ia + {- Victoria . ic iProvincial Library ™. 39 J = . NEW HAZELTON, B C. Wi WEDNESDAY. JULY: 18, 1928 eee No. 3 fh Conservatives Ma ie a : | Clean Sweep in Election The Conservatives of British Colum- bie made a sweep of the province in the election on Wednesday. . Hon. Dr. Tolmie is the premier-elect and ke bas with him a large number of the most able men in the province, ; The Dominion Telegraphs, owned by the Dominion Gov ernment, sold; thro- ughout the country, a bulletin service which turned out to be o farce, and a private company would never be allow- ed to get away with it. A private com- pany would not attempt to sell such a service, With only half the econstitu- encies: reported the Dominion _ Tele- graphs hung up with a final statemént- that 24 Conservatives had been elect-/. S| twenty ridings to hear from and they . were nearly all in the south and close to Vancouver, the headquarters’ of the Dotninion Telegraphs. woe The Conserratives éderled all six seats in Vancourer by’ Dlg majorities. = Premier ‘McLean found the fight too //; hot and the blows too hard in Victoria and with the other three Liberals on | Premier McLean Lost. out In Victoria----Vancouver _ Elects Six Conservatives .. the ticket, went down to defeat. ‘In Vaneouver Hon. Dugald Donaghy, the minister of finance, was left away be- hind. Hon. Mr.. Barrow, minister of agriculture, was defeated. The , two ‘northern ministers were elected, but Mr. Pattullo had a very close call and Wednesday night hia. election was not sure by any means. ant seats, indications Just night.. ~ Last night's Miné. With the exception of Alberni, the seat held by. Dick Burd, the Conseryia- tives won all the Labor and indepent- The new house will be a two party house ond Hon..Dr, Tolmie will have-a working. majority from, all reports . gave Falconer & small lead over Bert. Kergin, and the one big poll to- hear from was Anyox ‘Ou election ° there was 1. dance dn Pioneer Woman Passed: Away the old homestead | that. night. - Was to. vall appearances in ‘her usual food health. They retiréd to bed at midnight, but soon afterward the son heard -what-he thought was his’ moth- er moaning. He went. to her asslst- anee, called a “doctor and sent for the ‘other. members of the family,. The {stricken woman lived only a few hours after the’ attack. -The lite Mrs, Heal was born in Cal- ifornin ‘dixty-three ‘years ‘ago.in August and with her parents moved to Victor- ‘Bulkley Valley One of the largest funerals ever seen in Telkwa or vicinity. was held last. Sunday when the late Mra, F..G. Heal was laid at rest, The late Mrs. Heal Passed away. ‘on Tharsday night after midnight, following a. ‘stroke. During. the evening she had been talking to]. one of ‘her sons who was staying at She ‘ta when she was four’ years of. age. It’ New Hazelton. ond Dr, Wrinch receiy- ed the returns there. up until midnight ‘They Were. supplied by the Omineca Fernald, There was quite « crowd at was there she met her late husband. About.” & quarter of century ago. she and her. husband: and family. of small children moved ‘to he Bulkley Valley and settled on the land now occupied en Dr. Wrinch Carried Skeena | Has a Big Majority Again Dr. H. ©. Wrinch carried Skeena} riding on- Wednesday with a good big mnafjority, nearly as large as it was in 1924 when he got 245, The Doctor put up a good campaign and left very little undone. He not only did a lot of work himself, but he had a whirlwind. finish with ,speak- ers from Prince Rupert at Terrace, old Hazelton, Smithers. He was in Ter- race the night before election and the most of election day. He was also as- sisted by his workers who kept on the job right up to the last ‘ballot was put in the box. . Frank M. Dockrill put up a hard fight and played pretty much a lone hand, not