- WEDNESDAY, APRIL %, 1904

{have before mea list of
proposed opening dates for big.
game hunting for the fal | of '74.

And, in general they are very

‘ similiar to last year's openers,
The one ‘notable exception is.
mountain goat inourarea. Last
year’s date was August 15 but
this year the {ime to head up the

“hillis set at the first of August.

_. Which makes more sense in this.

_couniry; where good weather-In
“early August is hard enough to:

-find and late in August becomes:
“o>. "" 2 seasons and liberal limits, and

‘almost exlinct. . :
or: The rest of. the. season dares.
are almost identical, One thing -.
about cot making ‘any’ drastic
changes; it's a lot easier. * Just
think, ‘all- that you need is a
‘ ealendar - no biologists reports,
no game animal census figures
~ or ail the associated rol.. Just a
_acalendar, and say the first. of
“ Seplember :was Saturday. last
~ year,..this year’s Saturday is
going to be the :third,.so lets
‘open it that day. Marvelous.
-I'm not saying this is the way
it’s done, but some of. Lhe
regulations that pertain to this
\” area make you wonder...

Qne’ thing. shows’ up like’ a .

" white weasel in and the summe’
er andis just as odd. On almost
“all species, the further south
you". get geographically, the
“earlier Lhe season opens. And,
from last: year’s figures’ the

* gouthern “seasons are in. most :

cases identical in length ot ours.

~ Inthe: ather:-caseg’ (for; the.

-- majarspecies) they are longer.’ :

jere aré-four limes as many
uinters after it; 1 think that the
seasons there are designed \for.
athe hunters,; not’ patterned -for
anservaliony i200 260 01 2

"-* statement, let me now say (hal T
“have! read = this .. year's
resolutions’. ihat".the B.C.

’: Wildlife Federation will present
* + totheir meeting in May. No less

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Frank Skidmore:

than five of these resolutions
call for the restriction of alien
hunters from’.the southern
portions of the province.

“Residents only ‘south of the
56th.’ That's what one of the

~resolutions the Federation field

says... “We have too. many

_. hunters here for existing game

populations. so Jet the .non-
resident seek game in northern.
B.C.

”

"Wf this course is followed, long

the” hunting pressure tran-

sferred-from one ‘area of the’

province ‘to, another,;as each

- area becomes depleted'of game”

and overcrowded with hunters,
the myth of super abundance
will shrivel on the vine. —

_ The listings 1. have shows
opening dates only, and does nol
list anterless season openings:

_andiengths. This is a cruicial

faclor in game management. ”
“Bulls only”. is just.as detre
mental-to a herd as wide open
cow seasons, the balance sirucl
is delicate. indeed, and would
require a very. complete and up
to dale population’ inventory,
estimate of hunting. pressure,
elc. et
_ Alberta watches thelr game
‘so closely thal areas can be
closed a week prior. to opening
dates when studies shaw a shift
in population or “an. early
migration... They. dan't believe”
in turning ‘loose. a’ thousand,
huiteré in an area that ‘does not ~
have a harvestable population: -

B.C, does; This valley does

nol: mainiain:a deerherd :of -

more than a hundred animals, --

“yet the season-remains open. .
- Information and flexability are

the keys lo game. management,
animal population s are cyclic,
so as long as I see ‘dates of -
dpening remain the same'year |
after year;:I must: continue to
wander about conservalion as it

- is practiced in B.C.

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_qniMpeVaal-Henke, i

Wai natonished at the
standard of education in thal -

4 te

-To all Herald readers who usually get their
paper by mail: Don't Keld your breath waiting.
The Terrace Post Office joined post offices
throughout the country. (except: in Kitimat)
where workers have set-up picket lines and
brought the Canadian postal system to a halt.
The workers are protesting automation,

_ Library Mee

The monthly meeting of the
Terrace Public Library was
held .Wednesday evening, the

A7th, in the Library Arts Room.

Discussed were the conipletion
of the library renovalions and

the. agenda for the upcoming”

Truslee workstiop being hosted-

‘by Terrace in co-operation with

the British “Columbia Library
Association: Trustees from
Ocean Falls, Masset, Prince

Noles from . the: regular ©
monthly meeting of the Skeena-

Cassiar School Distriet’s Board
af Trustees meeting held Jast

* Tuesday in the Board’s Terrace’.

chambers.

