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| Vol. 38

NEW HAZELTON, B, C., WEDNESDVAY, DECEMBER 5, 1934

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NO. 25°

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Missing Man —
From. Dorreen

Arthur. Michel, whose ranch is just
ucross the river from Fiddle Creek

Sr nea Dorreen, has been lost for several
foveeks, and as yet no trace of him has

heen found. Cons. Andy Grant: went
down to Dorreen Inst Tuesday and
investigating
all reports and gathering as much in-
Before leaving
he organized a party of about eight

8 men of the neighborhood and left them

on a systematic search for
three or four days,

Upon reaching the missing man's
cubin it was fotmd that the padlock
wis hanging Ioosly on the door which
wis taken ta indicate that Michel had

Bh intended being away only a very shart

B- that Michel disappeared.

q

* hape of getting

file as if was his habit to lock the
plice np securely as he had been the
victim of rabhery two or three times. |
Antering the cahin the Constable saw
that everxthing wns in order, and ap-
invently it had been the owner’s in-
tention to go on n trip as there was a
ral) of blankets ready and other stuff
ready far a trip. A Ross rifle and a
peck saddle were gone from the cahin
us well os the man, and this was tak-
en fo mean thet Michel was out for ,
io short hunt te inerense his food eup- |
Wy while on the trip.

On the table in the erhin were two
or three grouse all cooked and another
oe partly eaten. The cabin was yery
ent and the contents inelnded every-
thing that a man might need or wish
for, Kvery description of tools, lots of
food, such as canned gods, preserves,
vegetables. meat and regular run of
groceries, Several of the men with
the constable were well acquainted
with Michel and thought a goo deat!
af him, He was a hard worker and,
he bought aud sold for cash only. He
has a small orchard on the place and ,
it is reported that he had a bank ac-
count,

The Inst imma known to have been
with Michel was Jim Jones, aud it is
sud that he went east the sine day
The police
lucked up Jones for questioning in the
some information as
t whit Michel's plus Bod: heen, Tt
is sail that Jones knew: Michel's ‘tratis
tyoand from his varions hunting places
rmhd if was the inteution te et Jones
to lead a party over the trails to lonk
for hin,

One thing Michel was partieular in
wis his trails, ‘hey are all well ent
out and kept fu sood shape. Seme of
them are aver bad spots,

The police have ne theory yet as ave
one of a mmuber of things might hare
happened. For the present: attention |
ix being devoted to the ac cident theory

THE JOVS OF WINTER MOTORING

Last Thorsday night wus a had one
in the early part of the ey ening. It
sve ind it blew und the old Faz-
elton LAM wasn Slippery one, Nene of
the cars had put chains on yet and to
make that bill was impossijle: withent
chains. Barly in the ey enlng several
aus went down the hint sideways, and
coming” biek from. the jleture show nt
Teast one ene tfrned around and went
to old town, even, ‘though the driver
had an itlea he wes gong to New Haz-

vlton, | All of the cars And to put on

chains before’ they could make the hill,
Hut even that ts not as bad as having
to chrnge a lilnd tre in a snow storm
when you ave atl dropsed Up for
purty. ,

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Prince Rupert
q : By The Sea :
From Our Own. Reporter
The erudite Dr. Clemens, divector of

the biological station at Naniamo, says
he does ot believe in sea serpents, and
dcclnres that the discovery of a stra-
nge creature on an island near Prinee
Kupert merely shows that the skele-
ton was that of a basking sluark, That
is disputed. The good doctor, it seems
has not yet convinced his publie. And
anyone who tikes a guarded look at
the thirty foot length of bone in the
research station at Prince Rupert,
wornlers how he can ever enll it what

the Nuanaimo savant does.
eee

The relief spectre is again sitting on
Prineo Rrpert’s doar step, Since cam-
Inissioner Alder came to town. the
question of - municipal responsibility
for relief has been nothing to worry
ahont, but its different today, ‘The
Victoria xovernment, with cessation of
grants from Ottawa, puts it up to the
British Columbin cities, And there
you are. Prince Rupert must fignre
somehow, And the commissioner is
, Wondering where in heck that forty;
per cout is going te come from. And

how !

ak t

Depression finds. little encourage.
ment or welcome in the logging camps
af the Queen Charlotte Tslands. Four |;
outfits. are kept busy. The men are
earning fair wages, camp conditions
rare regarded as satisfactory, and there
is a first rate market,

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From the dusty and celebrated min-
ing city of Butte. Mon., erme' a party
of snlt water veyngers this week. They
‘heard the enll of the deep, all the way
fram a distant copper camp and heed-
‘od it, The heys, headed by Skipper
iPorris of Bast Sound ( Washington)
re heirded, aud number three, AL
rendy they have fonud thelr sea legs
Gin spit aver the side of the ship with
reifiiess amd] dispatch. Thelr boat is
the seit and euxtliary Yacht
Where to? Tlaw Jong ont? Oh, ther
are hound for away np te Trnean, and
revhaps further, Aim they da not ex-

Pestefe sco Pugent Sound again for
Perhaps a yenr.

nee
f On the list day of Novembher the

Copadion Baule at Commerce clased
its doors in Pisvnes George. ad naw
thet deals has only one bre neh cnst of
OPinee Rumort. Vanderhoot, in the
“nerther part ef the province,
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F, R. Chettloboiureh, formerly of old
TMavelton and dater of Telkwin. lias
heen itr chirge ef deyvyelopnent for the
Northern Reet iol] Mtiing Co, on Me-
Dovgall river in the MeLeod river dis-
blot. Te reports yory favorably on
the senson's work and stites that ey-
erytling is vonly to start washing gold
from the gravel In the spring, about
j the mtasile of June, We thinks Bis
company has avaliable property,

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The yorve people of Now Hazelton
have sturted practicing with the inten-
ton of putting on-a May some tine in
Joinnry.

‘a he

’ Miss Craig, 1.N., matron at the Haz-
elton Hospital, tnterinined at Tele-
phone bridge on Snuturday , evening: | °
There were three tables: and, twenty | -
hants - were played. The--funds were
for the henefit of the Wy ‘Ay fo thet i.
i am - . vet

wt

Vikng. | +

‘tery

A GANADIAN EXILE

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The Most.Hstorie Apple Tree in.North
-America Still Going. Strong .

Although no longer in Cannda, the
niost historic apple tree in North Am-
erica is intimately connected .with the
Dominion. This 108 year old tree,
which still bears: fruit annually is Io
cited at Fort Vancouver in the. State
of Whshington where it was planted
in 1820 by the men who were the rul-
ers of old) Oregon and therealbout.
Trier to the trenty of 1846 which fix-
ed the houndry heteween Great Brit-
ain and the United States at the 40th
qyaraltel, Fort Vancouver was the prin-
cipal, Pacifie port in Canada, and the
chief distriimting point. ‘The fort was

tuilt n 1824. Later on, anticipating

wis moved to unequivavally
territory
the Hidian name for the territory, on!

ithe southern most end of Vanconver :
it is the site of the City of
Victoria, but Comesan was chosen, not!

Island.

With a view fo becoming a city, but
asia favorehle spot on which to erect
a fort. This was done in 1843. Soon
afterwards the. name Fort Camosan
was changed to Victoria In honor of
the Inte Queen Victoria.