the best kind of a game in politics. _He covered a lot of ground and addressed meny meetings. The night before election he was in Hnzel- ton and then.went away home andto Smithers for the wind up. In Skeena- therew ere no surprises. The vote was. pitty’ well known, or estimated before band... _ Dr. Wrinch will-go to Victoria for the next four years and will be on the opposite. side of the hall’ to that which he-wWas on during the past four. years. He will ‘hove © taste of opposition and probably profit considerably by it and thus render hig district ‘a greater ser- vice than ever, s A late paper from Vancouver _ had Mr. -Dockrill selected ag minister of lands to succeed Hon. T, D. Patiullo, sow and reap outside of Telkwa for onother four years,‘ The prospects of more than one cabinet’ minister being appointed from the north is poor, un- less Falconer. beats Kergin in Atlin. The returns as nearly complete. as. could be had up to last. mignt are given below :—- but Mr. Dockrill will have to plow, .- Je the dance. ~ by the old. homestead. They, came in = New Minister’ a Here Sunday © Rev, 'T. H. Wrigtt has: been appoint. ed to the pastoral charge of Hazelton by the United Church of Canada’ and will commence his new duties on Sun- day, Juty: 22nd. Mr. Wright has spent four very happy and successful years on his present. field on Howe Sound in the Vaneouver Presbytery. For seventeen years he has labored in the eity and suburban charges and is ‘well me = xnd fayornbly known in church circles oe 6 is Well as social and business civ ies: : where his aetivities have been very very highly appreciated, . “In the year 1021 he received bis me. versity of British. Columbia, - ney altended lectures at the university for eS fou yours and et the sume the devot- _ ing his energies to a pastoral eharge ae 6 ott: the city. : ¥or three yenrs Mr. “Wright Was sec. retary of the municipal. sxehoul board a? the church at Cloverdale. 2, Mra, Wright was appointed .by the mm, recent British ‘Columbia. conference. ts yoo commissioner ta “attend: the ‘United Chureh connell which men's in the “tty of Winnipeg tn September. Co Mr. Wright will be plenased to wel: come the residents suite. vistrars in the “ mmenualty ta the services on Sunday. f sop very Inaterialiy. Possibly — the greatest goad. it. cite whs to- give the farmers .courage ta ent ty Previous ta that the hay- dtd’ not look worth ev- . ‘he cost of: ‘cutting. : il - Cedar poles nré still being. hhaulea he. New Hazelton ‘from’ ‘the: Ning : ‘Mile, “ monntain section and: ‘haull vill. ‘oe nll simmer,’ “Many; houaands of 4 feet:of poles are being: shapled: out-of |: G4 ‘th Jag ta’ the main :rond. : Morning Service bacholar of arts degree from the Tint- | having: . of Surrey In addition to heing pnstor The ralnn last. week helped the hay aa town Inst week, “vw Hon. Mr. Barrow was defeated a, gnest over. the week end of Mr, and Mrs. : “Johnson, This. is. the first. time Mr, Bergman has .been in New Hazel- ton for some aix or more Years, . He i. in the bnilding business in Prince Ru- pert, and: Js erecting. a. house for, ‘him: self thin sunimer, The. ‘Yoom Was: “swung | across - the Skeeia ‘gt. Cedurvgle’ ithe end. of last avy eek ‘and. on Monday driving, was, star: ted for the season... Mr. -Hangon. BAYA |. that. there will be at least’ aa big a drive this, year ps lust, and, most: likely a much bigger one. : ‘He says that ‘at leust, ithe” river. wall, be. “kept filled: with : A.O, Suall, of Pritice. Rupert 9 was cab win Omtieen™ Hefatate $24 vere “ town oii ‘busi: Thursday." “he [ds mourned by five sons and one daugh- -Jattended by a very large number of to the country Jong before there was . transportation. and: the road now -being a couple of hours, was in ‘those days but a. Single horse tall and’ ‘the. trip in, to the. Valley, was: quite an under- taking. Mrs. Heal was one of the old- est settlers In the Valley. She was ag well known -for her good deeds us her good deeds. were numerous, Many old timers have partaken of her. hospi- tality and benefited from her. kindness.. The decensed was predeceased by, her husband some, fifteen ‘months, ‘but. ter, The sons are Bert, Ernest, Dud- ley and Hugh in Telkwa and Harald in, Ontario. Miss Mary Heal is the only, dunghter, She has always lived at home. To theny is extended the ‘sym- pathy of the interior. . The funeral: of the late Mrs. Heal was held on Sunday afternoon and was friends and acquaintances. The flor- al tributes Were litmerous and beauti. ful and were an evidence of the high regard in which the decensed was held. |. Rey, Mr. Gibson of the Anglican F Kitwanga ; vases travelled from Hazelton ta, ‘Telkwa. in, | Pacific’; KitsimKalom ‘Lake eo eeeasd ‘sea Kwinitza _: seer te ; Little Canyon . ststae terere nee Moricetown wssene a New Hazelton . eeeene meenae senes Port Essington ...... ..... .... Remo ...... peee ates Skeena Crossing ...... — South Hazelton ...:.. ..... Smithers ...... . . Swanson Bay ...... ..... ences eeseny Terrace ...... Woodleoek ..0. o.. i 1, pore, 4 oan is Wriich _. Dockrill Amesbury Spur 0.0 ce. ce, 4 rs ; mo Bite ele esse, cess cece seseee seems ctesee on 8. Cedarvale ..... .. ... ee Claxton: 0. le ae ors Copper City ...:.. on Dorveen 2... ee see "8. Duthie Mines ae Evelyn ...... . 1. Glentanna «0... - 18 | Hazelton we ae ke eee ve sean eee 108 16) 1 (rrr rr 13. Haysport — , Gee Kitimat . sao” wenue . OTR WA eee sess cee nent neeeee tenn cleo PREACHED ‘g00D (SERMONS Rev. W. B. Willan was Heard by big Congregations last Sinday - t os ‘There was n good sized congregation Joon Bergman of Prince Rupert Was. church at. Smithers eonducted the ser- -. [vices and at the graveside the Natlve Sons of Canada of Telkwa and § Smith: ers. deposited. Maple Leaves: in the graye, , the pole cunys will ‘be opened up. A noniher ‘of new camps | ‘VET be opened | up, this fall and there will be a: good ‘David, W. Pratt. of Skeena Crossing ig. among. the owners of new Cherro- |. let, nedans which he | purchased ‘from the local agent,, The ‘waseball ore “nave recelved thelr uniforms: a rae -they. ordered The. boys are buneh: of. men employed in ‘the woods, ; aye’ The: local peopk wer glad to meet him |; in. the New, Hazelton church last Sun- day morning to hear Rer. W. B. Wil- lan af: ‘Vancouver preach, It was just elght yeara. ‘Ago: that Mr. Willan preach ed. his last sernion, in. New. Hozeltén. ‘ana he remarked that it seemed just _ as familiar to, be in. the local pulpit as thongh - it. wag ‘only yesterday, He was glad to hack. on a visit and to sep | some. of his olf friends. 7 the Toad to success as a minister. He hos had sonie “big churches since he lett New Hazelton, He is now. minia- ‘ter nt the: University. eburch, Vancou-| ver. He is a very young’ man yet ahd. he will int, time be. one. of the Jeaders umbia, if not’ in Canada.’ ‘He ts an ex- |, cellent. speaker’ ‘and, he.’ delivers: | “his message ‘ina very: pleasing © ntamber. . einhi aut mg! ‘eave Thusday Sat ht on. Monday for: “Yancouyer,. ey Rev. Mr. Willan, has travelled far. on o wily from _Morricetown ‘to ; ; Dr. R Ww. evi” ‘bs Irving and sol,- Miss Evelyn Irving and Mrs. Me- Kay. and 800,” Inotored.. up trom Kam- loops, and. “are. spending a. holiday in the Hazelton » viet. The‘ first ragpberctes Were gathered last week end-and from now on they will be the main’ strawberries Were at their best: - last Sunday and there. are lots of them, local fruit. Wid — Bernard. ‘Albrecht. and. ‘tamily 1 lett on mm : MAKING 4 coon ROAD Ltn. The improvement to the hala ‘high: of the United Chureh in British Col-|ened out...