whets
and
Burns
Prince
Rupert
Dailv
News
Monday,
June
11,
1951
r
r
s
industrial
Expansion
she
Feel
the
Stir
of
Hew
Industrial
Era
it.-
t.5
and
toreils
Bringing
New
Era
to
District's
Agriculture
By
K.
R.
JAMESON,
District
Agriculturist)
For
nmnv
vpiir-si
'arrricultural
development
in
,Vres
a
thrilling
'stir
these
rays
among
the
.
I
greatly
appreciate
the
opportunity
extended
the
Daily
News
to
convey
a
message
to
its
readers
on
the
occasion
of
the
opening
of
a
great
new
industry
in
Northern
British
Columbia.
Untold
generations
of
conifers
germinated.-
crew
HOSKINS
GARAGE
AUTHORIZED
FORD
DEALER
Logging
and
Lumbering
Equipment
Icof
Smithers
and
Burns
Lake.
Smithers,
a
town
,v
more
than
1500
population,
nestled
in
the
L
of
the
Bulkley
Valley
in
central
B.C.,
is
begin-
I
Central
B.C."
has
been
slow
but,
with
the
growth
of
I
local
markets
due
to
the
great
industrial
expansion
i.l'jco
it
ia
in
Vip
Pvnppt.Prl
that
OU1'
atri'l-
through
seedling,
sapling
and
pole
stages
to
maturity,
only
to
crash
earthward
when
ofecl
afiain
the
lever
ot
the
old
Uold
Kush
days.
h
It
is
the
development
mines
which
lakes
and
towering
glacial
peaks,
base-metal
''
smithers
the
boom
for
presents
tp
the
tourist
scenes
un-
t'has
long
been
waiting,'
equalled
anywhere.
To
the
sport
"
only
part
of
their
fisherman
and
hunter
the
area
h
ve
'P'e
...i.
iAtiu
in
fc
a
nnrnrilKj
Hprp
t.h.
rainbow
overcome
with
old!
--u.
.
;1,
u
i
B
.
.11.'..
v.
1
S'
x
i
:
..
Titan
Power
Saws
u
'
J,I0UUCUOn
W1U
ue
felcau
ige
befbre
oeiore
Prince
rnnce
Rimert'
liupei
b
considering
the
Bulkley
and
7
became
established
as
the
Skeena
Valleys
only,
it
is
estl-
:
ularly
in
the
vicinity
of
Torrace,
n
matfd
that
of
the
70
750
acres
the
moderate
climate
makes
tnis
northwestern
terminus
of
Xrmel
lt
Zn
'oZ
acrfs
,
district
well
suited
to
fruit
grow-the
Canadian
National
are
under
cultivation.
In
ad-
ing
and
market
gardening
Here
p
...
n
...
dition.
it
is
estimated
that
at
I
the
farms
are
much
smaller
than
Kailway.
I-
or
untold
ages
leas,
,'4
no0
acres
of
raw
land
is
in
the
Bukiey
but
with
the
grow-
there
t-y'K
ui--j
-
0
a
line
from
Prince
trout,
the
cut-throat,
the
Great
George
about
Lake
trout
and
char
are
found
in
t
prini-e
i
fach
way
and
sur-
their
original
lair.
And
the
,M.
Hip
fertile
farmlands
moo.se,
deer,
black
and
grizzly
Do
in?
market
of
Prince
Rupert
ut
I
PL
nature's
bouiltv
was
WUat-
well
suited
to
mixed
farming
and
e
lace
V.
loot
their
doorstep,
farmers
m
uii
of
new-
.
i
awaits
only
the
coming
n
to
the
future
as
be-,
valleys
In
comparative
freedom,
.no
nf
northern
British
Guide
service
is
available
and
district
are
able
to
carry
on
a
settlers.
SMITHERS,
B.C
more
intensive
type
of
agricul
ui
mou
o
k..
nuw.
,:-
greatest
supplier
ture
than
is
possible
farther
east
,
1
'
.
u;
;.;.
1
,nrf
m
xcd
ianiiinB
yiu-,u
'!",
........
......
-
"
(Continued
on
page
38
1
.
