-op, and the Rey. . donia. a180 ‘looks after - at seine Alynas NEW HAZELTON, B, G, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1999 °° | Diocese of Caledonia 1 now “Fifty Years old---A Short Story: History and Work The Anglican Chureh commenced her work in Northern * British, Columbia over 70 years ago when the Church Missionary Society of London Bagland . Sent out William Duncan, known and revered along the coast as Father Dun- can, who eventually settled at Metla- katla to commence -the great work’ am- ong the natives.’ By the year 1859 the work had so: developed in British .Col- umbia as to need the oversight of Bish- George Hills was cousecrated bishop in Westminster Ab- hey, England; and arrived in Victoria in January 1860. By the year 1876 the work had extended into the north ern intertor as far as The Forks, now known 1s Hazelton, when the Rev.: W. Ff, Collison, ‘the Church Missfonary Societies represented at, Kincolith prea ched the first sermon in Hazelton. By 1879, fifty years ago, the work had grown so large and.extensive in the Province that’ it was. found necessary. .to divide The Diocese of British Col- umbia into two Dioceses. One situat- ed at New Westminster in the South and ot Metlakatla in the North. “Bish- op Ridley was therefore. _Consecrated in England and sent out: to become the first Bishop of the newly formed Dioc- ese which was to bd known as Cale- After a very exciting trip from England, Bishop Ridely arrived at Met lakatla” and being desirous to get. in _ touch with thé White work as s00n as possible, he travelled. along thé ‘Skkeena by canoe, a8 tor: ‘as Hazelton , where a service of Thanksgiving. for his safe arrival was, held, on October .7, 1880, Hazelton therfore’ being the ‘oldest. mission: in ‘the interior it was decifled that the Jubilee Celebrations ‘should commence in Hazelton “Deanery Chapt- er on June 26 ‘and 27. "To give you “ome extent ‘of the Diocese ;, I might. a say that the Hazelton Dennery incind- es the following : : Commencing at ‘Térrace under the care of Rey. Canon Marsh and Rev, A, W. Robinson who are also responsible’ for the. Kitsumkalim Vatley and 50 nilies exst along the Skeena to Cedar- vale. Then conmmences the work of Rev. T. D. Proctor. of Hazelton, inelna-. ing Woodeoek, Kitwanga, the Kitwan- coo] Valley und yillage and Hazelton assisted by My, Jas. Proctor at Kitwan- vd. This brings us to the Bulkley Val- | ley under Rov L. Intes at’ Smithers extending us far East: aa’ “Topley and Huston. The inke ‘country is under the eave of Rey, J, Hy Kerr at' Burns Lake, then we come to. Headquarters of, Rev. Rural Denn Sweetman at Endaks, who Fort Fraser - and Fr- user Take, This brings us to The Ne- ‘ebacho Valley which 1s in ‘charge ‘of Ttev. Mr. Steer with: ‘Vanderhoot ans tlie centre The work of the Deanery then ' jmaps over ithe’ work of other Diocese “and over the Rocky tnkes. in: some 64, 000 gquare - miles in | the B.C, Peace River ‘Country alt. pre- Mountains and sent In charge of Rey, Mr. Scott. - This, ; constitutes the. 2 Fle velton Deanery which: is only. one ‘Half ‘uf thie THovese,” ‘The other. hekf belng.n mide up ot the Prince long. the Nags; cwith:, jhe ordered fh year ahead owing to: the : Chavet, Orchestra in attoindanes. : graph Creek under Rev.. ‘Commander Hogson also Tarl-Tan and Dease Lake Metlakatla under Mr, Chas, Morrison Ocenn Falls under Ven ‘Archdeacon Hodson. , Besides the above misstons there are two Missions Boats which visit ‘the canneries and pole camps, aml mines and isolated settlers along the coast, -The Norther Cross is in charge of Rev. Jennings. The West- ern Hope is. responsible’ for AIninistering to’ the people of the Queen Charlotte Islands. Such has been he growth of, until it now comprises about 250,000 square miles, , ao Bishop Ridley presided over the Diocese unil 1904 when he retired and returned to England. where he ‘died. in 1911 — The” late Archbishop ‘Duvernet was chosen to be the second Bishop of Caledonia and was Consecrated in Toronto in 1904 and after travelling over practically the whole of the Dio-|& cese from Prince Rupert to: Vander- hoof on foot and seeing the G. T. ‘Pp. put through to the Coast he laboured on untll 1924 when -he Entered -Into Rest having completed . 