a

he

-”. pre packed together in a space
: which covers several

wb

‘ean Federal-:. army: with. nine

border. 1
cannon and the. withdrawal of |

~ trenches indicated that the battle

- yebel fire overwhelmed the fed-'

" attempted to retreat in disorder,

, ‘ammunition, _ two cannons, . four

. who lost: their children | are with: |

VOL. HL NO. 20

HAZELTON, B,C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1914

| PRICE 92,00 A YEAR

| STATISTICS SHOW STEADY

“GROWTH OF MINING INDUSTRY

Comparative Figures for Last ' for Last Five Years Illustrate Unel;
checked Progress of Development in Camps of Omineca)-
_ District---Greater Things i in Prospect ae

Statistics of the -pusinesa transacted during the year ‘in the
office of Mining Recorder Kirby, at - Hazelton,» show that the}
Omineca mining: division continues to progress towards the top.of

the list.
years:

- J909
~ Free Miners’ ? Certificates 521. -
Mineral Claims Recorded 260-
Certificates of Work 288
Agreements and Transfers 69
Placer Mining Leases 10
Mining Receipts

Below “are! ‘given comparative: figures for the last five

4914» 4918

- 1910" | “912
B65 017. -. 1028 1028
690. 803 .-. G49 > 498
992 580: . 638 B18
194 195 -* 198.215
20 18° 8846

$9,028 $11,217 gi27i4 $14, S71. : $21, 622

In 1918, 1140 mining receipts were issued, 127 placer claims

were recorded, and 25 claims were crown granted.

factory inerease in the number

of certificates of work -is to be

noted, indicating that the géneral - financial depression has not had
_the effect of checking the development. of our: mineral’ resources,
Lack of snow for sleighing has prevented shipment of ore so far
this ‘winter, yet the district is credited with, sending 450, tons of

_ high grade mineral to the smelters.

An even better record than

the above is certain to be made this. year,

MEXICAN REBELS WIN ©
‘IN OJINAGA. BATTLE

gi Prestdio, Jan. 11:—The Mexi-

" generala evacuated Ojinaga.. at
“20 o'clock tonight, ‘and ‘the tri-
““umphant: rebels under - General
‘Villa “immediately’ odcupled” thet
village. Led by Genéral Villa
the entire rebel forces advanced
on Ojinaga, firing rifle shrapnel
into the trenches, ° causing the
flight of non-combatants. to safe-
ty on the “American ‘side. . De-
serters from the federal soldiers
were arrested by the United
States troops as. they crossed the
The ‘thundering of the

the federals from the’ outer
had resumed and was. steadily

creeping toward. the - federal
forts, which were shrouded with

great clouds of.dust. The rebels |.

occupied positions within four.
miles from the: village before
‘they met with resistance, ‘The}!
eral soldiers completely. ; They
but fifty were captured, while

some jumped into the river and
swam to the other side.

"Presidio; Jan, 12:—Twenty-
eight thousand .. soldiers, six
generals, two. million rounds of

field pieces, 1B, 000 civilians ahd

. refugees ‘are in custody of. the}.

- United States army . following
“the evacuation of Ojinaga. . The
distress of: the refugees is ‘ap-
_ palling. With © seant food and

no .shelter, men; - women, ‘child-
“pen, dogs, . chickena: and. cattle

aeres,’
- Scores of women camp followers

out clothing and “drenched ‘by
wading the river...
tary standpoint. the Situation | is
* without, precedent.” pak

de E: “Bostrom, the: railway |"
- eontractor, was. An: town ‘yester- :

” day.

