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~NEW HAZELAON, BC WEDNESDAY MAY Togs

Louis: Larson’: S
Remains Were |
Found Recently|

The remains : of Louis Layvon: wht
disappeared from Hazelton last winter
after. sending ‘a nice boliday .in town
have been’ found ‘and the mystery: is
‘al elenred up. It. was: quite clearly. ‘a

' dase of suicide ‘folléwing the holiday:

Last: Thursday morning while going
through the Woods: between’ :the Pipe
ranch in Kispiox and ‘Hazelton Jack

— Bracewell was attracted by a peculiar

uder, ‘and: boy. Tike, he wanted to see
just what it was.. A few feet off the
trall he found a skull. . He byrried sr
to town and reported, o the police. On
Friday Saret. Fairbairn’. and- Cons:

Oland arrived from Smithers and took
charge ‘of the case, ‘They. spent the
rest of Friday and part of Saturday in.
the bush in the vicinity of where the |
skull was found and where the man’
had last been seen-—-at Lenhart’s

*In time’ the remains of
the body were found also: the man’s
money, his wach and six bottle. of Deer
which he deceased was known to be
earrying out to! his camp in the Kis-
piox. A twenty-two rife with one ais-.
charged shell averé also found and the
shell corresponds with a bullet hole
. found im the: man's © skull.. The skull

- was identified by cone ofthe friends or

thé dead man by his ‘teeth.. The watch
was also identified and the amount of
money tallied with what the man
would have in. his possession afer his].
withdrawals: ‘from the bank and his ex-
penditures bad been checked up. Also
-the béer had not! heen: openedy. 2.5 54.

* The'body ‘had heen desroyell by the

- beara ‘and most of the hones: hid ‘beer

chewed up.’ The: sical had been car-

. vied half a mile away from -where the

yest of the remains: ‘Were found.

The police. ‘brought the remains into
Hazelton and.an inquest was, hela at
which all the evidence’, nvailable was
was produced. The jury: brought ina
“verdict of death due to a gun shot
yvoiund, . ql

Larson was in Havelon and had de--
cided to.go out to the Kispiox, with
the intention. of making ‘Chariie Ek’s
enbiu, On the way out he stopped at

‘Lenhart’s cabin at the Janding at Ced-
_ar reek He had a: dyiik of water ‘at |

“the eubin nnd proceeded on his wary,
‘although he wis asked o‘reniain, there]:
hy er night. as it was snowing and. the
walking ‘tid not promise to be any toa
vood. But: Tar son started off. Pre-

’ saumably ne decided. to have a vest. a
short ,fime: ‘after leaving Lenhart’s as.

“part af. his vemmins- were found under

me big xprnce tree, , While ‘sitting undey

| - DESERTED “OLD BARN BURNS

‘the tree it is thonght that he enme «

” thé conclnsion that it w asn't worth the

Imitle and that he. might ais wel en
it al then und there,» oS

—!

On Tuesday afternoon & fire’ sturted
iu the old burn on the Geo, Little pre-
emiption nene:-the Skeena river bridge.
It hed-too much of a hold when first
keen to le fought’ nnd the building was.
completely destroyed. The chuse ‘of
the fire: Is. unknown. but it is ‘suspect=.

“ed-that men travelling’ along ‘the rail

away and who, havé- been nein the barn

Vs a- cook jlowse- ‘and bunk house, for- |. -

not to be eaveful ‘with, five,

yee
—_—.

- snappy Wile of. Smitliens wilt t play.
TIazelton at. Hazelton’ hext Sunday’
vafternaon. * etd :

. ot 4

: Smithers. Athletle “Ataociatlon: ‘yeor=|

‘gautzed. recently and it-was'found that,

_ there was 4 credit, balance, in the bank |
; cut $131 and no ‘Habilittes. A very ‘for-
. (nunate pasiition to. be. in’ at ‘snc a time.

‘| week with his,

Seitior Team is.
Coming for the
2ath Celebration

that: “will ‘meet New ‘Hazelton at ‘New
fazelton ‘on. May” 24h, and
Shuppy': Nine. _ Thig, will be ‘the fist
‘appearance: of. Smithers senior. team

the prize, of $25 hat is’ offered, ‘and al-
so to’ shaw he world that the, senior:
are by no means a back number...
were a little late in getting started,
but they figure. ther aie good” ‘enough
to beat New Hazelton at that.

There. will also he n game between

Hazelton’ in the ‘early part of the after-
noon. - ‘This. game will be worth seeing
as the little fellows lave a lo of stunts
the big: fellows might well copy. They
play real base ball: and they know the
neiv ‘rules ind a lot. of. other things.
There jill also be a, program - of

contests .for the ‘old boys of more se-
date years. ,
Thon there will ‘be the: Ludies -AlC

hot dogs antl.other good: things to eat.
Do' not forget the ladies, they’ will be
glad ‘to see you. -

Preparations are heing made for ¢
lg crowd at the- -danée in he: evening
Phe admission will be only 60¢ and-thc
music will-he good and the refreshment
hour will satisfy everyone. — ot

‘athe village of ‘gmithers need have
no. further trouble with the. electric
rAetie ‘oy-power edmpiiiies “The’ villiig'
éan provide. all the: light. and’ power it
will need'for a: long time, A few.rams |:
installed in’ the: main: canal on. thé
main: street should generate quite a lot
of electric power: We.offer this idea
to Muyor. “Meyer. without any: hopes,o'
‘reaping a reward from the village.

——

Tee,’ formeily in chayge inthis district
and who recently went south, is now
Corpl. detective attached to the cus-
tomes preventaive staff in Vancouver
anil Victoria. . .

A ’

A‘cold supper will be served by St.
Peter’s Auxiliary on Saturday after-
noon, July 9th, on the: Mission House
lawn, from 4. to 7 o'clock, Everyone
welcome. oo ee
FOR ‘SALE:-Young Yorkshire tgs, 4
weelis old, $4.00. each, f. f.0.b,
Apply to James Owens, Evely: .

members of fhe Elks ministrel, show
hast Tpmreday: evening. uo,

the

Chas. Gow: spent the end of -
nt

brother William
South Hazelton.

a

’ Bary Yellow Banting Com has step
ped up the. carn sénson fram ten to fif
teen days, Gold Nugget potatoe is an
enrly variety. new, ani is taking the
place. of the Irish Cobbler.

‘Poultry -riising. on. fhe firm is said
by. authorities o/he‘ane. ‘of thé, est, pay.
ing: ‘iniinessés’ today, ‘dnd: That; the fe
‘eure Is bright, . me ;

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‘* —

“rhe Womans ‘Aisilians™ ti the Hazel:
ton. Community Association. will hold in
garden party ain’ Eiavelton on “Briday,|
Tiy 16. . Keep the: date open. wo ae, af

Col prime “Inspector. In BR o. of
Indian Agencies, . nunived™ in’ Hinzelton
on Wednesilay night: ‘to ‘spentd few days
nat the, Bahine, Agency. : eg

——niee | :

‘ ‘ . vo 1:
wet aa m . ’ oe

Have rw pale yatt “envigsiptton, ee
: an

tote
one

Tt, will be the Smithers senor | eam ,

‘not, the |."
‘mer cottages at. Lake Kathlyn the .

for’ this season aud they- want. 0 svi.

They |.

thé little cliaps. of New Hazelton and |

races for he youngsters and ‘also some]

hoath where: hot tea and coffee with |:

‘ ‘Theodore Berger of the Mounted Po- |:

Evelyn.:

R00) aa tt white: ‘the: ‘ditt. -
fled was. plowed. ‘arid, ‘harrowed, but. it

the gronnds: cy May “eath

inner. man. _

: WHY WE. WERE LATE 7

‘rhis Was Our. Aucliy. week. AIL

*; that could go "wrong has- gone’
_ Wrong, or’ so it Seems, | ‘Things .
‘started: Happening.” late Monday |

night’ or early. Tuesday: morning
_ when’ we were coming back from:
: _ Sintthers, . It was: “about. 2:30 a.m:, of
tnd as we vere. passing the ‘sum-.-

~ steerliig rod. bioke-—.andthere we.’
_ were ‘four. and. a. halt miles away. -
It was a lovely walk. back to’ town
und-a hotel -bed. - The birds were
. singing, the. dogs. “were barking, |
the lees were bumbling, and the
sun was rising—Jjust fine. It: was -
- noon before we got: fixed up. again .
‘and. that meant-no work could’ be
done on the Herald that day. —
Then, just, as we went. to hurry
a‘bit, the Hiotype went on a ram- *
‘page, so another day’ was lost ai:
til we could et an expert to start .
it ‘going. again. There were lots
of. other little ‘things ‘happening. :
all: the time that yather grated on -
- onr nerves. The up, “shot was that
the paper did not. get out on time.
—perfectly obvious. to most of you, ;
bat rievertheless, worthy of .com-
inent., We. hope to be’ on, time.
“. next week. . .

