“ERs

‘he could not spend more time arounil

. the first 6f- September.

‘nine London. Chamber of Commerce

- SaHons fn the near. ‘fature,.

Je able fn ln nite “with more aRTIecess
Way they’ hee: a TT Me biel ‘be
Of Hie: samposvelly ¢ ete iheed world,

NO. 43

0. K. Cafe i in
Hazelton Was.

Prey to Flames |

Qeite a hig mid disastrous five visit-
Iirvelten early this morning and as &
rewilt the ©. K, Cate is no more, and
neither is Pop Benson's barber shop
which adjoined> and was part of the
sume building, Marshell Bros. black-
sinith shop was half burned awry and
the “Anglienn Mission House was w ell
heed, but little damage was done to
the building.

The Q. JK Ca fe was owned Dy “wish,
a Chinamin,-0f late doing the cooking
et the Hosplta. mid was operated by
Joo, another Chinaman, ‘There was
sane TIsuranes om the outfit.

The fire started about twenty min-
nies to four-this morning, at least that
ix when it we is diseovered and the hell
wrung, At ‘that time, howey er, the
ames had a good hold on the build-
ine and from the first it was seen no
hope could he entertained for the cafe.
A couple of Chinnmen living on. the
premises -f vat: out sifely and got a few
personal effects. out, and a white mar
rooming ‘upstairs got out, but all the
cafe effects were a. total loss,

Pap Benson's barber shop went with
the cafe ,but most of his equipment
was saved. ;

At an early period the forestry fire
pump was brought into action and the
biz fight put up by the citizens was on
Marshall Bros. blacksmith shop to

keep the flames from catching onto

the gargne building, and at the Mis+
sion House which is located Just. back
of the cafe building. While there is a

| considerable . Space | between, the 2 pro,
. perties. the: draft: from the fire wag t0-

wards the: Mission House and it was
warmed up considerably. Some good
work was done there. The contents of
the Mission Honse were all moved out
tosafety except the kitchen range, and?
the only damage done was some ‘hraok-
windows and some damage to the fur-
pure. due to rapid handling.
“the fire will leave quite a gap in
e bustness section of Hazelton, ant
't is not knawn yet whether Irish will
‘nhl or not. ,
The, the operntar of the cafe, Was
in Snifthers at the thme of the fire.

“WANTED MINING PROPERTIES .

“LK. Myers of Ontario, the Prairies
British Columbia and. now on hls way
te Dawson City. spent several days in
this. section last. week looking for mb

ing properties to develop. He was in |

this section quite a nminber of years
igo and worked for a time at the Sil-
yer Standard. That was one property
he asked for price and terms on, and
the Joe, Miller property was: another.
He came in here with some bacon, but-
ter and ‘cheese which he bought whole
sie in Edmonton, and figured on put-
ting the boys. to work: at once, He did
lot close any deals, ‘and os he was on
his way to Dawson’ where. he Knows of
n property he found 38 years ago, and ['
as*boats do not rm north very often,

here waiting for the hoys to fix their:
price, He had a young fellow with
him whom he met in the States and
this young fétlow is to. be left in: ‘the’
Yukon :in charge . of development ‘thera
Mr, Myers expects to get back about

lx advocating a reform, of. the. calendar.
with, ‘a. fixed, date. for; Faster, - with’: a.
12° month year, and ench month. having
the satiie | ‘number ‘of ‘days. The. mat-
tor tx ‘to come. before . the. League. ot
Thig | 18):

| G M. Murray _

fhe truken aver by the government.

‘jin summarizing . the- company's placer

Boosts Road to:
The far North

Gen, M. Murray, MLL.A., af Lilloo-
et, and Mrs. Murray, have been -on a
trip through the western states, and
Mr. Murvay has lost uo opportunity
to put inn good word for the construc
tion of the north and south road, and
especlily mentions the §00 mile sec-
tion from here te the Alaska honrder.
Mr. Meunvay has heen sold the iden .of
great nerth read through the Jand of
the golden twilight. and he is one of
the est bousters the project has in the
prayince,; Thére. are powerful inter-
ests in (he east svho are interested, in
it on’ aceannt of fonvist. fusiness as
well as opportimities for development
md investment of enpital, Lhe most
apethetic people of nll seem to be the
people of British Columbia who ave to
be the most benefited,

Vofortunately, the idea of building
this road through central British Col-
minhia was introduced hy a Couserva-
tive gind they seem to he rather scarce
tu the previnee at present. Also mi-
fortunately, the villagers of Vancou-
ver have not ret been able to see just
where they are goine to get the lion’s
share of this new bnsiness—thetr 1i-
quoy stores mleht not be able to sell
the tourists their full requirements.