‘| GOVERNOR-GENERAL -

From. a mili- | Fa ae

_ Fraser’ lake finiatied: in May, and b

_ OPENS: PARLIAMENT

Ottawa, Jan. 16:—The Duke of
Connaught today braved @ snow-
storm and intense ‘cold’ to open
parliament. The ‘usual briliiant
|dcene was presented. ‘The speech| |
from the ‘throne: ‘dealt with” ‘the
general’ prosperity of “Canada,
expressing the belief that the
money stringency: was but tem-
porary. Redistribution was fore-
shadowed. The census results
were-dealt with ‘andthe state-

‘ment’ made “that “immigration | ~

would: be. “greater © than ever.
There -was no. mention of. the
naval question, “= *‘

‘In the debate on the speech,
Laurier is expected. to advocate a
free food policy and to deplore
its absence from the government
program...

TODAY'S DISPATCHES.

- The Royal Mail steamer .Cobe-
quid was wrecked near Yar-
mouth, N.S, The passengers)
and. crew, surviving the icy’
blasts, were all saved by govern-

ment and ‘other steamers, which|

stood by. A great storm is rag.
ing along the Atlantic const.

Intense “cold -is- tuported I
Eastern ‘Canada, ‘the © United
States, France and. Italy. - Four-
teen are dead of cold in New
York,

Confirmation ig received af. re-
ported earthquakes,’ eruptions,
and famine i in Japan. | ‘

- The south: Attiean. strike situa:
tion is improving; .. The strikers,
who. “had: taken. refuge:: behind
barricades, ‘stitrendered | to- the
duthorities when ‘hreateined with}
cannon.” :

ness visit.

‘A very satis.|

wt,

~ Local and District News Notes

Dr. C. G, MacLean returned to
the Valley on Wednesday, -
Jos; ‘B, Thompson is: seriously
ill at the Hazelton Hospital. -
George Beirnes returned - ‘on’
Wednesday from a visit to Prince
Rupert.) . | ee
Frank Brown came in: from
Rocher de Boule. for a short buai-

Government Agent Hoskins re
turned on Sunday. from an official
visit to Smithers. ° :

The Athletic Association gave
an enjoyable . dance ‘last night,
after the picture show.

Sam Calkins, Dominion con-
stable, ° went to Gitwangak on
Thursday.

H. E. Holliday left on Thurs-
day fora ‘vacation trip to Van-
eouver and Victoria.

. G. ¥. Spring,. repregenting ‘the
Canadian Fairbanks-Morse Co.,
is spending the week in the dis-
trict, ]
, Hazelton Athletic Aasoctation

—=| announces its annual fancy dreas
carnival

for Friday evening,
Jan. 30,"
“Dr Badgeyo i is atill in Hazel-
ton, where | hia dental practice
wilt keep | him” ‘buny, until the end
of January,
In the: inquest “in into the death
of “Bred” Zoellner, a at” “Hazelton,”
the’ Jury brought in a verdict of
death from natural: éauses,

The Right Rev. Bishop Du Ver-
net will be the special preacher

business, .

at St. Peter's Church on Sunday

Jnext;.at 11 am. and 7:30 p.m.

The: evening service will include
‘the, Confirmation service and a

celetiration of Holy Communion. ‘

All are, invited,

AG incipient “fire in Ben
Peteyson’s cabin ‘on: Wednesday
was’ ‘extinguished without calling

_ | the fire brigade.

* Athos: Godfrey, the coal oper-
ator}! returned on Wednesday
- |fron{ Groundhog, leaving next
day, for his home in Vancouver.

R- ©. Sinclair presented a fine

: moving ‘picture, show. at Assem-

bly hall on Thursday and Friday
evenings, Crowds enjoyed. the
filma, :

The latest addition to Hazél-
ton’ 8 population .is the family of

1R, EL Allen, district forester.

Mrs, ‘Allen. and children arrived
from i New Denver ‘on Wednes-
day. :

W. A Williscroft, road super-
intendent for .the upper part of
the district, is.in ‘town for a
couple of days, on departmantal
Misa Williscroft ac-
companies him, -

The: ‘annual ‘meeting of the
patrons of Hazelton Hospital will
be. held ‘o on: Tharaday. evening,

Jan. :29,"'in the’ public. Bchool

house, : Hazelton. The crowded
state of. the Hospital prevents
the holding of the meeting there,
as: is usual.

