OMINECA HERALD VoL. 17 NEW HAZELTON, B. C., FEBRUARY 6, 1925 No. 82 . No More Bumpy Culverts New Engineer Outlined Work in Skeena District) Public Works Engineer G. C. MacKay paid his first official visit mm to this part of his district over mm the last week end. He met in fF Hazelton with Dr. Wrinch, M. L. A., Assistant Engineer Dimmick @ and Road Foreman W. S. Sargent who will be in charge from Mor- m. ristown to South Hazelton and in m& the Kispiox, and Foreman Peter Carrigan who will be in charge from South Hazelton to Terrace. The new work to be undertaken this year will be between New Hazelton and Skeena Crossing; a new road along the west side of the Kispiox river between the Nine and Seventeen mile posts. This will serve a lot of the best land in the valley that is not now accessible. From the mines de- velopment department there will be an appropriation for the Nine Mile road from Two Mile to the Silver Cup basin and then a new piece of road across to the Sun- - rise property where Mr. Trethe- way will operate this spring. During the season the engineer will have made a reconnoisance survey of the trans-provincial highway from New Hazelton to Terrace preparatory to heavy ex- penditures to be made in that-dis- trict next year. This year the main expenditure on the highway * 4 f ql will be between Endako and Burns Lake to complete the road from Hazelton to Prince George, As soon as the steam shovel on that work is finished it will be brought west to work on the road to Terrace. Every effort will be made by the local member to get the road through to Terrace wlth in the next two vears. In addition to the above svecial work there will be a good deal of work done on trails to important mineral properties around Usk where such work has been badly needed for several years. There may also be a trail’ provided to Kitimat from the neighborhood of Terrace. This, if carried out will bein conjunction with the Dominion Telegraphs with the idea of also providing telephone communication. There is good news for all who drive cars cr use the roads for heavy hauling in the appoint- ment of Mr. MacKay to the en- gineering supervision in this dis- trict. Heis a specialist on good culverts and no bumps. The day of poplar poles and rotten cedar with a big hump of dirt covering is passed. This year a good deal of repair work will be done in all parts of, the district and proper culverts will be putin as fast as the old 0 one wear out. | | FL Discontinue Handling Fruit; Had Good Year The annual meeting of the Kitsumgallum Farmers’ Institute tock place in Progress Hall on Tuesday of last week and, was well attended. President H. A. Swain was in the chair. Several lively interludes took place among the members during the discus- sion of business. H. Halliweli, the secretary, read the report for the year, and stated that despite the drawbacks which the Institute had suffered through the flooding of the mar- ket during the long dry period, the marketing of fruit adyanced '- In quantity 68 per cent over 1923, and the volume of trade greatly increased, reaching a total of $11,626. The year ended'with a credit balance of $228 better than ayeor ago. A new. warehouse has been built, the labor being given gratuitously by several of the members, and the entire cost of the building has been met. A decision of the meeting was that the Institute’ will confine its future operations to the handling, of powder, fertilizer, seed grain,, and lime, thereby discontinuing }Oison, H. Halliwell. ‘ing will be in the school house at -_}zen is requested to be there, es- sary to get action on this matter |now in order that the new school not been satisfactory toa number of members, The secretary’s salary was re- duced from $200 to $25 and a commission on sales, Following the discussions the election of directors took place, and the following will constitute the directorate: H. L. Frank, G. Hamblin, T. H. Seott, K., Auditors: W. J. Goodwin and N. Sherwood, The new president was appointed delegate to district convention, The directors then continued the meeting and appointed H. L. Frank president, T. H. Scott, vice-president, and H, Halliwell secretary. Citizens Meeting Called School accommodation in New Hazelton has become such a seri- ous matter that the trustees are calling. a special meeting of the citizens for Thursday evening of next week, February, 12, to dis- cuss the matter fully.. The meet- eight o’clock sharp. Every citi- pecially the heads of families and owners of property. It is neces. ‘ag a mesns of advertisement. Great Prospect For The Cedar Pole Business The Hanson Tie & Timber Co. Pole Co. for a large quantity of cedar poles and piling and work on that contract is under way. Local cedar is being recognized as the best on the continent and is becoming more in demand, As the local supply has hardly been touched yet the future for the Skeena and: Kispiox districts is brighter than ever. Already pre. parations are being made for op- ening large camps in the district that will operate for a number of years. The upper Skeena and the Kispiox cedar will be florted down to Cedarvale, but a large quantity not convedient to the water will be hauled in to New Hazelton for shipment. Ship- ments of cedar from this point have been steadily increasing and the end is a long way off vet. All points down the Skeena are to share in this industry as good eedar is abundent-in all the val- leys right down to the coast and the available supply is good for many years yet. Besides the cedar there is a large stand of commercial timber and pulp wood that will.be taken out in the not distant future in conjunction with the cedar operations, thus clean- ing up the country and making it fit for agriculture or for refor-. estration as the particular dis- tricts are best suited. Says Totem Pole Villages Ought to be Capitalized Ottawa, Feb. 5.