hdd‘ a drying rack -above. her
return indoors, the fire was wood stove large enough to hold

‘And pancakes couldn't. be

-Even cattle ranchers couldn't

Tf there were children to.

Alter the husband was off to

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= ¢ wood had ‘to be. chopped ‘and - have : Bebh “envied? Mai

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act Almost outs and an_armload of at least part, of her wash aa

during the day she would have outside line even at 40° below
to replenish her water supply. zero for Jack of anything else: to
_ Some people in town bought do with them, She- probably
their household water from the didn’t need clothes pegs to held
Chinaman who packed it Up them to the line anyway, ‘since |
from one of the rivers, other they would freeze ‘immediately

‘how do we go about It it?

Vem fae You
GAN 00 HT,

oY TOM TREMFIX
Q@: My wife and I operate

women packed their own water toit. . ~~
from’ the rivers. . Imagine. Frost does dry clothes too.”
someone ever: being able tO And many clothes were torn,
drink water from the Fiaser- trying to take them off the line
River! _' when they were frozen. =.

The’ highest form “of ~~ This brings up a whole line of
convenience ina water supply household duties such as
might have been:a good well datning socks and patching and
with a hand pump. And thenit mending all types of clothirig, ”
is just possible water hadto be making quilts and-blankets and
packed to the farm animals by coats and everything: else her
hand. —_ ‘- ~ family required,

Tn the winters, usually a home If she livéd on a farm or riinch
would have at least two wood she would-have to prepare a
burning fires tobe kept goingall large méal for dimer (never

day. ~ Between. chopping, - called lunch) that equalled ‘the |
packing and stoking'the wood supper meal: For again soup

they: could never: be left ‘alone. and a: sandwich couldn’t , fill

“If it were summer, a large people who had physical work to-
chunk of wornan’s time would do, This would mean she had to
be devoted to her garden, not -devote twice as much time to

a vacation lodge which is open
year ‘round. Before the win-
ter guests arrive we want to
refinish the floors in some of
the rooms and cottages and:
algo in the dining room where
a traffic pattern has . devel:
oped, Will we have to s! wip of off
all the old varnish and

As You woo't have to, strip
if you use a
wood finish cal. Pei: ie se
which comes in clear gloss or
satin clear and dries in
hours, However, when using
any wood finish you must he
sure that all wax or jpoligh
first removed and floor ;
is,free of duat and dry. Use -
pure turpentine ‘to get rid of

the old we because she. loved gardening. preparing casseroles, stews,
1 Gye INISING oe but because her family needed vegetables, desserts “and
Sand any blisters or rough [0 eatrthe next winter. “|; -. breads, which certainly would-
ta and wipe up dust witha Other houselold tasks like cut another large chunk. out, of

cle ean rag dampened ed with tur-
‘peritine._ Rowe up the worn
areas with a. brush .and let
them dry thoroughly, Com-.
plete the job by brushing ona .
ccat of Faateron, to the entire
floor. You'll: be: able to walk
on it two hours later...
In an area where there is a
lot of foot- traffic, such.as your
y wish'to

churning butter, making bread, her day.

washing: . clothes: with. a Sometime ‘dusing the day. she
scrubhoard“all required much probably’ had to be responsible
‘time.‘Ironing was a problem for -filling -gas<:and coal. oil
with the forever’ impossible -lamps, and seeing to-it that the
"gafe” iron — or a-gasiorn. The _ wood or-water.aupply: wouldn't
worst’ of. the two .evils. was ‘run out before morning; .'s..
probably: never discovered. A: She had no‘fridge. In winter
“state” iron left the clothes... this posed no: problem for meat
improperly ironed unless the could hang in a large chunk. till.
woman had enough irons to meal. times.:And incidentially,:
keep one red hot ail thetime and | this meat froze and’ thawed-all -
a whole day to spend. ironing, + Winter.as the temperatures rose

wont water and :is 60° ince clothes’ certainly’ ‘didn’t - and fell and you ‘canbet: the’

tough, it's hig ry” resistant. to
mating. even in heavy. trath fic
fas: irons caused more. than one ‘cause it had heen. Jefrozen 2°:
7, SOOR ON BOATS | ick

| * woman to run from her ironing :_ In summer: meat would
This finish can board -in‘-fright- expecting . the’ consist’. ‘of. iment ‘preserved
outdoors as well as inside, 60°." ion to blow up any time,” :: ahead of Or ih ‘Fishing
if you have boats to’maintain p.any Ome. ‘me, ;0 ;
you might want to use itin-’ . ‘During-the summer, ‘cloth ce
stead of varnish. It's non-ex:. could be washed ‘outside, but in,
plosive, and one imperial gal- the winter“it was ‘a- ‘real .ta
we will cover ap approximately “Many still: preferred "to. washt,
Segre : 7 dutside regardless of below zero.
urtians fermation on ‘paly- » Nemperatures,' ‘These: women
to Tom 'Tremfix, ‘The Tremco .. used a large ‘washtub "heated...
Manufacturing: Company. | ove’ ‘an outside fire. . , ‘Kootchin of. Grand: Fork ‘B. c

Canada) Lid.; 220 Wieksteod - Y was: named’ University. of - Leth-
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_ WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER, 3, 197

. say. Why me? Why pick on wie

school districts. next yearly
- exceeding’ 6,5. percent.

