Expecting
Big
Development
Fast
Growing
Northern
Air
Service
Headed
by
one
of
Canada's
including
the
well-known
Beaver
touch
with
their
bases
while
on
Clustered
around
the
entrance
j
although
the
gold
Detered
ou
S
ft
of
the
most
natural
gateway
to
:
railroad
construction
kept
the
British
Columbia'a
northland,
I
frontier
settlement
booming,
villagers
of
"Old,"
"New"
and
In
1911,
during
the
peak
of
most
noted
bush
pilots,
Pacific
aircraft
noted
for
Its
outstand-
flights
to
any
point
in
B.C.
Western
Airlines
is
fast
gaining
ing
performance
in
bush-typej
Supervised
by
experts
whj
recognition
for
its
air
service
in
flying.
jhave
been
many
years
with
thai
'
the
north.
I
PWA
fleet
also
Includes
a
oneratnrs
n
nvrhi
f
In
the
wake
of
boisterous
construction
Crews,
Hazelton's
slumber
was
interrupted
only
periodically.
One
mining
venture
or
another
probed
surrounding
mountains.
Other
adventurers
came
to
explore
northward.
Surveyors
sought
South-
mhm-hoiw
maintain;
prosperity,
Hazelton
exrjerl-
enred
the
only
attempted
bank
Russell
Baker
recently
re-or-
number
of
Norseman
float-craft
is
done
in
the
company
roDbery
ever
perpetrated
in
central
B.C.
Maybe
that
was
oecause
three
of
the
seven
road
anrt
rail
ns.
ganized
PWA
under
a
new
equipped
planes,
aircraft
which
own
shops
at
headquarters
bas
charter
which
takes
In
more
!hav
played
a
large
part
In
the
at
Vancouver
airport
and
at
scope
than
any
of
his
preceding
'development
of
aviation
in
the
other
main
bases
in
the
prov?
small-plane
air
lines
which
have
;ruBged
terrain
of
Western
Can-jince,
j
served
the
north
for
several
ada
and
the
northland.
A
fleet
of
trucks
and
station
years.
-
All
aircraft
are
equipped
with
wagons
maintains
ground
con
bandits
were
shot
and
killed
j
But
the
hinterland
remained'
outright
and
three
were
a
closed
book
for
the
onlyl
wounded
when
Irate
citizens!
means
of
travel
beyond
the!
took
the
law
In
their
own
I
Hazelton
cutewav
Is
lnn
th
overgrown
Telegraph
.Trail.
s.
hands;
The
seventh
was
never
found.
No
money
was
taken.
The
same
year,
a
publicity
seeker
drove
the
first
car
seen
One
of
PWA'a
greatest
single
radl0'
and
P'loU
ar
In
constant
nections.
f
contributions
to
flying
is
-'--
'
ma'or
contractor
'of
British
B.Cs
AUTO
ACCIDENT
RATE
i
Columbia's
Kitimat
Kemano
!
CUr
AC
nn-krt
Clkt-F
into
1.
Not
until
the
ribbons
of
steel
I
or
graded
surfaces
penetrate!
the
vast
land
to
the
north
will
what
riches
are
s
i!
v
hydro
project,
for
which
the.jnurrj
LtKjr
JINCC
1
740
in
the
province
north
of
the
It
be
known
Fraser
Valley
from
Seattle
to
I
stored
there.
air
lines
handled
14,075
passen
cloier
t
gers
in
one
year.
Hazelton,
returning
via
river
And
that
day
appears
boat
and
steamship.
'now
than
ever
before.
Y
j
SO,
that
even
after
50
yeari
of
flying
rumours,
they
are
sitting
on
the
threshold
of
"something
biR
"
And
they
may
be
right,
for
st
this
moment,
a
plan
for
a
railway
into
the
north
ia
being
juidied
by
U.S.
and
Canadian
defence
departments,
and
Industrialist,
and
If
adopted,
will
match
the
Alaska
Highway
iaf.
