fement.

| Have In Tractor ~
‘Solution of Pole:

_ Hauling Problem |

an new Fordson ‘Fall -
tractor, with donkey and every-
‘thing complete arrived on Monday
a last for §. H. Senkpiel, for use
in the bush to get out his poles
mand piling. He went. down to},
. Terrace last Thursdav in company
§ with Austin Goodenough, super- |
5 intendent of the Hanson Lumber
1 & Timber Co...and watched the
S demonstration. staged by W. H.
Barnett, the Terrace Ford agent.
&' The machine was put to some
‘hard work on the ‘road, on cor-
durov,' in soft, mueky mud, and
in the bush. It did everything
that was asked:of it and far more
7 ‘than: the prospective purchasers
A anticipated. It did the work of
eight horses, and with the use of
Mthe donkev, did the work of
m twelve horses—that is, heavy];
_ horses,
m= There is no doubt that: the
fcedar men’s troubles are now
‘golved, and they will soon be on
the way to build up a bank ac-
- count,

B With the Pull-Crawl tractor in
mthe bush hauling to the main

2 Hazelton depot.

mat-the demonstration: '

mathe near future, .

Dismantling Finished

Bcompleted his work of dismant-

- pone,
maken out next winter. -

mintil the freeze-up again,

eStewart. . ..
Saompleted - this
- ikely George:

— q rae , ae a .
. a, Bt bare » .
a - re a a We Sas . on
=~ aie een| reve : -

Crawl

: road and Fred.’ Griffin’ 5 track pronerty held by Seattle 1 interests

W Rupert. - :

George Little, of Terrace, : and |
@ several otherlumber and timber
m™ men of the district were, present:
- As’a re
m beult, several more - tractors are
Bexpected in the district in the

For this season A. 'B. Wirg, of |
the B.C. Kquipment Co., has

Ming the Rocher de Boule mine
Slant and shipping out the equip-
‘Most of the stuff has.
The remainder will. be
When.
mathe frost came out’ of the moun-
@etain road last week the bottom of
ihe road went out with‘it, and no
Snore hauling will -be- possible
On
Sunday Mr, Scobie, of the Dun-
awell Mining’ Co., aitived to mark
mache tram line preparatory to “have
Seog it dismantled and shipped to:
That. work will, be
and most |until’’ after’ ‘May’ ‘10; ‘the’ ‘boats
e |acheduled to léave Prince Rupert
ANC on the 8rd; th; and,

= idepatt. at. cig pm .s

fi 3 arrives i in Pri

NEW

HAZELTON, B. C., APRIL 30, 19

ane

Usk —
| Skeena’s Industrial Centre

Miss Ke Gibson, on her’ way
home to Penticton from Hazelton
Hospital, ‘from which she recent-1
ly graduated BB a registered
nurse, stopped off at Usk to be
the guest. of Mrs.- B. Shannon
for several days. — .

GoW. Elia, after spending
four months in the Hazelton Hos-
pital, passed through Usk" on
Friday morning, bound for Van-
couver. There he expects to
conclude arrangements for carry:
ing on the season’s work on the
many mining interests he has
acquired in the district.

Milton Allison arrived last week
and is inhabiting the McClarty
residence, . He intends to prose-
cute development: on the Usk
Group of mineral claims, which
is situated one ‘mile east of town,
on -Bornite Mountain. |

S. A. Davis spent a few days
in town on ‘business i in connection
with his Centre Basin properties.
He returned to the Kalum Lake
district, where he will. oversee
some development: on mining

Dane. : ‘Melntosh: was. a visitor
in town fora ‘short time and then:
left for’ the. Cadsiar placer: fields,
where he. ‘expects. to cajole Dame]:
Nature to spring: Icose : another

““nugeet chain’. *-Tn-dour mien,
he dinna wag, his” trap wi’ glow-
in’ praise 0” fair Oosk.”

‘New Train Schedule.

The new train schedule which
goes into effect on Sunday will
give New Hazelton a ‘daily’ train
setvice,. except on Tuesdays going
west and Sundays going east,
The westbound ‘train will pass
through: here: at 7. 45 a.m, and
the eastbound at7. 45 p. m. Train
No. 3,: inaugurating the: ‘summer
schedule: will leave Edmonton ‘on
Saturday, “May. 1st, at 9 p.m. and
will take up the new timetablé at
midnight. ° “It will get’ into Prince
Rupert on new time, 3, 20 p.m., |!
Monday; “May 3. + In view of the
fact that ‘the. sécond. half of: the
Canadian National ‘ateamer time- |
table: does. “Hot: ‘become effective

fen at: nine |:
: will” be. held” un

“ri Atte  the'l0th a revised | i

i for “steamers." “to

i or Wea a, Pole

nd Siu dhys;’ and“as train ‘No.

as ites pert at 3.80:

is

foosition’ ‘in. Ay:
ie atl Wilt‘dle

‘Marino of Us

om aiomeg |

iI the’ train th

Progress on Nine-Mile
_ About ‘a\’dozen men are now

employed between the Silver Cup
snd ‘the Sunrise mines, on Nine-

ress 18 being made. ~
rid states that there ‘are still from
two to three feet of snow in the
mountains, about ‘the same’ .as
usual, and he does not'think the];
hills will be bare. much earlier
-| than i in other yedrs. ~The work
on ‘the lower part of the Nine-
Mile wagon road is. being well
done, and as soon as the’ snow is
Rone, some more ‘work will. be
done on the upper part. That
will make it good going for the
pack horses that will bring down
the ore. -

| Hospital Day to

_Be Observed At.
| Local Institution |:

The annual obgervanee of Hos-

-|pital Day, on ‘Wednesday, May
12, will this year be made quite a
feature in connection with the
The joint
committee appointed by the Hos-
pital board of management and

Hazelton Hospital,

ladies’ hospital bap oa

in Hazelton ‘for the benefit of the
hospital. ~The comedy will be: ‘a

featire. will be, “This Pace That

| Thrills.”

On Wednesday, ‘May 12, the
features of the afternoon will be
a baseball game on the hospital | t
field at 2. 30 sharp,. to be followed
at’ 3. 30 on the hospital. lawn’ with
races and games for all children
between. the ages of.3 and 65
years, From 3,30,’ to. 5.80 the.
hospital and” nurses’ residence
will be -open‘ for inspection, and
‘all interested are invited: to fay
theif’ ‘spécial . annual.‘ visit: | The
nurses” ‘Fesidence should attract a
great: many. Between 4:30: and
b: 30° light refreshments’ will: be
served by thé hospital’ ‘staff,“and

pleasant afternoon, ee

In ‘the evening’ in. Assembly |:
Hall. thére™ will be a.concert, fal- |
lowed by: a: dance, with Fefresh- |
ments ‘served after’ midnight.;
The’ committees abpointed te f|
. a AY r. ol-

sete anda Rev. J. i Young;

D:.
ae and races,’ S.J. Witie-| ¢

Senkpiel store
I fsa pk. : *

cays apr oa

uta -

an

ushabents, Mea.” Andoed
hie i: he A

Mile Mountain, ‘and: good: prog-|#
W.S. Har-|

ening, May 10, ‘Norman Cary iz
putting ona moving ‘picture show

Cameo, “Good News,” and the!

everyone will be ‘given ‘a’ teal

OVERHEARD AROUND

_ NEW HAZELTON

‘James Dyer, of Lake Kathlyn,
spent a couple of days here last
week. He expects to:go to Van-
eouver before long. Mrs. Dyer
is now-at home at Lake Kathlyn,.
although she is far from being
well.-. r

The road gang repairing the
main highway between town and
Moricetown is now out around
Beament, and other two weeks
will probably see that work com-
pleted. -A good job has been.
done thus far.

* Russell Smith was here yester-
das.in conrection wite his’ mine
at Pacific,

_ The railway linemen are mak-
ing repairs on the line in this
section,

Chas. Carpenter of Dorreen
was here this week and purchas-
ed a heavy: team fram Senkpiel.

