a ale . toe . ya tt yt yt Mm tat gh te . . * ye : jes te ee Ee er er a Sn Por ee ea NN a Stay PS PP So pbb te ’ | TIME and PLACE. | SPOTNIK LANDING UNCERTAIN >) “ ‘Frince Kupert Daily News Thursday, February 6, 1958 AD Independent datly newspaper devoted to the upbullding of Pripoe Rupert | : and Northern and Central British Cohimbta. or ! OTTAWA h- If Spunk Toeame down in Canada nHohad yes } 5 Member of Canadian Press--Audit: Buren of Cirenlations iy STAN ROUGH Po Saw dt or reported -it. _ ; ‘ Canadian Dally Newspaver Assoctation BARKERVILEP AND TRE GOLD RUSE DAYS This is the substanee of a final report prenare Published by The Prince Rupert Daily News Limited report prepared by the Barkerville and =the surrounding mining camps af Antler, | | Richfield, Van Winkle, Mosnuito, Wingdon, Waverly, Soda Crevk, | . Grouse Creck, Williams, Jack of Clubs Creek and The Meadows in | ‘the year 1864 had an estiniated population, af 20,000 within af North America, Se’ 113-mile radius anc supported a weekly newspaper called the | DRS selentists had ealoulated that Russin's first, erty! i Cariboo Sentinel, Its editor was Robert. Halloway. | satelite would fall sometime between Nov. 30 and Dee, 2. The . . path of the Sputnik | orbit around the earth was also know! Fhe BROGUE By MacFARLANE-LEFAVRE J. F. MAGOR, Prestdent eR Subrertption Rates: Bese Bae D By matl—Per month $1.00: per year $1000 oes" BY carrier —per month, $1.05: ber your, €12.00 tuthorizea as seeciin clags mall by the Post Office Department, Ottawa —_——_.. ft ante ene eee een eeeenr ment cee center ne _ Further Power Talks Needed ITY COUNCIL is wise in planning to try to nego- , tiate further with the Norther British Columbia Power Company Limited over the proposed rate schedule that the company has submitted to the Pub- lic Utilities Commission, Couneil was faced with a Defence Research Board's telecommunications establishment, ofticlals said ‘Puesdiy, Russia aimed Sputaik © fell in western i Margaret McNaughton, in her ae | book “Overland to Curigoo” pub- | Stockholm, Brusseis, Paris nnd | idished in 1896, estimated the ‘lneston, Jamaica, so the bays | § Population in 1863-65 within a Kept up to date with what went: three-mile radius of Barkervitlo 0) Outside. The same piper ad. | was 300-400 and the population VYerlised the Opposition Meat: f of the district 8,000-10,000, so! Market, the Eldorado Ciun || take your choice. The principal Rooms, Antelope Restaurant aid | “mines worked in 1862-1864 were Saloon, Wake Up Jake's Restaur- ! the Cameron Cornish, Steele, Ab. @NL where meals were $100. or - CP “jimi ; ~ re bet, Adams, Point, Cunningham | $4.00 a week, “The tarkeryille | MADE FROM CUSTOM GRADE fimiday problem in 1951, when the eompany proposed and Black Jack. In the fall of Brewery also had an ad ne cid | f } - sake ‘ Ne a . « - fe 1862 Barker, and winter of 1863 fea & Porrins Worcestershire [IMPORTED “Cameron, struck pay dirt below Stuee, Manager Marcus of the: the canyon. The strikes were rote. heatre Royal anvauneecd i ben iowed by the opening up of a efit for Florence Wilson Staged number uf heavy producing » by the Caribou Ainateur Dram- claims. probably $5,000,000 in hatice Association Consislinp af two eold was taken out that year, @ne-act plays, Done Brown and 4 The Cameron and the Aurora in’ Betsy Baker or Too Attentive hy ‘2 few years produced a million Half. The Burnard s express, Tibtie doNars each and the Dollar, Stage carrying HM mails ane Black Jack, Barker, Canadian, ?uticed regtar weekly trips f Erieson, Caledonia five hundred from Barkerville arriving in Vie-o® g@ new