LPRLO POLE CMO CELE EIAs SAN TERRE Ee we Ba Ee te ee ee eee nd wane eee ee ee eee 2 ee gees 9 Eepeaa earnenOr nae i H i 1 “PAGE Ad '- Dear Mr. Gossage, - a + The Canadian Chamber -gatefully. considered the largel’ - dates. sel for: the. metric ‘con- “yersion plans for road tran- “sport, meteorology and. grains ‘and fully:supports these dates : : as realistic. : G@cna Terrace,.B.C. A membe Authorized as second class 1291, Postage paid in cash, ‘Sports, Enterlainment MARK HAMILTON - Circulation ELREEN TOOVEY vidlitoy withma the written permi the herald — A weekly paper published by Sterling Publications Ltd. a Published every Wednesday at 3212 Kalum 8, GORDON W. HAMILTON r of Varified circulation. . mail, Registration number return postage guaranteed. * Advertising COLIN GOODALL | GARY ROWLAND ; NOTE. OF COPYRIGHT ‘The Herald retains fall, comptete and sole copyright in aay advertisement produced and or |: w phetagrapbie consent published in the Herald. Reproduction is uot permitted sstun of the Publisher, PUBLISHER EDITOR : PAT O°DONAGHY Letier ~8.M. Gossage. Chairman, Metric Commission, - {320 Queen Street *.. + Ollawa, Ontario ~KIACHS has ~The Chamber’ completely ._ of: investigation, -' scheduling and implementation “ for metric conversion in Canada :asan. effective and proper ~ “= umetholdelogy. for the massive “changeover. involyed.. Such a program. will provide for ar - orderly transfer to the metric oo system ‘and will help public “understanding and acceptance “sof metric units. 1 will also 2 ‘endorses the Metric Com- - mission’s four phase program planning, cause less hardship to business and‘ labour: in..(he country lo make.‘the ‘necessary « ad-. justments, -* The: objective of completing >" substantially the conversion -© program by 1980is a worlhwhile goal ‘considering the : already : 7 Wide international usuage of the. ‘“: metric system and the pace of * developments of conversion in the . United States {o “+ metrication.- " ... The: Canadian’ Chamber an the Canada-wide Board -and Chamber organzlalion are, as valways, ready 10 co-vperate . with the Melrie Commission inj ° ‘the programs’ designed to facililale (he changeover to the metric system. With Kind regards. Yours sincerely, B. Panel -Raymond. An | Immoral Act Editor, The Daily News: Writiig you this letter asking the public at large just where do you draw the line now for what ” used to be indecent exposure is naw called a fad? Just a few short years ago anyone caught with his fly open or caught watering the flowers behind a building was charged with indecent exposure.: : 1s our society really that far gone row that il is closing their _ eyes to this immorality going on . all around us. Where is the law? Or are they loa, calling this degrading situation a fad? I believe it is about time all of you that eall yourselves, respectful, pull up your tails and demand that the law be enforced and have these mental retards put away where they rightfully belong, behind closed doors or bars. * A short time ago If an Indian did this sort of thing he would be charged by Johnny Law. No wonder our country is: in ~ guch a stale. While the so-called civilized White Man is running around nude, our government is ‘turning the olher way and laughing. al- this immoral act whigh to the writera mind is a disgrace. Anyone doing this sort of -thing .has to” be. mentally. . . deranged and should be treated ag such, we, - "A Disgusted Canadian Citizen, Wake Up il Joh Ld Johnny Dear Sir;- , This is to reply to the article of March 20, 1974, The title was ‘Kitwancool Residents to Demand Meeting’. . . Il is a real pity thal some people aren't with il - with the’ happenings in our village. So lel’s straighten out some of the : accusations ihat were - made.‘ aboul our chief counsellor of « Kitwancool. . SoS Mr. John Derrick implied that . there. was no meeting con- cerning the surveying: of the road going through the village. If Lremember correctly, there Was a meeting on Navember 9, 1973 in the village community hall, Mr; E.E.° Redshaw, Director of Highway Design and Surveys was present, A couple, of days after this meeting an” emergency meeting was called at which the president! of Kit- wancook;Peler Williams was. present. Al lhis meeting .a- paper was made up for. the consent. of the land surveying.’ Mr. Derrick was nol present ‘al either af these meelings or at. . any other’ meeting. - held thereafter. I believe--Mr. - Derrick is the only one not in- formed about the consent for ihe surveying! 00 The last election did lake a . place last June and people that. - were really interested in who was lo lead our village came: from the packing plants lo vote. . What happened lo the money- payed by the logging comapnies: for the road culling Ihrough our village? I wauld like lo know also. Maybe-we had betler ask tha! chief that beld office before Mr. E. Good, | ; The Chief. counsellor warked - on gelling the water system for’. . the village of Hitwancool for at - least a year anda half, I think * Mr, ‘Derrick is not‘ acquanited’ ' with problems concerened with village matters. - “1 would, like to ask Mr, . Derrick wh these needy people are in Kitwancool. .In order to gel a house one has lo deposil a cerlain amount of. money and - fake their. pace on (he priority list. It can'l get through without. ° ihe consent of Indian. . Affairs. Another (hing, ‘the Chief counsellor can no! favor anyone - as to who willhave ahouse-first, a charge that. has been -in- - directly made. ° : wy The last comment I'd like to make is, inorder for the village \o progress, the people have to work with the Council. | Too, often the people say “the Chief. should do this, the Chief should | do that,”. As one of -his fellow citizens said, “Why don't the ” majority gel together and start - working together instead’ of ” criliczing or. expecting just the Council lo do.all the work?” An Aggravated Citizen | » of Kilwaneoa) . News _ Patients “The Editor:;- o . On behalf of the patients. at Mills Memorial Hospital we would like (0 express our ap- precialion for the com- plimenlary copies of your newspaper which have - been délivered io (he hospital every week,” a Thank you. Yours very truly,’ : Mills Memorial Hospital A Wagemakers Administrator 4 . and invesime: .f . seculion - of - | Columbia for ~~ Socialism , Editor:- Dear Sir: Afler. ihe evacuation of Dunkirk in 1340, Winston Churchill united all people and all- Parties, with we an im-' passioned rejection of Hiller’s Nazi-socialism and Mussolini's Facist-socialism. re Today, - thousands. of disillusioned ‘B.C, citizens, thunderstruck at the extent of’ the NDP. socialist governments arrogance .and imperialistic: “fram each according lo his abilily- to each according (o his need” philosophy, are banding , logetlier to say: " “We will not submit to the indignity and injustit of the Welfare State. We shall resist (he erosion of our freedom of choice, the right 10, privacy and our own land. We shall fight ta work to the extent: of aur own desires and capabilities -for _comensurate reward without being penalized for our producilivity, innitialive land issue of Bill 42, the .in- justices of Bill 31 and per- miners «and prospectors, We shall fight tiem in the meeting hall, community centre, - sireel corner and steps of. the | Legislature. We -shall. never sutrender our. rights and . liberties to! the new-fangled authority of Police Act:-com-” -mission, Energy Commission and those unelected — officials given the authority to invade our. homes. wilhout. police warrant, 6 00 . We shail never surrender that which has been built up in this Province with the blood, sweat, - and -lears ,of five. score of. ’ yenerations of ploneers.. And even if, which we do not believe, this Province’ should be sub- jected 10 a second term of “socialist servility, we could only enter a Dark Age devoid of dignity and incentive. . : ' “Let “us therefore brace. our- “selves lo do baltle.lo. preserva * the ‘more. than one hundred years thal has brought British ‘into *" - world prominanice as The Golden West . _ of opportunity. Lel it be said, — thaugh British,Columbia last for a thousand years, that 1975 was - the election year when people. took back control of, their possessions, {heir lives, dignily | the $3,000 to $5,000 range or less" and destiny.: Yours sjncerely, . Patricia’ Young Vancouver : ‘ENERGY AGREEMENT Prime. Minister Trudeau . and Canada’s’ provincial pre-' miers reached a 12-month a+ greement establishing a singic national “price for domestic - and imported ail. The - Prime Minister and the provincial leaders- agreed —to increase the price of. "| Western ‘Canadian crude oil . to. $6.50. from $4.00: u barrel . -smthe federal government will’ continue 1o subsidize oil "prices to consuimers.in Que- bec and the Atlantic Prov. inces, : The increase in’ the price” THIS WEEK - from Ottawa SP ae oe “HE: FOUR-WAY, © TEST: Cihe things we think. say or a. 2 i. by it the TRUTH? 