VOL. V, NO. 48 AMONG THE — MEN ‘, \\ . ”_THE LEADING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA "~ -HAZELTON, B C., SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1916 PRICE $2.00 A YEAR News Of: Development From Various Properties in Ha: zelton District The Rocher de Boule is now ‘ shipping ore from the 500-foot level, where the miners .a.few days ago broke into a, fine body ‘of good. ore, varying, according to reports, from three to twelve feet'in-width. The tunnel is now in over -400 feet, and. is being driven at a rate exceeding 15 feet aday, a somewhat ‘remarkable record, even for this mine. _ Lessard & Shaw-are making préparations for active ‘evelop- ment on the’ Knauss-property on|° Fiddler Creek. - The first step will be the completion of the road to the railway, to allow the _ transportation of supplies and ‘to the property this week, ore. Motor trucks willbe used. ‘Hon. Mr.. Lessard left for Ed- monton on Monday. The Hazelton View tunnel is in ‘fifty feet on the vein, which is ‘two feet wide, with a .foot of ‘solid high-grade ore in. the face, ‘LJ, Hoht and LF. Paddison, of. San Franciseo;: ‘are on their ‘way to Germansen, with a small erew, to operate placer ground. New .samples- of rich ore from |. | “the Rocher de Boule and other} mines, in the Progress Club. win- dow, are attracting: a good deal of Pattention. i TOR, Rea, managing ‘divector of the Debenture mine, returned He was aceompanied by J. D. Gallo- way, of. the mines department, who will report on the proposed “poad from the Debenture and the ~ Cronin mine to the railway. -- , “BIG DANCE NEXT TUESDAY EVENING The Progress Club is‘arranging - ga dance for next'Tuésday even-. . ing, August 1, “The affair, which . is to be held i in Assembly Hall, will be for the benefit of - the| Soldiers’ Aid, the local organiza: . tion which. is ooking after the “comfort of Hazelton boys at. the “the front and assisting them as _. they return -home. .__ . be good music and refreshments, ~ end a large: attendance i is tooked for. ; oe There will _After Game and Pictures : A party from Vancouver, - in- ‘ cluding A. Erskine Smith, the ~ mining man, E. A, Haswell, H. '”.E, Haswell, John Utterstrom and ’ Phil Smith, arrived last evening. _ They are on their way to Ground- hog and.the headwaters of the ~ Stikine: for a ‘hunting, trips their “outfit including ‘moving picture|" apparatus, with which they hope to secure films showing, big game under ‘natural ‘conditions, ‘Mr. Utterstrom,; ina: ‘previous: trip, “got some excellent ume’ plotures mae |) the same district... “Methodist Church - ao Rev, M. Pike will preach at: 301 :.. tomorrow.éventng on the subject: » “Life's -Apotheosis, ’” = Mise: Snith will. sini, You are “ ‘orally. invited: to, ations. | entirety. _ Grace: McDougall.” ash fe goast;. ‘have. returned eats’ BRITISH MAKE FURTHER CAINS: DEL VILLE wooD COMPLE TELY OCCUPIED--- _ RUSSIAN ADVANCE CONTINUES IN THE EAST London: British troops have captured Delville wood in its _ It was one of the most important German positions in ‘the Somme region and had been defended by the famous Branden- berg: division, ‘which’ was driven. ut, Our forces captured three officers and 158 men. The whole wood now is in our hands and two German attacks have been beaten off with heavy losses to the enemy. We made further - progress in | Longueval villewe, and near Po- aieres,. and in the latter area we captured 48 wounded Germans, Last night the enemy guns were active against our-new positions and there were heavy: artillery duels in various sectors of thel, battle area, . . Near: Neuve. Chappelle -stnall parties ‘of ‘Germans sueceeded i in. entering our front trenches | at ltwo points, but were immediately driven out. by: a counter-attack, leaving a few wounded in out