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Mid-wi t rT Ip bY © la . . . . P i: Dr. R..C. Bamford 2
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Continued from Tage 1 = ae i P - L ; =: DENTIST in
nhd we spent two nights and one full day here. The Huskies had been ; ; ot a, SMITHERS, B. C. is
oe in fur trade and out again to thelr camps, but it was a good opportunity a Hours9amtoGpm Evenings =
° to get work done. : mee : ; , ae by appointment, Ls
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ae “Atdavik is well within the Arctic Circle.l was there Janwury 6th. 7 7 : Ee ca A eT
The sun was not visible and the people did not expect to see it until the . : . —T a
Oth, when © portion only, would be visible for a short period of the day. Ott Can Of een aid rae :
Lights were necessary in the house until near noon, when ‘they were PR ;
turned out for about an hour. The daylight lasted from 10 in the morn- ’ B. C. UNDERTAKERS
ing until 2 in the afternoon, and was quite bright, but not sun iight. ; i - . EMBALMING FOR SHIPMENT A SPECIALTY
“On Saturday, January Tth the plane sturted its sonthward flight, , P.O. Box 948 A wire !
nnd as the air was quite clear the pilot rose to 8,000 fect for a sight of j PRINCE RUPERT: 3.C, will bring u if
the MceKenza’ Delta, and it was a wonderful sight. ‘The Delta is more .. CG - . . : {
than a hundred miles north and south and nearly a hundred miles enst The great national pastime this weather ds squeezing the
and west. “There are several large channels. front the main McKenzie expenditure column so that it will remain in proportion to the a J .
river and these ave united by thousnnds of small channels twisting and revenue. The first step in this of course is making a decision as ; i=
winding in curves of all degrees, erenting islands of the alluvinl deposits . : ‘ . het oa J d fh.
of various sizes and innumerable shapes. These little islands also num- to what items are absolutely necessary to the well heing of our bd B. J u ge
ber thousands and the panorama spread ont 8000 feet below dwarfted minds and bodies and consigning the balance to the limbo of things Chi . te
inte insignificance the feeble efforts of man to lay out “exclusive” resi- we will have when the times improve. a | lroprac or |
dential quarters of modern eities, Nature laid out, in the McKenzie . ; Will be at the Omineca Hotel | |
Delta, scenic waterways 125 miles by 100 miles, and man has copied the oo, i ;
. scheme on a scale of a few city blocks. , You cannot do without your local newspaper for several very . Hazelton on Thurs day ,
a The night was spent at Arctic Red River.and news despatches were good reasons, iy he fir st of which is that as an intelligent citizen °
neadin received over the radio from Kdinonton, Radios in the north .dis- of the community it is necessary that you keep informed as to what
tricts bring in stations from distant lands. Australia ‘is frequently is taking place in that community what is transpixing at the school (-= =
heard: but tthe favorite forcien ‘stations ure London, Sermandy and the churches; if grants are being made from public funds, or cut a , '
: 7) i > : . ‘ i . Send your
Germany. . . off; what your community proposes doing about relief measures; | = 5 \
. where food stuffs, meat, wearing apparel, wood coal, may be pur- Wat h Re airing £1 a
“The people bere, were also louking for tthe sun in a day or two. . chased to the best advantage; all the intimate personal news; the | atc «Pp : &
aud-we got away: soon after daylight, noon, We rose tte 2,500 feet and deaths, births, marriages, and the thousand and one other oceur- Jewellery Requirements
yot a’glimgise of nenrly one half of the sun above the soutth-east horizon renees that go to male up the life of the community. ee amg Berne
shining the most brillinnt-red I believe I have ever.seen, Even the high- , o 7
ly inmginative advertising calendars depicting stin cisings have failed in a . : f
equalling that sum tise, for red brilliancy. : That is the function of the local weekly newspaper. Its news - R ; W Cameron i
my ; colunms each week earry the story of the activities of the con- ad . _ | 4
“Our welcume to’ Good: Hope was again G0 below temperature, Int munity, and in addition to the effective news of the world at Prince Rupert
the walk from the plane to the settloment was brisk td henting. large. Its advertising colunms bring into your home the best of- . oye ee |
# | a ae Z ferings of the st ud shops with prices and description Ca ——==
“Our hop the next day was to Norman, and passing nbove aid to erings e stores al ops with prices escrip ‘ ~ Mw
the west ‘of Bear Rock, at the mouth of Great Bear river, where Norman ; : ms
is sittuated, I experienced one of the thrills of flying, vin. uy drop of 500 The Herald costs you but Two Dollars for a whole year. If MINERAL ACT
feet. when a cross current of air was encountered. The pilot informed me you will read it thoroughly, intelligently you will receive many, ‘ ,