.. “The trouble is that no group in [i
“the labor force is prepared: to
Set a restrained example; (im
- ‘although all’ must know that [i

packed tothe house. ; Sametime walhen f ite their clothed on thet

‘federal government leaders

government has been afraid to

‘the subject isn’t. even an the

consider the national. drive
‘against unemployment. Ottawa

_, Drogram to reake work and to
stimulate privat enterprise i in

. spending and easy money: is ‘so

- incomes .are ‘held~ in: check.

“ Bald:.-

‘economic’: ‘house ‘in .order ‘Hag .

cone. “perma-pressed.””.. The: owners of it didn’t throwst away ©

‘pense,’ Public opinion: ‘is-away.

they. only: knew. it a

t

’

teachers ©

on USsees

“Increases. to ‘feachersif
salaries may be inflationary bul
they are no more. 50. thant
‘Increases going to - othe
groups.” -- Adam Robertson
president, B:C, . Teachersd
Federation, in. ‘Terrace . last

That's .what ‘all. the’ groupd

Mr. Robertson couldn't. havea
prased .. more. neatly. the
syndrome characteristic . offi
organized. labor's resistance on
requests for restraint in pay -
demands. .
He was reacting to the BCA
government's refusal to pay its
. Share of any teachers’ salary
increases. granted by local

Thefl
Vaneouver school board, a bell- oo
wether, had proposed t use ale
formula of 8. 9 percent.. If- that §
does happen,- the ‘difference f
between the two amounts will
haye to be paid entirely by local ¥
ratepayers or. else the board}
will have to make’ a
compensating cut - - possibly by &
hiring fewer teachers. : -
Here would be a classic case f
of inflationary wage demands }

leading © directly . to. i
unemployment,
An. inference from Mr: p.

Robertson's remark, however, a
is that teachers inight willingly: fj

accept a smaller pay boost if’
they: didn’t know they were f-
‘being ‘discriminated’ against.”

higher wages must show up in.
higher: prices in the economy as
a whole. °.

All . signs indicate “that
government will have to take
the. initiative in imposing a
. prices and incomes policy to
break the unward spiral. There
are. some encouraging signs,
however, that inajor unions in
Canada .are sofening in their
stand against government.
-Fegulation. They see: their
brothers in international unions
offering to co-operate with U.S. ;
President Nixon’s price and
wage polcles. They suspect that
the protectionist.:aspect of
Nixonomies. is intended to
create and preserve Jobs south /%
of the border at the expense of if
Canadian. ‘suppliers, and
es one ene Canadian Bods

uced , will ut pri

wae restr ae will”: teat

Advaninee not pee in ‘the:
Outed States but throughout:
the world.

This is the nettle that Prime.
Minister Pierre Trudeau's
government has been afraid to.
grasp. ' So far as-is.now known,-
the subject isn't even on the
‘agenda, for the November 15-17 ©
meeting “of: provincial and

called by - Mr, Trudeau -to
consider the -national drive

This is the nettle. that Prime
Ministr’ Pierre -Trudeau's

‘grasp; So far as is now known,

agenda ‘for the November 15-17 -
meeting of provincial. and -
federal government leaders
called by Mr. Trudeau to

iS proposing a - billion-dollar

concert with the provinces, vie
The whole program of deficit

violently inflationary as-to be
self- -defeating tniess s prices: ‘and

They.cannot drift: indefinitely.”
This was cautiosly stated in-a
recent speecy by'Dr. Nel Hall, :
director’ of. the: ‘Industrial - I
Relations Institute at UBC, who

‘The tims for Canada to put its:

haw: arrived. ° It will: ‘take the .
separate - and |; concurrent -
powers’. pf: “federal “and .
provincial: -governments - ‘to
“serve the public Intérest and
nothing’ less will: suffice. a

This subject: should be at the’.
very: top .of-:the = conference. :
agenda for Nov. 15- 5 ae Uniless it.
is ‘dealt: with::decisively, : tha |
delegationé: might a8, well gave.
time ‘and travel: expense’ “and. :
. Btay-at home until their courage. -
catches up-with their, common:

ahead of them cn this. iano; tt