_NEW HAZELTON, B. Coy APRIL 24, 1925

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Prevent Forest
Fires ‘and Save
District Payroll] .

Sunday, April 19, commeniced
the second ‘‘Save the Forest
eWeek” ordained by Royal Proc-
aa. Jamation. The appeal to patriotic
Canadians which the proclama-
!tion embodies is one which none
geof us can fail to regard.

7 “The realization of the waste in
Bthe second greatest of our natural
Meassets has been slow,. but it has
Bcome eventually, The earliest
Se cettlers in Canada found it a land
Reof virgin: forests, which seemed
minexhaustible. Their prime ne-
Bcessity was land on which they

a might raise food. Their earliest

Ba feeling was one’of antipathy to
mthe forest, which hindered the
m cultivation of the soil and shelter-
weed aborizinal~ inhabitants who
ma were their natural enemies. Fire

yo presented the simplest, method of
Sclearing. From these’ two early

- false conceptions, the inexhausti- _

Me bility. of the forest and the “clear

Eby fire alone’ theory, sprang the |:

roblem which today. is engross-
ng the. attention of forestry Or.
anizations in every provinee in
Dominion, .

urveys of out fiber’ resources
“ demonstrated: that sq far
mpfrom our timber beitig inexhavs-
Me tible, we are within sight of tim:
a ber depletion, unless: something
Fcan be done to stay-the unecono-
fimic drain on it.
Today it‘is estimated that the
ee annual drain on our timber supply
Mais 90 per cent. uneconomic, with
maioniy 10 per cent. credited to the
Mioeging and milling industry.
| ire, insect pests, fungi, and
wind are the main enemies of our
a corests, and of these the greatest
Bis fire. Insects comparatively
nnocuous in a virgin stand mul-
Ba\iplv very rapidly after a burn,
x0 dead timber, and spread quick-
ae WV. to the green timber untouched
y the fire, so that the latter,
ae from the destruction actual-
; iy caused by it, paves the way].
ma .or the further advance of other
ma torest enemies,
fe, Facing the same problems as
Me she earliest settlers in the coun-
Seiry, the pioneer’ - ‘of today, are
Btiil to some extent swayed by lit
he same false conceptions. The
op yottlement. of our interior valleys
~ joes: back not-more than twenty.
jears, yet every where one travels
Z-iurnt and blackened | areas bear
pitness to wanton destruction.
“ ith us, however, development
as come more-quickly,:and al-
q i ‘many of sthose. who turned|-.
a ire loose are realizing. their own
ty. ce
There is not an. early settler i in|
ihe ‘Skeena or Bulkley - valleys] *
8 rho did not burn: up timber that
Bq yould -be ‘putting | dollars in. his
B ipcket today. .'The. ‘annual ' tie
t, poles and pling; ‘the sawlogs|
r the mills,:; ‘have. now: to’ ‘be
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-|Essay Contest to.
Feature Hospital -
Day Celebration|
‘Anew feature’ i -is being intro-
duced in connection ‘with the ob-
servance of Hospital Day. Four

‘prizes are being offered for the

best essay on either of the fol-
lowing subjects~—‘'Value of nurse
training” or “Value of a hospital
to a community,”’ The essays
are limited to 600 words. The
contest will be. open to pupils in
grades seven, eight and nine in
the schools between Moricetown
and Terrace, inclusive. The es-!
says are to be mailed not later
than Thursday, May 8th, to Mrs.

training school, Hazelton Hospit-
al, Hazelton. Full details are be-
ing sent to the teachers in the
different schools. This. contest
should prove of great interest to
the pupils as well as to the adults

