Vol. a1

NEW HAZELTON, B. On. WEDNESDAY. MAY 4, 1929

. ‘No. 45 |

The knotty “question of a bridg ge or
. bridges to serve the people of this dis
. triet and the industries on trhe north
side of the Bulkley river, has been ‘in |¥
Way settled—there will be © two
bridges’ One will cross at Hagwilzet.
to replace the structure that was con-
demned by the public works depart- !y
ment nearly R year ago. The new one
will be built some distance east, or up
stream, from the present site’ The en-
gineers' claim they can get a very short
span, but will-have to bulld a’ mile of
road and may keep the grade down to|
six ner cent. This is going to eb.con-
sidered very seriously by the new dis-
trict engineer, - Mr. ‘Gwyer. The two,
cabinet ministers, Hon, Mr, MacKen-
aie, minister of mines and acting yrin-
ister of public works,. and Hon. Mr.
Bruhn, president of the. executive coun-
ell, will recommend upon receip of a
report from Mr. Gwyer.

The other crossing will be xt Haz-
elton where there has been;a- bridge
for fifteen years, and which is still in
condition for many. more years with
slight repairs, |’

Last Thursday morning the tvo cab-
inet ministers who had been requested
by ‘the minister of public works to vis-
it this district to examine tha bridge
situation over which there had been
so much controversy, ond ‘to. recom
mend to what’ site or sites “were
in the best intereste. of the pacnle te
be served; arrived at Hazelton, ‘The
district engineer, Mr.,Gwyer, Dr. If. C.
Wrinch, tle. local: meinber, F..M- Dock-
rill of ‘Telkwa,-the Conservative. can-

: didate in the recent election, and 2.8,
oo € Sargent.of Hazelton met them. ‘They
local member arranged for the mints:
"ters to racet-the necple of New Hazel-
a ton the. people who were really con-
_ cerned, at: the noon hour.
a. The ministers, engineer, und Messrs,
_ Sargent and Dockrill visited the ‘yar
ous sites, At noon “they arrived at
* Nei Hazelton * and dined at: Old
: Charlie's ond at 12.45 met. the people
cee: of New. Hazelton - dn the. Connuunity
, Tall. “There wae a large uttendnaey

Two Bridges Decision of . |
Ministers-New Bridge at _
Point East of High Level ..

| woud be an.economfe failur e,

of property. owners considering the
short nbtice and that the meeting was
in the middle‘of the day when many
were at work and unable to he pre-
sent. - Dr. Wrinch was ‘voted ‘to the
chair and ‘several of the local people
expressed their views and then heard
what the ministers had to say,

‘Hon Mr. Erubn stated that he had
his , own opinions. which he would not
express at. the. meeting gs Hon, Mr,
MacKenzie was the. acting minister of
public works nnd, would give the neres-
sary inforimation. -- -He did express a

treal sympathy? with the locnl people in

being deprived of a. bridge so long.
‘Hoh. Mr. MacKenzie stated that he
could not - consider the middle site, ar
wliat had become known as the hospit-
al site. He stated that the government
would be up against such sums for
compensation that the middle bridge
He then
stated that his - attention hod been
drawn ‘to a sité some distance up :the

him conld be adopted and o bridge put
across at-a cost ‘of about $30,000. to
$40,000, including ‘new rords approach-
ing. This would: mean one mile , ex-
tra distance and would mean -o grade

stated. appealed to him and that he
would recommend, it’ to Hon. Mr.
‘Lotigheéed - upon his-retarn” to. Victoria.
Dr, ‘Writich pointed out that if the
upper bridge were raised to 100 feet
above the. water, insteed of the pro-
posed fifty: feet that the grade could
be, reduced. ‘This would increase the
cost of: the bridge. a lttle, but there
would still be u suving- of a hundred
thousand- dollars, according to the en-
gineer’s estimates of: the cost of the
higli level bridge
The engiteer agréed that this~ was
quite fensible und the minister agreed
to take that into consideration.

for" South Hazelton where they con-
tinud their journey vin the waytreight |
to Pacific and then to Tervnee, and ‘fin-
ally to Prince Rupert, SO |

Soe

~ Smithers N ates

- The United Church | concert party,
whieh vecently made such a hit ‘when |:
they put on “Phe ‘Poor ‘Married. Man”
in Smithers, Jonrneyed to ‘Burns, Lake
on Saturday night. and put on a repeat
betta ormaiice which wrs very wi ell tak:
en, : :

z

fee x

¢

a , .
On Saturday ‘Miss “Ivy MeInnes: of.
‘ the . yovernment! Oftice Staff was. etv-)-

iy * pas. un her. Jeaviig the: serv tee. to marry
uM mn WG, Strimbold af ‘Ropley:

A ally, Works Crew is already ‘ene
aged in ‘the, -eonatruction | ‘of, ‘the new.
shvtdge. where; the”
* evousen Toboggan Greek,”
~ondetl: to. extend: the: road. to. this Polat
He inghug the” ‘mlaing. properties ; Ou: the
atorth end of * Hudsoii’ Bay’ ‘Mountaty

