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THE OMINECA HERALD, WEDNES DAY, JANUARY, 10, 19384 =: |

NOQ. 27

2 Old Timers 20
| Vernon for the

Mrs, Chas. Reid of Smithers spent o
SY
gsnest of Mr. and Mrs. Walton Sharp.
gRte returned ta Smithers
mizht at on Monday night she and
a Mi. Reid left for thef: ~-w home in
Vernon to whieh point . Reld was
Ma (rausferred as manager ... the: Royal
a Bank of Cunada. “Mr. and Mrs. Reid
Fliive long been residents of this part
Bof the country. Mrs. Reid eame up

hsteam lot days.
north as manager of the Bank of Van-
conver in Nazelton and he later joined
me the Royal bank when it opened in the
Bnew town of Sunithers.
§ there since and is very highly regurded
me by everyone in the distriet. His re-
nwal to Vernon is ervently verretted,
phat as it is acbetter position Mr and
Mrs. Reid’s friends extend ccongratnti-
tions,
- Me, eld baw alwars. taken # promin-
pout part in public welfare organiza-
tioux in Sinithers, and his assistance
oon many aceasions was of rreat value,
2: Te show appreciation the Smithers
a, Chamber of Commerce held its annual
2 inner on Monday night as a farewell
ty Mr, Reid. All those present, and a
wren many were present, liad a most
m@, erjoyuahle time, and they all told Mr.
Reid how sorry they were he -wnas 20-
ine away,
Mr, Calder o£ Victoria, takes Mr

m teid’s plice in Smithers. He is not a
‘ xtranger in these parts as he has once
ar twice relieved loci Junnagers,

Nee ot, eT

° POM SNELL HILLEL IN MINE

Tucifie, Tan. 8—Word has been re-

me ceived that Tom Snei] was accidentally
ae Xilled in a mine accident in California
‘last October, and his passing will be
regretted by his many old friends in

this district. Mr. Snell was a native

me oof Corwall, England; but had lived
oem in Canada most of his life. During the
a ailway construction heve he started at
Be Ainurdi bridge and afterwards was
superintendent for D, A. Runkin at
Titniaanm. When construetion wag over

he went in for prospecting and logeing

und lived at Pacific, Usk and Terrnee.

Of recent yenrs he and Mrs, Snell have
resided in Califormmia where he Wis en-
aged in Mining. .

Royal Bank;

days in Hazelton Inst week the

Saturday

the Skeena with her perents in the
Mr. Reid first came

He has been‘

: baud, to, begin : the new year with.

A

New Officers _
W.A: the H.H.
_ Now in Office

The Woman's Auxiliaty to the Haz
elton Hospital held its aunual-mecting.
in the United Church in Hazelton last
auewlay afternoon with President Mrs.
&.,V, CU. Redinan in the chair, There
was ao yerr good attendance and much’
interest was taken in the proceedings,
The meeting h had been‘ called for the
residence of the nurses, but owing to
the condition of the roads and the lack
of transportation the meeting place
was changed to the chureh. :
Dr, H.. CG. Wrinch was present and
after hearing the annual report thank
ed the ladles for the consistent labor
in face of trying times and ‘all the ob
sfaclos that go with such times. He
congvitulated them upon the large
amount of work doné and the funds
raised. .
Mrs. W. Th, Shurpe was present and
presented ao very. fine report on the
provincinl hospital convention held in
Victoria last November and at which
she was a delegute from the Hazelton
W. «A. to the 1. H.
‘The annual report of the secretary
and of the tretsurer were very encour
aging and showed that a lot of work
had hen accomplished by the members
of the “society, and particularky by. the
New HazelHon members who did a lot
af-sew ing and other work for the’ hos.
pital and also rnised considernbleé mont
ey for the Auxiliary funds, These re

report of the Hospital fo be issued at
nu jater date. .
The Auxiliary has some money on
ai) S for tha. yeitr: wWwére-elect:
cd as follows: Noon

President—Mrs. Redman
Seeretury—Mrs, W. 8S. Russell
Treasurer—Mrs. Jas. Turnbull
New Hazelton  representative—Mrs,
H. Sawle.
Busing Committee—Mrs. Newick and
Mrs. Wil. Grant
Chrirman of the Visiting Committee
—Mrx, Honey ;
The new officers are beginning at
once with activities for the new year.

Cc.

ust Christenson bas harvest his
ice supply for next summer, Tle got
the finest jee this year he ‘ever ent in
this district—a full two feet of Clear
Due tes. Only about two inches of
snow is on top. Bach piece of ice is
starantecd to cool ia barrel of beer for

MARRIED IN PRINCE RUPERT —

From The Bmplire

The wedding of Miss Thelma UHenri-

ett Bonn fo My. Miles Bretherton

ae, Temen took plice list evening (Tan.
3) at the home af the bride's mother,
Mrs. I. Bunn, Ambrose Ave, Phe

a Geile, who was attended by her sister,

a Miss Winnifved C. Bunn, was given
uway by Mv. 8.7 Parker. The groom
, was attended by his brother, Mr. Chas
Lemon, The cersmony was performed

