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"NEW HAZELTON, B. C.,: WEDNESDAY, ccrone 22, 1980

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Hospital. Opens ~
In Near: Future
A Great Time}

m= The opening ceremonies for: ‘the new
hospital at Hazelton are not far off.
wit is expected within the. next two
‘weeks notice will be given of the date
me for that very. important ceremony,’ ‘and

‘history. making event.
There- was a meeting” of the | hoard
of directors on: Monday night and. the
A opening ceremonies loomed up: large
fin the discussion. It is proposed to
me isk Hon. Mr. Howe, provincial secre-
; tary,. to wake the principal speech on
mm behalf of the provincial . ‘government |/
which has treated the institution with
‘such generosity and with’ so much
consideration. - The date of ‘the open-
| ing will be; set to. co-incide with the |:
' minister's: convenience. There will. be
Mm present also a church dignitary : and:
RM. others. ‘The exact nature of the op
' ening ceremony will be taken up at a
special meeting of the beard - when
word has been: received from Hon. Mr

Howe.
| Several requests for ermission to
ma furnish o. ward in the new hospital
# have been received. There, are. eight
. private “wards in the white section of
the new hospital. Any, or all, of these
may ' he furnished by private parties
organizations or communities, if it is.
the wish of the public, The board de-
cided Monday ‘night: on the equipment
necessary for those wards in a general
way. It is proposed to furnish each
a

of them with a modern bed, a gwive!
hospital table and a “metal Award robe.
m 6‘'These three. pieces of furniture will be

in colors. to, harmonize ‘with the’ decor

ations of. the room. and with. the floo1
covering. Theis furniture Will be in
each ward and:.anyoue | * furnishing one

of the wards ‘will be: charged with the |.
cost of these: three’ pices, and the’ rest

_ of the furnishings will be left to the
@ individual tastes and desires ‘of those

contributing. There. will be required

in addition to the above pieces, A
m ...ciresser, one or two- chairs, 2 couple of
floor mats, ete. - . The cost per room if
estimated between » $200. and: $250
dollars,
“The board authorized thé socretary.
to contract for 111A battleship ‘lino’?
- wlem :for the balls and 11A fade for
the eight: privnte: wards: Also, the
secretary will order: eight beds, tables
and ward rohes for the eight private
-yrards. The: operating-: room will -be
covered with rubber. tile... Much of the
Unoulem, furniture. and. "equipment, in
tlie old hospitel ‘vill be used in’ the
. new as it is comparitavely, new: ‘and in
" splendid condition. Some “furniture, is
® to be redecorated to conform, with they
. general color scheme, “~~ 3
So far ag the. contractor ‘is concern-
“ed he will: goon be through. The new
heating system is now being connected
up, the. electricians are about: to. com-
plete their work,
” the fixtures, the: carpenters: will. be’all
. done and away in a eduple of weeks,
“and the decorators , are, hustling‘. along
their part as fost as consistent - with
200d. work.” “Good : work, in fact, hae
‘ peen the watchword: throughout, ‘the
entire. construction.

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i. “Masa ara “Dance: ‘will be held
ths Bist. of

J anced all along the line of the 0, N.R

jit, was decided an ‘inquest was.

puch a8 “installing,

iilees of the: W.: A. to the],

° GEORGE MeLAUGAIAIN DEAD

Dropped ‘ae. ‘Bod oi: Day's Work on
‘Thursday—Funera! in Smithers —
Tuesday Afternoon, ;

‘the 1 news of the sudden. death last
Thursday, afternoon of. George (Tiny)
McLaughlin, near Smithers was - re-.
ceived ‘with much: Ttegret by, a very.
large number of friends and acquain-

railway between Prince George . and
Prince Rupert; but particularly be-
tween Smithers and ‘Terrace as it was
in ‘this. district where he chiefly. oper-
ated.” Heartfailure was the cause of:
his death, and few, if. any- of his old
friends were. aware that he ever had
any trouble with hig heart. He Wag
engaged in. butlding a chimney for
Sylveser Waldrich on the. farm near
Smithers and was working in the. kit-
chen and just at the close ofthe ‘day's.
work he, fell. forward on his’ ‘face and
died instantly. Word: was sent the
authorities at Smithers, aud Dr. Ag-
new, Constable Tate. and the coroner
visled the scene. - » After. investigation
not
necessary.

