CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, May 26, 1960 ‘Type of Fire Season Hasa Baliton, aya Effect on B.C.'s Booming Economy ‘The question Is—“What kind of a season is it going to be?” The answer will have a mil- Sion dollar effect on British Co. the length and breadth of the province, over 100 forest rangers end forest officers at cach of the five forest district ters permits must be obtained by the general public and Industr‘al op- enatlons before they can light a ine for any purpose within one- half mile of a forest or wood- land. Permits are avaitable free- of-charge firom any forest officer, RCMP, post office, and many the pro- are trying to determine what they can expect in this year’s war against forest fires. The most widespread and im- mediate effect on the start of the 1960 season after midnight, April 30, is that burning and campfire Fleming Dodges” Bennett Invite To Talk Nioney * Premier Bennett said _recent- ly Finance Minister Fleming dodged an invitation to discuss provincial-federal financing: ar- for the C River project. Mr. Bennett told a press con- ference the invitation was ex- tended during | the weekend gov. ‘and experts met here to disscuss the project. He said he sent -a telegram to Mr. Fleming, who was in Van. couver at the time, but did not receive a reply. . irs other outlets vince, During the 1959 fire season, there were 2010 forest fires re- ported. They burned over 273,631 ueres and caused damage esti- fated at $1,342,849; Forest service fire-fighting costs amounted to | The Vancouver forest district {had the most fires, with 826, costing $115,000 to extinguish but - [covering only 1832 acres, In the highly inaccessible Prince Rupert district, 49 fires cost $61,000 and covered 8069 acres. .. The vast Prince George dis- trict, covering almost 30 per cent of the province registered 207 fires, costing $128,00 end covering 188,292 acres, The Kiamloops dis- trict’s 651 fires cost $234,000 and burned over 70,659 acres and Nelson district, with 277 — showed fine-fighting costs ’ $230,000 over an acreage of ye The most costly: type of fire last year was that attributable to ‘out-of-control! range burning in the Carlboo and Peace River. These 443 fires burned over 109,; 000 acnzs, cost the forest service $418,000 to and di Green said they would pay 50 per cent of the costs but they have been running away ever since. “I have asked twice and I can’t get ahy answers,” said the premier-finance mini . Mr, Green said last year the federal government was | to pay half the cost of the $1,600- damage estimated at $955,000. Camper ‘and smoker-caused fires burned over 36,678 acres, cost the service ‘$81,912 to extin- guish and for $254,000}; remember... ONLY YOU with, the slightly ebove-normal 1959 ‘season fresh’ in forest offic- er’s minds, preparations for this yoar'e fire war ore going ahead full blest. A recent ¢ snow survey dul- letin issued by the department of Tands and forests pater branch in damage,” Haunted by the memory. of the disastrous 1958 fire season 0! ed) that ran up some $5,500,000 an occurring. sooner than usual. fire-fighting costs and burne 000,000 scheme. over 2,000,000 forest acres, and Le CM ee ‘GO CONGRESS TRAVEL Fist Claaet STOP AT THE Holly On betad A 99 Motel Excellent accommodations Beautyrest beds, Telephones, ice free TV & coffee Heated} illuminated pool * Playground & shuffleboard * No; 5 Business route 2816 MARTIN WAY... OLYMPIA, WASH.: * Credit cards honored cn FREE write for new TRAVEL GUIDE Itsting fing motels from coast to cost, inspect , Congress of Motor Hotels. and oppro' below normal snow cover over most of the province. This could lead to a serious f i ; On the credit side, foresters are hoping the mild temperatures will bring out the mew green growth in the north soon enough to lessen the denger of an early “flash hazard” in the Chilcotin, Cariboo, ang Peace River areas. Af