wo ODEN BRIDGE ; CONDEMNED |

‘Columario Gold Mining Co.
At Usk: to Build Tram and |
Mill Before Snow Comes |

Structure Across Bulkley River at old’
Hazelton Will be Repaired to
Extend Life-Two-Years

ic aN November Thirty

The wooden: bridge.across the Tulk-,

Move Business to Smithers

Manager Robt. Hunter of. the Royal ing business have not decreased in any
Tank of Canada at Hazelton, received ‘thing like the proportion of the loss of
“testy , business.

a = rene te Clone ee ue | It is understood that the Royal Bank
- carried on in Hazelton as long as it di.
the hank at Hazelton on November 30th j largely on a sentimental exeuse. It is
adoto transfer all accounts, ete,. te joue of the historical places in the fa.
Saxithers? tr he meantime he was to {nor th, and there was always the hoje

notify the public of the decision of the ier ae aa happ en to: just.

head office so that the necessary pre- |

The loxs' of the bank will be a big

fey river connecting old’ Hazelton’ with.
‘he raflway at South Hazelton has
‘een : condemned by the. chief bridge,

keep it open for trafic as long as pos-: Columario mill-and tram line will be”
& ble some repairs are to be made short
y which, it is expected, will. extend.
tie fe the structuré - another:

lt is ‘rumored, and the 1 rumor seems is most likely where the, mill will hk,
eugineer for the province. In order to. to be well founded, that work on the built.

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The Columario is'a gold-copper pi

started in a very short time, ani that ‘perty with a good ‘tonnage of ore: d
two. the tram will be completed before the Veloped....Work’ has been in- prog

years. The’ bridge was built just pre-,Sn0w interferes with operations.’ The on the Property ‘for quite a number oi

viously to the election of 1936 and re- exact location of the mill has not yet
placed a ferry.service which -did not, pean definitely decided, but possibly
meet ‘the wishes, of the people ‘of old will be. before this is in print. Two.
Hazelton, . sifes are under. consideration, one oie,

years, and it is bélieved by engineers
that there is ample ‘ore’ bloeled out to
keep, the mill Tunning for several
years.

Besides many other tests and assays

‘Fortunately a good substantial high ‘the railway side of the river just over ‘made of the ore, a further shipment ot
evel bridge, all steel and concrete, ba* the first long tunnel cast of Vanarsdol. 400 pounds has heen sent to’ Ottawa
ben completed over the ‘Bulkley river’ and the other is on the mine side of fir testing purposes at the governme':
at Hagwilget, and in case of emergency be Skeeua r‘ver.....The latter would re- ratory.
the people of Hazelton will in no way quire only a half mile tram, while ‘th. With this work going on the unem- —
-be inconvenienced, sue ag the people of ite on the railway would require a 2 ployment situation in the Usk District
New Hazelton were for tro Fears ae mile tram, but would have the advan- . will be considerably relieved and many
does not feel justified in eontinui for two and.a hale years, and 2 {He Original high level. bridge bed. aoe of delivering the ore right to the men will rejoice to.be able to work

. nuing to has been for two and.a half years, een closed. The haul over the high railway and at the same time be avail azain f
carry the losses which have been car. [aes come to like the district. He i8 jel bridge at Hagwilget, while a lit- bie for transporting supplies up t asain for @ living. Capt. Willman, the
ried for some years. Not that thefgoing to Smithers for a time at least. le longer than across the low level he m'‘ne. There is also arom i t 1 at in charge of the property from the
uecotnts were had, or losses in’ that [Ben Jones, cashier, will also go to the yoogen bridge, there ‘is an. excellent nilwe tunnel site fo . “Tr beginning, has always given preferener
way, lint the unavoidable costs of do- [railway town for a time. all-weather, all-season road, and the rm & sur Parco loeal men. |
=. a _. Laul is a gradual down grade all the —7~

way from the station at New tazelton
formes pec ae tl sr te net SKeena Tories
Elect Offiecrs
~All Just Lovely
from Terrace to Smithers, W. J. O'-