A al ei
the’ District's nildin

“8° programs have his. ‘report. on,

construction in the disirict.:

“vevealed.. that :(he:, heating
~ system for:the Thornhill Junior
. Secondary Sehool:is expected to-
- be fired sometime this week and-. thel s
Y yeceived ‘ihe ‘Board's support

that the substantial: completion

“date for: the school is-Jate May.

““Phe’ construction: on: the

Terrace Auditorium, which're- |

‘commenced ‘April- 1st, is con-

‘inuing smoothly. Substantial |
~ completion date for this project —

is early September, Tenders for
the Stewart gymnasium were

cpened yesterday.’ Seven firms
had laketiout plans for the gym," -
5 Thornhill :
Primary School addition plans ~

two of those local.

were made avallable yeslerday

and tenders will close May 9 for. .

that project.

“Me. Vaial-Henke also told the

Board ‘that working. drawings

.for three projects - ET. Kenney-

School, the ‘South Hazelton

School arid the Board's’ new.”

Administratlon. black °- are
about 90: percent complete.
- As.well “skelch plans ‘for

shower room: additions to ~

Copper Mountain, Thornhill

“Primary;Parkside and Uplands
schools are currently in Vic-:

loria awaiting approval.
‘Mr. Don Smythe reported that

an official from the Department
+ of Education, a John Walsh.
’ -dravelled .¢o” the Nass River

School during this month: and:
high

aren, despite i's relative

‘isolation... ., .
: The Board received a report -

from newly.appolnied principal
of,
Bergsma. Mr.

reasonably well with !2 oul of 18
positions | filled - and” the

possibility af. more teachers™
being hired before the end of”.

last week. :
Mr, Bergsma’.also. talked

briefly about the organization of ©
“the .8chool, and) some: public’ °
. relations ‘.work between. the
» Seheol, and sludeuts » and
parent's: currently being done.
. by himself and vice-principal ;
Harold Cox, and then got.to the

meal of his report. |
“<The Hirst. problem ‘was the,
allotment: inthe - preliminary

‘budget for equipment for ‘the
‘isehool.:Thal- figure is $125,000
but, rising prices‘ and supply
‘‘difficuldes- have-.made thal:

igure ‘a-force,'« According lo
figures compited by Mr.’ Berg

“sma; ‘equipping the ‘school
~ would involve an additional -
$37,037 or $162,037 .lotal, =-One__
way tobeal this change.in costs, «
Mr, Bergsma said, would to be
te pare, .back’ the. equipment
=" budget which wotild . mean
. dropping entire programs ‘(auch

‘

as music and power mechancis)

pe gg Bae 85 ay Lat pen

: the . ‘Thornhill - Junior,’
: Secondary °:, School — Skip
_ Bergsma.
reported thal staffing was going °

- of > claser

(Trustee John

teat, encom mentee sates Tan ts
i a yoy Sco SV tetra _ oe

THE HERALD, TERRACE, B.C.

A Maks ese

Rupert, Kitimat. Village,
Kitimat, Hazelton, and Terrace
will be attending. The guest
speaker will be Bryan Bacon,
Librarian from Burnaby, who
will be presenting a most in-
formative talk on “Making
Lbraries People‘Places.””

The president of the Library
Development Commission, Ray
Culos, will discuss planne
development of library systems--

wij] funds became available, .

Other ideas he had as 10
solving this problem were for
the Board .to supply further

funds now or further funds later

of next “year ‘for
The “Board .° will

on,

a

mission’: 16.” have *'s
leachers come into. the }
during lhe’ sunimer months to

help. set” up.-class-rooms and

thelr courses al’ the school and

for his feelings thal leam

“uniforms should -be purchased.

‘The - expenditure’ of $1,000 -
$1,200, is necessary the Board
feels, especially, ‘when teams
from that’ school ‘compete in
Terrace, _ ,

“The Byard will iry ta take.
advantage: of a government
studeit -employment summer

-plan, hopefully’.to set up- a

‘program: similiar to last

sunimers New Canadian'’s ~

English program, -

“Trustee Elaina Johnson gave .

‘a lengthy report dealing -with’ -
- everything from Medical rooms”

lo substiture teacher's pay. One

‘of the ilenis she hil upon was the.
possibility of a newsletter from .
(he Board-to leachers following .

each Board meeting to inform
leachers of what transpired at-
the: meeting. Mrs. Johnson
obviously feels (hat thie leachers
neither have the lime nor effor!