me after landing, the extent of the drop,’ We landed behind an island many times over a‘return in value, And the Herald is a good Certificate of Improvements
and across: the river from the settlement. where there was a deptth of paper for the family to read. There are many things children may —_————
nf soft snow, which mide landing with the heuvy lond of furg necumu- learn from its columns, but nothing they should shun. The col- NOTICE '
lated, enroute south, sater than on the hard viver surface at the settle- umns are clean, carefally edited and contain all the NEWS. a 5 .
ment. The trip across the rough dog -trail of 8 miles was acconiplished Eximeralda, Bornite, Belmont, Beth, :
on foot, while dog teams carried the buggage, blankets, ete. Bessie, Stuart, Takla, ‘Trembleur, ;
“the hop from Norman to Fort Simpson, which was made next day, If you are already a subscriber to the Herald ‘ . Beatrice, Jack, Sackson, Camp Frac-
was very intterestIng as it always is, passing through a part of the send it to a friend, either in the community or tional, Alda Fractional, Bess Frac-
Rocky. mountains: The ‘distant mountains on each side of the river at a distance. They will appreciate it. tional Bornite Fractlonal and ‘Trix
made interesting scenery. This hop wus 300 miles and the stop at Fort , , ‘Fractional mineral. claims, situated in
Simpson was only long enough for me to go ot the store for the returns the the Omineva Mining Division, Cas-
ind fur, a longer stay would have necessitated draining the oil and ; sinu District. ;
henting the engine, and this would have prevented me making Provi- . : Where lucated——On east slope of
dence that afternoon, before the daylight disappeared. From Provi- The Omineca Herald Iwiftwood lange, about 15 miles north
dence next day we went :to Snowdrift River near the soutth east end of west of Takla tae D iby Be Morkill
Creat Slave Lake. Here the first fidications of cariboo were seen, The : N ‘tuke notice that Dalby B. stor
snow had Literaily been packed hard by the animals within a few bund- Is Your ewspaper of Vancouver, B. c,, acting as agent
red yards of the settlement We were detained here a day by storm, . for Consolidated Mining Smelting Co.
Friday the 18th, probably the same storm, travelling south east which Make Full Use of it . of Canada, Lhnited, Free Miner's ver ;
cnused the death of Pilot Bill Spence in Northern Manitoba on Saturday . it lente No, Oe ee eto apply to tike
(Spence was one of the best in every sense.) The hop Saturday to Fort —_ Mieing ‘Recorder ‘for Certificates: of
Rae, in the north arm of the Inke was very interesting. The shoreline s 4 | linprovements for the purpose of ob
is dotted with innumerable islands and carlbou- were very nmnerous. - tnining Crown Grants of the above '
Yor 50 miles herds of caribou ranging in number from 2 to 25 were con- o— = oN claiuis. | tal ive that the Sot
stantly ‘in sight, and only a mile or tess apart. Fort Rae is a racky set- . : as s oe é , : wien fun ie he onnqence’ ie
Hement and wind swept, ‘ ining in filis 0 um fa , nefore the issuance of such Certificate. |
“Sunday morning the lith opened at Gam. for me, when the moon oe : , . Hated. this eet day of Jumary 19% :
was stil shining and the stars sparkling. Ground lights were seen Among: the Canadian Provinces, British Columbia is the lead- .
from gasoline Jamps dimly shining through frost covered windows of 4 ing producer of.Lead, Silver and Zine. ot
few houses, Soon aftter 7 o'clock the first pink streaks of the rising In this Province about 45% of Canada’s Silver, 97% of the MINERAL ACY }.
sun vanquished the stars and enabled us to-get away shortly wfter nine Lead and 93% of the Zinc are produced, tte: ° ,
y'clock. Indications all pointed to a favorable diy for flying. British Columbia has produced approximately $1,300,000,000 Cortifieate of Improvements
“Upon gaining height yhortly after we took off, the pink horlzon ex- worth of minerals. : : NOTICE }
panded and inereased in depth and light, the gladioli pink was spread About 200,000 square miles of unexplored mineral-bearing ° . 1
from the horizon at the rising suu in complete circle, the ends mecting lands r pr ing. ; ; ; : ip an In thief, rio a
in the north west. The color of the sun as it stretched to right and left and are open For prospecting Beat, Ans ae ee St aig
rose ubove the horizon, showlng a hazy bine beneath. As we gadned al- tional, Vein, Lake, View, Axand A.\ 1
titude the sun rapidly commenced to show and shone through the win- Praetically every mi ral Enown to he Eructional Minerud _ Claims, sitnits be
dows of the plane, giving its bright rays, but withont heat. Although foun d sn ‘he ory iment occurs. to ‘some i the one - Mining Division : t
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the sun was plninly visible to me in the phine, the wbsence of light and extent {zi British Columbia. m'vhere. loeated—On Mt. Morice.

