RB Dr. A. Wrinch is looking to
® Skeene’s interests every day,

‘Terrace Bridge
Completed and
i. Ready to Open
Re Needs for Roads Expressed

‘to Local Member During
‘Visit This’ ‘Week

\

\. Returning from Prince Rupert
ma. this week, Dr, Wrinch, M.L.A.,
m stopped off at Terrkce to consult
m the people theirin. regard to mat.
@ ters to be taken up at Victoria,
4 While in town he visited the new
@ bridge over the Skeena and saw
& the last girder put into place and
m drove a rivet with the air rivet-
E re He then proceeded across
Bute bridge, which.-will soon be
¥.Gsen fur traffic. The Doctor
#. considers the structure 'a credit
a to the district and to the con-
& tractors, as well as to the gov-
® ernment whose policy is to do
ma Permanent work wherever pos
ie sible.
mm. the-Terrace people asked that
me the Kalum road be completed as
my S00n as possible, -There are only
fam two and a half miles to finish and
m then the mining ‘properties in
t that district will have good trans-
Portation. Mining is on the in-

other interests than. mining, and
Mthe day is not far off when a
food many summey cottages: will
be erected around, the lake.
The Terrace. people are also
trong for the ‘completion of the
main highway between New Ha-
elton and. Terrace along - the
keena, River. This. work’ ls of
he utmost importance” to the
pening pp and evelopment of
he Skeena ‘Valley, and -it will
algo be an added attraction to the
tourists coming front. Fhe sonth,

t pene ees aed ie

A Owing toa rockelidé at. Gedar-|6 on |W
ale, the gasthound’ passenger /act and re
in on =i morning: ia (0) SE
syed severa) -hoprg, arriving) ‘Mrs. Macks
“8 fev minyte lagt week

piri

r elock, .

of W. E. Horwell,

Mining end ‘Dther Activities. .

About. Dorreen

By present indications Dorreen
is about to become a very active
cenire. - Prospectors are. -now.
coming in with glowing reports
of the nearby hills, .

dominating value of the ore ig
gold, a much- needed commodity

just at present. _

The Dorreen Mines. have their
baby tram working successfully,
under the able ‘management ‘of
Capt, J..R. Turner, M.E:’- Ore

fl is arriving constantly at-the ‘sid-

ing for shipment. The stopes
present a: beautiful sight to those|*
interested j in’ mining. Develop-
ment has* ‘proved an untimited
body of high: grade gold ore. -

George Hambly and associates
Teport a discovery of a free-mill-
ing vein, assaying two ounces in
gold. The location is quite near
the railway.
with a long-handled. shovel he
can land the ore right on the
cars,

Charlie French, a veteran pros-
pector of Sloean, i is in. the vicinity
of Fiddler Creek, but ig keeping
his discovery asecret. However,
he. no.doubt bas, Something: wood,
for his. enthusiasm betrays’ him.

Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Hogan are
now settled: in their. ‘new homie.
Mr, — Hogan ‘has a_ substantial
interest in the Dorreen Mines.

A general store has been open-
ed under the: able management
who is now.
catering to the. needs of the com-
munity, -

Mrs. Horwell and infant son
have arriyed home from Prince
Kupert,

UL G. Paine has completed the
hauling of flfty thousand feet of
poles and piling for the Hanson
Timber Co, He has about sixty.
thousand more ready'to be rafted.

A new. school i is needed, faet
which behooves the residents. ‘to
net behind - “the ‘movement and

e| sive every. assistance possible.

Give the youth - of today its
chance; many ‘can: reflect with
remorse upon their’ own neglect-
ed education... _

At the Police Court

Ag a sequel ‘to the: big drinkitig
nar.y on the Hazelton-reserve on
September: 12. two. Indian girls
xot seven days for being drank
‘on the reserve. Albert Pierre-

way .got 14. days for supplying

the girls. Frank: Bird was fined
$100 and. costs or’ aix: weeks for

apart Indians: We BY Scott |

mf Pap ada

Mining ac-|:-
| tivities will no doubt assume
|@reat potentialities, as the pre-

‘George save,that p

Jower Skeena.

