‘March 17; 1976 -

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_ .It’s income tax time again,
which reminds me of the only
funny thing .I know about
income tax-——the story. of the
beet farmer who: lived near
Osoyoos, and who wasn’t
making any profits.

He stood up at a meeting,
of the area farmers and said
that.he worked from dawn to
dusk. His English’ wasn't
very good, but His story was
a familiar one to the other
farmers: ‘De cutworm is
eatin’ de crops.”= 900

The costs of stopping: the
cutworm were prohibitive.
It wasn’t just the cost of
chemicals that had ‘'to’ be
sprayed om his fields, it was
the expensive machinery-and
labor. costs. Together, . they
made an _anti-cutworm cam- |

bags

- suppose that by this time
> any criticism . of . the.-baser. . i
' side of the U.S. Bicentennial... .

is” shooting fish in a barrel,

- but .I- can’t .resist- Laan

along this. item: * “

The Jacwell Casket Co: “in ny

. Knightstown, Idiana, is mar-.

: p!
"painted red, w

can. flags, which -.
” placed’: vate “half-mes u upon
_ Fequest.” a

| “preg notc¢ ga:

_ Dear Sir: -

following statement?

’ [have just been: re-elected ‘

North Shore News

his’ alternatives. °
mists advised: him’ to' ‘sell ‘out.

-umn,”’

and comes with two, Ameri-..
will. be.)

= sleet In 1974 there: Ww
readers, may” I> ‘make ” the ana Be he

paign - “financially

‘able.

“The farmers discussed ali

+

‘ ‘There won’t be. a beet left

“in the: ‘ground .come. : aut-
:, they "-said.: «Others.
suggested that-he borrow the :-

money to expand his farm

‘machinery “and pay some_
labor, but the farmer was of
the old school. and paid cash -b

for everything. ©: : . -

“I don’t owe nothing, to

nobody,” he would say, with |

an. air of quiet, finality.

Then “a farmer who had
‘been. sitting in. the :back--
ground spoke up, with’ a”

terse, one-word Suggestion.

is worth’ ‘buryinj

keting a bicentennial _ coffin -,

7 “eight of. these: wer

as president of: the. West:
Vancouver S.P.C.A.. for ‘my’
"fifth term. During ‘that. time I
have made a ruling that no.
animal with us can be put to |

‘sleep unless it is sick, vicious

_ or cannot . get: ‘along Resce

others: ott

In 1975 there were 690 dog

ee Die raph:

and‘Excleb. Ao

_ loved MP, fo. the very. last, ‘

‘unwork- -

€_ pessi--

. Now, that i is one jaea that nos
om rampant anti-America hi

uthgnacia, is. cartied out by
a: veterinarian: and °2it®. only
‘takes a ‘second. The: animal:
-have.'no. fear: as. they! are’
“unaware! of: what, is” taking :
place and are. happy: jin_the,
knowledge‘: that: “they. are

were =~

“Ducks, ” he said:

#t turned - out that ‘ducks

‘and beéts made ‘good part- *

ners: The ducks’ paddled

around “in little. ponds near *:

- the beet -fields, foraging: for. .
. food up and down the rows‘of di
beets. They.. didn’t" eat. the «4
“ voraciously ”

‘plants, ©. but -
cleaned. out the. cutworms,

_slugs, and every beetle and y
-bug they could d get into their

ills. oe 2 ee

~The farmer prospered: His”
profits went up and his fields
were: green. Yet one-day’ he ©
_ Was downcast when’a’ neigh- ..
-.bour drove ‘by. As the: two
- friends - chatted, over. the ~
fence, the’: neighbour : ‘asked

the beet farmer: what ‘was on
-. his mind:.

Lest. y- be.

