NEW. HAZELTON, B.. Ge WEDNESDAY. "SEPTEMBER 23, 1931 : Snappy Nines Lest to Senior Smithers Team. - Special Correspondent In the face of a freezing wind -« fair’ crowd turned cut:to, witness the Smi- f thers seniors, ably ‘supported by. the, y officials, chalk up thelr first victory fin eight games, ns they overcame their f youthful rivals; the Smithers Snappy. Nine, Despite the continiial setbacks ‘meted pe out by the ‘utmpires the Snappy Nine i displayed thelr ual snappy brand # ball.. At no time during the game : iid the seniors prove themsclves mas- ters of the situation. fePe oe After easily retiring the seniors the fea. young boys pounded Roberta for two " Alfa fa Should [Labor Camps" | - Absorbs Men General Crop” , ‘Seyeral ‘Open In 1 the N orth| During 1 hig : “recent, ‘vistt to errace'| 8. ‘8. Phillips, distrlet, agricnlintist, stressed the value’ of alfalfa aa a for-. age crop, As far as is known. this’ lant was started in the central dist: rict in 1915 by George Finlay of Top-) ley. The first plants” were of the 8i-. berian variety. © inlay propagated. ‘the: ak ital seed in a. hot house, later’ transplant. ment at’ Victoria fried to make capita ing to the fi id. out of the fact, that to spend a number ne ‘he wistied to produce seed of au? jof millions of. dollars over © territory ’ 7 kes time to ‘or- ficient vigor to withstand the \ 1écai’ enalze and Savalas Not ° alwong climate he gave this erop special care. | lean a’ government move as fast as it only i be disappointed ty . small . may desire, especially. when it js ne- tara of Se “ the CNR ay a left. hie cessary to work Jin conjunction with farm, Although ‘the altal fa: e pate, another government ' ‘three © thousand There are, “not many. idle men lefi' around the country now, and within a week there will be none. All are being taken care of through the. -polfey . of | winter work to tide the country ovver B ‘temporary. depression. Some whose desire i was to. embarass the govern- ray : Wants ro ) BRING IN. SETTLET ' — Canadian National Immigration ‘Man ‘Paid his First Visit to this Dist-_. viet Last Week—Saw Much Horry Bowman of »Prince George, a specin] representative : of. the deparj- ment’ of colonization: and agriculture Canadian National: Railways, was in the district last week for a day or so, He visited the Kispiox Valley for the -first time and he adnaitted that he had his eyes opened.’ He found a great ‘tract of country especially good for mixed farming,-an dthat was what a -lot of people were looking for. He al- 80 learned. that. a lot of. the land was open for pre-emption, and that was an- other thing. the people were looking for.. He then went to the government office at Smithers to ascertain what runs, Including ‘a fast squceze . play. t This, and an unassisted double by Car-;W48 subject to heavy grazing for; ey were the features of the day. fae less until the fourth innings when, by | Still In good shape. : in me staging o desperate raity the gentors|. C. E. Richards of the Dominion Ex- mee drove in four runs to take the lead. m Roberts then settled down and his m sreater experience proved too much | m for the youngsters. The senlor bat eee tery held the juniors in check until | Men the seventh inning, despite very poor|the best for. the area. pae support from their team mates. In limit’ for alfalfa has not yet been de- the seventh the Snappy Nine acquired s their last run, when a fast one from experimental plots with alfalfx seed: Evans. The seniors scored three more rung, “and from then on Giraud and Roberts f.retired their sldes. in short order. good fourth growth - to cover crowns for winter Protection, eral, [ the reputation built up by the High] Specially successful, t School boys during the. past season, B. but will convince. the baseball authors, eres Cee does not do well, He. dy. ities that. the: senior team “needs | 7) thorough house cleaning, and next gea-| treats the land. son should: see ‘a food number ofthe]: ing the town,” | The score was 9 runs to 3 fn favor. industry, To grow alfalfa properly it of the seniors, Geo. Wall was umpire is necessary to have well drained land |? - “land a goad percentage of lime con- ; : . : tent in the soil. Given these condi- AT SMITHERS tions farmers In the Skeenn and Buik. ~s ley should find this a° good reliable: —_— crop and @ money maker for them- _A handicap tournament was staged | Selves. me over the week end on the Smithers my golf course. There was a good tourn- g out of players. The first. prize for men went to Tommy Richardson, while | = Alrs. Eby took the silver plate present- * ed to the winning lady, THE SQUIRE OF GLENTANNA J. C.-K. Sealy, the squire of Glen- tannu, arises early, saddles his faith- ful old cob and rides over his broad = Harry’ Thrupp of the divistonay |“*"® to view his fat herds and td see | freight agent's office, Prince Rupert, that alt ‘his. fences are‘sound.. He has is spending a few days visiting friends developed @ wonderful farm ‘oF many around Smithers. acres. He has great hay barng all oe bursting with feed for the stock; he Jim Porteous returned’ to town on {288 bundreds, of bushels -of grain and Sunday last after, holidaying on the he and his stock will have 2 good time ae prairies. {this -winter, and so will anyone else in , ‘|need who make known thelr necd to ge Olof Hanson came back to Smithers {him, for he is a kindly man with a m on Saturday night after 4 business trip ;heart, and works ‘good works while to Prinee Rupert. ~, ‘{others are not looking. * eter eee: ed A. M Maison, MLA, “arrived dn P town on _ Sunday ° ‘evening, he’ having 7 ben on a trip” to ‘Omineea, . ‘THRESHING IN THE_VALLEY Four or five threshing machines in the Butkley Valley have been-on the job for more than a week, “Some of the farmers have finished threshing: some are In the midst of it and’ others are Walting their turn for the machine It might ie said that cutting. has heen finished, and all in good time.and tle A lot of the: boys fre & having: a lot, wee" fin getting up early and disturbing men the grouse at their breakfast, a | a6 F Another case of driving to ‘the coms |. = 0D danger was tried in the police B Nccton ‘van fined "and cots tn, In coed shat. it owner | amounting to $18.50. It ig understood Rubert elevator will take coarse, gra iis notice of appeni hag been given, "| the Bulkley. Valley. can ship a Bo many. ‘carloads ‘of No. 1 grain. A. sale Rev. Mr. Redman. and: Joba Newiex|through ‘the -elevator would make ‘a }left Tuesday morning for Princo Ru: wonderfat attference tae Falley ane BF ayes put a.lot of pep Inte the farmers who- ; y ner fo attend * Dee ef ot Presbytery At present ore at a loss to know: just what to do with thelr. grain, On Thursday. last. a’. ‘son vas born eral years, and has also Passed through j- The juniors held their rivals score-|8everal severe winters the growth ied perimental farm dida lot to promote this crop by supplying operators of Past experience hes shown that the Ontario varigeted and Grimm’s -to - be The ;northern termined. This year three crops have been taken off afield at the Hazelton Watson went through Arnold, scoring Hospital farm and this in time irs e At Terrace it has been tried by sey- Owing to the lack. of lime in the “This defeat will by no means lower | S0il the experiments have not been Hy Franks has a field on the bench, but says tt ts have: sbetter success atter: Te ’ The legume has a higher feed value younger players in uniform represent-jthan any other plant in its class it fs eapecially valuable for the dairying «, lands .in’ the Kispiox were available alles away. i. for pre-emption, . » However, that is ae nar a the | Mr. Bowman said that his depart: political OPpOS th 31 a dt e thee ment vas tonstantly {n touch with a i pat tort t nt TSt Gay, tl “a grent ‘many prospective settlers, and ablishment of a tent eamp was étar he desired to get them located on the ed at Porphery Creek, a few miles east best possible land. He hoped to put of New Hazelton. By Wednesday a fa number. on the Misplox land this number of men were at- work there and coming year by the end of the week more than a Quite a number of new people ha a: dozen were on the job. This is on the been put on the land in the Prince main highway and the work to be ‘George. and Nechako district. He is done is widening’ out the hill from ‘the | of the opinion that new settlers would creck, and. straightening out and wid- get away to a better start in. this dis-' ening the narrow sinfl crooked plete of | rice ‘rhe olimate’ is better, there is road between the creek and. 8 mile a lot more moisture andthe winters That will make thee wae Apnrere: are no so severe,. There is also a very. ment, and make tiavel safe, an much greater variety of produce that tent camp is belng put in four mile con be handled here.