hands, Petrograd : "Russian. troops continue to advance -gueeessfully against the-Teutons in the region of the Slonevka and Boldarovka rivers, in southern Volhynia. In the district of -Krevo an enemy ‘aeroplane, hit: by our artillery. fire, ” “fell within the enemy lines, «.” . Northeast and southeast of ‘Barnovichi there were artillery duels and encoun- ters between: advance ‘guards, We made small’ advances atsome 1 | points. . ot . The advance of our ‘Caucasian army continues, One of . our patrols captured 31 Turkish offi- cers on the Syvasaki read. The Russian: troops covered a ‘hundred milds‘: within one week in, their advance on Erzingan. The; capture:‘of-that city means). the: virtual?-cohipletion, .of the Russian ocenpat*a of Turkish Armenia. ° Paris: Russians reconnoitering at Auberive,in Champagne, pene- . trated the German trenches and cleared them with hand grenades, taking some prisoners. — A German attempt to. ‘attack near Lihons, north of Chaulnes, was arrested by French artillery fire. - On the right bank of ‘the Meuse, in the Verdun region, German preparations to attack Thiaumont works were. stopped by artillery fire. ae - Two German aeroplanes were shot down in the Somme region. - Ottawa: The naval department today denied that there ig: any |: foundation for the story publish- ed in New York that the German! . super - submarine Bremen has been captured and taken ° into Halifax. Paris:' Serbian forces have begun an offensive against the Bulgarians i in Macedonia, rhe Serbians have ‘occupied a ‘gerias of heights and are mdintaining their position, despite’ the artil- lery fire -and counterattacks of the Bulgarians. Fair Dates Approved The ‘agricultural department! has’ approved. Sept, 15-16 as the {dates for Hazelton fair, which will fit in ‘between the Prifice George. fair. on Sept. 12-13 and Prince ‘Rupert exhibition, ‘Sept. 20-22, The directors are making good progress: with the arrange- ments and the affair should hea big success, #4. HAZELTON PUBLIC” SCHOOL PROMOTIONS Brom: Receiving Claas to First Primer: Gladys’ Edna Halliday, Zella Halliday. Second Primer to First. Reader: Arthur Weinehe Jack Allen, Mazel Cox. _ First Reader to Second Render: Bert’ Cox, Oswald Hosking, Lee Jackman. ; ’ ‘Lhe following Second Reader pupils will be ready’ for: ‘promo-, tion to Third Reader at Christ- mas; Hinest Kirby; Helen Grant, Roberta Anderson, Alice Allen, Eustace Lee, ‘Third Reader to Junior Fourth Reader: Gladys McCready,. va MeDougall, - . Viekey ; Melntosh , Clinton. Halliday, la Junior Fourth Render to Senior | t Fourth Reader: Ralphena Wrinch, | "| Philip Hoskins, Kathleen Allen, eae “the Duke and Duchess of Gon: |naught’ and: Princess . Patricia, ‘who have been. visiting the Pacl- - papers. BOYS APPRECIATE _ COMMITTEE'S WORK - Mindful of their comrades from Hazelton, who are still in the, trenches, Al. Chapple and J. R. Barker,two of our invalided sol-} dievs, went out the other after- noon and in‘a’short time’collected $22.20 for ‘the work of the Soldiers’ Aid Committee. That our boys at. the front are appreciative of the: efforts of the]. committee is made plain in num- erous letters of acknowledgement received by Secretary Allen. An interesting letter from Roy Clo- thier, whol is’ with the Pioneers, says: | “Tn behalf of. the Hazelton boys in our battalion I desire . to thank you for the’ parcel and - You can hardly imagine how welcome the tobacco is, We ‘geta: weekly issue of smoking’ tobaceo and cigarettes, : but at times the cigarette issue is not; very large.” Chewing tobacco is. .:' luxury,and “Macdonald's is a little’, ‘better than that. » The a| magazines and papers have been working overtime sihce their arrival, Not only ¢ do the Hazel. ha any, of. George. Walker’s death. was, badly ‘wounded