_B. F. Messner, Jos, & Kelley, and dD

“at service of”. ‘Anstilation | and cbanquet |;

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| Vol, 22° aR Ode

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NEW HAZELTON, B. C., WEDNESDAY.

JANUARY 1, 1890 |

Chamber Mines |
Pay Secretary.

Manager Now |

~ Omineca Branch of the British Col-
uubia. Chamber of Mines held its an-

_ nual general meeting and mining “din-
ner at the Bulkley Hotel, Smithers, on
the evening of. December 27th... The
tables were adorned with a, ‘number ‘of
silver cups. won’ as: prizes by district
ores during the past. few years. Graet-
ings were read to the: gathering from
the Minister of Mines of British. Col-
umbia, the B.C, Chamber, of Mines,
and from Mr: Douglas Lay, Resident.
Engineer for the North Ruastern | Dis-

- triet, who had been inylied. ‘BB & guest
but was. unable to. attend. :
The ameral report of the’ piesldent

reviewed a year ot active work by the 4

organization ‘and of: progress of mining
in Omineca Mining Division. The
finan¢ia] statement showed a’ balance
on hand . of $66.96 after’ everything
had been paid up to -date, with the
principal source of income the money
prizes from ore exhibits: at ‘fairs. - An
honorarium of $25.00. was voted to L,

S. MeGill on his retiring’ from the of-1;

fice of President’ after: -having served
in that, capacity. for four ‘years.

In the election of officers. for 1980
the principal. change made was that
Mr. McGill, who insisted ou retiring
from the presidency, Was prevailed up-
on to accept..a position . as ‘paid ‘sec-
retary and manager, this being” made
possible “by. ‘the ‘promise: of a grant
from the Department of Mines’ to help |;
the otganization. in its. work, The
full slate. of officers for 1980, is as

‘Honorary. _Prestdent-—Hon,
McKenzie, Minister: “of: Mines.
Honorary ~_ Viee-President—A. Gh;
Hattie, ‘Supt, Duthie ‘Mines.
President—Jas. “Wright, -
Vice-President—Frank) HH. Saylor.
Sesretary- and. ‘Manager-—L. S. “Me.
Gill. y oF
Executive—I. A “Rutherford , P.
Sehufer, A. 8. -Millar, Alex, Chisholm,

W. A.

L, MeGibbon, :
Representative ;on: - Provincial

; Iox-
Sentra 8. C. Santee ;

INSTALLATION oF OFVICERS

Interestind Masonic Cermony Follow
ed by: -2. Banquet—Local . Min- +)

: _Isters ‘Took Part” a
Omlucen “taage! No . orn Smithers,
fittingly celebrated St. Jobn’ S ‘night by

held in the. lodge room: on Friday. even:
‘Ing Inst. ‘There’ was: a: large and a’ Te
jresentative erowd, of. “Masons: “present.

Worshipful - Bro, - Stephen i. Hos- Is
kins. was the installing officer and. he
was ably -ansisted ‘by. Ww. Bros... Cham-
tion and, “Greene. - “The. new: ‘officers
ure Bro.: Barling,. SWeoM.3 Bros: ‘Car-
ruthers,: ‘S Wa: “and: I Bro. Dr, Bamford,
5 We, ; :

“At “the: enttistion: of ‘the instattation
ceremonies’ a. stunptlous. feast was. ‘pro- |
vided. ti: ‘whic ALD did. fall” ‘Justice,
Rev. T.. 4. Wright, : B. A. and Rey, Mr.

wilde
laa.

‘The

[Kicking Sleigh ©

_lwhole sleigh 1g so Nght: that - ‘steering

both and let it ramble, A buhdred or |
ae sped” ali Be" “obtaine .