.
act
(nlnnH
Krtrlu
nf
watpr
urhlph
With
the
opening
of
ne
of
the
,,wln
reasons
wny
,i
,
.
agriculture
has
been
slow
to
de-
the
Columbia
Cellulose
Velop
in
Central
B.C.
has
been
be-
Company's
up-to-date
cause
of
tne
ma"y
vears
of
hard
.
!1
,
work
necessary
to
clear
a
few
plant
at
nearby
Port
Ed-
acres
of
land.
When
a
settler
had
Ward,
the
former
cycle
of
only
Ms
axe
and
possibly
a
team
...
.
of
horses
it
was
of
necessity
"Sth"rn
route
of
trans-
!
rwuWy
accessible
by
road
from
rnart
an
raaLiimuj
,nuu
..
....
S
and
l
situated
on
ine
peupie
in
oumiey
vaui-y
v'l8
competed
In
1945
are
friendly
and
they
are
sincere.
Prince
Uforge
wj
rnntc
,
VV
wi
Waste
eilOrt
comes
to
an
many
years
before
Tie
could
clear
end
and
the
products
of
la,ld
on
wnich
to
make
a
Our
fruitful
river
valleys'
Today,
la
mers
-an
in
longtr
Uttiiu,
uivy
iuc
uaii
in
nr;u
opinions
and
honest
in
their
smile.
Mostly,
they
are
a
hard
ay
will
bo
hard
surfaced,
omnionoing
this
summer
mplelrd
as
soon
as
con-
afford
to
ciear
lund
by
me
oia
working
lot,
but
they
do
take
and
beneficial
climate
will
be
channelled
into
a
use
,
of
all
road
sections
per-
-
.
muuiiuuo
iianu
....
..niu
ful
course
for
Jill
the
benefit
m.
of
-
man
and
the
.
enhance-
-
unateiy
it
is
no
longer
necessa;?.
ment
of
the
modern
way
of
life.
In
K11,
"v'
"
ni-
J
j.learins
Assistance
Act
Wis
oas-
lime
out
to
piay.
Through
community
effort
a
large
curling
rink
has
been
erected
at
SmlUurs
and
curling
is
a
p
RuDort
and
other
Many
who
will
read"
this
are
close
personal
sed
by
the
Provincial
Legislature.
major
winter
sport.
Outside
This
act
authorized
the
purchase
hockey
rinks
are
popuinr
and
the.
friends
of
many
years'
standing
who
have
stead-
of
hcaw
crawler
tvDe
tractors
alone:
the
CNR
draw
I
of
their
milk
f
nd
dairy!
s
from
the
Bulkiey
Valley.
.
-re.
with
every
Increase!
.uslrial
activity
In
the
j
.csiern
section
of
the
pro-'
Smith.'rs
and
Burns
Lake;
SmltherA
and
Burns
Lake
Ski
Clubs
are
well
supported
and
active.
In
the
summer
baseball
is
a
fastly
maintained
their
faith
in
the
great
future
of
equipped
with
cutting
and
piling
,r
..
-
r
t
blades
to
clear
land
for
farmers
the
northern
of
Province.
I
with
portion
our
rejoice
and
t0
finance
the
cost
0,
clear.
them
in
the
continuing
industry
that
gets
under
way
ie
over
a
period
of
thre
years.
,
,
....
,
CLEARING
today
an
augury
of
increasingly
prosperous
days
Land
ciearing
operations
were
favorite
sport
as
well
as
tennis.
railed
upon
to
supply
nn
dcmaiid.
tail
,
Dances
arc
held
frequently
then,
'
in
i.hp
rilR-
and
theatres
offer
additional
ie
300
tarmer
weare
about
15
who
dc-'
evening
entertainment.
for
Northern
British
Columbia.
And
to
the
newcorn-
started
in
the
Bulkley
valley
in
,
.
.
;
,
.,
i
1947
and
continued
for
two
years.
ers
whom
I
hope,
in
due
course,
to
have
the
pleasure
During
1948
work
was
done
on
62
of
meeting,
I
would
convey
a
welcome
to
the
fellow-
farms
between
Houston
and
.
..
Smithers
and
a
total
of
1,148
ship
and
prosperity
of
a
great
community.
acres
was
cleared,
in
1949
fur-
imst
of
their
efforts
to
Civic
duties
are
administered
i.
a
major
dairy
In
Tclk-
by
five
commissioners
and
a
miles
st
of
Smithers.
chairman.
;
steadily
40
to
50
cows,
j
Electric
power
at
Smithers
is
jed
a
District
B,
Farmers'
supplied
by
a
dlcsel
plant,
oper-;if.
a
representative
at-
atPci
by
B.C.
Power
Commission,
of
the
Victoria
,
-aril
sitting
,
Th
serviced
bv
the
;
L
v-rtsr
jt"
"
XT
s
E.
T.
KENNEY.
,
ther
work
was
done
in"
the
Bulk-ley
Valley
and
In
the
Terrace
dis
Government
Telephone
and
Tele-
are.
a.
about
11,(100
acres
are
I
or
construction
crews,
the
village
1
doesn't
look
or
feel
the
sariK.
It
ai-
tO.'Ei
,.t:
,
1
I
;
VJ-n'.'lw-
I
trict.
In
the
two
years
operation
a
total
of
1.695
acres
was
cleared.
Most
of
this
new
land
is
now
under
cultivation
and
increased
production
should
soon
be
noticeable.
The
Bulkley
and
Skeena
Val
Vanderhoof
Booms
Too
cultivation
in
the
huge
'
.
i
,
Four.
churches
service
the
com-tilh
drained
by
the
Blkley
mu""
of
Smithers
and
Smithers
another
potential
.tin
-voii-hi
M.m
and
Burns
Lake
have
modern
to
overcome
in
extend-
'
hospitals.
leys
arc
well
suited
by
soil
and
j
;
climatic
conditions
to
a
program
of
mixed
farming,
and
this
Is
(
has
overnight
become
industry-conscious
and
afflicted
with
a
fever
of
progress
and
prosperity.
In
the
main,
there
will
be
a
greater
opportunity
to
market
farm
produce
which
Is
the
basis
of
most
of
the
town's
present
wealth.
Incorporated
as
8
village
In
January,
1926,
Vanderhoof
Is
a
ricultural
areas
are
roads
-
1
here
arc
35
retail
stores,
is
Vanderhoof,
a
pioneer
s
country
earing.
""rages,
two
machine
shops
;
f
homesleads
,
farms
and
cattie-
CW.tfIuI,
OPERATIONS
at
Giscome,
27
miles
cast
of
Prince
George,
which
specializes
in
rough
and
finish'.
d
pine
lumber.
Although
timber
in
tic
interior
part
of
Northern
B.C.,
docs
not
compare
in
rizc
to
coastal
timber,
a
ready
market
is
found
for
the
product
and
operating
costs
.
arc
much
lers
than-
in
-coast
logging.
;'
largely'
the
type
of
agriculture
;
that
is'carricd
on
today.
.
i
In.he
Skeena
Yalley,
partio-!
these
problcr-is
are
being
,
wree
Dunning
contractors
ana
liinds
up
today
with
a
dif-red
as
a
direct
result
of
eiRht
transfer
companies
in
the
fcrent
attitude.
Most
solidly
the
r
industry,
forestry
.
aistnct.
1
little
village
of
some
500
pe
ring
-
from
which
500
j
riom
hip
nay
uie
iu
has
boen
touched
by
the
bug
of
,
distributing
centre
for
tne
sur-
s
draw
a
steady
payroll,
arrived
in
Smithers
in
the
wake
jnduf.-trial
expansion
as
has
been
rounding
farming
area
and
a
TO
sawmills
operate
in
the
of
the
fur-
trader
and
prospector,
fe)f
evPrywnPre
Aluminum
Com-
shipping
point
for
livestock
from
rs
district,
which
in
1950,
light
began
to
give
this
centre
pany
of
Canada
so
far
has
made
south
and
north,
ire
than
40
million
board
an
outlet
for
its
produce.
First
an
nroa(l
while
the
villag-o
receives
dec-
lumber.
Four
large
and
came
the
railroad,
then
the
nign-
From
Vanderhoof
a
huge
road
trical
service
from
the
B.C.
mills
way.
Centrally
located,
it
be-
construction
nrnffrflin
Is
nndpr
:
imaller
planer
aiiidleirEiMff
came
an
adminstration
point
for
,
way
wlll
new
a
dlrect
Dominion
and
provincial
govern-
,.oule
from
the
vlnage
t0
the
ment
departments.
