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THE OMINECA HERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH al 1926 -

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Ike Mills, driving Brewster’, fans
ous Russian wolf hounds,’ won‘ the
Strongheart: Trophy in the 98-mila
‘Dog Derby race. at. the Banff. Win-
ter Carnival and soon after left te
enter the American Dog Derby races
which were held at Ashton, Idaho.

Five thousand settlers are in sight
for Canada this year under the Land
Settlement séheme, according to
Major John Barnett, Chairman of
the Soldier Settlement
Winnipeg. “The majority will come
from Great Britain and will be pre-
pared to take root in Canadian Sool,”
Major Barlett said.

Word has been received at Cana-
dian Pacific headquarters of the
death of James McGown, Superin-
tendent Engineer of British Colum-
bia coast services. Mr. McGown was
born in 1863 and entered the service
of the Canadian Pacifie steamships
Ia 1891 as fourth engineer, , He
brought over the Canadian Pacific
steamer “Princess Marguerite” from
Glasgow to Vancouver last year.

An indication that big fish are
migrating from the waters around
Florida and Mexico to New Zealand
is forecast in a special cable received
recently. Zane Grey, the famous
American writer. who is in New Zea-
land at present. caught the world’s
record swordfish recently. The mon-
ster weights six hundred and eighty-
“Five pounds and is large in propor-
ticn,

Stricken sick’ suddenly, Mrs.

> Charles Burns, wife of the president
of the Carling Brewing and Malting

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Company, London, Ont., telephoned
to Mrs. Leon, her sister-in-law, wife
of the vice-president of the company,
who was in Montreal with her hus-
Mr. and Mrs. Leon left Mont-
reai in a special Canadian Pacifie
train, which made the run to Toronto
in six hours and forty-three minutes,
just in time to make the connection
with the regular train which leaves

" Toronto for London at 6.45 a.m.

| City, Mo.

Tom, Dick. Jerry and Harry, four
born fighters from the fighting
county of Yorkshire, England, ar-
rived in Montreal recently on their
way to ‘W. W. Graves, United States
Supreme Court justice at Jefferson
They are not going to
the Judge to be sentenced for in-
fractions of the peace, but simply
because His Honor, being from and
ir Missouri, wants to be shown

m whether it is true, as alleged, that

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EY the best Indian game cocks can only

be got from Yorkshire,

Dogs, pigeons, canaries, rabbits,
pedigree fowl, wild birds, gold fish,

-_ linnets, ducks, monkeys, eavies, bet-

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ter known as guinea pigs, and parrots
were among

States by the foreign department of

® the Dominion Express Company dur-

| ing 1925, according to. the yearly

| statement recently issued by the

d company. In the statement was dn-

‘cluded a totsl: of about 1,000 racing '

os 4, pigeons.

Under the auspices of the St. Jean
Baptiste Society, Montreal branch, a

®. special train has been, chartered from -

the Canadian Pacific Railway to
‘carry a party of some five hundred
members of the society to Chicago
to take part in the Eucharistic Con-

fe press to be held in-that city in June.

# During congtess week will be cele-
brated St. Jean Baptiste Day, on
June 28, under tha auspices of the
'Patvlotic Associdtion of French:
Canadians of Diinois, which will con-

Mae clude with a banquot at: which 1800 |:
—- cusats will be Presents’

Board at -

as soon as it is in

the livestock carried.
% from Burope and the British Isles
. to this country and the United

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Lumber Co.

Vanarsdol on. Sunday.

tor to Usk.on business,

rafting logs down from Buck

for several months past.

finished building the rail-road
from the mill tu the river, and
this has proved to be a great suc-

“leess in hauling logs out of the

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- Usk. {
Skeena’s Industrial Centre

Re ed ee el pn Re pay Fine Se eee ott i

Mr. and Mrs. J. Russell, with
their two children, have moved
down to Usk from New Gazelton
and are occupying part of the
Wells residence.

C etn (teres

Bessie O’Brien’s ninth birthday
anniversary
residence of Mr. and Mrs, Hal-
bert Bessie invited ail her
schoolmates. Mrs. Scully assist
ed Mrs. Halbert in lovking after
the wants of the celebrants, anu

‘they had a jolly party.

The Canada Products Ltd. have
been logging steadily and vetting
a supply to keep the mill running,
shape, while
the woods gang ‘is stacking up
logs in readiness fui the summer
haul.

The Skeena Lumber sawmill is
extending its loading platform
facilities, so that preater efilicien-
cy at that end is established,

Frank and Jack Ailen are load.
ing poles at the siding and Fred.

at this point.

- Gus, Nyberg and Joe Trulson
were in town for supplies to do
assessment work on the Reid
property on Kleanza Creek. Joe
Marchildon has started operating
on the Pioneer lease at the same
point = ss:

Ben. L. Woodward. has | gone

‘to Prinee Rupert, from where he

expects to leave for Alberta to

join his brother, Myrick.

The twice a week boat schedule
will go into effect next week with
the Prince George and the Prince
Charles on the run. They will
leave Prince Rupert on Friday
and Saturday “mornings at nine
o'clock... Le ee oe
‘Duke | ‘Harrie: returned home

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Tuesday. morning after a. visit ‘to

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‘& Wm. Woodcock, of Usk, has
joined the staff of the Vanarsdol

Ray ‘Lindstrum and Peter Lun-
deen, of Buek Island, were in

W. E. Vanmeter, of the Silver
Bow mine, came down from the
hill and spent afew days in town
‘lon business.

The Vanarsdo]l Lumber Co. has
completed the construction of its
power boat and is ready to start

Island, where the company has
Ahad a crew of men cutting timber

Victor
Dalpra, one of the owners, has

A children’s party to celebrate

‘wouk place at the

rickgon is soon to raft down a!
hundred thousand feet of poles.

Joe Colburn was a recent visi-

WINTER SPORTS. IN CANADA

‘|. around ‘Ranft, B.C. In.

Usper—tin the [.enren.
tang Qrebee  Lower—
Lady Driving Huzkies

set—Ski-ing at
Rolland.

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