@ Kitimat People 5 Desire Road to Link Terrace Is the time opportune for open: = ing a road between Kitimat Arm and Likelse? ‘he question is suggested by the action of resi- dents of Kitimat preparing a petition for submissiun ‘ to the @covernment ‘asking that a road be made to connect up Kitimat me with the C.N. R. at Terrace. Mr. Anderson, an English resi- dent who has spent thirty years mat Kitimat, and has-made good, gagand Mr. Carlson, are pressing this smatter on the attention of the meovernment and.-are desirous that the “residents of Terrace should support the proposal. & There are some twelve white families resident at Kitimat to- mecether with a numerous contin- gent of Indians of the best type. These Indians are far away from “arewater and are under the in- nence of the Methodist mission, hey are also keen workers and most of them are doing: well. hey have’ built. a; sidewalk --in eir village the lumber for whieh ‘ost over $2000, and they have ected a music house at a ‘cost, f some $7000, :80 that .thev are ing eviderée OF giod” ditizer 2 hip. Then there is a big. logging amp close by, where big money ; said to paid, but where the esidents are pretty well cut off arom the outer world, having no @elegravh and only a very poor @ostal service and all supplies aving to be brought by water r 72 miles. _ They plead that if a road were ade to Terrace they could have ‘much better service'seeing that e distance to cover is so much \orter and at the end there is a y train service as against a t service about twice a week the southward route. here is, too, many a large and of fine timber which such ‘road would open up and. render commercial value, and alto- ‘ther it seems that the claim ra through road is one that Fould be met as soon as the gov- ment ean see its way todo so, q Open Season Closed ‘srouse in the district would be Vv glad to know that the open fason closed on Thursday and their hides, as far as law- ing citizens are concerned, safe from perforation for her ten months. This year number of birds has been @, one reason for-this being general absence of bush fires he district. However, the inued fire ‘weather during open season has mitigated boon ' to’ the . birds, whicli| e suffered a constant bom- ment since the. first of Seb-|' Eber, are "beiny™ Bulle’ els _ NEW HAZELITON, B.C., NOVEMBER 16, 1923 | Work is Started by New Owners Knauss Claims On’ Wednesday night Capt. Turner, representing J. F. Du-|: thie, of Seattle, arrived at Dor- reen and began on Thursday morning to prepare to develop! the Knauss property. : Some weeks ago this paper stated that Mr. Duthie had taken over this property. Last week the details of the deal were completed by Mr. Duthie and Mr. Tredway, the former owner, in Victoria, and Capt. Turner took. the boat. the same nicht for the north. The work to be undertaken will be on the ore and in the same manner '|that has been foliowed by these people on other properties 80 suc- eeasfully, The Knauss property is well |: known and: the many engineers who have examined it have agreed upon the value of the ore, while]: a large tonnage is in sight. Capt. Turner will put twelve or fifteen men to work at onee and increase the force as fast as they can make room for them. has’ been made to: the mine, from Prince Rupert, -and- whew cam ) ie to" Where) the new work is to be undertaken.’ As soon as the preliminaries have been completed, Alfred Gaul, of Smithers, will be put in charge of the work. This is the third property Mr. Duthie has taken up since he came into the northern interior, and he has been successful in his selections: The Duthie proper- ties on Hudson Bay mountain are}: proving all that was hoped for them, while the property in the Babine, at the head of Driftwood creek, has ali the earmarks of being a real sensation. Every- one will wish Mr. Duthie every success at Dorreen. An Armistice Sermon Last Sunday Rev. Victor San- sum preached a strong sermon in connection with Armistice Day and Thanksgiving Day. During his. sermen he urged the people to a more serious con- sideration of life’s problem. That wonderful change to take place} in the world which the soldiers had dreamed of while in the trenches has not come about. He considered the world worse today than before the war. Be- fore. closing the reverend gentle- man expressed personal disap- proval: of commemorating Ar- mistice Day. with the frivolous dance. Dancing was alright but it was not good form to dance at @ funera] nor when honor was|-- being paid to those who sacri. ficed all for thé welefare of ‘the el, . — world. Are you 8 » subscriber vet? ee | ‘Useful Recipes | Bee fe !