| Vol 19 , here, . dive: osi- . yee et seith ‘aad he: NEW HAZELTON, B, C., FEBRUARY 4, 1927. see. party. wt who x # would Can You Make Good Farming In this Section In this issue appears the first of a series. of short skeiches of men who have and are maging good on the land and it is the hope of this paper to give a degree of courage to some who may not be so keen. on the land as @ means of making a living, The main o bjeet however, is to, contradict the false im- Pression found in’ some quarters that living off the land is pretty much of a myth. We have talked with’ those who have -made a -suecess and. we will pass along ‘their ideas and. the result .| prize of a battie of wits and shots be- of their experience. _ FRANK'S PIONEER FARM - “Pioneer Farm” owned and operated by H. L. Frank & Sons, bas the dis- ‘tinction of being the largest farm on the Lower Skeena river. It compris- es 110 acres, forty under cultivation. The main crop on thi sfarm has been potatoes, and during the last ten years un ayernge of 35 tous per year having been grown. Mr, Frank believes ir storing the larger part of his crop and selling gradually during the win- ter and early spring, and to accommo- date an estimated crop of 55 tons for | last season increased ‘his storage to 75 ton capacity. However the wire worms took things in hand and by a successive drilling tournament reduc. ed the yleld by 20 tons, This pest has been spreading rapidly: the last few. yeurs, not only in this district, but over the whole of Central British Col- uuthia, and until some method of cor-. trol is found the growing of potatoes on the bench lands will not meet with maked success, . While potatoes have been the main wrop strawberries -have also been grown. In 1024 off an acre patch 350 crates were murketed ond about 50 craies were lust on account of rainy weather, While this was a good year Mr, Frank states that a naverage of 300 crates per ucre can be raised if _broper attention is given to the culti- vating and fertalizing of the — soil However it is in the marketing of this erop that most growers fail. They do hot put up a pack that will pass in- spection on rencbing the market. Cattle must also be given a- place Mr. Frank is a firm believer in the cow as ‘o means of building up the soil and maintaining its fertility. Two or three cows, together with the young stock, have aways been kept. Ouee given a start clover and alfalfa’ grow with a relish, and these, with tho grains and root ecréps, which yield abundantly form the basis of n cheap vation for dairying. It is this bbranch of farming which, in Mx. Frank's opin- ion, will become the inainstay of the valley In the future. With a milk dis: tributing station at Prince Rupert and a creamery in Terrace to handle sur- ‘plus production, the territory from Re mo to Hazelton, served ' from this point could soon build up an enormous trade. Any opinions on this subject, siren through this paper, will bbe wel- comed. ‘As the name “Pioneer, avin” tinpltes Mr. Frankis gn old timer here, having back in 1005 run: -the fhrat survey lines in the valley when ‘takldg up hig home stead. Tn reealling the obstacles to be inet with and overcome in hewlng out.a home-in those- plotieet.. days, he feels that, with .the.advantages of the present day, any: moan ean mike. good on the land, provided ; he'is possesied of an abbility to. work;. nd Persdveres in whatever branch of. forming. in| : ; dispite Wik's opposition, who appraise J. George accompanied Vablander “to was shipped into the Prince Rupert narket this week There is no reason why, with the co- operation of the Ru |pert business. men, several other car- Igads should not, find thelr way to'the same market, There are. many" tons Ain_storage. here yet. venue derived from, Puce Rupert by the local people finds its Way back. to Prince. Rupert. and. is thus: kept. in vir- culation, a8, congtrasted with, the. mon. ey. Rupert merchants, send to Vancou: ver for -Vegtables ‘nnd other farm ‘Jiro: “duce. Vancouver’ geeg that: none. of their, money; ever: comes, north to de: velop the counits gee es iGreat Cast in Show for Next Tuesday Night The cast of characters for the big show next Tuesday night in the Haz- synopsis of the show. Don Tauis O'Flagherty; Ken ‘Maynard Sally Blake, Dorothy Devore “Tiger” O'Plagherty, George Nichols Juan Estrada, Josef Swickard Jesse Wilks, J. P. McGowan Rathburn, Sheldon Lewis Pat Muldoon, Buck Black The Cook, Billy Franey As Himself, Tarzan The rich mines of the conore are the tween “Tiger” 6’Flagherty,. master of the supply wago ntrain, and Jesse Wilks, secretely the head of a bandit gong, which repeatedly robs the train, thinkl thus to starve the miners ott “Tigar's’ ward, Sally Blake, rus the only restaurant in town. The “Tiger” is wounded by the ban- dits and his servan writes to his wife, who lives apart from him i nMexico, with his grown son, Don Luis, of | whose existance the father is ignorant. The Senora sends the boy to his ‘fath- ers