: Shae’ S “Theate

_ Burned Down” :

wes

mat.

‘he has, plans. ready’
_ SAIL in: uyeltow
“ ppsent alze,

“ihore, aatistucticin. ‘to: himsel
customer, ;

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VICTORIA,

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B.C.

———

Aluvit 3. $0 Monday — morning _ last
Mise Carpenter, R.N., on night duty at

Mm the Hazelton Hospital, saw a fire a
m short distunce away and fignred-it as
meat Mission

Point. She immediately
called several ‘peeople in- Hazelton on
the phone and tinally got one awake.

It wae discuvered that the ome. of

Mr. Be Shae, lensee of Mission Point
farm, was on fire, and that: the flames
‘c! already beyond control. Mr,
Shae. was sleeping io the house and
was mvakened hy the smoke and all
he could do wns to get out with what
le md on. Later he managed to get
his truuok out. It was just inside the
front door. and a couple of gun cases
belonging to’ some airy men - who -had
stopped there. As the house was pra-

a bicalby gone ther he turned » bis: nts |
ie tention “to the ‘hay stack ‘nearby.
A ceot verter on’ top of “the stack, .and |:

Te

while up there took a weak -spell and
sil off the-stack. He was found tater
at the bottem of the stack. © The resi-
dence Wis a hew one ‘and the house-
hold furniture was good. The loss is
it heivy one althongh sone insurance
was carried.

New Officers -
Canadian Legion

The ami meeting of the Bulkley
Brangh of the Canadian. Legion, B.E.
SL. was Rela in. the hall on Thursday
evening. Owing to the condition, of
tre rons Gr -foot-of snew having fal-
len the night previous). there was not
Whe age! ‘Athetdaner: oE-gpemberst

number ‘ad ‘assembled: for: ‘the: meet- ,

ing President: ‘Newbery ‘was in the “

cha’r and after the transaction - of. re-:
guar business the following officers’
werp duly elected :—

_ Hon, Pres-—Gen. Alex: Ross
Hon. Vice-Pres.—Col. Buell
Pyes.—Frank Newbery, re-elected
ist Viee—J. H.'’ Byrne
8rd Viee—W. I. Howells
Chnplain—Rev. ‘W, J. MacIntosh,
Vecentive Committee—J.L. McEwen

RL. Gile, A. L.: Britt, Robt. Bulatt,

A. BK. Samnels, “Jas, Hoge.

The Veterans. decided that tliey

w ished to take -an active part in the

celebration. of! the Coronntton.. on May
12, snd: Cal. Gate was -oppointed - “iy
eharze of 1 “Y“ommittee’ to enrry out
- Sebo decaration .of the Legian Hall fox
that aceuslot 9 |

Ce

~ Mining Lectures.

Douglas, resident. mining engineer in

this district, atarted 2 series of eight,
lectures to -pitospectors, and would-be
prospectors, in, «the New Hazelton
school Jast Thursday. ‘evening. © Owing
to the school board, who are the local

“sponsors for ‘the course ‘of, lectures, Hot

having a notice in ‘the press; there wad

no one at the meeting at. the appointed -
It was necessary for Mr.

tine Tad.
Lay to get. hold of a, citizen, or. two: ‘and

rustle around after the boys... The
lectures will be continued “the halnace

caf this week, except Good Friday night.
““arinter's grub’ ‘stake’ and provide some.

The talka. begin. at seven o'clock ‘ ‘and:
daxt Just an hour, sn that they do. not

‘American Boy.
Resumed Work! -

AL, Harris arrived from the Cariboo
on Tuesday afternoon prepared to wet
work started on the American Toy
mine on Nine Mile mountain. He lost
no time in getting started ronmding up
his men and this week will go up with
a lot. of supplies and five men to get
the cainp in shape and to clean out the
shaft, This work will take about a
month «and thei Andy Larson, M.E.,
will arrive to go over the property and
lay-out o program of development. At
that time a much larger crew of men
will be put on. This is the best news
that has come through for a long time.

Charleson Died

7 John D. Charlesor, 71 yeurs of ago,

He came to B, C.-in. 1900 from Ottawa.
He waa 1 brother-of the Inte Ned.
'Charleson. who died in the Great War.
| When John -l: first came to this pro-
vince he was in charge of ‘stores . at
Hazelton for the builders of the Yukon
telegraph ‘line and the next. year went
ar telegraph line man. at Stony Creek
inthe Nechnko Valley, . For the past
20 -years he condneted a real estate
‘and insurance business at Vanderboof.
He is survived: by two brothers, Alex.
iof, Salmon Arm and Frank of Vancou- | f
yer. Many of the old ‘timers in this
part of the district remember, and in
the Vanierhoof district everyone knew
him.

