Greenpeace seal campaign -co-ordinator Paul Watson. was stopped by RCMP piainclothesmen last week as he was leaving the Van- couver airport on-his way to St. John’s, Newfoundland to explcre conditions on the i ice flows. Greenpeace president Bob Hunter accused the RCMP of ‘*harrassment with.a political motive.’ Hunter said in. a Press r telease that the RCMP Paul: Watson daring Greenpeace whaling voyage; he is now. in i St. Johns. afte: a + ran-in with RCMP. ca we ToT were acting as an instrument . of -the Federal. Fisheries department. ‘Greenpeace sent a telegram to fisheries minister Romeo LeBlanc asking for an explanation of the incident. Watson was released with no charges, and is now in St. John’s... Greenpeace is planning to send a crew of nine men and women out onto the ice flows . along the Labrador coast to confront Canadian and Nor- § . -wegian. seal hunters, pro- .~ testing the slaughter of baby harp seals. for’ the fur industry. North shore MPs Ron ‘Huntington and Mark Raines Greenpeace, asking them to also received telegrams from look into the federal govern- ment’s action against Watson. * by Bill Clark back porch parlor in a moning town is a_ >4 catastrophe, .so the boys Close. i in on the stranger. Pete Svensen an Hardhat © an me was settin’ in the Goldpan Hotel havin’ a cold beer when this dog come in an hoisted his leg agin the bar. Pete says it reminds him of a story about this rattletrap hotel where the hardrock miners could set an have a: beer when they come off shift. Charlie Wong wot.run the place, says Pete, pot a fireplug from one of them old ghost towns an had the boys at the mill weld up a big steel saucer fer it to set in. She looked real perty, says Pete,.an there was always four or five dogs coming or . going and licken’ spilt beer so the boys got them trained to use the fireplug instead of the chair legs. There come a Friday night, Pete says, when the boys went off shift and the tables was _londed. Big Mac wos shift boss an he sees this stranger settin’ . alone an scribblin’ in a little book. Mac snuck out to the front counter an when he,” comes back he tells the boys: they has a liquor Board ~ inspector aboard. He don’t need to tell tliem that closing the only beer |. They starts pouring beer inter the feller, Pete Says, an when he tried to rise up, q -Viadimir the big Pollack wot - forges drill steel at the mill puts an arm around him an ‘squeezes an the feller picks up another glass. The feller looks at Viad- imir, who is jest about 300 | pounds which ‘is mostly — muscle, and then he looks at the 10 or so miners settin at the table, an he grabs another glass. Pete says he was in. real” rough shape when they stowed him away that night, - an he was gone the next morning. The boys was still laughin’, says Pete, until Lily Wong wot made the hotel | beds'come donw an give Big Mac the stranger’s wallet, wot he had left unner his pillow. There's a newspaper | clippin’ inside wot says this feller got a’ meda!j dragging them off the beach at Dieppe, an right away Big | Mac says. they are gonner catch hell fer sure, because: that feller don’t give up easy. Well sir, says Pete, it was real quiet fer a week an then come Friday night an Charlie Wong put on his black suit an ‘shined his gold teeth an said the beer. was on the house because he got a gov "mint letter. The letter says they is grateful fer Charlie savin’ a relic of pioneer days, moun- ted in gravel over .which — flowed streams laden with ' pure gold. Big Mac says it , sure was—at two bits a glass. Hardhat an me was luugh- | ‘ing but Pete is smilin’ sorta cussedness of things . general, because the way I ° fer — quiet-like, an he says there _. was another letter come with it, special fer, ¢ Big Mac—an a... can of red paint come > with it. It was official, Pete says, _from the Liquor Board, an it “ says the Inspector has ‘laid a charge that the sanitary _ facilities ain’t up to par, so it’ looks like the. feller had a sense of humor. - : So Big Mac scrubs the fireplug up good an paints he . bright red an he hung a sign © on her which said: **Fer . dogs an liquor . inspectors only!”’ . There, are some people which jest aren’t happy with the way things is. Seems they jest can’t accept the in sees it the Good Lord put _some things in jest so we would know it could be a helluva lot worse, like piles: . ‘ wot itch an bog spavins an. the wife’s mother. Weil sir, these folks ‘hos bin writing the “Editor an . sayin” I don’t spell too good ‘an they figger this aren't a: good example fer the kids, wot are havin’ enough trouble as it is with words © which ‘have more than’ five letters. . So I went to my little room in the basement an tuk down some books an wot I come up _ with is this: » . . WP lightsome heart I pu'd r a rose, ‘ul sweet upon ts thorny = tree, An my ‘faune luver staw mmny yey rose, 7 But aht He loft the thorn : wl mo. An the way I figger it, if it _ was good cnough fer Robbie Burns, it’s good enough fer — me, | pamper your | lee a OT ee ee on vali Children’s Winter and Party clothes ; . - |! L" 7 Pitre swear . 2416 Marine Drive, =. |. West Vancouver ~ 7 Snuggle up in cozy warmth: Handcrafted with pure Goosedown and. European. _. -downproof cotton. Crosswise. arranged Box .Com- ~ partments — No downshift! No cold:seams! Large, generous sizes! Ample. downfill! - BEST PRICES! 83.50 [large twin] to $139.00 :{full King] oN by TAIGA, 3155 Granville/t6th, 731-0713 | of! 4e Weekdays: 1—5:30.p.m., Saturday: 10—2 p.m. : “January Specials. © For super streaks and frosting, try our natural herbal and fruit ingredients. _@ For refreshed rejuvenation, . try our facial _ trea iment masks. e Unisex Salon for men offers every scalp and hair ; treatment. - ’ im .7 ne aiken L, Vea: LA narmon ity — 2945 LONSDALE . NORTH VAN. . Save 10-20% on original imported Furniture, © | and up. to 50% on discontinued and display models. : Save now on fine teak, rosewood, oak, walnut & pine, with natural 7 lacquered, or stained finishes as well'as chrome and glass. Also on fine leathers and accessories, such as lamps, rugs, coatracks, © |. ’ down comforters, posters large enough to cover a wall; Come... | § early and take advantage of these savings at one @ of the original Scandanavian Furniture Stores. | “Awhelesuiarpesberdefflantumiue” = Hie ? “187 Water Street, Vancouver « eST-T404 | a. | - Guildford Town Centre, Surrey « 588-7953 _ as 8960 Quadra St. (at MeKenzle), Vietoria ATR oo 926-571 5 | - Semi-Annual Clearance Sale | Fi SCANDINAVIAN o JIVIPORTS LID.