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tion j in Interest
he People « or
Interest of Vanco uver-Which,

Views of ‘Well Known Business Man of the District Written for The Herald

cired ‘for; the rural ‘districts have a
few trails and so. called’ roads that
‘people of the elties would refuse ta
travel on. “ :

‘A Vancouver lawyer no few. days age
addrexsing a suburban Liberal ‘Associa:
tion meeting. :near Vancouver stated
that Vancouver should have increased
representation instead of decreased.
perhaps this is what the-Kidd Commit-
tee’ had in mind when they asked for
a re-distribution bill; in view of suck

publically ftaunte selfishness. Je It
any wonder that there is a periodical
demand from the north for a new and
separate province?

There fs not another province In Can-

The constitution: of the Brovince of}
British Columbia ‘provides fora redis-
tribution of* seats every ten years fol-
Towing. the. census taking, ‘aud in con.
formity with the ‘act the provinciat} -

- legislature passed -its . re-distribution
hill'at the last sesion of the legislature.

Apparently this did not suit somé
parts of the province, or rather one
part of the province, so following the’
publishing of ,the. report of the now

og Famous (orinfanious) Kidd Comm

; tee, a self appointed ‘committee which

flattered itself as having | &  panscea
for all of the ils of the ‘province, it is
ow generally. understood that the gov-
ernment will at its next and final sit-
ting, bring in 2 nei re-distribution bili.
. Surely there js sufficlent -of' major
and more pressing Importance in the
days of- dire stress’ and need to occupy
‘that august’ body's time and attentlon
without wasting time and energy in un-
: doing that which was ddéhe‘nat the last
ee session and on which the ink is scarce-
ly dry with which it was written on the
statute books, Any re-opening of the
matter can only be to satisfy the whim
und caprices of a selfish section of the
province who will not be satisfied any
way, no matter what -is done.
Perhaps. there is another bunch of
enumerators in Vancouver who want
ae to get that ten cents per head for regis-
‘rap tering the voters in the new districts.
. -Lhe re-distribution bill brought down
"at the Tast. sesuidn: 3 géneritiy: apenkins,
wag very fair and the conditions of
thé ‘province have not- chenged sutfi-
ciently: ‘since then, a period of less than
a u year, to warrant chenging it unless
MM “it be for political motives.
* The Kidd Committee which demand:
ed the further reduction of represen-
tatives of the peuple represented : ‘no
one but. themselves andthe people of
Vancouver and Victoria; the members
oo of this committee all cane from within
7 a radius of. tindred miles of Van-
couver and, by; . conicelyvable stretch of
imagination Gin: be considered .as ‘re-
presenting the views of the people of
the province.” ;
‘The district of Vancouver as repre-
sented in the legislature comprises six:
{een square miles ‘and it tukes six men
to represent tts by: WHy ‘of comparison
the distvlet of Skeénn’ ‘edmprises i6;311
quire miles nad has one representa-
ve. Es it nny wonder that some. of
Vancotver’s representatives decline to
attend another session? A Vancouver
haher can cover his entire district in
op few hones on a street or motor car.
The member of Skeena as well as many
a(her districts in the province is ob-
liged to press into service every eon-
cefvable menus of locomotion known to
humanity. The Vancouver district is] spenk for the people as a whole,
compict and concentrated; other dis-]/ The people of British Columbia have
tricts are seattered to the fonr, winds | not forgotten the P, G. BE. and the Uni:
of the heavens aud heve as ich right [versity of British Columbia,’ both of
1o see thelr Inember mid lay thelr needs} which were built at. the instance of
i before him as what the people of Van-* und demand of Vancotiver, and yet th:
7, conver have, “4 [same people today of Vanconver ar¢
* Tt is rediculons to suggest that a dis- | Hiting their hands to high heaven i
teiet of sixteen ‘square miles requires condenination of ‘both institutions, I’ |.
fm! six thnes. -the number of représentu-. they are permitted to dictate. the term:
‘tives as one! of 15,000. sqviare iniles, iv-| of @ ew r re-distribution it will only be
respective’ of what: Ate: vopulation might | 0
be, ‘The ‘ rural” ‘latricts, are governed
alnost: exclusively ‘troini Victoria, thro-
ngh their respective. representatives,
while the trbart districts; such'as Van-
conver, ube | ‘their -muntelpalitles ag | Monecra who hove braved the elements |:
a ‘well a8 dozens of other organizations to and hardships gud adhere. to-no conven.
a look after thely’ interests. _ .[ tlonal ‘hours: pr eanditions. save : ‘that’
‘The taxed collected. in‘the rural dls which: will, bring prosperity ;. ‘to. ‘deny’
“tricts go lite the consolidated. reveine: them. thoi dnalienadle sright of, .repre-.
: funds while the ity. ‘taxes all go into | septation. isxbut:-to, stetl thelr: ‘omble
x the elty enffers. ‘The citled have. an | tons, ‘ang cruah- thelt: énergy.. This ir’
abundanee. of roa : well paved ‘and ‘fan w vill be rewarded by the just das:

