Woaney ssid one of bis. cpoceres upon learning about the fire was hie don't think she “One of the dogs nt parent's three dogs which were inthe ing,” Womney added. Weather ‘chokes” ér EDMONTON (CP) — Alberta and Saskatchewan farmers are bracing themselves for what could be record-high losses as hot, dry weather continues to choke crops in the southern parts of the two provinces. Farmers in Alberta are facing the driest season in the last 65 years. In Saskatchewan, drought is hurting winter wheat in the south while northern crops are being drowned by too much rain. Agrometeorologist Barry Grace, at the Lethbridge, Kita., Research Station, said the current drought will likely match the worst year since records were first kept in 1902. Only 200 millimetres of rain have fallen during the crop year which extends from August 1 to the end of July. As bad as the situation is, Agriculture Ministre LeRoy Fjordbotten holds a glimmer hope. “The spring crops that were seeded are holding up fairly well,” he said Tuesday. “If we get rain in the next week or two, I think the situation will be eased to a great degree.” The situation is being monitored “and I'm pleased most of the farmers in southern Alberta have crop insurance,” Fjordbotten said. In parts of Saskatchewan the situation is bleak. Rain is badly needed in the southwest, to North Battle. ford, where farmers are looking at yields of about 20 bushels anacre, said Brian Fowler, senior research scientist for the University of Saskatchewan's crop development centre. Total rainfall in southwest Saskatchewan since June 1 is about 63 millimetres. Only 0.4 millimetres of that has fallen since July 1 Hot, dry winds have made the situation even worse, Fowler said. Saskatchewan hay crops were the first to feel the searing heat. Area farmers say the only hay they'll bale is what they managed to salvage from ditches along provincial highways. Stubble crops, seeded into powder-dry soil, are all but lost, said regional agriculture representative Jim Pratt ALL THREE PARTIES Fiordbotien Lintadholp ter siskigt eiiced'e albert farmers. Special assistance may be offered to livestock owners who are watching their feed drops cunder the sum, The Feed Freight Assistance may-be altered so hay from central and northern Alberts ean be moved to the affected areas at less cost to the producers, he said. Ed Patching, , genery! mpseiger of Sibets Mall ond Crop Insurance, said he expects\ a flood of drought and grass- hopper-related damage claims to pour in this week.— the third week of the drought. Last year, the provincial Crown corporation paid a record $75 million for hail, insect, disease and drought- stricken crops. A new record could be set this year, he said. To add insult to injury, farmers especially east of Clare- sholm, are fighting a plague of grasshoppers. Harvey Glick, director of the Canadian Wheat Board's weather and crop surveillance department, said crops are also burning up in. southwest Manitoba. Prior to the hot weather, Prioneer Grain esti da record 48-million tonne harvest of the six major grains and oilseeds this fall. Last year’s production was 41.7 million tonnes. Now, grain traders are unofficially speculating this fall's production could drop to a low. of 40 million tonnes, Glick said. “We're all going out to a low of 40 million tonnes, Glick said. “We're all going out to hold a rain dance tonight for those in the south,” Glick said. “If we don’t get some widespread rain in the next week, there will be significant damage.” FIRE SEMINAR . . . Glenn Stare of Vancouver gives foaming demonstration, using Lorcan foam nozzles, at conclusion of B.C. Volunteer Fire Fighters’ seminars and ‘annual meeting held in Castlegar on the weekend. CosttewsPhote by Chery! Cokderbank The great political debate By The Casiedian Prees ‘Turner, Conserva- tive Lander Brian Mutroney and New Leader Ed dl have a on. formulafor a two-hour. television debate. ‘They will clash next Tuesday night in French and do the same thing the next night in English. The parties and the television net. works reached a deal on the debates in Ottawa on Tuesday night. The French debate starts at-§ p.m. PDT and the English one at 6 p.m. PDT The CBC, CTV and Global TV net works and CKO Radio will carry the English debate, but it is not known whether CBC Radio will broadcast it. Radio-Canada and TVA will broadcast the French debate, which will be the first of its kind. McGill University principal David Johnson will likely moderate the Eng lish debate, during