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.25
.15
Measurement
to
Be
Shrinking
Mount
Robson
One
Scientists
Recently
Vhlted
Ice
Beds
In
Rocky
Mountains
(By
Arthur
O.
Wheeler)
Following
up
observations
pre
viously
made
of
glaciers
along
the
Canadian
Pacific
Railway,
at
the
Prospectors
Valley,
this
month,
the
president,
H.
1
Sampson,
ot
Regina,
ard
the
honorary
president,
A.
O.
Wheeler,
of
Sidney,
went
to
Mount
Robson
to
ascertain
the
amount
of
recession
of
the
Robson
Olaclcr.
Observations
were
first
made
in
1911,
at
the
time
ot
the
Alpine
Club
ot
Canada's
expedition
to
explore
the
Mount
Robson
reelon.
The
ex-
Monday,
August
24,
1931
Jpedltion
was
then,
accompanied
by
a
party
from
the
Smithsonian
msti-
,
tue
of
Washington,
D.C.
ALL
IN
SA.Mb
t
BOAT
i
Subsequently
the
measurements
In
the
matter
of
hard
times,
practically
all
the
people
of
have
been
checked
twice,
namely,
in
the
community
are
in
the
same
boat
with
the
exception
of
iff",
at
the
time
of
the
dub
s
camp
those
who
are
receiving
the
Same
salaries
as
before
the
J
lSi
XoU.?
drop
in
prices.
They
are
better
off
than
ever
before.
SurTey
of
,Canada
a
mem.
During
a
recent
trip
through-
the
mterior
the
editor
ber
0f
the
club,
found
that
in
every
place
he
visited
the
conditions
were.
From
in
to
im
there
had
been
very
similar.
None
was
exempt
from
the
buyers'
strike
a
retreat
of
30
feet,
and
from
i9ii
which
has
been
going
on
and.
unemployment
had
conse-;"
?
Talks
with
many
of
the
merchants
and
others
in
the
in-
i
'
Marks
Readable
terior
as
well
as
here
seem
to
indicate
that
all
are
agreed
j
using
the
same
rocks
marked
in
that
we
have
to
adjust
ourselves
to
the
new
conditions
and
,
in.
on
which
the
marks
were
still
carry
on
the
best
we
can
until
there
is
an
improvement.
!
distinctly
readable,
measurements
.
.
.
,
.
r
made
and
it
found
was
were
now
j
4.
in
i
j
And
it
is
not
expected
the
improvement
will
be
rapid.
We
that
ln
the
elapsed
20
years
the
ke
are,
it
would
seem,
at
or
near
the
bottom
of
the
slump
and
ihad
retreated
687
feet,
of
402
feet
the
climb
back
Will
be
slow,
With
a
good
many
falling
by
!
for
the
last
nine
years,
an
average
the
wayside,
unable
to
make
the
grade.
We
may
never
re-;'
n"1
45
Pcr
year
as
com-turn
to
the
former
conditions
but
must
adjust
ourselves
if,265
feet
for
the
p
to
the
present.
There
is
no
going
back
in
life.
It
is
a
con-j
nThewas
also,
in
addition
to
a
tinual
move
forward.
I
general
shrinkage,
a
very
remark-
If
a
person
asks
when
we
shall
be
back
to
normal,
the
able
change,
in
1911
the
ice
fore-
reply
is
"never."
There
is
no
normal.
Life
is
not
static.
We
i'ootof
the
glacier
had
sept
out
two
can
never
be
sure
that
any
particular
condition
is
normal,
r.:
,,,
Vvl
the
River
to
the
Arctic
rm.
.1
t..i.t
i.
s
si.
l
n
i
Smoky
The
hopef
ul
feature
about
the
present
is
that
it
cannot
well
be
worse
and
that
in
all
probability
we
are
on'
the
way
toward
prosperity.
THE
LOCAL
CONDITION
The
local
condition
is
rather
a
serious
one.
Halibut
fishermen
have
been
earning
scarcely
enough
to
carry
them
through
the
summer.
