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One of the very important elements of Cassiar living is our bus service. It is our main communications link with the world outside, and the more adverse the weather and road conditions, the more important it becomes. If someone wants out for whatever reason, holidays, business, shopping or just to get away they can depend on the bus. Our mail service also depends on the bus, both incoming and outgoing, must await the arrival and departure of the bus. As well, a good deal of heavier freight and parcels come by way of the bus. So, as the old saying goes, “come hell or high water” the bus must go through, and for the most part despite flat tires, breakdowns, and bad roads, three times a ‘> week it does just that.

Not too long ago I met the present driver pick- ing up his mail load at the post office and a few days later 1 had coffee with him at his trailer. If the bus is as important to us as | am making it out to be, | am sure that some of our readers will be interested in knowing a little more about the driver who is responsible to see that it makes its scheduled runs between Cassiar and Watson Lake.

Marlon Anderson is his name. Twenty-three years old, slim and neat looking, quiet and polite, | am sure he is the type of person most parents hope their sons turn out to be. He was born in Edmonton and went to high

.. school there at Bonnie Doon. His parents still live there as do most of the remainder of his relations.

Marlon admits to having a hard time with school, trouble with his eyes focussing properly caused him to undergo three surgical operations, he still has trouble reading more than a couple of pages, because of his vision.

Perhaps it was the difficulty in school that direc- Although he admits that his father spent a good-deal of time in the outdoors hunting and fishing. Whatever the cause, he spent most of his free hours fishing and trapping around the rural areas outside Edmonton.

He claims he has always had this desire for the outdoors and at an early age decided on trapping and prospecting as a career. When he warms up on the sub- jects he can talk for-hours, and he has experienced some interesting incidents.

One of the things that makes Marlon stand out from everyone else is the fact that he is a loner. He teadily admits to this and agrees that he enjoys being out in the bush by himself, although he has a number of close friends up in the Yukon and doesn’t want to be a hermit or a recluse.

Almost the day after graduating from high school he packed up and headed north: He had been working at the Edmonton Journal on a part-time basis, but other than that there were no jobs available. Up in the Yukon

ted Marlon towards the outdoors.

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he went to work for a small sawmill operator where he worked for three summers near the Highland River. Being a small operation , Marlon soon found himself doing a number of different chores and picked up some valu- able skills. When the mill closed for the first winter, he worked as a caretaker for the Iron Creek Lodge.

The next summer he went back to work at the sawmill and started planning for a cabin. When the mill closed that fall he spent a month from daylight to dark and erected his cabin on five acres of leased land. He lived in the cabin that winter and found some odd jobs in the area.

His next project was to locate a trapline and he finally picked one up in the Watson Lake area, not a big one, but it covers about 110 square miles.

The sawmill operation which had been his main- stay, was winding down operations when the chance came up to drive the Watson Lake Bus between there and Cassiar. Having just received his Class One license he took the job. It’s not the best job in the world, the hours are no hell, the roads are usually bad, and one has to live at both ends. He spends some time in his cabin in the Yukon and some time in a company trailer at this end. To fill in his extra hours at this end he operates the tow rope at the Ski Hill part-time. ;

Last fall Marlon took a couple of months off from his driving to work on his trap line. He finished a skidoo trail into the main cabin and spent some time

repairing the main cabin. On one of his trips in with supplies he had a breakdown and waited five days for a friend to come and find him.

The trapline is definitely where he wants to be, but the need for finances dictates that he has to work at other jobs, at least for the time being. He hopes to eventually to spend his winters trapping and his summers prospecting or doing odd jobs.

This fellow is different, really different than most young fellows his age. While there are a lot of young people working out in the wilderness, most are saving or waiting for their shift change so as to get back into town and spend some money. This fellow wants to

driver. individuals. to get it, and in his own quiet way he works to that end, until then he is the bus driver for Cassiar Country.

live out there full time. Over the years he has developed a plan to that end. Surely and not so slowly he is working towards that end. Marlon has developed a love and an understanding for the “back country”, he knows what is involved in living out there. He also realizes there are some changes, and he accepts them as part of the price to pay. Last year he was involved in looking for a pros- pector friend of his who went missing on a solo trip up the Highland River by canoe. They found the canoe jammed up in some rapids, they never found the body.

When asked about girls, Marlon shrugs and smiles,

he would like to find one with the same interests as he has, but he hasn’t had the time to really look around and living on both ends of a bus line keeps him busy, maybe later on.

