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

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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 |

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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.

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