an ‘the sient ‘of: Sune 6th and. digdon June 7th at ond of the re hospitals... He “No doubt you. will have heard : ‘dent of, a rubber estate, I believe his ‘death was’ caused bv a piece of shell casing striking | - him in the hack. He wasa good game boy and we all mourn him. However, though none of us know whéh our name and number may be on a bullet or a shell, the boys all feel that. if it must come, it will be a life or lives well given. We are going to find out where George is buried and will see that his grave is fittingly marked and attended to. > “Tt may be a satisfaction to you | t to know that today we from the Skeena are the envy of the rest of B.company. They consider us very lucky, and there is no end of compliments for the Sold- jers’ Aid flying about. I can truthfully | gay that we appreciate your thoughtfulness, and we know that. it is the same apirit that sends our Canadians, out hére,up to the frontlines with a joke and laugh on’ their lips and-a-hard and fast conviction of superiority ‘ - lin their'spare time.in the: useful : work ‘of placing direction signa au in their hearts,?” ne - BR Jones was‘un ‘from Skee. na Crossing: ‘this week, accompan- ied by his son Shannon,a resident of ‘Kaufman, Texas,-: Like-all oe . other visitors, thé younger Jones}. is-much impressed‘ writs he re-| ; /sourees of. the district, © James: ‘Anderaon, the . ‘well a| known; Kispiox man, left yeater- day, for. Singapore, to take'-a position . as assistant superinten- He will: be «much; missed on the’ director. tlate of theifair, aasoctatl OMe As (OCA NEWS PARAGRAPHS: Items Of General Interest From’ ‘Hazelton arid Surround. ' ing . District Don't forget the patriotic meet- ing next Friday evening. B. W. Murray arrived from .| Fourth Cabin on Monday. Chas. V. Smith is spending. a few days in Prince Rupert. Miss Louise Astoria, of Prince Rupert, is a guest at the Grant home.. ' Chief Constable Minty return | ed on Wednesday. from a visit to Victoria. . . Robert. Macdonald, of Burns ; Lake, is ‘spending a few days in _| Hazelton, ; G. C. Hay, of the agricultural department, was down from Tel- . kwa this week. a R. Barker,one of our return- ed soldiers, visited thé Bulkley ~ Valley this week, John F, Price, who i is interested - in Babine mining -properties, is here for a few days. "B,J. Whiteroft,the well-known maining man, retiirned on Tuesday from a visit to Edmonton. H. D. Cameron, of the Chicago group, returned. this. week_from a visit to his home i in Edmonton. | Fr W. ‘Dowling, government telegraph superintendent, return- ed té Prince Rupert on Tuesday. Cooper Wrinch and Fiotence | Goddard were successful i in pass ling the high school entrance é ex- aminations. Manager J. F. Maguire, of the Northern Telephone Co., is on: a business. visit to; the ‘Bulkley, Valley towne. . A new motor car, purchased by . J. O'Shea, E, Lofquist and J. E. Germaine, made its appearance in Hazelton this week.. Mr, and Mra, 8. H. Hoskins, ‘with their two sons, returned | veaterday from a vacation trip to the coast and Vancouver Island. The fair: ‘association is: offering a prize for the‘best map of the ‘Hazelton district showing natural features, roads, trails, mineral claims, ete, ; LL Delafield, ‘of New. York, accompanied by - Jas, Dovey, of Seattle, with guides and packers, : is spending a couple of weeks in the Babine country, after: fish end grizzlies. - Forest branch men are e putting en'the reads and traile of the diatrict,. Each signboard bears. an admonition’ to. the traveler to: a be careful with flres.) vies The Wer ‘Anniversary’ tes - Phe second anniversary of. the. a Hall next Friday evening, August. 4, There will speechss,5an . and. mui, « ' character.” ‘| declaration of war will be! marked ‘ 7 ‘by a patriotiemeatingin Agsembly oS