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A_CENTENNIAL FEATURE

Our Founders...

DAVID DOUGLAS

A common error is the ass-
umption that the Douglas fir
was named after the first gover-
nor of the mainland colony of
British Columbia, Sir James
Douglas. But the man whose
name is perpetuated by the tree
so vital to the west coast eco-
nomy was David Douglas, one of
the world’s great botanists and
explorers.

David Douglas was born in
Scotland in 1798 A bright stu-
dent he fell in love with botany.
At age 24 he was chosen by the
Horticultural Society to go
abroad in search of specimens
for London's Kew Gardens.

In Philadelphia he saw speci-
mens collected by the U.S. Lewis
and Clark expedition to the Pa-
cifie Northwest and he resolved

to also explore those regions. He
endured a 256 day irip around

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the Horn during 1824 -25 and
established a headquarters at
Fort Vancouver on the Colum-
bia River. He ranged east and
north as far as the Rockies for
two years, sending his speci-
mens back to England where he
soon was famous.

In 1827 David Douglas made
an overland journey to York
Factory on Hudson's Bay
through 3,400 miles of wilder-
ness. From there he sailed to
England where in 1828 because
of his knowledge of the area
involved ‘he was consulted in
the negotiations then in progress
in the Oregon boundaries di-
Spute. Soon he was back in the
eoast regions and resolved to
go overland to Alaska. He got
as far as the Skeena River be-
fore the hardship of his journey,
il health and hostile Indians
caused him to turn back. In 1833
he arrived back at Fort Vancou-
ver; in seven years he had col-
lected more specimens than any
other botanist had ever done
over so ‘wide an area,

In 1834 Douglas went to Hono-
lulu where he tumbled Into a
pit which had been dug to catch
wild cattle — and a captive bull
gored him to death. There was
some suspicion that he had been
pushed, -but this was never prov-
ed. He died at the age of 35.

He was credited not only with
making the first report on the
Douglas fir but with the prophe-
cy that it would bring wealth to
the people who ultimately eettl-
ed the Pacific coast. He was
loved and respected by the In-
dians who claimed he drank
boiling water, having watched
him mix an effervescent bever-
age. And after seeing him light
his pipe with a magnifying glass
they revered him almost as a

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Use of the major transit eystem
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admission. This aystem will link
the major areas of the Exhibition
and will move 30,00) people both
ways through the grounds every
hour, Secondary transport system
will include minirails, trailer train
systems, ferry and exotic boat
systems. These will provide scenic
tours as well as transportetion to

visitors.

This is somewhat of a “too
your-own-horn” type of report fo
it deals with a matter which /
nold Peters, MP and I dealt witht
three or four years ago. - i.

On the morning of March 18 &
heard the CBC Preview Comme
tary program, which follows th
8:00 a.m. news, deal with the ques i
tion of divorce. The commentatoymiyy
mentioned that there will be estas
blished a parliamentary comm 4
tee to study the matter of divorcengy
In. fact the motion went throug
the House on March 15 and ch
ed the joint Senate and How
committee to, “inquire into and
port upon divoree in Canada anda
the social and legal problems =
lating thereto.” a

No one disagreed with ne :
motion. If such a motion, though oe
had been moved say four or fi
years ago there would have beet!
quite an outcry in Parliament, bell a
cause the subject matter of ais
vorce was considered taboo. It was My
thought to be filled with great y u
political dangers because of the @
rigid attitude of certain religious d
orders and their political influ- be
ence, l

It was during this period of four
or five years ago that Arnold
Peters, MP and I decided that 4
something had to be done about }@
divorce, that the laws were ar-
chaic, the perjury was common-
place, and that the law didn't take ig
into account the true reason for ¥
marital breakdowns. ;

Needless to say, we created ‘
some animosity towards us, some im
of it within the COF, as it was @

then, We had many representa-
tions to drop the matter. But, we ¢
felt that a public awareness had 9
to be created. We felt that public 1
pressure had to puild up to the
Point where the social good would 9%
have greater weight than political #
fear. 2

At that time we embarked upon
a blockade of all divorce bills from ¥
Quebec and Newfoundland with 5
the two-fold objective of getting &
them out of Parliament and gel- @
ting the general law changed. We
had partial success. 7

Divorce Bills now no longer %
come to Parliament, but are dealt @
with by a divorce commissioner.
True, they are endorsed by a reso- 1B
lution of the Senate, but that is fi :
a temporary measure.

Now it looks as if we have start- 7
ed on the second phase of the ob- ig
jective, This committee. could Lay |i
the groundwork for sensible, sane
divorce Jaws, ;

When I look hack upon those:
years I see quite a few ohangea injs

attitude. The Liberals were then'y
in opposition and shied away from: #
the matter because of, as some me
put it to me, potential political gm
reprisals, I contrast that attitude dm
with the fact-that the Liberal pa A =
at home is now embarked upon ag
study of the questién. I welcomesgy
this and I hope it helps them tow
understand the difficulties ands
troubles which we went through?
four or five years ago in order
get to this stage.

It makes no difference now 20 F
can be revealed that Arnold Peter
and I, during the divorce blockade|im
were subjected to threats by iratiR
divorce petitioners, subjected tf
phone cally at three and four ifsm
the morning, most of them anony ia
mous and harsh, were offere)
bribes ranging into the thousand Bag
of dollars. All of this because cela
tain people want to see certain die
vorce bills passed. Needless to s
we rejected all such approaches,