July 1976 RAIN Page 21 JUNGLE DRUMS Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Please excuse the improvisational nature of the stationery, as I have just returned from the high seas and the house is somewhat disordered. The law of diminishing .returns is in high gear provincially: Land Lease (which the Reader's Digest recently applauded as the only practical form of land management for low income housing) is off; mining and logging in parks and environmental protection zones are on; the Land Commission Act for protection of agricultural land is being threatened; the ban on hunting 1permits for killer whales is rescinded. On a mixed note, the idea of an oil pipeline from Prince Rupert instead of . super tankers down the outside of Vancouver and into the Straits of Juan de Fuca is receiving a lot of renewed attention. I enclose a couple of clippings for your J abberwocky section-note that they can't even fire up the g.d.· cyclotron without overheating something. On the Appropriate Technology front: ■ Prince Edward Island has just completed its annual energy conference, and the prohibitive cost of oil-fired electri-• city generation is pointing them towards wind and s9lar with maximum dispatch (of course, in the mean time the NRC's vertical axis turbine is being sent to the Magdalen Islands for "further testing'.'). ■ The underground tanks which have held conventional furnace fuel for the Manitoba Legislative Buildings are now seen as hot water storage tanks as the buildings·are C!onvered to solar heating. Manitoba is also undertaking a -ten-year study of existing background radiation before considering nuclear power for domestic electrical generation. • A lone engineer from the east coast is howling in the wilderness of B.C. as to the totally uncon~idered tide generation potential of the province. • Ontario uranium miners have had the early pension (to prevent them from working beyond a certain degree of radiation exposure) portion of their new contract struck out by the "antiinflation board." J. R. Deweese Lake Cowichan Information Service General Delivery Youbou, B.C. VOR 3EO Canada Note: Thanks to ].R., we now have a file, bulging with examples of the Canadian governm{!nt's above-average information booklets-everything from land planning_ to consumer protection. Too many things to access here, so you 're welcome to come lci;ok. Eames Films Dear Rain, , You should know that "~owers of 10" and all other Eames films are available for a small service fee fr9m Herman Miller Furniture, Zeeland, Michigan (address the Public Relations office). Other goodies are "Toy Trains," "Asphalt," "We Went to the Fair" (Saul Steinberg), "Day of the Dead" (Mexic.D). Keep up the good work. Ray Ruhne, 302 Conifer, N.E., Corvallis, OR. Energy Curriculum Inventory A nationwide inventory of energy education materials is being compiled for the Federal Energy Administration by Energy and Ma.n's Environment in Portl~nd, Oregon. In addition to "mass produced" curriculum materials developed by commercial publishers, government agencies, business firms, etc., FEA wants to learn about "home-grown" energy education materials that emphasize _energy as a social issue, alternative energy sources and energy conservation. If you have or know of such materials, please write or call Ilene Wright or Noel Mcinnis at EME, 0224 S.W. Hamilton, Suite 301, Portland, Oregon 97201, phone 503/226-7131. They need to hear from you soon, because they are w~rking within a short time frame. Response to Auctions (May 1976, #7/8) Gentlemen: 'I ·read with interest the Country Auction article by Cathy deM0ll. It might interest her to know the auction business is becoming stronger and more widtspread each year, especially in times of "Depression" or "Inflation" such as we have now. Also, the auction profession (and it is a profession) is the oldes-t profession in the world, except prostitution. How does 1 that grab ye? Before medicine or law! The real reason I am writing you µersonally is the fact that you have our Lip code wrong, and the post office won't like it. The zip is 63108, not 63100'. Also, you might add, we do not answer any inquiries without return postage enclosed. Sincerely, Col. Jack Stinson American Society of Auctioneers 4209 Lindell Blvd. Suite 408 Sx. Louis, MO 63108 Harvey McCray of the National Auctioneers Association wrote that their organization works on general promotion and education for the profession. However, they are not able to help much with information on local auctions.. It seems that the best bet for finding out what goes on in a particular area is to check in the Yellow Pages or talk with a second-hand dealer. If you want to improve your al,lctioneer- • ing skills, the NAA are the people to talk to. In addition to a semi-annu_al seminar, .they have just instituted a new programthe Certified Auctioneer Institute held at •Indiana University- Bloomington the last week_in March. This one week course, given' ' by IU faculty members and qualified auctioneers, includes instruction in the legal asp~cts of auctioneering, advertising, real and personal property appraisal and general business methods. McCray also wrote that, according to Ralph Cassady, Jr.'s book, Auctions and Auctioneering (University of California Press, 1967), auctioneers•are often called "Colonel" because army colonels mustered out·after the Civil War were ordered to sell surplus property to the highest bidder (or so it is said). And, f1n_ally, Cathy deMoll (author of the piece) wrote this week to say, "We had the' auction bargain of the century- we found three cameras in a box covered with drap- ' eries. One was an old press camera (estimated worth $185), and, believe it or not, a LEICA! Nobody else even lifted the drapery!"
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