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NEW HAZELTON, B.C. MAY 22, ,

"Enertainment
_ General Byng/

| Atcepting’ ‘the: invitation exe
f tended by New: “Hazelton: to co-

| operate-in thé’ entertainment of
‘Their Excellencies, the Governor-
General: and: Lady: Byng,‘on the
Bt occasion of their. visit to- New
Hazelton on June 26, the Hazel-
ton citizens appointed A. A. Con-
non and §, J. ‘Winsby to. repre-
sent them.on.a joint committee
with W. S. Sargent and C. H.
Sawle ‘to prepare plans for the
visit. Dr, Wrinch is chairman
of the committee. ° The commit-
tee met Thursday at the Doctor’s
| office and drew up a general plan

we ce ee ea

course the sub-committees will be
K appointed, The reception will
take place on the Hospital lawn
where the people of the towns
and immediate district are asked

q to gather, The train will arrive:

mat New Hazelton at 2.30 p. m.
) and a committee with autos will

{ meet the party and drive them

“j ‘through New Hazelton to the

a

“ wiil be made to view the scenery

Pand tosee the Indians spearing

eB salmon. After the reception at

B the hospital the. party will drive

fm to the Indian cemetery and then

i through Hazelton and onto the
® depot at South Hazelton. — -

They Said Farewell

A very enjoyable afternoon
was spent by the members and
friends of the W.A. tothe Hazel-
ton Hospitat on Friday afternoon
.alast, when a farewell tea was
megiven in the Union Church in
Ma honor of Mrs, A. L. Fakeley, the
miormer secretary of the Auxi-
Maliary. There was a short musical
program, and dainty refresh-
ga ments were served. During the
afternoon Mrs, MacKay read an
address to Mrs. Fakeley, and
Mrs. Chappell presented het with
an ivory clock, on behalf of the
members. Mrs. Fakely,-in reply,
By cxpressed her regret at severing
ther connection with the auxiliary
and with her many good friends
@ein the district. In the evening
Bathe members of the executive
a gathered at the residence of Mrs.

MacKay for an evening of bridge,
Mthe prize-winners being ‘Mrs, A.
a Mathieson and Mrs. W. Anderson.
@aMrs. Fakeley left on Thursday
marning for Los. Altos, Calif.,
vhere she will ‘make her future
home. =.

Few Changes are Made

Rev. A. C, Pound sends cheer-
Berul news from. the Methodist.éon-
erence at Victoria: He met'the
several ministers: who have been
fhere and reports~ them: all: well,

The first draft -of. ministers sent:

Rev. Geo. Turpin to Smithers and
erald B, Switzer to Topley,.an

Houston. 'No‘oth Her chang wer

| Indians Opened

i for the entertainment and in due

Hag wilget canyon, where a stop

: Ball Gronnds

on the Hazelton reserve were for-
mally opened on Friday. after-
noon last with both football and
baseball games. Soon. after’ the
noon hour 2 procession was for-
med on the first bench headed by
Dr.. H. ©. Wrinch, M.L.A., and
Ed. Hyde, Indian Agent, and fol-
lowed by the band and native and
white population. The march wag
up the Jong hill to the grounds
where Dr. Wrinch made a speech

enterprise shown in providing the
new'prounds. Along the line of
march the natives had erected a
couple of ‘arches, and on the
grounds were provided refresh-
ment booths, and the fairest of
the native maids tagged the spec-
tators. Besides a large gather-
Ling of natives ‘most of the Hazel-
ton whites turned out during the
afternoon and evening. The first
pame was football between the
Hazelton and Kispiox Indians re-
sulting in a 3-1 victory for the
latter.
Vowell baseball team played the
whites with a 9 1 victory for the
whites, -

Will be Home Monday

_ Rev. T. D. Proctor will arrive
home on Monday, May. 25th and
will resume services at St. Peter’s
chureh the last Sunday in Mav.