20° yenrs : ag Bishop and during: the later years as Archbishop, The Diocese then’ with- out x) Bishop for four Years ' owing to lack. of funds, but by’ September 1928 an , Bpiscopal Endowment Fund had been raised and: Archdeacon Rix of Prince. Rupert was Consecrated as the third ‘Bishop of Caledonia, - Both the |- Bishop and all the mer‘ of the Hazel- ton Deanery except. Rev. Kerr. of Burns Lake, who was prevented at the. last moment by being- ‘quaranteened on raccount of measles, were present at the Deanery Meeting held in Hazelton Tt was very fitting’ that- Rural Dean’ Sweetman should be the sperker ‘for the public service for it was just 18 Fears since -he Was ordained - ‘in St, Peters Church to the priesthood, and he has Inbored’ all of that eighteen ground. Endako and the: ‘Lakes Country secing. it. grow, from a ‘ploneer state to real live towns: surroynded with pros: perous farming | communities, «/Rnoth-. er outstrnding member was Rev. Can-' the work during. the past fifty years,|- PRINCE RUPERT } NEWS LETTER Again, the railway hotel question. This time the wise crackers says its’ ago. On.what is to be unsailable, ev- en though it is not official authority, the statemént is. Heard that, the Can- adian National system. will build o hotel: at Prince Rupert, to synchron- izé with the completion of the new coast Hners, and the promotion of tou- rist traffic -generally The site ‘one hears mentioned is on the reserve, or- er: looking the bay, convenient to the station and docks, — ; The Associated Boards of ‘Trade convention, representing Central. Bri- tish Columbia was the event of the} week in Prince Rupert. . dt was O plea- sure for Prince Rupert to have the del- igates : to swap ideas and proposals : to get together and in an informal fa- shion tolk over plans and prospects, Bren a little rnin was staged, so that everybody could feel thoroughly ax home. ; cos “The. new province idea was placed in, cold storage. for avwhile, after brief discussion, at the “Associated Boards of Trade convention, The general feel- ing seemed to be that, laking facts and figures, it would be premature, if not radical, to seek divorce proceedings So, British Columbia as constituted, will worry along wntil the roses bloom again in 1930. a wes Prince: Rupert is becsmoming a 5 yach- ing centre. “Most. of the sen rovers now and then a, stray boat from Van- couver. : The visitors. . are: welcome, They ' ‘are. ‘Yakish looking pirates, ice jeream trousers,. lots of gilt, caps worn ata jaunty angle, and a gait more ‘or less veminiscent of the rolling main. As a rule the yachts fulfil ones’ dream of what 1 yacht should he: something to be, ‘vistoned, but ‘pot realized. . One’ of the, happy features of the associated Board of, Trade: was the banquet to the delegates from out, of town. “Brerrbody. brought along Jon Marsh who has’ ‘Inbored in the, north for nearly. forty years and haa now ve- ‘tred,; “He wns ‘able.to. tell of the .ard- wous-trips which had to. be made with | dog sleighs taking months: which now. Can: be made comfortably in as many days: ‘by. aeroplane.’ Supplies had: to fnet that there was only one ‘mail and supply boat a year. This “was up. in the MacKenzie River. district. where he established the Hay River Boarding School, the. whole of the logs and boar- dg-had to be sawn by. hand:. When we think of. such conditions Wwe | can consider. ourselves’ tu be Hring in hux- ury, ‘and. can. well afford to rejoice that we have ‘reached the Fiftieth: An- ulversary, ' ve 1 MIDSUMMER’ DANCE Co To . be, hela by the citizens. of Harelton tn, Asseinbly ball, Friday, uly 1 19 at 9. B Me:.. Come: one, Come. all, . Tn. Summer, Dress: or Overalls ~ Come in Anything at all ' Help. us te ‘bet a. Community. fill. i} he rer : : 3. Woolard, RN... . mee a. ae ng hi from rate payers. , church, on. Sunday ‘ for use ‘a Westminster: Ahby his, appetite, There was a general co- operation - iu making a sad wreck of ‘baked ° ‘snlmetie: “and .: ‘strawberry short- “cake, In short, “it, {WAR the, sort ‘of a ‘dinner ‘that did ‘not, ast too Tong, and the. same goer for the speeches. . A major operiition’ was preformed at the City hall last week,. when the elty engineer, WA McLean tendered his resignation, effective. August 1 and the same was accepted? Hard on its heels the ‘suspension ‘of the city fore- man, Jack MeRne,. who, for, some. time had been the subject - of complaints So: there you are! TTT "THANKSGIVING SERVICES ) “Bhanteeelving services tor the recoy- ery, at King NRA, fo henten .. and ntrenath. wil he, held in: St. woug tue “at. ales ‘fe the same 38, thong. “ghosen’ hy the: Kin h hail from Seattle, or California, with conference ; ‘by one’ David Jones, Peter’ # ~ Two Men Dead Eno ‘Ferner and Isak Karlson are dead and Davy Joneg is In Smithers jail charged with manslaughter. ‘This is the result. of 4, trip by auto liquor. - Jones was driving a car under the authority of a Hcense and took the two above ‘mentioned ‘men, and Elgot Bjornhofde for a drive’ up the inoun- tain to the mine. They had apparently had some liquor before they left and at the mine they had -some more out of