~ ae, pipe ees 2) EET: a. ars oa " Landing fields aren’t quite what urban alr travellers are used to and passengers often have to handle theirr own baggage. This narrow strip at Iskut seems a bit _ better than most runways along the route. Building | oe 75 oa me | an re . Witmeyer, his friend; and __TIRED,OLD DC-3 STILL MAKES THE GRADE TPA‘a close-bumpy view of the land_ | goes down the middle of the structure of maybe a few THE HERALD, Monday, August'29, + "But soon we were within territory, although I am gulch. The tiny valley, its Rod and Roy Miller of Utah square feet. Iwas told that sight of home. it w beauty accented by the were being guided by nobody ever uses it. ; ‘ ‘as certain I will someday make steep mountainsides, ex- Skeena Mountain Outlitters. Hall an hour alter, we good to be back in familiar a return trip. , tends for miles in a From the outside seat, one land at Dease Lake. The southeasterly direction.. can look through a baggage airstrip there. is con- We were to encounter a room to the pilot control siderably bigger and better. numbe rof such room. Ben Wittke and Brian Unfortunately it’s hard to breathtaking views - the Duncan relax behind the form impressions of a OR SALE kind one would never come fancy dashboard like you or community from theair. All F upon otherwise. Farther up, the logged I would drive a car. Small nes have a comfortable, we saw was a. series of cabins and trailerg spread over area take on the ap- timate atmosphere. out across the landscape. 000 pearance of giant football Bruce Johnstone, the It was somewhere bet- $16 00 n they disappear for good. steward, istravellingupand ween Iskut and Dease Lake Y There are only trees and down the aisle offering that 1 got air sick. Soon I REABY FO 60 mountains. passengers coffee or fruit was to fill half the air - FISHING Stu got up to have a chat juice. He asks Stu and I if sickness bags on the plane. : with the pilots, Ben and .we want cream and sugar. I didn't recover till we were ANB CAMPING Witte, an perian Duncan, The iy pas mine a bit almost back at Terrace. . and °1 interviewe e rocky to date owning to air To be air sick, otherwise , passengers. turbulence. But as the known as motion sickness, is New chewy Contre inch Benaet ici Tabs Zia Hassanis a geologist steward returns with our don’t recommend it to (f Engine ‘ Lawrence Depth Sounder from Thornhill, Ontario. He refreshments the plane hits anyone. You feel like you Two Bumer Stove, Ice Box 5000 LB. Trailer With Barkes is working for a. mining Af your an extraordinari y rough re: audition. ° 4 sonis - Ben” Iu. want to end it all right there ARE YOU LOOKING FOR EXTRA MONEY & ANIGHT JOB | if you can play a musical instrument and sing, we have a job for you. Sink and 20 Gal. Fresh Water Rod Halders And Extra Prop cunits from the Rivers Iniat P.S.¥.U. and of 50,000 cunits from the Nootiia P.S.Y.U. cr parts there of provided that the . gbove volumes for each P.S.¥.U. are not exceeded. Bids for required in the outline contained in the Particulars of Sale. ‘The standard of ufilization In the harvest will be at least all _ trees over seven (7) Inches In dlameter at @ point four and one-half (4%) feet above the ground to four (4) Inch top . ameter and the manufacturing plant must be capable of Utilizing all-legs fo a four (4) Inch top diameter and must contain chipping facilities. oo, .. Bids submitied as offers fo purchase the cutting rights must be at least Se per cuntt or be In multiples of 1¢ per cunits ’ Inaddition to the above, based on the annval cut proposed for » the contract multipiied by the number of years In the con- A tract. Stumpage and royalty will bepayablealse basedon an appraisal of Individual cutting permits issved onder authority of the licence. The contract to be awarded az at- ‘Wancouver. CITY OF PRINCE RUPERT ’ requires ., 460,000 cunits from the Dean (Block 1) P.5.Y.U., of 50,000 — _ less than the above volumes will be considered. Propasat --' [i rivet Inchide detalied data.on financial faesibliity: ete. ‘as": FF tached to the Particularsof Sele willbe a 20year Timber Sale - Forester, Prince Rupert or from the District Forester, — i company at-Eddontenajon. . spot. Johnstone lurches ‘- jump out of the plane and }) Ta : _ . - - Tank 5 “As you cansee there are from side to side. almost . nayer been seen again. Full Width Transom Platiorm rive Engine Mount On Ont a ae _ oe . os lots of rocks around here,” falling sideways to thefloor, However nobody else )) Six Speakers end Stereo 4 a . : th os ta De se a e he commented. Wetls but he docan't even spill the seemed to have an ' % jose @ ground most o e way, the 35-year-o! 3 gives passengers 2 na e Wells run 2- ee. Breatnless, nds roblems. So .in all : bumpy, but Leantiful tour of the countryside. see Rives paswenke resort lodge at ~Ed- us our drinks. : likelihood most people never CUSTOM SPORTS CENTRE LTD. a , oo dontenajon Lake during the Outside, the scenery has getair sick. Maybe it would . 