It being Whitsunday there will
be morning prayer and holy com-
munion at 1I 3. m., and also the
native service in the afternoon
and the usual evening serviee.

Special music will be provided.

Mr. Proctor is feeling very much
better and is looking forward: to
his return to Hazelton with much.
pleasure. He has not seen in his

would put ahead of this district |®
and none of. the other garden
spots have a Rocher Deboule.,

Government Office Contract

The new government buildings
at Smithers will be’ built by Han-
son & Shockley, the lowest tend-
erers, according to reports cireu-
lating in Smithers on Wednesday
Mr. Hanson said that if the re-
port was true the. building would
be started as soon as Mr. Shock-
ley returned from Vancouver and
and that it would carried through
to completion without delay.

Examining Coronado

Emnest Crawford ‘and ‘Vincent
Lade of Stewart \ were in Smithers
this week and. Wednesday morn-
ing went up to the Coronada pro-
perty. on “Hudson Bay mountain
to make an examination, Tf it is
up to'their expectations’ they. will

di soon “have® a compressor" on the
‘ground and start to: work... - They

- Completion -of

The new Indian sports grounds

complimenting the Indians on the.

| with Terrace,

In the evening the Glen

travels in the south any place hel.

-Kalum Road a
_ Pressing Need

J. M. Hatt,
made his first weekly trip of the
season to Mud Lake, along the
Kitsumkalum Lake road on Fri-
day, carrying supplies to the
settlers of that community, and
making record: time on the re-
turn, There is considerable -an-
xiety on the part of the settlers,
hot only at the lake, but along
the Kalum road in general, as
to when this road will be com-
pleted. |

This ig the logical time to finish
the remaining few miles which
will connect up this trunk road
The weather con-
ditions could not be more favor-
able and, in addition to this, many
of the settlers around the lake
would be able to get in a few

the snow to disappear from the
hills to enable them to do their
development work on their min-
eral claims. So far there does
not appear to be any stir on the
part of the department of public
works to-finish the work, which
was started two years tgo and
the completion of which at an

promised.

There still remain some three
tniles to be graded beyond Mud
Lake to the foot of Kalum Lake,
and were this done at an early
date it would enable those who
are taking in supplies to get
them to the head of the lake with
much less difficulty than is now
being experienced.

OVERHEARD. AROUND

| NEW HAZELTON

Geo, Bengon moved his family
into. the Dunn building the. end
of last week, and is now operat-
ing one of the cars of Benson
‘Bros. from here.

W. M. Boyle has invested in a
new car.
Mrs. MacKay will have a dis-
play of dress goods, ete., at the
‘home of Mrs. Sawle on Thursday
afternoon, May 28: The ladies
of New Hazelton are ‘invited ‘to
call and see. them. ° lt
The first: hot wave of the year
was broken on Tuesday. During
the previous two weeks or so

-|high temperatures reminiscent of.

August had prevailed, reaching | °
almost to the nineties on several
occasions. ~The rivers, which
had risen BO: high as'to:make the
annual threat: of destruction: to.

bridges:and property, more pro-

nounced this. year; have ‘happily
subsided.. somewhat,- and. with
a continued. period of cooler: ‘W@a-
ther, the: danger of. al baormally

menade in thie district,’ IF

de

‘have a& leasing bond'¢ ‘on ft

igh water wi

-|Smithers Will

of Hatt Bros,,

weeks’ work while waiting for.

early date has several times bean |;

“;}ones have served to keep the

i will be conducted by Mrs. A. C,

‘the. Bulkley. Valley:: is in. “pretty

Play Here on
Victoria Day

Smithers baseball team will be
here for Victoria Day celebration
next Monday to play New Hazel-
ton-Hazelton. - The game will be
called at 3.80 and should be quite
a drawing card, It is a long
time since an outside team play-
ed here and the Smithers: boys
usually play pretty snappy hall.
A collection will be taken up to
defray the visitors expenses,

The committee in charge of the
sports for the Empire Day cele-
bration at New Hazelton on Mon-
dao next has drawn up a very
eomprehensive program of events
for the edification of the young:
sters and “‘prown-ups’’, There
will be sprinting events for those
of all ages, as‘.well as various
novelty contests, including sack
races, egg-and-spoon races, and
basebal! throwing. A ladies’
tug-of-war will be a feature.