The
proposal
Is
to
push
a
railway
from
Hazelton
on
the
notthermnst
point
of
the
present
Edmonton
to
Prince
Rupert,
line
to
Whltehcrse,
Yukon,
and
on
to
Fairbanks,
Alaska.
But
in
the
meantime,
Hazel-tnnians
are
content
to
go
about
their
farming,
logging
and
mining
and
happy
to
live
in
one
of
the
world's
major
beauty
spots.
The
three
Hazelton
communities
are
grouped
around
the
confluence
of
three
rivers
where
the
Bulkley
and
the
Kispiox
meet
the
main
central
RC.
drainage
system
of
the
Skeena.
"Old"
Hazelton
the
first
of
the
three
settlements
In
the
lira
and
smack
on
the
banks
of
the
Skeena
River
blossomed
out
of
a
gold
rush
at
the
turn
of
the
century,
although
it
rose
to
some
prominence
out
of
an
VICTORIA
(CP)
Attorney-General
Robert'
Bonner
sai
here
that
measured
on
a
per-thousand-car
basis,
automobii
accidents
in
British
Columbia
had
dropped
sharply
since
194g
Mr.
Bonner
said
there
were
88.9
accidents
per
1,000
moto
vehicles
in
1948
against
64.5
in
1953.
t
The
statement
snowed
that
there
had
been
an
mcreasi
in
the
number
of
accidents
in
1953
over
1952,
but
it
was
lel
than
the
increase
in
motor
vehicles
and
motor
cycles
on
thi
road
during
the
same
period.
From,
1952
to
1953
accidents
increased
from
21,189
tcf
22,036;
injuries
increased
from
7.197
to
7,77
tr.d
Scath
dropped
from
209
to
208.
,
Against
this
the
number
of
licenses
issued
in
1952
were
316,160
compared
to
345,484
in
1953.
Farmers
Open
Kispiox
Valley
Akin
to
Days
of
Pioneering
One
of
the
newest
and
most
led
around
her,
all
looking
as
fertile
farming
and
ranching;
though
they
wore
ripe
apples
areas
In
the
province
Is
being'
for
cheeks,
opened
up
by
modern
day
plo-l
.
My
husband
and
I
haven't
"PWA
made
it
possible
for
us
to
run
the
Alcan
project
as
an
integrated
operation
Instead
of
a
service
of
independent
endeavors,"
said
A.
O.
Strandberg,
senior
project
engineer
for
Morrison-Knudsen
Company
of
Canada
Ltd.
FLOAT
PLANES
.
The
,
ajr.
1
i
n
e's
.
equipment
ranges
from
light
economical
aircraft
for
charter
and
executive
work
to-luxury
amphibians,
HEGWILGET
CANYON
bridge,
crossuig
the
Bulkley
River
between
"new"
and
"old"
Hazelton,
is
the
most
recent
and
modern
method
of
crossing
the
gulch.
Indians
in
early
days
solved
the
problem
by
constructing
bridges
of
cedar
limbs.
Later,
they
built
a
bridee
of
telegraph
wire
left
behind
by
crews
who
failed
to
complete
the
line.
Imposing
Rocher
de
Boule
Mountain
towers
in
the
background..
neers
of
Kispiox
Valley
a
40-
seen
a
movie
for
nearly
a
year
mile
vale
stretching
northward
now.
but
we
expect
to
drive
to
from
Hazelton.
Vancouver
this
summer..
I
But
while
these
pioneers
today
drive
ears
instead
of
oxcarts
and
have
come
into
their
new
home
by
rail
or
highway
instead
of
overland
pack
trains,
their
experiences
are
often
as
rigorous
as
those
of
earlier
generation
homesteaders.
Most
of
the
Kispiox
farmers
have
settled
alnm?
the
river
of
guess
tnat
will
last
us
lor
a
little
while,"
she
laughed.
But
the
Kispiox
Valley
and
Hazelton
farmers
make
their
own
entertainment.
Dances
take
place
almost
every
week,
and
all
are
looking
forward
to
their
second
rodeo
to
be
held
again
In
September.