rate increase. At that time the city fathers in- Yited the B.C. Power Commission to investigate the power situation here with a view to having it take , over the supplying of electricity in this area, * The power situation was duly surveyed and after @ narrow vote favoring the Power Commission in 1851, the city again asked the voters to express its opinion on its choice of power suppliers in 1956. The LEATHERS, FOR RUGGED WEAR AND LASTING Voters, at the time of the referendum four years ago, Mousand dollars. The longest tari “over the tele ite : Qe a. ey Se + " - Claim was only several handred ,C#Me over the telegraph Wire tg ~ ae: "4 0 ere asked to weigh the relative value of the hard- SPECIAL RECEPTION—Prime Minister and Mrs. Diecfenbaker feet by one hundred. Williams “ne correspondents Teanel, ‘seit % ¥ . : pressed Northern B.C. Power Company against the : have a special mine oreishake for Mrs. Isabella Mary Creek today is just a smatl #t Van Winkle, Quesnel, Feta : : | ' . reas . . . . : : pe f water gureling through Creek. Clinton, Yale, New West-.- eBoy e a ons wisdom of having the government-owned power com- { Gainsford. one of 3.000 persons who attended a Fe et nitinee gn ueeling through aster and Vinge | | ve pieces. ~ pewe John A. Macdonald, Saag tote Hs a granddaughter of sir the tilings of the digrings. an Minster an had a urehall but f 624~3rd Ave. West Phone 2016 | mission take over the assets of NBCPC. John A. Macdonald, Canada’s first prime minister (CP Photo) 8mbitious tourist could jump. mond a Masanie Helio “ , 5 Ce across it. Yet within a two-mile 29 1867 anda Masonic Hall burn- A ; REC ig a - Ar 5 PE Ts Easton, ‘The power commission said quite openly it was “INTERPRETING THE NEWS . stretch of this insignificant ¢¢ down 20 odd years ago but! ; anviane 4 7 Ho fen creek over $30,000,000 worth of; “ee replaced. The lodge had 40 j not too anxious to become Prinee Rupert’s power sup- wold has been taken. It is one of Members. The Chinese. popula. plier, mainly because of the lack of nearby hydro po- | - t a n S rl a n U n \ n the richest gravel deposits ever Hol wf bad thei uw , vey a : . . ea ore ( i dar ail, SEVEN Saioons ewe M a § “ ; tential. Had they taken over, 1t would have meant | CYP y 0 Wares te te ee th one aay. poker and blackjack table, A ; OF 4: thé rehabilitation of all the Northern B.C. Power lars a day and meals, consisun. (Be dance hall staffed by the , ; .. F es : : : “ r + $0.59g. (Hurdy Gurdy” eirts, two inp ‘ompany's i * . S s ati Of beans and bacon, cost $2.50. ! Me Undo humerods. oon n - Company's equipment including the diesel units at { alises Wide Speculation Gold was worth $16 to $18 an DOtCls and onamesous smaiter SEM! - A NINUAL SALE the drydock and the h ‘dro installations at Falls River ones, were i business, Today 159 wu J ounce. we -ED Syaron buildings are still standing and ID SYSTO) © eb pas Maly ire = 3 : ; and Shawatlans. Hundreds of thousands of dollars Canacine ED SIMON writer Why: save Barkervitl with HS a number af the hotwes wre oe! ' i oe . + ge : EEE Phe sabe f eweatherbeaten: charch, window- eCND Oe Tan Hpeeyy Hy . would have had to be spent in improving the existing ‘he polities! unien at heypt and Syria presents such a W1Ide Jee _ id false front storeo (oCuPlee. The present papula CONTINUES s > ; ‘ less houses and false front store’ tion umounts to approximately ‘acilities up tog point where Prince Rupert’s power }Tange of possibilitie: thet few commentators outside the two Why not leave Barkerville to 6G people. ‘ APpraximutels me ee a : heeds were not only not threatened but where