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THE OMINECA HERALD,, WEDNES

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‘DAY. NOVEMBER 15, 1933 “NO. 19

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Seeeeileziance was taken.
Bamade up as follows:—

Hon. T. D. Pattullo. .

Hart, a former: minister.
Public Works—Hon. Frank
\Pherson of Cranbrook.
Ge
meee eon of Naniamo.

noe Stoan of Vancouver. -
. Minister of Lands—Hon. A,
fee Grey of New Westminster.

ier Pattull

Premier and Minister of Railways—
Minister of _ Finance—Hon. John
. M. Me-
Minister of Mines—Hon. G. S. Pear-
Minister of Education—Hon, Dr. G.
fae ST. Wier of Vancouver.

Attorney General—Hon. Gordon McG
Wells

o Takes up -

New Duty---All New Men.

_ In Cabinet but Mr. Hart
| Hon. . D. Pattnllo assumed the of: | ,
‘ice of Premier of British Columbia
bn Wednesday at noon following a vis-
at to government house with the mem-

bers of his cabinet, where the oath of
The cabinet is

fairs, some of them have not even been
metbers of the Legislature before.

A. M. Manson, former attorney gen-
eral was left out entirely, as was also
Hon. Mr. Barrow and Hon. Dr. Suth-
and, although it is rumored that the
later may resign his. seat in the house
and take on the job of superintendent
of publie health, succeeding Dr. Young
who js to be pensioned off. .

The speakership has not yet heen an-
nounced. it is reported that Mv, Man-
son refused to accent it,

The North is represented in the cab-
inet only by the Premier, 2nd he, as
minister of railways, will have the
ehfef say in the extension of the P.G.
F, and the Peace River outlet, very im-
portant cons'derations so far as Prince
George, Omineea, Skeena and Prince

REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICES

WThking as'his theme, “As much Heth
jin you livé peaceably with'all men.”
Hustgn Halvorson gave a very iimpres-
sive addréss at the Remembrance Day
services held at ‘10.45 o’tlock on Sat-
urday morning last in St. Peters
church, “A large: congregation © repre-

all walks of life Hstened with interest
to the service which was coducted by
the clergyman of each of the. local
eburches. The service was led by the
missionary of St, Peters, Mr, M. ‘Law-
rence, the scripture was read by Rev.
8. V. H. Redman of the United Church,
Tn company with other communities
throughout the Empire the two minutes
of silence was observed at 11 o'clock,
‘after which Mrs. Redman sang the solo
“There is no Death”, As the service
was held in a-chureh that has-historie
associations with the Hazelton Indian
Mission much interest was added to

| the service by the presence in the chotr

stalls of the Native Junior choir.

REGISTERED RED POLL BULL

sentative of all the community and of |.

Railway Tied ap by Flood
Waters of Many Streams
No Trains this Week Yet

Owing to sudden thaws following a
heavy fall of snow.o nthe lower reach-
es of the Skeena river the Cariadlan
National has been experiencing consid-
erable difficulty with high water. The
tivers on the lower Skeenn are usually

no trains are running in any direction.
ake

And was flowing fairly fast at the
Bulkley canyon the forepart of the
week and men were kept on the job
continuously, The Tuesday train from
short and shallow. They drain moun-|the east could have got through but
tains that are close at hand, high and {was held at Smithers until the line
steep. When the snow starts to go it” west of here was cleared, or in shape
goes with a rush: and the water flows , to enable the railway company to tran-
down the small Flyers like a great wave isfer, The train was expected here on
and it takes en very strong wall or bank ; ‘Thursday,
to withstand ft. Friday last one end |
of a bridge at Amesbury went out and! To the west the railway was up
the train was held up for thirteen; against a hard job. A bridge a mile
hours. The train on Monday evening “enst of Woodcock went out, and one at
was cancelled altogether, — | Anesbury, referred to above, was 1

Even so far inland as New Hazelton bigger job than at first reported. Ten
the creeks and river hare risen te a! or more slides west of here, water over
most unusunl height for the fall, The, the tracks and other things made a
Five Mile creek ranning through town ! mess of things generally,

x at

Minister of Agriculture—Hon. Dr. K,.

