: os BY Cyril M, Shelford rn NORTH WEST LOGGER ASSOCIATION an The much talked of Northern Development. seems to be ata standstill due to several reasons. These vary from rail car shor- tages, ecology studies, the tack of decisions from all levels of Gavernment, Federal, Provincial and Regional, the uncertainty in the mining industry: with exploration and prospecting declining to be made in the forest industry. : Approval of culling permits is falling many forest roads unbuilt which should have been done last fall. This will slow down production this coming summer. This un- _ certainty leaves 1973 and the first quarter of 1974 logt years as far.’ as development goes, wil] not one new Pulp, Plywood, Saw Mill ar. ; mine opened during this period. The big question for the people o aes B.C, to ariswer is where will the young people work when they com on oul of school. ie woos . mee If Norttiern Development is.ta succeed we will need Educatio ale opportunily in all-regions to ensure a supply of Professionally, . Technically and-Vacationally trained people to build the north as: well as a system of on-the-job training. Most companies are sad dled with expensive on-the-job training everyday of the year. wil the rapid turn over of men in these areas, often than 200 percent... greater in one year. ‘This means a loss of production and higher costs. It becomes very clear that owr present education system is riot raining our young people for work when they leave school. The... :, greatest number have to learn this after leaving school, and this: burden is mainly carried by industry. An impartial Royal Com- mission should be’ appointed immediately to establish whal+is’ lacking, both financing and training in the present Educational. . System. Sa Bk as ee asaist {t by Laxation policies that make it the populaled areas should be allowed an further exemption of at i ‘pension plan which will make i pension: on retirement. Provincial and Regional: Governments, make Northern Development difficult to start by a top-heavy beaurecracy ruiming around carrying oul surveys and ‘sludies requested by various groups or- individuals. . these studies are completed and develép until they‘are.. This may be a long time with the present _altilude of many where development is” '* nut utily questionable: “put. completely undesirable. This group knows, the best.method w :- stall development is through studies of, all kinds, and this same - ‘group ‘is the first to ask Government to spend more on Education, Health Dental.Care elc., yel never answer where the money will. “come from. Some. will answer Resources after asking for. more. ‘aeres be taken for single use. and less for mining, forests. and -~ Itremember is the fact thal wehave -grazing.. One thing weshoulda a (otal of 234,128,462 acres in British Columbia and over’.105,016,251 care already in Park or Alpine Meadows suited only for, single: use. for. recreation.’.. A congtanl‘acreage’ii forest “and grazing is“ ". done, then the people of BC wi thése sources and. higher-prices, of economies where casts of all-kinds, including taxes, wages and "sumer. ae OS nae Pad debe ba ds Contraclors wishing to locate in the’ inlerior Must be prepare ire al least (wo extra men, if hoy, Wish, |p keep a crew‘ of 12 tot id? y menas the turn over is so rapid, ‘This greatly-increases costs'and ““euls:dowa on productivity. -High wiemployment and-al the samme’ “time a shortage of workers is a conluning prablem for not only the ~. industry:in the-outside areas bit also for Federal and Provincial “Government-Whd will Raye lo find a solution or productivity wil fall even further , with Welfare and Unemployment payments 7% » going ever higher. © : et phe ‘Unions ‘thal -make demands for betler pay and working conditions will have (o become involved in recruiting work crews * thal.will slay 6n the job until they can be replaced by some other. skied worker.io maintain productivily. The unions shauid be _ willing to accept responsibilily. for.this, he same as Management ““ean-be expected {o live upto the agreement they sign with he Unions. 