Death of a Skyline
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A bulldozer tears into the side of a wooden grain elevator. The magnificent prairie landmark crumples to the ground. Once, more than 5,000 Alberta grain elevators graced the skyline. Today they're being razed to make way for modern concrete structures.
Are these "prairie cathedrals" being destroyed due to obsolescence or corporate profit? In this film, a lively cast of characters reveals the story of these disappearing landmarks. The citizens of Mayerthorpe, Alberta fight to save their elevator as demolition day approaches. A Montana couple, Bruce and Barbara Selyem, race to photograph elevators across the continent before they are ripped down. Pete Kirk salvages grain-worn wood from demolition sites to build furniture and recycle a piece of prairie history.
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Main credits
Smith, Bryan (film director)
Warner, Jim (screenwriter)
Gardner, Andrew (screenwriter)
Krepakevich, Jerry (film producer)
Thompson, Bonnie (film producer)
Other credits
Editor, Jamie Moorhouse; director of photography, Wes Doyle; original music, Bruce Leitl.
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No distributor subjects provided.Keywords
WEBVTT
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(♪)
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BEAUTY! LOOK
AT THAT! BEAUTY!
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THIS IS GONNA
BE A GOOD ONE.
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OH FU...!
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OH YEAH! OH YEAH!
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THIS IS GOING TO
BE A BEAUT. BEAUT.
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YEAH, WELL THAT\'S THE WAY I
TEND TO THINK OF IT, YEAH.
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DISEMBOWELMENT.
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I LIKE DISHING OUT
THOSE WORDS TO PEOPLE,
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SOMETIMES IN
RESTAURANTS OR BARS.
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YEAH, WE\'RE GOING TO GO
DISEMBOWEL THAT ELEVATOR.
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WAIT TILL I GET THE
ENTRAILS OUT OF THAT BABY!
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AND YOU COULD LOOK AT IT THAT
WAY, \'CAUSE IT IS, IT IS.
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WHAT I AM TAKING IS THE MAIN
BUSINESS END OF THE ELEVATOR.
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THE TWO ENTRAILS, THE TWO
SHAFTS, THE LEGS THAT ARE
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RUNNING UP THE CENTRE - I MEAN,
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THAT IS PRETTY WELL THE
GUTS OF THE ELEVATOR.
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THAT\'S WHERE ALL THE FOOD
IS MOVING, THE GRAIN.
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SO IT IS - IT\'S GUTTING
- IT\'S GUTTING THE BEAST.
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TO ME YEAH, AS SOON AS
I SAW THIS, I THOUGHT,
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\"I WONDER IF I COULD USE
THIS TO BOOST MYSELF,
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PAY MY BAR BILL, TO
PAY EVERYTHING\".
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THIS IS GOING
TO BE MY LIFE.
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I\'M GOING TO BE KNOWN AS
GREASY PETE, THE ELEVATOR KING.
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(♪)
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♪ I REMEMBER DAYS WHEN I
WAS JUST A LITTLE BOY ♪
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♪ BRINGING IN THE
HARVEST WITH MY DAD. ♪
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♪ GOLDEN FIELDS OF TREASURE
UNDER AUTUMN SKIES, ♪
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♪ FAMILY PRIDE IS
ALL WE REALLY HAD. ♪
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♪ AND THE STORIES HE WOULD
TELL, THEY STILL LINGER ON ♪
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♪ OF HOW GRANDPA WAS THE
FIRST TO BREAK THIS LAND. ♪
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♪ FREEDOM WAS A DREAM LOCKED
BENEATH THE DIRT ♪
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♪ AND THE FARMER, HE COULD
HOLD IT IN HIS HAND. ♪
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(Narrator) GRAIN ELEVATORS,
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THEY\'VE RULED THE PRAIRIE
SKYLINE FOR 100 YEARS.
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STEP INSIDE AN ELEVATOR\'S WALLS
AND YOU STEP INTO SIMPLICITY.
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IT IS WHAT IT IS.
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A PLACE TO STORE GRAIN TILL
A TRAIN CAN HAUL IT AWAY.
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CANADA\'S FIRST COUNTRY
ELEVATOR WAS BUILT BY THE
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OGILVIE MILLING COMPANY IN
GRETNA, MANITOBA, IN 1881.
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OVER THE NEXT FEW DECADES,
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GRAIN COMPANIES AND
RAILROADS BUILT ELEVATORS
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EVERY EIGHT OR TEN MILES,
RIGHT ACROSS THE PRAIRIES.
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AND BY 1916, THERE WERE
OVER 300 GRAIN COMPANIES
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OPERATING THOUSANDS
OF ELEVATORS.
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BUT THAT WAS THEN.
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(Pete\'s answering machine)
GREETINGS AND SALUTATIONS.
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YOU HAVE REACHED THE
ANCESTRAL HOME OF GREASY PETE,
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AND SITE OF THE WORLD\'S LARGEST
ELEVATOR WOOD EMPORIUM.
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PLEASE DO LEAVE ME A FEW
DETAILS AND I\'LL BE SURE
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TO RETURN YOUR CALL. HONEST!
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HEY, HOW\'S IT GOING?
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COME ON IN.
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WELCOME TO THE HOME
OF THE ELEVATOR KING.
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SELF - SELF-PROCLAIMED,
OF COURSE.
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I THINK I SHOULD BE
CALLED THE KING, ANYWAY.
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LIKE THOSE IMMIGRANTS WHO
CAME 100 YEARS BEFORE HIM,
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PETE KIRK WAS DRAWN TO
WESTERN CANADA BY BIG SKY,
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WIDE OPEN SPACES AND
THE WHIFF OF OPPORTUNITY.
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IT\'S BEEN ALMOST A DECADE
SINCE HE DISCOVERED THE JOYS
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OF ELEVATOR SALVAGE.
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GROWING UP IN ENGLAND,
ELEVATORS WERE LIFTS
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nTHAT CARRIED PEOPLE, NOT GRAIN.
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PETE HAD NEVER EVEN HEARD
OF COUNTRY ELEVATORS,
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LET ALONE THE
TREASURES INSIDE \'EM.
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(Pete) SOME PEOPLE THINK
THE DAYS OF THE WOODEN
ELEVATOR ARE OVER.
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\"GET RID OF THEM.
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LET\'S MOVE ON INTO
THE NEXT CENTURY\".
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WHEREAS THEN OF COURSE, YOU GET
THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO THINK,
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\"WELL, HEY - THAT WAS OUR FIRST
CENTURY ON THE PRAIRIES.
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MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST HANG ON
TO A LITTLE BIT OF THIS STUFF.
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I MEAN, SHIT, IN ANOTHER 50, 60
YEARS, WHO\'S GOING TO EVEN KNOW
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WHAT A GRAIN ELEVATOR IS? OR
EVEN WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE?
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PETE HAS KNOCKED DOWN AND
DISEMBOWELED AND YANKED PARTS
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FROM OVER 100 ELEVATORS.
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BUT THIS ELEVATOR GRAVEYARD
OUTSIDE HIS BACK DOOR
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IS NO JUNK PILE.
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THIS IS PETE\'S
RETIREMENT FUND.
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DRIVE OUT HERE SOME WEEKEND,
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AND HE\'LL SELL YOU ALL THE
RAW MATERIAL YOU LIKE.
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BETTER YET - PICK
YOURSELF SOME BOARDS
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AND HE\'LL CUSTOM
BUILD YOU SOMETHIN\'.
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DOESN\'T MATTER
WHAT HE BUILDS -
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PETE JUST LOVES WORKING
WITH HIS WOOD.
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(Pete) I REALLY THINK
IT IS ART. TOTALLY.
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TOTALLY.
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AND THE BEST PART ABOUT IT
IS, IT\'S UNINTENTIONAL ART.
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LIKE SAY IF SOMEBODY CARVES
OR TURNS ON A LATHE,
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OR DOES IT WITH A SANDBLASTER
OR WHATEVER SHAPES A PRODUCT
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- THEY\'RE DOING IT ON PURPOSE.
THEY\'RE INTENTIONALLY
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CREATING, WHICH NOTHING
WRONG WITH THAT. FINE.
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AND IT\'S - AND IT\'S THE FARMERS
THAT DID IT, REALLY. I MEAN,
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THERE WAS NOTHING HERE, WAS
THERE, 100 YEARS AGO, REALLY.
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THEY BUILT THE ELEVATORS,
THEY TOOK THE GRAIN THERE.
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LET THE GRAIN WORE - WORE
DOWN THE SHAFTS AND THAT.
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I MEAN, THEY DID IT. REALLY.
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IF THEY HADN\'T HAVE BEEN
HAULING THE GRAIN IN WITH
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THEIR HORSES AND WAGONS, THIS
WOOD WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ABLE
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TO HAVE GOT WORN. SO IT\'S
PRAIRIE. I MEAN, TO ME,
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I CAN\'T THINK OF ANYTHING THAT
COULD BE MORE PRAIRIE HISTORY.
