‘CASTLEGAR NEWS, Thursday, Aug. 31, 1967

SLOCAN FLY-IN? Well, not ‘enietty! A helicopter

owned by Vancouver Island Heli:

in the Slocan ‘area on ‘a variety of airborne jobs,
last week domonstrated the versatility it posses-
ses by landing on the canopy of the Slocan Inn.
Hollcopters have a proyen ability which is espec-

icopters, working

Counsel for Southern Operators
Lists Reasons for Denying Parity

Southern. interlor | lumber
operators last Thursday reject-
ed IWA demands for wage pari-
ty with the coast and said there
ds no more justification for parl-
y, than there is for the com-
panies asking the IWA to accept
parity’ with | lower-paid ‘wood:
workers in ‘Atberta.

+ George Robson, council for
the ‘southern’ operators, told an
industrial inquiry co: n
that the IWA’has made’ wage

| settlements elsewhere in Canada

fally useful in the rugged terrain of the B.C. in-
terior. They have been used by the B.C. Forest
Service and other Provincial coricerns for sucht!
things as flying supplies ‘to remote camps, fire

spotting and geographical survey work.:

Firms Take Out Tender Documents
On B.C. Hydro Mica Dam Project

More than 60 firms have
taken out tender documents for
a B.C, Hydro contract which is
expected to be the largest ever
awarded in Canada.

The contract is for construc-
tion of Mica Dam on the Colum-
bia river. .

Several of the continent’s
largest construction companies
are among the document hold-

” Many have gained recent
experience on large hydro pro-
jects. These include Guy F. At-
plneon and Co. and Oro Dam

both of Ci
Pome Kiewit Sons of

Mountain dam on the Peace TNs
er. The, firm

awarded later for the 2 million

consortium which has complet.
a most of the concrete work on
the South Saskatchewan dam.
Mannix, one of Canada’s
largest construction firms, spon-
sored the consortium that has
just completed the Duncan dam

Mica pow .
The Columbia will be diver-

‘based’ on economic differences
between regions and must recog:
nize that a similar ‘situation ex-
ists between) the B.C. interior]:
and the coast...

He said interior lumber com-
panies ‘have higher production
costs, but get 18 to 60 per cent
lower prices for their dressed
lumber and pulp chips ‘than
coast operators,

Wage rates now paid in
interior are the second highest
in the Canadian lumber industry
and further ‘cost increases can-
not be passed along in higher
prices. In fact, he said, lumber
prices today are lower than

ted this fall through two tun-| 1952.

nels around the Mica dam site.
Two cofferdams will be erected
so construction of the main dam
can begin on a section
riverbed,

a year ahead of the C
treaty deadline.
European and Japanese com-
panies also have expressed inter-
est in the Mica contract.
Many smaller firms which
hold Mica tender documents are
not tiexpected to bid on the main

and Mannix Co. Ltd. of Alberta.

Atkinson is now completing
work on the $350 million Mangla
Dam in Pakistan,

serve as subcontractors or sup-
pliers to the successful bidder.

of con-

largest single can
tract ever awarded. Oro, a con-
sortium headed by Oman Con-
struction, is completing the Or-
oville Dam in Northern Califor-
nia. This is an earthfill struc-
ture similar to, though slightly
larger than, Mica.

‘Kiewit is best known in B.C.
as head of the consortium now
finishing the $73 million Portage

tractors’ representatives recent-
ly have been inspecting the Mica
Dam site, 85 miles north of Rev-
elstoke on the Big Bend highway.
Bids will be opened Aug. 30
for thé main dam contract.

Biggest of the three Colum-
bia treaty dams, Mica will rise
645 feet above the riverbed and
have a total height of 800 feet

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of construction in 1972.

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Mother Profers
A Flannel Nightie
To Chanel No. 5

By Annette Barnes
innair

Once upon a time there
was this doubtful mother. Oh,
there was no doubt about her
being a mother. You could tell
the minute she picked up the cat

and burped her and tried to
throw out the baby. The lug-
gage she packed under her eyes
didn’t get there: through any
beauty-rest nights either.

What she really doubted was
if the baby would ever learn to
sleep all night and play all day
instead of crying day and night. |?
She doubted if Junior would ev-
er tire of flushing baby’s diapers
down the toilet and if the septic

tank would last one more month.