_ Possible Along
_ Skeena River

Premier MacKenzie King is
Favorable to Northern
- Development

On Thursday morning Dr. H.
C. Wrinch retuyned home from
bis trip to Prince Rupert, wiiere
he went to consult with Premier
MacKenzie King.- On the train
on Sunday © morning : beside the
Doctor were Olof’ Hanson, - of
Smithers, und W. W. Anderson.
They were invited into the Pre-
taier’s car, where they ead lunch,
and the afternoon was spent in
an infsrmal talk over the require-
ments of the district.’ Dr. Wrinch
told the Premier that he would
not be swamped with requests
from the interior for little local
concessions, but that the big in-
ferest of the interior was tied up
with the railway and the Pacific
ort. - He urged the. Premier to
do everything possible to heip

the development of the ‘railway |.

and the port, for these were the
two great markets for most of
the produce of theinterior, With
all facilities provided for handling
freight the interior. could get
along nicely by. developing the
resources. er

- Ino connection - with | resources
Premier King told the delegates
that- Australia: had taken the 20
per cent. duty off Canadian pulp-

jwood which had been a preat

handicap and gaye Norway and
Sweden the Australian market.

ow the preference was in favor
of Canadian pulp. This means

‘that the vast tracts of puilpwood

along the Skeena and around the
mouth of the Skeena can now be
developed. Evéryone knows what
a-great. benefit it would be to
every section of the interior were
a pulpmill established on. the
- In exchange Ca-
nada has taken the duty off rai-
Sing and currants and ovher Aus-
tralian products not. produced. in
Canada.

Dr. Wrinek impressed very
strongly. upon the Premier that
it was not ‘the desire of the
people’ of the north ‘that the
wheat and other products of the

4 Peace River’ country. be taken, to
Vancouver, with a haul of several

hundred ‘miles greater than that.
required. to ‘allow the traffic to

take its natural course westward
to: Prinee ‘Rupert. ~ “Vancouver

and the south. may have more
votes. and might: this’ easily in-
fluence.a government to adopt a
policy: disastrous. to the country,

‘and the’ ‘north ° was making ita}.

representatiogs now. to avoid any
Md sue ‘mistake; "=
~ Premier King ‘stated’ that - this

“a ‘|timie‘he ‘came to’ Prince’ Rupert

“| first: aq‘ that he: could really size|:

'up:the situation: while: his~ ‘mind

‘was dfree.: of the hun
i ne often tal are. eure i

‘

itimel! iiaeeas

{mile spur to the Telkwa coal pro-

An Enjoyable Social:

The social evening on Tuesday
in the New Hazelton church was
a suceess in every way. In spite
of a heavy rain there was asplen-
did turnout of ladies (the men
being afraid of getting their feet
wet) and the young ‘people.
the afternoon there Was & special
social for the little ones, and
thirty-four of them were present
to enjoy numerous games and
then a big feed. In the eyening
there were. guessing contests that
taxed the thinking powers of the|:
audience, and there was also a
short’ program in which the fol-
lowing took part: Chorus by
the Sunday School girls: solo: by
Jean Burns;. duet by Mrs. Pound
and Miss Gibson, and a recitation
by -Mrs, Pound. Rev. A. Cc,
Pound was chairman and master
of céremonies. Refreshments
were served by the ladies, and
they were ood, both ladies and
eats. it ig intended that other
social evenings be held during;
the winter.