With
the
winter
staring
them
in
the
face
and
no
other
work
in
sight
except
relief,
the
outlook
is
not
a
pleasant
one
for
them.
Ocean,
and
the
other
southward
via
the
Fraser
Valley
to
the
Pacific.
That
flowing
to
the
Pacific
had
issued
from
a
fine
ice
cave.
This
was
all
changed.
The
cave
was
gone
and
the
ice
had
receded
so
far
on
its
eastern
side,
behind
a
rock
rib,
that
the
stream
to
the
Arctic
no
longer
existed,
all
the
runoff
from
the
Ice
being
carried
southward
to
the
Pacific.
This
disposition
clearly
placed
the
Oreat
Divide
ot
the
Rockies
east
Salmon
fishing
has
not
been,
much
better.
Trollers
have
cf
the
Robson
Glacier
and
Mount
made
little
money
and
gillnetting
has
not
produced
any
!
Robson
undisputaoiy
within
the
great
profits.
Mining
and
lumbering
are
still
in
the
doldrums
and
a
number
of
men
who
have
been
employed
by
the
city
during
the
summer
will
have
to
be
laid
off
soon
unless
new
work
is
found
for
them.
The
city
taxes
have
been
mounting
and
it
is
well
nigh
impossible
to
increase
them
more
in
order
to
provide
relief.
Prince
Rupert
is
in
much
the
same
condition
as
Van
couver
in
that
it
is
Unable
to
spend
any
appreciable
amount
of
money
on
providing
employment
this
coming
winter.
The
federal
and
provincial
governments
must
take
hold
of
Miss
Louise
Wo;,
holds
a
spray
of
"the
New
Dawn
climbing
roses,
for
which
the
first
plant
patent
ever
Issued
has
been
forwarded
by
the
VS.
patent
of-'
flee.
one
as
could
be
had.
failed
to
scale
the
Ice
wall.
The
last
time,
in
des-,
peratlon,
Hans,
leading,
said.
"I
will
1
go
if
you
tell
me
to.
We
may
get
,
through,
but
I
may
be
killed
or
we
all
may
be
killed."
The
woman
declined
to
assume
the
responsibility
i
and
the
attempt'
failed
again.
;
Observations
made
of
the
IllecU-lewtae,
Asulkan
,Yoho
and
Victoria
Olaclers
prior
Co
ilie
Alpine
Club
camp,
and
of
the
Robson
Olacier
after
It.
tend
strongly
to
show
a
greatly
Increased
recession
of
the
tee
within
the
pas:
ten
years;
also
of
a
big
decrease
ln
volume,
as
shown
by
the
uncovering
of
broad
rock
faces
and
cliffs
where
previously
the
ice
was
supposed
to
He
to
the
depth
of
hundreds
of
feet.
The
results
would
seem
to
bear
out
the
theory
of
a
very
distinct
change
to
milder
climatic
conditions,
moving
gradually
toward
the
climax
of
Its
cycle.
In
due
course,
wherrthe
observa-
Provlnce
of
British
Columbia.
Newitions
made
have
been
fully
worked
rocks
were
now
marked
closer
to
the
Ice
for
future
reference,
and
photographs
for
comparison
with
previous
ones
were
taken.
IcefaU
Shrinks
The
Tumbling
Glacier,
which
falls
very
steeply
for
5,000
feet
from
the
icefield
below
the
final
peak
of
Mt.
Robson
and
buries
its
nose
In
the
waters
of
Berg
Lake,
appeared
to
have
shrunken
quite
a
lot
in
width
I
of
its
lcefall
and
to
have
lost
much
the
situation
seriously
and
undertake
to
provide
for
the
lu
bold-
precipitin
front,
it
ap-
men,
juvii,
many
inuiijr
i
01
whori
iiiium
work
to
commence.
wpeared
to
be
as
active
as
ever,
for
unit
uhh
.Y.wmifc
iU1
:
while
at
the
Hai
English
Women
Pioneering
In
New
Callings
Greenville
Band
Ready
to
Come
Hargreaves
Bros.'
cab
ins,
which
are
at
the
east
end
ot
Berg
Lake
directly
opposite
to
It,
several
huge
blocks
of
Ice
came
crashing
down
Into
the
lake,
sending
up
columns
ot
water
and
spray
many
feet
Into
the
nlr.
