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THE OMINECA HERALD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1934

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Minister First
Visit to North

Yon. Frank M, McPherson, minister

M of public works was a caller at the
S (imineca Herald office on Thursday,

Be hut unfortunately the editor was not

. New Hazelton, Hazelton

auld Twenty Mile

f ernment can secure the money,

2 at home, having passed the minister

and his party on the highway at the
road house. The
Minister, deputy minister Dixon, the
istrict. engineer . nd the assistant en-

Mm yineerr, were met at Smithers by the
| intl member, E.

TT, Kenney of Ter-
race. They left Smithers very’ early
in the morning to make the drive to
and South
Ungelton and eatch the train after
luneb for Terrace. Jt is quite appar-
ent that the minister had no encourage
ment. to offer the people of any work
on the ‘roads this year,. except what
was absolutely - necessury, that is in
this part of the country. It-is possible

, that next year some kind of 1. program

may he carried ont, providing the gav-
Mr.
McPherson has not an enviable job
under existhiz conditions. There are
xo many people who have depended for
so Inaay years on the read. work for a
livelihood that they do not know what
else.to tum to now that the govern-
ment has nod work to doe, especiniy in
the north. In the southern part of the
province severn! hundred, if not sever-
al thousands of: men are finding em-

to Editor

Smithers, 13 Aug.
The Kditor Omineer Herald,
New Hazelton

: Letter

TDenr Sir:—I wonkt appreciate a
snill space in your paper if you find
it to place my letter to you and your
golfing inembers. ; . :

The third annual tourniment known
ns the “Northern: British Columbia
Amateur Open” golf tournament was
played on August 12th. Forty-cigat
contenders played for the “Smithers
Cup” donated by M1 R. CG. Davidson
which had been held by Mz. R. ©. Reid
for the last two years. To the regret
of the golfing enthusiasts Mr. Reid
wis unable te play, hawever, the cup
is now ‘esting in the hands of 4. very
worthy snecessor, Mr. C. D. Christie,
with a seore of 76. The runner-up
was Mr. Tom. Woods with n score of
SI, with Mr. R. C. Davidson arriving
third with » score of 84. Its a hard
and rough road over the greens Bob so
we Will all nope you will win next
year. So

This yeur saw the largest number of
entrants vet to pli. With the course
in perfect. condition and with ideal
weather, the new club honse paid for
il the hard wark put into it by the
hard working members. As well as
Wayers from outside a large number
of keen enthusiasts came te enjoy the
excitement. Onee again Smithers has
heen complimented on having one of
the best golfing courses in B. C. So

LOOKING FOR GOLD PROPERTY

John D. Galloway arrived in Hazel-
ton last Friday and was a guest of R.
S. Sargent. On Saturday he went up
to Rocher de Boule mountain in com-
pany of WT. S. Sargent and they were
expected back this (Wednesday) even
ing. Mr. Galloway plans on going to
Usk on Thursday. and then taking the
Saturday train in to, Rupert to get a
boat south. Mar, Galloway is looking
over ff number of mining properties in
thix district, particularly anything
with gold values.

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A SMALL FOREST FIRE PUT OUT

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A forest fire two miles east of Dor-
reen, threatened to spread and do a
lot of damage, but prompt action on
the part of Assistant Ranger Lester
‘Taft saved the situation. Ranger G.
C.. Cooper left for the fire on Wednes-
day morning and found two C. N. R.
xection crews fighting under the dir-
ection of his assistant, these being re-
lieved later by;n number of men pick-
ed up avound-the ditrict. As a result
the fire was speadily controlied and
practically no drmage was done.

It is notable that so few fires have
enined a foot held during the extre-
mely dry .weather. experienced | this
summer. Thnt fires have been held so
well in check speaks highly of the en-
tire forestry foree organization, and
also tor the careful co-operation of
the people along the Skeena river.

BANANA FLOUR

Flows has been prodieed fram bur
nie in various cehunities for many

ed any iinpertance 1s an ardewe of tn-
ternational commerce, acvarrheless Al-
tention ds heing diree’ do ta tty possi
Lilities. In addition to  Nether‘ands
Ladin, nousiy every Danana producing
region in Central and Boach Amerie
dns West Indies, aid cercain districts
of Afvice produce this bauana flour,
some of them for export trade. Cer-
tain types of bananns sre better suit-
ed to the manufacture of flour than
vihers. In Netheriand.Fudlet, che two
vurities wire the bust yield are pisaug
antbon and pisang radju. The frnit
is tiken when it is abonk varee prer-
ters ripe ard betere she shireh has
been transformed . date siear The
fruit is stripped and shredded. and vl-
lowed to dry in the sun before ft is
gtound into flonr. Care must be ‘tak-
en that the fruit does not come into
contact with any fron, as the tanin in
the peel will stain the flonm. Even
under the best of conditions, the ¢alor
is not particularly faverable, being
sonlewhnt gray, sometimes with a
slightly pink sheen, ‘Phe flour has ne
distinctive odour and very little taste,
with » negligible sugar content, sinee
the sweetening process has not begun
when the fruit is picked. Because it
lins heen fonnd easier to transport
the bananas in chipped form than as
flour, the practice in certain countries
is to import the chips or shreds and
mill locally. In Germany fairly large