—The practices of the medicine men of the In- dians were not very different in some respects from-those of some of the more modern healers, ac- cording to Dr. C. M. Barbeau, ethnologist, who addressed the Rotary Club here. While modern practitioners and patients may be inclined to smile at the strange notions of the medicine men, Dr. Barbeau recalled the adyent of Coveism and Price in British Columbia, and he was not sure there was much difference. The medieine men did at least give their’ patients confidence in their own vital strength as a factor in their restoration to health. Dr. Barbeau was inclined to think that much more: use might be made from a tourist point of view of the totem pole villages of British Columbia. as thev| proved a great attraction to those} . who knew of them. Already some of the Western Canadian cities were adopting Indian days may be ready. for opening at: the beginning o of the fall term.” the handling of fruit, which | we fag eh we Tren 1 aa estimated that the western parks Dr. Barbeau said it - had been has contracted with the Naugle| Biggest Year j in History of The Hazelton Hospital ~ Patrons Annual Meeting One of the biggest years, if not the biggest, in the history of the Hazelton Hospital has been closed and been reported upon. In every way it was a big year, even to the bills payable and ac- counts due. The attendance was the largest for many years; the number of patient days exceeded last vear by a thousand days; the amount of money received was the largest in the history of the hospital and so were the expen- ditures, At the same time the service rendered was the great- est and the mortality the lowest, being just slightly over two per cent. Another important feature is that it is practically certain that the long talked of nurses resi- dence will be an accomplished fact before the next annual meet- ing, The money for the build- ing which is to cost $10,000, has been mostly provided. The pat- rons last year undertook to fur- nish the building and this year have undertaken to provide the funds to meet any deficit there may be in the maintenance of the new residence. The is quite a nice Jittle start made already for furnishings and the people are keen for the new building. In two weeks Rev. T. Ferrier, re- presenting the Methodist Mission were producing ‘more than the wheat fields. Dr. Barbeau, who spent three seasons in this district, conduct- ing a study of Indian historv and customs, is an ardent advocate of the proposal to establish a national park in the Hazelton area, The Community Hall The Community League execu- tive committee met in the school house to consider reports on pro- posed buildings for a community hall. Andy Ruddy’s building is not for sale; Mrs. MacKay’s barn can be had for $350 without the lot. A .committee composed of 8. H. Senkpiel and Albert Mer- cer was appointed to examine the barn and report on the value of the material; the cost of conyert- ing it into a hall. and algo give an estimate on the cost of a new building. The committee is to report to a. general meeting next Monday night unless notified to the contrary. Rev... Mr. Galloway in charge of religious education and social service, will be in New Hazelton on Februfiry 19th to meet the pails mesting at Mt nish. young ‘wepple’s societies ind for a Board, will be here to meet the management and the advisory board and it is expected the final arrangements will be made then. See further particulars on page 5. _ The attendance at the patrons annual meeting last Thursday night was the largest for along time. R. 8. Sargent, presided and the business was carried on with the utmost harmony. The three patrons representatives on the advisory board for the ensu- ing year are R. S. Sargent, W. W. Anderson, and A. A. Connon. The iatter succeeds Jas, Turnbull, whose business does not permit him to be in the vicinity often enough to attend the board meet- meetings. Following the business meeting ashort program was run off, as follows: Piano, Mrs, A. D. Chap- pell; vocal, Mrs. A. BE. Falconer, Dr. Large; readings, Mrs. H. A. Harris, Mrs. A. C. Pound. The refreshments were served by the Hospital nursing staff. Miss Ral- peena Wrinch was in charge of this part of the evening, assisted by Miss Mary Cordiner and John Newick. The main features of the annual report from the Hospital will be found on page 5. There is some very interesting reading, Emerald Group Bonded Again Work in Spring S. H. Hoskins, adminstrator for the estate of the late O. J. Benson, was very largely instru- mental in getting A.C. Trites to take a bond on the Emerald group in the White Sail Lake district, The deal also includes the Glacier froup adjoining, making a total of fifteen claims affected, Work is to start in the spring when the snow is gone and will consist of continuing the Cronin tunnel un- til it.is under the ore shown on the surface, The owners of the property are all old timers and are well know all through the in- terior, they being—Frank Madi- gan, Dune. McGibbon, Wm. J. Sweeney and the U. J. Benson estate, The interior will be glad to learn of the deal and hope the development work justifies their expectations. ‘Should the Emer- ald group proye to be a produe- ing mine the outlet for the ore is naturally over the divide to salt water on Gardner’s canal, al- though a number of things may happen before that stage. is. the. | devglopment is is reached. ed He