an

_thut the government could base a de-

important a project to be decided upon

‘atlon,

Premier Tolmie
On the Kitimat
Telkwa Road

‘ . .
, (From Yancouver Province) .

Vietovia, Mareh 30.—Plans for a
xYndicate for the developement of coal
resources around Telkwa, in Northern
British Columbia, with the construc-
tion of a railway from Telkwa west-
ward through the Copper River Coun-
try, are leing made the subject of ful-
lest’ enquirey by the Provincial Gov-
ernment, accor ding to a statement pre.
pared by Premier Tolmie and given out |},
at his office. Incidentally it indien-
tes that the government is opposed to
the granting of large tracts of land to
aid railway construction witheut nuik-

ing sure sueh projects will be of yeal
benefit to the province,

The concern interested in the devel-
opment of the coal fields in the Telk-
wa district, and. the! construction of a
railroad from there to tide water at
Kitimatt, has been incorporated as tho

Kitimat Telkwa Railway Company.

It had planned to ask-the Legislature

at its recent session for ‘a charter, but
the company did not press its claims.
No bill authorizing construction was
passed by the house, ‘but the govern-
ments intention, according to the state-
ment by the Premier, is to investigate
the whole schiénie during the year.

Tu his statement describing this im-
portant ‘project and he government's
attitude towards it, the Premier said:

“Some time last fall a plan was out-

lined by a solicitor representing cer-

tain interests to. operate coal areas on

“the Telkwa and Copper tivers, in con-

junction with a certain railway to be
completed between Telkwa and Copper
City. The question was discussed very
fully. In connection with the Proposal
it was desired that a land grant of. 10-
000 acres per mile be given in ald of
the construction of the road, the land
to be applied in settlement purposes.
The executive poitited out that it had
heen the policy for some years in Brit-
ish Columbia, to avoid as fir as pos-
sible, tying up large blocks: of public
land and that ‘before doing so, it was
desirable, -in the first place to serious-
ly consider the possible and probable
udvantiges accrning; In the seeond
place, to review the territory to be af-
fected by such a concession! and in the
third pluce (and this was most import- |
ant) for the government to be assured
of the financial, ability of the propés-
ers of the plan to.effectuate what they
proposed to do.

“The solicitor putting forth the pro-
posal coneurved in the importance nt- |
tuching tu the fiuancial side_of the
question, and tuderook to, produce as-
strunecs to this connection.

These as- |

|Hospital Day
Celebration, to
Be Held Again

, Preparations nre now. tinder way to
hold the annual Hospital Day on May
22 in connection with the « Hazelton
Hospital. This. institution was

hospital.

jiost day of the celebration.

graduating exercises. This will be in
Assembly Hall. On, Saturday’ after:
noon the reception at the Hospital
with other features will be. held and
on Sunday, the churches will refer to
hospitals and their work. |:

SPRING ROAD: WORK STARTED
Rond Work started up on Tuesday
The camp at Beament: is opening t,
complete the cut-off started last yea
and the gravelling gang will be an
gravel the cut off and then continue
on west from Mud creek ‘hill, The
‘main high way will be continued by o
gang between Terrace and Usk, and by
il gang to continue the road west t:.
Kitwanga. As soon as Kitwinga 1s
reached the gang will ccome back and
rebuild that part between Hazelton

‘|station. and- Carnaby. That piece of

work was never done, Just skimmed
over.

a

SHENANDOAH IN THE COURTS

“Vancouy er—Concluding trial. in su-
preme court Mr. Justice D. A. MeDon-
ald awarded Raymond Seelye, of Seat-
tle, judgment against A. A, McDonalc
of Usk and Albert John McDonald ¢

Flat River, P.K.L, whereby the def .

dfints were. ordered to transfer to the

eral claims near Usk, The action was
one for specttie performance of. an
agreement entered into November 24,
1926... The defendants, retain 10 per

Taine, which is snid ta contain gok!
silyer und Jead. :

