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HAZELTON, B. C., OCTOBER

8, 1926

No, 15

Mill Destroyed
At Usk by Fire —
| Last Month

aA great fire calamity occurred’ at
a Usk on the 21st September, when the
Canada Products mill, half a’ mile
above he village, caught fire. The
4 first warning was given at about 2
ij a.m. when the wachman awoke the
ot sump, but when assistance arrived the
flames were fast enting their way to
m the upper storeys from the super-

| structure, where it is supposed to hare
m4 started by sparks from the burning
’ Waste’ across the ereek, These were
mer) 6wifted to the boiler room and plan-
iq ing mill by the high winds prevailing
H at the time, bluwing towards the river
f/ and had ignited the inflammable mia:
me tetinl in the mill.

fi * Che jumber, with the summer's cut,
B wis sived from Ignition owing to the
9, course of the wind. No further in-
formation could be gleaned, as the
Watchman hus not been seen In the
vicinity since the conflagration,

i
i It was a great setting, for the night:

A «Wis dark, with thunder and lightning
reverberating and flashing through-
out spree, amid the low fleeting clouds
and the lurid reflection against them
and Bornite mountain, a mile away,
observed by residents of Usk, while
syirks and cinders enyeloped the nir
for half a mile away.

q C. H. Wayward, proprietor, ap-
peared on the scene later. The loss
was coverel by insurance. Most of

: Hl the hands were paid off during the
: fi temporary cessation of work, except

which continne pending Insurance ad-
justments.

ver, representing the B..0. Fire Un-
|} derwriters’ Association, was in town

» Usk:

. ; Skeena’s Industrial Centre

i
I

ros Pater arerimtrm arms tet nt

TB: Campbell, Naturel ‘History
Bh Dent. ‘of the government, was in Usk
* a few.-days and left on Sunday. He
ay is restoring the Totem Poles of In-
dian.-geneslogy and legendary lore ‘for
| their. better preservation,

0. AL: Barbeau, Natural Museum,
Depertuient Geologien] Survey of
Canaria,” lett. tor. Banff, after _Telng
Phere for some: time,

} ion “MM. ‘Ranking, Vancouver,"and Mr,
a Bi McDonald proceeded” to .the’ -head of
| North Fork, Chiminess Cresk, on‘‘Tues-

me day | oh a maining ; -trip,

i Fréd A, Stewart returned. home last
mi week: ‘from the Ifarris Mining opern-
of tions;: Avhere he had spent. the summer.

q J.D. Wells, I. Darby and J, Ham-
Lblet ciime in from the hills and’ re-
ai port new and better. silver ore bodies
spenéd, up in the Silver Basin dis-
rict, and in the Silver Mountain.

ft: , JACK MeCUBBIN DEAD

on Tuesday last. Thos. H, MeCubbin,
Hot Patifle, recelved n wire from BEn-
fcanto,- .Culif.,. that. his brother Jack
‘find passed away, leaving a wife and
= his niother, who is at Pacific, besides
‘Thomas, to’ mourn -his ‘Joss,’ Decéased
native of “Ayr, .Scotland,'- and
years of ‘age, ‘He formerly
Prince Rupert, and ‘for sev-
years was, along the Skeena

He was well known and had
h He went overseas with
ithe 1o2na Batt. but was Invalided
luome’. iter Vimy Ridge:: ‘Much sym-
Apt § expressed. ito: Chose: who sur-

ny path, ‘of _Kalum Lake, has

p ‘position: of: porter ,.and
AA “arher ne peal af ere Ho-|
ayol, Frank Glass having _Tealaned.

these engaged in the shigping of logs,.
| ‘ R. Know Puton, inspector, Vancou- |.

@ looking ovérthe’ situation, and has,

(Mining Men are -
Busy Around
Smithers Now

A casual visitor to Smithers during
last .week might have thought that 2
convention of mining engineers was in
ptogress here and mining topics of the
Bulkley Valley were considerably to
the fore in the general trend of con-
“versa tion.