RODKO
"We
thought
our
men
did
a
real
fine
Job
putting
up
that
earlier
quest
for
gold
that
of
the
same
name
and
the
road
the
glittering
Klondike
trail.
which
follows
It
northward
for
Also,
It
was
in
Hazelton
40
miles.
But
more
are
push-
where
the
first
attempt
tO;ng
back
Into
natural
meadows
rodeo
arena,"
the
farmer's
wife!
which
lie
behind
the
ridges
of:
said.
I
siring
a
telegraph
line
from
eastern
civilization
to
Dawson
ritv
ran
afoul
of
hostile
In-
forest
cover.
Is
the
main
Mixed
farming
dians.
They
later
used
theiendeavor
with
a
few
ranchers
snandoned
rolls
of
wire
to
Investing
In
white-faced
beef
cattle.
Like
Kred
Ambrose,
who
drove
50
head
of
good
stock
from
the
Cariboo
a
few
years
Wherever
you
go
in
Canada
today,
you
see
the
work
of
the
professional
engineer.
A
river'
course
is
changed
and
its
rushing
power
harnessed
for
man's
needs
...
an
oil
pipeline
scales
a
mighty
mountain
range
...a
highway
is
punched
through
the
rocky
wilderness
.
.
.
the
skylines
of
cities
are
altered
in
a
few
short
months
.
.
.
and
behind
each
mighty
accomplishment
stands
the
engineer.,
Behind
our
many
new
industries,,
unknown
a
decade
ago,
as
well
as
the
'unprecedented
development
of
our
natural
resourcesstands
the
engineer.
His
is
'
the
vision
and
the
orderly
thinking
that
i
contributing
so
much
to
Canada'!
phenomenal
expansion.
Wherever
big
things
are
going
cm
there
you'll
find
the
engineer
m
w
construct
a
bridge
over
a
100-ard
canyon
of
the
Bulkley
river,
near
where
It
meets
the
f-keena.
HKST
RIUVKY
Today,
a
modern
bridge
spans
the
gorge.
The
rodeo,
which
Is
an
off
'
shoot
of
an
annual
event
staged'
In
former
years
by
the
Indian!
village
of
Kispiox,
drew
an
attendance
of
more
than
2,000!
spectators
and
performers
from!
as
far
west
as
Prince
Rupert,
as
far
east
as
Edmonton,
Alta.,
and
from
the
south
as
far
as'
California.
j
Many
of
the
"6utside"
visitors
just
happened
to
hear
of!
the
rodeo
while
passing
through
i
as
tourists.
Bulk
of
the
crowd
'
however
came
from
central
B.C.
The
arena
itself,
including
i
chutes,
corral,
a
dirt
race
track,
bleachers,
concession
stands,
and
restrooms
were
constructed
ago
and
now
grazes
several
hundred.
But
full-time
ranchers
and
farmers
are
few.
Most
of
them
have
settled
on
a
corner
of
a
160-acre
plot,
raise
some
chickens,
cattle,
horses
and
pigs;
grow
enough
feed
for
their
stock
and
vegetables
for
their
family.
And
right
after
freeze-up,
the
men
go
into
the
woods.
Some
have
enough
timber
on
their
wa
own
farmlands
to
make
a
profit
on
cedar
poles,
while
others
hire
out
to
private
operators
with
volunteer
labor
and
donated
materials.
Then
a
committee
lined
up
the
entries.
But
after
the
noise
and
fun,
the
Kispiox
farmers
return
to
their
crops
and
stock.
Good
crops,
are
assured.
Climate
Is
i
.
-
.
.
v.
I
cutting
poles
on
a
contract
basis.
"Nobody
gets
rich
farming
1
First
survey
parties
of
the
Irorth
trans-provincial
railroad
jroarhed
Hazelton
in
1903
to
ffoplt
a
way
to
the
west
coast.
.The
line
was
finally
completed
in
1914
with
its
terminus
200
miles
southwest
at
th
port
of
Prince
Rupert.