shadow on the ground indicatted it Gould not be seen from below. In a
tew more minutes the dazzling orange hall seemed to fairly st: forth,
and: light could be seen on the high ground below, to the starboard, but
not yet on the flat lend. From the port side the great expitnse of lee
voyered snowy lake gave off cloud of lize in response to the sun's rays.
und these were painted rain bow colors, A marvelous sight, I was rid-
ing at a height of 6,000 feet looking down upon the newly formed clouds,
painting: same with all the rainbow colors, In another half hour the
hize had disappeared,-the:aun shone higher, and the vir was ¢lenred pre-
pavatory to noon hour, when we Innded smoothly nt Hay River. for au
hour's stop, then.on to-Fort Sinith,
‘Port Smith is the first settlement In the Northwest Territories Just
north of the boundry line between Albert and the Territories, Some

minor.government officials are here, The: following: day we hopped to -
MeMurray, passing over the. buffalo tange where great. numbers of ‘these -

animals’ were'seen. ‘We arrived at McMurray Monday shortly after-nocu
ntter a most successful 19 day trip of nearly 4,000. miles without the
slightest delay from plane or ‘engine trouble, and oniy three dnys delay
by storm. The plane was serviced during the afternoon. and :evening

atter:the jong trip from Aklavik, and ready for-the 800 mile-hop to Ba- :
- monton of Luesday.. Just as the engine was belng warmed up the oil

: feed ne broke, which delayei:us on‘hour.and a half. ‘There was no

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. such, delay on’ the northern énd:of the trip where the plane mechanic
dld oll the work, handicapped hy lack of facllitles which are, available ~
at the; base: Coos i 48: ne oe ;

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RECENT PUBLICATIONS :—

‘Adtlress enquiries to

Taebt

‘Non-metallic Mineral Investigations : “Barite ;”

‘The H

Annual Report of the Honourable the Minister

of Mines for the calander year 1031.
“Tiode-Gold Deposits of British Columbia.
“Placer Mining in British Columbia.
“\icConnell Creek Placer Area.” -

"“Agbestos’: “Glassware,’; “Clay.”

Lode-Gold Developments in British Columbin ‘

during 1032,

“Parliament Buildings

. .. L.. Vietoria, B.C. 7

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onourable The Minister af Mines —

about 6 niles west of the foot of Beay
Luke. : .
Take notice that Dalhy B. Morkill
at Vuncouver, 2. C., aeting as agent
for the Consolidated Mining & Smelt-
ing Co, of Canada Limited, Free Min-
e's Certifiente No. 50G1UD, intends
sixty days from the date hereof, te ap
ply tothe Mining Recorder for Certi-
fleates: of Lnprovements for the pue
pose of ohbtuninug Crown Grants of th:
hove claims. |

And further take notice that acto:
der section 85, must be counmenced
before the: issuance: of such Certifi
entes of Improvements,

Dated this 15th day of January, 19383

‘B.C. LAND SURVEYOR

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he McMurray. temperature was 4 below when we Jeft.there nnd’

\Y. J, Allan Rutherford

Surveys promptly executed,
SMITHERS, B. C,

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