aid shen. dhe reached. Prince Rupert |
he ‘won
res: syedks‘fro ‘Newfoundland: ‘on. the}:

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VOL, 30 |

Dr. Dorey paid_ fl
First Visit here ~

Rev. Georie Dorey, DD. aggoeiate
secretary ‘of the United Church in’ Can:
adn, Board of Home. Missions,. . owith

headquarters at Toronto, paid hig first . 1
4 is interesting. “But when you ballyhoo

visit to this ditrict- Jast week and after
inspecting the hospital and looking. in-
to its workings, and after & visit to
Kispiox and ‘calling on some of thie
people -in the district,. ‘he. -addressed a
qublfe ihneeting in Horticultural hall in
Hazelton on Friday night, and on Sat-
urday he visited Kitsecugkia

On Friday night: there was a large
crowd at the ‘hall to greet: ‘the visitor
and to hear: the messnge: he ‘brought
from the enst.: ‘The andience, included:
the Kitseengkti- choir, about thirty: ‘of
them, and’ gonie fifteen from Kispiox
native choir: Bach: “ehoir:: rendered, a
murmber :Of: anthems and Kispiox’ ‘had a
trio and’ Kitsecugkin: had ‘a quartette.
The singing was very: ‘much gppreciat-
ed,-in fact it was quite: a feature or
the gathering. . .

Rev. dD “W.’ More,: the Toca’ ‘pastor,
ueeapied the chair: ‘and. ‘after the open-
ing he: called on Rev. ‘Bishop: ‘Black to
offer a prayer and. to‘ ‘introduce: the
spenker ofthe evening.

Rev. Dr. Dorey expressed pleasure at
heing present at. “such. a gathering on

this his first visit to. British. Columbia.

und: te this district; “although t:
heiird much of this‘ “place: formagny A
year. Referring to his: new position
which he only took aver a few. months
aga, that he. now had the privilege of
visiting many parts of Canada, and if

Atlantic,’
looking - “forward: ‘to: seein th
with .agreat ‘deal Gf. pleasure

Refore taking: his: present ‘work
Dr Doréy ‘Llabared Saskatchewan as
a student, | ‘ministe superintendent.
He ‘had charge of, the. relief work the
chureli. carried on in the dyought ‘area
ér Saskatchewan and’ he referred brief-
ly to that work. His tilk of the even-
ing was on “We want to Help,” and
he used the work done in the drought
area as an illustration. | ;

Dr. Dorey has been so short a ‘thne
San, his new job, and in’ that time has
SCen 80° “iiuch-of- Canada : ‘and so. many
different kinds. of. life, “gud a var-
jety of scenery that he was filled to
ry efflow ring with new things, so inuch
xo that he was at. a less where to be
gin or where ‘to’ end, ° ‘Tt. was: a-great
disadvantage and his address was. not
what many in the audience had ex-
pected. When he comes again -he will
he nore; accustined - to things‘and will
be’ able, ‘to: ‘pet. a mhesuaze hoine to the
people: That will be" ,

MARY ‘EVANGEL E-
; FRONT

PAGE:

Her father had hardly lett. Vancouv-
er before. Mary: Evangeline - Larkworthy
Aged a year and some days, started ‘at:
tracting attention. to herselt, The’ Van.
couver; Provnee. said: one’ ‘day :— “When
an. rohbin JInys, an egg—that ia’ ‘spring
mut, When a ‘robbin ‘lays, ‘an ‘ege in a‘
Kaby's envringe while: ‘the: baby: is in, At
—that is news, |:

Miss Mary: Evangeline: Lakwortiiy,
was celebrating. her ‘first. birthday: on.
Naturday by sleeping. in: the sunshitie
of the: front garden. |: ‘Some. time dur
ing the ‘morning, all: unknown to. Migs.

Larkworthy, 2: chet d :alighted on the |.sir!

nr -eoverlet : ‘oe

Mrs. EL 3A, ‘Harris,

garden. Miss° Larkworthy: received ‘the
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ave travelled fi ‘Tie Tiisy pensesto-Intriguesthen press

Mites ‘THE .
Bony att butcher'g shop.