On Saturday, Sept. 25th, Frank
Taylor’s Richfield Mine: at Topley.
‘was examined by A. B. ‘frites, of
Augus Davies, his chief mining en-
gineer. This was followed on Mon-
day, the 27th, by Mr. Nelson, for ‘the
Granby Consolidated Mining Co., on
Wednesday, Sept. 20th, by. H, L. Bat-
ten, for the Victoria Syndicate Ltd.,
and on Thursday, Sept. 30th, by W.
L. Heidenreich, for the Nipissing
Mines Co, Ltd. The result of these nu-
merous, inspections Was a veritabie
procession of automobiles between
Smithers. and the Richfield, bearing
the several parties to.and fro. i

In addition to the above examina-
tions, O. ©. Thompson left last F'rt-
day to make an extensive examination
of the large silver-zine leads of the
Big Four Group near Milk Creek,
thirty-one miles west of Telkwa. Mvel’
Thompson represents. the Porcupine.
Goldfields Development and Finance.
Co, Ltd., operating two mines at Kim-
herley, B. C.. He is keenly Interested
in this district and is making exam-
inations of a number -of other pro-
perties for his company, including the

Gronp; 11 miles east of Quick, ‘This
latter property was also examined by
Alt, Heidenreich. .

Quite naturally the members of the
locnl mining fraternity weleome the
visits of men prominent in the mining
world ‘and ‘on, several evenings . last].
week the lobby of the Bulkley Hotel

{might have been likened to a mining

convention.

j hope for a speedy recovery,

HOME FROM HOLIDAY -

Last week James Turnbull and Mrs.
Turnbuil returned from a trip by auto
to the Okanagan country, They had
a great outing, but James Says that
the next time he makes the trip” he
would want a month. He found that
eight aml ten hours a day behind the
wheel was a much harder job than
loading poles or inspecting timber,
He covered a lot of new rond and got
his eyes onened ns to the difference
in road building methods adopted in
the south and on the new roads to-
wards the north and the methods
still followed in the north, Like other
motorists who have gone south’ over
the ronds, he realizes that the trans-
provincial highway in the north will
-hever. be a highway until more mod-
‘ern methods and proper moechinery
are. made use of, That such methods
will be adopted next spring on the ex-
tension of -the highway from New

| Hazelton to Terrace is the expecta:

tion. of ‘everyone in the north.

Mr. Jno, Desjardines underwent an
operation for appendicitis in Prince
Rupert ‘hospital. His many friends
His
daughter Agnes left Monday and will
spend some time.in the city to, be
present at his bedside.

»

Mr. F.C. Fowler hag been confined
to his home through {illness during
‘the past week.

Mrs, W. H. Burnett: entertained the
B.. D, Bridge Olub on -Tuesday even-
ing. .

‘The Ladies’ Guild: of .the United
church will meet at the home of ‘Mrs,

“TBrooks. ‘on: Wednesday. next.

"Mrs: Dr, Bleecker, who has spent the
past: three - weeks: the ‘guest of? Mra,
Gratz, left. “Wednesday: for Prince iRu-

pur. to: leaving for her home’. in.

‘Queen. Charlotte. Clty. She --was* ac:

‘eompanled -as far aS: Prine’ Rupert by
a” Mra Greig. ;

Soeaiey

‘fieres necting us chairman. In choosing

Richfield Mine and the’ Deep Creek |.

pert, where she will. spend:a few days .
Wwas..held in, the Town. Hall Jast ‘Fri-

‘day, evening. vunder the auspices. of the

Smithers

Tommy Smith, from the Telkwa
drug store, is assisting in the Smi-
thers store for a few days.

Mrs. D. Lindsay-Alexander, of Liv-
erpool, Eng., spent a couple of days
in town the fore patt of this week,
visiting with“ her. nephew, W. J.
“Wiggs” O'Neill, Mrs, Alexander ac-
compenied her son, W. L. Alexander,
has spent several weeks in Canada
visiting with relatives nt various
points, and left on Tuesday evening's
train on the return trip home.

The first of the season's monthly
card drives under the auspices of the
Catholic Club was hekl on Tuesday
‘evening and a large erowd enjoyed
several hours at bridge and whist.
The games were followed by refresh-
ments,

J. G. Steen, of Prince Rupert, is
busy this week installing a hot-air
furnace in the building owned and
occupied by L. 8. McGill.