- a (. Macdonald of North Okanagan. Rupert are concerned.

ception .of Hon, John Hart, surrounded
hinself.with an entirely new eabinet,
fe all capable men, but sath we past .ex-
mee perience in adminjgering publie af-

Premier Pattullo has, with the ex-

Premier Pattullo is planning on a
trip to Ottawa for a conference of pro-
vine'al premters. before the British Col-
unba Legislature meets in the New
Year. ,

“JUST A LITTLE DIFFERENT

‘on, 'T. D, Pattullo, premier of Brit-

me ixh Columbia, received a telegram from
4:1 very distinguished friend in the east
vongratulating him upon his suecess in

ms the recent election. Mr. Pattulle had
eit new stenographer, He thought he

There is always a silver lining to a
fark cloud, and Hon. Mr. Tolmie is be-
ginning to realize just how good the
people of B. C. were to him on Novem-
ber 2nd. Had he been returned to
power he would have been‘ immediate-
ly blamed for the floods along the nor-
thern rivers. Of course it can not be
Mamed on My. .Pattullo and his cam-

KE. TW. Hamer of Red Lake district,
Isle Pierre, B.C., recently purchased
the registered Red Poll bull, Homefield
Cromwell 9th, from H. BE. Waby & Sons
of Enderby, B. GC. This young bull is
a well grown typey animal, sire by Mr.
Raby’s imported lull and from hich
producing stock on the dam's side.
Mr, Hamar has a good herd of regis-
tered Red Poll cattle and is paying par
ticular attention to the type and pro-
@Vuction of his ‘breeding stock, Red
Poll cattle are readily adaptable to
that district where mixed farming pre-
dominates and milk and beef are pro-
duced on the same farm,

is carrying really more water than it

does i nthe spring. All the creeks on \
the Bulkley river are full and that;

Just what progress the railway can
mike ts still a problem. The weather
reports from the north ore still-—lots

river is much higher than is usual for
the fall, It is right wp to spring high
J water. _ :

of rain and snow going off. That {n-
dientes high water in the Skeend for a
tine yet, | ; i
' nee

The Kitseguela River. at Skeena
Crossing, was reported in danger and
Road Foreman Larmer went down and
with a number of men tied up the
bridge and as the river went down the
Piers were partially filled in. The wa-
ter had started washing out the bot-
tom of the piers, but no serious damt-
fge was done.

. There had been a grent deal of snow
in the mountains and considerable in
the valleys, Then Sunday afternoon
and eli that night the rain continued.
Most of the snow has gone from the
hills and the water is running off, A
lot of trouble may be experienced by,
the raihvay, . ;

The present floods are described as
the worst since 1917. Not only is a

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portion of the bridge gone at Amesbury -

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fm would reply to his telegram in the lan-
aa} cuage of: the Bible,-and-diviated“to'the:
y new stenographer “Go thou and do like
ws wise?’- But the new stenographer, bhe-
Fe ing more accustomed to golf than to

i the Bible, sent the following—“Go
PB through uni do likewise’

son und his speeches,
. eRe

J Pern and South Africa,

paiga, speeches: inthe north, «it might,
in Some way be blamed on A. M. Man-

November [s the harvest month of

oA good- many: Indians:are now em-
‘ployed in. the woods taking out polls’
for’ the Hanson Co. The number of
‘polls to be taken out Is relatively small
nud the price is low, but the Indians
are able to get by. | ;

but ot Kwinitza the track is under wa-
‘ter and between ‘miles 36° and Prince

Rupert the track is under water in a
number of places, On Monday night
the piletriver wags brought from the
past end and sent down to Amsbury.
There is also trouble east of here, and

The. Kispiox viver-was bigher-than
ft has been for: many Years, but the
bridges all stood up’ under the extra
strain.So far no bridges on any of the
highways have gone out. Some eul-
verts have of course been slightly dam-
aged, but nothing serious.