.The funeral was: “held on Tuesday
afternoon from: the .United Church in

Smithers cemetery. “A large number:
of friends attended the service.
For ten years or more the decensed:
was pole and tie inspector for he GN.
BR. in this district and ag such he was
a. visitor to,all points and he was well
Imown and generally liked. -He -had
a pléasaht disposition and’ was a ‘good
mixer. He was 0 member of the Ter.
race Assembly Native. Sons .of Canada
anda ‘charter member’, ‘of the sLoyal}
Orange | Lodge “Perrace, | “The Native
Sons: at" Smithers had charge: of the |
funeral arrangements.” ep ‘
‘'TRe late Geo. McLaughlin was porn
at Neepawa, Manitoba; -and has some.

relatives in- the east but- like: most of}

the men on the frontier he talked but}
little of” “his “family, and ‘little is yet
known. He was -unmafried.”

Preparing for |
Winter: Work

. Assistant “District Engineer W. HL.
Cotton has received instructions from
his chief, P, Philip, chief engineer for
the province, to send in his report on
work that’ can be undertaken during
the next. ‘few months, as a means ‘of
helping the “unemployed © situation fn.
Skeena riding. Also to state the num-
‘her of men seeking eniployment.
At the request of the. minister ~ of}:
Public’ . Works; - Hon: NS. ‘Lougheed,
Mr. ‘Cotton gent in a. report: about ‘the
faat week. In July on the unemployed,
with. ‘he result that on. extra grant of
$4, 000 was “made for work on the Cro-
nin. and, Driftwood ronds, this’ help:
Hing the: situation considerably." .

As very: ‘Httle of the: iproposed : high:
wy to" Prince. Rupert: WAS surveyed:
until the past summer, a “will ‘bene-
cessary to get several survey, erews in|
the’ field. ‘at ‘once -to locate ° and i ‘map

out work, that: can. ‘be undertaken: this |

ota!

winter. wt!
y To. cdnte no word, ‘has ‘heen: récelved:
os to: ‘the, orate of. money: that. will be

Smithers and interment took place in :

This. District/

: [Bridge Ready

» Now For Steel |

: The new high level bridge over the
Bulkley river. connecting New Hazel-
ton with. the northern side of the riv-
er, and the first link in the highway
to the Yukon and ‘Alaska, is now .all

7 |ready for the steel workers, and they

will be here very | ‘s00n. ‘Tenders are
being called for the. erection .. of the
steel work. and . the cables said tend-
ers to bein by November 3rd. * The
steel is expected here ‘on every train.
it will be. . immediately hauled’ sto
the bridge’ site upor’ arrival. =
“Thus far the’ bridge © creiv | ’ wider
Paul Me. Master’ ag ‘foreman and. Oven
Smith ! ‘as engineer in. charge, have. re-
moved"8,000 yards. of” earth and:. rock
for: the excavations, and have poured
1100 yards of cement for the founda-
tion and piers. That is alot of work
and. very” exacting work as steel can-
not. be sawn or bent ‘to ‘fit: something
out of place, The ‘steel will come in
| great’ pieces and it will fit onto the
concrete and the cables will fit onto
the ‘anchors, tothing tan be" changed
now. .
The apprdaches' on each side of the
‘bridge have been bullt ‘requiring 100,-
000 feet of timber ‘for ‘that ‘work alone|
These. approaches now “give ‘an idea,
of what the bridge will. be like when
the steel has-been erected. ‘The fin-
ished bridge. will be a clear 16 ft. 6 in.
between the guard rails, giving lots of
room for tivo way traffic. The struc-
ture is several feet higher. ‘than the
old ; bridge, flong, side and which did
noble “duty. for. many “yenks. Ate they
centre of the new. “bridge it will | be: ai
least’ ten ‘feet higher’ than ‘the ‘old ‘one,
This does away with: the’ sharp dip’ at
ench end of’ the old structure.
The cables arrived last week, 13 ‘in
all. There: will nine. cables ‘on each

cable ‘will hare a: diameter of 8 inches.
The cables ‘ate: now being stretched

ia preparatory to being strung. ALLOSS the
_ river and placed upon the towers.
‘lthe cables will ‘be ready by the time

All

the steel. erectors arrive, The steel

‘ towers will be the first steel. erected.

