| a ' Bi ezest Cedar

“ While- walting for the hour of two to

_ in the cedar pole business.

intended: to _Strietly. enforce the . ‘slash

. Incorporated” on March | t4th.’ Hend-
three’ million: shareiy. of Ao? i

en. over. ‘the Stiv rer’ Cup holdings 4 this.

again, After. “that. quite ‘e “number of

additional ment seit be Teahired. " AWE benefit dn ‘Skeena Tiding: +—Prince: :

— Rupert's: highway extension? - Lakelse | *'
ba Luke’: “road: extension

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“NEW HAZELTON, Br G., WEDNESDAY. MARCH 26, 1830

Wee whet hat of

Yet Made i in

oA total of a million ‘and. a. half feet
of cedar poles ond piling ‘Were dispos-
ed of at. Terrace: last Thursday after-
noon, It was the Jargest ‘cedar’ sale

ever held In the ‘province, and ‘it. Was
‘wl most successful, one. in’ every “way.
The upset. price: sas, ‘We for seven
inch tops and 144¢ for eight inch. tops.
Most of the: stuff. went for: more than
the npset ‘price, some ’ going” to. 3¢
which meéans, when stumpage and the
royalty, are added, the - -governtient.. Is
petting 4c.

The auction sale, for ‘such’ ‘it was,
held in the G.’W...V. A. hall at two)
o'clock, and the’ bidding was: “started
right on the dot. A. B. Paripw, .the
new district forester, ‘succeeding R. H.
Allen, was present‘ at this ‘his.’
sile and he was‘vell pleased with the.
results. _

The sale was conducted by Mi. Allen
‘and he was most fair to everyone, In]
_fact everyone was more than satisfied.

arrive Mr. Allen. introdtided. the. new
distrlet foréster to: the audience and
asked ' for him the same consideration’
which had been shown himself. during
his many years Gn the. service” here
Mr. Parlow. made: a very’ suitable re~

ply and hoped to ‘see ‘the people of ‘the ~

district, often... #

By two o'clock there. were ‘at. least
seventy-five men‘in-the hail and’ all
were intérested, ‘directly: or indirectly,
It wis-to,
tart. that ;whoever

be s seen ‘fro’ mithe

largest: ‘being about haif: a : nilllion ‘feet:
and the smallest, about. 14,000 : :Hneal
. feet. Before: starting: ‘the bidding” the
auctioneer Stated tliat the- department

Pole. ae

: cepted, -

“first |

| sumkalum: Valley. The’ intention: of

‘ on -

the Province

Held at Terrace Thursday a

disposal clause “which: provides
all slashing within fifty feet of a: road’
must be disposed ‘of .at the discretion |
of ‘the forester. It. was also announ-
ced that’ all sucessful bidders must. put;
up a ‘deposit : of teh per cent of: the’
purchase. price. The boys were © ‘all
prepared - to, cRTry.. out this, ‘condition
and when. the sale Was over the dis-
trict: ‘forester ‘hutried. over to ‘the bank
and made. quite: a- nice’ deposit,

half. of the Hanson’ Luniber (& ‘Timber:
Coy offered a: bid: of: thé “upset, price qn
ail "the thaber’ ‘offered... ‘Auctioneer* R.
. Aller said this’ could: ‘riot. be: ae-
Every ° ‘Sale would: “be | sold.
separately, ‘and « everyone: giv en an’ “op-
portunity to bid the: upset: prices,
The bidders vee the Hanson Lum-
ber & Timbet'Co.;-Ri J. “MeColeman, Cc.
Le M Gigas;; Geo. Little, ‘anid ‘Herman
Frickman. ‘
My. ‘Coleman’ got ‘two " * sales’ “for
which he paid” 2% ond 1% and 156;
Hanson Lumber & Timber Oo. got two,
sales at the upset price; Mr. Giggy
got two: sales’ at Ty, and 2%; 3 and 2%
and ge; Geo: Little paid 14% and 1%:
Hertian Frickman paid 14. and. .15g-
find ¢ 14 and. 14%. The - “bidding on.
most of the ‘sales’ was’ spirited: a
The timber is all located ‘in’ the. ‘mit. |

the purchasers, so far as: it ould -be’
leaned ‘is to stnrt operations at. ones,
Thus, it‘looks “as ‘if ‘labor ¢onditions
in’ the- Terrace ‘district ‘should’ Be: bet-
ter: this. season than for several years.