--. + below Kitwanga another tent camp is He would like the Boards of Traie operating. These tent camps were eg- to get out information which his com- tablished so as to get the men working ' pany could distribute to inquiring j pro- at the earliest possible” moment and to speets. . get working on the jobs that woult on- |: ; Ey: take - “1 few “Weelzx:: gen 28 - At Chimdemash | Creek” at Usk: +, ‘THE GREAT NORTH ROAD J AGAIN camp will be of Q more. permanent na- oy . ture, There ‘is a lot of thnber ‘work ‘Provincia and. considerable rock work to be done there. Another permanent camp will be pat in across from Pacific wher, the work will be mostly rock, The will be. another Permanent camp below ' Cedaryale. These- camps. will take care of séveral hundred men or all the | men in the district who want to work. ! In addition to the camps there are odd small gangs of men at various places taking off rock corners end the sharp corners. Some of these have! been working all week even close 7¢ Smnithergs. While this is what the pro- vinelal | ‘government is doing with ‘the sistance of the Dominion government, there has been no announcement made yet: as to what the village of. Sinithers proposes to’ do™ for” ifs. local ‘Wnemploy- ed under the ‘plan of 25 per cent for the municipality, 28 per cent for the province and 60 per cent ‘for the Do- Hazeiton down through: the Pacific minion. Possibly ‘Smithers figures it coast states to Mexico, a distance of can get along nicely by putting all the 4,000 miles, atid all good roads. Whén local men. out on. government) work | the road is extended from New Hazel- and do nothing in town, - ton: to the Yukon and on to Alaska an. : other thousand miles wil! have been, added to the route. That will make a nice trip for anyone with a holiday fai Refers: _In Recent Address in Vaneoaver ° . —, v. Gordon Smith, in charge. of the !Provingial Bureau of Information, at ; Victoria, in gn address fa Vancouver .Tecently expressed: high hopes of the yYukon-Alaska, highway being gone ahead with in the near future. Mr, Smith is in q position to kaow what he js talking about, and government officials do not usually talk _ Unless they have Some authority, In the meantime there is a strong movement in the United States for the road, and there is no doubt where the money Is coming from aa soon as the Ted tape between Canada and the Uni. ted States haa been gone through witi nud satisfactory agreements have. been ‘reached. Just now one can motor from New THEY GOYA \ Goat ———- Last reek Albert Mercer and- Roy: Guss went up Rocher de Boule and got a goat. They did not: bring it. back with them as‘the country was too investments the province cowld make, rough, they were too far from home, and it began to get ‘dark, They left at seven in ‘the: “morning and did~not get back .wotil. nine at night. . They C. Ww. Dawson in the hotel business in glacier -and: up in that country they | home of hig parehtg in-Oregan’, ‘follow: : were wild and ‘hod: been -huntd by Jn-|done In the hopes of. Prolonging - ‘his dons until they’ reached . the highest life after n stroke, It’ 4s about-S years, peaks. ‘The -walls. of. tock dre “too ‘since Rolfe left ‘Hazelton, ‘He was. ba shear In places for comfortable walk: years” of age. ing, in fact in places one has to be a, fly. The .boya came ‘down and ‘next |: ee Dat the Hazelton Hospital ‘to Mr. and Irs, W. F. Atrill of ‘Morlestown, a —_—— “The Oriness Herald. is #200 a year, me Sealy. “enleh trail home,. they: went -over the ‘glacier - x: a took daughter, Mrs.Z, BE ‘Wrinch, left: on jfound ‘a: berd of ‘elght goats. - They |ing the amputatton of a teg_ whiteh was os : the : |Wonderful Trip To the Bulkley ; Fields of Gold One of the finest trips. one could ‘wish for is by auto from New Hazel- ton to Moricetown then via the high road through tle farming community of Glentamna and on to Tyee, Lake and in to Telkwa, thence east along the old and still: the main highway to Round Lake and on to Deep Creek, . At this time of year the days are us- nally clear and sunny and still just fort, There has been enough frost so to the. various. -yeliows, browns and. now and then a streak of red. The various shades of. ‘green of the ever. #reen treeson the hill. sides and moi tain sides presents a. “pleture one will never forget, nor. yet will one ever ad- equately discribe, ‘While the ‘above coloring Predow ates the hill sides, the lower: Jand and the undulating valeya present: uite an- other nicture, yet even more’ ‘ fastinat- ‘ting. There ore hundreds of acres af- ter hundreds of acres of farm lands closely covered With stooks of oats and wheat and barley, all in the best of condition and running very high in bushels per acre, Farmers were busy in "the fields with binders, and in Dlaces threshing machines were busy. The ‘grain crop of the Bulkley Valley will be the big- gest in the history of the valley, All along the route there are moun- tain streams pouring pure and cold water into the larger rivera or into the many lakes that water the coun- atry Rud. make. sure, its. fertility...