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THE OMINECA HERALD. NEW HAZELTON, -B. C., WEDNESDAY.

OCTOBER 12, 1933

NEW HAZELTON, B.C.

Published Every Wednesday
C. H. Sawle ‘Publisher

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Certificates of Improvements......$15.00
Water Notices $15.00

A Wonderful Cc ountry

For areal beautiful drive a‘trip to
Sinithers by ear can hardly be sur-
passed. This particular trip is men-
tioned because the government grader
his just about completed putting that
raul in shape,’ The machinery will be

into New Hazelton this week and the}.

rond is in better shape than eyer be-
fore, Some really good work has been
done on it, The road is so good that
even the driver of thé ‘car can get a
elimpse of the beautiful countryside
and not take a chance of Yiding in-
tou a ditch or # hole. If we in ‘this
part of the country directed attention
of tourist associifions to the really
magnificent colorings on our bills and
in the. valleys and along the roads, a

xreat many Visitors would ,be attract-
em in the fall, especially from the cogst
where the vast majority of trees con-
thine their usual solld freens, ‘Thus
the tourist season might easily be ex-
tended another month or two.. In a
year like the present the season would
he extended for at least two months, !
fut a drive to any part of this district.
is Just os benutiful as the drive | to’
Smithers. One can run down to the
Indian village at. Kitseguekla, or up:
the Kispiox valley or up Glen moun-
tain, or stay right heré and look about.
This is truly the land flowing . with
milk and honey (there are bees and:
lots of cows.) And Scenery is not all:
we hive by a long shot, nor is our per-
fuct climate. There are farm lands
wd garden lands ang flower beds that
preduce abundantly ‘and’ magnificiently
in matter what the weather, All who

nlunted seeds and gave them: reagon- |

uble care have reaped abundantly, or
ure about to do so, Then there are re-
sources of the forest that have hardly
yet been realized, but which are grow-
ing in importance, and before another
Year comes around the great mineral

resources in the hills will again be pro- a

viding plenty of traffic for the rail-
way. There is water power at’ our

door to supply a couple of million in-|_

dustrial population and a good = -sized
creck of pure mountain Water at our
hack door that will supply a, large
bopulation for all domestie ‘ purposes,
Po we appreciate our good fortune in
being Privileged. to. live in «such” go:
#reat and glorious country.? Then we

wight truly. be thankful at this season
at Thanksgiving. sO

; WHY WE TRADE

Irom. the beetnying : of, + . the men
have. travelled and: traded.” ., Chey: have

turn.

They gave what they had to!
‘give

travelled and traded. . One of the |!
most specticlar journeys in all his- |

they returned. —
Britain to trade the silkg of Obina, the.|'
- cottons of Indian add ‘tie frankincense ;

_ beasts of the forests; 7 | 7
Just as the Gréeks and. the: B n

so the more: modern. ‘traders in their,

better equipped “ératt “have sailed to}

the}four. coxners of the eirth: carrying
with. them ‘bends of glasi and. other. al-
; luring: ornaments to give to ‘ungophisti-’

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ivory ‘that they craved. -

There ig no reason in condemning
‘the exchange -that was made. If an-
African chief wanted a top hat, a gold
laced eont, and a trinket or two, he

xot value in the pleasure of possession
These ‘things meant ‘little: or. nothing

to the salesmen but what did mean a|

‘] for which. the nativé had no ‘need-at

all. The African exchanged it gladly
for eyeéfilling. ornaments, that glittered
for him just the same as do the things
displayed in a five-cent store to tempt

grown-ups.

Trnding at its best is giving to otb-

great deal to “him and. bis home people
wus the tusk of- an African elephant,

ers what they reqire and getting from
them what we need.

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our own children,.as well.as lots of:

An item of interest in our triide W.

Holland is used sacks.’ The . type f

in considerable: quantities in “shipping
fertilizer, coal, coke, “ete, >

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“Have you: pald your: ritiseription yet?

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saek ‘principally in demand is the ‘used | -

stigar. bag which has. been. cleaned: and |’ | -.
reconditioned, ‘The: sacks are: utilized :

given gifts and received presents in re- |’

and received in. payment - the | 7
things they had not..:" Women 'too,-have |

‘tory was the romantic.,visit. paid by. |: .
the Queen of Skeba to the Court of |)”
-Solomon, -her train -ladened with: eifis'|\"
from the jungles of fries, “Padened

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‘The Phoeniciang travelled’ to atiotent Re

und myrrh and spites of Araby for the |! ‘"--
tin.of Cornwall and the ‘aking of, fhe -

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travelled.,abroadi‘for the? things: at f

had become’ neckssittes ' “to “them,” and-| -
which they-did not “possess theinaelves, é

_ cated people, ‘and to bring baek to'their] |

SERVICE STAT.

AND. YOUR TOWN

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JN TRYING to tell you something
about: the “oil business, we do not
ask you to believe that it is run by
supermen who never make mistakes;
however, we believe it is at least as
efficient and as ably directed as other
important industries where competi-
tion demands good se-vice at reason-
able cost.

Ai criticism often directed at our
industry is that we have spent too
much money on our service stations— :
“There must be big. profits in gasoline
when the companies can afford all
those stations.” That is what Esople.
sometimes say,

After all, it is ‘natural for you to
think this if you have not been told

the facts, Frankly, we:admit it is we -

_who are to blame if you don’t know -
- the truth.

To begin with, the oil cornpanies
did not. build all thie ‘service stations
you see around the country. The oil
companies own less than 12 out of
every. 100 of the places where gasoline
is sold. Private enterprise and private

capital — your  fellow- -townsmen, for °

- instance — own the great majority of
them. . .

