Thursday, December 18, 1952. THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAK®, B.C. GET YOUR WINTER WOOD NOW Bush_ Wood (any length) W. FLETCHER Phone 2 short, 1 long, Lakeside Prompt Delivery -Order Your Christmas Turkey NOW! Birds over 18 Ibs. .. per Ib. 58¢ Birds under 18 Ibs, r Ib. 65¢ Williams Lake Meat Market PRACTICAL GIFTS that will win you cheers from that Outdoorsman on your Christmas List : Woods “Arctic” Sleeping Bags Dayton Air Mattresses - Assorted Sizes in Stock Air Pillows Air Cushions for truck or tractor seats Schrade Stock Knives The knife that is “Everlastingly Sharp” AND WESTERN ITEMS OF COURSE e Remember the CRIPPLED CHILDREN Give to the “MARCH OF DIMES” boa Saddlery Railway Ave. at Oliver “Cowboy Outfitters for the Cariboo”’ Part Played By Chinese in Cariboo History Stressed A sam sui bottle believed to be-between 60 or 70 years old, and a wooden marker from the old Cariboo Road made before the turn of the century were turned over to the local Historical Society at their meeting Friday night. The sam/sui bottle (Chinese whis- key brewed from rice): was found hy Ray Cunliffe, district engineer, while above the|men had taken out all the gold in the Rock. The ditch, with its flumes and tun- rebuilding an old ditch Webster Ranch, near Castle speaker said there were more Chi- nese than whites. After the whit form of nuggets, in the 1860's and "70's, they were followed by the nels, runs about 10 miles from where} Chinese who worked the river bench- Chinese dammed up a creek to the es for what is known as “flour” gold. Fraser so the water could be used in|'Three thousand were reputed to he sluice-boxes for panning gold in the 1880’s. About 150 Chinese worked on the ditch while 100 young Chi- nese travelled back and forth over on the bars at one time “rocking” (sifting) for gold. Most of them came from China on freight steamers to Vancouver, the Cariboo Road from Ashcroft, to|by train to Ashcroft, and then up the supply them with food. It is believed Cariboo Road walking the 280 miles that the bottle had been used for a} to Barkerville. water bottle as a stout loop of wire |” was secured around its neck. ‘The wooden marker with the rais- ed figures There were two ‘tongs’ or fac- tions of Chinese in Barkerville then and to secure men to work in the “Asheroft 142 miles'\\was|mines, owners had to see Yan War, given to the society by Bud Barlow.| head. of one of these tongs, and make Originally painted white so that its|the necessary arrangements. figures stood out, the sign had long They dressed alike in loose coats since bleached to a uniform grayness-|with no lapels, loose trousers, ana 2 Twenty-eight enthusiastic bers turned out to mem-| black hat somewhat hear the main | cowboy hat. At that time, it was com- similar to a topie of the evening, a talk on the pulsory for Chinese to wear a queue Chinese in the Cariboo, given by the yor pigtail, but this custom was abol- president, Henry Windt. When he |ished 45 years ago. Their main food, came to Barkerville in 1901, the|yice, came from China in 50 1b. mats made of woven rice straws. Pork, their preferred meat, was supplied cee sg with This 3-hp McCulloch chain saw weighs only 25 1b. complete! Cuts sawlogs, pulp, cordwood, posts, etc. Trims, limbs and fells trees. Saws in any position without adjustment! Has automatic clutch, kickproof rewind starter, many other featires! SEE IT TODAY! by an enterprising merchant who started out from Ashcroft to walk a herd of pigs to Barkerville. By the time he reached his destination, the pigs were well fattened up by the rich forage to be had along the way. The Chinese kept the pigs alive dur- ing the summer, then killed and froze them when winter set in. Gambling and opium - smoking wére wide open in those days, the speaker said, with the favorite game being chuck-luck. Many Chinese saved enough in the-mines to enable them to go back to China for the hard winter, but those less thritty spent the winter gambling and smok- ing. ; The Chinese had their own madi- cine men who no doubt relied on herbs to a great extent. Mr. Winat recalled one time when he had cut his foot badly with an axe while split- ting pine trees. As the nearest doctor was miles away, he was attempting to treat the foot himself with poor LJresylts.. Proud fjesh was forming around the cut which refused td heal. One day Ah Cow, the Chinese doctor, Cole & Clear Anton’s Pole Yard WILLIAMS LAKE saw the wound and took matters into his own hands. Opening the wound, he shaved minute particles from a deer horn into the cut. “The foot healed perfectly and I had no more trouble” Mr. Windt stated. Water was supplied to the house- wives of Barkerville by a Chinaman by the name of ‘‘Get-um-sum” Sing. 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Directors will be Tony Woodland, Jack Esler, W. Mouat and Dr. A. MacDougall. Alvin Johnson, president of the Cariboo Historical Society at Quesnel, will be asked to attend the next meeting which will be held on the second Friday in the month. Talks also be arranged. Roe Lake News THE Roe Lake W.I. met on Sun- day at the home of Mrs. Dave Mul- ligan with only four members pres- ent. As that was not enough to hold a meeting, a social visit was enjoyed by the ladies present. THE Roe Lake W.I. also sponsor- ed a card party and bazaar at the North shore Community hall last Saturday night on behalf of the Christmas fund. Not a very large crowd attended. as there were only five tables for whist. JACK DAVIS is now employed at Canim Lake. MAC THOMASON and Lloyd Woodman were in the Roe Lake, vicinity Tuesday looking for horses. MRS. RUTH WAGNOR left her ear in Kamloops last week on ac- count of icy condition of roads. She returned home by bus. MR. and MRS. ED HIGGINS of Canim Lake were visitors’ with their son Ronald, over the weekend. MRS. NOVETA LEAVITT, Mr- Rosa King and Mrs. Mabel Hans: met at the Bridge Lake store Wer nesday and picked out the presen for the Roe Lake, North Shore and Bridge Lake children. There were 65 children on their list. MR. and MRS. LEE ROBERTS visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. “Slim” Grosset. MRS. NANCY HULBERT spent the day on Wednesday with Mrs. Yvonne Mulligan. MR. and Mrs. GARDNER BOULT- BEB. made a trip to Kamloops and on to Williams Lake returning last Saturday: They stopped for a while with Mrs. Boultbee’s mother, Mrs. H. Larson of Roe Lake. MRS. DOROTHY ROBERTS call- ed on Mrs. Bobby Sisson Wednesday afternoon. AL HULBERT has been working for Dave Mulligan the past few days. / MRS. HILDA LARSON returned home from a shopping trip to Kam- loops Friday. TAS \ Makes ‘dining out’ a treat for the whole family at The Lakeview. 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