THE OMINECA HERALD, WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 16,

gcrelopment |
' At Hot Springs |
Is Satisfactory

The Bonrd of Trude ‘Council meet-
Fag held Inst week wis only moderat-
iv attended owing. to many: members
ai cing away on vacation.

f Mr, J. K. Gorden was in the chair
eas Suppor sted me Mesars, Sundial;
; lover, Tturnett, Jirkpatrick, Little,
: i tiley and the sweretary (H, Haltiwell)
| After the reading of the minutes the
fecrotary reported a continuing de-
yaad] for the folder recently issued by

ste had bea distributed through the,
fanadian National Rathway and repeat
id requests wore coming in rezularly,
| The secretary was insteneted to com.

Buunieate with My, Pethick, Smithers,
vith regard to the condition of. the
rodwiy north of Lean-to: Creek on the
alam Take road where a bad enrve

renders the work of hauling poles ex:
tremely difficult,

As severnl ‘thousand poles are nl-
, peady now in this district it was felt
‘that steps should be taken ‘to make the :
‘work of vetting out these poles. less
arduous and denegerous than it is at
"present.

Anoiher matter of some importance
‘Healt with was the question of the
“water rights licence at the Luakelse
J 'Hotsprings. Exeetion” was taken i
year ago to the ‘small ammount -of ‘de-
velopement work being’ @uried on a‘.
| the springs. but the work of J. Bruce
Jobuson this year was considered sat-
isfactory and it was agreed that the
a Water Rights Dept. of the Minstrr
“of Lands should he notified that the
Board would not raise any objection
to the renewal of the licence this yenr.
)6«Adiscussion ns to .the steps to be
; taken in the event of the Fall Fair
* Board holding a banquet on Sept, 7th
“did not arrive at any dicision as the
S banquet was not in fact declded upon.

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POULTRY BUSINESS STARTED

Murdo Smith is going into the ege
: business an a fuirly large scale. He
*. alrendy has quite 2 flock of birds, bu’
* this week expected to receive a ship-
“ment of five hundred laying pullete
from the south. He has erected a new
house for them at his farm and every
thing is ready for the birds “to star!
paying dividends.The birds came from
the University of B. C. where some of
the greatest poultry -in the world are
raised.

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GETS A DISTRICT AGENCY

J. B. Agar has now been given a
i. (district agency by General. Motors of
m: Canada. The work done by Mr, Agar
; the past year has demonstrated his
: fitness for an agency nnd has alse
B demonstrated the importance of this
i district as f consumer ‘of autos. Be-
sides the other srles monde this year
Mr. Agar has a cavload of trucks com-
ing in this month, \

Semen eae me ee

—Telkwa Tales

success Inst Friday. There wast ble
erowd and lots of pep. Lom 7

fH} Mrs. Smith of Prince Rupert is vis-
iting her son for a couple of weeks. .

aA danghter was born to Mr. and Mrs.

ing home:

There was quite’ a frost on the 12th
of August and many. gardens: suffered |:
ag f consequence. .

i Mrs, ‘Carruthers vs latted. ‘n, Smithers
4 a-couple of days and her’
was a guest of Muriel, Boyle.

The indians * ‘are: “béatlihing tte re-

i he Board. A large percentage . of the.

lett Friday for Vaueouver.

‘dance Jast Fridey evening. LY,

jtupert are holidaying at Lakelse lake

The Round Take dance was a big |.

Frank J MeDonald. in the Telkwa nurs:

‘daughter |

“Terrace Notes

“At Terrace another room is being
ailded to the high school and two tea-
chets will be employed this coming
term, The contract for the addition
which ix 18 x 24, was awarded to G
H. Thomas and it is to be completed
by Sent. ist,

Capt. Colthurst: ix now driving u
Chev. conch which: “he parchaseil last
week from ‘the local agent, a. B Agar

Miss Dorothy MeGumery cof Prince
Rupert
Glass. | aa

Misses Mary Wilson and Bessic
Moore lett” lant Wednesday for Anyox
to visit with the latter's brother, Mr.
Verge Moore.

“Mrs, Mead ‘and daughter of Wash-
ington, D..¢, who bas spent the past
few weeks with Mrs. Wilson at Renic

Mr. and Mrs. 1. H. Skinner of Cop
per City, attended the Board of Trade

Ar. and Mrs. W. C. Sparkes lett or.
Saturday for Vaneouyer.

