Vol. 20

:, NEW HAZELTON, B.:C.; | WEDNESDAY. MARCH 28, 1928

Dalby Morkill
Dropped trom -
~~ Plane to Bay;

In full view of inany “spectators, |
Dalby B, Mackrill, student flyer,of $12
Robson street, narrowly esecuped ser-
aus injury ‘or déath by drewning Mon-
day afternoon at 4.80 o’clock when ‘a
inoth sea plane which he’ was pilosing
Wunged into English | ‘Bay ° opposit
Kitsilano: ‘Beneh. He suffered slight : in-
juries . to" his face and ininor shock
From fintierston.” Soest

My, Mockrill who is president of. the
! B.C. Suveyors ig Association, was mak-
2 . ing a landing in the course of his first

ew sulo flight, after four months of in-
structiin, The mishap is attributed to
ufisealeulatlon of distance.

_ The. plane had been -cruising over
_ the buy ‘for. some time, attaining -a
high attitude, ahd littracting the att-
ention of the people on the ‘shore -prom-

Y e@tdes,

As it was returning tor the second
danding in the hands of the lone stud-
ent ‘pilot, it seemed suddenly to go
out of control,

The: pontoons - of the craft plunged
beneath the surface of the water,

1 throwing the tail of the plane over
-und causing the machine to crumple
ina balf-submurged mass of torn and
broken fuselage,
Mr. Mockrill suceeeded ig extricating
yet himself and elung to the wreckuge

: while 2 tug, with E. ©. W. Dobbin, in-

stuctor: L, A Dobbin, manager of Dom-

inion’ Airways Lid. owners of the

Plane, quickly rescued the flyer. ‘The’

'. tug.was only forty feet away when the
aecident occured, Sa te

a ery

"| enuseil’ to: the plane, fecording to L. A

; ing The book will. Make its appearance

{legs thrilling than thoes éf their men,

that point of view.: But the contents

7 gated, ‘and vith some. SUCCESS. | _ There

Aprosmately - $300" damage ‘was’

Dobbin, “manager. .

Pioneer x Women

_. Nearly five himdred : names ‘of plon-
eer wonen have now: been gathered’ to-
gether for the’ purpose of ¢ including
them in’ the book “Colonial Ladies of
Vancouver Island" which the Womans
Canadian: Club of, Victoria is sponsor-

some ‘time. next autumn, and It is the
earnest wish of the Club that none of
the names“of the women who to Vaz-
couver Island during the period be-
tween 1834 and 1866 be left out. |
A mass of intérestiig and romantic
ninterial. is being turned in, .and the
storles which will be written around
the pleturesque figures of these wo-
men should be most ‘facinating, There
adventures and ‘experinnces’ were no

and this will be the first time that the
story of thues days will be written
from ‘the stand point: of ylew entierly.
It is desired to- make the cover, de-
sign of the book typleal of the contents
and as artistic and attractive as pos-
sible, For . this purpose " competitive
designa will be asked for. ; oo
A complaint has. been made that a
parcel was picked up on:the. road not
long ago and ‘not returned to the own

er or to the railway station. ° The par:
cel was properly -and ‘Plataly address.
ed so that therd was ho excuse from

of the parcel happened to be cigarettes
and. quite useful, ‘apparéntty, to the
finder, - The matter -is- being investi:

the doctor said, not any longer thar
was really necessary.
the new bridge is to be a thoroughly
modern. and substantial one and one
that will be there long after the pre.
sent generation had departed hence.

|Dr: Wrinch i is
Visiting Points

Thursday mérning from Victoria after
attgnding the four session of the Six.
teenth parliament ‘of British Columbia.
He is in good spirits ‘and anxious to
meet his coristituents and to tell them
nll about what was done at the ses.
sion. To accomplish this he starts or
Tuesday morning: of this week for Usk
and. will visit Boints down the line, re
turning for the week end. Next week
he will go west for several days to see
the people around - ‘Smithers, * Telkwa
and vicinity, ;

“Speaking of the new. bridge to eros:
‘the Bulkley’ river at Angwilget Dr
Wrinch stated that progress was now

cations and that a, start would be made
on the work at the earliest possible
moinent, He did not think the yire-
sent’ bridge world be closed before the
first of June as there was considerable
excavating to do before the length o”
the new bridge could be determined °
In the meantime the pole men and the
mining ‘men would have another ‘four
or five weeks to get their stuff out o:
in os the case may be, and to get sup-
ples and machinery in.. THe bridg:
-|‘would be closed for some months, : but

He says that

adie Ie bd

“The Omineca Herald: is. $2.00 a a year,

set pita oe as oh eg rete ee

}

“NEW STATION SIGNIFIES PROG GRESS

' East and West

Dr. H! C. Wrinech. arrived home last’

being made on the plans and tspeciti. ;

[Kitimat Will ie
Be in Limelight —
Mining World

‘In ‘1890 two prospectors ftom the
boundry, Messrs. Steele ond Dunn,
went into Kitimat -Arm of - Douglas
Channel and located the Copper Queen,
Mighty Dollar - Kitimat | Gem, and
Golden Crown mineral clnims. . They
found an outerop of of copper ore 16 ft.
in width. The first assays showed a
value of $20 in gold in addition to the
copper.The property was known as
the Golden Crown Group, and was at
one time regarded. as one of the most
promising properties on the coast. A
large amount of developement was
done in 1900 and ‘subsquent years, Gold
values were‘ * continuously reported as
high untill 1910 when the property was
abandoned as valueless. In a. recent
rush to Kitimat, to stake what was
known as Sacramento Ledge, this old
Property was relocated and an attempt
is being made to resume developement.
Douglas Channel is probably one of
the most promising fields: on the’ coast
‘for the prospector, “It” is conviently

few bays or inlets which afford shelter
from stormy weather. TProspectors
Periences in consequences. ‘Thegeology
is favourable for mineralization ‘as
shown at Paisly Point mine. There
is a good: showing of copper exposed
at low tide on the north shore;and it
could no doubt be traced up the moun-
tain side. there are numerous viens
traceable. over the smooth, glaciated
rock exposures, ond these show much