which the leaders will make opening statements, be questioned by network reporters and make closing statements Mulroney and Broadbent were eager to debate, so the Liberals dictated the date and length of the showdown. Turner wanted the face-off on or before next Thursday — he didn't say why — and the Conservatives and New Demo- crats gave in OBJECTS TO TIMING NDP federal secretary Gerry Caplan said it will be “a great disservice to the issues have arisen and the campaign isn't at full throttle Caplan and Conservative negotiator Michael Meighen said the Liberals wanted the debate early because they expect Turner to perform poorly. By election day Sept. 4, voters will have forgotten how rusty and uncon- vincing Turner was, they said. Experts believe televised debates can sway public opinion. Richard Nixon's unsuccessful U.S. presidential campaign in 1960 was be lieved to have been harmed by his apparent nervousness in a televised debate with John F. Kennedy Similarly, Gerald Ford's unfamili. arity with some issues in a 1976 pres. idential campaign debate was believed to be partly responsible for his loss to Jimmy Carter. CLARK DID WELL The last Canadian televised debate was during the 1979 election campaign Former Conservative leader Joe Clark's performance was criticized by the media, but opinibn surveys later found people thought he fared well. Clark was elected prime minister with a minority government, which he lost nine months later. There was no debate in 1980 because Pierre Trudeau didn't want one. Tuesday was relatively quiet for ‘Turner and Mulroney. The prime min. ister flew back to Ottawa after an. nouneing Mondgy he will run in Van- Stornoway on the phone and in election strategy meetings. Both leaders received promising news about candidates for their par- ties, A former Quebec figance, ister, Raymond Garneau, has to run for the Liberals in the Montreal-area riding of Lachines-des-Rapides, vacant since former Commons Speaker Jeanne Sauve was appointed Governor Gen. eral. And Industry Minister Ed Lumley has decided to run again in the eastern Ontario riding of Stormont-Dundas af. ter speculation he would leave politics. Quebec actress Andree Champagne will run for the Conservatives in St-Hyacinthe, one of the few Quebec ridings in which the party has at. tracted a large vote. The Conservatives hold only one of 15 Quebec seats. Mulroney is running there in Manicouagan, but even he isn’t assured election. Turner's bid for a seat in Vancouver is also a risk. No Liberals represent the province in the Commons. Broadbent predicted Turner's candi dacy will improve the party's popular support in the province at the expense of the Conservatives. But “I would be surprised if they (the Liberals) elect someone.” Broadbent also said while campaign ing in Vancouver the NDP preferred a different format for the debate but in the face of the Turner’s insistence on a Mining is VANCOUVER (CP) — Mining, British Columbia's second resource industry, is no better off than its bigger colleague — forestry — and for similar reasons. Low selling prices, stiff competition from abroad and an economic recovery that never really got off the ground are combining to make life very difficult for the province's major export industries. In the metal mining sector, about 10 mines have shut, either permanently or while operators ride out an extended period of derpessed metal prices. Most copper producers are staying open but at today's prices for the metal and the dim prospects for an early recovery, these mines won't generate much in the way of profits for some time. “Copper will have to be at $1.15-$1.20 a pound before any new mines can be build in B.C.,” said Tex Enemark, president of the Mining Association of British Columbia. “There are about 300 potentially economic copper deposits in the world with which B.C. has to compete. Many of them have lower operating costs, wage costs and 1 and safety “One has to wonder about the long term ability of mining companies to support our high costs, compared to those of foreign producers.” The molybdenum market can easily be satisfied with production from mines where molybdenum is a byproduct, together with the huge quantities of the metal that are stockpiled. NOT PRODUCING Straight molybdenum mines, such as Placer Devel opment Ltd.'s Endako and Amax of Canada Ltd.'s Kitsault, won't be providing jobs or producing revenue for their owners for some time yet. Gold and silver as byproducts have helped keep the wolf from the door for