Vo 24 NEW HAZELTON, B. c., WEDNESD a a 16 : ICI AOI ICICIIL EIEN bats EARN IIR NII © Dr.. Wrinch’s Speeches... Bruce Hutchison writes favorably.i in the Province . “He talked on Health Insurance and Trout Fishing © Brtice ‘Hutehiison of The Provinge } thinks thet D2, Wrineh, meiber “fou Skeena. is alright. In Bruce’s specia’ column on the doing m4 at. ‘the Legisla- tare he had the: ‘following’ ‘to BAY for. th he Doctor :— “Dr W rich had the vest of the af- temean to himself. It is not often « private member, particularly an oppo- ition member, is giv en ‘stich an. oppor: “tatively One could understand tunity. It is only when the House har, nothing else to do, and -is_ glad to find some one who has the energy to muke a speech, Dr. W rinch is one of the most useful and -honored: members of the assembly, and his. quiet: enthus- jas for public business is only mat- ched hy lis almost childlike innocence’ of party: politics, . He takes no inter. est in partizan manotvers and necept: every proposal which comes before the house at its face value, seeing in it none of those ulterior motives that hir colleagues. invarlably suspect. “Dr. Wrinch spoke on health insur: ance and, as usual, his speech was ad* mirable in its contents, but not .. the kind of. stuff to stir the passions, or even make the house listen very atten- Con- vative members not paying much at- -tention -to a Liberal address on what _-qoust be a dull subject, ‘but.it did seem | most “disloyal when. most the: ‘Liberate’ drifted .ont of the house. If they had listened they wonld. have learned » ah gteat deal about health insurance that: they -will not learn for. themselves. “In brief Dy. Wrinch ‘wants health insurance adopted now and not a year from now, In this he will get some’ * gunport: from Conservatives, but if, ae he fears, the government is determined to iay the scheme on. the = tuble ‘for Loa . deposits af the province. twelve months (which, would be pretty. gud. indi¢ation that there will he no election this: yew) then - Dr. 0 . . ‘Wrinch may make all the admirable} speeches he likes without altering the situation in the ‘least. The govern- ment gave nu inkling of its intentions but aecorded . the ‘missionary doctor of Hazelton ‘a _courteats, ° if’ somewha” stolid hearing. .. “No sooner had-Tr. Wrineb sat dow: nfter his tilk.on health instance thar he found it jecessary to make some mre ‘constructive pr oposals, ‘this tint on. _ trout. fishing. A missionary doc tor from the frontier must know abou ri lot of things. i * “The bouse listened with a fain! eHoiner of cunderstntiding to the doc. tor’s talk on trout fishing. For, afte: all a inan must be stunk pretty deep ir politics and the mittral nisery of blu Monday to have no Interest ‘in trou’ fishing. Even members of this legis lature, though few people reilize it anc electors’ at a time like. this, will not admit it, are human. They have bet. ter felings; if you can only -bring then ‘to the surface. In their ‘youth, lon ago, they, too, fished for tr out, and + few. of them, like: Attorney ' Genera’ Pooley, who happily have nev er grow? up, still fish for ‘them when -they gét’t chance, Many na hardened legislate: sighed wistfully, nnd wished lie bac never left: home as Dr. Wrinch talker nbout trout fishing, ‘and pleaded ‘tha fits ‘mole BPOET SHORE HOE He aHANEL] Pelkwa Sn Tudaillay-evening after. mak hy. a ‘new dngler's’ fee -of ‘$100 a yeur. ; ~ “When hie said: ‘that: ‘at lenst hoy: should not be: taxed: ‘for the: right . tu . fish, a sacred: heritage ‘of: -boyhood ev ery where, ‘Capt. Macintosh, who is fa: thering efforts’ at trout: ‘conservation; replied that no-one had such a. despie able intention. - Boys of 18 and unde! need: have no fear that they will pay the new fee, but unfortunately for thi! ‘house, ‘they won't be old .enovgh by next election to: ‘express their