vreryennenre tern eer re en ary ae nel — ae ae ns MAY 24)! FIRST BIG DAY FOR 2 NEW HAZELTON PLANS ARE BEING MADE THAT WILL MAKE IT MEMORABLE sight-seeing. : mineral -district in Columbia. Sunday, will be devoted to : Come and. see the greatest scenic and Trips may be arranged to all the points’. | ‘of interest in n the idistrict. BASEBALL MATCH PRINCE RUPERT VS. NEW HAZELTON, MONDAY British On Monday there will be an extensive program of Foot Races, Horse Races, Pack Race, Jumping, Tug- of-War, Log Chopping Contest, and an exciting . ROCK: DRILLING CONTEST GRAND BALL WILL BE GIVEN MONDAY NIGHT Monday will -be given ex- clusively to athletic games | and a large programme of | foot races and horse races, jumping, ‘ete., has. been ar- ranged for ‘whichygenérous prizes are being donated. eee —— CITIZENS ORGANIZE FOR BIG VICTORIA DAY CE EBRATION = Work Divided Among Several Committees and All Have Started to Work—Sir Richard McBride and William Manson ‘Have Been Invited to Attend Left over from last week An enthusiastic meeting of the citizens was held last Friday night in the Northern hotel and organized for the Victoria Day celebration.. The members of the citizens association. united with the baseball club and they will work together for a big two days ‘celebration. Rev. D. R. MeLean was elected president of the main committee and A, M. Lawson is secretary- treasurer. The following committees were then appointed:— Finance- President, Secretary and C. H. Keddie. Sports--O. B. Wallace, Neil Melver, B: C. Affleck, G. 0. Gra- ham, A. M. Ruddy and L. B. Warner. Publicity and transportation— GC. H. Sawle and. J.-A. Riley. Entertainment—Fred Brewer, Jas. Riley, E. B, Tatchell Geo, Jennings and W J. McAfee. McAfee and Riley are to have charge of the dance. Decoration—Miss Ham, Nixon and Miss Layton, -»Reeeption—D. McLeod, Mrs. Miss McLeod, ‘W. J. and Mrs. Mac- Kenzie, KB 0. McKinnon, J. An- ger, Mrs. Anger, C. H. and Mrs. Sawle, C. H. and Mrs. Keddie, E. B. and Mrs, Tatchell, G. O. and Mrs. Graham, D. G. and Mrs Stenstrom, Jas. and Mrs. Rich- mond, John and Mrs. Newick, R. J.. MeDonell. The secretary was instructed to communicate with Sir Richard McBride extending an invitation to be present and open the cele- bration, this being the first to be held in this town. Watch for Rabbies Rabbies among the dogs of the Cowichan district have been dis- covered, Also in one or two oth- er sections. The Dominion Vet- erinary Department is handling itso far as animals are concern- ed, but Walter Bapty, M. D. act- -ling-seeretary ‘of the Provincial Board of Health, wishes to be notified of any suspicious cases which may appear. His depart- ment is prepared at any time to forward complete treatment for hydrophobia which must be ad- ministered to the person as soon as possible after being bitten, whieh is some weeks before the symptoms develop. Chief Minty Honored The Fernie Free Press said;— “The Waldorf Hotel dining room was the scene’of 4 very pleasing and enjoyable function on Wed- nesday night when the constables of South-East Kootenay gathered together to do. honor to their de- parting chief, ‘A. C. Minty, who leaves at the end of the week for Hazelton, his new headquarters. The constabulary of the district and friends to the number of 25 were present, and Mrs. Jennings had prepared a banquet that made them all glad to be there. Speeches and songs helped to pass a jolly evening, during the course of which Chief Minty was made the recipient of a handsome gold watch, engraved as follows:-- ‘Presented to Chief Constable Minty by the constables of South East Kootenay, April 15, 1914.” Sentence Commuted: J. Mulivamil, the murderer of Charles Kelly, Burns Lake, last fall was given life imprisonment. He had been condemned to die. The Court of Appeal upheld the conviction and the Supreme Court of Canada refused a rehearing of the case. The Department of Justice was then appealed to and Mulivahill:will spend the rest of his lifein. jail with others of his kind. Smithers people have announe- ed that they will hold a celebra- tion on July Ist. . —_——— 2-_—=———_— | [ why New ‘Haze Iton? ; | The answer iss. Because it has lade Good district famous. combined. New NEW HAZELTON has lead and silver de. : posits that are larger and cover a greater ter- ritory than those that have made the Cobalt New Hazelton is the distri- buting point for supplies for a country larger and richer than all: the New England states lands, that surpass those of almost any- other section-in richness. junction of: two fertile: valleys: that ‘contain: © _more than a ‘million acres of: productive lands... New. Hazelton has ‘all that has: made other ae | great cities i in Canada, and. more. oe r O U Hazelton: has: agricultural -— New Hazelton is at.the . ° We x0 ee cat to aie you more paras on New Tazelon and the Kew Tacit. aT : 1 OAST F ‘PROPERTIES SYNDICATE. “umrnen fl ‘ie “SBN. Winalows 2: ; Becretary —S== OVERHEARD AROUND | NEW HAZELTON | Angus Stewart spent a few. days in town last week, J.T. Smith, Aldermere, was a visitor in town last week. Chief Walter Owen wasin town the fore part of the week. J. M. and Mrs. Lynch, Smith- ers, were in town the fore part of the week. D. MeLeod will return Wednes- day night after a business wip to the south. Rev. D, R. and Mrs. MeLean will move into the residence just vacated by Mr. and Mrs. Kerr. G. Hodgins is adding a second storey to his residence at Five Mile and making other extensive alterations, § . - Miss Margaret Crawford leaves this week to spend three weeks in Vancouver. She is now im- proving nicely after her recent illness, Jas. Kerr expects to leave in a week or two for the prairies. Mrs. Kerr will be a guest of D. G. and Mrs, ‘Stenstrom for the summer. . Rev. D, R. McLean was a visi- fl |tor in Prince Rupert this week and while there. he .did some boosting for the celebration here on Vietoria Day. - 2! vit “Tennis promiaes. to be a. popul- ar pastime “here:: this -summer..: pared, one at: the bank and one { at Mr. Keddie’ 8 home. The Bodine boys arrived “from Vancouver last week: and the. first a of the week: left for the Omineca country. ‘where. they. will put in . another season in. 1 the placer dig- Two courts are now: being pre- Manson Creek country this week where he will remain until July when he expects to take a trip to 3q| the outside. Wm. Lynch spent the fore part of the week in town. He has been at the front on. business for several weeks. © He says .that New Hazelton still leads as the big business centre, General Superintendent W..C. C. Mehan passed through: heré Tuesday morning on his return from a trip east with the ‘ ‘spike driving special.”’ They. were de- layed by land slides both ways. Auction Sle PRINCE GEORGE LOTS “The government of the pro- ; vince of British Columbia will sell their holdings ‘in the G. .T..P. townsite of- -- Prince George by public auction at . gANgouyER MAY 19th, 20th, 21st At the Grand Trunk Paci- ° fic Development Company’s auction sale of PRINCE GEORGE, ‘held-in Vancou- ‘ver last September, I was a -heavy purchaser for local ‘investors, and am pleased ~to state that many of them have resold © their. holdings at a good advance--in. sev- eral. cases profits of from- ove hundred to five hundred . = _per.cent have been realized. . Tf you wish to invest at the forthcoming sale, and_ are “unable to ‘be’ present, I am. prepared” to. buy, for’. you,, -Write to- day for informa:. tion, maps, ete a Wm. Steele returned to the .