“* MOHAWK LOOKS BETTER

The Mohawk property
much - nure encouraging now. -The|
raise Wiis completed last Thursday,
it. being considerable gteate: than was
‘estimated. It is nearly two. hundred
|feet and was not figured to be’ within
thirty odd feet of that distance. | ‘, The
‘tmnel hns been Soing, nhead ata gond

Is- looking

xurances came before the executiv’ “on. {Tate the past week and it is reported |

Ty about week of ten days ago, and
were of n nature that appenred quite
sutisfaetory. It was then intimated
that a full inquiry would be made inte
the proposal in all its bearings, espect-'
ally as to the territory out of which the
proposed luud grant would be madeé’ go

claton on whieh, if the sehemé were ac-
ceptable, it could be justified hefore
the Legislature, -

“Phe policy ot the governmen is to
fouter nnd encourage industry and. set--
tlement ‘by every justifinble. means,
consistant with safeguarding the public
interests. This was altogether too

w ithout, not only. the: fullest: ‘onelder-
becnuse ott iN hécessury * to
liave avallable®, inforpmntion. and “data:

that the ore in the face has increased
materially and the outlook of. the pro- |
perty ‘is much more eucduraging,

~

one that would enure to the benefit of:
the province, but that it was sound |
an dprudent busines to adopt it.

“This was obyiously impossible of
nehievement in the space of. bout one
week, and In the closing days, ‘tf not,
hours, uf the session, It is oftentimes
best to make haste slowly. -. re

“The government, while impressed
with the apparent potential advantaz- | *
es.of the proposal, 1s under obligations
to the people not to dispose of their |
property without fullest enquiry the Te
sults of - which - ‘should: be: available: to
the- fepresentative es of the people in: the

“plneed efora the. Legislature in such

wcoll digested. fornt: itis svould: shaw: the:
Thouse that 3 not only 1 was, he Proposal

ed. will be Bustalnible.” °
Tegtstature. This enquiry avAL: ‘be rind
‘dnd thet fnlleat deliberation” AVN: ‘he *

the
first in the north to adopt this day
and it has always been successful in
gathering the people together and in
renewing or stimulating interest in the
This year the 12th of Mny
comes on Sunday so that will be the
The pro-
gram, it is proposed, will start Friday
night, May 10th with a dance and the

plaintiff the Shenandoah group of min}.

cent. interest in the returns from the!

iN. R

‘willows anda "good many ouf 3 lowing

Py time. CPt sla ey.

We
NEWS’ LE nT

ee arene

years 1 member of the Bank of Mon-
treal staff at Prince Rupert, is trans-
ferred to Terrace where he will suc-
ceed A. H, Barker as Manager, G, F.

to Rupert.

Prince’ Rupert's growing mosquito fleet
(and this includes the fishing vessels)
ennnot come teo soon. This week a
sule came on during twilight, and when
morning came, one launch bed been
driven . across. the bay, another w;
sunk, and something like twenty othe
craft had been battered, bumped 1:
strained. Prince Rupert harbor is
landlocked, but there are times you
would not think go.

Billy’ Shrubsail, who knows all there
is to know about fish euring, is tn town
Tand may stay a while for he is ¢onsid-
ering starting up again in his line,
Since last year he has been located in
Ketchikan, Shraubsatl first came tof
Prince Rupert when the ratlway was
huilding, remained here a, few years,
then worked in Nova Scotia, Boston,
Florida, and elsewhere, and now 4.

ed ond hearty as ever.

that all citizens do not say “amen” to.
If there is money to be spent, they say
let it be expended on a post office on
the site bought arid paid for for a post
office on 3rd Ave. People are becom-
ing weary of getting their mail from

building that resembles a three-stor.
warehouse, in an inconvenient locat..

Spending a while in the local lock
up is not regarded as a punishment to
some who are not sensative about their
moral point of view, What they look
at is shelter in rough weather and the
certainty of three meals a-day. Bread
fish, beef, ten, sugar, Why panhandie
when there's always the Dossibility «
becoming the King’s Brest

QUICK N NEWS.