; . . It Have Several. Car evel, and find that it is cheaper a1. |
Hohn D. Galloway Tried Pin uu, We © Little Wi
y ying Witt. ; Loads to’ Sell—Wild Turkeys | ns und cars,
The inna? meetitije of the Skeena Neill being president end J. Allen Ru-
District Conservative Association was.therford is secretary-treasurer,

a Grizzly, but Soon Changed his | - ;
Mind When Bear Started and Geese on Farm

held In Hazelton on ‘Wednesday, Oct.{ The train that night was quite late

12th, There were delegates present @Tiving from the west and the meet-

to Climb into Bont
: - ; 4 Vattle Y ‘k went t - , :
“W. C. fittle of W oodeock The first snow of the season fell
from Smithers, Terrace and Hazelton, ing did not get under way, until ter
only, ‘Terrace and Smithers delegates o'clock or after, After the business of

‘loss to Hazelton... It has been a erea.
: ‘eonvenience.. Fo do banking business

This news came as a ‘shock to the in Smithers, while perhaps as: good ac.
veneral public in Hazelton. For: over feommodation will be . given, yd the
twenty yenrs there has been a- bank jbest possible service will be given, yet
in Hazelton afid at one time two banks. it is going to cost more to do business .
But business in: the district hes fallen Manager Honter regrets. the neces
off to such an extent that the bank sity of moving from Hazelton where he

parations could be made.

along the lines that t appealed to those
present as being logical for efficient
administration. What those boundries
ae was not given to the press,

HAS A BEAR ‘STORY ALL HIS OWN HAVE BIG CROPS. .AT woorcoc:
CY

' Officers were then elected and the
result. wag that the president and ‘the
secretary-treasurer’s offices are moved

FERS SNOW FELL ‘SATURDAY.

: ; Tave you paid yeyr st fun ve
saw MILL BURNED DOWN ave pau pag sear subscription. »

Oldest Sawmill on the Skeena River—
Was Owned by Richard Tom-
linson of Cedarvale

On Saturday, a week apo, the Rich-

ard Tomlinson saw miil at Ceilarvale

, y for the
. Vietoria—John D, Galloway, provin.- Brince Tepert last Thursday hoped this district last Saturday. For 9 firsc
tial mineralogist,.is one of the few to dispose of n few, carloads of farr ttempt it was good—quite a blizzard
men alive who’ tickled a‘grizaly bear Y ednee while in the ‘city. He has thir! 2d quite a lot of snow. The snow
and came home to tell about it. BF some 800 tons of roots, 600 busb- finally cooled off the surface of the
Mr. Galloway, whose business is re. an of wheat and about 1200 bushels of ground enough so thai it stayed until
' Weopetty ah sees eer ament. op sainin. oats, besides.0 very heavy erop of ney | voning vit aid el, however wc held a few proxies. President 0, T, the meeting ‘was. finished the rest of
im “Careful about his i iré for er Sei Fa ee ‘ r y :
fucts (he is‘that by nature) told re TE 1S ee ‘fos ae he plan-|t could make: it stick: ‘In Snitthers Pr a rene the we es Persea th "stoty-teline Ind ‘feed.
‘cently how he had tickled bis gel, eee Oe ners aan eee Prince Ru. Old Man Winter met with. move suc with.’ A. resotutlon saw assed endor ing the inter man, ‘The delegates al’
, on 1 Quesnel Lake a few dnys . previous- lett " i some of his surplus. It wil] cess. The snow stayed on the: ground - sing. the action of Dr Tolmic 1 TF ‘seemed to‘ be duite satisfied wien .
| ich 'onstehne nos ogi fearon to int of oe ae ener teany, afin attempting to etait ow things ae ans ban
which was taking him ‘up @ lake he! which is * ye ‘ wo ‘
sw something large and brown syim- | overt hon eee ath. Bil is wel! t? cool the boys off. "Ye ed eee nemoahe sett, " report ays
ming not far off, He steered the bont ' me as a progressive farmer and onc dries for Skeena, these being sug: gested
Le in that direction and saw that the op. Ce nds ont only good stuff.
fl Ject in-the water was a large grizzly Resides the heavy crop. harvested
f nlackdly making his way to the oth linia yenr Mr. Little reports that u
wie af the Take, lsovk of wild turkeys bas come back-to
The bont slowed .down . beside ‘the his farm for the second year to clean].
Wg bear, and Mr. Galloway introduced - “ap the overs in the arain fields, Last
limself,- but ‘the grizily, amoyed ai rent there were only two or three tur.
this rude interruption, only auswer. ‘says, but he snys this year there ar
with a rear which echoed and re- :
‘erhoed against the distant, nountains
7. Galloway took lug. pole and a
feet very gently tlekled Mis, Bruin wu-
coo ne chin. . At this indignity the an,
» With another and | a louder roar
ee A gitnt pas up. to the deck 0

the boat and started: to clinih aboar. .