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(♪)
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FOR PETE TO GET
MORE PRECIOUS WOOD,
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MORE ELEVATORS
HAVE TO COME DOWN.
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AND LATELY, HE\'S HEARD A
RUMOUR THE LAST SURVIVING
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ELEVATOR IN MAYERTHORPE,
ALBERTA COULD BE UP FOR GRABS.
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MOST PEOPLE IN MAYERTHORPE
WOULD REMEMBER THEIR TOWN
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AS A THREE ELEVATOR TOWN.
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MOST PEOPLE WOULD ALSO AGREE
THIS RUMOUR ABOUT THEIR LAST
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ELEVATOR BEING SLATED FOR
DEMOLITION IS OLD NEWS.
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KNOCKING DOWN A TOWN\'S
LAST ELEVATOR MEANS
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THE DEATH OF A SKYLINE.
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AND TALK LIKE THAT GETS AROUND
FASTER THAN A BOUT OF THE FLU.
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BUT SOMETIMES, THERE\'S
MORE THAN TALK.
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FRED MCDOUGALL WAS
BORN IN MAYERTHORPE
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AND GREW UP NEARBY
ON THE FAMILY FARM.
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HE\'S HAULED THOUSANDS
OF BUSHELS OF GRAIN
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ACROSS THE SCALES
OF THIS ELEVATOR.
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AND FOR HIM, THIS IS MORE
THAN A PLACE TO STORE GRAIN.
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THIS IS A STOREHOUSE
OF MEMORIES.
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AND HE SEES GREAT POTENTIAL
FOR A COMMUNITY MUSEUM.
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THAT\'S WHY HE GOT
INVOLVED WITH A PLAN
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TO SAVE THE ELEVATOR.
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AND NOW HE\'S SITTING
IN THE CHAIRMAN\'S SEAT.
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(Fred) WHY AM I DOING IT?
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I HATE SEEING HISTORICAL
OBJECTS BEING DESTROYED.
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AND THEN THE NEXT QUESTION
YOU\'RE GOING TO ASK IS,
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\"WELL, THIS IS
ONLY A 1966 BUILDING.
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IT\'S NOT THAT OLD -
30 - 35 YEARS, NOT QUITE\".
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BUT THERE\'S NO OTHER BUILDING
IN THE AREA ANY MORE.
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NO OTHER ELEVATOR IN THE AREA.
USED TO BE, YOU WENT DOWN THE
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LINE, EVERYBODY HAD ONE, TWO,
THREE, FOUR GRAIN ELEVATORS.
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EVERY TOWN, EVERY
SEVEN, EIGHT MILES.
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NOW THIS IS THE ONLY
ONE IN 100 MILES ALMOST.
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(Fred) ANYBODY HAVE ANY IDEAS ON
WHAT THE SOCIETY NAME SHOULD BE?
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(Woman) COUNTRY ELEVATOR SOCIETY
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(crowd agrees)
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(Fred) I\'M HEARING
A CONSENSUS ON THAT.
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SO THOSE IN FAVOUR OF
COUNTRY ELEVATOR SOCIETY?
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ANY OPPOSED?
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IT DON\'T MATTER
ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
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EVERYTHING HAS TO GO
EVENTUALLY, SO WHAT.
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YOU WANT MY
FRANK OPINION?
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A WASTE OF TIME.
AND EFFORT.
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IT WOULDN\'T BE A
LOSS TO ME AT ALL.
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WHAT I THINK THAT THEY SHOULD DO
IS JUST TAKE A PICTURE OF IT.
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ANYBODY THAT WANTS
TO LOOK AT IT,
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THEY CAN GET A COPY
AND HANG IT UP.
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MAYERTHORPE ALREADY HAS ITS
SHARE OF CLUBS AND GROUPS.
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A LOT OF LOCALS THINK IT\'S
CRAZY TO START ANOTHER ONE
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JUST TO SAVE A GRAIN ELEVATOR.
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BUT ALL THIS NEGATIVE TALK
DOESN\'T FAZE CHRIS WICKS.
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CHRIS LIVES DOWN THE
HIGHWAY IN SANGUDO,
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WHERE HE\'S SEEN THREE
ELEVATORS BITE THE DUST.
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HE KNOWS THIS ELEVATOR IS
THE LAST ONE IN THE AREA
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AND HE KNOWS
IT HAS TO STAY.
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(Chris) WHY AM I DOING IT?
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BECAUSE IT\'S A VANISHING
PIECE OF HISTORY.
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AND ACTUALLY, A FEW MONTHS
AGO, I SAT DOWN WHEN I FIRST
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JOINED THE SOCIETY AND
I WROTE OUT A POEM.
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HARDWORKING FARMERS USED TO
BRING THEIR THRESHED GRAIN
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TO ME IN OLD WOODEN WAGONS.
THESE WERE PULLED BY TEAMS
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OF STURDY HORSES. THE FARMERS
WOULD CAREFULLY SHOVEL
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THE GRAIN OUT OF THE WAGONS
INTO THE GRATE BELOW. THE AUGER
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WOULD THEN TAKE THEM UP TAKE UP
THE GRAIN TO THE TOP OF THE
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TOWER WHERE IT WOULD GO INTO
A PROPER BIN FOR STORAGE.
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HERE IT WOULD WAIT UNTIL THE
TRAINS WOULD COME ALONG AND LOAD
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UP ITS CARS. SADLY, IT\'S A
DISAPPEARING BREED. THEY TEAR ME
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DOWN, THEY TAKE ME TO BIG PITS
WHERE THEY BURN ME TO ASHES.
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THERE WAS A TIME WHEN EVERY
TOWN HAD ONE OF ME. PEOPLE
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WOULD READ THEIR MAPS AND SEE
MY NAME AND THEN LOOK FOR ME.
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BUT MOST OF US ARE GONE.
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SOMETIMES, SOMEONE SAVES
US SO FUTURE GENERATIONS
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CAN STILL SEE AN OLD
COUNTRY GRAIN ELEVATOR.
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AND I THINK THAT EXPLAINS IT.
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♪ I REMEMBER DAYS WHEN I
WAS JUST A LITTLE BOY ♪
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(Bruce) I FEEL THEY\'RE
KIND OF LIKE PEOPLE.
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WE ALL HAVE SOME SAME FEATURES,
BUT WE\'RE ALSO UNIQUE.
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AND I THINK ELEVATORS ARE
JUST LIKE US IN THAT WAY.
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AND I GUESS MY LIFE HAS
TAKEN ME TO THESE BUILDINGS,
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\'CAUSE THEY APPEAL TO ME
MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE DOES.
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I HAVEN\'T BEEN TO THE CASTLES OF
EUROPE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT,
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BUT THE CASTLES OF THE
PRAIRIE HAVE CAPTURED ME
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AND WILL FOR A LONG TIME.
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I HAVEN\'T GOT TIRED
OF PHOTOGRAPHING THEM.
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(Bruce) BARB, BREAKFAST
PRETTY SOON?
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(Barb) OKAY, I\'M READY.
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(Narrator) TAKE ONE MAN WITH
A PASSION FOR PHOTOGRAPHY
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AND ONE WOMAN WITH A PASSION
FOR THE GRAIN INDUSTRY,
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AND YOU\'VE GOT A COUPLE
WHO\'VE NEVER MET AN ELEVATOR
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THEY DIDN\'T LIKE.
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IT WAS ONLY FIVE YEARS AGO
THAT BARBARA FIRST HEARD
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ABOUT BRUCE SELYEM AND HIS
ONE MAN ELEVATOR SOCIETY.
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SHE LOVED THE BUILDINGS
AND WAS FASCINATED
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WITH BRUCE\'S EFFORT TO
CAPTURE THEIR HISTORY.
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SO BARB GOT IN
TOUCH WITH HIM
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AND THEY TALKED A
LITTLE ELEVATOR.
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THERE WERE MANY MORE
PHONE CALLS AFTER THAT,
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THEN A WEDDING.
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IN A GRAIN ELEVATOR,
OF COURSE.
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THEN IT WAS TIME TO
BUILD AN ELEVATOR WORLD.
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BRUCE AND BARBARA SELYEM
NOW LIVE IN A THEME.
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AND THEY\'VE PROVEN THAT IF
YOU SHOW ENOUGH ELEVATORS
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ENOUGH LOVE, THEY\'LL
START TO FOLLOW YOU HOME.
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(Barb) WE PICK UP DECALS...
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(Bruce) SCALES,
PLATES, COFFEE CUPS...
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(Barb) HOT PADS FOR HOT DISHES,
PICTURES, POSTCARDS...
00:13:57.999 --> 00:14:00.208
(Bruce) CLOCKS,
WHISKEY BOTTLES...
00:14:00.209 --> 00:14:02.998
(Barb) PLATES, SALT
AND PEPPER SHAKERS...
00:14:02.999 --> 00:14:04.041
(Bruce) STAINED GLASS...
00:14:04.042 --> 00:14:06.082
(Barb) CHRISTMAS
ORNAMENTS, THERMOMETERS,
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PICTURES, PLATES,
BOWLS, CALENDARS...
