oR THE OMINECA HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1923. Hay ana Oats ALWAYS ON HAND LARGE or SMALL QUANTITIES t BOYER & CARR City Transfer Co. ¥ yeaa B.c. OUR BUSINESS IS Transportation By automobile, buggy, - OF horae-back | We move freight, express and supplies by wagon, drays or pack - horses. | | | We will move you or ‘your goods and distance does not scare us. Telkwa Transfer Hoops & Mapleton Telkwa - B.C. Telkwa Lumber Co. DEALERS - MANUFACTURERS Building - Contracting Cabinet Making Wagon Repairing Allkinds of building materia) carried in stock TELKWA Bulkley Valley The Best Grade of ROUGH LUMBER milled and sold by Spitzl & Pohle CARNABY - - Printing and Developing of Films HicH-cLass ‘Work GuaRANTEED Prompt attention given ali orders Leave orders at— -The Drug Store, Hazelton The Omineca Herald, New Hazelton rag — or mail direct to L F: Shima, Hazelton Hospital FIRE, LIFE, AND ACCIDENT Insurance “Agent for the Best Companies Farm. Land —and— Town Lots List your property now : “ while the demand — ds good _ Agent f for— oe ‘GBP. AND. ‘NORTH, coast SmithersTown Property a -Distelet ‘Agent’ for" oo FORD CARS W. 8 ‘Henry . ‘SMITHERS: aero = — Prize-Winning - Forestry Essay Lillian Taper, of Pacific School, Won Second Prize In Her Grade The forests are the chief source of wealth in the Canadian West. Our government receives an enormous annual revenue from them in stumpage fees, tim- her rights, etc. annually cut in British Columbia. Our country hns therefore an enormous economic advantage over a country whieh is poor in lumber and has to import this commodity so necessary to hu. man progress. ‘The uses of our timber are too numerous to men- tion fully. AH about usin our everyday life we come in contact with things in which lumber plays |. the leading role. Perhaps the most important industry of British Columbia connected with her foresis is the manufacture of pulp and paper from the spruce wood. This soft, light wood which proved so im- portant during the war in the manufacture of acroplanes, is the ideal wood for this purpose. Im- portant pulp-mills are located at Ocean Falls, Swanson Bay and other points, © to enable them to flow the year, Qur forests affect the country in a way which is little known to the majority of us. ‘The snow of our long northern winter ac- cumulates on our forest-clad mountain slopes. Were it not for the trees, the warm penetrating rays of the early spring sunshine would quickly melt this; our rivers would rise, the mountain slopes and valleys would be quickly drained, and hy midsum- mer, in place of a mighty river, we would find it parched and dry, similar to the river basins of Australia. The trees, however, prevent this rapid melting of suow and there is sufficient waiter at the sources of our rivers around. Value to Agriculture Land which has been forested proves most suitable for agricul. ture. The soil is rich in leaf- mould, the accumulation of years of decayed foliage which has been shed by the trees. Our forests serve another great purpose. They furnish the “home for the multitude of fur-bearing animals with which our province abounds. When a forested area home and retreat further away jfrom the reach of man. - Like all other living things our forests have their enemies. The mosl deadly foe of all is forest fire. Fire fighting last year in our forests cost us half a million dollars, These terrible fires, so disastrous to our province, are caused in many ways, some of which are familiar to us. Fires are caused by careless campers leaving their fires: burning— by land clearing operations, railway operations, industrial operations, lightning. In all the total loss from these various causes last year was one million, five hbun- \/dred thousand dollars. “What. Forest. Mean This enormous. loss. should “|imake us pause- and. consider. — “think of the. vast. amount - of sands of. tourists: who yearly visit may. moan. to. them. Py ways ‘Two billion feet of limber : are is destroyed the animals lose their |. merchantable, timber. that might be saved . ‘annually-—think of the playgrounds that should be saved| for our. benefit and of. the thou. us. ‘Finally think of the: coming generation, and what ‘this : great} . natural resource: of our province = one .of the yes! Let us remember to impress