A. TS ure
caumunit of the.

ent with an Axe,

| tant: Snperipterdant, Pp,

“onal presentivtion by her fellow-employ- 7

Silver ‘Lakes, trill: ge
dt ts: also: ine X

ah

“tae “Hassan avail; hevuight in. from
Cronin Mink with his left, "oat baiiy
‘He was cLopping ” a
‘tree when the axe. slipped: aux cut his
footy, He will be laid up for A month |
of nuoe i : yn f

| Sa meee

The new + house being built a Asgts.
G. Russel of
the Canadian National Railways: by!
DW. Messnei is how nearing complé-
thon and shows. il fine structure." «

oan pee me sue

smithers Garnge. jud ‘Bleetrle, Co

bas: doubled the. ‘aie, ‘ot! ite. surage: pre-
: mised With i new adalttoi just.” ‘com-
= pleted ant, alrendy ‘being: secupied Ae

ar display " room.

. AN INFANT TWISTER: a

An infarit fwister visited this town
on ‘Thesday tt neon, and: threw a i’ seare
into a “eouple ot nen who were digging
fe well-ntt “Mountain: View. * Whea the.

river which the district engineer teild

of: about six per. centThis the mninister

The “ministers nnd enfineer then left.

4 , partment,

‘ the ‘postmaster-general: hail not

tad took well evibblng, ‘4 ‘feet. aduare oe
pad started away. swith: it: ‘the men. felt|
4 learn. of: the

Concentrates

'. . eg 4 °
From Cup Mill
a ae a
Going to Trail
The ily er Cup mill 1s running cud
turning ‘out a very high grade,of Con-
centrate. ‘The mine is worling and ia
in-better shape than it has ever been
with two anda half feet of execllent
ore in. the face of No. A tunnel at a
depth of over five hundred feet and a
length: of over six hundred feet. - ‘The
No..3 tunnel is in rich ore and the ore
has a width. of between three: and
five feet.
Last week the mill got going and a
concentrate was turned. out. Several
tons of low ‘grade. ore-Was run through
and the concentrates tested. A good
deal of experimenting Was necessary
the. first few days in order to get the
proper solutions, the proper udfist-,
ments of ev: erything to turn ont a per-
fect concentrate. This has been accom-
plished and there is great rejocing in

W. B. Dornberg does not promise ton-:
nage operations until early. nest week. :

with many discoursgements, bre at no:
time was there ever any, doubt. upon
going on. Now that the difficuities:
gotten, ;

This week the EOv ‘ernment put a vod:
gang to work on Nine Mile wagon road
and it will be. busy all summer grarel-|
ling, widening and ditching until. that
road .is: made a road. The, trucks. for.
carrying ‘the concentrates “Fron “the
mine to the railway arrived last “week |
nnd” ‘are in shape. ‘for starting as secon
As ‘there . are> “concentrates - to haul.
The power. plant is now- working to
perfection and ‘with ample power for
all purposes, and-the generitors’ are
Lal working smoothly. There is not
doubt in the world but ‘that. the Silver

| Cup has won.

Aas BRADY MADE SPEECH

Was Given Considerable Space in the
‘'Montreal Star—Talked on the
Debate on. Post office Estimates

J, C. Brady, ML. for Skeenn, took

“ ‘part, dn: the debate on the nost office

departinent’s ‘estiinates recently, The
postmaster general . has been getting it
shard: from all: parts of. the. Dominion,
nnd. the opposition ‘demands that there.
he, soe drastic hinges made in the
i nilininistration of. the post ‘office (e-
Tt is charged from the At-
rlantie ‘to the Pacifle that postal em-
ploy eés hnve been disinissed ‘at the. rate
“Of: one'a day for: many months in order
‘fo: mike | nom far. polities] supporters,
bBo genéral has ‘been :the attack. that
Leen,
“.able ‘to ‘Bot f- “stigle item’ of ‘his estim-
ates paased: ats thint writting. ‘and Pre-
“der King suggested that ‘those: estim-
ates been - ‘teniporarliy’ Withdrawn ‘and

dealt: with” ‘The: Montreal Star: ‘devoted:

ate “good deal. ‘of space to Mr. Brady's.
: ‘speech in ‘which - he made § “ft splendid
‘ plea’ for ‘the countty “postal eiiployeds
whose | remuneration: “from the: Rovern:. :

nent ‘at present: Is’ hardly worth
ing,” Mr. Brady. is making. “ond.

Many in t

It has-been a long and ani uphill pal)

the' part of those who’ knew what vas}

are over the troubles have been for: the boys at all Himes .

‘ather business: taken ‘up that could be |

Marshall Bros.
_& York Get the
Falconer Transfer

Marshall Bros, & York is the num.
of 4 new transfer. business which wili

May. They take over the Falconer
Transfer, the oldest established trans-
fer business. in the northern interfor.
Ward Marshall, Thomas Marshall and
Perry: York, the members of the new
firm, are all young fellows who have
spent the best part of theix young
lives in this immediate district, They
are known to everyone far and wide
and they are all wide awake, energet-
je und out to get business, They will
gel a good big share of tt too. They are
not ‘new at. the business: altogether as
Perry York has heen with the ,Falcon-
er Transfer for some months, and the
other twa boys have been getting con-
siderable business training. They are

t |well qualified to take hold of the busis
Silver Cup camp, At that the manager’ ;

ness and will no doubt receive consid:
Jeruble ¢ncouragement from the busi-
4} ness element.

A. H, ‘Falconer has had the trans-
|fer business for some yenrs, having
taken it over from the MacKay estate,
He will be around from some time yet
{and his assistance will be available to

As a starter the new firm has pur-
chased. a new one and a haif ton Chev.
truck and it is ready to go into service
the first day As. business warrants it
they will continue to increase and im-
prove . . their. equipment, .. “They. aim | to}:
give service from the very start and ‘to
improve .that too as time goes on.

_ MINISTERS COMING SHORTLY

Minister of Mines and Minister of Pub-
lie Works will auto through North
and Central B.C. ,

During his address to the people of
New Hazelton Hon. Mr. MacKenzie
stated that he was so glad to see this
district making such progress from a
mining ‘standpoint, that he had decid-
ed to ‘give the resident mining engineer,
Donglas Lay, an, assistant during. the |.
three or four months of the busy sea-
son, ANT assistant was'also-to be: giv-

dev present. -eonditions. His govern-
ment vse appreciated fally the crow.

try In’ the north,
though, a very. niet“
him mitre than ever.
that duving the, summer he and Hon,
Mr, Taugheed minister of. Public works:
were’:
the north and: would: viaje. this dlstrie!
oguin.

one,

"ROAD 6anes ARE ‘ORGANIZED:

eee,

ine. ‘vartoux road: camps. opened ° up

ing. om, ‘the anal? anighway" Wr, se Sar-
kent. Is: in, charge. of: the’ Beament. cut,

operate in Hazelton from the first. of:

{ing radius wide enough in extent tu

-, Lake country in 1925.

{Grain Commission arrived in. Prince

en. to the engineer” at Prince - Rupert.
far ‘the suinmer ‘months. * “This would |.
enable ‘these two. engineers | to accon-'
pish meh nore than was possible Wn:

ing Jmportanee of. the: mining * ‘indus-
‘His: present visit, ale
‘convinced:
-He then stated

going. ta make: a. tour: by aiuto: to’

the firat: of: ‘the week, Pete: Carrigan “A
ass, forenmait ‘agMin: below, Skeena. ‘Cross: |

Aerial Company
Prince George
Is Ready to go

Ju x recent letter to the Onineca
Branch of the B. C. Chamber of Mines, —
B. F. Lundy, prominently identified
with the Cotton . Belt Mines Ltd., out-
lines plans for aeroplane. prospecting
in the Omineca Mining Division this
year —

Prospectors will be engaged , to carry
ou mineral exploration work under the
direction of: a qualified mining ‘engin-
ecr, and the aeroplane will give a fly-

tuke in the whole Omineca Mining Di-
vislon. Both passengers and supplies
are to be transported through ithe air
and the aircraft will be available for
emmmercial use by private paries wou
ting to engage it.

A Vickers Viking. Amphihiaa’ “‘plune
is to be used, cabable of landing’ either
on ground or on water. ‘It was used
in exploration work before having been
employed in the journey to thé’ Dease
Wor this season —
it has been completely overhalued and |
reconditioned. Its engine is.a” 450
horsepower Napier Lion. ‘The carry-
ing capicity is 2180 pounds and it can
take seven passengers in. addition .to .
the pilot. The owners expect to have
it: flown to Hazelton at. an ‘enrly date,
ready for the summer’s work. :

oo

PRINCE: RUPERT:
‘NEWS LETTER

With no advance notice, the Royal

Rupert this week, and forthwith be... ~
gan to hold sittings -in the elty council
chamber. They came to. obtain’ alt
kinds of information’ about the market-
ing and handleing of grain at this -
point, 2tid they found what they Awere
looking for, A lot of data was obtain-
ed, concerning the elevator, the chair-..
man, Chief Justice Brown of Regina—
who locks just like a chief J ustice—
for he is tall, ani spare, and grey and
wustere, seemed: to ‘appreciate all that -
was sald about -the. drop’. in: grain. ‘Te-:
velpts at Prince: > Rupert, during ‘the ©
winter. ,

The: salmon fishermen are tealing ~

nervous. » ‘They -haye. visions, ‘of. salmon’ 7
traps, which, they. say; will mean : their ;
gidoing, if'such. devices are allowed: by:

iw. The. Ellis. Commission . ‘finistied..
the series” of sittings: “which inguired
inte the whole question * ‘of traps; and.
judgment. Js awalted:. ‘that ds wheth-
er or not it will be recommended that..
traps. nlong the. British ‘Columbia-Alas: |
kit. border, he permitted. The fisher: —
inen “hay: “protested time - and: again,
nnd: ‘the latest development is that”

thelr. ‘stand: has received ‘the ‘endorsa- ve
on'¢ a Prince Rupert Conservative,