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: oe a lot of quick floods.

Wolves, Be.” “/
y Annoy Trapper
| Winter Nights

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Albert Mercer returned to New Hnz
Bolton last. Saturday night after having
; ‘hoon on his trap line on the South Fork
‘of the Copper River since the end of
| September. He had & good winter

nnd got a good catch of fur. He had
ff lots of hard work and some disappoint
ments, but the latter he takes as part

Sai the pastime.

He said the flond that occurred on
the Copper river last fall was the worst
he had. ever seen in all the years be

~has been in the hils in British Colum-
and he has been among the hills.

, for a good many years and has seen a

The canyon on the

upper renches is very narrow and he

mn xiys that in one night the waters rose

m at least sixty five feet. So great was

the volume of water and so fast did it

come up that the course of thé river
was changed for miles and hundredy
at thousands of trees of all sizes were

Hiled wp along the shores and on the

sravel flats. For miles the whole

mB face of the countr 'y was change. ‘

me Albert usually has some trouble with
m one or Inare bears during his stay on
S. lis trap line and this year it was an
old beay that had been ‘sick during the
suminer. It had not denned up when
it should have and was hiungty and
' thin, he snys thiner than he is. In the

month of November when the bears
should have been well away on their
Iong sleep, he found his traps had
been interfered with ond he knew at
onee that it was ea bear. The traps
were not only robbed of the bait, but
they were scattered in all directions.

“Towed the trap line doing damage. It
gut several skins that were worth over
aver $150 and Albert: did not like that
sort of thing, The benr even broke
into one of his far away eabins and
upset and destroyed everything it could
possibly get its paws onto. -It even ate
the dish rags, broke the cooking uten-
xils nnd chewed the handles off the
knives and forks. Tt pulled blankets
off a pole above the bunk, and it look-
wlas if it had intended nt one time to
den up there. but apparently changed
'tx mind later. One day Albert met.
the benr on the trail, but he had only
his pistel with him. He seldem packs
2 rifle when on the trap line as it is
pretty. much of a muisnnuee, But he
mothe bear eveutraly, and out of
cuntosity he opened: it up and sure
enough he found the dish rags, but not
entnet. :
_ The wolves were bad Jast year, He
never heard Ro many. nor siw-'so many
Be tacks of them, One night two packs
a ore of six and another of five camped
op oempte af lmimdred yards from his
cobin aid dared him to ¢come out, ‘If
che has nof heard a pack of big black
mM hungry wolves howl at night, one has
Y vet some terrifying noise to hear, He
was armed only with his pistol and
while he went out one night and shot
a couple of times at random, it only
increased the noise so he deelded to let
them howl They did for half an hour
nud then went away. At one time one
of the bands cune withbr thirty yards
of his cabin but he did: not knew it
anil next morning when he saw the
tracks. Ife looked around and found
where the twp bunds had ‘crossed the
river, Wolves are the wildest of all
the animals. Dut he jas not been at
taeked by them ond ‘does not. belfeve
miost of the wolf stories one hears.
He also suffered sonie loss front, wal-
) ver ines, which attacked his trap lines
nid got away with one or two animals,
During the entire time he was ont
he says Ke worked hitvd wy dnd: down
the line nud scouring around the coun-
try looking fou fur betring animals and
he snys he enjoyed the entire season.
He was in to Copper City for the holl-
day ‘séason andvat that time gold most,
ot his fur, and gota good price, for. it..
My, Mercer 48 low, ready for. the
roaring and simmer season, ‘in’ town or
hig mine ir any uf them after: am Op-

A.Peace River

For, seven or eight miles that bear fol-|

_ THE OMINECA HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1934

_ NO: 36

Pacific Outlet
Before House

D. M. Kenedy, MP. for the Pence

House of ‘Couimons the last day of.
Yebrnary on the Peace River outlet to
the. Pacific, and moved his annual mo-,
tinh that it receiW the earnest. consid-
eration of the government. He made
ont a very strong.case, and he was
supported ly. J. A. Fraser, MLP., Cart-
hoo in one uf the best speeches that
lus vet been made on the Peace River
nnd the need for a Pacifie outlet. Mr.
Fraser went into the possibilities for
stock raising, hog. raising, butter mak-
ing and then swung inte a description
of the canntry from: the standpoint of
Inining and lumbering. Not only are
there 7.500 acres of mineral country in
one big block, Imt at the junction of
the Peace and the Finley rivers there
was the biggest mine in the world of
gold’ aml copper. Mr, Fraser made a
grent impresion on the House and gave
the members an entirely new angle on
the Peace River. Vineent Dipuls of
Quebec supported the motion as did
Mr. Mackenzie of Vanconver, Mr. Bury
of Edinonton, Mr, Munn of North Van-
eouver, and Olof Hanson, MLP, for the
Skeenn riding, While Mr. Hanson did