632-4B55 KITIMAT. x ‘By BILL MARLES referred to is safe and'- the plane starts moving and summer. The Wells stay at. changed. The mountains have helped if I hadn't eaten — Se ; Herald staffwriter ‘© secure in the waiting room. quickly gains altitude. Lakelse Lake the rest of the seem somewhat more pancakes, or if Ihadn’t been ; It’s seven minutes to flight . The Herald was recently. Froni my window, I can year. . a ____ Tevelle doff. There are writinginmy notebook most ‘ time at the Trans Provin invited to goon-oneof Trans see: Thorohill.. Thornhill | Ron got acquainted with fewer trees. The tops of the of the way. One of the = Airlines waiting room. Provincial twiee weekly doesn't look ‘nearly as the north country by flying mountains are bare, except passengers offered me a | f “What about Mr...?” asks flights to small, isolated spread out from the air asit for Trans Provincial for 12 for a thin layer of green pill, which helped matters PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA “ the woman behind the communities. north of seemswhenyouartryingto years. The Wells’ are ab- grass on top. somewhat. ~ . MINISTRY OF FORESTS os ‘counter. “He hasn'tarrived Terrace, Last Friday Stu . get from place to place on viously in love with this down at Iskut about two — So the rest of the trip was NOTICE OF SALE OF CROWN TIMBER az yet.” Ducklow and I took the the ground. The Skeena area, . hours after takeoff from abitofablur. The coun ee a oo ‘company up on its offer. River winds its way east- _ After landing at Dease Terrace. We land on a around Telegraph Cree MID-COAST PROPOSAL | 1 ES There's a bit of a panic, About 10 people, including .ward eventually disap- Lake, Ron and Rene Wells . gravel runway inthemiddle was beautiful-barren rocky .. There is an annual harvest avallable of up to 290,000 cunits until someone locks out the ourselvesboardedthe World pearing into a mountain will transfer to a Beaver ofthe woods. Stuwondersif plateau -broken by the of timber. Lo S i window and says, ‘Oh there Warr II vintage DC-3 at 11 range. aircraft’ which will take the runway is any wider canyons of the Stikine .. Tenders in a seated and properly designated container for 7°: he ist" a.m. " .. Syst to the north of them to their. destination. than the plane. I’m think River. To the south of the purchase of Timber Sale Harvesting ‘Licences to f=: “We'd just about given: In the aisle beside our seat “Torre th “re lot of There are four hunters the same thing. _ . Telegraph Creek, we were authorize harvesting of up to 160,000 cuntts of timber each fh _ you'up for lost,"” smiles the is a bed -spring. - The | ad t ar a ith y United States up for a 17- ‘They spend a while taking cheek to cheek with tall, year from the Dean (Block 1) Public Sustained Yield Unit for ‘3-7 relieved woman. ssengers behind us have mit f the won, A ae day hunt, 30 miles south of and taking on freight,zo we steepbarren mountainsand —| # 20 year period, of up fo 0000 cunits of. J Just when everything brought their dog. G ai d S skut. Woody Witmeyer, haveachancetogetoutand glaciers. «alk timber each year from the Rivers inlet Pubile Sustalnad -B::: have settieddown,someone Everything is considerably Yookin urave Tee Ke 8, whocomesfromtheeastern look around. The trees are At Schaft Creek, we [| Yield Unit for a 20 year period and of up to 50,000 cuniisof -8 else comes uptothe less formal than an Air - oa mth tat ng United States, explained tall, but quite thin and have picked up a number of. § timber each year from the Neotka Public Sustained Yield ff: ticket desk. Canada or CP Air flight. ‘alls from er fe hills that he first visited a hun- fewlleaves. Itiseveident we miners on their way home | Unit for a five year. period will be received by the Chief & 5 “There’s two people As the plane prepares for ao ao Steep treeless ting consultant at home. have travelled three hun- for the weekend. By this # Forester in hiscffice in Victoria, British Columbia, up ttl! the waiting over by CP Air to go takeoff, the ceiling vibrates 8d mountains. = dred miles north. chock fullcf passengers and {| Sourefit:00e.m.ontha7ihday ofGctober, 1977. = ye to Telegraph Creek. a ttle and there’s a certain Suddenly the plane goes “A lot of people from A small group of lecals frieght. To get out of the .