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THE OMINECA HERALD, WEDNESDAY. JULY 11. 1927

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E. T. Kenney was in Smithers last
week end and addressed a big’ meeting
of the Native Sons, = _—

Mrs, E. Hunter returned from! Ry-}:

pert and has gone to Lakelse. Lake ‘for
fl rest. ot

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M. A. McLeod of Prince George Was
tt business yisitor on: Wednesday, °

Wm. Swanson lett Tuesday for Ken-
nedy Lake where he will spend the
summer, ns

Theodore Robinson returned Satur.| |<
day from a visit with Mr. and: Mrs,
McCubbin of Pacific, co

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Mrs, N. Kirkpatrick and son of

Smithers are guests of Mrs. BH. T. Ken- |.
nev, we

Mr. Peddy of Prince Rupert was a
eek end visitor in town looking for a

- Suitable home where he could ‘spend
the summer, so ,

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a1 BRITISH COLUMBIAS

|| TEN YEAR. PROGRESS

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POWER |

LUMBERING

MINING  ag69

ROADS & TRAILS iseg oo

Many noticerble improvements have
been made at Lakelse Lake this. seg-
son for the comfort ‘and conventence | |
of visitors. Four bathrooms have been |. .
Inult by the Woman's Institute, viz.,
Paris Brookland, Glendale and Sunny
Brae, E. T. Kenney has‘ mored ‘iis
cottage ta Grouchy’s Beach. Wc
Sparkes’ house boat is about comple-

ted nnd will seon be located near the
Colthnrst cottage. | oo
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£23 L-QOCEMILES:

4. O. Howell and J. w. Carpenter,
tuning engineers, of Calgary arrived

on Sunday and were guests. at the
Terrace hotel, : Loe

2282 7,400;000°

Jas. Swanson: run a-
his hand last week,

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rusty nail in

Peter Neilson of Hazel
itor here for a fey

ton was a vis-
days last week,

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Mr, and Mrs. Ham of Prince Rupert - | —
ure guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Me-  F
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H. Defontaine hag sold his © farm
north of town to Finter and Gibbs and
they will take Dossession at an early
date. Mr. and Mrs. Defontainu and
family will visit theiy Vespective homes
and relatives in France before setil-
ing near the Spanish border, My, and:
Mrs. Defontain have spent several
Years in Terrace and haye made many
Warm friends in church and business

circles and they all regret the depar-
ture of these &00d settlers,

| WHAT does the future of British Columbia hold for us? -Were-we .
_¥¥ wise in putting our Life’s effort, our ‘brawn, our brains, our:
__ Money, into this Province? Were we, and those hardy" pioneers who ©...
-. wrested this vast domain from the wilderness, mistaken in the belief
that this, indeed, was the “land of opportunity?” | oe

-Let us sum up the achievements of the past ten years.

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Miss Cole left Monday for a holiday |
Accompanied: the

at Massett, She
Sherwood family,

Tom Fraser of Cedarvale was in
town during the week

Let us lock the situation squarely in the face and see —

© Whether or not our efforts have been fruitful, and our
», faith in'British Columbia and her potentialities justified.

... The development of our natural resources has centred
‘the eyes of the

attracted thousands to our province, Today we have a
* population of . 617,000,

world on British Columbia, and has

The last census showed only

392,480. Today we have an invested capital in industries

:. and commerce o

f 1,837 million dollars, Ten years apo

it was only 650-million. We have harnessed more of our -

_nlghty watercourses,

Today they are delivering 460,562

H.P., as compared with 231,700 H.P. ten years ago, and

-- ‘Industrial pro

“We still have millions available!

duction totalled $1,955,436,616 in 1926,

: In 1916, $807,119,736. Our payrolls have grown from 7§
'. malllion to 175 million dollars annuall

» Ziving each

industry, lumbering, has

42 million to 84 million d
While we are not usualt

cultural province, yet we

. million dollars worth of farm products

pared with 32 million ten years ago.

risen in the same periad from co
oliars w. . 139% inmcreasel
y looked upon as‘an agri
produced no- less ‘thans47-¢ 4°"
"in 1926, as comes"
Our total agricultural

wealth is estimated at 300: million dollars. :

Our school population h
ten years from ‘64,570 to 101,
by 71%. Construction -gre
the amazing figure of $27,
the same period we adde

miles to

as increased during the past. -
638; schools by 31%; teachers |...

W from $2,800,000ein 1916 ‘to.
300,000 in 1926; while during

d no less than five: thousand:

the then existing 26,000 miles of roads and:

trails. Today. the value of our bridges alone is $8,848,000! .

Seriéusly studying thie ten years’
ever question for a moment.the wisdom of our choice .-

tecord, can we |

of British ‘Columbia as the scene of our life’s work. .- "
industrial worker the greatest individual buying power Can we ever doubt our falth? Deere
Proprietor British Columbia ( of.any in the Dominion. ’ se Most emphatically NO! For these phenomenal
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TERRACE, B.C. “million dollars to'67 millions... 59% increase...yet . shoulder to the wheel of ‘the ‘next decade an ‘rolt-up:. >:
ee our mineral resources ‘have only been scratched within another record which will:reflect still greater fame on

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All the latest

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Our commerce has increased from 43 million tons,
carried by 51,104

‘05,000. ships, Tod
- export trade. The

ships in 1916, to 83 million tons and
ay we control 17% of Canada's entire

value of ores taken from our mountaing .

mounted in the last ten years from 42

,the transportation*‘areat Our fisheries produced - 27
‘million do lars in

1926; 14 million in 1986; and ovr main .

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achievements speak in no mean terms
urider sane’ legisla

be accomplished
is sincere, when
to move mounta

our fair: province, ‘and create eve

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