Initial Need For

Trails Is $14,000
Say Mining Men

. TA meeting was held in Smith-
mrs on the 19th under the auspices
Mf the mining “bureau of the
mcoard of Trade. Donald Simpson
nd others connected with the
mining business were present.
ind were very modest in their
maiemands upon the provincial trea-
mury. The object of the meeting
aavas to think up schemes for get-

axing: money spent on prospectors’
trails in the vicinity of Smithers
gand Telkwa, Onlv fourteen thou-
Band dollars are being asked for
gas a result of the first meeting,
although that is not so bad for a
starter,
The boys. want $3,000 for the
mOriftwood Creek trail, they want
she Duthie mine road completed;
mthen $5,000 for the Silver Creek
mecrail, on Iiudson Bay mountain;
£33,000 for the Hunter Basin trail;
52,000 for the Owen Lake trail;
a000 to improve the trail from
gDonald Simpson’s Empire group
mato the plateau on Hudson Bay
mountain; $1,000 to connect the
empire group trail with Miller's
mcascade group, and an unstated
sum to:re,open and improve the

miver, Other trails, roads and
poridzes will be included as soon
mas others in the district find out
Bwhat they want,

mm The mining members of the
moard of Trade also have decided
geo have a chamber of mines in
mmithers and to affiliate the Pro-
@incial Chamber of Mines with
them. A committee has that
mitle matter in hand now.

Favors Eugenic Marriages
a When Hon. Wm. Sloan drew
mene attention of the Legislature
go the rapid increase in the num-
gper of patients in the mental hos-
@pitals in the province, Dr. Wrinch
@ave the,members some inside
maoformation on insanity. While
Eahe bulk of the patients main-
ained in B. C. institutions are
marom other provinces and from
Moreign countries, the member
Mor Skeena pointed out the need
af curtailing the hereditary brand
mf insanity. He advocated a
Bystem of eugenic marriages.
wie said he did not think it was
msking too much to ask that those
mreparing to enter wedlock prove
moat they were not subject to
iseases or mental weaknesses
hat might be inherited by their
phildren.

aA recount ‘in- - North . Huron,
me nt., gave the’ Conservative can-
Beidate a majority of eight over

sclared elected previously. This
Beaves one Progreagive’. in On-|.
Berio, or east of the Great Lakes,
ae als inereaseg the Hon,, Arthur
OY eighen’s total.

- tratupithe-south-fork of Telkwa:

nor, was the grandfather of
George G. Bushby, of Prince

me Progregsive. who: had. been|.

NEW HAZELTON, B, G., NOVEMBER 27, 1925

Orders Brighten
Lives of Interior
Cedar Pole Men

While in the south recently

Oldf Hanson made arrangements
to export all the shorter length
poles he has in stock along the
railway. All lengths between 25
feet and forty feet are included
in the order. This will enable
all the pole camps to get busy
again. The three camps which
ship from New Hazelton will be
able to put on ‘more ¢utters and
can start hauling as soon as the
freeze-up.commences, The or-
ders now in hand will take ‘all
the poles that can be hauled
here before the spring break-up.
A number of ears will be loaded
at the local depot-as soon as the
cars are spotted. This order for
poles will make a big difference
to this town. It: looked like a
poor winter until recently,

To Work on Grouse Mt.

It is understood that the Pohl-
man Investment Co., of Spokane,
wil] undertake development on a
large scale on Grouse mountain
next spting, This company has
been interested for years” with
L, Sehorn in this property."
réported “that “the” company "is
taking over Mr, Sehorn’s inter-
est. For the last two years Jack
Oaks has been working on the
claims, and what he has done
has made the property look ex-
ceptionally good. The ore value
is largely in zine.

Will Mine at Usk

G. W. Ellis, late of Vancouver
and one-time sawmill operator
furnishing Grand Trunk Pacific
construction in Western ‘B. C.,
was in Usk last week to complete
arrangements for the preliminary
development of some mining pro-
perties in the vicinity, He has
bonded the Snowflake group of
28 claims, which are situated on
Kitnakwa River, a branch‘ of
Copper River, at 28-mile, and
which are owned by John Gab-
riel, Mr. Ellis intends to devote
the winter to active development
of the property, the mineraliza-
tion of which consists mainly of
native silver mh some sulphides
carrying silver. \ _

To commemorate the birth of
British Columbia the Vancouver
Province Sunday edition carried
a full page illustrated story, Sir
James Douglas, the first gover-

Rupert, the Conservative candi-
date in Skeena in the last federal
election, and who is preparing
for the next Dominion contest,
which cannot be long delayed.

