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Northern Woods

@ An idea of what the tie and
meccdar pole business means to the
ae Northern Interior is gained from

athousand ties have been contract-

med for between Prinee Rupert
mend Endako, and it also expected
mhat close to two million lineal
axeet of poles and pilings will be
shipped from the district between
New Hazelton and Terrace. This
pneans that upwards of three-
Meivarters of a million dollars will
me paid out in wages alone in
a his district.

’ So fast has the business been
rowing during the last two years
Be hat it is no longer possible to get
meenough horses locally to do the
mauling. Two cars. of heavy
ap orses have already been brought
man this fall, the last earload in-
a luding some of the finest animals
ever brought into the north.

Up to date the industry has
eween greatly handicapped, due to
Myhere being no snow, but as soon
mec ‘the beautiful’ arrives the
motire Northern Interior will leap
‘ito life. very like the old con-
metruction days. The Canadian
Miational Railways willbe taxed
mippiying cars and keeping the
idings clear. There will be a
jteat improvement in all linea of
Misiness at every point on the
. pilway.

; shildren Excel
| Themselves at
School Concert

a On Wednesday last the towns-
mople of Usk attended in large
mambers the first Christmas Tree
metertainment to be held in the
mew and spacious schoolhouse.
fe ground was covered with
Slight mantle of snow, and
merything betokened Yuletide.
mie Tree, gaily bedecked, was
Jen with many good things for
€ YOUN? Ones, whose expectancy
‘came heightened with the ap-
rance of Santa Claus.
‘The forepart of the evening
ms devoted to the’ following
peperam:
0 Canada’,
Recitation, '‘Family Troubles,’’ Edna
Hismiller,
tong, ‘‘Santa Claus,’’ The Girls.
Maecitation, ‘Christmas Tree Farm,’’
. mi rles Eckert,
Bone: “Christmas Bells,’’ The Girls,
;ecitation, ‘‘An Impatient Waiter,’’
Bicrson Eckert.
fesong, “Christmas Song,"’ The Girls.
ecitation, “Overheard at Christ-
B,’’ Rosie McDonald,
ristmas Acrostics, 9 boys and girls.
By ecitation, “Christmas, ’' - Rarbara

; a vetch. “A Christmas Lesson, ”

Fhe children carried. off their
ats splendidly, and their efforts
fw due applause from’ their

fhe fact that a million and ten

jday en route to Vancouver for

Vanarsdel Lady

The relatives and friends of
Mrs. Harry Richmond were
shocked to. learn of her sudden
death on Sunday from ‘heart fail-
ure caused from exposure. Mrs.
Richmond came from Vanarsdol
on Saturday to do some shopping
at Terrace, remaining overnight
at her brother’s, On Sunday
morning she started to walk to
her home at Vanarsdol, but when
near Copper City she apparently
became exhausted and fell un-
conscious to the track. She was
found in that condition by her
son, Charles, who was on his
way to Terrace with his dog
team to take his mother home.
The little fellow put her on the
sled and took her back to Van-
arsdol, but death took place
shortly after the unfortunate lady
had been placed ia bed. Medical
assistance from Terrace had been
summoned, and Dr. Bleecker left
immediately in respone, but death
had intervened when he arrived.

The late Mrs. Richmond was a
daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Chas.
Nelson Sr., of Terrace, Inter-
ment will take place at Kitsum-
kalum on Wednesday afternoon.

OVERHEARD AROUND

l
NEW HAZELTON |

The New Hazeiton school child-
ren have again been awarded the
district prize for dri}l, cleanliness
and deportment.

The annual Christmas tree and
entertainment will be held on
Saturday evening in the hall re-
cently fitted up in the Anger
building. The program will be
provided by the school children.

Mrs. Dan. Harris and Mr. and
Mrs. Edgar Harris left Wednes-

Christmas. Mr. and Mrs, Edgar
Harris will then go on to Chu
Chua, where Edgar will be as-
sociated with his brother, AL, at
the Wind Pass mine.

A small rock slide just west of
the second tunnel east of New
Hazelton caused a delay of sev-
eral hours to traffic. The: line
was cleared at noon on Wednes-
day.

- Today was the : shortest day of
the year. The sun has started
on its. northward journey and
goon the birds will be singing
and the buds bursting and the
poets. wasting paper.

‘lwith Mr. Thornton,

Party Delegate

Something new in the manner
of receiving reports of a political
convention was held in Terrace

on Friday evening, December 14,
when a social evening was ar-
ranged to receiye the report of
C.R. Gilbert, delegate to the con-
vention of the Provincial Party
recently held in Vancouver, The
meeting was arranged for the
benefit of the ‘already - enlisted
members cf the party and also
for the information and enlight-
enment of those not already con-
versant with the program of the
third party.

well received! The membership
of the new party at the time of
the convention was 25,000 with
additional names coming in at
rate of 800 a week, There were.
826 delegates, ten being ladies.
The gathering was representative
of the province, in that every
electoral constituency of B, C.
was represented. Terrace was
well looked after by. the new
party, Mr. Gilbert being elected
vice-president of the executive
and one of 15 members of ‘com-
mittee on resolutions,

couples spent the evening in
dancing until the small hours of
the morning. Refreshments were
served and everybody joined in
saying it was one of the most en-
jovable evenings of the season.

Are you a subscriber yet?

The sehvol will close this after-
noon for the Christmas holidays.
The new term will open January
Tth.

Business Lots for sale.
Wm. Grant’s Agency,
Native choir will sing carols
on Christmas eve.

Rey. T. D. Proctor will conduct
special Christmas services dur-
ing the week. At Kitwanga St,
Paul’s church on Wednesday, the}.
Native choir will sing special|.
music morning and evening. Na-
tive Christmas Tree will be held
in the afternoon. At Woodcock
on Thursday at 7.30 p.m. and at
Cedar'vale on Friday at 7.30 p.m.

Hazelton Christmas Tree and
concert for Native children will
be held in the schoolhouse on
Saturday eveniog, Dec, 22, at 7
p.m. Everybody heartily invit-
ed to attend.

Mrs. Thornton and family ar
rived this morning from Regina
and will make their home here

See

ed its appreciation of the work of
Miss E. Spragge and Miss L. 0.

ferous “tigers’’, which brought

ence. The community show-

the evening tor a lose,

James, the teachers, by passing at
& vote of thanks with three voci: |:

‘May’ this Christmas be
‘the , Most Joyful You
Ever Had is’ Our Per-

|

“| donal Wish to You. —

Mr. Gilbert’s report was very.

- Following the report, about 35°

ing.

Mining Activity

trict mining engineer, returned
to Hazelton Thursday morning
and will be here for the next
couple of months preparing re-
ports on the season’s operations.
When he left here he visited the
Caribou country, where he found
things in the mining line very
encouraging. The Cedar Creek
district had a good year and is
in shape for a much better sea-
son next year from a productive
standpoint. The Old Barkerville|.
district has also had a new lease
of life and there will be consider-
able working going on there in
the spring. The placer interests
in that part of the province are
very optimistic. After he tinished
his work Mr. Galloway went on
to Victoria, where he kad a con-
ference with Hon.- Wm. Sloan,
minister of mines, on the past
season's work and on the work
for next year. x»

Appeal’ Judges
Not Unanimous
in Stanyer Case

‘Although the appeal of Jack
R. Stanyer, a Francois Lake

senténce of one year’s imprigon-
ment by Judge Young for shoot-
ing at Provincial Police Constable
Carr and Inspector Ackland of
the R.C.M.P., on August 28 last,
was dismissed by the Court of
Appeal, Mr. Justice McPhillips
dissented in very scathing terms.

The posse, composed of six
men of combined forees of the
provincial and Roval Canadian
Mounted Police, could give thanks
that it was alive, and had a
fatality occurred, states his lord-
ship, the police would have had
only themselves to blame for

what he termed “crass blunder-
a3

J. D. Galloway, provincial dis-

‘| portation.

rancher, from 2 conviction and |.

and selected a team of horses for.
his Skeena Crossing pole camp
from the carload brought in by.
Geo. Little and Olof Hanson.
Griffin has his camp in god shape
now for fast work as soon as the
snow comes. He expects to load

an average of two cars of poles
per day throughout the season.

will be loaded at Skeena Cross-
ing, but another big lot will be

just below Nash.
eedar limits is so located: that the

and floated a short distance down
stream and taken out at Nash on
the north side of the river.
Griffin will be the first man to
attempt to drive the Skeena, but
he has a godd man in his camp
for that work and no difficulty is
anticipated. Each year in future
the Skeena will be used more
extensively for driving poles.
This opens up large tracts of
cedar that have heretofore been
considered too far from trans-

will be watched with a good deal

of all are with him.

Stanyer, wanted on a charge
of pointing a weapon, was sought
by six officers at his home in a
deserted portion of Francois Lake
district at night. The posse sur-

Stanyer to open the door.
spector Ackland demanded ad-
mittance ‘‘in the name of the
King.”’ This was unjustified as

the arrest, said the judge. Stan-
yer was accused of firing at the
police in an attempt to resist
lawful arrest, but a charge of
shooting with intent to harm was

added.

—

Omineca Herald,
New Hazelton, B.C.

natural resources,

. tofore,

Our Member” S Greetings

Vietoria, B.C., Dec, 19, 1923

Mr. Editor: —May I, through your columns, con-
vey to my constituents of Omineca Heartiest Season’s
Greetings, and express the sincere hope that the
incoming year may bring them all a bountiful measure
of all those . things that are best.

brought marked progress in the development of our
I sincerély hope that the develop-
ment may continue at an accelerating pace,
Province is on a sounder basis today than ever here-
Faith and courage will accomplish ‘biz things.

ALEX. M. MANSON. ff

This year has

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No. 25 |

Poles To Nash’

Fred. Griffin made a trip to’:
Smithers the first of the weelx

A very large number of the cars.

loaded next spring and. summer:
One- ‘of the:

poles will be rolled into the Skeena

Fonte ee emma a

af interest and the best wishes-. .

SCS RE a eS os a ae TE ho

rounded the honse and called on.
In- -

the officers had no warrant for ~

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