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NEW HAZELTON, B.C, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1936

NO. 49°

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' height of the water with any ‘passed

# Skeena River Country i is
_ Heavy Flood Sutferer for
A Week---Serious Losses,

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Conditions Looked!

Bad ¢ on Tuesday

niieaday morning saw quite a big

| Hazelton’s Water Front About Gone
Indians Are Very Heavy | Loosers.

Along the Skeena

j All High Water Records Broken---An
Unusually Hot Wave and Warm |

Rains Cause Slides and Cut |

“Deep Into’

The nlglty Skeena river and all it
tributaries wenf on a rampuge Toast
week and: continued on fits wild stam-
pede over the week end and at the pre-
sont writing (Monday afternoon) is
not only holding its own, but is holding
a hig gain that was made Sunday ‘night

Alt recorils for high water in the
memory of man have been surpassed.
Na white man can draw on his im-
agination enough to eompare the

kowledge, and Indians who have lived
on the Skeena all their lives say- they
never ‘saw the like, The country of |
the Skeena and its tributaries will
never look the same again.

Old land marks, great trees a hund-
red or move yenrs old, are gone down
to the sea, Houses: that. Indians have:
ecoupied for fitty: Or more, years have

Ice Fields

‘fo its -enbles,

“Cant and later in the morning the old

“hYodder's ball dropped down and that,

iproperty.

‘say.

ad, Int there was no sign of panie and
no genmibling, ,

nithough there wre so few places that
can -be heard from.

HAZELTON SUFFERERS

In Ifazelton the sufferers are Geo.-
McGrath whose house is just opposite
the Anglican church. It is just hold-
ing on, The Wong's laundry, a hach
elor's shack ad then the Iludson’s Bay
-Phelr sheds, filled with,
wou, went out errly. The stone cel |
ler, known the world over, and a lund
mark ii Hazelton for seventy five or
tore years, stood for flays as & bul-
wntk against the waters, but partly
eollapsed during Monday night That

He Bt £% fnetor's: -regidence,,.... Water: had.

1 Geto" tlie’ seni
“quilowea™ "thie great "tres lice uw, tothe doors of the. holuse- for |

The big: high swater sinrted about’ the |
middle of last week and it rose steadily:
nnd radly right. np to: Snnday nighf.
ubont two o'clock Nonday . morning.
The first few. days it was considered
high water and then the old timers got
to looking up dates. and high water ;
marks. but everything bar been pass: |
ol and new records have ‘heen estab-
lished that will take some beating.

The nearest approaches of past Te-
cays avas ‘in November 1917 and& the
VWth of June 1981. pat bath thore re-
. feot below the, present level

H
barrack, | but: for some: time, oecupied

a ‘eouple ‘of. days hefore. Then comes
the MacKay house occupied by Mr.
and Mrr.” ‘Chappell, ‘and -it -is also. sur-
rounded: by water: Next is the Haz-
elton hetel, all but floating Aceross
the rond Is the old. Mounted Police

liy Mr. and Mrs, Irvine and Corpl. and
) Mrs, Culverhouse. The power house
for the town was on. the"bank behind
and it went out «Sunday. , Then an-
other Inundry which went out Sunday
tind a couple of enbins ocenpied by Mr.
Powell, mid My. Hodder. "They both

evds nye :
of the \yater. a went down the river, ‘The Hodder
N hat, sve rit the eamntry and the hall is a little furtber from the bank

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bent was continued. away to the north
where the rivers. have thelr source.
The heat was neemmpanied by heavy
warin reins and hot nights. “This was
the tntter pirt of Muy. entlier than.
uenal, and the hot ‘nights at this time
of year are very unusual. This eom-
hination of forces. eat: inte the fleep
SnOWS “of the: northern mountains, and
inte .the iaciera eansing great snow
_ slides cand. a deluge: of -water that 18
aft supposed: to come ‘down: for’ another
_anenth, ov mtd the. local . snows get
nway. The Skeena, although a‘ grent
river. with normally’ ‘high. banks, wus
not big enough to. carry all the water
that rushed down the Mountains ‘and
tilled all creeks and ‘smaller Thy erg. ito
new high marks. ~ .* ;
From the beginning of the ‘flood fhe
river has been ‘filled with . drift wood.
' Wundreds of thousands of feet of big

° a Himes tneluding sthonsitids For “green'| ‘

he - old. dead stuff that]:

: ca cutting, into, ‘the: piver’ bank bndly. *

but surrounded by water. Next was
the residence. of Mr.. and Mrs, Hooey

MeKay.
day, but Tuesday * morning -
aflont and had tiirned around.

He tled his home én Satur-
it’ was

was completely around the ‘buildings:
MucKay's ‘old barn has ayithstood 4
lot of high ‘water’ and Monday night
war still ‘sitting quietly. ¢
The hedviest loosers will he #8

plant and several of the houses, on the !
Ww ater front; James Hodder, owner of

: the’ ‘HAL; and’ several “cabins ‘and one or

‘ts ovses ; Chas. Sterret, Hugh Mace-
Kay, ‘the Hudson's: Bry: Co.; Mra. Tas.