many base metal mines. But with prices of these two precious metals sliding down, they are less able to cushion the unprofitability of base metals. “Miners are optimistic by nature but no one has been epressed through a downturn that has been so long and so deep,” Enemark said. “The industry hasn't really experienced any real upturn since the 1982-83 recession, and now another recession is forecast to begin in 1985.” In 1982, 19 of 29 operating mines had net losses totalling $239 million and the industry as a whole lost $151 million. Of the 10 mines that reported profits, one was responsible for more than half of the earnings. Details of 1983 results, prepared for the Mining Association by chartered accountants Price, Waterhouse and Co., will be released next week. j Employment in the metal mining industry fell from the 20,000 level to about 18,000 in 1982, but since then the trend in the over-all mining picture has been sideways, according to Enemark. SAME AS 1983 Last year’s fayoffs coincided with hiring by British Columbia's new coal mines, Bullmoose and Quintette in the northeast, Greenhills in the southeast. These opera- tions were able to absorb many out-of-work miners. Exploration activity is close to the pace last year, when a record 106,000 claim units were staked. About 40,000 units were staked in the first five months of 1984 and the temp should pick up in coming months as weather conditions permit more field work in B.C.’s northern regions. Several significant mineral deposits have been located in the north. However, transportation difficulties, the absence of electric power in more remote areas and the lack of other infrastructure, not to mention poor metal prices, will make it difficult to turn these into new mines in the near future. Another measure of exploration activity — financing through the facilities of the Vancouver Stock Exchange — are running behind last year's dollar volume. In the first half of this year, $85.3 million was raised by junior resource companies, against $142.6 million a year earlier. However, much of the money is raised to finance work outside Briitsh Columbia. Liberals:‘neec CP NEWS ANALYSIS By MARK LISAC EDMONTON (CP) — For the Lilierals, the federsl into question the future of the New: Democratic Party. Albertans have elected “Conservatives since 1972. There is a chance for a fifth straight Conservative sweep this year. The Liberals are looking for s breakthrough under a prime minister who would remould the national energy program to western tastés and is trying to rebuild the western wing of his party. When John Turner promised to “make the West a true partner in Confederation” at his campaign kickoff in Edmonton, he was also saying he wants to make westerners partners in running the Liberal party. Th Liberals need western seats to maintain their status as a national party and reinforce national! unity But the benefits of having Liberal members of Parliament in the West flow both ways: he MPs can do things for their region. Local Liberals, and some editorial writers, are making sure voters are aware of this. “Alberta has been economically self-sufficient and comfortable to the point where we could (in the past) do what Joe Clark suggested and send a protest vote to Ottawa,” said Pat Sullivan, a Calgary lawyer and vice-president of the party's Alberta wing. ‘CHANGE THINKING’ The province can no longer afford to think that way said Sullivan, who is running for the Liberal nomination in Calgary North. “I look at Toronto and I see 23 seats, five cabinet ministers. I look at Alberta and I see 21 seats, no cabinet ministers.” If the province votes solid Conservative again it is going to be shut out of decision making again because the Liberals are going to win nationally, Sullivan said. If the poll results stay close, the question for Alberta voters may boil down to: Do we really want to take a chance on being left out of the governmet again? Liberal riding officials are encouraged by the situation. They like the near tripling of party member ships to almost 15,000 during the leadership campaign They like Turner's business oriented image, the opening of the national energy program to a complete review and : 7 3 i they have forgotten the wi who spoke to the rts Libe February in his capacity plans in the prime Geen beeame an independent in mid-term and has decided to seek re-election as an independent. The Liberals lost the Athabasea riding by bas di inc votes last time. Liberat organizers Conservative Jack