fire the flames had gained such head- NEW HAZELTON, ‘B. Co WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 30, 1992 sy ee Fire Jestroyed. Hotel and ‘Store 1 in New Hazelton at Karly Hour last Saturday} Flre destroyed the ‘New | ‘Hazelton | way that ‘it was impossible to tell the Hotel, Sherriffs store “and residence und. Gus Christianson’s :-home early on Saturday. morning last, and practical- ly ‘everything was a loss. The build- ings, of course, were a complete loss, all the. contents of the hotel. and Sher- riffs store were consumed by the fi and nenily everything in Sherriffs liv. ing ‘quarters, was lost. including nearly all their clothing and personal effects. | Christianson was able to save a foat deal of their household effects, Om of the more serions: losses for Sherrif.. was $198.00 which’ he hid on the mises for the purpose of .paying for u shipment of freight due that day. He was unable to get into the store to ge. the money on account of smoke. . Mrs. Sherriffs was the first ‘to dis- cover the fire. She was wakened by the smoke and immediately: heard the roav of the flamés. She ‘gave th alarin, but all oeeupants of the build ing were sleeping so soundly that sev- eral minutes were lost in getting then aroused, As it was the fire had. suci a start that another few. minutes am everyone in the building would have been burned. As Near as can be ascertained the or igin of the fire was between, the sto: und the Christianson residence. The places were all joined together with ‘a number of doors into each departmeni ity the time anyone Was aware of tha exact. spot ‘where . dt started. Once the: -occupants of the building h were aroused. they did eevrything pos sible to. save. their belongings, and the neighbors rendered. valuable assistanc. The building was old and dry and dit. not: take long to £0, and especially as it was fanned by a heavy wind, but i was hot while it lasted. .Senkpiel’s residence across the ror from the hotel was in danger and prc parations had been made -to move th foods out of the house. As it was 1 hent was so great that all the flowers and plants in the windows were badly scorched and some candles a. short dis. tince from the | ‘windows were melted Christianson Carried some insurance on the hotel contents and Sherriffs had. his store ‘stock and fixtures partial: covered, Tn both vases the loss: wilt be quite hesvy. The buildings were owned by D. Mec. Leod of Vancouver, Arrangements ire alvenady under ¥ to provide new premises for both the ‘hotel and Sherrlfgs store at the, ear- Hest hostile date. ‘ ' CARD OF THANKS Mur. ad Mrs, express thelr appreciation of the valu- |’ able assistance rendered them in sav- ing their. residence’ from ‘the flre last Saturday morning. . aed The Editor’s Mail | - Hard Scrabble Ranch, November 1%, ‘32 Mr, Wiitor: Havving nothing to do and being’ barred from -relie? work, because of he- ing a eapitalist; by reason of being just _alble to pay my taxes—by robbing my creditors to that extent--I will deyote iny time and attention to other people’ 8 lnisiness, Now, if there were 2 few" tie contrrets fy wilable,. before the ‘snuw leaves, it w ould muke a difference. However, being wiser to iock the! door before the horse is stolen, I will mike an few ‘suggestions i—there is be- shipped into the interior quite a few breeding’ heifers dud ‘bills. Would it nat be a-gaod iden to import only one} hreed of beef ‘stack und one breed of | milk stock’. ‘This would build up a large source of supply tor enr lot ship- nents of uniform stock, aud the use- }. fulness of the balls would be enlarged teu Ufe time at less cost, ‘I shall not Arborate on the details, but iti is worth cansiderings, 1 think it -possihle that the article vA New Deal for Pigs” Inn farm jour- nal could be stndied with some profit, cauld refer breeders to market quo- could refer breders to the market quo- trtions and request a fancy grade, tled np with Christmas ribbons, ag. being the only way to reclprocrate these real- ly extravagant prices, but. it doesn’t vost nny nore, really less, to raise the right type of stock. Sd without. being . tiduly optomistic: about the return of prosperity, If ever, ‘It is only a little added insurance under present’ condl- tions. Bnyers in the civilized. parts of America are usally attracted to a-dis- trict where they can secure a supply, of uniform stock instend of ring streaked nnd speckled serubhs, and; without ‘ ‘our local butchers 2) gotng Liitios: the stock riising gume,, along these lines. tt will be necessary for farmers to Play: ‘tramp and espeeinlly naar . local amarkei Keen to he: in a,feir way: ‘of being lost to the farmer, and the : fatmer : being fdreed to ship to the Liverpool market, or possibly. Yaueoures. may } a! . ‘ . “DR. J. Be “TYRRELL HONORED Famous Canadian Explorer, Geategtt and: Mining Expert Well Known - Here by ‘Old Timers Many of the old timers will be inter- ested to learn that J.:B. Tyrreli of Lo. ronto, has been awarded. the Plavelle medal for 