George ‘McGrath. a
tiie“ extont-of any. ob tt ‘the "todbee ean:
‘not ‘be, estimated né ‘the water 1s still

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ante by swimming the animal in. place;
"| and making. wide Aletours Up: the nant |
sidor ‘in other. “pinces,
haber of” Kiépl

and at: other ,

- to-run full to its new bigh water: mark
Uy to Tuesday there hus most for- but in the afternoon dropped seme fn-
tunately been no reports uf loss of life ches although plenty of big dritt-wood

. lad been reached.

Peak was Reached

ot ‘time. te fil.

‘he done fs Riess. . :

Sargent, owner of the hotel, the power

MueKay, a couple | of Chinamen | and |

‘ , dial: will: Prk. thls morniig ‘trom

- One. ‘man. ‘yode. a horse’ in: from Ikig .

seeking. ald: for. ’

Change in the appearance of the water
front’ in Hazelton.
of Monday. the ‘water yose and ent in-
te the bank, During Tuesday morning
Hoilder’s house occupied by Mr. Hovey
went down the river nnd in passing hit
Hugh MacKay's house and twisted and

-roke ‘it, though it is still holding
The Hooey .house piled,
up among some trees 2 short dstauee
down and went. to pieces, This start.
ed a big log jam. The last clump of
trees on the FL Be C. property went

' storie eeller collapsed. Later still the
ayater ent so far into the bank that

evéning the front part was just hang-
ink ‘on “by the door Step. one inizht

During the aay the: river continned

continued to run at all times. There
were sume who thought that the peak

Wednesday “morning Hazelton” ye

ported everything quiet on the Weat-|:
It is believed that the}

ern Front.
peak. of the flood has been - reached.
There was no change along the water
front from Tuesday night. The water
was down some, although still flow-
ing above the usual high water mark
and carrying ‘considerable. drift wool.
The people are feelig easler,

The Bulkley: rt il
fave the water oa better chace at the be lown ston 18 inher fo 2 Tet as it]

flowed inder: thertrbdew dayne ge

Bad Tie- -up on
Railway’ Many:

During the alght)

"| sociated Boards of Trade ad the Cart-

will ‘Advertise
‘The North Road
At the Jubilee

A pertr representing the Associated
Boards of Trade of. the Northern Tn-
terior composed of TL. LeBedourdias
and, G, i. Malcolm of Quesnel and the
President WwW. ye A“ mstrong of Prince
Geor ne and FLOM. Dockrill of Telkwa,
paid a visit to thik end of the district
on Theos: iw. They met the Smithers
Board of Trade enroute. ‘The object
of the trip is to work up interest in a
Phin to issne of large pictorink map of
the couitry through- which the Great
North Road is to pass. and ‘showing a
goodly. number of tributary roids, aA
Lmapr Hl-to 75 feet in extent is proposed
atl this is to be placed in a prominent,
pace in Vancouver during the whole
nine weeks of -the. Jubilee celebration.

Curibonaveek, Tn addition to the may
it Ix proposed to issne a pamphlet to
‘he. distributed to the visitors who pass
by the big map. : =
“The map and the literature will give
the prospective. visitors all possible in-
formation of the eountry, the fishing,
svenic attractions, hunting, mining, etc
It ia heliéved by the sponsors that this
is a grent opportuity to advertise the
attractions of the north.

At the same time any organization
that wishes to send along special lit-
erature my do sa and it will be dis-
tributed alse, There Will! be a man
in attendance at the map all the time.

It has been requested that, @ com-
mittee from this part of the district
he formed to co-operate with the As-

oo orgaization.

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SOME HOT "WEATHER :
Around Ninety in’ the = Shade. for a
‘he _ Week, and as high a ag 95

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Miles i in Extent.

the Cannan: National Tnilway be-

tween Kitwapga and the. const fa tiel
up.anad will remain so fora consider
nble time.s/The train from the coast

von. Friday - night ‘got through . after 6-

in through several thiles of water to
the west of: Terrace, and as’ the whter
of the rivers has visen many: feet. since
then the tracks for several miles went
out,

feet deep.

- phone, ‘wires, go down ‘go‘thnt. the iso-

on Terrace,” ‘Usk, Pacifie;,

vcountry between, ° There is also

Rah y enorts - are. ‘the

ing and ev erything—jnst.. like. they get
away down. south, And this: was alt

Then east, of ‘Terrace and west
OF. Kitwanga there Js a. washout said
jand last of tlie row was Sourdough Fl a he B00 feet. ‘jong: “and “from! ite" 40
That along, svill:: take alot
“On th In. the meantime the
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country: between; rN distatide” ‘of.  aixty
opposite ‘side of the street Gillis’ home | mijes, tore. oF: “Teas! 46 "jaolated as the
was” cleareil ant early, a Charlie | proy fnelal: government has not? “yet put
Sterret mov out and finally on, Sun-.y pond. throngh:: “As ysual, when’ there
day Jas, Turnbull moved out. Water b A washoittor trouble of that nature
cn: ine rillway the ‘télegraph anid tele

lution is complete. The best that. can
That! makes: it tough’
Wondeuek, ,
Darreet, Cedary ale and: the rest of the
re- ve
ports of considerable . trouble, enst . Rn. .
that. the W whale, northern interior ig eut

“Kor the henefit. of those who have
an iden that the northera part of this
{ypsovince Is a land, of perpetunl “show,
ico and disagreonhle thinks, just stop
nok and Usten. -For about aw evk the
thermometer his registered from 0 fo
oh in the shade, and this‘is net hetew.
zero. . There was thunder and lighin-

in the laat: week: at. May.