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(Bruce) PAPERCLIPS.
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(Barb) YEAH, PAPERCLIPS,
PINS, BUTTONS.
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(Bruce) KNIVES
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(Barb) SPOONS, HOT PADS.
00:14:13.626 --> 00:14:14.626
(Bruce) HATS, NEON LIGHTS.
00:14:14.627 --> 00:14:16.626
CALENDARS, CLOCKS I
SAID THAT ALREADY,
00:14:22.626 --> 00:14:26.875
(Bruce) OH, I HAVE PICTURES
FROM NEARLY 1,700 PLACES
00:14:26.876 --> 00:14:30.458
IN 23 STATES AND PROVINCES.
00:14:30.459 --> 00:14:31.625
I\'M ON MY THIRD VEHICLE.
00:14:31.626 --> 00:14:35.291
AND LITERALLY TENS AND -
SCORES OF THOUSANDS OF MILES.
00:14:35.292 --> 00:14:39.375
PROBABLY NEARLY 100,000
MILES OF DRIVING.
00:14:43.626 --> 00:14:46.625
A COUPLE OF CHRISTMASES AGO,
DROVE DOWN SOUTH OF SALT LAKE
00:14:46.626 --> 00:14:50.998
AND BACK ON THE SAME DAY,
WHICH IS ABOUT 1,100 MILES.
00:14:50.999 --> 00:14:53.998
(Barb) LAST CHRISTMAS WE
DROVE TO MACNAB, ALBERTA,
00:14:53.999 --> 00:14:57.208
WHICH WAS 400 MILES.
IN A DAY AND BACK.
00:14:57.209 --> 00:14:58.249
(Bruce) ONE WAY.
00:14:58.250 --> 00:14:59.998
(Barb) YEAH, 400 ONE WAY.
00:14:59.999 --> 00:15:01.625
(Bruce) AND HONEYMOONED.
00:15:01.626 --> 00:15:02.626
(Barb) AND OUR HONEYMOON.
00:15:02.627 --> 00:15:07.250
(Bruce) ACTUALLY, WE SPENT
TWO HONEYMOONS ON THE ROAD!
00:15:10.626 --> 00:15:12.998
IT\'S A BIG JOB BRUCE
AND BARB HAVE TAKEN ON.
00:15:12.999 --> 00:15:15.625
TO DOCUMENT EVERY
COUNTRY GRAIN ELEVATOR
00:15:15.626 --> 00:15:17.917
STILL STANDING IN
NORTH AMERICA.
00:15:17.918 --> 00:15:19.998
AND WITH A
LIMITED BUDGET,
00:15:19.999 --> 00:15:22.875
IT MEANS MANY NIGHTS
SLEEPING UNDER THE STARS.
00:15:22.876 --> 00:15:25.998
BUT THEY BELIEVE ALL THIS
nELEVATOR HUNTING AND COLLECTING
00:15:25.999 --> 00:15:29.625
IS WORTHWHILE, BECAUSE ONE
DAY THEY PLAN TO OPEN
00:15:29.626 --> 00:15:32.625
THEIR VERY OWN
ELEVATOR MUSEUM.
00:15:32.626 --> 00:15:34.625
APART FROM THEIR
HOUSE, THAT IS.
00:15:34.626 --> 00:15:37.625
AND IT SEEMS THE MORE
BRUCE AND BARB TRAVEL,
00:15:37.626 --> 00:15:40.625
THE MORE PEOPLE THEY MEET
WITH THE SAME OBSESSION.
00:15:40.626 --> 00:15:44.292
TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL
OF THE GRAIN ELEVATOR.
00:15:44.626 --> 00:15:48.791
(Bruce) WELL, I GUESS, WE\'VE
TALKED TO PEOPLE THAT ARE CRAZY!
00:15:48.792 --> 00:15:50.625
ELEVATOR CRAZY.
00:15:50.626 --> 00:15:51.626
WE GOT IT!
00:15:51.627 --> 00:15:57.625
BUT I THINK THERE\'S A FINE LINE
BETWEEN OBSESSION AND PASSION.
00:15:57.626 --> 00:16:00.166
AND THIS IS BY NO
MEANS NEGATIVE AT ALL.
00:16:00.167 --> 00:16:05.626
IT\'S ALL POSITIVE, UPBEAT,
FUN, LIFELONG PASSION.
00:16:08.999 --> 00:16:13.626
(Pete) SHE\'S GETTING VERY
CLOSE - AND THERE SHE GOES.
00:16:16.250 --> 00:16:19.208
AND MY PASSION IS NOT SO
MUCH FOR THE ELEVATOR
00:16:19.209 --> 00:16:20.458
AS FOR WHAT\'S INSIDE THEM.
00:16:20.459 --> 00:16:23.666
I\'M NOT GOING TO STOP THEIR
DESTRUCTION AND THAT\'S NONE
00:16:23.667 --> 00:16:26.791
OF MY BUSINESS. I DON\'T REALLY
WANT TO EVEN BE INVOLVED
00:16:26.792 --> 00:16:28.999
IN WHETHER THEY SHOULD
OR SHOULDN\'T. ALL I KNOW,
00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:31.833
IS I LIKE THE LEG. SO TO ME
OBVIOUSLY, I\'D LIKE TO SEE
00:16:31.834 --> 00:16:34.998
A FEW ELEVATORS LEFT UP SO AS
PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THEY WERE.
00:16:34.999 --> 00:16:37.875
BUT THEN ON THE OTHER HAND,
I KIND OF LIKE IT IF THEY
00:16:37.876 --> 00:16:41.626
KNOCK \'EM DOWN, \'CAUSE I
GET THE WOOD OUT OF THEM.
00:16:46.375 --> 00:16:48.999
PETE DOESN\'T WORK FOR
DEMOLITION COMPANIES,
00:16:49.000 --> 00:16:50.625
HE WORKS ALONGSIDE THEM.
00:16:50.626 --> 00:16:53.998
WHAT HE\'S REALLY AFTER
IS SCAVENGING RIGHTS.
00:16:53.999 --> 00:16:56.082
AND LEG WOOD.
00:16:56.083 --> 00:16:57.998
IF THE ELEVATOR\'S THE OYSTER,
00:16:57.999 --> 00:17:00.166
THEN THE LEG IS
DEFINITELY THE PEARL.
00:17:00.167 --> 00:17:03.583
AND NO DOUBT ABOUT IT
- PETE\'S A LEG MAN.
00:17:03.584 --> 00:17:07.249
ONE BOARD SCULPTED BY
YEARS OF FLOWING GRAIN
00:17:07.250 --> 00:17:10.917
CAN BRING HIM
HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS.
00:17:10.918 --> 00:17:13.625
(Pete) NOW LOOK AT THAT ONE, EH?
00:17:13.626 --> 00:17:16.998
I MEAN, WHERE DO
YOU GET A 2 BY 16?
00:17:16.999 --> 00:17:18.625
YOU JUST RUN YOUR
HANDS OVER THAT.
00:17:18.626 --> 00:17:22.083
THAT IS SO SMOOTH.
THAT IS SO POLISHED.
00:17:23.626 --> 00:17:26.249
AND I MEAN, IT LOOKED LIKE
THAT WHEN THEY PUT IT IN.
00:17:26.250 --> 00:17:29.626
WELL, MAYBE NOT QUITE
THAT DIRTY, BUT...
00:17:31.918 --> 00:17:33.998
LOOK AT WHAT THE GRAIN
DID TO THIS ONE.
00:17:33.999 --> 00:17:36.583
I MEAN, THAT\'S HOW THICK
IT WAS - AN INCH AND A HALF
00:17:36.584 --> 00:17:39.082
WHEN THEY PUT IT IN, IN 1938
OR WHENEVER THEY BUILT IT.
00:17:39.083 --> 00:17:41.917
AND THEN YOU\'RE DOWN TO WHAT
- LESS THAN HALF AN INCH?
00:17:41.918 --> 00:17:45.625
ALL THAT WOOD WENT INTO
YOUR LOCAL BREAD, PROBABLY.
00:17:45.626 --> 00:17:47.625
YOU PROBABLY ATE THAT!
00:17:47.626 --> 00:17:53.875
(♪)
00:17:53.876 --> 00:17:56.208
IT\'S CRISIS TIME
IN MAYERTHORPE.
00:17:56.209 --> 00:17:58.791
THE GROUP MISSED A KEY
DEADLINE TO MAKE AN OFFER
00:17:58.792 --> 00:18:02.625
FOR THE ELEVATOR, AND THE
GRAIN COMPANY\'S NOT IMPRESSED.
00:18:02.626 --> 00:18:05.998
WHEELS ARE NOW IN
MOTION FOR A DEMOLITION.
00:18:05.999 --> 00:18:08.666
A MONTH AGO, FRED
WAS 99 PERCENT SURE
00:18:08.667 --> 00:18:11.249
THE GROUP HAD THEIR
ELEVATOR SAVED.