Last Monday evening Mrs, H.
Thornton entertained at bridge.
Toere were three tables and the
prizes were won by Mrs. God-
dard and Miss Denno. Those
present were Mr. and Mrs. Par-
z(ert and Douglas, Mr. arid Mra.
|Denno, Miss s Denno, Mr. and Mrs
3 ar on Boulding..: Mrs.
Misa‘J. Smith: .

Hazelton. ‘church? arranged. ae ‘re-
ception - and social .evening - for
Rev. and Mrs. Young last -even-
ing. There was a good turnout
and a pleasant evening spent.
To complete arrangements for
the 24th of May celebration ° at}:
|New Hazelton’ there will bea
general meeting of the Commun-
ity League on Saturday night in
the school house. A A large atten
dance i is required. |

- GC. McKay of Prince Ruvert
distriet public works engineer,
‘was accompanied by L. E. Clarke
of Vancouver, on a trip of inspec-
tion of the roads and oteer public
works in the district. They put
in’ a couple of days here. Mr,
Clarke pas been appointed assist-
ant engineer to succeed Mr. Dim-
mock wno resumes his. former
duties in the public works office |
at Smithers.

,

"A Delightful Drive

A drive. through this country
now is one of: the delights of live:
ing and would ‘be appreciated. by.
| outsiders’ more ‘thant by local folk:
if the, ‘outsiders’ ‘could ',gee.: “The
trées:are’ “alin -full ‘leaf: and. wild

j alotig' the road ‘fides’ atid ¢ sowing

a "the Ladies : ‘Aid of . the New aT

\ fruit trees-are in’ fu)l bl bloom: * All}.

y rw adjoining the station wtounds : and
88 Var! cloge:to the ‘station: '
nds! will be of a size‘that, will’ ‘enable

‘;him'to store a large quantity: t
ta | farm. produce, either. for’ local

To Give Helpful —
Talks In District

Everyone interested i in agricul.
tural “pursuits will welcome the:
announcement ‘that a series of
agricultural meetings is being
arranged throughout the northern
intericr of the province... These’.
meetinga are for the’ ‘purpose: of
further ‘developing ‘the farming.
industry, :.and particularly. the:
dairying and poultry. branches:
A meeting will be held in.the |
Assembly Hall at) Hazélton | on
Thursday, May 25, next. For it
the speakers arranged for are
Mr, Grant, of Calgary,a market-
ing. expert; Mr.- Waby, : a ‘poultry
expert of British Columbia,’ “and
Mr. Rive, dairy commissioner ‘for:
the province. . These*men'are all:

: experts i in their particular spheres

valuable information along new
and improved lines, and will also
‘be able to solve many individual
problems. They are coming to
meet the people,.and everyone
interested in any way in agricul-

point to be present at the meet-
ings. ‘Tt is possible that a meet-

Hazelton also.

yore Pitpseap ives ax Re ee facie Peecieee omen

To Establish Fox Fa

N.S., who | has: ‘been’ ‘visiting’ his. .

Prince Rupert,: announced. there

“| that he was planning on extend:
-ling his silver fox industry té

Northern British Columbia. He
is president of the Magic Silver ,
Fox Co., of Summerside, P.E.L}
and that company also has bran:
ches at Chilliwack and. Victoria,
B,C, Fox farms in Northern
B.C. are quite. profitable. and &
branch of this larger conéern will
be welcomed.

Flowers For Station Garden

If present plans-are carried out.
successfully, there will be a large
flower garden at the back of the
New: Hazelton depot... A'good-

sized piete of land has been made
ready and is being fenced, There
lis'a water supply on the grounds .

jand everything is’ fine shape for:
- |the flawera. ,
town: are’ invited to donate plants,

The: ‘people of the

flowers, bulbg;' ete., for setting
out; to make the railway property. '
at the station. beautiful. ‘There
is no doubt that’ a flower garden
at a. depot: adds “to” the pleasure
of the ‘travelling public en

Geo, D. “Parent! his ‘plans made 7
\for a larce roothbuse on his. farm .

“the cellar

oN 0. ae

~ [Farm Specialists

tural pursuits should. make it a

ing will be arranged for. New OE

sister, Mrs. G. A. Woodland, in’ . :

ao Bes