_. NEW. HAZELTON, B,C:, JUNE 27, 1924

No. 2 :

Dr Wrinchis _
Member-elect
Skeena Riding}

_ Dr HC. Wrineh was electéd|
for Skeena riding by a majority

of 175 over F. M. Dockrili and all
polls are ‘in. The total may be

, changed slightly after the absen-
tee vote is counted, but that vote
my should increase the Doctor's lead
me The campaign was a clean: one
and the eandidates ‘are as pood
# friends today as they were be
ef fore nomination, For the most
part each candidate conducted
m his own campaign with very little
B assistance from outside speakers
g New Hazelton gave the Doctor
7 B the largest majority in the riding
a —44 over Dockril] .and 46 over
B Sargent or 89 over both combined
Hazelton sprung: a surprise for
B Sargent by giving him 41- votes,
or 29 less than Dr. Wrinech. The
Mm biggest Liberal surprise Smithers
| which only gave the: Dector.a
Me majority of 33 over. Dockrill, and
Smithers has always been a Lib>
| eral stronghold. Mr. Dockrill got
my a lot of Liberal votes. The much
m mooted solid railroad Vote did not
pan out:
F One of the real pleasant fea.
j tures of the election was that in
j every section where Olof Hanson
‘ prea. nole SAMS -.2-; -majorit
- “thé' Liberals, while at
he vote was unanimous,
‘was another small surprise
t Terrace’ where the vote was |.
msplit pretty evenly between the
Liberal and Provincial. It was
anticipated that the Conserva
¥tive would get a more equal por-
vion of the votes. ‘here.is, how-
yever, One Tory stronghold in. the
Briding — Butedale, wher Sargent},
eot three votes, Dre Wrinch..c one
mond Dockrill none,
-The details.of thé: yote- as re-
eived by thé returning officer,
Bre given in this 1ssue.:

a

Dr. Wrinch is”

‘Offering Seat.

To Hon. Oliver

“On 1 Monday Dr. Wrinch wired

To the People of Sheena Riding

Dr. Wrinch desires to’ dasure
his many friends of his .sin-
cere and hearty. appreciation
. of their efforts, by means of
¥ which ° the . recent campaign

OVERHEARD AROUND
NEW HAZELTON

The water service at the C. N. R”

Hi
A

t}.

Hon. John Oliver, who. was de-
feated in. Victoria, : offering to re-|"
sign in Skgena in favor. of the

- }was carried through to such
a sucvesatal j issue, 7

depot is now operating after a
‘:jrest for a week or so. The pipes
under the water tank were plug-

defeated leader, subject ' ‘to the |,

We’ re Sixteen. on Tuesday|"

‘Red.
Four. high - school pupils and

any better berties are grown in

Mr. Neidhart j is” shipping regul-|
arly and is prepared to fill orders
for one or more crates,

Hospital on Dominion Day

district will gather at the Hospit-
al grounds for an. afternoon of
LSnoj.t.and scctability ei aMadaniths
aiispices: of. the” Athletic Associ
tion there will be: a program : ‘of
sports and a-ball fame,
‘freshment booth will be in charge
of the -Women’s Auxiliary... ‘At
nicht there will be a dance. ‘in
Assembly Hall, -

Abbatoir For.

me

Association. .

ing the Doctor. for: ‘his: kind: offer,

returns Were in,

paring plans for the future,

Strawberries From Remo

This week the Herald received
its annual crate of strawberries
from John Neidhart of Remo. If

B.C. we have never. seen them.

