20 from the Indian tribes who found food in abundance along Its Prince Rupert Daily News Monday, June 11, 1951 gled silkworm eggs in bamboo while, but then declined, shafts from China to Japan, And so, today, the production from where the silk Industry ! and manufacture of true silk-spread more or less through-; on anything but a very simple out the world. scale is back, from where it Oriental silks became Sinown blossomed across the globe, and in southern EuroDe throuen 'trade even there the industry is threat- How Kaien Id. Got Its Name shores. Salmon were caught in summer and fall and dried for the winter. Oolichans in the spring were a delicacy, for rich in oil they pro- CONGRATULATIONS Commonplace as guils may be vided for both, grease for food on any sea coast, their voracious and light,-for dried oolichans i in the first century, B.C. Where ened. ' the natural food of the silkworm Where ' labor is cheap and ond ; mulberry leaveSMSn'V m abundant, silk can be produced antics and comic mannerisms can be burned like a candle GOOD WISHES Bauxite was first discovered In 1821 by a French scientist In a clay-like substance near Les Baux, Fiance. It contains 52 per i cent alumina. ' to 'abundance, the culture or silk and sold at a profit. But the never cease to draw uIwUUju of began. In countries such as rising living standards through- a lone wanderer, the tourist, or ' Spain, France, Holland and Rus- out the world threatens to make a Sunday crowd. To coastal in- sia the industry thrived for a trw culture obsolete, unless habitants and mariners the s?a- ', while, then declined, chiefly be- science takes a hand to develop gull is a friend, but nevertheless cause of rising labor costs and machinery which can replace his vulgar habits are indisput- competition of other locally the hours of painstaking human able. manufactured textiles. . labor. ; probably In vexation at the Several attempts at silk culture gulls, the island on which Prince were made in early America, as Population of Vanderhoof is Rupei : iitw sia..d separated by in Georgia, Virginia and most GOO .area surroundiifg the village, jutt a narrow gulch from the successfully in Connecticut. But 2,500 Its main industries are mainland was called Khay-en cotton became too strong a com-: forestry and agriculture. Total by the Indians. Khay-en means petitor, and the industry dwind- payroll in Vanderhoof area in the d:rt left behind by sea gulls. led- '"' ' 1947 was $390,098; in the village, Naas River M miles north of .England also had its1 try tit $54,183. In 1945, village payroll Prince Rupert nuans "the river silk growing. It flourished for a was $3,899. of plenty" and derived its namv? Metallic aluminum Is made ' from bauxite bj first removing j the Impurities, thus producing alumina. This will tj the Job of I the smelter at Kitlmat. Thej alumina then goes to an alumln-' " :n refining plant. j Today many synthetic fabrics have relegated silk to the background. Although "showy material" it; in almost equal demand with other wearing textiles, silk has long been replaced by synthetics, such as various forms of rayon and lately, nylon. The beginning of silk goes back - ' to 2(00 years B.C. Even until the woman has driven scientists to beginning of the twentieth cen- come up with substitute textures tury only the rich could afford to satisfy demands and still be to be dressed in the sheer, glam- produced with practical econ-orous and glossy material. For omy. many years siik was worn mainly Krst discovery of silk was by men, in king's courts, palaces made by the 14-year-old wife of and in othei places of grandeur, a Chinese emperor. She found But today the filmy and delicate the secret of drawing out the texlures which have replaced filament from a silkworm ca-silk adorn women in majority, coon, and was the first to make even the -ir.cst unpretentious, a fabric from this filament. She both young and old. One needs became known as the "Goddess only to iIob and look at the dis- of the Siikworm" and is still play windows of any feminine connected with religious cere-avparel shop for afsurance. monies called for the care of Although' a finer, more durable silkworms and silk production, s' rand than that of pure silk not Production and manufacture yet has been put to practical use, of silk, according to some auth-pmductiniv of silk is slow, te- rrities. remained a secret with di:ms and -costly. The great de- the Chinese for 2000 years. Then, niimd for finery bv today's the story goes, two priests smug Columbia Cellulose Company " i . Tni .- ....... . ...rn- iiji - - - " ' ' " - . ..-.. . - 4 . - V.U . ... and their Entire Staff o .welcome ' to We are hoppy to have been of '.pr Management. Employees of COLUMBIA CELLULOSE COAAPANY Gyofcfc Csgar Store P.-irc3 Rupert A ice to employees of this new industry and offer our continued facilities. 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