an t ot tHmber: in ‘that, lot and
ane “great tue sag

pe

itis" ikely ‘that the bulk of. it. wl
brought: ‘in that: WAY, . Olearing: out i:
river. and: ‘aviving poles. is not ‘the ‘Toast

“teotomicd way” of handling the > Doles.

“conan, 18 TNOORPORATED |
Holders of Stock in‘ Old. Company are
Able. to Exchange’ for Stock in

“s _ de® ‘New _ Company” ;

ne

an

“Omineed Minti x’ ‘\iMing Co. was

offive is: at 470 Granville St, Vancou
ver. Permission was granted to’ ‘issu

par value. °°: ia
“This : is the company: whieh has? tak:

‘district: ry were . sent’
to.” all. stock ‘holders £.the: ‘late. -coni-
pany, Whose “address < was ‘known, ‘of-
fering’ ‘them, ‘hn. opportunity” ‘to: trade
in. thefr: ‘old: stock for ne: ‘svstock: at. ‘the:

ly thirty dnys. ed,

The’ new : company, will ‘get opera.
‘tong: at the: mine. started : 18 ‘soon, ag
possible and. will. tive vem it: ti
twenty ‘or, thirty “men? “for © séveral |
months before the. mill? fig ‘started. up.

4t

-[racently” sthat Dare’ ‘Allen “is - in. : the
| hospital ’ suffering from’: -quingy,

. [suffering from insomaia.
Dave are. in ‘the’ sinie ward. with Rube
Hulls ‘ana: they certainly: ‘have’ ‘some
gabfeasts,
fought ‘over ‘again. until the matron
: hus - ‘to “turn: the lights | ‘out to silence:
the, trio.”
changed a--lot., hrnitig out: ‘the lights’

he: hid finished his: say, and ‘he would ;
say it most’: ‘emphatically
niatron . 4s’ indéed a brave “woman, ;Or
else. she | can. not. hear “fo. well. AS, she
aid at, ‘one Smet Poses
Yate of three shares’ of ‘old’ Tor. one tof [i
new; or share. for: ‘shire vith ‘An-nddi-
tonal payment “at ‘8¢ per-share for the’
ra, new atuck, This: ‘offer is, Rood to¥or me |

, _ vil Keep many men employed all

by. “the: Pr évineln)’

“sorry, AND RUB. TALKED ant

The: Portland. Canal News reported

t
£

and
Scotty Paterson :was also. a patient;
Scotty, and

All ‘the’ old: battles“ are

Unless *Sedtty, Paterson’ has
would: not: make. much: difference. until

too. “The. :

ROAD. WORK 70. BE : DONE

ak nea!

“In ‘Sheena ‘and: adjoining aletriete—

seasatt, aie

“of the. $8,000,000" loan: to: be: -thade
- Govertiment. ‘for-|:
‘onds this:'yea.” ‘the following - roads

eo

ie improvements

that |

At the: opening  Oléf: Hanson, : ‘on be-}

good. “He . is the member - of. a banc

Will, recall the ‘tall, erect,. bearded. fig-+'
ure, ' stalking: the. "plank sidwalks ,of
Prince .. Rupert:
twinkle. in bis: eya’ and a ‘salutation

for: everybody. Few were: more Bop-
ular. - . .

have again® been’. ‘reduced. -
Scott, hardware dealer, has. gone to,
the- undiscovered | ‘country.

with . -pneiimonia, he succumbed. toa
brief illness, °

ily plot at ‘West. ‘Toronto,’ near Djs.
father,. who passed. away a few

~| an winter” Mr. ‘Hart has “beh "wie

: tigon Hot Springs.