New C.N.R. Timetable

Beginning May 3, leaving Win-
nipeg, the Canadian National
passenger train service, and that}

dav;. will. change to the summer
schedule, - Passing through New

pert at 3.30 p.m. Eastbound,
the trains will leave Prince Ru-
pert at 11,80 a.m. and arrive at
New Hazelton about 7.25 p.m.
On and after May 3, thé boats
for the south will leave Prince
Rupert at 10 aim. each Thursday
and Sunday. This new time-
table will be a great boost to the
tourist traffie, as travellers will
get all the best scenery through
the mountains both ways. It
will be a great convenience to
the people of this district, as they
will be able to leave home and
arrive back in daylight. That
old stuff of travelling all night
and working all day is about play-
ed out. It just can’t be done,

OVERHEARD AROUND

| NEW HAZELTON

East of’ McBride the C. N, R.
trains were delayed numerous
hours on account of a. sinking of
the right of wav:

Tenders for the elevator. at
Prince Rupert are being. called,
Tenders are also being, called for
the provincial government build-
ings at ‘Smithers..

Albert’ Mercer left. Sunday for.
| his Copper river trap lines.-

. Misa Mary ‘Stanyer- left for her

day for a month, She expects to!"
be back by May 24. a

sA- gand : many. New. Hazelton
‘will take in the’ datice. on: May: Ist

= in Hazelton: a

Mathieson ,Superintendent nurses’

leaving Prince Rupert, the same’

Hazelton, at 7.25°a: m., the: “west.
S| Lbound:-will- arrive-at- “Prince ‘Rus:

honie at Francois ‘Lake: ‘on Tues-

Gardeners Make >
Early Start For
Another Season

_ Gardening : is now “general in
the district. ‘Everyone is busy
cleaning up, digging, planting,
and finishing the pruning left
over from last-fall. There are
few places where there are not or
have not been bonfires, and seed-
ing will be general for the next
week or two.

Last vear Ed. Hyde, Indian
agent at Hazelton, had one of the
show places of the district. Sit-
uated on a very picturesque bench
overlooking the town of Hazel-
ton, the Skeena and Bulkley
rivers, and.with an uninterrupted
view of Rocher de Boule and the
Seven Sisters ranges, he has only
to spend money and time to make
his home most attractive. He
spends both time and money, but
the. has the satisfaction of know-
ing that he gets results, and that
those results are enjoyed and
appreciated by the general pub-
lic. This year Mr, Hyde will still

beautiful flowers and beautiful
lawns and gardens. He has

“Imany seeds planted and growing

inhis cold-frames and -hot-beds,

the . open three. inches | high.
These were’ started in the hot-
bed, hardened off in the house,
and transplanted into the gatden,
He hopes to have the first sweet
peas of the season. He secures
his seed from Crosland Bros., of
Dunean, B.C., a firm which makes
a specialty of sweet peas and
which supplies large quantities of
seeds to British seed houses,

Mrs. Waltcn Sharpe is also
among the early gardeners, and
she has always prided herself on
haying cucumbers ready for the
table when the rest of us have
only “pickling size’? cucumbers,
She has her favorite fruit well
‘advanced in the. hot-beds,
_ Mr, Robert Langlands is rush-
ing along some ‘“‘spuds’”’, and he
does not propose to take a back
seat this year for anyone in the
early potato line, The first of
July is his usual time to dig the
first of them. .

Many others are getting into

jline for the early spring planting

and gardening. The. Omineca|-
pull green.onions cut of the gar-
den, and the first of this week
the editor had rhubarb out of his
own garden,
had no covering last. winter ex-
cept snow. The spring always
revives ‘the pep. in .Northerners | «
Jafter a. long’ winter, - end, the
world looks as bright as ever.

One. of the. hardest blows. that

o aver. blew. i in this, locality plowed]

on. Thursday. at. hoon for'a short

“ed by some hail...

be in the forefront of those with

and. hap eweet: Neas,-zrowing:.in|

Herald: started last Saturday to}:

The. rhubarb. plants.

time, The: wind, was accompati= this’ ‘year.

