iz Once more we reach a finger post,
Upon life's bread highway

to keep @ tryst with Father Time
Who.comes with greetings gay.
Leave care and trouble to themselves
Let pleasure hold fuli away,

Hark to the laughter and the song,
All Anil to Christmas Day.

The old felks and the youngaters join
in play and merry jest,

Or in the singing of the songs

That old folks love the dest,

Because the mem'ries that they bring
Ave like a golden ray
‘Lumining all the happy houra
That crowd the Christmas Day.

Mining and Other Activities

f | About Dorreen

f « Ontheevening of the 10th a
f; = number of Mr. and Mrs. Horwell
; friends gathered at their home to
witness the baptismal ceremony
fs, for theirinfantson. Rural Dean
fh Marsh of Terrace arrived by the
‘ delayed train. Prior to his com-
ing the party spent the evening
dancing. After the religious ser-
_vice the little boy was.given the
name Dennis William,

Mrs..T. H. Walsh and children
were on the train which was held
‘up by the big slide.
! ed here a few days | renewing old
B; acquaintances.

Mrs. Dolly Harris and her sis-
ter, Miss Lola.Paine, took-in the
dance at Pacific Friday evening
and report a very pleasant time.

a Geo. McLaughlan was here sev-
af. -eral days inspecting poles for
the C.N. RB. Slim Jordan was
', algo on the job inspecting for the

‘Hanson Lumber, Co..

Ten carloads of poles and piling
' were shipped. from. here last week

y Melford, Sask: and Nira. R. Lamb]
i of Lorne Creek, were. ® visitore at
Dorreen this week: OB fee de

‘Phe Jones,Bros, . have: gone ‘to
* Vancouver having: ‘completed. the

\ work of rafting: polés: on the river

\ \recentlys,They delivered . about.

4 hundred thousand feet. «

She remain-!

Mes. Leak. and daughter ofl,

Mr, Jand_ Mrs, ‘Bias: of. Francois
Lake, _

Moving the Engineer

‘Tt will be learned with a great
deal of régret in the north that

|the provincial ‘public works en-

gineer R. G. Taylor, has ‘beén
transferred from this district to
Kamloops and will be connected
with the construction of the pro-
vineial highway. ‘During the few
years that Major Tavlor has been
in the north he has done excel-
lent work. The main highways
in the whole district, including
Omineca, Skeena, Prince Rupert
and Atlin have been surveyed and

less changes are to be made the

future should be chiefly construc-

tion work.

+

The funeral of Big Seymour of

Hagwilget, who recently died at|-

Houston, was held last Monday
and. was largely attended by the
natives of the district... The Rev.

Father Allard conducted ‘the saat

rites.
Skeena district pets $50, 000 of

‘the public works money for 1925.
Omineca - gets -.-$70,000; sPrince
_{| Rupert gets $27,000; Fort George

gets $68,000 and “Atlin.and Cari-
boo.each get $50, 000. These sums

By es

«Migs Shedsgreet left ‘Thujeday

night for -Vancouver to spend. the

Christmas, holidays at her home;.

e a gon, Was born at the Hazelton’

Hospital on, Deéceriiber - ‘18th to

-j interior.

‘monly. ‘called ©

—— —
The Scene of the
| First ‘Christmas.

$ yim AN EYE- WITNESS :

‘Ona sunny afternoon in May
we are standing at one end of an
open space in the heart of Beth-
lehem, Palestine. . At the far end
of this widened street is a group
of high’ stone buildings. The
simple cross on the summit of the
eentral roof is ail that would in-
dicate that this highest building
is a chureh, Qnce there were
three large entrances, but now

only a small opening exists, to).

prevent the camels of the Mos-
lems from desecrating this world
famous ‘Chureh of the Nativity’.
Let us pass through the dark
porch, guarded by soldiers, to the
Vast, but simple, is
great basilica,-built in Roman

‘I style, in the form of a cross, be-
‘|fore any of the world’s cathe-

drals. You are standing in the

j oldest*érect Christian church in| 8
There are four rows

the world.
of eleven large, reddish, limestone
pillars; 19 feet high, The inner
rows support the walls surmount-
ed by the main. ceiling, 50 feet
‘above the stone floor. One hun-
Gred years before America was
discovered, Edward IVth of Eng-
land decorated the roof with lead,
which was removed by the Turks
in the 17th century, to be used
for bullets. Though nearly six-
teen centuries have passed since
this great ,building was erected
by Constantine, yet one can still
see’ the stone mosaics picturing
doubting Thomas, and the Trium-
phal Entry. Thesecond crasader-

plans and maps prepared. Un- king of Palestine was crowned

there'on Christmas Day, . 1101.
On approaching the front of the
building we stand amazed at the
beauty of the. gilded carvings,
the high altar and the: oil paint-
ings.

Let us enter ‘the doorway on
the right and descend on the
winding, :marble stairs to the

most important place. of all, the]:

‘Inn’ itself, where, ‘according’ to.
both ancient ‘and’ modern aithor-
ities, the. world’ 8 Savior was born.
The room Itself is about 40 feet
long, and,- like all buildings in
Palestine, has an arched ceiling.
It is lined with ‘asbestos, adortied
with oi] paintings, and. lighted by
thirty-two. beautiful oil ‘lamps.