: oxidation, a favourable indication for

on Hawksbury Id., near the. north.
shore,-A~ promising «mineral. ‘belt ..tra-!

| verses the country, : and contains: the
. large ore bedy at the Ecsialt mine on

the north slope df the Watershed.

accessible by boats although there are |

|Coronado Mine ©
on Hudson Bay
In a Deal now

R. J, McDonell of Stewart expects
to be in Smithers in April to complete
a deal already under way. with Capt
J. J. McBrien for the Coronada group
of claims on Hudson Bay mountain.

Mr, MeDonald has owned the Coron-
ada group for many years and has had
‘a good deal of work done on it. He any
also shipped considerable ore from it
It the early days this property attract-
ed a lot of attention from the mining
fraternity,. but with the war and the
after results it fell into the background
like so many other good things in the
northern interior, The Coronada is
adjoining the Victory group which ir
now being developed by’ Capt, J. J
O’Brien and on which some rich orc
jis reported to have been found in thc
lower tunnel, This oré assays as high
as $300 per ton. R. J, McDonald is
well known all through the north anc
along the coast and there would be «=
lot of good feeling were he to make 2
successful deal.

Sa net te ae

Death Presumed

‘Death of Fronk Sm Smith in Northern
British Columbia three years ago was
presumed in supreme court tofay by
Mr. Justice Morrison, on the applica-
tion of Mr. D. N. Hoasie.. ,
Smith, 35-year-old Englishman, was
last seen in May, 1925, when he left
his trapping partner, Eid. Moore,in the
Takla Lake and Bear Lake. country, to
search for. food. One of: - Smith's two
dogs. subsquently returned to camp. -

Miss, Luey-I. Pringle, aon fovmerty.
jady superintendant .. : f, Burns ‘Lake
Hospital, who. Went ‘South. rece. Ly und: :

Mining L Lectures:

Dougias Lay, resident district. mining
engineer has. prepared his itinary for
the annual series of lecturés to pros-
pectors and others in this northern in-
terlor country, He will start at Yan-
derhoof on March 206th: go to Prince

George on the 28th, bach to Smithers
for. April 3 and 4, down to Usk on tlie
10th April, back to Telkwa on the 42th
of April and he will be at Burns Lake
on April 17. The date*for the lecture
at Hazelton bas not yet been arrang:
ed -but it will be announced in due
COUTSE,

TA no ee 2 re enema i em teens fe,

The roads close in are getting in fat:
shape for. auto. traffic, A ‘short dis:
tance away from the towns, however,
‘there is still a lot of snow.

The Oyster Bridge Giub of New Haz:
elton, will meet- Thursday night at Mrs
Thornton's.. Last month’ Mrs, Savwle.
won the high score prize:

' District Engineer 3 Mackay. of Princ
Rupert was up to sce about row work
and about ferries along the Skeena.

In police court in Hazelton on Wed-
nesday last Billy “Williams, an Indiar;
of the IK Kispiox, was. sent up, for ‘trail
before Judge. Young ° on a charge of
practicing . witcheratt. ‘It seems that |
for a long time. ‘Williams: has-been: do.
ing business at his trade. and has got £
lot of the natives no very hysteriea"|

state. oF _— ; a

‘The Kittens Bridge. Olu ds. ‘coming.

fo y

ian National Railways.
at Edmonton, Alberta.

’ Significant of the development of the Canad
 Northwest,.is tho: now station building of-the..Can
which kaw ‘just bedn’ ‘opene

The key was turned by Hig
Honor Dr. Willan. Egbert, ‘MeutenantG :

‘ eck 8. J; :
system:
ec d Edmonton...

No

“the provines and éf a station
A » Hungerfor L, Viee-Pre
“Rivanty-thres vyaais 8+

fhe: new’ station. dailt.

eqldent,o Rs)
‘othe’

less. tis:

was ‘declared, open by :

the National.
train .en-:
ry. traina’po in'and |

right aldng now. Last’ Thursday night},
the girly enterta ed) their, men: tend

‘| industry of - nothern B.C.

has: been visiting. for" ihe: past sorera?
weeks in Vancouver, has left: ‘On amex oo:
tended visit to China for the benefit-of |
het health. She will be met: at Shanghi
by her “sister, Mrs. Maleotin, whose
whos husband is Dr. William. Maleolm
Chefoo, port physician.

The W. A. to the B.-H, will give a
Daffodil Dance in Assembly Hall, Huz-
elton on Friday, Apri 13th... Phere is
to be god music and several novetties,

L. §. McGill returned to Sisters
last week after a monlh ur: more spent
in southern cities whece he did a lot
of very effective work for the mining .
ile’ was
instrumental: in making: ‘several deals
as well ‘as spreading’ nbout a lot of in-
formation that - ig likely to beax frnit
this summer. :

Among the fivst roads that are ‘in

need of attention this yearin this | BEC:

tion are the’ roads that’ ave going to be

of: service in developing the’ resources

of the district, Most importaut orf all |
roads are the. Nine Mile: Wagon Toad .
and also the road to Four Mile, nown-
tain, Tor many years money, finda
lot of § money ‘has- been’ spent. on the
Nine Mile road,. but it ‘does. not, seem
that ‘the bést - results Were achieved.
Vor about: twenty years ~ there hate
been demands for thoney for Nine Mile.
and the. demand ig more argent. this