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NEW HAZELTON, B. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER '30, 1935.
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Many Bridges:
On Main Road |
Washed Away

The worst rain and snow storm that
has visited the Northern Interior for
lung time hit the district Jast week
and for days the rain fell in a steady
fnll, and on Thursday night it changed
to snow. In the morpig there was six
inches of snow et New Haz :tton and
more or less nt other points east and
west. The snow. fall in the mountains
was very heavy.

The Skeena river started on o Tam
page first and on Wednesday night it
rose between fifteen nud twenty feet,
enreyig great volumes of logs, trees
aud drift wood. When the Skeena. is
flowing full it is earrying 2 tremendu
ous volume of water, and it maintained
its full flow until Friday night when
it began to reduce, But in the mean
time in the Bulkley river rose to an all
time high level for fall runs, and for
#1 couple of days the big bridge across
the mouth of the Bulkley at Hazelton
was in danger. Fortunately no drift
wont to xpeak of came down the Bulk
ley river.” _

All creeks ani rivers emptying into
the Skeena and Bulkley were full and
overflowing, adding to the volume of
wnter in those two big rivers.

The Kitseguela river bridge at Kit
seguela Indian village. and Skeent’
Crossing went out Wednesday night,
taking piers, abutments and every:
thing else: This bridge waa just- re
cently reliuilt, after. being washed out.
In fact it: has .a record similar to. the
Copper river ‘bridge, near Terrace that

“awvas ebuild . severul: vimes, before ‘" wig |
on ever got. across tt -it was Will too 5

low and- ‘the - “department “of public
works would not build “higher. . The |
Kitseguela bridge has been | washed
out a number of times, and it is time
now that a real bridge on 2 higher
level be -put-in there. It is on the
main high way.

Cedar creek bridge went out and
then to the east the Tobaggan creek
bridge and then the Trout creek bridge
went ont. These are both on the main
highway. They. are Doth built nt as
tay a level as possible.

Itonds were flooded in all directions | -

and good deal of damnge has been
flan), :

MRS, WM. MOXLEY DEAD ©

. Many peopte through. the Northern
Mterior wil regret to learn of. the
ceath last Friday afternoon of Mrs.
Win Moxley of Pr ince Rupert and the

“teat William Moxley, ploneer- rail

‘iy gondnetor, “The decensed Was. 56
vert of age and had ‘enjoyed wonder
ful health up-to a few. sweeks 0g0 | syheni
she found. that she hud: stomach
trouble. She. ts snivived by her hus
Inmnd. one son Rohert at home, and one
danghter, ‘Miss Elennor who teaches
the public schoal at Pacific, and a- sis

~ tev, Mrs, Raby, Sinithers, There, are |i
_ also relatives. in the east.

Mrs. Mox.
ley came from Ottawa as. bride and
Joeuted in: Prince Rupert where she

~ hus been -a: valued, eltizen since. The |,

‘frneral wns held in, Prinee Rupeit on
Monday.

Rivers i in Flood

“)witter. cud’ there-was a. thing conting.|

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- Railway Tied
Up for Weeks|

The Canadian National railway .was
bard hik by tke floods. The Kyax
bridge (it can always be depended on
to wash: out) went first, then Fiddter
creek bridge and then reports stopped
coming , in—there were too many bad
places. ‘The, floads were the worst for
many years at this time of the year.
At places the yailway was-under water
and quite a tumber of miles of alls
were wished out.

There has been no train, mail or ex
press from the west since Last ues
day. The Kyux. bridge wentout first
and equipment was sent from Rupert
and Smithers to rebuild it. Twice
again it went qut before the fills could
be made to hold. In the meantime a
lot of damage was done west of Kyax
and further equipment i and work trains
could not get down to Kyax until the
bridzes und tracks were fixed ahead
at them, It was a tough outlook, and
the railway engincers were surely “on
the spot.” When a irnin from the
west WIL arrive was not known f at this
writing.

Friday night the theremometer be
gan toe drop-and that checked all the.
flond waters. The weather cleaved |
aver Sunday And work of repairing the
damage is going forward.

‘FORTY | SEVEN TONS OF GRAIN

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Leo Bhooner ret turned home the first
of ‘the week after finishing threshing
“ge Biogen, - That was the last
tlie Ss senson’
forty | seven tons of grain were ‘threshed [
pnd. that was mostly "oats. . AS’ this
was- the. first, year’ that a threshing {
machine WAS AY ailable the: farmers did
‘not have as much grain: planted as it
might be expected in future. °. Most.
of them were just experinienting and
are now satisfied that grain of a high
quality can be grown on the farms of
the district.

