“milder spell turned m.clous thoughts, has: vanished: . NEW, HAZELTON, B. C.; WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2.1985 reso j Vancouver as Own Troubles Due to! Storms) Vancouver is not advertising: ita, -snoner “ elimate in ‘the winter. time this year... The cliy has experienced a couple of. cold spells before this winter but the last week end broke a lot of records so far as weather and incon- yenlence and’ discomforts ore concern- f od. Starting the end of ast week, and ‘continning Sunday some 18% inches of snow and 2,13 inches of rain fell, making iti all about four inches of wa-j. R ter ina single day. Winds ‘and frost -aecompanied the other things: and a vyerything into a _Snow-water soaked — country. Power Yo was cul off; tangportation was tied " up, schools, and university were closed f business generally was at.a standstill. m . Very fow got to.work at all on Mon- R lay.und “hot nit the middle of the ‘woe - was it” expected that the olty “would be back ‘to: normal. _ The country around ‘Vancouver was “uiso hit with heavy snow.and rain and fr ost and everything was In-a mess, A ’ erent many peope ran ont of grub and could not get out to.get more. It is reported to be:the worst for the last The: worst can still hap- fifty years. y wo ‘pen tf the rivera start running’ wild over the couritry: side. The same storm: went right on down the Pacific coast: and California, was Y hit about as hard ar any. othr ‘place. . : eC |sumed all the buildings te the Parker _ Kitwanga' where they could get a feed | bufiding, and even the Pattullo build and a bed and take the train to Haz- 4 It is a great ‘thing to” “ie in the north, far from. thé madening cowd; }. und the fickle weather man. All we wet in the north is cold in- winter and warm and pleasant. in the summer. It * “wots quite eotd7ithis#tine, ‘anything: be}. - tween Zero " ‘and. sixty, ‘OF ‘80° ‘below, but it isa nice friendly’ ‘gold. and knows its way about alone. Tt ‘does: ‘not. take a - at lot of wind and SHOW: aud: sleet and epain along to show it: thie sights. - When it is cold it 1s cold and that is all. Of |’ course whén the cold goes by’ there ‘is na mild breeze and once in @ long while NY welcome rain—everything in Sean, * =m . Prince Rupert By The fen *. Jerom Our Own Reparter : soe ‘af - Seventeen days out .from Shanghi = .the Reardon-Smith Co. motor ship, the Vaneorver City,. ts’ here. to take a tuil wcarge of grain. She mines the second bont this season and (the . thin. the Langlecrag: is’ ‘looked for: in: By few weeks 98 soon a8 she - has. eowtan _vopadrs made : ” * a Ld "Fhe gentle. triekle of. rein in Prince a Rupert hos eeased, The soft air. has|; . a lest lta balm. The ‘mild - ‘atmosphere, : > sO conducive ta: -charitable and .gra- Ha rah - Prince Rupert Has a Big Fire Block Burned! Prince Ruport’s first major fire oe- cured in the early morning last Friday when a whole city block :was wiped out and made quite a hole inthe busl- ness section. - The fire: “started at the Hayes block on: the: corner Of. Second Ave. and Sécand sit. and iwvept every- thing before it until. it.came to S.-i Parker's brick ‘building,. and. although a good deal of damage was done to that building by, smoke and water. The fire was discovered at such ‘an early hour that, few, if any ‘of the folk living in the buildings were yet up for the day and they bond to make & rush for the outside with only their night attire on, nnd it was cold in Rupert at the time too.. . The fire is supposed, to have started | under the sidewalk at the Tays Block whére some plumbers had been. using : that run: “ander the “pldewalk. The sidewalk material is cresoted ‘and un- less one is acquainted with cresote it is a dangerous thi gto handle with fire ‘as. it holds fire and is Mable to breakout anytime. At any rate the sidewalk was purning briskly for some -|distauce when the firemen arrived and the flames had a good hold on the Plane Crashed _ Passengers’ at. Pred -Kitwancool Lake’ Frang Dorenbrant, Alaska flyer of | considerable experience, and who has been over this route numerous times, J érashed his plane when ‘taking off from Geo. Biernes’ ranch on Sunday last. Dorenbryant Jeft Alaska on Fri- aay. with three passengers for Seattle and when approaching ‘the Kitwancool volloy:: ue: found his gas was getting low and.he feared