Burns Lake to.
Endako © Road
_ Getting $40, 000

Money Appropriated: to Re-
- pair the Bridge Over:
the Telkwa River |

De. H. C.. Wrinch, M. LA, for . the
Skeena district, returned from Vietoria
this morning. He interviewed several
2» eabinet ministers, - including Hon. Dr,
B . Sutherland, minister of public works.

- Dr. Wrineh informed. ‘the Herald that
' $40,000 has been appropriated for. the
Burns Lake and Endako road and that
as big a force as possible would be put
to work ‘immediately and the job ‘rush-
ed as long as the weather permits, ‘A
real effort is to be made to open thia
connecting link of the-main highway
- that will let the. tourists into the north
country. A further appropriation will
be: required to complete the work i in the
spring,

Dr, Wrinch alao announces that he
arranged with the minister of public
works for an appropriation. to repair
the Telkwa bridge - this fall. and thus
permit the settlers: ‘to get to Telkwa
and to permit the timber interests to
develop these resources, : Thue the new
_ member for Skeena i is making good.

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Labor Dav. was. ‘marked ‘by a
special movie show. and. 4. well-},
attended dance i in. the: evening, 2
Miss Dobb. of the school atafr,
>zéturned to Terrace on ‘Monday
from England, ‘where, with her
“4 (Parents, she visited the Wembley
om { Exhibition; .

( Miss Mary - Allison, who has:
| been’ visiting Mrs. A. Carr, has
returned: to Prijce, Rupert.’ :

. Mrs. Robert Melntozh. returned
‘this. weak to, Prince Rupert.: oe

Geo. Anderson, ‘of the bank
stafi, aeeompanied. “his”: ‘parents
lon their return to Prince ‘Rupert,
: nd spent Labor Day at his home
ere,

Martin Cramer retuned this |
Me from North Dakata, ate.
‘School atarted on: Tuesday with |
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pal ch a staff, Miss Glover, of: Chile

" popularity every year: |

‘| practically every point between

a. lives.

- }joyed as only- ‘hungry: epicures |.

denté . of Two. mile and vicinity.

wack; “and ' Miss | Andrews, of whe me
‘ictoria, constitute. the personnel Spo ammareie

The new shoo-fy track. -weat of south |§ one
arelton wae “made se of this ‘week , uN:

NEW HAZELTON, "B: ©. SEPTEMBER 5, 1924

0600 | ; eeee.
Telkwa’ 8 barbecue. for 1924 was

-| the greatest success the. commit=}

tee has ever achieved, and it: was
admitted ‘on all sides.as the big-
gest thing’ ever staged’ j in the in-
terior. The barbecue: was. ‘start.
ed some years:ago'in a amall way.
and has | grown in importaiice and,
‘The bar-
becue has always been. the great |.
gathering of the people. in the i in-
terior and 88 the~ ‘population in-
creases 60 does the ‘crowd:on bar-
bécue day and this year a thous-
and people met, their friends and
made: new friends. on
’ The barbecue is a. great social
event-and that was’ the original
idea. . The committee has never
made ita money, inaking scheme
and have always, given the big-
rest day’ 3 entertainment possible
with the result. that itis‘ the pop-
ular affair itis. . The finances are
always augmented by a generous
subscription from the loyal citi-
zens of the town and district.
The crowd on. Monday was
made’ up by ‘representatives from

the lakes district. and Prinee: Ru
pert, while. some .of the
sent: ‘very large: deleg tion
Prince: Rupert ‘Board ‘of : Trade
party WAS. ‘very: much in evidence
and had the time of their: ‘young.
There were many. features
‘that keenly ihterested them. .
At. twelve o'clock ‘sharp: Chief |:
Chef Harry Beck and his assist-
ants began the ceremony of rais-:
‘ing the beef from'the pit. Five
quarters . of the choice Bulkley
-| Valley: ‘beef. were found to’ have
been perfectly. cooked and every
slice was eagerly sought and en-

ean, It was not long: before Chef
Beck’s greatest. ‘effort had passed.
into histéry. ” . ‘Several, other stalls

-|Tekwa Barbecue Drew.

Was by F Fat the’ Biggest Day's Sport Ever Given in Intrior—New Features Were Soutce of Great Enjoyment

ng|steer.in.the .corral. . de. stayed |
on‘until: the; ‘pate.was oper

fopen, -

on the grounds also catered to the
needs of the i inner ‘man,

Promptly at one o'clock the
football ‘fame was: started and
it. was the: most ‘strenuous. these
two. ‘teamin- ever played, - It. was
a tie game ‘at the end of an. hour,
and it would take : a zood guesger
to pick the. season’ cE winner.

Asa. result of new ideas in the
program and better. management.
the sporta program went off with
ai swing apd: snap.: ‘As ‘goon as
one éyent was. oyer another ‘was
ready. and. the “crowd: was kept
busy ‘all the - ‘time, .While the
first race was ‘called, thrée buck-
ing steers were turned onto. the
field to show: their prowess, “The
first sport, a long horned brindie|
steer, dropped. his passenger af-
ter tne: first few jumps.. Ben
Nelson was up. Perey Sparks, (
who- had never ridden. ‘an animal
before, sailed out of the chute on
a black steer - and. succeeded in
sticking on the job. -After. that
the steers were unable to. dis-
mount their riders until the tail
end of the Bbhow when one James.
Graham ‘volunteered to ride any

the. steer: saw the ‘field...
went up with. first. bound and’ ‘the
steer didn’ t wait, - Jimmy hit the |

| ‘wind, knocked ‘out and. received a nasty:
ext on the head.. Firat aid was render-

