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we NEW HAZELTON,

B.C. OCTOBER 22, 1926

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~ Smithers >.

Recognized, “

eee

eroky

Geo, Findlay. was in town
‘wéék and. made public the news
ore discovery in

of. another big

the" lopiéy'séction. “George has
beén working’ on the find for sev-|
eral. weeka and now has it in
sucn shapé- that he ean say he

A8 a result of the grain move-
ment the whele interior ig bene-
fitting. From Telkwa carloads
of wheat are being shi pped to the
Ccoast;. more train erews are Op-
erating and 16 or 18 telegrapherg
are being put in stations that ag
veetien only eee year aie any These tin squares, however, proved so

trict will ship much more grain:

than it-did this year,

eee

Residents of the Evelyn dig-| the information for the corner: could
trict ‘and a large number from
town held a successful ‘dance in

Evelyn school house on Saturday] be easily pulled ont and many of
evening in the interest of the! them were used in an unauthorized
United chureh, $53.50 was giv. | ™nner as tethering stakes.

en to Rev. Geo, Turpin as @ re.

sult..

TheG. W. V. a. will Rive a
me dance on Armisuc
eXeCULI Ve uiso WuapEd UL YZ pro-
| ram of improvements ar the nail
a which wil include a hue air fue-
m nace, # dilliary labic, a modery
me radio ang sume allerativos wu ine

ie rooms,

Another’ interesting piece of
mining news comes from Grouse
Mountain where the Cass ai-r| ments.
Crown Copper Co. has been car-
rying o¢ wotk all summer, The
report states that a four foot vein
of high grade ore hag been struck

@ olpn

START TAULING TIES

ne

Fred Griffin. came down from his
Mee tle camp on Hudson Bay ‘mountain on
meinday and with M.' F, -Burk loaaad
@ee'D their goods and ehatttes on
mee ruck and sturted fox:
rack has been employed all sum
‘nd fall hauling cedar poles to the local

Mepot and during the ‘winter will do
mee hauling from Griffin's tie camp.
Me riffin says they have ‘a foot of. suow
a mt his camp and that
atken out. a. bundrer - ties, With Eli

mayreuson's favoroble . Weather report
meer this Winter Fred figures on mak-
ee Some money] out of the ties,

ein

meet on December 7

mevind up early,

gerd in yor subsor otion ney.

| Chose monuinents have proved very

Smithers, The

attractive to the Indians, who often

were liter on discarded and a bar
with a squared solid top on which

be stamped was uscd instead.’ - These
iron bars were far more permanent
thnn wooden stakes but they could

As land became more valuable, and
as the nmount-under eultivation in.
creased, the increasing value of more
permanent survey monuments was re-
cognized. A post consisting of an iron
pipe with the centre core filled with

from heing -pulled out and hiving a
Lrass cap on top to receive the proper
inscription for the corner, was de-
signed and is now in use on all. Do- |
minion lands surveys, ‘This post is
cutable and is not easily removed. Be:
ing planted flush with the ground it
is referenced by pits or a mound in

| SURVEY MonumenTg’:,
} Aneveasing Importance of These Beiny
i
+4

.. | In man’s eartiost civilization natur.
town. this] a) houndaries such as rivers, ranges of
hills, or dense. forests served to Imit
the territory over which neighboring
bands ot bunterst, Claimed sights of
proprletorship ‘as against all others.
When the family became the unit ae
distinguished from the tribe, and when
has something big, It is located | pastoral Dursuits” were engaged in
about three miles west. of the
Frank: Taylor: ‘prcperty and the
local conditions are somewhat
similar,” thé’ formation being a
borphéry dyke and nas been un-
covered for 150 feet in-width.

some division of ‘jand among the
various families Was‘necessaiy, ‘These
boundaries or dividing Ihes were no
dotht first roughly defined but a8 pop-
wlition’ increased aid individuals, be-
came..more and more interested in the
fequisition of wealth it wag necessary
to actually mink’ the ilivision, lines,
Hence the art*and. practice of land
surveying came into’ existence and’
with it various types of survey montu-

Tn. Western Canada, where all the
original land subdiviston has been enr-
tied on under instructions, of the Sur-
veyor-General of “Dominion Lands,
Depirtment of the Interior, the earli-
est survey stakes used were of wood,
but -it was even then recognized that
fl more permanent form of marking
was advisable and very soon there.
after iron bars were used, first ‘at
township corners and then at a1 sec-
tion corners. Attached to the early
type of iron har at section corners
Was 2 square of sheet tin on which
th section numbers were stamped.

