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If. you’ ve read Dudley
Little’s speech in the Throne
debate Legislature elsewhere -
in this newspaper, you
probably.‘think old Dud’s gone |
off the deep end. .
Having conversations with
Captain Vancouver. In -Vic-
toria at that! Jees, Next we'll
here old Dud. talking. with
Napolean, or Alexander the

= Great or even W.A.C. Ceaser.

Well, if we are to believe our
Social Credit MLA for Skeena,
he’s atop the. legislative
buildings. with Capt. Van- :
couver looking over the
demonstrations below.

But somehow, Dud got his: ~

“dream” all mixed up. You
see, it wasn’t really~ Capt.
Vancouver he was talking too,
but Super MLA from the
constituency of. Utopia
disguised in a funny 18th
century costume and wearing
a powdered wig. Something
funny about Super MLA... '
However, it went like this:
. “WHO ARE THEY?"
Says Dud: ‘‘He asked me
who these people. were and I
said they dirty commie hip-
pies hired by Dr. Fu Manchu.”
“They look like poor people
to me,” replied Super. “But —

what is it that they are
doing?”
“Demonstraling, you
ninny,””

“Well, then, Dud, what are
we doing sitting on the dome of
the provincial building?"

_ asked Super.

“Pm seared,” he said,

Composing himself, old Dud
said they were exercising ©
freedom and the rights of the
individual,” .

“So whal’s wrong with
that?” asked Super. (You see,
in Utopia, there is no hunger,
unemployment or welfare.)

“You'll get pie in the sky by
and by...” hummed Super. It
appears that in. Utopia
everyone has a job and in-
flationary trends are always:

government, management
and labor working together for
the good of all facets of
society. There are no bill
collectors because. everyone.
can afford to pay. his bills and;
consumer production never’
exceeds demand.’
‘CONFUSING

Now that sort of confused
Dud, “But, but...’” he gasped,
“Unemployment and

demonstrations and drinking -

at football games and, and...”
“Now, now, Dud,” soothed
Super. “Wouldn't you like to’
sil beside this little gargoyle
here on the ledge here and tell
me all about your problem-
Bat” ;
“Thank you, Super MLA,”
Dud said, relaxing just a little.
“TH come right down to it,”
said Dud. “They're just a
bunch of dirty, . long-haired
hippies hired: by the pinko
Labor Congress of Canada.
“Then they're not unem-

“ployed, ” said Super. ‘At least

responsible °

_ they've gota job and can eat."",

That sort-of shattered Dud’ a.

. agrument. : Dud talked about a
plot hatched in the deep, dank
confines of ‘Parliament in
Ottawa. :

“This Frog secretary of -
state wants buses to cart these
bums all over the country in_
the summer. and they'll also
have feeding spots.”

* FOR: THE BIRDS .
- "Oh, like’ birds,’ mused
Super as a seagull swooped

low averhead. He ‘got Dud 7

right in the.forehead.

“we don’t have Hippies in
Utopia; Dud,” Super said,
finally. “Through an ex-
cellent. system of schools,
well-adjusted parents etc. we
turn. oul, Tesponsible ‘young
people.””

"but, bul,...haw do you do
that?” asked Dud. Super
winked at the gargoyle.

“By spending more money
for more schools and better...
‘trained teachers and by
careful planning the labor
market, with the help of
management, of course. At
65, people retire on a fine
pension and-room is made at
the bottom.”

“Our children are taught
respect for law and order and
we create jobs for them that
are challenges. Our unions do
not scream for more money, ©

