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B VOL. v, No.3.

. HAZELTON, B. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1915.

PRICE $2.00 A YEAR

Two MINING DEALS.

Babine range, some twenty miles

bonded to T. H. Rea, of Toronto,
for a good price,

“ Henry Bretzing and A.H. Mor: |
ten, the owners of this promising
property, have done conaiderabie

' work, disclosing a. vein of high

grade silver-lead ore, and O. T.
. Ross, who reported’ on the claims | :
for Mr, Rea, was so pleased that

“he recommended the purehase, of |

the group, Mr ‘Rea made a per.
*sonal’ inspection of the ‘showings,

_ with the result that’ the deal waa
closed i in Hazelton this. week.
The price has not been’- ‘marle

- -pnblie, but ps. the purchaser. is
. Well satisfied with.. hia “bareain’
: and Mr, Brétzins says the vend-
ors have no kick coming, | it
is evident the deal i is:a good one.

~ land in the’ early ‘days | of that
camp and has since been. promin-
ent and successful in the Poreu-|:
pine district, hash da wide
eXpetience if Mining’ and “hid
-entry into the local ‘mining field
will” ‘be welcomed, . He and-bis

' the Debenture group on an ade-

; quate scale, and will inaugurate

- work as early aa 3 possible. in 1 the

spring. ;

, A number of ‘other cbpzrtiaa|

. in: Omineca district, are being:

-considered by Mr. Rea, and Mr...

-Bretzing ig now “engaged: in: ex-

; ~ amining several claims © on “the
— lower Skeena. on his: behalf.

“The same purchasera’ ‘have ac-
quired ‘the Basin: group of six
claims, adjoining . the Debenture
on.the east and located: by’ AS ‘TT,
tt Ww. ‘F, Harrer’ and. 0. T. Ross. |

Red Rosd Bonded . -
William MacAdam; forineriy a
_Newspaperman: in: _Sandan;.. “but
oo now of Edmonton; waa here ‘thi 8:
ee week to close : a deal: for the- Red
Lo, Rose group; one of. the best fop-
“>. per properties on Roeher de Boule.
"-. mountain, . He.and his agsocidtes |
have negotiated a lease and bord,
“the terms of which have’ not ‘eelt

7 nia de ‘public: ” _ execution. ” Gerynan losses were
_ a Bh ‘the vendors, heavy, a .
. n & B Fa "Belkan Operations .
‘London: . Allied | forces ftom,

irtiv “18 " ‘week, to make plans
br ‘work ot

ARE. CONSUMMATED

“The Debenture group ‘of four
mineral claims, situated in the

east of: Moricetown, - has been ;

ead

Mr, Rea; who operated i in Ross-| -

“associates are prepared to develop

{aterdam states that the Germans

NCR lacainat, the Bulgerian
expected ¢ zeal, and. aleeady the
Serbo-Anglo-French forces have!” :
5S penetrated. into Bulgarian terri-|

tory juat north, .of the. Greek}:
, i 7 atormed. Pregesin

’

- London : :

ing: Uskup i in strength.

can arrive in time.

Geneva :

line south of Uskup:

eed

Athens: The Servian forees
haye assumed the offensive a-
gainst the Teutonic invaders and

‘| tegaps have. also expelled the

ACTIVE HOSTILIE

USK uP THREA TENED BY BUL GARIANS.
== FIGHTING IN: RUSSIA AND GALLIPOLI

“According to the
Times, one hundred miles of the
railway running from Saloniki to
Nish are in the hands of the
forces. now invading Servia, The
Bulgatians, it adds, are threaten-

A despateh to the Times from}.
Athens, i in announcing that the
Greek governnient had declined
Great ‘Britain’s offer of Cyprus
for Greece’ 8 entry into the war,
‘says that in military circles it is
considered doubtful whether - the
troops promised ‘by the Allies
. jehemy were heavy,

A despatch from|-
Sofia received here today says the
Bulgarians have captured © ‘the
town.of Kopvula, on. the. railway

have forced them back. Servian| -

Bulgarians from Vrayna, which
they had ocenpied,

An Allied fleet: yesterday bom-
barded the Bulgarian coast. from
Dedegatch west. to Port Lagos, a
distance of 48 miles, Italian
. ‘warships took part, .

A

‘London: Tws destroyers yes-
terday entered the Dardanelles
and bom bardéd Tsaca Tepe, In
the Suvla and: Krithia districts
fierce attacks wete made by the
Turks. all being repulsed by the
Allied forces. The losses of the
: The artillery
action still continues.

Paris: The official communique
reports ‘that yesterday detach-
ments of Germanstroops attempt.

ted toadvance from their trenches

at Bois-en-Hache and Givenchy.
Allied artillery quickly. dispersed
the attackers,

Petrograd: The official com:
munication dealing with the . sit-

MURDEROUS ATTACK

ON IMBECILE KLOOCH

George. Lapoiate, who has at
times given the police consider-
able trouble, is in the cells today
facing a charge of attempted
murder.

Last night, it appears, Lapointe

uation on 1 the Russian front says:

“Southeast of Baronovitehi our
troops, in the course of the fight-
ing, crossed to the west bank of
the Sara and occupied the heights
of the village of Mazourki, taking
in the course of the engagement
twenty officers and 1568 men and
three machine guns.

