| NEW

“HAZELTON, B. .,’

APRIL 30, 1915

— CARS OF:

TEU F108 TARE ALLIES TRENCHES
FRENCH AVIATORS MADE BIG

ORE FOR GRANBY

Racker Debowle’ Mine is now Among
the Shippers—Property Now
Working Full Force as

This week thirteen.c cars of cop-|

per ore, four” hundred’ and fifty |
tons, were shipped by the Mon-|:

; tona Continental . Development
7 Co., from Rocher Deboule mine,
m to ‘the Granby smelter...

This is

| Me the first shipment from that pro-
fem perty or from Rocher Deboule
me mountain. The ore was loaded

@ at Carnaby where the tram comes|:

me over the mountain from the work-

B ings.

The Rocher Deboule pro-
perty is now a-hive of industry.

| Every department is working and

i from now on there will be big

| shipments every few days as the

ee company isin shape:to take out
Ez hundred tons of ore & day.

: GETS FIRST HAND

— DATA ON DISTRICT

M. Hi. Stephens Spent Several Weeks
Looking Over Country From Fort -
George: to Prince Rupert

“MM: Stephens: “an old: timer}

| in Prince Rupert, was a visitor
max to New Hazelton and district. for

several days last week... He was}:

7 laid up for several months during

the winter-and for the past few
weeks has been miking a tour of

a Northern British Columbia for

the benefit of his health and at

Ma the same time getting. personally
mae acquainted with the various sec-
Ma tions and towns along: the G. T.P.

He visited Fort George, Fort
Fraser, Vanderhoof,. Telkwa, Al-
dermere, Smithers, . ‘New Hazel-
ton and the.old town}, and at each
point made trips into the eoun-
try, sometimes driving but more
often on foot. ‘He had a camera.
‘with him and. ‘secured many. pic-
‘tures which he was unable to get

me otherwise and which will be very
* useful to him i in’ 1 his future busi-

ness affairs.
Speaking | of the: new north Mr:

‘Stephens appeared particularly |.“

impressed with the agricultural’
‘and stock ‘possibilities: of the in-'
‘terior and he was surprised to see}

_ so many farmers with substantial

looked for a substantial increase

‘herds of cattle’ at : this: stage of
the game.
He also stated: that this spring:

7 _ he had heard a great deal. about
“new: mining money coming - into

the New Hazelton district and he

French L Lost Three’ Hundred. Metres of. Advanced Trenches, a Part of Which They

* Re-Take--Aeroplanes Take: Important Part in. Wednesday’s. Fighting

~ Germans ‘on. Aggressive i in East Prussia: Near Tilsit

* Paria, April 29 Official—The.
day has been..moderately calm
with no modifications in the situ-
ation.” Wehave ‘retained’ the
ground which we gained during
the last three days. In ‘Cham-
pagne the Germans teok from us
in the region. of Beausejour, 800
metres of ‘advariced - trenches.
We have: retaken half of them.
In Argonne near Matie’ Therese
an attack attempted, by: the. Ger-

thans was’ immediatély. checked |:
At Lés ‘Eparges the en-|

by us.
emy has bombarded but deliver-
Jed no further attacks. The same
thing hag occurred at Hartmann-
Weilerkopf. :

During the. day of April aT: our

aviators launchéd 32 shells: on the
station at Boltweiler, 7 miles to
the northwest of Muelhausen, and
60 shells on the station ‘at ‘Arna-

ville, and the junction of the rail-

ways of Chambley and Thiacourt
have been. bombarded at night.

dropped six” projectiles on ‘the
hangars of dirigibles at Freider-
ichshaven. The aviator obser-
ved clouds of smigke rising. from

the roof. of one: hangar. Twenty
one shells have been dropped on
| the station, ‘the bridges and a
factory at Leopoldshe and during

| this bombardment one ‘of: “our

aeroplanes fell inside the enemy’ s

lines. During the day four Ger"
man ‘machines were pursued and
reached. by” our ayiators.. One
fell | ablaze . within the German
lines near Briemont. Two others
came to earth near ‘out trenches,

|The fourth’ fell ‘within our tines
On April 28 one of our aeroplanes |

near -Muiszuon. Two, German |
aviators were made. prisoners. -

Petrograd, April 29-- Official—
Yesterday ; the enemy displayed
intense activity. in the direction

+of Tilsit, Chavli and. Jurborg. on

the upper Niemen. river. “Th'the
Carpathians we. repulsed on’ the
26th i in the: region of. ‘Uzsok pass
vigorous attacks oy” ‘the’ enemy,
inflicting heavy losses. -

TRAIL ‘SMELTER RESUMES PURCHASE OF »
_ SILVER-LEAD ORE AT THE OLD PRIC

ES

‘The Trail Smelter i is now, in. a
position to-resume the purchase
of silver-lead ores, :the improved
market conditions having enabled
the . Consolidated. Mining. -and
Smelting Co,. to. find abetter mar:
ket for metals. accumulated in
stock ‘than-has been the case since
the war-began. A new. basis. of
settlement. has”. : been: arranged
which, itis: ‘claimed, not only. re-
stores the ‘rate ‘existing ‘before
the war, but provides a: some-
what" higher payment for lead:
The’ ‘Kootehaian: gives’ ‘the new
settlement proposals “as follows:

Payment of silver to be at 95
per cent of the fire assay at New
York quotations as before. :

~Payinent of lead tobe’ 90 per
eent of. the: fire: dasay ‘at Moritréal
competitive price ‘as established
by Thos. Robertson & Co.Ltd...
by adding’ to prices current i in St.
Louis, London, or ‘other competi-
tive market, “the: freight, duty,
wharfage ' and Ynsurance which
an’ importer would be: ‘obliged: to
Bay, whichever provides the’ low.