Mr. and Mrs. Fulton and family of
the Okanag mun are guests of | Mr. anc
Mrs. Wn. Fulton at Lakelse,

Clarence Donaldson ‘and. Joe Fether.
who have spent-the last few weeks i
the Kalum Lake district, returned te
town. on Friday last and were guest:
at the Terrace hotel.

Rey. Prof. Issherwood of Wyclitfe
College, Toronto, was a guest of Rev
T. J, Mavsh a few days last week. He
is visiting the graduntes of Wycliffe
and on Saturday he went to Bnrns
Lake and will then go on to the Peace:
River country,

- Rev. and Mrs, Robinson and son re.
turned from the south last weels,

Mrs, Blanche and daughter of Prinec

Mys. John Viger, who bas spent the
past few inenths with her mother i
teattle, returned hore Thursday.

Joe

a oe . 7
Miss Gladys Tenney ling tnken
position -in the office of the Union on
Co., Prince Rupert.

“Mhvs, I, H. Kenney and two sone
left Thursday for Vancouver where
they will spend: sone time. with her
mother, ;

“Mr, and Mrs, Cousins have. return:
ed to their liome in Prince Rupert af.
ter spending several weeks at Lakelse

Mrs. Greig and twe daughters spent
severnl days last week at a. BR. ‘Gil
berts cottage at Lakelse.

Mrs. Ww. H. Burnett and Mrs. Attre:
spent last week at the Forestry eabin
on Lakelse’ iake.

_Mivs.. Av Olson and: daughter Agne:
Jwere in Prince Rupert last week,

Mr. Peddy, principal of the high
school at Prince Rupert left -for . Vie.
toria “on Thursday. His family will
remnin in Terrace -for the rest of the
month.

Me. and Mea, S. N. Kirkaldy enter-
tiined a number of friends on Monday
evening last at dinner.

ing to Seattle. She hid been a guest
of her Alster, Mrs, B. Haugland.

were’ in town, on Thursday.

_ [frst ‘of the: week, eat a

‘
eens ©

- turn from the ennnerles;:.
the fishing ag + generally poor this year

‘They repoit |. ;

‘is'a guest of Miss Margaret,

_ nck Avkle and Thad Laurie ¢ of ‘Usk,

oR, ‘Dix: I Joried; We Warner and. j:
allt of: Kalum Lake: were in town: ‘the:

"Mr." Judson: ninde'a. business trip to

ceenhiamenicehimnadt

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Kk AND A BRAVE: DEFENCE _

—-—s

“behind the warship.
Independence in 1775-76,

Quebec.

British.:

a ‘third of its members...

taken at the time of the visit of H.M.S. Hood to Canada,

A memorial to an event of. outstanding importance
in both Canadian and American history, has been
erected “on the wall of the Chateau Frontenac in

4ithough many thousands of “American tourists

regularly invade the ancient city and throng the cor-
tidors of the great hostelry, it is not often realized
that their ancestors once attempted to-gain admit-
tance to -the. city with. less success,
War of Independence two forces of American soldiers
were despatched against ‘Canada, one under General
Richard Montgomery up the Richelieu against Mont-
real, and the other under Colonel Benedict Arnold
through the wilds of Maine against Quebec.
armies united their resourees before the city. ‘of
Quebec in mid-December, 1775, and commenced a
" siege that lasted for 154 days throughout the’ ensu-
ing winter. Montgomery had carried all before -him
and captured the forts.of St. Johns and Chambly, and
occupied. Montreal and Three Rivers, 80 Quebec re-
mained the last stronghold of importance held by the
Arnold had encountered great. difficulty in
his march, and his expedition was depleted by about

The “defense of Quebec: was under General sir Guy |

Upper.—The “Chateau Frontenac, famous Quebec hastelry, on whose wall a tablet fn methory of the zoldicrs of the Roya?
Fusiliers has heen erected. Lower—A panorama of the ancient city of Quebec, showing the Chateau Frontenac and the ramparts,
The attack egainst Presede-Ville was made along the shere
Inset-——A, mortar and cannon used {n Quebee at the time of the siege by. American troops in the War of

chief : assault-was

Early in the

relief arrived from
The, two

Royal - Fusiliers. -

‘

‘

Carleton who had a garrison of ‘about 1,600, about
equal to the: strength ‘of the attackers, composed’ of a
few regulars, including the. Seventh: Royal Fusiliers,
the Royal Emigrants, a Corps of. Seamcn, and British
and French-Canadian Militia. my

Early, in. the: iporming. Of December: ‘8, 1975. the

-deliverad : by the American troans,

bravély. led- by“ the commanders > ‘in: “‘person,. “Mont-
gomery -being killed at Pres-de- Ville, ° and.: Arnold
‘wounded, at. Sault-au-Matelot at the ‘other. side -nf.,
the town. The attack -was “unsuccessful, many . pris-
oners were captured by the defenders, and. the sié¢g?
thereafter became ‘littie more than. A. blockads. until...

