my ee B.C. MAY 1, 19% |.

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E @ N. R. . Changes 7

a :On Thursday it was. announced |
Pa that’ W. H.- Tobey, of Prince
me Rupert, had been appointed su-
aa perintendent of the “Canadian
a National Railways: ‘with juris-
me diction between Prince ‘Rupert
ae and Edmonton, succeeding i, A.
fm McPherson, who has been trans-
Ma ferred to Saskatoon. . Mr. Tobey’s
fe appointment is ‘effective from
ma. May 1, and ‘he passed. through
mm here on No. 3 this morning en
me route to Prince Rupert, which
ae town will remain his headquarters

Bey never made an ‘appointment on
fm the western division of the: line
Ser that will be so generally popular |
em as the one just made. Mr. Tobey
ea has been with the railway from
fag the early days of :construction,
eq and has worked his way along to
® the position of resident. engineer,
mee and now to that of stuperinten-
me dent. That he has the qualifica-
M tions for the position is well
= known, That he has particular
f knowledge-of the district over
# which he will have supervision
R is equally well known, and from
m the First of May. 1925,. the
_ northern Gividion of the Canadian,
@ National should start ona faster |i
™ space towards success. °
= can Tobey bring about many im-
provents on the line and.in the}
A service, but his appointment will
secure to. the railway. the moral
support of the population as few, |
if any, other men: could: attract it.
The railway:;company is to. be
congratulated. upon its selection
of Mr. Tobey as! superintendent.

"Ball Team This Summer .

The ‘annual meeting of Hazel-
ton Athletic Association was held
m in the Omineca Hotel on Friday
evening of last week. when the
boys organized | for: the coming
& season. It is the ‘intention to
m endeavor to put a baseball team
in the field, - ‘It-looks. favorable
i for sufficient matefial: The ‘offi-
fm cers for the year: were’ lected. as!)
' follows: » President, R. ‘S.° Sar-
gent; Vice-President, -C. W. Daw-
son; Sec. -Treas., $i.) Winsby;
Executive Cominittee, Allan’ Ben-
son, P. A. Archibald,’ ‘Cooper H:
Wrinch, Dr. & G ‘Large...

evening: «

visitor: in ‘Smithers. on Sunday,

Make W. Tobey. t | "sues : Usk Centre ah
‘Superintendent a f

The Canadian National has].

Not only’

Telkwa’ “baseball” enthusiasts]
" will organize'forthe season at a/me
meeting to ‘be held: ‘on ‘Sattindny a

Geo;; Little, of: ‘Terrace, was al

' Rev. W. J. Parsons held ger
vice at Riverside: ‘House’ Sunday. |
He is making arrangements for
the’ building. of a church on the
west corner of Lot 27, on- the
same ~bench as the Wells resi-
dence, It will be used jointly by

Settlement Board, Smithers, was
a visitor in Usk on Monday.

T, W. Shackleton left ‘Wednes-
day for Prince Rupert on busi-
ness.

J. A. Rutherford, of South
Hazelton, and fred Nash, : of
Terrace, are plotting and survey-
ing the recently acquired land of
the Labbe Estate which will -be
ready soon for disposition. .

A farewell party was given by
friends to Mr. and Mrs..H., Weis-
miller, who are leaving shortly
ta: make their home in Vancou-
ver, During the evening W.
‘Woodeoek gave a short address
on the uncertain Jength of sojourn
of us wanderers at any one place
and tendered the regrets of part-
ting in wishing bon voyage to the

in fitting: terms.

Miss Irene: Durham, ‘who 2 ac-
companied her mother to Norway
last winter, and. who checked her
return journey ‘at,Smithers, to
visit Mr. and Mrs, Fea,° arrived
home on Wednesday : morning.
The lengthy trip has evidently
had a most healthful effect.

Tom Snell. left for Vancouver,
where he will join Mrs. ‘Snell,
who has been there. for over two
weeks, Tom expects to be back
about the end of next week.

“Ike Evans is buying & team of
horses and expects to enter the
transfer. business in’ Usk . this}
summer, This-is badlv needed,
and ‘it’ is hoped ‘he will be aup-
ported, ;

Boracic Dances .
A heinoug practice in this part
of the ‘country: is the use. of” bor-

acie. on. the ‘dance. floors... .It is’
used’ because it is ‘cheaper, afew

| cents; . than ‘wax, ‘The women,
jand @ some of the meh, fuss them-

~(Telegraph Men

Buests.of honor, who responded ic

"| willbe just it, .
much trouble on aecount of: the

Coming Down
“Are Laid Off’

So far the Dominion Telegraph

Service i is experimenting with the
radio. although ‘the Yukon tele-
graph line is closed to all busi-
ness:
is closed. and this is -probably a

Every odd: ‘pumber cabin

h tions affiliated. : permanent order. Thoseremain-
the denomina fon ame . ling open are No,’s two, four, six on Mr. and Mrs. W. Cy Little
D. D.- Munro, of ‘the Land and eight, Four of the operators || last Saturday.. ;

are now on their way out, they
being Scotty Ogilvie, Dave Hag-
erden, Denny Green and W. H.

Larmer. .

tinue in future.

Hazelton and northern districts.

!

OVERHEARD AROUND

NEW HAZELTON

are interested.

Mav 20th. to select. a ‘candidate t

a small. majority. :
government gain.

