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NEW HAZELTON, B. C., WEDNESDAY. MAY 24, 1933

No. 49

Sal May 24, Victoria Day, was again ce]

Sbrated in New Hazelton and it was
: : yuite a success in every way except the
Morand of weather that was served up.

Mahe morning was sunny and warm, but
Saat noon a cool breeze got up and clonds
Mrhovered over the country so that it was
Snot nearly so comfortable on the picnic
Ma crounds as it might have been. How-
ever there was a big crowd gathered to
see the sports and of course the big ball
game, There were more people on the
grounds this year than last and there

a number of novelty contests for the
children which were keenly contested.

About two o'clock the soft ball game
was called between the’fast team from
M Smithers and New Hazelton. Perry
York umpired the game with Eddy Den-
no on the hases, In the opening inning-
® or two New Hazelton girls look d like
| serious contenders, but it was not long
until the visitors gut a. break and ran
up quite a score, After that the loca
mz girls did not seem to be able to connect
Mee with the ball and many of thelr friends
fae were disappointed, The final score was

a 19 to 5.

The Peewees of New Hazelton and

m the youngsters of Hazelton were next

B called for a five or six inning contest.
me This was as good a game to watch as
Mm was the senior geme which was played
later, The little fellows are snappy and
play ball for the sake of the game. It
was quite a serious business with them.
However the Peewees of New Hazelton
had the boys from Hazelton outclassed
and won their game by a 8-1 score.

The Snappy Nine of Smithers proved
something of a disappointment in their
game with New Hazelton. They started
off with three ruus in the first inning,
but were unable to score again until
the 4th and then they got one in the
6th and one in the 9th. They could not
hit Bert Spooner successfully and the
fielders were giving him pretty fair
support. Once in the first inning the
boys made a mistake when the second
baseman, shortstop and center fielder
all went after the same fly. They ail
got it and they all dropped it, and then
they threw it wild, After that they
steadied down and made very few miz-
takes, On the other hand the Snappy
Nine missed grounders and missed sev-
eral flies. They were not on theirgame.
New Hazelton scored three runs in the
1st, five in the 2nd, two in the 4th,
three in the €th and one in the 8th fora
total of 14 to 7 that Smitheas made.

Perry York umpired the game and got
away with all bis decisions. Art Gagne
was on the bases. .

a It was sixo’clock when the games
‘were over, and in view of the threuten-
ing weather most of the people from
Smithers went home, although a few
stayed for the dance in the evening.

greatly appreciated by the big crowd.

dencing was kept up until quite late.

The hall had been freshly decorated
juat previously and it preaented quite

an attractive appearance,

tion of the Queen’s birthday.  —s.

The government gas shovelfat Smith-
ers was moved to the Telkwa coal mine
road this week, A big slide is blocking
the road and hampering the transporta-
tion of coal to the railway, and about a
week will be required to remove the

New Hazelton Won Ball
Game From Snappy Nine
Smithers Girls Got Win

was a fine program of sports, including»

The dance at night was as usuala big
success, The Moonlight Serenaders of
Smithers furnished the music and it was

The hall was fall all the time and the

From a financial standpoint the citi-
zens made out alright on the celebra-

blockade. A large order from canneries
on the Skeena River is now being filled
by Mr, Dockrill’s mine crew.

The condition of Dan Foster, son of
Mr. and Mra. F. V. Foster of Smithers,
is causing a great deal of anxiety to
parents and friends, The youth was
stricken with a mysterious illness some
time ago and gradually lapsed into a
semi-coma. The case was early diag-
nosed as spinal meningitis, but a later
consultation of physicians pronounced
the illness to be a form of sleeping sick-
ness. Dr. Kergin of Prince Rupert is
being summoned for advice.

“The road between Moricetown and
Smithers ig mow in good shape aa the
result of gravelling done during the past
week, West of Moricetown a number

‘ traffic on the main road,

Mrs. Petor Sinith spent the week end
with Mv. Smif at Skeenn City.

