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^Interesting letter
\VVll Known hand.Surveyor in Rants -      \\ith -i-fii-h CaniuHan' Scottish Tells of War.
<\n interQat-ing-latifir fro'rn    -Prank S\Vaiifcll,    i\    wcl'l  known  provincial yov who went to iYciy frront l he-war, appeared in n -recent the   Cariboo   Observe)1,     at
 liqh, now bei ig raisedp.Fo'r active  REAP  il> Otfawa.-has.l.een accepted'1
 HARVEST ' TREASURE
I JuiK.l liiivvej
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Qiiosnel, I! I.'iiiiwii ' in liavinK run ypjir.s.    fir this purl
(.!. Mr. Swannell is well he Kort (ieorge district, (Gi'.v'eys in this/section for. is" one- of the pioneers of the province.
Mr.   Swaiuiell's   letter,   addressed , a friend,' raids us follows!
iviiix 27^1, iwr..
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-I was very pleased indeed to gel llUr- of the'iiJnl <ult. Uist-'Viight. - I'rctty liearly ijyurybotly I know has l,ii]iU writ in): ,i'"". !>ii(l 1 can ii.HsipV , ,,;i we fcljhwH in the tj*oiiL'}te.s~uppre-Lc tbe far1 of not'heyig forgotten i > our friends. I'<> your enie,ml>er the run fan i»f tin- ('a'niidhiiit, near Ypres i;: April 2.'5i'd.? Well, this battalion , >'ib (¦janudi.'m S?i."t.ttis)i) ios't. about ., ". ii(id"iis a i(.--iilt Nn. 1 and part i \'o. '.! companies of the !)l'th were ;, iie(l over on t\v*o hours'-"notice .as n'mforccineiils-,.on April 20th. *We xvi>rejUndur*(ire before .\ve were thirty I .hi:' away froni England, in fact we h'jid just .got tu tlie base when tin-(.'ii'iiijmSu.Jciincked a stahle about our I'ai'A. We pift in live clays in the trenches inulcr pretty heavy shell fire ':.inl l.l.ien went into billets for seven (lays. Then we enmp (inwn here intri i ranee, and dug oursel-ves in ahead 1.1' the front l.rii.ish line before day-hi'lit., and stuck it oil) for. two days iiiid (lights. The Bosches certainly tried t<> gel us. Our preconceived no-t ittn was ibal the front -1 reneb was a' regular 'subterranean house, with loop and. sleeping dugouts^ all eom-Seeiiic   we  only   had   an   hour
Golden. Hoard   Lost   on   Steamer   Islander is Raised by Portland   ~ ¦*•"    Party.     ,
GIIAS. PEURAULT »UN(i
Charles ." Perrault,   who   killed    the
Indian woman on the Bonaparte last,                            . .. . fall, Vas hanged at Kamloops on'the. 'After fourteen years the deep-sea 9th inst. iit 8 o'clock. It is reported- treasure in,the hold of the wreck of. that he went to the •scaffold as heithe ill-fated Steamer Islander, sub-j went to his trial—fearless and defiant. '¦¦merged in the depths of the Ihsi'de The body was taken, to Ashcroft.'¦ Passage of. Southern Alaska, has been and was burled at Bonaparte. ..recovered, a telegraphic^ despatch ------:—'—--------                      i-Ktating that a  Los   Angeles  party  of
THOMAS IS R.HODES   -        I 'lulvcntUr«'-«- h«nde<i ljy R-c;- Ouhbar;
OF CAWAT.TAKT «7FQT: W('rc- succeasftfl  ">  <"king, out  $100,-^AWAIJIAIN  ,WEblj()o0 or   thtJ  R.okj  and   nuKtiets  whiobl
Welch   Coal    Kins,   Now    ITirchasmg i weni <Vinyn *vith lho oltl  Oife^'i*>rit. ¦•AK«nl    for    Finland   and   Allies,     |     The   Islander   va
Rhodes, of Canadian West           ' Clhc 1{ililw:i>' •''«"*•
In accepting the services of   I);  A.
Thomas, the Welsh soul/king, as'jpur-
chasing tageiTt for  (Jreat  Britain  and
j her    allies,    the 'Hritish   gbvbrntnent
j have .•hose., a man whose marvellous ililV was V(*ry h('ilv-V I ability and business j amassed  one  of th j fortunes.
The activities of Mr. Thomas in the i construction of railways in northern : Alberta, which will connect with the i AJ(-Arthur system, and with Prince |;.George by th«P iwirtliw'n extension of the P. G. lOv, will work wonders in the
history   of  tbe   development    of     the.           ,       ,.         ,,    ¦-.-              ,,„.,   .    ,
/-,        >•             ,      „,;            -,    r   ,     , .,    sent the ship  to the bottom, L'HK  feet
( aniKhan  west.    The  wonderful  aim-. ,                    '       .                        ¦¦
deep at  that  point.
The story is told by R. G, -Duiibar, who, with his successful party, are returning to California in the treasure ship Winona, adds, another chapter of romance to tlie history, of the great   north.     Prom   a  depth  of  :]()()
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ity of I'. A. Th'oinas iswell summed up by the editor'of the Northern News of Athabasca) who contributes to. that paper  the  followwix sketch    of ' the] Welsh magnate:. ¦
"In Wales they do notNmeak of Mr. li. A. Thomas as such.    They pay him
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the compliment of calling him 'Phon As there is.only one. Lloyd Georfet tlie world, there is only one Thi Wales.   John Cory, u bip coal
in
hol
to .dij.' ours lief
iraver.sed   tren<
three   feet   deep;    VVii   ccuUln't difj' it
any Sleeper as the water seeped in.   It
rained- all the time', Loo.
This shell lire hdiir after-hour |>lyy< the Old Harry, with a nian's^nerves. l'ir;-t u shrapnel .-hell \vJH"iMjrst over your head; the.'.m.J3JHt?TK and scraps of casing drive like a blast cif hail along; the trench. Provided one is well dug • in, however, shrajinel fire is fairly/ifi-efTecti;ve. The ''i-^uJ-'KTTxe.s" are the worst— tlnviw^The / wtrtli^Jn all direC-tio^w^TTntl of /coiyrseWlQthe'y land in the tr.ench—rgqp<ft)ye; • All ^njpht tho Bosches keptr sending up ihr/"'flares, followed Uy ibo palttr of the rnipers'
feet  the purscr'y safe, and 'box after box  of; nuggets  alid   gold   dust  were
.1    ,,,.j i  ,u                i           mi          x.   i removed  from  the seaiinent and  tide]
the world, there is only one Thomas in                                        ,         i .         Jr
T" tXWushea   reninnnts  of   the   ^shiri.. jjrul
Card iff—dead  now,  I  fear—once, told the writer that  Mr. Thomas, (he 'was' then a member of the house of com-'. mons),   knew   more   about   cqj*I   than any man 1
 ^
 tho
livmi^ht to tl diyiW   bell. (livingN^ell is bar,   brother
« ¦r.    """c   ""«uiyj«i   l""" | party   whiaK^ecovercd   the   treasure. ,     ,.   ,           .          «..,,  ....... .iving.   lie saw>tnrouKh the I'  ,,„•       Vi.v  ./               t  .       .   ,
daylight   we dug «;.,*,,.         ,        ,     ^-rj      ,               ,        I ho   two   brotliers   put   their   whole
,.          ..         ,! black diamond, and ctruld get more out i      ,>>        ,        X       .    .,,.       ,,      ,J,,
two   fof-t   wide   and    „    \      .L -¦       >-C;     .    ,-,         .         I ca>rr resources   iiYto  building the   bell
of   the   -ship, urface by mejiifs of a ic. inventiofr of   .this 'of C. W. Dun-leader   of   'the
'if a ton thaiwury^man in Bute street.
"The nwtfeipal of the CardifT^.unT-vergifej^pvedicted that Thi)ma.S''woiibl 'lie another Cecil Rhodes.^-and I want to let off this piece pi; healthy hot air: Mr. Thomas wjlKprove to be for Alberta and the west generally what-Cecil Rhodes was to South Africa and scholarship throughout the worl.l. . "Thinkn ('anadianl>'."