"| At- one’end - stands ; the. armed

guard, | beside’ the -Rrotto; ” com-
“The « Manger’’.’
This grotto ‘is. lined’ with niarble
and: lighted: with fifteen ‘lamps,’

which’ are never allowed /.to gro {3G

out.” ‘In the: centre of the Jittle
floor is a: ‘silver star, beariti:the

a

eo» a a

Usk
- Skeena’s Industrial Centre

mt
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t

to, ne

mae

Post Office Inspector Trent of
-| Vancouver was.a business visitor
lin town Saturday.

Jack Nutt, J. Oden and Jeff
Oulton, Terrace, were partici-
pants of the Saturday night dance

Skidding gangs and carpenters
are getting the logs hauled out
before the winter snows get too
deep. Other gangs are complet-
ing buildings and shelters for the
Skeena Lumber Co. Sawing will
start in a few days,

,

Big game guide J. D. Wells
took W. H. Peterman, manager
Skeena Lumber Co., out after the
goaton Kleanza mountain, but
due to unforeseen obstacles that
defied the conquerors, the goats
are still free-lances and the hunt-
ers live in anticipation. -

’ A very enjoyable dance’ was
held in Bethurem’s hall last Sat-
urday night under the auspices
of the Tennis club. Many out-
siders were present,

The thermometer touched ‘ten
below Sunday. night and sixteen
on Wednesday. This is the cold-
est snap here for years.

Atthe Shackleton hotel those
who registered were—Ed. Grice,
Bob Henwood, Terrace; G. Fras-
er, Jack Burns, Legate Creek,

A children's concert is taking
place on Wednesday night at the
schoo] house to be followed by a
dance in Bethurem hall asa fare-
well to the. Misses James who are
leaving for Victoria on Thursday
for the Christmas holidays.

was Jesus born of the Virgin
Mary.” This star replaced a

nated by the Sultan. of Turkey
before the Crimean War. ‘Nearby
is a similar underground chamber,
where St, Jerome gave the Bible
to the Roman world, by trans-|4
lating itinto Latin. Here he was|5
buried in 420, -

Before leaving this place, so
sacred to the whole Christian:
world, let 1 us view the city of
Bethlehem from the top of the
adjoining Armenian fortress, This
city. of ‘10, 000 people, mostly
Christian, covers a comparatively
small area on. hills sloping down
from where: we ‘ptand.. Across |.

‘the. ‘valley are..the - “Shepherds’

Fields”, where the keepers of the
flocks saw. the Star on that: first
Christmas. night; when | the mnulti.
and of Hosen Host

atid on’ earth * pence," 7 ,

toward men.”
‘Latin inscription meaning,’ “Here ponte =

L— “Saying Goodbye’

| Mrs, Green. beste eeeececees Jean Burns ©
Mrs. Twining.......... Frances Willan
2.— “The Wishing Well” .

(A Canadian Fairy Tale) ©

Fairy Queen ,........; +eee.J@an Burns
Katie. ........6-.e. 0. + ++.Jeasie Smith
May........... settee ...Anna Johnaon
Jean wie... eneeneenes Josie Weaver
Olive. 0... lec eee es Frances Willan
Timmie......... 0... eis ;.Barl Spooner

more ancient one, and, was do-| °

dj pointed. assistant chief forester’
in ‘for: ‘British: Columbia,” An his new .

New Hazelton
Children Gave. |
‘Fine Program

The Christmas Tree and school,
eoncert given Wednesday: even-:,
ing in Marshail’s hall was a most;
gratifying success. It was con-'
sidered by the original citizens as.
quite the best concert the New.
Hazelton school. has get given.:
A great deal of credit is due Miss
Sheasgreen who undertook, and.
with a great deal of success, the - i
training of the children and con-
ducting the program.

The evening was'one’ of the
coldest this winter, but the child-
ren were all out in force and most
of the parents and bachelors.
The hall was nicely decorated and
the big tree stood in a corner well
loaded with presents and Christ-
mas bags. The program started
well on time and was carried out
without a hitch. Every young-
ster did his and her part well and
many a4 parent swelled with jp par-
ently pride.

The program and participants
were as follows:—

Green Men. .John Smith, Arthur Willan,
Hugo Johnson Crawford Harris

Indian Chief. . saves v4.0... Ward Marshall

Farmer..............000, Tom Marshall

Miners....Bert Spooner, Wayne Mc-

; Mullen,: Omer Spooner

| Tree Fairy...... '....Dorothea Stoynoff .
Bird. Fairy....... benenes Alice Stoynof

Water Fairy............ Orrice Sargent

‘Rainbow Sprite...... -Catherine Smith

Maple Leaf Fairies

8.—‘‘When Women Have Their Righta’’
Mra. Penelope........ Stanley Stoynoff
Mr. Penelope.......... --Oalley Senkpiel
Mr, Winfield Veneta eeee ee «Omer Spooner

_—Christnas Songs. Be
Goodnight 3) | ,

6-0 “The ‘Paper Angel”... 7
The Red Candle....... ‘Thomas Willan ”
The Silver Star....... +. .Billy Sargent
Old Poppe Corn.......... John" Willan :

The Spangle Lady. - Dorothea, Stoynoft.
The Paper Angel. : Jessie Smith”:
Children. ate

Receives Promotion:

| Pred D, “Mulholland, former!
with the foreat department
north and with headquarters: at,
Prince Rupert. but recently wit
the-coast. district,..has., been: ‘an

Il |sdpervision’ and ‘nsdagement of.

emits "| tie: forests thr. roughout'the whole:
ND Nprovi