be able ‘to survey. the. ‘akyscrapers of
the Imisiness Section,and the harbour:
crovidded ‘with

phe canadian
or ig stfll_ a rumor.‘ Nothing’has: hap)!
ened to get it: beyond ‘ the. rumor’ class
anh (Yet; the rumor persists, Smoke-smoke
i ~ : snioke,” ‘but , ho” ‘fire. It is: - generally:
[held - that ‘ahould dt: ‘be: the. ‘Intention:
“Ite “procéed * with -' conatruction,
. | Dulldiiig will stand ‘on ‘Yet: Avenue, ba,
tween’ ‘McBride and Second Street—
“yan Intire’, block: in length, ‘overlooking
“| the hatbour.”
AS Theard it: Will he’ ag. ‘purist enten with):

ainple grounds.) ban

HAZELTON CONSERVATIVE ES MET |

~ PRINCE: RUPERT |
NEWS: LET TER

Even:the most: hard. is of crit:
ies’ is admitting that the. outlook for a

road ‘to. Terrace is ‘passing fair, - The
Job: ig’ being undertaken. in a business)
like ay; The Galloway - Rapids
bridge: site his: ‘been. Telocated, and in.
structions have been - given to. prepare
plans. . ‘Survey. crews. sare busy * be: |
tween ‘here ‘and. ’ "Skeena _ City. ‘Its!
action all along the ‘ine,! Bo

A ‘etter’ addressed to. a. tocat “busin-.,.
eds maf th: "Prince. Rupert, Suskatche-
wan” arrived here : last week. It: came;
from’. ‘a Toronto pubishing house, that
should have . known __ better. Prince
Rupert. ean’ Tinndle  ‘Wheat—not.. grow
dt. oe : : i eee

~ Major George RB. Gibson—the ninia:
ble. and ‘humorotis. “major” of pioneer
days—appears, to have’ settled down,
in: the ‘effete’ ‘and. populated ° enst;: for,

stnff, in ‘Princeton, New Jersey. Many

“He- always | had a.

The ‘ranks ‘of the local old. ‘timers
Joe ' Wy

Stricken

He: Will restin- the fam- |.

ing with ‘sciatica... He will by! Har:

Dr. “Maguire, ©

ooth with such soothing | dexerity

Maguire: will}.

loping: ‘He plexed

‘Nattotial Hotel! pum,

the

According! to; . what ‘is

; : [Biggest R Riding

fer constituency

‘, the: -bilt points out, would have to op-

In This World.

ment—:

troduced by

al ‘distr fet,

eil_ representative on earth.
100 times larger -

than ten ‘times as large -as England,
Teland,, Scotland and . . Wales.
aren in square miles. will be ‘1,242,224.

207, OTG square’ miles and over 1,000,-
000 square miles. will be added to’ it.
It will stretch’. from the ‘Atlantic. to}
the Pacifie. and from.:the present
northerly’ limits. of the . Provinces”: ‘to
the’ North pole. .
“The area: ‘which’ it is. supposed to,
litik. with the Yukon for electoral pur-
poses - contains : 475 | whites, 3,800 In-
dians, -7,100 “Esquimeaux ‘and. “8,000
half breeds. The returning . ‘officer,

erate’ from the Yukon by ‘airplane and
the. candidates, - presumably, would
Have to. ‘adopt, the same ‘plan, Other-
Wise it would require years, instead of
Weeks. to.cover. the ground: ~~ .

‘It is understood that. the “Wegui-
meanx: would. automatically be given
the - ‘franchise, | though. how.' his Vote
|would be properly registered is ‘tot

vho- “can extract a :
THIRD. ANNIVERSARY. ‘WEDDING
hat you hardiy: miss it as its coming |. Far
out, ‘has had built. for himself, : “B snug
little ‘bungalow on ‘Fourth — “ Avebneé,:
Just’ actass" from where the: Presby-
terian: ininister ‘ expounds » holy writ.
from "his * ‘varanda,” Dr:

Mr. and: Mes.

