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. aeeept all-or part of the recommenda:

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- of Chilliwack and R. W. “Mayhew of

_ the sane time the government does not

’ system of financing may be introduce’

"in their gardens now, but there will be

pide ata early date for the prope:

~ : NEW HAZELTON, B, C., WEDNESDAY. APRIL 20, 1982

TO INVESTIGATE’THE FINANCES

ou

Non-political :Comniission ..Appointed ~

to ie Report to the Government

Yeo. Kidd, Austin Taylor, A. HL
Douglas of Vaneouver, W. LL. Mackin

Victoria have been: appointed’. as a
special commission to make a study of
the finances of the province of British

Columbia. for the provincial ‘govern- "

ment, it was recently annonneed by
Premier Tolmle- This commission is -o
nonpolitical one and it is to investigate
ml branches of prov incial finances. At

pledge itself to accept: all or-any part
of the report ‘or. the recomniendation:.
that the cémmission, may: make. | Tht
government itself is: responsible for the
provinelal finanees, said the premier.
On the other hand the government may

tions It is also possible that a new
One thing 18 apparent, Vancouver got

three-fiths of the commission and the
tity should be satisfied for once.

BASEBALL OFFICERS RESIGNED

The baseball team held a meeting on
Saturday afternoon when. Munager J.
Rukin and € “Ap S. H. Senkpiel handed
in their resignations to take effect im-
‘ mediately,. These officers were. 6niy.
appointed: a week. or’ 80 gO, but there
was ‘Apparently some * * difference of
opinion among the boys and. the ‘offi-
core. eonsidéred. “Ets in the best interests
of the: ‘teain ond of: themselves to pull
aut before“ it: “was. too: late. The boys

tippointed: Bert. 1 ‘Spooner’ “to o manage the! mt
~ business end'‘of the team and the boys |:

will be captain of the team.

GET BUSY: IN THE GARDEN .

—

Quite a number of people are ‘busy

more within the next week or so. A
vood big garden is the best bet anyon
has who intends to remain. here over
the next winter. But a good garder
is not ‘enough. Uuless the produce of
the garden Is taken proper care of I
will not serve the purpose for which ‘yr
avis intended, Preparations ‘should lie

storage of vewehables and fruit. Ther
things all mean work and that seems {|
“itt w Wit “post peaple are nakitiy 4 for.”

Me. Jer Avon of Wimiipes who is n18-

metaren with the Findsons’ Bay Co. ar
tnapeto® of stores, with head quarter:
tn Winrilpes spent sev erat days at the
Thtaction store this. week,

‘where he will work his placer claims

; munity, hall.

Va grils ‘fire get ‘away “from hin.

.| Hefere-it, quieted. down for the nigh-

ait will he remembered that there ar

Terrace News —

” BL. Stout “has left. for Douglas ‘creek |

. §.. Danhauer. ‘left ‘for “Hazelton .01
Thursday ‘night and returned,’ Satur-
day after ‘disposing of his fur which
he got on Copper River... He express
edt himself | as Satisfied Ww ith results.

_A great deal of sy mpathy- Was ‘ex:
pressed. for ‘DT; A Scott and ‘bis so
Fred when word was. received (last
Monday. that Mrs. @. TL beott “bac
passed aw ny in Vancouy er -She hid
been in fll- health for some: years anc
recently decided to 80, south for ex-
pert attention, from specialists. Shit
had, only arrived there the Saturdi, -
before her death... The fumeral wr
held and interment took place in Va,
couver,

Mibaud Bros. have quit trapping fo
this sensou and are preparing to tak.
up vanching, — : we

4

. Geo. H. Rogers: of ‘Vaneonver arriv-
ed in Terrace on Soturday morning,
He had Teen a passenger. on the P. G,
RK. train that was wrecked and his. ar-
riv al here was somewy hat. delayed.