' . now I got-nothin’ but trouble —

, “by Belor Speck

ee or “EDITOR'S NOTE: |

Well. ids ‘1. Sun.” colun (When n people ask mé ha
“worked real hard to ‘get: dis | Bob’ Hunter. cpa omy. ‘skill is in. the ‘business
here acreage paying off, an’: “=> world “1 tell-- them that,

"Hunter has managed to turn | figuratively Speaking, |

a rather loosely: knit federa- ac ‘Falls

= ‘tion of people who. Oppose *. tightrope“
“Trouble | - with © your | the ‘senseless brutality: of | “twice: daily 5 Some
‘. ducks?’’ -echoed ‘the neigh. butchering | seals and whales ~~ *
bour, amazed. “‘I just heard. (they’re. well . ‘meaning and ‘Hunter was $ asked recéntly’
-you- say at. the meeting the: hard- working; : ‘he’. says,:. but . byformer: SPEC: -presiden
-other -night that’ the ducks.’. they tend to come across. asa Derrick’ Mallard: how he jhad:
had saved your. crop! os somewhat anarehistic bunch) © manage jes te. turn ‘his ors
te nto an ‘increasingly slick and. io
The soevons eit of ‘feel:

. wit" de'dacks.”"

. ike: “the - -income ; tax.

ducks. 3
Goske and the UIC. “de~. “ by" the: ‘Subject - ofcash’ flows
and “the. Caan “stealing a great deal of talent “when: Mallard ‘interrupted.

“. from ‘the: business. world: in. - him. -
- the way. of advice, ‘both from |. ore
_ his personal. contacts and Bob, oo the
rare ‘from ‘honorary: directors”’ sounds _ like ~ capitalism oO
a SE a group: of. businessmen - “ine. WH

. The Greenpeace .Founda- ‘including Bob: Fitzpatrick, _ - nae
tion, currently very visible in “who has years of | manage- eyou | - know,’
the press as a result of their. -ment and” computer” ‘exper-": replied: Bob: wit
activity.in the . anti-sealing: ~ien “the. fi rule
‘field, is: based i in Vancouver: -
Its: president is. the ‘well’
: known.” writer: and: . former:

Spaying: ‘and. neutering could. e “position in the matter:
pive us t the facilities to take’ | be equalized so that owners ~ been stated i in etter to th

nd: to “start/on ‘of | females: do. Not feel. minister. :
Penalized, ° aa a ,
Sheila Gilmour: a
This way , peopie ‘will no airman
longer be prejudiced against. Norgate-Copilano

the acquisition of female péts” .

Community Resoutoes Board
_ because: of the * higher e« cost of a

yearly ta
re “handled the ‘same. way. Let |
us all choose ovr pets out of a

“iv was. s.sorry y that city: council:

"athe * «!
“letter was, written in: refer: tees ofc om love, eos “ saw fit to deprive Mayor Reid.
toa 8 tory on the front r rs ~ vof his personal: car.as; Jam
North »: Stefanie. Reuter’ . sure it is ‘not. unusual fe :

“man in his position to‘have
' : business, ‘and

orth’ ‘Vancouver 7 os

do very mi ject:
having to help asa’ taxpayer
wlth: the :firrancing’ ‘of: those
-monsttosities called: ““eteeet
sweeper” machines, :-W

tefou nee a wader sons ety
piteh ty Ré urces Board sircets ’ accom ng Ae
disbanded by ord ‘little, if an mney Ae i
Minlster ea by order: of the. rare a, ake ‘hazard’ oe

travel very slow! Ye a

dt, cfittln ox
ere

th
’ 0 :
read ‘about: the: endeavor. of “tot

. ie gh

From’ the: ‘boulevards ‘ond:

* “sldewalks, which ts not: belong .
PTB a a done now with these conte
ie fy malna.” “$60 ‘us. “to. Hons,” re ie Sa

in: ‘in “ideal “community . “apologise. to” those ‘people -

“people help each : other, "who elected’ ‘us ‘have: been’.

therefore: T-wish: ‘the, ‘cost of thug: ‘dleentranchised, (Our,

Hates 4 aay

George Ae ‘Unsey. oy
15th: ‘Stew oa i” :
- North Vancouver, aa