Shields as an MP who dopey not err adequate attention to his riding. In Saskatchewan, there is far less ground to make up and a number of seats are three-way affairs where shift- ing NDP votes may make the difference. The attempt to recruit NDP politicians to the Liberal fold has not yet ended, Sullivan said Monday. PONDER THE FUTURE “If I was a member of the NDP I would sit down and ask myself: What's my political future — Ed Broadbent's job or forever a seat on the back benches?” Neither is very attractive, he suggested. Several seats appear ripe for the picking. In Saskatoon East, formerly the stronghold of Liberal cabinet minister Otto Lang, the Conservatives, NDP and Liberals finished within 1,500 votes of one another in 1980. The seat went to Rev. Bob Ogle of ther NDP, a Roman Catholic priest who has pulled out of active polities on orders from the Vatican. The Conservative hold on Prince Albert disappeared with the death of former prime ministre John Diefen- baker, who held the seat for decades. It went NDP in 1980 but Liberal Clyne Harradence finished second by only 682 votes. The Battlefords-Meadow Lake was another closely fought three-way affair. The winner was Doug Anguish, the Saskatchewan NDP member the Liberals are what some claim is a growing with the provincial Conservatives. They think the party has a shot at as many as six ridings in Alberta. In the excitement of entering the post-Trudeau era reported to be trying the hardest to recruit. Provincial Liberal Leader Ralph Goodale finished fewer than 1,200 votes behind Conservative Len Gustaf. son in Assiniboia, and in 1980 the split included more than 9,000 votes for the NDP. Jackson apologizes for rift between blacks and Jews Canadian people to have a debate this because few early in the campaign” couver Quadra riding, while the Con servative leader spent the day at specific date and setup, reluctantly agreed. “we therefore Trudeau breached procedure by appointing judge last month By JIM MACDONALD EDMONTON (CP) — The Canadian Bar Association says former prime minister Pierre Trudeau breached usual procedure last month when he appointed a judge to the Federal Court of Canada without first consulting the lawyers’ group. Association president Rob- ert McKercher declined to name the judge but said he was angry enough sbout the breach to discuss the matter with Justice Minister Donald Johnston However, Globe and Pinard, leader gn@ Privy Couneil, was the first federally appointed judge for more than gglerade to go to the bench without first being sereened and rated by the association's committee on jodicia) appointments the Toronto id Yvon Committee chairman John Decore refused to say if Pinard was the one. But he confirmed the appointment was announced qn June 29 when Pinard and former jus tice minister Mark MacGui gan were both named to the bench. “I do not want to single anyone out because it is an embarrassment to him and to me,” Decore said in an inter- view Tuesday Pinard’s appointment to the court's trial division ig. nored procedures for prior screening by the legal pro- fession that were first agreed to in principle by Trudeau in 1967 when he was justice minister, The Globe and Mail first sereened by the asso ciation, the newspaper said. Trudeau appointed Mac Guigan to the Federal Court of Appeal, while Turner ap pointed former minister Bud Cullen to the Federal Court's trial division and Paul Cos- grove, a former minister, and back-bencher Robert Daudlin to county court judgeships in Ontario. PRECEDENT SET McKercher told The Can. adian Press in a telephone interview from Saskatoon a dangerous precedent may be set if the government is al lowed to appoint a judge without following established jure. “I think it would be a dis aster,” he said. “I think it would take us back to the Middle Ages as far as the bench is concerned. : “It's high time that the Constitution was amended to remove from the whim of the individual the power to put somebody on the bench who's going to determine the rights between the citizens and the government of the day.” Coincidently, the bar asso ciation announced only last week a year-long study into the method of judicial ap pointments. “There's no question in my mind that the public and the bench and the bar want it (judicial appointments) ap proved,” McKercher said. “The only people that have suggested any reluctance are the politicians.” Neither the federal Lib erals nor Conservatives seem to be committed to the prin- ciple of eliminating politics from the process of judicial appointments, he added “It absolutely pinpoints the need for the study. Cana dians deserve the best judges they can get.” SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. (CP) — Black civil Fights leader Jesse Jackson tried Tuesday to start heal- ing the wounds between black and Jewish Americans that have been opened dur. ing his campaign for the Democratic party's presiden. tial nomination. He used part of his speech room for Arab Americans in what he calls a “rainbow coal- ition” of minority groups and women. “If, in my low moments, in caused anyone discomfort, created pain or revived some- one’s fears, that was not my truest self,” he -told nearly ion del thunderous chants of “Jesse, Jesse, Jes- a” He called for return of a black-Jewish coalition but also said they must make 4,000 “... 1am not a berfect servant. I am @ public ser. vant, doing my best against the odds. As I develop and comments sent a sensational Union firms get contracts VANCOUVER (CP) — An- other Expo contract has gone te a union construction firm. Expo announced Tuesday that a contract valted at wave of applause and cheer ing across the giant con vention hall, as did his appeal a few moments later for blacks and Jews to ‘turn from finger: pointing to clasped ne “urged them, too, to make room for Arab Ameri cans: “Old wine skins must make room for new wine.” OFFENDS MEMBERS Jackson's campaign has been marred several times by anger and controversy over his handling of sensitive issues that offended some members of the Jewish com. munity, including an influ ential wing of the Democratic party Controversy began months ago when he used the der. ogatory term “hymies” in re ferring to Jews and has con- tinued te recent weeks when one of his prominent allies, Black Muslim leader Louis Farrakhan, characterized Teligion.” history. He recalled the way blacks and Jews worked together in the 1960s during civil rights struggles, singling out the deaths of a group of Jewish and black young people in 1963. “Twenty years later, our communities, black and Jew- ish, are in anguish, anger and pain,” he said “There is a crisis in com munications. Confusion is in the air. But we cannot afford to lose our way. We may agree to agree, or agree to disagree on issues, but we must bring back civility to the tensions. “We are copartners in a long and rich religious his tory — the Judaeo-Christian traditions. Many blacks and Jews have a shared passion for social justice at home and peace abroad. . . We are bound by shared blood and shared sac- rifiees ... We must turn to each other and net on each other and choose higher ground.” At the same time, Jackson 8. Middle East policy, say- ing “there are 22 nations in the Middle East and we.mpst be able’ to talk, set, inflasiiee and feconcile afl of them.” Actressnamedcandidate MONTREAL (CP) — A bank chairman and an actress were named Tuesday as can. didates for the Sept. 4 federal election as Conservatives and Liberals continued to scram. ble for well-known names to run in Quebec. The Liberals said Ray mond Garneau, former Que bec finance minister and one-time provincial Liberal leadership contender, will be appointed to contest the Montreal riding of Laval des-Rapides, the seat vacated by Jearme Sauve when she was named Governor Gen eral. “Mr. Garneau will be the star of Quebec,” said Michel Goulet, the riding association president. Garneau is chair man of the Montreal City and District Savings Bank The Conservatives Clark slams Liberals EDMONTON (CP) Prime Minister Turner is a handservant of Pierre Tru deau for approving patron age appointments requested by the former prime min ister, Joe Clark said Tues said y “The Liberals are a party that traffics in deceit,” the former Conservative prime minister and opposition lead er told about 125 Tories at a campaign kickoff for Edmon. ton West Tory candidate Murray Dorin “They say they're opposed to what they've been doing in the last four years,” Clark said. “That isn't credible. The people of Canada won't be lieve it.” SAVE MONEY Have a second estimate on Septic Tank installations * Backhoe work & all types of Gravel Fill PHONE 365-3534 or 693-2373 Andree Champagne, one of French-Canada's best-known actresses, will run in St Hyacinthe, a mixed urgan rural constituency 65 kilom- etres east of Montreal, and one of the few Quebec ridings that has produced a large Conservative vote in recent elections. The announcement was made on Champagne’s 45th birthday So far, 60 Conservatives have been chosen to run in the province's 75 ridings. The Conservatives took only one seat in Quebec in the last federal election. The Liberals swept the rest. MEETINGS START TODAY The Liberals begin their nomination meetings today. The party appears con fident Garneau will win in Laval-des-Rap’ Sauve took the riding in 1980 with 33,317 votes compared with 4,699 for Martin Vaillancourt of the New Democrats and 3,049 for Conservatives Guy Villiard. Garneau will be running against Conservative Law rence Hanigan, chairman of the Montreal Urban Com munity transit commission and a former right-hand man to Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau. Hanigan, who unlike Gar neau lives in the riding, was described by Goulet as a man “whom we all know but don't like.” Hanigan’s reign as head of the transit commission has been marred by several labor disputes. The Conservatives believe they have a fair chance of victory in St-Hyacinthe. They captured the seat in 19687 and it was won again by Claude Wagner in 1972 and 1974. Liberal Marcel Ostiguy, who served as parliamentary secretary for the minister of agriculture, took the seat in 1978, 1979 and again in 1980 when he racked up an 18,100. vote margin over Conserva tive organizer Marcel Danis. Champagne, who became a household name in the Radio- Canada television series Les Belles histoires des pays en haut during the 1950s and ‘60s, spent her first 25 years in the riding. The mother of two has been an active supporter of artists’ rights and campaign ed for a retirement home for actors and actresses. Although a novice in active politics, she said: “I know what's going on. I've been reading four newspapers a day for the past 15 years.” TOMORROW (THURSDAY, JULY IDOSCOPE KALE! Voriety of Popular. Jazz, Blues.and Rock Hormen ond Down Von Hoagevest on drome, guitars, stactri: piono ond vectle 7 ee Saar eee Turner: no freeride OTTAWA (CP) — Prime Minister Turner travelled on his free Air Canada pass to campaign in British Columbia and Alberta last weekend, but an aide said Tuesday the Liberal election campaign committee will pay the air. line later for the economy fare Two of Turner's tickets for the trip were issued through his pass and a Pacific West ern Airlines flight from Ed monten to Calgary was bought separately, the aide said. : Turner and his aide, how- ever, appeared to differ on how Turner's trip was ar ranged when answering questions from reporters. “We are not using gov- ernment passes on the air- plane,” Turner told reporters who met him at the Ottawa termina! on his arrival from Vancouver on Tuesday ‘The pass is issued to all should not be used for cam- paigning. Plane labelled Ordin-Air OVER SASKATCHE WAN (CP) — It was dubbed Bum Air in the 1972 cam paign, Daisy Air in 1974, Doctrinaire five years later and Frigid Air in the winter campaign of 1980. This year the New Demo crat leader's campaign plane has been officially labelled Ordin-Air, a play on Ed Broadbent's election theme of speaking for Canadians. ordinary Despite a call for other suggested names after the Air Canada DC-9 lifted off from Toronto on Tuesday for Vancouver and a western campaign swing, the fix was apparently already in. Broadbent aides toted aboard Ordin-Air stickers and buttons for campaign workers and reporters trav elling with Broadbent. They later swamped other sugges- tions in a mid-flight vote. NDP democracy in action beat out less partisan tags such as Despair, DC-9, DCP-0 and the Spirit of Little Big Horn. National polls indicate the NDP, with 31 of 282 seats nationally, is fighting for its life in the Sept. 4 vote A little campaign lore: Bum Air came from the “cor. porate welfare bum” slogan Daisy Air harkens back to then prime minister Tru deau’s daisy-petal-picking portrait of former NDP lead er Stephen Lewis, “he loves me, he loves me not.” Doctrinaire comes from a pledge to stick closely to social-democratic doctrine in 1979. During the campaign plane Tuesday, Broadbent warned “pernicious bourgeois revi- sionist” reporters aboard his plane to “smarten up” or face a rough landing. Broadbent's voice crackled over the Air Canada DC-9's intercom system from the cockpit as the plane went through a gentle left turn over Saskatchewan. BUILDING SUPPLIES LTD. 5/8 T.8G. Fir 5/8 Dee Fir 5/8 Dee Sp “ Dee Fir ‘s Dee Sp 3/8 Dee Fir 5/16 Dee Fir WHILE STOCK LASTS! GIVE US A CALL 365- ty OPEN THIS SUNDAY. JULY Cash n' Corry 693-2373 Now's the time to save summer Fashions! 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