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THE OMINECA HERALD, NEW HA* ZELTON, B: C., WEDNESDAY

« MAY 4, "1988.

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NEW HAZELTON, B.C.

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“LET CANADA PADDLE HER OWN].
CANOE

“With pleasure and with added faith
in the future of Canada, we call the
particular attention of our readers tq
the splendid mine news on this Bese} '
taday and for several days nt

“Production..is what counts’ in. the
inining industry and that story has
heen unfolded consistently in' recent
days and may be expected to continue
from every quarter. Old mines are do-
ing better than last year, junior pro-
ducers are now gradually. increasing
returns and several new contributors
nre already looming for the early fu-
ture, , .

“Out tn the mining “sticks” away up
in the Great North, at Lake Athabasca
Great Slaye Lake and Great Bear lake
history is being written by as fine a
lmdy of pioneers as the world has ever
seen, and there is not the ‘slightest
doubt now that the mineral empire of
‘anada will be largely extended before
we piss into 19389

“Let Canada attend to her own knit-
tug and forget as far as possible the
chaos and political strife that prevails
among our good neighbors to the south
We are not satellites of the New York
Sinck Exchonge! Forget vit! We
stand where the United States stood
fifty years azo, at the beginning of a
sreat era of prosperity created by de-
velopment of natural resources!

“Let us concentrate upon what ‘the

ance to this: Dominion for prosperity,
encourage Che miner and promoter, pay
mare attention to physical facts and
loxs to stock quotations, and thus bring
ihout by the quickest method a diffus-
ed prosperity and nation-wide happt-
ness that will set this country apart
from ull others on the globe’—Sidner
“tindn in Toronto Mail & Globe a

; :

A Pence River member of the House
of Commons made a plea for a ‘road
fo the const vin Hansard, a distance of
loss than 150 miles. The governments.
of Camda bave put off building that
roid fram the Peace River to the Pa-
efile eoastthat. now every farmer in

. the country is asking for a. road that
will pass their particular property.
if McKenzie Aing remaing: in power
until the road is to be Imilt‘it is a
safe bet it, will go through. the middle:
inehoding . mountiins, rivers and what
not. Always:stay in the midd]e, irres-
pective of the best interests af Canada
or the people to be served.

a” an : .

We ara’ ‘alvays. ‘gina to see art cles,
oy items or stuff copied from. :the Omi-
nevi Herald into : other. papers—it
shows o streak of intelligenee on the
burt of the other. paper, -
ways request credit Sta elven’ ns; but
when afhother paper. elther copics, . -or.
rewrites séveral | columns: of, Material
from the ,Omineca Ferntd, as“ did the

thik they at least might have had the
evace to say Think: You.
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Now ‘that “the, senst is uglng daylight
saving tinie and: the far west is enjoy:
ing daylight. until .near midnight; the
rudio is of practically nu use to Joea)
listeners unless they just want to; “get
some dance” programs, . :
. . the focal radios are ready to. receive
anything’ the people in the.-east shayel
gone to bed. ‘The news ‘broadcasts ¢ ore

‘nition. makers continue to mak DE
tits: beyond"the- ‘dredin of ‘Sclomon,
the* same time: the price. of the. yaw
nietiils “tha | xo into, the making ‘of: mui

the cost of, production. ~
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The Omineca Herald

Publisher

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Good Lord: has given.in such abund-

Me do, not-al-| ©

Prince Rupert: News last .Friday, wel’

By the. time .

Jnstiso much bunt designed “to 'éép|
the war spint: keyed: up’ and the mit e

nitions remaing low, hardly: more tea

tare you ald your sobeetpton yet? .

hee (By A. CG,

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The Unhappy W str |

" Member! Story’ Tellers’ Club

Livingston)

“Tl give you a story,” the doctor
said, filling his pipe, a faint smile on
his face; “a. ‘true story. But if you
write it you must promise two things.
The first is: easily made; ‘macrely that
you will use fictitious names. - ‘The
second promise involves yout art, *

He applied a flame to his pipe, and
pufféd, slowly. “Many men who would
have: come out of the war with, well,

rather wupretty features, were saved
from sharpnel-begotten hideousness by
grafting, I don’t need to tell you that.
“Now, ” le continued, “you are & writ-

x, The story can profit from the
practice of your skill, for otherwise it
would make rather unpleasant reading
I'll tell it as I know it, then you fix it
up and let me know the result.”

The doetor had a strong story. I
never spoke a word while hetold it
When he had finished he got up from
his chair and, with that faint smile on
his face again, extended his hand.

“I'll be in the city for a week,” he
suid, “Come up any erening and show
me what you have been dble to do to
transform what T have told vou inte a
presentable story.”

.

Chinde Morton Ast gazed upen Alice
Winter with the nid of a lantern’s
light. for there had-heen no moon that
ently morning. He had wakened,
quickly alert at the sound of a erash;
had ‘lit the Jamp-and dressed: hurriedly

lantern glass, had wasted no time in
getting out of the-shack and over the
trail, Ter car, was: in. the dtch,. its

| body buckled so that the door gave un-

willingly. But it gave,

She was badly cut about the face,
and her. left, drm obviously was, frac-
tured. Witha gentleness, that -was
paradoxical in so powerful a frame,
be eased her into his arms, and made
for. the shack.

Carefully he taid her in his bunk,
and bathed her face in cold: water. She
stirred, groaning. Claude's rough fin-
gers traced the injured arm and hesi-
tated near the shoulder. A simple
fracture; uasty kind of break.

He looked around and his glance fell
on a small stack of shingles behind the
stove. ‘He broke one suitably ‘and put
the pieces carefully around the arm,
earefully tying the rude bandage he
‘had torn from a sheet above and below
the. fracture,

’ Tie poured fresh water into a basin
and bathed her face. She revived
somewhat and in a few minutes her
eyes flicked open. ;

’ “Yon are better now,” he encouraged,
He had her .grasp ber forearm while

to a triangular bandage; this done he
pleeed her arm in a sling.

Her eves closed at intervals, to re-
open, and stared at him wonderingly,

tea and spoon fed her and watched

and! then slipping a’flame under the

he tore a further piece of sheeting im-|

but she didn’t speak. He made beef!.

quick enongh,”

. For the first time she smiled. “Do
not #0, please,’ she ‘said, “"T was on
i holiday going nowhere in particular
when my car took’ the ditch, » Fate
seems to have directed 'me into your
care, and you’ve done whut # docto
would do. But it might be best to
‘get the car out of sight.”

“Its
think,” he explained. “I’ll hiteh’ the
team and haul, it behind the stable.” a

Moré than three weeks later Claude
and the imjured girl’ started on the
forty mile trip to the village, With
cher arm still in the sling and firmly

in the- wagon, and ‘they talked littie’ on
the way. It-was-Jate afternoon when
the team pulled up at the ‘small ‘yall. |*
way: Station, . Clande went inside to
lenrn that the train would not be in
for a couple of hours,

‘TH take yon over to ‘the hoarding
house and ‘put the team away You
can get a good ineal and seme Test be-
fore the train comes.” ,
He was ustonished to see tears ‘in
her eyes.” “What's the matter?” he
asked, ; Be
She said brokenly, “Do you
you're 2 grand man?” ;
Without comment, beeruse he was
embarassed, he drove her to the board-
ing louse and made arrangements for
her comfort Then he turned the term
toward the livery stable.
“Germans. stil] marching,” said the
livery. stable man
“What do you mean.”
“Through Belgium,
back do you Live?”
“Woarty: miles, Why?"
"The livery Stable mat “chuckled. in

know

Say, how far

Trail Riders

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a Rocky Mountalng - northeast

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Ape uhe Vitel

ut few, with, more: promise, tf
thisiyvear' ‘8 from, wWuly, 29° to

‘ shadow: of: 10,000-faot peaks;.
"will find: tthe for fishin, ’o

. eu Trail Kiderg, of the: Cana-
dian Ttoeltios | have an, nnusual
holiday tithit set: aside, for. the end

Ive-day: exploratofy trip ‘through
“the ‘ picturesque’ section of the

ie poc iety? ‘which. wae ‘Oren

open ‘Hew’ traila: throug!

: thé ahountaliis’ “pnd. ‘give: members
rt .

aii ‘nteresting riba dn’ the seme

han!
veel
2 they. will ride over high passes'|)
: Gud down into deep valleys inthe) h

Plan Perfect Mountain Holiday

mera’ studies - of" the beantitul b
scenery or ‘thé big! guine twitch Js

found sin‘ “auch: large: ‘numbers;

a

e a ‘Db E-uD. Po
the. ‘end 9 ‘the tp, These
Ms ra be

of

arrangements afte -wellsunder why.

is keon, according to J. Mut ‘ay,
“Gibbon, Windsor. Station, “M

mowain ‘tralls.

@- along to smooth the. trip, while .

ven now for. the” Tratl Riders to

“Intorost in'this year’, "5. ‘a

eal, ‘tite secretary-treagurer,- who:

the ptart of the ride on J
otdgra: gah

sure to hove a car and we'll get back :

day of. usefulness is over, “I.

bandaged t proved a tedious journey, ;

-fand sent. toca military -

ittont, dine,
ny LEE

“Week old now. Lots of Canadians
are enlisting.” 5-4-3

When Claude got, back, to the board-
ing house’ supper was ‘waiting, A sep
arate table set apart in the rough din-
ing room for- him’ and. « Alice. ' They.
went In together. He seemed deep in
thought. . ..

"Wave you heard about the war?”
he nsked

fd | overheard the men talking about
it. 7 .

“I can ride and shoot Im going to,
join up if they'll take me.”
 /*But your place, Glaude,"—his chris.
tian name was volced: unconselously by
her ‘and for ‘the: ‘five time—‘and rout
horses?”

,“?he fellow.at the livery stable will
look: after the team till E see if the
army: will take me! ‘If they: do Til
mnakd some. urrangements about things
heing looked after”

: Alice was silent for. a- time -
nderstand..war,”....she said .. finally
Y “Where do: you find 1 out, it they will
take you?"

“The livery stable fellow told me
what to do Pm catching your train
loniiht. ”

‘ee &

While Alice’s “grand man” was a
first class horseman and a erack shot.
actually he constituted one of. the
worst types of ervalry recruit. Prob-
ably eighty per cent of. the Canadian
carilry in the Great War never rode
itt horse before joining the army. They
responded rendily to instruction, kay-
ing only to learn Claude had first to
nnlenrn, and it was to be expected that
time and time. again hé should. revert

4 to his natural tendencies, much as a
. left-handed

bor, instructed to write
Ww ith his right hand, uses his left for-
vetfully
Yor this Claude was s punished
Te -had hoped for promotion in the |
ary.

in. geod .
stead, aud she had agreed encourag-
ingly. But as the months went on and
his troop moved to Prance, he had be-
come ninve. and more disconraged un-
adler frequent. punishment His letters
ty Alice. lost -their bouyeney. He
braoded, and eeased writing to her al-

torcther,

‘One. day z oxérelee an troop voiced
2 deriding wo} Which the troop sar-
scant resented ' He zalloped back to

Claude, who. wis innocent of the ot-

fenee, and placed him under open ar-
best Claude's ood surged in insane
rebellion.

mane and his spurs. strack. The fri-
ehtened mouit charged wildly across
the rough ground, |

*, But the troop sargeant’s amazement
Was over in quick time He gave his
orders. Other traopers.. headed :Claude
off Te was: caught, ‘eourt martialled
prison. And
there his heart was truly broken; the:
erentest punishment. to him cousisting
of lording, brieks on a barrow, doubt-
ing (running) ry ‘short dista hee. aud um
londing the barrew; ; doubling back un- :
tll the whole: pile .was moved: ‘Then,i!
still on the double,.varraw?nl by bar- :
rowful be was: made to transfer the
bricks hnelk- to’ ‘the: ‘sitarting point,
Was o purposeless operation, designed ©

| for. rechieltvants,-and Claude was 4°"

} woken |
served |

inn his senta nce was

pele “4

Ww. hen.

ben

with ‘thé, ‘fufanitey” He ‘rejothoa ‘hiein
“when they Were on rest ; marched with
.theni into support, ‘and duly * into the
Clande’s: maind. was: made
dilly wantell, tiie» day ‘to ‘como
when. he. could, ‘get awey from: it al,

mitra inthe TEER lt one

adfatled -him;: a ‘medica officer Ap.
ronehad h

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“oT don’t .

“He hid confided in his letters
[to Alice that his knowledge in horse;
“ma@uship would stand him

“To, the astonishment of the ©
troy his head ‘went down to the horse |

re

j Hey wus _tetpiméd to lis tr09p,. now .
dismounted and Serving’

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