‘his,elothes after, hins.!

‘dogs, i

if 1 :
‘ are, parted ‘In: Vancouver “At

2116}.

West “Twenty-first, avenne, : Ame ‘whose |:

oe

Tae OMINECA HERALD, NEW HAZELTON, B, C., WEDNESDAY, ~MAY 4, ‘1938

sce inaimerma eee

concern Saf cece =

To The Editor

gti -Dorreen, April 23,

ne ais , ditor Oniineed ‘Herald,

“Gave Address |

New, Hazelton,

/ Dear Sir +-Please extend my sub-
seiiption to’ the Omineca.. Herald. You
may not: know it, itis Hke a letter from
home.’ Though we do not agree with
everything in it we must admit that it

for the’ Pattullo highway to Alaska,
you give:me- indigestion or some kind
of. phobia: “Believe me, it would look
different to -you'if you nad to walk
over the route from Hizelton to Jack
Wood creek and‘ back agam to Fort St.
Tames,’ Then. if you were somewhat
of a construction engineer you would
not. be intrigued . to accept an ceroplane |:
or armchair estimate of $14,000, 000:
cost of vonstruction.. No, Sir!

The HazeltonPrince Rupert high-’
way, under the direction of the best
road, builders: in Canada will cost near-
ly that. much, © dower ex; d-voad from
Hazelton to Stewart is within’ the fun-
etions of the public works department
of the B, C, legislature and would be
a reciprocal. manifestation of interna-
tionnl good neighborliness, ‘but it
wwotld- apen.a back door to an Oriental
Anvasion unless our ‘Ottawa member
‘placed seme of the “Swedens’ 18 new
lnttle- shins in thé Portland Canal. .

These highways to Stewart and to
Prince Rupert should be quite enough
for John Hart to finance from year to
year until Gerry McGeer gets his ‘mon-

“<1 ataty reform ‘working

The A.B.C, & Yukon highway is a
Dominion problem. and should end
there . No body in this B, ©. province
gave anyone a mandate or a S.P.A. to
go to Washington at the public ex-

dent._of the.
u
‘Anee, which is ‘strictly in contravention’.

of the: professed isolationism. ‘of that

: ‘country.

- Perhaps. ig Tan: McKenzie ‘does ‘not
greta Wiggle on’ with hig pop guns, our
‘Tele Simuel | ‘May. come to B. oO. and
tell Doctor Tommy to step aside.
Could you blame him? These are: pro-
blems forthe brain ‘trust at Ottawa
As for ourselves’ wwe are content’ to
remise on the filling ins of the Omin-
ect Herald such as‘the short stories, -
The Honeymoon Mountain; at ‘The end
of the Brilge Head, ete. A long time
‘uzo I worked on-a bridge. A young |
lad challenged ‘me—let’s go see: our}
‘neighbors - -about five miles out. . When
we came to the ploneer's, house the old. (
man. met: ‘us at: the ‘door and'said ‘what
do you’ fellows want?’ The other" Tad
suid ‘would. you please give’ us a ‘drink| ,
uf water? Yes, said the old man, as:
he took down: his ‘double, barreled: shot :
un, Yu gly” you a: arin of ‘water.
You swam the Fraser: ‘and: two sloughs
and come to ny house for. a ‘drink of
water. That wasn't bad, But, ‘when
dt comes to a honeymoon: on: the, Alas-
ka highway—that , is, tertib!
I saw’ a: ‘honeymoon ‘once; Tt. was in
The. lady. grabhed
the old man _by the neck and threw him

crab craw v1 and ‘grunt | and. go round
‘and. -kound ‘the: ‘block, (dragging: part of.