“According to laterinformation
the number of prisoners teken | in

region has increased. to 67 Fofficers
and 2025 men,”

Vienna: - it j is officially adit
ted that near Kowow Alexinetz
the Russians have beaten back
the Austro - Germans over ‘a
length af three miles and a depth
of 1000 aces,’” :

- Stockholm: The. 2 Swedish-sub-
marine. “Fivalen, | ih, home waters
and flying. the Swedish flag,” was
attacked : by? a. German . armed
trawler, which fired nine shots,
wounding the helmsman: ~ : An}™
enquiry is demanded, |

IC MONDAY, OCT. 18 B)

Germans Begin Shelling {
“London: A report from Am-

have begun. a terrific bombard-
[ment- of: the’ French and British
lines, : ‘Preparatory ‘to another’ at.
tempt to force a way through. to
Calais.

The Paris official report. ‘says
the French forces last night‘com-
pletely, repulsed three flerca .Ger-
man attacks’ at ‘Bois en. Hache,
northweat of Bouchez.. -
‘Attacks on the: Belgian’ lines at |
“Death's Highway," near. Dix-
mude and Ypres, were repulsed,
the. ‘Belgian artillery doing deadly

Saloniki: have: ‘begun. ‘ operations
Cwith ame.

». PROGRESS OF THE GREAT WAR DAY BY DAY

has demanded reinforcements, "

Roumania has ordered the class
of 1916 to join the. colors, and is
completing. the mobilization of
all forces,’

The King of Greece has order-
ed.the disbandment of eight
classes of auxiliary forces. Pre-

: slaughter, besides capturing many |

mier Radoslavoff, according to a
Zurich despatch, says that Greece

ill not enter the war ‘until the
Allies . succeed i ‘jn’ ‘completely
checking the Teutonic advance, {}
when she will immediately attack
Bulgaria,

Russians Make Gain

Petrograd: The. capture by
Russians of Gateri farm, midway
between Lake Demmen and Lake;
Dreswiaty, -from: which reat:
drove. the Germans,. with arest|

prisoners, gives . tha |: Russians}
command - of the lines. southward
from Dvinsk; through Dreswiaty
and ‘Lake, ‘Boginaky, ..a° line. of
natural defenses, thirty, miles. in
length. 2

 War-Notes

nie be “Ttalian - forces ‘have

‘lat 6 o'clock Friday - ‘night with all

Italy. will “co-operate” with. the

’., {Bituation, . =
* Jactive Italian support, as well’ “ag Utes.
proper eoiidition,, ne the’ fire ware

| will fake, are. tien a for the | dena. are requited’ by Inw: to take:

repulsed. ‘and the Monteuegrin
forces are advancing.

‘Paris: The French. steamer
Admiral Hamelin was torpedoed
by an Austrian submarine in the
Mediterranean, the submarine
bombarding the sinking vessel
while the passengers were taking |,
tothe boats, Forty shells: Were
fired, 71 being killed...

London:
pedo boat was run down and: cut
in two by. a German steam-ferry
which. left Tretleberg,. Sweden,

lights.out; Only five of the tor-
pede - boat's: erew of forty- five
were saved,

"TUESDAY, ocr. is

oe
er

~ Ttaly's Position -

J

Rome:
authorized the. statement -: ‘that |

‘Allies in dealing with the. Balkan
‘The ‘exact data. ‘of |:

the direction’ ‘which the support

the different distriets in this!

A large German tor-|

The foreign. office has ||

attacked a half - witted Indian
woman known as Crazy Ann, .
inflicting terrible knife wounds.
Chief Minty learned of the crime
and. sent out three constables and
several ‘competent specials, who *:’
spent several hours in séareh for
the ‘Quilty man, with the regult

this morning in a blacksmith
shop where he had hidden,
The victim isin the Hospital,

_ Sollected Good Sum
Trafalgar Tag. Day, in aid of
the British Red Cross, was’ most
successful in Hazelton, the total
collections being $170.80. Of
this amount $116 came. from the |
Rocher de Boule mine and Skeena
Crossing. The collectors who
obtained this sum were enter-
tained by B.R. Jones at the’ Cup- .

- per Tavern | during their Stay. at .

the ‘Crossing. © a
‘The young ladies whose e efforts
resulted. 80 well were Misses |
Constance Goddard, Jean Grant, —
Maggie Allen, Dorcus. y vould .

and Rlorence’ MeDougall.

‘Cheiniged Steamer Schedule 7 -
Prince Rupert, : Oct, 21 :—The.

|new steamer schedule: of the =.
G.T.P. comes into effect Thurs-
day, October 28. | .

Steamers will arrive on Thurs-

day at 9-am. and Sundays at 8
mm. and will leave for the south
on Saturdays at 9 a.m. and Mon-
days at? pm.”

' Itis not expected that there will

he any change in the train gers:
vice, ‘ oo

Hallowe’e en Social.- pe
On Bitday evening next, ‘Octo: rey

ber 29, /a Hallowe’ en: “social will 7
be held in St. Andrew's. Hall.

Refreshments, will -be provided,

and. a good program .of concert. ‘
numbers and amusements will
=: [ensure the enjoyment of all who
attend.
invited to be present.

Everyone: is ‘cordially 2

“For Fire Pr evention.

ae ee

Tees"

have: their: buildings 4 ‘in’

against - “any: persons, who! va

that Lapointe was arrested early

The’ town, fire | “wardens - are es
about, to make their’ inspection of :

ali: ‘premises i in’ ‘Hazelton, 7:
desl rable: that citizens take meas: *