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| Vol. 19 oe a NEW RAZELION, BC, TUNE 24 ° . _ No, otf Le
Community Hall [Cottonwood To Conservatives | cena QUICK NEWS

Was Opened at. -

Evelyn Saturday]

There was great joy at Evelyn last
Saturday night, June. 18th, and a big
crowd from various parts of the dis-
trict, gathered there for the. formal
opening of the new community hall.
_L, 8. McGill of Smithers gave a. short
uddress and declared the hall open.

The Lvelyn people have been working

_ tor severul years tu erect this hall so

it is an accomplished fact. It is 2

“present population and while not fuliy

equipped it is in good shape for danc-

ing ond other funetions.. At one end

there is a dressing room and's kitch-
en. The flour of the hell is.of hard-’
woud and well Jaid and is quite as fine:
a dance floor as there is in the north.

During the evening a complete pro-:
#Yam of old time dances was run off.’

At the same time the more modern
dances: were not forgotten. The peo-

ple entered into the spirit of the occa-.

siou with enthusiasm. The music was
turnished by on aecordian, but-it was
4 oad one and the dancers were all
well sitisfied. It was one great, night

in Evelyn and everyone was happy.
During the evening a rng and a three
ther cake as well os several other ar-|

ticles. were raffled . off,

THE CHILDREN'S MEDALS

“Dhis yeur Deine the ~phaniona sabe °
; lea of Contederation, each ise ‘havi child

throm. aut the Dominion ‘ia to receive

wet whieh the Governmet tthe haut |!
stuuck off.
size of a two-bit piece,

‘the time of Confederation, and of King
George V, the present king. These
medals should be yrined by the child-
ren. on

A-CLIMBING THEY WOULD GO

Lest Sunday morning abvut ten o’-
clock a party of three, L. Wilson, W.
Mendum and Geo, Cooper, left Hazel-
ton to ‘scale Rocher de Bole moun-
tain,
thence to Denny Comean's place. In
thelr . climbing they got as. far as the
New Hazelton Gold & Cobalt: moine, and
they found it a strenuous elimb. It
took exactly ten hours for the return
trip. The boys used an anto'gs far as
possible on the way up, but hiked all.
the way home. For their first at
tempt they did. not do so badly, and if
there is. any next ‘time they - “may get a
little nearer the top.

S00 THERN VISITORS: PLEASED

Mr, and Mrs. Dorabeng of’ Vincow.
B® ver, Geo. Christe ‘and, Dr. Seltipe | of | :
me Bellingham apent Several . days” euests
uf W. 8. Horris- On. Tesdry morn-
mee ing the three men with! Duke went pl
fam ty) the Silver’ ou py Nine Mile n1oun-
Mm tin to inspect ‘that. property and’ te
a lool: over other “prospects as well.
@ is reported that. they were well pleased |
Mee with what they saivi, This was the
wy first trip for pny: ithe party. ta this
B-country. sud: -theynivere . delighted! with
mit. The beauty surpassed (even. “the
7 plowing accounts: they. hind received,

“Mis Rnijitienn’ ’ Wrlnehi is ‘expected
™ home of Baturday: ight from Victoria:
Me to spend some time /at, her. home.” Ste
has. not been in: “good health. ince |

they would have a common. place for
Ineetings and entertainment and are
justly delighted with themselves that

'frume Dullding, plenty large for the

The medal -is ubout the
On the face is!
a profile of Queen Victorla, ruiing at:

They went via Sealy Lake and |

ave ‘been ‘Inade to gat the: ledge down

Help Terrace in.

“ —
ae

ple,

lan.
bars between Terrace and Phelan,

cotton wood trees of the lower Skeena
will be prepared for market.

dred and fifty thousand feet board:
measure.

and lond them for. New Westminster.

cated. ¢
The Skeena River cotton wodd is a

ve as lumber.
‘ last for many years.

“THE APPLE KING WAS HERE -

Dai Som ee age ee emma AR Ste A

crop ol the local market.

fairs, He reports that the-apple crop
in_ his district will be only about half
of. normal due to a heavy June drop,
but be figures there will be enough for
local consumption. Mr. Grey bas one
complaint to make in regard to the
roads in his immediate vicinity. A
mud slide came down some time ogo
and blocked the road. The slide is
about. wo hundred feet long and he xot
in toneh w ith the loca} member to see
what conld be done about it,

“SMALL | CROWD PRESENT

-'The Rose. Dance given by the W. A.
to the HY H. last Friday night in As-
sembty hall, Hazelton, was not. what
canid he ealled a howling success.) A
aninll crowd. turned ont and the affair
lacked that snap which characterises
most dances in this’ - district,
night was one of the worst the district
haa enjoyed for n long time and that
possibly had something to do with the
attendance,

SEVEN SISTERS GROUP BIG.

