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7 MOLY, NO.2 iy

_ HAZELTON, B, G., SATURDAY, SEPTOMBER 8, 1917

+ PRICE $2.00 A. YEAR |

_ LOCAL NEWS VS PARAGRAPHS

Items Or. General Interest From
‘Hazelton and Surround: « ,
: - ing District _.

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oN LW. Sutherland. left: for
‘Edmonton on Monday. © Toes

"Assessor Welch left last aven-

ing for. his anual official visit to i _

; points east,

ACH, Little and family have| °° a .
returned: from. a vaéation’ trip tof”

the edast.

_ Mrs. ‘Hogan, of the. Hazelton |
Hospital, is visiting friends in
- Prince Rupert.’ om

Mrs, C. Richardson. and Mrs, |
J. Caddey, of Vietoria, are visit. |
ors in Hazel on,

7 Miss M. Weitzel, of ‘Haselton
public school, “returned on’ Mon-|
day: from a vacation ‘trip’ to’ the
south,

TS i ‘Rea, manager of the|.
-Debenture Silver property on.
_ Debenture Creek, ‘left. for: _Chi-
cage this week,

The. crop of . hucklebervies’ on
_the. hills ‘about Hazelton ig the}
’ biggest i in years, -In these days
- of high’ prices here ig an oppor-
tonity ‘to. effect: a Saving, :

Leonard: ‘and . -Cooner- Wrinch, | .
ye: “been ‘spending the symmer |:

: vacation: ‘with-their parents, left
on Sunday for ‘Vancouver, ‘where
_ethey~ will edntinue . ‘their. _Bleh |
«/Sehiogl atudies, can

“The: Grand: Tra ink Pacitie Rail-

S BLECT ()

| BOARD FOR CANADA

Laurier Names His Members“ "as Tribunal. Board Representatives).
ao War Time Election. Ae to Disfranchise All Aliens-
German F leet Net Far F rom Petrograd _

st ir’ War News" _

OTTAWA, Sept, “8:-Sit Wit trid ‘Laurier
- Borden, .a list: of twelve: imen whom the Prithe

minister had asked the opposition leader to. naine

to select members of local appeal tribunals through:
out Canada urider the Miltary 8 Service Act, They
are ‘as follows:

Lieuitensint-Governor of. Ontatios A. Be Lowe,

-agriculture.

Sidney...

_jeberday handed Foster, in in the absence of Premier

as niembets-of a- board of selection to: be appointed
by a joint resolution of both houses of , parliament,

". Ontario:” Sir Ie M. Gibson,’ of Hamer, ex. 7

of Ottawa, Stes oft

~ Quebec: Hon. 5 N ‘Patent, ex-premier ‘of
Quebec; Hon. ‘Sidney. Knowlton, ” ex-minister ral
Th. Aliens in Canada number 752, 982, _ One- -quarter
of the residents of Saskatchewan are of foreign

‘Nova. Scotia: D, A Canon, bai, of .
: ‘The Proportion. of aliens i in B G..i 18.6.62. -

oe we “birth.”
_ New Brvihe “Jon J MeCafery of F red.

eritton, , “oF oe
Manitoba: | Sir ‘Donald MeMilan nLite
ant-Goveror of Manitoba. _

Saskatchewan: Arthur . lichéodk, of Mooi

Jaw.

Alberta: FLH. Clark, KC, ‘of Calgary.

~ British Columbia: © Hon. JH. King of Victoria

minister of public warks, .
“Yukon: F.C. Wade, K.C., of Vancouver,
Prince Edward Island: time, Johnson, KC;
of Charlottetown.

Fifty thousang or more foreigners will be
disfranchised by the war-time election measure.

per cent,

‘London: “Hostile raids: were |
[repulsed j in. the ‘Vicinity of “Ar.
mentietes: ‘ast night aad Tear

. Enemy warships: are reported

to be 100 miles trom Petrograd.
Germany can concentrate. a big

signed, re

Pettograd: “The city is “calm,
but cis: ‘preparirig to combat a

MINISTERS Vir DISTRICT

‘Paid Hazelton Fleeting. :
Visit, ce,

special train Saturday a party of
fifteen: comprising a number | of
provincial cabinet ministers, and
‘members of thé legislative as-

"/Semby, with their wives, who * |
; {are on a tour of Northern British

: Columbia.
the Premier, Hon.. Hl. _0. Brew-— 7
‘ister,- Hon. John Oliver, minister —-'
of agriculture, and Mrs, Oliver,

The. party included .

