; *Perrace-Usk’ section of the same route.

The ales

NEW HAZELTON, B. Cc, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER ie 1932 ot

USE LOCALLY MINED COAL NOW

Chamber of Commerce Urges Pubiic ;

The Depression | ie iy Ou Yaa

Industries -_

N oy .
the monthly maethig of the Terrace : ‘
and District Board of Trade was hela} The Smithers District Chamber. of
on Tuesday evening iu the municipal |Commerce recently passed .a resolution
nail, As the president and the seere-|Urging all people in the north to use
mury were away, ROW: Riley was ap- district coal. . ‘There pare two coal pro-
pointed ‘chairman and Will Robinson |peerties working. now, the Bulkley-Val-
secretary, Routine business was deait [Jey Coal Mine at Telkwa, operated -by
with including a resolution aking the |F. M. Dockrill, and the Lake Kathlyn
public works. ‘department to keep the Anthracite Coal Co, at Lake: Kathlyn. ,
roud to Usk open for. the winter. It
Wits felt that, as the Hazeltou-Smithers
section of the Prince Rupert. highway
was being cleared of snow, it was only
right and reasonable to ask that the

row using locally mined coal, but in
Prince. Rupert it is reported. that a
good deal of prairie coal is used whicl
means that many thousands of. dollars
are sent out of this section:, That fs a
very poor game to play.

he given the same treatmbnt, and down
of the prairie do not buy much from

river motorists be not digeriminates.
agalnst.

At the. conclusion of the routine work
Rev. T. A. Allen gave h very intereét-
ing and instruetive paper, ori “Consum-
ers Co-operation The Way Out."" His
subject was a wide one, and of neces-
sity could only teuch Hghtly on many
phuses of the problem, but his theme
in the main showed how money bad. of the nor thern part of the province,
usurped the rights of man, and was de- a .
ing given preferential treatment to the ON COPPERMINE RIVER
well-being of mankind, which it was
Intended to. serve. .

From this’ he developed the aren:
ment that, by a constructive system of:
<o-operation being developed, to take
over the machinery of production and
consumption the consuming power
would he re-estalflished and the para-
dex of famine ini the midst of plenty
uholished. - : ;

His address was followed by a get
eral discussion which revealed the bf,
attides “the "averaie: mnderstanding.- ee:
made during theipast year ino comin, -
to grips -with thel causes nd remédier oP en
fur the present sthte of affairs. “TOO coup FOR MOTORING

that more men could be employed, and

Those who hare the’ love of ndven-
tunre ‘ever lurking in their bones, and
finda fascination in seeking for valu-
able metal in the northern outposts of
the Dominion, are now. turning - their

fast flowing stream about 500 miles

Guit'o on ‘the :Aretie- ‘Ovean,:

* ‘The Lakelse Valley children are for-
tunate this year inasmuch as. the LO.
1... of Prince Rupert have donated
funds te ensnre the children of a gooc
time at the Christmas tree put on by
the Lakelse Valley Community Clul
next Saturday. | .

favorite pastimes Just now. “But the

main highway through |

ported a traveller who arrived here on
Friday noon last.

civ stopped and refused ‘to

Mr. Halliwell ocenpied the-nulpit in,
Mt. . Matthows church on Sunday morn- {thers, and another var supplied for th

sin the abanece ef Revo Mr MeKin trip from Smithers ts) New Hazelton production in ‘the spring,

, That last part of. the trip was made fh
The wiipils ot the high schol enjoy: “under an howr and 4 hulf, which £
wlan skating party an Lbeise-shoe pond winter. tray elling. Is a3 inst ag anyone
any Fy viday ev ening. wats to go. Too bad that the provin-

see eee pala, gay ernment, anot be blamed for

Misses Charnsaind Dororhy Little the cold weather: and. frozen radiators

score hostesses, on, Saturday. evening 10
ins br Idee: ela,

CHANGE ro NIGHT TRAINS NEX'.
Tt is ‘reported ‘from Prinee Rupert
{that when the spring time table goe
into effect on the Canndian National
that the traius will ‘be pulling out of

MAZEL YOUR § STUFF EARLY
"The local post vitlee in ntveady he
vindig to feel the first pressure of the,
{“hristmas segson. Every day mails

are iuereasing in size and 8. N. G.ithe mornings as it bas always done..

