1,
PAGE
TWO
International
Hoop
Game
Port
Edward
Wins
Men's
Match
Oyer
Prince
Rupert
All
Stars;
American
Girls
Beat
Hi
School
.MEN
Port
Edward,
67;
Prince
Rupert
All
Stars,
12
WOMEN
Last
Resorts,
Jl;
Ro-Me-iU,
10
With
both
tubes
of
Saturday
night's
doublevbarv
relied
exhibition
feature
laid
true
on
ihe
targets
of
speed
and
sportsmanship,
basketball
fans
who
braved
an
evening's
nasty
weather
hall
witnessed
at
least
a
touch
of
.everything
that
makes
the
game
popular.
Featured
game
,of
the
evening
"
was,
of
course,
the
Port
-
-
.
-.
.
,
Edward-All
Star
Joust
which
siVc
show
of
speed
and
team-followed
the
opener
between
Bq-
;
work
and
fl
fair
amount
of
ac-
Me-Hl
Last
Resort
girls.
The
elernent
,of
competition
maintained
a
high
level
throughout
.both
games,
and
ihe
fact
that
the
p
orjt
J5dward
boys
took
the
feature
game
by
a
score
of
67-42
does
not
mean
that
they
had
a
walk-away.
All-Stars
drew
tolood
in
the
first
few
seconds
pf
play
and
or
a
while
it
jooKea
as
if
nere
were
as
i
two
evenly
matched
teams
as
It
is
possible
.to
get
facing
each
other.
Scores
progressed
equitably
during
the
first
quarter
but,
by
the
end
Of
the
first
half,
it
became
evident
in
spite
of
their
high
Individual
performances
All-Stars'
teamwork
lacked
JJbe
high
polish
shown
by
Pprt
Edward."
Although
frequent
scores
for
both
sides
punctuated
the
furious
oacK-and-Xorth
move
ment
of
the
play,
at
half
time
;.ers
in
the
final
half
for.
al-tbs
score
stood
at
.27
or
though
the
students
had
lnnu-Port
Edward.
merable
shots
at
the
target,
Is
In
the
third,
and
the
final
!Just
didn't
appear
to
be
where
quarters
the
full
effect
of
Port
they
aimed.
One
single
counter
Edward's
teamwork
became
as
the
sole
improvement
to
dent.
An
inejhaustible
.series
pj
their
score
in
the
second
.half,
slick
combination
plays
fed
the
On
the
other
hand.
Last
Re-ball
time
after
time
to
Port
Ed-
'sort
began
to
get
in
the
groove
ward's
centre,
Ketchmark,
who
After
half
time.
After
lobbing
tossed
It
in
for
the
Individual
high
of
28
points.
Hensen
was
second
highest
with
16
points.
.
With
the
score
.standing
at
46-30
for
the
American
boys
at
the
end
of
the
third
quarter.
Port
Edward
put
on
the
pressure
and
netted
67
good
ones
against
All-Stars'
42
at
the
game's
end.
.All-Stars'
centre,
and
high
scorer,
McPhee,
visited
the
hoop
wM4
wuuimc.mau.c
mumo
,
.
loughby
j0Ughby
of
of
Special
Special
Services,
Services,
,
the
the
Skeena.
Skeena.
The
The
Howe
type
running
up
a
tally
of
14
points
;Last
Resort
was
composed
of
'spans
all
have
a
width
of
16
during
the
game.
His
accuracy
jthe
following:
Ann
Bruketta
feet.
Seven
are
in
the
Tyee-and
staying
powers
were
im-;
(captain),
Evelyn
Johnston,
.Terrace
section,
and
three
Depressive
for
he
scored
some
dif-
!Grace
tween
Pacific
Young.
Betty
Lean,
Marie
and
Cedarvale.
iicuu
snow,
.someumes
wiinout
adequate
support
and
remained
the
arkplug
of
the
team
man,
proved
accurate
on
the
long
shots
and
run
up
the
AUr
Stars'
second
high
of
10
poinU
Individual
mrfivw.,ai
scoring:
crr,n-
,
Port
Edward
Moline
10.
Hen
sen
16,
Ketchmark
28.
Thompson
7.
Webb
2,
Manson
4.
j
Ail-Stars
Hetherington
2,
Santerbane
10,
McPhee
14,
Kut-ner
2,
Domlnato
7.
Calderone
3,
RTtcfi
4.
OIKLS'
GAME
'In
a
game
that
ended
In
a
classic
upset
in
the
final
few
minutes
-of
play.
