s , W frost got a few sections to a small ex- m couple of cents for wheat. The great od at all and it is running 67 Ibs. to «ls to the’ acre amd all coming up to D was done when he left and all the cut- . there got -a little hard luck a5 a snow + ton national affairs, He was,.to be fol- a then the Department of Murine wants B There will be 3 enndidates and possib- me. Ke F oned once to enter the field, find Pete Jae cntions, and can''get-tenother voters. w.to sign thelr papers. me cr and seconder, oe BeOL. 27 : @ocation spent.in .and around Sex- Minith, Alberta, and in Edmonton. Mr. mm. hundred per cent better than they Mhave for several years He says that mbic increases in sales, one man saying the last two months than he had for ee three years. MF Block area Mr. Gow said that condi- a present the Independen M will represent the Liberals, and Mr.|~ —, My, THE OMINECA HERALD, NEW HAZELTON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER ..11, 1933 ~ ERALD _ “NO. 14 Bright News of | Progress From ° | Peace River - My. ahd Mrs. Win. Gow returned to: Mouth Hazelton on Tuesday after a ‘|News from Rupert A Gre When John Dybhaven at a Chamber of Commerce meeting the other evening said he gathered from a purusal of re- cently teceived data, that the propos- ed road to Alaska would mean a twel- ve million dollar out for British Col- umbia, the temperature of the Cham- ber seemed to suddenly turn cooler. Now brings back a story full of op- Simiam and glad tidings. He had a Buccessful goose hunt and enjoyed all hat sort of thing. But, he says, busi- tices in all lines is fifty per cent. better than last year and every one is feling Ball the good hotels are full and it is Lard to get a room. Travellers tell of that he had sold more winter goods in Speaking of the Alberta Peace River ‘tions ‘were good. The crop this year | promised to be another 1929 crop until the last few days of harvest when a tent, possibly reducing the ernde by a bulk of the wheat crop was not injur- the bushel Olats are running 94 bush- the government standard for seed pur poses. About 25 per cent of threshing ting was done. The sventher was ideal for harvesting. . ; Myr. Gow said that there had been a ereat increare in the B ©, Block, The t population had jumped from 900 to 3472 when the last. Dominion census was taken., This year the peaple up _ storm. hit the. district, just as entting was about to start, :'The damage, how- nae ever, Was not as extensive as one might think. -The Alberta Government, with the assistance of the Dominion govern- | ment is moving 800 families from the ‘vy area of the province to the Peace Ttiver area, This will make 0 wouder- ful difference to the ‘business of the north and to the business of the Do- minion ns well, It is one of the best moves any government ever made. . RADIO FELL DOWN OF COURSE Monday night we were all set to heat Premier R. B. Bennett make his speech in Winnipeg diving which he was to mike some important annoyncement loweil by Finnueé ‘Minister Rhoies. Just before the speeches were to start the radio faded, or the’ commission did not use alk its power. Not 1 Aound However, the members are just as strong as ever for the road. It is felt that a more equitable adjustment of cost is’ possible. } . . . “on a . Seeing that the Ketchikan people and the denizens of Prince Rupert have similar problems, climate and scenery. move of a neighborly feeling is being developed. On the evening of October 11th, with approximately a couple of wundred on board the 8.8. Prince Ru- pert sailed for the Alaska port, and all day Monday, amid frequent showers, visitors were made to feel at home, which came quite easy. There were; bridge games, dancing ‘and = dinners; talks on the price of fish and all that sort of thing. As ah excursion, and ns nn example of entente cordiale it was right np to. expectations. : % * Prince Rupert continues to carry on inder 2 Commisstoner fotm of admin- istration. Economy is put into prac tice wherever and whenever ‘it {s pos- sible, Waste and leaks are becoming things of the past. This is self evi- ‘lent, ee 4 While rumour has lifted its hend, the fet remnins at the beginning of the week that no Independent or Con- servative candidates had yet come for- ward—and nominating ‘day on Thuts- day. Names have been mentioned, and there everything stopped. ‘THE LATE HENRY SIBLEY. Passed Away on Thursday after Suf- fering for Twelye Years—Fun- eral on Sunday After suffering for twelve . years asthms and lung trouble which had re- sulted from an accident, Henry Sibley passed away at the Hazelton Hospital on Thursday night last at the age of 50 yents. He was 2 native of Munsqo- uadbot, Nova Scotia, and was married in Prince Albert, Sask. in 1921, He ame to New Hazelton 18 mouths ago from the Francois Lake country. ~ He hid meved fram place to. place in an effort to find a climate which would give him some relief, but was tunable to find such a plice. ’ Arrangenents had heen made for him to go to Kamloops, but le took o bad ture a day or so be- fore he was to leave, was taken to the hospital and it was known then that he would never go to Kamloops. The ‘ eame aecrops the ~mountuits. Bit as soon as the speeches. were avct, along bout 815 to $8.30 the ridio from the Calgnry Station wes good, That is ustally the way with the radio in tle northern part of the provinee. , And ta know if one has paid one’s license, ind if so the date .the number, ote. A request is never recelved in regards to the service being rendered. _ NOMINATIONS TOMORROW Nemluations for Skeena tding will tike. place an Thursday tn Smithers | hefore returning officer, R. TL. Gule. ly fony, Dr, B.C. Bamford: will re- Panter will represent the €.C.F “Mr. ly, an old thmer in Smithers thrent-: ts, A. T. Kenney |” [deceased is survived by his widow, two daughters, Ruth and Betty. two step daughters, Evelyn and Dorothy Caza. his sged mother fy Faneauver. nnd six _sisters—AIrs Moffatt, Gilford Island; ; Mrs. ‘Gladwin, Vanconver; Mrs. Gil- lesple, Vaneorver: Mrs, D, 7. Cassidy aud Mrs. Ratph Smith, Famningham, Moss, and Mrs. Winnte Brown of Ash- Tnnd. Mass. The funernl was held on Sunday at- tetneon af two thirty from the United Chureh, New Hazelton. Rev, Mr, Red- main conducted the services, A large 'nminher ef citizens tured out to pay thelr resnects to the departed, "The floral trilktutes were nmmeronus, and the betenved fnmily have the sympathy of many friends. to oc 8 The Tndepenident candidates seem to have the-edge on all other contestants at the present time. They; for, the most part, are nen and women who McNichol of Usk ola sild“be, would: he in the running. © Of course aliyone -e]se who so chooses May Tun as a dark horse if they have sufficient qualifi- besides’ the mov- shonestly want good clenn #overninent. Tn supporting ni independent no one aeel worry about conscience or family frandition., This, is not ‘a . fight’ be- honest. government, free from the werd %. healers. and machine workers: .|yoaring through the night with sleepy- leyed..patrons anticipating the renewal -| there’ are those. who would buy nowy; at N orth Road is a Live Issue in States The. proposed highway. from Seattle to Fairbanks, Alaska, is receiving more attention in the press of the United States. or example, the Christian Science Monitor, published in Boston, says:—“On the trestle board for fu- ture undertakings of construction en-} gineers a long line is being. drawn into the map of North America. It reaches from Seattle, Wask., to Fairbanks, Ala. northward through: Canadas British Columbia.It rounds glacier peaks, cross es rugged fiords, leaps turbulent rivers touches green water inlets and limpid lakes, penetrates regions seldom seen by man save from the cockpits of air- planes and it spells a promise of social business intercourse: to isolated dist- ricts in Alaska and the Dominion. -It is the proposed highway ‘which would connect the United States with its nor thernmost territory. “The proposal is the result of a three eral commission, and it is placed in the hands of President Roosevelt with the assurance that such a road is both d financial and. economical possibility. Fourteen ‘million dollars is the figure mentioned for the 2250 miles of con- struction, ; . “Contemplating the -possibflities in- herent in such an enterprise, an ex- tremely fascinating view is unfolded. Not alone would ‘the highway. promise an inevitable string of tourists motor- cars hearing passengers Into that long Jand of upsoaring and down-sweeping vistas. “Phere would be passenger ..buses of old friendships with folk back home There would be fresh money jingling in ‘totem-poled villages, and sloe-eyed na- tives ofithe Pacific slopes becoming ac- luxuries, There would be new activi- ty in the alrendy thriving Matanuska ni Valley in the Interior, where the highway would joi the 128 miles of motor truck oad already radiating from Fairbanks. ; - 8Tn Alasku there ure approximictely 82, to be clenred, and an equal aren suit- nble for grazing purposes, evs, have some assurance of seasonal employment in mining, while the pop- wation cnenged in the $50,000,000 fish- Jing, industry offers a market for_farur pradnee. ‘Then there -are ‘thie “owners af-some 600,000 reindeer—a ment sup- ply inevensing at the rate of about Ad er cent’ nnntiolly—weiting an outlet tor thelr product. “But beyond, these. and other, con- stderntions is that future of the pra- ject dealing . with tuternational rela- tlous. Obviously since 118 miles at the highway would be through Canada a further strengthening of that entente cordinle so long enjoyed hetiveen the two countries might easily resnlt thron the «o-operntion of the two nations. e“It ix highly conceivable such anoth- ev treaty relating to an international landway would — add ‘ayen =o gventer tie the ‘peace, eonumeree and honest friendship’ that, have distinguished the relntlons of these twa nations so kind- ved in ancestry aud tdeals.’ me ‘4 farm hand in the Quesnel district was recently driving home Inte when a bull moose charged his car head 0n- with disastrous results to both car nnd mooxe—nd Alex. M, Manson is in the Carihoo making apeeches tao. * = The spud crop thia year is rather an indifferent one. "The growers do. not Terrace Hunts smali war in Lakelse Valley, George sections on the bench. Depredations year study undertaken by a special fed | quiinted With—to them—unbelievable | [ : Valley near Anchorage, aud the Tanao- | 000,000 acres of arable lund waiting THomestend- |- strength to Jeffersons words respect- | Big Black Bear y Moonlight . ca Moonlight nights last week started a Little’s island and in fruit growing by: bears are especially bad this year. What with a short crop of wild~ber- ries, high ‘water i the river making the fishing bad for bears, the big black fellows have been taking a heavy toll of the ripening fruit. In‘ addition to the fruit they take they do a lot of Gamage to the trees, frequently com- pletely ruining a tree that has taken many years to grow Not only are they taking fruit, but T. J. Kirkpat- rick, Svent Schoostrand and Michaud Bros, report that they are coming in- to the gardens and digging up the car- rots and parsnips. So when the clouds cleared away and the moon gave a [An Editorial Comment THE INDEPENDENT Skeena ridlng will exercise their fran- chise, Perhaps never before in the his tory of British Columbia. has there been a day that has such important signifieance, =. The result of the election will, no matter who is elected, affect tremend- ously the future’ development of our’ province, Therefore it becomes every voter to weigh carefully the policies and promises of each political party ar individual, and to judge them in~the light .of sound common sense rather than follow blindly the old party sys- tem of preaching a platform to hood- wink the voter. Much bas been said by Mr; Pattullo and his supporters-on the advantages fair visibility rifles were oiled up and the hunt began, ° Frank Hipp is reported to hare tried his aim nt one on Little's island, while on Wednesday night Leo. Benoit re- ported having. witnessed a regiilar hears’ pienie on the Roy Pearson place about half a dozen being seen during the evening, Thursday night Leo got e shot at one, and the next day had the pleasure of taking the hide off one fruit theif, Quite a number have been shot at, and while they are stay- ing away from some of their favored spots, other orchardists report fresh damage from day to day. To ndd the troubles of the fruit growers boot- wenring thieves have also increased their activities, and it is reported that prosecutions are to be expected in the course of afew. days. ton. R. DB. Bennett. Premier of Cana- dn who made a spech over the radio that did net wet over, Missed by all the people in Northern B.C. beéause the radlo system. is. inefficient. There Is n pigeon in Moncton which the railway yard, Its favorite roost- ing. place isthe tender‘ and”eah of a Candin: Natlonal switching engine After viding the length of the yard the weeon will fly nway, but always comes back-to. the same engine and will come emimbs. thrawn it by the driver: and ‘| tiveman, How. it picks out the same, ensiné alk ‘the’ flive' is what puzzles:the PbOys. know yet just how much to charge for. spuds ond believe-they will hold. until tween. political parties, bnt a fight for | spring. - A. cash market: now would. be |, pan a-lot better than any ‘spring price, and || which. attempts to usurp its roosting ‘place.’ Phe: pigeon” perched. on the eti- fine tendér 1s an object of curosity ta ‘mhny Who' have .witnessed- the -an- a ithe mnny omalye6 torganization they can carry . ' has gone “hobo” and rides the rods in right‘into the cab. and: pick up the ha | pre-Christmas easthoun?, + {lings fron “It will fight any other pigeon. of the “well oiled © muachine” of the Liberal party. claiming that with this on the -woverninent of. the province more ef- ifectively than Individunls elected as In- dependents. . Lot the voters of Skeenn analyze Mr Patinlio's statements rerarding the “well oiled machine" ad they will renil- ily understand why men are offeriny themselves ns independent candidates. There is not the slightest doubt that the great majority of ‘intelligent voters nre thoroughly disgusted with the ald party machines and are determined to ast uside these monstrosities. Proof of this is seen in the willingness of public-spirited citizens, both - Liberal and Conservative, to offer themselves as independent candidates. Hvery independent thinking voter t- in the affairs of British Columbia on November 2, and.they are now called jupon to enst.their vote for the. eandt- date who pledges himself to support only these policies brought before the Legislature that are in the interests af all the people rather than to the inter- ests of the party machine, The inte- pendent candidates will be in the posi- ence ta the future welfare of their rid- ines and the province instead of bein compelled to dance to the tune of the “oflers and wipers” of the party m-*- chives, . ; The first qualification neeessary in pany candidate offering himself for ¢!- lection ix that: he bas had suffictor’ ltraining and experience to-be able tr “propose ‘Mid -carry throneh ‘legisIntion j Delt, Experiencezis always the hest ‘teacher, and it 1s “only through that medium that any eandidate can le- come a good legislator if elected. The electors of Skeena should. he- fore ensting their ballots. enquire inte and demand that each candidate state ‘fully his qualifications, and pede himself to work for the best Interests | of all the people rather than to deyote his thme to.seeing that the. oilers winers” of -the party thoehine get we'd, reimbursed -for thelr evsistance in keoning the old worr-ont machine fron falling to pieces. Home for. Christmas a) Slovan wileh will sson be in the atv. and pail- way and stermeahip -comnanies. are :1f wark now making prepara tions ta han- dle ‘ind expedite the, nereased: ‘tratfiic which naturally ‘arises at this ‘seas of the.year, “The trans-Atantic stenm- ship companies'-bave-already listed tt Montreal, Quebee and ‘Halifax, nccard- ing to BR. Te 8. Weatherstan,. Generty Freight and. Passenger Agent «f th: Oanadinn National hailways' in. Me |tow “N.B. ‘There will. be elght -p 4 Christmas: sallings. from Montreal. | On November 2 the electors of the ‘day realizes that’ change will be made | tion to give all thelr time and exper! ‘that wilt he-of lasting benefit to hie