upon ourselves and younger brothers and sisters the import- ance of doing everything possi- ble to protect our forests. Forestdale ' Si aman seeeteosenn SE Miss Norma McAfee is visiting friends at Burns Lake. Mrs. T. Broadbent went down on Wednesday’s train to visit friends in Telkwa. Mr. and Mrs, Allan Wilson and family, of Burns Lake, are visit- ing Mr, Wilson’s mother. At a school board meeting held in the church on August 25 it was decided to build-a school- house.:but its location could not be decided upon. Rev. L. C. Johnson, of Topley, held his usual services on Sunday last and wag assisted by his re- cently-organized orchesta. which is composed of Misses Evangeline McCrea. and Irene Holmes, and Bobby Horning, and which ren- dered excellent music. Rev. Mr. Johnson can be congratulated for his efforts in this inovation and the community should encourage these efforts and those of the young musicians. B. McCrea, of Topley, accom. | *~ panied by Mr. and Mra, Todd and Miss Watson, visited Forestdale last Sunday. , . Forestdale was well represent- ed at the Telkwa Barbecue on Labor Day. 7 Wm. Mitchell, of Sffithers, was a recent visitor. Frank Rendie, of Victoria, ar- rived on Sunday to take up the teaching at the school here, “Acreage blocks of the finest fruit .and garden land in the north can be had. Prices from $28 to $40 an acre with long term payments. See adv. on another page. Fresh Vegetables PRICE LIST POTATOES, per sack .........., $2.50 CABBAGE, late, per lb.......... -05 CABBAGE, early, per lb. ....... 08 CARROTS, per sack .........065 2.00 CAULIFLOWER, per head...... 15 GREEN PEAS, for canning, lb. ~ .06 TURNIPS, per sack... c.ce.e cee : 2,50 BEETS, two bunches at per bunch = .05 BEETS, by the BACK ap vereseedes , 250 VEGETABLE MARROW, each,, 50 GREEN CORN, per dozen....... 40 J. R. DUN GATE, Hazelton . , bes Pa oo Timber Sale X5385 Sealed tenders will be received by’ the Minister of ‘Lands, at Victoria, not later than noon on the 7th day of Sep- tember, 1928, - for the ‘purchase of License X6885, to. cut 286,000 lineal feet of Cedar, Poles and Piling. on an, area adjoining 1 Lot. 2423, Cassiar Land Dis- trie ‘One (1) ‘year. will be’ allowed for removal of timber, Furthur particulars of the Chief For- ester, Victoria, H,C., or Distriet For- ester, Prince Rupert. 'B. C. foremost |j |thoughts in our mind? Certainly, "Manufacturers of .. ‘Hanall Spur,B.C. " a Rough, Dressed & Dimension Royal Lumber Lumber HEMLOCK, SPRUCE AND CEDAR Company HEMLOCK, SPRUCE AND BIRCH Note that the name of our Post Office has been Flooring changed from Royal . Mills to met HANALL, B. C. Get our prices before ordering elsewhere . A... |... a. Canadian Pacific Railway Company BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST STEAMSHIP SERVICE SAILINGS FROM PRINCE RUPERT—s.s. Princess Louise, 3.8. Princess Alice for Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, September 1, 8, 14, 25, Oct, 5. For Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, and Skagway—September 3, io, 31, Get. 1 1 S.S. “PRINCESS BEATRICE”’—For Butedale, Swanson Bay, East Bella Bella, Ocean Falls, Namu, Alert Bay, Campbell River and Vancouver every Saturday at 1 p.m. SGERCY, FOR ALL OCEAN STEAMSHIP? LINES Full information from W. Orchard, corner Third Avenue and Fourth Street, Prince Rupert ince Rupert ¥ / LL ZL INSIST | «on “ Cascade” at all Govern- ment Vendors, aft ‘Vancouver Breweries Ltd, This advertisement i is not published or displayed by the Liquor | Control: Board or by the Government of: British Columbia. | ma ao For Sale mag | freshen, first of the year... Can b . Fherefore should not the. nie. servation of our forests: be ‘als’ © R. Cox, Hazel ton. : ; THe BULKLEY VALLEY AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION = . . Bigger and Better will be the Fifth Annual at Agricultural Park,~ S MITHERS|] ‘SEPTEMBER 19, 20, 21] The, largest and - most comprehensive. diaplay of products of the rede homes, foregts. and mines ever assembled in Northern and Central B,S “$2200 - IN PRIZES - $2200 9 -TWO BIG. DAYS OF SPORT Horse Racing on 20th and 21et ” ‘Pwo Nights of Daneing Football ‘. . Foot Races ~ Baseball Reduced Rates | on ‘the Railway j - “For Prae't List, Batis, Forma and’ information writ . 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