“to listen 19 radio or read -

_ newspaper. reports of the -
meetings but would be more
\han pleased to read an official -
‘school board newsletler,

- Mes, Johnson. also suggested
Ihe: Board take a -stronger-in-

‘terest in edneational needs from
“the sland-point-of cirricullum.

She went so far as to suggest

two meetings a tionth be held,

one dealing with business of the
‘Board and the ather with, the’

“educational side of things, Mrs.”
Ove veplicd thal in the past dhe
Board lias held meetings with -

principals, - students and

“camuanunily leaders {to discuss.

education: and “that these
meetings should be continued.”
Tie yeneral feeling Cor the ides
z involyenient in-
‘education was one of approval.
Babcock
(Kispiox)” brought to light
complaints. from. the HKispiox
and- Hazellan. area concerning
the quality of education notably
in-the flelds af reading, arith-
metic and spelling.

The report on staffing far the
Vo74-T5 school'term was read -

‘and the Board expressed some

fears as to what might happen.

Word was expected last week: ¢
‘from Elteen ‘Dailey on Supe

-plemented funding for schools *

to help reduce class sizes, 0-7

move: thot ‘would hurt’ such"
districts ag Skeca-Cassiar,- *
Lower teacher student ratios on
the Mainland would open more

- positions there calllug for more ;

teachers. - .
The Bonrd. estimates there
‘willbe about 66 resignations to
fill aud ihe need for 19‘ new
teachers and only about, half

mechanization and a number of other situations
concerned with the new postal code and methods
of sorting mail. ‘
The above picketers, enjoying the sunshine
and fresh air, were photographed in front of the
Terrace Post Office. LO

ting

a

school *-

in_B.C., and we feel this entire
event will be most beneficial to
those people involved.

In ‘May .a_ provineial . con-
vention ofthe British Columbia

‘Library. Association -in* Rich-

mond is seheduled; Mrs. M.A.

~ Boyd’ Mrs. M.A. Guenther and

Mr. Alan Soutar plan to attend.
The next meeting of the Board

d-. will be held Monday evening, .

May ant, 2;

thal aunibar have beewhired to

date. ’. One of the problems -

reeruilers were facing was the

name of this school district - -

Prospective teachers would
- Wok al a map, find Skeena and
“(her Cassiar stuck away

fae, uoptherw) reaches -

From the opposition:

It is often the case when lhe
Government introduces com-
plex legislation, which has
laken lawyers and senior civil
servants months. to - pil
together, thal. the- average
person sits back and thinks,
“That ig another matter for the
experts. It-eannat really affect

Any Canadian who accepts
this altitude about the Com-
petition Bill. is certainly
grievously mislaken.. -°

Although it must be conceded
thal this is a long and confusing:
bill - even big-businessmen are
having difficulties interpreting
some of ils provisions - it must
be taken very seriously for it
invalyes sweeping changes in
our business and commercial

activities righl. across, the:

country. ° ae
‘The Bil] was Introducedin the.
‘House last Mareh 11, and after

_ six day. uf debate was referred .

to the Standing Commiiflee on
Finance; Trade and Economic
‘Affairs for consideration ‘on
April 1.- ree

Tt affects three major aspects -

of Canadian life more than any
uther, First, and perhaps the
only part that has received any

. wide degree of support, are the

provisions which. purporl lo,

“benefit the vonsumer. |
-Sacond, the. bill will bring -

aboul. major changes- in
Canadian business life by. in-
traducing new restrictions.. -

- Third, the ‘service industry ,
i.e., the professions, tran-
gportation, recreation, financial

‘services. and optometry, ta
‘name a few examples, will be
- brought under the: jurisdiction

of the Combines Investigation

+ -Act and be subject to the same,

anli-compelition legislation as.
olher enlerprises. "

Consumers have for a long

lime been seeking government
aclion ‘0 protect them from

- such unethical retail practices

as misleading adverlising,
collusion to keep -prices high
and marke! restriction, “The

. the Education Scene

provinee -and then wave:

goodbye to the recruiters. The
Board has made application to
Victoria Lo have the name af the
- District changed to the Terrace
Schuol District in the hope it will
‘aliract a few more teachers. +

Continued on Page 10

a

“pretentious ee
“Compelition Bill’; it. would.

