The Omineca Herald NEW HAZELTON, B.C. Published Every Wednesday i. HH, SAWLE -_ PUBLISHER advertising rates—$1.50 per Inch per month ceddiug notices Lic per line firstinsertion, 10c per line each subsequent insertion, High Schoo! Attendance School trustees have their prob- ies, aud often find it difficult to do Ihe things that meet popular approval isut trustees who give freely of their ime to further education should merit uethine “but - prise. Unfortanately; bore always seems to le ‘those who jock lightly “on the. opportunities .af- forded their children, and then the job of frasteoing becomes . discouraging. © In these dnyx of keen competition pducation’ ig especially valuable, not oily for the actual knowledge gained, lint for the training and ‘discipline whereby 3 young folk gain a wider out- look on life, and are more fully equip- red to-grasp the opportunities as come their way. . Edueation, especially high sehool ciducation, comes at a time in lite whet-the ‘ambitious youth wants “To go phices and do things.” The restrain needed ta stay with their stinlies often becomes. irksoine. then when the wise conneil of parents xtenhd he feecly offered, and the boys min) givls shown that it is for their goad to continue studying, . 4 caurse, there are cases when sickness in. the family, extreme econ- omic distress‘ or plans for n° voeation that does not warrant high school ed- uation, offers legitimate reason for not attending, high school. But in’ most cases, especially these days when young folk are not needed urgently in industry, 1 way can usu- ally be found to permit them to pro- Tt is: that many ‘of the children who come up from. puble school complete one or two years of the course and then drop out. The result,is that grades 11 und 12 are poorly attended, and at the present time- the numbers have dropped te a point dangerously near] the minimum for a.two teacher sehool. Right now there is a fine equipment at the school; some thousands of dol- Jars are being spent each venr in keep- ing it in operation and there are quite a number of young people who have hot: completed their studies. Many. of these ‘are doing practionly nothing with their time. 1f.a high sthou! course cost the pup- ila large sum of money it- might: be more highly valued. and there would aso he many... who. would complain that it was im dustitution for the pri- vileged classes. . As it is the opportin- ities affered sare’ being turned’ -down The unfortumite thing is that in later life so many of those who are most onispoken on the subject of inequality of opportunity are the very ones wha spurn the opportunities that were their when they were in their adotes- cent years, Many are uot even inter ested enough in their children to see | that they are not left in the same fix, in years to. come, MYSTERY OF LIFE Marconi Spealts on the Riddles of the ‘Universe blem of life, - , > “The inability of sclenee to solve it Is absolute. This would be truly frl- ghtening were it-not for faith.” Then Marconi .. continued,- -in ’ -the complete silence. of an attentive udi- Cnce: : “Lf we consider what science has al. ready enabled men to know-—the’ ini- mensity of space; "the fantastié: philo- sophy af the: stars, the inffiite smali- ness of the composition of atoms, the macrocosin ait micracésm whereby. we xsticceed only in-crenting outlines and translating ‘a measure into aum- hers w ithout our minds heing able to form “any cénerete idea of -it—we re- Indin astommded Jhby the eaermous ma- chinery of ‘the Universe. : “If, then. we jmass fawnrd the con- sideration of the phenomena of life. this sentiment is accentuated. The complexity. of..the déferent organs Which all work out. in co-ordination aml ‘determinnte funetions, the’ eon- stank pre-ocenpation for: the conserra- tien af the species, ninn’s RuIrvellous adaptation of his constitution to sir roundings, the transmission of. instinct. the mmechanisi of thought and: reason- ing. cund lastly. the spectre of death which. plaves main. who wishes to, ex- Psine the tormenting Inystery; before zn book closed with seven seals’? | Selonee. Guglielmo Marconi toll the: International Congress of Electro-Ra- dio-Biology recently, has abselntely ; ; failed :to explain the problem af lite, Fight Nobel prize winners \ were among the distinenished menibers of the assembly which heard the Ttalian scientist say — “The mystery of life is certainly the most persistent problem placed before the thought of man. There is no doubt ceed through ‘the entire hig gh school CONIYEO, Ritsuingallum high-school is a case Dut what from the time humanity be- gan to think, it has occupied * itself with the problem of its origin and ts Ask! ‘away fvom the trath. and the hare, Keeps on dong You are a retuiler. | You Wa mit to. svell cach dn ‘your goods, luyers fnee to fae, more customers. = Tore-mst Derg. quien Ask! ‘| Te who asks most gets most. , Jt is something like the torteise The race in business is swift, nor to Mhe- clever, nor to the brilliant man, but to the man who ix most dilligent—to the man who his plain duty, Yon want to get husiness, more cnch day if vou ask! ask, ask! buyers to buy You cin hardly go. avonnd canvassin This practice costly, thongh nadeubtedly would he effective, you can see newspmiper advertising in this way you can do your asking for lusiness, ed by the buying public to de siiet advertising, ymblie just wants'ta be defo med oath have to sell; and if you will add reasons why the public should buy what you. offer, then you. will get The public wants information, and it won't ‘object to a Mitle urging. “ therefore’ like retail merchants advertisements tu he plain, straightforward statements of fact. 7 : aia ay neF 33. Ae ee Ln [Aces Ask! There is no getting not to the rset. Wert, you will sell g homes ane would be * too But You are not requir- The whnt you Spending money, ‘Is Sttlous mauvs,, dad they Was a busiaesés euler onc dovtor last ment. “or heavy fines, € nothing’ in: wreturn it would be ‘/prosé:. cuted for fraud, Changes in the Can- ndian Radio, Commission - are surely ne necessity. “Any change would be at lenst weleome. Tata Take. Tom is one of those old timers who find it so difficult to ne eept modern aivancement, sich as the and -then’ pave} transportation af gaods: by power, He did the transporting of godds in the} Tatla Tatke comitry for many years by back. puck and: hand: propelled canoe, His idews ave not wneommoen hy. any, menns on the frontier. “Anything to disturh the habit of. genes tis most re pulsive, Hon, ROTL Tooley, gene wal in BC. suys th: if commmanisn is. cheing targht aft the Chiversity of B titish Cohuubin. "Mr. Pooley has not ahd the halt of ff, a se Terrace Notes fins Tind, Capper City. ferrymirn, wook, . ew The pullie works grader wis out on fowmier, attorney. 1 comfort PCOnHTrEG af af 4 MEW HAZELTON, B. C, WEDNESD 4, NOVEMBER aB, 193 . id TTR Serpe ee ome a ol ee nee an nn aE ae ae mee ot ; =" I in qwint. ‘he trustees have found futnre—whieh nloultedly. is the _pYo- license, fees under thrent of. imprison’ mares . i i UNDERTAKERS ~" BO, Bix9s “— ; Bete t _ PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. x : °AMBALMING FOR SHIPMENT A SPECIALTY - will bring uv | on srEREREEHEROROEOOEERHI IE Dr. R. C. Bamford =] a ee DENTIST SMITHERS, B. C. -Hours 9a mito 6 pm Evenings —— mmo by appolntment. i = a . ORSON ROI. i i f i _ ‘Va re Make the while in Motel Grosvenur your hone 4 Vaneonver. Here is every § und service—cheerful lounge. ; aud sincking- reoms, dining Just two blacks away is the 4 Vancouver's shopping aud { ) theatre district. tates are very ren- Writing room, we cet sn een : : ~{sonalile, ; — . the Usk - road Tixime Rp some of the 2 THE RADIO... COMMISSION—BAH! | worst spots iu crendiness for the win- : ‘ e — . jfer work.’ As it Ins been annunneed RATES Steely the Canadian Rivlio Commis. {that When freeze-ap, comes Columario . Dailye fom has messed things np for at Teast | traffic will be hotween Terrace and Det'd Say Rvitish Columbia. this fat Calgary the will it in: necessary that this read ho longer with the commission, but | be iueas sod condition.as possible. ) js purely a commercial CONCH, and it|.~ » 4 : . is pet giving a very high eluss of pro-| - Owing to the very mild weather this: Rie ae aD eatin as such: the. Commission has. ne fall Ross Phomson, track: gardener of : brondensting station qu British” Col- | the first class, was able to bring inte wabia that: will broadcast, and _ thus town: the other day 20 heads of fine |. f- all the ool programs are. lost}. now suliflewer, But: “Mr. Thomson says . , no uews comes over the. nir and the the’ lneal people were, taken 80 ‘by sur- P tolks iu the’ north may as: well tie up prise , that: .they wonld not. ‘pay them. ; : their machines until: some ‘of the’ maiy Apparently, he did not : ul on the right y promises af ‘the Commission - are. fut people, He shauld have’ sent: some WD ; i filled. Lf a private corpoilation Yoak here. ne : ; a TheLure of the Lakes . a ee q ‘a a * " Wfpusic, moonlight, glorious Canadian Pacific that four-piece ja, irlp tojor: i frbm* the: west, ‘this 4 4 take breezes with six hun-|orchestras will, for’ a‘ period of economical’ “optional” trip: em- i” dred mites of-- ‘sailing on the) nine, weeks, dispense music on | bracing “dancing, cozy: cabins, ~ ,. panedion gp acitic’ g Great Lakes route whe and: Keewatin en plenty “ofpdack, space. >and luxuri- 3 . ' "oun !route: while the vessels . pass | ously-appointeds dinin “paloons} and Manitoba are at the disposal through Georgian Bay, “scross| with glimpses ‘of ° Vaver-chan ing of passengers on the company's ging , lines travelling from eastern AaL the Juorihérn’:part: of ‘Lake Hu-|scenery or, bricifig stretches of q _ western Canadian points or asa Ton, through the Sault Ste. Marie | blue water. a8 Ong! ‘that cannot } pleasant: diversion’ on ‘the return-|1°¢#S @ud taence to Fort William |be overlooked.-It-isnt: the dis- ; ing journey for the small added |°" Lake Superior, a- plensant,|posal of every vacationist and 4 coat of ten dollars for berth and lazy and restful. ‘journey of 39|this seagon promises: tobe im- meals each way, hours from Port | ; MeNicoll or mensely popular not only with This. delightful prospect ‘fol- * Cafiddians but. With: viditérsi' to’ " lows the announcement by~ the |:- this country “ae well. hat Na ks 4 a , % 2 ee ana ra