4
GOVERNMENT TO TAKE CONTROL

Extension of provinelal. government
control over edueation will get under
shortly in accordance with legislation
passed at the last session of the house.
=| During «this year ‘the government ex-
pects to take over half a dozen school
districts, now being administered by
rural school | boards, These districts
hrve not vet been. named. ;With the
‘government proving the scheme a suc-
cess it is expected that before long ail
the rural schodl districts will apply to

TOO MUCH WATER COMING

"Tt is Interfering With Read Work at
New Hazelton Railway Fill

The first heayy rain this yenr fell
Saturday night and as a result the
water in the Bulkley river rose rapid-
Ivy. Loeal erecks are running full aud
the. low :Jaud over which the Foverii-
mient is making a. fill at New Hazelton
Hiss pretty well covered with water much
to the detriment of the progress of the
work. An effort is being niade now
to have that big flow of water con-
trolled more effectively us a fill is out
of the question so long as so much
water is allowed to come down. It on-
ly requires pulting in a: few stop logs
to divert Mission creek bnek to its own
bed and thus cut off to-n very large
extent the flooding ef a large area In
New Hazelton.

CONSOLIDATED IN THE NORTH

From the Finnneial News—a: profit:
able operation at, Slate Creek: (North-
ern British | Columbia) and » Manson
Creek {in the same locality) - is Andl-
tated for the coming. Season, . states W.
M Archibald, ‘Vice-president of Consal-
idated: ‘M. & 9. Co’, in charge of ines,

operations in B, ©, fThe drainage
ditch was completed in December ‘and
hedrock gravels tested in” the . lower
sections, : Values up to $13.50 per yd.
were . obtained.;" Transportation facill-
tlea.ave being’ evadually. improved and

Prince Rupert

By The Sen

he

trom Our Own Reporter

The conversion ‘of fish into hard
cash has been a favorite way of killing
timely lately. Some would describe
the Work us sport and pay for the pri-

vilece, But here {t's the other way
rau, There las been quite a ron of

sthnou in the labor and anyone who
could ristle a vow bout and = didn’t
tind exerting blnself went trolling, A
falr average of centches went from ane
toy three or four fish por day. Fresh

shops uptawn.
, es *k +
Theo, Collart. whose Interest in flo-
wers in reflected In-a spacious and n
herulitnl garden. around lis home on
Fifth Ave, Is.the new president of the
horticultural association. The annual
dinner meeting with nearly eighty pre-
Ser, WAS, held recently. Another flo-
wer show ‘will beheld this summer and
take it all in all, the association fiour-
ishes like the green bay tree.
a
The engngement of Miss Cathie Ir-
vine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Jas. §
Irvine. well known pioner residents of
Critve Rupert, and Thomas Freser, of
this city, is announeed. The wedding
will take plaee in First United Church
next month. >

Constineton of... chureh, “for the
Chrisian, Selertco,
sideréd. | A’ définite. decision ‘has: not
been renched,. but it may be within an-
other ‘few months. ;The Society owns
a lot, 30-by 120, on Second Ave., oppo- |‘

contye of the city, and next to the rail
way reserve which is gradually being
changed: into an aren of skilled land-
scape gardening. Just now excavat-
Loy is being (lone with a view to deter-
wining an estimate of the cost. af the
hasemeut.

THE BARY BIRD CATCHES THE

WORM

The most. renstt steamship reser:
vation fo reach ‘the Vaneouver offices |

wis Yecelved from Prince Ripert a few"
days ago. HB. F. Reed of that city has
booked space on the super-liner Queen
Mary for May 1937 7, more than a year
nhead of time. ‘The goal of the Prince
Rnpert traveller is London in time for
the coronation | of. _King Edward VII.
Asa young, aan: Mr. Reed saw the
evowning of King Edward VII. He
made his first visit hone from Canada
to see the coronation of the late le-
loved King George ¥, and now ‘he is
planning to see his third crow ning cer-
emony, crossing the . acean “on the
Ww orld’s mightiest phasonger. vessel.
Quite a young man in Hazelton war
before Indian Agent Mortkney on a
charge of supptring Hquor to Indians,
He Wes found. guilty and fined $60 and
costs, or; ‘two: months. in. paul. a He: ia: do-
ing the time. a .

ee " L
Strawberries’ rank. second tumonget | -
Canadian. fruits. In: ‘the total, value, of.
the? *1035 crop." The prodiction | “ot |
26, 190.000 quarts valued .nt $2, 249,000:
in. 103B. was ..well, ‘aboye the tive. ene

springs always find a@ market in the!

the other nnmerous sources of waste,

Soclety. is -being. one]!

site Fourth St. The site is in the very |"

-ipgthing accomplished, by anyone, any

of the Cunadian, Natlonal in some time 4

used: by the public to- atop ‘Wuemploy-
ment. to that extent,

Ys. ‘Balance’ ‘the | budiet,
} ind: ot. curtail services | --

= Solution for all

‘Quick. B.C.

Dear Mr Edited:

_ 1 note your remarks re iny Jast con-
tribution, ‘Therefore. 1 shail endeavor
to Gever, the more Important  idens,
With Tess space,

The recent remarks in’ the Family
Herald re the CLN.R, are the question.
Tn the first plice I would like to re-
nind vou that daring the time of this
terrible mistuke of building the C.N.
R. (GQTP--CON.? 7 the CPR. was
(luine Exactly the sine thing. Ton-
esty demiunds ai the facts. .

Grunting the serlousness of the CN.
RK. deficit situation, why blame all the
trouhles of Canada, of 2 like nature,
on the GZRIC. (NR) ??

The siting condition, and then some,
applies to the wor debt F doubt if
this deficit is any more justifiable
than the C\NVR., because the money
spent on the war, represents just as
much wiste, incompetence, and = graft
as in the case of the C.N.R. (G.T.P.)
with less to show for it.

Another thing contribuling ta the
FINANCIAL CRISIS is the loss of in-
came tn connection with the banks.

Add these three things together, plus

aud I shall he quite glad to. agree
about the. CRISIS. Tf the poor old G.
TP: must bare atl the blame—I cer-
ainly eunnot agree.

Leaving our suspicions about the C.
I.R. ont, of the’ matter, the question
before the government is—twhat are
rou guing to. do about Al 12 these ues:
Guitscae wee aire “a

“Pwo years ago"! “wrote you: ‘a ‘letter
whieh offered. a solution. ‘However,
you su changed the letter, and ent out
so much in some placs. that I could:
not rveeoznize it myself, In fact ‘it
did not! ‘make sense. Therefore, I
would appreciate being permitted to
review that, sHghtly. I linve no ex-
postition that it- will be considered at
all, hut E might point out that since
writ'ng it. there has heen nothing done )
tthout these matters, As Roosevelt
said tonight: “If it works, do it some
more. Lf it does not work, try some
thing else.” ‘The past six years shows

phice,

You dubbed it the C.0.D. party—ap-
proximately as follows iI “stated
that Were TL ‘Touning the oftice of* pre-
mniev, with their anajorities, that I
would guarantee 2 C.0.D., money back
platform. If 1 did not-make good I
would resign. and let some one hare a
try at it, Noe others have made. good
ou their promises, but have drawn).
their pay nevertheless. That is ob-
‘tiining money under false pretenses.
It is fraud.

1 know of no other way to accom-
plish the following results. Certainly
none of the measures that have been
TRIBD linve produced anythiug ex-
eopt. boomernngs, There seems: tobe
one way whereby. the desired. results
may he obtained, but I do not “expect
to see it tried out. Howerer, I will
enimmerate them:

. Pay the National Deht, including at
guaranteds.
|. Pay, or ut lent. refund. the provi
etal: debts at 3%.

Save ‘the. country . and. put im eiteu-
Intion a milion ny day.
. This Approximate ; amount could he

Wg ORD ged tp tet

rediice “taxes,

: “nia eould bo. - Accomplished.

the fren. 18: attracting, other operators.

spelaebly romat OP: the’ ‘Leagiie. “wight

pp bog ase St fT tenes Bena

alk, Work: on, the
“taking rola OF the: ‘wide

ihe, valli ay cay
Rulkler

harca altehow
Canyon, wecthon
“hit cate: tint
wert: put ‘Hhrewh sent.

reat geale- na “tenttlize® -
ningte, upptleation: An. ‘Eastern, bengal
alr:

naterlal zor

edents of "En

April-34, 192g [°

fet busy on the marine.

doe ve heat .

Why N ot Invite
Troubles Offered)

Govenor General
To Visit Here

The Govenor-Gereral and Lady
Tweedsmur will leave Ottawa on the
Gth of Angust to pay 4 visit to the Pa-
eific coast, and, incidentally, to visit
the new park in the central interior of
British Columbia that has been named
gfter the Govenor. This park is that
country lying between Bella Coola on
the coast and the Ootsa Lake district.
Tt ix a wonderful conatry for sports-
min and for nature lovers, To a very
great extent it is still in the raw, in
fact very little has been done to it and,
exeept for building ao road in and aut
very little if anything is required,

In all probability the Govenor Gen-
era’ls party will travel through this
part of the country enroute to ‘Tweeds-
muir Park. It would be a very fitting
thing if the local people would take
steps to have the party stop off here
for. nn hour or two and accept of the
hospitality of the local folk, and have
a look at . the - country. hereabouts.
They will see things here they will not
see elsewhere, We have a good coun-
try to look at and a good eountry’.to
live in and where making a living is
easier than in most places. The ad-
vertising benefits would be great and
the whole community: would benefit.

The present is the proper | time: to

MUD SLIDE ON COAL MINE ROAD

nesday. that’ “requires ‘the: services ‘for
some time of a power shovel. At first
it was thought to ship the shovel froin
here. to Telkwa, but the parts for the
shovel ot Sinithers. had already been
shipped so it was decided to wait a
day or two ond uge that shovel. The
silde was unexpected.and. it. will delay
eoal shipments for age time, althon
the shipping. season is drawing t tor “thie
amu] shipment season. 3°

Since the above wrs in type. another
change in plans has been made ‘and
the shovel from here will go to Telkyw ’
on-the Thursday train. It is repar tial
thit new parts neeiled for. the smalt
shovel hrve not arrived in Smithers
and that machine cannot be used. if
is estimated ‘the shovel" wilt be needa
on the Telkwa coal mine road for three
weeks anyway. ; :

Game Wardens from; Tetkwa ang
fron Ootsa Lake ‘re in. Hazelton on
business.

Ta tt

be the result? -
“ls it 2000 or 4000 Feurs Iustitta sfiys
Will be requited -to - ‘pay’ off the GTP. .
deficit only? With’the-war debt and
the other. ‘debts, it figures, out at 10,-
On} years Does’ it mean thot. Alberta
alone will default? Those vast sums
have no chance whatever of being paid
linder present conditions. Why not do
the thing that will pay. ali‘of them, or
else go. off. and ‘die: and. ‘give WS 1 yest?
‘These conditiong ' face the whole
world! as “wetl- as*Cahiday but ‘nothing |
suggested, by ‘anyone, in any country.
hrs made: ‘any ‘* improvement worth
mentioning. « aes

Ag there is--a ‘method, to’ ‘cure atl ;
this complication: of diseases, . Sand It
can be ‘done: by: the: mere “exétcise” af
Norsé-sense, “it ‘ould seem" worth try:
ing, orsprodice: a’ better: idea. cris

The Tt
‘ational: Debt. and. nll. guarantees, paid | tis
{without inflation or repudiation, and

following ° pred inginnd . a nil +ime

bd es : ff.
a ese!

SAcHie! ima. _attdeénme-dowen-‘on- the 0
}ooal mine road. near . ‘Telkwa:’ last: ‘Wel-