‘trip aud the minister received a #reat

Atitwanga on Monday to’ Join hig part:

___NEW HAZELTON, B. C., WEDNESDAY. JULY 20, 1932 ;

a

The feature of. aniluing netivity in: B..
Was an. Ancrease of 25 per cent, in gold
Production, ‘ Althongh* ‘in, -comnion: with
#il industries, mining activity shows 2
decrease bu dollat value for the period
referred to. But the: way mining has
* Teen maintained ‘is ‘gratifying, notwith-
stamling. unprecedently severe metal.
bhurketing “conditions, Gold mining

_ in recent years, is responding to-mo:

_ chergetic attack as shown .by the in-
erense in prodnetion and a steady ex-
jninsion can be looked for in the future

The increased output vf zoid ig only
it slivhe indication: .of the’ activity tak-
ing place in. Searching for and develop-
ing gold properties.’ The ‘total gold out
put of $1,881,197 as compared ‘With the
million and a half in ‘the first half of
1981 is an inerenase of 25 per cent,

‘The increased placer output is main-
ly due to the efforts of smull operators
and individuals. - -The second half of
the year is the main working season
When the major por tion of the placer

gold outpnt is made.” Indications. “point
to a substantial increase for the ‘full
year over the total produetion made dn
1931,

The search for rald has ‘been the par-
ineunt ferture of mining netivity in
British Columbia ‘in 1982, Avtual pro-
duretion of gold. hos increased in a sat-
isfactory manner, but ‘the finding: “of

‘tid gold’ propertiés “did” the” devélép:
ment of known ones: is the augury of
"greater expansion of production in the
future. 4 i

_ Review of Geld

in British Columbia for i.

a during the first: half: year of 1033

‘which ‘has. heen relatively unimportay,

ining |
st t Half of This Year

Inde go] “in. “A982 ‘is’ probable and $65,-
000,009. doe ‘10B8: ‘The highest output
of fold in the - history of the province |.
was in°1913 when’ the total. amounted
to $6, 137,400; : ‘The present ‘area of gold
activity should see this ‘figure eclipsed
in the next two or three-years, .
An plreer mining” ‘several sound pro-
Jects have heen. under’ Way for the last
two years: and: should : “inerease the
placer “output” the’ ast: halt. of § 1932.
Figures’ collected this: year “indiente ap-
proximately that. $70,000 in plicer gold
Wes produced np -to- June 30th. Over
half of this was made up of several
hundred sinall lots representing the tak
ings of hundreds. of individuals,
The fenture of the year has been’ the
the large number of individuals whe
har gone out into the hills in the hope
of making. a.graub stake with pan and
roeker, Tet is. diffienlt to make a Te-
linble estimate but it is believed that
fover 5,000 have tried. their luck in this
way. “Many af the prospectors have
only persisted’ in: their efforts for a
short time, and: their eontribution to
either prospecting ar production - has
heen practieatly negligible, ‘Probably
the majority who went out were whol-
ly Mexperienced and but little in the
way of results could -he expected for
some time,
cer rush some new dliseoveries hay:
héen ~teported, a. few of which, may.
‘Of. “‘iniportance.” Niitnérous’. ‘mnéchanica’
methods’ of handling placer ‘gtavels’. on
a relatively amall -scale: are betng : trier
out by Individuals. and - ‘syndicates.

MICHAEL MANSON IS DEAD
Was Member of Legislature for Many
Years—Native of Shetland: Is-

Jands and 7% Years of Age

.

Mike Manson, AEL.A., for Macken-
“@ viding pissed nway on Mon-
day of last week at Bella Quola, He
Inid paid a visit ton part of his con-
stitmency just ‘a few days before, and

“wis secompanied by Hon. My. Bruhn.
minister of public works. . He seemed
to be in gdod health at the end of the

- shock” Avie. he: recelved. sword. _of. the
sudden jrissing of his ald friend gna
cHosgite, The Jate Mr, Manson was
Sb yeas af age ad wre i uitive of
the Shi thud Islands, He eame to the
codelaf Peltivh Columbia tn 1874 and
resided on he const stuce, and no
ue wis better known, especially or
neath end of the province and or
the Ishnds that was be, Like all of
the early pioneers. he enguged in nu
inerous linees of business, but chiefly
fur denling, sailing, mining and later
farming. He v wus first elected. ito the
Levisinture. in 1909, and continued in
the TT use intl! 1016 when he met de-
tent. He was elected again in 1924,

lies

THEY Gor SOME GOLD

hile Laon was in tenn’ last ‘weel

jmeantinme,,. Be; hag bean the - mete:

8

SIR HENRY Ww, THORNTON, K. BE.