noved an amendment to the motion
of Mr. Kennedy by adding three little
words, vin. when circumstances per-
mit.” : ;

GEORGE CLOTHIER: RESIGNS.

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“George ‘Clothier, ‘well knowti in this
district where he operated imines and
did cousidernble work. over a period of
yeurs, and of late years has been resi-
dent mining engineer for the provinetal
government, first in the Atlin district
and fur some years on’ Vancouver Is-
land. has resigned and will go in. busi-
ness for himself. George should be a
valuihle min for ay company to con-
sult and he has many old frlends here
who will wish him every success in his
new yenture,

BEAUTIFYING THE HOMES

¥ olluwing the Impetus given by the
vavions borticnitural societies through-
out Canada in the heautification of
Cunadian homes, the many — resplend-
ent yurjoties of Inibs aud other lovely.
spring. flowers are becoming icreas-
ingly popmlar in the Dominion. After
no long monotonus winter they appenl
to mis primitive love of rich colors
in nt degree sekiom equalled by the
flarnl glory of later summer. Every
spring one of the most gorgeous dis-
pluys of color that it is possible — to
crenie is to be seen at the Central Ex-
perimental Parm at Ottawa where fre-
quent enquiries as to the culture of
thoxe flowers are received and willing-
ly answered, together wilh other valu-
able Information ou the floral benuti-
fiention of the home. ,

Chuadian erown barley, oats, wheat
nnd corn are excellent wiiter feed for
heef cattle, In feeding trials conduet:
ed both in Canada nnd. the ‘United
heel

ny petiontly the equal to corn In

rntlons,
. whe

In Nova Scotin the home market will
net obsorh more than ten per cent of
the apple crop. therefore about: iinety
per cent of the cron ‘ts exported.

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portunity, He might nlso de a little
prospecting, although he-is not parti-
enlarly stuck on prospecting. He ‘so
often finds himself admiring. the wild
flowers: on: the mouhtaln tops Instead

(The Omineca Herald

River, made his annnal speech inthe]

not make.a long speech be said Me too, :

after hearing Mr. Fraser. He was in
the Peace Hiver in 1005.
Minister of Railways Dr. Manion! .

Stutes, barley, has been shown ‘to hel

NEW HAZELTON;, B.C.

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CIVIL SERVANTS OR PUBLIC
: MASTERS

’ From Finanelal News, Vancouver |

if there was one point above - all
others that Sir Henry Drayton drove
home with telling effect in bis addrdéss
before a great. gathering of Vancouver
business men this week, it.was the ur-
gent necessity for netion by.an aroused
public on the over-lapping that exists
‘dn government functions in Canada.

Ten major governments for ten mil-
lion people. Ten departments.of agri-
culture. ull doing essentialy the same
work. Over-lapping income tax: de-
par tments, aver lnpping voters: lists,
overdapping services everywhere and
government expense piled on govern-
ment expense. until conditions had
reached such fa pass that the average
worker in Canada worked 45 per cent
of his time for taxes, direct and indir-
ect. That was the picture he drew.
Two barriers le in the way.of gov-
ernment economy. They are:

1 . Public inertia. *

‘2 Supra-active public servants.

Sir Henry is chairman of the Nat: on
al Committee. on Sound Public Finance
of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce
In compuny with S$. B. Gundy and W.
Mcl. Clarke he has toured Canada:
His strident speiking voice, his star il-
ing statistics have prodded and distur-
hatte “hetst “corer; -- Canadians
public inertia, .He speaks repeatedly
bf that “poor diunb- beast of burilen,
the ‘Canadian tax payer.” But - the
“hoast’-is: not quite so dumb as it was.

When the tax pryer becomes thor-
oughly avoused from his ‘inertin, and
not until then, he ‘will be able to deal
with the second barrier, which will re.
sult in onteries to Nigh heaven.

lt shonld not be suid that the people
on the public yyrolls in Canada do
nothing, ‘aey campaign day in rod
day out agninst ‘being remored from
the public payrolls and each year, as
Peit numbers grow, they become more
powerful and less tolerant of erles for
punhlie economy, They all have votes
and thoy are a politica] power in the
hud,

Unless the Cnnadian tax payer takes
ietion soon he wil} find: himself irre-
vocubly nnd -forever committed to a
situation: mider which . iis public .ser-
eviinge : shave become his masters and
constitute auornuling class. Signs nye
OVER yyypere too prevalent that such a
‘dnunge® exists and that the man who is
not n public servant is on the way to-
ward peonnge under which not 35 per
cent, but a good deal more than 50
per cent. of is time will be devoted to
working ta support the people who nt
one time were his servants, but who
have now become his masters, dictating
to bim the terms of his servitude.

It is now or never for’ Canadlans to
get the npper hand in this crisis and
shake off an intelerable load of: para-
sitle office: holders, At present rate
of growth fa the numbers of job hold-
ers, on the publie yhuyroll, a few: years
hence wil be too late.” .

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It is good to learn that some of the
Jeading men in Canada are beginning
to realize .the. situation concerning the
inerenasing overinpplng, of all govern
ment services, * Magy years ago the
Omlnecn Herald drew attention to the
rapidly fnerensing number that were
being tengnged on the perinahent pay
rolls, of. the government, ’ The’ woods
Aveve full.of thom and now* the..citles
ave full of them. . Money Js hard to
fet now and more people ‘have time to
take ‘notlee’ of such’ things “as: over
staffed public’ offices.

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Hvoeven quile mn success, and’ those ‘rée-

- there should he, some. new isco erly

No New Taxes »
Budget Given
ToL egislatuie

Finance Minister Jolin Hult preseut-
ed to the B.C. Legislature fils budget
al Mondas. Jin it he giv es "assurance
what ne new taxes: wilt be introduced’
thins veur, and that. the one per cent
tax will be-removed for married men
tocely ing $1000 ov less and single men !
S000 ox less. ‘There wilt lie ud new |
ernte- to muanicipalities lat $225,000!
will le given the. hospitals and the UL
hh, Gis to get an exten $25,000, while ©
the xehoul feuchers snlary allowances :
will he: inere: axed - 200,000, The gov-
ernment stl chopes ta refund the debt
of the pravinee. and if successful will
save some $7,009,000 in interest. .

With the budget before the House ||
the members are now getting down to
business aid it is expected there will.
be someching doing every day until the
end of the session. although the ses-:
sion WIL hardly end before Easter.

More Than A
‘Quarter Century

From Onr Files of 1908

Tn December 1908 the W. A. of the
«| Anglican church in Hazelton had a sile
of work and an entertuinment. Mrs.
Loving and Mrs. Field were in charge
of the work booth; Mrs. Wrathall and
Mrs. DeVoin were in charge of the
candy while Mis Bone and Miss Mohr
looked after the Ice crenm stund. E.
u Hicks-Beach, the | big ggest . poultry,

tniser ii thosé days, presented thé W.}

_|A Real Still is

Located Near
Old Hazelton

Hazelton is. making progress ond is
getting right ‘up to’ date. On Monday
last Magistrate Geo. -V Storky was
called upon to hear a case of a ‘man
operating a still It is true the fellow.
'did not have his still fortified, nor did
he have any machine guns, nor so far .
ns has heen learned, did he have a
sawed-off shot gun But all. those lit-
(le decorntions may develop as. the in-
dustry progresses ,

For some time the police had notic-

lea in unusual amount of pleasantness

ineng a certain element of the popu-
lution. In faet a few of the boys ay-
pest red hefore the officer for their re-
lief ‘ino a quite It-up condition and

:thiuit did not look so"good. A few of

the young fellows seemed to light up

‘ouce in while without any apparent

reason, The police began to figure a
sippy of hootch was being secured in
moway hot exactly according to. law-
‘The, provincial’ police co-operated
with the mounted force and it was not
lung before it was decided a still in the
district existed. That required. some
investigation, but the place was located
und. on’ Saturday afternoon, — Corp].
Wingston and his force, accompanied
by Cons. Grant of the provincial force
visited a. cabin two miles above Cedar
Creek across the river’ from Hazelton.
_ The police were fortunate in finding
the occupant of the cabin at home and
ther also found in his possession 1
fully equipped still with some ten gal-
lous of wash about ready to put
through the wotm. The occupant of
the cabin was John Carlson. He was
Htikendn charge aug his. still, equip:
nlent. was also gathered up and token