their y
Beirhes . “gave o-dinner. dnst” “Saturday
evening, «followed : iby-. “B dance.
Avere's venteen': guests, tdi dinn
many: ‘athers ‘from, t
Were: there: for ‘the dance,’ 4
Hazelton. -guests- present’ Were) R.
and Mra. ‘Sargent, Mr, and’ Mra; OW. *
Daweaon, Mr. and Mra.. A: 'D. Chappeit,

Mr. ‘and, Mrs. George Benson ‘and ‘Mrs.
“The™ dancing! continued . until |,
after midnight, ‘suitable™ refreshments NV
were served | and- dancing. resuiied. In| the
‘one of. the: cabins Mr, Belrnes: presid: |
ed and thera’ Was a nice. Hitle game in|,
pr OETeEsS ‘when: two masked bandits en: |

Moor .

ne el ‘Fepresent-

éd'.by Hon. Charies- Stewart. the: Min- La
7 ister, “of the: Intertor. 7

“Geo. Beirnes Gave Din-
“ner aad Dance’ to Many Friends -
ar on’ ‘Saturday Night" a

te “peta” the’ third anniversary. of.
wedding Mx, and Mrs,. George.

‘Among. ‘the

Will be Yukon)

-Ottuwa: (Special - to’ “the “‘Ominéea
Herald) The most interesting légisie-
tion. introduced this session of Parlia-
apart from that dealing ‘with
vital national problems—is a : bill,in-
the. ‘ Solicitor-General
which would: include all the. North-
west Térvitories in, the Yukon electors

; It it becomes law: the next member
for the Yukon will: represent a larg-
than "any other elect-+
It will bo
‘than = all. Belgtum,
sik. times ‘larger. than: France, seven
times ‘larger than Germany and more

Its’

“The Yukon, already one of. the larg-
ést electoral districits-known, vontains

me passed. ‘through :* ‘here: ‘on. the veg]

; up’ to: the ‘time: ‘they, reniched Prhice
| Rupert only. one. had been ‘train: sick:

"[Proportional
“Representation
_ For big Cities

“Ottawa, - (Special to’ ‘the Omineca *
Herald) Preparatory to the fortheom-
ing’ general | election the Government Te
is* seriously considering legislation - :
which will introduce proportional ‘re-
presentation: dn all the larger cities of
the Dominion. a
‘In, “Montreal; for example, “the plan. a
would not be likely tp affect the pre- "
sent ratio of Tepresentation » avhere.-
Conservaties have three members, | In
Toronto, ” ‘however, ©’ where’ Liberals
have no Federal members, proportion-
al representation — would -probably.
sive ‘them two if not - three. members.
Cities: Hke: Halifax, Hainilton and St.”
4, John which now return. two Conwerva: -
tives’. might, with the’ inclusion - of":
some more rural territory « send two-
Conservaties: and. one Liberal on: the
proportional basis. -Yancouver, too,
might crowd in.a- Liberal to ‘displace.
‘the-solid phalanx . of Tories. who now.
represent the cities ‘and its environs. ore
- The - subject, it is:said, has been:
{thoroughly disenssed — by. the .Govern:’
{ment with. its: Ontario * supporters and’
they favor! it for Torénto and - ‘Hamil-
ton. ‘Quebec members | ‘do ‘not, “think
they ‘will lose by: ‘it and in. other cases
there is nothing, to lose.. .Mdst : Pro-
gressive members “are on record’. ‘in’.
favor * of ‘the’ proportional systein, .
while conservative. members ° would
see in its” introduction at this time ©
nothing but. a bit ot well-calculated.
political ‘strategy.

If. it offers a: hope of tive seats now:
held by the enemy, that means a dif-
ference of ten in voting strength, a °”
consummation to be deeply and favor: -
ably studied by any. government and

sho

how

trom the ‘Wainwright - ‘national. ’

passenger train. There ‘were tywo- ball
tind six’ cows, Phey- ‘were eproute’
Qneen Chartotte Aslends, cWwhere © “it. fs.

If these, ‘animals "G0; a8. Well: as sis. ex.
pected, -further | shipments : - *
made’ to the I Inids,. and