vonts: and, elthougit ‘it bas uot attain. |

* at . a
Indian Boy was
Badly Burned
se . eo. .
Died in Hour
Fred Bright of Kitwanga, a fourteen .
year old native, was buried so badly
that he died within an hour from the
burns and from shock. The lad was
wndersized and a mental deficient and
had heen around the smoke house as-

sisting in putting up the winter’s sup-
Wy of salmon. A spark from the

smuull fire got on his trousers and it

“started to: hurn. The hoy, instead of
;zoinug to the water or rolling in the
Veand, rau away and the faster he run
ithe more the fire burned.

Finally he
heenme exhausted and lay down, brt
in the meantime he bad been quite
chadly burned. This occurred on Sat-
Inday nefternoon and on’ Sunday the
Indian Agent and the Mounted Police
went down to Kitwanga to investigate
and on Monday Coroner Campbell af
Smithers went down to bold an en-
quiry.

"METIODS OF HOME CANNING

One of the principnl method of
“heine canning is the one-period cold-
‘qatek. Tt is socalled because the «wn-
‘cooked or partly cooked food is pack-
ed into a jar and covered with ‘some
liguid, such as a syrup or water, and
hoth jar and its contents are heated
imultuneously by boiling water or by

here's to next yenr, Christy, and ‘ook steam. This method jay be used for
nil fruit and vegetables. The  one-
period cold-pack is a.very simple pro-
cess aud completely sterilized, inas-
much as the product is placed in steril-
zed jars which are closed during the
copking process. In this way the or- _
ganistis in the pack are killed and ‘ac-
cess by any bacterla from the air and
other outside sources is rendered im-
possible. The appearance of the fin-
ished produet is superior, as each

(Miantities are traded, particularly in
Hamburg, and in France the product
is nsed for the manufacture of baby
foods and advantageously employed
as a breakfast fond. On account of its
digestibility, there world appear to be
a market for the preparation of cer--
taiit priduets, and efforts toward ‘that
end are being nade, Although it may
ben very Jong time before banana
Tour could have any appreciable ef-
fect on Canadian flour, if ever, at

Hoyment on the roads, At Vander-
hoof the minister met the Board of
‘Trade who wanted a road north to
the mining region. They nsked fer aj

sovernmient survey to loente the best nnn
PACIFIC NOTES

possihle ronte and that the route be

Yours truly,
K. G. Houghton
Club Cuptain

‘

DAD SPOILED THE GOLF GAME

“After: playing golf’ in the evening a
few evenings ago M. A. Myros left his
volf sticks in the car.m front of the
store, His youngest hopeful known as
‘| Michael -ig'an early vige¥ iind géts‘ out’
in the upen rs'soon as possible after
brenkfast. Looking about for some-
thiug to do he spied the golf sticks in
the «xr. Nothing was more netural

f

AMoptead....The minister .thought- - he.
could get that survey made.

Miss Euinor Moxley of. Crinee Ru-
pert is spending a few days with Bliss
Xorma MeCubbin.

MOTORED TO VANCOUVER

Mr. and Mrs. Cooper H. Wrinch re-
tnrned from a motor trip to Vancouver
last Monday evening. . They had been
away a couple of weeks and were ac-
compamed on the trip both ways hy
Miss Mazel Cox ail her sister Phehna
Cooper says that n wonderful lot of
work is being done on the roads in the
south and also that a lot of work is
heing done on the rosd between Van-
derhoof and Prince George, He SLY
that that work is really worth while
sud is in the way of eventnally becom-
Tg at permanent rond. In the south
he found a grout deal of motor traffie
but not much in the north, in faet not
nich once the paved roads were left
hela,

‘“OAY REM, MP. VISIFED NORTH

ed

On Thursday last Tom Reid. MP,
clton. having come up from Prince Ry-
yert after nddvessing the Gyro Club
there, As soonoos Mr. Elansxen hoard
af Tom Reid beh in Hazelton he at
onee commandeered ao car and raced
aff ta Hazelton ta vesene Tom Tteid.

hor New Westnilnster arrived in Faz-:

=x * *

Laval velief hoyvs have been fighting
it stInall fire between Doreen and Pa-
cifie which is now under control,

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Mrs. EK. A. Morgan who has. been
visiting Mis. Corley left for Prince
Rupert dest Monday where she will
spend a few-days before proceading to
Her home: in Vaneouyer,

. soe

Mus, Carley spent Mouday in ‘Ler-
YAR,

xem

Mraind Aes, Woltinsen and. fiatly
Fare spouding a few days in Prinee Ru-
huert. ,

Life was hievied- off to Smithers where
Draatfons were heine unde to inwe
the New Weetnenester menher address
+ Ineeting in the tone of the Legion
Pad. Ke wus to he asked to give his
[views en silvers as that was the ques-
ition of imert interest te this northern
‘soetton. Mheve were three MPs) in
Sap ithers af dhe one time and they
Twere all living things toe say about
the last session af parliament.