TO KEEP EXPENSES DOWN

Provincial Government Will Go Slow
_ Until Financial Conditions Improve -
--University Plane

dications are that the session
will be. over within six weeks.
There are few contentious meas-
ures in prospéct, and it is. not
expected that any legislation will

‘tbe brought. down in connection

with the: reports of the labor
and: agricultural: ° commissions.
The intention of the government
is to keep the expense bill down
until times are better. Notices
of ten private bills have been
given. “

" Vietoria, ‘Jan. 14:—It, is. ex:

will’ be asked, -to. carry out the

plans of the next three years in
connection with the British Co-
lumbia-University at Point Grey.

” Vietoria, Jan. 16; —The legis-
lature opened. yesterday with
the usual cerémony. Lieutenant
Governor Paterson delivered the|-
' speech from the throne, probably
for the last time, as his term is
nearing an end, .The speech
contained general references to
past and present conditions, with
iothing of’ ‘an unusual character,

| the: eoal mining district ‘were
“|entiongd : -and reference was
¢ ‘the satlafactory mining |

- Victoria, Jan, 14: —Present in-|

{pected that a vote of $3, 000,000|-

The ‘unfortunate troubles in E

STEEL AT PRINCE GEORGE

Rails Laid From East to Next Divisional
-+ Point---Planning Big Celebration
. ~ For Spike-Driving

" Prince’ George, Jan.. 4d Ste
has. been laid -from the. east 4
this point, and tracklaying oper-|
ations on this section have been
suspended until ‘early. spring, |
when the steel crews will resume
work.

A big celebration is being
planned for the occasion. of driv-
‘ing the last spike. - ,

It is expected that. a regular
passenger service from the east
will be inaugurated at once.

‘| "The tailway yards here will be

completed this winter..

a Mann Asks Conceal

-Vietoria, Jan. 14:—It is report-
ed that one of Sir Donald Mann's
objects in-his recent visit waa to
obtain from the province an in-
crease of the.Canadian Northern

guarantee from ‘four’ -and a half; .
to-five per. cent, This ts repre-| .

sented as being of even greater ur-
gency than a few months’ ex-
tension’ of the time for the com-
pletion of the railway. No au-
thoritutive information regarding
the reported proposal, is obtain-

eg able.

’ Premier May Come West:
- Ottawa,° Jan, 14: — Premier

Borden; with Foster, White, and
Pelletier, may: tour the West

. tury at Port" Simpson,. where

Smithers and New Hazelton
met for their second game on
Thursday night, at Hazelton, the
rink in the new town not being
‘ready.
to cheer their pets-on to victory.
Smithers . won by a score of four
to three, ”

‘Jack Aldous was the shining
star who was responsible for . all
the Smithers goals, he netting
three on individual rushes and
passing the puck out to Jardine
forthe fourth...

New. Hazelton played hard
enough and backed each other's
play, but loose. work: by the de-
fence was responsible for their
defeat, In. the third period,
with the score 8-1 in their favor,
the defence moved up-to mid-
ice, giving a clear sweep when-
ever thelr opponents broke away.
All the New Hazelton players
worked hard and eagerly, 'Me-
 |Kenzle showing the best form.
Many of the Smithers players].
did a lot uf loafing offside, whieh

The line-up: mo,
Smithers New Hazelton
Crandall goal = Warne
Morison point. E. Harris
Keddy © cp. ° Mitchell,
Faweett | sover McKenzie
Aldous” = center A. Harris
Jardine rw. Warner
Dre Wallace “l.w. MeDonell

Referee, Hugh Taylor.