made necklaces of them, that they

Tabi gaat ae FORCING “BULBS

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“*: Gixpertmentai Farms Note)

and press down until the upper side
of the bulb is level with: the surface,

then moke the soli firm around the
bulb with the. fingers to prevent it
lifting. After planting, there should
be not less than three-fourths of an
inch space between the surface of the
soil and the top of the pot, as, if}:
there is less, it will be difficult to
sive enough water. The pots should
how be put in'a cool part of the cellar
hut where the soil will not be frozen,
Water thoroughly’ and see that the
‘SoU -is-kept ‘moist’ untit ‘the bulbs are
.well rooted, which’ will.be in six
week or more, and until they are
forced. If the soil becomes dry the

reots will be injured and they will
/not force weil.’ Freesias ond Chinese
Sacred Lily do not require to be well
'yooted before forcing. One shonld not

‘try to force tulips before January
‘6¥en though they should grow above
the soil, as, even if well rooted, they
‘will not force satisfactorily before
cement, with a foot-plate to prevent it this,

for forcing are:

Butt, Ferncombe Sanders, Wm. Pitt,

Some’ good, inexpensive varieties

Darwin Tulips—Bartigon, Clara

order. that it’ may be readily found.

satisfactory and the boundary Jines of
farms or lots thus marked are rela-
tively permanent. There are, how-
ever, large areas ni western Canada
not so wil marked and Dominion land

she had already

ed. at many other points. There is a

‘the main‘ waterways ‘of the Northwest
{ Territories nnd of the northern por.

LEGISLATURE 70 MECT : tions “of Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

surveyors in the course of their other
duties are putting. down’ as opportun-
ity offers some of these permanent sur-
vey posts wherever they may be work-
Ing. .

Thus these survey posts are not all
confined to the subdivided areng. of the
Western ‘provinces but are being plac-

considerable number along many of

They extend for instance from Water.
ways, a railway station three hundvad
miles north of Edmonton, to the Are.
‘He “ocean,” ‘and- there ‘ts another con-
‘nevtefl serles'from The Pas to Lake
Athabasca, The.locntions of all these
posts are accurately:. recorded, and
serve as refdrences for all other sur-
.| Feys; explorations oi investigations of

The Provzineblal Legislature - wil}
6 for a few hours
med then adjourn until January, 10th,
Mmhen the heavy’ artillery: will be put}
the front; The government thus:
Yr. only proposes to tniroduce a few,

as of any importance and hope

A Masquerade»

-IN NEW HAZELTON

Tickets: Men $1.50 and’ |

Dance 7

Friday, October 29

" Four Piece Orchestra fron:
Prince Rupert Secured

Several Prizes will be Given _

~ Ladies $1.00.

ff

q. the -adjncent. nreng.
‘being? carried ‘on iy:

Survey in "Ontario,
Brunswick and Nova, Scotia,

‘The forcing of bulbs in ‘the honse
in winter is so easy. that: more: people
should experience-the deHght of hay-
ing hyéecinths,- tulips, daffodils and
others -bloom at: that time. The bulbs |
‘should be planted as soon as they can
be procured in the autumn, as, unless
f good root system is made before one
‘tries to force most of the bulds, the
bloom “iwlll not be- satisfactory. If
800d loamy soil. eanuot be obtained.
quite satisfactory Tesults may be-had-
from coarse sand. A soil that doeg
not bake is desirable, For byacinths,
tulips and daffodils pans of five or six
{neh pots are most satisfactory. Three
tulip and daffodil bulbs do well ina
five or six. inch bot, and one or more
hyacinth -bulbs per pot are used, de-
pending on the size of the pot, When
planted in Pans, six or more tulips
are used. Provide drainag for pot by
IMitting a piece or pieces of broken
pot, coal clinkers, or charcog] in the
bottom, fill the pot with soll, shake
it down by knocking the pot against
Something. Do not press down tha
soil to accomplish this, as it will be
tao firm and the buib will lift out
When it begins to zoot. After jarring
the soil, place the bulb on the surface |.

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\. The: Patent-Teachers’ Associa-
tion held their regular meeting pert over the Weel en
The attendance was/ present at the wnveili

Memorial window eree
and Miss Hogan in St.

in memory of |
the late Rev. William (Father) |
_. The children’s annual masque: | Hogan. ;
rade was held on Uct..18 and was
a reat success, although.the at-
tendance was not so large as last
‘Grandesse, Nora, Enchantress, King | yéar, Forty-two children. were

of the Blues, General Pelissier, in costume.

Pridce Rupert
and then went

ly arrived from
Mr. ‘Cramer.

J: Mr. and Mra:
~~ | mills, - Amesbu;
‘Ay trip to;Detr

_. Hor Spaines

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TERRACE

Mr. and Mrs. Morris and fam-
ily. of Prince Ru pert spent'a ‘holi-
dav in town recently,

Miss Norma Kenney returned
on Saturday after spenting a hol-
iday in Nova Scotia and the east-
ern States. She will this week
be a guest of her brothers, For
@ couple of years Miss Kenney
was postmistresa here and her

many friends would be glad to
see her on the job again.