When
the
railroad
skirted
old
town"
by
several
miles,
the
aottlpment
of
New
Hazelton
and
South
Hazelton
arose,
the
former
becoming
the
official
railway
depot
and
freight
yard.
"South
town"
just
grew
a
few
miles
farther
down
the
line.
New
Hazelton
and
district
now
has
a
population
of
about
700.
Main
activity
is
centred
on
the
pole
yards
of
two
main
lumber
companies.
Pole
logging
has
long
been
the
main
operation
in
the
area,
followed
by
farming
along
the
Skeena
river
benches
and
lowlands,
and
:in
the
newly
-opened
Kispiox
,
As
ley
to
the
north.
Since
Its
beginning,
Hazelton
a
been
a
jumplng-off
place
around
here,
but
neither
have
I
seen
anyone
starve,"
said
one
semi-continental
and
not
too
severe
In
the
winter
and
more
frost-free
days
in
the
summer
than
most
other
central
B.C.
parts.
Hazelton
lies
on
the
Iringe
of
the
coast
weather
farmer's
wife,
standing
in
the
doorway
of
their
log-and
rough-lumber
cabin.
She
was
dressed
in
a
neatly
home-sewn
gingham
and
three
small
children
crowd-
Uranium
Finds
Boom
Australian
Deserts
SYDNEY,
Australia
-
5jr
adventurers
and
Industrial
Th
-aJa".-
n,
Al,s.raiia
So
great
was
their
faith
in
the,
area
that
they
refused
a
W
WW
WWW
i
1
tti
y
r
'
,
-1
IT
.
an
arid,
lonely
arra
of
thousands
of
square
miles
Is
coming
to
life
as
field
government
reward
of
25.000
and
chose
to
work
the
holding
themselves.
Their
wildcat
after
field
of
valuable
uranium
is
discovered
in
its
barren
gamble
seems
certain
to
pay
off
handsomely.
Vast
tracts
of
Australia's
plains.
"dead
heart",
as
well
as
much
of
the
more
heavily
populated
!
coastal
region,
are
being
combed
by
government-owned
yiomoters.
Jl.OLD
Rt'SH
J
After
the
fever
of
the
Yukon
gold
rush
subsided,
Hazelton
found
Itself
the
hub
of
excitement
akin
to
the
Klondike
it-but
on
a
smaller
scale,
jtiold
had
been
discovered
in
the
lunson
Creek
area
and
Hazelton
provided
the
gateway
to
he
lure
of
placer
gravel.
I
Then
came
the
Skeena
River
iirldlewheelers,
making
Hazel-Jon
their
terminus
on
the
tricky
Saaterwaya.
Supplies
also
came
vcrland
by
pack
train
and
The
tract
of
land,
nearly
as
large
as
all
Europe,
was
already
known
to
be
rich
in
gold
and
tungsten
ore.
But
it
is
uranium
that
seems
likely
to
stir
"the
centre,"
after
years
of
neglect.
aircraft,
carrying
sdntlllo-graphs
which
measure
gamma
radiation
from
the
count
rv
be
ew
Housing
From
Rum
Jungle
In
the
the
north
to
Wild
Dog
Valley
in
the
soulh,
Radium
Hill
to
the
Coronation
field,
prospectors
are
reporting
values
which
may
make
Australia
richer
in
uranium
than
any
other
nation
In
the
world.
The
realization
of
the
potentialities
of
thia
semi-desert,
linkpd
with
the
discovery
of
oil
low.
Where
there
are
signs
of
radioactivity,
parties
of
experts
are
sent
to
examine
further.
GdVKKNMENT
ATTACKED
Recently,
the
government
has
encouraged
private
companies
to
take
part
in
uranium
searching
and
mining.
The
results
have
been
astounding.
Many
new
companies
have
been
formed,
and
stock
exchange
speculators
have
snapped
up
every
issue
of
shares.