the same time, an omin- ous warning is contained in a recent U.S. weather bureau long range forecast ‘that’ indicates ‘above normal temperatures, and below normal rainfall over most of the province. - No matter what the experts ‘and punlits say, however, the forest service can take no chances. “Even if we felt confident we iWA Organizes Celgar Loggers Near Revelstoke Loggers employed by Celgar in the Revélstoke, Sidmouth, Ar- rowhead and Beaton -areas have béen organized by. the IWA, it was reported b; secre'ary TWA dodal 1-417, Sal- mon Arm, Certification was granted by the department of. labor to the IWA: as the bargaining agent for the loggers recently,” ‘The new local has 32 charter, members. Mr.. Michael said it is): Cliff Michael, |: ‘denew whaf the 1960 season was going to. be like,” a service official declared, “we still have to prepare for the worst.” At each of the forest ranger stations, the deadly serious busi- ness of preparing for another season has been under way even before the end of the last season. It is a large and complex job ‘added to the already heavy bur+ den of general forest adminis- tration work that loads down the modern-day ranger throughout the year—fire season or not, Pre-fire organization involves many things, Eisst of all the fire provention’ offficers for his district, The mass of- fire-fighting equipment stored at each station must be «checked, r brought up to first class condi- tion, This includes the hand-tank pumps, timekeepers’ books, and first-aid kits; portable fire pumps must be checked and tasted under pressure, Any - defective parts maust be neplact ed, ‘The three miles of fire hose— the besic issue to cach jong extin stat'on—must be checked, hazard” can easily -exist in the valleys far below. Depending on hts Tocation, the vanger may also be required to , {tine up the foreman and cook for ecial his sp “shock troops '—the fire, suppression crew that ‘join his “Geganization early in June, ‘These. teenaged crews of in- ithal action fire.tighters are spread across ‘the southern part of the province . in high hazard areas, Their prime and almost sole function is to attack fires as soon as they are reported and to wuish them or hold them gular crew on the line, Also, the ranger must.se2 to it that all the miles of trails, » Jeep ‘access routes in his cleaned’ out and made passable for their vital role of getting fireatighting crews to” the fire with a mmimum of delay. «+ As the final touches are giv. en to British ‘Columbia's fire. fighting forces, the’ unanswered question. hangs heavy in every forest service office throughout th: land—"Are we going to get a break? Or is it one to be an. luntil the ranger can gct a re.!other bad one?” system of radio ‘and telephone between the ranger and his lookouts, assistant ranger stations, and distr’ct hdadquarters is brought up to peak efficiency, Every mile of telephone line is checked Sy hand so as to-eli- minate the possibility of failure at the crucial moment, The ranger revises and jm. proves on his master pre.organi- zation plan on which he lists his key contacts in industry in case of fire, the availability of heavy equipment such as tractors which are so essential to cutting fire. guard. He checks or makes ora: mens with sources of food ani supplids, He inspects [all at sites where burning hag deen see that the fires are either di out or else pi guarded. All carried out during the winter to|’ Adults 50c COMING — “DANCE PRESENTATION” Featuring a Ballet from the * Nutcracker Suite by Tschaikovsky DIRECTED BY PHILLIS PHILLIPS Friday, May 27, (S60 at 8.15 p.m. STANLEY HUMPHRIES HIGH SCHOOL Students 35c _ Children 25¢ logging operations and wood mills ate checked to see that their fire. tool. supplies and organization comply, with the regulations, Land .clearing .and slash burning Gperations must be checked and conditions agreed to whereby special fire