Prince
Rupert
Daily
News
Friday,
June
6.
1952
i
Rags
To
Riches
Story
v
Of
Pioneer
Hanson
5
By
ERIC
SANDERSON
I,
The
blue
and
yellow
"flag-of
Sweden
hangs
at
"1
half
mast
today
over
the
Consulate
office
on
Third
Avenue.
It
tells
the
world
that
Olaf
Hanson
an
ini-i
migrant
boy
who
rose
from
poverty
to
prosperity
is
dead.
The
70-year-old
Swedish
Con-not
started
and
so,
with
no
oth-for
Prince
Rupert
and
the
complete
but
construction
had
Yukon,
member
of
Parliament
er
means
of
transportation,
he
or
Skeena
constituency
for
15
proceeded
on
foot.
-
ears
-
and
successful
business-!
young,
healthy
man,
he
fol-man
in
the
north
country,
died
lowed
the
railway
survey
walk-in
Vancouver
General
Hospital
ng
tne
800
miles
from
stony
riain,
Alberta,
to
Hazelton.
i
1
Wednesday
nieht.
t
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,
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J-Z-f
v-r
-
V!;
Mr.
Hanson
is
believed
to
have
suffered
a
stroke
while
in
Vancouver
and
was
taken
to
hos
His
journey
of
many
hardships
proved
itself
a
source
of
profit
as
he
decided
to
enter
the
timber
business.
With
his
previous
experience
and
record.
pital
on
May
25.
He
left
here!
t
(
n
May
22
for
Washington,
D.C.,
('
io
attend
a
meeting
of
the
In-
1
ternational
Fisheries
Cominis-
t
Lion
of
which
he
was
a
director.
I
One
of
the
best
known
men
'
in
northern
and
central
British
Columbia,
he
spent
his
last
two
i,
t
...vs
here
greeting
friends
in
J
his
office
at
315
Third
Avenue
'
West.
'
.1
jfi
He
said
at
that
time
that
he
was
feeling
much
better
after
an
illness
that
struck
him
about
a
year
ago,
but
he
planned
to
take
things
easy.
Mr.
Hanson
left
his
office
in
shipshape
condition
before
de-
n
E
LC.
is
booming
today
with
over
a
billion
.
,
parting.
Everything
was
in
or-'
j
e'er.
J
It
was
on
May
21
that
Mr.
,
'
Hanson
recalled
in
conversation
i
'
cn
the
steps
of
his
office
that
he
f
1
had
been
appointed
Swedish
)
Consul
for
B.C.
exactly
32
years
ne
had
no
difficulty
obtaining
a
contract
to'
supply
timber
products
for
construction
of
the
Grand
Trunk
Pacific.
About
that
time
Prince
Rupert
had
been
selected'
as
the
Pacific
terminus
of
the
railway
and
Hanson
who
had
been
here
before
the
townsite
was
surveyed
decided
to
make
his
headquarters
in
Prince
Rupert
when
railroad
construction
began
here
in
1909.
He
had
established
the
Hanson
Lumber
and
Timber
Company
at
Smithers,
which
he
directed
up
to
his
death,
and
many
other
lumber
companies.
Financing
his
operations
was
a
great
problem,
but
his
patient
and
persisten
effort
and
unfaltering
courage
and
optimism
led
him
to
success.
Pioneered
Lumber
Industry
?
e
Norh
Always
mindful
of
the
hardships
he
had
gone
through,
Mr.
Hanson
dealt
extensively
with
settlers
and
sub-contractors,
many
of
whom
he
helped
to
finance,
and
built
a
tremendous
business
supplying
material
to
the
railway.
He
always
kept
in
close
touch
wijh
all
his
manifold
undertakings
and
it
wasn't
long
after
he
settled
here
that
he
went
into
partnership
in
a
real
estate,
insurance
and
brokerage
business
with
the
late
John
Dyb-
Continued
on
ps.Be
6
dollars
of
new
capital
investments
.
-.
.
creating
new
jobs
and
more
wages.
t
ago.
The
diploma
naming
him
Con-r
ul,
dated
May
21,
1920
and
signed
by
the
late
King
Gustaf
VI
of
Sweden,
is
hanging
in
his
-
0frp
'
Another
certififcate,
signed
by
the
late
King
George
V,
offers
him
special
privileges
in
Canada,
and
a
third
diploma,
signed
by
the
late
King
George
VI,
announces
his
appointment
as
Consul
for
the
northern
region.
Only
a
dynamic
Liberal
Government
led
by
1
Fi's
tab
os
Chore-boy
1
In
Spokane
Mr.