Many
established
mining
com-
Near
Cure-Ail
For
Slummers
in
the
far
northwest,
has
set
a
surge
of
confidence
and
excite
TORONTO
Moving
Hum
dwellers
Into
I
mortem
ment
through
Australia.
ACCIDENTAL
DISCOVERIES
P8""1'
"
nave
J0'ned
the
i
llt-anlitm
hunt
mnA
ilmnal
employees
and
is
continually
adding
to
their
number.
These
men
whether
they
work
as
development,
design,
production,
application,
sales
or
service
engineers,
ia
the
electrical,
mechani-cal
or
chemical
fields
are
in
the
final
analysis
working
for
yog.
They
develop,
design
and
manufacture
the
complex
electrical
equipment
that
generates
power,
transmits
it
across
great
distances,
controls
it
and
then
puts
it
to
work
for
the
common
good.
They
are
constantly
improving
and
simplifying
existing
products
to
increase
theif
efficiency
and
lower
their
cost.
They
develop
brand-new
products
to
meet
brand-new
needs.
In
cooperation
with
our
customers'
engineers
they
design
and
install
equipment
to
meet
specialized
needs
to
raise
productivity
and
to
lower
costs.
The
engineers'
part
in
Canada's
rising
prosperity
It
is
an
important
part
of
their
work
to
find
new
methods
of
manufacture,
and
to
develop
new
equipment
and
products
that
do
more,
last
longer
and
tost
less
to
operate.
It
is
by
employing
Or
CANADIAN
GENERAL
ELECTRIC
nevet
forget
that
Ours
WE
is
essentially
an
engineering
organization.
We
know
that
out
progress
depends
on
the
constant
recruitment
of
young
engineers
and
are
proud
of
the
contribution
we
are
making
to
their
training.
Engineering
graduates
join
this
Company
each
year
Each
year,
since
its
earliest
days,
engineering
graduates
have
joined
this
Company
to
continue
their
training
in
sperisij
courses
neatly
twelve
hundred
have
already
gained
invaluable
experience
on
the
Company's
well-known
"Test"
Course.
Thepurposeof
theCourse
is
primarily
to
ensure
constant
supply
of
trained
talent
for
this
Company.
A
high
proportion
of
the
executives
of
thisorganization
got
their
start
on
the"Tcst"Course.
The
Course
over
the
years
has
also
contributed
a
constanc
stream
of
highly-trained
graduates
Co
fill
the
ranks
of
Canadian
industry.
In
fact,
it
is
a
source
of
pride
that
not
a
few
of
them
are
to
be
found
today
holding
important
positions
in
many
widely
diversified
engineering
fields.
without
exception,
the
value
of
jjioiising
project
has
cut
down
jtheir
sickness,
ended
family
Squabbles
and
Improved
their
iriiildren'a
grades
In
school,
a
IJ-osearch
survey
Indicated
today.
The
report
was
made
by
Hel-
na
Toews,
a
post
graduate
stu-jiii-nt
in
social
work
at
the
Uni-Jvi'rsity
of
Toronto,
after
ihter-
i'v.s
with
11
per
cent
of
tht
families
in
the
Regent
Park
project
here.
f
She
also
talked
with
doctors,
jtiurses,
teachers
and
social
Vorkera
who
work
With
Regent
;'aik
residents.
The
tenants,
who
formerly
The
manner
In
which
uranium
has
been
discovered
runs
true
to
the
romantic
history
of
the
early
days
In
central
Australia;
.
and
the
wild
speculating
in
uranium
shares
which
has
made
fcirtunea
for
many
on
stock
exchanges
throughout
the
nation,
carries
the
saga
Into
a
modern
setting.
The
Rum
Jungle
.uranium
field
was
discovered
by
a
veteran
prospector,
Jack
White,
who
was
hunting
kangaroos
when
his
practised
eye
noted
the
possibilities
of
the
area.
Even
after
he
collected
his
25,-000
reward,
White
continued
to
live
in
a
tin
shanty
and
to
pros
the
shares
has
jumped.
