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FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1915

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[The Onineca Herald| |

vincial government, so far as can be learned,

has said a single word about the quality of that
land, The minister of lands very carefully. re-

ago.
deceive, the people. If the government had any-
thing like the number of acres of good land that

that it was good land and would grow soniething.

know it.
[ol

eke was quite a thrill of exeitement around
the old town last week. when it was announc-
ed that the provincial government: was to send

that the ‘bridge ** would be finished by spring.’’
A government engineer may report that a bridge
ean be put across the mouth of the Bulkley ata

But an engineer who has no- government or. party
instructions to.follow would most. likely. report
that the mouth of the Bulkley is a very danger-
ous place to bridge on account of the ice floes

would cost in the neighborhood. of: forty” or fifty.

of any service it would be‘to the. district.

HERE has not been one supporter of the pro-

who, speaking of crown lands for pre-emption, attorney- “general.

frains from making any reference to quality in):
that nice little pamphlet he. issued a short time
They know.they are deceiving, or ‘trying to:|°

they claim to have they would never let it die

But the government land is Just | land,’ and they
; allow the favored few to continue gambling

an engineer up te report. on the possibility ot. en
bridging the Bulkley at its mouth. Even before
the engineer arrived, or perhaps before he had 4-
been instructed to come up, the -despateh. stated.

cost proportionate with the service it will give.-

and packs, and that a bridge: to -withstand. these |

-thousand dollars, a°sum tremendously i in: excess.
‘Aga
matter of fact the bridge would ‘serve principally.
government employees and three or four business :

-of several miles. thus: made necessary.
good polities, bat, its awfally poor business. .

‘and business

ment pi ronage. Possessing as little faith. as we

‘do inth « present: government.’ at Victoria doing | -
anything wisely, still it is hard to believe that such |

‘an absurd piece of work as ‘bridging the mouth
‘of the Bulkley’ ‘could be undertaken.’ But, after

: | the attorney-general’s . connection. with. the Do-

minion Trust affair, and: knowing, what has been

done in the way: “of building roads: and bridges in|

northern British Columbia, . there is nothing too.

qi absurd. but what we ® might expect them to do. .

T did: ot; take ‘Attorney-General ‘Bowser: long
to: ‘start: ‘running around: the: lower end of the
province. explaining: his: connection. ‘with. the: Do-,

|minion “Trust: Company. . He--will’. have a. great.

deal of explaining to do. before he can: get the
masses to believe him. - His little: Chinese affair
‘which Chief Justice. Hunter threw. out. of.. court
‘was another. excellent example’ of: his conduct a as

ito, the. attorney- zeneral,. about
y..people. who. will: benefit’ by- “the
measure of. rélief’*. whieh he proposes to pass at
this.session are the: speculators who grabbed the
government. land and have paid nothing but the
first fifty cents an-acre, and those whu gambled
in real estate atid’ don’t: want to pay. ‘The real
citizens of. British Columbia. who. own their Jand
and have large. investments in. the- ‘province. are
compelled to pay. their taxes and sufficient | ‘to
ith

crown n lands,

TELL Ij guess we. 2s won't have a bridge across
‘the mouth of ‘the ‘Bulkley, bu swe. will goa

litle farther.. up: “and cross ona higher: level-near:
the hospital. Itis reported that the government
engineer is taking observations. alone the. Yiver| -
for that purpose; at: least. for his report. ° ‘Several

times the disadvantages of that: site: have been |:
Tt-would be a sure case of ‘‘out of |’ °
Such a bridge is more ;
Jt}.

pointed out.:.
the pan into the: fire!”
absurd than across. the mouth. ona low level.
would be an accommodation to.no one and. would
‘not save a-hill, and. would also make the. distance
Jonger.:. The only. Tedeeming. feature would be a

large sum of. money. for the faithful to handle

anda ‘bunch more ‘work for.men on the new road:
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‘month in. advanea,<’Thig

Six.to Oie This Time, ‘and in a. Very
_ Cas Interesting. Game—Bad
Ice and Poor Lighting =

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.. post office or drug stores
the Drug: Store, : N

In probably: Fe Seats game

war

triet . the: Hazelton: boys: added

ical: 1 Supt. at. the: Hospital.

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The’ -Hazelicn. Hospital iasues 2
‘tickets ‘for. any ‘period: at $1 per

: eludes “office = consultations wand.
. medicines, aa'-well:: rae -all “costs *

w. Hazelton
~ from. Dr. McLean,. Smithers; Ted
Thorpe, ‘Aldermere; Dr. Wallace
fy Telkwa; o orby. mail: “from the Med

rate -in- °°

‘or-from

another win to their unbroken|'—

record: of victories: when they:de;| — i
feated the Smithers team in ‘the
latter: town last Saturday. night,

as it was a nip and: tuck contest
for the first. two" periods, ‘neither
side having-any advantage. The
score atthe end of the. ‘second

period: was 1-1; :Narly i in the last ||
period the. strain | WBS bexinning||:

to tellof the lack. of. eondition:of

the ‘Smithers. team... Irwin-was|—-—

penalty ‘of. the game—and.with

the, offensive and: scored wice,