00:18:11.250 --> 00:18:13.625
NOW HE\'S NOT SO SURE.
00:18:13.626 --> 00:18:17.166
IN THE TIME-HONOURED TRADITION
OF SMALL TOWNS AND POLITICS,
00:18:17.167 --> 00:18:19.583
THERE\'S DISSENTION
IN THE RANKS.
00:18:19.584 --> 00:18:21.291
MANY FINGERS ARE POINTED.
00:18:21.292 --> 00:18:24.625
MOST OF THEM -
SQUARELY AT FRED.
00:18:24.626 --> 00:18:27.208
UNOFFICIALLY I
HAVE RESIGNED.
00:18:27.209 --> 00:18:31.625
I INTEND TO GO TO THE
MEETING TONIGHT AND
00:18:31.626 --> 00:18:34.625
OFFICIALLY TELL THE
BODY THAT THAT\'S IT.
00:18:34.626 --> 00:18:37.833
I\'M GOING TO STATE MY
POSITION, WHY I\'M DOING THIS
00:18:37.834 --> 00:18:41.626
AND I FULLY INTEND TO
WALK OUT AT THAT POINT.
00:18:45.626 --> 00:18:47.999
(Chris) NOW, I HAVE A
LETTER FOR YOU, FRED.
00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:50.041
AS A DIRECTOR OF THE
GRAIN ELEVATOR SOCIETY.
00:18:50.042 --> 00:18:53.291
AND I WILL GIVE YOU A COPY
AND I WILL READ IT TO YOU.
00:18:53.292 --> 00:18:55.875
AS A DIRECTOR OF THIS
SOCIETY, I FEEL THAT YOU,
00:18:55.876 --> 00:18:59.416
AS CHAIRMAN AND PRESIDENT OF
THIS SOCIETY, HAVE FAILED US.
00:18:59.417 --> 00:19:02.625
YOU WERE GIVEN DIRECTIVES AT
THE LAST MEETING TO ACCOMPLISH
00:19:02.626 --> 00:19:06.374
BY DECEMBER 23rd, 1999.
THIS YOU NEVER DID.
00:19:06.375 --> 00:19:10.875
IT NEARLY COST THE SOCIETY THE
ONE GOAL WE WERE TRYING TO
00:19:10.876 --> 00:19:14.625
ACHIEVE, TO SAVE THE GRAIN
ELEVATOR HERE AT MAYERTHORPE.
00:19:14.626 --> 00:19:16.625
YOU, SIR, HAVE LET US DOWN.
00:19:16.626 --> 00:19:20.625
I NOW CALL FOR YOUR RESIGNATION
AS CHAIRMAN AND PRESIDENT
00:19:20.626 --> 00:19:24.875
OF THE GRAIN ELEVATOR SOCIETY
AND THE VOLUNTARY WITHDRAWAL
00:19:24.876 --> 00:19:27.416
OF YOUR PRESENCE
FROM THE SOCIETY.
00:19:27.417 --> 00:19:31.041
SIGNED JANUARY 28th,
CHRIS WICKS.
00:19:31.042 --> 00:19:35.208
(Fred) AS I PREVIOUSLY
STATED, I AM RESIGNING.
00:19:35.209 --> 00:19:37.625
THAT IS NOT A QUESTION.
00:19:37.626 --> 00:19:39.041
(Chris) THANK YOU.
00:19:39.042 --> 00:19:47.042
(♪)
00:19:50.626 --> 00:19:51.917
(Woman) GOD, THIS IS TENSE.
00:19:51.918 --> 00:19:55.875
(Chris) TAKE A DEEP BREATH,
GO LIKE THIS... IT\'S OVER.
00:19:55.876 --> 00:20:03.876
(♪)
00:20:28.167 --> 00:20:33.082
FOR DECADES, ELEVATORS WERE THE
ECONOMIC HUBS OF SMALL TOWNS.
00:20:33.083 --> 00:20:35.998
YET THEY WERE MORE
THAN A LINK TO CASH.
00:20:35.999 --> 00:20:38.833
EVEN WHEN A FARMER
WASN\'T HAULING GRAIN,
00:20:38.834 --> 00:20:40.625
HE FOUND AN EXCUSE
TO STOP IN.
00:20:40.626 --> 00:20:43.625
TEST SOME SEED QUALITY,
PRICE OUT SOME FERTILIZER,
00:20:43.626 --> 00:20:47.500
MAYBE JUST SIT AND CHEW THE
FAT WITH THE ELEVATOR AGENT.
00:20:47.501 --> 00:20:49.166
IT WAS A NATURAL
MEETING PLACE
00:20:49.167 --> 00:20:51.583
AND THE SITE OF
LIVELY CONVERSATION.
00:20:51.584 --> 00:20:54.625
NO WONDER ELEVATORS WERE AT
THE CENTRE OF GRAIN GROWERS
00:20:54.626 --> 00:20:59.375
MOVEMENTS AND THE FOCUS OF
FARMER-OWNED COOPERATIVES.
00:21:00.792 --> 00:21:04.833
NOW BIG GRAIN COMPANIES
STILL INVEST IN NEW BUILDINGS.
00:21:04.834 --> 00:21:07.625
THEY\'RE JUST DIFFERENT
BUILDINGS NOW.
00:21:07.626 --> 00:21:10.999
LARGER, FEWER,
FARTHER BETWEEN \'EM.
00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:14.998
CONCRETE MONSTROSITIES IS WHAT
SOME OLD-TIMERS CALL THEM.
00:21:14.999 --> 00:21:17.625
BUT GRAIN COMPANIES DON\'T
CARE WHICH BUILDINGS MAKE
00:21:17.626 --> 00:21:20.998
THE PRETTIEST PICTURES. THEY
CARE ABOUT THE BUILDING
00:21:20.999 --> 00:21:24.625
THAT MOVES THE MOST
GRAIN, THE FASTEST.
00:21:24.626 --> 00:21:32.626
(♪)
00:21:36.083 --> 00:21:38.416
(Bruce) IT\'S SO EXCITING
TO FIND THE FIRST ONE
00:21:38.417 --> 00:21:42.166
LIKE THIS I HAVEN\'T BEEN
TO, EVER. IT REALLY IS.
00:21:42.167 --> 00:21:44.998
IT SEEMS TO ME, IT
SEEMS KIND OF WEIRD
00:21:44.999 --> 00:21:48.999
TO GET EXCITED ABOUT
AN ELEVATOR, BUT...
00:21:59.626 --> 00:22:03.583
WHEN THE WAR ENDED IN 1945,
THERE WERE NEARLY 6,000
00:22:03.584 --> 00:22:05.999
ELEVATORS STANDING
TALL IN WESTERN CANADA,
00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:08.791
SHOWING PRAIRIE
BOYS THE WAY HOME.
00:22:08.792 --> 00:22:13.708
BY 1985, TWO THIRDS OF
THOSE ELEVATORS WERE GONE.
00:22:13.709 --> 00:22:16.291
NOW, THERE ARE ONLY
A FEW HUNDRED LEFT,
00:22:16.292 --> 00:22:20.082
AND THEY\'RE FALLING
LIKE DOMINOES.
00:22:20.083 --> 00:22:22.917
NOT SO LONG AGO, BRUCE
COULD PHOTOGRAPH
00:22:22.918 --> 00:22:26.208
25 ELEVATOR SITES
IN A SINGLE DAY.
00:22:26.209 --> 00:22:28.208
BUT THOSE DAYS ARE GONE.
00:22:28.209 --> 00:22:31.791
FOR THE SELYEMS, THESE ROAD
TRIPS ARE LIKE SAFARIS
00:22:31.792 --> 00:22:36.584
AND WHAT THEY\'RE HUNTING
IS AN ENDANGERED SPECIES.
00:22:37.918 --> 00:22:44.082
♪ AND THE STORIES HE WOULD
TELL, THEY STILL LINGER ON ♪
00:22:44.083 --> 00:22:49.041
♪ OF HOW GRANDPA WAS THE
FIRST TO BREAK THIS LAND. ♪
00:22:49.042 --> 00:22:52.249
(Barb) SO MANY OF THE PLACES
WE GO WHERE THE ELEVATORS ARE
00:22:52.250 --> 00:22:55.708
CLOSED, ARE GONE - OR GOING,
00:22:55.709 --> 00:22:58.708
WHEN THE ELEVATOR
GOES, THE TOWN GOES.
00:22:58.709 --> 00:23:03.917
AND IT\'S ALMOST LIKE PEOPLE
JUST WENT SOMEWHERE ONE DAY
00:23:03.918 --> 00:23:05.625
AND DIDN\'T COME BACK.
00:23:05.626 --> 00:23:07.998
AND THE BUILDINGS
GET IN AWFUL REPAIR.
00:23:07.999 --> 00:23:11.249
WE REALLY - WITH THE
LOSS OF THE ELEVATORS -
00:23:11.250 --> 00:23:14.625
WE\'RE LOSING OUR
RURAL COMMUNITIES.