An indieations point to the Seven
Sisters group nt Cedarvale making a

| big mine. ‘Steve Young is the. locator

and he turned it to ex-Gov. Davis last.
year. He bas. done considerahle, work
on ‘the property ‘{ncliding a shatt that
was sunk a considerable distance and
was abandoned this aphing: when it fill:
ed with: water, “Since. ‘then efforts.

in’ the mber : ‘where ° a. “gunnel” wonk

‘be rin: to connect: WD. with. ‘the: shat :
find where work: cquid. be continued ail “4
‘year Without diniterference “from snow
ov’ other’ ‘natural “obstacles.
forty “of. “engineers , are most" ‘encour: J
hil; grade: of }

The

Ratt, and the. duantity, “ani,
pre ‘encountered: ‘are. more ‘onfouraging. |

tuning: ‘to: the: Wictorie: Tubllew Ho
bial after her. holtdays: ao

“mea. oF or ‘this, | Troperty,

Phins “Rye ready: ‘tor: a Jot of! “develop:

_ wey

‘Business. Way!

Quite a boost |g to be given the tim-
ber industry around Terrace in the
near filture.as a result of the visit re-|!
cently of the. Laminated Materials peo-
Geo, Little has taken o contract
for the logging operations and. for
hauling the logs down to.a boom that |
will be put in the river oaé or near Phe-:
On Monday Mr. Little went to
Prince Rupert to see gbout the unload-
ing and re-shipment 6f a gas boat that
will pe used for. towing the logs or for
Picking them off. the shore and the}

As soon as possible a number of ax
men will ‘be started in the woods near
Yerrace-and on the islands down the:
river ond for the first time the great.

The con-:
tract calls for two hundred to two bun-

the logs will be assembled.
at Phelan to which place the Union.
‘Steaniship Co.’s frelght bouts will call:

where the manufacturing plant is lo-

superior article for veneer and it will
be 1 great help industrially ‘to 'Terrace
and other river points to be able to dis-'
pose of this timher which is.of no val-
The local supply will

A S Grey af Gedarvale, the’ well,
. known fruit zrower of the Skeena Val-|
Hey arrived lu Hazelton Monday ‘night
6 a Jhetiento af tle oe:a youwa hrauze | tasee about placing his atrawberry ,
Mr, Grey |
Jhas not been away. from his farm for |

some months, in fact not since the fall’

‘ling then with sprnce ‘yoots,

The ,

Te AY

To Meet Their |
Ne ew Leader

F

"The Conservatives of the north are
about to hold a series of meetings in
the interests: ‘of their recently. appoint-
ed candidate, B. ‘M, Dockrill, and their
new » leader, . Hon. 8, F, Tomlie, On

Satirday night: there will be a public
meeting in- Terrace which will be’ad-
dressed. by. Hon, Mr, Tolmie,, J. C.
Brady, . M.. Py; for Skeena, and’ F. M.
Dockrill, the Conservative candidate,
All are invited to this meeting. Mr.
Toitmie is making a tour through the
north and will speak-at several places;
enroute. He is scheduled: to open the
stainpede at Williams Lake on the 1st
of July, otherwise he would. have spent’
much longer in the iiorthern interior.
The Okanagan bye- election’ delayed
the leader, somewhat in leaving on this:
trip.. However, if the next election is’
not brought on too soon he will be up|
again and endeavor to speak wherever
a number of people can be got togeth-
The leader of the Conservatives in|
British Columbia's’ itinerary through’
Northern British Columbia s:—At
Prince Rupert Friday night, Terrace
on ‘Saturday nigt, thence via the time
freight to Hazelton on Sunday, New
Hazelton Monday morning, Telkwa in
the afterncon and back to Smithers
for o public meeting in the evening.

‘Tuesday he will speak at Vander-|
thoof and Wednesday at Princé George,
On Thursday he will imake Williams
_| Take where he will-open, the. stampede.
“On his trip through. this district he.

Usk |

Skeena’s Industrial Centre

i

Qn.

Rt. W. Seekye, accompanled ty R
W. Tanner, last week examined the
Shenandoah group of mineral claims
on the rauge ‘between Chimdemash
and St. Croix Creeks, owned by A. E.
McDonald.

Mr. and Mrs. Creelman returned on)
Tuesday from a two weeks vacation’
in the south. They visited Vancouver
Victoria Seattle and Naniamo.

J.. Panter, relieving agent, has re-
turned to Smithers.

Mrs. Mitzenberg and “children of.
FanArsdol are visiting the former's:
sister, Mra, Matthews.

A grand pienic is ‘te be held-at Gold
Creek on July ist. A sports and gen-
eral committee and a refreshment com-
mittet are on the job and needless to
say both programs are lining up in
good shape. There will be a good time
for everyone,

Public Works. Engineer’ Pethick of
Smithers was in town on Wednesday.