Last
Resort
trls
snached
victory
from
the
Bo-Me-Hl
basketball
sisterhood
in
the
first
game.
J
Starting
out
with
an
lmpres-
SKEENA
HIGHWAY
(Continued
riom
Page
1)
there
has
been
enough
dynamite
exploded
there,
if
properly
placed,
to
put
a
large
part
of
Berlin
out
of
the
war.
JThe
fact
that
from
Tyee,
26
iflil.es
east
of
Prince
Rupert,
the
survey
runs
close
alongside
the
Canadian
National
Railways
right-of-way
did
nothing
to
relieve
the
headaches
of
construction.
Between
the
Jealous
mountains
and
the
river
there
was
scarcely
enpugh
rppm
for
the
railroad.
Nature
had
to
be
bullied
mercilessly
to
permit
a
highway
at
all.
iVhej-e
the
survey
ran
tlose
between
the
railroad
and
ihe
river
the
builders
were
forced
lo
pour
rock
into
the
stream
(o
build
a
shell
for
the
road.
These
ills
extended
for
miles
and
rock
was
tin
taped
Into
holes
to
a
depth
of
as
much
as
40
feet.
The
swift
current,
tearing
at
the
bank
made
it
necessary
to
"jlp-rap"
the
fills,
that
is,
armor
them
solidly
against
scou;
and
erosion
by
the
fast-moving
Water
Tills
was
done
by
facing
IJiem
In
the
manner
that
one
builds
a
rough
stone
wall,
to
crowd
the
naval
drill
!
curacy
in
shooting,
BO-Me-Hi
seemed
to
have
a
'sufficient
edge
over
the
heavier
American
girls
to
assure
a
substantial
win
but,
beginning
in
the
second
half,
Last
Resort
got
organized
to
tally
up
nine
points
for
an
11-10
victory.
Within
a
few
minutes
of
the
.starting
whistle
Bo-Me-Hl
made
their
first
score,
following
it
a
short
time
later
with
two
more
good
ones.
One
more
score,
and
&
single
counter
brought
their
tally
to
nine
at
the
end
of
the
first
half.
Apparently
out-classed
in
speed,
teamwork
and
shooting.
Last
Resort
managed
to
lay
one
In
to
bring
the
half
time
score
to
9-2.
Last
Resort's
hoop
seemed
to'lbeen
completed
.and
the
longer
-evade
Bo-Me-HiV
sharpshoot-
,in
an
experimental
counter
tney
,
jproceeded
to
overrun
Bo-Mc-1
Hi's
determined
defence
and!
peer
in
lour
gpoa
ones
jo
tow
a
winning
11.
Fast
play,
and
the
precarious
balance
of
the
scores
worked
the
crowd
Into
a
gradual
frenzy
of
cheering
when
Last
Resort
made
their
final
count
Just
be-
fore
whistle
time.
Under
Coach
Corporal
Wil-
;Giiiette.
Mary
Armstrong.
Betty
jCook
Payne
and
Velma
jPatton.
s,ww4.
IVIVIUJI
klUJCVU
ICaU
tain
i.
Betty
Oreig,
Carol
Orey.
If
UHa
tloll
Tn.
T..
.
"""'";"'
CD
'
ra
Vuckovlch,
Edna
Sandahls,
,
Le
one
Blain,
Helen
Balagno
and
BooU
Shannon.
C.
A.
Horte,
engineer
at
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital,
jchomsiks
bridges
are
280
feet
had
a
request
before
the
hospl-
ions
n0(
cpunting
their
trestle
tal
board
Friday
night
for
a
approaches.
Each
embodies
two
three
months'
leave
of
absence
j
140-foot
spans,
by
reason
of
important
business
Builders
of
these
bridges
were
and
In
the
hope
that
he
might
(the
B.C.
Bridge
and
Dredging
be
able
to
regain
his
health.
The
1
company,
of
Vancouver,
erect-board
left
it
to
Mr.
Horte
to
ob
jing
five,
the
General
Construc-taln
a
qualified
man
to
take
his
Itlon
Company,
which
built
two.
place.
Otherwise
it
would
be
and
the
Hlehwav
Construction
necessary
to
obtain
a
man
to
replace
him
permanently.
In
other
places,
where
the
railroad
veered
a
few
yards
from
the
river,
the
contractors
blasted
away
whole
rock
hills,
paradoxically,
in
this
land
of
rock,
none
was
wasted.
When
a
hill
or
outcropping
was
blown
Joose
it
-was
carted
further
up
the
;iae
where
fill
was
needed.
The
20-Xoot
wide,
crushed
rock
surface
of
the
road
is
not
darkened
toy
any
tunnel.
Where
the
railway
found
it
needful
Jo
1rlve
through
a
rpek
face,
the
-oad
builders
"dayllghted"
their
jvay
around
it.
The
amount
pf
rock
moving
and
powder
wprk
was
tremendous.
But
the
terrain,
and
the
shovels
and
bulldozers
that
chewed
Into
it
were
not
the
only
elements
that
took
a
bruising
In
that
harsh
business.
As
In
all
construction
Jobs,
accidents
were
not
Infrequent.
Among
the
yvorst
of
these
was
when
a
huge
snowsllde
sluiced
a
70-rnan
camp
of
the
Tomllnson
Coru
structlon
Company
into
the
riv-
er
west
of
Kwinitsa
In
February,
ion,
Killing
three
raen
And
u
Jurlng
many,
SEVEN
COMPANIES
HAD
CONTRACTS
Seven
companies
were
given
contracts
in
the
difficult
west-
em
section,
each
for
eleven
miles
of
road.
They
were
THE
DAILY
NEW3
MONDAY
lhfwn
Tye
and
Terrace,
j
The
stretches
of
older
pro
'
'
"
"
-;slructed
to
ctandard,
20foot
them
Construction
and
J
W
'
'Of
course
there
will
always.
wMth
and.
of
they
are
not
now
i
Stewart,
Vancouver
Rayner
be
the
danger
of
snow
and
as
wide
or
as
smooth.
It
Is
be-Constructlon,
Toronto:
Tomlln-
rock
slide
The
railway
has
?afee
their
surfaces
nave
been
ison
Construction,
Toronto;
Standard
Paving,
Toronto:
Mc-Namara
Construction,
Toronto;
Dufferin
Paving,
Toionto;
anC
General
Construction,
Vancouver.
Except
for
the
Rayner
Construction
Company,
which
undertook
a
four-mile
extension
unfulfilled
toy
another
contractor,
.and
the
Northern
Construction
.and
.1,
W.
Stewart,
-working
the
difficult
western
end,
these
contracts
were
all
completea
during
last
summer
and
fall.
Since
.Cut
time
trucks
have
oeen
passing
freely
along
the
greater
part
of
the
road.
Northern
Construction
and
J.
W.
Stewart
has
the
rock
job
at
the
Rainbow
Lake
summit
described
by
Mr.
Archibald
as
thi
toughest
on
the
continent
and
it
too
has
had
its
cost
In
human
life.
In
January
of
this
year
two
men
weie
killed
and
two
others
Injured
In
a
premature
dynamite
blast.
'
In
the
eastern
section,
between
Pacific
and
Cedaryale,
conditions
were
somewhat
different.
Here
the
country
opened
up,
making
it
necessary
to
clear
I
miles
of
right-of-way
through
beay
timber,
although
there
yas
some
rock
woik
too.
Two
.Contracts,
one
of
20
miles,
and
ihe
pther
of
13
miles
were
let
in
th'.s
section
to
two
Vancouver
firms
Highway
ConstrucUon,
.and
Campbell
.Contractors
Limited.
Tiie
13
mile
section
has
!ction
is
Bearing
.campieUoo-
Anyone
who
has
travelled
British
Columbia
roads
knows
that
bridges
are
more
the
rule
than
the
exception
in
the
mountain
highway
.system.
In
this
regard,
the
Skeena
River
Highway
just
about
out-rules
anything
in
the
province.
Its
111
miles
of
new
road
are
punctuated
by
4$
bridges.
This
does
not
Include
the
steel
bridge
across
the
Skeena
at
Terrace
built
by
the
provincial
government
years
ago.
All
of
these
new
brldees
are
0f
wooden
construction,
ten
of
them
being
major
spans
of
the
jHowe
truss
type.
Two
are
said
to
be
the
longest
of
that
type
in
the
'province,
embodying
spans
that
leap
more
than
200
feet
across
streams
tributary
to
Cedarvale.
incidentally
is
36'
miles
west
of
Hazelton,
the
junc-
i
tion
of
the
Skeena
and
Bulkley
tify
the
rivers
these
bridges
cross.
Running
Into
the
Skeena
are
the
Kyox,
Kasiks,
Exchom-slks.
Exstew,
Shames.
