THE OMINECA HERALD, FRIDAY APRIL 8, 1927 — naerrnommt oy J ‘ GREAT SOIL PARADISE Five- and Ten-acres Blocks. LAND Light clearing, «good :acil, fauitable for fruit, gardening, _ poultry,’ or: genexgt. production. . Located ‘one mile from New Hazelton railway depot. PRICE: $28 to ‘S40 per acre, spread over five years. No interest for first 18 months; 6 percent interest on balance — ~Particulars and itformation at The Omineca Herald Office New Hazelton VALLEY com. Haudensehild Makes Good with Cows and Later as a Fruck Costtboaee M. Uendensebild is another farmer. who can testify: to’ the quality: of the vod] dn aud around Terrace, After he bad travelled oto: nmucrous ° parts w the proving to find a location waitattite to make a home fur himself and family he arrived in Terrace. in 1610 and pur- chased 60 neres in Paradise Valley, the lund being heavily timbered it war hard ta clear but, when cleared he got. his rewarded as the soil was rich black loam, [fis evops of vegetables, grain and hay ure all heavy. He has only 20 neres cleared. Tie Kept 12 euwr nod no munber of othre animals: and ‘| Haudenschild not being able to do the of lvegetnbles, especinily potatuey, which he grows. in quantities, . re five rahly fed then entirely off the crops he pro- duced on bis, own farm. Owing: to the adv auce of time he was oblige to dispose of the cows us We anid Mrs. work of 2 fairy farm. . He t2rned his attention to’ truck, gardening and has made a wonderful success of it. His lmnown -in ‘Terrace and Prinee Hagert. eé never experiences any inarket alf- ficultics.. We would like to go into the dairy business wenia if his age. per- mitted as he belleves thar is to be the big thing for this district. HON. ¢..S. HARRINGTON, &. Minister of Works and ‘Mines In ‘the Nova Scotia Legislature, who has introduced an amendment to the Coal Mines Reguletions Act in the Legislative “Assampbly. The pro- posal calls for aa eight-hour-day for miners and an embargo upon _the importation of mine-workers from outside the province. Miss Bertha Kells, formerly of Smi- more permanent job of “home-maker” Sid, Cooper of Telkwa has, been ap- pointed forest ranger at this point and Support your -Jocal paper and you suoport \ yourself, date. \ thers, has taken on the job as waitress at the Terrace hotel following Miss Schrmelz who is about to take on the will nove bis family here of an early Ln = sine Spring issue , Rit “T. EATON Ses _ WINNIPEG” Shae! 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Write ‘for the! ‘Boot ‘ar Books You" fr Requires «os j ‘THEY ARE FREE on cty EQu GST. a : ‘Here jereand There ||| - Llere e dnd Ti’ . * 30f the 226,800,000 acres of Jand. kown to ‘produce the 1926-27" wheat. krop, of the _ World, Canada sowed about 10 per éent. Alberta, formerly 100 per cent, ptraight. wheat farming © country, ‘has changed radically in this respect yield of 1926 represented only 45 per cent. of the value of the agricultural products, which totaled $264,000,000 for the year, the greatest in the hise tory of the province. The flow of settlers into western Canada for 1927 commenced in earnest recently when two special Canadian Pacific trains - brought more than 400 persons into Winni- beg. About 200 of the new arrivals mere destined for Manitoba; 100 to Saskatchewan, while Alberta and British Columbia absorbed the rest about equally. The value of building and cone . atruction contracts awarded in Can- ada in 1926 was "$372, 947,000, com- pared with $297,973, 000 in 1925, -an increase of 25 per cent. Last’ year’s total was the highest for several years. Development in the mining, power and paper industries in Can- ada was an important factor con- tributing to the activity in building during the past year. When the Canadian Pacifie steam- ship. Montroyal docked recently at New York, after completing her first cruise. to the West Indies of the year, she resembled a floating: men-- agerie, for there were assembled on board: over 200 love birds, parrots and monkeys. These pets were bought by passengers on the cruise. During the month’s cruise the vessel touched at fourteen ocean ports and visited thirteen countries, Sweeping reduction, in the rates of electricity to all sorts of con- sumers has been announced by a Yeading electrical company in New Brunswick. The new rates are be- ing filed. with the New Brunswick Board .of Publie Utilities. Under the new schedule of rates the house- holder will be able to secure elece tricity for as low as 3 cents a kiloe watt hour, the same rates applying to stores and offices. Good seed cars, under the joint directors of. the Manitoba Depart- ment