‘

‘Such people’ have invested their
‘money in a retail business enterprise in
your community, and. what has been’
the result?—bright, attractive, highly
specialized “stores”, where ‘ motorists
_can -buy ‘the brands of. gasoline, oils,
tires, batteries and other.. things they

_, prefer—“stores” ‘that invite ‘visitors to _
stop fora while iri ‘your‘town ‘and to

spend ‘their money there, ‘thus helping
to make. your community more: pros-
perous—‘stores” . that -give -employ- |
‘ment to men, who might otherwise be
unemployed, to your cost as a tax-
_payer—‘stores” that provide restrooms
and. conveniences that might otherwise
have to be paid: for from ‘the’ tax reve-
- nues of your community,

‘Now whit do these stores cost the

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gasolivie buyer? aa

You _ know “that your butcher,
‘yout grocer, ‘your. ‘hardware. man, all’

oe ‘BRITISH: AMERICAN: Om, co; LaD,’
BO: ‘FUEL. COMPANY LTD. =~

HOME, OIL‘ DISERIBUTORS LTD. *

make their living by buying goods in ~
‘large quantities and selling ‘to you in‘
smaller quantities, charging you.more, _

of course, than they paid’so: that they

may cover the cost of the service they
render, and earn a reward. for their
labor and enterprise. - oe!

The average storekeeper ‘sells
ordinary’ goods at a gross profit of
25% to 30%. Well, your-neighbor-
ing service station operator gets no.
More, and ‘sometimes less. In many
cases he. would not be able to carry-on
his business if he depended’ ‘only on his
profits from gasoline; that is one rea-

"son. why he sells oil and other products. |

"and services.
“why in-many cases the oil, companies:
help the dealer to keep his place: bright.

and attractive by: ‘providing ‘signs and."

That, too, is a reason .

‘by painting his premises. But do not

“think: that just’ because a. place is
‘painted in- the’ oil company’ 8 colors ‘it
is owned: ‘by the oil’ ‘company. ‘In most
cases that is not so. :

stations?

also be argued’ that there: ‘are. too many -

butchers and bakers, too many farmers, |. -

mechanics, lawyers and doctors. ‘How |

would it beriefit you to have fewer’

Aro - there £00. many service _

Some may ‘think 80; | bac it ¢ might.

of them?) What: would you do with :

the people displaced from occupation?
Put them on relief? -
of ‘those still occupied. would have 'to*

‘Then -the taxés

bé increased, ‘and would offset any

theoretical “economies.” _

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there are many “‘service: stations” you,
as a. consumer of' gasoline, are “paying
the: piper.”., “Service stations”
taxes on land that might otherwise: be’
non-productive,’ they provide - necés- ;
‘sary service, they give - employment

and they circulate. ‘money’ in’ your’. io
“district.” All this is to your advantage |
cand entails negligible. addition in’ core was

of gasoline to the consumer. |

« The fact: that the. price of gasoline

pay se

in British Colismbia: compares so favor- -:-

ably ‘with’ prices elsewhere should: alone _

be ‘enough to o prove this: ” .

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Storing Your Vegetables —

Vezetables Intended for:winter use ~
should be growr | as near maturity as
posaihle, otherwise they: enunot be ex-
pected: to ‘keep sO yell:

“Squash: ind, pumpkin: ‘should be turn-.
sed over avhile growing to-get all the’
stiishine : possible, - ad “the; fruit may
che raised ' off. the ground. by’ placing
Boards or. flower ‘pots underneath, As
‘soon as the rind is firm ‘enough to pre- .
vent -piereing by the finger nalj.. the
fruit may be taken off the plant. On
‘no reeount should the fruit be expos;
ed to the,least. frost. They should be

: stoved in a warm dry place, 1 tempera-

tnre.of 40 tu 50. degrees: I’. is suitable.

‘| They ‘should at alt timés be handled
>. Pas -caretally:0s. eggs,

the: * slightest
bruise is likely to cause decay in stor-.
axe, -When‘large: quantities are, to be.

stored, slatted. shelves should be used
[so that the fruits may. not be ‘piled on;
: top of each’ other.

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ad Onitons - may algo ‘reqitiie some hel!

; ‘to ripen’ in’ the J fall,’ in districts where

the ‘BENS Le ‘is, ort,:/ As: 8000; as” the!

_ ‘tops: of a fé "planta, fall” over, “all the:

tops: should be. bent’ ‘over : ‘This: checks:
the “flow | ‘of sap - ‘and causes the butbs’
to ripen.: A few: days later the, Plants:
“| siionld” be pulled. -f the weather con-:
tinues fine they: should be turned:over’.

, geabionaly ‘until the ‘tops are fairly:

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ae aia ‘the bulbs placed in slatted crates’

or sprend out: in an open shed to finish’
‘In wet weather’ they should’
be removed to the ‘shed at once for rip:

yening.. When-all dried they may bes
_| but - into storage for winter. A: cool,*

ary“ eellar, with temperature not.-over:
40 degrees at any. time is ideal for.
keeping. onjons. Shallow, slatted ‘crates. ‘
or shelves are ‘satisfactory: If the. bulbs ..
are not: piled ‘to-any, great: depth...
TRE ‘Danish* ‘Balihead. strain of iato!-
cabbage is best: for. storing. for winter.”
use. “All, the juteryleaved should: bet
wwemoved/: ‘and: the : -heads: handled care: ..
the roots: left on, but ‘all. the * ‘outer
good: ‘Slveulation; of: ‘airtiniithe ‘store. +.
room they. may be piled -in layers, At