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ary Monday morning the first
m special train for this season went
= west carrying a lot of eastern in-
surance men who were enroute
to attend a convention in’ Van-
couver,

Henty Denno is confined to the
house for a week or so.

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A son was born to Mr. and Mre.
#Halvarson, New. Hazelton, Fri-
- fday morning, March 19.

=e Albert Mercer left the first of

Bathe week for his trap line on the

meCopper river. He hopes to get

@mback in time for the 24th of May

medance.
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Work on the Silver Cup was re-
msumed this week under the direc-
Mtion of W. S. Harris of the Nor-
thern Prospecting & Develop-
Bment Co. It will not be long un-
til this property will be sending
down rich ore for shipment.

The tennis court near the New
Hazelton church is being put in
7 3 shape for use this season.

Stanley Gould of Smithers was
aller in town Wednesday.

W. S. Harris and J. Boulding
mawere visitors at Vanarsdol this
Bveek and looked’ over the pro-
meaoerties of VanMeter and Ciore
mennd Little Bros,

Services will be held at: the
meerular hours in St. Peter’s

y hureh; Hazelton, next Sunday,
Maiarch 28. On Good Friday,
Sipril 2nd, service will be held at
fela.m., while on Easter Sunday,
mApril 4, Holy Communion will be
mdministered at 8 and 11 am.,
feat p.m. the native service will
mee held, and evening praver at
me 30. There will be special music
met these services. On’ Raster
monday Rev. T. D. Proctor will
ko to Kitwanga to conduct Holy
ommunion services at 3 and
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Among those who can boast of
Maving had outdoor flowers all
inter is Jos. H. Benson, of Two
Mile. Though Joe was away for
menost of the time, the blossoms
mavere there, nevertheless, and
M@eince his return several weeks
Memeo Joe has picked several frag-

meant bouquets of pansies and
ther hardy blooms. | -

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Some improvements are being
nade to the new' school grounds
mn the way of burning rubbish,
Mulling: stumps and levelling up
of eground, Other fires in this
icigborhood attest to the call of
joring and the desire to take
mivantage of the wonderful wea-
mer to seek the outdoors.

a School Inspector H. CG. Fraser,

Prince Rupert, came in on
Bhursday’s delayed train on one
ne of his periodical visits to the

' ‘marriage,
.|tertained at dancing and at mid-

Mrs, C. H. Mould of Andimaul
is a guest of Mrs. Richmond.

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A. A. Stewart and Capt. Will-

C. A. Bjornstad, vice-president
of the Skeena Lumber. Uo., has
returned to North Dakota after a
lengthy stay at the company’ 8
mill here.

Mrs. Bell Davis is on a trip
from Rupert visiting her mother
Mrs. D. McDonald. The latter,
with her family are leaving today
for Cowichan where her husband
is located.

Mrs, Buckley Shannon return.
ed from Vancouver this week af-
ter spending the winter in’the
south. She was accompanied by
her infant daughter and Daddy
Shannon was very appreciative
of the new comer.

, George Little, of Terrace, was
a visitor during the week to his
Property adjoining the Silver
Bow. He has driven an adit
30 ‘feet across country with a
view to striking the vein at
depth, and to intersect it esti-
mates that he must go at least 35
feet more. He was accompanied
to the property by Douglas Lay,
provincia! mining engineer,

Jos. Marchildon came in with a
poke of placer gold from his Pio-
neer lease, two miles up Kleanza
Creek, where he has done econ-
siderable work prospecting the
ground by trenches and pits over
a wide area, He admits finding
45 cent dirt over the greatest
part, but much higher values at
the upper end of the bench, Here
he put in four days wheeling dirt
to a small six-inch sluice for
washing, and cleaned up $25,
Some of the gold was coarse,
weighing around a dollar. He
says he removed about ten yards
of dirt to get this and that the
gold 1s getting coarser’ as he
works upstream,

‘Great Jubilation last Saturday
night. The Tennis Club gave a
basket social and realized $50.0u,
enough to wipe out all the debis.
The next affair will be Easter.

Jas. D. Wells left this (Friday)
morning for Vancouver on busi-
ness. He hopes to have good
news to report when he returns
in a couple of- weeks.