1933, aw an ded: by the Roya Society of Canada. . Dr Tyrrell is no. only a geologist. anid inining @xpert international reputation, but he is t ‘eveatest of all Canadian explorers and there are few places in Canada that he hus not visited and examined; even to the far.north and the so-called bac lands and the present Great Bear Lak. | country. Ang, he wis over those di tricts years ago. Dr, ‘J B. Tyrrell h ‘visited. this section of the country on -iseverul oceaslons and he made sonx good friends among the people wh lived bere then. His Honor Judge Howay of: Vancou ver received the Tyrrell medal fro: - the sime Society as the greatest his- tovian of the yenr. Judge: Howay is n recognized. authority on Canadiai history and is-the author of more thn. one book on the history of British C., umbia. The snow plow came down from the Smithers headquarters, arriving her: late Monday aftetnoon, -It returned or -Tuesiiny morning so that the road tr Smithers Is now open for traffic. ‘CANADA'S FUR INDUSTRY | Despite the fact, that the number of. fur farms in Canada increased over one thousand to a total of 6.524 for’ 1920, the total value of investment in land and bulldings, $5,583, 346, was $5,000 less thin ‘the preceeding year, and the valne of tux hearing animals’ at ‘$16,- 107, TAT waa $5,000,000 less than. the value tn thie preceeding’ yenr, ‘The fur industry: is raptdly increasing through- out the. Dominion, v uo Yous, truly, 7 ‘| present time it is not known if he ha : Keep Potatoes ‘8. H. Senkpiel-wish to i Batre Ternat tetera tis Go tit ae : 4 terior, ' {land is devoted to'the “spud.” '| spuds produced because most people ‘| He wilt be’ the flist mining engineer ‘There has been ‘no, ‘reduction mention . Tess or: dn profits. made by. the -provin- , ‘ olde bourd, HARRY EVANS PASSED AWAY Old Timer in Prince Rupert and Well ‘Kknown Piano Tuner Died Last Friday at Hospital | ——e ee ) Many in the. interior will regret. to learn of the death of Harry Evens, the piano tuner, ‘in Prince Rupert early on Friday morning ‘last. His death fol- lowed g:long sojourn, in the Rupert hos- pital where his right lex above the knee had heen, amputated. Harry was about seventy years of age nnd he was one of the most fami- liar figures about Prince Rupert in its days of awaddling clothes, | If you re- Inember the Calumet lodging house. yor remember Harry, also. if -you ever ni rived in Rupert on the boat, or if y: ever went to the Empress theatre. The deceased was by- profession a mano tuner, and he was a good one. He enjoyed a large patronage in Ru. pert and he trvelied along the railway as far east as Smithers at least, and he was just as welcome for his happy smile as he was as 2 pinno tuner, | Harry was born in Massachusetts and like all frontiersmen, pioneers anc renl“he;men, he talked very little ¢. himself and his people so that at t ainy surviving relatives. “The funeru: nlrangements were nat announced it the time of writing. ’ Until March 1 ;Rotatoes ,are one of the. Important » Paris: of the, northerii” ‘fa dnd each’ year -more and moi,’ “The k. cal market cannot begin’ to absorb the with o few feet of ground can grow au the spuds they will eat in'a year, A market for the spuds has been long a serious: problem. It wag. not so bad a number ‘of years ago when the fariner could get a few cents a bushel after shipping. to Prince Rupert. But of late, years the Rupert price would not yay the freight, sacks and production easts. As a result. several. carloads rue fed to the stock every spring.. Bn this year it should, be different. It reported from: the department of agri- culture that in ‘Canada generally the spuds ate suffering from storage rot The local potaté ‘growers are advise: to hold their. spuds uutil about Mare when it is expected the price will be fuirly good. In the meantime the spud will require some attention so that the xturnge diseases will not get n hold. HONOR FOR J.-D. GALLOWAY a A Victoria desputeb says Lonor to : provincial officlal who is widely known and popular in Canadiau mining cir- clea, will come enrly next month when the Assoclation of Provincial Engin- eers of B. GC. elect, John D, Galloway. Fr. R. 8.. 0, provincial minerologist, as its president for the ensuing term. My. Galloway's nomination for the of- fice was meade nnanimous ‘this: week, to hold the flice since formation ot the, body. . . The Liquor Control Board announces that Jt will redtice the price of Uquors to the extent that they have been able to force the distillers to reduce the cost to the ‘Board ond ‘what the. Dominion zovernment - deductedl ° from their ti. edcin Fegards: ‘to, the cost of doing bust. +But- anyway’ the: Teduction. | iso small: ‘that it- will not ‘effect: the / Hank: C. Stall | Incal 1 people to any extent. For Fair Price _ JAMES wins wie EAST 4 Wanted to Stop off and Call.on Old Timers, but.Time Would not Permit—Coming in Sum- , mer Again : t Le “ ‘ James Wiggins of Miocene, “B. C. Was a passenger going east last. Wee nesday evening. He was