appre. ciation.” Lode-gold Now: Gets Attention, . eas ‘ . "Bulletin Issued}; In line with the vigorous policy: of stimulating gold ining in British Col-, nmbia, Hon. W. A. McKenzie, minister of mines, nuneTCES an issue of.an im: portant bulletin devoted to lude-gold- The bulletin | , contains Anuch information . Teg earding gold properties in the pr ovince and out- lines pronising nreas for the: prospec: tox, The vesident éngineers’ reports on their respective (districts bave been Written so as’ to direct attention to mony dormant properties which pre- sent suitable ‘possibilities for eipital and to assist the gold prospector. Metal ‘mining in the province com- menced with the production, of lade- gold, s00n , however, omeiishadoyred ba * the’ honnnza outpouriige ot placer gold - anid-ninny’ others. followed: in thé early ‘aix tess: Important lodegild ' enp. was ‘Rosslane “After ° ‘the war the Bond. output fell oft und in-re cent ‘yenrs” nore ‘attention - hus: been paid ‘to silver and ‘base niehl mining: In the list: tivo 0 FERS, ‘with- the: tr ‘emen- dove falling’ oft ‘in, metal prices, the. Ja. tent gold possibiities-of the jwrovince have attracted, great. attention, There. has heen need, the mintater ‘points, out. ‘for a-compilation of. the. availible in- ” formation on forle-yold. ‘potentialities, ag the peaviiiee. Accordingly, Anstrue: woe “Later on ‘the fitst | - paration of the bulletin and - now th: jitest information and useful dati {contained in past mumurl reports. is ul available, for those | who desire, it. Te. pthe ‘owners of gold, properties seekin®. nsstatice from enpital for the’ furthe . development of their luis the bullet in should prove hetpful. -“Seonting ‘én gieers will find much to. interest then. and a careful: purasnl of the reside: eiylieers reports Will show many pro-, perties that merit inv extlgation | aad de> ‘velopment. oe, , The issuance list yenn’ by the - de partinent: of bulletin No. 1, 1981, “Pia ev Mining In British Columbin” giving exhitistive information regarding plac: er gold possibilities in the province un- ‘donbtedly did ‘much to stimulate acti- vity in this branch. of mining, with re- sulting. larger production. Mr. MeKen- aie considers thit the forthcoming pul letin on: ‘Todegold deposits ‘will similar: ly «juicken. the: exploitations.of. gold properties in the: province, : Tlie widespread: gold- -mineralizatior in’ this province is’ shown . by. the! many, Areas Witfeh : contain. promising” ~ gle: - | properties and indicatline *; : For: ‘the: ‘prospector there are opportuni. ties in’ slightly prospested ‘and unpros: peeted uiens, “and also stope' for Juten: sive. prospecting in many. of the olde’ productive chips of the province, very: considerable literature. exists or province and much \of ‘this - “could: not he dneltded. in the: bulletin, It is hop- fed that all thoxe, dnter ested w wit write a : ‘ . . Looe vf an : tions were given. last year for the pre ' NY. | Hvely: gold jroperties. and gold: areas’ ‘in. ‘the t Report Small Pox Old Fort Babine Heard * ‘There wis considerable anstety caus: ‘Ted in official circles last week ‘when z'| report was received that it was ‘sts pected that ‘a:case of small: pox had ‘peen discovered at Old Fort. Babine | The patlent. was reported to have beer one of the old women of the Fort. ; As ‘Soon 85 the Judinu Agent received the ‘news’ he ‘immediately. took steps to as. certain the - correctness of the report As OW Fort Babine is quite a distaner inland and: few people. come. and go*i the’ wipter tine, It appenrs that onl). the one report. came out and to von- firm it was quite out of the question without sending some one'in. On Sat- urday morning Dr. Galbraith, accon- panied by i mounted police officer, left for Old Fort Babine. The trip would require several days, but it was in tended to send a runner