Lögberg-Heimskringla - 10.09.1970, Page 7

Lögberg-Heimskringla - 10.09.1970, Page 7
LÖGBERG-HEIMSKRINGLA, FIMMTUDAGINN 10. SEPTEMBER 1970 7 Some Summer Place Continued from page 5. property on the island. Only 5,000 acres out of 35,000 acres is privately owned. He said the gov- • ernment is offering prices based on the agricultural v a 1 u e of the land although they inlend us- ing it for recrealional purposes. “The government is prom- oting the retention of land in its original state, yet they are paying agricultural prices for wet lands.” Mr. Jones said it’s difficult to determine what the island- ers acually think about the park proposal. “People may be in favour of the develop- ment but are afraid to admit it in case they go in front of the expropriation board.” He said residents h a v e heard they may be at a disavantage if they admit they are in favor of the park. He feels this is wrong, that residents who have promoted the park project shouldn’t suffer fin- ancially as a result. He objected to cases where he said people working for the government had threa- tened the plans for the park would be dropped if individ- ual residents didn’t sell. “That type of statement should be made by the government, not just its employees.” * * * One group of people who appear to have everything to lose and nothing to gain if the park does go through, are summer residents who own land and cabins on the island. Some of t h e s e campers, most of whom own land around Gull Harbour, are the third or fourth generation to spend summers on the island. They come from across Can- ada to enjoy the quiet privacy of the island. According to o n e young man whose family has owned property in Gull Harbour s i n c e 1900. “We’re afraid they’ll (the government) get everyone out, t h e n decide thfey can’t afford to put their plans through.” He said his family has priced similar pro- perty, and the cheapest lake- shore lot, without a cabin, was $7,000. The government’s offer for a 70-foot lakeshore lot, with a cabin, is $2,000 plus $500 for moving. Douglas Bell, an engineer from Calgary, spends a month on the island every summer, as does his brother from Ot- tawa, in the cabin their fath- er bought in Gull Harbour about 25 years ago. “I’d come from any distance.” Mr. Bell said one of íhe campers' problems is the unceriainiy of ihe siiua- iion, i h e y don'i know whai io do. "Ai first (in 1969) ihe governmeni iold us we'd have io be out in a couple of monlhs, bui we're siill here. We're liv- ing from one day io ihe nexi." The same uncertainty is troubling the permanent resi- dents. Louis Benson has held back on improvements for two years waiting to see what w i 11 happen. “They keep dragging it on. Are they going to force us out? And at this price? Or aren’t they?” So far, despite the island- ers’ objections, there seems to be no organized opposition to the govemment plan. The campers in Gull Har- bour have had an association since the community was started about 1900 and are dealing with the govemment as a group through a lawyer. Some of the islanders seem to be thinking along similar lines, but there are problems. One r e s i d e n t who has already sold his property said there should have been an organization from the beginn- ing. “If one person spoke for the whole bunch it might have been different . . . but it was everybody for himself.” No matter what happens financially, it will be hard for the islanders to leave. Most of them are descendants of the Icelandic immigrants who set- tled there about 95 years ago. One y o u n g woman, the third generation of her family to be born and raised on Hecla and the fourth genera- tion to live there, told a gov- ernment buyer, “It’s hard to m o v e away from where you’ve lived all your life.” His answer, she said, was, “We don’t pay for sentiment.” By courlesy of Winnipeg Free Press, Sepf. 1. Garlic-laukur er heilnæmur Garlic-laukur er sóttvamarmeðal, sem hreinsar blóðið og hamlar gegn rotnunarsýklum. f Adams Garlic Pearles er sérstök Garlic-olía er notuð hefir verið til lækninga árum sam- an. Milljónir manna hafa um aldir neytt Garlic-lauks sér til heilsubótar og trúað á hollustu hans og lækningamátt. Eflið og styrkið heilsu ykkar. Fáið ykkur í dag í lyfjabúð einn pakka af Adams Garlic Pearles. Ykkur mun líða betur og finnast þið styrkari, auk þess sem þið kvefist sjaldnar. Laukurinn er í hylkjum, lyktarlaus og bragðlaus. EKKI UNDARLEGT ÞÓTT ÉG ERFÐI ÁHUGA FÖÐUR MÍNS Á ÍSLANDI — segir W. H. Auden í nýúikomnu hefti af Iceland Review „Ættamafn mitt, Audun, kemur oft fyrir í fornsögun- um — svo að það er e.t.v. ekkert undarlegt, þótt faðir minn hrifist af íslandi — og að ég erfði áhuga hans,“ seg- ir stórskáldið W. H. Auden í u p p h a f i formála er hann skrifar með þýðingu sinni