HOW FAR HONEY BEES FLY

A §6urther answers to the question as

io how far honey bees fly are to be
M found in the publication of the results
maf extensive experiments which bave
Be con carried out in Wyoming and Col-

Morado. At the same time they confirm]
aes the conclusions of the Dominion Aplar-
mist that bees havea ¢endency te return
fe tu the stme portion of a field or to the
a sime field on suecessite days for nec-
Zit and pollen, even though areas of
B (he same forage plant are nearer, Esti-
Binates of various writers have. placed
Bthe flight range'of honey bees at dis-
‘neces o£ from oue to seven or more
niles, but little experimental evidence
Ahes heen presented,
2 When colonies were located on a
Spruirie In Wyoming, during a dirth of
isetar, tt was found that the bees

Awny hack in 1851 a pretty little
hie exe. girl was delivered by the
stotk fo the home'of Mr. and Mys Anne
Woat fir-Tecloul, Phere was nothing
special shout: the delivery of that pre-
sions qxiveel to that ish home. But
if was bot long afterward that very re-
mavkable events legan toe happen in
that tittle girls life, and those remark

Remarkable Woman Was
Mrs. Robert Tomlinson —
- . First Woman Missioner

and tribulations; but, through it all
was the joy of Ife; the joy of health;
and grentest of all—the joy of doing.a
big work and doing well, cheerfully
and willingly, .

Through the many many years it -
was the knowledge of accomplishment ; ‘

fore shown a helping hand; the joy of

beard wer . . before she was married to Rev. Robt.
of administering to a people never be sFoutinson who went, down from his
nission fiekl at Kincolith to

August, _ She Was accompanied by. her
fathe: and mother, The little family
settled nt Victoria ad there Alice Mary

spent her enrly maidenhood and finish
el her education, Only seven years
were allowed her to. grow, and develop

except for the novelty of the trip there
was little to recommend it at the time,
Bat the bride had Puck and an un-
usunl faith, She stayed with the party
‘and never complained. Eventually the

‘[eanoe with its missionary passengers

arrived safely at Kincolith, and there .
the young bride resided for ten or more
vers, very often alone with the In-
dians for months at a time while her
hushad was travelling inland and up
and down the coast. It was not a life
that would appeal to many, and there
are jot many young girla who could
hive stood up under the privations, the
Jonliness and the ever present Indian,
Upon arrival at their new home the
bride found much to do and the things
awaiting her were not afternoon teas,
dances, bridge clubs, theatres or night.
clubs, They were the realities of life,

yould fly only 15 miles for artificial
tore nnd at least three miles for pol-
on and nectar. However, when hees
Zire separated from a glyen nectar-pro-
Bducing area by rough country, with ne
sther source of food intervening, they
Inaximum distance of at least

flew
ms.) miles.

a Expériments on the distribution of
come hbney bees located within a
enectar-producing avea showed that the
Siees have a tendency to fly in only one
May two major lanes of flight, negilect-
Sis similar fornge plants in other dir-
ections, Bees would fly from 2,73 to
't¢ miles in one direction when loented
within a nectar-producing area and
feonfine thelr efforts to working ia that
‘lirection rather than in “nearer fields
Mf seemingly equal attractiveness.
amma

“Hon, Arthur Henderson, represen-
| bativo for Great Britain ‘at the Dis-
Birmament Conference, and chairman of

middle of: the 19th century’ to Cedar-
vate, B. ©., £ the 20th century; but it
als
to.
Treland then begnn 9 career. that will
abvays be lnked. with: the. early. his.
tory, of, Northern. \ British. - Columbia