there Tange terme of tee fy SoSees HS significance, even in the short- burn down some diy of tts Dutld= We visited Mr, and Mrs Jeceh sy We ra tue : . The new United Atab Republic Porders, is known to be rathiess 198s one by one collapse MOE Wendel Mr. Wendel came ta REFRIGERATORS, WASHERS, STOVES Would be a surplus ready for mcoming industry. ‘appears to be strictly the ees. es wep piession of Commun- the weleht al ronenue ihn heats Barkerville in 1895 to prospec, FLOOR POLISHERS nm ’ 7 “ a * * 3 . i oils , vo pe aad . reason ix to preserve whar litue > has be ; rested ins nus- \ There would have been an increase in electricity rates (Hon of the two countries ine 4 Py sete chore the party has that remains of the old Cariboo ne pas Pye aake Bw taht AND MANY AT REAL MONEY-SAVING PRICES éven though the capital costs would have been absorb- Syria have ee oath Bast and enjaxec considerable influence ‘Trail, where for years Uhouse nas years and at 8&6 is interested in éd by the whole jrovinee ine Russian ir fuer mn their yn- Ui Covernrcent cireles. its posj- &f men and women, on foot. necting people and talkine over MNO DOWN PAYMENT . 8 I] . ‘ion ie viewed ‘iy Weaarn Pinan tion now is in doubt. For Syrian Horseback. smasher rhe way old times He has subscribed to \ This newspaner aroued that it w av wary tutte Towlea) oar, COMMunist; to onmace t ion NG Stagecoach, made their way in, National Georraphic Mage. > This newspaper argued that it would have been ean Cepitals to the Togieal out Comumutdss bee ae een to the guid camps of the Carino. ine for over fifty veare and in TO APPROVED CREDIT FOR THIS SALE ONLY Wiser to have the British Columbia-backed commis- mimeo ape oS Tawar’ Bot their hope of gaining a sim- Bruce Huteh.nson in his fine yi, library has a number of books aoe TWO WEEK DELIVERY “ON . ; 1 . rab nationalism. eoeuen ee & a | “The Fraser,’ calls them ~~ ‘ ae a TW'O-WE at e NM { ti rork é ally-haras- + Loe Mee eae it Har vole in Nasser's councils is DOOk “The Fraser.’ cally them |), biOoey, minerolowy and orni- “on uncles take the 5 ork than the tnancially haras Ta Londan. me iS Penerally fit slight. me Be Nasser's councils ~ the Argonauts who in their tholony He married in 1910 ater ITEAAS PRESENTLY NOT ON SHOW sed Northern B.C. Power company. (Phat its henirdiate effect is any event. the new union is Search for gold were uncon- ye in Mis, Wass) coe ee BEA ‘ ‘“Vkelye eon oslearine ase In any event, the new union is ; he und Mes. Wendel tor a nun ce Northern B.C Power Company has now reach [kels Ley ler a lene Gown es likely to be too preoccupied with Sclously opening up a vast coun- ber GF years vanded wrt oa | 238 3rd A West 3144 Pho 3124 “ , ” ~ © ithe intrusion of Russian political TKély to be ive try, for in their wake would come popye 7 Ee - or ve. Wes 3 - ne - Lay . . + tae articulurly if otiaas 288 owl atrairs lay active LTY. 1 pw hobby. : ed the point of no return. With a vulnerable trans- States aed ee et Othe? tole in the ag tor som, the farmer, logger and rancher. (To be Continued) . —<.. sence arutan are t:cnmecommenenee. mission system from hydro units which only function /t&tes 881 themseives of wee ltime tocome ~ The Cariboo Trail was once dot- _. ee ay. “vs Yayaro units whic y Pe sy vation to Associate “Nassets first last will be to ted With stopping houses but to- fully during the summer months and a diesel plant themselves with it. ‘uileinpt to create seme harmope Ga¥ the mujority pf these old FOOD MARKET Near Algoma Park “ | aL. . +, : . . i This view aces nuv presuppose ¢ . ‘buildings have disappeared and worked almest to capacity during the winter MONS, jany growing political eee in the tuneled ceonomion of the Ce es ave ais Coche Creek on thn ys ” : . 