velop its northern areas, sparing no ef-
| fort-or expense to roll back the map on
its lindeveloped northern frontier, . to
get action on. its unlimited resources in
timber,’ “tines and other natural as-
sets,. aire. and except British Columbia.
which, on the contrary, seems to place
impediments in the way of progréss,
and to purposely retard development.
This is done ‘undoubtedly ‘at the in:
stnnce and under pressure from that
small fringe lying in the solith western
corner of the province and to the north
of the international boundry and is
known is Vancouver, B. C.

In its- selfishness und greed that city
is nliennting from itself what is. its
just, ond natural due by way. of trade |.

tives canvas the. territory tributary to:
the Canadian. National. Railway’ for;
“business and. they have been’ generous-
ly received, bat through-the short sight
ed policy of Vancouver, today the mer-
chants welcome. the,ever increasing op-
portunity of diverting trade to the pro-
vinees lying to the east of. us, in self
defence... |.

Votil Vancouver adonts 2 polley of
Uve and 1ét live, there will’ be lack of
harmony ‘nnd (lissention. with the at.
tendunt reprisnis wherever they can be
exyeted, for the people. of. the north
will never be brow beateh by the south
aml those who cater to or submit to
the. demarids of mass and class in a
coneentrated area, {n. preference to the
| dnat: dlemands of the. ploneer : ‘who’ "hag
given’ his..nll- In’ the wide’ open “spaces
that the province may ‘expand,. are in-
evitably; duomed to defeat.” - L.

The inst re-distribution..was fair
and was an expression of the free will
of ‘the peoples elected representatives.
Any change now within the space of r
few months from passing of that-bill
can only be constined ag the product of
the: dictntion of Vazcouver and. the
Kidd Committee who have no right tc

nounclng ‘that, "If. British Columbia. tr
ever to: venlize the: hopes and ‘ambltfons:
that its people have tt -will only--bc
through the energy: and efforts’ of. the

ada but what is doing.its utmost to de-|

and: comunebve; " Théie-lé Hota day.buty. hodlea,..-
what ‘its wholesale : ‘house representa-|:

a short. time. before they will he de: |,

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Unsedsonable Weather ‘Caused: Creels
‘and Small Rivers to go on Ram-
+ page—Slides ‘and Washouts
: on. Railway |

18

It is years. now. since the northern
Hne: of the Canadian National had. tc
cancel trains and get‘ extra crews out
to make repairs, ‘But the latter part
of Jast week was a bad one. - The ral:
on Thursday and Friday was pretty
general along the line- and particularly
héavy ‘on the lower Skeena, | Ther.
were several .washouts atid slides tc
the west of Pacifie and some of them
were big ones that. meant real work ts
fill the holes orto. remove the mud and
rocks from the track.’ The result wa:
that there was no train’ Friday nigh’
from the eoast and none until Monday
mzht. The train from the east on Sat
urday morning was held at Smithers
‘until Tuesday morning. The ‘line: 1
how clear if nothing more comes down

MORE RETURNS TO PRODUCER

If it is true that to be great is to be
misunderstood then that law which is]
known os the gg Regulations must be
truly great. For almost a decade the
Canadian. producers, by and large have |.
been receiving for their eggs more thar
the, producers in any other part of the}
world, Primarily, almost entirely, this

condition has been due to the applica- |

‘tion of grading to the purchase and
anle.of eggs. Yet among those. whol’
have profited most from them there re.
main still many who do not understand
the real purpose tind real merits of
the egg grading regulations. —
Twenty-three times have the Egg
Regulations received . the xpproval of
Dominion and. Provincial legislative

