- New Army Hall
Was Opened
At Kitwanga

. ‘The new Chureh Army Hall at:

fe Xitwanga, erected by the natives
efor their worship was formally.
pyopened and dedicated last Mon-
meday afternoon by Archdeacoe Rix
sof Prince Rupert and Rev. T. D.

Proctor of Hazelton, minister in
Bicharge. Natives gathered from
ithe coast and interior points to
ithe number of 250, toyether with
‘bands and choirs. There were
lnrocessions early and late to the
incoming trains, to the church to
a Eithe haliand around the village,
if ‘al ways accompanied by music,
mm, The ceremonies included a love
Beaifeast for natives at 12 0’clock,
ma followed by a massed procession
a ‘through the village and back to
me the Holy Church, thence to the
anew hall where the dedicatory
services were conducted by Arch-
a Fdeacon Rix and Rev. Proctor.
® Then the doors were thrown op-
Bien to the whites and the congre-
aivation was increased to about
450 or more. .
i This service was opened with
prayer foliowed by the Kitselas
‘choir. A collection of 5100 was
received. The Kitsegukla choir

misanp and they made a: presenta~

mm tion of $20 towards the expenses
m of the new hall and a beautiful
covering for the» pulpit. The
i‘Kitwancool choir sang and Arch-
deacon Rix gave an address with
Bob Sampare as interpreter. The
eK itwanga choir sang and the op-
_ fening meeting was brought to a
4 close. The singing of the native

Wi choirs was wondertul and worth
going far to hear.

New Year’s Eve Dance

= Alarge crowd was present at
avthe New Year's Eve ball held in
Bithe G.W.V.A. Hall, Terrace, un-
der the auspices of the G.W.V.A.
° aM Kixcellent musie was
Me provided by a four-piece orches-
Bitra consisting of Mrs. W. T.
m Atwood and Messrs. Kenney,
BiToombs and Atwood. At mid-
Bnight a citcle was formed and
‘Auld Lang Syne’’ was heartily
° sung, after which the New Year
Biwas given an auspicious start by
the fortifying of the inner man
with an abundance of: refresh-
ents provided by the members
pf the Auxiliary. _ Dancing was
kept up until an early hour,
a :
of M Pearl and..Hugh Gill left on
oD onday morning’ for their home
En Prince Rupert, baving spent.

the holidays here, as guests of
. 4 heir grandmother, Mrs. Gill.

Dan.. Mason, : of CopperGity,

was a week-end visitor. in town. |,

! Floyd Frank was a business,

visitor in Prince Rapert on Mon,

May, 0 teh od es
) Mes. E,-M. Smith is:a: visitor
a n Prince. Rupert this week, . .

‘

‘fatal.

NEW HAZELTON, B.C., JANUARY 8, 19269

No. 28

, Skeena’s 8 Usk Centre

The advent of the New Year
was celebrated in Usk with a
number of functions which went
to make the occasion one of the
cheeriest in the history of the
town. The milk of human kind-
ness was everywhere abundant
and in places.there was something
even stronger than that.

For the New Year’s Eve dance
the hall was corgeously decorated
in a panoply of tissue network
above the floor.. At midnight
the net fell and. envelopéd the
many dancing couples. -The rev-
elry lasted until a very early hour
and a unity of good cheer pre-
vailed throughout.

Mr..and Mrs. R! W. Graves
entertained at a New Year’s Eve
party at their residence, where
the old was sped and the new
welcomed most heartily.

‘Mr. and Mrs, J.. Halbert enter-
tained as their guests an New
Year’s Day a few old-time bach-
elors at dinner, ant! »fteward all
repaired to the residence of Mr,
and Mrs. J. Bell, joining an as-
semblage of guests there ut sev-
eral tables of whisi.
score :eard; resembled a setting of
egrs, and he only just missed the
“booby”, The prizewinners were

Mrs. Butt and Mr. Varner, firsts,.

and Miss Butt and Mr. Butt, con
solations. Among those present
were Mr. and Mrs. Alger, Mr.
and Mrs, Butt, Misses Alger and
Butt, and Messrs. Bethurem,
Butt, Gall, Moody, Varney, and
Wells. -