- hab; " ye Bytes aot, Ga mle i a
A. bind. heen anticipated, but a: fairly good" “ON GOES ‘TO! PENSION i

VTony Gieco iw im ro om.the" pension
Tint: about: the: first of the month, “He
‘ has- been ‘on. the. section, pang. ‘at. New
. Hazelton ; for twenty-five: years: and

| itis doubtful, it be ever worked on any
- | other, section,.

‘He seldom, if ever. ‘had
“a day otf for sickness, except the. time
‘the bull got him down. and tramped
; on his leg, aud he tiever quite forgave
that bull:
In the meantime he developed a farm
of over a handred acres ont of the old
Imsh. Muneh of the land he cleared
with a grub hoc. He did not work
the farm himself, but bad it ‘wader |
lease ‘to yarlons parties. Now he is
-looking forward to working the place] y
himself and above nll, to clear another
five acre.. Toby likes: per work, and
he has -little, patience with sit ‘down
strikers or the ltke. .

“to enjoy his _Dengion and clear more
land ‘grown da grub. ,
j .

“OFF 10 MeCONNELL CREEK

John Dahl and Eric Larson ‘left: on
Monday enroute to MeConneli Creek
to. resume placer operations on their.
vinims: in that. district, They are #0-
ing vin. Fort St. James and ‘Tatla
Tanding.. They took only their per-
anual. helongings with them and’ will,
outtit -at”Patia Tanding. They have,
heen: voing ‘in to McConnell Greek for
“fl. nwnber’ ‘of years and each year they
have done. better... Now they expect to.
have a: fairly easy time to make their,

‘thine: for: al. Age. oe

‘interfere with ai: other evening engage , -

Lt. Is regr ettable that notice to

the prospeetaia, was -not given : last

weoek..ase ‘there: ave ‘iy ‘number, from: the -

surrounding ‘atriet: wha’ would have

hoon: alad tovattend, .

——
George Murtin: yeported to as that
for: ‘enlarging his-
to just | ‘double its

handle more.
it and: to. the

He. hia: Say lo
a. ‘fixat class ‘mechan: |

‘Mauidle BAS, oft. and

: “RHE DANCE STARTED EARLY.

Laat i Friday sight. there: was | a very
smieceskfid dance held: in- tlie New Haz:
“elton hall, , and one: of. the best. fea-
“hires
-gnod - st) by. A great improye-
Amgnt_over the. old. ofder,. The: dancers:
enjoyed the’ daiieing ‘before: ‘midhight,

hia syilf ‘enable him to quite: as,anneh-as they did the dane-|of the, In
wark: and’ to: do-it: with | ing. nfter:: ‘midnight. ‘rhe: ‘master: of, sin, .
veeremonles j WAR aL. eget ‘in’ ‘ately. a be

wood orchest a
“een and supplied fing: mise, nnd.

At ‘Quesnel F

nnd a resident of Vanderhoof, died in.
the Prince George hospital March 16. |,

He never had a holiday.|

Tony -is in fine}.

“sheatth and he should live a long tine |*

ang, gentie, gatire,:

ras t tit got under way: in}: 7

| Silver ‘Standard

To Start Soon) |

five last week that. the Silver Stand-
ard mine on Glen mountaln will re-
sume operations in‘the very near fu-
ture. .4n issue of stock will shortly,
it is expected, be offered to the public
to finance the tndertaking, and there
is no doubt put that it will readily be
taken. up.. ‘The property is 50 well and
80, favorably known here and through-
out the. ‘provinee. It has produced a
great deal of ore during the develop-
ment atnge and needs only to be put
back into shape to resume shipping or
supply feed for a modern mill. It is
one property ‘that will produce from
the start, and will employ quite a lot
of men,

te . m - acacececacocns
Prince Rupert

_ The Garden City by the Sea

By Our Own Correspondent

HHAAG MAAN RAN HENS HAAN.

A vein of silica on Poreher Island, a
few miles from Prince Rupert, appears
to he enssured -of dévelopmest. The
mineral. useful in’ manufaeturing, es-
pecially in the making of glass, and in
fluxing. shows for about a thousand
feet, and is anywhere from ten ‘to fif-
ten feet in Width. Martin Mylatt and
party have gone to Porcher for the
purpose, of. stripping parts of the vein,

él drilling. .

The hospital. ney in Prinee Ru-
){ merit: appears. to.- be. - marking ™ * time..

St. Ann: being again. approached ‘should
this. be the desire. of the great majority
of the population. | “Meanwhile the hos: :
pital board has published - an extended.
statement, setting forth the position of
the institution.
. ‘ee ¢

Mrs. Jacobson, 3 wife. of Capt. Alfred
Jacobson, skipper of the Halibut fisb-
ing vessel Clipper, fell dead. on. Fifth
Ave, . on the, afternoon of. March 17th, :
She was stricken just outside ‘the Ro-
man Catholic éathedral. ‘Death Was
due. to, a heart seizure. Her - husband
WBS ou. his ¥ way" home for silpper, ‘hav-
‘Ing “heen busy; vith, boat ‘repairs and
overhauling, : ‘Burial took place-in Van
‘cour er. Theke. was: no Fomily.

ale ake

fae

jutey" invites ‘
; josey mequedntane, ing, .
pluinp, and gustening, ; are’ willing to.
plve an, ‘appetizing ‘touch ‘to breakfaat.
Heaps . of: ruddy shifinpa | mutely . pro-
elaim that’ salads go fine’ in the: glad. | H
same days. of apring: eo

- Bean: Fnchanan of. the Univer sity of:
Br itish Columbia, who - “has” delveq
‘deeply into. the” “btudy of ‘gstronumy,
hns the knack of making: it understand-
able. to. the lay, inin id. “He Spent part
‘of. aw cek, in Prince “Rupeit giving lec
inres, on.dry. ‘pubjects; and lia ‘address-

et capacity , audiences. . ‘The Dean’ Dag Ae

a. AApRY,: plendin ‘of wit. and hurhor!

bodies as, the moon, , the “gun, ‘tHe stars”

and ret te

- Word was’ recelved at the Herald of-|

THE OMINECA HERALD, NEW JHAZELTON B,: 0, WEDNESDAY MARCH 24, 1937

v Dr. Bayne isa
Di ed i in Office Tory Candidate

Late list Friday © afternoon’ Dr. Dr. A. H. Bayne was chosen Conger:
Francis Vere Agnew was found’ dead yative standard ‘bearer at: a- eonven--
in‘ his office by-patients who had-call- tion held in Kamloops on March 15th.

ed: for consultation. The doctor was. The doctor is pretty well known in the
About town and.attending to his prac- northern iiterior, he having practiced.
tice ag wsual all day and appenred to. bis profession in Prince Rupert for 2
be in his usual good health, altbough. number of yéars and then went to”
hé: was never heard to complain Of. Prince George, ‘and he paid: a number.
any personal ailments. He had been' of professional’ visits here. He was -
visited in his office by Mrs. Agnew in porn in Thorold, Ont. in 1890, bis fa-
the middle of ‘the afternoon and he’ ther being English. and his mother
told her he would be home as soon 8 Jrish, He was some years -in Prince
he wrote a letter, He procceded to George where he organized a band and
write. that letter and. had four lines was himself the bandmaster. In 1928
written when a heart attack carried pe went to Kamloops: and opened an
him: off, He. was, found abort. five office and ‘soon got into the band and
o'clock lying on his arm over the desk orchestra busineds again. He organ-
with the newly ‘started letter. hefore j,4 the only: ‘Juventle Symphony. orch-
him. “A medical examination showed estra in Canada: or. England. He 1s

(Dr. EV. Agnew

'

and ‘this work may be followed by dia-
oneal dann

There ig a. posalbility’ of the Sisters of.,

| ‘and: under - the‘ yell
Tok his remarks | ‘he mnadé buch. austere

a8 ate seem almost, hu- 7
ang “es ae. 5 ae 4 an Harel brings word stint: -Avtbug'

| Siously.

The news of ‘the sudden’ passing of
Dr, Agnew was a shock to Smithers
Teople and to-the people ‘of the‘ dist-
riet rownd about. Thee news carried |
to all corners like ‘wildfire, and the
greatest. sympathy is. extended to the
willaw and the family.

Tr. Agnew was one of the . finest}
type of Trishmen that ever left the |
‘Emerald Isl He was one “Of the fin-
est in the north, The more one knew
of him. the better one Hked him, and!
not only for. his personal qualities, but |
also for his medical and surgical skill |

The Jate Dr. Agnew was born in Bel-
fats, Ireland fifty-two’ years: ago. He
was: educated: ‘at Cheltenham. College,
England and gtndied medicine at Tri-
nity, College, ‘Dublin, From this . he
graduated . with “high: honors, and in
: Faubsequent, Dost. eradunte work he won

: als nlx analll:,
Tied” him: ‘for “tile , ,

_ Completing” ‘his veaueation “for -that

‘time. he. caine to” Canada in” 1911 and.

jriett at Kainloops, after which be. was
company doctor ‘with the P.G.B. Rail-
way during. construction and made his
headquar ters at. Williams . -Lake. In
1928 he. located . in: 'felkwa: where hé
: practiced. until” he. purchased: ‘the ‘prac-
tice of Tr. Hapkiigon in Smithers in
1930. He: has lived in. Smithers since
aud had developed | a splendid practice.
|" Phase: surviving ‘are thé wilow an¢
a daughter, ‘Yvonne, of Smithers, and:
tivo soa, Cecil of Smithers and Des-
mond of Wells, B« &.

j ‘The. fineral was held on. Sunday ef:
ternonn. with. services. conducted in the
Anglienn church, by Rev. Mr, Hales.
“After the ‘ebureh, .service Omineca .
.’ | Lodge, } No, 2, AF. & AM., of which”

1: the. Gpecnset was A BS ‘master, took
i of ‘the lodge

rice

der
and. Chaplain 1 J, on ‘the prayers.
e lodge’ acted as

Six past. masters of |
pall: bearers, IH, Bymne. Ri W. Cham-
rion ‘G. M. Carruthers, H.-H. Darling,
McLeod, Dr. Bamford, ° :
‘Following - the church: “service the
| Masons ‘accompanted the bereaved and
friends to. the cemetery where the
lodge’ ‘took charge ‘of ‘the coniutttal ser-
| vice. and iaid thelr friend and brother
,in his Inst” resting place, ;
_ The deceased : WAS, also, 0 strong sup-
porter of the Hike: ‘and: that lodge. was
represcnted. at, ‘the funeral, «
_Eejendls and admirers, of the late. ‘Dr
‘Agnew : t
uniter
paying
“wos regarded

“am the). Smithe ers. people .: :

Abielly by: all: mo

nent aol one a “old. tinier whe:

oom

a west of Per

void ‘accompllahine

h “jveranent “wete described. a

for.some three years relieved Dr. Ben-’

‘om ‘alk, parts ‘of ‘the ‘alstrict 7

thelr: Inst: "pespects to. one: ‘who, i

iv eriginer,,. will Seine in ‘aa ot
é to. praparr mn. OF Jk

that he had expired: about an hour pre president of. the Coriservattve- ‘Assécia-

' tion in Kamloops and” ‘also: president of
the Bonrd of Trade..

At ;the. convention: which nominated
Dr. Bayne, Dr.. Patterson of Vancou-
ver, lender of the Conservative party
in British Columbia, made bis first
public addres Ti concern with’ the
awuetpated campaizn -

i —

‘Greenhouse i in. |
Smithers Burns

—_—.

| The residents of, ‘the town of ‘Smith.
ers weye awakened. from their sleep at
12.30 on Sunday night by: the siren of
the fire engine as it tore. through main
street. enroute ‘to a blaze which had
been discovered in the green. house of
Pete Gruich on, the Bulkley Hill at the
;edge,.9f, foe, ..My,. Graleh was Sound

asleep: when:. the Hie phters ‘gerived
‘and was”. unaivare“' “athe - fire’ in. his.

green house: ‘The. ‘tire: truck. -was.-net
able to get. in-to ‘the scene-of. the blaze
on account of: the depth, of. snow- and. :
the fact that there had ‘heen: no ‘road
broken there all through the ‘winter,
but those on tHe. seehe went to work
with. shovels and fought: ‘the: flre: with
snow, -eventually,. winning... the “fight.
but not until the: ‘greenhouse: itself was’
pretty well.’ ‘destroyed. The; lox: build-
ing adjoining. the greenhouse | was sav-
ed although the. end of the. building
Was: scorched - pretty. badly. Mr. Gruich
is an old. timer in: Smithers and has
been very ecegsful ii his ‘ne of
work The. loss. will be a, severe blew
to him as there: ‘does not ‘Appear to be
any Ansurance ‘on’ the buliding.

Reeves. McDonald

In view of ‘recent {niblicity regard-
‘ing the Reeves McDonald property,
and a newspaper article stating “The
Management Estimates. that. 4,000,000
tons, of: ore are indicnted., at Reeves,
with: values chiefly | in zing,” the De-
partment of Mines’ has. made. enquiry
of the. secretary ‘of the company: who
states ‘that the article in the: Yancou-
ver Sun of March 15 wasobtained
from a broker's market:‘letter™ dated
March 18, °1937,-bz''C:: Ge Fields and
Company, ‘who. goen-report that they
obtained ‘the information from the Fin
ancial News and. that. ‘paper “advises
1 thet they’ got the: “information | from

Eastern’ Canada. ry «

an on: this
‘4 ie r ;

i

t|-on: ‘Monday ‘Hamilton:

Congeryetiva;and Bon vente
TAberals. Pee