, sore tie on , j ‘ : a . - - . ws : : VoL. 16 NEW HAZELTON, B.C., MARCH 7, 1924 +} The most representative meet- “; ing, with the largest attendance of farmers that has been held in mi the Bulkley. Valley for some af, eight or nine years, was. the one ae, held in the Telkwa Hotel dining me} room last Saturday afternoon for of the purpose of.re-organizing the me Bulkley Valley Farmers’ Inati- mea tute. Asaresult of the meet- Same ing the organization was complet mae ed and the officers and directors 7 4 are at work, : Since the failure of the North- mam ern Interior Co-operative Asso- m™ ciation the farmers of the Bulkley mum Valley have felt the need of some oe 4q ‘organization through which their By { produce may be put on the mar- 2 m ket to the best possible advant. Mem age. It has been recognized that ; | the Valiey is not producing suf- fn) ficient to supply the natural mar- my ket of the interior country and @) that southern B,C. is supplying by longa odds the largest portion of the northern market—a con- dition that should not exist, and will not in future. #6 At the méeting “on Suturday ‘thirty-five farmers signed and apaid up their membership dues, Biwhile at the previous meeting Bi held at Round Lake another fifty signed up, but as money was not being taken that day their mem- bership fees are to be paid yet. The prospects are, however, that Bithe Bulkley Valley Farmers’ In- mstitute will be much the largest minstitute in the north, . m When the meeting was called o order J. G. Donaldson was ppointed to the chair and D. T. Greene elected. secretary pro tem. he minutes. of -the. previous neeting were read together with the recommendations of a com- nittee at that time, regarding he conduct of the new associa- Zion. The meeting then proceed- Md with the election of directors, hich resuited in the following being elected: Messrs. Wh. freene, E, A. Mortimer and 0. awson. It having been decided to have salés manager to handle the roduce of the members of the istitute, and to purchase such pplies for the members as mmes under the work of such an Feanization, there was a good pal of diseussion.as to thé com-. Aission.to be charged the mem- prs. There were some who blieved that all members should gil all their produce:through the : sociation, they should pay the Smmission ‘anyway... .This atti- idle threatened to break up the anization. before it got started finally was decided that the mmission for ihe sales manager uld he five, Pek cent. on. All J. G. Donaldson President of B.V. Farmers’ Institute Re-organized on Saturday roteau, J. G. Donaidson,. D. T. | goods handled through the as- sociation, whether sold for the members or bought for the mem- bers. It was pointed out that the as-. sociation could not collect through the ‘courts, any money on goods not sold through the association, and that the only way such eom- mission could be collected was after the individual members had signed contracts to sell all produce through the association. at. some future time, after the association has got itself estab- lished and developed a market for local produce, _After the general meeting the directors held their first meeting and elected the following officers: President—J. G, Donaldson, Telkwa, Vice-president— D. T. Greene, Quick. See. -Treas.—Wmm. Croteau, Sales Manager—Wm Croteau. Mr. Croteau is an old hand in cently appointed and in former years met with a good deal of success in marketing the goods for the Vailey’ farmers. With his former experience he should soon ‘make life much easier ‘for the men on the land. . For him to achieve the greatest success will require the lovalty of every member, as not only have the new markets are to be secured. The production of the valley is much greater today than in for- mer vears, but the produce is more varied and the markets available are also greater. To secure those markets and to hold them requires proper grading and packing as well as producing what the“market demands, and these are the three main things the new directors will endeavor to secure. , King-Short The many friends of ' the con- tracting parties will be interested in the marriage which took place. in Smithers on Wednesday even. ing of Isabella Short and Thomas King.’ ‘The ceremony was held at the home of the bride’s daugh- ter, Mrs. I. Anger, in tbe. pres- ence’ of - only, -a few. ‘intimate friends, Rev.’ M. W. Lees offi- ciated. A dainty wedding dinner followed the ceremony, and then the newly-married couple -were made the recipients of a rousing welcome from ‘a great assembly of townspeople. «The bride’ and accord ‘the happy ; couple a This is a matter to be considered |. the ‘position to which he was re-|- old markets to be revived, but| ‘weeks, groom have a host of friends i in | 82! the. Hazelton district who; ‘will a Bo ia GHGS Terrace a—~ 9006 nn nk terme A. M. Caswell, Prince Rupert, was a business yisitor here the first of the week. James Lloyd, of Usk, was a Terrace visitor on Saturday. Mr. Workman, engineer on the bridge work, left for Prince Ru- pert on Saturday. Howard Wilson returned from the Hazelton Hospital on Friday. Miss Ella Frank returned to Prince Rupert on Friday and will join the staff of trained nurses at the hospital there. Henry Frank was a passenger to Prince Rupert on Friday. The frost is fast leaving the ground. . K. Olson is busy clear- ing some land and is about the first one to. blow stumps this spring. Mrs. M. E. Smith was a pas- senger on the Prince Rupert train on Saturday, ; Walter Martin left for Anvyox on Saturday and savs he is going to visit this progressive place and look over the mine. 4 pert on Saturday. All contractors, assistants, en-|: gineers and foremen left Terrace on Saturday. We regret to see;* these .gentlemen leave town as they have been an acquisition to our town socially and made many friends here. Alf. Egan went to Prince Ku- * _{Smith; Grade 7, Tom Marshall; S.S. Board Now Merged Into the Federal Dept. The Soldier Settlement Board has now passed to the depart- ment of immigration and coloniza- tion and throughout Canada is known as the land settlement board, except in B.C., where the provincial government has a Land Settlement Hoard. However, the Dominion Board will handle both the soldier settlement work and look after all the new seé- tlers, no matter what country they are from, The Dominion colonization department, is- now very active and there will be a good deal of .work to be done by the Land Settlement Board in the way of receiving the new settlers, supplying them with information, assisting them in locating their land and advising them in many ways. J. P. Wheeler, field supervisor in the northern field, has already under- taken his new work in conjunc- tion with the old work for the soldiers. OVERHEARD AROUND ~NEW HAZELTON © Farmers Plan t to® Keep Pace With | March of Events _ Changes are taking place in the Bulkley Valley which. will undoubtedly tend to make: for the success of the farming in- dustry. In the past timothy hay and beef have been the two great productions, but the day for gen- . erally’ specializing in those two things has gone. Fer many years many hundreds of tons of timothy will be grown and large. quantities of beef will be put on the market, but milk, butter, pork, mutton, poultry, eggs and vegetables are’ rapidly increas- ing snd next summer and fall the interior country should be in a position to supply the northern coast as well as the interior eountry with everything requir- ed along those lines. - But. now that there is talk of a grain elevator at Prince Rupert anda possible mill being established in the interior, not a few farmers are seriously considering plant- ing larger areas to grain, not only for home consumption, but for the market. | Muck has been said about how much cheaper -wheat .may’ be-igrown. on the prairie, but that is largely prairie The following led: their classes during February in the New Ha- zelton school: Grade 8, Jessie Mr. Norris, representing a ladies’ wear house of Vancouver, was calling on the merehants on Saturday. ' Mrs. Parsons entertained her group of Willing Workers to a dinner on Saturday evening. Mrs. Parsons devotes much time to her little band of workers. Last Saturday was the first Saturday in many months that we had no snow or rain and the Terrace merchants appreciated it. Business was like olden times, The W. A. met on Thursday at the home of Mrs. Marsh, Mrs. Monckton aeting as, hostess, Mr, and Mrs, W.:Thams, for- merly of Usk, have taken up residence in Prince Rupert. Mr. Thams has been ill in the Prince -Rupert hospital for the last few On February 16a Liberal, “As. sociation .