. _ VOL VII, NO. 86

i LOCAL NEWS ©
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"-HAZELTON, B. C.,: SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1918 |

PRICE $2.00 A yaa

Hazelton and: ‘Surrounding.

‘Hun Successes
Cannot Quiet |

Ne ew York, May 4:—T he central

~ Internal Unrest,

_|RECEIVEMORE FOR
~ JAMES MAY FUND]

Fund ‘Still. Climbing-—-Now Nears
_ Seventy-Dollar Mark---More.

Se eeaaaacacie anaaaal

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“Tlems From the Bulkley Valley

| What i is Happening In Snitlirs and Telkwa :

a “District powers. are experiencing serious} Subscriptions From JNEWS OF THE THE WEEK'S ae
_ Free Miners? licensea.¢ expire on [eta rents following the| Outside Points - WEEK FROM HAPPENINGS |
- i. ns : 7 . ms AT - WA:

May _ er sive on the western, front, ‘There | This week farther subseriptions SMITHERS AT TELEWA.

.-Lake,.

- his» ranch ‘Rear: ‘Smithers this

; zelton.

. group. at. Carnaby: .

nL U. Lighteap, of . Winnipeg

a came in on Thursday.

—_——

De, J.P. McKie came 2 down on
Wednesday fr ‘om Smithers,

‘of Francois
came ‘down during. the

B fon ‘Fergusson,

week.

“5, G K Sealy: ‘dove | in from

week, .

WwW. ‘Gani ‘Mrs. Poulton, cof
~ Vancouver,” are visitors in Ha-

Wy Marchant, inspectaé of cus-
toms, was here at the beginning,
of the week, ,

Dy Be  Morkill has coiipleted
surveys | of. the Golden. ‘Wonder

Site Tr

; been accumulating © in Germany

; reaching an disquieting stage’ of

.[of democracy and are resolved to
, continue the strdggle for’ _their

. lutions. are therefore. regarded ag

sy shortage: are: announeed. uit, Ger.

ia - indication that. tha drive: was |.

Baod, ‘poli- | ;
tical and dynastic problenis have

and Austria: Hungary., while .the
attention of the world: has. been.
fixed on military events. in Pie.
ardy- and Flanders. ° Tn both
Austr ja-Hungary and Prussia de-
mands for Bolitical reforms are

existence. : The vested interests
have united against any extension.

‘undertaken for domestic as’ well],
. [as military reasons,

and the total-now reached is $65.
‘Acknowledgment ig made of
the: recéipt-" of, amounts of: one
dollar from each of the following: | °
Henry Martin, George, Hauk,
Mrs, J.-F. ‘Boyd (Cottonwoad,
B.C, ), W: He ‘Boyd (Cottonwood,
B.C.), ‘Miss A J. Boyd (Cotton-|,
wood, B, C.). Jno. Muir (Morice-
town), J.. D.. “MeDougall, Alex.
Chisholm (Smithers),
Thus in- -steady atrides is the
fund progressing. It is hoped, to

own privileges, ‘feégardlesa of the
consequences, Compromise 80-

improbable. At the same time,
disorders as the result of the food:

obtain considerably more inoney
far the worth: cause of erecting |
as handsome & ‘memorial upon the 1
prave of. ‘the. -hardy old pioneer,
who died last Christmas, ag can:
be obtained with the. money. that
is donated, Therefore, the ereater
the’ ‘amount raised “the: better |

were received-by The Miner for oe
the ‘James May Memorial Fund"? ae

ing.

position in’ the drug | store and
will jeave shortly: for his claims
{uP the Telkwa.

Davidson & Wright, Vancouver,

was a. business visitor. in town:
this week,

a trip to Vancouver, a

Moore ranch and i is now engaged
in. ‘spring. work,

“especial to The Miner)

O.- A. Ragstad has accepted a
position in ‘Prince Rupert and
will leave. here in a week's time.
“Mrs. Je Adams entertained. a
few friends. ‘on Thursday even-

Thos. Heslop has resigned his
' Camphell Henderson, of Smith,

dT. Moore. and Ww. Waren
eft last Wednesday morning for

Joseph French hag leased the

Looe seta

=| good: opportunity. of Seeing: the

(Special to The Btiner) _ -

Now ‘that the hotel has elosed :
its doors, ‘gome of the bachelors -
are debating whether to get mar-*
ried or starve, ‘We da. not know’:
which to recommend, , we
Everybody in town “hig been
resting up the last few. days,”
after the. excitement, of: the::
flood, — . a | aa s
Ww. Harbidge and. family have
maoved out on to their ranch, ~
Telkwa i is a scene of much ae,
tivity"these few days. Everyone
seems busy repairing fences ‘and :
planting. gardens, 7
. Gampbell- Henderson: was a vis- 7
Jitor’in. town this. week.’ He L
atates that he and- his, fellow -
passengers on: the train. bad a |

inany, while ‘the’ Austro: -Hingar- ‘Geo, ‘McBean, of “Hazelton,

sights ‘and seenes 3 around: ‘Endako,

ie for. some days past” stringing wire:
; ‘for the government telephone
oe system. - .

203 works of art‘in yellow and: black,
now: decorate ‘the motors: cars ‘in
this town.

We Blackstock has’: ‘béen’. ‘busy’

New. autdniobile HHeense. plates,

c

. slarvation. -

ian ‘government: has ‘been’ forced
to Beize private foud-atocks of. the
pensants. to. “keep the chies from
on Ukraine, wildly-
heralded. as a certain. -souree of.
unlimited food ‘supplies . ‘for the
central powers, the farmers’ are
burning their crops rather than

|know. who knew Jim May when

memorial will distinguish the last
resting. place of James May, who
devoted a: considerable portion of
his life in the. wilder nesses of
British Columbia; ee
- Theré are’ many'- people, we)

he was alive and. ‘who would be T

elkwa on Thursday,

called on old friends i in: n Smithers
this: week, ey

- Dr: McKie paid- ‘a ‘ siceessful,
visit to Hazelton Hospital during |
the week, :

0. A. Reigle, Brab. Hoops and
Hugh McLean wera visitors from).

8

as they were tied up. there. for a
ten ‘days, owing. ‘to! ‘the: Various
slides and viashouts,”

Princa Rupert last. Wednesda
evening. : :

Mrs, Sam Johnson. *and “My

Foley were ‘visitors from, ‘Tak
Kathlyn on Wednesday.”

_ Raddy. & ‘MacKay’ 5: bie truck
‘ig. being overhauled- by. George |“

glad to donate a trifle to preserve

submit to, ‘the ruthless seizures
his memory, and it’ ig our aim to

_ GH. Smith returned from
ordered -by the: German’ military

pe {reach as many’ of these people as|GOOD WORK DONE BY. RED CROSS SOCIAL ON...
ii nd will bejattborities et ‘[passible, : - SOLDIERS’ AID COMMITTEE| TUESDAY'A sUceEsS
: oo War Veterans ‘Send in your. dollar. bill to The! Ce | %,
—_ The. vatatioy an the: postofiee Miner. Acknowledgment will be. Ata meeting of the ‘Soldiers’ The social tn. aid’ ot the. Red

: caused by. the: resignation of: A,
KE, ‘Paleoner,: will be filled by. Miss.
Floreiice MeDougall, _ :

Aid and. Employment: Committee
held'in the courthouse‘on Thura-
day evening,’ a ‘committee was
appointed to prepare ‘further
packages ‘for the boys from this
distriét at the front; and “it "was,
decided that in future all pareels
of comforts despatched to the
eoldiers will: be standardized as

-P ‘ass Stri ‘ingent made of. all contiibutions, -.
Res 8 ol utions| | District Chiurch Meeting

.. J. A meeting of) the. 'représenta-
New. Westminster, May 4:—|tives of ‘the Methodist churches
The. Great War Vaterana at this ‘in this district. ‘was ” held daring
morning’s Session of their cunfer-| the week in St. Andrew's: Hall,
‘ence. ‘passed several resolutions of | When the personnel of delegates
great importanee, cone of: ‘which who will: go to the annual ‘confer-

‘Cross held in St. Andrew’ 3H t.
on. Tuesday: evening, though’ bu
moderately attended, possibly due :
to the attractions of out-of-door
these evenings of long daylight
was a success. A namber of
competitions were antanged and:
the prizes were won by-. the “fol-
lowing: © Bean: ‘guessing’. conte:

Ms, R @ "Mossioy’ -yeturned

: : on: “Wednesiay: ftom ‘a Jengthy
"visit: to. Nevada... ‘She. WAS. ac-

_ companied by Miss” “Ray Brun-.

. gelle; her niece; who will make}
cher home ; ‘with Mr, “and ‘Mra

“Moseley, éalled ‘upon. the: foverpment to] &7¢e of the Methodist Chureh, {Ol size and contents, TOR Maguire, box - of, “candy
ss 7 etiforés similar rationing “meas. [be held: in Vancouver: ‘shortly, | ‘The following contributions t to- | Hat-trimming contest ‘for’ mei
HAE Beard Mecing lures ito those of Great. Britain, | "28 decided upon, Owing to the

A; Miller, box of candy;
contest; Dr and

wards the good work. being. done
by thé Committee have | been &c-

“The official: board - of. Hazelton

disruption of the. ‘train service
: ane: “New. ‘Hazelton’: ‘Methodist |

the Smithers delegates were Un-

and the: second which. asked that
all soldiers and: ‘officers who enlist-

knowleds fed: box of candy: “Several : aff
hurches 3 held its quarterly meet- ed early in the’ war, but have not able to attend. At the meeting, M thi é tributi 1B 751 weré competed in, ‘and
; seen service, be -supplanted by which was'the: anniv. one for the sn ' : de Rocher o x, “y'[al alee, - which "resulted
i soldiers “of “corresponding: rank {Prince George district, the: fol-| Employ ee

ae between Mrs. Graef;
- 96.00/9)
‘sn pene

Boule .Copper;, Co. - a
, eb. “and d, March)

lowing . were elected . -to attend |:
Conference: Ino. : ‘Newick (Ha-
zelton) ; »James : ‘Richmond: (New) ”

. Hazelton),’ and B..Le MeDowell |
: (Smithers). ae

who. have: seen sorvice, but who
are. no 9 longer physically. fit ‘for