enroute hon after an extensive Jjnip ‘around B,. ¢ Mr. Wiggins! is one of the old time ; He ‘has heen in the province- for well over thirty years, aud. was one of the’ men on the Yukon Telegraph line fo? several years, He worked out of Haz elton to the north for two years and h. left this section twenty-nine years ago He had planned on stopping off he: | for x couple of days to see the old 1 ers, that is those who still survive, but he hail stayed tov long in the south and on Queen Charlotte Islind whert he hus a brother. He wished, howeve to he remembered to those who’ wer here thirty yeurs ago. He plans no - to get the old car going in the sprir and come back over this country next stunmer. He was alk ready to come last summer with a nelghbor, but the neighbor struck gold and forgot about the trip. Wiggins bas been in the cat- fle business ‘since leaving this district and he seems to be getting by alright. Royal Bank is Closed Hazelton ‘Staff Moving Robt. Hunter, maunger of the Roya Bank -of Canada, has received instruc. [tions . to proceed. to’ Smithers: fora Tew ‘| days to acquaint Mr. Chas, Reed, ton- ager in Smithers, with all. detalis o the bank’s business from: Hazelton, an; then proceed to Prince Rupert there he will remnin for the time being, Mr Ben Jones received instructions to rx, port as soon as possible to the branch at Steveston, B. C. He expects to get away on Satrday, Ben considers this the next best.thing to.remaining in the north us Steveston is only a few miles from. his houite. The Royal Hank of Caunda closed its | doors in’ Hazelton at three o'clock on Wednesday ufternoon, and since that time there has been a big rush to pack ind ship all things pertaining to the hanking business-to the Smithers office While all the stuff from Hazelton will not- he: in Sniithers’ ‘by Thursday. morn-! ‘ing sufficient. progress has been made so that “busines as usual’ will be the experience of those at this end. of 1 district who will have .to bank at th: railwery town in future. : ‘| triénds. avant’ “theiivelyes' Police Car had Trouble its own Mud Creek Hill Some times we all have an necideii: or breakdown with our cars, and w ure required to report to the police u the earliest possible moment. But . uct dues uot provide any place for i police td make report when something happens to their car. “But Corpl, And: ‘ Fulrbairn is a resourcefal fellow well as a pretty good cop. He does not — require the public to do what he is not required to do; .Chief Fairbairn cane down from Smithers on Tuesday for — police court ense in Hazelton. On hos arrival he found Magistrate Storke, was under the weather. Tle phoned i Sinithers ‘for. anotaer magistrate to ba brought ‘down by cer ond Chief Pair- hairn and Cons. Wellen started oat th. road to meet them. The vivo cars 2} this side of Twenty Mile and tae cu: from Hazelton took on its passenger thé person of Mr. Campbell, and pro- ceeded back to Hazelton. Everythiti- was, going nicely until they got to the top of Mud Creek HL when somethi: went click und the car stopped. The rear end refused to function. “That is a bad thing at any time and the police officers found it quite as embarassitiz as.anyone else, They did the usual things under such. circumstances, and finally got into New Hazelton in time ‘} for supper. But what was hothering the chief was, who should he make his report to: He finally .got the happy thought o: the press. So, while Old Charlie was frying his steak the chief wandered over to the Herald office and made :. clean breast of the whole thing. a ‘felt better and the: press ‘got. @ Story, | gy alt are satisfied and the law has been complied with. . THE YOUNG HAZELTON CLUB All Set Now for a. Steady March For-. ward—To Gain Knowledge and- Sing Songs Auother meeting of the: young peoph of Hazelton, and some outsiders, wa. held last-.Sunday night after chur ut the home-of Rev. Mr. Bannister. At this meeting the president solved thi: every knotty problem, a: name for the new organization. He: ‘announced 1 nme to be The Young ‘Hazelton ct After that there was, a, “musical pro. ‘ety aiid eve Me: Bennister: wave x talk on his trip through. ‘Heynt. “Terrace N otes TR. BK. Moore of. Prine. Rupert Sten a’ couple of days here this week. Bishop Rix. ‘of “Prince ‘Rupert -con- ducted the “services ‘in St. Matthew. Church:on Sunday mortilng. ‘He retuy hed. to the const on Tuesday. Frink Gavin spent the week eu Prinee Rupert. Mrs. Q. T. Sundal entertained Wer. hesday afternoon in honor of. Mrs. Orval Kenney, A large number. portunity to- meet. the’ ‘bride.’ marinas the tea hon the: ‘hostéas’ Was. agalst by her daughters, “My,” Smith;' Me Jordon, and” Mri. ‘Geo. atte ‘prea at the tea table. oo Master Donald MeNeiil left Thurs: day for Vancouver: where’. he ‘will ‘stay with hig erandmother: during the. Hl. . ness of his parents. a : There have been, few forest, tires. i - - British’ Columbia “this year. and: tthe loss of timber’ while: ‘the cost. of fight:- oe ing fires has, been ‘almi ft: ail