out with a re port as soon as the doctor arrived ant saw the patient, The doctor took it with him .a quantity of serum, but te yacelnate the entire tribe would be ¢ bie job, and in: case it is smali pox. it means a strong quarantine ‘and muct vaccinating. There are about 1000 In: dians who will be effected. Iti is Not Smallpox There are no small pox cases at Old Fort Babine. Dr. Galbraith of the Hazelton Efospital staff ‘retinned to, the report that had been received, ‘de. found that it was not small pox’ “the patient ‘was suffering from. However he vaccinated a number ‘of the peopl’ at the Fort while he was there. At. the Hospital they have a auanty | of serum ‘on hand at present and in, view of the fact that there is consider: able small pox in Vancouver this would bea good time for anyone who wisher it, to be vaccinated. At present, thir is optional. with the iouiviaues Daring the absence ‘of Rev. Mr. Ban- nister the services in ‘St. Poter’s An. ellean ‘church ‘will be tuken by John Rukin of New Hazelton, ~~ a" wet a freely. for, Fmither, intormiitlon. Pra’ . mips’ and: sketch TPS of arens, tha are available’ “will: be supplied by th’ resideiit engineers: of the respectly e da tricts. » ‘Gold: mining represents: the world lest business at the present: time. anc. Hon, Mr,’ MeKenzic believes that met effort be spared tu vi gorously, prose cute the’ dev elopurent of the latent golc | resources of British Columbia. he present fime would be most op “port une tor the yevixnl in much greate: ‘ensure of the old sy stem ‘of grub staking "proxpectors.. In, the | early days of lode: mining in the ‘province hundreds of prospectors were *. grub strked by individuals who had a ute ‘toneys; for ‘milling. speculation and i. itevest in, developing . the. pra lee, A fem ‘amtndred. dollars will mitt two: good, prospect ps: La the - ‘field for 3 tos ‘shire in’ ‘mdneral: discoréties.. “Th: system: has ‘gradually died out’ but’ Mr |: MeKenzle believes: every: effort’ shoule|° be made sto ‘revive iit. Many excellen' unemployed and those’ awh qn. ee it would: he. ‘velleving “din ‘ , ine thee, pen in. a xeare ! Copies af the bulletin eae De posts in, British: Columbia" available ‘an | ing a trip-into ‘Babine, to’ investigate |-. the nenson;” amd. bagkers.:nnd ° prospee i prospectors are now in the. Winks: Of thi” jas the teriainu: “ne Ay are PRIORI IOICIIC EIN - Making Portland € Cement - Important building material i is simple composition es +e bo > CONCH ICNIC > Written by John Rakin, New Hazelton AREAS INNS “AL this time when cement’ has come into so many different, mses it might be of interest to know how. this ithport- ant building material is madé. Cement, or .as- it is: more correctly. called, Portland cement, is a compounr a cc EKA MAAN EEA HAHN rect ‘consistency it is Bomped up to th: retorts for baking. These ‘reorts are” “long. steel ‘tubes ; which are rotated very slowly. Th. end at which the dlurry enters ‘is elc vated so that as the tube turis | of twa, well known niinerals, *.(Lime coating. o£ the slurry gradually covers stone and gypsum or marl), The the inside of the drum. From the oth- lime stone provides the - lime: while! er end of the tube powdered coal. fuel is blown and burned. This raises the heat of the inside of the tube to abou: 2550) degrees fabrenhett. . The slurry coming in contact with this furnace i: burned into a clinker. -An iden of the fire may be ‘gained from the fact th: it is impossible to look through the in . spection doors without a smoked glass. to: deaden the glare, The clinker is now ground to a powder in either ball will: ur tube mills. Gypsum, which hag alse been ground.to the same. consistency is now mixed with the ground clinker This is the finished cement and all-tha: is necessary is the sacking. The sacking is interesting as the sack: are sewn up and then