2 Dit FAIR ‘to all concerned? . 4. Will it build GOOD WILD and BETTER FM EENDSEIPS ? me 1 Will it be BENEFICIAL total concerned?” | an . - Dear Sir:- ; The Tribal council members from Hazelton and Kispiox wish to respond to récent charges of “game slaughter’ made by Regional District Directors “Perry York and Marty Allen against Indian people in the Hazelton area. First we would like ta deal with the accusations made by the two directors in. Lhe February 27h issue af tha. Terrace Herald: ©- - a 1) “...The B.C. Wildlife Branch is: issuing special hunting, permils lo. natives -.in- discriminalely and that some - are killing three or. four a week using snowmebiles.” It is (rue that'permits were issued indiscriminately. In * other. words, (here were many individuals’ who obtained a permil to shoot a moose. Same of. these persons. were unem- ployed. Some were employed and earning a reasonable living. Some of those employed were : were not earning a reasonable * Saliving< Now, nol. all: of those | . as ee ‘persons who oblained'a permit We'shall fight’ them on the | wha did. shod! unemployed or otherwise, il is a’ shot a muose. “And of'those:. a. moose, fact that the meat was shared with needy people. and older - residents, As for the charge ‘thal “some are killing three or four (moose} a week using snowmobiles”, we da not know. - of a single instance where ‘an ‘individual shot three ar four moose within a week or. ever a prolonged period of time, We would only hope Thal Directors York and Allen aré prepared to: “+back up thal -stalement with evidence. - oe Finally, there may have been — one or two isolated cases where a snowmobile was used lo hunt . and’ shoot a niouse. However, please note ‘the emphasis on ‘isolaled. The majority of moose ‘were shot [rom snowshoes, or - .on or near roads. «" I It is very difficult to stalk a _ moose in-dense willows wilh a “snowmobile, : w, - 2).."Nalives earning $20,000 lo. $40,000 a year and who own up lo as. many as.-three ‘or, -four snowmobiles certainly are not” ‘ in need.” . First; (he number of persons native or white in the entire area ‘earning $40,000 per year - certainly has to be limited, . And we can only think of one or two. of our people that might gross $20,000 per year, bul nel con- . “siderably less ihan thal. Cer-~ tainly the, averaged . annual income for natives in this area . must fall somewhere between’ asthe ‘total welfare. roll ap- _.. THE HERALD, TERRACE, B.C ~ LETTERS TO THE EDITO! The Other Side One of the reasons for ine exl- © nesive ARDA sipport in, (he area is because local natives had the lowest average income in the Proyince. We can stale unequivocally that no one earning over $10,000 per year oblained a permit and shol 4 moose. We will agree (hat one or (wo. persons earning aver $10,000 per year were probably ranted granted permits, but did nat use them. Second, to the best of my knowledge not a single native owns ‘more. ‘than, one. snowmahile, although there are cases Where a family head wiil own a snowmobile, as well as a grown son, who has bought the snowmobile himself. _ It‘ is-. somewhat impractical for one person to own more. than ‘1 snowmobile, However, we | know of white people who. do. ° 3) Mr. Allen said that there is evidence af “gul shooling”’ and . farcasses..With ohly the hind quarters remeved.” - First, some “gut shooting” is inevilable when bush hunting. Haweyer, Indians are,’ riot ‘wasteful... They. are able to track ‘down ihe ‘animal afd ‘ililize more meat froman animal than white hunters: meal, brains, nose tangue, heart, liver, and hide are ulilized,- How: much of: the animal is ulilized by while hunters? . It would” be. it- teresting to delermine the ratio of animals thal are gut shot and abandoned by white hunters, We’ predict that most - animals. shot