SPOONER HAD ONE TOUGH TRIP
Coming. home from Kispiox. last
sunday Teo Spooner liad a tough trip.
| At several points . the rond was under

of ice over the water, It was just bad
travelling tmtil Leo got on this side of
Kispiox village: and down the first hill
He rau inte a long stretch of road wn
der water, This was. not due to the
river water but.fhe drainage from the | #
hill which hnd no outlet. The water
wars s0 deep that it was half way up
the- radiator of the car and the engine
died. -Leo ernw led out over, the fender

it: started, but’ died again every few
feet, He was: about an hour making
a ‘couple of. blocks. The: water was
frozen nso. and’ the. ice. WAS | 50" ‘thick
that the radiator on the car, yrasstove
‘in. That was the: Worst ‘motor ing Leo
BnYs* ‘he ever, did. : - eras

ey sa! s

: Since. “the: hig water ny aa ‘OE wila
ducks were routed out of. their feeding
{erounds,§: “But it was tine: for them to.

linve you, paid your siseriotion set |

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Terrace is Shut

“Altogetiiar. lover's

and | renched ov er to crank the’ enr |}.

In Completely .

owing to the rafa rain and the fact that
no train is rmming and even the wire
service was not too good, the news
from, Terrnee. is envésiled, but oar man
is on the job ant promises t a ‘bunch on
the first train. -

Since last Wednesday Terrace has
been quite shut off from the out
side world. This is the resnit of the
hig rain throughout the interior that
raised the rivers toa new high for a

railway bridges and tracks to such ex
tent that it will be another week or so

Long Terms in

Result ¢ of Flood; .

fall. run off, sind which damaged the}.

Penitentiary
Train Wreckers,

Joo Isaac and Arthur: Sutherland, 8
couple of Fraser Lake Indians, were
given extances of 1G and 17 years by
Judge Robertson. af Prince George.
Owing to the tie up of the railway the
judge from Rnpert - could = not get
through se Judge Jlobertson was called
on.
Monday and the witnesses heard — at
the preliminary trail were enlled again
avd then the Indinns went inte -the
box ul their own behalf.

“Sutherland, the younger LTidian, put
in a plea of guilty. Ne was to have
tuken the s sentence While Tstine wis to

before any trains enn get t through. In
Terrace did vicinity there were 1ine
fiches of rain from Tuesday to Friday
so Terrace did its shure towards rais
ing the river... The Skeena river rose
Kalam Lake road Was washed out for
24 feet in about 28 mmy hours. The
ao mile and a half. The bridges at
‘lacier creek and TLeanto creek and
one on the east side of Kalum Lake
nre all washed out.” On Thursday the},
bridge over Edgar creek went out and
so did the bridges over Hall, Maroon
and Riinhow creeks and the = bridge
aver the-Copper river slough, 80 that
the provincial gover ment will have a
lot-of. work in this section this fall and |,
winter.Fortunately this class of work
van be done in the winter.

cable on Thursday and, went off down
the . Skeena. Lakelse lake established
‘a mew high water mark and the cot
tage. and, hoat owners at the inke sut
fered” “quite” “heavily? Orme’s ‘pont)
house: at the south end of the lake and
cottnzes ‘at the north end of the lake
Were. damaged, sev eral bouts: are up
side down and ‘Swuin's boat was suk
The high water found the Presby
family marooned on Sjostrand island
and W. Hilder worked for two days rig
ging up a basket ferry to get the folks
onto the main land.

The Hagen cottage near the Copper
ferry Was washed away and an Indian
Joxt his car in the river. A. Creelinan
had a ear at Lokelse lake caught hy
the floods and just its ton was show ing
It was salynged ,on Tneday.

Prof. Gordon King wha came here to
give a Iceture. is still here and will he
for_n, time, “Tie has caticelled ‘alr other:
lectures achedwied for this trip.

‘ihe stores haverwun out of butter,
eggs, yenst and bacon.