A by the Very Rer. J.B, Gibson, Dean.
A reception was held nfter the wed-
‘ding at which the toast to the bride
"was given by Dean Gibson, and respon-
ded to by the groom. Mr, S. 1. Par-
' ker proposed a tanst to the bridesmaid’
oto which Mr. Charles Lemon responded
The happy young couple left on the
Princess Adelaide for a honeymoon
trip south, and. on their return, to the
city will take up thelr. residence on
Fifth Ave, E,..'Phey’hivve: the ‘hentty

' goal wishes of ninerans’ fiends,

Vianeowver. ‘Is. now enjoying heary
fog, with cir smashes nnd traffic. tic
ups, When theve nre no storms, there
is rain or for. or some other. plersant

Kind. uf weather in Vancouy ere
o te ma

oq ‘Misa Chapman’ returned last Feek|
enil after spending the. holidiy” senson|
4 with her sister, Ars, - “BYTE ate Alt-f

‘Thome in Bnvetton on Thesday after a

in Vancouver at Mrs. Reduun’s home,

firs Prince Rupert and return
urday inorning, ;

milk: Strike itud myany thouspnds.of zal |,
lon. of Tit. werd dumped into: the
sewers “ind. onto:

he week,
eee.

Mrs. wn. Grant returned to her
visit ta her danghter, Mrs. X. L. Ii
peteek, fi Noyithers over the holidays
Airs, Grant expects tu go south shortly
to visit her other daughters for the rest
of the winter,
oo 4 & .
The export of wheat from Cannida
for the lust’ week in. December was
three Euxdred: thousimd bushels more
thin if was for the same week last
yer, '

a oo a
On ‘Thursdiy Mest (Rev), Redman

and sou Denakl will leave fora month

Rev, Mr, Redinun will go with them as
Sit-

al

Tho fiat of the week Chiengo had n

ports will alse. appear in the. annual]

‘| Chief Fairbairn
Off Again, On
Again, Gone

culties and embarassments as a drive
of a first class car.

brought Government Agent

ing fine until he got to Mosquito Plat

hack onto the read.
car got into New Hazelton and just
as it was approaching the New Hazel-
ton Hotel the Chief looked the other
war ane the car went the other way
too. at lenst as far as the snow bank
wonld permit.

elton aibont that time and came

round again.

mer.

ca

ii thé méerning tor ‘Shiithiers:"*"

he would.

someplace out along the road.

the beaten track agnin.
life of n police motorist.

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Premier Pattullo has not, at this

_ Again

Sit. Fairbairn bas his own dltfi-

Last Monday he
H. B.
Campbell down from Smithers to con-
duet an inquiry. into the fire and the
death of Sarah Leon at Hagwilget.
The Police Chief thought he was do-

where Sam, Senkpiel was getting hay.
Curiosity got the better of the Chief
and he took a side long look at the
mn with the team. That was enough.
The eur just naturally went the same
way the Chief's eyes went and Sam had
to mihook his team and: pull the car
Then when the

; ” [Canada Safe in
Regard Wheat

of the wheat that. country imported.

the slightest degree.

the same kind as Canadian,

great extent, Fifteen per cent is just

Shipments Yet)

With reference to the. effect on
Canada of developments of British ag-
riculture, Sir BH. John Russell, address-
rjing the. Canadian Society of Technical
Agriculiurists- on the relation of-agri-
cnitural services to changing conditions
said that Canada at the. Present: time
supplied Great Britain with 50 per cent

The 15 per cent which the new quota
{gives to. the British farmers was not,
he thought, likely to effect Canada in
“Wirst of all,”
sald Sir John, “British wheat is not
The
British wheat is a soft and not a hard
red wheat. and it is not & Wheat that
the British millers lke to use to any

Aged Woman
Meets Death

cupled Ly Sarah Leon, an aged Tnidiu
Woman of Hagwilget was burned ddeswe's '
and the wid lady was-burned so had

that she ied shortly afterward. 4:
inquiry wes ordered, by Coroner H. 1.
Campbell ot Smithers who came diny-!
on Monday with. Sret. Fairbairn of the
provincial police. to hold the enquiry.

the evening. The shack was loes ted
just n few feet away from the home of
the Woman's daughter, Mrs, Phillip
Austin, .

After making enquiries Coroner If.
5B. Campbell came to the  conclusien
that Sarah Leon came to ber death
through shock and suffocation In a
fire that destroyed bér house on Satur-

Hagwilget Fire

On Saterday evening the shack ov-

The fire started in the early part of.

poultry are markedly

ahout as far as they are likely to go.
A uew use has recently developed fot
British whent; it is much
poultry feeding, and it so happens that
increasing in

‘used = for

Coustuble Grant arriy ed in New Haz-
in
handy as an auxiliary. But the Chief
had net gone far when he was off thé
This time it was at the
pond where Gust Christianson was cut-
ting ive to kep his beer cool next sum-
The Chief just has to take a look
at everything as he goes along the road
ad that‘is a good thing except in the
winter ‘when a driver may only look

straight ahead-——that is in the best} United States. and Russia. It would
driving circles, of course be interesting to speculate
Sret. Fairbairn and Mr. Campbell whether either of these countries is

Speut_ the night, in Hazelton and left
3) ORL tyade-40-reduce-yeur-50,-per~ sent,
' Fortunately Mr. Campbell went on
to Smithers by train because Andy did
not make as good thme as he thought
Along ahout dusk he was
back in. New Hazelton with his car
He. had
to spend another night around here
und this morning went out again with
Sam Senkpiel and his team to do the
hecessury work in getting the car on
Sieh is the

. Hon. Dr,

wanga, oy oan

tenchers tid civil) servants, °°

kk

Weir has nnnouriced that
there willl he ne. change in: -the grants
from the government towards school
“. ‘ftenehers’ sutarles for: three months, or
a, ° poutil the end: of the fiseat vear.,

AU the: rchoote le ‘ine distriet Were
reopened. Monday Inst for the’ long
arind until Easter,

writing, - gone east, although we sald
da our Issne-Jast: week that. -he lad
gone. He unexpectedly contracted ' a
nasnl trouble:and has since been. Under
the doctor’s:care Id Prince } Runert. Ha
thopes ‘to go east on the same train this
issue: cat the Herald. Boes-enat:: 0

a + ae pat
“A ‘daughter “wos born. at. the. Haz.le
elton Hospltat to Mr. and Mrs. J. Rey-

Great Britain so that the amount of
wheat they require—which is already
considerable-—is likely to Increase still
further. I cannot therefore see that
our wheat quota is going to injure
Canada’s exports to us. .
“You used nat to send us 50 per cent
of our imports of wheat, indeed it is
only quite recently that you have sent |-
so much, Before the war your share
was only about 25 per cent but you
have increased at the expense of the

likely -to get- back sufficient of their

appreciably. I shall certainly not ven-
ture a Prophecy, ‘but I cannot see them
doing. that for some long time Agri-
culture in the United States is likely to
develop along other, lines then ,export
of wheat. I went through Russia in
1930 to see what I could of the wheat
position, and I-am. expecting to return
next Buster, but at present it hardly
appears Hiely that Russia greatly will
injure you ax a competitor. I think,

therefore, you ave rensonally safe in
regard te wheat.”

Hon, R, B, Hennett, Preniler of Canada
Who addressed a niwuter of sneetings

today.He was to leave tonight for the
east to meet the provincial premiers.

iy

Seven inspection districta ‘of the
Dominion Seed branch cover all of the
Dominion with’ the’ various henadquart:
ers located - at ‘Sackville;: Montreal,° Ot

nolds of Houston % oli Sunday, Tan, Tw

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‘and Calgary. wt

tawn, Toronto, - Winnipeg, Saskiitoon

in Vancouver on 'Puesday ond again}

day evening last. The fire was duc tr
frulty stove pipes and no dampers in
the pipes. .

TURKEY FEEDING UTENSILS

Sanitation should be practised in ail
feeding methods with turkeys, Never
nllow the’ birds ‘to pick their fed from
the ground, but always from troughs
or dishes of some sort. All feedin:
utensils should be kept. perfectly clen:.
Tt is also important:that these feeding
utensils be moved regularly from place
to place,

AN ISLAND. OF SMALL FARMERS

The negro republic of Haiti is a land

estimated, of the agricultural produ
tion being the outcome of the plants
tion method. Coffee is the chief crop.
It would scarcely be correct to say the
crop is cultivated, as it actually grows
wild and is harvested rather than co}
tivated. In the absence of | direct
steamship communication between Cm
ada and Haiti, many Canadian commad
ities reaching the island lose the’
identity through the port of New York
being shown on the returns as of {,
8. origin,

R.C.LP, MOVING NEW QUARTERS

The first of February the. Mays!
Police detachment at Hazelton wl!
move to new quarters in the eente of
the settlement. The property is owee)
by J. 0, Kk. Sealy. A new house wes
built last ' simmer which will he n-s?
iis an office and barracks. There feo
new two-car garage on the land pd:

new stable for the horses is to be tit
lmmedintely. Alterations are being
made in the office to suit the detaer-
metn. The move, it is said, is hem:
made for the purpose of economy. Tt
is quite some years since the R.C.WP,
took up its quarters in Hazelton in
bulldings provided by R. 8, § arent. -

Temperatures: can change friply tact
in this neck of the woods, A w pak en
lust Sunday it was 40 below vera: 7
last Sunday it was 40 above zero,
latter tempernture is much ensier m
the conl bin. May this mild spel) enn-
tinne until spring,

eo

The. total movement of Catadion

ae ey)

eggs. to Great Britain. during. the ast

year will be: slightly :-tnder a million,

nine ‘hundred’ thousand: dozen. °

J. G. AX. Senly had “yeen in Hazelton
looking after’ building operations ‘an

| the alterations to some of his built! thes

in that place,

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“In the navy bean. Clase at the Teter
national Hay and Grain show In (4
‘¢ago, elehteen: of the- twenty six prizes
‘Awarded went ‘to Canada, the hampton

‘Ship going -to a beautiful sample. fr an
Alberta. me .

of: amali-farmers, only:2per:cent, itis