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TERRACE “OMINECA" HERALD, TERRACE, B.C,

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_ Smith in deep water
when mule fell down

“Once my mule fell with me from the ledge of a cliff into

deep water,

began to moye,
pice 600 feat high.’?

: Thus did ctvil engineer Mars
cus Smith record some of the
‘perlis of railway survays in
British Columbla 90 years ago,
Smith was one of the men who
Pionsered construction of the
British Columbia section of the
first Trans - Canada railway,

He was born in 1615 in North
umberland, Engiand and by the
age of 25 he had built a repw
tation as a land surveyor,
mapping parish boundaries, He
had a great interest in ratl-
ways and soon transferred his
actlvitles to this fleld, sharing
in the creation of some Engtish
lines and for a time working
under the railway ploneer Ro
bert Stephenson,

His diligence paid well. with
hew positions In France and
‘eventually In New York, where
he arrived in 1849, Soon, he
was appointed tolocate and bulld
several lines in Central and
Western Ontario,

He went back to England, then

to South Africa and in 1868
he was back In Canada build-
ing the Restigouche section of
the inter-continental Railway,
When the Canadlan Pacific Rail-
way was started he became as

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CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS

from which I narrowly escaped drowning, agaln, while
climbing a steep mountain side, r

@ mass of loose rock and earth

carrying me down 50 feat of the brink of a preci.

sistant to Sandford Fleming,
the chief engineer of the per-
liminary survey.

Assigned to the B,C, section,
Smith made surveys between
Victoria, Bute Inlet and the
Fraser, a route that never was
completed, The work was grue
lling and dangerous, On one oc
casion. when trouble threatened
with Indians and settlers in the
Chilcotin, Smith armed his men
and travelled In gunboats to the
mouth of the Homathko River,

His surveys covered most of
the province between1872
and 1884 when he became chlef
inspector of Canadian Pacific
Railway works eastward from
Savona, He left the company’s
employ In 1886 and worked as a
consulting engineer until 1392
when he retired. He died in
1904 at Ottawa,

Being nible and light-tooted,
his father encouraged himtorun
In the Olympic race. “Yes,'?
said he, If there were any
kines there to run with me,'?

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“You must be quite a helper around the house.”

while you're on vacation this
year, but also give a little
thought to the safely of your
home before you leave,

That advice comes from the
B,C, Automobile Association,
.The BCAA urgesthat youdon’ t
advertise the fact you will be
away from home for an exten
ded length of tlme, Itglves these
hints for preparing your home:

Make sure Insurance polleies
are paid up, -

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Arrange for your mail to be

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Safeguard home for vacation —

Keep your own safety in mind’ picked up, forwarded, or held at.

your branch post office until
your return.

‘Notify delivery services - =
such as the milkman and the
paper boy - - to suspend de
livaries, .

Arrange to have your lawn
mowed while you are away.

Arrange for care of your pets,

Turn off outside water faucets,

Check major serviee installa.

tlons ~ -such as refrigerator, -

furnace and water heater - -
to make cartain they are in gad
working order,

Leave with a neighbour a key
to your home, your itInerary,
and your automobile license
number for use Inemergencles,

Securely lock windows and
doors, Leave the window shades
in a position which would he
normal If you.were at home,

You may want to investigate
one of the devicas available for
automatically turning on a lght
in your home at night, and turn.
ing it off in the morning.

Family type
phone. at Expo

MONTREAL (CP) - Visitor:
to Expo 67 can use family-typ:
telephone booths, In which se
veral people can talk simul
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, 4 RELIC OF TERRACE HISTORY could cause some headaches
for the developers of the Safeway shopping centre at Emerson
There used to be a saw mill there and saw dust in .
the soil occasionally ignites by spontaneous combustion. Hera te , a
firemen Bert Roseboom (right) and Pat White squelch an isolated € f

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All ‘over the. country, events
previously labelled simply on
merits have been endowed with
status befitting spectaculars,
simply by adding the word"*cen-
tennial?! to the title,

Local and regional golf tourna-
ments, rowing regattas, tennis
competitions and what have you
remain local and regional events
despite high-sounding names,

Despite the criticism, it must
be accepted that Canada’ sbirth-
day has given Canadians a look
at more top-level international
sports than ever seen In this

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Sports promoters in Canada this year have rushed to take
advantage of Centennial Year,

unt

rather than contribute to it,

those attempting to use a cen.

sentation of the Centennial - «
and it certainly should be the
biggest track and Held promo
tion in this country since Tom
Longboat was beating’ the best
in the world, .
Fortunately, the Pan - Am
games. the Carling world golf
champlonship, the Expo soceer
production early in June and
other legitimate attractions
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Although fans stayed away in
droves, the Expo international
soccer tournament at Montreal
was more attractive « - at least
on television - - than the jaz-
zed - up product being provided
by the United Soccer Associa
tion and the National Pro
fessional Soccer League,

Saccer is just one example,

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Track and fleld, notably, has
benefited, A few yearsago, track
and fleld comprised a waste
land in which a few Canadian
athletes labored mightily -
without success or recognition,
These days, BUI Crothers isal
most as much a household name
as Gordle Howe although Howe’ s
exploits in the National Hockey
League have been sean by mil
lfens. more. than have watched
Crothers speed a half - mile
against top competition,

Crothers is anly.one, Sprinter
Harry Jerome of Vancouver, co-
holder of world records for the
100 + yard and -100'. metre
dashes, Is a certain crowd -
attraction in most American and
European points,

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Records on the subject are
almost iinpossible to produce,
but it’s probably safe to say
that more top flight track and
field athletes have entered Can.
ada to compete this year than
ever before, .

Saskatoon, Toronto, Winnipeg
and Vancouver all holdtop inter-
national meets annually, Invari-
ably, the roster of entrants In-
eludes several legitimate hot-
shots,. .

“Many of the athletes admit
they come -to Canada because
they haven't been here before,
Others, Ilke pole vaulter Bob
Seagren - - who soared 17 feet
2 inches In’ Sagkatoon last win
ter to'orase his‘own world re.
cord briefly -=.come "because
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"When did Niagara
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‘ Tam and Jane checked their finances. Thay ©.
found they were shert of money. Would the
family holiday have to be postponed? The.

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dropped in to sea the manager of the naarest
‘Niagara Loans office. He outilned the problam --
-to him, found fim very underatanding and a
helpful. In privacy, they discussed the cost of — -
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