They will be a ft. the concrete piers

The ‘road on the ‘south side of the
bridge hos been widened ‘ and the
grade. lowered and several trucks are
engaged in hauling gravel.’ Gravel is |)
being put ‘on for a considerable ‘dis-
ance “ghrough. ‘and passed Hogwilgnte.

Many men. have beer, engaged on the
construction of the bridge for /a- jong
period.’ Practically: all these. men are
from the immediate district, “Phere

. has not: been one labor dispute or any

‘trouble of any ‘kind’ which ‘speaks ‘well
for ‘those, in charge, ‘gs. well: a’ for, the.
themselves. Another * pleasnnt
feature’ ‘48 that very: “few: ‘accidents ‘oe-
eured;- ‘and ‘those. were: ‘of a very” minor
nature. The ‘only regretable’ “fenture

feee

jis that the: the ‘job, pelug | 80 nearly ‘fin-,

‘shed inany. ‘meénare ‘pnd: will’ be’-out,
of. ‘employment,’ ‘as there’ is. not* much
looming up. for’ ‘Hie winter’ yet.

"phe yaaa ‘wang on ‘thie’ Yikon “mele
graph ‘tratl returned ‘to. town ‘Sunday |
last, On: Tuesday, tha
operating ‘for the" Wi tei

ng, but it ig} 5, ae ty dea

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GEOGRAPHICAL GAZETTEER

Most Valuable Volume of British Col-
umbia. yet° Published—Great
_ Book of Reference

ish Columbia, 2 yolume of 291 pages of
close-packed and concise data regarding
the Geography, has just been Issued by
F: P. Burden, minister of lands, This
publication, will prove of inestindtable
value as a reference book, Ft was ¢om-
piled, by the ehief geographer; Major
G.G. Aitken, and. stéff, and in addition
to a preface giving historical, topugra-
phical and otber information, areas of
islands, lakes, drainage basins, | cities,
municipalities, villages, lists of main ri-
vers and tributaries, data resarding
parks, historical sites, ete, the volume
contains approximately 73,000 place
names. of geographic features, The lo-,
cation is adequately. shown’ by district
and latitude and longitude.

The data from which this volume “has
been carefully compiled is Lasid upon
the most authorative sonress: available.
In the place names there is the perpet-
vation of the memory of the original
§uhabitants—the Indians. Tha intrepid
explorers and fur traders have given
place. name signs of their endesrors.
‘Of later years there are the. names of
patient. and steadfast pioneers attached
to geographical 1 features of the districts
with which they were assoclated. In
Imore recent year's outstanding work and
loeal eltizenship have contributed: to the
naming of rivers, mountains, ereeks,
seas ond. other features.

The work is one of which Ton. Mr.
Burden aud his-depariment nay avell be
proud. Owing to its special nahave snd
the cost involved | in, produerion hw las
‘been found: ‘necessary “to” place” a “uharge |
of, $2.50, per, yolume, upon: it

‘a ‘patient | in the hospital, Was. able to:
yeturn -to- her : ‘home on | Tuesday. a

Mine Inspector Shenton of Priitce
Rupert visited - the district this week

On another page ‘in “this ‘issue’ il
be found an advertisement from the
Canadian, National Railway Company
calling for tenders . for railway ” ties.
It is. ‘Hkely that many tenders will go
in from the district east of ‘here, a¢
well as some from this locality and al-
so west of here.