The annual ‘meeting of the Altar
Boys of St. Joseph's Church was held
in the Catholic Ciub rooms on Mon-
day evening with Father A, Yal-

officers for the. next term the boys
selected Pete Ely. as President, Jack
Dunlop as vice-president, and Francis
Seaton as secretary,

Provincial Constables Hall, of Smi-
thers, and Silk, of Burns Lake, left
on Thursday morning for Prince Ry.
pert escorting Sam Patrick, Babine
Indian, who is to serve six months at
Okalla for theft, and a Franecis

Cow Testing in
Bulkley Valley
Arranged For

The Bulkley Valley Cow Testing As-
sociation has been incorporated. This
Assoclation embraces the dairy farm-
ets of Smithers, Telkwa and Quick
districts and is one more step tawards
developing the dairy industry in the
interior. While the farmers in this
association are working fot their own
interests and profits, the consumer is
going to benefit in proportion through
the higher standard of butter, cream
and milk from the interior farms. Such
associntions are also overcoming one
of the greatest difficulties the farmer
in the interior had to contend with
in the past, that of distance between
farms aud the many different lines of
farming carried on, Gradually the
land is being taken up by new settlers
end gradually also the farmers are
getting into the same line of business
and following pretty much the same
methods. It can be said, without fear
of very serious contradiction, that the

ure following the dairy business are
on their feet and making good head-
way. More power to them.

auto camp and playgrounds at Lake
Kathlyn, and the evening yiroved most
successful in every way,

- Carrying out the program of de-
velopment laid down by Messner Bros.,
Harrer and Messner whev they bont-
el a large number of cluims in the
‘Babines ‘a short while ago, ore is now
being brought out for shipment to the
‘Truil smelter. Ben Nelson with his
pack train is bringing dewn ore from

farmers in the Bulkley Valley who ;

|Smithers Athletic

_Assoc’tion Hold
. Good Meeting

A business meeting of the Smithers
Athletic Club was held on Tuesday
evening and the matter of sport for
the coming winter ‘was outlined and
discussed.

Basketball is to be started imme-
diately and teams formed for games
to be played in the town hall.

A resolution that caused much
grief among the younger folk was the
decision to not attempt to run the
Skating rink this winter. Rinks have
olways caused financial Joss to the
elnb, and as summer sports have not
been very active this year aud publie
support falling off, it was found that
a rink under the auspices of the Club
was out of the question.

There is talk, however, of the Fall
Fair helping out in the matter and
an endeavor is to be mnde, with the
idea of erecting a building that could
be used to house exhibits at fair. time
and also be utilized for a covered rink
in the winter,

OVERHEARD AROUND

| NEW HAZELTON

The Community League of New
Hazelton will give a dance as usual
this year on Friday night, October
29th, and it will be a masquerade.
Hallowe'en comes on Sunday this year,
so the dance will he given the Friday
hight before. An orchestra will pro-
vide the music. Further particulars

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the Silver King and Littie Joe mines

down to the mental hospital.

‘on Thursday from a visit of a few
weeks with her dapgliter, Mrs. Bral
Hoops, at Telkwa.

Constable Andy Fairbairn, of Tel-
kwa, was on duty in Smithers for a
fey days last week during the ab.
sence of-Con. Hall in the Babine Dis-
trict. .

Chas. Barrett was 9 visitor in town
at the week-end,

R. W. Haggen, representing the B.
©. Mining Journal, was a visitor in
town last Thursday interviewing min.
ing men and collecting data for his
magazine. On Friday he made the
trip to the coal mine of the Telkwn
Collieries.

Phil, Hoskins, :teller with the Royal
Bank at Vancouver, arrived. in town
on Saturday evening to spend a-ecouple
of weeks’ holiday ut the parental
home.

The death occurred on Tuesday
morning at the home of her son,
Robért MacGregor, at Round’ Lake,. of
Mrs. Lydia. Gertrude MacGregor, in
her 59th year. The decensed lady has
been in-poor health for the past two
years, but the spirit with which she
endured her sufferings. endenred her
to many friends in: the district.

Stanley R. Davis, who has been
dispensary clerk: in the Adams’ drug.
store for several months, left fof
Vancouver- on. Saturday: morning;
where he: will. make: his ‘home for a
while.

Ohas. 'T. reuse Sunt. of tie’ Lak:
else Hatchery, ‘passed. through town
on Monday- evening with ‘one ‘million

salmon eggs which he ig ‘taking to

plant in the Nadena River. at. «the
hend ‘of Brancois. Lake; --

A pleasant and. well: -attended dance

Automobile Club, to yalse funia. for

‘continuing ~ the cestablighing ot the

Lake? rancher who. ils. being taken.