G. W. Ellis, at the moment of
his commencement of active de-

velopment of mineral prospects|'

in this district, having acquired
several promising properties, was
suddenly stricken by illness while
operating on the Snow Flake
group, Kitnayakwa, forty miles
inland from Copper City and on
Coprer River. Forced to walk

all the way in for medical atten-|

tion in-a weakened state due to
his inability to take nourishment
for six days, Mr. Ellis almost
suecumbed on the trail. .Only
superior will power forced his
body to keep on after he had col-
lapsed several times on the trail.
With the assistance of Mr. Davis
he reached Terrace, where first
aid was efficiently rendered by
Tony Brunsing until the doctor

‘| arrived on Wednesday and reliey-

ed the suffering man opportunely,
as further delay would have been
He''was.:taken to ‘the
Hazelton Hospital in charge ot
the doctor.

it “impossible to keep running
Bteadily, ‘as ‘the logging outfite
are: ‘anatle t to get into the woods,

G. Otis, of Fillmore; Sask., is

p guest” ‘at the honie of . Mr. and}
| Mrs. ‘A. a. Downing. a |

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Kitwanga |

- Miss Antoinette Venne arrived
from: Marcelin, Sask.. on New
Year’s Day, to join her father,
A. M. Venne, who has been in
this vicinity: for the past two
years. Miss Venne says, though
many people have given her a
short stay in this part of the
country, that she came to keep
house for her daddy while he
carves out a home, and, though
“far from the madding crowd,’’
is not appalled thereby.

Mr. and Mrs. T, J. Davidson
entertained a few residents of
Kitwanga on New Year’s night,
when a fine goute was served
and an enjoyable evening spent
in card games and other amuse-
ments. Those present included
Mr. and Mrs. O. Utterstrom, A.
M. Venne, Miss Antoinette Venne
Roy and Tom Moore, A. Camp-
bell and R. Burton,

The largest gathering that was
ever witnessed at the Anglican
mission church took place on

sunday, when at least 180 natives

assembled, some coming from as
far as Port Simpson. The ser-
vize lasted several hours and was
pars of the dedicatory ceremonies
connected with the new Church
Army Ball,
opened on Tuesday.

John Borsuk, of Woodcock, re-
cently visited a number of his
friends in Kitwanga. ' Mrs. Bor-
suk, who has been visiting Prince
Rupert, returned home on Tues-
day morning.

The weather still remains fine
and mild, and a large portion of
the winter has been shortened,

The piano purchased with the
fund raised by the Parent-Tea-
cher Association has arrived and
has been placed in the school.

W. W. Hipnesiey left an Satur-
day for Hazelton Hospital, where
he is taking treatment.

Miss Etanda Marsh has return-
ed to Prince Rupert after spend-
the holidays at the home of her
parents here.

January Primroses.

To our friends in the south
who imagine the north to be ©
a land of eternal snow, zero

- temperatures and trackless
wilderness:—

Fred Hampton brought i in
to Terrace this week a bunch
of primroses picked. cut-
doors. from his ‘garden on. .
January 5th:: The -blooms .

were unaware of the season,
Also, - Frank-::Nightwine —
brought in a‘bunch of clover
‘blossoms: ‘gathered ‘on New .
a Near’ s Day:
+ Lana that a of t.

which was officially:

OVERHEARD AROUND.
NEW HAZELTON

The sensitive nasal nerves of
local people were shocked Tues-
day morning by a quite unex-
plainable and offensive odor, that
orginated from a smoke screen.
It developed, upon investigation,
that one of the boys had mucked
out his shack and set fire to an
accumulation of old socks, We
are not going to tell who it was
but its a name with eight letters,
beginning with P. and ending
with n.

School opened on Monday much
to the relief of mothers, Mr,
Edwardson, who returned Sun-
day morning, was in charge.

On New Year’s night a num-
ber of merry makers sprang a
surprise party for Geo. D, and
Mrs. Parent at Mountain View.