of Agriculture, the Dominion Seed Branch and the Manitoba Agri- cultural College, in conjunction with the Canadian Pacifie Railway, are touring the province. The train consists of a lecture car, a baggage car with types of all modern farm- ing mills and other machines; a hor- ticultural car which is the firat to be operated in Canada. Lectures and, demonstrations are Biven at each stop. Emile St. Goddard, youthful ! Mani- toba dog musher from The Pas, car- ried off the honors in the Bastern International 120-mile dog derby at Quebec recently. St. Gcddard’s time for the three-day race was 11 hours and 37 minutes, over 64 minutes the same event. He nosed out Leon- hard Seppala, hero ‘of the Nome, Alaska, serum epie by: 20 minutes and 20 seconds. . Gearge’ ‘Chevrette took :third place, while “Paddy” Nolan, 15-year-old musher,", main- Face, | . o Peking, China.—Over ” ao “pase sengers aboard the Canadian Pacific Rmpress of Seotland,. now on a ber’ of. foreigners; except: the mili- ; _ City for jn the last fifteen years. The wheat |. faster; than the” previous record. for” tained fourth place throughout the. -tour of, the world, the largest. nume. 7 tary, ever to invade the: city, were’ admitted. recently ‘to. ‘the’ Forbidden - el vasbati: + Ge na for the - a tremen-. as ben last two yee 73. sur ie “dous market’ will opi tp for Cana: dian wheat in-that country, aceord-. © ing. to. J. E. Seatt, teprosenting a. long Kong, ~~ ; on his way back. to London: to report. F large Gritish ° firm at New Brunswick, by the Depart- ment of Lands and Mines, have-s0_ responding... period | of last year, aecording to L. A. Gagnon, chief game warden, who states that wild zats are being killed in greater num- bers each year, te a Ontario buyers of: mitk cows have about completed the purchase of five carloads of Guernsey cows fram Col- chester, Cumberland | and Pictou counties, The buyers are Anderson Brothers and Messrs. Graham and Calder from the Hamilton districts. s The first auction sale of horses that has taken place in Montreal for gome years was opened at the East End Stock Markets, March 28. Stebling was put at 262 horses and it was-stated that approximately 200 horses were sold, The demand was mostly for heavy draught horses, Percheron, Clydesdales and. the like, fqr carters and ‘for lumbering pur- poses, coming chiefly from Alberta and Saskatchewan, and some from the middle west, - " Congequent upon an agreement reached at a general conference of Canadian ‘and United States tele- graph companies the Canadian Paci- fic Telegraphs have announced: that code words will be. accepted at all _their offices in future for day. and night letters. This departure will af- feet both Canadian and international business, the companies concerned being: the . Postal-Telegraph - Com- pany. the Canadian Pacific . Tele- graphs, the Canadian National Tele- graphs and the Western Union Tele- graph Company. a. The development of a new indus- ‘try from the propagation of musk- rats and other water fur-bearing animals, in fand and water areas, leased from the Province of Alberta through agreement with the Do- minion. Government, was indicated by Hon. George Hoadley, Minister ef Agriculture, in committee dis- cussion in the Alberta Legislature. The amendment would give the Gov- ernment power to regulate and lease the Dominion water and land areas for the propagation of such animals.” A keen competitor to Betsy Wiley, the Nova Scotia world’s champion milk and. butter producer, has been discovered at Fox River, Cumber- Innd County. Mr. Henry S. Kerr of this place, claims that he owns the -ehampion butter producing cow in her class This cow is o grade Ayr shire and Durham cow, which has just recently freshened, In one week she produced 392.lbs, of. milk. whieh churned 20% Ibs. of butter, after home consumption This record is creating keen interest. ” Potlowing upon his recent ane Houncement to the effect that a Tos ronto firm. of . architeets would ‘be employed .. in connection with the ' eraction of the: new Canadian Pa. elfie Elotel. in, that city. EW Beatty, Chairman | and -Prosidant: at a Canadian Pacific Rauy. ay, “‘pecantly : stated that Messrs, Sproatt - “Rolph .-had . been’: ‘appointed. « -giates with ‘the firm . ‘of. Rose. and “Macdonald, of! Montreal, ‘to handle -the.. ‘first. time since’: the. this: work: far exceeded the figures for the cor- -— deducting approximately 12 quarts | of milk and 14 quarta of ecreani for-, and: “Ags Ne a fi hear ain inkeena nal Lie ie \ “bie a tye Bounties paid for bob-cats" in license fur and game farms, and to - the ¢ Messrs, Ross. and ‘Mag 7