he coal mine investigated engineering features’

Prince Rupert, but the Bulkley Valley |
does, and would buy more if the city $14,305,000, from New Hazelton, Bc

folk would. burn more valley coal so ,t0, Fairbanks, Alaska.

to Prince ditch and flume.
George was never in better shape. te- tion this fall in plenty. ‘of time before

WOULD cosT MANY MILLIONS
To Construct Motor Road Through B.
c., Yukon and Alaska—Commis-

sion to. Hold. Another Meet

_ Yietoria, Dec. 10—If it were econn-
mically possible, opening up of the
| Northwestern, Territory of the contin-
ent by a motor.xoad through B. ©.,

Yukon and— laska, from Blaine 1.
Fairbanks, would establish a highwi -
2225 miles: long, to ‘be connected witi
areas now isolated, with the ‘entire’
highway system: of North America, Ev-

Practically. everyone in this district is nest: W. Sawyer, of Washington, D.C.

said, in the course of a brief visit t.
the city. ‘Mr. Sawyer, who is execu
tive assistant -to the. Secretary. of the
Interior, United States, formed one o:
the international committee of six that

the route. Inst year.
The estimated cost of the work -

It has been suggested thet Canadian

more goods needed. These two mines and American members of the inter.
are the only pay rolfs in the interior at tlonal committee bold another meetin;
the present: time and they should be 1 the near future to consider addition.
xiven everr encanragement by the folk #! data, which has been assembled o

the project, * Mr. Sawyer stated,

OMIN ECA PLACER AREA

- Big Companies Operations to
. to Chamber of Mines

that area, has reported to the Briti-:

jlong’ and émpties into ‘the Coronation . Columbia Chamber of Mines. These

argcenterpriges..of the. . . Consolidated:
| Mining” he ‘Smelting Ca ‘Ominteca Pla-
cers Lid., ‘and ‘Germanson Placers ‘Ltd.
LAN three are located near Slate creek.
Germanson Placer Ltd.,- a hydraul \

“Motoring ‘for pleasyva is not: one of ‘operations, has: ‘beén’ engaged for two"

yenra in the construction; of a nine-mile:
It renched produc

fredze-np in. October to satisty the own-:

Thea read was very lers. that. values will prove profitable,
fine, nt he frose is yadintor and his There is arayel in sight for . many
ao agnin, years.

The wrecker wns sent: cut from Smi- |

Oniineca Plncers itd. is establishing
‘a stenm dvag line and will be ready fo
Operation.
of the Consolidated is a large stear
drag ‘line. ‘The Consolidated prope

is situated nbout 150 miles from the
Grand Trnok Pneifie railway line, a1.
about 100 infles. of roadheve. been. al-
ready bullt by the government during

the past couple of years and the on

t

Rupert in the evenings instead. of in i

Kirkakly is making all preparations te
vope with the rush that’ seems to be in-
ovitable. Interviewed today he -point
vd out that by a little foresight and
panning on the part of the public a
Int of the last minute rush: could be
avoided. und a much better service as
sured the public, together with the a
sence af the many disappointments
that invarvinldy come to many of those
who dehty too long: with their. (Christ:
mas mails. :

oe

John Newlek ix nbie’ to. be avvound f.

uzilin after a, sevcere attack of “the flu

v ‘hich has extended aver several Weeks

*.

Dou MeTutosh: has heen allowed aut.

of the hospital after sn operation. He
hns made woo progress, . :

Mis, Gow won: the ‘prize at thet mis!
val Belix Chub, mectitig, held “laat week
ut Mrs, Jn: ‘Turnbulls. “thts. week, the:
moths Wns “held at Mr

bern since 1888,

It is helieved that the evening train |

fish buyers ond shippers, and also to
the wholesale houses. | As freight is
at the present time, along ith expre:
the grentest revenue producer the rai.
way has attention must be pald to that
source of revenue... As’ the poor fish
to not aire partienlarly about scener v
(he thne of running the trains js im-
niaterin), When the public begins to.
nse the tratns ‘aguin it willbe easy. ta:
make further chinges in the time.tublé
‘Grevat snow storms are reported t
Inve: visited the ‘southern States an’
nll the little. atoves in the citrus fr:
districts uve going’ full blast, © Tt wal
calder in San ‘Pranchico than it bh

chai Gow. and, Tete Woodall have
retntned ‘from a ‘moose hunt. ‘north’: ‘ot

anbrie's, a

will be a greater accommodation to the '

Prince George, They got'two tine ani
uals for thelr Trontie: acre

solidated is building the remaining
mites itself.