Hanson
was
born
at
Tan-
nas,
Sweden,
and
as
a
youth
of
18.
slight
of
build,
of
medium'
4
height,-
with
a
sharp-featured
keen
face
set
out
to
seek
his
fortune
in
a
new
and
foreign
I
land.
'
After
reaching
America,
he
Rains
Help
Prairie
Farms
Premier
Johnson
can
provide
the
favorable
atmosphere
for
the
continuation
of
this
expan-sion
and
prosperity.
found
his
way
to
Spokane
where
he
found
wnrir
n
a
nhnro
winnirzu
uoocl
rains
ciui-
i
taking
care
of
a
team
of
horses'
'
in'
the
past
week
have
improved
for
a
well-to-do
citizen,
for
'crop
prospects
throughout
the
which
he
received
room
and
I
three
prairie
provinces.
UUetl
U.
Rains
were
particularly
wel-
That
was
all
he
needed
while!
hc
went
to
school
to
learn
to
comecl
m
soutnprn
actions
oi
speak
English.
He
devoted
three
Manitoba
and
Saskatchewan
years
to
this
task
and
after
com-
where
little
or
no
precipitation
pleting
his
schooling
turned
his
had
occurred
since
April,
accord-eyes
to
Canada.
ing
to
the
weekly
crop
report
of
A
billion
more
dollars
is
ready
to
come
in
the
department
of
agriculture
of
In
1904,
Olof
Hanson
was
duly
j
recorded
as
a
homesteader
on
a
1
quarter
section
of
land
near
Mamlile,
east
of
Edmonton.
For
three
years
he
worked
"aid
and
long
to
finance
his
the
Canadian
National
Railways.
Seeding
is
practically
completed
except
for
low
spots
in
scattered
areas.
Isolated
cutworm
and
wireworm
damage
is
.
.
.
just
awaiting
the
results
of
the
June
12th
Election.
homestead.
In
1906
he
found
em
reported
and
odd
reports
of
f
p'.oyment
producing
ties
and
j
grasshopper
activity
are
noted
,
other
material
for
construction
!
in
southeastern
Manitoba.
How-i
of
the
Grand
Trunk
Pacific
j
ever,
In
the
overall
picture,
Railway
(now
the
C.N.R.)
and
age
from
thise
sources
Is
insig-
ISWMSWW'
'
Miore
long
was
taking
on
small
'
nificant.
Ideal
glowing
conditions
con
tinue
in
the
Okanagan
Valley
i
contracts.
The
money
helped
him
carry
the
burden
of
'
proving
his
farm.
He
Woiked
800
Miles
To
Me
West
Coast
,
Then
in
1907,
the
pioneer
,
;
pirlt
led
him
across
the
Rockies.
It
won't
come,
in
if
you
vote
tor
confiscation
O
It
ivon't
come
in
if
you
vote
for
confusion.
It
will
come
in
(as
now)
if
you
vote
for
where
weather
has
been
hot
with
few
showers.
Tree
fruits
report
very
favorable
crop
prospects
with
peachas,
apricots
and
cherries
from
75
percent
to
100
percent
increase
over
last
year.
Present
apple
crop
prospects
indicate
between
6'2
million
and
7
million
boxes.
B.C.
worUen
re
the
lushest
paid
in
Canada
with
an
averag
weekly
wage
of
$56.86-and
the
hortest
work-week.
At
that
time
the
railway
sur-
eys
across
B.C.
were
almost
I
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I
'
4
II
CONFIDENCE
o
PROGRESS
o
Social
Allowances
and
Social
Security
are
the
highest
and
most
generoui
in
Canada.
43
,o
of
the
1951-52
expenditure!
second
dollar
or
almost
every
was
spent
lor
thii
purpose.
I
II
1
t.
-
i
h,
it
j
m
ii.
)'
ea
Construction
work
In
B.C.
313.9
over
1950,
was
up
indicating
confidence
of
Investment
capital.
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1
wmmw
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k
Put
xut
Seagram's
Seagram's
"83"
"83
to
to
T
tti4f
STL
aJ
B.C.'s
population
In
1941-31
showed
a
43
increase,
the
highest
in
Canada,
indicating
that
this
Province
is
the
most
desirable
to
Canadians
WE
BRITISH
COLUMBIANS
ARE
PROUD
OF
OUR
PROVINCE
AND
ITS
RECORD.
DO
NOT
TRUST
ITS
FUTURE
TO
OTHER
HANDS
I
r
the
water
test.
Water,
V55w?y
plain
or
sparkling,
reveals
a
rvhisky's
true,
natural
flavour
and
bouquet.
Seagram's
"83"
Seagram's
$urc
Inserted
by
B.C.
Liberal
Association
r
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s.
1
i
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liqoc
r
Control
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or
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