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niday.
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Capt.
John
Ilalcrow
who
is
ashore
at
Vancouver
for
a
minor
surgical
operation.
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Given-Test
SO-IIour
Course
on
Derby
is
Indicated
World's
Union
steamer
Chilcotin
will
make
one
more
voyage
after
the
present
one
on
the
Vancouver-Prince
Rupert-Stewart
route
after
which
the
steamer
Camosun
will
be
back
on
that
run.
The
Chilcotin
is
to
make
a
special
trip
from
Vancuover
to
Tacoma
with
a
two-day
excursion
of
the
Vancouver
Tourist
Association
and
her
first
northern
voyage
of
the
summer
will
be
with
the
Gyro
district
convention
party
early
in
June.
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greatest
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WATERFRONT
Within
a
few
minutes
of
each
other
two
vessels
of
Union
Steamships
Ltd.
arrived
in
port
at
4:30
yesterday
afternoon
First
to
arrive
was
the
stammer
Coqultlam,
Capt.
All
Aspinall.
from
south
Queen
Charlotte
Island
points,
sailing
at
10
p.m.
for
Westview
and
Vancouver.
The
Coquitlam
was
soon
followed
by
the
Chilcotin,
from
Vancouver
and
waypoints"
which
sailed
at
11
p.m.
for
Port
Simpson,
Alice
Arm
and
Stewart
whence
she
is
due
back
here
tomorrow
to
sail
at
1:30
p.m.
for
Vancouver
and
waypoints.
The
Chilcotin
is
in
command
this
voyage
of
Capt.
Harry
McLean,
relieving
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1
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how
long
it
will
take
the
Rotary
Club's
black
and
white
barrel
to
negotiate
its
lazy
way
a'o'.ie
the
estimated
60
miles
of
the
meandering
Skeena
River
n
xt
June
30
will
be
a
challenge
to
those
who
are
interested
in
involved
calculation.
A
test
run
made
by
two
local
Rotarians
Saturday
yielded
no
conclusive
answer.
The
test
run,
however,
did
accomplish
its
primary
mission
of
determining,
whether
or
not
V
contemplated
barrel
"derby,"
.villi
which
the
city
Rotary
Club
hopes
to
raise
funds
to
aid
with
the
rehabilitation
of
Roiisevclt.
Park,
is
feasible.
It
is.
But
as
for
the
time
the
barrel
Another
week-end
caller
at
port
of
Union
Steamships
Ltd.
fleet
was
the
steamer
Catala,
Capt.
William
McCombe,
which
arrived
in
port
at
8:30
Friday
night
from
Vancouver
and
way-points,
sailing
at
midnight
on
her
return
south.
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7
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I
MON.
TO
WED.
"SRING
PLOWING"
Scenes
like
this
one
will
not
be
uncommon
throughout
the
country
as
farmers
and
gardeners
begin
spring
plowing.
Despite
tractors
that
are
standard
on
many
Canadian
farms
there
is
still
room
for
a
good
team
of
horses
like
the
pair
shown
in
action.
SKIRTS
$1.93
and
up
the
party
to
East
Kwinitsa
shortly
after
7
o'clock
in
the
evening
Constant
changing
of
the
river
channel
made
it
necessary
foi
the
voyagers
o
use
poles
to
wmfc
the
boat
off
gravel
bars
which
were
invisible
in
the
murkv
water.
However,
no
serious
ob-1
i
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w
iSZ2t)iHJHVI3iS
(TJ
will
tn
ko
to
travel
its
course
from
the
Terrace
bridge
to
East
Kwin-itsa,
an
estimated
60
miles
down
liver,
that
is
something
that
cannot
be
given
with
any
great
exactness.
The
test
run
showed
that
if
river
conditions
on
June
30
are
.similar
to
those
on
Saturday,
a
Bought
direct
at
the
styfr
centers
to
Rive
you
j.nnrter
styles.
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struction
occurred
to
the
boat's
passage
and
the
journey
was
a
pleasant
one.
