te neo? 7 Y oe ; ", . ‘VOL. V, NO. 82 HAZELTON, B. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1916 4 PRICE $2.00 A YEAR’ - SOLDIERS’ HOMESTEADS CONTINUOUS BATTLE AT VERDUN . RUSSIANS: AGAIN TAKE ENEMY GROUND--- Government .Makes Provision for Returned Warriors Who Wish to Farm One of the most. important - measures passed by the legisla- - ture during the present session TURKEY ‘AND. BULGARIA MAY QUARREL is the soldiers’ homestead act, |. . whieh provides that” purchased lands on which payments have not been completed. within six months shall revert to the erown, the purchasers being given land tothe amount of the payments made. - The lands thus taken over will wai «be reserved to provide pre-emp- . . tions for returned soldiers, the act providin g that:~ “Bach returned soldier shall be i= entitled to obtain aut of the lands . coming to or resumed by the * “Crown under. this Act a pre-emp- ‘tion of one hundred'‘and sixty acres of land by applying’ there- for, within eighteen months after the date of his discharge from ",, stivice, under section 15 of the “Tend Act” or re-enactment thereof, and-all the provisions. of the-“'Land Act? -ard- -atending, ' Acts for the time being, i in. force’ : shall: apply: to every pre-emption obtained: under this Act and to| '.. the. obtaining of a Crown. grant - therefor, except that the term of Tesidence required shall be only such as may be fixed by regula- tion made under this Act: Pro- vided that. no returned soldier shall ‘be called upon to pay any fee or amount other than the fee of ten’ dollars for the Grown 3 grant”? : . Liberals Choose Officers Hazelton’ Liberal - Association held itd annual meeting last eve- ining, and. elected the. following officers: . Hon, ‘President Sir wittia Laurier; Hon. Vice-Pregident—~ H.C. Brewster: President—H, FB, Glassey; 1st: Vice-President—H. B, Campbell; 2nd Vies-President —W. W. Anderson; Secretary- - ‘Treasurer — Stuart J. Martin; Executive Committee: —William _ ‘Sproule, J.C. K. Sealy, N. Hagg: , bladd, W. H. Borken, H. John: son. _ ode ay Brockon the civil and ining. engineer, who spent the winter i in: Vancouver, Was a guest Of Dr. “and: Mrs, .Wrinch this week, . Later lin thé BeASON “Mr. Breckon will. spend. aome ‘time . looking after his mining interests| here, but for some weéeka-he‘will|- he busy with the. installation ‘oft. “. the $90,000. hydro-clectric plant . at Prince George;: Mr.: Breekon? Bly flem,. ‘Ducane, Dutcher & Co., ANG] ee : consulta engineers: ‘for. that} Leupied. atest Paris: grenades.the French forces have récaptured all ground at Bethin- court recently occupied by the Germans, An ‘enemy attack on -|Haucourt was repulsed, with heavy logs. . The French curtain of fire prevented the advance of reinforcements, while our mda- '}ehine gun fire forced thé attack- era to retreat, leaving many: dead, Essad Pasha, who is here dis- cussing the future .of ‘Albania,. saya the Kaiser pledged his word to Ferdinand and | ‘the Bulgarian court that the; giant offensive planned » against Verdun would} open the road th Paris,.and ‘that the French capital would be. ac: eee oe Petrograd: ‘Tn the Caucasus coastal region the’ Russians sur- prised the: ‘enemy and dislodged him from. his positions’ on the right bank of the Kasadere river, Despite heavy frost and snow- storms, the Russians are advanc- ing on the “Upper. Tehousk. Attacking withThand| : A’ dapanese ‘aval commission has arrived ‘to egoperate with the Russian board ‘of strategy. “Heavy fighting is reported in the Riga, Drina ‘and upper Stripa regions, “ London: ‘A *despateh from Bucharest says. Turco-Bulgarian relations are- greatly strained be- cause the lurks. ‘refuse 1o ratify the cession ‘of ‘territory to Bul- garia, There - is much talk of a rupture between: the two coun- tries, Apparently the Bulgarian that Turkey seeks to regain’ pos- session of the’ veded territory. According to Reuters’. a revolu- tion. in Bulgaria threatened and |. “2 thessituation' ae "Bofia” ie-graver:!Palembang was- nat: sunk by'al The garrison: has been. strength- ened in anticipation, of ah up- rising. ‘Amsterdam: German losses before Verdun have | ‘been the greatest. in the whole range of a warfare, been none in the vicinity, Cairo: ‘Stormy weather in Mesopotamia is complicating the Tigris campaign, | Stockholm: There is a crisis in the Swedish cabinet,a majority of the second chamber ‘opposing the government’s war trade measure. London: The situation in Hol- land is apparently becoming less tense, since officers of the milit- ary transport staff are being ‘granted leave, London: The admiralty ane nounces the sinking of an Aus- trian transport in. the Adriatic. Berlin: - Germany states. the German submatine, there havirig| A similar reply concerning’ the Sus- | sex has been sent to. Washington. London: “The sinking of Allied and.neutral steamers by German submarines continues, Local and District News Handsome Red Cross pins have been received by the Hazelton branch.. them at the Union Bank for 25 cents each, , A high mountiain on the Skee: na, nine miles southenst- of Dor. reen, has been named Sir Robert, after the Dominion premier, the glacier at. ita - foot ‘being called the Borden glacier. |: - » Hazelton’s gardens, whieh pre- sented such a fine show. of flow- ers ‘and vegetables last: year, should be fully ‘up. to the mark thia. season, judging from the work already under way. Thet ice.in ‘the Bulkley i is break- ing up, ‘and Road Superintendent Carr found it necessary to re- move tha center benta of the temporary bridge on Wednesday. The ‘ferry. will ba in: commission within a day or two, it is expected, Methodist Church Members may procure’ : ‘esting work of preparing sup- Lod plies for the front,.;-: 7 - ‘Rev. W. M, Seatt, will ‘preach tomortow evening’ on the. follows}. - RED CROSS. WORK - IN HAZELTON| - At ‘the meeting of the Red Cross executive . ‘committee on’ | Monday evening, reports from the working committees were presented, Great interest in the work of. the society is heing: manifested, and much has been Jalready done, — Thousands. of | dressings, as well as numerous socks, pajamas, and other gar- mentd, have ‘been made. ‘A large Bhipment of ‘dressings will be sent to headquarters next: week. ; On ‘Wednesday evening next a -|general meeting-of the Hazelton branch. -will: be held,’ ‘when full reporta will be presented. A working meeting of the surgical supply: ‘committee’ will follow, giving members. who have not} attended-one of theae- meetings an ‘opportunity to Bee the inter- Coming Events” April. 12Goneral : Meeting of Red f Cross Society, St. ‘Andrew'a, Hall,8 p.m. April 14—MothodIaty Chueel: Bacial, inal of Rl Croan St. Andrew's Hall Spam’. ‘Jor more persons are on it _ Another Aerial Raid ~London: In an aerial raid over the north - eastern counties on Wednesday night one child’ was killed and. eight persons were injured.” No military damage was done. of the three zeppel- ins engaged, one is said to have been hit by gunfire and brought} - down in the North Sea, Minor Notes — ‘Arabia has a tract of unexplor- ed territory nearly five times the size of Great Britain, while near- ly a quarter of Australia has rot been visited by civilized man. For navigators an instrument has been invented by ‘which a true course between points can be found’ on a chart, and ronverted into a compass without computa tion. -- a An automatic ‘fire escape. ‘hag been invented in the form of an end! eng chain ladder that descends |" at the: same speed ‘whether one "The extermination of mosquis toes. by, ‘bata ‘has proved 0 sutc-|' cessful that ore. Taxes: ‘elty: has probibited the dllling' 0 the LOCAL NEWS PARAGRAPHS Items Of General Interest From Hazelton and Surround- — ing District “Tramville now has a postoffice, evening. ' Dr. Maclean, of Smithers, / was in town én Thursday. Dr. Wallace, of Telkwa,is join- ing the army medical corps. R. G. Cunningham returned to Port- Essington on Tuesday. is visiting his cousin, Robert Duff. Mr, and Mrs, Angus McLean, of Smithers, are visitors in Ha- zelton. ; day from a visit to the coast cities, The tennia club ‘is having its court placed in condition for the season, i Rev. W. M. Scott returned on Tuesday from a visit to Smithers and Telkwa. School Inspector A. R. Lord ing tlie? week.” day from a visit to Victoria and left on Thursday for Houston, _ Norman Cary: left for Prince George on Saturday. He expects time. Conservative Association will . be this evening. ? listed in the 102nd Battalion, left camp at Comox. Henry Kirkpatrick, a Francois Lake rancher, who has been ill at the Hospital for many months, died on Monday. pected here about April 16,-to = _}report on the mining interesta of A. Erakine Smith. The new power plant on the made. ‘The shaft is 176 ft. deep,’ the Hazelton View: and Indian groups, | incorporated fur that object. | in ‘Hazelton, Ly “Ottawa: ‘aummer;:, at London, ‘Niaga Petewawa,. Valeartion, Huy igh Man; “Vernoin, : Bateoe renarrs: dh. {to remain in that. town for. some. It is probable that the Erskine - Smith interests will consolidate : ‘George. McBean, discoverer of - {the Silver Standard, has returned « - ‘| from Vancouver, where he- hag resided for a couple of years. He. will ‘stay. with the mining ¢ game oe Red:Cross Social next Friday . There are thirty-three children | Jattending Hazelton public schoal. G. R. Smith, a Wyoming man, Roy Moseley returned on Thurs- was up from Prince Rupert, dur. : Engineer Bell returned on Mon-— A gevieral meeting of Hazelton a held in the schoolhouse’ at eight © Fred W. Brewer, who. has en- yesterday for the regimental - Alexander Sharp, M.E., ig ex- . American Boy is working excel- . : lently and good progress is being. A. company: is: ‘being It is’ the intention ea : a concentrate. the mien: in’ training * in Canada, in seven camps. forthe”