r , ..vi- ' ; "V- . , a, hw jt, I", .-tt; ! a J-? 4 at-. lj . .1 'FnaJtJi intf m ... . 7. (Sr. n v. .... v COVKKIMJ 3S ACRKM, Columbia Cellulose pulp mill uses KxJ,lH.)0 tons of coal annually, much of which is Is located on Watson Island, eight miles out of Prince supplied by BuiKley Valley Collieries at Tclkwa, B.C. 'A. ' Rupert. Producing its own electrical power, the plant ' ; -4- I s -i - t. MP Recalls J. Cellulose Pulp Plant Uses Northern Forests Early Days (Continuf-d from P !) build. Their confident has been completely justified by the Mi ides lliat have been made in Columbia Cellulose Company sector constructed by the com- in demand for hiph-quallty Ltd. pulp mill, first major for- pany already reach beyond dress and lingerie textiles, est industry located on the B.C. Kalum Lake, some 25 miles; The Edmonton plant, which it when I see it.' ."i ... ' i M -ft- it , f coasi norm oi uir .rau i'tinri. i.uh.i n iur, om,. r.r- manuiaciures noin me nore ana development cenerallv Millions Is a major influence on the tually link the Naas with the the finished yarn. Is the only of ,, of unlbor ' thousands of economy of Prince Rupert, and Skeena. plant 0f It kind in western telephone poles, hundreds of of Terrace, 100 miles inland. Employing some 700 people in North America. carloads of edar fence posts The $40.000000 pulp mill is its mill and woods operations.! Besides using timber logged great quantities of agrk-ulturai located on a 200-acre site a few Columbia Cellulose has given from jts own management H-' products, and big game hunting miles south of the city limits the first large-scale steady pay- cense. Columbia Cellulose pur- have made a happy, prosperous ef Prince Rupert, facing a deep- roll to Prince Rupert residents, chases large quantities of logs people even more confident of water landlocked harbor and a whose main source of income untpr contract from other the future of this great valley semi-circular dock 3.700 feet until the plant opened In 19M private logging concerns on the of the Upper Ftaser. long and 62 feet wide. was fishing. north coast. j The news of the survey of the The dock, built during the FIRT ' IN Br " ' OTHtK . , '-U northern trans provincial high- Second World War by the U.S. , ... wav and the promiseof an early r ' i ' . - ' - fSV;. government which used (he site , ff , as oniy inc non-revmous beginning of construction of' for unloading supplv vessels, of - nadian Chemical and woods such as hemlock, spruce this road, so long awaited, encloses a "pond" of 40 acres in Cellulose Company in Montreal. and balsam are suited for brings a feeling of utter thank-Which the mill s logs are stored. was granted EC. s first Ioret manufacture of high grade fulness to these people w hich management license under the plllp. a certain number of logs The mills capacitv was causes some to pinch them-stepped up recently to 375-ton government s recently adopted cut by the company are sorted selves and sav, "I will believe Vv daily production by installation lMinK P01'- -. .-:t "V. A total of 600.000 acres of of a new digestor. The plant out tor other purposes. i it will come, and soon. Noth- Cedar is the main timber not ing short of a world disaster used in the mill. Shipments of will halt the progress and this valuable lumber timber growth of this great part of have been made to sawmills in British Columbia. The village rov ers an area of 35 acres. VAST RIVER STANDS timber, of which 50 per cent is hemlock, is included in the company's license, which is being farmed each year for the amount of wood that the southern ?.(-. as well as to the of McBrlde has moved ahead Most of the timber is con-! tained In the Skeena and Naas River watersheds, principal Orient. land grows during that year. Hemlock, balsam and spruce. with a steady, firm economy that has been made by a strong community of industrious, hardy pioneers. 