From
the
Harsreaves'
cabins.
out,
a
report
will
bo
submitted
to
the
International
Commission
on
Olaclers
and
the
accumulated
results
from
observations
in
the
several
countries
where
glacial
conditions
exist
will
confirm
or
deny
the
truth
of
such
climatic
change.
PASSING
OF
OLD
TIMER
Mrs.
Anna
Johnson,
Who
Died
Suddenly
Sunday,
Had
Lived
Here
Twenty-Two
Years
After
an
Illness
of
only
four
days
whlrh
nrovide
accommodation
for
Mrs.
Anna
Johnson,
wife
of
Carl
Q.
Arrangements
Completed
For
Naa
tourists,
a
most
marvelous
view
Is
Johnson,
died
yesterday
afternoon
River
Musldal
Body
to
to
be
seen
when
the
weather
is!
at
3
o'clock
at
her
home,
155
Ninth
clear.
The
Ice-capped
crest
of
Mt.
Avenue
tast
1
Robson
rises
in
a
sheer
white
prec-
Born
In
Sweden
in
1854,
the
late
TORONTO,
Aug.
22:
English
wo-
j
th.rtn
o,,c.
,.
IdIcc
to
very
nearly
13.000
feet
above
Mrs.
Johnson
came
to
Prince
Ru
men
are
showing
an
incllnatlpn
to
rjfeenvllle
native
band,
who
was
lnisea
Ievel-
Across
a
narrow
snow
col
pert
from
Fernle
twenty-two
yean
get
away
from
the
ordinary
office
town
thl3
jnin,,
sta'ted
that
ar-
the
snow-covered
heights
of
the
ago.
Apart
from
her
husband,
shs
and
shop
callings,
and
to
pioneer
in
rangmenU
had
en
completed
for
Helmet
rise
to
over
11,000
feet,
and
leaves
no
relatives,
new
lines,
according
to
Mrs.
8am
hi3
to
Ia
at
Ialr
nere:from
the
base
of
its
final
dome
the
Funeral
arrangements
are
ln
the
Sloan,
who
Is
a
successful
Journalist
next
weet
The
mujlc
of
ine
tond
,
broken
lcefall
ot
the
Tumbling
Gla-:
hands
of
the
B
C.
Undertakers,
free
lance
in
London.
Mrs.
Sloan
is
w,
bt
tven
betUr
thU
tnan
,tcier
falls
3.000
feet
ln
a
gigantic
,
spending
a
short
vacation
In
Can-
wa,
Jat
Mr
Rus3
sUted
1
cascade
to
the
bright
blue
waters
I
ada
with
her
husband,
Dr.
Sloan.
1
Mr
'
"
M
fh,.
,..,;
of
Bere
Lake,
dotted
with
grotcsque-l
next
trip
of
the
Admiral
This
venturing
upon
new
lines
has
Greenville
would
also
send
its
foot-'
'T
haped
icebergs
formed
fromiUne
steamer
Dorothy
Alexandir,
been
accompanied
by
the
breaking
M1J
and
bftMban
teams
he
for
the
of
the
old
prejudice
against
a
pro-ijajr
fesslonal
life
for
women
which
for-!
'
:
....
"
merly
clutched
many
conservative
it
J
i
f
1
English
families.
While
people
of
Had
ISaQ
LUCK
considerable
means
are
beginning
itr
1
t
r
to
want
an
occupation,
the
general,
Wlf
"
h
NtMAT
I
ni
public,
on
the
contrary,
has
shown
i"C
W
sal
an
Increased
desire
to
read
about
masses
that
have
avalanched
fromlCaPt-
A-
W.
Nlckerson,
will
be
her
this
tremendously-active
glacier
M"1
Alaska
cruise
of
the
season,
with
cannon-like
reports.