able events continued to happen until
she whs an old womiun, and for years
had been regnrvded ns the most remark-
uble woman in-the whole of Northern
Brithsh Columbin, nnd especially - was
she so regarded hy those who have wit-
nessed one ‘or more phises of that re-
nidrkable life, 9-077.
That Uttle Irish colleen was Alce
Alaryr Wools, Inter Mrs, (Rev.) Robt,
Tomlinson, first medical misstonary: to
Northern British Columbia's ‘Indinns,
Finis wna written to the Hfe of that
Utile girl on Tuesday, November q,
19238—not in Ireland bot, in’ Cedarvale
British Columba."
It Is n long jump from Irel

watchig the re-action of the people
who had previously kown only. “the
survival of the fittest ;" that maintain-
ed the brave an persistent Irish spirit
and enabled ‘this girl, and later, woman
to carry on, ; _
Alite Mary Woods of Ireland, wag the
first white woman, the first nurse, the
first missionary and the first comforter
the Indians of the north const and of
the interior hnd ever kown, At that
‘time innny ‘of these natives were of a
savage (disposition and warfare between
the, tribes was. frequent—almost const-
ant. But the youth ad beauty of this
woman first held the natives in awe,
then through kindness, sympathy, help,
and genuine. Godliness, the natives
were Won’ by. her, and their confidence
and friendship was held secure, so that
throughout the generations which fol-
lowed she wasat.no time in personal
danger from the Indlang, - a
_ At the age of ten years Allee Mary
Woods sailed from Ireland, that was

and.in the

. took three quarters of ‘that ‘time
lever ‘those thousands: of- miles.
There was a sh

ort girlhood spent in

Rthe conference is about to resign in dis-
vat, at the failure of the. representa- |
heme from other countries’ nat. faking
Be) -})tenrmament, view. : :

t

andthe natives: Indinns. of .this part}
ofthe country. There were adventure, |

romance. nnd “move: tras, and, troubles:

get his
bride and co-worker, ‘
{ a)

|. Following the marriage ceremony the
Young conple took - thelr’ honeymoon
trip in an open Indian canoe, ‘manned
by elght natives who had accompanied
the groom on the trip down from the
| Naas river. It was a-six hudred mile
'trip ad required several weeks to com-
plete. Every night it was a ense of
moking camp on shore and spending
the night in the open or under a small
tent, At o thne did the party know
when they would-run’ inte a band of
hostile Indians.- The very first night
out they made camp on the shore only
to find 2 number of Indians who were
hitter enemies of the eight. Naas In-
dinns with the bride and groom. Tt
was only the presence of: the’ young’
white woman that prevented a battle
to the death.’ The strange Indians had’
not seen a white. woman. before,- and
this woman possessed a beauty quite
unltke that’ of the natives; . The first

and such renlitles as are experlenceci
by the first missionaries or adventurers’
into a northern and heathen wilderness

Tt was in 187) that the Missionary
Soclety deeided on estabHshing o mis-.
sion at Kispiox—a long way from Kin-
colith, and inland, Mr, Tomlngon vol-
Unteered to go, ad he wag accepted,
That was an unfortunate. decision for
the young white women at Kincolith
‘who had begun to get some few coin-
forts gathered together and Ufe was al-
most bearable, but the missioner- gure
the word to go and go they did, but it
was a terribe trip. 00 :
One part of the trip a raft hed to be
used to canvey the animals household
belongings. “The scow “was wrecked
and some of the animals were lost, as
Well as: some household goods which
were few- enough at best: Then there
the long wenry ‘miley on foot:over land

,ond. through heavy timber. ‘To make

matters worse Mrs, ‘Tomlnson — con-
tracted. typhoid fever find . far aveels+

in’ May 1861, . For three long months
thelr ship battled, the elements of the.
Atlantic, around the Horn and up the
Pacitie until Vietoria was renehed in’

rials; tronbtes, . tribulations, a, little

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“wit

ight passed . off pencefully. There
Were strage animinis that were not al.
AWAY peacefully. inelined : there’ was:
royeh water and. cold winds, in fact,”

war carried“ ona stretcher nti] the:
Httle party got to a conmtry where the

water was good. That trip WAS oe Of
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