NEW: HAZELTON, 'B. C:

, WEDNESDAY, "PEBRUARY. 4,” 1981

Chamber Mines _
, Hect Officers

1
,ner under the auspices: of: the British

mM it proved a_ real
mm and

SUCCESS, .

that on account of bad roads he was

* course.

Pe wove elected as ‘follows !—-

Hon, Pres—Hen.' W. A. McKenzie, a

: J minister of inines, Victoria, B.C

Ilon Vice Pres—Olof Harison, M._P:|:

for Skeena, Prince Rupert, . Dr.. H. 0 .
Wrinch, M. Pp. P, for’ Skeena, Haze
elton.

President—J ames Wright, Smithers
' Vieo Prés Alex, §. Millar, Smithers

Manager and -seeretury treasurer-—

s

L. S. MeGill, Smithers
a Directors—Frank Doekrill, Telkwa,

® Banta of Smithers, Duncan L: MeGib-

mg bon, Ootsa Lake, Joseph--S. Kelly, or

Ma, Prince Rupett..

A 86s Representatives to ‘provincial exec
utative—A. C. Garde, M. a, Vancou-
ver. _

“Anaitos G Olson, Smithers,

f Former Pacific
- Boys Heard of |
Al in the South

ae
4 Lest Thuraday Mace Orr of Pacific
S; veceived a letter from J. W. MePher-
ys son who is now located at Sutter ‘Creek
California where he” ‘and Tom: Snels
have a mining contract.. Both” these
men will be ‘well remembered by Paci-
fic and district residents. Jim Me-
f) -Pherson is an old time prospector in
fe: ‘this country. For the past ‘few. years
B\ he has ‘been living with his uncle on
a farm in Montana and only. went ‘to
California’ a few months- ‘ag0. AS goon
; as Jim gets'a grub stake. he: has ‘to get
Mm back to the hills. ‘He says that Uncle
mM Dan, who had-a pre-emption | at Lorne.
Creck several ~ yenrs: apo, keepa Well
for - all. his ‘78° yenrs,,and : is. still. as.
good a ory as ever, ready for aun ars
- gument or -& ‘Joke at any. time..’ 5
‘fom and Mrs. Snell are both well,
‘Snell waa: in this, ‘country during. con-
‘struction | days and’ afterward .. went |'
Ml prospecting and logging for . several
Ff “years having held prospects at “Hard-:
m serabble for several .Years. ; He” “TAN,
’ “peross. another old’ timer, Jim, Bell 1:
I San Wrancisco, Bell once: held’ pro-,
" perty on Legate Creek, as

PLANE ‘ARRIVED SAFELY.

Hold : a . Dinner :

The annual ‘meeting ond | mining din: -

+ Columbia Chamber ‘of. Mines, Omineca a
‘Branch, was held. in Smithers’ oni’ the:
-evening of Thursday, January. 29. and |" ~
Members:
visitors from out of town were] °
present, among. . these. twas Dunean ©!)

Men 3cGibbon who came all the way from
=e _Ootsa Lake, and his -only- regret was.

me 15. mintites late. ond missed the soup

The offficers . for the ensulng year, ;

= Peter Schufer, -Lake Kathlyn, J. AL]
’ Rutherford, and, Stuart F, Campbell,

a of Smithers, Lieut-Col, R. L. Gale, M.|.

C., F P, and Frank B Messner and W. |

‘New GPR

4

osting well over $509,000, with
: ‘a frontage of 234 feet, a depth
, Of B7-and maximum height of) 55
feet in three stories, the new: Cana=
dian Pacific Park “Avenue - station
in the north-end of Montreal, con-
tract for which has just been let, is
slated for completion by October. pf
this year, It will ba of combined
classical and, modern architecture
- pF .stoné.and ! marble. constriction
. and will be.a very handsome addi-
tion. {o a part of the. city which of
late years: has grown into one: of
’ the finest residential sections of
any city in the Dominion, The new

“

[Mrs D. Harris.

Passed Away
Ih Vancouver|

“the following. notice | appeared _ in

~ | thee Vancoliver papers of January. 20--
Harris—Oii” Wednesday, : January..28,

1081, at the residence of her son, Hugh
‘A Harris, Jane : ‘Thompson Harris, in

her 87th year, widow of the late Dani-
el “Harris. Survived’ by one: daughter
Mrs. D.R.!  Shewan,: and four sons, W.
s (Duke) Harris, Hugh Austin, D,A.

. (Al,) and  Rdgar | Thompson Harri:

One brother and two sisters also i.
vive. Funeral arrangements to be an-
pounced later. ©

Although | ‘tor over’. twenty years ‘one
or more of -the ‘Harris boys have lived

“Jin New Hazelton it happens.that at

“:|the moment none of. them. are. here.

station. will be approached ‘through
an ornamental garden which-will be .
circlad, anti-clockwise, by. vehicular.
traffic: and there will alsa. -ba'g sido
entrance from. a. new’. north-and.. -
south street’ for passeigers arriy-
ing or leaving by tramcars,: It will ..
afford additional service. to “resi. -
dents of the northern sections ‘of >”
Montreal andis evidence. of the .
ever-growing traffic on the railway:
from and to the city into the Place.
Viger station and tothe Laurentian
district... Photograph shows, arclil-
tect’s drawing of the new station as.
it will appear when completed.