Celebrated Anniversary

Tt was a happy crowd ‘that
gathered at the home of.Mr, and
Mrs. John Robingon on Saturday
evening to help thém celebrate
the tenth anniversary of their
‘The guests: were en-

night delicious refreshments were
served. : The host and hostess r Te
ceived a number of pieces of

- hools in the ‘neighborhood.

aluminum: ‘ware and ‘ many xood
wishes, a

man were in Rupert on. business. |.

Jserved by the hostess, and the|

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ong ago, under the shadow of the
Canadian Pacific Rockies, the
western Indians worshipped the sun
‘with strange.and barbarous rites.
It was'the custom of the red man of

- the plains to bow down in homage
each year in worship to the friendly
orb that gave him light to see,

_ warmth when he was cold, and in
ail ways enhanced his progress
through ‘the countless ages of his
being

Whole tribes gather together now
during the month of midsummer,
upon some spot on which the sur
shines every moment from sunrise
to sunset, to worship and be blessed
ia the sight of the sun god. An In;
dian woman, selected by the Head
Men of the tribes, embodies the
human sacrifice of al) those gather-
ed. She sits in the sun‘dance lodge
for four days: and four nights and
every two hours of this: time her
head is sprinkled. with ashes. The
woman does not eat or drink and is
guarded by the five highest priests,
or witch doctors of the tribe, who
ding and cham monotonously all the
time. Whistles are blown and tom
tems beaten. All so that the wo-

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strength to hunt, power for battle,

rod,

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man should not close her eyes in
sleep.

The sun-worshippers include the
mightiest of the Indian tribes, the
Blackfeet, Stonys, Piezans, and Sar-
sees, They have a heritage of noble
blood in their veins.

Throughout the ages, despite the
apparently civilizing influence of
the white man, they have: retained
their form of worship. Many of
these Indians are Christians. They
attend regular church = services.
Many of them are well educated and
speak English with a fluency which
would astonish the average white
man. But in their secret hearts
they know, they feel they have been
unable to eradicate the beliefs and

euperstitions in which they were

merged for centuries, before the
Canadian Pacifie Railway bored its
way through the mountains of gran-
ite and brought the white man with
his superior standards of life.

Onee a year the Indians shed the
conventional raiment of the white
man, which they have adopted. and
gather to dance around the camp-
fires where offerings are burnt as
sacrifices for the favour of the sun
The Indians break up into

sfewering the call of the Tribes.

groups and sing, chant or male
speeches. From all parts of tha
carip come the sounds of tomatoms,
war drums, medicine pipe drums,
and many other forms of instru-
ments which the Indian believes will
kelp his cause to receive the bless-
ings of the sun god As the emoke
rises heavenward from the fires, the
priests chant. weird hymns, theit
antics become wilder and wilder,
their movements faster

Then, as the darkness breaks and
the chill. grey dawn slowly spreada
over the scene, all becomes still,’
The Indians sleep. But they rise at
seven or eight o’clock and spend the
day preparing for the next night

And so the festivities continue far
twa weeks, ‘

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J. D. Boulding and W. 8. Har-
ris, of New Hazelton, were visi-
tors in town the.early part of
this week and went upto Van-
arsdol to examine mining pros-
pects there.

Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Frost en-
tertained at'seven tables of bridge
on Tuesday evening. last to cele-

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“TARNISH”

A super-picture,showing on Friday
and Saturday, March 26-27, at the

Theatre

Terrace

brate the second anniversary of
their wedding. The winners of
the firat prizes were Mrs, E. T.

ond, Mrs. Geo. Dover and A. H.
Barker, and consolation, Mrs. C.
R. Gilbert and George Little.
Delightful refreshments. were}

remainder of the evening ..was
spent i in dancing: and social inter-
course. =}

H. C. Fraser, inspector of ;
schools, visited the loca! institu-
tion on Tuesday and Wednesday
of this week.

W. §. Anderson returned on |
Wednesday morning from Smi- .
thers,: where he was engaged in|
doing repait work for .the public}
works department,

Thos. . Peddie arrived from View}
toria on Wednesday of last week|
to ‘take. ‘up the: ‘position of. high
school. teacher. -
panied by Mrs. Peddie ‘and child, T
ren, and has taken up Yeaidence

he. Montell raineh on -the|

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OF THE

PROVINCE OF BRI-
TISH COLUMBIA

TAXATION ACT.

- MARCH

IS THE FINAL DATE FOR MAKING.

PERSONAL

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WITHOUT NOTICE oR
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oat any  Provinelal Asseago

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