$100, ,000 Fire.
Prince He
Stores. Burned

The business: section of ‘Prince Ra-
pert: -sutfered: one,.of,- the. most disas-
“trois ‘fires in: the, ‘Matéry’ of. that elty |"
on Tuesday evening. “Before the. blaze
could -be. brought under. control’ ‘the
Montreal Iniporters and Kain Bord:
ware stores - were completely. - ‘gutted
‘and the Boston Cafe partially destroy-
ed. The loss. was: estimated at over
‘$100,000, parially. covered by insurance.

_HAZELTON WON A CUP |

Defeated New: Hagelton : Saturday tor

the Chaiupionshtp of Indians.
Field Day .

Tast Sntniay after oan Onzelton
and Neiv Hazelon inet on the, Hazelton
grounds toplay for the cup offered by

he Hazeloi, Jndtans. for. the ‘champlor |.
-/ haseball tea” ‘at thelr” minual ‘flela

day,” Hazelton” Wor by: 2 seore of twe
to nothing: It as. said : ‘tovhaye | heen
the: best gamé of pall played this year

_ | nt. Hazelton showed istelf. to be the |
My. and. Mrs. Fraser enttartained the

better eam in the’ field. Ray Cominon
pitched for Hazelton and while ‘he was
hit freely enough the ‘New: Hazelton
hoys did not place thelr hits. properly:
There was flways.a Hazelton man- at
hat particular, spot No score was
‘made By elther side until the sixth’ in-
ning when, Hazelton ‘got two, and that
waa he Yast: of the scoring, Al. Hall
he New Hazelton catcher, got into a
wixyp wih. Jimmy Cox and came, out
of it.swith a broken nose... He resume
playing, however, a3 Soon as the doctor
put the: splints. on, .

The Hazelton. grounds are. very & slow
thia .year, The: pall-t aend. about | ite’
The whole

hiis: not. settled ‘yet.’ The , Jnatter and
the ‘catcher care: in. 1 a-elowil 0 ot: dlust All
the ime. . Megas

wh

“Remember the ladies in tlie. ‘bsoth’an |

and “aeaties

serve the. neéds

* reas

“Dri! H. 6. Weineh, WAL B: spot

ding: the: last hale, of, the: reek: visiting
vn ‘Terrace. - pee

+

| hotel just’. across the street. -

“dayere saved.

- given, daily. Further, ‘@irectlons ,

| [Fire Destroyed

_ Two Buildings .
_Towd Terrace]

" Enst Fr Piday y morning: at tire. velock
fire: Ww na stliseoy éved-In the Terrace-Gar
jess by W. ‘arrigan who . lives at; ‘the
He’ gave
the nlamih-as soon as he. ‘could: get. Ais
clohes on and get out on the street. He

| algo notified W. H. Burnett who owhed

the” garnge. The citizens gathered at
the svene.of the fire in quick time ond
yvéndered assistance. «From the first it
Was yvealized that. nothing could -he
done to the garage and efforts were dir
ected to the old Little store building
just: flcross the alley ard accupled as u
“barbershop and second hand store, al

‘| S00 operate hy Mr. Burnett. All ‘the

barbershop equipment and office rec.
cords belonging. to the. garage. business
The second hand’ storc.
contents were also saved, but the heat

4-from he garage fire was ‘so inense that

the Little building was soon in flamer

| and ‘it was conpletely destroyed.

Fortunately the air. was still and the
fire was not carried beyond its immed
jate v icinity, the south, wall ‘of the Jas,
Richmond store was scorched, and the
windows in the sample rooms below
were broken by the. heat. . The. Terrace
Hotel feross from he garage. was also
badly scorehed, and it was feared that
the buflding could not be saved. ‘The
drug store owned by. Mr. Riley -was at
éne time very warm and nine windows
in the building were cracked.

In the garage fire two cars owned by
Mr. Burnett‘and ©. Desford vere lost
aawvellas wall-the: garage - equipment. |

“Whe living apartments at the rear of

the rarege were being fitted up and “M
Burnett intended moving” in’ the end of
June.
“ ‘Both the innfetpal and ‘forestry de-
partment fire fighting equipment wat
nsed to hold the fire in check, The
cause of the blaze ‘is unknown. Work
in the garage was atopped early: Thurs-
day afternoon.

Mr. Burnett has resumed business
as a barber and also has opened a new
garage. =

. The gurage Inilding was, “owned by
F. Lazelle and was insured and he old
store building was owned: by George
Little. sind was also. Insured. The gar-
ngze equipment’ was: ‘only parily covered
by Insurance,

Science Helps
- Agriculturists

- Little higs ean: digest ‘only low-fibre
feeds. Frequently, too frequently -in-
deed, mill products with opt ‘hulls are
sukl for pig feeding whieh ‘if usell ean
only. result in serious digestive. distur-.
bances to the young pigs. The fibre
content of feeds ia a ‘determination
made daily in’ the..chemical laborator-
iea und fs one which has far-reaching
consequences. In these days of: feeds
prepared specifically for | animals of:
different ages, purposes - ‘and living
‘conditions, : a-fodder andlysis which
includes. the ‘estimation of protein, fat.
fibre and mineral content often. serves:
‘to show: ‘deflelentctds, Tack. oF palanee |

ein be wsed tq: remedy: ‘these’ unneces*
suiry and often costly. faults, yo
Chemistry can ‘be: of’ value in many

Lfand. diverse ways; ‘and: “whatever of | ain
ot inf@rmation. this. science can disclose in.
‘regard to farming operations: And: ‘pro-
| duets’ is: at: ‘the; service of: those, who
‘Lagk for, it, “Determination of the nutri- |
: ‘tive vane. of, feeding. stuffs and. advie:
. being

are

Land, from New Hazelton.

‘| pitching of Willan and catching of Bric.

{ jirpose of keeping the -ronds. in your

or. excessive coat in. the. ‘rations ~ and ;

values: sated
MB: steadily crowdin
of thumb’ pot farming, ee to.

‘J uvenile Ball
‘Teanis Met i in
Hazelton Sunday

on Sunday . aftamoon, it - Was’ an
nounced that a game of baseball would .
be played ‘on the Hazelton ground:
between: the . juveniles of tha — town
The. hour éf -
two o’clock was announced for play to
start. As usual with a Hazelton. ean
it was about one hour after that when:
the manager-captoin arrived with his
yYoungstrs. Instend .of the-‘team of
juvenile whites that had been sv muuch
spoken of the monager-captain Dad l
team of, five Indian boys, two white”
boys and. two ‘girls. The game finally ,
started: with Perry York behind. the
pitcher‘and Ed. Denno-on the bases ns |
officials. . Théir setvices were quiteup
to the. mark and everyone was-satix--
fied with their decisions.. New Hazel-
ton went o bat first and were shut out.
‘as was also the Hazelton team in their
half of the first. The sécond time up |
however, the- New Hazelon boys had —
‘settled down and ‘got. away with six
runs while the old town team: was once
more shut out. In the’ third inning:
the New Hazelton boys. got’ one. run and.
the old town boys got. three, but after .
that the old town team failed to‘ score .
until the seventh when they. got two.
In the meantime the Nw Hazelton fel...
lows gathered in enough runs to make —
a total: of fifteen to the Hazelton five... -
The -features of the game; were the.

Johnson for New Hazelton -and. the
work on second and third bases of Bill.
Sargent’s two. hopefuls... ‘For. Hazelton.
the third baseman was about the pick -
of the. team, aud. ‘Bobby. Allen shower.
that he has the makings of a. ball. play
er. There. was a foir’ ‘attendance with
the bulk of the people from New Ang
0 - .

‘VERY ROUGH ROAD

‘The ronghest niece of road in British a
Conmbia is located: between Ha zeltto:: °
‘and New Hazelton. Tt is not the fault
of the road, nor the gov ernment as the.
government has: provided . both money
wid machinery. It is not the fault af
tux piuyers becuse they pay: server. -
cents per gallon on gasoline for th.

shnpe. | The ‘grader was run over the.
road, but- it did ne good and: might tl
well, have been lett in, the: bin. The .
youd is bad right through” to Porphers

creek, and from here to Smithers. i
good. The road at this end: was reads
for ‘he grader long before the rdad a.
the other, end of the district and shoal
hive Keen attended to at the proper:
tine, and. then done properly. - - Motor
owner's: ate pretty well disgusted | with .
what has been done with, thelr bowl:
earned money. The motoring. populn
tion have certainly a real good kick ;
coming, and they” are kicking ;

A son. was horn | at- the Hazelton
Hospitnl on Sunday, May 15, tor Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Penn of Hazelton. -

Missi Kerr of Quiek, who: yea
tent, inthe: Hoaelton Hospital: for.

5. a %

mt Themed

the choiee and: amount ‘of fettiliger Te:
quired tor ‘Bpéelal crops In. angwer tol