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Last week end the editor paid a 3 vist to the Silver Standard mine for ‘the first time in fifteen or twenty years,

for, during that time the mine has not)

licen operating. “But the property is operating now, or at least being made yeady for operation on a large scale, a mueh larger scale than at any time in the past. /

Mr. A. 8. Williamson is the man in|

charge of operations and he is getting results with a small crew of men who are working in splendid co-operation. Mr. Williamson,- before.gettling in Van- couver to a less strenuous ‘ft than inining, spent some thirty ot :. more years, first as a miner, then an ‘opera- tor and then an organizer. He knows the lusiness, and as. most of il experi:

ence was ‘gained in’ the: silver-lead dist-}

rict of the Pacific coast, he Engws sil- yer-lead mining: In fact, so well, does he know the business that, as s00n as he got the lay of the-land at the ‘Silver Standard, he started in to pick up the ore shoots, not only in the tunnels, but

_ on the surface, and. today the mine is

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ahout ready for a good sized crew with Inodern drills, drifters, etc,, ta go to work, . . Without making any unreasonable | predictions, it is safe to say that this

nine will shortly be shipping high |.

grade ore to the smelter in quantities that will surprise even those old tim- ets who have always believed the -hest of the Silver Standard. And the ore is high grade.’

Lesides clearing out the ‘entrance to the tunnel on the two levels, in itself -a-very Dig job, as they were cavd in for, a distance ‘0f-150 feet, Mr. Willan Yon has been studying ‘the Welns” Below ground and’ above. ground, and: digging Hy Hew ‘ore shoots and new veins. At the present ‘tine he has ore coming in|’ on the No. 2, No.4, No. 5 and No.6 veins in the tunnels. He has marked out places for raises, for drifting . and for ¢ross cutting, and there is room for a fot of men to work.

‘On the surface: of No. 7 vein &@ new shoot of ore has been opened that is 15 feet, widé and neither the hanging or ‘the foot wall has. ben reached. Num- Prous _other open cuts. and trenches hare heen made on the surface of sev- ral other veins and these are lined up. with .the ‘tunnels’ below. One of the first’ opértions will probably be to

stope out’ ‘the ovedn these vartous. show ings from the upper tunnel while ‘the lower tunnel:{s being: extended’ and the big shatt’ thither 500" foot revel ie “be ing jitmped out.”

For_a number of Years ‘the lower, orl 400: ft, tunnel, : will ‘pe. ‘the, mein haul- aye tunnel as. it avi” “oneit the entire property to the 500: zt. ‘level, ahd as yet ho stopelng has been done from the lower level; just. Cross ‘cutting and dvitting. What is on. that level ig al- ready well known to the.< owners, of the property,

At the present time the Silver Stan:

dard has been: ‘well: prospected “and” ‘is |-

in ‘fin shape for.an operating’ company. to go in and mine,”

- Now.that the. tunnels are opened up

nenin, | ‘and the | trails: cleared” ‘ont,’ the recent trip of the writers to the: inine | * _ brought back memories of many glad-, some days. whep men, were ‘working und oye was going out and’ money com: Ine. i. .Outslde' the mine: ‘the country: Is vat the same. except that much dam- nee. hag been ‘done. to bulldings;and. to equipment’ hy tatural . ‘and: by: human: avencies:~ .But none. of ‘the - ore: dug out. ‘during the - tong’ years: “of; idle, ness, and many thousands ‘of dollars: of eqalpment, 48" ‘being salvaged : and put ‘into gondition.: a

Glen: Mountain: on “whieh ig. Joeated, the Silver. Standard inn

: Four Days of -

of Commerce banquet. 4¢ 9.30 Dance

| Miss’ Gwen McMaster, .

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Business and - Fun, Smithers:

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7 ‘The following has been given 23}: ‘the official program for the doings at Smithers for the ‘balanee of the week:

‘Thursday, August Ath—Cdnyention of Associated Boards of Trade opens

at 10 am, eonéluding in evenitig. se

Friday, August 5—Baseball at 2.30 and 4.30 between Hazelton, -Telkwa and, Smithers.....At % pm. “Chamber

in the Town Hall, wa ‘. *

Saturday, August 6—Program ‘of children’s races at 10 am. Parade to .prounds at 1 p.m. “HHorse races at 2 pm. Baseball, Prince: Rupert vs Smithers at 2.30. Old Timers concert at. $30, Dance at Lake Kathlyn at il pam. .