Now that we, ‘know: that light are
needed to offset the freight differen-
tial on water rates for whent, nnd that!-
it. would seem to be effecting the cash
yalue of the Prince. Rupert elevator; |:
rand also the freight receipts of the. c.
+ Wonder if the matter w wilt rest

| there.
Arter Giving autos all winter, 1°
still sepms unusual to have the road»
dragged in’ March instead. of wait.
until th:y are so dry and hard tho
cammot scrape up any loose dirt to 1’, ;
the holes. They . we as good now |:
they are in the ‘suigmet. _

.

“ “any “*

amusey

my
Robins, blue : “birds, chia,
would

seem to, Aniiente that spring is
her . wey

; i SN
ak yrty. from Woodeack: anid ‘etal

vale took ina dance: at: Lorne. creek on
Saturdny mane and report Q. ‘Very good

EK, W, Marentette, for quite ao few’

M. Bluckaby of Cloverdale will come |’.

A spacious and staynch shelter for

back: again, just as florid, eurly hair:

It is hinted the Federal Government -
. iss being urged to. make a grant for. 3 ee
. ravilt: hall in. ‘Prince. Rupert, sométhing

_jeven more pleasing . to them was that

fiven,

Monday night when. shadow dance’
Was hit on tor the Lenofit of the Bnens |
Luke hospital. -
| srowd preseut: aud: ‘whe: the bidding
started for the shadows’ “it wis keen
and the boys : had the ve cht. spirit “y
was ‘for the hospital”
$200. was token In,

"| supplied hy, an orchestrt ;
4 Lake, wo

| {| | For Hazelton |
, Hospital Mooted

The aunual meeting of the patrons
of the Hazelton Hospital will be held
in’ the United Chureh Uazelton on
Friday eventug April Ith. ‘This fa
the meeting which was adjourned last
January for various reasons.
One of the subjects which will be up
for discussion will be the matter of a
new hospital building. For twenty-
five years the present building bas

sidered economical to remodel or
add to it, a’ no matter what sum was
spent upon it it would still be an old
building. The present building is also
far from being modern.

The funds for a new building, it i:
understood, can be secured if the peo-
ple of the district get behind the move.
The public will be given an opportun-
ity to express its opinion on the most
finportint subject that has been up for
some little time.
There will also be the rezular busi-
ness of the patron’s meeting, itiectud-
ing the elecction of representatives to
the board of directors, heaving the an-
nual report, ete. ;
The matter of Hospital Day will also
eoine before the meeting and those. in
charge of this annual affair ‘will be
glnd to receive any. suggestions. It is
desired that there be a large attend-
ance at this meeting.

TRAPPERS DID VERY WELL

The me

iE ane ee “6 thats mt fer Ch

Matt Feigen, ott Adler, cas. EE
and his partner Janks, all got in off
the trap line the first of the week, just
in time to sell their winter’s catch of
fur. The boys did well, and what was

they. got several hundred dollars more
for theiy fur than they‘had figured on,
C. W. Dawson bought the bulk of the
stuff. he heing the highest bidder. A
large number of Indians are still out
and they are apt to have some diffieul-
ty ti selling their cateh when they do
come in as the legal season for selling
fur has closed.

EASTER SERVICES

The Good Friday and Faster sery ico.
in St. Peter's chureh’ were splendidly
uttended. ‘The church Was beautiful
decorated with Easter lillies, tulf:.,
and ‘catintions, At the close of th -
evel ing.. service the flowers were: uv
tributed to the stek in town and at -
hospital, Haster mornipg the ch:
Anu “Christ Our Passover ig Saerit”
ed for ns,” Mra. Sealy sang, ag

tht gates of the Temple.” In the eV-
ening Mesdamien’ Myras and Proctor

rendered a duet, I nthe afternoon the |
rector installed the new offleers of the

Church Army and. _ took several . bap-
tisms: The servlees v ere all: ‘Gijoyen
and at each approprinte addresses wen