A number of teachers in the
‘| district did not get back until the
Tuesday train and it was away
late. ;

- §. M. Newton has finally con-
sented to once more be a candi-
date for the mayor’s chair in
Rupert. He was going to quit
and devote himself to his paper,
but collapsed before petitions and
deputations.. He will be opposed

‘joice mare

#|Instal Tram and

Compressor On
Thornhill Group

- The first large consignment of

heavy mining machinery to go

into the Terrace district arrived

there the first of the week con-

signed to O. P. Brown who is in

charge of the development work

on the Dahl-Olson group on the

Thornhill mountain at Six Mile.
Point. The citizens of Terrace

are optimistic over the mining

in the distriet and none would re-

ver the success of

this venture than would the local

people who see a good local mar-
ket and another payroll establish-

ed in their midst.

The new machinery came from
Vancouver and consists of about
two tons of cable for a short tram
line, compressor plant, drills, ete
which will permit of rapid devel-
opment. The first load went up
to the mine on Monday, it being
the cable, and work on the tram
has been started.

It is the hope of Mr. Brown to
start shipping ore from the dump
by the first of February, Dur-
ing the early stages of develop-
ment a considerable quantity of
good ore was taken out and only
awaits the tram line. Once the
road is in shape the - transporta-—
tion costs will be very low as a

by Col. McMordie. ‘he election
is on January 14, .

Jack Tycehurst, formerall with

| week." ght
were aby. fresh as if -they |]. |
| by Mrs. Woodward and‘ son, has

the Mounted Police at Telkwa‘is
now police officer under the In-
dian Department at Hazelton,

The big saw mill at Prince Ro.
pert has passed into history. ‘A
second mysterious fire early on
Monday morning finished what
the previous blaze left.

Ladies Elected Gificers

New officers were elected at
the annual meeting of the Wo-
men’s Auxiliary to the Terrace
G.W.V.A. on Tuesday afternoon,
as follows:

President—Mrs. J. K. Frost.

. Vice-President — Mrs, P. M.
Monckton.

Secretary —Mrs. W. Chapman.

Treasurer—Mrs. N. Sherwood.

Committee Conveners—Mrs. J.
B. Agar (refreshment): Mrs, S,
Kirkaldy (membership); Mrs. W.
T. Atwood (visiting).

It was decided to change, the].
refreshment committee every|
three months, The Auxiliary
will meet at 3 p.m. on the first
Tuesday in each month.

“R. E. Allen, of Hanall, was a
business Nisitor in Terrace this

ce SPS Cit)

N, Py Woodward, ace patty toa]
rived from Prince:-George to take
charge ‘Of the local: bank: daring
the‘ absence of its ' ‘mariager, A,

|| H.. Barker, ‘who, witli. Mrs, Bar-| .
\ ker, left: today to spend. a holiday

in Honolulu.

ee

.| good team will make four trips a

day between’ the mine and the
railway.
The syndicate which bonded

"| the property has formed a stock

company and ample money is
available to open up the ground,
The ore carries chiefly gold val-
ues and is said to average about
sixty dollars to the ton. During
the winter ten men will be em-
ploved working two shifts,

Terrace Veterans Met

The war veterans’ annual gen-
eral meeting took place in the
G.W.V.A. Hall on Wednesday
evening of last week... ‘The fol-
lowing officers were elected for
the present year: ae

Hon, President—J. P. ‘Bggle-
shaw.

President—L. H, Kennev,

- Vice-President—J, B. Agar.
Secretary—G, H. Griffin.
Treasurer—J, K Frost.
Sergeant-at-Arms—F, Ingold.
--Auditors—N, Sherwood, W. W.

Chapman,

Trustees—A, Carr, C.W. Hearn,
W. Goodwin, G. H. Griffin, J.

‘| Bowen Colthurst.

Eixecutive—A, Creelman. E. 8.
Cole, R, H. Eaton, R. Braun, W.
W. Chapman, N. Sherwivod, and
‘1 Geo. Powers. ;

Mrs, J. B.. Kohne who has
spent ‘the past eighteen. months
onthe “prairie, ‘returned to her .
home here this. week.

Bie} ‘Colbachini igs’ ‘actinig: | as
clerk in the ‘Terrace: Hoth! during
- the absénee ‘of ' ; Sanson. , po