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NEW HAZELTON, B, C., WEDNES1Y, JANUARY 22, 1936

The Omineca Herald

NEW HAZELTON, B.C.

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Asn result of the toengh times for a
miunber of years, und the fact that all

money was tied up there are few;

huidings in. the country that are not
Audly in need of repuirs now. From all
sections come reports that repairs are
whsolutely necessary if business. or ser
vice is to be continued. Between the
money grabbers tightening up and the
roveruments - over-expending, the work
of distruction has been almost too well
done: A remarkable proportion of the
property in the country is. now not
warth the taxes demanded by the gov-
evnments, A program on a vast basis
of repairs and renewals is necessary
to meet the needs of the people and of
lnsiness,

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The fallowiug item fron: the San
Fnneisco Argonaut nently puts the
reer on a weak spot in- the make-up
of most of us. In a certain New Eng-
ays the Argonaut, there
wis a tradition that a pond within its
urea was. bottomless, and that tradi-
tion was more than a century old.
One day, howerer, a man out of work,
finding. tine hanging heavy on his
hands. thought he would’ see how far
out from shore he could wade. ‘He
proceeded cautiously; step by step, al-

Wil ¥8 fearful, that his foot would soon|’

find no ‘siipport, “To” his amazement,
lis foot found support everywhere and
he continued to wade until he reached
i safety thé opposite side. In no

place did the water rise above his neck}:

He had destroyed’ the “legend of the
hattomless pond, which was shown to
he only a superstition. More that half
the things we believe are superstitious
like the bottomless pond of that New
Rngland town:

(CHINA’s MONEY

Momentuous decisions tre made and:
dlrastie changes put into effect, some
times without being very much appar:

By John J. MeMuarray —
Metaher Conadian Story Tellers’ Club

Grand Manitoulin Island in Lake
Turon, about 100,.miles Jong and ‘from
two to thirty miles wide is the largest
fresh water {island in the world. The
ishind .is pitted by over 150-Jakes and.
ix « vertible anglers’ paradise.

Up.to the time pf Confederation this)
island was-sparsely. inhabited by few
pioneers. Today their land has splen

the camps so much the women and|:

{hole and got soaked’ te the ‘knees.’ As
the hour had grown so later, instead .

dug she went on with the chores, The

did roads and its people are prosper-
ous. The struggle of the pioneer. is
aver Tle builded well and. his tradi-
tiona] generosity and hospitality ig: be-
ing worthily maintained by 4 new gen- |’
erution of: Grand Manitoulin Islanders

endured by the trail ‘blazers’ of ‘their
vast dominion, The: following narra-
tive,.told to the author. by a son of one
of the Grand Manitoulin Islander plo-
neers, reflects the trying conditions
then prevailing .

My father and mother, stated the
story teller, hewed their farm home
out of. wilderness that was then the| -
island.... Ther owned a homely mongrel
numned Zett. and Zeff and I were -play-

mates from my enrliest remembrance. | °

In those days a good dog was: an
absointe necessity, both as a watehdog
and n beast of burden. ‘Many settlers
used only a good dog and u light sleigh
for trunsportation. ;

Wild life was plentiful and it was af‘
common thing to see a-large black bear

and maybe a cub or two sporting them- |“

selves within a rod or two of the hous®
at mid-day. With men being. away in

children relied for safety on their dog. |-

When I. wns about. seven yenrs old |:
my, father worked one winter. in thel,
timber camp near Michael's Bay some
thirty miles from home, At this time]
he had a yoke of oxen, a cow and Zeff,
One day in February it stormed alll.
day until nearly dark, -then © cleared,
and it became extremely cold. Mother
had postponed some of the chores until
the storm should stop, When later.
she went out to the water hole where
the animals drank, so much snow had
fallen that she could not find it,. She
dug around in the snow and, not know- :
ing the exact location, stepped into the

of returning to the house for dry cloth

ete: yet, a systein “hoary with are is;
stvopt “away. Such is the case with
the decision of the National Govern- .
ment of China ‘to do away with the
silver monetary stnndard , which. has |
heen in existance in that eountry for|
centuries.¢ What. lardly makes: a‘ rip-

ple on the surface today sine fntmve |

historian will rend into the records as‘
a momentuous change, yet hardly per-
ceptable to the people of the da
Aud: “the via fedinte énuse iss that a
lation acdsee the othan” side of the
world, a mere -infant’ compared with
the years which the other .counts..up
stretching back". into” the dima ‘distant
jast. Whén the United States adopt-
cd its silver purchasing policy in June
1034, those in authority in Ching began
tu realize that'the days of its silver
monetary standard were.) - numbered.
and there are indications that the new
monetary: aystem ‘will be based’ on the
munber of ounces of fine gold that can
he bought in London,: Hong, for rough-
ly 80 cents: in “the dollar)” Canadian
money.’ And 80 “a elty,. that; wos. once
nu Roman camp ‘in the’ “days” of Tallus
Censar on: the. banks: of: ithe’ Thames

‘mots the monetary ‘values: for a coyntry |

yvhich even at ‘that’: “tame: boasted an
nuelent elyilization. :
een a héayy: buyetiof Sliver’ ‘states.
the’ ‘nldusttial ‘Dept. "6H! e.0. NR.
OF sich are ‘the WIND Wi
tiny, «Bs

Chiy shag alyays. ;
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~[imoan from the ‘bed Where Rts ‘lay, ‘ahd’ :
:teipaat; Fright- ,

next morning she was so ill from expo-
snre that she could not wet up, Call
ing'to ‘me to get her a piece of char-
coil from the’ stove and a bit of birch
(hark from the wood box, she seribbbled
n note and fustened a long string to it.

Tying the end of the string around .

Le f"s neck and ‘wiving Ine the other
end'of the string and the note, she told |

ine'to innke my way to our nearest 7
y. jueighbor, about a quarter of a mile

ae In some way ‘or other Zeti
nedto know what was ‘required ‘of
hii : snd in n short tlme he had Jed}:
mae, Safely. to. our, neighbor's, house. |
“The, kindly neighbor woman left her’
oldest: girl in. charge .of. the; house and
smaller. children. ‘and. returned, . with |.
me to my. mother. .: Tiwag, too. ‘young to |‘
understand. how | di ‘my -Inother - really.

was; but. our good neighbor - Was -sooni! 5

making: ‘her, more. comfortable. “In ‘the |
ufternoon, the: storm. clouds ‘began: to’ |"

gentler” agaln and. about, four .o’clock a

our neighbor, went; hone. to be: sure:her |:

elildren were’ alright, * promising to}

hurray back pbefors the:storm' should
broak- again, But she. didwt get back

that night for there .quickly followed} +:

whit wos probably: the.
nil that, severe: ‘winter,

As durkness, fell, awe her::told . meé to ho
wing Zeff.:in- from- outside: ‘ond. ‘shut | ..
setae 7

ie door tiglit! ogainit:
Was’ the last: time he apoKe ‘to:
jght;: Aba hnédracwaly, A:

Lf ob;

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he. ‘howling of tha?
tinevlby. the loneliniéed ‘hind the ‘dark-

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Canadians appreciate. the hardships |“

othe that

hess. L-erept | clone: to" Zere, and Jaying .
Pale he® ‘slept in:|

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