So there you have it., a short look at our bus Definitely an individual in a country full of He knows what he wants, he knows how

He also makes me feel a little bit jealous. I wish

that maybe I could have been like him at his age, and lived at least for a while like he does.

Hitchhiker Identity Sought

The RCMP prepared this composite drawing of a man sought for questioning in their investigation of the murder of Phillip Innes Fraser.

PRINCE RUPERT - The RCMP hope a male hitch- hiker who was the last person seen in the company of a man found murdered near Highway 37A may be able to provide information on the crime.

The identity of the blonde, white male hitchhiker who is reported to have been picked up by murder victim Philip Innes Fraser is not known, say RCMP spokesman.

Fraser, an American citizen, was travelling south from Anchorage Alaska in his black 1983 Volkswagen Jetta.

Investigation has revealed that Fraser entered Canada on June 14 of last year via the Alaska Highway, then travelled south to 40 Mile Flat south of Dease Lake, say the RCMP.

Here Fraser was observed to pick up the hitch- hiker.

Fraser's body was found on July 27 in a gravel pit next of Highway 37A, 47 km west of Stewart.

His car was discovered several days later in a Prince George car wash where it had been set on fire.

RCMP wish to identify and speak with the hitch- hiker in an effort to solve the crime.

He has been described as being in his late teens to early 20’s, 5°10” tall, weighing between 200 and 220 Ibs. and having short brown hair with a wave to the left.

The hitchhiker is heavyset with a midriff bulge, a fat neck and light facial hair under his chin.

RCMP describe him as having had a strong body odour and noticeably slow speech.

When last seen he was carrying a dark brown or beige pack sack on a pack board and a small day pack. He was wearing a blue or white shirt, red or burgundy pants and grey or blue runners.

RCMP say the hitchhiker was dropped off at 40 Mile Flat by someone driving a late model pick-up truck, possibly a Ford, dark in colour with a light strip on the side.

Police would like to speak with the driver of this vehicle in an effort to identify the hitchhiker.

People with information about the murder, espec- ially that which might identify the hitchhiker, are asked to contact the Prince Rupert RCMP Subdivision General Investigation Section at 624-6787, or local RCMP or Crime Stoppers.

Courtesy of The Interior News, Smithers, B.C.

MAKING A WILL -

How many times have you thought about having your Will made? By not taking the simple steps to have a Will made, you are letting someone else make the deci- sion of who gets your property. As well, the extra costs of settling your affairs when there is no Will, must be paid for with money from YOUR ESTATE (your estate is all the property that you own). Let’s look at what happens if you die without a Will.

When you die without a Will, there is no official person who has the right to handle the affairs of your es- tate. The court must appoint someone (called an adminis- trator), and give them the legal power to sell or transfer your property. The people who have the right to apply to court for this appointment are your close relatives (inclu- ding common-law spouses and illegitimate children) and anyone who has a claim to part of your estate. For exam- ple, if you owed money or property to someone at the time of your death, they would be entitled to apply to be administrator of your estate. The process of having an administrator appointed takes time and will cost money which your estate must pay for.

Once the administrator is appointed, that person must sell or transfer your property, pay off your debts with the proceeds and then give the rest of your property to your relatives according to special legal rules. The law says that your spouse and children (this includes common- law spouses and illegitimate children) will be the first to receive your property. The rules are quite complicated,

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How long have you put-off having your Will made? Settling your affairsis both costly and confusing without a Will In addition to causing bad feelings among relatives, the extra costs of settling your affairs when there is no Will must be paid for with money from your estate. There are many misunderstandings about Wills. Here

are some common questions:

¢ What happens if you don’t have a Will? ¢ Can you write your own Will?

° Do you have to give property to family members? Who aan challenge your Will? ¢ What happens to your infant children if you don’t have a Will?

Find the answer to these and other questions in the new publication Wills and Estates published by the People’s Law School Press. This easy-to-read book explains what a Will is for, what is in a Will and how to change a Will. It discusses the job of the Executor of a Will and how to choose that person. It also offers useful checklists -

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What happens to your children if you don’t have a Will? If you have children under nineteen years of age and there is no surviving parent with legal custody, then the Public Trustee takes care of your child’s property (in- cluding anything inherited from you) and the Superinten- dent of Child Welfare will take care of your child’s health, education and upbringing. These two officials have large government bureaucracies to help them do this job. However, if you have specific wishes about who should raise your children and how they should be educated or given religious training, then you must have a Will. The government bureaucracies will take care of your children according to-how they think your child’s needs are best met -- without a Will there is no indication of what your wishes might be.

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