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Sunday, August {--Baseball, Prineo Rupert vs Smithers at 10.30 a.m. ‘Elks flag day picnic at Lake Kathiya at 130 pm, Full prograni of sports. } Refreshments, all free for children.

Wedding Bells MacKay-Crabb . From the Province Fink ard white.was the color scheme, for the floral decorations: of, g#ladioli and phlox in Ryerson United Church Friday evening, when Miss Jessie Hel- en MacKay«beeame the bride of Mr. William Lioyd. Crabb. The bride is the eldset danghter of Mrs.:‘M. L. Mac- Kany and . the late James Mackay, while. the, groom 4s, the. gnly.san, aff. Mrs... 4). Crabb" and. the late ‘G. G. Crabb.) The.ceremony was ‘performed by Reve -H. Grant.., riven in marriage Wy her uncle, Mr: J. L; Law, Calgary, the bride wus :at- (lred in pale pink French lace over taf- feta with matching jacket, showing & Peter. Pan collar, fastened with crystal buttous. Her pale pink Maline’ bonnet was gathered at the back. with a spray of. orange blossoms, Pink * rosebude and white dweet peas were inthe bon- quet. She was attended hy her sister, Miss (Mar fon MacKay, wearing turquoise ‘blue georgette with Peter Pan colar and matching jacket trimmed . with mtching and she. carried pink ‘gladioli and. sweet peas, ported by his nephew, Mr. Ttaeburri -Al- Jen, Ushers. were “Mr. ‘Jack .. Barclay’ ‘and “My. Jack Law. The soloist was

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Ae ‘Feception was. held at, the home of the -bride’s mother’ ‘thére Mrs, Mae Kay’ and. the gitoom's mother received the'‘zuests. The former hod chosen my y georgette with taffeta jacket of navy-‘and rose. - Accessories were navy her corsage of Talisman: roses, ‘The mother of the groom wore navy sheer ‘vith biege ‘accessories and corsage of Taliaman roses, .

A three tier w edding enke surround: ed by pue pink tapers, centied the tea table where Mrs. G. K. Allen, Mrs. J. B Law, Mrs. L. M. Ball and Mrs, Wm. Barwick presided. i) <Wwore. a: tailleur of light grey with top ‘coat of wavy’ and matehing accessories, Her. blouse was blush, rose, and her cor- sage of: pink-carigtions.” ib “atter™ viri Hog. “in * Victoria, ‘Mr, and’ Mrs, Crabis will reside ‘at Port: ‘Tahsis.

‘and. most ‘Tong years = Thi mine. is. only five) H vend it ‘is ‘al

perfect ‘Diace- ‘te work’ found:in. the, inining worl

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‘| spent ‘ay couple of, days" here. .

The groom was sup- [-

For her wedding journey. the bride

..Prince Rupert -

The Garden City by the Sea

By Our Own Correspondent

How soon the renewal of the ele-

vator lease will take place is uncertain but to judge from yemarks by Mr. W. "Hetherington of Fort William, who re- presents the Dominion government in all matters concerning state owned elevators, it will be at as early a date as possible. . .

_Mr. Hetherington and Mr. 708. Bennett of Vancouver, the latter the ‘manager: of the Alberta Pool in

this provituce, were here Jast week, in

connection | with the turning over of th plant. to the government, the lease

hay ing’ expired ‘in July. “se *

For the first’ ‘time in four months Norman Watt has resumed his duties ns government agent, bis absence hav- ing heen dueto a serious illness. My, Watt bas been for the past few weeks

resting at, Lakelse Lake...

: i. a . Bare. headed and deeply tanned, no

Jess 2 personage than Mitchell Hep-

Imrn, premiex of Ontario, stepped off the as. Princess Alice last Saturday. With bis two friends, Mr. Bickell and Bernard Smith,, prominent — financial

* |men, Toronto and. New. York, .he had

come down. from: the Yukon, heving got that far. by plane. The visitors were met: by Commissioner. Alder and

a citizens committee and driven about

the city. Premier Hepburn finds his north western trip a good deal of ‘a

revelation. © . eae

Paddling a 17 ft. canoe from Seattle

tO, Juneau, 2, lirnee..0f. Tauseular. look: |.

1 Stockton; Cal.,; Martin Goldberg and Wm, Kenwick, Brery- thing has: been: going along well, and the boys Jook the part. They. rested in a cabin aeross the bay. It was on Jtine 16th ‘that the little erdft glided away from Seattle for the fjords of the north. ** *

Among the resolutions from Prince Rupert to be snbmitted at the Asso- ‘elation of. Boards of Trade convention in. Smithers this week, will be one that ‘presses. for the esteblishment of nn assay office at Prince Rupert, this to further extend the proven useful- ness of the government sampling plant

* 8 @ ' Guests thot filled - St. Andrews eath- ata, witnessed ; the. marriage on ’Fri= day eveniig®, dst of Miss Wadeal M. Murssnllem and Wm.'H. Trotter of Vangouver, and Ly¥epreseiitative of a ‘cotiiercint house in “Prince George. The service, fully choral, was conduct- ed hy Bishop Rix. The bride, given -in marriage by hei father, -N. -Mussallem, wore a -gown of lustrous white’ satin, with lace inserts dotted with ‘pearls, ind skirt sweeping’ out into a fan shaped pearl, “She ‘carried. a bouquet | of Talisman roses. Miss Cathérine Mussallem was ‘maid of honor. The Inrgely attended reception took place. at the home: of. the bride. on Fourth Avenue, ° re

A road ennip was “established at Me- Gregor Creek Monday morning and ‘it will be moved westward. as a the work progresses, _ :

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MATRICULATION oe RESULTS

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“rhe: resntts - of the Senior’ Matricuta- lion examinations: in’ the northern in-,

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tine OMINECA “HERALD, NEW H AZELTON, BC. WEDNESDAY, ™ AUGUST 3, 1988

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From Smithers

The fire which has been blazing

‘| from the Moore ranch, and spreading

for..several miles," destroying timber, threatening farm houses, barns and hay flelds,.is now under control. It appears..that ‘a friend ‘of Mr. Moore's Wes. looking after some - - burning, A spark jumped. some distance away and started a spot. fire, The man who had charge of the fire ‘went for tools, but found on his return that he was help- less. The fire had eaten its way into the thick timber and was going fast. Seeing the smoke Rangers Martin and Kerr investigated and finding the serl- ousness of the blaze, put on a prelim- Inary crew. The fire was almost un- der control when a heavy wind carried it into a dry forest. Inspector Mat- theson and Ranger Martin added to the fighting crews and called on out- side points for further help. Angus MeJ.ean. got busy, and -in due course with the help of a few drops of rain now and again, got the fire under con- trol after approximately; 3000 acres had heen’ burned over. “Where once beautiful trees covered lovely hillsides, there is now only black sticks and stumps glowing with ugliness in the hetps of sand and ashes,. Birds that once dwelt in the safety of nature were scured from their homes. Some escap- ed, but many were burned. Smatl ani- mals were destroyed, and -many only, partially .so and were left by the fire to die in misery. Small squirrels chat- ‘tered incessantly at:the egrelessness of man. Fire is war again ‘nature and ‘too much ‘caré cannot ‘be exercised in dealing with fire in dry weather. The: alitomobites of. H. Zolgoff and Jimmy Briggs collided on the Drift- wood road about five miles ‘out of Smithers, -

and. the two cars ‘tere damaged. oe -_

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Pai. “Hann and: “Daintry’ * Goodnere have returned from.a holiday at Lake Kathlyn, They. claim, they had a yip- snorting good , time.