Violegates: fram along the line in

than to practice putting and slashing,
purticularly slashing,
anda ball the small son took a few
shots on the gravel road, and then he
switched fo the niblick far a few shots
and was about to

club when Dad hove in sight. Mich-
vel received some instructions as to

the proper use of the varions clubs
whith no donbt will be of: considernble
henefit te him ia future. But tor the
present hls golfing is. finished,

The Assacited Boards of Trade and
Chambers of Commerce for Norther
Reritish Colvabia are meeting in Ria
wort this week with quite a number of
nt-
tendanece. nnd according to reports in
the district pres there i going to be a
whale-of a lot of resolutions and other
things for the ovennizntion te deal
with. Unless the resolution commit-
tee ses the praping knife it i doubtful
if the delegate will see the fair,

. oe |

The Tndian who ted into a erizzley
hear a couple of weeks” ago reached,
Bablne alight and a report has come
in from the fied matron -that while
the Inditn suffered’ some damnge he
is in fuir shape. As yet no infection
ha set in. but at thet the matron may

{out him in to the hospital for the

doctor to look him over,
*,
Lasts Sunday €. W. Dawson, Earle
Hann, Geo. Tall took W. 8, Russell
on 2 fishing trip to Lost Lake, If is
the first time Mr. Russell hag been in
to Lost Lake and exeept that it is
quite a trip in, he fonnd it was all the
boys had promised it would be, and
then some, They got a fine mesa of
trout nnd had a whale of o time.
ene .

Practically all the: fishermen are
hone from :the Lower Skeena ond for
the most part they report n good sea-
gon with: jenty of work and’: pretty”
faly money, Moat ae

With a mashie

switch to another |.

lenst the. information on the trend of
the manufacture of banana flour
should he noted,

THEY WANT GREEN APPLES

Sritish West Indies and Guiana are
luxuries: oranges and bananas, ‘and
ather fruits native to the Islands be-
ing very cheap and always in demand.
Althongh there is a limited sale
auples. the denund is increasing.
Ix. with Cunada as the chief supplier,
A pecniarity of the market is the fact
that apples grcen in colar fetch a pre-
mtn in price over red apples. Yor
puiay years: red apples from Canada
mul the (uited States hnve been sold
by street vendors, with the  canse-
quenve that the consumer hag been
elueited to helleve that the green
coloral apples displived and sold by
the lending retnilers are a higher
quility product. As an example, the
Newton Pippins from British Colnm-

Vin ure retailed nt 96e a doz by a
lending merchant, while Winesaps

from the United States ere offered at
Gc, Cold storage foetlities are avall-
able fren eastern Canadian ports ta
il the colonies thronghant the British
West Indies. British  Columbfe tp
Dies are usually transported nevoss
the Dominion by rail in carlots, placed
in cok storage in Balifex or 8&t. John
and distributed in) smaller quantities
es requived by the British West Indies
hetehants throughout the’ Islands,

‘Hon. IF. IE McPherson, Minister of
Pubile Works, pad a visit to the Peace
River country and found there a pros-
perity which reminded him of the old
days.- The farmers all have big crops
of wheat and onts and everything is
looking like a big lot of money for
those people who have been up against

very heavy and everyone is looking.
for i0e wheat or better at the yall
head. :

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Apples in the eastern group of the

for x number of yenrs, - The crops are |'

berry or slice remains entact. There
_is no crushing, the flavor, the eolor,
‘wind texture retaining their natural
condition.

HOGS AND HANDICRAFTS

‘ he prosperity of Cunada would be
greatly enhanced hy a substantial de-
velopment of the hog industry, and at-
ter all that is what the Dominion and

oO 1 +
on Provinetal governments nre most con-

cerned about in their efforts in con-
nection with that development. It is
estimated that. apart from the slaugh-
ttering and meat packing industry
jthere are 600,000 farmers who raise
hogs. and 14,000 drevers, shippers,
conmnission brokers and persons in the
stockyards are engnged in the buying,
selling shipping and other branches of
the business, making a total of abont
614,000 individuals with o direct tn-
terest’ in the hog influstry. Taking
four persons as a average of ench
famlly, there are therefore 2,456,000
persons in the Dominion whose econ-
omic welfare is involved in the ups
aml down. of the hog market. The
slinghtering and meat packing itself
holds third place on the list of the

;Dominion's 40 leading ‘industries in

order af valne of output, and first
blace with regard to cost valine of
material used. The total value of the’
products of this industry sold in 1932,
the Inst year for which complete fig-
ures are avaliable, was $91,246,523, of
Which hogs accounted for $26,808,500,
the hirgest single item, ‘The value of
bacon and hans exported was §8,706,-
871, or 45 per cent. of the total value
of ment products exported in that year
This industry which bas a capital in--
vestinent of $53,227,000, employs §,200

persons whose wage bfll amounts
$10,500,000... man’s fo

Mr. Calder and Mr, Christie werr in
town on Sunday having motored: down

‘from Smithers,