beh too

‘tatrodueed,;-under: the Domintoa Titve |
Stock and Live. Stoek . Products ‘Act,
they applied | only to export and. inter-
provinelal trading,
‘enlarged to corer. import trading and
again: In 1923 were amended to cover
all. domestic trading. Further slight
amendments were made In 1924, In
2925 the Supreme Court.ruled that the
domestic trading features of the Egg
Regulations came within the Jurisdic-
tion of: the provinces, that the Domin-
ion government had no authority to
‘enforce these sections of the regula-
tions which covered commerce purely
within the provincial boundries. Very
shory afterward all the provinces put
through: enabling legislation giving the
Dominion government quthority to en-
force the- Regulations. . within thel>
boundries, In --1929- further “-#mend-
ments to the Regulations were passed
by the Dominion government and again
all nine provinces have assented-to the
application ofthese amendments.

The record is perhaps without equal
in the history of Canadian legislation.
All. prov inces nnd ‘all political parties
have contr! buted .to the legislative ef
forts ta place tie eze commerce of
Canada on a sounder basis. Their fatth
in the principal of egg grading has’
been Justified by the results. .

: John Newiek’ and Mrs, Gea. Dungate
of Hazelton are among:the flu patients
There are n gaod many on the sick list
at “present,

Toh, Rukin was” unable to attend
‘school an Monday on aecount. of illnese
‘and there was-nd.school. On Tuesday:
Miss* ‘Burns Was | unable to attend and
the Junior room had a holiday... It is
‘the fln,: oy what ta commonly regarded.
08, le ; F

-Mugleteate G vy: Storkey made. a. tri
to Bmilthers on 3 business on 1» Monday.

ie ok “ “+ sae

sérts hteh’ thietr case so richly merite
and any. re-listribtition ‘bill brought {n
té vedice their repiesintation whieh: de

ine tdo, Atinited aa i ‘well, Nong reinent:
bared.’ Y ‘

When: in- 1918, they, Jwere first

In.1922 they were] |

Hanson Timber Co. t -to. Haul: Poles out
’ of the Bush—Start' at Mike. ~
George's About Christmas .

Now that winter is “just around ‘the
corner" the Hanson Timber Co, is pre-
paring for openations in a small‘ way.
They have a good many wiles: in the
woods in various places and these, are
going to be taken out as soon as the
show and roads will permit, Qn the
lower Skeenu where the roads have
some SHOW On now "and work is possible
teuns have been put on to take the
poles out of the bush to the-river, and
‘on the npper. Skeena Where more snow
is required and where:more cold wer.
ther is needed, the teams will not he
put on natil abont the Christmas sea
you, Mike George’s tlmber sale has
good mnuy poles on it, all cnt and now
ready to be taken.out, but it is not Lk-
ely that work will be started for a few
weeks yet as, the roads are rough anc

‘the hauling none too good without | i

considerable depth: of snow.

QUICK I ITEMS

It is unusual for stock to be poison-
fed at this time of the year, but last
‘week J. O. Clarkson lost seven head
and Mr. Bernt lost one head.

Conia

_ Four Inches of snow covers a num-
jber of fields still in stook, and it is
getting so late that it 1s doubtful if it
will be possible to thresh them before
spring: As-the rabbits are now climb-
ing the stooks and the squirrels and
the mice are numerous—well it is just
too bad for the farmers owning the
grain.

—o—e

of the ruts: and smooth things ip a bit

months it will soon be impossible £o1
a man to make an honest living and
keep off the dale.

With these tew pleasant remarks, I
wish to say that Quick is doing quite
nicely thank you. We'll be seeing yor
in the spring when the flowers blooir
again.

BULKLEY RIVER WAS HIGH

The weather the past week has been
by no means settled. There has been
a touch of winter, of fall and at timer
it Ayus almost spring” lke. There war
anow tind there was: rain—lots of: rain;
The result ‘is that ‘the roads. are very
-dangeroms for auto traffic ‘and “there
is: not anned traffic, only “what. As teal}
ly necessury. .The Bulkley. iver. swent!
on & rampnge .and ‘on: ‘Sunday it: was
‘the highest it has been at. this. season:
of the vert" for. thirty: years, — AP good |’

viver and the roar of the sheam could.
he heart avar off. . we :

ANOTHER RAY OF SUNSHINE

As these ‘ave’ the anys of “the Jong
sleep” every little ray of: ‘sunshine
minkes que feel a lot better,’ ‘The other
day a well Known professional man

called us into his office for the purpose

of paying his subscription to the Omin-
ceca Herald. - Two: dqllars: ‘would. have.
pald-him up, to Octolfer- 1933, bit ‘he te]

or 50,""

A proxpector and trapper by pame of
“Williams © has left Alaska with nine
husky dogs ‘and 200 pounds of grub to
make an-overland trip to. Chicago. , He
will go.as far as Dawson and then re-

Jy on the. Canadian’, government for

diréctions as to the’ route to take,’ He

‘wants,’ to. get to. Chicago. before . “the

,

: AnLOW goes: dn. the Spring. rrr

i. Possibly . the. snow. will fill in some |

With our boot-leggers getting eight |

‘deal of timlier Was earried: down the |:

an optimist and, ‘said, “Here's $4.00, T ia i.
gness Twill: he here for another: Fear ~ BI

ALL ‘TRAINS WERE CANCELLED ‘ MEN AND TEAMS 10 WORK ‘HAD VERY SUCCESSFUL BALE

New Hazelton Ladies Aid Quickly Dis-

‘posed of Goods—A Pleasant
Evening was Spent -
‘The New Hazelton Ladies Aid hel’
H very successful bazaar in the church

‘last Friday evening, and the sale wen.

with 4. speed not known before. In 1

‘yery short time after the bazaar war

déclared open the candy booth wa:
cleaned out and shortly after the work
table was cleaned up. When everyon
had finished purchasing there was not
more than a couple of dollars worth ot
goods left’ on hand,-the smallest left:
over the ladies have had in twenty od¢
years, “The ladies are naturally wel
pleased with the success of their ef-
forts. . Owing to conditions over whicl
the people here have no control, the
ladies did not. have quite so much ‘to
sell" nnd they kept. the prices away low
but at that they will have over $50.00
to add to their funds, and the partons
of the hazaar got the best barbainy
‘ever secured. in the district. , : ;

Thring the evening Mr. and Mrs
Redman and SLs Rurns famfse
musie which was enjoyéd while the
petrons of. the bazaar enjoyed a cup of
tea at the tables. —

Terrace Notes

The way freight got through from
Prince Rupert Monday about 11 a.m.

Word has been recetved that Harty -
Mist passed away at the Prince Rupert
hospital on’ Sunday evening. He har
been ill for a long time, his trouble be-
ing due to war disabilities, He is sur-
vived by bis wife ene son Fred and n
danghter Thelma. The funeral will
take. -place.-if.. Terrnes.. One Thursdaz: zat
this. week,

‘Mr. and Mfrs, pare have tak:
en up residence on Lakelse Ave,

The lady bridge players: of the dist-
trict are tendering a farewell to Mrs.
Ardagh ‘on ‘Friady afternoon.

Flu is stihl enusing. a reduced atten.
ance in the ‘schools During the past
week ‘the average nttendance has ben
avound ‘fifty per cent while some class-
es ‘has only ‘heen 83 per cent.

“Mra, Sharp won the prize at the Fe-
lix Bridge Club on ‘Tnesday nleht last.
The Indies: met ‘at. the nurses residence

ext: meeting: will, be,

: held: at Mrs. Sn.
gent :

“On: thutsaay morning: Airs. W. OW
Anderson expects: to”: leave for Priner
Rupert: ‘to’ join. her’ husband who i+
now ‘located : there.” She. ‘expects ta re-
main until: fter: ‘Obristmas anyway.

~,

Cor ‘Spencer, MLA. of Vancoure)
has: ‘announced ‘his intention to enter
the* tmayoralty contest in that city.

, There will be 2 five cornered contest,

: “There: wilt ‘be a “ conferene between
the Doniiziion and provinces shortly ov
contributaty unemployment insurance

On Tuesday afternoon the Dominion
government passed the Ottawa Confer.
ence agreement, and: it. te, now: in th

1 ed down by At.
torney-General’ ‘Pooley;, ii future hoys
undér the age’ ‘of 21 ‘yeara. “who £0 intn
beer parlos and drink beer will be ‘giv.
en’ ao puble spanking ‘instead. of. heing -
heavily fined or put-in® jail with mer -
of a criminal instinct. - The: Attorney
General believes this. will be a greater
preventative: measiire than. the one’ pro-,.

Qa y. PE

cludd ‘the youn -girls dn the new pon
ighiiienti. Cts 7

“hy

and were guests of Miss Craig. The.

vided: by-law. "He nilght well have fas. *