She
k
due
here
southbound
on
Robson
Dangers
(Friday
of
next
week
and
will
pro-
It
Is
to
be
wondered
whether
the
bly
be
making
a
longer
stay
here
changes
that
are
taking
place
In
'than
usual
if
tides
at
Seymour
ice
conditions
have
affected
the
narrows
permit,
vulnerability
of
the
mountain
dim-
,
berr.
Mt.
Robson
had
not
been
the
realm
of
luxury
and
leisure.
Capt.
Ole
Skog,
well
known
local
-uh
thi.
vMr
.m
m
hi.
im.
nf
Thus,
with
these
trends,
one
toward
iisherman,
had'
bad
luck
with
a
mr
observations
The
great
Ice
wall
democracy
and
the
other
a
way
from
Chrysler
sedan
automobile
which
wnjch
has
to
be
surmounted
had
it,
there
has
been
the
vogue
for
ar-
he
had
bought
at
auction
on
Sa-'
'
presented
too
many
dangers
from
tides
written-
by-titled
women,
turday
afternoon
from
G.
C.
fairing
Ice
blocks.
Three
times
this
Borne
of
these
writers
hate
ability
Walker.
He
was
taking
his
initial
formidable
barrier
was
attempted
which
Justifies
the
course.
Others
drive
soon
after
acquiring
the
enr
by
Miss
Kate
oardlner.
of
Warrlng-are
merely
riding
on
the
whim
of
when
he
struck
the
curb
at
the
'ton.
Eng..
a
well
known
woman
al-tne
moment
and
temporarily
com-
Royal
Hotel
corner
and
ran
up
an'pintst,
who
has
done
much
climb-plleatlng
matters
for
the
profes-
the
sidewalk.
A
wheel
was
broken
ling
In
the
Canadian
Heckles
and
sionai
writer.
,
0ff
the
car
but.
apart
from
that
!
elsewhere.
She
was
led
by
th
8wiss
;tJirt
was
llttU
damage
although
ieuides.
Hans
and
Henri
Fuhrer.
of
Progressive
merchants
advertls
cltement.
,the
crash
occasioned
no
little
ex-'the
Canadian
National
Railways.
Three
times
the
party,
as
itrong
a
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Creamery
Butter
&
Cottage
Chennc
FRFSII
PASTKUKIZF.D
MILK
AND
CREAM
DAILY
Early
Delivery
Throughout
the
City
Opens
Tuesday,
Sept.
1
Closes
Friday,
Sept.
4
Number
of
Jugglers,
Equalibrists
and
Contortionists
to
give
Oever
Performances
Bevy
of
Dancing
Girls.
Two
Bands
in
Attendance.
CHAMPIONSHIP
SPORTS
The
sporting
events
at
the
Prince
Rupert
Fall
Fair
this
year
jrjve
promise
of
surpassing
those
of
former
years.
The
visiting
teams
have
won
distinction
in
their
respective
districts,
while
the
local
boys
are
in
the
best
of
form.
BASEBALL:
FOOTBALL:
LACROSSE:
:
a
Hazelton,
the
champion
team
so
far,
will
try
to
add
one
more
to
its
string
of
victories
by
playing
a
series
against
Prince
Kupcrt.
Also
Indian
baseball
games.
ANYOX
VS.
PRINCE
RUPERT
For
the
championship
of
Northern
B.
C.
Also
In
dian
football
contests.
'rince
Rupert
and
two
Naas
River
teams
will
play
championship
series.
International
Beautequest
The
most
beautiful
girl
in
this
district
will
be
chosen
to
visit
Los
Angeles
and
compete
in
the
huge
competition,
and
the
candidate
will
be
chosen
during
fair
week
at
the
final
ball.
Exhibition
Features
Flower
show,
the
largest
in
Northern
British
Columbia.
Individual
farm
exhibit,
most
important
yet
ever
made
in
district.
Dozens
of
Midway
features
every
afternoon
and
evening.
EIUJIKDINGM
CIGARETTES
Mild
and
Mellow
k..
..
J?
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