"The.'two.Oolosses have some things in common. Cecil Rhodes was alrfi >-l insanely British. His dream was t) paint the map of South Africa red. (He-and Dr. .lini -came very near to [having it painted Teutonic in color!) Thomas   is   Welsh with   a difference. ¦
Casn   resources
and spent, all theb: entire, cash in the.;attempt to raise the treasure and ii was only wh(-n the lh-^t penny of their money was oxpended\and that all hope seemed lost, the.y won back the rich harvest from the bosom of the sea. The expedition-consisted\of the- two Dunliar.s and three hireel menv Their treasure schooner,. now on- its way back to California, was chartered in San Francisco and sailed from the Golden Cate on May S,
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E. K. PHAIR
PROPRIETOR
Modern and up-to-date in every respect. Entire. building Steam Heated./Hot and Cold Water in Rooms. Public and Private Baths.                                          .          >'
,    ,, ,.   "•' '',',.. i            •¦         ,        He thinks (anadianly.    From-the first
At 8:];< on the 2tttli we were order-                  ^"'•¦¦--...^     ,. y. >   , •¦        ..   ¦¦¦
,¦       ,        . '           ,'-.¦•-,                       r  time that he handled a chunk  of Al-
t'fl<to charn*1 an orchard across one of                                      .    ^
..      r,       -                    .    ..       ,        .       t berta coal—about thirteen years aeo,
lhe  GerhRln  coniinuniciititin   trenches. •      ,.,,-•¦                                                          ,         .•¦¦•••
rnt      v             \    i   .-             t •              i 1  think—ho has not ceasod to dream
Tlie-  b.eggars   had   li\c  machine guns!   .   , .            .            „
.,               i> i   ii i                 .ii       ,i      'of this province.    He is now engaged
-•there, and   bullets   were   thicker than i      ¦:.      ...                                 VT ...
2l       . ^          .  ,             .     ,,.    ,,-1, r<  •  I making his dreams come true. Nothing
— at home. As Hip Bill Gui-j             *                                      >...•¦.*
makng
can   prevent   them   materializing,   for
 ff   h
5.tiey i-emarkcd: "By Jazus, l-rank, tne i         •                 •          .
/irv , .          '„'•"-          <i                    ,-| Thomas has got hold of'the stuff that'1
¦<m(u-\\\u\i guns  is worso than a  wasps I             ,         ,                   • • •         ,•  .     ;
Pt a.   home.    I'm brushing  »he~ bul-   f<"'ms the substance of wh.ch rea.ties: Jletsotfmy face in handfuls."            '    ^. demonstrated.   We have' simply tP|
Love in a Cottage
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1   am  not   allowed   to   give   partial-  wait> lars of this charge, but we got there      "Tiike another trait.iii-tho make-% -what was'left  of us.      I    Wrote my   of   the   two  nie";     Cccil  ^OT, life-I.IT, but  never got a scratch,   bid  uncomfortable on.the front beiuh  of you  know   Milburn, .of   Fort Ceorge?   lhe   goveVinncijt in Cape Town.     1161 lie   was   killed   just   in   front  of  me,  was too much a manof/ao'tion. Thomas and,the sorga-major right beside me,[.chnftsd;.under the. whip ^ the British We got'along (he German trench, and ' lmrliamont"     JjT">«M   lhe   'llvisil»» K0t dug in by daylight, wlk-u we were' lohll>;-"  Ilc^ltU il Hier teM yeBra  at .relieved   by   the   Jliul    We were then1 its KH.ulrnill.and he took to exploring sent to the  reserve  trenches   for two '<hiys, and since then have-been.m bil-lctrf live'miles hack of the firing
of those em along the' lineo^ on the love in a'    that they can save mower by sending
coUa'^o'"'-   idea   depends               .#    .                 # •               •   \    *•* • ~     ^    11
iam«iy upon the class of        thetr machine composition to the ,
cottage occupied.
