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EDITOR'S
JOURNAL

BY
GREG
' MIDDLETON

‘The fact that the walls are paperéd with money, real
money, isn’t the first thing you notice when you walk
into the First-Last Chance tavern in Hyder.

The first thing you notice is the bar maid, The pert |
little blonde sparkles at you from hehind the. Western-
style bar. Caroline Stewart, who tends bar in the first
drinking establishment you encounter as you enter the
border town of Hyder, Alaska, has the time to talk to
the customers, these days; customers moatly from the
neighboring town of Stewart.

é First-Last Chance tavern is one of three bars in
Hyder and also, obviously, the last one you encounter
a you leave. The three bars are Hyder’s main in-.

try. .

Caroline says she left Hyder for a while before the
Granduc copper mine closed, so she didn’t see the bars
when they were at the emptiest, but she says it would
have been a deadly winter had not the movie Bear
Island been filmed in the area. .

As Caroline bounces up from her stool behind the
bar to find out what you want to drink, as you take the

~ firet few steps into the subdued lighting of the

beverage room, you see the money on the walls. One
and two dollar.billa, both American and Canadian,
paper the walls from ceiling to floor. .
There are a few five dollar bills, a ten or two an
even some twenties. The denominations are obscured
the felt pen signatures. You pay for the privilege of
jeaving your name at two of the bars in Hyder by
writing your name on a bill and stapling it to the wall:
By the time you make it to the second bar in Hyder,
the Glacier Inn, the money on the wallsisn't that much
ofa novelty. You still spend some Hme to check out
the names.
. Then Skeena MP Jona Campagnolo left a little
money in Hyder. Quite a few Terrace residents have
been there. The tourlsts who come up through the

Pacific Northwest seem to leave what money we've

left them on the wall. ;

It takes a litile longer to get over the fact that the
floor of the First-Last Chance tavern waneuyared inj
peanut shells. woes

You quickly take your eyes off the attractive lady
behind

bar on the money on the walls when you —

notice you’re walking across something crunchy,

Itis only a recent addition to the atmosphere of the
tavern thatyou throw your peanut shells onto the floor.
Caroline didn't know how long they would do it for. It

meant she didn’t have to sweep the floor and that
made her happy. '
_ She also doesn’t want to polish the protruding dust
catchers of one of those fluorescent, paintings—a nude
done on black velvet. This one was three dimensional
and Caroline said she waa flatly refusing to dust her
kknockers;’

After a little art critiem from a couple of patrons,
locals who had drifted in someone stapled a paper bag
over the nude’s face. ’

Caroline said the bar got busler in the evenings. It
had been quieter, though, since the taxi company in’
Stewart had folded during the winter and the RCMP
hau picking up drivers as the crogsed the border.
separating the two towns.
wine people are willing to walk the 24 miles in the

ter .

With the reopening of the mine, it looks like. things
will get better for Hyder. While the hars. weren't full
that night they were almost busy, with customers
checking out the two neighboring border Bars and then
golng the additlonal 150 yards ta the Sealaska Inn
before settling in to one for the evening.

As‘there are more bartenders ini Hyder than
anything else”’ that Stewart is booming aghin is good

_ mews for Hyder,

There will be more money to put on the walls this

LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR —

UN ren sae:

“Life imprisonment ,.. and I hope the parole board doesn’t let you out
; "for at least three years!”

leas on impulse buys
, i day-teda basis.

Dear Sir,

Terrace Little Thdatre

Summer Drama School has
come to a close with great
success. The Young Canada
Works project ran from July
3 to Aug. 17 with three two-
week sessions for children
ages elght to t4. The course
provided the children with a

Her understanding of the
theatre and a working
knowledge of what is in-
volved in putting on a show.
| Bach group put on a short

* lone-act play for thelr parents
‘and friends, ‘The child

Tha children

g Cin £0. The course

gave the kids a taste of
ost every aspect of the
theatre including lighting,
costume, make-up,
movement and a variety of
theatre games that led into
characterization.