Monday morning “brought forth t
much layer attendance at the Kit-
sumgalium schools. “The meusled? ouut-
brekk has subsided. It-is indeed: for,
tunate that it ‘was: only measles = that
‘laid so many ‘out, © Had it. been teter
there w ‘onldshare leen no. joking.
stvigter:-attention to quarantine mow
he enforeed in future,
Reena Tp pee aaa Himes iets ‘

I, ‘Benoit’ and family. hive. - move -
fron. ‘town to ‘the. Kirkpatrick - how =|
lin Lakelse Valley, close te the com-

While good progress . is being” “made
on Braun Island bridge, general “work
under the public works department r?
closed down pending the allotment of
Terrace’s share of the appropriation

BE CAREFUL OF CLEARING FIRES
a i
 Tpriver ‘residents revelved
warning on Friday to be careful wit!
fire now that the dry season Is. ay
provehing. On Friday au,;gardeuer, i ¢
preparing . his land on ‘the flat. ube
two miles up "Wer froin, Cedaivale hau,
Wh
veiy quickly: ran up‘ the bank’ std
tad. crossed. the: Kitwanga-Cedarval.
roid, nen: Gold ,Creck, ind proceedes
up the hillside through an old barn’

it had almost grined the toy of the hil

Wrineh, M. Teddy’ who has re-
tied {row attending the session of.
ie Fanchelatre it Victoria, ‘

Loe. TT a

Ji funds this. year for fighting fire:

“TL  den Tnless he wants: to fight fire- fo,

t montlis, , needrdlng: ton ‘Vancouve "f ‘dis.

| sitlan te the Teople,

hate signified thelr intetitlon, bf-retir-

; and every man_is therefore a five war-

nothing.” - =

NO uort0N nas YEAR REPORT

There will he no ‘election this year
in British Columbia, nor for’ eighteen

pitch, « aMeinbers’ ‘of, the- goremmient, it
is sitd, will - tour: the Provinea this
stmmer and fall nnd explain. their po:
It is- iulso report:
ed that’ twin? Hemera: fron -¥antouver

ing from, provincial ‘politics. ~ The par:

Tt ix foo bad aly the members. cannot
he cabinet anfuister 4, OF. at, lenst: handic
al Ugrart” boven or pateaiiage: “Turente.

~ Miss vivian’ Chappell. returued. ta. hor
home it Hazelton. on Monday’ ‘night: ‘at:

|Dr. Wrinch is

were emptied.

timel; |

1 Pel by July ist. With wheat moving

ty will not be sorry to loss Mr. Dick.

- On Job Again
| After Session

Dr. H. oC. ‘Weineh, M.I.A. for the
Skeeant viding, accompanied by Mes.
Wrinch . arrived home . on. Saturday a.
m. fron Victoria where the Doctor had
aeen “attending the Legislature. They
are both Jooking well and Bay they: nre|
fecling fine. Speaking of the session
the: ‘Doetor said he'was glad it was all
over: 8 it. had been in many respects
the. most trying in the history of the
prov ince, and whilé he aid not, s1¥ 80
‘in so many wards, yet it could be seen
thit ‘he had. ‘much sympathy. with the
ministers, aid especially ‘the minister
of finance who . had the’ ‘tonghest job
any finance minister ever had since. B
C. became @ province. «

/ Aside from the ‘financial difficulties:
the unemployment question. was'a big
thing and the government was blamed
for ‘inuch unjustly. ‘The attitude of
some’ of the men was not in negord
with. good citizenship.. The, ‘goveniy
‘ment at Victoria, or anyother govern
ment in Canada, does not take the*re-|’
sponsibility of keeping men in idleness
The present situation is . unique “ini
the history of the world, ‘and the gov-
ernments realizing that there would be
mite” ‘distress offered, and did help a
gapd many “thousand “people over. the
hard time. The -government is ‘still
prepared . to help, ‘those who actually
are in neéd,. “pit” the government’ will
lend assistatl “in. its own way. - Those
who do nt Hie the offer of the gov:

Referring to the change in Skeen::
riding the Doctor : said. Skeena’s | east
ern bowidry was moved to the west t
the Cronin road, but takes in the. con
fields fur some eight miles up. the
kwa river. The westerl boundries t
the riding were not touched. -Oniine
riding taker in that part of ‘Ske
above referred to and looses the east-
em trea of Peace River: He is hav-
ing a may of the new ridings sent on
aa scon cus it cad be prepared.

In regard to new work on roads he
, did not Look for very much. if any this
yout. The big Joan that has heen
floated euch year for several years has
this year been’ cut to $400, 000 and. the
great butik of that will go fo the Big
Herd voad. The allotment: “for Skeenit
for mnbitenanee work. has heen ent by
some 20% as was ev ery". other riding
Dut one in the province, 7

The Duetor stated that the brightest
‘prespect he could see for the future
wns the prospects of a big crop on tha
Lprairles; aud, the probability’ that the
present. stocks of W heat held in Gana-
da would he yeduced by a million bush-

there were hopes ‘tor the timher and
Tumbering business. “In the meantime
‘pilaeer hold ming was. the best pros:

Unesot WWE, bo
“Pretti young: thing—Ate you srt
these curtain: “wort: - shrink: 1 want
‘them for my bedroom - spindovin :
Canild” dlerk—Tady;. with: your, “fig:
re, ‘you ‘should wants. wheter thes
shrink, oF, noe wd

cm ea
"i mt

: A ‘reetiaus. ander : the. convenershy,

wis on “Thursday: uext,. The ladles. ‘are

‘The tunnels enst of New Hazelton |,

“te he quite. 4 busy wan in future and

na “well | as qualified to issue marriage

poet for ay wha. cou. ‘tollow thes

of Mya, ‘Tomlinson 3 avill be . held, at the
‘lime of ‘Mrs. FI.:O.. Wrinch: ‘at 8.30" py}

expecting. to organixe. pu auixilinty: te:

a

TROUBLE AT THE: TUNNELS _

hnve heen giving the Canadian Nation-
al “Railway considerable trouble. this
spring and there is no. indication that
the trouble is -over, in fact it. is just
getting © nicely. started, © For the: last
year or two there shas - not been; much
snow or. trost.- and, the mud and- water
in the spring were edsy to handle, but
last winter there was much. frost and
much snow with the resnlt: ‘that the
‘| big side hill cuts on each side of the
tunnels are. sluffing. There is also: a
big. jody of water a short distance.to
the south of ‘the tunnels, known as
Rass Lake, and this is ina large mea:
suite responsible for the troubles.’ In
the Tist surveys and plans for drain-
ing the lake have been prepnred and:i-
waa thonight last year that the. com
pry was: going. to carry the work out
In time the Inke ‘Will have to be low:
ereil or Avained. -

_!§Q HAVE MANY JOBS Now

‘John Hamilton Byrne of the g govern-
ment office staff at Smithers is going

he will have many titles attached te
his position. Due to reorganization of
the civil service Mr, Byrne now De-
comes deputy government agent, de-
puty registrar of the county court of
Prince Rupert, deputy district regist-
tar of the supreme eourt Smithers. re-
gistry, deputy Commissioner of lands
‘Hazelton land. recording district, de-
puty mining recorder, Omineca mining
division, deputy registrar of voters for

ton, .ywater, district, deputy. gold com-
‘mis jones, ~Ointneca mining ~“ division.

licenses. and his .other regular duties.
He. should now baye a full. time job.,
Hubert B. _ Campbell, government
agent at Smithers is to: be- also provin-
cial collector for the Omineca Assess-
ment district, ,
ee

‘AMONG THE LOCAL INDIANS

‘| river:

Skeena, deputy water recorder Hazel-

. NEIL . McINTOBH WAS INJURED

“ay

Jumped | from: the: Engine when, he Sat
Mud Slide Coming. Down—His ©
Leg. was Twisted :

woke

On Saturday. thorning ‘about ten o*

ing ‘out of the small tunnel east of New
Hazelton to dump a couple of cars of.
mud, a slide of considerable size cnm« -
down and caught the engine and de-
railed it, Fireman Neil MeIntosh saw
the slide coming, and having been i: 7
2 slinilar ‘jack-pot before he jumped.
nad in doing so received 2 severe
strain to his leg. Engineer Frank Fos-
ter did not see. the slide, being on’ ‘the:
oppdsite side of ‘the engine. He got
the engine stopped before it had gone.
too far. It was quite possible . for the
slide to shove the engine over the em- |
bankment’ and down | ‘into the: Bulkley | :
Dr.: Wrinch | rendered’ first aid
and MeIntosh was. taken to his home .
in Smithers. ‘The Inst word is that nc.
bones were broken*but that his leg gat

a nasty twist. :

ied

Local Items

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The Fellx Club met at: Mrs. John
Newick's home on Tuesday.night anc .
Mrs. Chappell won the . prize. . The
Club will meet at the home of Mrs. W ~
E. Gow nest Tuesday night. -

Ww. W. Anderson was taken suddenly
ill on Sunday evening and was taken

appendicitis was performed: at once..

a : The latest report. ds: hat. he. is making.

a good. “recovery.