aid. Arriving anonymously, he turns the tables on Wilks in several encounters-—and falls in love with | Sally. Some capitalists are brought in, the mines at high values but will nota invest unless wagon-freight service is assured. So Don Luis, now known as Senor “Duredebil”* attacks the: tradi and recaptures the wagons in a battle in which Wilks is killed,.leavitig sen- ora free from his Menace, and Don Luis and Sally the opportunity - to mnake preparations for their wedding. SOUTH BULKLEY MAN DEAD On Sunday last Olat Vanlander of South Bulkley was admitted to the hospital only to pass away that night He Was a sufferer for n long time from dropsey and as a last resort he was brought to the lcoal hospitni. He was too far gone for any hope of ben- efit. The deceased was a native of Sweden ‘and leaves a grown up family In that country. He had been in ‘this country about fifteen years and tried to bring his family out many years igo, but due to-circumstances over which he had no control he did not succeed. For the last few years the decensed had been living with Mr. and Mrs. Wr. Olarke at) South | Bulkley. He was about 53 yerrs of age. Wl the hospital -imd remained over for the funeral on Tuesdny, Mr. Clarke artived ‘Tnesday morning to attend the funeral also, The funeral was held on ‘tuesday afternoon with interment in the Hazelton. cemetery. A large num: ber of the local Sons of Canada were nt tbe funeral, Another carload of Terrace produce a _ Usually any. re- which he engages. mee wt ert visitor Fast week, elton is “as follows, together with a]. one of the most enjoyable sleigh rides Inst Saturday afternoon. perfect day for the outing and ronds were in great. sliape. big slelghs went via South Hazelton and down the hills into Hruelton and stopped at Rev. and Mrs. Young’s fo1 hot cocoa and cake and sandwiches The drive home was over road and the high level bridge. young vsters D.'Mef.eod of Vancouver whose inter- est in the welfare of the New Hazel- ton children makes this aunual outing possible, — met at the home of Mrs. Jas. Turnbuil on Friday afternoon of last ‘week and: re-organtzed the elub ‘for the balance of the present season. also ‘served ns n welcome Home to Mrs. WW. W. Anderson. | the club will he at. the home of Mre, Tas. Turnbull, the ‘Reeretary and the. Indies, ‘will fore-gather’ every. “Tt hura- the frnilly and keep the home fires aglow. fon’ ‘met in’G.W. Vo A. hall on Thurs: day evening last -nhd decided to par- titlon off.n portion. of the lower | room to. Provide a reading . and rest! room. The. expense of labor and: material and the: fumishings’ to ‘be- “met Ther’ hone. to decure. ‘hooks’ to” stoblish R: RT. HON. W. C. BRIDGEMAN First Lord of the British Admiralty, who is responsible for the action of the British Government in sending a large naval force to the ‘defence of Shanghai, China. WILL FILL IN BRIDGES Extra Gang to Start Soon and Work Between Bulkley Gate and Seaton. At as envly a date as the weather and gronnud will permit the Canadian National Railway will put an extra gang on between Bulkley Gate and to’ be filled and at Bulkley Gate the hill between fifty and sixty feet. over. that section of the line. There will be sufficient material from the bridges,. early as possible as the gang will be required on. the fill of a big bridge in the Prince George district. A GREAT SLEIGH RIDE The children of New Hazelton had It was a the The two the main The tre very grateful to Mr FELIX BRIDGE CLUB AGAIN: The Felix Bridge .Club of Hazelton The meeting The firs session of ay ev ening.’ The mon will look after The members of. the Canadian. Log- locally. ° Nes. Robt, ‘Brau waa ‘a «Pree Sentori where five small bridges are road hed is to be moved back to the This will mean. alot of sterm shovel. work. ‘Phe improvements, when completed, will make for faster and safer traffic cut.-it> Bulkley Gate to fill the five}: The work is to be started ar. . )uttractive thermometer: hits the high. ‘spots ‘will _ [Pole Industry At Remo Doing Very W Well Now The past few weeks of real old time winter wenther has been a great boon to those engaged in the pole industry, particularly at Remo. Here thowus- ands of poles that were Jeft in the bush last winter because’of the lack of Snow are now. finding thelr way to the river and railway and will in due course be shpiped to theig. respective destinations. John Vigor who has a contract there has made goed progress with his: trae- tor which has materially facilitated getting out this years cut ‘as well as ‘some of last winters. Thos, Ross has several teams engaged in cleaning up his contract there’ and if the. winter weather holds goods for a short time longer he expects to have bis poles,all out of the woods where he can handle then in the spring on wagons if nec- essary. Jos. Thomasson, another Re- mo operator, has been making good progress on his contract and with the assistance of the winter weather will get his puoto to the river. in -contract time,