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Friends and relatlyes were greatly bereaved at the death of the young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Me- Clain.. The little girl was taken to the: Smithers hospital two days previ- ously ‘and was operated on for appen- dicitis from which she did not recover, Sympathy is expressed for the bereav- ed parents and grand parents,

Harold Iekes, secretary of the imter- ‘uy for the United States, ig visiting in. “Alaska: -He is’ talking to the people there of, the rand to that part of the Sates to" he built hrough British Col- umbin. A ‘Vancouver paper scoffingly wishes to het the secretary would uot travel over that road, There are times when. even a Vancouver paper lets slip theiy real ettitude towards ‘Northen and central part of the province. :

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A inan. from Crilifornia. visiting. Ru- pert. recently, ‘tried ‘to, awaken ‘the folk ‘there to the fact tliat there was ‘some- thing to life. besides. waiting for some. Poor bool ta come along: and ‘buy them out 80. they’ vould get away south to hecome inemployed, and ‘seeking re- lief.” The Californjan. tried to. impress upon them the ‘necessity’ of a "road up the Skeena river to connect. with the intevior. ‘and with the. outside, - He said It. would: bring dn. .tliuugands: of, people,

and go'aftter: thatirdad?:” an: ‘party ex: | pedteney he: forgotter Make: an! effort: to their. ‘roperty?,

Amn -Indion hoy with Zolgof, 5 lighiyoinjiner:tiboutthe® "fave,

nee ‘Rupert take" hischallati¢e ‘

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Land Crying to ~ Young Folk to — To Make Good

" From The Evening Empire Howard Mitchell, editor of the Fin- ancial News, Vancouver, who has been making a tour through Central Brit- ish Columbia, taking pictures of min- ing and other forms of industrial de- velopment, was in Prince Rupert last week. In the course of an article he recently sent to his publication, des- eriptive of a tour through the central interior, emphasizing the scope and natural wealth of the country, said lack of population was possibly ex- plained by the handicap of distance from populous markets. It costs too much to sell: products,

He says:—Yet there is the Jand, the timber, the coal and the water in the’ interior plateau country to support sev eral million people on a higher subsis- tence standard of living than they en- — joy in most European countries.

Talk of the anomaly of poverty amidst plenty! Here is a potential plenty going. without population. Here is n land erying for young pioneers of the old type, offering them food, shel- ter, independence, the ownership of the means of production—and ‘there. are few takers. True, it does not offer them all the amenities of civilization. The winter .climate ‘is rigorous. Pro- duets subject to. frost+ are grown at some hazard, But experimental sta- tions show the way. Farming can be unde to give a man a good living. It is only this generation that has con- ceived the notion that it should, as well, give him a six-cylinder car and a winter in the palm belt.

Fer ‘strong, healthy men to be staz- ingy: ‘demonstrations BOE. ~pernminent-goy- ernment relief tn-@- provirice’ that. has sti te be pioneered | is a commentary

‘Jen the lack of organization. to bring

idle men and idle land together as well as a reflection upon the initlative of youn nen, What Japan would give for a raw, rich, virgin country like this

PICTURES SEEN OF MINING .

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There were a number of citizens of Hazelton and a few from the district turned out to see Howard Mitchell’s nictures of the mining industry of B. © lust Saturday night. The pictures were given un very short notice or a much Jarger crowd would have been present. Thy were. well worth seeing and gave the laymay; #3000 ‘conception of what-the industry means to the pra- ‘yince.. In one picture Jack Bolding, formerly of New Hazelton, was seen pouring gold from the furnace at the ‘Rralorne mine..-Another picture waa of Fred Wells looking for his big gold . mine.. Future pictures will show a mmmnber of views of mining in the nor- thern part of the province, | :

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NISCRLLANBOUS SpOwER ,

« Honoring Miss. “Jessie MacKay. a miscellaneous shower was held at the - home. of Mrs. H. A. Harris, on West’ 2ist Avenue when Miss Joan Strong -presented the gifts, At the tea table centred with a erystal and silver bowl of sweet peas and illuminated by tall yellow tapersthe hostess had . asked Mrs. J. Crabb,” mother of the’ groom. elect. to: preside, and the cake was. cut by Mrs. M, L. ‘MacKay. Serving the - guests were te Misses“ Fda Crawford, Norma. - Harris,’ Alex.. MacKay, - Iris Williseroft, Vera: Tanglaniis and Yvon- _

; ‘tain ‘that enn de brought 0 out, and they aa ‘|meed Jook no sa par the ere