- but seek more liesure time

thus cutling the work week
and ajlowing more ontothe job
market.
“I never thought of that,”
said Dud.
LIESURE-TIME
“that’s not all,’’ continued
Super MLA. “In Utopia we
encourage people of all levels
to contribute to the com-
munity in their liesure time
through individual and group
efforts. You don't find our
_workers in smelly, old beer
parlors...they’re taking their
kids off to minor hockey or
baseball. They’re studying
sciences in arts at night or day
schools; improving their.
minds and we, the govern-
ment of Utopia,. provide
grants’ for ‘this'from: interest:
moriies on. ‘government: Joans)-
to’other countries... =:
“Egads,” sputtered Dud.
“King Cecil told me THIS was
paradise and we've got all
these punk kids yelling and...
“Paradise is what you make
it, Dud,” said Super. “If
rational, progressive minds
worked on the simple solutions
to your economic. problems
and your: people were en-
couraged to he better
educated and responsible, you
wouldn’t have scenes like
this,"’
' ‘NOTA PLOT?’
“You mean it’s not a pinko
plot by the NDP-labor goons to
embarras tis by not having
jobs?”
“You have not created

JJunrest.”
Super.

. he zoomed up, up-and away.

short, Dud woke up from his”

_ dream and stumbled into the

“was lost.in the recesses ofthis,

*

. Labor wants. more money, i

* ment. won't listen . and does

* all wake up.”
Dud also had a few words on
pollution.
“It stinks,” he said,

them, Dud. Thus you find

“I must g0 now,” said.
“I'm late for: my.
responsible government class
at Utopia U." And with that,

Well,.to make a long story

legislature...
- But like most dreams, Dud’s

mind. . Sort of a ‘Teverse-
Scrooge effect.  -. |.
Getting up in the House, he
attacked fabor and. the-, or-
dinary working joe, biaming
-Jabor for all the ills of society.
‘But-Dud had a point, Unions,
in: Bennett Columbia haven’t

grown up’ yet.” Nor has the
OE EC LUP a .
WAKE-UP, SOMEDAY

“Like little: children, they
continue té wall and ery:

then if it doesn’t get it, strikes
its workers right into poverty.
On the other hand, govern-

nothing positive to alleviate
the cost-push spiral or create
an understanding through.
working together’ for the good
of all. But. you don’t get
‘elected by being nice, Like
Super MLA told Dud:
“You've got to . attack
-somebody ‘or- something in:
your primitive society, Dud,
old bay. “But. someday you'll

eloquentiy summing up the
situation in Skeena’

Then, running up to King
Cecil, he threw himself
prostrate on the red carpet
before the throne and pleaded
for a new ‘bridge across the
Skeena.”’ :

‘BOTTLENECK’ . |

"It's a bottleneck; it’s made
of wood and its gonna fall
down and all the king’s horses —
and all the king’s men won't
be able to put the Skeena
crossing bridge together
again.” .

“Someday,” promised King.
Cecil, gently patting Dud.-

Buti:Dud: was‘up and: ‘abate
again’: Hé -threw - his arms
around Lands and Gremiin-

Weeds’ Minister Ra:
Willyhood for approving a
bridge over the Nass,-

‘liberating’ the gremlins
trapped in north-central
Bennett Columbia.

Suddenly remembering
what Super MLA had told him,
Dud summed up that:
“Employment is necessary in
our society today.”

With deep insight and
wisdom, he said: "It provides
the bread and butter, clothing .
and necessities of the ‘Good
Life’ for our people”’.

And, he added: “Get them
bums outside a job and a
haircut.” .

NEVER SLEEP THREEIN A

‘BED

BY MAX BRAITHWAITE

MCCLELLAND AND
STEWART,

os LIMITED

BOOK REVIEW BY:

. C, SANDECKI

Max Braithwaite, with his
seven «brothers and sisters,
enjoyed a typical Saskatchewan
childhood " reasting, stolen
potatoes and corn over. an:
outdoor fire; in the fall;
delivering papers every night
after-school; competing in the,
school’s field day even though
spectactlarly imsuited to any
sport’ more vigorous than
eyebrow raising; whizzing .
down icy - ‘streets - con"a

; homemade ‘bobsled: +

. diferent situation."

His account evokes, memories
of’ family squabbles with’ their
peculiar pecking order; Sunday
outings on southern  Saskat-
chewan's .: gumbo:. ° roads;
stringing . the Christmas
decorations in the living. room
pinning the whole with. an ac-
cordion . plealed : bell. that
bumped people’ 's foreheads...