00:23:14.626 --> 00:23:22.000
♪ FREEDOM WAS A DREAM
LOCKED BENEATH THE DIRT, ♪
00:23:25.209 --> 00:23:31.625
♪ FARMER HE COULD
HOLD IT IN HIS HAND. ♪
00:23:31.626 --> 00:23:33.998
(Pete) YOU CAN SEE THE REST
OF THE LEG RIGHT THERE,
00:23:33.999 --> 00:23:35.998
WHERE THAT LADDER IS. I
DON\'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE
00:23:35.999 --> 00:23:38.998
THAT LADDER AND THE LITTLE BIT
OF PIPE - JUST OFF TO THE -
00:23:38.999 --> 00:23:42.291
IT\'S JUST OFF TO THE RIGHT OF
HIS BUCKET, IS THE REAR LEG.
00:23:42.292 --> 00:23:45.625
YOU CAN SEE THE LADDER THAT USED
TO BE NAILED UP THE REAR LEG.
00:23:45.626 --> 00:23:47.999
THAT\'S ALWAYS A GOOD WAY TO
FIND THE LEG IS JUST LOOK
00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:50.291
FOR THE LADDER. AS SOON
AS YOU SEE A LADDER,
00:23:50.292 --> 00:23:52.625
YOU KNOW THE LEG\'S
RIGHT BEHIND IT.
00:23:52.626 --> 00:23:54.998
I LOVE THE TRAVELING AND
GOING TO DIFFERENT TOWNS.
00:23:54.999 --> 00:23:57.625
THAT\'S ALWAYS - ESPECIALLY TOWNS
YOU\'VE NEVER BEEN TO BEFORE.
00:23:57.626 --> 00:24:00.416
YOU\'VE NEVER BEEN DOWN THAT ROAD
BEFORE AND IT\'S JUST GREAT.
00:24:00.417 --> 00:24:02.082
YOU KNOW YOU\'RE ONLY
THERE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.
00:24:02.083 --> 00:24:04.998
AND YOU MIGHT NOT BE THE
MOST POPULAR GUY IN TOWN.
00:24:04.999 --> 00:24:05.626
BUT TOO BAD.
00:24:05.627 --> 00:24:07.708
IF IT WASN\'T ME, SOMEONE
ELSE WOULD BE DOING IT.
00:24:07.709 --> 00:24:09.999
SO YOU KNOW, WE JUST COME
IN AND LIKE \"HEY, I\'M SORRY
00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:12.374
YOUR ELEVATOR\'S GOING DOWN,
BUT I\'M GOING TO MAKE SURE
00:24:12.375 --> 00:24:14.625
I GET ALL THE TREASURES OUT\".
MAYBE IF YOU WANT SOME,
00:24:14.626 --> 00:24:17.459
COME SEE ME. I\'LL
SELL \'EM BACK TO YOU.
00:24:18.083 --> 00:24:20.625
AS ELEVATORS DISAPPEAR,
MORE AND MORE PEOPLE
00:24:20.626 --> 00:24:23.833
ARE LOOKING FOR A
SLICE OF PRAIRIE HISTORY.
00:24:23.834 --> 00:24:26.416
ELEVATOR TREASURES ARE A
HOTTER COMMODITY THAN THEY
00:24:26.417 --> 00:24:28.998
WERE EVEN A YEAR AGO.
AND PETE KNOWS HE ISN\'T
00:24:28.999 --> 00:24:32.583
THE ONLY VULTURE PICKING
OVER THE ENTRAILS ANY MORE.
00:24:32.584 --> 00:24:35.041
IT MAKES LIFE TRICKY
IN THE DEMOLITION GAME.
00:24:35.042 --> 00:24:37.998
MEN COME AND GO,
LOYALTIES SHIFT.
00:24:37.999 --> 00:24:41.998
DEALS CAN CRUMBLE AS FAST AS
ELEVATORS HIT THE GROUND.
00:24:41.999 --> 00:24:46.626
IT SEEMS EVERYWHERE PETE
LOOKS THERE\'S GREED.
00:24:48.667 --> 00:24:50.500
(Pete) FááKING RON\'S
BEING AN ASSHOLE!
00:24:50.501 --> 00:24:53.791
I SAID, 50 BUCKS. I\'LL GIVE
YOU 50 BUCKS FOR IT RIGHT NOW.
00:24:53.792 --> 00:24:56.374
AND RON, FááK,
TELL HIM A HUNDRED.
00:24:56.375 --> 00:24:59.583
SO I SAID, 75. THEN
HE SAID, \"NO, NO\".
00:24:59.584 --> 00:25:01.999
SO I SAID, \"OKAY, 100\".
AND I GOT MY WALLET OUT,
00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:03.583
JUST ABOUT TO PULL A
HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL
00:25:03.584 --> 00:25:07.999
AND HE SAYS \"NO. THAT\'S IT\".
WHAT A FááKING ASSHOLE, EH?
00:25:08.918 --> 00:25:12.625
HUH? YEAH, I\'LL GIVE
YOU A HUNDRED RIGHT NOW!
00:25:12.626 --> 00:25:14.626
OKAY.
00:25:21.584 --> 00:25:22.042
CHECK THAT OUT.
00:25:22.043 --> 00:25:25.998
THAT\'S GOING TO GO OVER A
FIREPLACE MANTLE, I RECKON.
00:25:25.999 --> 00:25:27.041
ISN\'T THAT WILD?
00:25:27.042 --> 00:25:28.625
EIGHT BY EIGHT.
00:25:28.626 --> 00:25:31.998
IMAGINE THAT RIGHT
OVER A FIREPLACE.
00:25:31.999 --> 00:25:33.999
FááKING AWESOME!
00:25:35.375 --> 00:25:37.625
I DON\'T KNOW,
I DON\'T KNOW.
00:25:37.626 --> 00:25:40.166
I GUESS I COULD ASK.
I COULD ASK A REALLY
00:25:40.167 --> 00:25:43.625
RIDICULOUSLY EXTORTIONATE
AMOUNT OF MONEY.
00:25:43.626 --> 00:25:47.998
AND IF I DO SELL IT, WELL YOU
KNOW. BUT THAT IS, ISN\'T IT?
00:25:47.999 --> 00:25:49.625
THAT\'S SOMETHING
ELSE, THAT ONE.
00:25:49.626 --> 00:25:53.625
IT\'S A TOTAL - IT\'S THE ROCKY
MOUNTAINS, ISN\'T, RIGHT THERE?
00:25:53.626 --> 00:25:54.626
(Man) IT\'S BEAUTIFUL.
00:25:54.627 --> 00:25:56.998
(Pete) ANYWAY, DON\'T DROOL
OVER IT TOO LONG, GUYS,
00:25:56.999 --> 00:25:59.625
\'CAUSE THEY\'LL
WANT MORE FOR IT.
00:25:59.626 --> 00:26:07.626
(♪)
00:26:15.375 --> 00:26:17.998
(Bruce) THE FIRST TIME
I WENT TO CARMAN GAY,
00:26:17.999 --> 00:26:20.625
THERE WAS A ROW OF SEVEN
ELEVATORS AND ONE TIME I WENT
00:26:20.626 --> 00:26:22.875
BACK, IT WAS A SUNDAY
MORNING, I WAS LEAVING TOWN
00:26:22.876 --> 00:26:25.374
AND THERE WERE A FEW OF
THEM HAD BEEN TAKEN DOWN.
00:26:25.375 --> 00:26:28.249
AND AS I WAS LEAVING TOWN,
I SAW A VERY OLD COUPLE
00:26:28.250 --> 00:26:31.625
WALKING THEIR VERY OLD
DOG. STOPPED TO ASK THEM
00:26:31.626 --> 00:26:36.082
ABOUT THE MISSING ELEVATORS
AND HER PERSPECTIVE WAS,
00:26:36.083 --> 00:26:41.082
\"OH, THAT NICE BEAUTIFUL ROW
WITH THE ELEVATORS MISSING NOW
00:26:41.083 --> 00:26:44.999
IS LIKE A KID WITH SOME
FRONT TEETH MISSING\".
00:26:45.999 --> 00:26:52.500
♪ I REMEMBER DAYS WHEN I
WAS JUST A LITTLE BOY ♪
00:26:52.501 --> 00:26:54.374
(Barb) YOU KNOW, WHEN
THE ELEVATORS LEFT,
00:26:54.375 --> 00:26:56.999
WHEN THE COMMUNITY\'S GONE
AND THE BUILDINGS ARE GONE,
00:26:57.000 --> 00:27:00.998
THEY\'RE ALMOST A TOMBSTONE TO
A WAY OF LIFE AND THE PEOPLE
00:27:00.999 --> 00:27:04.834
THAT LIVED THERE. AND
I FIND THAT VERY SAD.
00:27:08.417 --> 00:27:14.042
♪ BRINGING IN THE
HARVEST WITH MY DAD. ♪
00:27:28.167 --> 00:27:30.625
THINGS LOOK GRIM FOR
THE MAYERTHORPE GROUP.