Mrs, Birnie of Smithers spent
4 couple of days in town with|! eful in the bus
Miss Cousins. a

_ Edward Arkle, for a year in | £0
Kenney Bros, store, has gone to| ‘ing passed off
ancouver,

P. M. Moncton has returned |
after a summer’s work in the| ¥ork.
Stuart Lake country.

Mr. and Mrs. A. Bailey of the

d to
Lakelse Valley have move The Canadian National Railway has -

Vancouver. made arrangements to operate stand-

Mr. and Mrs. James Gill left
on Sunday for Hollywood where
thev will locate, They will be ing November and
areatly missed here. Mrs, Gill| - Fall information
Was very active in church and

social circles; Se

last week. | attenda
small but progress was made.

Opal ‘Cassel spent last weekeng
in Pacifie with Mrs, 2. Hogan.

A number of guests
from other places were present.

K. Monsell has moved his fam-
ily. into the living ‘rooms at the
rear of F. Lazell’s store,”

was here Tuesday

ro ‘ Horticu. rune

Sawle goes to Gus

to town on. The lad
articles of wearing
goods which were r

and the Ladies Aj

LADIES amp DINNER
Splendid Success achieved by Ladies
of New Hazelton Saturday Night

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The Ladies Aid Society of New Haz-
elton scored another success last Sat-
urday night when they put ona hot
dinner to which the pubite wag ivited.
The dinner was all that could be de-
Sired and was enjoyed : by everyone.
Those in charge of the affair deserve
much credit for the amount of work
they did and which they did so well, -
The horse which wag donated by Mrg, °
Christenson who
er. He will fing
Ih and for coming
les also had a few
apparel and fancy
eadily sold. Every
exceptionally well

id will have ao nice
sum to add to their funds,
Will be enabled to Carry on ti

held the lucky numb

ard and tourists
from the Pacific ¢
side at Montreal a:
nection with O14

servations, passport
cured from any Ag;
tional Railways.,

-THROUGH SIEEPING CARS 19.
THE SHIPS SIDE

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oust to the
nd Halifnrs,
ountry pallings dur-

regarding rates,re- °
S, etc, can be se-
Canadian Nat: -

Anglican cathedral]

last Wednesday and

in town on Monday.

HP: oe Ee ner ain] Bite | On Wednesday night ‘and as the }

Mrs? Martin’ Cramer‘and fami- trouble hecessltnies ‘the “service ‘of an, t.
St, P aul to join expert, the town’ Will be. in’ darknesg |.
: Pheiyé. will locate or semidarkness fpr a. few nights,

Dan McKinnon .retur:

ras

last Saturday’ a

; Mich

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the prairies, «

Breda

ted by Mrg }

David Smith, Caplain of the |
Church Army at Kitwanga, died. :
Rev. T. DA!
he funeral:
The twa:
sing and’

'Proctor conducted
Service last Saturday,
bands from Skeena Cros
Kitwanga were ‘Dresent,

Harvest Thanksgiving services :
x ov hwill be conducted. on ‘Sunda
Mrs. D, D. Munro entertained Kitwanga by Rev, T. D Pre
the B. D. bridge elub last ‘Tues-

_ Government Agent &. HOT
day evening.

is enjoying a visit from his sister. |

wt tare a¢) Miss ML H. Hoskins of Broxbourne,’
R. E. Allen, district forester of England. Miss Hosking is recompun-

A Wea fed, by lier niece, Miss Houor Nevw-’!
on to Burbs Lake, bery, and they are 5

Most of the people from Ameg-| ™™ths visiting with relatives in dif-
bury were. here this week, |

pending sever]

ferent parts of Canada,

“| Mrs. Frank of Houston spent several
Mrs. W: H. Watt of Amesbury | days in town thé latter part of last

spent the week endat her home, Mae as the guest of Mra. N, Pp,
oy ine on UOTaN, | —— ;
The Terrace Fall Fair Associa- ey H. Ramsden and Miles

- " v8 ; | O 2, an es, 7.
ing veil oe annual, lhe Harrison of Burng Lake Were visitury
Secretary’s report: will show al
deficit as the attendance at rthe| depending on ¢
_ || fair was not as. large ag usual; | for Ueht. ‘The’, Canadian : N
-_ Tonight's meeting is important, } eetric light plant Went on the blink’ !

‘Suiithers householders are again:
andles. ond of]

| . "ned to, town!
Me pi | d’ ts tac
Carter of Lakelse farm after’\att ica ise
Ve" are. on'a:holi- months spent “fx
it ve

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