wy i | | co al pecan a 4 : . ied Fann Atl ane wey ATO: rei ‘AL ae ne LIBRARY ’ THE OMINECA HERALD, NEW HAZELTON, B.C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1937 NO a ae | Peace River Man Writes . Criticism of |C.. N..R. Not _ Developing Own Country By Page Rideout The port of St. John, N.B., was es- tablished by the building of wooden ships. which were built from the tim- ber which floated into. the. Ray of Fundy from the St. John. river and its’ many tributaries. These ‘ships were Joaded with deal ‘that.was sawn from the timber. and the ship and its cargo sailed away tobe sold in the markets of the world, But the advent of the: steel ship killed this enterprise, and the port ‘of ‘St. John was left “holding the bag,” ‘whilst the steel ships sailed into Portland, Maine. The Canadian mail and other cargo went over the ivand Trunk Railway to Montreal. Thos it. was only. natural that the peo- ple of not. only St. John, but all of New Br unswick, became alarmed, and put up a real call for the new ships to make St. Jobn their port. * But the Grand Trunk railway held much the same manopoly then as the. O.P.R. enjoys today, so all the plead. ing of the people of St. John and N-B. fell on very deaf ears of the govern-' ment, shipping and: railway companies. | It so. happened : “that there was al : company hora. (The | ew ‘stenmshi] Reaver Line). a ‘They’ found . it very j hard to make ne ‘preak. for a- little busi- | ness ‘at. Portia, 80 turned their at’ “te St. ‘Jolin, and. offered to! @: Bluenose, City their port, pro: make® viding” they: should be favored, with the | iad “hs ohn Douglas Hiden Pes mall contract, oe det At. that: time made; the: ‘iilgrimagé to’ ‘Ottawa, ; the mail -eoitract | let”: to. ‘the 2 c ompany,” ‘At. the ‘time’ Sir John- AL Macdonald was at the highest ‘pinnacle federiu gavermnent, either by, mail 20n ' the Pacific, and we find that the’ C. N. R., which is the government owned line, bas been trying to play the rail-|- road game in ‘the “backyard” of the C. P. Rs terminalon the: Pacific for the last. twenty years, and: while there has heen a “gain of 409 ships sailing in and out of Vancouver in that twenty years, yet the C, N. R. continues to run their solitary passenger train in and out of the coast city, while the C.P.R. now has five large trains, and they handlc¢ the people from the ships to their traing without the sun or rain beating upon them, which the C.N.R. could do very easily at their port of Prince Ru- pert. which is now the terminal of ‘a tri-weekly freight train, . trailing a string of passenger equipment “which should have long.ago been’ ‘consigned to the scrap heap, except after June 15th. Remembering os we must that ev- ery ‘line of ships making regular calls at Canadian ports is bonused by our : -| promoter, ERELEERERERELERLERERELEEE Prince Rupert fhe’ Garden -City by ‘the Sea. By Our Own Correspondent : . . . Pat ‘Palmer who grew up in Prince Rupert and joined the navy last year is at present stationed at Portsmouth in England where he is enrolled as 4 signaller anid studying to qualify in his profession.’ Mr. Palmer writes that he finds life in the navy full of interest as well as affording an opportunity to see the world. He describes Ports- mouth as.a city with an historic set- ting. It was his privilege not long ago to visit HLM.S. Victory, flagship of Admiral Nelson at Trafalgar. This famous old vessel remains entact, and in all essentials is the same craft that fought im the general action off the shores of Spain in 1805, ee The outlaok for the establishment of a pulp mill at Prince ‘Rupert appears, more encouraging. In fact pulp mill talk has been general in Prince Rupert the past ~week, Frank L. Buckley, thg has been here and he bronght word that the project is oD the way beyond a. doubt, and that the financial end of it has been,-arranged satisfactorily. The plant, designed ex- pulp. is to be built, with production in effect by the end of 19388. The Cham- her of Commerce passed a resolution, recommending! certain. concessions ‘in the way .of taxes, water rates, and these matters will be taken up by Com- T “Rergin ‘is home after a tour. which took’ ‘him around | the world. Dr, -‘Kergin,: accompanied -by his. son William, and the