he could not make Haz- elton for a. hew supply. He landed hia passengers at Kitwancool . Lake, They ‘all stayed there Saturday night in an old shack and Sunday morning Dorenbranut came, “on: ‘alone, His gas smppily was ‘very’ r'so he landed at Biernes: vaneh atid! ‘phoned in for a few ting of gus to be sent out, He intend- ed to return to Kitwancool ‘Lake at once for his passengers, but when he ; touk off ‘from Biernes’ rarich his en- u blow torch to thaw out water ‘pipes : i wine splutter ed and in landing again he crashed, brenking a ski and bend- ing ‘fi propeller blade. That put his ‘machine out of commission for «any immediate use. . Thinking of his passengers out in the shack without food or blankets Dorenbrant got busy on the phone and finally got the section gang at Wood- ,cock to run up ‘to: Kitwanga and there Hays bleck. From then on the fire sot a conveyance to go out after the blazed mertily on. until it had con- | thee passengers. and bring, them jn ta nnother a ing on the other side was: damaged and miy have to be torn down. ° au. the markeb, and, thelr, joss. will | not | though all: ‘fire “osses are Jesse “any tunate: part. is that few of the suffer- ers, carried ‘insurance, ~ Se, . The" “puildings destroyed | include the Hays. Block housiug - the * Northern |° Shipping. Co... Socialist. Party of: Con- ada-Clnb rooms, and Prince Rupert Supply Co. with Mr. “and Mya. 7. Ac Hiton’s living. apartments. upstaira. Mrs, Hinten. was il nt. ‘the time and lind to be carried out while the fire- men play -the hose around them as they nine thet petuway, “Mrs, Doug- chta Suitherland’s beauty parlor nnd liv- aha riments, HAL n Parkins elec- Tyne ‘White - Yon “e° Apnytments , with het diamawet. Mar. ind Mrs. Par- Fer yeshiod smatubne in thelr own block At one time He wast fenced the Teeds | Ane rripel ts, a now strnetur e, would be incTuded woyare Me k: ISSES, bit the ‘fire Ait not! wot Eine far. im Yr, “pow ror Hi ion. ‘naet} wilt ie he 1d i He ie on January’ 25th That. ‘nigh Nhe: Arawing’.. iwwlllialso - nko nine, fey th ture: painted by trost is here, and there is great. unhap- Sas ~ piness., The outlook: ig cold and ‘bleak: Only: those engaged in. certain® trades, Eh wore ‘not, held On ‘aeoiunt ‘ar weather: " eciditions services in the. Now: Eavelton, charel | Wey one Jooks-at. It. ‘The most’ ‘unfor- | tele shops. C. 0: Rowe's ‘sheet metal . . shape eotornl “ieotte: restding Mn: them. “ands” V]ohe Parker bua'hieg apd, Pattullo ‘build her anti Hine elton Tuesday corning. Mr. Doren- brant’ also. wired Seattle for another Most of the buildings have been on plane to come north and tnke the pas- the cround gince the city was first put sengeys. on south. Om Ageount, Of: the. weather. cond | hioweh, for- a. “few. ‘anys, or until the weather: changes: : Mr. Dorenbrant was not injured in|: the unfortunate. landing, and the mit- chine is not Seriously dumaged. An Indian named: Morgan of -Kit- I wintgra: drove out to> Kitwatteool Lake; Jeavbig Kittvanga: about: midnight Sun day, arid hoped to be at the’ lake by six in the morning. He took ‘food and binukets with. him “and: ‘fed:‘the three PUISKENZOLE - and then ‘brought them in to Kitwanga- on. Monday.» That night. the three men, {two ‘sourdoigehs and a city slicker) took the. east. bound train and went. on to Seattle, figurhig. they hn all the wiroplane tr avels hey need: ed. for this. winter, , ia NEW sKi cALntrFON CoHTENE UP The tivst time he had skis’ on Geo, ‘Morrison undertook to jump oft the cemetery hil at. Hazelton. ‘He: had ui. idea. for a time that he, was dead. jana his" ‘companions had the same idea | for’ te time,’ but. he ‘came too. after. a \fivhile and for a ‘few days’ nursed sore bones and o Sore back. * AS soon gS. he » was uble to nay ipute he tried: the atunt again and got’ otf with’ only” i ‘apratried thumb, nud hand, Next time hie: ‘thinks “he. ean ‘make’ it.” “then. he ib: 6 Sintthers’ and “ahtow- the: Swede -hov rein of ‘Smithers, that ‘fear. to’ tréad, ete. ate, i: iiet, Srmday ‘morning. Bes fe They, will hethant vate the isu ion oun ; ey , Sanday next team ‘to. ‘Smithers for a. “gait 0 oni ses ” «tn bit: owing: to: ‘Wenther: ‘conditions |é 5p! ‘He’ may make it ‘at . " British Columbia The preliminary Report of the Min- ing Industry in British Columbia is- sued by the Minister of Mines, gives the