Louding -balsam hogs for export is
golug ahead in good shape,

Little damage was, lone at Remo but
the lind was largely tinder water, The
gov ernment telegraph wires north - of
town were down in nunber ‘of places
The: weather ling turned ‘cold and it
is clear. . The troubles ire over ‘except
that ‘the damage is ‘not - repnired. No
neeidents.. wv ere reported asa result of
the store. _

» Assistant: public works engineer W.
HE. Cotten: was here, “went .the storm
was on ‘and he is ‘still here so that-he
has first band information. of what he
1 haa’ to do: ‘before ® ‘transportation ta" ‘a8
good as-it was. © cn

There Was 2° nbad a washout at ‘Dorresi
Ww which day

repair. There
and at other . points, before the work

erews cain get | to. Kyax eld. -_

‘he Remo ferry broke the inain.

takin ‘considerable’ ‘time: tol. 2
ig. another ‘one: ait Usk]

vo tree. He pleaded not) guilty. In
spite of the fact that Sutherland tovk
the full blame and beth ptisdners said
Insane had nothing te do with it. the
judze did. not helleve their stovies and
maintained that ther were equally fo
binme.

“The Indians. some weeks ago broke
the switeh lock at Bulkley Canyon and
threw the switeh epen. ‘hey wanted
to see n train wreck. The wayfreight
dhl back several eurs off the switch
before it was discovered fhat the
awiteh had, heen left open, and the
train stapped.. ,

Tt appears that the sume Indians
‘dumped a lot crailsoff the rack at
the side of the railway and that they
also broke some insulators on the tele
graph line. They were having lots of
fun.

Constable Andy ‘Grant of the provin
vial police nud: stationed at Hazeiton
we asresponsilje for the unravelling of

work hy C.N.R. investigator Kenney
Matheson. Finding..the sw iteh
was. the big thing and then Grant had
the two Indinns, take him to scene of
the crime and ‘tell himall about it. A
good deal of credit is due ‘Cons. Grant
for that job.

cow SWAM THE FLOODED RIVER

Latst Wednesdy morning n cow he
longing to the Kitsognela reserve was
on the bridge when it was washed out.
She was a big eaw and had a new calf,
in the stable at hone. Going down
the Skeen river on the bridge the cow
vot. to thinking, sbout.its..calf. apd how,
the enlf would get its next'meal The
indefinite destination of the bridge did
not appeal to the cow, nor yet did a
long walk home. The cow got off the
bridge and tack to the'fast water of
the Skeenn, - She made shore some
how ond in due course made her way
back to the barn and her calf. The
Indinns saw the cow on the bridge.
and hnd given it up for gone. They
were greatly surprised when they saw
the cow going home.

—

There will be a hard times dance in
New Hazelton ‘ball “on Friday «night | -
of this week. ‘The Kisplox. orchestra
will furnish the musie - and the admis
sion will be'G0¢e: There is-no business
until the trains get going. again, so.you,
might. ag. well enjoy yourself. - Take ‘In

the dance. It will be worth while.
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Canada’s new premier,
the members’ of bis cabinet as follows !

- Court was held in Sinithers Jost | *

the: gnytery. ‘He -was-axsisted.in this [.-

lock |.

Premier Names

“New Ministers
For the Cabinet.

Rt.-Hon, Wn..Lyon MacKenzie King
has “selected

Prinme Ininister, president of coun”
cil and seeretary for. externil affairs,

bey

Bt. Hon. MacKenzie King.; . 3

bay

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Minister of Mines, immigration, Col
onization, Interior and superintendent.
senerl of Indian affairs, Hon. TE. .1.
j Crerar. ,

Seevetary af State, Hon. F. Rinfret.
“Minister of Justice, Hons Ernest
Ln pointe.

Mister of public works. Hou. 1. J
A. Cardin.

Minister of finance. Hon. c. A. Dun
ning. :
Minister of rade and. commerce,
Hon, AV..D, Ruler. . AS
"Minister ot. national: defence:
lan Mackenzie.

Postmaster general. Hon, 3.0, Wiiott
“Minister of health and “pensions.
on. Chas. G. Power. .

Minister of uational revenne, Hon.
J. A. Isley. .
_ Minister of lnbor, Prof. Norman

Rogers. °

Minister of rathways: and canals and
marine, Hon. ©. 1H. Howe. ,

Minister without portfolio, Hon, Sen
ator Dandurand. .

“Minister of agricniiure’ not yet ‘ap
Jointed, but if. has been* ‘offered: to: Hm
Mr, Gardiner, That portfollo- does: not
seem to he popular with. the boys,

: bow hres agri?

ae 3 ou paid, your: ‘supseription yat

port. of. any ‘of them having got, any
thing. ;

In the New.

Hazelton: Hal

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Minister of fisheries. J. A Michant,

* Several parties have gone’ out “hunt te
. ing recently, but. so far there is. no re

“FRIDAY, NOVEMBER ist.

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