4 drainage systems in northwest em B.C. In developing timber the most desirable species for stands in these areas, resources the manufacture of high alpha Swears CWsnrc (f( Off are beine utilized which until duId. CCC's orincioal product J"CUr5 wll Wounded Woman Watching Hens ' recently had been largely unex Grandma Leboe still farms jthe old homestead at Loss, (which is located exactly half 'way between Red Pass and At- Prince George. She has a total comprise over SO per cent of the company s timber. Purified and bleached, the IONIA. Mich. I API white pulp leaves the plant in tacked by a tough rooster, Mrs. of over 80 grandchildren andi rolls, is loaded on railway cars Samuel Stevens got first-aid great grandchildren all Uvine vv and shipped to be processed into treatment for 16 leg wounds along the route of the northern acetate pulp at a sister plant Tuesday and said: trans provincial highway. wn, V.4mnn.AH k - LI. ...ill b.- l ... t ., .. .. . , plored. The company's first full- j scale coastal logging operations are being carried out at Xhutzemateen Inlet, some 65 miles north of Prince Rupert. The 16-mi!e long inlet is deeply wooded on either side and provides comparatively easy logging. Interior woods operations are located, in the Terrace area. inn, i.,.,.,,., i, un, niw-nfl. i ii t. m ur I,,, win- unuir ah oi ine cenirai ana nonn-j Some of the pulp also has I offer to care for anybody's ern parts of British Columbia! SAW .i been shipped by boat to overs chickens again." have. In the pages of their his- seas markets. I Mrs. Stevens said she was tory. many great and marvelous High grade acetate yarn is hurt while" looking after chick- biographies of their people. It manufactured from the pro- ens of neighbors, who were out is a grand country with a mag- management principle of logging which means treating lorr-sts as a crop to be harvested on an annual basis win COM'MBIA CKM.IIOSK WOODS OPf JCATIONS depict a striking scene illustrating the opening of new timber areas in the Terrace district under the forest New roads into the northern cessed pulp. The yarn is much of town. nificent future. cutting that will not deplete the basic reserve. I ism don't belittle that B. C. TREE . . . jtSrwji .irije 2 Ud' kt ' tkn Lc kanttt a ! tmt wjiwt ai4 trtas nly ai many ai neljted ty 'ewt in t im par. Tki w 'trt Hitw xlnabla Iwtsrt tot tk coatmaU n f rururt gaotfatioiia. 3 lr t'i "" w by i't, rirna pls lti nark vf ti 1 at trmtt lunrt Many art e"ck htm 4tM4t ttxtnt. AH i't cut, a'ita' H wrfucti' n ckiaa, vrtliia wcai a'ttr rtnaf tit drwfll. Strttckws frwi SriKt l(Kft ar tfnKt, kikKk i4 balun tarnn. In 1947, Hk Cobmkva Clllo Csnpny (tantt4 Farfrtt Mintoi. mint Lieiitc uotrini many tkomi tt arn arta. It t rt firjt Mck Licax iw but4 Intnk Columbia. ft m.m nmmm-mi4m fekitWipVWpfc ." f 1 - " i; .1 ' T?v I...'.' . t 1 ' . . ' " - f f Sa I r 1. 1 . . . . . rill is"j' I 6 T-. --.1 i i! ! ftBsv.'-.' - )V. A f , J V I o..-.-w-mCT-Jt'. .. ; v- it... i tr-A. CkiH art "eooied" 50 rertj at a iwt giant K4 a'-qnttrt Tkt rtstltti pg Hack (km tratlt rkrgk washtri r nipritic art rcmevc. Skts tf Hrc vhrrc ctllvktst st'P tmtrgt, art 4rd Kkiirtilrf a4 n) ta aimbe relh tor tttrast. Alter tti ax) ka.lntg Hit M it rtlfly far lk. tut. icmt swi ky kaat ! Etropt, So.lk Anarica a rk Fir Et. Lena frtifhl hl.ni carry Hit kalanct tt EdmMiM ti H taittro fcitiaatnm tor ckmicil tyarktiia. G CmplertS' last year, Ika kugt ErlmmtM plant f Canadiat Chemical Company n Albtrta'i largeit wdwitral nntart. It orixj.cn a raritry of ckamicah from trl refinery Mite. Among rkeia acetic tcii. Palp from I C. il druolrt a this acaj It farm ktt Ktnte Htkt. 1 - gf V ' ! " n cetate f i 7 -a , . . , i mcim. -v,t , ." ,'tf j TIT mitr dtH 11 ai.j -u -i .ai .--- - ttaamt" A' f 'lJ 'V 1 af i das V r. M COMPANy LIMITIO prince uri'. lt f .J -'f58. -TfSr -ilrlm, A Sb,i.l,.ry 0 fnarfian CKanrei' Clll Camp"! 7 Nov rkt Hake a agam final. rd, Hira timt acttwa. It ktcomet actiata itaplt lira ae filamtnt ytrm. lotk fikrt and tmishea! yami art manulac tared at Edmonton tha only manatactann plant at Hi kmd la waiters Nertk AMriu. 8 Acetate yarn art taM ta lakric manafacrartn m Canada and tkreagfiovt Hit world Alont ar klended irk athar material! tty are loomed into a da ranaa a ctMg and kemt hirtithing lakriu takrki vkkk nr, Iram tsagk laatd ft lotteit ntV. 9 Famws taroocAU fshon fietgncrs 't now inwf Acttett fabrks in Hiew tKf hnni-wn crcatos Acttitt , VaHhn srtdj clem mtt vrmfctfflej and drapct twuttfsttY. It a hv fabric 4 ccwplctctT diHfrtni- fabric And it finite ffM r I C fortsll.' r" 1 fi- w ii