00:27:30.626 --> 00:27:33.625
THEY NEED TO DEAL WITH THE
GRAIN COMPANY FOR THE BUILDING
00:27:33.626 --> 00:27:36.791
AND A SEPARATE DEAL WITH
THE RAILWAY FOR THE LAND.
00:27:36.792 --> 00:27:39.917
THE PROBLEM IS, BOTH
COMPANIES WANT BOND MONEY
00:27:39.918 --> 00:27:42.666
FROM THE GROUP TO PROVE
IT HAS ITS ACT TOGETHER.
00:27:42.667 --> 00:27:46.291
NOT IMPOSSIBLE, BUT
TIME IS RUNNING OUT.
00:27:46.292 --> 00:27:48.998
THE GRAIN COMPANY\'S
STARTING TO LOSE PATIENCE.
00:27:48.999 --> 00:27:52.625
THEY\'RE NOT CRAZY ABOUT
PAYING TAXES ON A BUILDING
00:27:52.626 --> 00:27:53.584
THEY DON\'T USE.
00:27:53.585 --> 00:27:56.999
THE EASIEST SOLUTION MIGHT BE
TO KNOCK THE ELEVATOR DOWN
00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:59.667
AND CALL IT A DAY.
00:28:01.250 --> 00:28:04.291
(Chris) I THINK IT\'S TIME THAT
AS A SOCIETY WE START WORKING
00:28:04.292 --> 00:28:09.166
TOGETHER, GET OUR BUTTS IN
LINE AND GET THIS DONE.
00:28:09.167 --> 00:28:11.625
WE\'RE AT THE 11th HOUR.
00:28:11.626 --> 00:28:13.666
WE\'RE SITTING LIKE
RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN WAS
00:28:13.667 --> 00:28:16.583
WHEN THE GERMANS SAID
\"NO, WE WON\'T ATTACK\".
00:28:16.584 --> 00:28:19.834
BUT THEY\'RE READY TO
ATTACK THE BUILDING.
00:28:35.792 --> 00:28:43.792
(♪)
00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:51.998
THE LANDSCAPE CHANGED WHEN
COUNTRY ELEVATORS FIRST
00:28:51.999 --> 00:28:55.458
APPEARED AND IT\'S CHANGING
AGAIN AS THEY DISAPPEAR.
00:28:55.459 --> 00:28:59.082
THIS ROUND, THE CHANGE
SEEMS TO BE A BIGGER DEAL.
00:28:59.083 --> 00:29:02.625
MAYBE BECAUSE THERE\'S MORE
PEOPLE AROUND TO WITNESS IT.
00:29:02.626 --> 00:29:06.791
ONE GRAIN COMPANY ESTIMATES
nTHAT 15 OLD ELEVATORS ARE BEING
00:29:06.792 --> 00:29:10.374
DEMOLISHED FOR EVERY NEW
nCONCRETE ELEVATOR THAT\'S BUILT.
00:29:10.375 --> 00:29:14.583
BRUCE AND BARBARA DON\'T GET TO
nEVERY OLD ONE BEFORE IT\'S GONE.
00:29:14.584 --> 00:29:18.000
BUT SOMETIMES THEY GET LUCKY.
00:29:23.876 --> 00:29:26.708
(Barb) YOU KNOW, IF YOU
ARE IN A SMALL TOWN AND
00:29:26.709 --> 00:29:29.791
YOU TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT
WHY THEIR ELEVATOR IS GOING,
00:29:29.792 --> 00:29:31.998
YOU\'LL GET ALL KINDS OF
VIEWPOINTS ON THAT.
00:29:31.999 --> 00:29:34.625
SOME WILL BE \"OH, THE BIG
GRAIN COMPANIES ARE JUST
00:29:34.626 --> 00:29:37.625
GREEDY\", AND OTHERS\'LL
SAY \"WELL, THE RAILROADS
00:29:37.626 --> 00:29:40.082
ARE JUST GREEDY. THEY
DON\'T COME HERE ANY MORE\".
00:29:40.083 --> 00:29:43.583
BUT REALLY, IT\'S A
MATTER OF OBSOLESCENCE.
00:29:43.584 --> 00:29:48.374
AND INCREDIBLY, THESE ADAPTED
VERY WELL FOR MANY YEARS.
00:29:48.375 --> 00:29:51.166
I MEAN, SOME STARTED
HORSE-DRIVEN THEN WENT TO
00:29:51.167 --> 00:29:54.998
GAS ENGINE, OR DIESEL ENGINE
AND THEN WENT TO ELECTRICITY
00:29:54.999 --> 00:29:57.998
AND THEY REALLY ADAPTED GREAT.
00:29:57.999 --> 00:30:02.625
I MEAN, WHAT OTHER STRUCTURE
WOULD LAST 100 - 125 YEARS?
00:30:02.626 --> 00:30:07.416
AND EVEN THE NEW FACILITIES
USE THE SAME EQUIPMENT.
00:30:07.417 --> 00:30:10.416
BUT THESE ARE
JUST TOO SMALL.
00:30:10.417 --> 00:30:12.666
WHAT\'S GOING TO HAPPEN
WITH THE ELEVATOR?
00:30:12.667 --> 00:30:13.626
ARE THEY GOING
TO KEEP IT HERE?
00:30:13.627 --> 00:30:16.998
(Man) THIS ONE HERE, THEY\'RE
BUILDING A NEW ONE IN MALFORD.
00:30:16.999 --> 00:30:17.459
(Barb) OKAY.
00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:19.708
(Man) AND WHEN THAT
HAPPENS, THIS ONE HERE
00:30:19.709 --> 00:30:21.998
WILL BE TORN
DOWN OR WHATEVER.
00:30:21.999 --> 00:30:25.625
(Barb) AND HOW DID
THE TOWNSPEOPLE REACT?
00:30:25.626 --> 00:30:27.833
(Man) WELL, IT\'S GOING TO
AFFECT THEM QUITE A BIT
00:30:27.834 --> 00:30:29.998
\'CAUSE OF THE TAX MONEY
AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
00:30:29.999 --> 00:30:33.082
(Barb) HOW MUCH DOES THE
ELEVATOR PAY IN TAXES?
00:30:33.083 --> 00:30:35.458
(Man) I THINK IT\'S ABOUT 11,000.
00:30:35.459 --> 00:30:36.833
(Barb) 11,000?
00:30:36.834 --> 00:30:37.459
(Man) YES.
00:30:37.460 --> 00:30:38.998
(Barb) AND SO WHEN
THE ELEVATOR GOES,
00:30:38.999 --> 00:30:40.998
THAT\'LL BE A BIG LOSS
TO THE TOWN BUDGET.
00:30:40.999 --> 00:30:44.458
(Man) IT PROBABLY PAYS
60 PERCENT OF IT.
00:30:44.459 --> 00:30:44.999
(Barb) WOW.
00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:48.667
(Man) SO IT\'LL BE A BIG
- A BIG LOSS. YES.
00:30:55.999 --> 00:30:56.918
(Pete) THERE SHE IS,
00:30:56.919 --> 00:31:00.208
JUST POKING HER HEAD ABOVE
THE, ABOVE THE HORIZON.
00:31:00.209 --> 00:31:02.833
THE TARGET - THE
TARGET IS DOOMED.
00:31:02.834 --> 00:31:07.458
DOES SHE HAVE AN INKLING
OF WHAT\'S CLOSING IN ON HER
00:31:07.459 --> 00:31:09.291
WITH THE CHAINSAWS
AND THE BARS
00:31:09.292 --> 00:31:12.708
AND THE BIG, BIG
DINOSAUR MACHINES?
00:31:12.709 --> 00:31:15.876
SHE DOESN\'T HAVE A CLUE.
00:31:26.834 --> 00:31:28.500
LOOKING REAL GOOD.
00:31:28.501 --> 00:31:29.625
IT\'S LOOKING REAL GOOD.
00:31:29.626 --> 00:31:32.500
THERE\'S EVERYTHING THERE.
THEY\'VE JUST WALKED AWAY.
00:31:32.501 --> 00:31:34.291
NOW THIS IS WHEN YOU WONDER
- DO THEY REALLY THINK,
00:31:34.292 --> 00:31:38.667
DO THEY REALLY KNOW? DO THEY
REALLY WANT US TO KNOCK IT DOWN.
00:31:40.626 --> 00:31:42.998
IT\'S AMAZING. IT\'S ALMOST
LIKE YOU\'D THINK SOMEBODY
00:31:42.999 --> 00:31:45.917
WAS GOING TO PULL UP WITH
A GRAIN TRUCK RIGHT AWAY.
00:31:45.918 --> 00:31:47.166
MAYBE SOMEBODY WILL.
00:31:47.167 --> 00:31:50.416
IN THE CONFUSION, IT\'LL BE LIKE,
\"GET THE FááK OUT OF HERE!
00:31:50.417 --> 00:31:52.584
WE\'RE KNOCKING IT DOWN!\"
00:31:56.709 --> 00:31:57.626
(Man) I DON\'T KNOW.