President and Chairman of the Board
Directors, Canadian Nationsl Railwars.

HE resigned os president and chatr-
Inau of the Canadian National Rail-
Ways and his resignation has heen ac-
eepted by the board and ‘by the Minis.
ter of Railways, It t@ to take effect
at once, Mr, Hungerford, vice-presi-
lent uf operation ond construction, har
heen nuthorized to ‘carry , on in. the

rter shending | some sveeks on his pro.
plerty gt Dovreen | which he. Is working

th conjunetion ° with a couple of mer |:

’ from “Kitwatiga. Pirie says that the
former’ place. ‘they were. working : dir
“not pan ont. as food as they expected.
hough hey pt fone ‘gold: nit, of ht

feheral amunage ‘for some. years, ye

_AIRD 18 ieavind racine. 7

emneereed

———————

The Permanent:

. A production of $4,000,000 worth. of ; .

‘But as a result of the nla.}

“|renlly necessary maintenance work an¢

and to, the people-who will use it ntost

‘{will be stopped andthe people in the | Hazelton: br
country - wil’ know where the road t lene
solng and enn adjust their own offairs
‘accordingly,
heen possible because there was ne {old town tenm.
knowledge: “of where, how or-
rod was: zolzn, but- each Il
that was able to rench the ea
one had things. changed to suit their
own Little kingdom, in‘some cises one
single: Jot": Needless: ‘to. say there ha: |
heen’ A, ‘ot’ of: trouble’ ‘and ‘discontent.

nud. it. haa done the governmetit harm —

[time the engineeriig: ;

| Baseball Games

‘Aaney Coming . | During Week

| Says | Minister

Hon, Mr.) Bruin Inve Invesigating Unem:|
: ployment. Relief—AUl Must Work |
In Future—Road Through "-

"New Hatelton

Hon, rR W. Bruhn, sainister of: pub: ;
He works for the province, puid:a visit -
‘to ‘this: district. on’ Friday last. ‘He ar.
‘rived in Hazelton Thursday night at
midnight after looking over the Skeen;
highway from Terrace east and alae
the: Usk and Cedarvale camps. Therc.
has ‘been some discontent. in the mem
DMoyment camps along the highway, a
alo’ in, the southern . part: of: the’ pra |
vince; The men in‘the. ‘eames: seem ¢
‘he feeling the pinch - of hard times, o
at least they look back on. the good
times of some years’ ago when all hae.

4° ‘Phe © Snappy: Nines of Smithers were
down on" Thursday’ night of last "week
“land: played © the ‘Hazelton team. on the:
* | Hazelton. grounds and the Visitors got
away with’ ao four | to. victory.” The
night ww: "a8 | wet: and threatening and g
pnuniber. did not: think the game would
be play anid ata not attend. ‘But those:
iwho were present reported that it war.
an exceptionally: good" game.

On" ‘Stinday afternoon Hazelton bar
“tex went to Smnithers to play the re
turn gaine with ‘the Snappy Nines anc
"aya in Havelton Was’ ‘defeated by az t
4 score.

ou Sunday last’ the girly soft bar
,tegyn from Hazelton went to! Smither:
“and played the girls soft ball team. i
Smithers . and’ it was a ‘regular ru
aw ay for the home team. The fin.
al SUOEE was 23 tu 3 although at that
‘the ‘Hazelton girls did not stop trying
even, ug to the last inning.

