TERRACE HERALD, TERRACE, B.C.

Wednesday, ‘November 99; 196%

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’ JOB CUNNINGHAM, Editor

and Audit Bureay of Circulation.

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7 “Why should they vote?

‘ There is sufficient interest
+ December 9 Terrace Municipal elections
_ to suppress the trite catchohrase: “Vote

-; for the candidate of your
: vote,”

Such indiscriminate advice, if it were
. followed, could have o« disturbing effect
“ori local democracy. A rush to the polls
« by all the dedicated dullards and com-
; Munity bystonders could form a stupid-
_ ity bloc and rob more intelligent voters
: of the effectiveness of their ballots.

This newspaper feels that the upcom-
..ing election will be vital to the future

of the community.

The interest in the election has to
interest
“personalities involved but ‘major cancern  ~
for the policies advocated by candidates.
interest by the electorate

‘date reflected minor

Such an
could take Terrace a
“many other: municipalities

_where civi¢’ government is’ the Cinderella
‘of the three forms of government, and
‘dunderheads are elected by default,
Municipal elections tock the glamor
‘and advertising agency image-making
of the. Provincial and Federal polls. But
municipal government is also the
“mediate form of government. The mu-
cnicipatity controls police, the building of
hemes, the mundane but essential ser-
‘vices. of water, sewage ond garbage.
Here: in Terrace we also have a com-
inadequate
come, still relatively.a newcomer as a
municipality. yet. possibly facing major

munity beleagured by

in the

choice, but considerable

expansion which could lead to city status |
within a decade.
The community must naturally show.

interest in the policies and

abilities af the people who have offered

themslves as

undoubtedly -

his thoughts

taxation. Mr. t
veiled any policies for the scruting of the

candidates in this election.

Mr. Weber and the Better Municipal -
Government committee have given major
statements of policy, statements which

have helped create an un-

procedented interest in this election, Mr, .
Bogelund has also offered. the electorate

on the high level of local
Jolliffe has not as yet un-

‘public: we-trust that he will not keep the -

in. the
‘issues facing

step above |
.and = Cities

vote.
im-
care, may we

in-

electorate in suspense much longer.
The candidate’s platforms and the

the community, must de-

mand something more than a lazy appeal _
ta an equally lazy electorate to present
‘themselves at the polling booth. | :
To the people who have the concern
of the community at heart, who will take
the time to study the issues, investigate
the promises.
dates, it would be an inult to their intel-
ligence and good will to remind them to

and compare the candi- ;

To the slob-like citizenry who don’t -

suggest that they remain —

immured in their living rooms, perhaps
read one of the simpler comic books to
pass the time and refrain from cluttering
up the ballot box. And, naturally they
should not criticize future actions of any
Council they failed to.elect or oppose in
the democratic process.

~ Make breathalyzer compulsory?

By the United Church Board

of Evangelism :
_- During 1965, there were 4,879
persons slaughtered.on Canada's
highways, according to THE CUP
ant KILLS, an article in The
Cavan aithorities estimate
. “that close to half of our traffic
fatalities are a direct result
of drinking and driving,

In two other highly mobilized
countries, ‘ Britain and United
States, figures show that from
56 to an astounding 68 per cent
of ‘traffic accidents can he blamed
on the drinking driver, .

‘Why are we. so complacent
about drinking and driving? * Of
twenty-five: countries reporting to

. breathalfzer" ‘test “Conipdtsory.

‘of all others,

Canada leads the way with traf-
fic deaths 25,3 per 100,000
people,

Something is necessary to stir
us from such dangerous lethargy.
One way would. be to make the

everywhere in Canada.

It has been suggested that such
a test is au invasion of personal
rights, but is it really? Is it
a violation of rights whena police.
man searches a suspect for thett:
or. interrogates a murder
suspect? We would regard such
action as protecting the rights
What about the
rights of other. drivers on the
highway?

Safety campaigns have no effect

the Morld Health, Organization,

0 Cartage

Giving. es

|” from $36.95 to $125,
: Top— calendar, $ 50

. Whether the move is direct, or storage of all your
- belongings is needed, our experienced -men and ~
laree facilities are ‘ever ready to serve you.

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Phone 635-27 28

WITTNAU E R

A phonucT OF LONGINES-WITTHAUEE

, For Christmas. ae ;

. “ooking for a ‘special Cheisimas’ a
“gift for the man of your choice? Look |. +:
to Wittnauer. See our complele collation :
" a superbly styled, sensibly priced.
-*\! Wittrayer watches in'a wide range of |:
L models and. shapes. Priced

& E Morne :

ito.

on ied .
mm] Editor, Herald .
3) no female candidates for reeve,
| words — what did she expect???

A} learned how to raise kiddies

Mel to qualify to ‘run a multi-mil-

a] find a woman ‘that I would sup-

on the drunk driver ea he is
invariably hostile and self.
destructive,

We won't make any. progess
until we view the intoxicated
Agiver, for yhat..he
potentie

To the

ign. ge A
1 murderer, et ‘s

“

—I PROMISED T! Go AN*
PAY ‘ER BACK THIS

AN' A WOMAN T MET AT I
THE AIRDRESSER'S OWES Im
MIE FIFTEEN BOB - SAID 2m
SHE'D SEIN THERE THIS 5 &
MORNIN’ T' PAY ME BACK-

: ANDY | CAPP. we

IT'S A NUISANCE, [ owe Vout be T' WANT,
ABA THOMPSON TEN BOB | PET— ITS BEeT Tr
STAY INDOORS! W
YERIVE GOT FLU

HEN

AIR MIGH

ON THE OTHER
lAND, THE FRESH

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ol PUBLIC RELATIONS | HANDOUTS |

_ When dog teams carried mail
_and mailman did the shopping _

” FOR WOMEN:

CAN'T HALT POLLUTION THREAT

. “Industry in Canada,” says editor David HalltweliofPlant .
Administration .& Engineering, * is trying -to smite dow .
today’s pressing pollution problem by pretending it isn't there « im
‘or, even worse, by using public relations tactics, to calm — |
‘faaxys and convince the public that things are under contral,

In reenie both air and water pollution is getting worae «.
_ at a frightening rate, rn)
ae these are only two of. the most “obvious te of, :
‘pollution, t
What about the mountains of slag, ash and visio fhoin
. mining and refining? .What about the disposal of scrap cars, -°
cans and bottletops? There's. no-legislation éven"in sight ~~
Industry’s answer to date has been to stress the high ‘costs of .
solving theseproblema, ‘Business can’tbear the full buytieny? Is -
“the agonizing ‘cry. Some crafty premen have even suiggented
that many pollution problems just can’t be solved. Our scien-
tists are still working on the problem, they say, a
Jy by the small ambunt of money. going into ree | -

. “search, they'll be working for quite awhile, Cther companies
are sfdestepping the isque by using smart lawyers to get them ;
__ off the hook on technicalities, Butthe battle 1s just beginning,” .

~ QUIZ HALL

Each correct answer counts for his acting in ‘The Way -
10 points; Score yourself as fol- of Ali Flesh’*? Warner Bax-
lows: 160 genius; 80 to 94 sup- _ter, Emil Jennings, George
erior; 70 to 80 excellent; 60 to] = Arliss, Frederic March,

70 good; 50 to §0 average; 40] 7, How many tlmes did: the
to 50 fair, - Israelites march around the
FOR MEN; _ _ Wall of Jericho on the sev-
1. The Seine River flow ' enth day, when the blowing

through which elty? Lendon,
Rome, Mexico City, Paris, | _
2. One of thesé ‘names. ‘in|:
sports - is inappropriately |"
grouped: Arnold - Palmer,
Billy O'Dell, Ben Hogan, Sam .

to. crumble? — Ten, ° “Four,
Fourteen, Seven, =<.

8, ‘The famous ‘washington
Post: March” was composed:
_ by John Philip Sousa,. True

EA Re TL |

Snead, a" Corfalse,
3, Which President wrote up- “FOR YOUNG PEOPLE: fob
' on his retirement, Never} 9. On which.animal.are stan-
_ did a prisoner released from! '-. ehions used inastall? Horse,
his chaing ‘feel such relief Dog, Cow, Goat,
. as I shall- on shaking off] 10, Which’ one: of these car-
* the shackels of power”?/ = toon stripcharacters is Brit-

‘Jaekson, Wilson, Jefferson,
. goods .
‘The first persons. to ex- |.
* lore the Arctle were the
Italians. True or false,

ish? Andy -Capp,
‘Smith, Jiggs, Mutt,
ANSWERS :

,;. Paris; 2. sity’sdepeu, p
baseball pitcher, while the others
are golfers; 3, Jefferson; 4, False
— The Vilcings were ‘the first;
5. Silver; 6, Emil Jennings; a |
Seven; 8 Trua; 9, Cow — Its
head is placed in stanchions be. |i
fore the process ‘of milking; 10. |i
Andy.Capp. |

Vote December 9

Snulty

1,. In which one is sterlin
@ standard’ degree of pur-
ity? Brass, Iron, Silver,
5 out.

Which actor received the

, " Fixst ‘motion pictyre Oscar.

me
editor
Editor, Herald .
A sincere: “thank-you” - goes

out to all who have donated their
time and services to volunteer.

work at Skecnaview: over, the}.

past years, °

We hope you will continue your
Support in the future, .

Furthermore, we would like
to express our appréciation for
the response. received after our
| appeal for more volunteers,

The Administration,

‘staff and patients of Skeenaview
‘Hospital, | .

fas
* Our dear Ruth Hallock: noted
Holy, dirty, lovely six-letter
Women so jar haven't even

or drive a-car. How the ¢theo-
logical térm) can they expect

lion dollar game like the gate-
way to northera BC, —the Yuk.
on and Alaska? . :

Still,
bottom of the barrel and had to

port as a candidate, I think her
name e would be Ruth.
. Art Curfman

the mouth -of the river,

if I ever got to the]

century,

By SPERRY CLINE

Sperry Cline was an old-time
mailman who lugged the mail
through the Pacific Northwest
in the early part ‘of the century.
He wrote this article for the
Herald in May, 1957, We think
it’s. worth printing again.>

After. the Kitimat, Hazelton
and Omineéa Railway was bonded
in the early 1900’s and theGrand
Trunk,- Pacific’. Railway from
Prince ‘Rupert. was accepted, a
great change -took ‘Blace along
the Skeena River.

-With the start of construction
work, ‘facilities for. travel were
established. at’ Port Essington at

r
old friend Wiggs O'Neill of Smith-|
ers started a gasboat. service
between: Port Essington and Tel-
egraph Point, thus enabling trav.
ellers to negotiate that part of
the river which had been impas-
sable during the winter months.

Many tales could be told of
his struggles with tides, gales,
ice flows ‘and snowstorms, but
the redoubtable Wiggs - always
got through. and maintained a
reliable service: -.

.Consequently our mail route
was now from Hazelton to Tele-
graph Point by .dog team, - then
to Port Essington by O'Neill’s

boat service, then to Prince Rup-j.
ert by a daily boat service bet-

ween these points,
” 4 * * .

With construction. work siart-
ing again, workmen were brought
in by hundreds, They were most-

milly from. the Balkan countries,

Office. staff and foramen’ were-
mostly. ‘ Highland Scottish, with

- Bee a sprinkling of other’ nationallt.
mae | ies,

Together * with this influx of
railway workers came hundreds
of others, forming a crosa-sect-

men with- a. set purpose and
erimly determined to establish
themselves in a new land, Such

aa |tnen. as the late George Little
ee | of Terrace and Frank Dockrill |:
me jof Telkwa,-who clung to. their
A | construction ‘ideas ‘through wars ‘
and depressions and.finally real- |-

ized their dreams, Settlers, some :

B|with families, -iwilllng: to face
me lyears of austerity and: toil to
Mee |Tmake a. ‘home, , took Up home.
Be |steads, ~

Rugged prospectors flocked ;

Zag iin in-search of-the gold at the.
ma end of the rainbow. Some ofthem’
ma |aucceeded, There. were boomers
fe (looking. for an Opportunity. to |.
my (make .quick ‘money: in ‘any bud.

iness venture that might present
itself,.
“Tinhorn ganiblers: and denizens ‘

7 jof the’ underworld, who located
B |temporarily . é

where: ever thors:
was a congestion: of. population,
followed dn good numbers, a
| Algo. “a mer of that- type

.jhave’ said,

ion of--humanity, There were |:

jed Considerable trouble;

-Jealled, -

JA:resclutlon ‘was. passed asking

DOG TEAM like the one above brought mail to the Pacific ‘Northwest in the early part ‘of the

of Old Country men coming to
the West about the turn of the
Century . who always had more
than a passing interest In the
arrival of the mail. from over-
seas.