_ sections of the Bill which oullaw

«these practices, and others Ihal
hurt the consumer, are to be.
welcomed. = :

While the consumer part ‘of

the Bill generaled some mild -

coneern, the section’ which
introduces a. powerful
Restrictive Trade Practices

“Commission (RTPC), giving it

almost unlimited powers and no
corresponding responsibility,

" engendered'a storm of protest.

Businessmen ‘across lhe
country have reacted with
expressions ranging . from
moderate. suspicion to
downright hostility; and small
wonder... 5. .

Although C-7has been dubbed
with’ the . seemingly. un-
tile of

better be referred lo as (he
“government interference
bill’. Qne of my colleagues
said:” This is just one more
episode in the long, long’saga of
the. growth. of
itarlanism.” - ;

The Bill will subject busines §
and -professional .men to
resiructions and bureaucratic

‘supervision’ far beyond the.

competition policy thal has
served Canada, with
modifications, for 75 years.

Ii transforms the RTPC into a
decision-making body af
potentially, vast power.” Il
becomes, in effect, investigator,
judge, jury and prosecutor all
rolled into one. : There is no
reference in the Bill to granting
any of the basic right of the
accused to any company that is
brought before the RTPC, '
Furthermore, the Commission
has the arbitary power lo hand
down a decision, based on its
pwn findings, which may. only
be appealed to the courts on
procedural grounds, .

The RTPC is given lhe power
\o forbid the implementation of

foraign rules and direclives in.

Canada, - ‘This is seen by some
observers’ as (he . proper

‘vesponsibility of the - govern-
“ment - nota small body headed
_ at present by only two men.

The RTPC also can. levy.
heavy fines on any firm which
refuses to deal because of the:
pricing policies of the pur-
chaser, and thus prohibits any
atlemp( 10 obtain an exclusive’
dealership or distributorship
arrangement,

This, could have serious |

consequences for small

., businesses as it threateng the ,

distribution system. As one
Member pointed aul, “This
refugal’’ \o* siipply + provision,

; a You are invited toa -

Public Meeting

The Hourable Graham Lea

1
‘ \

IN THE NORTH

Environment and — Land Use Committes

Government of British Columbia a

The Honourable Robort Willams

Terrace Catholic School Gym.

is

author-.,

/power,

PAGE A7_

y Frank Oberle,

‘ostensibly. for the protection of ~
- small-business, may have the

very “opposite” effect.” ° The
effect could be, In fact,-lo put

“gmail dealers.out' of business.

Although the. new legistation
hits business hard, it leaves (he
banking system — almost ..un- —
touched, . ; While banking’ has
became a very “profitable -
business ‘(last year, Canadian
banks earned $358 million),
supervision: of competition
among bankers has been left to
‘the Inspector’ General of Banks -
who. has only a staff af two.
What a farce if the Government -.
really ‘serious -aboul -
promoting competition, :
We in the Opposition. are |
concerned’ thal. the ‘persons,
associations, business and -
consumer |: interesls and
provineial Governments which
will be affected by the Bill. be
given-sulficlent opportunity to |
express their opinions, * The
Government.. should not be
allowed to railroad this. Bill -
thraugh committee and third
reading in the face of so much -
opposition. ‘
- Another danger of the Bill’s -
being rushed through the House
without adequate. consideration
is-that it might. give rise lo .
serious federal .- provincial -
conflict... : 2
~The. inclusian of services -
under the Bill is a partlal en-.,
croachment on: provincial ;

.jurisdiclion, and, in any case,

will create a greal deal of un- -
certainty... Altough, it .is<
generally agreed that applying -
competilion* regulations to the -;
‘service industry in Canada, a5 *
they are in other countries, is :
overdie, it is unfortunate, to say -.
the least, the RTPC will be -
controlling agency. , :

The “RTPC will have the -
t under the Bill, lo-
prosecute members of the:
professions and service . oc- -
cupations such as real eslale |
brokers for attempting to~

‘maintain-standards of quality .

by. prescribing tariffs. of °
minimum fees. 2 yt
We are daily receiving -in-
creasing numbers of portests
ahout the competition Bill and
being urged 19.make changes
befare it is too late. :

li is time that: those com-

-placent. Canadians whe prefer

to “leave these things lo !e
experis’ be made aware of the
gravily of the-silualion. Only
Through ihe effort it lakes to
write a letter or ea alee’
cerned people, wilL.iheir voices
be. heard,” = qn a =

Fey

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