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a,

Se renaaneel

-. SHADOW DANCE AT TOPLEY

- Popley staged, ty “meat ste: 00883 litst

Thee eWRS ft gawd hig

Soraetht ‘ng like
stood music we
im Burns.

been doing business and it is not con-
to

‘chupech atnd-ihe-Uvfiied, Chureh, Haz.” :

minister in :this district, and. now.’ th
teacher In‘ the high school at “Burn by.
had: his, picture dn the-Province recent:
ly: ‘along. with the. boys: “basketbal ‘teain.
of, whieh he is cocach, | :

- randy: it. ‘Shape: for

Grow Flowers
Out of Season
No ow Possible

New Yark—At the Boyce Thompson
Institute for Plant Research In’ Yonk-
ers the faet is heing demonstrated that
asretal-sdits of plants may be put. to
work again almost os soon ag they hate
finished their usual producing season.
and retired for their winter's, nap,

Dr. FL EB. Denney's Inboratory at the
institure has a series of galvanized mm
iron cylinders, which mny he lifted. _
wlth - hoisting apparatus and- lowered _-
to fit tightly into circular groves in ae
their -bases. On these bases potted ge
flowers ave placed. and into the tops a:
ot the cylinders. are — introduced
nt the sume tine shallow pans
of certain chemicals; then. the de-
vice is clamped tightly together. Some-
tinies a galvanized iron: box with tight- :
ly fitting. door and an- eleetric fan to ¢ 7 ]
distribute the vapor is used. In either — a
cise plants that have been boxed up 4. |
with these fumes for a day and’ a 4 -
night, or two days and two | nights, ‘es
then. brought. ont and left in the green a).

honse -tnder the ordinary | ‘eonditions,
set right about the business of budding
Ther show activity far‘sooner. than
plants grown wnder naturel. conditions
From two weeks to two months have a
been saved by'this method. °° | °° ‘J
The results have Siven rise to vise}
ions of florists’ greenhouses resplen- i
dent with plants in full bloom at times ;
of year when ordinarily not. a flower f
of thelr kind may be had ‘for love or
money. The. “utmost; that. the florist: has

been able to-do in. forcing the particul-

ar plants subjected to the Yonkers ex-
periments is to make. then bloom in
January or February, but now the pos-

sibility appears of having lilac and
flowering almond bloom for Christmas

THAT NEW PRO PROVINCE

The Financial News of Vancouver
seems to take more or less seriously
the revived talk of a separate province
in the North. It devoted considerable
editorial space in- pointing out. the in-
advisability of such a move, The News
should remember that the boys have
got ‘to have a hobby and “running their
own provincial affairs” seems to he
the favored hobby just how. It wil
soon die, out; and especinlly if ‘thé: Do-
minion Goveranient ‘starts on a “gate:
refuge for, the. Misquito Fleet.” .

On uesiiy afternoon: Mrs, R.. Fy
Sargent entertained nt her home. in
honor of Mrs,. Oliver Wall, a former
teacher in Hazelton, There | was at
urge, number of ladies present. i
Ret, vw Wright visited several 1 of ce

his ntppolntments down the Skeona the
first part of the week.

peemee apeee

Easter services In the Wey scab fe
elton; Were. Inarked by. the Sacrament y
of the, Lord's. Supper, and by Baster ;

sermons by the Pastor. ‘ip
“Mr, Ede, teacher at Kitzeguela, Is, it
patient in the’ hospital. _ Iti is expected.
he w. i be on duty. in. a few. days, - _

Dp Re MeLean, the firat Presbytarian

“The grader was to’ have, aint
on ‘Tuesday afternoon to, put thy
ff

“nthe. men's! award at Cae iio ia —_
‘taken | Rb tht: t he. -deciston’ when reach: being. votlned aw Ith plaistér hourd.. |