The story of the planting of the tree
is as fallows:—-In 1826, at London,
England, a farewell dinner wns given
to Capt. Simpson and a number of
other men who were rendy to set sail
for Port Vancouver. Apples were he-
ing served for dessert. One of the
ladies sented next to Capt. Simpson,
on cutting nn apple, drapped the seeds

in Cap Simpson's: pocket, telling him

to plan then’ upon reaching his des-
tination, and perhaps they would: grow
Upon arrival of the party at the fort
Dr. MeLoughlin, in charge, insisted the
seeds he planted immediately and de-
tailed his own gardener to look after
them, The seeds were planted in
small boxes and kept where they could
not be touched by anyone, After sev-
erm] yenrs the tree bore its first frnit
—one apple. This apple, when ripe.
was picked hy Dr. McLaughlin, who
carefully cut tt into 17 pieees, one for
each person sented at the table. The
rovt year the tree hore 20 apples. and
has heen bearing fruit ever since,

Did You Ever Stop to
Think?

It.

Ry Edson Write

Nothing is mere conductive to the
continiweis growth of os business than
conthitons advertising,

It's the everlasting hurry of a lot ef
rutomohiie drivers thet causes go
Innny necidents, A lot of them with
hothing but thne are always trying to
see how quickly they ean get there,

The advertisoments In your newsy-
per ave a "Purade of Quality.” Get
the habit of readlag them: carefully,
You enn save by doing so,

It doesn’t pay to rest on: your ores
too long.

Cheap prices for cheap goods adyer-
tised in, cheap hand bills innke nO’ Di
peal to these who want true value for
thelr money, People who want quall-

advertisements in the home town news
miper before they shop. They belierd
in safety frst. -° ;

All business men should practice
what they preach and bly at home,

‘This means your advertising and
Your office atationery and printed mat-
The Omineca Hernld is your best
opportunity to get vialoe for your own
money.

the result of the 1846 treaty, the fort |
British | ing over the pair as they waited at the

id Cymosun was selected, south end of Lakelse Lake. When the;

Goose-Wrest-
ling New Sport
‘Terrace Boys

“They nay invent new games in the
south ta tickle the tastes of the fans
but a pair of Terrace hunters claim
that boxla, treble tennis, or what have
you doesn't come near the money class
with a new sport they have invented
this fall, For the want of a better
name they are ealling the new game
“roose-wrestling”, According to their
description it seems to be n cross be-
tween the ‘racket of the grunting beo-
moths who wallow on the mats und
water polo. Et came about suddenly
something of an inspired idea. and
was the result of a flock of geese com-

, birds came within range , two wus
spoke (loth barrels of each gun) and
low and hehold four geese flottered
down to the water, Tt was too bad.
but the birds were not killed and the
boys were driven te desperntion as
they saw their prey making for the
willow tangles. It was just too much
for the leader af the party. ' He drop-
ped his gun in the bottom af the boat
amlwent over the side after the birds
Then he found his hands fll. The
birds’ were not modern wrestlers and
all holds went, and to hear the boys
tell it, there is something doing all
the time when four birds, weighing in
the aggregate about fifty ponnds, go
into action with wings and bills. The
hunter grabbed the geese; the geese
awatted the hunter with their wings |.

Big Gold Strike
Will Rival the
-Klondyke Best

Whit appents to be @ most remark-
ible ude gold discovery was recently
reported by mining men visiting Van-
couver, The discovery was made in
the Dense Lake. country ' in’ northern
B.C. and some 300° or 400 miles north
esat from here. On’ the face of it one
would imagine that it was an inac-
ooxgible country except for airoplanes.
This is hardly the fact. One can get
to Telegraph Creek is easy enough,
dnd from there to MeDame Creek, 2
distunce of about seventy five miles
one can trivel by car over a pravit-
clal rad, "Fhe gold: discovery is about
sixty “ites north-west from MeDaine
Creck rad. that distance would have to
he travelled on foot or pack horse,
Sixty atnlles on foot is: ‘aothing for one
suffering from the gold fever with $18
nuggets in the minds‘eye.- .