: popular, with: the. ‘women | going shop-
: ping and: with: ‘men. going ‘to work,’ as

. | Gas, “Christianson t Dandies

~ trip. ane aw here he Nisited. hs
to" “Smiithérs.,

Joent aistilet. ee

; Pe e@: Wilson: is. cuted air’ ate
of: ‘Yheumatism. a .

five. cent: gas. tax: be: ‘spent on ronds in
this district, und: not alt spent around |
Vaneouy er and Prince. George ;. that the fe
ga] imo1 ‘Packers, be treated the sanie” ast

Is Real: Thing
Fun | Or Labor} .

] - ¢@
"Everybody. ig doing it now. Doing]
what? Sleigh: kicking. What in, the
world is that? . Ask any of the young.
sters, or even en the older people around
New Hazelton - or: Hazelton. ae

The kicking Sleigh is a new thing
in’ this part of the’ world, although . in
Sweden they. are more common than
any other instrument in. the transport-
|ation ‘line, Fhe kicking Sleigh wags.
patented in Sweden and then D. L:
Kvist, mill superintendant at the Sil-
ver ‘Cap, added’ an improvement and
got ‘it patented and went into partner-
ship‘ with the original inventor. ‘Krist
{will handle thei in Canada.

“The ‘kick sleigh ja a-maode of trons.
portation” which is thrilling and also
rapid. The sleigh fs made of two long
steel winners, very light: At the front
is a steel. rod. holding ‘the runners: to-
gether: and about iInidway ia a seat
for. passenger. The seat is a little,
over a foot from the ground and is
fitted with a back Mnich also serve as
handle bars, These handle bars _are
used in steering ‘the sleigh and ‘the

is Just as simple | as with .a bicycle.
The drtver stands.on the back on foot |
rests (one on each. runner). He can
elther push. with: one foot or, if the
read. is a little “down grade, stand on

a hundred ‘and’ fifty pounds can he
carried on the. seat’ ;without troubling
the driver going up, ‘hill while on the
level or going down~Sbill ef

“One ‘accusomed: to these’

hour or better-uitless there. 4s. tao mich
(upgrade. In’ sweden. they” are ‘vary:

well ‘as: the young People out: ‘tor a
“good time.

In case one- Wishes to take this Icioie
sleigh on the train or‘én 4 ed there
is a: spring.under the seat which al-
lows it. to. He down flat and the whole
parcel is only about. four inches thick.
fhewe kick
stelghs | locally...

Ielok sledghis | iy
| can make a speed of fifteen: miles™ ‘an

tons, : according. to Frank“ Be Taggart,
‘British ‘Coluthbia ° ‘house, ‘London, Eng.
who represents ‘British ‘Investors who
are developing the district. .
gart was in Montreel ‘today on his way:
back to London after n visit to the
Coast.

[Angus McKen-
nie. Died ‘Last —

MeKenzie ‘of Smithers, dropped dead
atthe Side of ‘the ‘railway track near
Tatlow on “Tuesday morning, Th ede-
ceased “was ‘about fifty-nine’ years of
age. + “He had. been ‘ailing for-a long
time, but nat sufficient to prevent him
working | every day. ” ‘He. was section
foreman: at Tatlow and. had been for
a number of years. although he had
filled: similax’ positions ‘at various Jo-
cations be. tween ‘Woodeoek and Tatlow
He was -one™ of the oldest: foremen on
the Hne and:one of the:best. He was

“Tuesday a. m. |

Angus Meienaié, brother of John .

‘Last Friday, and

and .other conditions,

flood waters and tee.

well licked ‘by all. who knew him ‘and,
he was happiest when Aging: a Sond
deed.
The ° late Mr.. MeKenzie’ was .on the
track, as usual Tuesday morning, and
had. stepped: off to the side to allow
a freight train to pass. Frank Foster
was the engineer, and he BAW McKen-
zie fall.” “He noticed he did not get up!
‘so he stopped the train and went back.
By that'time the deceased had passed
away, With - the : agsistance of other
members of the train crew the body
was placed in the ‘caboose and the train
backed down to’ Smithers. —
There ° is general | regret along the
[railway at the sudden passing of one
who was: $0 generally liked by all Who
knew, him.’ a