20. : : Ta The north is ithe most challenging place in which'lo live and will remain sa ‘if-all Governments will only-try and assist rather-than = create even grealer problems and frustrations far all those thal - r way af life in the ay want to. accept the. challenge and build @ bette : : north:¢o' : a ae oo ye : a ‘There is nu mystery about why thé price of housing in B.C, has shot up inthe last lwo or three years, Professor Michael Goldberg said during the 7th annual Senior Level Real Estate Seminar held recently. at Harrison Hot Springs. 3. ae ; The six-day seminar, attended by ubult 140-ceal estale agents, soles managers, branch managers, ‘und senior salemman, was _ jointly sponsored by the Real Estate Institute of B.C, and the Real stale Council of B.C. in co-operation with the Pacully of Com- merece and Business Administration al the Univeristy of B.C... 25. Speuking omHousing: Myths.and Realities, Goldberg outline the reasons why: the rise in the cost of housing was ‘indy table, First, he said, there's more money around Even allowing for the vifeet on inflation, inzomes have been rising sleudily. in the fast few Cars, . we pon, mR Second, the stack of hauging, which ts 4 durable commodity has: heen increasing Wa rate of only 23*per cent “uyeur, but ‘the papwation bas been rising by 3.2 per ‘conta year, ‘To mike matters worse, 76 per, cent of the populition increase has-been a result al migration, and a high proporation of the migrants have been in the 14-33 age brockel, ‘That's the lamily-f pointed.out;avhich puls heavy pressu > Third, (hanks tea buhy boom. tha eecurred about | “abnormally: high propartion ofthe, population is range = again, the’ lamily-forming: group. Br age — iueth, people are nu, jonger buying houses simply in arder to “hate a place 10 live, as they onee did. "fo many. real estale is now seen as a hedge agdinst inflation. wa a One ol the results uf these four faetars has been a vacancy rate of only? per cent in Vaneouyer. 3. - Bootes Spe as © Whine is needed, Goldberg said, is nore innpvation.in the use of “hind, bul innovation 1s, being slifled by zoning-regulatios, “plan- mo hing’ and a -singularly: guless busch of politicians who want.to give, samething away Lo eve tbody": ! a . “Phe relucianee. 0. municipa | gouncils la rezone stems from their belief that eyery Canadian hagatight (oa single-family house ~ ona bu-foot lot. fdun’t believe th ahuusing. bur not louse lund nap family houses a dead duck." et ~ Mullistorey and condorninium decommodatidn for lamilies is an “urgent need, Goldberg ‘said. “A CMHC study bas shown that osislaciory. lantily uecamodaltion cai be provided at a rale.of 40 cruniis'arto the sere, wilh eachunil-having an area of 1,20) square “eed “Bat all the building tiylaws dnd zoning regulations make il impussible to caine up with this sort af innovalive scheme." os nthe housing stock? ; the acre “wilh no‘deleterlous: elfeels whatever’). ~.Goldbargy was: particularly critical ‘of ‘zoning us a barrier. ta developient of a larger stock of housing suilable to present needs, “Zoning tg traditionally the right'to the rich aiid resulls in quarkel interferenee:-by the nebo : He ejted the: resulls: of: ar which are high zoned.) Lise Be a Wee 4s FI I to ieihwest over 60 percent in one year, and most important, decisions are yet. . far behind schedule leaving .” All levels of Governments do more to delay development ihan 2. more altractive to live in - least $1,000 if single; and $2,000 ifmarried, plus a better portable”. it possible for them to build a better, : Some of these. are °: > needed but one thing is.clear,; you can't have both, developments ‘and studies, northern development means nothing but talk until ~: people shouldn't be encouraged {0 « requkred in order to carry oul proper sustained yield, If this is not= ; Ihave Lo accept lower revenue [rom ° and will have tp curtail ex- «> pendilures accordingly. Anyone that \hinks you can pass |hese" “higher-costs off onto industry simply doesn't know the simplerules 3." .