filled. Sounds. . impossible. Hxamine the bottomof « paper cement sack. You will‘find «= ‘small tunnel in one corner. Into thir tunnel a spout is inserted. The cemeni then pours into the sack until the sack ~ | contains the correct weight when i’ nutimatically shuts off the supply As soon 8 the spout is taken away the weight of the cement closes the tunne! thing preventing. any loss. - = the gypsum or marl provides silica anc alumina, Before, these substances ‘be- come cement they must 80 through sev: eral. processes. - “4 ce oh ‘After the lime stone is + quarried it is first crushed. From ‘the ernsher if is taken to the dry bail. mills, These mills are huge’ cylinders containing tons of steel balls of different sizes: These cylinders ate rotated at a: fair speet. The erushed rock is by them ‘ground to & fine powder and this pow- der is. cony eved to the wet ball mills where the same process is employed except that water is added to the mass. When ‘the material ‘emerge sfrom | the wet mills it-is very similar to aL thick mixture of white wash. | -From the wet mills the mixture of water and powdered rock, called slurry is pumped -to ‘the mixing tenks. These ave about 100 feet in diameter. Huge paddles working on the snme principn’ as an egg beater move slowly througk the mass keeping it stirred; At inter vals the assayer takes samples of the material. and When if. attains: the cor, | ton ‘to “Cedarvale, is’ eut through ane. night be used - in the summer time i the weather was good, but the. road i: Come and Go. . [new and no. attempt has been made to Over Weekend make it permanent, In fact it has ne i yet been Geclared open for traffic. = + Many ‘Planes “ ‘Lots of airplanes xve running around | SERIES -OF MINING LECTURES the cannfry now. On Sunday the Cun adinn Airways ‘pinne that lundel .on ‘the fee tt Glen Vowelt a week hefore Moy ed down to Mission Point field ar ‘the condition of the-river at Glen Yow. ell was not to the liking of the men. During Sunday. afternoon aml Mon- day Juorning repairs Were made to th: lrokea ki which ennbled the plane te geet way to “its busé at Burns Lake Pilot Wells left about eleven o'clock o: Monday inorning ‘and made the trip. te Burns Take in fifty-five minutes anc lunded ihere sifely. The. necessar:. rejairs were nude there and the regu Jar’ servlee ty and «from |-MeConnel Creek has been resuined. On Monda:, afterhigon andther Cruadian Airways. plane, Dilot.. -MeMillan, arrly ed. fra. Atline and, Tanded, ‘at. Mission’ Poin . enrente to Burns Luke where, it 4s re | time: ‘Whetlier there “would, be any Iee- ported). If will ‘enter the ‘service “be. | tives: this year or: noty twell. Burns Lake ad McConnell creek “8 —+ The ond of Inst week another plan 3 . Two 0 AND HAL. OUNCES ( Or GOLD . The resident mining enginecr, Ih Lay, received word, the latter part of ast: week to conduct a series of lec- ties to’ prospectors and nilners, as ininy, as tine will permit, upto Marek 31st. in .aceordance with these = j1- structions Mr: Lay started with (he | first. lecture in Hazelton last “Moudax night. He expected to go to Tsk. on Friday morning to hold - one ‘or mors ineetings tliere ‘that evening: mad Bute. urday afternoon. «. Next Mondays. “ie Wil, be" in Smithers . and wind’: m. fhe.” series there, If time permits: ‘Ald sit- isfnetory arrangements’ ‘can he nini?e he: wilh hold. meetings: at ‘other - point’! Instructions vere, somewhat ilate ip arriving this year, dye to the fiance: uo condition, and it was doubtful for a,’ front Detroit, Mich. vith a party o new apaper mien, landed an Ty: ee Erk . hack of Telkwa, They w ere bound ‘fo. Alogka anid the left ‘Tuesitay, atternoon favs ity for Caress, 0001 ee si WordeTas - -been,- received, tein ‘othe. ae RON KES Caen ithe t that: ‘other: plane 4 “Codarvale ig SNOW | in the. me! ‘ent | rae ‘the. transfer, of. the .