* eer

coD LIVER OIL CROP VALUABLE

. Over 51, 000° gallons - of medicinal
cod liver. oll avere produced in fisher-
ies by-product operations in Canada
last ‘year, Practically. all of this oil
WAS exported to the United States.,
The pigeince ‘of Quebec: lead “in, ‘the
quantity": ‘of: production with, - 42, 184
gallons.» ‘Néva Scotia. accounted ,: -for
30,420 gallons and New, Brunswick
for 18,218 gallons, Al’ ‘told’ the mar-
ket: value .was. _alightly: over $83,000, 1!
In addition to the medicinal. ofl, there.
was also produced : 1 total of. 170,000
gallons ‘of cod: liver ‘oll for other uses.
ee .

‘A model marrage is. ‘one : in ‘which.
the wife js° ‘the treasure and’ ‘the has

band is. a vensury. an

cher it

Jesuit. ‘your? | .
‘No; and. its” 80 exasperating. He. on-
y- ‘Smiles. vy eye we ;

When’ water. ‘pecomes “tee; “pald: the’:

that takes nee?

|Murder Trial at

(Wag; on aes January, 1930,

‘Mes. Olson. ‘of Dorreen- who has. ‘beer’ .

|the police. ‘The polige looked ‘east and

» My fiusband’ talks in 1 ais ‘aleep. pa [ot
AS

‘low. at

‘Smithers Open
Many Witness. : -

‘Sigurd Jussiia, the Finlander ‘who’ a

was arrested as the suspected murder-
er of Clias. ‘Yoch ‘of Houston, will ap- °
pear.for preliminary trial tomorrow at...
Smithers, It is probable that he avill’. nt 7 a
be sent up for trial and. removed to the |”
Okala prison farm where he will be...
under observation as to his. mental
condition. The, crown has 21 witnes-
ses ready td. give ‘testimony, Inspec-
tor Jobn Macdonald of Prince Rupert
who gucceeded Inspector Spiller, will -
be present a the hearing, as will also."
Sergt. Service who is a witness, . . :
Pictures of the Yoch: house have
been taken by oO. i Evitt, and ‘@ plan: °
of the house .is- being prepared: by. Al-.
len Rutherford. It will show also.the- —
location of the caches where the stol---
en goods were found. ‘It Vis sexpected.
by police that. Houston people . will -
be able to identify the! prisoner | as the’
man who was Seen there on ‘Septem-
ber 7 th, and the police also ‘hope to™
prove that ‘the discarded. pants. anc’
enp that were found were the proper:
ty of the: accused. They “were found:
inthe bush between the Bulkley and:
the Morice rivers, The shoes and old.
socks, found’ in the Yoch house, may
also have belonged to the prisoner.
Before the arrest of the accused Si- —
guard Jussila, alias John Eniclson’ and’
‘Fred Anderson and John Johnson, the
police took the above mentioned old :
clothes’ far and medr in an’ effort to.
connect them up with-some person. .
“The accused is the’ same perso -who:. tat

time ‘members of a B, & BE gang. ‘took’
up. a ‘dollection: ond bought him. a tick...
et to Smithers, ‘and also’ rendered.
ald. Apparently the man was not-ac-

customed ‘to cushions and’ comfort, and.
he disappeated from tlie coach: only 27:7

to be found seated on the tender of. the:
‘engine; He was taken back to the,
cdach but tio or three ‘tifnes , left
modern comforts’ to: “ride -on: he. ter:
der. At Hvelyn the crew lost. him e:-
tirely and when the train arrived” ai
Smithers the matter, was “reported c

west bit found | no trace of him until
now.: It wes Oscar, Sténman > who
tells the police of how this man. ar. a
rived: at his farm. the night, “ine ques. oo
tlon with. his. face \scarred, ‘ete. _
The arrest. ‘recalls the. sudden: disap =
pearance _ of. Tom. ‘Stephenson, an ‘old: he
timer. “who. was’ known:  throughoutth Yo
Valley ond. especially ‘in ‘the Hazelton "
district. where, he prospected for: many vty
years: “Int July ‘ ‘1920. ‘Stephenson Aras’.
seen with a. young: man going to

seen’ ‘since: Ot.
‘young, ’ tétlow, ” mp
had stopped with Tommy. for | ‘tw

three days-at his. cabin 2
aoddle pony swas ‘found. tied, t tite f

man