Cheap Power
in nTelkwa Coal -
_And Lots of it it

Very few: “peopie 5 ind. that i ani out:
-| atainding. achieveinént in mintig- dev:

i {elopnient | bas been ‘made ‘near “ Telkk-

wa in the past, few: monthe. Its. nec:
essary to: actually” ‘visit . ‘anid inspect |
the | Dockrill Coat. Mine. on Goat Creée-
k to realize’ that this is a. major “Tt.
em of ‘progress in the history: of thig
district and that so much has been
done in -svich a short space of' tinie.

Stretching from ‘the Bukley. River
to the .Telkwa Range of mountains
and. extending from the Telkwa Riv-
er up Goat Creek are: thirty-two: see-
fons of coal lands owned by the B, G,
Coal and Laud Company. ‘This com-
prises Hamilton’ and Toronto ‘eapit:
alists who. have. held. the © property
for many yéars “put have ‘not attemp-
téd any actual mining, | ‘The ‘coal lan

ve been- ‘held ever. ‘since, . The total £05
st ‘to the present” owners in purchase,
price. and. annual: ‘up-keep,: tixes, ete:
Jia in’ the. neighborhood. of a quarter
of a aillion: dollars. ae

Gutcropping on: ° the cliff- like. bate
ks of Goat Creek ‘at o point: Just sev-|-
en miles from: Telkwa along ‘the ‘Hun-|:
ter Basin road are ‘two important Be-|
ms . which: are: thought ' to “ander-He |"
these thirty-two. sections “At. the’: “pot,
nt of exposure: ithe’ lower ‘or: ‘niin’ 8e-|
am: averages tiirteen to fifteen’ feet '
fin" thickness and. the: “Upper - oF ‘No, 2

. seam between seven: ‘and ° a: half and}

yeight’ ‘feet. in thickness.” Both, of these

-}eontain. a. very: ‘high quality, doniestic
“! oe 3 find heating - chal.

“sme that “awe s" report ‘Jost hi

t. McMurray. or a couple: of fee

The. whole . thick-

da. were. taken. up..about: 1808. and ha-

ex- Alaska “by. way. of _Noneouver

waste. while ‘the very high number
of B, T. U’s shows ‘that heating val-
ne is above’ almost any’ coal mined in

British Columbia. . Actual value prac:
tice has satisfied the ‘Bukley - Valley.

= Duke Harris left a: few. days: ‘ago ‘for-
: Topley.

The . late Mrs.‘ Harris: “eas we
known here and throughout the +

.| trict, she having spent quite a- number

of years here with her four S018, ‘first
in Hazelton,, and then’ on the. farm just
opposite thé: Hospital and - later in
New Hazelton where’ she resided wntil
afew years ago when . she -went to
Vancouver to be with her daughter

‘fand later with her daughter-in-law.

“Whe late Mrs. Uarris was om: of the
hundreds of travellers and prospect>
hundreds of travellecs. nek presyect-
ors: have found food. and shelter un-
Ger her rout: the wilk nlvays he re-
wembered for her goodness . nd, , ber
kindness. re

users that. it is the, best~ coal that has

[OF « » shipped: dn: from. ‘outside 3
. Prodiiction.. from: the. Dregént work:

ings is ‘carried .on. most” economically.'|

Two main’ slopes ‘have: been ‘run; wh-

‘enty- degrees . into . the: hillside. The
coal is hauled - by ‘horse cor and’ 1%“

‘Lehes the bunkers on a‘ level with ‘thy

mine mouth, for the. yalley::of Go. *
‘Creek is. thirty feet below this. This
‘saves: hoisting. Only! ‘the bottom, ,

‘feet of the seam is. being - mined, ‘at,

present, whe Tper four fees: “being, le-
Tft fur roof support until: later, ‘The
product is-hoauted.on° mato . tracks
to. the raihway at Telk«wn hut when
lnrger acale production. wa rqjats “it
a railway eon’ be. built” to the: mire
mouth’ for, very: low: cost.’ ‘An-. ensily
mined ° “geam, -it gives. a very '- “cheap
coal’ which: could - be used .to produce
power’ “aind Hght at. less thon: has.-yet
been, thought -of in the. district. It.
would: -certainly,, ‘be, cheaper. than any
fuel oil: plant: and as! ‘low’ in. east ag
hydro-electrical . plant.’ Such 2 plant.
would: mean’ the employment. ‘of many,
hundreds. of men ‘instead - of. the. small
erew ‘of. eleven: at. present employed.
It holds, + Brent possibilities. we

& May GHANGE am yours

Washington, ‘Jon’ ‘Bl “Warnest
Ww: Sawyer; mu
Yukon Highway, *-Conimisston, _ an-
nounced - -today that he had’ ‘urged: up-:
on ‘Postmaater General: * Brown * ‘the
establishment of an ‘air mail: line. to

‘and

been” sold’ in: the: district; ‘either- Ioeal.] =-
 points..}

feh: follow: down. the seam-dip of i

Rey Re.