permits may be issued. Spectat caches | of aircraft gasoline are set out and recorded landing sites for fixedswing air. on the plan. as are le enaft and helicopters throughout theranger district. Staff o! Tan. gers ‘aispatchers, Jookoutmen, patrolmen, launch engineer, and So forth, must be examined, hired, trained and instructed in their duties. The ranger must also ‘contact the honorary fire wardens and ee more i ous things the ranger may have to do is arrange for the snow. ploughing: of the trails to - the tookouts so they dan be manned by May 1. Whereas the areas around the lofty lookouts may well be deep in snow, a “flash Denial Eee ee ee DR. J. A. SAMPSON WISHES TO. ANNOUNCE THE OPENING OF A Practice IN THE CREIGHTON BUILDING (ABOVE THE BANK OF MONTREAL) ON MAY 30, 1960 PHONE 5071 Cominco plans for Progress. cxpected that there, will be ap-|- °° proximately 120 loggers working in the area by mid-summer. Negotiations for a contract) covering wages and working con- ,ditions for the employees afifact- ed are expected by the union and : Celgar: ‘next week. "THE WARNING SHADOWS” 4 MEDICAL FORUM PANEL DISCUSSION Conducted by Medical Doctors who-will discuss Cancer of the Lung 1. CAUSES: IS SMOKING A FACTOR. 2. CLINICAL APPEARANCE 3. X-RAY STUDIES 4. TREATMENT This meeting is a must hecause, lung cancer is rapidly assuming the lead overall other forms of cancers in men and women, KINNAIRD IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY HALL THURSDAY, JUNE 2nd at 8.00 p.m. ADMISSION FREE — THIS 1S A COMMUNITY SERVICE BY CASTLEGAR UNIT, CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY The 6 indium opheres pictured above could sit © on the head of a pin! Each is a tiny transistor component ‘83/10,000 of an inch in di: The customers we make them for demand accuracy’ —no spheres smaller than 80/20,000 of an inch and none larger than 85/10, 000. All spheres must be perfectly round and have’ a ‘Burity of 99.999% indium. é 8 mil. indium sphere magnified 40 times. of these tiny pellets and many products like them. “Such @ program is typical of Eman, now in hand in ‘a research | earch lies ‘behind A Tes the production ‘of these spheres. It started with the recovery ‘of pure indium: from an ore which only contains Tib.in 22 tons. It resulted in the marketing One of Canada’s ia Enterprises Trail,’ British - Gemninco’s Here you will find projets ‘designed to keep tha purity of TADANAG } Brand [metals and the -.> - quality of up with the best in the Satie projects to explore new uses for our met and ‘chemicals, projects that delve into other fields and look far into the future., Cominco research presents a balanced’ Program for progress and erowtl : ELEPHANT ‘BRAND FERTILIZERS. * both, parties to. CANADIAN ‘BRINGS ANSWER 10 ‘BITTERNESS. IN THE WORLD New Zealand, April 28--Chict nian of the Gonadian Roc Moun: with BE. T. "aikateny eft) ‘ d Minister a a large ‘With. the cock is Chief David Crowchild falkxin; crowd on Mo: Armament mat Bride and fear—the cholce -Armament and Communts with me to unite the whole of mankind: Mo! ide me put. aw ral ‘all bitterness, is between Moral "| discuss traffic ‘confrol d. Kinnaird Briefs Frank| Bergen appeared be- fore council regarding‘a dizpute over ia lane servicing his property which’ the village “was” unaware it owned, Building permits totaling $9,- 300 were approved. They were: H. J. ‘Anderson, Vancouver, to complete: his: home, $500; John Polonikoftf, home, $5,000; Bob La- mont, enlarged Kitchen and-two W. 2B. Drap ‘agent, advised‘ the, village that to obtain its .recotds; used in the Macbeth-Chrysler. court. action in 1957. requires: the *consent of ction or the order of Judge. - epi gus donnld of the 33; Three readings were given a Tand sale bylaw selling a parcel of. some village property to J. W. Mykyte: for $300. Proceeds Be a‘special fund for the buying : 1, Angi local ROMP will attend a coun- cil’ meeting ‘at’ a later. date to in Kin- aire | eee ae "A letter was read from the Fine Arts School «wat Nelson thanking the village 'for its sup- port at the recent-Association of Kootenay Municipalities meeting and requesting! financial support, “We gave whole-hearted mo- al support. ‘We > didn’t, say any- thing about finances, village chairman Carl‘ Locblich. , | No, money will be given. oe -A letter was read from high-|" " ways superintendent D, C. West- n ‘rece! Minister Dicfenaker Chancellor Adenauer. of We many, Archbisho) s op Makarios of and othi leaders, One hundred people have heard and seen him'on radio and y ‘televiston. He goes next to Australia and Africas away requesting the > Village to refer. any subdivisions ‘to -him which will front on arterial high- ways. oe ee) Celebrate 60th Anniversary - t REVELSTOKE — Former residents of Revelstoke, Mr. and ; Jaseph Burton, were back in’ town last week, to observe their 60:h wedding y » A reception was. held at the home’ of their son and daughter- in-law, Mr. arid Mrs. Frank Bur- ton when many friends gathered, wath nate of their family. were married in St. palin’ Chureh, Blackburn, Lan- cashire, May 17, 1900 by Rev. Dr. W. Pink, They came to. Revelstoke. in 1925 and lived here until 1946, when Mr. Burton retired as a boilermaker in the CPR shops. They moved to Pert Moody soon after, but have come dack here almost every year, since. ~ Kinnaird Council Protests et of Gastiegar. Dump ~ Castlegar’s new sanitary land fill garbage dump :came up’ for Giscussion at Kinnaird’s “council meeting Monday ‘night. Comm. -G. S.-Rust said the location of Castlegar’s new dump, where high water can enter it, “should be brought up. and very “strong protestations made.’ Although it-was approved by health inspector: Doug: Roe, .Mr. Rust said he still did not like the idea of high water being able to! bh enter the sanitery land fil! dump.|with a balance. _ to extend Dan Johnson, friend and neighbor proposed the toast to the bride and groom of -/60 years ago ‘and read the many telegrams of: congratulations. Beautiful bouque's in great profusion filled the reom; gifts]. a long-time] * from friends and organizations, both here and in Port Moody. ithe King Edward Hotel - dining room that evening,. :“wLater more ‘friends dropped in to extend best wishes and to es, - and Mrs. Burton: have! : two sons, Frank and Joseph H., both of Revelstoke anda:‘dau* ghter, Mrs, B. C. (dessié) Don- man, of C: who came Castlegar Co-op Ausierily Succeeds, Situation Brighter The ‘situation. of the Castle- gar':Co-op Retail. Society is: a. lot ‘|Erighter than it-was. three, mon. ths-ago- arid ‘members. are | all: set to launch’ an. all-out share capital drive ‘with’ the’ help! of. Be Lewis of .Vancouver,: a-¢o-operator’’ of many years” standing’ who has come to the District £0, help ‘with the reper Tes ship of J. Rootman of Vancouver and with a Yright‘austerity pro- gram in ‘progress’ the society: has Revelstoke for the occasion, They also have four grand- children and seven great grand- chldren, Mr, Burton. has been an,Odd Feliow for many years while Mrs, Burton is a char:er member | © ‘of the local Wonten of the Moose Dodge, organized 32 years ago. She isalsod a Rebekah. Raw sewage floating ‘on top f a pond near are Stocan has tea the Village “of « Kinnaird ‘to ‘again: protest ‘the contamination of the Kootenayiriver to the. West deen ‘able to “pull itself-.by its " and is now, eed RUBBER | STAMPS | SEE THE MULTIPLE RUBBER STAMPS : DESIGNED FOR MANY USES — 12:RUBBER STAMPS IN ONE AND SOME WITH DATERS. 8 RMD, _ RUBBER STAMPS DESIGNED TO YOUR ORDER CASTLEGAR NEWS i by lost 200 feet of blacktop : bres flooding. , -}lage zg; that-. ‘be opened 4p again to see if it ve it Gi Charles Stanlay Kelly, in Ter health unit, -Reponts that the City. of Nel: =!son .is again pushing dts sewers further into ‘the “Kootenay river and the report of a Kinndird-re- "|sident of raw sewage’ floating on. the South Slocan pond: “alll ‘add to our anxiety” notes the village in @ letter to the health unit.". :) “Other “villages | have'' been ‘|forced to do. somnething, and I don't:.see. why. something can’t ‘be done .