LAST GERMAN: SHIP .

‘ton.

Same’ Prices a as ‘Before ‘the: ‘War. “Ate: Now in ih ‘Biffect—Higher Price. Being Fi |
~ Lead-~Metal ‘Market Has: :Greatly. ‘Improved: in: Last: Month--Settle---. hee woe
| ments | ‘Made on Sanie- Basis as: Before: the. War ... =

est price: laid down: in Montreal.

Quotations ‘used: in: settlement
for silyer‘and lead to. be. the aver-
age of: théisecond: ‘month: -follow-}
ing the receipt of: the ore at. the
smelter, =: 1 .

Rates ‘Of reatnient +t ‘to be as
prevailing ‘to Aug. 1, 1914,

Advance shippers: ‘to be made |
shortly after. ‘sampling of 90 per
cent. of estimated: wwalue-on quo:
tations current at date of arrival
of the shipment at the smelter,
and the balance. to be adjusted at
the close of: ‘the second: ‘month
succeeding. the date of: arrival.

The duty on lead imports i is in- |

amounts to: approximately $6a

The settlement 0 on the Montreal
price ‘is stated to be: favorable..to
shippers i in that this’ market has:
ranged. approximately: $10. a ton|.
over the foreign market. : OA de-
duetion of a eénht, and’a half. per:
Ib. will be made as a. refining and

marketing charge, ‘The new y set

| June, 1914, to.

| will be’ the” ‘Girigétvative candi- | )
date for Gio Atl at thee com ‘ t is

ON “PACIFIC OCEAN 2

tlement is effective on. ores re-|'
ceived. on and after “April 1, 1915,
Two options are’ ‘offered. shippers: | t

(a). To settle all shipments re-

ceived from J une, 1914,. to. March, fi
:.| 1915, on average silver. prices of j.

the fair bolldines cdf the sof :
is ‘devoted ‘entirel p to, the Cana-: -

third ealendar month succeeding

‘| arrival. of; ‘shipments, ‘in. which

case. ‘the. smelter substitutes for
the: extra: 4 pe. ‘charge on ad-
vances whére., made. an: interest
charge‘of. 6 per. cent, on ‘the net
silver value. sonly. from: the close
of “the third’ ‘month succeeding
date of arrival ‘to ‘date: on. which

“| inal settlement is i made, fe

Or (b).. To continue in the: ‘pool

| until such. time: as. it. ma be ad-
- Greased. by. the” new “tacift- ‘and y.

visable to ‘sell? ‘the silver; ‘in aec-
@ordance with: scheme outlined i in
September. last... Under. this ; /Op-|

tion-the 4 per cent charge where ‘enue

made: will: ‘remain. and no other
chaage for interest made, -

inThe: -settlement:. for. ead from
rch, - 1915,’ ‘swill|
remain :.as | alreadyjarranged, ‘at
$20 less than the;New York price}:
of the third ‘month, succeeding.;. a

of notice tro

‘San - Fraliciseot California.

a lease on the Dutlding former!

GRANBY SMELTER

‘Empire Ready ‘to. Operate.
. by. Next Fall,

enlarge : the smelter: at: ‘Anyox,.-

Creek: mine, to a capacity. Of:
4,000 ions - -per day. This is ‘the:
same capacity as the Grand Forks -
smelter, - the largest smelter in.
the Empire.
should:: “bein -operation:: by: fall.

copper per:year..

With -the “development of the -
copper: mines._at’ New-. Hazelton
and in. the district the Granby.

full. capacity. ©

eration.

| 55 EDM VIEWS”

~ OF PANAMA’ FAIR”

be remembered ‘by. Tiany. in this .
distiict’ from his’ visit here. last:
fall collecting the mineral’ exhibit -
for the | fair, -He took : care ‘that

weré given a prominent place
they are attracting ' ‘ad good: de
isitors, “Mt
Tomlinson’s address is: care Hotel
Munro, 1829' Sacremento. ‘Stree

| Moving Drag Store”
De! at C, Writieh, has’ ‘secured:

will: move, the: Up-to- Date Drug |
“E - He. expects: i)

INCREASING SIZE

Will be “Equal. to. ‘the. Largest in te

operating. on ores’ from’ Hidden™ .

‘The new. smeiter” :

The company will: ‘then: -be;in: a

000,000, and 55,000, 000. pounds of

smelter. will -be able.to, operate. to:
“The. Rocher De- |
boule i is now: making * large. ship “ :
‘ments: and others; will likely- ‘bes
ready ‘to ship by. the time the
| smelter’s new addition is dn. OP .

The: ‘Herald has received. from a
Wan “Tomlinson, a member. of.

the New ‘Hazelton’ district ‘ores.

The Granby Consolidated: ig = seen |

as: ‘oon as: ‘he can ‘get: it: fixed | up: