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Real Estate Show Place Sept Warn of illegal gas containers If your neighborhood gaso line station refuses to fill the old gas can youve been using to carry gas for your lawn mower or there a a good Many of the gasoline cans sold In Ontario In the and early 1970s are illegal now point out Helton Region Fire Prevention Committee Since Jan 1 only four types of approved portable containers are to be filled at service stations marinas and other gasoline outlets The Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations has pub the new tlons and the operators and employees who handle petroleum products have been advised But the Fire Prevention Committee Is concerned that many citizens still don know which gas containers are illegal and which are proved have not been approved can be a ire hazard the Committee Chairman Peter Campbell Fire Prevention Officer points out The types of containers which may be filled at gas outlets ore Portable containers of metal or plastic one gallon to five gallons in site They must bear the label of THESE GASOLINE CONTAINERS are roved for use in Ontario Look for the CSA or label when buying a gasoline container suggests Halton Region Fire Prevention Com mittee ILLEGAL TYPES of gas containers are pictured here The glass vinegar jug is probably the most dangerous Others shown are a plastic container without CSA or labels a metal jerry can and a syrup tin type FLASHBACK Underwriters Laboratories of Canada or CSA Canadian Standards Association and they must also be in reason able condition and have all necessary caps In place Portable fuel tanks of metal or plastic up to seven gallons In site for marine use Those sold after Aug 1 197S will bear a or label but those sold before that date have no label Metal Jerry cans the World War II type bearing an embossed mark In the metal in the bottom of the can The mark can be ICC DOT or and It must have the required gasket and closure in place Metal transportation drums 10 to 45 gallons in size the same embodied m irks as melal Jerry cans Campbell said probably he most common type In use by homeowners in recent years has been what is commonly known as the syrup tin type It was a red pa In ted metal can with yellow markings and two metal caps This type of can was originally intended for syrup and was not designed to prevent the escape of gasoline in liquid or vapor All metal portable con on the market before Jan 1 1973 been tested and none passed the new requirements Home who have one of the illegal their home or cottage should git ridof it right away the Committee suggest By John Fisher Many lounsts who come to relax it Niagara Falls indulge in rainbow search ing They scan the sky for the arc of colours caused by the suns rays in the mist I have enjoyed that too but my favorite sport at Niag is scow gaxing have discovered others who are fascinated by the rusting old scow hanging by its teeth almost at the bniik of the precipice There is a group us who see mystic qualities in this forlorn rectangular hulk that looks as if it might be sucked into Niagaras vortex any second The soothsayers of Niagara have been predicting the imminent demise of this scow ever since it took up its perch sixty years ago Its still hanging in and thats what fascinates those of us who belong to the scow gating cult As long as it hangs there we The scow at Niagara Falls know that all is right with Niagara Its like taking the pulse of Niagara The best place to see it is at Table Rock House on the Canadian side just past the Hydro plant beyond the Niagara Parks Commission restaurant and souvenir shop Look carefully became it is difficult to spot the old scow The water here is turbulent and the waves often frame the rusting hulk in spray How a nameless scow became one of the lions at Niagara Falls is a bizarre and scary tale It all started one afternoon August 1918 when the tow line an Ontario tug broke and the scow was cast adnft It was now in the clutches of the angry Niagara River in its race the slope of the escarpment Faster and faster it yawed and headed straight tor the brink of the Falls and instant death for the two men aboard it They shouted and screamed but no one could hear their picas above the roar of Niagara and besides there was nothing anyone could do They were tossed like a cork the arms of the reaper were reaching out Just a few more seconds left The men abandoned their waving and screaming and turned the bottom of the barge With their pick they poked holes in the floor and let the water pour in The weight slammed the craft against a boulder and the men were hurled to the They were halted temporarily but each assault from the tumbling waters shook the scow It rocked and lurched People gathered on the shore to pray and sing hymns The S Coast Guard came up from old Fort Niagara and shot n line to the beleaguered scow The two men secured the line and looked hope fully and frantically at the shore Hurry hurry they pleaded as they made furtive glances at what lay ahead People on the shore expect the craft to lunge any moment The breeches buoy which won lo come along the rope and rescue the men became hopelessly fouled It never reached them The sun had act and darkness fell How could they survive the night A sudden gust of wind and it would be all over Despair came over the thousands or spectators who stood on shore Soon Nigara would add two more toherlist of victims The wisest man on the river summoned Red Hill who had spent his life in testing the mood and strength of Niagara risked his own this night Hand over hand he crawled along the rope to the barge through those raging waters Sometimes he would be pushed under slapped against rocks gashed bruised drenched but he hung on It took him several hours in those cold punishing waters to tangle tho ropes of the breeches buoy An feat but by daylight Red Hill made it to tho barge and ended the night of anguish The two workers were saved slipped away but the steel scow sits there defiant to the beckoning of the cat or art and the constant jabs of the current For sixty years it has defied the prognosticators and the waters of a wild river It looks as if it might be swept over tho brink any moment but they predicted the same thing sixty years ago Its Niagaras fascinating guessing game Savers ssMCKoswsaras9sKos3MlSSN The 4 lb a day grind energy and II the energy my When we lug out loads of garbage down a dime we arc not only using up our thai of the garbage truck and lis crew but mourns thai into Ihc production of si Unrips life I hat end on the strap heap It semis so funk We making things that look attractive in llie supermarket and the department sloic in no time it all He have turned them into something ami offensive that we would rather not think about sooner someone tomes it away I urn it or hury it the belter If that garbage could tome hack to haunt us we might he shocked into changing our of us throws away an of four pounds of il every day counting all the waste for we jrc wholly or partly responsible That about 1 pounds a year anil if we live to the age of we each score more than tons of garbage in our time Just imagine what a small family of four can do and try burying that pile in your own back yard Do you know that we spend million a year in Canada just to collect and get rid of our garbage Think of the value of the fuel it took to grow extract process manufacture and transport so much stuff in the first place Think of the dwindling slocks of petroleum that we turn into plastic and other synthetic materials and then use for such a brief time The same goes for many other raw materials that cannot be renewed Think of the money and resources we could save if we Jul without a lot of the boxes bags and wrappers that we throw away is soon as we get them home Hi ink how much more enjoyable our land and water would without the pollution that comes from con linuall nuking and discarding ill hat short lived stuff So what can we do for relief from the daily grind of four pounds of garbage I bigger than appet c can keep wh it ls left for another We can things when we need them and try buying jII that packaging as well Where there j choice we can stop using disposables ike plates cups and diapers nude of paper We can buy liquids in reusable containers such as bottles especially in fur arid fixing instead of dis wrapping materials and use them second hand if they a ted household Hems to chant still usable We can help in collecting bottles cans and paper that could be recycled into new products None of this talis for a return the Dark Ages but quite a small shift in our habits that would make life no less enjoyable and perhaps more attractive Its not only garbage that a blight but all things that we allow rust rot or fall apart when they could be rescued a publication call The book that tells how you can help Write for a copy Box Station Ottawa Ontario 401 It is issued by the Office of Energy Conservation Department of Energy Mines and