Ob: itr Was ter

anybody who: knows about the solid
inass of ‘mosduit ee black . files,’ bull

f creation. No,
2 highway ig: a

S. A. in an entangling foreign’ a re

No Alaska, “highvay* for, ‘ne or.-for]

ears

Prince Rupert.
The Garden City by the Sena

ny Our Own » Correspoident

A. pioiiecr, ‘and former mayor of
Pritice Rupert, C, IT, Orme, isin the
city’ this. week‘renewlng old friendships
and ‘sizing wp general conditions.in the
north. Mr. Orme, who [ls looking well,
moved: to Victoria a couple of yenrs
ago. Wis drug store, one of the first
business enterprises started here, con-
‘tinucs a8 one of Prince. Rupert's best,
known bushioes eutablishiments, at] he
‘eatries on a branch at Victoria, —

Miss Evelyn “Dalby sniled. recently
for Seattle to. marry William Balagno,
formerly of Prince Rupert and a bro-
ther.of Chas. Balngno, of this city.
“Miss. Dalby: was a member - of the. of-
fice staff of the Northern’B, 0.’ ‘Pow er
Company. ©

“Among: -Nurthern B. C. nurses who
can write RN. after their nmamés are
Miss M, E. Mulloy, Miss ¥. S. McCub-
lin, Miss L.K. Girand, Miss‘, G. Me-
Leod ‘and: Miss M. A. Pallant. They
were successful in the recent Regis-
tered Nurses’ Association exams, .

“The Indlans of Bella Coola believe
the Lord ‘helps those who help. them-
selves, for when recent floods played
leek with the site of the church build-
ing: they: moved it-across the Bella
Coola‘ river, to ‘a much More desirable
and safor location, ‘Tractors were. ob-
tained ‘from a | timber company, the
church was put on skids and over the.
‘shallow stream it went with the whole
tr ‘ibe assisting, and the village . band

cess: {

oDhe : ‘Mount. Walker range of peaks,|¢

; looking down: ‘on Lakes: Shawtlans ond

“AVoodworth -offer wonderful: skiing op- ,

portunities now that the summits have
‘been ‘inspected. Until. recently few
have had. the inclination or energy to
make the: climb, It was not ‘until ©,
0. Shubert: and Bert Bartiett went up
on a recent Sunday that the region was
| ever thought of asa field for skiing.
i They found long valleys and. hillsides,
“with snow ev cry whet Ye tntouched and
unspoiled, and lost no time in making
the most of it. . 9

lO,

Oh Time Music
‘Heard i in Hazel.

The reopte of. Hazelton were cartied
j pack tothe Good Old Days when dog
tights: ‘were a nightly oceurence. ‘The
{old timers rather enjoyed the racket,
but some of the new comers who had
spent; some time in. the cities, thought
the end of world had:come,.or was just
around. the corner. . Jack Russell had
an: idea that. murder yas being ‘dane,
and: he figured: at: least. one ‘dead: man

| must be on ‘the: road in“ front, of his
‘| place, -:,

But on‘ Sunday - ‘tight. there
was a gathering: of the canine popula-
| tion just: on. the ‘borders. of: the town,

iyand like: a-: Twenty-fourth Of. May.

dance - in “New’ ‘Hazelton—representa- |
tives were present; from all - parts of}
‘the district—and - the - Hazelton ‘dogs |
were oul enmasae - ‘(Indian and white)
and- the: TOW: Was. terrific.

plecds'ot inéat yt ve:
ber of: dlogs,.
ly ‘should: A

AN *bfiskeiniches- ‘during the: pro:

Blood ‘was! _

j) MAKING ( CANADA

A Better Place i in Which
To Live and Work

A series of letters from distinguished
Canadians ‘on Vital problems affect-
ing the. future welfare of Canada

specially written for the Canadian
Weekly Newspaper Association.