Tr, and Mrs, H, C. Wrinch gave a
telephone bridge on Mondny night last.
Two tables phiuyed.

The meadow monse is a) cummon
species of the field monse, vecurring in
all parts of Canada.
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tn a innd too light, too steep or too
stony to plough and improve for pos-
tue, oevassionally it has been found
profitalle to reforest with trees suite.
to the soil.

The tirst and inportant factor in the

contrel of the apple maggot is that

eneh grower look after his own orchard
and farm.

Rhubarb ccontnius a small percen-
taze of astringent substances, or tan-
nins, and it Is probably that these ate

of bad holes still remain to impede |.

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NEW HAZELTON HOTEL OPENED

A Fine Place for Travellers to Stay
AH New Furniture—Building
Well Finished Throughout

The New Hazelton hotel was form-
ally opened, this week and the first of
the guests had a room on Saturday.
The hotel building and furnishings are
at eredit to the town. Travellers and
officials who go abont the country say
thit the New Hazelton Hotel is the
hest little hotel in the north, All the
furnishings aee new and of a high
quality. The rooms ate well furnished
and there are two stairs, one ot the
rere of the hotel in ense of fire, as-well
as the main stuivs from the lobby. The
lobby and the beer parlor are both fin-
ished in an attractive manner, The
place is well Hehted and everything to
camply with the law and meet the e-
quirements of the travelling , public
were taken Into consideration and pro-
vided. There fs a bath room and toilet
upstairs, Gus Christianson ts the pro-
ptietor and he shorld receive a gzond
share of the Inslnes’ of the district.

SIX MONTHS TOR THEFT OF FUR:

Charles Gunanoot, son of his frineus
futher, was recently given six months
In Okalla for robbing anothe Indian of
furs. It appears that the prisoner has
heen doing this sort of thing for some
time, but nothing could be done until
he robbed the wrong Indian. The In-
dian had just returned from the winter
on the trap line and was pretty tired.
While he was aslecp Gunanost helped
himself to two fine martin skins. He
sold these to R. 8. Sargent and the
rightful owner of ibe skins was noble
to pick his ft easilyfrom-among forty:
skins that Sargent had. The fur was
returned to the rightful owner,

Conus. D. M. Richardson of Vancou-
yer who was shot in the leg recently
by a bandit, is a brother of Bob, Rich-
ndson of Smithers. Cons. Richardson
interfered with a bandit who was sup-
posed to trying to rob the Service Club
The bandit shot the constable in the
thigh. ‘Che constable then fired at the
fleeing robber six times and four of
the shots tank effect. Richardson was
lying down while doing his shooting.

partly responsible for Its characteris-
tic flavor.

Jessie Mine Meeting

Jessie Gold Mines Ltd. had its
innual general meeting in the
Smither municipal hall, on Fri-
day May 15. The report of the
lireetors, the balance sheet, and
report of the manayer were ap-

qroved and satisfaction express-

ted by the shareholders at the
,mannerin which the affairs of
she eompany had been conduet
ed in the past, vear,

The congany was shown to be
in a favorable position, with
clear registered title to the crown
J granted Jussie group of mineral
claims, with camp buildings and
camp and equipment, The com-
pany is entirely free oJ. debt ex-
cept for advances made:on the
company’s behalf hy the-mana-
ger, Mr. L..S, McGill... Négotia-
tions are in progress févarding
financial arrangements by which
it is hoped to continue develop-
ment atthe property in June, as
Soon as weather conditions are
favorable.. so

The officers elected for the en-
suing year are—president,.J.'G.

Banta; manager and secretary-
treasurer L. 8. MeGill; other di-.

