THE OMINECA HERALD, NEW HAZELTON, B. C., WEDNESDAY,

JUNE 1, 1938

The Omineca Herald

NEW HAZELTON, B.C.

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A Landing Field

At a recent meeting of the Hazelton
Chamber of Commerce held in Hazel-
ton a committee was appointed to seek
out one or more suitable properties in
the immediate yicinity that would an-
awer the purpose of a landing field.
A anding field today is somewhat
different to what was required a few
years .ago.’ In. the + ‘beginning, Mission,
Voit property did very well, but: it
has served its purpose. Larger and
fuster planes and more of them, need
a much larger field, and a.field that
will permit a plane ta land or take off
in any direction. .. by

There is no doubt but suitable land
can he found ‘and within reasonable
distance of the supply points, and it ig
important that the newly appointed

committee do thelr work at the earliest,

possible time, and get their report in.

This district is favored by airmen,
nnd air campanies, and by the Depart-
ment of Defence at Ottawa, but -be-
cause we hate in edge on other places
to start with, does not mean that this
puint will be finaly selected. Other
places are out for the landing field and
if we lay down and trust in God to do
all our work for us we will loose out,
ns has heen the case several times dur-
ing the last quarter century.

it should not be necessary to point
out the importance to a district that a
large and busy air port, not only at
the present time, but in the future, as
the air is now and will soon be more
so, one of the most important means

of ‘transportation, and especially fast.

transportation, .

The committee has several pieces of
land in mind, but there may other
pieces, close in too, that would: serve
the purpose better.” This can only be

determined by a visit from the com-
mittee and an‘inspection from the air
authorities, ‘Che question is 9 live one
now, and we would like to again point
out, that if wedelay, the question will
soon le a derd one, as far as this ‘sec-
tion is concerned :

THE ALASKAN HIGHWAY
Considerable publicity has been giv-
en to the plan to build a highway from
the forty-ninth parallel to Fairbanks,
Alaska, over Canadian territory ‘The
read will give the United States ae-

|) cess to her vast northern territory ov-

erland, and at the same time will pro-
vitle a start in the development of Nor-
thern British Columbia and the Yukon
In certain quarters, locally, objections
have been raised, that the aim‘of the
Americans is to secure a military road,
indispensible for supply to the naval
base ani ‘airdromes under ednstruction
in Alaska, shonld their fleet be crip-
pled in a Paeific war. ‘The objectors
claim that such co-operation would ef-
fect out neutrality in ense of- hostili-
ties between the Uulted States and
Japan, that British Columbia would
become the Belgium of the continent,
the cockpit of the struggle. The sit-
uution, as we see It Is, that, road. or no
road, we cannot ‘remain neutral in o
clash between North America and Asia
aid granting that, it is better to be
prepnred One thing is certain, the
United States will not allow our eoast
to become the back dour of invasion.’

The main difficulties in the project
is as usnal, finance. Who will build
the road? Can an fnprovished pro-
vince: spend money needed for other
road -bnilding-in its jurisdiction, | or
shall we let our rich cousins make: an-
other investment in. ony county? This
latter alternative is not so horrendous
as some would have us believe, provid-
ed eminent domain and control rests
in our‘hands. ‘For the record of Ameér-
icant investment in Canada to date is
startling. - oe ‘

According to the official Canadian
Bandbook :the. capital investment in
Canada of United States funds amount
ed. in. 1938 ‘to $1908, 000, 000. Fitteen
million niore for the -highway would
not sensibly affect the process of ec-
onontle penetration, In 1936 the tota?
investment in Canadn by the United
Kingdom was $2,725,000,000 On the
other hand the Dominion Burean of
Statistics estimates that Canerdian in-

cord.

erty held iinder.the “

ve + this" Provites; ine pte: Pores

THE MINING INDUSTRY. OF.
_ British Columbia . -

; It is;estimated that the gross value of the mineral prod netion
‘tor the year 1087 will be in cxeess of Sr4.000.0 000—-1n all-time .

hay ee a 1 . toe . .
' NOTE—Atterition is directed to the fact that Free Miners’ Certifl-
‘cates . expire on, ibe, Sipt of May! - All. Certificates, representing. prop- 7 |
neral Act!" and the “Digeer Mining Act” must bed:
tenorwved ‘on or before! that date. | ts .

dae ‘uthorliative. information rewarding th mining bidupt ‘of ,

Pea 4

vestments in other countries amounted.

