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NEW HAZELTON, B. C., MARCH 18, 025

No. 37

Teachers Form
Institute When
Meet in Smithers

Twenty-eicht school teachers
from points in the Skeena, Bulk-

| # ley and Nechaco valleys met at
a Smithers last Friday and organi-

zed a Teachers’ Institute. Vari-

ous problems connected with the
school work were discussed and

i much information obtained from

teachers who had solved the pro-

® blemsthemselves. Mr. Crockett,
im principal of Smithers high school.

formerly school inspector in
Prince Edward Island, presided.

m The very unsatisfactory train ser-

me vice prevented most of the teach-

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- ers along the Skeena attending,
a the only ones present being Mr.

Wallace, Kispiox; Miss Cavalier,

Kitwanga, Miss Hibbard, Wood-
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# meet again when, with a daily

The teachers expect to

train, a much larger attendance
is expected.

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Letters to the Editor

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Hazelton, March 10

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e C. H. Sawle, Editor Herald,

New Hazelton, B.C. -
Dear Mr. Sawle—We are very
sorry to find that some errors or

S. omissions in connection with ac-

knowledging gifts to the hospital

% through our annual report have
me occurred.

It seems almost im-
possible, even with the utmost

Ei ure, to avoid these regrettable
@ incidents occasionally.

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We would be glad of a note in

™ your paper that may serve as an

f acknowledgment to the donors.
m@ The following names should haye
a been included in the report:—

Miss A, Collinge, cash, $5.00

E.R, Cox, one box of oranges
Rev. J. H. Young, 1 box of apples
Mr. Woodcock, 1 ham

The two latter items appeared,
but were wrongly credited in our

ae last annual report.

In thanking you for your cour-

; tesy in making this acknowledg-
= ment for us, I wish to state also
= that our hospital verv fully reali-

zes its indebtedness to the press

mee of our district, particularly your

am own paper, for many kind refer-| ¢
ences to our work, not only in so| |
me much space being taken up in re-
= peard to our annual report, but for
Bmany other kind references to
Four work at yarious times during
ge the year,

Believe me,
Yours very truly,
H. C. Wrineh

’ Clarence ‘Corless of Francois
Lake has been a guest this week

of Mr. and Mrs: Weaver:

} Most of the tie business is over

Rfor this seasoy ald the hackers
Bare moving. out.

es A flourand feed store Has been

. foeen opened at Danskin by Mac-

Besrecor and, Hanson,

TELEWA TALES

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Rev, Warr of Tovley wae here
during the week.

Dr. Paine made a protessional
visit to Vanderhoof this week.

John Gould and son Jimmy ‘of
Houston spent a few days here
this week.

The Anglican W. A. , held its
monthly meeting in the church
house on Wednesday.

There were three strangers in
town last week and we thusly
eentend that Telkwa is not quiet.

Gus Timmermeinster left for
Vancouver on Sunday to re-join
the forces of the Federal Mining
Co.

‘“‘School-mums”’ have returned
from. the Teachers’ Convention
with big, brainy and better ideas
for making bad boys bright. |

Snow is too deep for the range
gtock to be turned out as yet but
during the windy weather some
fine ‘‘calves'’ were seen.

Tie haulers have been paid off
and there is a steady string in
and out of the bank and a lot of
heavy sitting around being done.

Evervone with the interests of
the interior -at heart is glad to
see that’ the Smithers District
Board of Trade has gotten behind
the move to establish a creamery
and milk distributing depot at
Prince Rupert. .

The Dominion Minister of Agri-
culture states that owing to fin-
ancial retrenchment it is impos-
sible to give this north country
an experimental farm. The min-
ister should soon have that trench
finished as he has been working
it for several years now.

The Telkwa Citizens’ Associa-
tion held a meeting on Thursday
night and passed a resolution ad-
vocating a creamery and milk
distributing depot at Prince Ru-
pert. The whole interior coun-
try is now solid behind the move
and De. Wrineh is leaving no-
thing undone to carry the request
through and further the interests
of this north country.

Lakelse Valley

T. J. Kirkpatrick has left for
Vancouver and Seattle for a brief
holiday,

Chas. Toombs and. W. Farr
have the contract for painting
the new bridge and have already
‘begun the work.

All come to the danee March 21

O. P. Brown-was in from his
claim on. Monday last and is high-
ly satisfied with the results of the
“fe 8 work.

~“fyAre you a subscriber yetr
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St. Patrick’s Day Tea

' Don’t f£ orget Shamrock
Day, March 17! Ifyou want
a nice, refreshing cup of tea
call at the Mission House,
Hazelton, from 3 to 6 p.m.
Also many other useful ar-’
ticles can be procured at the
work -stall, not forgetting
candy for the kiddies. 37

Woodcock

Mrs. J. Borsuk and son were
guests last week of Mrs, T. R.
Tomlinson at Cedaryale.

A. A. MeDonaid went up to
Hazelton Ménday night to see his
friend Joe Brearlev at the hospit-

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al, returning home next day.

- .Mrs. A. B. Hodkin and son of
Kitwanga were guests last week
of Mrs. Borsuk.

Mrs. W. Brand and ehildren
visited Kitwanga friends last
week end. _

Mrs, Borsuk and children went
to Kitwanga to listen in on Sam-
pare’s radio.

H. F. Doll has purchased the
farm of Geo. Hartley and intends
building a new house and moving
in ag soon as possible.

Mrs. W, C. Little returned last
Sunday from Hazelton.

Roy and Len Doll and D. Stan-
ley have bought some land from
D. McLean and will start build.
ling operations at once.

W. Brand spent last Wednes-
day in Rupert,

Rev. Proctor held services here
last week.

Holding Social and Dance

Arrangements are complete for
the dance and basket social in the
hotel on March 17. This is the
debut of the New Hazelton Com-
munity League and the commit-
tee in charge can guarantee it
will.be of the highest order, like
dances of afew vears ago when
times were good. - The music will
be provided by the Kispiox or-
chestra which has been doing a
lot of good work lately. ‘The
dance floor will be in. good shape
and all the guests will have to do
isenjoy themselves. The place
will be warm and comfortable.
When the baskets are auctioned
there will be just enough specula-
tion to arouse curiosity and that
always adds a lot to the fun. A
charge for the dance is not made
the revenue all coming from the
sale of the baskets,

Archie M. King, postmaster at
Manson Creek died last week on
the trail while being brought in
for medical treatment. He had

been ill for some-time when E.

C. MeCorkill arrived at his camp
to buy fur. King and his part-
nef were in bad shape when me-
| Corkill found them ‘and they had.

a very hard trip out: ‘The body

. Twas taken: to Vanderhoof .

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Skeena’s Industrial Centre

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R. McDonald, St. Croix Creek,
was a visitor in town Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Barker, of
Terrace, were week-end visitors
in Usk.

A representative of Brad-
street’s was a visitor in Usk on
Saturday night.

_T. W. Shackleton; of the Hotel
Shackleton, made a business trip
to Prince Rupert on Monday, and
returned the same day.

Owing to unforeseen circum-
stances, Mrs. D. McClarty has
postponed her trip to the south
until an indefinite date.

The aerial tramway across the
Skeena is being kept busy trans-
porting lumber from the Skeena
Lumber Co.’s mill to the railway
for shipment.

R, E, Allen, of the Royal Lum-
ber Co., Hanall, wasin town on
Sunday, in the interests of the
Hanson tie and pole inspection.
The Hanal!) mill will shortly re-
sume operations.

James Gali met with a painful
accident on Sunday while attemp-
ting to repair a leak in the roof
his house. Upon descending the
ladder it gave way, and he was
hurled to the floor below, landing
on his face and sustaining severe
injuries to it.

Chas. Hillstrom, of Sunnyside
Plateau, back of Vanarsdol, was
in Usk on Monday, and says that
the residents there are all begin-
ning preparation of their hotbeds
with a yiew to early seeding,
having in mind the bright sun-
shine that will soon clear .the
southern slopes of the last vestige
of winter.

| Also Endorses Plans

The Smithers Board of Trade
at a recent meeting endorsed the
proposed milk distribution depot
at Prince Rupert and also endor-
sed the Peace River Pass for the
railway that is to serve the tiorth
wheat lands. The respective
governments will be notified ac-
cordingly. The meeting also de-
cided to continue its efforts for
an experimental farm in Central
B. C. in spite of the refusal of
the Dominion Agricultural de-
partment to grant one. An in-
vitation was sent to the Prince
Rupert Board of Trade to visit
the Bulkley Valley next summer
at the same -time the Vancouver
Board comes through.

Mike George was the success-
ful bidder for the big timber sale
nofth of town. There are over
200,000 lineal feet of cedar poles
and 50,000 ties. He has three
years in which to get the timber
out. The-timber adjoins’ his old
cuttings and Mike. proposes start-

ing a‘gang of men to.work right:

off F the bat ‘extending his. roads
and eatting: timber. :'.

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Timber Men Had
a Good Season;
Summer Plans

The sleighine for this season
will soon be over. The high level
bridge is bare for the first time
in twelve weeks. The tie and
pole men are easing off and will
not likely haul much on wagons
until the roads get settled after
the spring breakup. They have
had asplendid season thus far.
Mike George is planning on a new
camp in the same section he has
been working in for the last few
years. A, J. Prudhomme of Telk-
wa is figuring on putting in a bid
on the big bunch of cedar on the
north side of the Skeena and op-
posite Carnaby. Mr. Prudhomme
says that lumbering is his real
business, and he figures on his
pole camp being a market for his
Telkwa farm products, Both

in new timber shortly.

C.P.R. Plang North Road

Report comes from: Winniper
that the C. P. R. will have its
own railway into the Peace and
there will be no fooling about its
route—it will tap the main wheat
lands and continue west and de-
liver the goads on the north Pa-
cific coast. It will get all the
north resources that the Nation-
al road will miss if it traverses
any other pass than the Peace
Pass.

|” OVERHEARD AROUND
NEW HAZELTON |

' The Ladies’ Aid met Wednes-
day afternoon at the home of Mra
Senkpiel and besides the regular
business they completed the ar-

rangements for the pie social the
9th of April,

Rev. J. H. Young of Terrace
occupied the pulpit in the New
Hazelton church Sunday evening
and delivered an excellent ser-
mon to the largest congregation
that has been present for a long
time. Jean Burns sang as a solo
“Guard While I Sleep.”’

Mike George, watchman at the
Silver Standard, had several men
busy last week shovelling off the
roof of the mill and other build-
inga on account of the exception-
ally heavy-snow.

. R. McBride, .M. P. for Cariboo,
has asked the Dominion govern.
ment to dispose of the Agassiz
experimental farm and. establish
one further north where the need
is greater. .

Art Hasson, of the Royal Bank
at Prince Rupert, and who is well
known in the interior, has been
transferred to. Vancouver. He

was given a great send of "from
Rupert, a

Senkpiel and Cook will operate