The wr orines has adoptea 4 a new plat

which gives the unemployed single mer '
the choice’ of working in the canips ‘a’
‘the old ‘rate ‘and ‘finder * ‘the old condi”
‘tons, or of leaving. the camps- and ga
ing on direct: relief, which: méans tha’.
they will: be‘ given. 3 % days work a
montli ot’ ‘$2. 80 per day,” ‘Tt there’ are
hot enough ‘men remain jir the. calmpr.
to muke the: ‘enmps worth « “maintaining
the camps willbe closed and: all: pu
on direct ‘rellef, ‘It is understecd- tha?
the men in the. camps recelved : ‘notlec
om Meénday morning. - ;

Hon, Mr. Brohno, in speaking of. th.
tnempiloyy nent. stated that the cona
tits Were. aM. wore ol
‘crnnrelié Was holding: te ‘Against’
the ndverse: ‘conditions:. : He. ‘had hopes
of.a Httle ‘atnshine in:the near fature.;
. Tn -regard tothe diversiof of. ‘the
highway from hetween. the,. ‘ight anc
nine niile post into New, Harelton the
minister said: that for the ‘present the
fovernment, would have the new. ‘youte
cleared | out!” New
not probifble ‘under

- The Sinithers senlor ball team came
‘down Sunday afternoon and played the
New Hazelton team on ‘the New Haz-
elton grounds and it was e victory for
the locul boys by a 11 to 9 score, At
first -the Prospects of the game looked
quite safe for New Hazelton and thr
first inning - would indicate that New
Hazelton had found a new iteher in
Omer Spooner. .The : Smithers . team
did not know bis style and they went
$5) 00, LWwithout’ “reaching” second. base, “but,
the. second. time they. went to: ‘bat ‘they’
hit Omer: ‘all over. the: ‘grounds, ‘and’ it
looked. at ane. time as Jif they. would
never ‘be retired... Seren: runs was ‘the
total. gathered: in for the one ‘Inning.
Omer seemed. to ‘have lost. confidence
in himself as‘a pitcher, and then: the
rest of the team did not give him the
construction way support he was entitled to, in fact th
present conditions ! New. Hazelton field seemed td be of"
Tt Kept the government busy with thy | color until towards the end of the gan
Rert Spooner went into the pitcher’:
the unemploynient relief. hex in the third inning and Smithers
‘The ininister discovered ‘on this try Vaid not ¢ ect nnother run nntil the nintl
with mmeh surprise. that as yet ther: inning when they marked up two, sly
had been no survey of a. permanen: ing them x total of 9.

route for the main highw ay ‘through ; New Hazelton went to bat § time
this district and he stated that Ne ana in five-of the innings scored fron
would see to that at once as it was one to five runs each. They were shu
nonsense to be working: on gt trans ont three times. . ‘The outlook for th.
provinelial highway that. had not peel. locals was none too good until the 8t!.
surveyed nyd mapped..." ‘when they scored five runs which: Site
The sinister has taken the first ren’ them In the lead, although in thé Gtr
step towards a sincere deniaistration ther got 3 runs, but were till one be
of bulding an trans-provineial highway “ping § the Smithers seniors. -

through northern 1.0. Engineers and“ ipeve wis not a very large attend |
sirveyors ave employed and their jot anee. ‘Phe country at the present tint!
ix to put that highway where it wil? gonnot support mere than one~ bal
he af grentext henefit’ to the pravine: enme at 1 a time ;

If that is done all petty political pu” In Neve nee it is expected. that ‘the

I tenm will pay e visit tr
Strawherry Town’ on Friday. nex’
oa some day in the very near future
‘Arrangements are under. way with th:
There ‘are to be twi
when the | ‘eames aid Hazelton plans on takin
ttle click Bert Spooner alone to pitch one of the
rv of some games.

In the past-that has not

Mr. Wy ae Sargent Was, a~visitorta |.

. Provide Sport

in the Bulkley Valley will be light; anc:

A Memorial to -
Round Lake.
‘Old Residents

‘The annual. Round Lake plente was ,
held last week at: ‘the’ community. hall -
last ‘week and dt was 1 one, of the most

the. ‘grand ball in: ithe. ‘evening and at:
this function there.” were, Mearly: two

‘] hundred. present, - Since last. year the
hall has. been greatly enlarged. and jm-
proved,’ The building © has: ‘been wid-
ened and the: old stage was taken out
and a ew one bBuilt:on the end -and
the full width of the building. This
ives il good big Stuge. and 4a longer. ant
ja wider hal”: Practically all the work,
done on the. improvements was volun. *-
ter Inbor: and the: hall, os it. stands to-
day, represents few. dollars of actua!
ironey In comparison of fis worth It is
oheof the finest, if not the finest, hal
in, the north, and reflects. great credit
upon the people of the Round Lake
district, During’ the ‘evening it way
announced that the new. stage was
built as a memorial. to the Jate Mrs.
Emery Barger and the late Carl Wake-
field, both of whom had taken a great
interest in the affairs of the hall ond
had done much ‘towards: its foundation
numerous years ago. .

