THE OMINECA HERALD, NEW. a AZELTON, B. C.,- WEDNESDAY, al JULY a7, 1938 . HY From Smithe¥s The dwelling of Col. R. L. Gale was destroyed by fire early Sunday mora- ing, together with all the contents. On Saturday Mr. Gate had been calsomin- ing. Part of the fainily was at the lnke for the weekend and part at home (ol. Gale wags awakened about three o'clock by smoke and the crackling of five. Ile mate every effort to check the flames, but could make no head- way. He then got hi scar and drove for the flre department which responil- ed promptly, but. the flames had gain- ed sneh headway that nothing could he done to save elther house or con- tents. Efforts were directed to sav- ing Angus MeLean'’s house close by. While Col. Gale's property was partly insured his loss is very heavy as much personal property which cannot be re- placed was lost, oo . : ** —_ : “— John Schtury, a.19 year old youth, jook cramps while bathing in Lake Kathlyn, When. bis companions no- tieed that he -had disappeared they. searched. for him and D. Chapman lo- cated him in the water. He carried the body to shore and as Dr. Erunmitt happened to be at the lake at the time John was soon revived, and im a Tittle while was feeling pretty good again. - te The largest fire since.1920 got un- der way on the Telkwa highroad Jast week and on Sunday it had. gained such proportions that a call was sent to Hazelton for men, and 28 from the district. responded. bringing the total up to forty. Thousands of acres have heen burned over nnd much damage to the land has been done, although it is reported that what timber was burned hed little comniercial. velue, The. fire was almost under control once, but the wind enrried burning § emits. 2 away, and - vfirrted’ other” “tires e *& & MLOWER | SHOW COMING UP The Hazelton: Horticultural Society held a ‘general meeting last Friday ev- ening . and arranged for - ‘the annual flower show to be held on August 25th. ‘Various comitittees were appointed to handle the different departments of the day’s and nigbt’s events. The pro- gram as given in these columns last the next and subsequent issues. fuller dtails will he given. But, in addition to the flower show there will be base ball, children’s sports, and the dance at night. See page 2 of this issue for yemark- ably cheap fares on the railway for the four days carnival and celebration in Sniithers next week. es eF - Premier King has. announced that | there will be no election and no fall session this year, unless something in ‘the nature ofa crisis crop up. That means that there will be nothing doing at Ottawa for a year—just what Mr. King ‘and his government likes, * 6 Chareh services for next Sunday in the Tnited Chureh are—New Hazelton in the morning at 11 o'clock, ok ® - : Chuck Smith got away Wednesday morning for the haying in the Bulkley Valley. He had to see the last show before he left. . 7 8 so. The afternoon trains have again got belind schedule and there are ho floods ar other “Acts of God" ‘to put the | hiame on. Poo bad. : week were in the main adopted, but in}. in the evening at 7.30, and in Hazelton: : years the elevator, one of the most into the habit of running some whnt tery Prince Rupert “The Garden City by the Ses , By Our Own Correspondent “Tast week-end saw a conple of hun- dred visitors from Mississippi who roll e dinto town on o fifteen car train, fit- ted up ‘with all the comforts of a soul ern mansion. Here they boarded the ‘sa Prince Rupert for Hyder, so that after. their return to the cotton belt, thiey can say ‘they have been in Alaska, It’s a goodwill tour and seems to be working fine, Their Miss‘ssippi nat- ural products car has pleaty of yariety —includiung mounted wild fowl and a ‘rattlesr-ike fresh. from tha hands of 2 taxidermist The visitors are infornl- ol ind easy going; talk with a drawl, sant there isn’t a colons? in the lot. aon * R. ‘D. Purdy, general manaver of. the .| Alberta Wheat Pool is expeeted in the city this week for the Pooi’s lease of ihe terminal elevator here is near ex- piration. There is believed tou be a prospect of renewal.. Ja the past few modern and best equipped on the coast, his stored wheat rather than being « medium, of forwarding. the preduct to world markets, The Joading of grain has been rather infrequent. ‘ the to Vancouy er a few months ago to get the benefit. of special surgicat advice, proved ii*ealth.”.He was shown ev- attention. and kindness, -yet its | paint the high school in &§ ‘Smither Be. the interior’ rat the’ “pulidine is also tor Boh Brindliston recelyed the job to he ecalsomined. Bob promises to do fe xood job, . CANADIAN MOUNTS With arrows on their quarters and w. With the ¢r ampling sound of twenty Low of crest and dull of coat, wan and wild of eye, Throveh our English village the Cana Haus go by. Slving aft vn passing cart, swerving at Tossing up an insxious heat to flaunt Racking oat a Yankee gait, reaching a Twenty raw Caundians are tasting life again! Hallow-necked and hallow flanked, Jean of rib and hip, wes ve va L Strained and sick and ‘weary with the wallow of the ship, os lad to smell the turf again, hear the Trend again the country rond they lost ut Montreal,” vs “ ae Fate may bring them dule and woe, bh stter. stends: thaw: hed. eRe E Sleep beside -the* ‘Bnglish’ guris a hondved leagues” away, i , Bot "tk war hath need of them light!y lie their oink, vn Noftly fall-the feet of them along the English lanes. ith numbers on their hoofs, that re-echoes in the roofs, a car a showy star, ta rein, robiis eal, wt -B. Will H. and . lis room to breathe,.and everyone is not going ‘hell bent,for' electton. a ‘« * ” 4 ai According to an annowncement. from Attorney General Wismer at .Victoria ;. the successor to thd late T wpector W. J. Service will be Lispertor MeDonaid who, since his. transfer to southern B. C. trom this district, years ago, has heen stationed in Nelson, ‘eryeant Geo. Greenwood, in charge of the city detachment here, is snperanuited. “A brief visitor to Prince. Rupert last .week was Howard Brier, Seattle pub- mo licity inan dnd writer, who specializes in writing books for boys—books with plenty of action. and adventure. At “present Mr, Brier is preparing a vol- j ume: ‘to be: known as “Sky Cruisers" The story, sill. duelyde, a deseription, of L, ‘flight ° to “timing cnmps on the Skeena yiver, and there will. also be oe - other references to scenes familiar to Ogilvie. those who dwell along the Skena, an in throwing match or cigarette ‘car window can start a: forest will ruin ft all, Plegse help our forests by using every care In, the woods, os ‘ : BRITISH’ ‘COLUMBIA FOREST SERVICE Dept. or ‘Lands Gnuonrous views of cool, . green forests, is one of the “prinelpal charms of ‘this vaention land - yet a moment of thoughtlessness out of a flre that preserve with fire mo - Pat Phillipson who went from here is back home Jooking . and feeling im-' zreat to. be-ance. more, in the. north : Cewherd-thetair is purée and where thre | | FEATURING | 2 mine: “that iy Sita “| again. wi ae Manson eveek: country ; Wh here, there 2 Arn een iis a pines wire mine road to the 500 ft. its arrival. a $50 Gold Ore Silver Standard Also a High Grade Silver Lead Shoot on No. 6 Vein Opened up A crew of men trenching on discovery work at the Silver Standard mine five miles from New Hazelton this past week have cut the apex of a high grade shoot of gold ore on the No. 2 vein which has been traced for 250 feet. 14 inches give $50 in gold and 60 ozs in silver with only a trace of zinc and lead. This is a unique discovery on a silver propery outside its economic importance to the mining company. Another ore shoot was cut on the surface on what is known as the No. 6 vein, carrying high silver values similar to the values in the old bo- nanza ore shoot from which 12 cars were shipped giving a gross return of $97,000, Both adits are now open and the mine being put in shape for shipping The Mines Department i is expected to consid- er favorably the conpany’s application to improve Assays over adit. or main haulage- way so the heavy machinery can be taken in on Entrance Results Entrance Examinations written by the ‘| pupils in the Northern. interior :— Sealy Lake Centre—Roy W. Eckert, Lester BE. Shaw, Selma I. Woodcock. Smithers. Centre-—Robt. Mutch, Wil- niu Watson. ..Telegraph Creek Centre—Emest ‘Ma- rion, Fumes Yance. Telkwa Centre—Round Lake-—Mil- dred J. Grent. Terrace Ceontre—Paul Sanktjohan- Ser. Usk Centre—Hdwin C. Carlson, Jas. B. Stewart, Vanderhoof Centre--lort. St. James -—Norma M. Hoy. Vanderhoof—Kathleen M. Steele, Fraser Lake Centre—Eleanor H. Hartman, * Taael L. Stee Mabel ~ Steeg 2 wee ‘ac 3 ‘ Grassy Plains Centre—Ruby L. Bos- trom, Burns Lake, Centre—M. Marguerite Vatterson, Francois Lake—Kathryn M. Cooper, Doula Peebles, ~ ‘ MINING INDUSTRY Howard Mitchell:of the Financial .| News, Vancouver, called’at The Omine- :-|} ca-Herald last week. and spent a: hour ‘or? two. : anil atoved | his car: in New. Hazelton He motored: from. the’ south and took the.efternoon train to Prince Rupert. where he, proposed to ‘show a film of: the. mining industry of British Columbia, ‘This week he°will return and sto at Terrace and his the fiim, and, then: will: ahow ie, 4 in: Hazelton, if ‘eh mnie neva "He is In gather more!-pletures. of the inning: industry’ for his’ film and will visit/a- “property-or two. at Terrace "| and possibly “at: Usk,-/and then’ will come - fo New Hazelton and from: here Ls pre ‘My -Mitchéll: will: then: gO. in- to ‘At’ vied ts taal ‘ad a balodemng:| role. whe: -untowiing, ais the: -rosttits? @f the} ” "| did. not do the damage? “good ‘enough. Perhaps they did not, vor, 2 by returning" ir THAT FIRE MENACE ‘Thre , car.cbe..but,-Hittle.doubt- -bué - that the provincial government will in- stitute and carry through a very \| thorough investigation into-he charges of sabotage in connection with the big fire on Vancouver Island, The Pre- nier said be would have police and the forest officials look Into the char- vos. He is in duty bound to do it as the damage and the cost has been far too great to allow to pass unnoticed. Tn connection with the Vancouver Isl-: and fire there is ample evidence that 11 was not as It should have been. A number of men from Vancouver were dismissed off the fire fighting line and sent home. Some of those men, or all of them avere among the men who cre- ated so much disturbance in Vancou- ver, The leaders-of the men say they “Hut that is not but perhaps, also, they did. It is for the government to find out who did. Whoever did it can by no means be re- cognized as good or desirable citizens; and the sooner they are put out of the way the better. It is clearly. now up to the government. The government represents the people;-and jthe ‘govern- nent have means. of finding out who did that damage. All over British Columbia there. are forest: fires: of ‘greater or. lesser degree and in _ bractically: very case Wwe yen- ture to say, the: fires were: the leiib- . erate net of persons, or were due to criminal errelessness, In nny case the situntion is far too serfous to be allowed to pass. If it is found that in any instance a fire was - due to,other than human, agencles, “the “forestry Nigh, shoul muard. against it-in: “tuture.:° In -. the nieantinie ‘the people © will, anxiously 7 7 await the etn by the gorethment, : — Premier Hepburn ‘of Oritario 4s. try. ° ing to, out-fly, ‘the flying premier of-B, ©. | Mr: Hepburn has flown ‘to. ‘Ackla- vik, thence ucross the far -tiorth to “Alaska and is now enroute down the ™ Pacific const -to: . Vietoria and Yancou-. He wilt wv Ind wp his great light ae ‘pla know.so. as to.