Of this $987, 000,000 was: inyested - in’
the United States, - $48,000,000 in :the
United Kingdom, at -$621,000,006, ir
other countries. le

Should a deal be made on the high-
way proposal and from the attitude
and netivity: of ithe Prime. Minister: at
Victoria, it is very Probable, let us,
hope that the missing. link in the ‘great y:
way from Cape Horn to the Arctic will
he a tourists plaisance, /a ‘proapettor’s
joy, an artery ‘of market’ for the :hin-
terland, rather than a short ‘cut for
the strategy “of war.—Monthly Bulletin
of Vancouver.

To The E Editor

to $1,656,000,000 .at the end. of :1936,1

as wise as those who are planting sev-

Telkwa, B.C., Fictorin Day
Mr, Editor :

As we sit inonr wheel chalr, aud
look into the distant past, many recol--
lettions pass across the so-called mind.
We formed this bad habit, of putting
our brain waves on paper, many years -
ago. In fact we might ressnrrect quite
a few real’ old U. §. and Canadian
papers that have some of our brain
waves filed away. A few of them are
connected with Canadian policies that
were put: into effect. aa eaies

‘We hope that. your: wpb is not too:
crowded to hold this one, ‘

Last week I nearly froze, butoas 1!
predicted, it' is now as hot as blazes,
That is“not the worst of the mater.
Uniess Old Jupiter or Olof Hanson get .
busy with the water I am afraid those
furiners who have heen giving -theiv
hay awny for’ seven dollars, and their
timothy: seed for three cents, will find
they have made it ‘soft for the ‘wise
guys, with money, who are stocking:
up for next year. The hay rnd seed
crop will be almost nll unless ‘we get
sorne rain before very long.” Those
who waited’ for the land to get dry for
sexing may Find that the spring mois-
ture was a big help to those who used
it in time, __ Possibly’ ‘those Who are

3 ai...

have

-Spain have had me guessing, Howevy-

neither’ water nor timber of any con-

-keeping. their seed in the gvanary are .
u tourist It would be a crime. df-ay!
*}farmer; ari a few. to can, salt or idry |
‘for winter but in’ places there are: tons.|: :

and tons: caught for dog food,-.We° ‘do;
not ¢lass as high as dogs, evidently.
It is about time ‘one could obtain’ a
permit for one’s requirements,. ‘anid: not
have. to.duck. the fish. warden, eres
Badly ‘Mystified

eral huudred doliars worth, and doing
a lot of work As well, .

Quite a a few have had their cash out |
timothy seed. Although the |
‘farmers have not had their, it will not

of the

matter very much’ Their equity he

‘he ‘so’ sina they will never ‘Iciow the

difference, -—

I wonder haw, Queen Victoria ig
t resting in ber grave, If she could know
what ‘is going on in the world, and |
what the so-called statesmen in Britain
‘heen doing for the past’ few
years, she must be having nightmares.
Several matters, including Bthopia and

er, FE have about doped out the enuse
of several of these mysteries. There
is more to come, and the snme causes
are atcwork in the U.8.A., “Phey ure
hot the fault of either’ the CG. I. or,
. bt ‘Communists, “Lhere are worse folk ;
than they at lnrge, ad raising merry ;
licll. :

Our
been burned off, and now the snow
melts and ring away very “qnickly, H.

nsed to melt slowly | and tlic nivisture |.

ene souking dow! n in’ the subsoil. ;
Now there jaa nicé Uttlé blaze over
south ‘of town, Tf thet burns off the
south side us badly as the north side
of Che viver, is “burned, there wwill he

sequence,
im

"y hope there will soon be sonic, {u-
telligence show in a ‘few of our law s.
We are not all tourists and a few of
us heve to svork for our living. It:

local watersheds have ‘mostly ”

foey, not matter if you cateh six inch
‘fish r ‘pix. “pound fish, You get just
I . bat -farmer can take the
SOff to ee a iness of fish ‘that
avould not nitke one meal?
Then why let the fixh hogs of the
coast “catéhiMlons~of" fish,;in ‘any .

manner, while we are restricted to us-

dng bait,Fancy,. when the fish are not |
Stipposed to. bite. the hook when on the

y Way up strgami, - “The: Tnttipns} catch

tons of fish,‘and rip ‘the guts ont of as
mauy move, but the poor white trash
is at supposed to: have ¢ any more than ‘§

Me pete

3t os mecting of the Board of Direc-
tors cf the Hazelton. Hospital on. Pyi-
day night Dr. Kirkpatrick was request-.
‘ed to remain ag superintendent for an
other. three manths,: “Wnlegse a. perman-
ent. appemement ‘Iy-made_ by. the. Mis- q
sion: Board ‘the meantime. The
octor consent. ‘orem: cals yas

Filae REE

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