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Frtday,
September
27,
194S
Ben
Self
Hits
Jackpot
WELL
KNOWN
PIONEER
SPORTSMAN
OF
PRINCE
RUPERT
IS
RETIRING
AFTER
CLEANING
UP
BIG
FORTUNE
Ben
Self,
well
known
pioneer
restauranteur
and
sportsman
of
Prince
Rupert,
has
made
a
fortune
at
the
northern
Quebec
mining
town
of
Val
D'Or,
where
he
served
as
alderman,
and
retired.
True
to
form
he
is
now
embarked
on
a
vacation
trip
to
the
United
States
with
the
World
Series
as
his
immediate
ob
jective.
Then
he
will
visit
his
birthtown
at
Claremore,
Oklahoma,
before
attending
the
Mardl
Oras
in
New
Orleans.
Ben
is
written
up
in
"Time"
and
it
makes
interesting
reading
for
old
friends
here:
"When
Benjamin
Self
and
his
stout,
hearty
wife
Viola
arrived
in
Val
D'Or,
Quebec,
eleven
years
ago,
they
had
$4
in
cash
and
$267
worth
of
hardware.
When
the
Selfs
retired
last
week
and
headed
for
a
UJS.
vacation
(the
World
Series,
Ben's
birthplace
at
Claremore,
Okla.,
the
Mardl
Oras
at
New
Orleans,
then
the
warm
sun
of
Florida
and
Cuba),
they
had
$20,000
cash
the
price
they
got
for
their
hardware
store
$100,000
in
Val
D'Or
real
estate,
and
an
estimated
100,000
shares
of
32c-a-share
stock
in
a
promising
but
yet-to-be-developed
gold
mine.
"No
gold
mlnters
themselves,
the
Selfs
had
cashed
in
on
one
of
the
fastest-growing
gold
booms
in
Canada's
golden
history.
Haircuts
and
Gold
"The
first
traces
of
gold
were
"
found
in
the
Val
D'Or
area,
in
the
heart
of
Quebec's
wild
northwestern
bush
country,
as
early
as
1909,
but
the
town
of
Val
D'Or
Itself
was
not
really
born
until
1933,
when
a
peripatetic
barber
set
up
a
stool
oa
a
flat
rock
and
started
to
work
on
hairy
prospectors.
In
1934,
the
year
the
Selfs
arrived,
the
town's
official
population
was
five.
Then
things
began
to
hum.
The
great
Lamaque
and
Sigma
mines
were
discovered
(1939
aggregate
production
value:
near
ly
$7,C00,000).
Get-rich-quickers'j
"
"
swarmed
northward
to
pick
up
the
nuggets
in
the
wilderness.
They
stayed
because
the
stories
.
were
not
too
far
wrong.
.
"For
a
while
VaJ
D'Or
lived,
as
boom
towns
do,
at
a
dizzy
pace.
In
1936
it
had
a
popula
tion
of
4,000
and
was
a
hell-roaring
mining
camp
in
the
middle
of
nowhere.
Beer
was
"
$1
a
bottle.
A
town
census
registered
46
different
nationalities.
Shady
characters
prospered
like
green
bay
trees.
In
1936
the
first
year
that
Val
D'Or
had
a
police
force,
Chief
Leo
Therien
led
a
raid
through
the
town's
300
unpainted
board-and-tar-paper
snacks,
arrested
112
prostitutes,
gamblers
and
bootleggers.
"The
town'
today
(pop.
7,500)
Is
still
mushrooming
4,000
of
its
inhabitants
work
in
its
mines,
and
there
are
hundreds
of
untested
claims.
But
now
trains
"
of
the
Canadian
National
streak
past
its
back
doors.
Val
D'Or's
'
dowdlness
is
gone.
Curfew
Sends
Kids.
.