Largest crowd) Yet

Geo. Josephi, ‘a Moricatown smetive. At
the of the -performance E. G, Strim-
boldt of Topley,. undertook to ride Bar-
becue, a horse that was never success-
tully ridden before. Ha rode it. The
winner of the contest was James Mor-
gan of Topley. _ ‘Williams successfully
rode a, bad horae, Chileooten, and a col-
lection was taken up for him,
‘The horse races were ona par with
other years and as yet there is nothing
inthe valley. that can challenge Dr.
Paine's Warrior. In-the Derby race, he
was scratched from the betting. Roy
Wakefield was on hand with Dandelion,
King and Queen’ and got away with a
good share of the prize money. The
winners of the various events were as
follows:—
‘Pony. race, half mile—-Wakefield’s
Dandelion and A. Chisholm's Hot Cake.
Indian race—Michel’s. Nellie.
Quarter dmile—Wakefield’s Q ue en,
MeNeil’s Marmalade, Skelhorn’s: ‘Bird,
Half mile open— Dr. Paine’ 8 Warrior
and Dandelion., ;
Bulkley Valley Derby—Warrior and
Queen, .
While the broncho busting Was on.a

of the chute Chas. Riddick of Francois
Lake was holding... The. ‘man_ had | his

ed and the man’ “was removed: to ‘the,

sand face first and with his mouth

Other ridera were Pete Wake-
field, Frank Williams, : ‘Dick Horn-

ing; J. Morgan, Christiansen and
Shaw. These’ young | fellows - Were. 6

game bunch and ‘provided exeellent en-
tertainment for the érowd. The win-
era were R M. Horning. of Topley and
R. Shaw: ‘of Telkwa,

“On the bueking. bronchos Ralph Wil.
Jlisma was the first: aider. and he came. to
grief i in a few. yards, ‘Other riders were
 Wiliains, J. Morgan, Roy Monger, and

fully justified. , Next year still further
improvements will be made,

‘ident of the day.

In the evening the day was. ‘brought
toa successful close with adance, and
itis doubtful if. a bigger crowd ever
navigated ona similar. floor Bpace;
hall _ more. than. doubie the size is now
‘required for the barbecue: dance, The
music “was good and the refreshments
were of the beat while: the Bervice was
well organized and. very. -efficient.

- The. barbeeue Was B financial. success
‘and. the faith of. the: committee was

iy

Supper Went Up.
to Clouds; Beans .
Were Dynamite/

“On ‘Puesday evening. the ‘resi-

were, somewhat. startled’ by. an
explosion’, ‘that: was - ‘not. on™

hia. cabin, Bangi “And Dunlap
-|dropped also.. H was'a pail ‘of
dynamite he: had: puton the stove).
and not of beans. gels

Dunlop was: taken. to. the hos-
_| pital suffering: ‘from. Bhock, a few!
bruises, and one.or two cuts, but |”
the latest. reports. are that: he ig
doing nicely: and. enjoying: him-

largest shareholders‘ in the ‘Sun-

rise Mining: Co., aspen
@ selt.. y He i is, tickled. that his: sup- here la

lof. the: ‘propertie
S sitheneee

Would Further ;
Develop Sunrise |
Ore e Showings

‘Jas, Tretheway, ‘one of the]

Mr.

white horse kicked open the rear “gate :

nursing home. : That was the only ae. |--

taking parlors, . Prince . Rupert, oe
was-a visitor on. Sunday and. -

Smithers : Social ne
Centre as Fair
Ran Its Its Course:

_ Anumber of functions occupied :
the evenings of- Smithers’ resi- °.
dents last week and this. “On
Thursday night the athletic con-
cert and smoker, to which the
ladies responded heartily’ to their
invitation to attend, drew forth
a record crowd. -- The following

‘Jevening wa’ marked. by the Far-

mers’ Dinner, a-get-together for
the. main purpose of discussing
problems relating to marketing.
This subject gave opportunity. for
numerous ‘speakers from various
‘points to give most informative
speeches from the viewpoints of
both producer and consumer.

. The: visiting members of the
Prince Rupert Board ‘of - Trade
were guests at a banquet. tender-
ed ‘by the Smithers Board. ‘of
Trade ‘at the Hotel Bulkiey on
Tuesday ‘evening. of this. week.
The toast responses. struck. the
note of ‘unity’? between the:
organizations and people of the.
interior and the coast in the com-_

‘|mon fight of the north for its  §

a| just dues as it progressed.

B-
OVERHEARD. ‘AROUND.

NEW HAZELTON.

‘Rev.. Pather McGrath, of Fitna
| Rupert, is spending. a ‘couple of
weeks holidays: here, . ‘and: is hav:
good sport hunting | grouse, -

Mr. Morris, of the B.C, Under.

made the trip by ‘car ‘to- Telkwa.. .
He is. another ™ ‘booster for - the:
country as a tourist resort and its:
fruit and garden lands.

‘daughter spent’ the™ “holiday at a
Telkwa and Smithers. - : we

“Fred, Peterson motored down: .

; from the. interior on' Wednesday :
in the car he’ ‘won at: the drawing

Fred. sold his car tothe first man
he could’ get to take, it. off: his a
hande. - .

kicked by a’ ‘horse on Wednesday. __
afternoon 8 while, paving. with: ‘a
‘lai

‘Herbert and ‘Mrs. Hankin and: oe

* Little - Howard Thornton Sa: os