~ Timekeepers, R. C.. Sinclair
and. C, McKinnon, ©

“Goal: umpires, T. W. Brewer
and J. McLaren. . :

Trimming the. Old Town by. a
score of 9-0, Smithers notched its
third win in the Ross Cup - series
last night. ‘The score gives’ no
indication of the character of the
play, which was fast and inter:
esting throughout. Hazelton
fought to the last minute, thede-
fence taking the heavy end of
the work. Time and again they
got away with a rush, but. could

|not net the. puck. There was né

tet-np, even’ though’ five ‘goals
were piled up in-the last period.
_ Sinclair made his first appebr-
ance for the season, playing his

In Sensational Games, New. “New Téain’] A fe

A big crowd came over.

escaped, the eye of the. referee, |

SMITHERS GETS FLYING —
START IN ROSS: ROSS. CUP SERIES — |

s Chainpions and 4

New Hazelton--Hard Fought Contes "an Locat Rinke-=:
City League Begins Series of Matches: Me if > :

am

usual fast and gritty” ‘game,

fhough not yet in condition.

O'Shea and Irmin were working

overtime on defence. Blyth wag

moving at top speed, and showed

upwell oo 7
' The line-up was as followa:. .

Smithers Hazelton
Crandali goal MeCormick
Morison 1d. . O'Shea
Keddy red Irwin
‘Fawcett rover Sinclair
Aldous canter. Blyth
Jardine Lh w, McKay
Wallace rn We Brewer

Referee, James Kerr,

Timekeepers, R. E, Allen, R.
M, Miller. ;

Umpires, Geo. Graham, W. 4
O'Neill. .

In a manner that left no doubt -
as to their class, the Smithers .
hockey players defeated the faat
team from New Hazelton on ‘Sat-
urday night, in their firat -game
for the Ross cup and the cham-
‘plonship of Northern B.. C. :

The score was 6 to 8.

- It was nearly ten 6 falock’ bes

snow, which felt heavily in the
first two periods, making the
going heavy. The visitors, who
have a well-balanced team, with
lots of speed and good combina-
tion, ‘started off ata fast clip
‘and played an untiring. and ag-

That the Sriithers teatn: ‘won the
ame, almost without practice,
indicates that the chances: for
annexing: the silverware are of
the rosiest.—-Review,

’ The - City League unearthed
some surprises when they pulled
off their first game on- Tuesday,
Hall, Milbura,- Blackstock, Lar-
ter, and Little being most i in evi-

refereed,. and was kept busy
keeping his men under control,
handing out several penalties, |
The gama showed'a big im- -
provement on last year’s exhibi-
tions, and these games will pro-
vide. much amusement through
‘Out the winter,”
“Tonight the. Maroons play the
Blacks, and on Tuesday evening
the Marooris will play the Grays.

NEWTON ELECTED |
‘IN PRINCE RUPERT

Prince Rupert, Jan. 16: —Bx| |
Mayor 3, M. Newton was elected
mayor today, by ai majority of 90
votes over Mayor T.'D.° Patuite,
the Hydro-Electric. agreement
was defeated.

“ Veteran Missionary. Dead
“Vancouver, Jan, 14: — ‘Rev.
‘liner “Crosby, the’ pioneer
Methodist ‘missionary, ‘who was
stationed for a quarter of a cen

EARTHQUAKES AND ©

FAMINE IN JAPAN

London, Jan. M4: —~Cabies: from
Japan say.that country lies under
&.double affliction, earthquakes
atid eruptions in the south adding

north. | The island of Sakura: dps.

covered with lava, beneath which’ 7
‘flare. buried _thousands: ‘of. dead, ,

The nuniber of victima | | may hover
be known. Many refugees” ‘were
drowned while trying : te: awi
feom Sakura to. the city of Khao
shima, whieh is. now iri rina,
It iad a population of “sixty thous

tore. the rink wes ‘eleated::of , -

gressive game . to: ‘the- finish,

dence of the untried, O’Shea

to the. horror of famine in the- a