‘This * was

spring: arid summer, : 1925, an
will do. exceptionally well.

only will it grow well, but we wi
be able :to harvest. it all,

hoppers.’’ -

train’ schedule. means a.change i

“te

. The..men left on the line, it is}.
believed, will be able to keep it
open in case of emergency, until
the experiments have been com-
pleted and the government de-
‘cides which system it will con-.
Protests against
abandoning the old telegraph line
have been sent to Ottawa from

There. will be a resumption of
mining ‘activities in the New. Had-|
elton district this ‘season, accord- |
ing to men in Prince Rupert who

The Conservative party will
hold a convention. in Rupert on

‘oppose Fred Stork at the next
a Dominion election.

The provincial ‘Liberals won
the Grand ‘Forks by-election by

BH Ferguson of Palling Bays: _
“We will have @.very favorable

whateyer grows north of the 53rd
Not

The
haying | ‘and harvesting seasons
There won't ‘bel -

. The inauguration - of the new

the mail service.: The new. time
for. the mail trains is-as-followa—
Going west.on Monday,. Wednes-
. | day and and Friday at 7. 48 a.m.
{Going éast on Monday, ‘Wednes-
"| day and Saturday. at 7.14 :p, m.

Tn. accordance: with: provisions
' made. by the: provincial: board: ae
| health: De Wee

and: Large he or
. will ‘he i in | attenda aera

Woodeock

Milton Gonzales, of Prince Ru-
pert, and D. D. Munro, of Ter-
race, were week-end visitors with
D. MacLean.

Roy Doll was a Cedarvale visi-
tor last Saturday.

’ Several Kitwanga folks called

‘Thos, §. ‘Hartley- tia’ tntinis-]
fortune to have his house: burned
this week. The fire was. caused
by a defective chimney.
Mrs. Doll, of Kitwanga, spent
a few days visiting relatives here.
5. Davidson, of Kitwanga, was
a Woodcock visitor on Wednes-
day last.

J. K. Frost, of the Forest
Branch, Terrace; visited the
school last ‘week and gave the
pupils » talk in connection with
“ave the Forests’ Week. On
Friday afternoon the school-chil-
dren gave a short program along
the same lines which was attend.)
ed by the parents,
The Woodcock school- children
[have - registered perfect atten-
* dance, with no tardiness, for the
paat two months.

held in Woodcock was spent in
the schoolhouse on April 25, when
about sixty people gathered to
greet Mrs. John Borsuk on her
anniversary. The entertainment
was full.of: many amusing con-
tests, for which valuable prizes
were distributed. To add to the
pleasure of the occasion; Messrs.
Dawson, Tite, Munro, and Gon-

ia]

*l0 on the midnight train, honored
the event with their. presence.
Excellent music: was rendered by|
d the Kitwanga ‘Orchestra. =~
A. M. Venne and son, of Kit-

ill Borsuka.

the Prince Rupert Hospital,

=o)
Geo. Tite, F G. Dawson, and |.

One ‘of the finest avenings” yet’

zales, who arrived from the west

wanga, spent Sunday with ‘the

~Mrs. J. Panlis is a patient in

Fine Program is.
Drawn Up.For .
Hospital Day

The: program for Hospital Day, :
May 12, at the Hazelton Hospital
has been worked out:so that the:

ments possible. The Rev..T. A
Marsh,.' of Terrace, has been:

‘service, and on Tuesday evening:
he will also deliver the graduation
address in Assembly. Hall. .

a reception at the Hospital, and’

There will be refreshments‘ serv-
ed, a baby show, a ball game,’
and a demonstration by the
C.G.LT.

Hall, where the public is invited
to gather, Miss Hickman and
Miss Ford will ‘be awarded their
graduation pins and diplomas. |
The program for the evening will
be the chairman’s address, read-
ing of prize essays. piano and‘
vocal selections, character mono-
logues, . recitations, |
phone selections,. as well a8 num-.
bers from a gextette. ‘Those
taking part are: Mrs, GW. ‘Dun-
‘pate, A.L.C.M., Mrs. ACK, Faly

R.G. Large, Mrs, A. D.. ‘Chappell.
Mrs. Robt. Tomlinson, Mrs. Muli.
MacKay, Miss Smith, Arthur
Kerr, A. A, Connon, and Dr. R,
G. Large.
Following the above “excallent
{ program refreshments. will. be

berin.

- New Athletic: Park

‘The Hazelton Indians: ‘have been

‘| doing some’ great work on their

new athletic. grounds, which are

just-back from the top of the big
hill.”

nj is developing ' a new ‘place...

; underecrop to ‘supply all his feed:

Leon’ Belmont has moved his
| dairy business to his farm just):
west of New: Hazelton where. he
i He
has his. barns. and residence all
complete aiid several acres ‘under |:
erop. He will: carry on clearing ~e
operations all summer . cand . “next

year hopes to- have: “enough | land

. Jobn Salt went down to Rupert |
a few da “

‘and rollers working | on it for
some time, and have now got it
in. pretty. fair, shape. -
whites have contributed towards
the _Oxpenges,. ‘the natives have

eat wound I Hazelton

ed. Tt. will:bea big improvement

a ee the town, :

publie will be given one of the: :
biggest receptions and entertain- oo

secured to take the Sunday church: -
On.
-|Tuesday afternoon there will be

everyone is invited to attend:

In. the evening, in Assembly ,

and . - BAXO-

eoner, Mrs. H. A. Harris,) Mrs.

served and then the dance will

situated on the main road and’

It is:a fine level piece of -
~ ‘ground, and the natives have had
- numerous teams with “scrapers

‘As the:

made it a: public athletic nrounds, ft

The. ‘triangle bléck in front of cg
the drug store is now being plant- .

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