‘On Dorhinion Day, July istthe

‘The re-

. Prince Rupert:
. And. Interior

' Some months ago. the Herald
nnounced that P, Burns & Co.

approval of the Skeena. ‘Liberal

“Hon. Mr. Oliver repiied thank-

but stated that he. would make
no. announcement until: ‘the final

oA meeting of the eabinet. has
been called for the purpose: of
diseussing the situation and pre-

-| bell: rang for breakfast,

by heck, we’ ve never. been kissed.

to Smithers. .
| years of‘our residence’ in Hazel-.
ton and New Hazelton have been
hanpy years, even. when-all the
future was overcast. with’ ‘black-
est of black clouds and Old Nick
thundered his. direst threats, and
Haewilget canyon, bubbling. with
fire and. brimstone, was shown us
as our cemetery, there was al-
ways a ray of sunshine when the
‘Them
days is. gone forever, The sun
shines on both sides of the fence.
The thirteenth year of our labors
is: over: and this whole. country is
progressing: .To the east. ‘the
the farmers. are: mi
getting : ‘ereameries; - Y the

north’ ‘some ‘places hive tried to
live on. ‘the ‘past, .but“are being
forces ‘into. activity : ‘and thei im-
mediate. future - should see some:
important changes in the éentre.
The cedar industry and mining
are important and increasing by\-
[leaps while the timber and fish.
ing industries are the mainstays
of the extreme west,

During.all these years the bol-
iey of the Herald has been one of
enecuragement to the settlers
and to industry and today this|
paper has a wider circulation. and

With this issue the Omineca
Herald .completes its: sixteenth
year of continuous operation, and

The present. editor has gitided its
destinies since. July L 1911, and
believe us, some of that guiding
has been - more nerve, racking
than guiding a Ford over the road
But: those thirteen

iking.cows. andl.
west ‘
is supplying frait‘and- milk to the]

four. entrance pupils from. New
Hazelton wrote their ‘examina.
tions i in Hazelton this week,

Saturday evening Rev: Pound
wishes to meet all the boys of
New Hazelton in the church at
7.30 for the purpose of resuming
the boys organization,
_Harry Thornton of the GN, R.
engineering department, spent
the week end at his home here.
- Most.of the New Hazelton peo-
ple got the election returns from
the Omineca Herald office.

On Friday - afternoon of last
week a fine doe.. ‘was met on the
main road at the Tw6 Mile. creek
bridge. “A car loaded with ladies
approached. within a -few yards
before the deer went over the
fence and disappeared into. Geo,
MecBean’s. bush. —

. The natives ‘are’ making some
good catches of spring... salmon,

winter.

and are putting them: up for the .

re

Liberals Have |
Largest Group | |
‘In New House :

eg,

The Liberal party was given a
new leage of life on June 2th,
by winning half the seats. Of

this number the solid north con.
tributes five members.. Both the
old ‘party leaders met defeat in
their own constituencies, but all: -

"lother members. of the Liberal

cabinet were returned. The re-/
sults. from thé. province are as”
follows, although these are not ©
final:—

‘Liberals.

Nanaimo, Hon. Wm. Sloan .

Skeena, Dr. H. C. Wrinch - os
Revelstoke, Hon. Dr. Sutherland
Chilliwack, ‘Hon. E. D. Barrow.
Nelson; Kenneth Campbell _

Atlin, BH. F. Kergin

Columbia, J.. A. Buckham =

Comox, Paul Harrison, ind. lib.
Delta, A: D. Paterson oe
Fort George, H. G. Perry oe
‘Kamloops, -J..R. Colley
Kaslu-Slo¢an, $. Leary
Lilloett, A. B, Mann o
| North Okanagan, Dr. “McDonald”
Omineca,. Hon, A. M. ‘Manson-

Prinee Rupert, Hon, Te, D ‘Eat.
. tullo.’ me

Vaneoui ver,

is

lear sprout d:
rawbe ries. last week,

' Preparations are ander” way

at Hagwilget dext, week.