LETTER NO. 4

, LETTER NO. 5

“What enn’ Weekly Newspapers do
to make Canada a better place in
which to liye and work?’ The ques- |.
tion correctly implies a special] sphere
of influence, for the weekly collective-
ly goes into the homes and is close to
the hearts of hundreds of thousands of
people where the basic factors of a
congenial. existance should be «found

Tf, “to he honest, to be kind, to. earn
a little and to spend a iittle less, to
make upon the whole a family happier
for his presence,”. if this is the test of
a man’s life and work, as Stevenson
says, making Canada a better place de-
pends npon the character of its citi-
zens,”

. The weekly has an oppor tunity thro-
neh its community service to keep ative
the spark of human sympathy and in-
terest, antidotes for greed and repres-
sion which are-responsible for so much
dispare.. Church, school and honie are
within the range of its interpretation, |
A large portion of-its readers has the
wholesome privilege of living close to

Can the weeklies do more: to: cultivate

an understanding of these advantages?

Canada is a good place in. which ‘to
live because it is’ not “yet: overwhelmed
by individual’ and... collective -barbari-
tes. Perbiips more than any’ “other |!
class of. publication the? ‘weekiles can
strengthen the ideals of: ‘human bettex-
meént ‘hy keeping, the virtues and their,
means of expression in; the. foreground,

promoting the fiver’ dastincts, can con-
“tinue with the aid: of “press leadership
tobe the nation’s: defense against: the’
‘vieas: in’ high. bar low places, woos

nature, man’s inspiration and. model.

‘The audience to which, they appeal, | ,

Gold ¢ on n 4-Mile
Wm. Giebe has -
Man: n Working

Wm. Giebe of > Verguson, Mo., who
has heen holding mining daims onthe -
Four Mile mountain across from New
Hazelton’ fora number of Years, was:
in the district over the week end. and
he went out to his: property’. “at Six:
Mile creek where Hilbert, Burg is doing
some work, and” looked things — over.
Mr. Gt ebei has nineh confidence in that
Fours! {fld mountain and-'lie. believes
thattiré i ving to make a mine there.
uring the pabt- season - Burg .ncover-
ed a vein! ‘that ‘cairied: some ‘gold and
that is always. interesting. As Yet not
enough Work has been’ done, on-it to
prove much, although the assays were.
ulright, Mr. Giehe instructed Burg to
put down. another hole and: he will be
back to look it over.

: Mr. Giebe ‘told: the: Herald that busi
ness in the United States ‘is- not very
good and: until it settles down ‘he can-
not carry out the program that he has
in mind. .He fooks for quite an im-
provement in conditions over home in
a short time, and as soon as there is
a settling down, there will be lots ot
mouey: for development,

Mr, Giebe left Tuesday night for his
home in Ferguson. '

NO MINISTER WAS CALLED

Atthe congregntional ineeting of the
‘United Church in’ Hazelton on Monday
night it was decided that,so far as n
minister to succeed Rev. D. W. More
Was concerned, it be left -entirely to
the settlement committee to provide a
main, The congregation also, sent

=. this field- ‘be: asked. to pay: @ less sum of
money. antinally, more In keeping with

the ahility of the people. to.pay. Ata
meeting on Sunday night in New Haz-
‘elton the local church. suggested: that
a certain minister be asked: for, al-
though seme thought that the matter
should be left. to the setlement coni-
mittee.

T. W. S. Parsons, assistant commis-

.| sioner of police for B. G. will pay a

‘visit to Cons. Andy Grant tomorroty,
and after he has given the local station
the once over, will be driven on ‘to
Smithers by'Cons. ‘Grant; ‘The inspec.
tor is ‘in Terrace today.

i Can

A good ‘nany people. are preparing
their. wardens. ‘and ‘some have part ‘of
the seedy. planted. There are others,
howey er, Who are still thinking about
it, but" probably everyone’ will hare n.
garden planted before the 24th of May. -
Why net put some: ‘fiowers’ In-as. well
is vegetables, They pay. their own
dividends. While you. are: at’ it, why
not level off the, front or: side. for a

lawn:t6" sit on when’ 1 sun ig, hi bh
aug shat? ae °

Tee es 3 eer
_ The Indians oft the: reserves: ‘in this

distrigt’ are® preparing: for h
sports. aw"

pray

; + ae, :
‘The weather bureau at New Hnzel-
ton reports’. that: :during the month of —

April thére wag’ not, enough rain-at any
‘time: to.. make" a re