00:31:57.627 --> 00:32:01.082
I\'VE BEEN DREADING THE DAY OR
THE POSSIBILITIES OF THE DAY.
00:32:01.083 --> 00:32:04.041
I DON\'T KNOW WHAT I\'M GOING
TO FEEL WHEN I SEE IT GO.
00:32:04.042 --> 00:32:06.291
IT\'S GOING TO BE - IT\'S
GOING TO BE REALLY SAD.
00:32:06.292 --> 00:32:11.666
I READ AN ARTICLE ONE
TIME IN REGARD TO THE
DEMISE OF THE ELEVATORS
00:32:11.667 --> 00:32:14.625
AND THIS PERSON REALLY PUT IT
IN PERSPECTIVE, I THOUGHT.
00:32:14.626 --> 00:32:18.833
IT SAID, \"YOU ALWAYS KNOW
WHEN YOU\'RE HOME WHEN YOU
SEE YOUR ELEVATOR\".
00:32:18.834 --> 00:32:23.082
AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS A
VERY, VERY GOOD STATEMENT.
00:32:23.083 --> 00:32:23.709
BECAUSE IT\'S TRUE.
00:32:23.710 --> 00:32:27.458
EVERY TIME YOU GO AWAY, SOON AS
YOU COME OVER ANY HILL HERE,
00:32:27.459 --> 00:32:31.041
YOU SEE THE ELEVATOR,
YOU KNOW YOU\'RE HOME.
00:32:31.042 --> 00:32:33.208
(Pete) BOY, THERE\'S A
LOT OF TREASURES HERE.
00:32:33.209 --> 00:32:36.082
NICE LITTLE TROUBLE LIGHT
RIGHT THERE. BEAUTIFUL.
00:32:36.083 --> 00:32:38.041
EXPLOSION-PROOF LAMPS.
00:32:38.042 --> 00:32:39.626
RIGHT ON.
00:32:41.375 --> 00:32:45.583
(Bruce) IT JUST SEEMS TO ME,
AN ISSUE THAT HAS MUSHROOMED
00:32:45.584 --> 00:32:47.998
AND THEY JUST SEEM LIKE
THEY\'RE ON A MISSION.
00:32:47.999 --> 00:32:51.291
THEY\'RE JUST OBSESSED WITH
GETTING RID OF THESE STRUCTURES
00:32:51.292 --> 00:32:54.625
FOR SOME REASON. I
DON\'T UNDERSTAND IT.
00:32:54.626 --> 00:32:56.998
BUT AS FAR AS
THE COMPANIES GO,
00:32:56.999 --> 00:32:59.166
THEY\'RE LOOKING AT
THE BOTTOM LINE
00:32:59.167 --> 00:33:02.625
AND A SMALL COMMUNITY IS
NOT AN ISSUE FOR THEM,
00:33:02.626 --> 00:33:05.626
I GUESS, ANY LONGER.
00:33:06.834 --> 00:33:08.791
(Pete) THIS IS JUST BEAUTIFUL.
00:33:08.792 --> 00:33:10.458
NO, I\'M REALLY
HAPPY TODAY.
00:33:10.459 --> 00:33:12.875
THIS IS A BEAUT. A BEAUT.
00:33:12.876 --> 00:33:15.791
(Fred) VERY, VERY DISAPPOINTING.
00:33:15.792 --> 00:33:18.500
I MEAN, IT\'S A WORKABLE
STRUCTURE, IT\'S A GOOD BUILDING.
00:33:18.501 --> 00:33:21.917
I MEAN, RIGHT NOW IT\'S JUST A
BUILDING BUT I THINK THE REAL
00:33:21.918 --> 00:33:26.998
LOSS IS GOING TO BE IN 20 YEARS
WHEN EVERYBODY LOOKS BACK
00:33:26.999 --> 00:33:29.998
AND THEY\'LL BE
REALLY, REALLY SORRY
00:33:29.999 --> 00:33:33.000
THAT THERE AREN\'T
A FEW AROUND.
00:33:34.667 --> 00:33:42.667
♪ WHEN I SEE THEM PRAIRIE
CASTLES STANDING TALL ♪
00:33:45.626 --> 00:33:47.625
(Fred) TO ME, IT MAKES NO SENSE.
00:33:47.626 --> 00:33:49.666
AGRICOR HAD A
CHANCE TO GET OUT,
00:33:49.667 --> 00:33:51.998
SAVE THE COST
OF DEMOLITION.
00:33:51.999 --> 00:33:55.374
IT MAKES NO SENSE
AT ALL TO ME.
00:33:55.375 --> 00:33:58.625
AGRICOR\'S ALWAYS TALKING
OF FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY,
00:33:58.626 --> 00:34:00.833
THE BOTTOM LINE IS
THE IMPORTANT PART.
00:34:00.834 --> 00:34:03.625
THEY JUST HAD A CHANCE
MAYBE, TO SAVE,
00:34:03.626 --> 00:34:05.583
I DON\'T KNOW - $50,000.
00:34:05.584 --> 00:34:07.666
MAYBE THAT\'S A VERY
OPTIMISTIC FIGURE.
00:34:07.667 --> 00:34:09.291
WALK AWAY, LIABILITY-FREE.
00:34:09.292 --> 00:34:11.998
AND INSTEAD, THEY\'LL INCUR
THE COSTS OF DEMOLITION
00:34:11.999 --> 00:34:14.998
AND MAKES
NO SENSE AT ALL.
00:34:14.999 --> 00:34:19.709
SUPPOSEDLY FARMER-OWNED, BUT
DEFINITELY NOT FARMER-RUN.
00:34:21.292 --> 00:34:27.666
♪ LIKE A LANDMARK TO THE
PLACE THEY MADE THEIR OWN ♪
00:34:27.667 --> 00:34:35.667
♪ I WILL KNOW THAT I HAVE
FOUND MY WAY BACK HOME. ♪
00:34:42.167 --> 00:34:44.249
(Pete) WELL, YEAH, I\'M GOING
TO STICK AROUND TONIGHT
00:34:44.250 --> 00:34:45.833
AND WE\'LL GET THE
LEG OUT IN THE MORNING.
00:34:45.834 --> 00:34:47.875
WE WILL PULL THE LEG
OUT, WHAT THERE IS.
00:34:47.876 --> 00:34:49.666
BUT A LOT OF IT
DID GET DESTROYED.
00:34:49.667 --> 00:34:52.291
I\'LL BE LUCKY IF I GET 30
PERCENT MAYBE, 40 PERCENT.
00:34:52.292 --> 00:34:54.625
WHICH IS A SHAME, \'CAUSE
THAT WAS A NICE LEG.
00:34:54.626 --> 00:34:57.625
BUT - ON TO THE
NEXT ELEVATOR!
00:34:57.626 --> 00:35:01.998
THIS AIN\'T THE ONLY
ELEVATOR IN THIS PROVINCE.
00:35:01.999 --> 00:35:03.999
BUT IT WILL BE SOON!
00:35:15.459 --> 00:35:23.459
(♪)
00:35:33.292 --> 00:35:36.875
(Narrator) OVER THE YEARS,
PETE\'S PERFECTED THIS BUSINESS
00:35:36.876 --> 00:35:37.999
OF GUTTING AN ELEVATOR.
00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:41.998
KNOCK ONE DOWN AND HE\'LL PICK
nHIS BOARDS OUT OF THE WRECKAGE.
00:35:41.999 --> 00:35:46.416
LEAVE IT STANDING AND HE\'LL
CARVE OUT WHAT HE\'S AFTER.
00:35:46.417 --> 00:35:49.082
IN FACT, PETE\'S SO GOOD
AT WHAT HE DOES,
00:35:49.083 --> 00:35:51.833
HE MAY HAVE WORKED
HIMSELF OUT OF A JOB.
00:35:51.834 --> 00:35:54.998
THIS ELEVATOR\'S THE FIRST
ONE HE\'S DONE IN MONTHS,
00:35:54.999 --> 00:35:57.208
AND IT COULD BE HIS LAST.
00:35:57.209 --> 00:36:00.625
ELEVATOR 126.
00:36:00.626 --> 00:36:01.998
(Pete) GOT A BIG STOCK PILE.
00:36:01.999 --> 00:36:04.500
I\'VE GOT A BIG, BIG
STOCK PILE AND YOU KNOW,
00:36:04.501 --> 00:36:06.998
IT\'S HARD TO - IT\'S HARD
TO KEEP DOING THIS.
00:36:06.999 --> 00:36:09.249
YOU KNOW, IT\'S A DIRTY,
DANGEROUS JOB AND HOW MANY
00:36:09.250 --> 00:36:11.625
MORE TIMES DO YOU WANT
TO KEEP RISKING YOUR NECK?
00:36:11.626 --> 00:36:13.625
AND YOUR FRIENDS, I MEAN, HOW
MANY TIMES DOES EVERYBODY
00:36:13.626 --> 00:36:16.583
WANT TO KEEP RISKING THEIR NECK,
BREATHING ALL THIS DUST AND
00:36:16.584 --> 00:36:20.583
EVERYTHING? LIKE IT\'S
GETTING NEAR THE END ANYWAY.
00:36:20.584 --> 00:36:22.875
IT\'S BEEN A GOOD
RUN, YOU KNOW.
00:36:22.876 --> 00:36:25.666
NO, I DON\'T REALLY, I DON\'T
FEEL MELANCHOLY ABOUT IT.
00:36:25.667 --> 00:36:28.625
IT\'S JUST - THAT WAS GOOD FUN.
I GOT LOTS OF GOOD MEMORIES,
00:36:28.626 --> 00:36:30.625
I GOT LOTS OF PHOTOGRAPHS,
YOU KNOW. TELL THE OLD
00:36:30.626 --> 00:36:33.625
GRANDCHILDREN, \"WHEN I WAS
A LEG BUSTER, WE USED TO...
00:36:33.626 --> 00:36:37.666
I DON\'T THINK NOTHING OF RIDING
THAT MAN LIFT 30 MILE AN HOUR
00:36:37.667 --> 00:36:40.625
RIGHT TO THE TOP. SLAM IT IN
THERE AND OUT WITH MY CHAINSAW
00:36:40.626 --> 00:36:44.625
AND WHALING... TOSS MY CAP -
TOSS MY CAP OUT THE WINDOW
00:36:44.626 --> 00:36:48.625
AND RIDE DOWN THAT MAN LIFT,
I COME FLYING OUT THE DOOR,
00:36:48.626 --> 00:36:52.250
CATCH YOUR CAP.
I\'M THE KING!\"
00:37:01.501 --> 00:37:04.998
20 YEARS AGO, I WAS GETTING
OFF A BUS WITH A HOLDALL.
00:37:04.999 --> 00:37:08.998
GETTING OFF A GREYHOUND BUS
NOT EIGHT MILE FROM HERE.
00:37:08.999 --> 00:37:10.583
AND THAT\'S ALL I HAD.
00:37:10.584 --> 00:37:13.625
AND NOW HERE I AM, YOU
KNOW, I GOT COUNTLESS,
00:37:13.626 --> 00:37:15.998
COUNTLESS LEGS OF
LUMBER IN MY YARD.
00:37:15.999 --> 00:37:19.583
AND TO ME, THAT WOOD IS ONLY
GOING TO GO UP IN VALUE.
00:37:19.584 --> 00:37:21.833
THE MORE PEOPLE REALIZE
JUST WHAT\'S HAPPENED
00:37:21.834 --> 00:37:23.833
AND WHAT\'S GONE AND
WHAT THEY\'VE LOST,
00:37:23.834 --> 00:37:27.208
THEY WANT A PIECE OF
HISTORY - WELL, I GOT IT.
00:37:27.209 --> 00:37:29.918
FOR SALE.
00:37:34.292 --> 00:37:42.292
(♪)
00:37:49.626 --> 00:37:52.374
(Bruce) WE KNOW WE\'RE DOING
SOMETHING THAT\'S MEANINGFUL.
00:37:52.375 --> 00:37:55.998
WE\'RE SAD ABOUT THE LOSS, WE\'RE
EXCITED ABOUT BEING ON THE ROAD.
00:37:55.999 --> 00:37:59.625
WHAT WE\'RE DOING IS PRESERVING
THAT, SO THAT DOES NOT
00:37:59.626 --> 00:38:03.249
HAPPEN IN A THOUSAND
YEARS FROM NOW.
00:38:03.250 --> 00:38:06.249
THAT THERE WILL BE SOMETHING
TO REMEMBER VISUALLY
00:38:06.250 --> 00:38:09.625
RATHER THAN JUST
THE IMAGINATION.
00:38:09.626 --> 00:38:15.625
(♪)
00:38:15.626 --> 00:38:19.374
♪ AND I HAVE
FOUND MY WAY ♪
00:38:19.375 --> 00:38:23.583
(Bruce) AND EVEN IF WE CAN
ONLY PRESERVE ONE OR TEN
00:38:23.584 --> 00:38:27.291
- I\'LL FEEL REAL
GOOD ABOUT THAT.
00:38:27.292 --> 00:38:31.291
AND THERE\'LL BE 10
TO TAKE PICTURES OF.
00:38:31.292 --> 00:38:36.998
♪ LIKE A LANDMARK TO THE
PLACE THEY MADE THEIR HOME ♪
00:38:36.999 --> 00:38:40.500
♪ I WILL KNOW THAT I HAVE
FOUND MY WAY BACK HOME. ♪
00:38:40.501 --> 00:38:42.416
(Narrator) ONE ELEVATOR
THAT BRUCE MIGHT BE TAKING
00:38:42.417 --> 00:38:45.917
PICTURES OF IN THE FUTURE
IS THIS ONE RIGHT HERE -
00:38:45.918 --> 00:38:46.998
IN MAYERTHORPE.
00:38:46.999 --> 00:38:49.625
AFTER TWO YEARS OF
MEETINGS, PHONE CALLS,
00:38:49.626 --> 00:38:52.998
GRANT APPLICATIONS, MORE
MEETINGS, PILES OF RED TAPE,
00:38:52.999 --> 00:38:56.500
FINALLY, SOME GOOD NEWS.
00:38:56.501 --> 00:38:59.791
25,000 DOLLARS IN GRANT
MONEY COMES THROUGH
00:38:59.792 --> 00:39:01.291
FROM THE PROVINCIAL
GOVERNMENT.
00:39:01.292 --> 00:39:03.998
THAT\'S ENOUGH MONEY FOR
THE LAND, THE BUILDING
00:39:03.999 --> 00:39:07.625
AND THE FIRST
TASTE OF VICTORY.
00:39:07.626 --> 00:39:10.625
(Chris) WELL, WE STARTED
OUT AS NINE PEOPLE.
00:39:10.626 --> 00:39:13.833
WE\'RE NOW DOWN
TO SEVEN MEMBERS.
00:39:13.834 --> 00:39:18.666
AND I WOULD SAY, WE WERE
DEFINITELY A LITTLE DAVID
00:39:18.667 --> 00:39:22.625
FIGHTING GOLIATH
WITH AGRICOR AND CN.
00:39:22.626 --> 00:39:28.208
BUT UH... DAVID WON.
SO DID WE.
00:39:28.209 --> 00:39:31.625
WELL, IT\'S ALL OURS, THE
LAND AND THE BUILDING.
00:39:31.626 --> 00:39:33.998
THIS IS OUR NIGHT
TO CELEBRATE.
00:39:33.999 --> 00:39:38.917
IT\'S CULMINATED AFTER WHAT, 18
MONTHS SINCE WE STARTED OUT?
00:39:38.918 --> 00:39:41.998
HERE WE ARE.
WE\'RE ON OUR WAY.
00:39:41.999 --> 00:39:42.999
(Woman) YUP!
00:39:43.000 --> 00:39:45.833
(Chris) YES, YOU CAN
SHOUT HURRAY! YAY!
00:39:45.834 --> 00:39:47.584
(cheering)
00:39:49.459 --> 00:39:52.500
(Chris) WELL EVERYONE.
THIS IS A TOAST TO US.
00:39:52.501 --> 00:39:53.875
WE\'VE DONE IT.
00:39:53.876 --> 00:39:56.167
(Woman) CHEERS!
00:39:57.626 --> 00:40:00.625
(Chris) I MEAN, I DON\'T
KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE
00:40:00.626 --> 00:40:02.500
HAVE BEEN IN HERE
SINCE LAST YEAR.
00:40:02.501 --> 00:40:03.998
THEY ARE A
VANISHING GIANT.
00:40:03.999 --> 00:40:05.999
AND WE DO NEED
TO PRESERVE THEM.
00:40:06.000 --> 00:40:09.041
AND FIGHT TO
PRESERVE THEM.
00:40:09.042 --> 00:40:12.833
SO THOSE KIDS WHEN THEY GO
AWAY, AT LEAST WHEN THEY COME
00:40:12.834 --> 00:40:15.998
HOME, THEY\'LL KNOW WHEN THEY\'RE
COMING DOWN THAT HIGHWAY,
00:40:15.999 --> 00:40:18.374
THERE\'S THE ELEVATOR,
THERE\'S HOME.
00:40:18.375 --> 00:40:20.416
THEIR ELEVATOR\'S
STILL STANDING.
00:40:20.417 --> 00:40:23.417
AND IT REPRESENTS
THEIR TOWN.
00:40:24.667 --> 00:40:27.041
WHETHER THEY COME BACK TO
LIVE OR WHETHER THEY JUST
00:40:27.042 --> 00:40:31.999
COME BACK TO VISIT, THEY\'LL
ALWAYS KNOW - THERE\'S HOME.
00:40:34.667 --> 00:40:41.250
♪ I REMEMBER DAYS WHEN I
WAS JUST A LITTLE BOY... ♪