The timber arrived last Friday
for new culverts on the railway

‘tin this district,

“Tt is}

. {many and varied audiences,

‘Dad” Weeks,
Pioneer, ‘Takes
His Last Trail

Private intelligence was receiv-
ed in Terrace this week that yet
another of the real old-timers and
pio eers of the district had taken
the last long trail, in the person
of Samuel Charles Weeks, who
died in Calgary General Hospital
on Friday, November 13,

‘Dad’? Weeks, as he was com-
monly known, came in 1905 to
Kitsumkalum, which in the early
days was one of the largest settle-
ments on the lower Skeena River
There he took up a pre-emption
close to the river and made his
home until a year or two ago,
when he decided to visit his old
home in New Brunswick, return-
ing in a few months to Kitsum-
kalum, where for many years he

“leombined the duties of postmas-

ter with those of thefarm. The
ranch itself he developed into the
largest producer of strawberries
in the Valley for a number of
years. The late Mr. Weeks was
last heard of in Edmonton after
leaving this. district for good.
He is survived by -a nephew in
that city and other relatives in
New: Branewick... :

“Generous to’ a “fault, - “Dad”?

held a warm place in the hearts

of many travellers uy and down
the line during the days of ‘rail-
\way construction, and great was
his never-failing hospitality.. Hts
ability te entertain with stories
of the pioneer days gained him
The
people of Terrace and Kiitsum-
kalum have particular reason to
be grateful to Mr. Weekg, who,
about fifteen years azo, donated
a portion of bis farm for what is
now used as a cemetery for the
district. A more beautiful loca-
tion could not have been chogen,
nor a more. generous: impulse
actuaté its giving. . .

The late Mr. Weeks was born
in 1845 and arrived in Skeena in

tled at Kallum. His wife and
son predeceased him a number of
years,

Shipping’ Car a, Day
The Duthie Mines will increase
their ore shipments to a carload
per day within the next couple of
weeks. Two large trucks have
been shipped to be used in haul-
ing the ‘ore from the mine to
Smithers. The development work
has proved very satisfactory and
the company is naw in shape to
increase the number of men em-
ployed... The present staff. num-
bers forty-five and ten or more
men will be taken on. : There is
also great hope that in. the spring

Lor summer the company will put

in a concentrator and then: run
on ascale larger than. any -yet
undertaker ‘in the interior.

..,Bine o'clock at night, and he had

1904 and the following year set-|;

Mysterious Fire
Destroys House
-Qwner Absent

Terrace again suffered loss by
fire when’ on Saturday evening
the residence owned by Mrs.
Griffith, of Prince Rupert, and
held under lease by Mr. Doull,
was totally destroyed. Nothing
was saved from the building,
which itself was partly covered
by insurance.

‘The house was of frame con-
struction, one storey high, and
when discovered afire had gone
too far to permit: of its saving.
Consequently, al! efforts - were
concentrated upon the removal
doomed building and the barn
owned by George Cobb, which
was seriously threatened by ‘the
flames, Owing to the calmness
of the evening and to the fall of
rain which had taken place a
little earlier, no difficulty was
experienced in saving the sur-
rounding buildings.

The origin of the fire isa mys
tery, as the tenant, Mr. Dool,
had left for the other side of the
river early in the afternoon and
the fire’ was not discovered until

No, 22

Christmas Entertainment

The meeting called by the
Parent-Teacher Association on
Friday last to discuss plans for
Terrace’s annual Christmas Tree

entertainment was 80 poorly at-
tended that a postponement was

derstanding that unless twenty-
five families were~ presented at
the meeting the event of the
year for the children would have
to be definitely cancelled. How:
ever, Wednesday’s meeting made
certain that the youngsters would
not be disappointed. . A large
gathering was present, and ap-
pointed J. H. Young chairman,

Little campaign manager.
affair will take place on Thurs-
day, December 17, . The enter-
tainment committee consists of
Misses Dobb, Pearson, Mallott
and Andrews, and W. H. Bur-
nett; the buying committee of
Mrs. C. R. Gilbert, J. M. Hatt
and §. N. Kirkaldy, and the
decorating committee of Mes.
dames Frost, Sundal and Burnett.

W. G.- Ellis was in town the
end of the week, getting supplies
ready fér his camp on Copper
River, where he will do develop-
ment work on the Gabriel miner-
al.claima. ..

TET ee

not since : returned from the Lak-
‘else side. .

A Fancy Dress Bridge

Mrs. D. D. Munro was hostess
on Thursday evening, the 19th,
at tour tables of bridge. The
guests were all in faney dress
and at the conclusion of card-
playing each guest contributed a
program number appropriate to
the costume she was wearing.
The prizewinner at bridge was
Mrs. ©. von Hees, and the win-
ners of costume prizes were Mrs.
J. Hatt, representing the Vic-
torian Era; Mrs. Greig, in a 19th
Century gown; Mrs. L. Kincaid,
as a Sheik, and Mrs. E, T. Ken-
ney, dressed as *““Mamma’s Little

day evening last, At the close

-lof the games another enjovable

hour was spent in musie and
social intercourse.

A congregational social will be
held in the New Hazelton church
this (Friday) evening. All are
invited to attend.

Girl.’’ Delightful refreshments
were served and were followed
by daneing until a late hour.
During supper Mrs. F. Lazelle
was the recipient of a large bas-
ket of flowers with birthday

preetings from her hostess.

[Fifty cents extra to

4
Boe _
Me net ant

' Make Your Christinas
Present

_ one that is worth while and one that
will last throughout the year.

The Omineca Herald

to your friends and relatives back home |
or who are in distant parts. You would
be surprised how carefully they read it
and just how anxiously they look for it.
It means a letter every week from you.
It is only $2.00 a year any place in Canada. \

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made until the 25th with the un- -

Geo. Dover secretary, ani Geo. -
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Mrs, George Keith v was hostess
‘tto the B.D. Bridge Club on Tues-