- olher expenses; are always passed on to the little man, the con- - , ‘Housing: Why Prices ar ming age proup, Galdberg - C'S AO, an. the mid-2Us ; every Canadian has a right io; galway. Clearly. the single- Similarly, GoldGerg, suid, retired people can be “stacked” S000 ~ ; ‘exhuuslive: coniparative study. of a Houston Texas. wich is wholly unzoned, and Dallas and Chicago, ° Mn Houston’ you can. theorlivally. pul Up.an ol refinery in the. THE. HERALD, -TERRACE, B.C. Bo Fe III KIT KO IR: 2 Much: of B.C.s. best timber “prows on sleep mountain slopes - gnd removal of il by traditional * logging methads and equipment “often creates. serious and “fasting damage to the forest enirenmenis. “Several Vagencies “are seeking a o) solution la the problem, par; ticularly: in’ the southern In: leflore eT In Sept, 1973, the B.C. Forest Service ‘ serit foresler-engineer ., - Hang Waelti to Norway, Austria “Saind “Switzerland “1a see how, steep slope logging Is conducted in those mountainous countries. “His report | concluded © thal _ skyline. logging ', appeared - to: "offer ‘a ‘possible solution and ‘récommended that experiments be“conducted lo determine ‘its cupplication in this province. - Skyline logging is the method of - “-removinglimber from (he forest S "by" cable suspended between iwo Spars or-two points Gn the. srrain. > It differs from ‘masl her systems in that the Umber’ lifted clear of the ground, and cuhe forest floor over which logs: or “WORLD HEALTH DAY 7APRILIG74) Message from Dr. H. Mahler Teo ee - Director-General. ~ : . of the World Health Organization a ‘orld is rich but not making good use of the wealth within its reach. Millions live oS in-the w of chronic hunger and malnutrition, while others eat too. much and are th malnourished in a different sense. eo a oe gee n the tropics and sub-tropics, severe protein-calorie malnutrition affects. about 11: million children, moderate protein-calorie malnutrition-about 76 million: Severe. cases - wauld need treatment urgently hut, even forthe few who are treated, it often.comes too: late. In mild to moderate cases, children show retarded growth and their abilitytolearn. is impaired, which in turn is an indirect obstacle to economic development... 0.5. “A number of- serious deficiency diseases are still with us: vitamin-A deficiency, © resulting in blindness or death; nutritional anaemias; endemic goitre and cretinism; ind rickets, common in some sub-tropical countries. J fog eg By contrast, overeating and ealing the wrong foods are partly responsible for the ; steady rise in metabolic disturbances and diseases of the heart and blood vessels. °°” “Since there is already so much knowledge about nutrition, and since gond health isso cos important for. human achivemeiit, much more can and must be done: atthe vervleast, idespread_ deficiency diseases should be made _tordisappear. The attack against" malnutriton must be stepped up through education, agriculture and fond policies, as. -: “are edrtied ig not disturbed “damaged. eo ee Mr. Waelti‘s recommendation “7 was.upproved in. principle-und + 3K orest Service engineers have cbeen, -working ‘Jour details regarding harvesting costs and. timber production which might: ~ he.expected with the: proposed Soosysienn. > "Two neread in: the Nelson Forest District are belug considered: Tor, operational, as telals and: a firm decision to ~" proceed.is probable in April.” > B.Cé Forest Service in-this-feld ge study, as: - “Managenfent., lnstilute (of rhe: . Federal, Forestry Service) A 2 chraned cat uhis agency, Une “Harvesting | Reseqreh Com- 2 onittee. met -in Viniouyer last” él as through health measures. Each of is can find out about food in-order t protect. ' our health as best we van, and help the members of our family todo the same. eo Thape that World Health Day 1974 will stimulate action against deficivngy diseases cy agin liseases, and bring, wider understanding that we need bette: hutalso against hixury ¢ fond for arhealthier world. king suppurt for: development ul) -stéop Being iechniques in B.C: toe are “World Iaith Day is being promoted in Canada by the ae Health League of Canuda.a National Citizens’ Committee jor WHO, ou as pari of National Health Week, April 13... os IO III III III III TEI IR IIE National Health Week = recognize .Natiorial Health. ~‘have'the effect of spotlighting the need for esich oné of'us'to take a | an announcement today, the *- -hard look al our eating patterns and lo the necessily ~ophysical exerciser": 2: ‘The best form of defence dy something now aboul proposing new, scns “he hew.cules strangle nol.only. your -out industry, is altack,” Beveridge said, “You must ible Iegislaticn before bul: the whole. ravines + “Panellist Da ve Baxler,a doctoral sludent :in the UBC fucully'of, Commerce arid Business: Business: Administration, said the: power’ “ofthe provineral governments “(o-contral the use of land was en-/ -ghrined inthe Brilish Columbia North America Act, but over a‘tong ; "period iad gradiially: been ceded 10 Municipal governments,” “Bar in-reeent years provincial governments: have come lo . “peeoguize that. land-use controls.are frequently. mis-handled at-the municipal level.’ Baxter said. Hence several provincial govern: ° “a ments have enacted legislation to retura control to the provincial coldevele io eee ea Tees nner: - Unfortuinalely, he Said, B.C.'s Land Commissicn Act has been § “spaihersloppily implemented”, bul amendments have correcied some of ig more serious faults, me Ne 2. Pannelist Don. . Liteplo, an appraiser with Standard Realty Lid., Edmonton, object. to-the present forms of land-use control on the ‘ground thal) (hey. are “unsetliing and disruptive" and “‘self- worsening’. 2 ne . “3, “They are self worsening’’ he said; “because no-tmatter how “lenrefully [he controls are drawn, someone will find loopholes; That requires more legislation lo plug the‘loopholes but". then more lwwphules are loyitd - in the new" legislation, requiring more ti the rules: become . hopeless tangle.":: |. °.°.- -, In additlon, Lileplo, sald, Legislation enacted with good intent ig (oo often Incomplete, in thal ia goes only half-way lowardsolution af >: the problem... He tited the example.of rearly 7,000 acres of land al. dmonton that-the government bought Int the hope of éasing the. shortage of land for huusing, Bui from that land only 200-200 ser- vieas lota a year are golng on the’murkel, when the area actually: needs mure-than 3,000 a years ~ aa US ed et umendments, un sos . Plans alsa.’ -unvironinental damage. + ihe.: Forest. _ discussing: “present ieand “Golential sysioms for logging in. ‘Meliosh ~ made" asreport: “progess cath dates | fhe family of Beraado Rosario and the fate Eustecla Rosario would like 10. tank ‘the Doctors and ‘the : Staff of Mills ‘Memarial Hospital and friends far the efforts and kindness. shown toward these two young men. : . Words cannot express our appreciation. 7 novi tes you to drop: in’. and meet the staff WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1974 BEST TIMBER GROWS = sLores «| representatives of: the | Forest" , Service ‘and, the Interior. . Lumber : Manufacturers Association (.L.M.A.).federal . representalives.-agreed:,.0, help 4 lurlher meeting was ield-in Penticlon in; January toide develop a program. . Several sleps were laken. = ant. | ‘Firgt,'.a small . working committee was established :with western representatives. of:.Ihe Forest Managément ‘Instilute J.A. Mcintosh, ;48 chiarmen. . Also included were member of -— - LL.MLA,’ the Fedéral’: Forest Research Laboralories and the Forest Service.°. 0). soe olTwo ‘contracts were. planned: -_. with (he Facully of Forestry! al - ULB.C, One is. (o'obtain-weigh! and. ulher characteristics-:of ‘Interior commercial. species.. - “this is intended 10" :help determine’: the: equipment: specifications, 1.- The..ather:;,, contract: ig:'l0, assess 5 the suilabilily ; of. presently used cogstal cable logging: syslems . for Inlerior stéep slope stands. envisage assessment of past--logging ; ‘practices for effect an-erosion, regenerailon und site quality in - some selected Interior: breads or. drainages,..--From: his. in- vesligalion the commmiltee “hopes ta leara-under what soil, sand” did s-rérrain- condiions “eat logging can he performed without causing ‘unacceptable This program: has. the. fuil support of the ILMA which. is ‘purlicipuling ‘aclively. in: the ~~! Sludias. 205 Fi tp tote TRE “A Mountain Lugging: Sysiems '* Seminar Was: held at Selkirk College ‘in’. Castlegar -on:28-29 Marehi for’ the, purpose ® uf niauitainods lerraln sinothe Southern lnterio¢ of B.C.Yeand Working Committee Chairman on : You! i at SCE dG i