- Daring: ‘the past. week ‘the - “Skeena *
rivi er his. risen several feet due: to the.
big rain on Sunday. night andthe dis: °
appearance of snow from the lowell.
levels. The Skeens will ‘be’ high thi:
semmet if the’ weather is at all warm

"There was a general meeting f the

The Indians of the dfferent parts of
the different parts of the Skeena river
und a Vingw fleet are cleaning up and.
gravelling the roads leading — through
the different reserves and. making -&
big. Linprov ement. - Many others tre
getting their land in shape for the new
crop,  Tast. year’s-crop 2Of- dS WAS -86-
good that: he Department of... India
Affiita-has decided. that this year the

pur chased. from ‘the Tndinns. themselver.

“The Indians of the Babine Azeney
pulled through the long bard winter Ir
splendid shaje: aiid are’ ‘looking fo

some of the natives hove already gon
to the coast: for the spring salmon fish
ing. The catth: ot fur last winer wa:
not mp ‘to the “‘AVErNEgE | ‘although. there
was 1 ood. fall. of, snow in all parts o!
the-country.. ‘The ‘Mounted Police had
very little tronble from thé Indian
on aceount of home: brew or. athe
Hquan,

‘

ROADS ‘NEED: HE ‘GRADER ,

‘Whe. Jocal “youd iin; this’ ‘end of ‘the

the qrader- to go over. - The frost: ‘is- ‘all

» pout: of the ground and ‘one return: ‘trip’
with the: grader v vould’ put. them: ‘in ext

cellent shape for. traffic, “AS they’: ‘are
‘pow it in very “‘nmeoinfortable. to; dr ive]:

or ovet, them. and they - also do: ‘a. lot of.
; / damage ’ ‘toy the’ ears.

; The : roads : are
vers yough. and ‘there: ig no excuse, for

“The? sgovernment” has.
ee on: hand): the hone hi

seed potatoes. aupplied Indians will be].

wail’ to it ‘oud season nt the camerie:

district were never’ fo better shape fot}, ~

miaeline'|

Hazelton Community Association helc ,
in - Hazelton on Monday night. when 5
members were present. The buildin’:
 eomnilitee presented its report and be .
wis discussd from Many: angles. ‘Nor

i& the time to get the plans: of the nev:
hail in shape and the style nnd cost of
the building to suit the majority as j
will. sive. much, difficulty,.later,on.,. te?
‘The neeilng. adjourned, withont. defi.
alte action. a!

The; Hiielton Golf Club: vt
this (Wednesday): evening: for.
pose of discussing the .affalr:
Chib_ and. prepare plans. for th
ling season. j

; Grandina—Yes, I feel much. ‘petter :

now, anid TI. don't think there is any:
thing wroig with my, ‘appendix.. Bie
‘tt was nice of the minister to eal and :
see ne About’ tt. ts :

Q Grand daughter—But that wasn't

the new minister, that was & specintixt

from the city who examined you.: .

_ Grandma—Oh, he waa a ‘doctor. wit:
jhe? I thought he was-a little famil
lar for a imtniater re

for | ‘the yenr: and everyone. kndws "that nr

a: llttte. work; ‘early “ta bie’ Spring” ‘fs

ter-spending.a month the guest ‘ ‘of “Misr
+ Moffatt: in Prince Rupert. 5

goo

i

| carty ‘én. the ‘socal , activities of thie
* , Hevelton Community Association.

worth. @: be 1 more “thi
the s peanoi. ren

later in i

elock just as the mud train was, mov-

to the hospital where an operation for .