Mrs. A. E. Campbell returned home |

far

will come toe town “py motor truck.

D. D.* Munro arrived back, hore
last Friday after taking the Won. HB.
‘D. Barrow, Minister of Agricultures
and Col. A. S. Latta, of the Land
Settlement Board, over the rund as
as Vanderhoof. The improve-
ment as noticed. by the vishtors on
the farms in the vicinity “as ulse in
evidence all through the district.

Last Fvriduy and Saturday were
busy days for the local police and‘a
nice sum of money paid in fines to the
provincinl cash box resulted from
their activities,

Three cases were for infractions
under, the Gnme Act nud each of the
ttw-breakers, was fined $15 and costs..
Two for having beaver ment in their
possession out-of season, and one for.
shooting grouse without o permit,

Nick Alvo was fined $250 and costs
for supplying intoxicants, and Kate
Jackson and Ester Green, native wo-
men, were fined $30 and costs for be-
ing intoxicated,

Jacob Barth, the young fellow held
for stealing from passengérs on the
trains, was found guilty of being in
possession of stolen goods, but sen-
tence was deferred. The police traced
the owner of a camera Barth had ond
by developing the film and found that
it had been stolen from Mrs. Thos,
Jeffrey, of Francois, “who identified
it at-the trial on Friday, ;

HUNTERS Sa ORD

W. J. Bodwell, of Sanford. Maine,
and 'T, Clemens, of: Boston; Mass,, who
spent the last six weeks in the north
hunting big. game, returned .to town
on Wednesdayr-.. They -are greatly.

highly of the“service of Geo. ‘Beirnes,
who was in charge of the party. ‘They
have been in’ the Groundhog! country,
‘| before, -but went in by Telegraph Creek:
and, had Indians os guides, In future

they. wwill.ko: in.-from; here, they: Uke:
‘the travelling -better, ‘the: scenery is
Detter, and they liked the white cook}

ep tne wt ad

-to Hollands! ‘farm, and fiom, there it,

piensed with their outing ‘ond spenk |

will be given later. So keep the date

open. ;

Sa tae

_ The New Hazelton Liberal Asso-
ciaion will meet on Saturday night in
the school house at §- o’clock, for the
purpose of electing a new secretary
to succeed E. A. Goddard, who has
gone nway. Several other important
matters will also be brought up.

The mill of the Canada Products
Co. at Usk will be rebuilt; following
the fire Inst week which completely
destroyed it, According to Mr. Hny-
ward, work on the new mill will be
started at as early a date as possible.

Albert Mercer, having spent the
Summer at the Sunrise on Nine Mile
mountain, spent a few days in town,
and then beat it for the jungles on
the south fork of the Copper iver,
where he will spend the next couple
of months in peace and quiet.

The Hanson Timber & Lumber Co.
has. received more offlers for cedar
poles and it looks ike a better winter
for the pole men than ever. All that
is. wanted now is a freeze-up and a
good fall of snow so they can get
their poles out, A number of enmps
are working good sized crews now
find more men will be put on.

From October 18th to 16th a joint
meeting will be held of the Canadian.
and American Mining Institutes at,
Spokane and Cranbrook. The pro-.

gram, a copy. of: whieh has been re:

celred at his office, should prove of
greatest value to the mining interests,

Are. 0. Rr, Vacher, of Iron Junc-
tion, Minn; and. Mrs, J. P. Braden, of
Padueah, ‘Kentucky, _ arrived last
week “and are gnests of their sister,
Mrs. §,. i. »-Senkptel, for a couple of
reek”

- Mra, Be Creelman. and’ two sons,

Avo: have spent “thé “pst few weeks:

‘with “her: parents, Mr. and Ara, Ino,
Raven, at: Kalum . Lake, returned to.

town ‘on. Tuesday’ land: left‘ the follow.
“ing day for-Lakelse, Jake. to visit Mr.’

‘and Mrs.: Ohos.:: ven; -~

ere SESE Sg Vn doe atin pe

Matt Allard, of, Kalim, Mae was a
Week: k-end visitor: dn totwn.: