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RRACE “OMINECA” HERALD... TERRACE, 8,¢.|

ing debris, and similar activities, |:
and may be obtained only from a
Forest Ranger Office. ree ie
No permit is. required for port-{ :
able camp stoves or ‘for fires set |:
in approved. facilities in provincial] |.
camp and picnic sites or in super-|';-
vised commercial campgrounds, {.. ~
During periods of-very high haz-|.
ard, all access to the forests may | .°%,
be-prohibited, «= 0 3
To combat forest fires this year,
the forest protection division has}...
under contract a fleet of 40 heli-|'.'-
copters and fixed-wing aircraft for| _
{ransportation, spotting and water-| ©
bombing duties. Nearly 760. pro-| ..
tection. personnel are located in
the province’s 108 ranger districts,
as well as’ 40 initial attack and|-
suppression crews which form an} |:
advance force trained to reach}:
fires quickly and get them under
contro] in their initial stages,
. In addition, 163 lookout towers
are being manned agaln through-
out the province...
The forest - protection division
expects to continue its increasing
use of specially trained crews sel-
ected from camps operated by the
Attorney - General's department.
Last year, dry. summer conii-
tions, often aggravated by high
winds, resulted in more than the
average mumber of fires and in-
cluded several serious escape slash
. | fires in the late summer. The 1965
- | total of 2,688 forest fires was con-
siderably above the 10-year’ aver-
age of 2,108, and the $5,761,695
in damage was more than $2 mil-
lion over the average. = _
_ Lighting” again’ was the main;
cause of ‘the forest ‘fires arid ac:
counted for nearly 37.:per cent,
while campers. and“ smokers were
blamed for more than, 23 per cent.
-[One exception was.the Vancouver
forest district - where . campers
and smokers were responsible for
nearly’ 44‘ per cent of the fires ‘in
that area, while Hghtning account.
ed for only slightly more than 11
per cent tS.
| PRINCE RUPERT DISTRICT
_. Last. year ‘there were. 42D ‘fires,
or 16: per -cent. of the provinctal
“| total Campers and smokers caus-
ed 68 of the district's fires’ and
lightning caused 168° =
Aircraft being -used in the dis-
trict this year includes two heli-
copters, three Avenger air tankers,
two SuperCubs, and a Cessna 190

he forest protection measures
ne under those portions of the
‘est Act and fire presention re-
ations which govern the setting
prevention of fires in forest
woodland. .
om the opening of the season
the end of October all accl-
tal fires discovered in forest
woodland should be extinguish-
maif possible and must be report-
mito the Forest Service by the
est means possible, Te
jo outdoor fire may be lit with.
a permit for any purpose with-
one-half mile of any forest or
dland. .
mamormpiire permits are required
am fires for cooking or warmth,
ae Inay be obtained from any-For-.,
me Service or Fish. and Game
meetch office, and from many.
Briing goods stores. ; ”
weurning permits are . required
mm fires for clearing land, burn-

lomelite

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New design —light weight —

- faster cutting — double fuel - . -
and oil capacity. Only 14%
Ibs. less bar and chain‘and
cuts through 15" hardwood -
in 12 seconds! And the tost

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ALEX. McGRATH, left, of Terrace, recently toured the B.C.
Hydro & Power Authority's massive Portage Mountain’ Dam. -
Mr. McGrath, branch manager of Finning Tractor & Equip-
ment Co, Ltd., visited the site enroute to ‘his company’s
annual sales conference in Prince George. Representatives
of Kiewit-Dawsen-Johnson,. contractors for the huge earth-
fil dam; showed ‘the Finaing party the entire. earthmoving
operation which will place more than. 60,000,000 cubic
yards of material in the 600-foot high, one and a quarter
mile long structure. The project is unique in that it uses
the world’s longest. conveyor combination with

|. Darby's Equipment.
RENTAL & SALES
Cement Mixers - Wheelbarrows! |
Floor Sanders - Staple Guns
Ladders ~ Skill Saws, etc.

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system in
- 100-ton Caterpillar earthmoving units,

Record Sales Levels
For First Quarfer
-New record levels of first quarter sales and profits,

achieved in a buoyant busiriess climate and in conditions of
strong world demand for aluminum which is expected to grow

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| 4546 Lazelle = P.O, Box 714]
"| Terrace, B.C,

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2503 South Kelum Se.

rrace, B.C—Ph. VI 3-2363)

Bird-Dog, all based. at Smithers.
These aircraft will serve variously
for transport of personnel - and
equipment, and for spotting, pa:
trol, and water-bombing. In addi-
tlon, the district: will have avail-
able the services of two‘ Cansos
based at Prince George.

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by another 8 to 10

r cent in 1966, were reported to the

shareholders of Aluminium
Limited last week. .

First quarter net income is esti-
mated at $17.7 million before pre-
ferred dividends, or 55 cents per

change the corporate name to
can Aluminium Limited.

.| common share. This is an Improve-

ment of about 40 per cent. over the
first quarter of 1665 when earn-

Jings were an adjusted 22 cents‘per

share after deducting 17 cents per
share in non-recurring charges,
‘Earnings for the 12 months end-
ed March 31, 1966, are estimated
at $2.28 per common share,

prices continue, the company’s
earnings should also continue. to
improve in 1966.
- “Also ‘announced was 0 decision
fo expand fhe production capa-
' city of the Kitimat smelter by a
further 24,000 tons of aluminum
ingot per year, mo
In an overwhelming vote re
ered at the meeting, shareholders

approved a directors’ proposal to

» , CENTENNIAL MEMO

At Clinton in. 1866 a resident
counted the passage of 409 whites
and 617 Chinese miners headed

Al,

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