In addition to these larger opernt!
many individaals were engaged duriug
the yenr nad some of then were quite
snécessful,

HAD A NEAR MORNING FIRE

Aft oun ently hour on Monday mor.
ing last Mrs, H.' Richmond noticed a
quiintity of smoke in the honse and al-
so heard strange noises, She wns set-
Ung breakfast and it was abont six
‘olvlock, She started looking . atouy
and soon found that the steve pipe Fo-
ing into the next room and on up to
the roof lind sef fire ‘to the woodwork,
She nroused Leo. Spooner and Alfred
Hall who made «a frst trip across lots
and with the aid of half-a tub of-wate;
“soon bad: the fire‘out. It was about a
close a shave’ ns the ‘Richmond famil,
want at this senson of thee ear,

“Most ‘pecone: would consiler that.
wild Hebse, awalis' and “wild ducks do

: #iehernt: would never lack: flying abibity:|°

but it. is: ‘Known ‘that’: a certain. species
-of wilil duck, together with’ wild geese
‘and? ‘swans; are! whable; to ‘fly: ‘during

| the’ ‘molting: settson' wht “orcurs qu: | Hene
7 ing: Fuly nnd. 5 . :

Vancouver, Dec. 10—Next’ spring 3

attention to the possibilities wrapped ot the largest. placer gold mining oper- of that city to become mining conscious

ia, will be in|
up in that northern hinterland of Can-: ations in British Columbia,
ava known as the Coppermine river production in the Omineca district, R

ilistrict. The Coppermine River is a C. MeCorkell, veteran mining man of

_ MANY MILLIONS FOR CANDY

Cfeetionery. Manufacturing is a Very
Important Business in Canada
Wien the debonair shiek of the city
or country Visits the girl friend of his
dreams to present her with a tangible
love offering of something sweet, does

_pbe ‘give her box of chocolates, finely

decorated and wrapped in cellophane.
or Just some candies in -an ordinary

pends on where he Hyves and the oppor-.
tunity he has fox ‘pirchasing what he
destres. - At any rate the consumption
of both these kinds of candies is about
eveuly divided omong the population
of Canada, Last ‘year there were pur-
. Chased in Canada 51,277,358 ponnds of
; chocolate confectioner y and 51,827,157
pounds ‘of sugar confectionery. But '

os the chacolnte article evvidently Jnore

expensive to produce, Was yalued at
$13.968,082, und the- sugar varlety at
$9.080.205. Soa probably on the basis
‘of cost, the queen of all that is beaut-
tif] daintily dispeses of the choeo-
lates while the less fortunate lass just
sucks the “honey ball” bulging her
check.

MUST REFINE OUR ‘METALS

~ Dr. Mandy of Prince Rupert Urges the
RC. McCorkell Gives Report on Three

People of That City to Become
_ Alive to New Opportunities

Dr. T. 7. Mandy, resident provincial
mining engineer, with headquarters in
prince Rupert, recently urged the folk

‘He referred to the great developed and
undeveloped mineral resources of thir
province, but pointed out thet under
present’ conditions the: production of
minerals is not enough. The province.
ATO - With “all "Cohada, must: ‘get busy,
on the refining . of minerals, the manu:
{feeture of goods from minerais and
{must also have real salesmen. to sell ;
those goods to the world.. He saw no
need to worry about the production of '
{raw materials, Et was the finished ;:
| produet that was required, and he
“pointed ont that if Prince Rupert be
came alive that town was In an ide!
position to profit greatly fram the new
life in mining just dawning.

|

The flan continnes to visit quite a lo!
of poople in Hazelton,

Canadians are, acearding to statis.
Hex. consuining. lesa alcholic beverage:
wi the tlie The per eapita is no
only 21 gallons, the lowest for 65 or
more years. Only a Tew" years ‘ny |
was 1.99 gallons.

It is reported that Thos. Brown, an!