that way by while-hunters . _are wasted because of inabilily lo (rack or because il is too offensive for a white man to clean and he would-nol.know |- inequities: and some abuses in “how to ulilize the meat. Al may be true thal carcasses were found. with only the hin- quarlers.removed. . However, this is despicable in our. minds, too, We reseni any man, white orriative, whois so wasteful. “Tt -is. unfair however, lo charge all natives with this act. “Bath Directos know thal thera re only only one or two in- dividuals’ (not necessarily ‘naliye) in. the whole area. wha are this thoughtless - and wastetul. . ee 7 4) “Non natives are alsa- killing: game (then getting. natives..1o bring lheit’ game oul of the forest.” . This is entirely: unture. ft may-- ‘have happened other areas but . nol, to our .knowledge, in ‘the © Hazelton . Area. : “The worst © game _slaughler..in 28 years". “This .surely has to be. a _passionale .statement. ».We : proximately 15 years ago, afler-’ . firgt-consiruction of that road, - If anything can be considered (a ‘proximates $1 million per year : approach slaughter, thal surely > (native and. white) belween ‘Moricetown..and Cedarvale. a © of wrude oij-to $6.80 a barrel -is still about $4.00 below the. world price, oo Following’ the agreement, » Prime Minister. Trudeau told © a press conference that ‘it couldn't “he a better day for . federalism.” - : ‘LIBERALS RE-ELECTED : was it. “And the! grealer® per-: centage of game was shot by the: white segment: population, More to the point, Ihe annual’ . toll game kHled | by and ‘train - is. Sixly- of automobile . definitely slaughter, - three moose were reported. ta” » have’ been killed: this - way ‘> befure the“ first. week of ' February. None ‘of: these “animals were ullized. We have allempted’ to. arrive at a rough count of the moose - Hazelton-Kispiox- Valley area alone this winter. We estimate that oe fewer -than 20-were shot... Assuming “(hat 22-animals we were shot, ‘and that an- average. of 600 -. The Liberdl: Government ©” pounds (high estimate) of meal of Premier.Getald Regan was : swept back to power in Nova , Scotia's general election. - The. election .gave the “Liberals .. JL | saats, Progressive Conservatives’ 12 seats and ‘the ‘Naw Demo- ~ croti¢ Party'3 seats, othe. was obiained from each animal, then a total OF 12,000 pounds of meat was. avilabile ‘for. con- sumption... ‘Ther: 2 ig a (otal of about 1,200 ' Indians ‘on the: Hazelton, Glen “Yowell: and Kispiox ‘ reserves; not including approximately 400. Indian person . living. “off-. r ‘considered. -Tetall exlensive moose killing in | the Sweetin: Creek ‘area .ap-'. af: the, killed) on permits in < the’ reverse. . If the meat: was distributed evenly amongst all persons on-reserve. If the meat was received would have been 10 pounds per pesson. If only LO per cent of the people on the ~ reserves .received meal, then ‘there would have. been 1K) pounds available for each of the 120 persons. Since meal and fish forms a/large ‘part of our diet, and our families are large, we probably use in excess of 4 pounds of meal per day. -At thal rale, ‘100 pounds.of meal: would. have jasted each of the. 120 _people no more than 25 days.” Further, since we smoke a lot of our meat, and preserve it in jars, we do nol need lo freeze as much meat as do white poeple. This meat-lasts much ‘onger. and retains its flavor. We wonder how much freezer-burnt , ‘meat is thrown out of fed to dogs - -by white people during. their’ annual ‘freezer clean -up-and because they must make room. — for more moose-méat-in the. coming ~ hunling season... -. No, we. da nol consider the _Vaking:of .15-Lo.20. moose lo,.be. ~ Slaughter. There were/probably. hy traffic: violations. “We will-be Operation ‘in at effort to deter would be violators,and thus. kee gecidents to. a minimum.: Please all Traffic laws,-they are made for your protection.” ss. - Havé a Happy Easter. Enjoy yourself Take it easy an the-* that: many animals killed inthe - Kispiox. Valley area _by- white hunlers ‘alone during the fall hunling season, - While. riding our snowmdbiles along ‘the Kispiox River this winter .we discovered what’ could be ~ a form of slaughler; a gill net placed by white persons .which stretched across the main channel fo the - Kispiox . River. . Who can” determine what effect that net will. have an the already * precariaus steelhead run?’ We recognize. that lher are the handling of. the . present _ permit-sysiem.. However, we feel there are more constructive. ” ways ta-solve the problem than _ to have to resorl to “press sensationalism"... Usually such. statics only resull in, dividing communites and making enemies.. We felt that the: Directors would have been _ saligfied ‘with the publicity they received in February. However, Director York con- linues with his compagin on radio and TV To our. knowlege, Directors York and Allen have never called a,meeting In the. Hazelton area to discuss with ‘the natives, Lheir charge anda constructive ‘solution to the. problem. Gitksan-Carrier Tribal ‘Council ~ 10 assess (heir. feelings, on: the ~ mattert.:. They have ‘never : _initiated a survey of the villages to-detefmine how many people given, Perhaps more pertient lo the real, problem: \~(hey ¢ have never, delermined, how _ many Indians ‘did nat hunt-in. the fall - because of the danger of being -shot by white huniers who.over: run the: aréa. --‘They have, nol. wha the-lacts are, - We resent the effort _ being.made ta label all Indians as Violators of game laws and * hunting. privieges..Perhaps the Directorsare not aware thal the - -- iribial council has. already one meeling with the new: Regional Director of Fish and Wildlife discuss mutual - problems. - Another meeting Is planned to deal specifically with the - permit problem. oo Communicatio o is the name of the game, We do understand, "the English langitage. We are willing .to. ‘meet with thé Directors, at their convenience, . to. discuss: (this mnatter ” and: to ~ “back up their. have them statements with fact. We trust ‘Hikewise.. > ; on : Yours truly - Howard Wale. -3..0-, 7 : ; a abou Ken Muldoe 2s 1. They have | never . made an effort: to sit With the - require food assistance or how. thal’ assistance can “best: be - made ‘an. cffort to". determine - oor uneertoin- future. hat is” ADIs picture was WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1974 en locally but it could have been and it might still be. With the Easter weckend approaching Terrace RCMP are preparing for a rash of traffic accidents. The Easter weekend has shown over the years, to be the worst of the year for accidents involving injury and death. RCMP highway patrol commanding officer Fred Stark has asked Terrace drivers to drive defensively and carefully during the Easter break, “oa Don’t Die Over ~ Easter _Faster celebrates the resurrection yet every year at this lime’ there are many who die on our roads. And they can’t be braiight : 7 : back ta life; The Easter weekend, has proven to be the warst, with involving deaths. ; Already in the Terrace the first major break of the year .- many.aceidents, same of them: -”.' Detachment District this year three have :.- fost their lives on the roads, Thirty-one have been injured, There have been a total of 133 accidents, fiflyof those on the highways. ‘OF. | those fifty, a full 50 per cent have resulted in death or injury: Easter is a time of celebration, but there is na celebration: in’ a neediess death on the Highway. By speeding, driving carelessly, or. not paying enough attention (o what you are doing, you endanger. not only your life but the lives of the passengers in your car.and the lives of others on the road.’ Thal’s @ big responsibility thal:every | . driver must face and accept. RCMPdetachment has compiled the figures for acciderts, death 7 ‘and injury on the roads of Terrace and the outlying areas for the _ first three months of 1974. When conipared with the 197] figures a-: marked increase Is evident, Total number of accidents - up 13 per =" cent. Fatalities - up 300 per cenl.: Injuries up 55 per cent. . ‘Corporal Stark, the head of the highway patrol in Terrace has : ; _+also released the following Easter message: ” Statistics show, thal almost alm roads. : “Easter Weekend is the first long weekend : perience has shown it. to-be one of the heavily travelled weekends. : : of the year, and.ex-. otor vehicle accidenls are caused. increasing.our patrol ‘and radar * help us towards. this goal.:.Obey’ ~ Gospel of the Stars _ Nothing wouldseem more oul of step with our scientific age than astrology. Yel that age-old art of Judging the influence of the stars on human affairs is. a booming big business today. Why? Do ‘-people _ have emotional needs that .rational modern living cannot satisly? Daily living has too often lost a- sense af purpose, -and astrology is the instrument What many haye chosen to ‘use for regaining meaning in their lives. To them the stars in the courses write the history of life, and the man who knows their Janguage can -read there the riddle of his existence. - “The logic of its mechanism Is nol very obvious to those of us who do nol believe in astrology. But. with belief, the role of Lhe _ slars is decisive in the complex decision ‘making of our time. What is the Christain view of all this? °°: soo Can belief in astrology” and Christian faith exist together in the same person”. Or is there a , damaging interaction belween the (wo? Must all our emotional _ Security detive, [rom Jesus Chrisl; or can we enjoy’ the additional satisfaction of the revelation.of Lhe stars? We ean of course laugh astralogy off asa trivial” matter, reprad 1¢ it as one of those “= harmless or logical processes “of. human: culture’ thal. has . persisted for thousands of years ‘a kind, of game people play to. release the tension of facing an Bul ‘thal very minor role it plays in many. people lives - seareely covers. the :exatic -., growth of astrology in our time. Whatever one's religious faith All tuo often we see it filling the. gap that is left when failh.in Ihe; : - ‘Christian destiny of man, has been reoded or lost. =: °° ¢. ‘The vague \religiosily ofthe - horoscope . can ‘all-.too~ easily”; > ‘become a substitute for faith in *": ‘God. Ils subtle. influencevcan | very definilely shape a’ per-. sonality. in which love, cam- >... mitment. and /action. are’ secondary 1o.a selfish concern’ - - -with Lomorrow.. lr eo Astrology has become one of: those .pseudoreligious — characteristics of a society that.” ~ is in the midst of gréat. change = and thal "is undergoing: the breakdown of older -standards.’: ., Ns arguments that-the deepest." ." secrets uf life are revealed only’ by the stars do not bring... solutions (o the real spiritual...” problems facing man. “Man's : ~ hunger for. the truth’ about. himself and about ‘God's plan. for him cannol be satisfied by, stargazing.’ ©. 0 0 That'-is . why, “astrolog remains a -challenge-lo. our. “Christian.winess. The pathetic - faith inthe gospel of the’slars “\"-. . ‘proves bow men: strive fortay.:” revelation (o guide them in life's perplexities, We can offer a far... : ‘betler.Gospel. ‘The position of, “the slars at a critial'moment‘in- “anyone's life is not’ important, ."~ : The place thal God should have “in our‘lives‘is important, God. ° “ has revealed Himself, His love’ and concern “for us,‘ through’ .-. Jesus: Christ Jesus lived, died, °. / ahd rose again lo forgive us and... “46 give.us a new direction, a, “direction ihat is sure and filled |." “with His love. And the love of | “Gud. is. more relevant to ours} *: future than the love af the stars. Friday , or the lack of ft, Good Friday, the. ; most salemn day in the Christlan calendar, Has something to say to. | the thoughtful. « - - Ata time when the word ‘love’ turns up on buttons; on car: oe) a glass of beer, Good Friday i variety of look, however briefly; -, Genuine love for one's fellows, -. you see aneed.” That's whal tries lo embody it im a cocoon of euphoria, means putting oneself out~by inference, a disrupting process -- for someone else.; When Lord’ Donal: Soper of Hyde Park and London Clty Mission famé .. visited Canada ‘he deseribed his work with indigent men. “There's ihat they ae. willing - to-do |. nothing glamorous about il,” he sald, “When you're washing old: °~ co men's feel, you're aware that they're ugly.and that they smell.(; 7: » You dan't do it fer a ‘good feeling’. You do it becauise-it hes to.” be done and you're committed to making yourself available when.” . . bumper slogans, and slops oul of pop songs as if it were lhe frolhon’ | mpels us to turn from the ersatz |}: al theréal thing. ae far from wrapping the person who love ‘of the genuine varlety is'all » <-: