-aived his life.

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Found Dead in
‘His Own Barn | -

The funeral of the late Charles A
Newitt, Glentanna, Was held in Smith-
ers on Saturday afternoon when 4
ereat many old: friends gathered to pay
their last respects to one who had Hv-
ed ‘Jong among them, “The . deceased
was found dend in-his barn last Wed-
nestay and as the buli was loose It
was presumed that he had been “Killed
by the animal. Mr." Newitt appatently
went to the barn early in the motning
ns usual to do, the, chores. When he.
wes found: by a neighbors the Jantern’
was still” burning and hanging in the
Tarn. ee

Charles: ‘Nowitt was 2. “ patehelor and
a survivor ofthe. Riel, rebeliion, AS
far as knows :le had a brother - living
in the southern - ‘part’ of the province,
nnd thet” ‘is thé’ only, known relative
jn this country. .

The deceased came to Canada from
E island about 55 years ago and locat-

| Presentation to

‘| with the ladies, of this district.

THE OMINECA HERALD, ‘NEW HAZELIEON, | B.C, WEDNESDAY, ‘SEPTEMBER 29, 1937

- NO. 13

- Mrs. Sharpe.
* By: W.A. A. to. H. H:

A very interesting, an and enjoyable B0- |
celal affair, took place at the home of
Mrs. John Newick in Hazelton when
about twenty or more members of the
W. A. to the H. H. gathered to bid
faréwell to’ Mrs. Walton Sharpe, one
of the-very few original members of
the W. A. left in the district. Mrs. |,
Sharpe joined. the first W. A. when it
was organized twenty-six years ago,
and she has been a member continu-
ously since. and she has held ‘several
offices in. thd organization. ‘At all
tkmes she was. a willing and cheerful
worker ‘and has done much that was
of value to the hospital, and to the pa-
tients, The We A wished: to show its
appreciation’ “of. Mrs ‘Sharne’s labors.
and to- give: ‘her ‘Roniething to keep in
her mind ‘the nany joyful times, spent
Very.
fittiaely, Mrs.'C. H. Sawle, also an
orig val meinber, was chosen to make]
the presentation, which was a vanity

+. 8 wine

as Betecey or ress

“Prince "Rupe

ithe Garden City by the Sea

“py Our Own-Correspondent

“ f -

In ‘the expectation that the change
will. benefit -her -health,. Mrs. M. A,
Burbank.. -wite of the Canadian Nation-
al: district engineer stationed here, Be-
companied: by, her. sons Hugh and Al-
lan, ‘bas gone to Kamloops. They plan

on being. away for the winter.
= *

The second. ‘shipment of. ore for the

ago it's usefulness is being . quickly re-

ers ‘property.
eee

ed; at ‘midnight pn Sept. , 2th,

sampling. plant has arrived in Prince
Rupert. Completed only a few weeks

alized, and ag time goes OD, there’ is
general expectation that throngi its
operation, district mining. will be stim-
ulated, The ore came from 8 Smith-

* Cheating ‘for the halibut. banks en

times ‘dey eloped, three . hundred acres

- the’ funds together during ‘the Winter |

. — ed TV taleing out. “cedar poles:

ed at Prinee Albert where he- joined.
the Prinee: Albert ‘Volunteers to _parti-’
tipate in the rebellion. He came to
hlaws with an Indian at that time and
wig nearly clubbed to death .with a
ritle In the hands .of an Indian, but
wns recognized by another Indian who

ease uf leuther. Immediately follow.
ing Mrs Newlck presented Mrs. Sharpe
with two exceptionally fine gladioll
bloom from Mrs, Sawle’s garden. “A
program of music, both instrumental
and, ‘voutl, was enjoyed, and refresh-
It was at that time’he ments were served. The lappy’ even:
lost sev er ul-fingers which was @ han- } ing, liroke up about eleven o'clock. -
dicy the vest of his ve pout | 1. —_

The. late, (harles ‘Newltt: was. abou! . oe, . _
“78° years’ “of age and he: arrived In the TRUCKS TO GERMANSON CREEK
Hulkley._ Valley : ‘in. 1908: and: ‘took mp.
“hd, in ‘the. Glentarina district, dnd in

Ventures Exploration Go. (Bast Afri
ca) Limited, purchased a. three ton

healt sted Bah ;

®t 98° Hours. A ‘second: truck followed

’ , and
and. ‘tovorably: imown’ all: aN ng the line
and particularly. ‘in. the early ratlway
construction, ‘diya, ‘He! was a good.
citizen ag well: ag f- Bod. farmer.

KITSEGUCKLA .

Mr. Waddington of Prince Rupert
and Mix. Bothom of Hazelton, both’ of
the B.C. forestry department, gave a),
picture Show and lecture to the Ind}-
ans of Kitseguela on Tuesday night,
Sept, 2Tt-and it was greatly apprectat
‘There ‘were seven
renks, three: at which- were. concerning
lnnbering, and forestry work, forest
fires and how to prevent them and to
fizht them, jf they-did get started.

ee.

truck has made: ‘on ‘the north * road,
A lot! of: improvements to ihe road are
necessary for any degree of safe travel
jeind ‘the. ‘Company has sent out men
with powder. to, ‘do some. work, Chas.
F, deGanabl has.a crew. working fron
the Gmjneca river on to-Slata creek to
prepare for transporting supplies into
his camp during the fall and winter.

WELCOMED THE PRESIDENT
Jerry MeGeer, M.P., of Vancouver,
lias been appointed by Premier ‘Wil-
‘ium Lyon McKenzie King, to perform:
the- duties: on: béhalf of Canada, as of-
ficial welcomer when President Roos-
velt of the United States, pays a visit
‘jte Victoria. The president has been
' and gone, and Jerry only regrets that
‘he Athletic ‘Club- held 1 a pie goclil the president’s time was limited as he
inst Friday night in MeDames hall.| (erry) bad lots more to say to him,
The ples were sold at auction and the| Bt only on behalf of Canada, but on
natives of. Kitsegu cla like pies and are hia own account also. Bat as the pres
willing io pay for them. {ident was the guest of the Lieutenant
tae Governor, Jerry’s time + wos. necessarily

cut short.

Mrs. I red Howard is a patient in the
Iazelton Hospital and underwent an

operation for appendicitis,
a oe

. Mr. and Mrs. Fred. M. Godwin of

then’: shipped their car to’ Prince Rup-
ert: -with :the intention of continuing
their journey by boat to Vancouver.
‘Mr. Godwin is in the hotel business
and.was on.i holiday, which he said,

Rev. Dr. Osterhaut paid. on, official
visit to Kitsezucla reserve last week
ud inet the leaders of the community.
The natives want: to make. certain im-

prayements' to. their, ebvrch ond asked
the Supertritendent of: tntastouds - to-try
to get them'a Joan from ‘the: Mission
Hoard of the United church. Laat sea’
son ‘at the canneries was disappoint~
ing or the natives ‘would. have dong, all
“the work. themaelvesi ‘Tf the. Board
tune them down they "will try to get

had. seen and: also. the: ‘people.

a alge be ema
“Mrs. Geo, Morrison left Inat. Satur- |.

day for - Witiniped to Soin her ‘husband |;

who, ‘as | been! theré for aime tine,
el Ca ae

when’ most of the ‘Tndians’ are’ ‘edtaploy:
visit to the Anglican ‘church in Hazel:
ves “On. Sunday and ‘at the morning er-
vipe i

§ Snlngerd ‘and, In
‘ ehlef ‘mibdted -otfleers af. te OLN, Tt D
were pagsengers onthe Thursday’ trail
hoiid: ‘froni Montieal’. and » ‘Winnlpeg |". ’
to: “vakeouver, ” “phey’ passed . “throug 1: “Sy

san a

cthe att 00 he ‘went: by. ‘epeeder
“Kitwangas<

|} on the: ‘apth. -

: | figure ; ‘ranging around eight :and six.

tiuck and_it made its. firat ee into!

clone: behind. }-Dhis" tsithé ‘farthest © ay.)

Carmen, Cal., motered as far as Haz ;
_ eltoif, stopped ‘at Mrs. -Newick's andj

asus. ‘thes Tost, enjoyable he had:had for | 8!
‘many, ‘years, : “Hé' ikea“ averything “he [san

“Bishop Rix: ‘of ‘Pring’ “Hupert paid a ;

cause of this a fleet, of more, ‘than 0
veasels put in at Prince Rupert ear-
ler’ nt the week.so that they could sett
and work in another voyage before
One of the greatest sales
ever recorded - in Prince ‘Rupert at one
time ‘ “took place. on’ Sept, 27 when a
total of: 677,000° pounds were sold at a’

The: ‘wale: ‘left. a substantial piece of
change: ip town... eae

ef

& Son; “Vancouver, ‘ offer Prince Rupert] ,,

it
no = ;
“Althengh nothing in. thi. way ‘of. im-}
portent - industrial: ‘revival, tan be de}.
tected in- Prince, ;Rupert with the nak:
had eye, it. is a ‘fact that desirable
dwellings® in the city are comparative-
ly scnree, This’ may. pe explained :in
this: way. Until recently there have:
heen a. good: ‘many. buildings: which
looked the way’. a man feels after &
‘hard night. For’ general safety, 28
well as community beauty, these en-
‘feebled veterans have been dismantled
Ce ee 3
tong Look, boss man in a local
restaurant, has returned from a twa
year holiday in China, and he may
have returned a shade later had it not
been for the Empire of Fapan which,
having taken a fancy to the mainland
of China, is struggling to possess ity
no matter what the original: owhéxs,
say, think or do about” it. . “Anyway;
Wong {s glad to’ ‘bet back'in good old B,
Cc. where the salmon Jeap; the grouse
waik in the woods on: frosty fnornings
and no feroplanes come zboming along
to drop bombs on the home town be
fore breakfast. :

FOR. SALE—Young Yorkshire Pigs;
Same Stock: id before; ready.
Sept. :15. 50 “‘each;.: after |
Sent. 20th, 50 ;
C, A. Cha

Prince ¢ Rupert alsa, ce rar" me

bonds in 5,000 at 4.40, “payable in dna
interest: sata ene tina ili

. eetiiog a the: amprk: ‘of approval ‘ot tae

; evening: last. At her: home dn: Hazelton

is ae of ‘Mrs, Walton Sharpe wha

Four Miles of
Road Needed

Hazelton G Golf
“Béat Smithers

| By thrée Points _ Babine Lake

While ‘the rain fell fell. almost constant- Dr. ‘Pritchard of the Biology station
ly in. this section alt day Sunday, there: at Naniamo, has: been working in the
were 21 people from Hazelton journey-|interior for some weeks past.” He ts
ed to Smithers ‘in the morning to play|gathering data regarding salmon. and
a round of. golf on the Smithers course jother fish which spawn in the waters
The rain continued until the visitors jof the interior. He was in Hazeltun
reached Smithers, and then very con-jlast Wednesday night and Thursday
veniently stopped and remained stop-|following a trip to the Babine country
ped practically all the while the. game|which he describes as one of the most
was on, but soon after that the rain|picturesque in the world, and some
got under way.agein. However, the}day, not far distant, will be one of the
local people report having had a most jgreatest tourist camps in B.C. In the
enjoyable time and the fact that they|mind of Dr, Pritchard:the Babine has
defeated the Smithers golfers on their|everything that a.tourist or camper or
own grounds, was not the smallest|sportsman ‘desires, It only lacks a
part of the enjoyment. It was:a.very|bit of road, four miles in length from
close game and nothing to crow about Yopley to the lake, Most of the road
—Just'a nice glow of satisfection./has been built, but years ago was stop-
‘Fhe score for the teams was, Hazel on}ped when only four miles from its ob-
958 points and Smitherg 961, or a dif-|jective. Sometimes a short road is a