Dr. Kerr of the Dominion Genlozi-
cul Survey, Dr. Mandy, provincial res-
ident mining engineer with head quar-
fers at Prince Rupert, aig the late Dr.
Dawson of the Dominion Geological
Survey, have long been urging Cana-
dians to look for gold in that country.
aid many retrs age Dr. Dawson made
the statement officially that the placer
gold fonnd-in the creeks of tkatcoun-
tty was wndoubtedly of “local origin.
With all this information at their dis-
posnl, it was left for a party of. Ameri-
cans from Juneau, Alaska, to fly into
that country; make the discovery; flv
with n half a ton of samples of ore
that preved it to be.rich beyond ‘their

and round die seemed: te he in-favor
of the birds, They almost had the

hunter under water. But the-man in

ty woods nt reasonable pxiees read the |.

the boat saw his pal’s predicament
and went to his reseue. In due course
the birds were subdued and landed in
the boat safely and quite dend, The
linys say it is a real sport, but unless
ore is a real He-man and can take it,
they de not recommend it.

Terrace Beings

Friends of Ti. Halliwell are pleased
te see hin about again after his re-
eout ines, While nuch letter be
stys he is net completely recovered
fram the strain and has to handle Lim
self with care,

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On ‘Phnrsday atter Cons, McKenney
hell oa osale of the effeets of the late
Svente Sjorstrund. In spite of the
werlhet at gonl erowd trened ont and
there was some spirited hidding. The
srle was a strecess | everything was
depose of sind good average prices re-
colved,

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New that the Unk ferry is out for
the winter the traffie to and from the
Colunmrio mine is via Terrace.

eRe

The rend crew came in from the Hot
Springs read on Friday .morning and
tenorted having completed the gravel-
ling ne per: schedule, The work wis
just; finigtid cas the snow came, and
on the Waiyiin the erew found tt neces
sary to, eatti nt several trees that had
fallen * across’ the road during the pi¢
storm of the previous night. oO

eee
Pete: Shupson of Phillips creek wag
visitor in town the middle of lust Week
sy ee

Miss Letty Cardinal arrived ‘from
Hazelton on ‘Thursday and has taken
over her duties ‘at the Philbert hotel.

)

At October 31, 1984, forty-
cent of the land in Odngda” intended.
for the .1985; crop was’ stimated to
have heen Hovghed, Qe comprred with
forty-one per tent in: 1933.- an

three per

{way is’ to. be used in: due course,

dreams: leave three men on the fiekt
to stake claims and erab off as much
of the country.as possible, The dis-
coverers are now seeking capital to
develop their discovery,

The discovery is. reported to be 300
fect wide and is said to; have hen
traced for a distance of twelve miles.
The ore was found between a granite
i limestone formation. The assays
tun from several dollars a ton to $730
autem The values of the biggest gold
wre in Alaskn average Sfe-a ton. If
the valves continue in the Dease Lake
comutry the new: find will be the — bie
fest store house of gold of all time.
net even excepting the Klondyke in
fis hest days, while the Cariboo... with
al respect to the Invge amount of gal
there, whl look like a child's toy.

If the provincial government ean eo
fn and mine-a fair portion of the fie}
or collect a fair amount in royalties
on eold taken ont, happy days will he
here again for Brittsh Columbia.

It ts reported that some 200 claims
have already heen stuked, and the ais-
caverers Jhope to econtral sixty by the
spring. Many more claims will = he
lucnted hefore the season opens vy,
Dnt those stikines do nat necersnpily
mena thet-they. will all be gold mines
ev thet they will embr nee all the gal,

There is ample time for local rounge
fellaws to go after some .Of this new,
and apparently easy wealth. Some of
the adventurous spirit of the men of
ald Is all that.is needed. Nature will:
Drevide most of the grub and the, ‘thrill
and the: hardship, or in other words ‘all
the fu. It is Worth going after,

bee)
The: New Hazelton cut-off on the
main highway is now being gravellcd
and it will be used during the wins.
ter instend of the old road, and it wil
be kept open for traffic by the snow
Plough. The culverts fre all in, and
the high level crossing’ over the ratl-
In.
fact it is reported. ‘that that-is° to he

the next piece of construction, ;
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Has your sthseription heen Tinta very