Home
Eearly
'
"A
shrill
curfew
whistle
sends
Val
D'Or's
moppets
kiting
home
at
9.
p.m,
The"
town's
Third
Avenue
(the
main
stem)
has
nine
hotels
(including
a
Ritz
and
a
Continental),
sandwich
shoppes
and
beauty
salons,
four
furniture
stores,
taxis,
even
such
accoutrements
of
civilization
as
a
nightclub,
and
a
stock
exchange
(one
recent
day's
business:
29,000
shares,
representing
$50,000).
Val
D'Or's
drug
stores
sell
barrels
of
pop.
Miners
get
Ice
cream
sodas
at
the
Splendid
Sweets.
"And
Val
D'Or's
boom
may
not
ur;.3heJ,e8end
ot
devout'
ml
PtreHe
Re8lmbal
iime,
Aug.
27)
is
brinelne
tourists
by
the
thousands.
Moreover,
Val
D'Or's
burled
treasure
seems
scarcely
touched.
Geologists,
who
know
more
about
the
area's
minerals
than
anyone
else,
guess
that
some
day,
despite
its
frigid
winters,
Val
D'Or
may
be
one
of
the
greatest
mining
cities
in
Canada.
Mayor
Jo
seph
Eugene
Berard
last
week
solemnly
predicted
a
population
of
25,000
within
three
more
years.
He
said
that
Val
D'Or's
six
big
producing
mines
(Sullivan,
Sis-
coe,
Lamaque,
Sigma,
Perron,
and
Oolden
Manitou)
and
potential
new
ones
would
hire
5,300
new
hands
now
if
there
were
houses
for
them.
To
solve
the
problem,
he
announced
a
new
mile-square
subdivision
on
which
some
2,000
houses
will
be
built."
Belgium-
PROGRESS
IS
BEING
HELD
BY
ROYALTY
Recovery
Made
In
Many
Spheres
but
Coal
and
Food
Situation
Still
Serious
"ERUSELS,
Sept.
21
W
Belgium,
although
known
for
its
capacity
to
work
whatever
the
circumstances,
will
need
months
if
not
years
to
recover
economically.
Recovery
efforts
are
being
made
in
all
spheres
and
optimistic
views
are
expressed
that
industry
and
commerce
will
soon
enjoy
mere
normal
conditions.
But
the
question
of
rovaltv
which
has
troubled
the
country
since
the
war
ended
has
consid-
erably
hampered
government
j
action
and
has
caused
consider-
j
able
delay
in
the
solution
of
j
many
national
problems.
Several
industries,
such
as
clcthmaking,
have
made
a
start,
but
full
production
will
be
im-,
possible
until
there
is
an
ade-
t
quate
supply
of
coal.
Belgian
I
coal
production
has
risen
from
30,000
tons
a
month
to
over
50,-000
but
even
that
Is
not
sufficient
for
domestic
and
industrial
needs.
A
level
of
80.000
tons
a
month
must
hs
reached
if
Belgium
Is
to
face
next
winter
confidently.
The
food
situation
has
improved.
Most
Belgians
now
are
well
fed,
although
enjoying
none
or
few
of
the
pre-war
luxuries.
Bread
Is
nlentiful
and
fats
available
at
lower
prices,
but
meat
remains
very
scarce.
The
tinned
meat
provided
bv
the
Allies
is
not
to
everybody's
liking.
Still,
ith
lmoroving
transport
and
continued
Allied
heln.
It
Is
at-narent
that
there
will
be
more
food.
Want
Early
Aid
Before
V-E
Day
some
bitterness
was
expressed
that
Bel
gium,
starved
during
five
years
of
German
occupation,
was
not
getting
aid
quickly
and
exten
sively
enough.
But
many
understood
that
priority
had
to
be
given
military
transport.
Now
these
people
ask
only
that
a
big
effort
be
made
to
feed
them
properly
before
the
Allies
feed
the
people
In
occupied
enemy
territory.
Udverse
to
big
and
troublesome
experiments.
The
present
royal
crisis
whirt,
...
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nth.r
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UHilVi
VUUilktlt.
