Peace River Pass-Kispiox

River Route

OMIN EC A HE

NEW HAZELTON, B.C., MARCH 6, 1925

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Urged by a

Local Deputation at Rupert

Railway Outlet for Peace River is of Vital Interest to

This Distriet— Advantages of Northern Route
Explained to Rupert Board of Trade

The railway“ outlet for the

+ Peace River country is of utmost.

importance to this district and on

vee Tuesday night last a delegation
fe composed of W. S. Sargent and

_ C. H. Sawle of New Hazelton,
mm accompanied by Dr. Wrinch, M.

: m L.A. and George Beirnes and
few Peter Carrigan, went Prince Ru-

pert and Wednesday afternoon

am met the executive committee of
‘ the Board of Trade and the com-

mittee especially appointed by

wa the city council and the Board to

@e deal with the ‘railway problem.

The delegation was welcomed
by President’ Nickerson and be-
fore the conference was over the

fe Prince Rupert committees had
me secured just the information that

A was required in connection with
| the Peace River pass and the ex-

oe

cellent outlet via the north end
of Bear Lake to the 6th cabin on

ah the Yukon Telegraph line thence
m@ down the Kispiox.river. to con-

Mae land in the Peace; it taps the big!
fe anthracite coal fields at Hudson
m1 Hope; it gives transportration to
ea the Ingenicaand Omineca mineral
2 districts; it passes within twenty
mm miles of the Groundhog coal and

neet with the C, N. R. in the vi-
cinity of New Hazelton.

This is the most direct route to

fa the Pacific coast from the Peace
m@ River,

It opens up the greatest
amount of the best agricultural

it opens up the Kispiox valley,

wa one of the biggest and best in the
7 # north for general farming. The
wa route is through a territory rich
me in high grade timber and for the

me entire distance it would be a ton-

aa nage producer,

Mayor Newton of the | city’s

me special committee outlined what
gaa has already been done and what
a is being done to further -the in-
mem terests of the northern and cen-
me tral
a booklet is being prepared, togeth-
Ser with a correct map showing
mee some five possible routes, each
gaa connecting with the C. N. R. at
mM different points.
fea copies are to be distributed at an
om carly date.

part of the province, A

Five thousand

Dr: Wrinch told the committee

: Z that the delegates were there to

Been offer assistance and to get infor-
feee mation as to what had been done

amy by Rupert.:

The Hazeltons | were

i behind the Rupert Board and ; are

= ready to help

C. H. Sawle urged that t the i ins

m terior concentrate on the best of;

@ Kispiox valley. °
: several rich, Sines the: route!

the routes, ~whicli- he believed!
waa via Peace. nase‘ ‘and down the
He outlined. the

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would open up besides tapping
the heart of Peace River’s best
land and the largest area.
George Beirnes followed with
detailed information of the diff-
erent passes and waterways the
road would follow and. he gavea
goud idea of the nature of the
country, He has travelled that

shoes, by dog team, by pack train
and by airplane. There is none
who has a more intimate know-
ledge of that country west of the
Peace River Block.:

W. S. Sargent and Peter Car-
rigan endorsed the arguments. of
the previous speakers.

The Prince Rupert men asked
many questions and have todava
knowledge of that country that
they have sought but were un-
able to get previously.

The result of the meeting was
that the visiting delegation was
offered a full page in the booklet
if the would supply the copy.

The copy is now being prepar-
ed and will go to Rupert early in
the week.

Good Prospect .
For the Nurses
Residence Now

The nurses’ residence in con-
nection with the Hazelton Haspi-
tal is practically assured for this
year. The bulk of the money for
the building is now available and
it is anticipated that the balance
wil} be voted during the present
session of parfiament. That. will
enable the local management to
proceed with construction early
in thesummer, The patrons of
the hospital have undertaken to
furnish the building and that will
be no small job. There will be
eight bedrooms, three sitting
rooms and a kitchenette. Thus
there promises to be a busy sum-
mer in hospital cireles.

Rev, T. Ferrier met the hospi-
tal advisory hoard at a special
session on Monday evening when
financial matters in connection
with the institution were gone
into pretty thoroughly and relief
from the present temporary fin-
ancial stridgency was provided.

' The board also considered the
new constitution as drafted by
| the. provincial government as a
standard for all provincial. hospi-
tals. ‘It was adopted -with cer-
‘tain amendments - necessary to
meat local conditions. The new
board will -be composed of. the

*zauperintendent of. Methodist mis.”

country for many years on snow.

North Turnips |
In Demand in
Southern City

Skeena River Farmers Ask-
ed to Supply Thirty Car
Loads This Year

Between twenty and thirty car

loads of Skeena river turnips are
what Sid Thompson estimates he

can dispose of to Vancouver and
Seattle next fall and winter, be-
sides several cars of other vege-
tables as well as all the spuds the
Skeena Valley can produce. Mr.
Thompsen is a broker of Prince
Rupert, but also an active mem-
ber of the Upper Skeena Farm-

ers’ Institute. He met with the
members at Woodeock last week
and gave them a talk on the re-
quirements of the market, what
grading was required and how to
pack the vegetables, The farm-
ers gota lot of very valuable in-
formation which will add mater-
ially to their income next fall
from their vegetable crops, As
most of the Skeena river farmers
are going in for milk production
they will be growing quite an
acreage of vegetables for their
cattle and the grade one stuff will
be avuilable for the southern mar-
ket and the rest to keep up the
flow. of milk. This is a move-
ment which will help. materially
in putting the Skeena river far-

mers in 2 good financial position. |-

The prospects are good for Mr,
Thompson getting a full supply
of vegetables next fall.

At the meeting there was con-
siderable discussion on the pro-
posed milk depot and creamery
at Prince Rupert and it suits the
Skeena river men just right. A
number of them are already ship-
ping milk to Rupert and they ap-
preciate what a value it would be
to receive a cheque regularly for
milk or cream. The secretary
was instructed to write Dr. H.C.
Wrineb, M. L. A., and invite him
to attend a public meeting of the
institute at an early date to be
arranged to suit his convenience,
The members want to get more
information on this creamery
movement.

The meeting passed a resolu-
tion that the secretary write the
public works engineer pointing
out the necessity of the road be-
tween Kitwanga and Cedarvale
being connected up this spring.
The institute urges that this work
be done early this spring.

There were eighteen members
of the instute present with T. R.
Tomlinson, president, in the chair. |-

sionary hospitals, medical super-
intendent, matron and superin-
tendent, nurses” training school,

Indian agent, one representative

provincial government, one from
the women’s auxiliary and three
elected by the’ patrons.

The Herald i is only $2. 00 a year

No. 36

Milk Distribution Depot _
Now Endorsed by Rupert
Dr. Wrinch Right Policy

Prince Rupert Being the Centre of the Consuming Mar-
ket That is Natural Distribution Point— Will be
Great Benefit to Interior Farmers

While attending a meeting of
the Prince Rupert Board of Trade
executive committee on Wed-
nesday afternoon last, Dr. H.

C. Wrinch, M.L.A,, gave the
members an outline of his scheme
for the distribution of milk ‘and
cream produced in the vallevs of
the interior, He has already
taken up with the provincial gov-
ernment the idea of the govern-
ment establishing the depot and
handling the distribution of milk
and cream: the government to
maintain control for about five
years, thus giving the farmers
an opportunity to build up their
herds and the necessary plant on
the farms for raising feed and
housing the stock and handling
the milk. Then in due course
the farmers would receive part
of their milk money in the form
of stock in the distributing depot
and eventually the farmers would
have full control of the business,
while the government would have
received a full return for all the
moneys paid out, and the public

would be getting a sufficient sup-
plp and a proper distribution of
milk, cream and butter. Dr.
Wrinch emphasized the fact that
to get a proper distribution the
product must be taken tu centre
of the consuming market, and
Prince Rupert was certainly the
consuming market for the in-
terior. The interior wants to
sell Rupert not onlv butter, but
all farm produets, and they were
prepared to buy from Prinee Ru-
pert in return,

F. G. Dawson verv heartily
endorsed the idea as outlined by
Dr. Wrinch, and moyed that the
Board of Trade ga on record as
favoring the scheme and commit
itself to assist the Doctor i in every

‘way possible,

The motion was seconded by
Mavor Newton, who has for
many years endeavored to pro-
vide facilities for marketing in

Prince Rupert the products of
the interior valleys.

The motion was then adopted
unanimously.

Jas. Cronin has
Passed. Away
Pioneer Miner

It will be learned with general
regret that James Cronin passed
away at his home in Spokane on
Tuesday last at the age of 72.
The deceased was one of the real
pioneers in B.C. mining circles
and he was one of the successful
ones although he was not spared
to complete his last venture—the
Babine Bonanza propertv. about
thirty miles from Telkwa. He
spent many years and much cash
in developing that property with
the result that it is now ready to
enter the producing class as soon
as a mill is established to handle
theore. Thelate Mr. Cronin was
always a welcome arrival in the
distriet each spring, first coming
up the Skeena on the first boat
and late years by train, but he
was always among the first into
the hills. He will be mised in
the north,

FAL Goddard has resigned. as
Indian: police: connected with. the
Babiné.: agency, ° his resignation |
takingeffect March Ist. Mr. God-
dard filled the position . for some
three years and during ‘that time
the Indians have advanéed to
such an extent, that .it-js -doubt-

fal if anisther.. police officer. will
‘be appoitited. |

B. C. Electric Power

With practically two million 24-
hour horse power available under
conditions of ordinary minimum
flow and five millions during at
least half the year British Colum- ~
bia is generously suppiied with
water’ power resources. The
present turbine installation in
the province amounts to 355,000

, horse-power and this total will: be

largely increased by the develop-
ments now approaching comple-
tion. Yet there is practically no
water power development in the
northern part of the province.

Death Was Accidental

‘On Monday last an inquest in-
to the death of Gerald Harling,
who fell off the Sealy Guleh
bridge last Thursday afternoon,
was opened before.Coroner Watt,
of Prince Rupert. A number
of witnesses were heard and the
jury brought ina verdict of ac-
cidental death while in the per-
formance of his duty. Norman
Harling, of McBride, father of
the deceased, arrived Sunday
night and after the inquest had
the body shipped to Vancouver
for interment.

A good many: ‘job hunters”
are floating around ‘the: country,
but very few workers. They ar-
rive on one train; bum a neal or
two and pu!l out on the next ‘train.
~riding the. 2 bumpers of . course.

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