Hon: T. D. Pattullo, minister of
lands, J. W. Weart, M. L, A. for’
South Vancouver, and Mrs.

for Chilliwack, F. Mobley, mem-

‘| ber for Atlin, and Mrs, Mobley,’

Alex, M, Manson, member for

the . visithas been made, and
Mrs. Manson, Surveyor-Geéneral
Umbach, Dr; Klinck, Dean: of

British Columbia,’ and‘R. C. W,
Lett, of ‘the colonization. depart- ©
ment of the Grand Trunk Pacific
Railway, . —

~The: duration of. the-» visit’ to”:
Hazelton - | was very: short, too:

_ short infact to 4 give the members

of the party an adequate insight”
as.to our town and surroundings. -

ering at the Progress Club, a.

Party of - Provincial Government. ,

Ther’. arrived in Hazelton by.

Omineca, under whose direction

Agriculture i in the University of

The } program laid down forthe |
visitors. included a informal Rathi. _

re

Weart, A. R. Barrow, MOL, A, —_

way’ is offering & ery resonable | j
round trip excursion: vate:for ‘the |:

- exhibition at: Prince: Rupert, ‘Seal:
the ® company’ g sonaeetent in
‘our: ‘Advertising, colums, *_..

| possible Hun, attack, “Streams
of troops are passing. through, on
their way to the front. The
enemy is said ‘to have covered a

Pace ; bows | fleet for a .blow: on- the capital,
"Hostile: artillery was excessive whieh i is “protected” by. the two
during the: Hight. in: thie’ ‘neighbor. imodern fortr éases of Reval- ‘and
. | hood of Lens and: Ypres-Menin Kronstadt.

Inotor trip to the Silver Standard .
mine, & reception at Hazelton °
Hospital-and from thence to New .
Hazelton, where a non-political «
‘necting was held Saturday even-

~~ Among, the arrivals last even: rone, en eres

ing. was d.. ‘W.: Boyd, -the’ well-|.
_ known’ and popilar. manager of |”

“numerous: ‘Hudson’ ‘3 Bay. posts, in
recent ‘years. Mr. Boyd,.. who
has" ‘been. at Telegraph’ Creek, is
renewing’ old: - “acquaintances: in}
Hazelton | Before! “proceeding: to
Quesnel.’ , a

“Mt

. Germans: yesterday boinbarded

hospitals occupied’ by. the St.
Louis. and. Harvard ‘contingents’

[situated i in a coast: ‘village, killing |

one offieerof the Ametican Army.

in an aerial attack; the American}

Paiis; : Wockbaruncry fight-
ing occurred. last’ night in. the
Champagne and Verdun regions,
An enemy surpeis ‘isd: '
the Aisne, was re

. eastof Gorizia’i is becoming decig-|
The enemy has” suffered TOOK A TRIP"

ive.

sixth af the journey to, the
capital. .

ing. On Sunday the party went
east to Telkwa’ and Smithers.
-|and. from there ‘to ‘the’ Peace |

Home: Tealian: ‘preasure upon

Calgary.

River country, returning: to Vie- :
the Austrians | in ‘the region north-|toria'by way of Edmonton and

. Violent wel i fighting occur- e extremely heavy losses for. sev-|

Private, James Hévenor,” one Medical: Corps” “and, _ wounding ved dn both bank of the Meuse, feral days’ in his desperate resiat- |
of. Hazelton’ 8° ‘returned y warriors, K fe EE EP py t ance, , man
nesday: ‘Afteriléaving: here seve | SHOULD ‘ATTEND. ra ee eee ; 7 CLOSE: ' SEASON

eral months ago, Private Hevenor| mys
‘Went to Toronto. for treatment |<: BENEFIT CONCERT}.

and special training. . He lost. da |: "verbal ‘should attend. athe) Aid : swiahes: to: o Hai 8 E. “Hos :
arm. -while serving with: the big. concer’ da o|-kins: ‘and:. Mrs. : “Alex Rankin for| :
“; fainons 102nd. eras i i: thei ‘kind, doriativis, of .maga-

‘Henry Bretzing. returned’ this
week. from a; ‘trip. to the Sibola. |
country, « where. he’ examined : a
number of Propertiés in | that,
region.

ON GRoUusE

“the pame : laws ‘for: 1917, as},
promulgated . “ab ‘the ‘instance. of|
cae the: ‘provincial ° ‘Rovernment, . tn-
eli has now.been} i ee SaReerere elude'a gaction ‘dosing thé séason’
bythe. ladies of ‘the | "| , | for'grouse'shooting: east. of “the
A of of Hazelton in sonj _¢ [puminit! of the Cascades, which
_ takes.in.Omingea, .. ‘This elosure |

ne | Will: ba’ accepted by alt ‘the ® “trite
+ sporscnen of, ‘this : digtriet aS"
ing, wits ‘being’. ‘the: ‘only

of. the. finest silverlond ore it Kea
bean his lot ‘to. ‘experience (and:
Henry nap a ald- timer from : the-