Great ‘Britain in May, 1776.

The tablet in’ cominemoration of the part taken hu
the: Royal. Fusiliers -in the’ defence ‘of . the - tar iu) ;
“throughout the rigors: of a Canadian winter, agains:
an active and enterprising enemy” was unveiled i
‘Quebee on Dominion, Day, July 1, in the presence of
the.Governor-General..:
Fusiliers of London, Ontario, with’ wo. officers ‘from
the parent unit’ in England, represented the Second
The errangements, were’ made by -
General Charles F Winter. secretary of the Dominion
of Canada Rifle Association, and. formerly a ‘member
of. the Royal . Pusilers, a

A detachment of the Canadian

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DEHYDRATING CANADIAN FRUIT

een :

to fruit may be used to save from
waste many of the orchard and garde:
crops. Canada imports more than ‘five
million dollars worth of dried fruits
each year, including: apples, apricots
currents and peaches, hasides the trop
feal truita which. we cannot grow. The
Department of Agricniture at Ottawe
has conducted ‘investigntions covering
fl period of, several years to find out
among other things. w hether fruit dely-
darated in Canada‘ cin tnke the-pluec
of imported goods of the snme class, In
report af: the committee in charge of
fhe work it 18 clearly brought out by

and Ontarlo, that when fruit ‘of goad
quality is used a thoraughly fine ‘mark.
etible product results, It was discover:
ed that dehydrated frutt, when properly
sonked refreshes almost to the. original
fresh weight, It w aa. made ~ equally

|clear that: ‘a: “good. ‘product - cannot: be |.
|made from’ fruit ‘of ‘inferlor quality.
Migs ‘Kells: left last Tuesday: for Eu.

geu: to visit her parents before return-.

Dehydration differs: from whit: Is gen-
erally known an evaporation. in that the

‘moisture left, in, the, ‘stock. ithe report

$-/Gf the committee, nvallnble at the Pab-|
licationa Branch, Department of Agri.
enlture, Otte; contains Anfortidtion :

y

Prince Rapert last Weel. and brought

pert 1a Aolldiing rat home.

s . Hi

he: process of, (hydration as applied ;

the excellence of the frnit dehydrated.
at ‘the. stations in British Colnmbia.

procens As* different and’ ‘there is, more, wo

TRAIN

AT SEA”

7 he Westminster Lacrosse team

Olympic games at Amaterdain,

are showrin the above photograph.

oo ‘the boat deck of. the Canadian
Pacific * ‘ship “Empress. of . Scot-
land.”
Atlantic. -[n the front cow, from
“left to right, are C. Doyle,” .'
Stoddard, D. Brunett, H. witkie,

7G, Feeney, H gioddards v “Woods; |
: Patchell, -
Bobby ;

back row, G. Sprit ng,;,W

vernon, Red: Prager"
- Bourneg4 b+; Brown, “Boh Magkie,
- Nels. sit inson, Leo; Gregory, (cap:
-tainy and*Dan ee ees

Thus unger), be OR

Ay, the''p otograph iB bet “gi
Don “Garrick, ‘amatepr boxing.
champion; in the gymmasium® on

board. the “Empress of Scotland”
sparring, with ‘sha Mgr

, which represents Canada atthe:

on which they. crossed the.

a, Physical

sags vest ws,

iriatructor Bot he and ‘other

members -ot the Canadian ,Olym- -

pit team aboard the Vessel: .f
‘quentéd: thé “gym! to'keep fitiand .
‘found the exercises, epmbined .with -
the sea air, put them in'top shape .

be the’ time they reached. the ather *

areas

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Tas. Dyer ‘was in 1 town over. Sunday 7
‘nid’ Seported. that the. tunnel’ on the

see had Tun Anto. a: ‘Rood. shoot: of
e vith, the

- a “Insyiector ¢ of traciun:
for the. provinelal government, “patd :

vikit to‘this' district last week end ‘atid
on. ”, Sunday ,
ethic to Smithers. ;

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_acdombantee : Bnginger