TELEWA-COPPER RIVER COAL

Receiving much, publicity. in Eastern
proposed. new. oom e.

y. petites Mteyea

Coy .

hie following ca is t taken ‘from. the
Mail. -and -Empire,.. ‘Toronto. . :
|-Montreal-—Coal deposits’ fn- -Cential
British ‘Columbia at ‘Telkwa... and: Cop-
per:, river; along the. lines: of the. Can-
adian: “National *"rallways- “toe -Prince
Rupert, ‘amount to at least: 460,000,000

Mr, Tag-

- QUICK NEWS |

Ww. le Padden his, ‘veturned ‘from 1
“she kt
brother, :

eto

Chr istnnn”
a

~ New. y ve ‘Resolutions—hat. the

mining priperties

Jinterveiw,
‘had examined
showed “60,000,000 | tons ‘or high grade.
bitaminous ‘coal; and the> “deposits. in
a ro ithe Copper river: area,’ which” were con-,

he O ‘Nenle shined. a’ ‘ear of wood Sderabls developed . by - the’ Grand
Trunk, ‘Poelfie. “pathway ‘in 1907-0, ‘had:
ae sa? te, | trmendous ; reserves, exeééding. 400; 'g0 furnish the ‘necessiry - trformatlon

Geo. “ghephera Ws spending Ohrist- “000 000. :tons.. . ”
. nuns - “at Calgary. ; oe
. for, a. ‘railway which’ the English Cap-

italista’ were to bylid. ‘between . Telkwa 1917.

Going from one: polut on the: Canailinn
National ‘line to ‘another, the’ railway | to ‘turnish
‘Tt would’: cut thtough:. the. Heh: coal: ‘eoun-
7 try,

“an dthe - Pacific
At Telkwa, Mr, Taggart said, in an
engineers. from: Eogiand
the - ‘deposits, ” which

> Preliminary survey “had been, ‘mnie

nd: . Vatiarsdol,- Mr, Taggart stated.

a decompantied He Cal

or.

Blccoxis of |

stenn.

compelled per Sons

bridge.

pairs are: completed.

of years,

opening again.

The Comnedtiuit layv:

“Hijanetal

WORST TIE-UP ‘FOR YEARS

No “Mrains Through - to ‘Rupert Since
d None Likely
For a Time Yet—Snow and Iee

Owing to heavy rains, a lot of snow
Canadian
National ‘Railway has been ‘tied, up on
the lower’ Skeena since’ last ‘Saturday.
Several ‘slides came. down onto the
track: ‘and one extra big ‘one caused a
show shed to collapses.
all hand work. The several bents on
the: Khyax bridge were. taken out by
~The equipment |
for répairing the bridge was all on the
east side of the snow shed and the
bridge was on he west side, thus a big
delay has been caused in getting at the
It is boped to get to the bridge
by Sunday and then mail, express ‘and
passengers will be transferred until re-
This is the worst
time up.on the line for quite a number
Just when a freight train
will get through is bard .fo say. —

the:

_ SNOW PLOW ON THE ROADS

On New Year's day Tony Sartori in
charge of the cat and snow plow azriv-
ed in New Hazelton having plowed the
road all the way from Smithers.
also went over to Hazelton and back:
After he got through the roads werd’ in
splendid shane for travelling, but on
New Years night it started o blow antd
all day. Thursday there was a regula:
blizzard so that the’ tonds will need
. The cat and Plow do
.|make a god job, however, and. the op-
etating cost: is: small. Angus McLean,
road. foreman, of the, Smithers ‘district
etita” oe

~ DRIVERS. ‘BLAMED. FOR. Most:
‘ACCIDENTS -

—

* The
Inw has’

Amon which a base a ‘merit. rating: SY: |
Their. records include all aceld-
ents and’ cont letions, i the" state’ since

ye

did much. to secnre, a greater, “coverage
“Mit; Taggart 1s! now: returning | to but: “‘becanse : ‘it? was dot! universal it

