, Thursday, February 19, 1953

THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C.

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Former Stage Coach Driver On

Cariboo Trail Tells Experiences

Arthur Haddock, one of the few remaining stage-coach
drivers who drove on the old Cariboo Road, gave an interesting

Friday.

_ Mr, Haddock’s family arrived in
Ashcroft on the first C.P.R. passea-

ger train out of Port Moody, on Julye
4, 1886. They saw the first freight |

and stage teams pull out of Ashcrolt

for the Cariboo, and in 1893 their
son Arthur started driving the stage
from Ashcroft to Barkerville. He
was to continue on the Cariboo road
until 1925 through the transition
from horse drawn stages to™auto-/}y
mobiles.

Mr. Haddock began his talk by
displaying a phenomenal memory
for names. He listed the names oi
54 stopping places and their owners,
also which ones boasted bars, be-
tween Ashcroft and Barkerville; the
names of 135 horse and mule team-
sters, 26 stage drivers, 25 teamsters,
12 bull teamsters, and 10 pack
trains.

<The Cariboo Road first started at

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Geo. Dillabough
R.R. 1, Kamloops, B.C.

talk to members of the Historical Society at their meeting

Lillooet in 1860, the speaker said,
winding its way over Pavilion Moun-
; tain and down into Clinton, with the
first mile posts being counted from
Lollooet. In 1864, travel started
from Yale on the new Cariboo Road
and bull teams, B.X. stages, freight
teams and pack trains loaded up at
this point for Barkerville.

|_When the C.P.R. began building
“through the Fraser and Thompson
River canyons it brought up the
freight as it progressed. First the
teamsters could turn at Lytton, then
halfway at Gladwin, then at Spence=
Bridge in 1885. By August 1, 1886.
all stages, teams and pack trains
were pulling out of Ashcroft.

The trip from Aslicroft to Barker-
ville which took four days and cost
the passengers $50 each, was made
over bad roads usually deep wi
mud. Mr. Haddock recalled one
day “when the stage pulled out to
passa bull team coming down the
road between the Mountain House
and the 150 Mile and got stuck in
the mud. The bull teamster had to
use four yoke of oxen to pull the
stage back on the road.

The speaker spoke of the time in
June, 1894 when high water toox
[out all the bridges in the Thompson
River . (Savona, Walhachin, Ash-
eroft, Spences and Lytton). All the
teamsters and pack trains had tc
camp on the north side of- the river,
and the C.P.R. was washed out for
a month. The government finally
had a very large canoe at Spatsum
hauled up the river to Ashcroft by
Indians, and this was used to haul
freight across the river. As soon as
the water went down, a ferry was
put into service and used until a new
bridge was built that winter.

Mr. Haddock spoke in detail as to
how a pack train consisting of 30
head of horses or mules was made
up for a cargo of freight. It-usually

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which is never at a loss to put
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petitive inter. unit hockey league,
which operates a short distance
behind the front lines.

took from four to six days to tie the
cargo up, about 250 Ibs. for cach
pack.

On. the humorous side, Mr. Had-
dock recalled a time when the late
Jack Hamilton was loading his
sleigh with liquor for the Hudson
Bay Co. at Quesnel. One of the
45-gallon barrels fell to the ground
and began leaking badly. Fortunate-
ly one of the other teamsters hada
nest of twelve metal buckets which
were used to save as much of the
rum as possible.

“As drunk as they were, they
made the 70 Mile House for the
night’”’ said Mr. Haddock, “and they
drank rum all the way to Quesnel.”

During the business part of the
meeting, the members endorsed a
decision to erect a new log building
for a museum, instead of trying to
obtain an old building.

A pair of bull shoes, thought to
be at least 20 years old, had heen
sent in to the group by Archie Set-
rowitz of Chimney Lake.

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“Matches lost by my rink

Thrills of The

Roarin’ Game

A Lead Goes Statistical

Once upon a time there was a Lead
a very self-effacing Lead, by the wa
undoubtedly humbled by the kick
ing around one playing his position
is always in for.

Though he had heard many dis-
cussions between Seconds and Thirds
under full-throttle criticism of their
skips, he was never elevated to the
point where he could join in the sport
of running down the Simon Lagree
that runs the rink.

In fact he was given to understand
in no uncertain terms, that the
opinion, pro or con, of any lead
amounted to naught, or even less-—
and that criticism from his ilk was
frowned upon in curling circles.

Unable to join discussions, or hero
began to wonder just how much the
skip’s strategy ‘affected’ lead stones.
He wondered so long and so much
that he decided to keep a record of
his own lead stones, the statistics ot
which follow:

B Personal ‘ousting: Record
Matches participated in
Number of ends .
Matches won by my rink .

7 A

(Not too bad).

Total stones thrown by me in
18 matches 360
Stones in house . 9
Stones short of hog line 132
Stones through house 211

; Too much weight asked for

Too much broom given by skip 84
Too little broom given by skip 18

by skip

Too little weight asked for
by skip ....

Insufficient sweeping ...
Illegal use of hands by

opponents 38
Clipping ... 16
Interference due to high wind 22
Improper delivery of stone on

my part

J. W. Heartwell, of Meadow Lake,
Sask. — better known to Western
curlers as ‘‘Helfire Joe” used to de-
seribe an end he saw played, in
which one side scored an “eight,”
though every man on the ice played
his rocks perfectly. One rink played
each of its stones into the house, and
the other rink passed them through
—and stayed!

—Glen Harris in the Golden Star.

Lumbermen’s Last
Ditch Effort Fails
To Upset Vanderhoof

Prince George — In a rags-to-
riches-and-back-to-rags again finish
which had close to 1000 fans on their
feet, Prince George Lumbermen
Sunday dropped out of the Central
Interior Hockey Championships play-
offs in a game with Vanderhoof Beavs
which went to two periods of ovez-
time.

Lumbermen, playing their best
hockey of the season, trounced the
Vanderhoof squad!11-7 but failed by
one point to make up the five-goal
deficit they incurred on the Bears’
home ice Saturday: night.

With the total goals score tied at
18 points apiece Vanderhoof’s Ken
Silver turned the tide of defeat on
the city team scoring on a break-
away with less than a minute re-
maining in the second 10-minute
period of evertime play.

Despite an emphatic 12-7 loss at
the hands of the Bears the night Le-
fore, Lumbermen set the pace all the
way in their second and last play-off
game.

Lumbermen Captain
To Try-Out With
Victoria Cougars

According to a story in the Prince
George Citizen, Lumbermen captain
Murray ‘Swede’ Swanson will try out
with Victoria Cougars next year.

‘The hustling winger, who has been
voted the year’s ‘most popular player
award’ in Prince was originally of-
fered a try-out with the capital city
team this season, but turned it down
on the grounds that he had not had
enough hockey this year to be in
condition.

The 21-year-old former Chilliwack
boy has played for two seasons with
the Lumbermen, coming to Prince
George via the Penticton V’s and the
Kerrisdale Monarchs. He played
three seasons in the Western Canada
Junior League playing a year each
with Edmonton, Lethbridge and

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Tharactenee ps mpany must be ‘congidered speculative,

sg} Mrs. G. Martell with seven members| back to Lone Buté by Mrs. Ross Me-
351| and one visitor present. Plans for | Millan who will visit friends and rel-
the Tea and Apron Sale on March 14 | atives before returning to Kelowna.
Wrong turn given by sicip ....... 71] Were discussed. THE Public Works Dept are plow:
: The WL plans tg hold a Fall Faby) ing and sanding the Cariboo High-

this year and will discuss the differ-| yay put in spite of this we note the

nee to be held later in the | wrecker from the garage is still busy.

a - MR. and MRS. G. MARKS and

5 = eae
Curling “Draw
20 A sewing class will be held in July | yyonne O’Shanek are holidaying in

Friday, February 2
MTT, SAGGaA. 4% pain: for both members and non-members. | Colorado, U.S.A., for a few weeks.
Wa Se Re After the meeting adjourned a dainty MR. and i

y lunch was served by Mrs. Martell ‘and MRE RUDY UENSiareiin
Hellyer vs Beaman 9 p.m. ana’ Miva be Seste Vancouver on a business trip.
Bishop vs Kerley : sie: MR. and MRS. FRANK PROTZ-

MR. and MRS, GREENLEES callea | MAN returned to U.S.A. after spend-
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. R.|!& @ few months at 100 Mile.
Scott on their way to Victoria, where} THE P-TA held a bingo game at
Mr. Greenlees will represent the|the school on Saturday night, quite
Farmers Institute at Victoria, a large crowd attended, and. over $20
MR. and MRS. BENJ. McNEIL of | Profit was realized.

Tuesday, Fet Canim, Lake visited with the G. Mar-| MR. and MRS, DON FIELDS of
Bogle vs Maxfield 7 pan. tells last Sunday and Mrs. Martell| Canim Lake were at 100 Mile on
Woodland vs Fairley and baby Wayne accompanied them | Saturday. Mrs. Fields and Freddie
Hellyer ys Ewing 9 p.m. to Kamloops where Mrs. Martell had| went to Vancouver on the bus, Mr.
Stevenson vs Bishop some dental work done, Fields returning to Canim Lake.

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Stones hitting side boards
Total stones out of play .
Reasons For Stones Out Of Play

Monday, February 23
Smedley vs Herbert 7 p.m.
Norquay vs Rife
Hawker vs Scott 9 p.m.
Graham ys 150 Mile

ary 24

Wednesday, February 25
Rife vs Walsh 7 p.m.
Kerley vs Smedley
Beaman vs Hawker 9 p.m.
Holland vs 150 Mile

Thursday, February 26
Herbert ys Bishop 7 p.m.
Hellyer vs Scott
Maxfield vs Graham 9 p.m.
Fairley vs Norquay

Friday, February 27
Kerley vs Stevenson 7 p.m. cu.

pio eric
5

Beaman vs Ewing
Walsh vs Woodland 9 p.m.
Bogle vs Holland

Around Town

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Fe Fall Cab Gan
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Mrs. «Ben Richards left Friday
for a visit to Winnipeg.

Winners in the raffle of home-
cooking at the Legion Auxiliary Tea
Saturday afternoon were Mr
Gibbons for the cake and Mr
Blair for the cand

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