Most of the time she just doubt-|

ed her sanity and tried to a
fy her existence. « -. 7

She ‘was a smashing ' wife,
bee, that one. In fact she used
to. smash a lot of things like
the bottle of Chanel No. 5
(would you believe Evening in
Paris?) she threw at her, hus-
band while sobbing “What I
really wanted was a nice, warm

flannel nightie!” She fell asleep
at social outings regular!

gularly which
made them very popular in so-
cial circles,

Well, her older and wiser

friends tried to tell her. “Bear
up,” they sald: happily packing

their kids off to schools and

camps, “soon your children too

will grow up and, you know,

you’ll find yourself lonely.”

Now, she doubted most of

all the lonely bit. How can one

be lonely when asleep — and

that’s what she was going to do

the minute all those kids were

out the door to school.. Sleep

and sleep,

And when she woke she
‘was going to read something
besides Dr. Spock.

And then she was going to
talk on the telephone without
intermissions for ‘Get out of
that peanut butter!” or “Leave
her alone, you'll choke her!”

And she also meant to type
up a best-seller or two some

Castle Theatre

ment in the theatre.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 1967
Under new management of

A. BERGERON

We will endeavour to run the Castle Theatre to please you,
the public. Let us have your suggestions for better enjoy-

Shows at 6.45

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FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
MATINEE SATURDAY AT 1.30

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JIM HUTTON

Yessir, all that and more
she was going to do.. It just
couldn't ‘happen soon enow;
She always kept yelling “Grow
up” as if that
any faster. “You're a big boy
now!”

Today, doubtful mother
saw her Utiest one off to kind-

she's
Where's the ‘fed, Seother? wis
aren’t you on the telephone?
Where's 2 that best-seller?
ki Mother's stteng in Py fe
ler very cold and very ry
now) cup of coffee. She is blow-
ing her nose and keeps repeat:
ing, “But they’re just babies. In
school? They're just babies!”
Undoubtedly she is a moth-
er.

dry queceaton

made them grow | of

Mr. Robson was speaking
for 45 member companies of the
Interior Forest Labour Relations
which bargains with

he IWA for operations involv-
ing. one-quarter of the provine-
es potal timber cl
In a 40 nage! brief and 19
supporting exhibits, he urged
the commission, Mr. Justice F.
Craig Munroe, to “recognize the
economic position of the indus-
in the interior and reject
the union's request for cost in-
creases which are beyond the
ability of the operators. to ab-
sorb,

“This is a critical period not
only for the operators, but also
for communities in the interior
of the province which to a large
extent, depend upon.a healthy
jumper, industry,” he declared.

In rejecting the IWA’s ed
mand for a 50-cent. across-the-
board raise to coast rates, Mr.
Robson pointed out that approx-
imately one-third of the south-

sy
conta area of British Colum-
a.” e
He said the present. IWAI;
contract with $B
mills Ltd. in Alberta,
just 26 miles from a major Koo-
tenay lumber company, provid-
es a basic wage of $1.61 and hour
or 65 cents less than-the present,
B.C. interior rate of $2.26 an

hour.

Basic rates in IWA contracts
in other provinces are $1.88 in
Saskatchewan, $2 in Quebec and
from $1.55 to $2.10 in various
Ontario contracts. -

“Assuming that these wage
differences are. based upon ec-
onomic considerations, then why.
does the IWA refuse to face the
facts with equal candor when
negotiating with:the southern in-
terior operators?”” Robson asked.

then the IWA will have to adopt
a fairer and more realistic op:

ipreciation of the special p:

blems faced by the qperators in
this area

to the North A
continent with its peak season-
ro- | al demands,

rations. The

@ Smaller
i majowty of suerien lor operations

in the produc-

pasira detailed the! following dif-
ferences between’ the’ interior
and' coast lumber industries to
justify areleetion: ofthe Iwa's
‘parity d

‘timber anaes
a with the schinern In in-
@ Smaller trees, It takes
about" 10'to 12. Seis int the | interior

compared ‘with two to three on
the ‘coast; to Produce 1,000 board

feet oe tue lumbe! re
Poort cr types of trees.
The cut of fir lumber, -preferred

‘by the construction’ market, has | two

‘opped since 1960) from’ 73 10
53 fee per ‘cent in

the ‘Kamloops.
forest district’ and from 25 to

i cent in the Nelson forest
ict, to be replaced by less
desirable spruce and lodgepole
2
@ Poorer grade of logs. In-
terlor trees have more knots and
other defects and therefore yield
much less clear lumber than
coast trees, .
@ Higher harvesting costs,
The lower density of ber
stands and, smaller tree sizes
sharply increase~ the costs of
road construction, handling and

loading.

@ Higher mill costs. The
large volume of small logs re-
quires special processing’ equip-
ment and more man hours to
sort, bark and saw an equal vol-
ume of lumber.