This summer project
worked very well and thanks
goes to my workers, Pam
Shaw and July Skarra, also,
the Terrace Litde Theatre
and lts members that gave
workshops. And a special
thanks to the Terrace Herald
for ne pictures and
soverage 6 program,

Christine Munson
Project manager

Body ay he ae PREVA hE PENSIONS 3

Money behind the PM’s

OTTAWA (CP) — Revelations
about a $500,000 trust fund e-
tablished on behalf of former prime
minister John Diefanbaker com-
pletes the chain of prime ministers
back to William Lyon Mackenzie

who have experienced the
ease of wealthy. aupporters.-

Mackenzie King had a secret fund
set up for him in the 1920s by Salada
Tea magnate Peter La and
others to guarantee an income and
he later received money to renovate
his house, the former residence of
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, :

His successor, Louls St. Laurent,
was convinced to take the prime
minister’s job in 1049 only after he
was given money by  anonymbus
benefactors to pay off his debts and
give him a pension.

Leater Pearson, a former public
servant in the’ external affairs
department and later prime.
minister, entered politics in 1648
after anonymous benefactors set up
a pension for his wife, Maryon.

As recently as 1975, Plerre
Trudeau was criticized when

anonymous donors paid for a
$200,000 indoor swimming. 1 for
his use at the prime ter’
residence at 24 Sussex Drive, -
And in 1976, an admission by the
Inte Quebec MP Claude Wagner that
he was receiving $1,000 a month
from a $300,000 trust fund set up in,
1972 is regarded as a major reason
for his loss of the party leadership
contest to Joe Clark,
But Diefenbaker, who died last
week at the age of 83, apparen
never benefitled. from the fund
There is, however, some confusion,
over when the fund’ was established.
John Munro, director of the
Diefenbaker Centre in Saskatoon,
said Monday It was established by
prominent Tories after the party lost
the 1963 election and Lester Pearson
became prime minister.
But Henry Borden, a Toronto

-, | businessman and former trustee of

the fund, anid Tuesday it was started
In 1960

Keith Martin, his executive
assistant for the last 10 years, said
Monday that Diefenbaker only in-
eluded the fund in the most recent
version of his will written Aug. 7,
nine days before his death. |

He ted that it be used to
promote his memory through
distribution of his writings to ”
school students and construction of a
boys and girls club in his home city
of Prince Albert, Sask. He also
directed that some of the money go
to the Diefenbaker Centre in Sas

known.
'_ The executors of the will, Senator

David Walker, Joe] Aldred of

Toronto, and Mr. Justice Edward
Hughes and Dr. Lewis Brand, both
of Saskatoon, plan to hold a news
conference Friday.

“I think probably after the press iit

coaference you'll have.a better idea
* (about the fund),” sgid Ken Binks,
solicitor for the Dietenbaker catate,

who was elected May 2% am Con-laer

servative MP in Ottawa Weat.
Evidence that Mackenzie King
‘received money from wealthy

acquaintances surfaced with the

' release several years ago of his!

detalled diaries.

While touring France with the
“wealthy Larkin in 1928, King wrote:
“Mr. Larkin and [had an interesting
talk about the future....He says to

equal to $20,000 a year which

cate what he hag in mind, 3

the
Beauharnols power ‘company he

controlled recéived concessions —

from the fedéral government while

Mackenzie King ‘wae prime

minister. There’ has’ never ‘been: -

evidence @ payments
and the federal

ions.
King was rela ely wealthy when

he died, having ed extensive
land holdings w caked extensive

to the state, Poy

St. Leurent, & member of the
Mackenzie King cabinet, had been a
corporation lawyt before entering
Toney during the Feat Depression

rea ion
and had piled up debts.

Historian Dale Thomsoo wrote in
his Louls St. Laurent, Canadian,
published in 1967, that St, Laurent
Vaated to leave. tie in im
deapl ‘rom e
King to fume the party leader-
p.

E

“The final factor in making St.
- Laurent change his mind was a

message that, without consulting
him, a group of wealthy admirers
had joined together to wipe out his
pro'war leases and to strengthen his

] position In a way that left
him under no obligation whatsoever
towards the dovors,’’ Thomson

Gordon said in an interview
Tuesday that Pearson, who was
deputy minister of external affairs
in: 1048, was worrled about
sacrificing the relative security of
his public service job for the
financial uncertainty of politics.