1, (tWo countries, Syria’s. shaky fi-' [0% ne the company has to have a rate inerease if it is to ,on the part of Eeypt's President |'* “OS UNGOUbtadle eu? or at to Quesnel is dottee with eollec- . * th Fey, lied wit} "ay lis to repair and (Nasser, who is nimost certain 10 aes Of etait ae quire tions of gas stations and romance keep the city supplied with power and is to repair anc “be the umon’s first chief of # Pl@acure of stability from as- shattering looking buildings and expand what equipment it has. If the proposed rate | state. But Nasser, despite his towns, Hf the jocu) boards of 4 ‘os . : iWillingness to profess friendship D0" " te. : trade do not do same soul- schedule isn't granted the company asserts it will be With Communists beyond nis BEy(0S 20 ate cotton crop mort~ [7a0e GO pol da some late it . “ ; Ni EEE ee saved in payment for Soviet - © ys thighwey unable to meet the needs of the city and the parent “arms, will not find it easy to bail * mea wail of now lune . - " : 1 . . Wd e alc mH DOX Ite company, Power Corporation of Canada, will not let | NBCPC have any more funds to carry out its propos- | cd expansion program. However, what City Council is faced with is try- ing to work out with Northern B.C. Power Company sociation with the comparatively: Sound Bevptian structure. But: ent var bert 7, \ : | ih, ‘heh, y Arab States--Irag, ent over ts fulek es te Posstbit Suna: Arabia und Lebanon—are fOr te old Car ibaw Trail is dead unuiely to make an carly move @hd the 1957 version leaves much oon te uron, although back- %@ be desired. ward Wemer his made overtures — Pete Pavicu or tne Goldfield woo the porters and Jordan's’ Hotel ot Quesnel showed me a - . Hutite Hossein is likely to be sub- copy of the Carin. o Sentine: § PACIFIC ’ a more acceptable rate schedule. Despite the fact ; > ,,. weted (0) couvaderable | pressure dated Qevober 12, 1872. The papry esr that the c : meri tase. its yates since | . bo the substantial proportion of carried news from the surround i Y S$ 7 & nat the company hasn t ne) eased WS yates simce ! ~ 3 Palostinian refugees within his ing MOUNINE Camps ities from Cini ting ¢ ase “s 1929, the proposed boosts appear higher than neces- | nanders, bon, Victoria, New Weetiminsier, . c & , 61 Tf . , ‘Ns } ] agra ie b sae h d h i . Mn, ey . Most London Newspapers coun. ; Lytton and Qiiee nel, _ Amt rie Waks sary, ho workable agreement can be reache then ' wera ocrmed aa a aed The West aot to prejudge thei New: releases fron. New York, RED PLUM . . . . are a >; veo, . . Le Le = , . we . Unita oS i. . 10% ‘inne . is tt . SON Lucky I 2 ayn yp sho I 3] as sug 8 } ’ ithe Cit yr} SPRAPPING Mise O)yclette Pew state. While Arab unity has! Cincinnati, Loui Ville Ren ; a hea ae uld € held, : uggested » ’ P TPaChanee, a teweher un the i. dampers, it alsa offers oppor- 4nd Richmond, Virginia were PEACHES PORK N BEANS JAM Council's special committee which has Just completed ) pes suburb. of £t. Char- tunities for better relations. ‘Phe featured, Borie dupatehes NABOB NABOB NABOB “ astudy of the OWeL ye y's rie to the P iC, Jes, poses to show how ashe ames: Con:ments: were: reported from Londo, , tu ly f the Powel company's brief 1€ U Strapped pupils dncher Grades “The immediate effect can be ' Strasbourg, Berlin, Lisbon, Halves the strep ugain if NECCSSUPY” fGme nore flexible.’ oo Refreshin . | 7 ] QS. : ™ , : shoe . g endum in 1954 : This Is Your “NABOB FOODS STORE” - Spero’s heer for ORM