Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-11
TENSIONS TRAVELS.
lie Tells Of The Settlement ald Re-
sources Of British Columbia
INTERVIEWED As 4 MORMON
Talks Religion In a lIoicl--lho l. VI
G. 4. ON "ChrIstiau Toronto ana
Wicked san Francisco

Whiting ior the NEws aud taking no
IBe siibts of Vancouver In the cven'
Inc attended theatrical PERFORM
saco Ia the Vancouver oputn house,
wnero Now York company pnsoN
Alabama morit1rllun representa-
ton Of Ii,o Ia the Southern slaIea ai'sf
,ho war. The company Is billed Tor
salt Lake Guy, snd deserves LIBERAL
patronage.
nnl tho pcopl, Of Vancouver D
pleasant ard obnglng pcople TO ass
oia,e with. They exhibit certain kina
Of politeness anu courtesy which 10
Characteristic OF British subjects, tut
which In conspicuous Tor its a,utnce on
tue part Of many OF Uncle snm's sous
anu daughters. Not that | wish u
sneak disre.pec,iully Of my own ai1ri-
81 country; but facts are iac,'' Anl
In regard to Kind ard htlhn'r 'u hhet'
anu genuine u0litUutH4, the a'riatr
American could learn sfrhl many
valuable lstsJns from his buish
clusIus. ...
A.thi- 10 my nut visit 70 Btiti-h
Columbia, have ca leny0rci To r9at
myssll Ia regufd 30 the cuuttfy anu iH
fce.urcra, British COluWulH ~ the
most wrstrrly province VI Canals. u
extends from tho i1.n paGahUl-'hr
international boundary iiuc ht,Ween
Canada n u the United 5ig,eu-ou the
auth to tlu BlIh degrees ~ n0riu late
Jude, ani from the summit Of tho
Rlray Maintains westward To ihc
paclnu Ocean, Vancouver l8ianI auI
Ourpu ghagl0ttv IHiAu4H urllE iuolus-
81 within it- buundn. Toe 10 vtnCH
contains the Immune nruA ui "Nb.uln
tuuago milra--a divufTlurl county 20
huge mountain ranges, fruitful yallrys,
magnificent iOtUstH anu spIonIld waller
wayt. IL hnual ocean frontage OIovcf
900 miles, Accounting Ia hAro0iri
ulundt, isiunds and uavlgaolc inlola.
OF ita many nuu hatb0fs one u tue
Drtt II tho Barfnrd Inlet, "a ieg miles
north Of the Frazer river whufo tho
city Of Vancouver 10 situated. Tho
northern par. VI British Columbia IL
essentially mountainous, brcaEiug on
he border into numerous islAuis aud
ocean iulsts, presenting a bold, f1cky
trout, heavily tmbtt,d 10 tue waters
edge. IL eau have no great iutufe a.
nu agricultural Country.
PrTez, Htcs,a aud tlgdrn, Spanish
explorers, had zplofei aui taken pIs'
$ ssion Of the NOOlka country (thu
west coast OF Vancouver lilaudl Tor
Spaiu M l77i.9, at which time tntIe
we're no sigus VI European occupation
IN this vicinity. James Cook, WAC
touched NJ Nonlka IN l7i5, aud
La Porous, VIM visited the
roas, la 1855, brought q
tho knowledge ~ lho world the unnp.
pFopriAlsd wealth VI fufs which h1Ated
IN IhOse waters, aud tue arrival VI thr
Russians followed. Then followed dis
puleo between spnin anu Russia la TO.
gard TO tho possession % the county.
Next British traders established them.
,alyes At NoOlka, violent mea'ufrb
we're adopted by the SpAularis against
tue British fur traierF, the dla.omprri
OF which Teacned Maufid anu London,
aud eliminated la thb NOotkA couyot-
donlu 1890, leaving the possession u
country still Ia dispute. Ia l702
3t1Igo Vancouver, az explorer, com.
missi0uud 10 act loo England, gffIyuI
IA the COast Un toe war Bioup,
Discovery. Ho eN, bred what 10 now
puget sound agd named u after Potur
Puget, one VI his officers, while the
age island was named alter Va ecu.
VOC himself while no was a,i.l uu'
gaged Ia his explorations, no was
ilir cd by some spAnlards, who on tho
g8.d Of June, 1902, entered the Burfari
Iulst,Nuich tuey named Caual dc i4l8.
atuat. ia uus @ sursa Of time tur
spAuiards abandoned that part u the
Norlnwesl aud left the BriIisn IN s9,B
J,sessiOu.
In 1868 gold was discovered on tho
main iaul in the bod Of tue Fraser
liver, ami IA l5jS an act was paced By
tie parliament Oi Great BfitAin tl
provide tor tuo government v. Bullsh
Columbia, by which name WAS EuOwn
thereafter lhb domnin ~ England
ia The WcatHtn mainland a. Norm
America. Formerly tue country was
called " " California. In luu follow.
ing year Vancouver islauu vas Clnstl.
tuled u separate colony anu ~ g.,
manned until 1905, when, UE account OF
tue enormous cal pence VI maiutaiulug
the machinery Ut government among
mere hannibal VI PEOPLE, tue two DO
Tendencies we're merged into one.
hnhMlnu A0N= hAA AofA N#NA wa
sulppgd by the bRukH OF Btllisu tI,uM-
bra w the value % more shan tlb IUu.,
lI0, while thu amount % treasure
carried away ny miueya from tHu SOW,
stal Districts was about 100000 IN,
miners brought iu a law4uss auI Iur
BulAnt element aud y stronger govern
mont was much dt-lTsd ~ mo law
nuiIlug portion OF the Inhabitants
This led " the confederation Britisl
CJIumOln WITH CaunuA 1874, sIurl
which the resources OF tho U0uutr,
have been slowly nut gradually deyUi
ope1.
saturIsy, May IS, Mr.. l., H. Queen,
lhe proprietor Ui the Mayer.Oy Of
Invited his theatrical guests aud my
Isli Tor ufive through Stanley Park
When We returned We haI trAvHlsu
luout ten miles, ana We all enjoyed tA
.iue immensely, Everything luuFu
Egrtu anu beAuti ~ IA the immUu-
laFk, which RiuT4s several o..
racllOus. AmUuG tuem ere trV
uul uig trees Of winch enc u
Particular drew our aguIu1u. t.
tuuE near the base measured 81 zoe
% circumference. a or Wv utlTr
Wa Interviewed by Asus dIuaJ
tEsr reporter, the TetuIt ul WuiguW
long article on thr "N1fmDup o.
.no next issue. Prryiuurly tue HUr'C
he other daily paper published In Va.
,0uyeL hal printed an article oD VA
and the huiu,H, 600 Tue uHHIi " u clI
veuauOn / hAu with thG rIilUL o..
Articles were wTtlyu ina our hyul
hUugh they cOuIriuu1 re- few iuacrgr.
.ir., The Duly AJUH idurft E.ysuI 200