The other committees are all on
the job and everything will be in
good shape to give the visitors a
good time. The ladies in charge
of the refreshment booth on the
grounds will have plenty of the
best kinds of eats. The dance is
going to be as good as any that
have been put of here and that
is going some. The celebration
should be the best this year fora
number of years.

Bush Fires Numerous

The advent of cooler weather
has brought a measure of relief
to the forestry officials of the
district, whose worried brows
and great activity have testified
to the extreme menace of forest
fires during the past three weeks
in the area under their super-
vision. While few large fires
have occurred, numerous small

officials busy enough. Over the
week-end the Kispiox Valley was
the scene of several fires, the
most severe of which was at
17-mile, where the destruction of
James Hevenor’s: farm buildings
was only narrowly .averted, and
where the bridge: was endanger:
ed for some time.

The seryice in the New Hazel-
ton church on Sunday morning

Pound and will take a special
form to mark Mother’s Day and
Empire Day.

On the Main ‘Highway,

The main road from here. into

good shane. Several. niles east
of: Moricetowi are still rough but
the road: gangs will .soon.:be: on
the job.” The: road from: here to
Moricetowni was nevet.inas good
condition: as at present and when

bs lessened.

the ‘job.is finished ditt: wil be good,

terial. -.

| American Boy

Changes Hands ~ |
--More Capital

The Herald has received word .:
that control of. the Harris Mines
Lid., is being secured by A, P. ©
Denby, of London, Eng., on be-
half of British Capital, and- it is -
expected that development on an
extensive scale will be ‘undertak-
en this year, The. ‘property is
one of the best known in the dis-
trict and considerable develop-
ment work has already been done
on it. A goed dea! of ore ‘has
been shipped in past years, both
direct to the smelter and.as con-
centrates and the values of the
ore have been proven. The pro-—
perty has beer examined by a -
namber of qualified engineers in
recent years and the reports all
were good. A. Erskine Smith of
Vancouver, who is well known
here, made a thorough examina-
tion of the property and he has
been largely instrumental in put-
ting through the deal.
sumption of work on the Ameri-
4) can Boy, together with develop- -
meut on the Sunrise by Mr, Tre-:
thewav will make a big difference
to the business interests of New .
Hazelton and to the farmers and

‘these two properties working and —
more and bigger cedar pole. and
railway tie campe ‘opening, the

- timmediate future looks brighter

than it has for a number of long
years. ,

Victoria Day.
With Terrace .
Next Monday

Terrace will celebrate Victoria
Day on May 25thin a big way.
The program will start at ten
o'clock in the morning with ten-
nis and bicycle races and will con-
tinue uninterrupted during the ©
afternoon and evening. There
will be football and baseball and
racing in the afternoon, boxing
contests in the evening with the
grand dance starting at 9 o’clock
exactly. _ The dance will continue
as long as anyone stays to dance,
The people of Terrace are pre-
pared to: entertain a. big crowd

welcome..and. the biggest time
they ever had. A lot of people
from along the line are’ coming to:
'/see “Slim?” piteh the ball game,

at far as. scrapers and dtagac can : -_
|make. it. " The only” thing: that? .-
will make a road save expense of: .. -

upkeep will be ‘Rravel. At num.
erous places ‘along: the route are: “
deposits of the finest kind: of ma,
The. -tongest. ‘haal” ‘fro
the deposits would be:a short ¢ one:
and the few places where gravel:

has been: dumped: have paved.th
} government money.”

The re-*

gardeners of the district, With’ [im

and ..to give them: the. warmest.