Despite
warnings
from
government
leaders
and
financial
experts,
people
who
had
neve
bought
a
share
before,
have
been
snapping
up
holdings
in
any
company
that
had
mention
of
uranium
in
its
title.
The
discovery
of
uranium
has
brought
bitterness
tod.
Early
this
year,
a
series
of
vitriolic
attacks
was
launched
on
the
government,
backed
with
claims
that
Australia
was
selling
her
uranium
to,
British
and
the
Unllcd
States
at
"bargain
prices."
Prime
Minister
Robert
13.
Mpnzies
and
Supply
Minister
Howard
Bealen
denied
th?
charges.
Earlier,
the
deputy
leader
of
the
opposition,
Arthur
Calwcll,
attacked
security
measures
in
the
north,
and
charged
that
"the
world's
richest
uranium
deposits
are
within
the
easy
grasp
of
any
aggressor."
;1
icd
in
the
shabby
district
that
I
iT'nt
Park
replaced,
had
been
outstanding
engineers
zv
key
men
in
Canada's
progress
thit
,ln
their
new
quarters
an
aver
'e
of
lust
under
two
years.
i
Half
the
families
said
they
pect
the
north
of
Australia
just
as
he
had
done
for
years.
Everybody
benefits
from
the
engineers'
work
Canadian
General
Electric
currently
employs
some
eight
hundred
engineers
that's
one
out
of
every
eighteen
we
are
able
to
play
a
worthy
part
in
out
country
s
Indus
trial
growth,
and
in
the
developments
that
are
raising
the
living
standards
of
all
of
us.
More
recently,
three
bullock
shooters,
through
the
accident
of
a
badly
directed
rifle
shot,
discovered
one
of
the
most
valuable
uranium
deposits
in
the
Northern
Territory.
One
of
the
party
shot
a
bullock
near
thad
colds
less
frequently.
Half
fd
Infectious
diseases
were
Ws
Thirty-one
of
the
48
laml-
jlis
with
children
reported
less
f
"Kness
since?
moving.
Six
faml-
lios
had
pneumonia
before
mov-
"li'S.
but
none
have
had
It
since,
lour
housewives
said
their
;iioi
ves
were
better.
i
Doctors
agreed
that
diseases
did
not
spread
so
quickly
In
the
It-ss
crowded
housing
and
people
vv
ho
were
sick
got
well
faster.
COMPANY
CANADIAN
GENERAL
ELECTRIC
LIMITED
HEAD
OFFICII
TORONTO
f
Cansfield
I
Teachers
reported
a
marked
i
the
outpost
of
Edith
River,
but
only
wounded
him.
The
animal
went
charging
off,
and
the
men
gave
chase
in
a
utility
truck.
After
many
miles
had
been
covered,
the
bullock
dived
Into
thick
scrub
in
a
valley,
where
he
was
cornered
and
shdt.
Only
then
did
the
men
all
experienced
prospectors
notice
the
faulted
nature
of
the
,
improvement
at
school.
An
i
r
i
iwnteeism
dropped
because
the
houses
were
no
longer
so
cold
Distribution
Traniformiri
These
transformers
offer
the
utmost
In
dependable,
trouble-free
performance.
Contact
Canada's
Oldest
and
Largest
Electrical
Manufacturer
r
1
Jtliat
children
had
to
stay
In
bed
!n
keen
1-1
Thev
also
-l
said
....A
warm.
'
'
"
i.:
CROSSMAN
country
an
indication
oi
heavy
mineralization.
They
MACHINERY
CO.
LTD.
'
'ewer
children
had
lice.
4
Forty-three
of
the
families
.
said
they
were
more
contented
.than
before.
Ten
were
the
4same,
six
were
less
contented
nd
three
couldn't
decide.
hough
a
Geiger
counter,
re-
Kk
aot
ikch
vi
turned
to
the
spot,
and
found
,
ea?VyNcouvia
i.ac
m,mt.SSa.
,
.
si?ns
of
radioactivity.
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