ference: of three points. After ‘the|very short sighted policy, and this is
play refreshments Were served and alt] one of the times.Babine lake 1s the big-
was' done to make the visit a pleasant|gest lake in British Columbia and it is
dpe. , Those who went up from Hazel-
ton Were :-_Mr,' and ‘Mrs. A. Grant, Mr.|of anglers could angle. to their heart's
and ‘Mrs, Bil Gow; Mr. and Mrs. Jas.|content and never ‘reduce the popula-

full of fish, so much so that thousands

Mr. and Mrs, McCallum. the latter} miles of shore line for cottages and a
‘four did not play, Jas. Smith, A. Irvine great many islands in the lake. To gu
A, D, Ghappell, L. Powell, Mrs. Malin, oa ‘to tell about: Babine would take a
Wm. Sargent, Mary Sargent, W. Bacon | full issue of “the paper and it would
S. Mallinson, 0. Butterill, T.. Retallack|be only partly told, Some day the gov
The game was two-ball foursomes. ernment, or village politicians may get
4jdown to business and build ‘four miles

MARKETING ‘PRECIOUS METALS of roud so a car.can ar ean get to the lake,
athe brokerage: ‘house’ “of “Pemberton |i

Prior we 1908, "although measures

=| Rupert. Medicos

 odunitry... dn which they were made,‘ Can |
% Dr. ‘Cade ana Dr. ‘Large,
ada - wi. bétng flooded: with inferior | Known throughout: the north, were in

thode

‘genuine artfele and with marks of qual ped their car from here to Rupert, af-

purchaser. | With the object of pro-| interior Th
. ey" were on. a motor trip
teeting the public, the dealer and ‘thet ana stopped at Burns Lake for a. few
manufactarer, a standard for platin'| days, having heard that there was
um, gold and silver, as well as articlés good hunting in the Lakes District
made from’ these materials, has been They. got a -good ‘guide and: say ‘they
established ee ‘saw a bull moose which Dr. Large says
n important requirement of the he hit, but it kept on travelling ‘and,
Precions Metal Marketing Act is that while the hunters followed it for a

of quality, then it must’ also be stamp- Ihe moose
probably was hit. To ease
ed with a registered trade mark. This their feelings ‘they shot a few duck
necossitated going through carefully that were sitting around on the waters
freee igcat. aah 4 intotere 4 of the lakes, and they got a few
{ - Of engh:. mark :reg ed.-for, rous No number,
articles of. precious” ‘metals’ with pees B siren, jn either
details of “application: “e| : arrival. here th
& . ey made immediate: ar-
Administration’ ‘Ta, effected’ mainly . rangements: to ship ‘their car and then
throiizh an inspector Whose duty it is’ went off.to try ‘fishing in “Bill, Gow's"
to inspect ‘the stocks of manufacturing lake ‘before. it ‘got’ dark, ‘When pags-

Constant checking ‘of all sdvertise-
ments ‘in’ the daily: -paners in Canada
for the. misuse of. words: and improper
descriptions of. articles. of precious
metals, formerly prevalent, has great: |
ly decreased the deception.

ed by Mra, Cade who had: ‘peel ‘reating
at hére.rancli theré, ‘and “Ancidentally
‘arranging, for-charvesting and” thresh-
ing and storing the unthreshable. crops.

Miss’ iétthetine Smith Teturied to
her ‘home in New Hazelton on: ‘Friday

last “after: ‘spending a week iy: the- hos-

Mrs. Sargent gave. a “bridge Friday

shortly. tor: the south, gained her, usual gout: health, : a

Pith

aa ears

Turnbull, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Sharpe|tion of game fish, There are over 200 ©

peer i Huptand.Eish... 7 B

both wall
having all'the appearance of theltown Friday and Saturday’ and ship

ity, that were? ‘galeulated ‘to’ decelve the ter a most enjoyable’ holiday. in the .

if an ‘article is stamped with a mark mile or two. they did ‘not see it again.

“tant ease; but: : they hd ‘a. Pood hotaay: On ~~ —

plants, retail and departmental stores. ing through Kitwanga they’ ‘were join- -

pital as a “patient. ‘She. bag sgulte, re- *