VOL. V, NO. 48

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”_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