‘about the: Kootenay,” commented Comm. G. S, Rust. = | Gaglardi Bloomer. - Greek’ ‘Verdict irks Council A family dinner was held in|: wha. pale be able 2 ~ Chairman Loeblich ang com-|. ‘y and u see. A wire was read from Cap- ital Holdings regarding 9 16-foot canopy on the proposed service station at Castleaird Plaza, Curt up a scale plan showing the dis- tances’ referred to in the wire and the distances: mentioned ‘by council when stipulating that the garage must be set back 50 fect som the property line. lee : A wire was sent Associated Engineers regarding the type of valve being installeg in. Woodland Park subdivsion. & 48 Communities Fluoridate Waler « attend the ‘Trail council. to inspect that ‘|city's renovated. council cham- bers and police. quarters, -VigTORIa REPORT Members are reminded of the to|Special supper meeting at 6 p.m.|- ‘Tues., June: 7, The DLA representative from Nelson’ will be. at this meeting regarding property in this area. Delinquent members are reques- tea to pick up their membership rds not later than June 15 as all cards unclaimed will be retur- ned tg command, This, is urgent 80 kindly give this -matter your starting water-fluoridation . programs has now ‘risen ‘to, 48, according to a ‘recent report ‘from: West Koot- enay ‘Heblth Unit.” Larger ‘cities inclode Winnipeg, _ Gaskatoon, Prince ‘Abert, Red: Deer,’ Brant- ee Oshawa, Sey, and: Hal- from the sale will be set. aside) § Waterman will be asked to draw| jj 8. tion of ‘The- number .of . Canadian THREE GOVERNMENT HOUSES BY AUCTION Sat., June 4, 1960, al-! p.m. By favor of instructions from The Purchasing Commission; Victoria, B.C., we will offer for. sale the following houses: 5) House No. 1: On lot 4, Village of Kinnaird, of Plan 2241. House No. 2: On lot 5. and 6 of Lot 7173, Village of Kinnaird, Plan 2241. House ‘No. 3: On part of Block 3 of Lot 7173 Koo tenay District Plan 2089 as shown gutlined in red on reference Plan 84630i, . Village of Kinnaird. Garage No. 4: On Lot 4, Village of Kinnaird, Plan 2241. No. 5: One gas furnace. Garage No. 6: On Lot 5 and 6 of Lot 7173, Village + of Kinnaird, Plan 2241, TERMS: High bids are subject to acceptance by the Minister of Highways, Victoria, B.C. All sales sub- m ject to 5% sales tab. 10% of bid price payable at time of sale, and balance within 7 days of notifica- of bid. Building must be r within 15 days of notification of 2 acceptance of bid, and any earth which may’ be disturbed during re- moval must be backfilled and the site left clean and tidy. PURCHASERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ZONING REGULATIONS IN THE AREA WHERE -HOUSES ARE TO BE MOVED. For further information contact AUCTIONEER GILLEN 1817 - 3rd. Ave., Trail NORTH AMERICAN LIF 75 CANADIAN. MUTUAL: “ASSURANCE COMPANY DICK FOWLER, Robson, B.C 5 answer from Highwaya Miniter Gaglardi repinding heip from ‘his department, the Bloomer ‘Creek, problem founds a poor reception at the Yast meet- ing of the Castlegar cowscil. 2 Mr Gaglerdi,. . answering ‘the village’s request for help, re- :|ferted to a letter. written . last year in. wh'ch’ it was noted , that! once manholes were ins‘alled in the line the department's Tespon- sibility ended, Comm. George Carr said “Mn ‘Gagladi should have waited un- til he had* rece'ved. further re- ports from. his department before answering ‘Castlegar'’s request by - referring: the village to ‘past cor- Purther | reports,’ said wie Carr, would have showed that the department of. highweys es ear’as a. resuct: of. Bloomer. “We're not g the agreement at all,” par "Viliage chairman..N..'T,:Oglow. 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