| ecuoes

member of the: Pacific | a

“HAZELTON HAs BRARY™

BY: ad’ ‘Have Books Donat
oby, Local Citizens _

“AL ‘a. ten- eld last Saturday - afters
noon ‘in Hazelton: superior: school .con-
siderable progress : was made towards
the: ‘establishment of a publie library..
A sum’ sufficient to pay the trangpor-.
tation charges. on the books wag reali-
zed and 85 books were donated, 50 of |F
these were from Dr. Ho Wrinch who
very kindly promised this number:as aj.
neculus .for the library. At: present:|
the library is housed © at the superior
school and. books will ‘he: available: to.
the public eich Wednesday fron: $
to 9 pan. ‘and on. ‘Saturdays from + te}:

"yeek..° “Those: awwho donatéd’ books ‘are
—Mazél Cox, Robt. Tomlinson; ‘Mrs. .G.
Benson, * “Mrs. ‘Myros, Arthur - “Irwia,-
Mrs; -J,: Newick, ‘Mrs. MT. “Berger,
Mrs; H wy Sharpe,: Mre* ‘I. Dy Chappell,
, Bannister, Mrs. J. ron K:
Senly, Ate A Benson, “Milas: Meiklejohn

| books. and: their. cheerful eo-operation,

Sacraments

BUTPERFLY. ;
7 | SEEN, HERE FRipar

‘The ‘mild. weather that Prine Rup-
ert. is enjoying: this. winter. wis ‘test-

‘Yfied. to yesterday - ‘Dy: the: ‘fact: that - a

beantiful . ‘golden’ ‘butterfly © was: “seen
fluttering: yesterday moring. h

- [Belen Little sr.

in jter, Mrs. Thomas Brooks.

jing among the first settlers her ex’

. -[Panten. and, devoted, purse. until Sept--

Are: ‘Ustng. Provincial” “Travelling . Libs |

§.pm., beginning on Wednesday of this

“The, committee’ in: charge: ‘ wishes to} is ty
thank’ ‘the: ‘public in general for. ‘dlona- a
tloris . ‘of enke, ete, ag well aa for - the |).

_ Trented like’ an “outcast po

Aged 96 ee
“Died on. Sunday : oe

“Following a “few ‘ange fines “Mra. vie. i
Helen ‘Little, Sr., eldest resident: ini: |
the district, passed AWAY On. Sunday oe
afternoon at the home’of her diugh: ae

Born ii Aberdeen, ‘Scotland, - ‘in 1835 an
she waa’in her 96th year... She came
to Canada. with her parents when she: :
was 18 years of age and settled in El. ©
ma. Township, | Perth County,. Ont. Be ‘

perlences. of ' pioneer: life were. often: a
related, and’ enjoyed | in’ later :-years.:.
In 1867 she was‘ united in ‘marriage to.
Adam: Watt. of Paris, Ont,. and two"
children survive. this “marziagé, : -Frank 7
Watt of Longview, Alberta, and Mrs.- a
Thos. ‘ Brooks. of Terrace. Following a
the denth of her. husband. slie’ veturn-~
fad to her parents ‘and in 1870 married .
the late John Little who predeceased’
her in 1904. Six children were born —
of this’ union, John .of: Foremost, Alta.,
George of Terrace, Fred. R of. Los.
Angelos, Cal., Mrs. M. A. Grege _ of:
Terrace and: Mrs. Frank Lazelie - of
San Diago, Col.; Albert having © pre-
deceased her three years, igo. There
are also three. step children, Mrs; Wm
Morrison. of : Atwood, _Ont,. Duncan in
Alberta and’ William of Terrace.”
‘After spending sixty "years: of her.
life in Atwood, Ont., and vicinity. she
moved - to “Terrace. wheré “the. majority
of her family had. ‘pettied.; On: “this
trip “she was accompanied . “by’ Miss *
Cousins “who was cher’. constant, ‘com-

good “health, Sr ae ee } fife: “and:
it was a. ‘busy, and. acilve one until five -_
years | age “Wwhen she- ‘ suffered~ a “frac .
tured: hip: bone and. “has: sinée been =~
confified to her bed. : ! Her ‘patience and’
gratitude ‘for kindness shown: her, en-
deared her to all who came: in’ contact
with her...

- Besides her. family “she {8 ‘algo. sur-
yived by 45 grand children, 19° erent. .
grand children and 6 great, arent
grand children.

UA service was held in. Knox United
Church. on Tuesday afternoon at “2 po
m,, Rev. | BF Allen officiating: . Fol-
lowing. the: service: the remains‘ wert. ,
taid: to rest ° in - Kalam’ ‘eometery:: ‘The :
pall bearers were members: of the, fan’:
ily, “William, and. ‘George iLitt :
Brooke, Biwood. Brooks, Bev. Kon
Sam. Kirkaldy. i

Open: ‘wide. to many a slur,’
Things lke this don’t: just: octet
Why ‘do. they. treat, you . 50."

But a few short, days ago, «
How was q of this to ‘know?
Then, : a5 wal Reatid in-- amy: ‘lot,