- White Sauce for ‘Creaming Vegetables or Meats % cupful Borden’s St. Charles Miik 4 ecapful water 1% tablespoonfuls substitute 1% tablepoonsfuls flour 1 seant half teaspoonzal salt High seasoning of . Pepper or ’ paprika Melt the. butter substitute | in-a small saucepan, stirin:the pepper and salt mixed with the flour and stir until weil blended, away from the heat. Then gradully stir in the milk and water mixed, preferably using. a wire- whisk, and taking care that all of the liquid is thickened before a further amount is added. Let boil a moment or two, then add the vegetable and let stand over hot water for ten minutes to become thoroughly heated. Serve with aspara- |: gus, ‘string beans, peas, brussels ssrouts or potatoes. butter or. butter Late Mrs. Creelman ‘Mrs. A. Creelman, of Terrace, passed away at the Hazelton Hos- pital on Thursday night after be- ing a sufferer for a long time. She‘has been in the hospital for the iast four or five weeks, Mr. Federal Mining 7 Co. in Deal For Usk Property| Fred. Forest is now on easy street after taking a leading part in prospecting circles of the Usk country for a good many years, He has a very promising prospect at 12-mile, on Gold Creek, on which he has done considerable work, with the result that a lot of extra good ore is exposed. Last Saturday he visited Telkwa, where he closed a deal with the representatives of the Federal Mining Co., and he returned to Usk on Monday with some real money in his pocket. owners. will not: undertake any development until the spring as the transportation facilities are not yet good enough for any- thing beyond prospectors’ patron- age, One of the main features, SO far as the Usk district is concern- ed in connection with this deal, is that the new company will The new Creelman and her son. Mr. Mae- Kenzie from Alberta were with The deceased She was well known and greatly respect- =p ed-cin: Derraca, |.and:on Friday, morning the remains were taken | her at the last, was 44 years of age. | provide a road from Usk to their own property and from that on to many other very excellent prospects in the same district the transportation problem will be simple. es yee Pe he nT aa ee Ree, : Hazelton. Ferry ‘Was Busy Had to Trav ‘Some to Beat .- His Relatives ° Austin Goodenough, ‘auperin: ee tendent of the cedar pole and pile. and. vicinity). It is twenty-two: : years since he was there, although: for twenty years he has been’ that country and in the way people lived, but what he: found mistic hopes. . He realized from fight all the time to maintain the: reputation of ‘Northers ‘British Columbia, His: relatives. and friends showed him much: and told him much. He visited lum- ber camps, pulp mills and paper-_ and-saw mills. He trayelled by auto aver roads that were a: revelation to him. He. found lumber camps to which a num- - ber of the lumber jacks went each day in their autos.” He saw he was up against it, His relatives had him gasping, but at last Austin got hold of himeelf. “‘Say,”’ he. said, “you have meh Se te a ‘way, you have more: cars and.” better cars,’ ‘and. you ‘have. made. ing branch of Olof Hanson’s - ‘business, returned last week from) a.trip. toeastern Canada(Montreal < promising himself that trip. Aus- \- cat tin anticipated many changes’ in. oo Be was away beyond his most opti-. ky the start that he would haveto ©”. us -beaten on, roads: BJlong | to that town tor interment. Olof Hanson is now. preparing to open cedar pole camps on the « ‘The: Hazelton terry is now. be- ing” hauled ‘out ‘for the wintes and the canoe ferry has been put ace he : a lower Skeena and on the coast. The fishing season is about over along the coast and a good manv men previously engaged in fish. ing, will take out cedar during The poles will be the winter. rafted to the railway. The passenger frém Rupert last Wednesday night ran into and killed a deer the other side The engine crew packed the animal along with of Terrace. them to Pacific. A case of small-pox, the first _|in the Northern Interior, ported from Smithers. re- into commission. ° a busy one. 1 away beyond expectations, both foot passengers and teams. Many tons of farm produce were hauled to town .vyia the ferry ' which formerly could not reach town at allor was hauled around by the Kispiox road. Thus many miles per load were sayed, Special services were held in Kitwanga on Sunday, this beinz Armistice Day, and regular Sun- day for Kitwanga. MEN’S HOME-KNIT SOCKS BOYS’ MITTS & STOCKINGS Fancy Work | : House Dresses, and many other useful | Towels Aprons and ornamental things Prices will be very reasonable — LADIES’ AID_ BAZAN New Hazelton . ‘at 8 o'clock p.m. on. NOVEMBER 3rd , - Refresh | mente served |. - during the evening a Although the ferry had a short season it was .The traffic was ernment, a are aed to m wonderful strides. But in, Northé ern British Columbia, where: I roads. We use airoplanes en- tirely.. I have my own airoplane for inspecting the pole camps _ and: supervising: the loading-op- erations, prospectors and trap: pers charter airplanes to. take — them out’ to their: particular grounds and have the ‘plane come back for them at the end of the season; the provincial gov- instead of building roads are making janding places in the rivers and lakes for the fleets of airplanes that. are .in- creasing yearly. Then‘‘in the | winter time for the trips into the real cold country the ‘airplanes are fitted with skis and Jand-in . the snow or on the ice, AN the. 7 provincial forest rangers’ are —_ supplied with planes.” - Austin left goon ‘after that for . the west and did not extend. any, . very pressing invitations’ to thoge: friends to come out” here in: “the. immediate future. the loss of many cattle | this fall. apparently due to poison weeds, It is reported that the Federal Minining Co. are putting a num . ber. of-men to work on:the Owen Lake property recently. onde! | from Dr. Wrinch. — “tthe citizens of ‘New Hax h t come from, we don’t need any: ....’ Bulkley Valley farmers report. 7