Projected } New
School Pleasing
to the Inspector

. School Inspector Fraser visited
the New Hazelton School Wed-
nesday and was much pleased
with the progress being’ made.
In the evening he met with the
committee appointed by the citi-
zens association and discussed the
matter of a new and larger school.
The Inspector stated that he had
no hesitation in recommending a
new school. He realized that the
present building was far too smal!
and that the new building should
be ready for the opening of the
fallterm. The building is to be
of such design that it can be ad-
ded to as occasion requires, A
decision as tu site was also ar-
rived at providing satisfactory
arrangements can be made.

Free Vaccination

In accordance with provisions
being. made by the Provincial
Board of [lealth throughout the
province, Drs. H. C. Wrinch and}:
R. G. Large are in attendance
from 3.30 to 5.30 p.m. daily in
their office in Hazelton for the
purpose of vaccinating. anyone
who desires -it.. This is being.
done without: cost. ‘to.-anyone who
Lchqose.to: availthemselves: of: thé}
opportunity during the next few
weeks. . A similar opportunity
will be ‘given the residents of
New Hazelton, where the dactors
intend to be-in attendance at
certain hours daily for this pur-
pose. Due notice of this will be
given later, and will probably be
during the week commencing
May 4th, 43

Local Items

The few fine days early in the
week started some of the more
ambitions planting seeds. For
the main crop there is plenty of
time to plant up to May 24,

H. Thornton went down to the
coast on Thursday night for a
few days.

Smithers fair dates have been

ber 2, 3 and 4.

The Telkwa Barbecue will be]
held on Labor Day, September 7.

Bulkley Valley seed potatoes
will be grown at the government
experimental stations in ‘British
Columbia along side the seed po-
tatoes from the south.

‘Rev, Father Allard went down
to Rupert this week, .

Several. car loads of poles were |.
loaded out of here this week,

‘School rasumed i in all the aie.

Tl triet schools ¢ on: ‘Monday morning! ;

with generally, iy full, attetidance. |

broadeasted.. for “the: ‘first’ time
: Coast. visitora* we re

changed from August to Septem-| -

{illness of many years. .

- Last. Saturday. night the. froga|i

Hospital Day: to
Be Observed In -
Fitting Manner

A splendid program is being
arranged for the observance of
National Hospital Day in.connec-
tion with the Hazelton Hospital.
A joint committee of the Hospital
Board of Directors and the Wo-
men’s Auxiliary ‘to the Hazelton
Hospital met on Thursday even-
ing and drew up the program.
It is the intention to make the
Day this year the- best yet; and
the various attractions arranged
for should’ enable the committee
and friends of the institution to ©
accomplish this purpose. .

Hospital Day is on Tuesday,
May 12. On Sunday, the 10th,
special services will be arranged
in the jocal churches, and specia!
speakers will be provided. On
Tuesday afternoon, May 12, the
Day will be started with a recep-
tion at the Hospital at which
refreshments will be served.

Other attractions. will be a
baseball game between the Indi-
ans and the whites, a baby show, _
tennis, and a demonstration of
firat aid work. by the, c. 7G. I, T. 7
girls. A‘ 7

‘On Tuesday evening,. under. ~
the, auspices of the Women’s

‘public meeting ia ° Asseinbly Hall,”
Hazelton, at which addresses
will be delivered, and there will
be a-program of music, etc,, and -
graduation exercises. Another
feature will be the reading of -
the’ prize essays, particulars of
which will be found in another
column. Following the program
light refreshments will be served

- {and be followed by a dance.

‘There will be no charge for
anything in connection with the
celebration, except that on Tues-
day evening a voluntary collec-
tion will be taken to help defray
the expenses. of the evening’s
entertainment. The chief object
of the event is to get the people
together and to impress upon —
them the importance of hospital
Service and the benefit of such
service to the individual and the
community.

Died in California

James F. Adams, for years a
resident of Smithers and Telkwa,
and a brother.of J. Magon Adams
of Smithers, passed away on Sat-
urday, April lth, at Hollywood .
hospital, Los . “Angelos, after an
The fun-
eral..was. held..on. Friday. Of last .
week and internient took place at.
Pasadena. The eeensed was

| delighted swith the music:

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