Vou. i ~NEW HAZELTON, B.C, FEBRUARY 5, 195 The Government Seni M ethod | BY Tom AND. ‘Terny’ os gay Tom: ‘it ‘is’ now: rumored |- around that evan: that.” bridge| across the ‘mouth: Of! ‘the: ‘Bulkley river is not going to: be. ‘built; neither will it “be constructed on the higher level near the hospital. One of the: delegates to Vietoria has returned and he is not. very enthusiastic,’ ‘in spite of the wire | that the other delegate sent.-up that the bridge would ‘be com- pleted. by spring. The half of the deputation that did’ not’ return: from Victoria is reported to. be working the’ political bosses .and the lower part of the riding for the nomination, “Don’t laugh like that!’ He has had worse ideas i in his head than being the: “repre: B sentative of the’ Skeena’ district ae =in the Victoria house. He:would be a good man for McBride and Bowser. Hasn’ 't he been running his legs off for years: with: peti- tions and getting affidavits: and my telling the voters .to be good: or fm they could’t get. any. patronage? 6M Why sure he. would bea fine man But, have m for the government. o¢ ~ Merey.o on the: he: district. oS OSBut that is is: aaide ‘fror bridge stuff, “Every. effort has been made to get. that work. ‘con- sented to,.and -it is stated: ‘that: the politicians . have promised their support,. providing they can get the | money. That is where the: Shoe “pinches, ° They. can’t ~ get the 1 money.. It's not because the bridge would. be a monument to the disgraceful. waste of public money, but., ‘purely’ because they can’t get. the: “money, . If the money happens to come along” the . bridge. will: be.‘erected; just to: = show the people. that ‘the -politi- ® cians are. the: Tulers and’ the tax: payers are. ‘the servants;! Pe a ACT Bak ‘proposed: | new. Bulkley bridge would be similar. orna-| 1 ment to the Copper’ river. bridge, which was originally. constructed several years: ‘ago, washed” away. by a spring freshet,. gathered to _ gether’ and. reconstructed... The. roads. to » and from it. were ove that: ig not. needed for other: pur- poses, that.a man’ ‘Should ‘never. gamble. unless: he ean. afford to lose... The provincial government has been gambling for. years, and, like all suckers, won.a few’ pots: and then. lost everything,” ‘including its: clothes: are in today, and the: job for. the: new" ‘government todo i is: to first: get back: the elothes:so that it i.) Can ‘appear - in. public: and. then start:‘in--to® ‘recover; some: of the imand