Bralthwaite’s style is casual,
unhurried. His humor: is-a

~ chuckled . sharing. of .a ‘fond,

reminiscence, A godd (chaice
for anyone with fond memories’
of life as ‘it. was in Nokomis; '
Prince Alber! and. Saskatoon in
the 1920's. fe

. THE MERIATD IN THE.

. SWIMMING POOL”
. BY: DOUGLAS. WALLOP

ww. NORTON, AND CO. INC. -
a At 47, Frank’ Coleman ig less |.
gs oncerned, ‘with “hig.

marriage. than’ “with: the
pollution of his swimming pool.

"In elght years: he-haan't spoken -

ol is a
‘Bay’ he

to his wife, ° But; the. po

stagnant |. Plum

the library=——-— |

chlorinates the water and ad-
justs its alkalinity, Weekly he
treats the pool with algicide.
Any leaf that happens upon its
surface is whisked away with a
net. Sodden objects are sucked
from’ the floor with a powerful
vacuum.

On Juty 28, at midnight,
Frank meets Mona for the first
time, Mona is a gorgeous
mermaid. And she is not the
result of the empty liquor bottle
beside his chair, ‘She reappears
the next night in his pool, and
Frank is in love, ‘He loses in-
‘terest in his hardware business,
regains a~human: disposition,
and confounds his wife. ©.”

This is’ another diverting:
novel comparable ‘to’ Douglas
Wallop’s . “The. Year: the’
Yankees Losl' the Perinant, "

Naas ala oie Se
THE BROKEN ‘SNARE -
BY B.D. SYMONS. —

DOUBLEDAY AND CO. INC.

A young couple from ihe:
Cypress Hills of ‘Saskatchewan’
stakes a homestead in Canada’s '
Pacific Northwest, ~ There.
among the sparkling creeks and
virgin ‘timber they ‘set to the
gruelling work of erecting log
buildings and breaking. ground .
for ‘crops. From the, moment -
they, pitch their first tent. they.
are committed ina battle of.
sorvival with wolves, bears and

tustlers. °.

The ‘pace - ‘is slow. “but
| gradually . they. build a log ,
house, sow a few‘ acres, ‘pack in
binders,. mowers and other

heavy... ‘equipment; “gutside” '
‘airplanes | zoom ‘overhead “and-:
ever ane, conjoye

“wiatures 6 the ranch develops”
and prospers, Just when ‘the
rancher: attains the heights his.

ily “enlarges. and: oe

modern : ye

‘domaiit is invaded: ‘by a- “new

. by. Mary Stewart...

* Highgchoal: ‘Underground, by

: Country, by Bradford Angier.

menace - the American. oil
prospector. Armed with leases
to the mineral rights, these oil
men with their massive DH4’s |
gouge away his soil, tear down
his fences, and stampede his
herd.

Can a man. who has trium-
phed over wolves, ‘bears .and
rustlers. beat these ~ steel
.monsters?.

+++.

. Like to read? : Well help

yourself to one or more of the |:
100 new books at -the- Terrace .

Public’Library. «| 2
Among fiction books are: .
‘The Rock (Gibraltar} by John

Masters; Maigret Hesitates;. by. |

Simenon and The Crystal Cage,

Among non-fiction: badks ¢ are:

Trapping Is My Life, by; John
Tetso; Beef Cattle Production,
by Juergensen; Dress Pattern

Designing by Natalle Bray;

Beauty and: Charm, The
Model’s Way, by Susan Par-

tington;  Barkerville ‘Day . by .

Fred Ludditt;, Notes From. The’

John Birmingham; Writing For
‘Money In Canada, by Raymond
Hull; 1. Married: a'-Priest, by
‘Joan’ Longo: - Mary Queen. of
Scots, by Antonia Fraser; The
Price Of “My Soul,: by. Her-
- nadette Devlin; Ben Hunt's Big
Indiancraft., Book; ~ Cons.
temporary Poetry ° of British

Columbia, From The Song, Nis’ if

Press; Bella: Coola, by Clif
-Kopas and Living :Off' The”

CENTENNIAL ME
- Sir Alexander Mackel

e-who :
: -first. reached the Pacific’ coast;

by land in’ 1798 felt his journey
was’ a failure becanse the route,

x.