Gordon and a group of friends

raised money to buy a $400-amonth

pension for Pearson's wife Maryon.

“He asked, and I said at the time,
‘if we do this, you will never know
where the money came from,’ "
Gordon said Tuesday of his con:
versations with Pearson. “He said,
‘that would suit me’ or something
like that.’

Gordon said the money came from
friends, not corporations.

When Pearson died in December,
1972, he left an estate of $597,916.

Trudeau is Independently wealthy
and never lad need of funds to
provide income.

But the issue of the pool at 24
Sussex was a frequent topic of

* questions in the’ Commons by

Trudeau critic Tom Coasitt, Con-.
servative MP for LeedsGrenville
and «og former Liberal.
William Teron; a milllonatre
deve! later named chairman of
Canada Mortgage and Housing
Corporation and a friend of Trudeau,
came up with the idea of building a
pool for Trudeau’s personal use,
Comatruction costs were paid by
anonymous donors.. .
Ironically, the pool now is at the

disposal of Prime Minister Joe

Clark, who says he can’t swim,

‘CONSUMER
COMMENT

Even with today’s rising prices, its still possible to

. feed your family better and cut your food bill at the

same time. ee

Before you spend another dollar on groceries, spend -
some time figuring out your food budget for the next
month, Once you know hew much money is available
for groceries, try following these food cost-cutting

estions, ;
“Pian your menus for the following week(s) and

. check your supplies on hand, then prepare your
 gho 10g Hist accordingly, This list should

help you
the pitfalls of impulse buying. You'll also spend
you shop weekly

,or monthly, .
‘rather than on a y ;

- Once you've determined what you'll need, check the
advertisements for specials and to compare coats
from store to store, . .

Don't shop on an empty stomach, otherwise you

avo)

may end up atraying from your list and spending more

than planned, Also, shop alone if possible, as studies
have shown that otherwise you may spend more,
particularly if children are with you.

Check for unit prices to help you choose the brand or
size that is the best buy. -
.. Compare costs between frozen, canned, and fresh
fruits and vegetables. Contider that fresh produce is
often the best buy when in season.

Read product: labels and remember that the

ingredients are listed in descending order of quantity.
Pay attention to hest-before dates on perishables, to
ensure that the foods you buy are at their peak of
freshness.

If you purchase convenience foods, consider that if

' you're paying someone else to do the work, is the

‘saving in time and effort worth the increase in cost?
Match ingredients to use. For example, items that

are to be chopped or used in mixtures with other foods,

can often be bought broken or in pieces, at a lower
price. All food grades are equally nutritious, and
grades other than “Canada Choice” or ‘‘Grade A”
may often suit your needs while costing you less.

Conalder store brands and “no name" generic
products. They are often equal in quality to top brand
names, while often costing you less.

The most popular items are usually placed at eye-
level on a store’s shelves. Look above and below and
behind, where you may find a better buy.

Where possible, consider substituting lower-pric
types of foods for more expensive ones. For example,
we skim milk powder instead of milk in baking and
cooking or substitute carob for cocoa or chocolate.

Consider that non-food products, such as paper

products or drugs and toiletries, may be available at

lower prices in retail outlets other than grocery stores.
For more information on food labelling, contact
your regional office of Consumer and Corporate Af-
fairs Canada and ask for the pamphlet ‘‘Let The Label
Do The Talking”.

TODAY IN
HISTORY |

The World Council of
Churches was formed at
Amsterdam $1 yeara ago
today —in 1948 — embracing
churches from every part of
the world, By the Hme tt held
its second world assembly in
1954, it represented 163
churches from 48 countries.
The accord reached at
Amsterdam removed much

.?

The council has no power
over the churches but fa a
means of initiating common
discussion and action,

1743 — The French
evolutionary government
announced conscription of
ée entire male. population.

1833 — Slavery was
abolished in the “British
colonies, ‘

of the disunity in :
Christendom da from the 1914— Japan declared war
Great Schiam cf W054 when Germany.
the Christian church divided 1926 — Actor Rudolf
on an east-versus-west basis. Valentino died,
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