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Farmer gets time Ct to C I ea n - u p disposed of by Christmas, but, "due to unforeseen circumstan- When the beet busmess took a cars and trucks on Mr. Simon's ces," he hadn't been able to 'all last summer, farmer Mur- land, Walker Township. clean them up. ' 'ay Simon of Monteith had to He told Mr. Simon that if he “Ihave been working on them get out of it to pay his bills, wanted to gointo the scrapyard he said. He has about a dozen Because he had tte. equlp- business, he should get a now. . nent, he started picking old licence. "To this date he has Askedby Judge Gauthier why :ars, storing them at his gravel never applied," stated Mr. he hadn't obtained a scrapyard sit and then selling them for Michaud. licence from the town of lt 'Aerap. On October 31, Mr. Michaud qu01s 5,tlliy. yr. Simon replied,' The pit is within the bounda- noticed that there were more “I don't believe I could deal ies of the town of Iroquois cars and trucks on the property. with the'town of Iroquois Falls, _ Falls. Mr. Simon's home. and That day he sent a registered with their staff here," barns are in the township of. letter to the" Simons, giving '/r. am yu/te sure you can," Black River-Matheson. them 30 days in which to said the Judge. . Mr. Simon has a scrapyard clean-up the area. On Novem- "Not with the Ehwironment licence from BR-M but he her 2, Mr. Michaud took Pictu- Act, which was what they were V doesn‘t have one from Iroquoi.s res of the area. He made going to hold me to," said Mr. _ FEDS He decided to temporari- another inspection December 2, Simon. 1y dump the cars in the gravel and then laid the charge. "Black River-Matheson said pit. "Mr, Simon doesn't live on they were happy to giveme a His actions led to an appea- the property," said Mr. Mi- licence and have me pick-up - Tame February 24 at Iroquois chaud, "He lives across the cars and get rid of them. I Falls Provincial Court, where highway on a piece of land. You couldn't afford to set up what he and his wife, Lise, were can see these vehicles from the Iroquois Falls wanted under the charged with failing to keep highway.". Environment Act." 1, their grounds free of rubbish -- Questioned by Mr. Simon, Mr. He didn't put the cars behind old cars and trucks. The charge Michaud said that the accused his barn (in Black River- waslaidunderan Iroquois Falls said he wasn't operating a Matheson) because he intended by-law. Mr. Simon pleaded not scrapyard. Mr. Simon said he to clear up the putt . guilty in behalf of his wife and had a letter giving him only 15 At this the judge said he himself, ,. days to clean up the yard. ltoul1adjourn the case so that But because Mr. Simon "Possibly I haven't got the Mr. Simon could complete the q - agreed to rectify the situation other 1etter."Mr. Simon added. clean-no. within a reasonable time the case was adjourned until June Solicitor Mr: Alexander deni- _ 23. ed Mr. Simon's allegation that J. K. Alexander, solieittrr for he was being singled out from T the town of Iroquois Falls, among others operating scrap~ objected to the adjournment. yards closer to town. Judge Gauthier said. it was Mr. Simon alleged the muni- questionable whether the by- cipality is operating an illegal _ 7 law was drawn up to cover the scrapyard_in the area, built-up area of the town -- not "What harm was Ucokinte, I farms. was helping the town pick t em "This court, in its wisdom, up.Ihad the equipmentlwent feels that this matter can be into places where it takes good solved by agreement between machines to get them out, It the parties," said the judge. was costing the town nothing," The by-law under which the he said. charge was laid is that of the old Mr. Simon told Mr, Michaud Township of Calvert. Under the he used him like "a second class Ontario Municipal Board's or- citizen" when he phoned. “You der for the amalgamation of started to throw orders at me Iroquois Falls and Calvert, right and left." these by-laws are still in force. Mr. Simon said he put the I By-law enforcement officer scrap in the pit because he had ' Maurice Michaud testified that builta road in there. He thought - on September 18, he noticed the the cars would have hear: h