_ PAGE Az ew appointments Tor two Sentor officers of the B,C. Forest Service were announced today by Deputy Ministernof oresis John S$. Stokes. wAK: (Ken) Reid, formerly orester-in-Charge of the in * consullant to the Forest Service Executive Committee. - Suceeeding Mr..Reid as head ‘of the Management Division will be Halph W. Robbins, who “has-been in charge of the “planning section af that division for the past two years. “Mr: Reid was born in New ~ Brunswick; took: his: schooliag there “and-graduated from the - University of New Brunswick in : : ; * 1941 with a degree in forestry. a fo. 7) His.‘career. wilh, the Forest foo ? Service siarted in 1847 in (he ;* cs ~-"Prinee Rupert Forest District 12. © where he was incharge of forest wo Managemenl, . Between 1950 , “and: 1952 he was with the Van- eouver- district, then tran- ‘“sferred to Victoria headquarter s where he was in charge of ‘-slumpage ’. appraisals : (Management Division) until JAK, REID 1959, He became 2 i-e of the division in 1960 and in 1962 was. appointed assislant District Forester for (he Vancouver Forest District. . Mr, Robbins is a forestry gradual e of the University of British. Columbia and com- _-mencedhis career with the B.C. y afi de tth TH ') B.C. Tel to The B. C. Telephone Company: is working loward completion - by the end of his year - of two major projects valued al more ‘than $490,000 to bring greatly expanded and: improved “telephone service to three "*- growing. communities in’ the ceritral British Columbia. *Slan Palterson, manager. of B.C.Tel’s Terrace District, said. taday.: ihe projects will bring - mare long distance circuits into * play for Stewarl customers and "provide exchange. service and. _. Direet Distance dialing: for ” customers: in Aiyansh, - on“ We'llbe- installing new long: : - ,. distance. facilities - equipped with 32 channels - in the central, ‘office al Slewart to connect with, ‘ainew'h2-thannel:addilion- ia ihent: st t- his ’ ‘exparision and circuit addition , as: made necessary by: aa Chamber of oA pécial, general fnecting. a ; the 18D members of the British “ ulumibla.& Yukon Chamber of lines” has {been called: for’. Monday, March: 11, 1974: from 2:00 lo 3:00- p,m. in the B.C. allroom, Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, B.C. - Purpuse of the meeting is to eview. and. discuss adverse , egislal oh now. -facing.- aie ig has tieon mailed to’ all members: of the Chamber and “other-interested persons. ‘The “Hon. .Leo ‘T. Nimsick, ‘ob: Mines and etroledm Resources, hus been nviled to present the Gavern- ment’s views in respect to Bill . 1-"Mineral Hoyallies Act". A elected” number. of industry ‘epresentalives will also speak “tothe meeting. There will bean portunity or Chamber members laexpress themselves from the floor, The meeting will discuss and AT oe HA AE at : $490, 000:on Nass {Nass River region -of west. all (jie Ml Hy a) o Spend increasing demand iar. more service in Stewarl.”’ Mr. Patterson’ said lhe work to. be done in Slewart \--and accompanying ‘echnical work necessary al Aiyansh ‘and . Brown Bear Mountain radio ~ transmitter sites would cost: an estimated $150,000, “These projects, along witha a: new. portable central office and “+ equipment chenges: and ad- dilions) at Alyansh, are, scheduled fo for . partial, operation by the end of this year ‘and completior in mid 1975," “said Mr. Pallerson.. (The: . Alyansh, work . will cast - an ‘estimated $435,000, ‘ . Whenthe jobs are completed, residents of Aiyansh and Nass Camp will’ have exchange f ICG y Andes Direcl_Distance. ialing, providing” decess~ to = communities » throughout B.C: ! “and elsewhere ‘through the - . Terrace central affiee, « Mines to at span: : : 1} Bill a - _PMineral Ruiyallies Act Which. proposes as con- liseatory lax on. mine production to the detriment of ‘British Columbians, which will convert ore to waste, employment (o unemployment, profils lo losses. and govern: ment “resource dividends” Geficits: . “2 Legisiation which ad- versely affecis~ prospectors, : ; plaver miners and small mining companies, Claim’ rentals, uereage taxes: assessment work... requireme:ts’ and regulations, brought: forward. in the lus! year are crippling the uclivities of, these important peop ple: | Chamber of Mines “lficials emphasize thal this meeting is ‘vitally important lo all persons directly © and. indirectly assoclited wilh) the: Mining Industry in Brilish Columbia. Interested persons are Invited to attend. . . Limited, - $13. million, .preater- than the 1972 sales of ‘pulpmill in. mid-October, ‘operalions “are ‘and, - : good management practices in B.C, Forest Appointments Ralnh W. Robbins Forest Service in 1951. Initially he served with the Prince George Forest District in management operations. Later he went to {h the Prince Rupert district; and joined the Management Division of the service in Victoria indJanuary of 4972,” _THE HERALD, TERRACE, B.C, For the first time in more than a year the Prince Rupert - Forest District reports. a | decrease in production in its monthly summary. :. During the month’. o February 1974 . the . total production reached 14,514,609 cubic feet. to bring the tota 1 cut for the two months of this year - lo 44,882,753 cuble feel more than three million ‘cubic: feet less than lime. Allhe ’ end of February. 1973, the total cul stood at 47,984,521 cubic feet. . Loggers Demand in.1973 al'the same. _ How to Find a Car That Fits — TT de’ Jong, President of Terrace Totem Ford Sales Ltd The major: ‘production” was lodgepole. pine with a: cut’ of: 3,030,328. cuble feet, This ‘is ‘ollowed by spruce with'a cut of + 9 8,249,459 cubic feet, hemlock witha cul of 2,994,546 cubic feel, ubic feet, cedar with a cut of 476, 108 cubic feet and fir with sh cout of 118,620. cubic feet. There were. 541,290 ‘cubic feet . . listed under miscellaneious.’. balsam with a cut of 2,496,779. In: the manufacturing side. there’ were 8,470 cubic feet of -fenceposts . matie suring the ‘+ month, ; : was asked in a recent interview just how one goes about finding a car that fits. Bill was ready withan answer. He pulled out a small pamphlet produced by Ford in which were listed ali the answers, — Size, according to Mr,. de Jong, is the -single most’ im- portant consideration. - when buying-a car. He said there are four basic sizes recognized by the automotive industry.. These are-..the subcompact, the compact, the mid size and the - standard size. - These are determined by the length of the standard-size, 119 inches and up. : _ ‘Jack T. Still, Ford of Canada’s general marketing manager, said the basic purpose of the booklel is to assist the prospective buyer in making his * gequisilion on practical rather wheelbase, ie. ..the distance. - between axle centers: and the “2 front and. rear wheels.” More Rail Cars = 2 - The ° ‘North Wesl Loggers ' Association taday. sent the ‘following Night Letter to the .. ‘Hon, J. Marchand Minister.of .. Transport Ottawa, Hon. Bob Cantel Profits up to $1244 Million Ronald M. Gross, President of Canadian Cellulose Company, ‘announced if a preliminary ‘shareholders . ‘report that the nel carnings for - _ the year. 1973: were $12,318,000 ~ compared to a loss of $7,959,000 in 1972.-. Earnings per share ‘amounted to $1.01 compared ta _ a loss of $.65 per share In 1972, The 1973 nel earnings are after reducing normal income laxes by'-$5,240,000" ($.43 per shay) dua. ta the upplication of. prior ‘ years'-losses.. Nel sales were “12.6 per -cent . $118 million, -Mr, Gross commented that ‘carnings for the fourth quarter -amounted to = $6,162,000, ‘resuming the upward. earnings ‘trends evidenced ‘in (he second quurter, The improved carnings in ihe . fourth quarter reflect an erd to ‘interior and eed higher Kraft pulp prices... "Mr, the strike al. the’ . salisfactorily., and «thal: che: pects ‘the: present “strong | ‘pulp: ; continue | “throughout 1974, He added that the lumber market is presently. . markets ©. - Wilks. ‘showing signs of firming: from the fourth quarler 1973 low and ‘that the comapny should shaw “Improved nel earnings in 1974, Canadian Celhilase Company, Limiled i isa major producer of kraft and sulphite pulp which is ‘markeled: througheul North