Then Myr. Gallaway wished he had ‘not
been so friewdiy. He had no other
weapon but the long pole and this “he
ruck onto the bene’s shoulder avd }:
time managed to push the bear off the

“epery woot of the boat, at the sam
rime shouted to the engineer for ful’
steam ahead, As the boat made. speer
the betr made another swipe nat th.
boat, but missed and Mr, Galloway he-
sin to brenthe normally agrin,

ARE GETTING GOLD NOW

A imnber of the placer. intners fro
Danalas creek were fn town on Erie ,
Several of ‘thenr-And) small, quantities:
ot wold ‘they have taken out: since the;
water Mropped to‘a level, at. which they
ould woek, Duriig the Tast few weeks
n lot of stripping hag. been done. ‘aM at
some elaims the men a21e’ down to the:
houklers, Word was. brovigitt! in that
Frank Nightwine. has 1. sinall crew a
work ut present taking out the mater.
fal from -a pocket - that ‘is six feet t
the hottom from ‘hed: rock .of the a.
joining creck. ‘'This pocket: fs expect:
od to keep Mr. Nightwine: and. his, crew: |
‘aver. the winter and" provide a ern,
xtuke for next, seanon .

a. jShturtay Mrs,-Moore and daughte™

it the end is ‘already’

wis destroyed by fire, together with.
he contents aud a few thousand feet!
‘not seen them this year yet, but hopes of newly sawn lumber, . TThis is the |
to in a day or so, as soon as the bird: cdest sayy mill on the Skeena river. |.
;, find; ont it is safe, He also reports @ it was moved neross the river after |.
flock of Wild ‘weene in “thé ffelds. But . allway constriction passed | Cedarvak
never shouts nt the birds; and. does 001 nye jogs is a heavy one to Mr..Tomli

permit shooting on his farm, if. he ca) gon as he had many things in the mill
help it. He wants’ to see more of th * that are not usually found in a saw

jwild hirds come back, to the district. ji in the way of tools, and: equipment.)
Another feature about the mill wh

PRES SENT ATION TO MRS. MOORE that it was practically all home made

qnite a number, judging from the noi
they make. They are wild and he !

A very happy evening was enjoyed -T00K $10,000 BOND FOR MINE

ut the home of Mr. nnd Mrs, Geo. Ber ‘
‘eridge on Monday when the Ladies
Guild of the United Church met and
tendered a fruit shower to Mrs. H. J.
‘Moore whose home was destroyed hy
live the previous week and thelr win | Steve MeNeill of ‘Copper dity who
-lter’s supply of fruit and pickles lost. has a copper-gold property up the Cop.
‘Mrs. Moore was also presented with ¢ per river about twenty miles from the
‘very handsome vending lamp by the bridge, has bonded his property to Mr |:
jGuild. On lehalf of the Guild. Mrs.|slark of Seattie,. it 1g ‘reported. It 4:
‘Christie presented the fruit, while Mrs.* wnderstood: that. development work i: |
Brooks: followed with: the. presentation | to be proceeded with, at.an early date,
lof the lamy. ‘The hostess was assisted ‘The- amount.of the bond is reported ay|'
‘in serving refreshments by Mrs. BH. T. $10,000, Mr. Clark is known in these |
| Kenney, ‘Mrs. Gigey,; Mrs. W. Kirkpat- parts as he’ once: hed a farm at Copper.
‘tick; A .vocal solo was rendered - by City and made some money in a. min-
‘Mos,’ MceKenney“and Mra. Swann, .O. ing deal, He moved south where. he
‘has. been for some years, He now ‘in-
Miss Bertha, ‘left -for Prince Rupert on tends to put some-of his’ money’ .to
Saturday. to: take np their -home with: worl in this district, -

the formers. song Verge and Tom.

Reported Steve MeNeill has. Made a
Deal With Clark of Seattle, at
‘One Time Farmer ’

; - Where Was, a. time when women w ii
+ Hon. MacKenzie, King | at. Ottawa. ‘paraded in’men’s attixe were cast int

NYS, he will, ‘tight, to the, bitter end— prison.” Its different , now, . but, -none |
in, sight for hin. ; he: ial unattractive, - wea oS -