VOL. IIL, “NO.: 33

‘HAZELTON, B, cy SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1914

' PRICE $2. 00 A YEAR

EXHIBITION IN |
SEPTEMBER ..

Bulkley Valley Men Organize
For Holding of Annual
_ Fair at Smithers

Ata meeting heldin Smitherson
Wednesday evening the Northern
Interior Exhibition Association

was formed, to hold annual fairs
. representative of the Bulkley
Valley and its resources, The
derangement of the train service
by track trouble prevented the
attendance of some of those in-
terested, but there was a good
representation of .agriculturists.
R. E. Williams was jn the
7 chair and Roy. Miller acted ‘as
secretary. The provisional com-
mittee appointed by the Citizens’
Association reported, reeommend-
‘ing the formation of an associa-
tion to arrange for an exhibition
at Smithers on September 11.
After -a discussion of waya and
means the report was adopted,
alt was decided that membership
should be open to all farmers,

ee

‘prospectors, miners, and -buasi-!.

. hess men of the Bulkley. Valley.

It was aleo determined to hold

a: two-day fair next’ fall, with

puch attractions as will ensure. a

Jarge attendance, Tha date of

the ‘fair. wad fced 3 for r September
1f-12, _

An executive board, to arrange
for -this year’s fair and to pre-
pare’a ‘plan’ for permanent or-
ganization, was elected, with the
following members:

| Charles Barrett, Arch. Mcln-

4, nes, D, J. Jennings, 1 C. K.

Sealy, John Hynes, H. Silver-
thorne, T, J. Thorp, D. Simpson,

G. C. Killam, P. McPhee, G. A. |

Rosenthal, T.T. Dunlop, R. E.

Williams, A. R. Macdonald, Mar-

tin Saunders, Joseph Sexton, R,

U. Miller, A, D. MacKay, P. R.

White. This board will meet on
_ April 29, to choose its officers
, and sub-committees.

, INQUEST HELD ON
- - . DEAD BANK ROBBERS
‘In the inquest held at New
Hazelton on the two dead bank
robbers, the coroner's jury found
‘that the men, who have not been
identified, met death at the
chands of persons unknown, and
that their killing was justified.
Inspector Wynn and Detective
Green of the -proviticial police
, are directing measures for the
apprehension of the. member of
the gang who eveaped with: the
booty.

— Ottawa, April 13: ~ Andrew
Broder ‘was elected chairman of
the committee to enquire into the
‘cigarette evil in Canada, and it
was décided to conduct a thor-
Tough investigation. Mr, Broder
‘thought ‘the practice of having
eo > prize: packages | in cigarettes was
| | Faponsible toa ‘large extent for
‘ the 'p e.growing evil, -

7 Naw officers were elected ata
general meéting of Smithers
, ° Athletic Association, held: in the
‘Prines Theater on- Thiesday aven-|
“ings. Mie Ae -W. Smithers was
-“yinaniinoualy. elected hotiorary
“presidént, the: executive ‘officers

’ “phosen being the: following: H.
We Kreis, bresident; Ww. 8 Heti-

Huerta to Receive
_Lesson in Etiquette

Washington, April. 17:—As a
result of the discourtesy of Mex:
ican officials at Tampico, who: re-

American warship, Huerta’ 8 gov-

been rushed ‘to. “Tampico. to de-
mand recognition, ‘A salute of
twenty-one guns will be. demand-
ed, to be anawered by the Amer-
ican fleet.” Huerta insists that
the United States vessels answer
gun for gun. “but this ‘has been
refused, and the salute will only
be acknowledged aiter, the laat
gun is: fired.

~ Spring Millinery

Miss Barbeau, of ‘Prince Ru-
pert, will be ‘in Hazelton on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
next, April 23, 24 and 26,“arid
will display the newest millinery
styles in the office formerly oc-
cupied by Mr. Hovéll, next-door
to Mr, Hicks Beach’s office.

THENEWGHIEF CONSTABLE

of the new chief constable who

Fernie Free Press sayst ©

Chief "Minty “hag made good
while in this. district. by: strict: at.
‘tention: ‘tothe: business. of hia, de-:

improvement in the force shortly |.
after his arrival here, ‘the type

he took
This district now. has

improvement after -
charge.

ag can be found in the province,

- A.C, Minty has had a- wide.
experience. in ~-police work: ‘in.

Prior to. going on the
provincial force he was crack
Griver for the B.X. stage running
from Asheroft to Barkerville,
He holds the record for the fast-|:
est trip ever made on_that.. road,

covering the 600 miles, from Ash-|.
croft and back between Wednes-
day noon and Friday night, with
16 relays of horses each way.

He still preserves the big driver’ ‘8
coat in which the trip was made,

After ‘apending ‘gome time on

district he was stationed on the].
West coast. and in both locations
he had considerable experience
with the Indians.. «He-is peeuli-
ary fitted for the duties of-hia|-

{new position by reason of his eX-

perience with the. ‘Tadiana’ and
with ‘the country where hie will
be located, ri

J,. P. Thorkildson ‘and. David
Woolsey’ returned’ on. -Monday
from Mr. Thorkildson’s-; copper
claims on Driftwood river, bring: |¢
ing out. ‘fie samples. of the rock, |
The copper, which i is of. the born |,
‘ite. variety;, oceurs.. in.a twenty-

pleated. wlth: what! ‘he ‘daw, Rnd

fused ‘to return the salute. of; van,

ernment: is’ menaced by United| .
States battleships, . which have}

Vda

ig'to have charge of this district}
on Chief Gammon’: ‘8 transfer, the} -

partment, - He. ‘made. a marked |*

of constable. showing. marked

ag fine a body of, provincial police

British Columbia in the last 14}
-| years, --

provincial force in the Cariboo}

foot lediié, | in ‘aiorita:* “Me: Wools | be8
sey... who ‘hails from Alberni; i ig,

» BSNS PA

ray

Jtified—Inguiry on n Foot

‘As a ‘result of a Arebug’s § crite,
the. greater part éf the town: of.
Telkwa ¥ ‘was laid in’ashes on Sun]
day night, At 12:45 Mrs, Small:
housekeeper: ‘at the New Telkwa,
Hotel, saw a glare through her.
window. Looking out, she saw
a man emerge from behind Ken:
nedy’s: pool room and‘ go- in ‘the
directign of the bridge. The

: i fire, which had evidently been

set at’ the rear of the building.
was making rapid headway, and
although the alarm was instantly
given and a crowd rushed to the

the flames, which swept through.
the closely-built block, devouring
the Kennedy building, the . res:
taurant, the Bigelow buildirig and.
~Mason Adams’ drugstore, |
The. residence. of: Dr. Wallage),
adjoining the” drugstore, was, ‘also
burned, but much of the eonten 5
was saved. te

scene, it was iimposdible to check]

OFTELAWA

Puc WIPED OUT!

Inéendiary. Starts. Fi ire Whidh, Does G Does Great Damage in Bulk-

the fire consumed LL. . Schorn's
store and stock of general mer-
thandise, R. L. Gale’s office, a
building owned’ by H. A. Bige-
low, Frank -Charlegon’s | office,
‘Sehorn's old store and Chettle-
burgh & Sinclair’s building, in
whieh there was a stock of ma.
chinery owned by Henry & Dun-
lop.

The greatest loss” is that of
Louis “Schorn, although Mr,
Adams suffers heavily in the des-
truction of his. building and a
large atock of drugs and sundries,
The total. loss will be. little
short of $50,000, The only busi-
negs buildings -left on the main
street are the hotel and bank,
The hotel caught fire several
times, but the flames were ex:
tinguished. Surgent’s big store,
on the nextatreet, was untouched,

. Constables MacAulay and Fair-

! | bairn are endeavoring © to ‘find

ome trace of the frebug,

Murdoch ay of Francois take
spent the week-in: Hazeltor.. ic w

John Marshall, of Prince Rus!)
pert, was in town on Thursday.

George, are among the week’s
visitors here,

R. AL Grant, oP, Burns & Co.,
has | gone te Prince Rupert for a
business visit. ’

Forest Ranger Tom Brewer res
turned this morning from a trip

‘to Burns.and Babine lakes,

- The married men of Hazelton
have challenged the bachelors to
a baseball contest on April 26.

Mails for Manson .will leave
Hazelton on May 15, and on the
15th of e: ¢: month thereafter,

- Mr. and Mrs. Hallowell arrived
from Prince Rupert on Saturday
and spent several days in Hazel-
ton, ;

The Athletic Association has
begun work ¢ on the ball grounds,
whieh are’ to be extonisively. im-

-proved.

J. G.-K, Sealy | is spending the
week at his ranch, near Smithers,
His residence here ia being deco-
rated and refurnished.

F. E Willett, salesman at
Cunningham’s, has resigned his
position and expects to leave for|:

Laan

or two. :

The, youngest son. of Govern:
‘ment Agent Hoskins was rather

will return with several nian ‘Pekel,

R. Scott and A. Ross, of Fort | .
- G. W. Otterson writes that his

point and on Francois lake,

the coast in the course of .a day| _

stole a canoe at Aiyasiah, sbande
oning. it again: at: Gwinoha.:. ‘Tive
partiés:: of constablés‘are-searelt:
ing... for. him, and his eapenre-fer
regarded. as: certain. -

iarge party of miners. reached
Slate vreek in eleven. days from
Hazelton, and that all freight
has been received.

The Northern , Telephone Co.,
which i is now extending its ser-
vice east of ‘Telkwa;. intends to
construct a line connecting Burns
‘Lake and Francois Lake. .

- B-H. Gerow expects to eave

Jon Monday, for Burns Lake,

where he will spend the summer,
He has varied intereats at that

“Gand J, Peters, of Prince Ru-
pert, who recently purchased the
Olson ranch, across the Skeena

|from Hazelton, arrived on-Mon-

day, and have taken possession
of. their new property, which
they intend to develop.

y

- W. B. Steele, deputy mining
recorder at Manson creek, ar-
rived in Hazelton on ‘Thursday.
He reports a mild winter in ‘the

placer district, with the expecta-| : :

tion of an early mining deagon,
A new trail from Manson to the
Omineca river is badly needed. -

Graham Rock Martied ot
In the” Firat Preabyterian
Chureh, Seattle, on. Wednesday
of last week, “Graham Rock, the
popular. ‘eaptain of Hazelton’s

: ‘champion bageball team, married
3 “| Miia ark Wiseman, daughter of

|| ed. in the Ottawa house.

| Athletic Social and -
Dance Big Success

The basket social and dance
given in the Assembly Hall on
“Monday night, under the auspices
of the Hazelton Athletic Associa-
tion, was 2 huge success, finanei-
ally and socially. Dancing was
continued till an early hour.
| Messrs, Geary and Turnbull con-
tributed vocally to the entertain-
ment: program. Special thanks
are due tothe Misses Jackson, of
Glenvowell, who. rendered vocal
and instrumental selections.

“The sale of haskets under the
guidance of Bob Allen was the
feature of the evening, and real-
ized the handsome sum of $805.
The committee in charge and

take this opportunity of: return-
ing thanks to the ladies who so
ably adsisted them in making the
evening a success, -

London, April 13:—A militant
suffragette amashed with a hat-
chet ten cases containing exhibits
in the. Asiatic section of ‘the
British Museum. .

HOLDSTUNATIONALPOLICY

Ottawa, April 18: 13;—Widespread

fadéra) budget, recently present-

“There was perhaps no item on

the list, awaited with greater i in-

ge herb

’ lin the produetion of this class of

_ | | duatries, including, of course,
-1 the great basic industry of -agri-

went: with this. question: vat
cbquidenebie’s length: - He said a
most. careful” inquiry had been
made for overa year into ‘the.
cost of production of agricultural
implementa on both sides of the
line, and as a result of the in-
vestigation it had been decided
to make a cut in.the duty on har-
vesters, reapers, binders, and

mowers, from 178 to 12h per |:
-|Canada has received a wireless

cent.

Hon. Mr. White said that this
reduction in duty was two and a
half per cent greater cut than
that proposed by the reciprocity
pact and with the drawback en-
joyed on the iron and steel used

implements, they would be placed
upon practically a 10 per cent
basis

The announcement ‘of the-cut
in agricultural implements was
received with Conservative
cheers,

A feature of the speech of Hor,
Mr. White was his; reaffirmation
of the national policy as to the
the ground upon which the Con-
servative party still starids. .
“I desira to affirm,” he said,.
“the adherence of ‘the govern
ment to a fiscal policy of reagon-
lable protection: to: Canadian in-

culture, That policy is the his-|
torte national policy of :Sir John |.
Macdonald: Utider that. policy
Canada ds“ prospered. in ‘they!
past and will continue to Prosper |

the members of the association | .

Intérest is being taken in the]

bey -THé-finance minté- ;

PREPARE FOR
BALL SEASON

Hazelton Athletic Associa tion
Holds Annual Meeting--
Prospects Good for Cup

_ Enthusiasm and unabated conf-
dence marked the annual meet.
ing of Hazelton Athletic Associa-
tion, which was held last night,
The organization was never in
better financial condition, and —
there is every prospect of a gue-
cessful season, The retiring
president, J. M. MacCormick,
and the executive were tendered
a hearty vote of thanks for their —
untiring, efforts to promote the
objects of the association,

Secretary Middleton announc-
ed a highly satisfactory condition _
of: finances, for which thanks
were extended to the committee
in charge of Monday’s entertain-
ment.

The following officers were
elected: R. J. Rock, president;
G. R. Middleton, secretary-treas-
urer} de M. MuacCormick, &. C.-
Sinclair, R. E. Ailen, Graham
Rock, H. H. Little, R. G, Mose-
ley, executive committee,

R. J. Rock waa elected mana-
ger of the baseball team and
Graham Rock was chosen cap
tain, the two latter being also «

_ dt. is expected that this aea-
gon’ ’s achedule will include Prince
Rupert, Terrace, Hazelton, New
Hazelton. and Smithers, Telkwa
is unlikely to have a.team in the -
league. Local fans have’ every
confidence in the ability of the
Tigers to retain the champion-
ship trophy, the MeClary Cup.
Fighting in Mexico .
Vera Cruz, April 14:— Consul

‘message reporting. heavy fight-
ing on the outskirts of Tampico,

which began yesterday and con-

continued throughout today. —

No details are given exept that
many: dead and wounded have.
been brought into the city..

The German cruiser Dresden
left here for Tampico, and the -
Mexican gunboat Zaragoza will
proceed to that port with rein-
forcements. Norman -Lind, the
son of John Lind, ‘will go to Tam-
pico on board the Utah,

Francois Lake Notes
A. Blayney is building ¢ a .two-
story residence on his ranch,
R. R. Jeffrey is building. a new
house on his ranch at North
Francois,
M. ‘Tuohy has added a ‘number
of hogs to the live stock on. his
place. ;
W. E. Blake has purchased a
number of young dairy cattle, .
James Newman is. building a
large barn, preparatory | to o bring. .
ing i in dairy stack. os

in the’ futare, ‘We believe it to

condition’: and”. a. valvers
national: ; life. throughout