Cnlled
Home
By
Father's
Illness
SMITHERS,
Sept.
27
Pte.
Stanley
Howell
arrived
at
his
home
in
Quick
a
few
days
ago
from
overseas
in
response
to
urgent
representations
to
the
military
authorities
that
he
was
badly
needed
at
home
on
account
of
the
serious
illness
of
his
father,
W.
J.
Howells
who
had
undergone
two
major
operations
in
the
Bulkley
Valley
Hospital
at
Smithers
recently.
Pte.
Howell
was
given
rapid
transportation
by
being
placed
on
a
plane
and
flown
from
England
to
Canada.
W.
J.
Howell
is
now
improving
in
health
but
will
be
convalescent
for
a
considerable
length
of
time.
Whifflets
From
The
Waterfront
1
Steamship
and
dry
dock
officials
are
at
present
at
Ketchikan
to
Inspect
the
broken
and
burned
hull
of
the
steamer
Prince
George
which
was
destroyed
by
fire
at
the
Alaskan
port
last
Saturday.
They
will
recommend
what
disposal
should
be
made
of
the
twisted
ruin
which
was
once
one
of
the
coast's
finest
passenger
liners.
Among
those
at
Ketchikan
in
this
Connection
are
G.
A.
McMillan,
superintendent,
Canadian
National
Steamships,
Vancouver;
W.
O.
Jordan,
superintendent.
Pacific
Salvage
Co.:
Bernard
Allen,
manager
of
the
local
dry
dock;
Robert
Cameron,
dry
dock
superintendent,
and
Harry
Workman,
Lloyds
surveyor.
might
have
broueht
about
bi
Upheavals,
has
.left
the
average
Belgian
calm.
The
traditional
Catholic.
Lib
eral
and
Socialist
parties
retain
the
upper
hand.
A
swing
left-warcLmay
develop
in.
the
next
el
ection
but
as
the
Socialist
are
wary
In
their
dealings
with
the
Communists,
it
seems
that
the
right
wing
will
still
be
powerful
enough
to
maintain
the
balance.
The
resistance
movements
have
proved
very
divided
and
it
appears
that
they
will
not
carry
the
weight
such
forces
did
in
France.
During
the
German
occupation,
resistance
movements
were
supported
morally
and
finacially
by
the
exiled
government.
Most
groups
now
are
aligned
with
some
political
party.
1
imely
Topics
ANOTHER
ORE
COMPANY,
TERRACE;
POLICE
CORPORAL
IS
MOVING
SOUTH
R.
D.
Baker
of
Vancouver
and
R.
G.
Sutherland
of
Prince
Rupert,
who
are
Uil
Co.
of
Canada,
spent
the
week-end
in
Terrace.
It
is
expected
that
the
Standard
Oil
Co.
will
establish
a
branch
at
Terrace.
Constable
William
Richmond
of
the
B.C.
Police
at
Terrace,
accompanied
by
Staff
Sergeant
Johnson,
N.C.O.
in
charge
of
the
Prince
Rupert
detachment,
drove
up
from
Prince
Rupert
on
Tuesday
afternoon.
Corporal
T.
D.
Brunton
of
the
B.C.
Police
at
Terrace
will
be
moving
to
Courtney
as
soon
as
thre
is
accommodation
available
for
him
and
his
family.
June
Warner
left
on
Tuesday
evening
for
Saskatoon
where
she
will
attend
the
Bethel
Bible
Institute.
Her
course
will
last
three
years
but
she1
expects
to
get
home
for
holidays.
D.
C.
Warner
.and
.daughter,
Laverna,
returned
on
Monday
night
from
Prince
Rupert.
Captain
and
Mrs
G.
Newell
of
Victorra'
are
"spendlne
a
few
days
in
Terrace.
Mrs.
Newell
Is
a
sister
of
-Hon.
E.
T.
Kenney.
They
drove
down
from
Smithers
with
L.
H.