pAZELTON's NEW ‘HALL COMING

The Community Assoelation of Haz-
‘eltoni’ Fil: hold >;p. meeting, Oni. /¥yYiday: r-
night: “of this’ week for the purpose of
Feceiying, the’ ‘report of ‘its committee on
amalgamation with the Horticultura}
Society. * The: joint - committee. of the
two- associations . met last week anc
agreed to ‘amalgamate ‘and the repor!
is only to be’ accepted’ by: the Com-
munity _ Association. After that pro.
Evess can ‘be, made on the hall, buildin;
the decision’ of what lot ‘fo build on -
the date ean also be set for the flower
show. A ntmber of enquiries bave al-.
ready been received as to the possible
date of the flower show, and it is’ time
work ‘on ‘this main annual feature wa:
under. way. It is understood that th:
flower show will be in the bands of th:
committee from the old horticultural
soeloty’ with Possibly some additions”
members from the Community. - Asug
[eiatian. mo :

Timothy Seed on
Will be Short.
_ Bulkley Valley.

Due to the Inte spring and the cold _
dry. wenther when there shou d- have
been plenty of rin, the timothy ergy’

in places further east there . will be
none. This will’ nlso mean a smal"
crop of Hmothy seed, one of the chic’
sources of revenue for muy of the far:
mers. The timothy seed of the Bulk.
ley Valley has become well known or

Snuchers’ for a day or vo, last: week.
the Now ‘Hazelton sot’ wu itle

team played with, the Hazelton girls

mn -the: latters! grounds ‘on Wednesday

rhe minister has’ ‘seen that it wa: |.
department ° ir,

supply.’ :
enguiries. alrendy. this: sengon Th yt
tablishiment of the thnothy ‘seed clean. ao

the markets on. this continent;-and. the
‘trade ‘had. become’ to’ look. ‘for :
the. valley ' as ‘an important, 80 Ire:
“Phere” hava: “been n

phones: ‘™ the “western ‘section will be
through ‘né Pacific on the 23d ana will,

this’ distvice got busy and surveyed: out .
n route for the main’ road, a road that’
in surveyed: both enst' and: west, but not,
‘throngh. Rone. “eotiple.| at dozen, miler

wi mi. ‘Aird, in charge of 0. N. R. tele.

‘hey are now Ww oviking in another spot
‘which giver promise-of being \n better
“paydne: proposition, . ‘He went. down..te

ners and proceeded to. Dorreen’ Weil-

#0 to Willow: River,.
this : section : ‘has been’ ‘cut oft or: added
te’ another section,
in. Pacific: for. the past teen: years. and.
haa many friends along the Mne whe

in this section, « ~"- i

S Hon: Mr, Bruhn was ficeompanted by :
Restdent: ‘Btiginieer ; se C. Brady, ond
Dr. Bainford nd: Rona: Foreman “Me.
Donald met them: at Hazelton and ac.

It, fs understood

“Mr. Aird’ has beer 1

nesiay: with. a fresh supply of: arnh,

Will he sorry that he fa leaving, “sompamded them: ‘to: ‘Telkwa,

night ‘again’ nnd were: ‘defeated - by r
BCOe of 22 ‘to Ite.
Birla, aire Retting -ofita. the anne. hetter |

and ‘then: down the Cariboo,
‘already visited. the. Peace’ River, dis-
The: min trict and the northern const.

ing plant has’ been? of- ‘Breat“asslatune
to the Bulkley Valley ‘farmers, and ft .!
Ayits Alsoa big encouragement: for then;
to. -goutinne to: ‘grow timothy" for Seg
purposes.’ The valley Js partienlitt:
. -| adapted to. timothy. seed _ broduetior
find: it's safe to: any that were the tay.
mers to ‘0. in. for. wheat and. ‘ants sf:
seed purposes they woul! ‘get an rain
ly. high grade article. .

The New. -Hazeltor.

i ¥
and played more! ‘consistently: aS

kter; went: on by cl cnr to ‘Prince George.
He hae: