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: 2 W. J. Driver returned today
Local and Personal | ,,.¥. 3,,Driver resumed today

Today’s arrivals report numer-
ous slides along the railway,
causing: some delay to traina.

To Aldermere belongs the||i
distinction of being the only point ||#
so far heard from to give Clayton'||f
amajority. The vote for Alex ||4
Manson im Kispiox confers a
similar fame on that place.

Ing the police court yesterday os ;
morning David Gieff was _con- ; i
victed on a charge of supplying
liquor to Indians and was sen-
tenced to pay a fine of $300 and
costs, with the alternative of six
months’ hard labor.

‘Everything in Canvas”

Prince Rupert Tent and Awning Co.

Prince Ropert, B.C.

HAZELTON HOSPITAL eves,

for any period from one month upward at $1 jer
month in advance, This rate Includes office eon-
sultations and medicines, a8 well ns all coats while
intho hospital. Vicketa obtainable in Hazclton
E. C, Stenhengzon and Fred Field: in Alder
mere, from Rev. £. L. Stephenson, or at the Hos-
pital from the Medical Sunorintendent.

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_ Contractor A, L. McHugh was
in town on Tuesday.

Jack Bartley, of Aldermere, is
apending a few days in town.

G. A. Rosenthal is expected to
arrive from the coast in a few
days.

John Oakes, of Aldermere, was
- Ja visitor in Hazelton during the
week.

R. J. McDonell, of the Ingin-
eca hotel, is spending a few days
in Telkwa,

T. J, Thorp, J. P., is about to

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Undertakers and
Funeral Directors

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We carry the largest stock of stoves in town ..

Special attention to Shipping Cases ,

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A. Chisholm
General Hardware

Miners’ Supplies

Hazelton, B. C.

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Selling Off
We are getting ready to move and

will sell the balance of our stock at
surprising

Low Prices

_ Smoking Tobaccos, Cigars,
Cigarettes, and Candies.

The Beat of Everything

Overland Cigar Store
Slinger & Ayerde

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open a real estate office in
Aldermere.

Dan. Stewart, of New Hazel-
ton, left for Prince Rupert on
Wednesday.

Duncan Ross is on his way to
Vancouver and Victoria, on a
business trip.

T. E, Hankin returned on Wed-
nesday from his latest trip to the

‘upper Skeena country.

Charles Morton, porter at the
Telkwa Hotel, died on Thursday
of last week, of pneumonia.

J. W, Morison came up from
Port Essington on Monday and

‘spent the week in Hazelton.

W. J. Sweeney and Roy Me-
Donell returned on Wednesday
from their trip te Groundhog.

Angus Stewart spent a couple
of days in town, returning to
Prince Rupert on Wednesday.

Barrister R, DeB, Hovell was
deputy returning officer at Hazel-
ton. with A, E. Player as poll
clerk.

Gordon Wilson is on his way
up the river, He will jom Wm.
Kennedy in the renl estate busi-

A Word In Season

To Farmers Only
Look over your implements
and machinery and let us know
your repait wants. I am pres
paired to do your work or
supply necessary parts for
your machinery, implements,

wagons, and plows, DON’T
WAIT, avoid the sh of

spring work. te! ot! te! fe!

C. F. Willis |
Blacksmith, Horseshoer
Haxeltoo, UC,

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and Tobaccos go to

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Cigar Store and

-Pool Room

Soft Drinks, Confectionery,
Books and Magazines

Baths In Connection

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W. Wark & Son

JEWELERS
PRINCE RUPERT

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Best of Everything
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Noel & Rock
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ness here,

Thursday April 4th, hag been
fixed as the date of the annual
smoker of the Hazelton Rifle
Association.

Colin H: Munro, who has been
spending a few weeks on the
Buck river, raturned to Hazelton
on Thursday,

The Rifle Association committee
expects to arrange boxing and
wrestling events for the smoker
on Thursday,

Roy E, Williams, who has
spent: the winter at southern
points, Is expected to return to
Telkwa shortly.

Geoffrey Macdonell has the
greater part of his sawmill plant
in Telkwa, ready for installation
on the new site,

.A minstrel entertainment, in
aid of the Church of England
building fund, is to be held at
Telkwa on April 12.

Asmail slide at Hardserabble
carried away several lengths of
trrek, somewhat interfering with
railway traffic for a day or two.

The impression is growing in
the Bulkley valley that the G. T,
P, intends to establish its Valley
town about three miles north of
Telkwa,

Wilfred Macdonald and Wil-
liam Hanna returned to the
Groundhog coalfield on Thurs-
‘day. _ George Laroeque accom-
panied them.

Dr, Wrinch asks The Miner to
express. the thanks of the Hos-
pita! authorities to the Skating
Club for the donation of the pro-
ceeds of the last hockey game.

T, T. Dunlop and William
Croteau, both -well known
throughout the district, have
formed a partnership, and will
enter the real estate business in
Telkwa. |

The Hospital Aid Association,
composed of ladies of Hazelton,
held a sewing meeting at Mra.
Wrathall’s residence on Thursday
afternoon. This organization is
doing useful work. °

W. R. Johnson, a settler on the
Bahine-Stuart portage, was in
town: for the election. He re-
ports excellent weather in the
Babine district, with a light
snowfall for the winter,

George Beirnes and J. K. Ash-
man took Thursday's train for
the coast. They dre on their way
to Vancouver, on business con-
‘nected with their coat holdings
in the Groundhog district.

Thos, Alien has sold his barber
shop and pool room at Skeena
Crossing to Ethan Allen, Tommy
left this morning for an extended
trip, which wilt include the
Olympic games at Stockholm.

W. A. Williseroft, road super-
intendent for this district, is on
his way to Victoria, to complete
arrangements for the season’s
road and trail work in Omineca.
He will bring a number of horses
and additional outfit for use in

the work. .

Two prospectors named O'Neil
and Wright, hailing from Prince
Rupert, managed to reach
Groundhog via the Naas from
Stewart, after an exceedingly
hard trip.

the middle of the month.

Hugh A. Harris, who spent the
winter in Vancouver and Seattle,
returned to Hazelton on Thurs-
day. He states that thousands
of people are making enquiries
about this district, and many
will come in during the present

of Omineca.

Citizens who ‘have not yet
cleared away the winter's ac-
cumulation of rubbish from their
premises should attend to the

constable states that the police,

spectors, will require everybody
to conform to the health repula-
ions.

W, C, Macdonald and William
Hanna, two Prince Rupert men

property in the Groundhog dis-
trict, came in from the coalfield
on Monday, They report that
preparations for extensive devel-
opment work are being made,
and predicts that the wonderful
seams of the upper Skeena will
be the great attraction of the
coming season,

Th consequence of representa-
tion made to the federal govern.
ment, an order has been issued
providing for the aeceptance of
night lettergrams for tranemis-
sion over the Dominion govern
ment telegraph system, begin-
ningon April 1. The rate for
the letter telegrams will, ag on

words as the

ditional ten words or legs,

Edgar Boling, the pioneer pros-
working on his promising claims
in that district.

Miner that the ore specimens he
recently sent here were from the

had ore from the grass roots, He
level on another vein, which runs
parallel to number one, 250 feet

distant. He
workings a full face of quartz

gray copper, .

turning officers at the polling

district: Skeena Crossing, J. S

piox, A. W. Corner; Babine, Jonn
McPherson; Twenty-mile, Wm.
Paterson; Glentanna, ©. -A,
Newitt; Chicken Lake, E. M.

Telkwa, TT. T.
Bulkley, Dan McGlashan: North
South Francois Lake, Harry

Morgan.

“Squd” Murphy Dead

ley valley, John Murphy, died
at Twenty-mile on Monday,

home in the valley, and was
being brought to the
when death overtook him.
erally called, was well known
throughout the district. He was
one of the first to go to Rossland,
on the inception of that camp,
where he operated the pioneer
brewery. Interment took place
in the. Hazelton cemetery on
Wednesday afternoon, services
being conducted by Rev. D, R.
McLean, = CoE

Parliament Nearly Through |
Ottawa, Mar. 29:—It is ex-
pected that aH business before

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They started to re-||k
turn over the same route about | |e

season to share in the prosperity |/#

matter without delay, The chief! .¢

in their capacity of sanitary in- x

who have secured valuable coal | |i

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other lines, be the same for fifty ||
day rate for ten|[\k
words, with one-fifth of the ten-|i¥
word rate added for each ad-|18

pector of Tacla lake, continues |ji%

He informs The N

Mineral Peak claim, where helig

is now tunneling from the lake|{®

has in his new i
spotted with galena, zinc blende| |i

(so-called rosin gine, the only ||'é
merchantable zine found) and id

The following were deputy re-|/@
places in the interior of Skeena a
Cline; Sealey, B. G. Ellis: Hazel- (if
ton, R, DeB,.Hovell, New Hazel-|i8

ton, James Richmond; Big .Tun-||
nel Camp, A. D. MacKay; Kis-|l@

Hoops; Aldermere, T. J.’ Thorp: ot
Dunlop; South |B

Francois Lake, J.. W.: Henkel: Gi
Marment, Ootsa Lake, Harry )

A pioneer rancher of the Bulk- ||@

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the house of commons will be |i
closed tomorrow-and that’ parlia- |
ment will be-prorogued ori Mon- |i

Stoves —

AIRTIGHT HEATERS | COOK STOVES, Sheet. |
Iron, $16.00 up.

KITCHEN RANGES, $26.00 to $63.00.

from. $3.50 up.

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~ Doors

PLAIN DOORS, 2-8x6-8, 2-6x6-6, at $4.75 and $5.50 :
GLASS DOORS, size 2-8 x 6-8, at $9.50 oi

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Carpenters’ Supplies at
lowest prices.” .

Boots |

“Before buying your spring boots call and see our large stock. |@
We are satisied we can please you both in. quality and prices.

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_ Shoe Pacs |

| If you" want dry feet wear Gendron’s Penetang Shoe Pats. a :
We carry them in three length =~ =

We make a specialty of |
outfitting camps, and
give our best attention |
| to filling orders and sup-
plying transportation

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