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NEW HAZELTON, B, © WEDNES\Y, JUNE 3, 1936

i von hirio in “yes spent $2,750.000,. in
Vronnd figures, on explosives: for nin
ine, Kritish ¢ Cohn bhi $1,800,000, Qne-
hee $725,000. Nova: ‘Scotia $250,000,
The total output af the. explosives,
mnnnuition nd ‘firew orks industry in
that year was valued at about $9,000,-
000'so that mining indistries took. con:

siderably more than, half of the pro-
tluction. .

- The Omineca Herald’.

NEW HAZELTON, B.C, ”

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ABOUT LEATHER FOOTWEAR -

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Teather footwear seems to have been
made in new France fromthe first
days af the colony. According to the
first. € ‘wnadian censns, in the year 1666
there were twenty shoe-makerg serving
: . . : -;0 total population of 3,215 inhabitanis.
Large quantities of explosives are |“ Refor e the intrduction of machinery
used in mining operations and withont!the shoemaker or cobbler, was an ar-
the ase of explosives one mines could | tisan supplying his own private cus-
wt be, worked successfully. ‘Byrery tomers, ATL foofwear was made by
yorr ins Canada we spend about five] hand in’ small shops’ seldom einploying
and a half million dollars in explosives! more than four skilled hands. ‘ In the
end thoir’naceessories for that purpose. /rural districts of Canada, however,
There, is always danger . attached - to} farmers made at home their own boots
invir use and; grent care is exercised.|and deerskin moccasins, as they did
tt ix remarkable there are so few acci-| thetr own cloth, soap and ‘many other
contx. Explosives re. supposed to] nevessitios that were needed for sus-
have heen first used in the seventh) tatuing Nfe- in’ the hard days: of the
eonfiiry bythe, Grecks, They made a pioneer .
mixtire of naptha. pitch and sulphur, Tudeed it was not. until the close of
4 Cinpowder was sed ‘in ‘Warfare by [the Inst eentnry that thefactory-made
ie Chinese in 1232, but it was not)shoe became popula; Machinery
wal? about 1627 that it was used as aj made this possibile, Although we still
‘nathug agents: ‘Alfred Nohel. a Swede] have onr cobblers: shops, they are for
iveuvered in 1862. that nitro- -elycerine | repair work as a-rote, But now there
conkd Jie used’‘as ‘an. explosive and in}are over 200 erent shoe fattories in
TAT instituted a method by which it: Canada turning out over 19,600, 000 prs
coukd) be mad@ “more : stable and safer laf lonther footwonr in, a year, The
to handle, “In the srine year the ful-} fartory-maila ahae is. a skillfully done
miinate. of mercury ‘detonator wis in Job. There is ne difficulty in getting

ABOU MINING EXPLOSIVES

North -Afrien, traits ‘Setilements,, and
nore egecially the the Hawaiian Isls,

fresh

*TG,008, coming: mainty fram! the Uni-
Fol”

“eewlking. ja n: Tew ima a
' whoes has. Eon, Tv he, pxtiort trade, i
i Catuanisti-mficte Teather, footweit?

months,
your the export was 14, 794 pairs, 7

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OH, XOU PINEAPPLE

The pineapple, an imported fruit, is
in grent favor, in the Canadian house-
hold. It is a native 6f South America,
but is grown in many tropical coun-
tries. In the 17th century it was in-
trotluced into Europe where it was cul-

plant | grows from 3 to 4 ft, high in en-
vironment jierfeetly sulted to its enl-
ture.. The first crop produces but one
fruit to a plant, but later on, two or
more may he grown, and average be-
tween 3% and 4% pownds, but they
have been produced.to the huge size of
20 nonnds. “With proper care the pine-
apple stock .will, yield a -vipe fruit
every eight months for probably ten
years or more. The bineappte is pro-
fluced in tropical and ‘sub-tropical
countries, stich as the West Indles, the
Rahamas, Ftorida, the Azores, parts ‘of |.

The import in

The Straits — Settlement
early -18,000,000, ‘Australia
“ning next with better than half 2
niliian and a hale, Imports of the.
variety, amonntod dur value. to

States. Cuba, Hawnlian Islands,

“shuced. ene aa por feet fit ud the ald agony . of

Central America ‘ant Wost Indies.

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‘has |
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tiv: ated and grown in stove-houses. The.

The constiption. of pine apples in|
Cannda is very’ large,
1925 was 20,000,000 ponads of the ean-
ned virlety
smpplicd

Dr. Thompson -
vIs Conservative

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“Dr, " Alfred "Thompson of Vancouver
and for. -many., years - a pioneer: in’ “the
Yukon and who also “yepresenty ‘that
part of the conntry in Parliament, was
chosen ly the Conservatives of Omi-
neen as their candidate for the by-elve-
tion to "be held Jie 28. ‘The’ eonven-
tion was held list ‘Thursda yak Buns
Ttke. and. Robt. Reid “‘gecupied | the
chair, (There was..a* good veprerenta-
tion’ from various parts of the ‘riding
and Dr. Thompson seemed to ln popu-
lar on” ‘nll sides,

Wr, Alfred : Thompson fur many ong
yenrs practised as a physiclan and sur
geon in Dawson City. and he passed
through the stiring times in that coun-
try, He isn brother of James Thomp-
son of Prince Rupert, and he. bas been
through the interior several times, in-
eluding last year. with ©. I. Orme, so
that-he is well known, ti

Sidney Godwin, C. C.F. cnadidate,
is in the field and on the 5th of June
the Liberals are going to. tury agnin’ to
put. a candidate in the field that will
he satisfactory to the powers that: be
in Victoria. It is felt that ALM, Con
nelly of Fraser Lake -and. a fumber,
manufacturer Will be chosen. He w as
before the lust convention and, i was
snpposed that-he world be chosen, but
something went, wrong and Addy MM.
Rtnddy was. the choice.: Andy got ta
thinking things over after he’ got. home
wand concluded that he could do bett v
for himself if. he..stayed at home, and
littonded .tu business, . -Ats alright to de
a little political: rustling. at times

his sense of: humor.

_ My. Connelly, may make, the etaile at
the. cpnvention, , although if the: TLib-
or als in Oinineca fet the ‘notion. that
Victoria . is: selecting their candidate,
nuothet dark horse way he, bronght out
The Selection OF candidates by hend-
quarters is one of the objections ta the
CLCLB,. systein..

The Liberals will, hive Premier Pa-
tulle, Ton, Dr. Weir and Hon, J. Hart
spenking’ for them. . They are having
a fine lot of work’ and wages ‘just now

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ut asa steady diet it did ot, appeitl to],

nevting, ;

“nett thetite Verse river rosd: «tart
imag atl Viltaerhoot in Otalncen: riding .
wil he conside red as one oF the an vin
wor ks tobe taken up when the jheney
mnitters ee fixed: ‘UD With-Ottuwa. At
Any rate: the vead: will be continu
ed into Manson Creek aud by: dexrees
‘on to” Finlay- “Forks, ete; “Then there’
is tobe a great park developmet frum .
Bella. Coola to Ootsa, Lake, ete, Ww ith

ronds, for “sportsmen. The:: * Liberasl

should. be able ‘to hold the seat @B Byte
perhaps the’ ‘Joenl yoters, might be able

to see further than politicians think,

Experts Coming
To Help Farmers

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Turing the next few weeks several
Professors and «modern. agriculturists
Will travel through the north With the
oliject of demonstrating ‘to settlers ‘Just
what ix best for them to do to make ©
the most money ‘under existing cir ‘cum-
stances, - : Dhere will, abe’ Prof, Laird of
the -snils departmét: and Pr ‘of. ‘King of
fthe animal hnsbandry, depnrtment, the
ftirst part of June: anid they will be the
sreuter part of fhe aionth in. the nor
thern interior, Then later’ Dairy Com-
missioner Hour, y Rive, well icnow nin -
the | nortlt, This ‘year! he fs’ ‘going to
show the’ farmers, hut par tleilariy the
women: folks. as they are. the “ones tp
tle they work, haw ta mike cheese, ‘and
not have ° 60 mueh dairy butter ot
hand: Last year he “gat sume of the
Parinirs’ Wit PR, in. Francoin’ ‘tnd Ootsa
Lakes country sw. itched from butter tu
cheese and ‘it is yoported , that they are
thoing pretty well, This year. he id ga.
ing after the people: in Thieha- and Kis ;
ox Valleys: to make cheese mid not
so much butter, °°

My. S, G. Preston, péoyindial ngri-
eutuiist with. headquarters at Sinith-
ers, Was aromnd the district the first of
the weel- and he Will giye 1s. fuller
narticntars af. ‘these. ‘satherings, The
two professors are, to bein New EHiz-
lion about die, 3 ind 26. fora public

aie
nn bee a

: The -New: Hazelton: base: halt team
was invited -to Smithers for Sunday to
play. but under ‘present circumstances

and the Vreniier hge recently AUNOU-

‘ ta Be,

‘gether,

the hoys contd not get. their. team to- °

SOUTH TO VANCOUVER.
Calling at Ocean Falls and Powell River

See leaves PRINCE RUPERT |
“every Thursday, 10. 30. pa mi. oo of

‘SON.

~ Canadian National Steamships

value of. 3 425,000,000. 00,

res
ve

ut - $47,810,612, 00,:: he
“the sear, 193

British’ Coluinblic “has pebitfeedd “a

‘rn value at ning, produetjoi for the year, 1985 | is. #-éatlman ed