A. with a rooster. It savas ‘auctioned
tind: brought in $35.50, it being sold to
B. M. Rogers,. Quite a. number of the
Bulkley Valley people were down for
the ocension.
*
Awey back in 1908 the Indians made
Hquor and used it. In, Deceniber of |
that vear eighteen of the natives pat
in a ylen of guilty and they. paid a
fine.

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“The site for the Telkwa bridge wos
StH hetng discussed at the end of that
vein Bridge sites have always been
the suse of cousiderable discussion,

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In the editorial columa of the last

issue af December of 1908 the Herald
Gaurnestly urged the Dominion govern-
ment to ge cuirefully in reeards to too
big. a railrond building program. -The
pleadings of the Herakl editor were
not heeded. nnd just look at (he mess
we'ate in today.

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Chas, Barrett took lis first: thresh-

ing machine out to the ‘Diamond D,
Ranch over the pack trail. in the early
winter of 1908, It came up the rive
ou the boats in the suminer and waited
over in Muzelton until the snow fell.

NIGHT MINING CLASSES

The night school being carried on by
Resident Mining Engineer D. Lay un-
der the auspices of the Hagelton school
honvd, for the, benefit of ‘prospectors.
would-he Hrosxpectars aml -miners,;: has

sponsible for the move are much en-
rournged, At the present time there
‘is nn enrollment: of forty-four. Class-
es tive held every Tuesday and Thurs-
day nights. The men and “the young
fellows toking the course ats ‘well sit-
isfied and ra gaining a lot of. ‘now:
ledge they would not bave had: other-
wise, Besides‘ the lectures “Mr. . Lay is
eiving the clnss the benefit of his own
wide kuowledt re of the country and' he
is noihtlig out to 'the'class the most
likely places to 10a. for the various
metals, That is\ grent “help, -and

of Tooking: for miniern ts."
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Have’ you paid your cunsevinftin wet

a Se

this Henson, a we ie

this year,
rate-the 400th amnversany of. ‘the land- oo

to Tlavelton that. afternoon. On Mon-
day Cnrison pleaded guilty and was
fiued two.hundred dollars and 1 month
in jail, or in default of the fine an-
uther six months. As Carlson was on
vellof and lad been for some time, he

Featld not pay the fine, so on Thursday

morking CorpL. Kingston will accom-
muny him to Okalle where Carlson will
spend. the next lnlf. year.

“the heotch that was tured out is
reported to he horrible stuff, even
worse than some the stuff the govern-
ment sclis, It is said that the mater-
fais used were molusses, corn meal.
firs, lemons, Yenst, water and, it is
suspected some tobneco juice or bear
wronse,

The hovs would Uke a drink once in
iw hile instend of feellng blue all the |
time. Work aud wages seems to be a
long time getting around the corner
und of conrse none of them can afford
to Imy governinent liquor, hence the
market for home made poison.

SPECIAL MUSICAL SERVICE

Wil be Held in New Hazelton Chureh .
on Food Friday Evening, March
34th—aAll are Invited

On Good Friday evening, March 30,
there will be a.special musical service
held in the church in New Hazeton at
the hour of 7.30. Those taking part.
in the special music will be Rev. and
Mrs, Redman, Mr. aud Mrs. 8. Mallin-
son ond Mr. Rukin. Last year this
service was a fine success and Tey..
Mr. Redman informs us that they have
some very zo00d music for this ‘year.
lt Ix hoped that the church will filled
to capacity-on that ocension | as it Is not
often thi. 2 musical: treats available.

he first settlement of white men hi
Austrailia took place in 1788, some. 300 —
years later than the beginnings. of the
white settlement in North, America. It
was at Sydney, New South : ‘Wales, anit
it was ‘not until about 1825'that first
settlements were made in Adelaide and
Metbouwrne. The latter: city celebrates
its! first" centennay: 28 a -munieipality
while Canada’: is to. ‘celeh- -

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