latter's:-wife:. did, the De. . Ws eastern part: of the trip and. ,joined ‘Mrs Kergin in England: the first of May clusively for the manufacture of rayon * velopment. : 4) perhaps, as fast as necessaey to ensure. Mining Now in _ Healthiest Con- | dition Ever was © After reviewing the mining industry in B. C. for the lnst six months, the minister of mines attached the follow- ing conclusion to his remarks:—To. sum up the situation, it is worthy of | noté that metal prices as at the end of. June are somewhat lower than the av-; erage prices for the first six months: | and that therefore the value produe- | tion for the last six months of the yeat Inay not be as great as for the first six ; months. However, considering the in- creased copper output, due to: the re- opening of Copper mountain at the end of the six month period, and to prob- able production towards the end of the year from two or three new properties, it is anticipated that, if no unforseen circumstances arise, the gross value of the mining industry in 1037 will ex- coed. $70,000,000... 6 "Tt is particularly avatitying to real- ize that the possibility of a record val- we production will be due ‘chiefly to better thetal prices, and, not entirely to of tonnage ts not Wkely to be as great as the previous penk year of 1929, Further, it is worthy of note that the record-breaking production of the in- dustry so far this year has not result- éd in a wild speculative boom in stocks and resultant’ wastage. It is also grat ifying to note that new properties are being brought into preduction, and that with the reopening of ald proper- ties, mill capacity will be. considerably increased over last year. can. -he a ntained. only. These are: not. being made the future of the industry, but all in nll the industry for the first 6 months of this yenr {s-in ‘the healthiest condi- ton for many: “yeurs, Meee ete a The fact that mining is a wasting as: - missioner Ww. I, Alder with ‘the. provin- set. should not be overlooked, and that 1 r {scoveries ‘and: their de-_ 7 with, “went into. of lds power, ‘and-George Eustace Fos- . tract or hy stright subsidy, ‘therefore ter held he Kes On chests some Lines of ships are paid by our fed- J ote hsaedd the ia ck, and-told them * eral government to hold the Oriental te : hom e as their 1 matter would be mall on hoard ship two days’ extra, in 4 * a, order to deliver it to the C. P. R. at dealt en pr 9 an 1 oon days their port of Vancouver. Therefore, ot weeks, ‘and weeks into should it be strange that some who ’ possess same knowledge of the past, mans, ey she Aaa the forth aud have a limited vision of the future mr oe the “government supporters should implore’ Divine Providence. to en : avin switch took in a major send us. a half dozen ‘hinenose ‘politi-: vf tthe mt the MEPs ‘of NUB,, and pro- ‘alana, who world (in their. peculiar - par I ° sledge ‘from each of them to way) stir, up’ the’ ‘necessary “family cured xa eailed upon to. do .s0 row" in aut government ‘exiuens, ‘and resign the wo Johna vind sir John * onryy it to that atage that our govern-. M - 1d. “Unless . the Beaver Lines ment friends- would find it very much are. given the. mail contract wittiin 48 to the sod. of their political health to. toss, the eguutionof sour export: MC {he Co oui own 9 ers in file aprorinee’ wil be in yout “port of Prince Rupert, and ‘also have It did not take. 48 hours! ‘Whe: ‘Beay- thle: ships: carry. the Oriental mail to er Line procured’ the - ‘contract ” forth- meet that: train, and make a start to w “ith, which brought the first steel ship “fui up the same business in the next into St. John, and saved the famous twenty years that the C.P.R. hag done port of today, "SS in the last. two decades. But all this tedk plnce, it the. euly : ‘09? Now. let us: change: the. scene to | “Advertising ‘no the. Yocal ‘yaper pays. ; the present time, and to" aur ‘shores of: Vest ; ‘But: have you tried: ter _ a my wot wwe ' ‘them. : de 4 the water front. here... L img. Engineer: Douglas Lay: enmne “Ay ; + -arday evening ! eiturted.: The? contract ‘for tie” builj- fo: at ' awarded: to “Mitchell, abd ‘Cutrie. Mri ; Lay: “has ‘gpent., considerable, ‘thn _ ithe: iret: fo" : | found “a nnd were there for. the coronation cer- Rev. 3. R. Hewitt, formerly pastor jin New Hazetton-is now located in Van eouver, having received a eall to that city at the last conference. He says they have a very lurge Sunday school emonies. They. took a trip - through England and, Scotland by motor bus,: and saw: -80 “inne and went. so many places and ey erything was ‘80 ‘far be- yond their expectations that it is hard | ana young people's work, and a con- for,them to say what part they enjoy~ pregation of 400 or more in the morn- ed the most, One thing the Doctor did. jings. Mr, Hewitt has been at Meé- know, was that, he was glad-to get hack! ritt for the last four years. He and to a country where they® talked. the. y7rg, Hewitt send kind regards. ta all pane language so that. ue pte vwante jd friends here. ; nak for ham ab a anes Te ‘itorantn the| AW.d. and Mrs, Larkworthy and Miss Kein party gathered togethar’ and. fon (Rey Larkwotthy, returned to | New a full day ‘the’ whole family: were to- {Hoaxelton last Saturday morning after gether ‘for’ the «first: time’ for ‘a long! Ravine spent the last few months in while, ‘Dr. Fred “Kergin: 38 about’. to! Peronte and other Ontarto points.’ open an. office in Toronto; Dr. Wil, Bids are soon to be invited for the Kergin will return: to Premier: abont | allie the middle ‘of August and Mias Mar-/Ave. The locntion ig on the former garet Kergin; R.NS ig nt, the;.General- provineinl geverninent court house Hospital in. Toronto. Dr. ‘and: Mrs. W. Br ounds, not far from where the post , T. Kergin. will again resume thelr resi-/ office orlgtially stood, The block: is. dence in Prince Rupert -where ‘their’ to. house all Dominion: government ser-} ‘i hosta of friends will be. -elad to have. vice: departments and will he along: ~stibstantial and modern lines. _ Phere as “e é eT oe ciwill be a frontage of more than 100 ft. svith basement’ and ‘two floors. « ; Stendy , progress ; j -¢ontinues: ‘on: x _eon- i _ struction of, the ore ‘sampling plant ‘on af post office premises on 3rd° Cooperation on | North Highway. “Now Aimed. at Washington, July 16—Represeiiti- . tlve Warren G. Magnuson, Seattle; hay proposed a substitute for his measure. , authorizing reopening of negotations with Canada for construction of a high ° way from Seattle to Alaska via British: Columbia and the Yukon. Territory Magnuson said Secretary’ Hull. ob- jected to the original measure on the ground it might be snbject to constitu-. tional attack becausg it delegated ton mnveh treaty-making power to 2 body other than the senate. The substitute ll, Magnuson said, does away with these objections. Magnuson’s new proposal would - an thorize appointment of an internation- nl highway commission looking toward, ‘coustruction of 1083 miles of new. road. linking Seattle to Fairbanks, . “Anas * vin Vaneourer, B:C., New: Hazelton. B. G., Dawson, ¥.7., and Richardson, Ale aska. volume production which on the basis _ Hon. 1. 2D, Pattutlo, premier of British Columbia may. pay a. visit to the north- ern interior this summer, It is quite a time size his. last ‘visit. , ttucss You tel] the people what rou want they .will uot know. Use the Lierald to tell them. : NEED SOME MORE PROSPECTORS Within the next few months a gold nining industry in the ‘Terrace alstrict will be. quite: active. Some of the ‘ald boys nie getting some very good ° ‘values . and are much encouraged. . ‘The Talu- ing engineers | in their, levtiares, have . “‘pninted to that district as a good one to prospect in, but none ‘ofthe younger fellows. have taken the hint or profit- ted by the information. The only /pro- ‘ perties that are: hettig’ ‘operated: ‘or -de- ‘ veloped at ‘all are some that were atak- ed many years ngo., There ig still a ahs of comtry down there that’ needs a thorough. suing, over. a ; Distitiet Min- | 7 te] from - ‘Hazelton’ to: speit |: - ‘a few days here in ‘eonnection: with the! | iplant, The site. its between: the: “oven | | dock and. the’ “grain | elevator: s WONT |, “WwW ‘here ‘the Inmiber. assembly whart was | a | img. to “house : ‘the“technical: Ant: wai Un’ examining: ‘the* ‘nuMergus | Pp pertles | . in the inferior which: ‘willbe ‘anion to ‘whip ore : ‘to ‘the plant. ' He i: ready. with: "several tons ‘ot : . propertitts” repated | to develo ‘and: ship! -"