@ Higher drying costs. The
necessity of drying the major

portion of interior. production

Increases costs by $4 to $5 per

thousand board feet over coast

operations: Coast operators ship
eir in the

Hon of sawn lumber and do ‘not
enjoy the advantages or‘! flexl-

itity. of the Jarger,- integrated
coastal: companies, :. On four
southern interior companies pro-
duce ‘both lumber and plywood
and‘ only two: produce: lumber
and veneer. ‘Tho ‘are

lume'| ed with pulpin
The ten ES

Brace

ranch obs
te adilon has ae

dily ‘Sherensed during ‘the “Jas!
15 years, prices have not. In fact
the prices of spruce and fir, the

main es, are lower now
than ‘they were in 1952."

associat. |

“, At the same time, he said,
wages have increased from $1.80
per hour in 1952 to the present
Et 26 an ee
“The only factors which have
permitted ‘the operators to’ ab-
sorb: these:/increased costs are

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Notice of General Meeting
Ootischenia Improvement: District
Ootischenia Community Hall

Sunday, Sept. 10, 1967

1 P.M.

URGE ALL
S$ TO. ATTEND

most of
green state at prices higher than
pee interior gets for dried lum-

e Higher planing costs.
The markets served by the in-
terior require planing of at least
95 per cent of sawmill. produc-
tion compared with only 35 to
50 per cent on the coast.’ This
adds another $3 to'$4 per thou-

1! sand board feet in costs.

@ Lower’ prices. Despite
the higher interior cost. of plan-
ing lumber, cost is not re-

; | flected in Higher prices.On the ||

contrary, interior companies get
an average of $13 less per thou-
sand feet of dressed lumber than
the coast, $29 less per thousand
of rough’ lumber, and $10 less
per unit of chips,

@ Higher Workmen's Com-
Pensation costs. The WCB rate
for interior: sawmills ‘is $4.50
per thousand ‘dollars of payroll

while almost the whole coast in-
peo 4 pays $1.50 per inared:

coast: industry can ‘sell through-
out: the ‘world ‘and it benefits
from si ed year round’ ‘de-
mand and duyer competition.

The interior, is almost entirely.

Water! Water! Water!

‘ Pacific Water Wells drilled toa depth of 240° it.

to produce 50 gallons” ‘of water per minute for~
Ootischenia. ‘Taking a drink from the stream is Pete
Popoff. CASTLE ELECTRIC Ltd. completed the wiring
installation for the pumping system.

Adv.

“If there is!to. be a healthy
industry in this ‘section: of B.C.,

Funeral Services
For Mike Koochin

A resident of the West Koo-
tenay for the past 55 years, Mike
John Koochin died ‘last week in
Kootenay Lake General Hospi tal,

Nelson.

Mr. Koochin was born Dec.
25, 1900 in Saskatchewan.

He came to Canada in 1912,
living -in the Brilliant and dist-
rict, before moving to Perry
Siding in 1940. He has resided
in that community ever since.

He was a member of the
Union of Spiritual Communities
Christ.

‘Mr. Koochin is' survived by.
his wife, Mabel; three ‘daugh-
ters, Mrs. John (Elizabeth) Stoop-
nikoff, Shoreacres,” Mrs, (Lucy)
Lebedow, Brilliant ‘and Mrs, Pet-
er (Helen) Popoff, Winlaw;:three
sons, Mike of Robson and Wil-
Ham and John of: Perry Siding;
21° grandchildren,’one ‘great
grandchild, two, sisters and: one
brother,

Funeral services were held
Aug. 24..in Perry..Siding, .with
interment in Perry Siding ceme-

ery.

Castlegar Funeral Home

was in care of

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BOYS & MENS WEAR

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levels.

_ Effect on the. ‘Ma

Kootenay Lake and River Levels

Regulation of Kootenay Lake to store water for winter power produc,
tion will again be under way ‘commencing September.1.°By an order
of the International Joint Commission, the Main Lake may be raised to
6 feet above zero, which is approximately 2 feet above the present
level. All persons using the foreshore of Kootenay ‘Lake ‘and’ River
- during the fall and winter should be ‘on the lookout for changing wae,

West Arm

After Sepiamber 1 the Take will rise slowly (not more than a few inches
It

per day)- until the

level is r

level until it is necessary to release the water for power generation.

Effect on. the Kootenay and —
Columbia Rivers Below. Corra Linn

River levels can be expected to ‘fluctuate throughout the fall and winter
according to the power demand and weather conditions. ° ‘4

n Lake ‘and

will remain .at that

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