We of the mail service knew
them all. After the close. of
river navigation in the winter,
we were their only connection
with the outside world during the
long winter months. :

*

The amount ot f' mail beinghand-
led increased rapidly. Besides
the- Government contract there
was ‘the ‘Grand: Trunk Pacific
Railway’ mail, which the com-
pany was responsible for, This
service was let to Burnes and
‘Mulvaney on &@ per capita basis,
which increased our work con-
siderably,

We soon realized that we were
being looked on to perform. other
duties, Persons in urgent needof
some article would commission
us to-make -a purchase at the
coast ..and - deliver same, This
increased so much that it be-
came necessary to organize an
féxpress service. This not only put
additional responsibility onto the
drivers: but also led to certain
incidents that 1 will try to des-
cribe,

Our efforts to oblige were
usually appreciated, but as I
there was a great
variety of. people to consider

curred, A spool of thread, not the
exact shade of the’ material;. a
vise in| the price of an article
Since a former purchase and fail-
ure to lobtain a desired atricle
after an exhaustive search of
all the ‘stores at the coast ~
‘we were often accused of dis.
honesty or incompetoncy. ;

As the population - ineieased,
‘more frequent deliveries were
‘demanded until-we were deliver-

‘ton.

‘al teams ‘per trip,
At peak. there were ‘at Teast
seven dog teams engaged on the
river; and as the need increased
Ottawa was requested to increase
the. service and usually responded
promptly.

‘One’ ineldent in this connect
ion now. seems to me: rather
amusing ° ‘but. ‘at: the time ‘alt=

As: there was no official body
auch asthe Board of: Trade in
the country, .a town meeting: was |:

and: ‘the: object ‘of ‘the meeting +
put” before: the assembly in the
proper! parliamentary’: “manner,

mall,

Postal. afficials. for, a. bi-weekly .
and”: wa Boon ‘Peceived a,

and some misunderstandings .oc- |

Ing two mails. per week at Hazel- |:

The’ amount of mail had also. | “aaa
increased until itrequired. sever~ 7

A. chairman appointed’ |,

reply that Sich a service was
granted,

When’ the new schedule start-
ed there was much consternation
among the frequenters of the vil-
lage saloons, [It .took several
exchanges of telegrams between
Hazelton and Ottawa to convince
the Postal Department that what
had been requested was a semi~
weekly mail service,

To look afier-all these- active ,
ities, Burnes, staying at Hazel- | f

ton, would attend to such matters
as purchasing of dogs and equip-
ment, hiriig’ drivers ete., while
Mulvaney,” _at | Prince Rupert,
| would .. look after. dispatching
ete.

One driver would be in charge

of each outfit,’ which would con-| ff -

sist - from. two to four teams,

and it was. in this capacity that

I was engaged, |

On the down-runs the teams
would be left at Telegraph Point
and the driver-in charge would
goon to. Prince Rupert, while
the: other drivers would remain
in charge of the dogs,

Lot * * +

- Sacks of registered mail were
supposed to receive particular
attention, but there was Teally
very little ‘we could do in that
respect...

I usually took the registered
sack from. the. toboggan at-night,

‘it into the’ bunk that_I was as-
signed to for the night. .

There was never any’ “attompt ;

to meddle wih. these registered
sacks, .and now 1 often think it
‘strangé that such was the case,
as everyone knew they contained
valuables.

On one occasion, after del- a
Foley, Welch

ivery . at the
‘and Stewart head office at Sealy,
T Jearned that the sack contained
oyer $20,000 in currency, ;

“MY AIM IS FOR A WORKING COUN. ie
CIL THAT MEANS UNITY,- VISION If}
AND POSITIVE RESULTS” f

For Reeve

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