KIMMEL

“When writing about Art
“hates it is difficult to
know‘where to begin:

: He lias done'so much in.
the past, is up to his eyes”
at the present, and,
unless the sky should fall,
will be doing much: ‘more .
in the future...

Basically | Bates is an. .
inventor, _ oN

"More important,.. he’ is a
successful inventor. . -;
. IMPROBABLE?

An inventor:- in. 1971? --In
Terrace? : : .
Thanks ‘to Bates practically.
everyone In North America who ©
has anything todo with forestry
has heard of Terrace. ._.

- This is the home of Bates
Systems Ltd., a compan
formed early last year whic!
produces among: other things, a
unique fire hese roller which is
already standardized equip-
ment for the B.C. Forest Ser-
vice. ae
Bates has been inventin
since he was 15 years old an
over. the past ten years ‘has

50 Inventions. ’
He has lived in Terrace, with |

daughter Margo, for the past i1
years.

MANY HATS
him as a politician, others as.the

others as the person responsible
for the design of their house or
building.

Bates was originally. a
commercial artist, interested in
anything in the design line,
describing himself as “a serious
artist that never paints”. He
stilldoes design work for people
in Terrace, making

a until the beginning of 1970
Bates has always been em-
ployed; his lagt job. mes, Ma this

construction co 1
Ta ve at aia tine te

stantly. streaming through his
ead.
ever going’ to make it, that he
must devote all his time to his
inventions. —

: ‘SLOGGING AWAY’. :
eer the past year he has been
8 ng away in the basement
ot tas ‘Lome at 3520 Hanson
Street. Bates Systems. was
formed at the’same time that he
ave up outside work.
hareholders in the company
are confident memebers of his
family and friends.
Their major and most suc-

“Action Roll, which is a unique
concept in ‘fire hose handling
invented by Bates with the help
of his brother, Richard,

They hdve been working on
the action roll machine since
1960. Basically it is a simple
| and effective way to handle | ire
Ose.

‘As ‘the-brochure states: ‘A
proven machine for rolling fire
-Hose so that it may be stored,
carried and laid without kinks
‘or damage.’ :

He invents,

- predicts” ;
and desi

BY DIANA: SMITH -

Does that sound BLE? ble? ~

originated and worked on about”

his wife Frances and their.-

Some people may remember

weatherman on CFTK, ‘and still:

business -
cards, letterheads, posters and

work on.the/many Beas con- |
He decided, if he was

cessful product so far is the

gus!

The need for such a machine
became apparent to Bates
-because of his werk with the
‘forestry service and his ob-
servations of the inefficient and
«time consuming handling of the
fire hose.”

1 Spar To go along with Action Roll is
“Ready Action, a. container
_ designed to store and lay hose.
‘ The containers are designed
, differently depending on
' whether the hose is to be laid by

~helicopter, a moving vehicle or

by back pack.

’ Patented in 1966, there are

now 200 unils in-use throughout

North America. Provinces

‘across Canaga are using it

testing it and generally going

: for itina big way, More than 20

‘units are in use by the Eastern

Allantic states,

Recognition of the product did
not come-easily, Bates has

.. spent thousands of dollars and

ousands of -hours: traveling
‘throughout North America
promoting his products. Any
eonvention, meeting - or
demonstralion concerning

. forestry, Bates was usually

present. ‘I'd wangle my way
into every demonstration
connected with forestry”, he
“said.

Even up until this Christmas
‘there was doubt about the
~success and future of the
business.

WANTED CONTRACT

But on December 20, like a

hristmas present, Bates heard
-that Wajax Equipment Ltd., the
largest forestry equipment
company in North America;
wanted the contract to
manufacture Action Roll.

This machine rolls tire hose
used in the forestry service but
Bates is working on certain
modifications which could
make it invaluable to fire
departments and even home
owners. A junior action rollis a
lighter version which can roll
the flat, plastic garden hose
presently on the market.

TTT iT ii TATA A TAMATGRMRTAGNN ANNA

Currently Bates is working on
‘seven different inventions. ° ~

a)
to-wash fire hose” or cars

‘There's: the -1dea he has got |
that isurar revohitionary new"

boat hulls. while still in the .

wat

There! s the variable tip
knozzlie he is working wi
which would give better control
of water flow.

There's the invention of the
Spudchee which he and his wife
developed in the kitchen; a

hollow, dehydrated potato

which ‘could rival the ham- |.

burger in future years.

Ard then there’s the games.
FOUR ON GO

He has about four in the
making at the moment. One of

riicular interest to people of

errace is the loggers game. -
This is where you roll a ball,
which activates a toy logger,
who falls the tree, which
luekily, hits the intended stake.

“Tye got dozens of ideas’,
Bates sald.

“Ever ry day I et another idea
it seems orking on So many
different projects at the same
time might be confusing but not
for this man who has the
“capacity for switching onto
different things.”

This may well become the
year of the maxi...in B.C.
anyway,

As B.C,
Centennial, women will shack
aside their minis and midis for

No official costume event is
planned in Terrace yet, says
Mrs. Vi McKinnon, wife of
Centennial chalrman Hugh
‘McKinnon, -

But the - Centennial com-
pmuittecis hoping she sald, that

‘Rustle your bustle?

celebrates its

the full-flowing styles of 1871. °

some club in town will take
over the event,

That club may
Women's Institute.

Mrs. Ralph Peterson, a
‘member, says‘ the W.L is
“considering” a costume
parade with prizes.

Ia 1987 for B.C.'s “other”
Centennial, the W.L sponsored
a? ‘Centennial Easter parade
for. the whole family, she said.

- But, remember girls, 1871

be the

was the year of the bustle,

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READY FOR ACTION, Art Bates demonstrates Action Roll, an
. invention he has perfected over the past few years which ralls,
efficiently and effectively, fire hose used primarily in the

forestry service...Staff photo. =

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. Expenditures of UP To $1,490,000 in the exploration stage Is contemplated bya Swiss

Details now available of the agreement between Empire Metals Corp. Lid. for;

-. merly:-Empire Mercury Corporation Lid. and the Swiss‘Aluminum Mining Co, of.
.. Canada, a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the glant Schweizerische AluminunrA. G., show
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per ‘cent’ of the company ta be farmed if it elects toput the property on Production.“

© x, Ina letter to shareholders, Donald W. Tully, president of Empire, points out that.

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Skeena MP Frank Howard :
plans to take a marathon tour of .
Canada, .

Accompanying him will be Ba
Broadbent, MP - for Oshawa:
John Harney, former: New
Democratic Party secretary for:
Ontario; James Lazer, a
Queen’s University lecturer anid.
David Lewis MP for York
Sout! rh . =

They all have something else
in common. All are candidates
for the NDP leadership ‘race
which culminates in n Ottawa in
April. ;

Howard, 45, told the Heald
the party is underwriting ex:

penses of candidates .to 7
maximum of $1,000 each, =“.

Each candidate is limited té
total campaign expenditures of
three cents.per party member,
about $10,500. "

When the campaign to suc:
ceed Tommy Douglas ends, the
leadership contenders will have
faced 19 regional audiences, *

Howard said the tour will bé
launched in Toronto, Feb3. -

During. the rest of the month
he and other contenders will
visit Thunder Bay, Saskatoon:
Edmonton, Sydney, St. John’s.
(Newfoundland), Sudbury,
‘Moncton, Montreal and back ®
foronto again. ,

In March, they will speak at
= Winnipeg, Brandon, Regina,
Nanaimo, Vancouver,
Kamloops, Hamilton, Windbor.
and, finally, Ottawa. aa

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