Very Well:
We are now. sUiiKling.by. under orders
ICS  grillU,llllll,»liu   ,.r  twv,^ .*, ...,........„
Uriti>ri Columbia, the, Rockies, the jjlains, rivers and creeks of Alberta. Between tho Khondda valley and the
valleys  to be found along  the Peace
ay
and A'thabasca rivers, there are 'many points iif¦ physical"similuVi'ty, and with the schooling that Mr. -Thomas had in the college df ejijierience he saw soon-i     fi
to leave at ,a moment's notice ti>
iip s'onie other hole .in tlyi'-liring: line,
1 suppose.
''After.' uur    Inst   bout   we   were  all j.....
pietty well down and out from, want I LM< lha" tii(l th«-geologist fornmlions of sleep and,"ii}oni e^io'sure. Hesides, |lhut suFgeSted not only coal' but a the   incessant  'shrieking of shells and I hundred; ami  one   other  resources   in
\tu.i lihnno nf liv-in-odiu'ts,    Herein
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the continuous roar of the 4runs nearly drives one distracted. The boys were ul 1 cool, however, and kept their
 h    hid
heads'. .   I
 I'luwk
 jLhe jhcid
heads. .   I   k            l               j      j
froni :t spent shiapnel l-iillet, whlrh nearly knocked mo silly, also several holes   in   rny greatcoat,   and   had   my
. 1 nbbcr'shoot torn into strips.
We   are   spi'awlihfj  around   on   the ¦straw   in' our   pnliit.iaj/stable   billet",
'-:i 1 id .have just jx^b>Ked  oil" three bot-'tj.es of chiiiiiniijfiiq, at f>()c  per bottle:  i               i    t
 i
 says
 it
 ui'ononiy to
a Canuck  Irishman, for   Foley,
Hill    (iuiiu>y
drink  itf   Hill
ei"s.t while    head   teamster
Welch &  Stewart...  Being '"> feet .'! in
bis stockings, I churn up. with him, as
he  is  cbmfortinjr to I"-' beside   i"' a
bayonet charge.
McGregor- was killed a few days before 1 got: into the Kith. He' was paymaster, and should pot. have been
the shape of by-products. Herein he is like Cecil Rhodes. Rhodes amalgamated the .Be Beers—but what for? That he might get at .other minerals u'nd that the way. might be opened for a line through Bechuanaland to Fort Salisbury. He saw. the ih'ihI of a railway to Victoria'Nynnza on,.to the world's market.
Rhodes nnil TbomaH. . Cecil llhodes was n rnaii who saw things for himself. On his last visit but one to London he wauted to stock hirf poultry farm near Cape Town with the purest birds, and although lie had ii good adviser, Khodes must needs take a long railway journey to see the cocks and hens for hjmself. . That's Thomas. He has; absolute faith iri' the men to whom he entrusts power. But on the other hand he is willing to take his.Hhare of responsibility and he goes thoroughly into a matter.     I   believe    he    knows    more
butting into] the living
I suppose we will get stuck into ^e. I^5^Ath"ati9nsca   than the people do. front line tonight, but. not lor long, as 1                 ^ Wnow    who's    who,    but
IMr Very   obvious   reasons   we should | Thomasknows*what.'s what.  "_
There are "some-men who think that I Thomas  has  other  ambitions   besides
be sent bark'lo.the base. Be .sure and write to tl the head of thirrleUer.   So far 1 have, escaped    wearing   the,   kilts.      Yours sincerely,       FRANK SWANNELL.
BISHOP DK f'KNCIFR FOR FRONT
Prince    George,'   especially    Anglican church peop.k<, will  be interested in the'annouiutcnidns that, bis lordship .; Bishop  A. ,'U. de'r;o.nc:ier of, Vancni-' yef; has; offered his services to Lieut.-Qol.  Ilulme as cnaflain 'of th- '6la-t
coniimercial, and that he may yet make a big mark, upon the educational life of j Alberta, Whether that is so or not, I cannot say, but, knoAying as>: I do what London thinks of D. A. T., and what the newspaper men in Fleet street think of his abilities, we should, I suggest, congratulate ourselves that a man of his bigness is-linked up with a scheme to which the name of Athabasca is' attached.
The   badly . built,   poorl3r|a ¦   ..laid-dut cottage fs destnic-• live   to     happiness;   aud - '   creates   'uncongenial   surroundings. 1-
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