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e toe the next few months we will

“have plenty of good slab wood
ziallahle, largely hemlock,...Now |
ix the time to get next winter's

weet in, Only $1.25 per load if
clase in town, and slightly high-
‘er ont of town.

We also handle Firestone
aml Willard Batteries,

Litt, Haugland &

Tires

ssKerr

Night crews have. heen. pnt on the;
scodors an the railway and that has

ro stepped up (he delivery of snpplies to

Mm uo one should go-bngry.

me dispatch as the trip ‘down stream is a

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dovlies certain lines ‘of goods jis stil a:
Eo» ‘ore ar less §

‘of the hou ts, a

the outfite considerably.
food) progress is) being
q-fficult conditions,

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made under

Afent prices are. high now. ‘There is
but little local ment and the transpor-
tution costs dn outside stuff makes it
hard toe buy, Same people are cateh-
ing an ocensional salmon but for .the
most pert the ‘majority of the people
will have to become: ‘vegetarians. The
piper is advised ‘that new spnds and
ereens are about ready to-use so that

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Tt was: reported lust week that ‘the
Usk ferry wis operating, but this is:
not the cise, oe

coe

pimps Bot ¥
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The strawberry grow ers are now go-t

ing. to ship their berries to Prince Ru-
pert by boat, This can be done with,

At that very.

_fsouth side of the Skeenn on Tuesday

; — —
iriver Iidge and ‘the: ‘indnae is on the
} Peroni ‘for “the ‘ents,

4 ‘s at

erry

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A ctweden “lip ‘shows that im the, south
side of the river “between kere and |.
Rena‘ that, @- br fdees were cnrried ‘off
‘hy the flood. The bridge at Pacific
between the’ station and Me ubhin's

store was nso washed out,
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Postmaster, Sam. ‘Kivkalay ‘and his
Assistant, Taeds Sparkes. gat brek last
Thursday from Prince: Rupert with the
Tirst lot of mait that the village bis
lind for weeks. The first class mail
wes bronctt up te date and. a sinell
Squantity “of second ches. Phere ‘will
Jobe at Weekly nail caeh) way. leaving
here Tues y and retiring Thutsdiy,
“This quail’ seu ice is ‘Himited tn 250° Ips,
wofeips Dis will -keen the business
end of the community: zoing.
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Prender -Pattulle has advised FE.’
Kenney that the ¢ provincial  govern-
ment Las made a strong case with Or-
‘tawa for a railway charter for the
Stikine boat. His request to Ottawa
is -recelting the support of the Prine:
Rupert Chamber of Commerce and the

w holesnle merchants ns well as others
SER

The superintendent of the elevator
at Prinve Rupert. loaned ‘valuable as-
sistance in bringing. np the first, ship-
nent of mail, “He paid a visit to his
danghter a Copper City where she is
engrged in teaching school.

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_ Bert Swain got his. trnek to the

after driving it over the, railway ties
to the Copper City ferty which took

it across the: river,
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Ty ‘spite ‘of incony entence and. flood
conditions, ete, the Knox Sunday an-
nual pitnie was held at Lakelse on
Thursday of last week, :

tee ee ore te

‘ast one,
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The matter of petting sufficient SUID- ,
i
serious. one. ‘Besides the
vocutar requirements for the perman- |
eet residents there is also’ a demanil |
Tr goods for the men working on the
mibway reconstruction, Abopt. three-‘
quitters of aston: is the limit of most

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Roy. anil Mrs. 1 {rehall lett dy boat
for the coast Friday. iiight, and. on Sat-
urdiay morning the Gizey _BCOW started
off with the’ 'scliool teachers: who: “yWwéte
eoine west “and south: ‘for, the summer.

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A plane eae up. trom’ Rnpert Thurs-
‘uy with ‘a lond of supplics - for Jas,
Richmond Lid., and the first ‘lady to
arrive’ by plane’ ‘was Mra,‘Fred Thomas
and infant daughter who came down
from Smithers,

wey were
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. ‘There are times when quick. action is

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After spending fn few dnys at his
‘Inining property at’ Usk last week Mr.
‘Buck. Shannon was in Terrace on Fri-

day enroute to the south again.
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RETURN FO STERN WHEELER.

Kh
stern wheeler be put on the lower part
ofthe river te bring freight np the
stream, during the tie-up of the rail-
way. The trouble with that is that
one or more gover minents must be con-
sulted and once the eivil service gets
hold of a thing it is Tost indefinitely,

necessary and.those are times ‘to stay
way from governments and elvil ser-
vices. Individuals in trouble will set
much quicker and .with more sanity.
The difficulty about getting a steam
boat on the river is that the railway
will be running into Rupert long before

The concrete pedastal is being put
in on the main Anproach to the: Skeenn’.

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the Victoria or Ottawa civil serice got
it through their heads that there was
any need.

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“Onion Multipliers

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Dutch Setts . : ‘.

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iMoney for the.

is proposed to keep the work going

'T, Kenney ‘has suggested that af

, . UY, too, if you'll just check: rap.

‘Main Highway

It is learned on very good authority
that. this year when the allotment for
new. construction of public highways -
ix made by the department’ of public
works at Victoria, there will be incind-

vinelal highway between Usk and Xew
Haxzeiton. , This - money will be- made
available as soon ts all details are
compreted with Ottawa and the. plan

aun be organized in this province, It
as
late ax possible in the fall sq that the
men will be in hetter position to look
aut for themselyes during the winter
months, The work will be curried on
under the Othiwa scheme,

Story of Flood |
At Usk Writted
By Eyewitness

Owing ‘to the mails having to go to
the coast and around: by Vancouver
ind inland: te. Jasper and then west
agenin to New Hazelton, a story. of the
flood conditions, written by our own
eorrenpondent, has heen an long time on
the war.

Usk. two weeks after the flood, pre-
sents a desert scene with dunes of silt
mx? sand running across: the landsegpe
The railway ‘track, from the station
east, rin over the river flat. Today
it passes throngh a series ‘of minature
cuts where repair crews: have cleared
the tracks between drifts that, in. some
places, .are over three feet high.

The largest property, damage was
sustained -by J.- Th Betherum whose
general store has gettlad unevenly, and
ia now resting. in the basement with

‘Along Skeena’

ed a sun for that section’ of the pro-'

‘fro his front poreh,

have heen prt outside for cleaning,

iw hile from: lines are strung many ‘pairs
laf: “boats to he’ ‘dried. Fhe warehonse
‘was washed off its foundation and one
corner was resting on the railway
track, * Oo 7

On the railway platform when the
iwater was ut its peak there were sev-
en fevt af water, and the waterline is

~ Christy’s Bakery
Terrace, B.C.

Will ship to any point on line
Will you try our Bread and

plainly seen -on the station building, Buns? soyee :

the | fuel supply and the coal shed at

lhe back of the station was washed off Standing orders shipped
regularly.

to parts unknow n.

Clean up work is being carried on hy
the owners of property, At one place
the lady of the house was busy with a
flat,izon ‘Smoothing out pictures that
had been water damaged. Another one
wus whshing silt from a pile of phono-
graph records, So great was the pene- |
tration of ‘the swift ruuning waters
that silt bad heen deposited in Inyers
.uu-the fare of each dise.
A man was seen rebuilding the walk
“T.am tired of the
divt tracking into the house so I am
getting the watks down before I do
any more cleaning.” This man found
silt to the depth of cight or ten inches
on every floor in his house.

Tr. B. Skinner found, among other
things, # hen. house in his front yard.
He had a lot of stuff to take out of
his yard. and some damage te his
house to repair,
Another man pointed to a pile of
objects stucked on a bench “That's
what remains of $800 worth of books.”
At the hotel the water line showed
that it had reached ten feet above the
first floor level. The hotel had been
anchored with.a enable when conditions
beran to get serious and Sigrfeid Berg-
stol_ stayed on the porch as long as
possible turning away drift wood that
threntened to destroy the building.
On May 80th when the risé became

All kindsof cake. Get our price.

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Philbert Hotel
TERRACE, B. C.

Fully Modern ¢ Electric Light
Running Water .
Travellers Sample Rooms
P. 0. Box 5 Telephone

Gordon Temple, Prop.

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Swain’s Transfer —
Garage, Service Shop

‘Taxi

Trucking Delivery
Coal and Wood

_ Agent for

rapid the water broke: through the riv-

er” broke through the bank at the-top
of the villagé find swept down the low
land between the railway and the hotel
A number of houses were in the wey
of this’ stream. The Bethurem house

Ford Cars
Ford Trucks:
Ford Parts

the store door: ‘some feet below the,
ground lev ‘el. “Behind the. ‘store are
silt stained counters. cand fixtures that}

‘at ‘the top ‘end suffered damage but

did hot move to any extent.
The, Bell house aid not move owlng

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you mate: ‘a new p price. ‘eards, you unpack and. arrange new stock, you
plan your merchandise showings, you do these and: & hundred other nec- <
essary jobs, REGUL! ARLY in. the normal conduet of your business. .

spasmoidically. or not at all?

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your prospective customers, not only

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TO M ERCHANTS.

‘put how about the » biggest job of all—contacting the people and-
telling them repeatedly that you are in business and have the goods they
necd....Do you d¢.that REGULARLY? Do you figure you are going to
get your share of the available business if you don’t tell folks about your
mer chandise and perviee at REGULAR intervals instead of doing the job

"You sweep om, you trim the windows. you ‘dust off the counters

; “By all known tests, experience and thousands of rerords, tha ae-
knowledged ‘best-of-all medium for REGULARITY is advertisiny in the
veal newspeper. A newspaper going REGULARLY in io the homes of

territory as well, makes it easy enough for anyone to see how your local
Mawspupier ttters y & the finest-kiad of a velilele for carry, tay your’ busi
4 tOSB mejenge REGULARLY to the people... .

‘ “hia don’t, think. that these ‘folks won't. miss ‘ your REGULARITY a]
ot advertising: : iDhey looy for their, newspaper - REGULARLY. study: oh
_ its advertising ‘Sours, if it is there) REGULARLY. ;

1. _ “And what's mors, you'll ting tley are ; buyiig. faitly ‘ReGUEAR. |
abeelilly. with the. advertleers who’ a6.

nae ‘Store

FOR COUGHS AND COLDS
‘Try our. , White’ Pine and ‘Tar (Congh
. Syrup :

- | spnro- siete, Briggs Seeds here
“| Fresh NEILSON'S and. BETTY ANN

mn. SURVEYS
Fred: Nash

| BAC. Land. Surveyor.

. TERRACE, B. C. &

in your town hed: the Suvrounding

Aftex having: clear. weather all Jast.
. | week there was-some: Tain’ ‘on Saturday
a The. river fa. dropping rapldly.

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‘Poulity n men 1 ate ring it it. necessary
to: ‘substitute. eottatn” ‘feailg,. ‘The men
. ‘do. not, mind, sa “mueh, but. the. hens are

; more: ‘particular and: “resent a coarser
ration than: what they have ‘been ac
‘{customed to...” Some of them have even