When
the
derby
run
Is
taken
next
month,
the
barrel
likely
will
be
accompanied
by
a
skiff
in
addition
to
the
power
boat
so
hat
it
will
be
easier
to
get
into
shallow
place
to
put
the
barrel
back
on
its
course.
had
been
expected
that
the
barrel
could
have
made
the
course
from
Terrace
to
East
Kwinitsa
in
about
15
hours,
but
the
distance
was
actually
greater
than
had
been
believed
d
v.
to
the
wanderings
of
the
vi:
v:
in
its
wide
bed
-and
the
si'jv-ness
of
the
cuii-.'M.
wati:k
ST1I.L
LOW
Water
level
in
the
Skeena
Saturday
was
low
and
no
signs
of
the
spring
run-off
has
yet
aj
peared.
Vast
quantities
of
snov
still
cover
the
mountain
peaks
and
forests
of
the
higher
leve'.s.
Between
lerrace
and
Reino,
a
rail
distance
of
eight
miles,
th-
iiiiBiaaiBBissi
speed
of
three
miles
an
hour
..an
be
expected.
Thus,
making
allowances
for
delays
caused
by
obstacles,
the
barrel
will
take
at
least
20
hours
for
the
course.
Don
Ritchie,
Norton
Youngs
and
Bill
Simmons,
other
committee
members,
for
the
return
trip
to
Prince
Rupert.
i
However,
the
river
below
Rcmo
j
is
definitely
no
faster
and
in
some
places
slower,
indicating
I
that
at
three
miles
an
hour,
the
;
barrel
would
have
required
at
I
irast
2'J
hours
to
cover
the
coni-I
plete
distance.
I
Greatest
hazard
to
any
calculation
is
the
fact
that
the
continually
curving
stream
contains
eddies
and
obstructions
which
periodically
obstruct
the
lazy
!
progress
of
the
barrel
so
that
a
constant
watch
must
be
kept
en
it.
In
the
nmny
channels
;u
the
Skeena.
the
barrel
migh,
!
1
.isiiy
be
lost.
i
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The
test
run
Saturday
va.i
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Ri.perf
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300
3rd
Ave.
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777
Flowers
for
Ail
Occasions
But
if
the
river
is
higher
and
opinion
at
Terrace
is
that
it
will
be
higher
a
faster
run
will
be
more
than
probable.
The
elapsed
time
will
then
be
up
to
the
sagacity
of
,
derby
ticket
holders
to
calculate.
Saturday's
test
run
was
made
by
Fred
Hcmsworth,
chairman
of
the
Rotary
Club's
barrel
derby
committee,
and
a
Daily
News
reporter
who
went
to
Terrace
on
Friday
night's
train.-The
barrel,
painted
black
and
while
for
purposes
of
visibility,
rode
in
the
baggage
car.
The
barrel
was
dropped
from
the
Skeena
River
bridge,
a
mile
east
of
Terrace,
at
8:15
Saturday
morning.
As
it
began
its
leisurely,
down-river
'course,
it
was
accompanied
by
the
two
Rotarians
in
a
23-foot
open
power
boat
piloted
by
Collin
Cooper,
youthful
Terrace
river
man.
The
experiment
had
bee
n
Bcheciulrd
to
begin
three
hour:;
arlier
but-,
due
to
difficulties
in
ontacting
the
river
pilot,
it
was
ater
than
had
been
expected.
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follows
an
eleven-mi!
;
course
at
the
present
time
"tli
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most
tui
biih-nt
stretch
b'.U.v
Terrace.
It
took
the
barrel
a
scant
10
minutes
less
than
i
labours
to
.negotiate
the
11
mi.V.s
a
speed
of
about
three
miles
an
hour.
This
was
the
ci.iy
rirceli
of
the
river
on
wi:'-Ji
an
actual
timed
drift
was
made
because
of
the
iact.
that
the
Rotarians
had
an
appointment
at
East
Kwin-;
I
itsa
betwo.n
7
and
8
o'clock
that
evening
at
East
Kwinitsa
wiv
TUESDAY
AND
WEDNESDAY
8:
made
under
favorable
v.eatlK-r
conditions
which
was
fortunate
because
ire
trip
was
made
in
an
open
buat
which
could'
have
beei.'
unpleasant
had
it
been
raining
At
Remo,
where
the
boat
.-x-perienccd
a
bit
of
engine
trouble
the
barrel
was
taken
aboard
the
fiat-bottomed
vessel
and
the
rest
of
the
trip
was
made
at
a
10-mile
an
hour
clip
which
brought
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