- Tender must Include » proposal te build a pulp mill and _ i But this latest bit of in- ‘amount of noise generated. t a.narrow gap between Pennsylvanniacometo B.C. havecomedown to greetthe narrow mountain valley, the such ther manufacturing plant or plants considered ff -. [ formation urns out to be ‘The plane engine is reved: high mountain ranges. A and the Yukon to hunt”, he plane. In the background is plane had to go out a ways fedaser tuna Tectia to be appre on trthe’ fecal R Ana alse. e passenger up considerably, and then tiny creek (or is ita river?) said, the sole building-a well built and-make a sharp U-turn. District. rer enalacantbe tants to ata the entire Rasionat = ( : ; ; ; * Harvesting Licence and five year T.S.H.L. Cash or certified = §.~ ‘ We need all the country & western singers and: cheque In the full amount of the bid must be submitted with | Ef: .. a guitar. players we can get. . _ the tender. The bid submitted by the successful tenderer is | §.:. u a non-refiindable. Unsueceastul tenderers will be so notified eat ¥ - and amounts accompanying such tenders will be returned. ans 4 Ifyou think you can doa two waek single Thesale is not subject to Section 17(1a} ofthe Departmentet ft: at Forests Ac and there Is no recognized applicant. a oe * ; ; .. Proposals must meet provincial requirements pertaining i fe Please contact to environmental protection, and water, soll and timber . [ © i management. Preference will be given to proposals offering . 4 Bob at 638-1614 : i . the best combination of employment, social benefits, wood a ; Utilization and revenue, Pursuant to the Department of = [/°~ % Or phone 635-9151 os rorests Act the Minister may relied | any or all afters made =F" x \ for purchase of the cutting rights. . . tt for an appointment .. Further particulars may Se abtsined from the District. F--* “4 ‘ contract let 4 alert and, ‘vigorous: | earning good marks at Schoo! and eager for a challenge.. "St. Michael's University School, Victoria, offers a high-quality. “all-round” education. , HOTICE TO BIDDERS = * In order to support the metric conversion * plans of the Canadian Construction Industry, - the Department of Public Works: will be in- viting tenders based on metric (Si) drawings and specifications for. all those mew con-. struction projects which are tendered after. January 1, 1976. a a SUPERINTENDENT FOR WATER AND SEWERAGE DEPARTMENTS Applicants must have minimum of five years experience in the construction and maintenance of water supply and distribution, and sanitary and storm sewer stystems. _Acontract for -con- struction and improvement work to department of high- ways buildings at Kitwanga ous on. Highway 37 west of * Hazelton has been awarded . h Raymond Enterprises, of -. . Aldergrove, B.C, Skeena | 7 MEA Cyril Shelford an- nounced last weekend. + Work under the $162,000 — contract is to begin the second week of September and be. completed in mid December. About 20° workers will be employed. . The work includes in- stallation of well pumps, ‘water lines, disposal field, installation of underground” diesel and gasoline tanks plus construction of bulk oll Duties will include estimating, budgeting, scheduling, cost control, reports, and dealing with the public, under the direc- tion of the Superintendent of Public Works. . - In order to support. the metric conversion plans of the Realty Sector of the economy, the Department of Public Works will be carrying out all new real estate transactions in metric (SI) units of measurement with effect from January: 1, 1976. oo Benefits include Superannuation, Group Life Insurance, In- -” FOR SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND | come Replacement, Medical and Dental Plans, ENTRY DETAILS, PHONE ME COLLECT. | " (Gay 604 592-4022. Evening 604°592-6132) OR WRITE: al Salary range $1,500 - $1,514 per month. . Applications will be received up to’ 5:00 p.m. September 16th, Reply with resume to: . John Scaffter M.A., _ > Headmaster. ~~. ST. MICHAEL'S UNIVERSITY SCHOOL 3400 Richmond Ad., Victoria.B.C. V8P 4P5 it is noted that the industry does not require metric tender documents for new highway construction until’ = April 1 «1979, i] ‘ - \ Ne Director’-of Municipal : a , Services, 7 he .. City Hall, _ ou” 424 West ard Avenue, AA. Mackay Doputy Minister : storage. Wooden frame st ard - -_ be bulit and metal buildings oo Prince Rupert, B.C., och now on site will getinternal fo Lo ds 4 VaJ-tL7 “ finishing. ot