Tnidtun. gat n bie congar 4 Cnvnz
fax uerr Carmib jae fects which animals: may have wi

during the past week, It is seldom .
cougar is @ueht in this district
lut of interest lings been created
the nitives,

Ub,

; Line-breeding

Is a Great Art
For Breeders

| Inbreeding ts a general term mean
ing the continued mating of animals’
that are. related to each other, If the |
animus are closely | related, the tern:

close breeding. is used. Mating thos: |

ore distantly related; such as, firs
or -necont cousins, pr uncle ‘and niece
Is culled line-breeding.. This. form .«;
inbreeding is the one most. genotalis
{used by breeders,

What is the object of line-breediné
By this, system of breejing:the:-
‘attempts -to fix the characteriatle
good production or type, ‘or. ‘both; ;
outstanding ‘animal or. animals: ’. “How
éver,. line-breeding : fixes the: ‘poor ‘ehar-
retoristics : as jell: a8 - Ones.

an nals. that: sare te he:line-brea’

manilla paper bag? Maybe it‘all de-|

Garden Plans
Made Now to |
_ Save Lot Time

In the dull days of winter it is in-
teresting to make plans for the garden
for-néext year, so that as soon as spring
comes. the work can be started without
delay, If the shrubbery has beconv
overcrowded, spring is a good time to
transplunt some of the bushes so as’ tu
leave plenty. of room for the others to_
grow-to their full beauty. When mov.

as little as ‘possible and that the hole

in the new location, should be ‘large |

enough that the roots.can be spread
‘out. ‘The sofl- ‘at the bottom of the hole
ishould be dug out for at leeast a fout
pend some very old manure or good
Burden soil, or {f the old soil is very

ipoor, all new soil should be used.

vision and spring is a good time to du
this. Spirea van Houttei 1s one that
‘cun be divided early.

The perennial border will need some
attention ot this time. First all dend

_istems and leaves should be removed

tind delphiniums, perennial asters and
{phlox and otheer late blooming plants
should be lifted and divided, if neces-
sary. Asters and phlox are both more
sutisfactory if lifted and divided each
two or three years, If they are to go

should bee put in the bottom, also some
well rotted manure, or sheep manure
mixed in the soil. If there are no
bulbs In the ground the surface of the
bed between the plants can be. lightly
dug or raked after removing the weeds.
If there are bulbs and the places where
they. are _ Dlanted are not + carefully

tips of the leaves which may be just

below the surface of ihe ground, It. is

ja gaod plan to keep pansies and Can-

terbury belis in a cold frame over wor

fer und transplant early in the soriuv.
————— —

of dairy breeds. Line-breeding fro.
such animals would give’ good resul:-

he chosen? ? Appearance or product
of an unimel is by no means as
guide as to its breeding worth. He -
the breeding histories of the ne.
cestora of the animals in question aj

:type or wor producing

hited] i;

5
ba lay ae

to be lovked into with a view. of «
thining the right proportion of -oft-
individuai i,
From it thorwugh study of the bro
histories, good idea. of. the results. 1.
‘The ‘expected from line- -breeding the a:
Inmaix in question can be obtained.

No animals ure absolutely free fro:
‘defects, By line-breeding, the hidden

show themselves in, their offsprin::
There must therefore - ‘be a rigoron:
selection of thee breeding stock to pr
Yvent the fixing of the defects. Som: .
times the defects become so pronou
ced, such as droopy rumps, cut-up ne
ders, ov low fit yields, that out ernss
ing, or the introduction of new blood,
is necessary to correct them. ° °
Sives that are descended fron sever

are very valuable snes they tend tu Ix
prepoteut, that is, they stamp their uf’
‘Spring with their own characteris
However, ttnimals,  linebred, for..severs.
Benerntions, even when careful: sei.
tion is practised, frequently. become tow
refined—acking: dn: constitution ond
Vigor’. “When ‘this: occurs, any Whrelatd
on Wistantly ‘related sire shauld,.. ni.
brought into. the herd, ‘One, buch. crs

{tution and - line

“question:
rinebregiine or : cloge reding:;
sant fe

{shoul re. sound : ‘constitutions, good:

ty be! ‘aid ¢, Sood producers, in ‘the cus, .

ing‘a shrub or other plant it is import- —
ant that the roots should be damaged

Some shrubs are propogated by di-

back in the same position, fresh svi] -

marked one is ¥ory able t6 cut oft the. cee 29

The question is now can suc animal.

al generations of enreful line-breedin;: .

astuly restores’ the vigor: “and ‘Consti- .-
ing .