ZImacord,
and
Kitsumgallum
rivers
west
of
Terrace,
and
to
the
east
the
Little
Oliver,
the
Big
Oliver,
and
the
rollicklne
Hell'
Bells.
Roth
'the
Kitsumeallum
and
th
p..
Company,
which
set
up
three.
BRIDGES
WERE
PREFABRICATED
A
progressive
feature
pf
the
major
bridges
is
Jhat
they
were
all
prefabricated
in
Vancouver,
and
shipped
to
their
sites
ready
for
erection.
The
shapes
were
cut,
and
the
upper
work
creo-soted
by
Timber
Preservers
Lim
ited
from
plans
drawn
by
provincial
Department
of
Highways
engineers.
This
Henry
Kaiser
method
of
bridge
construction
in
the
north-central
wilderness
earned
the
commendation
of
the
fieJd
engineer.
''Preabrjcatlon
aved
us
a
great
deal
of
time,"
was
Mr.
Archibald's
.comment.
"It
was
a
pleasure
to
see
the
bridges
go
together
with
so
little
trouble.
Only
.a
very
few
minor
adjustments
were
necessary
In
all
cases'."
Some
of
the
35
trestle
and
common
type
bridges
spanning
the
lesser
streams
reach
to
165
feet
in
length.
All
are
20
feet
wide.
Regarding
the
prospect
of
keeping
the
road
open
durjng
the
wj.nter
Mr.
Archibald7
was
joptlrotstic.
"The
road
was
free
of
excessive
snow
ail
last
wlnteri"
he
recalled,
"and
the
railroad
has
always
managed
jo
get
Its
trains
:
through,
The
snowfall
Is
noth
ing
like
it
Is
further
up
In
the
been
unable
to
eliminate
them
in
30
years
of
operation.
WtieC
several
thousand
tons
that
are
wmance.
up
decide
to
come
down,
there
ROl'TE
IS
ONE
isnt
much
that
you
caji
dO.)F
.MOST
.SCENIC
about
It"
There
is
one
piece
of
road
where
trouble
from
snow
slides
can
be
.expected.
Just
west
ot
Kwinitsa
the
railway,
after
having
its
snowsheds
continually
pushed
into
the
river
by
slides,
tunnelled
into
the
mountain
to
avoid
the
area-The
highway
builders
were
forced
to
put
their
toad
along
vincial
government
road
wmcn
are
beiog
joined
by
the
new
sw
oons
were
all
originally
con-
pounded
mercilessly
by
heavy
vucks
without
adequate
main-
Without
a
doubt
the
highway
traverses
one
of
the
most
scenic
mutes
in
North
America.
Every
type
of
mountain
scenery
is'en-(OuntMd
aiotig
it.
from
nes.-!:ng
farmlands
to
reHsng,
deciduous
clad
htfcU.
to
austere
mountains
nursing
minor
glaciers
among
their
wrinkles.
Through
tnefit
of
the
highway
many
a
tourist
in
years
to
come
will
Rupert
end.This
dreamlike
study
ized
so
far
by
only
a
few
Prince
RlinA-e
D11J,i
But
n
that
k
lush
iluh
j
ctml
it
nnltf
9l
SM
WIS
A
Ion
Cfc
rnaH
hr
ar
i
v..
.,,nn.j
,rt,KriAii)aste
a
photograph
of
the
KSkcena's
gracious
Svn
Sister
Economy
of
transjxf
tatlenf
;x.aks
farall).
album
whlch
on
railways
and
high-
j
0ne
e
outstanding
ace
ways
alike,
depends
greatly
on
;
itom
a
the
gradients
encountered
byj
Anscosnb
view,
near
tiny
their
vehicles,
is
in
no
danger
;p,inhn-..
t-v.
of
being
outraged
by
the
aUgu-
menu,
oi
u.t
o-ku
iuxki
niffi.
j-j-e
ftn1
iu
wooded
way.
Mr.
Archibald,
who
knows
w(u
mmed
by
Mr
ArcW.
of
its
20-foot
wide
eve-
foot
of
Hw
Hefbert
crown,
believes
it
compares
i-,KlvMxnb
provincial
Minuter
of
vorably
with
other
mounU-tr1
Hlehwlya)
who
admlred
M
while
roi-
.
on
a
tour
of
the
road
last
sum-
"There
are
.one
or
two
vey
'
short
pieces
1th
eight
pet
ceot
(
porU
fuhnmo
grades
and
30
degree
curves,"
RaWw.