That- meant

He

oqoe - OANADA'S! ‘nsrore

|itors at the Dominion‘ Archives’ at-Ot- >
“Ottawa—At the 15th, annual. ‘conten:
tion’ of: America - ‘the - statement’ WAS
meade by Albert B. Lavery, : State Sen-
ator of Bridgeport, Conn.. that. approx-
imately 80% of the automobile aceld-.
ents in his state during the year 1928
wi ere due to the motor vehicle operat-
He. gave as ‘the authority . of his
statement a recent study'of motor veb-
icle accidents in the state, made by
Prof. Kirby of Yale University. , —
These figures, said’ Mr, Lavery, sus-
tain the judgment of the ‘Legislature
of Connecticut, in passing .an act which
pineps the, /hurden . Where. .it ‘belongs: ‘ M ro, f e
on the man: who. arly res the :car.
‘the Connecticut
been ‘due in a ‘great. part: to the ‘taet |
that. the motor: Vehicle: deparment of.
the: Stute’ is or ganized and equipped *

; mortally wounded at: the battle of the *

: General:
of: 19285 ‘Which |!
“haviig Accidents

Inter: ‘transfarted* +5 Uyiper- Ca

London, to complete plans” ‘for consti:
stion and operation: Ms

%

a compulsory. insurance.” ‘
7 ee tty “Massachusetts W sith compulsory. 7
instiraiice, has been: such | that it, was

coutinied , to furutah ‘. Argument: “tox
“The? ‘expérien:

witiete he wile th cormand. of t
ces! ‘durtag’ ‘the: away ‘ton 4812.-

Canada is s the. 7
States Biggest
Radio Customer

Electrical apparatus from the ‘Uni
ed States, particularly ‘radio - _equip-
Ident and electric refrigerators, shows.
continued gains -in foreign markets,
partiealarly -in Canada, and © ‘October
shipments reached: the highest.’ peak ©
since 1921, according. ‘to the statement. oe
recently issued DF he Department. of
Commerce.
‘Foreign shipments of electrical. ‘ap
paratus fram the United: States “Zor.
the month of. October, . 1928, amounted.
to $14,919,904, a gain of $4,608,374
compared with the same month: last:
year, according ta priminary figures
just. issued’ by the’ ‘electrical. division. -
- The: value* of: export of such. equip: ;
ment for ‘the. 10- month’s period, ending. .
October 31, 1929, reached: $123,588,581.
against $89,622,297 for the correspond- vo
ing period. ‘last. year. ‘Throughout; |:
the year radio apparatus: and electriz 4
refrigerators have steadily - continued ae
tou tid ineredsing foreign markets: and:
these: tivo commadities have’ accounted ae
for the. largest ‘indlvidual gains. There "
Was ‘an ‘increase’ of 100% in the export.
of radio apparatus compated with: ‘the. 7
, corresponding period of last. year...
‘Canada was the: largest purchaser:
of receiving sets: with ~ Mexico ext. :
Canada was also the most important .
purchaser of radio receiving compon- -
ents ‘and the value’ of .such- purchases .
amounted to $615,285, . ;
Exports of refrigerators to. Canada
during this Period Amounted to $115,

629.

comes! Err

fescmaniné LINES IN”

Ottawa—It is a surprise’ to’ the: “vis. c

ta.

twa to find that one- of the most clier:
ished possessions. there’ is a. modern
looking chest ‘of drawers which ‘is’
‘really over. one -bundred and seventy
years old. It is a solidly . built chest.
which wag once the - possession - of . the .
great general, thé Marquis’ de. Mont-
calm, who (.was placed. in command: of
the - Colonial. traops at the beginning are
of . the Seren. ‘Years’ War and. “was -

3

Plains of Abraham ‘in- 1769. |. i
The chest stands about four feat 7

claws, | Pookie ¢ : "
* The’ Sitar ‘Of, this: trendnve

iotiz oue, ‘beginning ° “Gt the ‘time’ wi
‘Montcatin _yed - in

enlin ' iad left. Genera "Brock. rs -

After’ his death ~ at: the ‘Qu