á Rígsþulu, er birtist í nýút- komnu hefti Atlantica & ICE- LAND REVIEW. Rígsþula er í Eddukvæðum og hefst þannig: Ár kváðu ganga grænar brautir öflgan og aldinn ás kunnigan, ramman ok röskvan Ríg stíganda. Gekk hann meir at þat miðrar brautar; kom hann at húsi, hurð var á gætti; inn nam at ganga, eldr var á golfi:, hjón sátu þar hár at ami, Ai og Edda, aldinfaldá. í þýðingu W. H. Auden, Paul B. Taylor og Peter H. Salus, sem Iceland Review birtir nú, hljómar þetta upp- haf Rígsþulu þannig: Long ago the god Rig — Strong he was and wise also — Down green ways went striding. On the high road Rig came To a dwelling-place; the door was ajar. A fire was burning on the floor as he entered, And by the hearth sat an old couple, Ai and Edda, in old- fashioned cloths. í formála, sem W. H. Aud- en skrifaði fyrir ritið, segir hann stuttlega frá kynnum sínum af íslenzkum fombók- menntum og miklum áhuga á þeim, en þýðing Rígsþulu birtist hér í heild með nokkr- um skýringum þýðenda. Ein- ar Hákonarson, listmálari, hefur myndskreytt þuluna með mjög geðþekkum mynd- um í koparstungu. í þessu e i n t a k i Iceland Review er grein um laxinn á íslandi eftir Guðmund Daní- elsson, rithöfund, með mynd- um, bæði í litum og svart- hvítu. Kápa ritsins er enn- fremur helguð laxinum með ljósmynd og teikningum í lit- um af ýmsum gerðum af flug- um. Eru þær unnar af Hilm- ari Helgasyni og Gísla B. Björnssyni. Þá má geta þess, að Matthí- as Jochumssen á þama við- talsgrein við Peter Ustinov á Þingvöllum — „Ustinov the Viking“ — og birtast með því nokkrar myndir eftir Sigur- geir Sigurjónsson. Grein er um Kristján Dav- íðsson, listmálara, eftir Braga Asgeirsson — og birtir ritið myndir af nokkrum málverka hans og mynda, bæði í litum og svart-hvítu. Af öðru efni, sem athygli vekur í ritinu má nefna grein e f t i r Magnús Magnússon, blaðamann í Skotlandi, um ferð um söguslóðir á íslandi, en hann var einmitt leiðsögu- maður fyrsta erlenda hópsins, sem fór slíka ferð í fyrra og þótti takast mjög vel. Mun mikill áhugi vera erlendis meðal menntafólks á slíkum ferðum og gaf reynslan í fyrra því góða raun. Þá skrifar Pét- ur Karlsson um ökuferð um Austfirði, en fleira efni er í ritinu. í þessu hefti Atlantica & Iceland Review hefur lit- prentun verið aukin og það er ekki lengur heft, heldur límt í kjölinn og hefur á sér bókaráferð. í tilefni útkomu ritsins hafði fréttamaður Mbl. sam- band við útgefendur og spurði um ritið. Sögðust þeir hafa í hyggju að auka enn litaprent- un. Bæði vildu lesendur frem- ur litmyndir — og svo væri orðið mjög erfitt að komast yfir góðar svart-hvítar mynd- ir þar eð fleiri og fleiri ljós- myndarar notuðu nú litfilm- ur við öll tækifæri. Litprent- un væri að sjálfsögðu langt- um dýrari og það gengi því ekki átakalaust að þróa ritið til jafns við það, sem gerist úti í hinum stóra heimi þar sem upplög eru stór og mark- aður sömuleiðis. Sögðust þeir vilja nota tækifærið og vekja athygli á sérstöku fréttablaði, fylgiriti Iceland Review, sem nú hefði verið stækkað upp í 16 síður og fylgdi í því formi í fyrsta Framhald á bls. 8. The Canadian —þægilegasti yegurinn til að sjá Canada Hvolfþak úr gleri; músík, bezti matur, ágætis sæti og hvílur. Þú færð þetta og fleira á Canadian. Á hverjum degi fara lestirnar austur og vestur. Farðu um borð og njóttu hvíldar. Finnið ferðastjóra þinn eða ein- hvern í Canada Pacific skrifstofu. Pantið farmiða strax. 01 CP Rail U HUNTERS! THE $2.25 WILDLIFE CERTIFICATE IS NOW A MUST! The uovernment creates wildlife refuges and provides other protection for wildlife, to assure its continuance in numbers. This benefits the hunter, among others. It does not always benefit adjacent landowners whose crops and lands often suffer heavily from wildlife depredation. THE RESPONSIBILITY MUST BE DIVIDED: • By the landowners who have the onus to take reasonable precautions to protect their lands. • By the hunter whose direct interest in continuing preser- vation of wildlife is shown by purchasing a Manitoba Wildlife Certificate. • By the Government which provides special protection for wildlife, and will be able to assist landowners in remedies not possible or feasible for individuals to institute. • All money from the Wildlife Certificate goes into a trust fund (Wildlife Control Fund) which wil| immediately begin to provide remedies, in the form of purchase of some lands, development or purchase of lure crops, and in the near future partial compensation to landowners in certain designated areas. THE GOVERNMENT OF MANITOBA NOW REQUIRES ALL LICENCED HUNTERS TO PURCHASE A WILDLIFE CERTIFICATE* •Available from any hunting licence vendor. DEPARTMENT OF MINES & NATURALRESOURCES Minister, Hon. Sidney Green, Q.C. Deputy Minister, W. Winston Mair Á

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