the bottle they ad along with them jaccopding to evidence at the coroner’, inquest... The party left sinithers about five o'clock on. Saturday afternoon and all was apparently well until returning in the carly evening, Coming down the mountain, with Jones at the wheel, all the switchbacks bad been navigated and R straight stretch of read for 250 feet phead. The car went, off the side of this good piece of rond and run on the side for 42 feet and then went over and down the, bank. 2. distance of 30 oid feet, turning over apparently once and partly over again. Ferner and Karlson, - “were kiMled' Instantly, each having his neck broken. The others were not seriously hurt and were able to extricate themselves from the wreck and start for help. On the road they _ were picked up by. McEwen, aw driver for the “Duthie ‘mine, “and “taken Anto town where Sargt. Service of the pro- vincial police was +; notified. Jones was immediately” placed under arrest and’ Bjornhofde was held as material witness pending the inquest. ‘ Dr. Stone was brought down from wns. finished Tuesday night” and ithe jury came to the conclusion) that J ones was driving. the ear and oawas under the influence of liquor and not cap- able of driving A charge of manslaughter was laid against Jones and he will appear on Monday” for preliminary hearing. the inquest. * The ‘verdict of ‘the: coroner’s” “suas was as follows : this jury that these nen, Isak. Karlson and Eno: Ferner; came to ‘their: death between 7 and 8& o'clock: ion" “the ev en- ing of Tune 20, 1029, throvigh: the over- turning. of ‘an nutoniobile,: and heing pinned under. an the Duthie. ilhe road, at a point about $ % miles ‘from. ‘Smit-| hers; the said antomobjle being. ‘drivé en) It. fs our, convie- |’ tion’ that the said: David: Tones, the| aviver of: the automobile, * was: tinder . the influence of Nquor and: not capable of. properly handliig - ‘the, car at. the ‘time. of the aeeldent.” “There have been 2 good 1 many acet- dents, : mare or, less ‘serious, in. the north, but. this: 1s the first time that deaths’ ‘have resulted. . toe tk ‘ 3k from Smithers to -the Duthie mine and) return in company~-with a bottle - of Hndako to conduct the inquest which. he-opened Monday morning and ad-|o jourhed until Tuesday. The -inquest|e —"Tt is ‘the: ‘opinion off. and One Other Charged With Man ‘Slaughter i in Car Wreck Omineca Chapter In Session two Days last Week The first meeting in the history of the Caledonia Diocese of the Hazelton rural deanery was held in St. Petérs church, Hazelton, on June 26 and 27, The Bishop of Caledonia was present, | With the Rural Dean, Rev. Mr. ,Smeet- man, presiding, Rev, A.W. Robinson was elected secretary. Excellent pa- pers were read bythe members of the chapter. The one on Christian Unity by Rev. T D. Proétor, rector at Haz- elton, was’ ontstanding. for the amount of research work put into it and clear- ness of outlook. Canon.'T, J. Marsh, retired tatnister af Terrace, gave a very graphic description of the. early. ‘days in the Hay River where. he and Mra; Marsh spent about, 20 years pioneering: authority ‘in religion” by Rev. 8. °C. at Vanderhoof; and “Our young people by Rev. L. J. Hales of Smithers. Rev . A, W. Robinson gave a paper on “Mis- sions vs Materialism’. The business of the chapter was carried. out expedi- tiously under the leadership of he rur- ni dean and much spirited discussion enstied * ie ania The ‘hospitality. of, the Hazelton Peo ple surpassed al’ expectations. On: ua the first day of thé’ meeting a sumpeir : ous: repast was given by the Women’s". Auxiliary of ‘St. Peter's church under. the leadership of Mrs, Dungate, Mrs: Sargent, Lp yee auéts, and: Mrs: Dalit “with’ ‘thie: ‘pia- no.. ‘in the afternoon ‘some of the | clergy were taken’ to Ritseguela” and. saw that interesting Indian. village. : ‘The next day was spent in business of the chapter until five o’elock. . The hosta were Mr.-and- Mrs. Sarrent. Mr. {and Mrs. Dungate, Mr. and Mrs Mere Bjornhofde was given his. Mberty after. ~ ‘ Mrs, Hogan: ‘and: Mre; Newick and Mrs was Rey. T. D. and -Mrs. Proetor. while Faby Were’ Tene! an “Phe thanks. of. tha: deanery “nte’ sie ma to all those in.-Hazeion who: made the visit of the- ‘clergymen so enjoyable, : and to Ter, TT, Dd, and Mrs. Pr actor. hee! New. Ontario i is ‘In Control. ee oo Owen Lake Mine - Nonk. A: Timmins, president of the Hollinger Consolidated ‘Mines Ltd.. Timmins, Ont.,: is reported. to have : secured controlling interest in Other papers vead were “The final... Steer, the newly appointed encumbent -- — iee Data: 4 WN inaly gave’ ‘her home for the ~ ; = completed ‘a deal under which he has the ° Owen ‘Lake Mining: Co property trom .