Was. Former Resident
Many in this district will remem-
ber William Grady, who made
many trips ‘from Hazelton into
the Manson Creek country with
A... M. Beach. It 1s the same
Grady who has created so much
gxeitement.over.. the. discovery. of.
rich ‘gold in the Deage- Lake|
country, and. to. ‘which point a
smal] stampede i is expected next
Spring. J. E. Kirby, mining
recorder for the local district,
met Mr. Grady in Vancouver re-
cently and had a long and inter-
esting talk withhim. Mr. Kirby |!
retufned to Smithers this week
after a holiday trip to Vancouver.

Work Starts This Fall:

While in Prince Rupert the to-
cal member interviewed Hon.. T.
D. Pattullo and Major Taylor,
public: works engineer, re the
new Telkwa bridge and the new
government office buildings at
Smithers. Hoth structures are
being proceeded with this fall.

bh

Duke Harris spent the past
week asa patient i in the Hospital.
He will soon be as "good AS ever.

Miss Turner, who was.a guest
of Mrs. Lacroix, .left Wednesday
morning for the east. ,

come’ ‘from the south, He.is ‘still
in favor of Sir Wilfred Laurier’s
policy re the railway ane Prince) .
Ruperi. and admitted . -that’ the]:
doctor had Voiced: his :own_ per-
sonel : opinions ag to the’ future
developments, :

Dr. Wrineh’ also discugeed with
the: ‘primier. the mattér ofa seven

pérty to permit of gfeater devel-
opment there ‘and’ the: production’:
of cheaper coal for: the. interior

‘that was a matter for. Sir’ Hen:
‘Thornton to deal with :

Missing I Indian is.

‘In|

andthe coast: ‘The premier paid |’

Sought by Police
--Murder Feared” ~

Matthews i is Sequel to
~ “Wild Party |

The provincial police. are up. to >

their necks i ip an attempt to solve ;

the. mysterious disappearance of -
an. Indian famed: Matthews, who |.
waa last seen about a month: ‘BZO, -
following a general jamboree

held by a number of Indian men -
and women and half-breeds on
the reserve at Hazelton, During
the celebration considerable liquor
was. consumed, and the Inissing
man left the cabin to get a fur-

ther supply, and that was the
last seen of him. The police,

however, have since found rem-
nants of clothing and other indi-
eations which lead to the belief

that Matthews was done to death

and his body’ disposed of. As.
Matthews left the party alone,
and as no-one saw him after,

assailant was, if indeed there:
was an assailant, and it will like- .

be any material evidence which
will lead ‘to- the ‘arrest of the |
guilty party... .

cytes ee,

questioned all the members. of”

George.
little information upon which to.

work, although. there ig some:

hope for the officers, -
ing recovered was found near the .
roadway down by the Slough, so
jit is not believed that the missing ©
man ever reached South Hazel.

liquor supply.

Inspector T, W. S. Parsons of
the provincial police arrived from
Prince Rupert on Wednesday
morning and with Corpl. Bryee,
of Telkwa, and Chief Service of -
Smithers, held a consultation .
with Const. Cline in Hazelton on |
Wednesday morning and plang °
were made for further investi- ;
gation. .

In the meantime several of the
boys and girls in the party are in
jail, awaiting. charges of being

plying liquor to ‘Indians, *
cases will be heard: this week. oo
Other cages are also expected fo. aa
develop. an

‘Will Bulla Elevator |

much encouraged as’ td the in-. |
tentions of the. ‘Ottawa’ govern.
ment'in: proceeding with: the ge

velopment of. that” ‘port ‘and .the.
railway.’ The elevator is to. ‘be :

proceeded. ‘with. at once. and. be.
ready tw ‘handle the 1925'ci

Month-old Disappearance of _

itis difficult to explain who the - -
ly be some time before there will.

The police © ‘know. ‘and - have oe

the party, except one, ‘who has * ot
since been picked up at Prince’ a
Those. people can give |

The eloth-

ton, the reported source of the >

drunk on the reserve andof.gup- «|
‘Their

As a result of the visit to’ Ru _ ne
| pert the people there should feel.