When it waa hot in the aftemoons
we lay in the. hammock. in the shade
of the ond apple tree and the Line tree
‘Pat Wir calli bloonr ‘aud “horkett: roth:
the future tint future when the land
WH Lee and Those wl ihe reads aih
stim, “ew mneh h~*et fr wlll be
then when’ the ‘therm: meter: oes to
what is ninety today. How (aanifol
nil: should be that they are living bday
iufher tan in that future. i . 0

| BIG FIGHT AT si aidptanrown |

‘Higeelton, and Hail Several in
the. Serap on Friday.

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The. “Morlectown Indians’ are: a pre-
pressive lot and. ‘they; wotld not‘allow
the New Hazelton whites to get away
with: ‘anything Tew: in’. the “way. of: en-
terthinment. At the New Hazelton do

‘The plan 4s in eomnection with the |,

FOR YOU.

Natives.. Avent one Better than New|.

- 2ith.chere . WOR ch. boxing. "
“piris.” “te. ap-

Smithers Won

At Moricetown
A Great Game

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At “Mortectiwn last Thursday the
Sinithers ball team that - was defeateil
in New Hazelton on May 24, got their
revenge, and won from. New Hazelton.
by a score of two or three to one, For,
u time it. did not look as if. there wok
to he a game as some of the local boys
were working and did not want to get.
off the pay roll, But things turned
out at the last minute so that they all
dimbed on a truck and beat it for the
big spring stampede and pase pall tour
nament. Kershaw and his braves
were on hand and rubbing. their mits
with glee, But it was not bo easy as
loped ‘for. “It was a wonderful game
all throngh with both teams on their
toes, und even praying that they might
get ‘n llttle break. It was another one

ly’ on wlio “got the break. Smithers
got it: this time, but: not watil the last.
inping and the Kefshaw boys were ‘on
nettles until luck broke for them,

In the first inning Smithers, Zot two
tuns. Bert Spooner was not. yet war-

med up. .But that was the last run
Smithers ever got. (Spooner: pitched |
a great game and he got great support
from his team mates.” ‘Goodey of the
\ounted.-Police of Hazelton pinyed in
the outfield and gave a ‘good accomnt.

had men on bases. Kershaw's pttch-
ing hind no terrors, for . them, Eren

found the ball and ‘did = not. have. to
walt for four balls ‘tor: ‘get to a pase.

a HOR, ith three njen-on pases nnd

‘Hii Spooner rhe ne ;

singte.* But just when, a hitsor. a fnm-
hie. hy Smithers v RS neated, Hank on-
ly. punted | one into Kershaw’ s bands.
That ended the game. “Now its oue
‘WH “Above. it. [s stated that. after
the | first hiings: Smithers: did not scare
arain, The score keeper: ‘counted Lin

who umpire. called the runner aut,
the seare keeper wonld, ‘not. stand - far
tt. and Harley forgot what he’ “said. ‘andl
then called. the, runner. safe.
the report. put what’s: the differences
now? oot

Other ‘spor ts were enrried ‘ont. put
the: steets. and. the ‘steers and ‘the cay-
Wes had had a. hard'Winter and were
not..feeling. a,
fr iskiness.

the natives, ‘but’ it: wens not long before

[was achig crowd; :.

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“eRavELLING ‘CHEST CLINIC

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The ‘Travelling, Chest Clinic tinder De
G. “F., Ricade will ‘visit, Hazelton ‘on
| June Sth...

amination of.
cases ‘with tuberculosis. and ; suspects,

ble. . This :service. is free
ments should be made: “thkough 3 your.
local physletan. ate

WA A UREA re RR Senin!

of thése games which depentled entire- -

of himself. New Hazelton got a run -
(luring the gnime, but ‘nearly - Always :

Spud Willan, the youngest of.them 1 -
The last inning: New: Hazelton lost by.

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henvy Aitter. ° but ‘he “usually” ‘pets - av:

n beter inning, although Harley Lewis :

That ix.

q she: Hua state, at

om Thursday nighi ‘there was a. 1 Vie.
dance, one forthe “whites and. one ‘for *.,

they” ~vereall-:nt: one dace ‘and. there |
“Altogether the hnys -
ante Moricetawn aid. fairly, well,

This clinie is forthe ex-
‘tuberculosis, contacts of

or- cases with symptoms ; of, chest fren-.
‘but: appoint- ‘