Stephens; vice-presiden Wesley |

rectors L. H. Kenney, S. J..-Ma-}
yer, all prominent citizens, while

‘ hot one

Hazelton Was
. Badly Beaten
Last Sunday

There wis another baseball game
between Hazelton and New Hazelton
last Sundny afternoon and it was on
the New Hazelton grounds, When the
local boys got their friends from along
boys from along the. Skeena. The fin-
the Skeenn on theiy own stamping
grounds it was just too bad for fly
al score was 14 to 1 in favor of New

‘Hazelton and the Hazelton loys were

no amore entitleed to that one than a
jack rabbit. It happened in the sth
inning. A bot grounder went out to
Earl Spooner at short, He fumbled it
for a split second and then got a little
bit excited. His throw to first base
wus not good and the runner was sitfe
and went to second, From there he
worked around until he finally got in
home on another sim hit. That was
the only finke Earl mide all day, aud
ight after that he stopped another
and handled it perfectly and
preity seon he caught a nice fly and
made oa double play. ‘The only other

slip New Hazelton made wis a ground: °

er to third. Onier Spooner stopped it
in good shape, but he made a bad
throw to first. .

The New Hugelton boys are playing
better ball today than they did at the
close of the seeason Jast yeur. They
ave working tugether and all are play-
ing fur the team.

On the other hand the Hazelton nine
have so far heen ungble to get going
im any position. They appear to be
too stiff ta stoop ta stop a ball and at
times they threw-it any-old-place- but
where it will do any good. They have
nét improved in their batting at ali
‘and whnt hits they do make are infield
or flies, in either case they are usually
outs, Phe buys must be eating too
much, or their food is too rich. They
need training dewn, and bucking up.
The materi] is there, with possibly a
few changes. but as yet they have not
played base hall, Even Derry York iF
not pitching as good as he did last yeur
pe even the year hefore.

New Hazelton was shut out in anly
two innings, the second and the 8th.

There was i very good attendance:
at the game aid the only interest tha.
‘was left in the game for them wus to
see {ff New Hazelton would shut the old
town team ont entirely. Some of the
spectittors would like to see an Impro-
vement in the local umpires, especially
in «omnection with base decisions. It
seems from the side lines that the
umpires would give better satisfaction
if they followed the runners along the
hase lines and got a closer view of the
play. An wupire standing at the
pitcher's box can hardly see any bet-
ter than any of the spectators along
the side lines, and his decisions in case
of close play ave always open to douli
The same applies to the base tmpire.
When he sticks around first base he
is not Ina position to be sure of a close
qay at second base, More action, My.
Tmpive. even if you ave wrong, you

cninot be disputed if you are close to
the ply.

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Now ff merchants would buy local
heeft and lecal eggs and local butter
and local prodnce generally the local
people would he able to dispose of the
surpins, No teed to import eggs, heet
nod butter and vegetables into a dis-
trict where there is so much grown,
: Local merchants in every district can
“do much to assist in bringing hack good
times, and it is their duty to assist the
governments in: every way possible,
especially in buying local produce in-
stend of importing it and forcing -onr
own producers to go and stay on re-
lief.

The country is coming through in
fine shape. If each one does his part
good times will return much sooner.

' & taln visited tlils district early on
Tuesday moning ‘which was worth 2
good deal to the gardens. It was the
first rnin ‘for a couple of weeks or
more and the ground was very dry.

Tis Worship Magistrate George V
Storkey received word last week thit
his vesidenece at Smithers had been on-
tered in a way other than by the door,
He went up to investigate and to take
stock, He was expected back in Waz-
elton on ‘Puesday,

The Omineca Herald is ‘Tyo Dollars

H, V, Boswell is the auditor or

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Se eT eee

‘Talking Shop at Angus |

The Royal Scot, here from
Great Britain to haul the
flyer of the London, Midland
& Scottish Railway on its Can-
adian and United States tour, :
and Number 2810 of the Cana- .
dian Paclfic’s fleet of flyers, ,
comparing notes and doing ‘n
little boasting at the Canadinn
Pacific's Angus Shops, Mont-
real. The Royal Scot has been
equipped with a bell and
searchlight to . mest North
American rallway regulations..

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