But
nearly
;
,h.
adv
fam(,us
nronosed
Necha-
e
at
peak
capacity,
general
stand
of
timber
:
H
inches
at.
thp
butt
Power
Commission
diescl
plant,
immediately
to
the
north
the
Nation
river
holds
80.000
horsepower
of
undeveloped
hydro
energy.
IS
THE
BEST
DISTRICT
me
the
tvoes
of
snruce.
always,
when
a
gam
was
maac,
ko
dam,
by
which
means
Alcan
will
flood
a
large
portion
of
I
Since
the
war,
population
nas
'
Tweedsmuir
park
to
form
the
been
Increasing
mainly
by
im-
largest
lake
in
British
Columbia,
migration
of
agriculturists
from
The
road
work
has
begun
at
Europe
to
form
a
present
trading
Vanderhoof
and,
with
the
influx
area
of
some
2.500.
k.
balsam
and
lodgepole
it
was
another
town,
city
or
dis-,
Towards
the
west,
red'
trlct
that
profited
first.
Expan-!
stands
are
also
prevalent
1
sion
rarely
begins
in
the
centre,
I0.0OO
poles
were
cut
and
but
at
one
end
or
the
other.
-'
last
year.
Cutting
and
I
So
today
Smithus
looks
upon
8
railway
ties
also
consti-
'
the
opening
of
Columbia
Cellu-
considerable
portion
of
;
lose
Pu!P
m111
wltn
a
sPeciaI
slB"
strict's
income,
and
some
1
nlficance
to
itself.
And
to
the
tios
were
sold
in
1950.
1
coming
of
Alcan
to
Kltimat,
from
we
of
the
low-lying
wood-!
which
Burns
Lake
is
already
as
are
being
logged,
and
beneliting,
tne
reaction
can
piu-penerate
further
Into
vlr-
bably
best
be
gauged
by
one
old-rr"ory,
so
more
farmland
timer,
who
said:
available
for
easier
1
"Been
holding
my
breath
for
40
ig
and
accessabiliitv.
vears.
for
something
like
that
to
HETHERINGTON
6c
HOOPER
MEN'S
WEAR
SMITHERS,
B.C.
WE
CLOTHE
THE
MAN
FROM
HEAD
TO
TOE
for
Dress-
-
Work
-
Sport
Mail
Orders
given
prompt
attention
IN
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA
BY
A
DAM
SITE
ft
Has
Everything
To
Offer:
:
"
MINING
FARMING
LUMBERING
TOURISt
ATTRACTIONS
BUSINESS
OPPORTUNITIES
f
Bulkley
valley,
with
Its
happen
in
the
west.
Now
I'm
""ng
hills,
cool
mountain
breathing
easy.
SPICER
and
R0UMIEU
INSURANCE
FIRE
LIFE
AUTO
CASUALTY
INLAND
MARINE
i
Income
Tax
Returns
.
Financial
Statements
Accounting
and
Bookkeeping
C7
HE
diversified
activities
of
this
fastest
developing
district
assure
permanent
sound
economy.
PHONE
71X
WRITE
BOX
110
SMITHERS,
B.C.
jtim-J&-m
'
1
11
ll,"""M
"
m,
f-,-tm.m,i,Mu,m
M!NJ
In
the
Bulkley
Valley
Is
succtsful
as
this
picture
of
a"'eld
-
in
...
stonlt.
hnnr
tn
tho
uwvhkvv
flistance
are
-
-
modern
farm
uvuuni)
OllUWa.
All
111C
or
the
government
experimental
farm,
near
bmitners
Welcome
1
TERRACE
Address
all
inauiries
to:
WITHERS
GARAGE
"THERs,
WIGOS
O'NElL,
Prop.
B.C.
The
Secretary
Vanderhoof
and
District
Board
of
Trade
VANDERHOOF,
B.C.
95
Tillicum
Theatre
General
Motors
Cars
and
Trucks
tou
ant
performance
from
your
General
Motors
car
and
bring
it
to
us.
We
were
taught
at
the
feet
of
Gamaliel,
years
of
experience
added.
"ASK
THE
OWNERS"
TERRACE,
B.C.