With the i increase in ‘the ‘collar
pole . business additional ‘storage
and loading room must - be’ pro-
vided by the railway at this point

V. EF. Dunn will relieve the op-
erator at Burns Lake for two, or
three months and he leaves with
his family in a few days, -

‘Mrs, Mentz of the Francois
Lake district is a guest of Mrs..
Senkpiel. i

by the natives for a big potlateh vo

Pattullo Holds Rupert

Really a straight party fight be

Blayor Newton.’ The Provincia

= jandidate got so few votes. that
Hon.
r. Pattullo won by a majority
ff over 200. * Prince Rupert city
malized its obligation to’ itself
. yd could not afford ‘to take a
a man who

ge was not even a’ factor. °

fiance on replacing’ a
8 accomplished so much for the
both through the: Legiala-
2) and a asa citizen i in n the: early
¥s, : : :

ts In Prince Rupert riding it: was

pwveen Hon. T. .D: Pattullo and

planned to’ erect’ an abbatoir‘in
Prince Rupert for the- purpose of
handling . all the meat. produced
in the north and. in the interior,
The plans. are’ “now ‘complete and
‘the work of: building j is under way
P, Burns & Co. . propose to carry
ona regular packing house busi-
ness and make: Rupert the dis-
tributing centre forthe: ‘north,

At the. same time a market’ is
furnisned for: all the beef, pork,

niutton and poultry. that this j in-
terior country, can’ ‘produce, y he
live meat: products may. be ship-
ped to the abbatoir at any time.

|

more triends than. ever.
ture Doliey will be for Skeena and
the Northern Interior.
for tha’ éo-opération of the people
and. of industry. and organizations
and we offer’ “OUF:. ;G0-operation in.
all movements that are for the}.
good. of. the country, | has

season.

R. F.. McNaughton, the district
passenger agent for the. C,.N. R.
Spent .a (few. days. at. Lakelse}-
Lodge which i ig now. oper: ‘for the; .
He .was ‘much | Pleased].
with: the: service ‘and. accommo-
| dation, provided. |

The-fu-

We ask}.

Telkwa was loyal to Doekrill;
giving him a majority of 77 over
Dr, Wrinch. ;

Hon. A. M. Manson was elects
ed Deputy Grand Master of the
Grand Lodge of ALF & A.M.
of: British Columbia.

A real electrical storm visited
the district on. Thursday and did
al lot of good, although a number
of citizens began to regret their.
gins of omission: and commission,

andste Seek a’ “way out, |

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because they. have.no; ears ‘avail-| .

Grand Forks. Greenwood, ‘John |

Cariboo, Stoddart

Fri. 1 r. Upbi

The Canadian National i is olde ae
ing: ‘up the ‘cedar’ ‘pole. shipment a

th

iin Omineca ‘Hon, A. M ‘Mani
aan had the race of his life. and:
on out by more than a huindréd,

at

-| This should’be a great Panett Pl.

Hazelton | the: ‘pupils | bresented the
teacher, Misg. McDonald: with’ two

| Indian; carved’ bracelets, . ed’ td: bis’ “bed. several: days, the |

ing -election’: ‘day’ thé attendanee’ assed. week, i

e interior farmers, .

Tt’ be- |:

pare

’ Mouncement Native Sons of Can-|"
Y for Dominion ° “Day|
Bports on’ neaday ‘next.
Rood time ig: romised, -

ada'piog

“Sed élsewher itt A this ; 8 rl ai

able, or do not get thein returned
fast enough. : . aoe

“Al real ve

“Conservatives:

Cowichan-Neweastle C. F. Davie
Saanich, T. G. Coventry.

Victoria, J. Hinchliffe, RR. Hay- :
ward, H. D. Thigge ‘Gus Lyons

Creston, Col. Fred Lister
‘Cranbrook, N. A, Wallinger
Dewdney. J. A. Catherwood |~
Esquimalt, -R. H. Pooley oe
Trail- Rogéland,. J. 8. Scoffield -
South Okanagan, J. W. Jones —
Similkameen, Wz: “A: MacKenzie
‘Salmon-Arm, R. We “Bruhn .
Mackenzie. Mike Manson;

slands, Col. C, W..Peck
McKie.

- Provineials

Pt Grey-Richmond G. A. Walkem |
Vancouver, A,

ec. Creery,Gen,
A. D. et Hf

_ Labor

New Westminster, Dr. Rothwell . . 4

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