Kenney
on
Sunday
and
have
nearly
completed
a
six
month's
trip
to
Nova
Scotia
and
eastern
points.
This
moaning
they
left
for
Prince
Rupert.
William
Christe
and
Alvin
Jones
spent
Sunday
in
Prince
Rupert
where
Mr.
Christe
visited
his
wife
who
has
been
quite
ill
in
the
Prince
Rupert
Hospital
She
Is
reported
on
the
road
to
recovery
and
will
be
returning
home
in
about
ten
days.
'
Sergeant
and
Mrs.
George
Lachapelle
spent
Wednesday'
in
Terrace
as
the
guests
of
Sergeant
and
,Mrs.
'Prior.'
Sergeant-Major
Miller
and
A
party
of
Royal
Canadian
Corps
of
Signals
spent
the
week-end
at
Terrace
v
HAC
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CVtt
nnrl
Vam
HiAiUnn
'
ien
triaay
nignt
ror
Meeting
Lake,
Sask.,
after
spending
a
holiday
with
Mr.
and
Mrs.
D.
C.
Warner.
from
Terrace
both
with
the
Standard!
Miss
Edwards
and
three
of
the
Crego
children,
Elsie
who
is
in
Grade
IX,
Dorothy
and
Mildred,
who
are
in
Grave
IV,
arrived
in
Terrace
on"
Monday
evening.
The
Cregos
are
from
Carlyle
Cannery
and
have
bought
one
of
W.
J.
Martin's
farms
Just
west
of
the
school.
They
plan
to'
settle
in
Terrace
and
will
be
Joined
shortly
by
Mrs.
Crego
and
by
Mr.
Crego
who
has
still
some
work
to
finish
at
Carlyle.
Miss
Edwards
has
been
the
teacher
of
the
Crego
children
and
she
will
be
returning
soon
to
her
home
at
Chllll-wack.
Miss
Marie
Hall
and
her
mcther,
Mrs.
C.
M.
Hall,
left
on
Tuesday
nightte
train
for
Chil
liwack.
Was
Welcomed
By
Smithers
Friends
SMITHERS,
Sept.
27
The
many.
friends
of
Pilot
Officer
Lwart
Hetherington
were
pleased
to
meet
him
agaln.in
Smlther3
on
Tuesday
following
hU
arriva"
home
from
overseas.
Pilot
Officer
Hetherington
was
formerly
with
the
social
service
of
the
provincial
government
and
visit
ed
Smithers-on
many
occasions
in
the
course
of
his
work.
He
had
the
misfortune
of
being
shot
down
over
Germany
on
his
second
bombing
trip
ever
that
country
arid
was
a
prisoner
of
war
for
a
shorf
time,
being
liberated
at
the
end
of
hostilities.
LING
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are
taking
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and
pressing
and
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while
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PIONEER
OF
HAZELTON
HAZELTON,
Sept.
27
One
Of
the
pioneers
of
the
Hazelton
district
passed
away
on
Monday
when
Edgar
McLearri
collapsed
and
died
suddenly
at
that
place
Mr.
McLearn
was
a
native
of
Hants
County
Nova
Scotia
and
was
well
known
to
everyone
in
the
district.
He
was
a
carpenter
by
trade
and
during
the
past
summer
he
had
built
a
fishery
overseer's
house
for
the
Department
of
Fisheries
at
Morlcetown
and
also
one
at
Babine
Lake.
He
was
very
popular
with
a
large
number
of
friends.
Mr.
McLearn
was
unmarried
and
had
no
relatives
in
this
part
of
the
country
but
leaves
one
brother,
Putnam
McLearn,
at
Selmah,
Hants
County,
Nova
Scotia.,
and
a
niece,
Mrs.
Wool-aver,
in
Swampscott,
Mass.
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formal
or
as
casual
as
the
clothes
underneath
it.
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all-wool
in
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quarter
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with
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sraooth-texturi
loaves
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This
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every
time.
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YOU
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familiar
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Chow
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