Lake
is
a
dream.
raU-
"c
uwl
ments
are
good,
and
well
wtttv
in
the
limits
of
standard
hi
eh-'
,
.
'
,
Way
Construction.
t
At
Some
POlU
!
ACTIVITIES
OF
Y.M.CA.
and
Y.W.C.A.
(By
DOROTHY
QARBUTTi
It's
nice
to
sec
Eva
La
Pletre.
the
USO
hostess,
back
with
us
once
again.
And
talking
about
ihe
USO.
I
hear
that
Frank
Ftnnerty
.and
Mrs.
Frank
.are
off
on
a
.well
earned
furlough
Have
good
time
and
cqme
back
lull
of
bright
idea!
Because
of
the
Y.W.C.A.
article
running
tor
three
successive
days.
I'm
a
lHUe
behind
in
congratulating
Adjutant
and
Mrs.
Bmnsdon
of
the
Salvation
Army
War
Services
upon
the
oiftelai
opening
of
their
splendid
new
hostel.
All
of
us
at
the
V
wish
them
every
success
In
Lbe
undertaking.
Weil.
welL
well,
so
they
up
and
dood
it
at
last!
?ou
know
whom
I
mean
Ralph
and
Irene
or
Sergeant
Ralph
Orteves,
of
the
paymaster's
of-
fke.
and
Private
Irene
Luble
i
C.W.C.
wbo
we
married
Saturday
evening
in
the
C.W.A
C.
barracks
by
Acting
Senior
"r-"
"
"-'
for
the
south
tonight
so
their
honeymoon
has
tooen
of
neees-
Completion
ot
the
highway
means
a
lot
to
northern
British
Columbia.
It
is
the
region's
third
terrerfiaj
link
with
the
rest
r
rj
of
Canada
'an.H.
nd
the
wgnifl-
hul
hnllt
if
U
nf
tn.
In
thvu.
vUlbiMty
Is
limited
but
to
own
a
huwlred
convenient
1
whom
it
is
finally
intended
to
eases
it
can
be
bettered
by
W-
ukes
and
sUeams
that
have
,;
serve,
even
though
while
they
ture
utdening.
eH
no
more
than
an
occasional
are
admiring
K
their
eyes
some-
There
are
only
fpur
rafiwajr
Oy
or
hook.
And.
to
be
very
times
wander
upward
In
antegrade
crossings
in
the
nwiy
conservative,
hunting
prospeoU
pation
of
a
fourth
link-an
air
constructed
lengths,
all
betec
are
adequate.
ilnk
with
the
south.
IT
IS
A
CUSTOM
OF
THE
COUNTRY
Going
uphill
in
7'urkeitun
fluy
hang
ui
to
ihe
tail
of
a
Yafi.
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.
at
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.
i
833
K
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mm.
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Jl
or
ko,i
cioti,,
-
siiv
a
brief
one.
The
best
at
I
luck
to
the
both
of
you
andjj
when
the
war
is
over
and
you
1
1
IHipIoL
jcaiu
settle
down
together!
'"H.sct)j
Now
for
our
service
babies
Mrs.
-Caktorwoed
telU
me
that
I.AC
and
Um.
Alex
BatUle.
KC.A.F.
became
the
proud
patents
of
little
Janet
Helen
who
weighed
seven
pounds
seyen
qunces
when
born.
Her
birthday
was
March
11
at
2:45
pin.
Jajaei
a
form
of
John
and
means
The
Lord's
Grace"
from
the
Mrtrew
while
Helen
Is
a
Oreek
name
remember
llelqn
of
Troy
and
the
face
that
launched
a
thousand
ships?
meaning
"JJrlght
is
the
Dawn"
(How
loveiy!
Still
anottter
Air
Force
baby.
bum
on
Vtee
same
day
as
Janet
but
three
quarters
of
an
hour
later.
KwioeU.
Nelson,
son
of
Corporal
and
Mrs.
Wt
J.
Nelson
:
Kenneth
weighed
seven
pound
three
ounces
when
burn
tuih
bas
two
meanings
Oaelic
toeiivg
"OtilJtaln
or
mander"
and
the
Celtic
"Comely"
Congratulations,
motbm
and
fathers
of
both
babies
I
almost
--
said
of
the
-
twins
-
but
re-
weatrir:
j
railed,
in
time,
mat
tne
parent
tendail(.c
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saroei
Meet
Me
at
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SNACK
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Coffee
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down
dale,
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