1]
The towers for the new governnient
ferry have been erected, but the new
eitble will -not be: strymg until next:

apring,,

Dan Mason who has been snpertn-
tending the work on the ferry towers
returned to _ Copper Oity, Jast, Friday.

—

twill be accompanied by. J. C.. Brady,
ALP, and Ff, ML: Dockrill, thie, Conserva- !
tive candidate: for the provincial honse

Getting Moving Picttres

AL Mingalone, ‘staff cameraman, In-
ternational. News Reel, of New. York,
arriv ed at Usk from Jasper ‘Lodge the
middle of the week and has been mak:
ing thotion pictures of the Canadian
Government totem pole preservation
work at -Kitselas Canyon, about two
niles, below Usk. Enroute from Jas-
per he secured motion pictures of the
Carrier Indinns at Hagwiiget, near
New Hazelton, BS they were Inaking
pails and trays of birch bark ‘and ‘sew-
He also
stépped at Kitwanga ‘and took, pictur-
es of the totem poles which had been
restoved .and’ weather’ ‘proofed by, ‘the
Canadian government field ‘party
duriug the, last two seasona, and also
of the tourists: from the train looking
them over,

At Kitselas he took motion pictures
of the decnyed.. and neglected: totem
poles - ‘and. carved house posts, and of
the various processes used by. the Na:
tlonal museum men. in preserving | the
poles, such as cleaning oft: the maga
Jand, lichens, oiling them. to harden and
weather-proof the wood; ‘and hotetiie
them, into -position, The ‘poles’ -

soft from decay: and in some. cases it
is ‘haressary to: pad. them | / With: “burlap ,
to prevent the hoisting ropes: crushing
into’ ‘the carvings. The Indians, are.
greatly interested in the work’ and are.
giving every: aastatance, | hoth in| the:

t

- Mr. nnd. Mrs. J. ‘Johns of Prince Ru
pert were visitors in town last ‘week.

| trance examinations.

“CAR. FROM. WINNIPEG

‘On. Wednesday last H. W. Houden

arrived in New Hazelton from Winnil |
peg.
and three children,
trip through by car and had a most in-
teresting and enjoyable time.
left Winnipeg on the 2nd of June and
took their time on the road making a
one or two day stop at. several of the
elties and towns.
automobile | instruction book and were
sorry. for it as in. a number of places
the books: were much ‘toa enthusingsiic’
ag to the condition: .of the roads.
does the anto clubs no good: to report
incorrectly when there‘are reanly. good
roads available:
to several auto pirties: ‘enroute to New
Hazelton but had to turn back on ac-
count of deep mind and deeper ruts on
some .of. the roads.,

He was accompanied by his wife
They made . the

‘ They

They followed the

At}

Mr. Houden ran in-

Mr, and Mrs. Howden shipped their

car to Terrace: where they. will make and. take. up ‘hig lite work in the coun-

heir future home. They. have ‘ten

aeres of land there but they are not yet
aUre whether they will live on: it or
Péleo in for something’ alse,
is a rettirned man ‘and. was: eonnected | '
with the civil: service in _ Winnipeg end
came. to B. CG. on aecomnt of- hts: health,

Mr. Houden

Ww. q ordon 3 was up ‘from Remo Mon-

- Arthur Alver aiid Wm, O’Brien were t
a ‘in Terrace this. week welting t thelr: en:;

Ernest Thompson has ‘purchased a
§ | barcel of land near Tatlow on which
# lhe is now building.

It was some fishing party that ‘went
out Sunday. The catch of fish was
quite small but the amount of rain the
fishers absorbed was considerable. A
}Young man got lost, although he’ said
he was only hunting for bis fish.’ One
or more of the: young ladies caught a *
good cold as well as fish, but afl report
a real good time.

BID Dockrili is now attached to W.
L. Paddon’s store at Quick.

This’ district was favored with a
real wet rain’on Friday. ‘A little sun:
‘shine since has made things boom once
more. .

It is. surprising the numberof pros-
pectors interested: in the country erst
and north-east of here and the amount
of travel over the old road in spite of

the condition it is in.
cy

BR ‘Alright is sporting # new Ford
truck, Perhaps that was why he was
charged $12.75 for a sack of wheat.

Mr. Bennet and family and Mr.’Ste-
vens and, family took in the sights at
Deep Ceek’ this ‘week, ;

The. .question of the day is—Who
pinched the sausage?

W. H. BR. Lowe and: family enlled on
& number of friends around here last
Sunday.

Ars, ‘Thos. _ Brewer. is. enjoying. her
Taention in. Vancouver. Tom is now
batehing and building a new house for, .
his” “pare: ‘bred. poultry. | vat

Rev. MR, SANSUM’ PREACHED ;
* ast: Sunday ‘moruing © Rev. Me.
Young was assised | in the services in
the. New’ Hazelton church, by. Rey. V.. ;
Sansim of: Kispiox and formerly in
charge of the local: circuit. In the __
evening he also assisted in the service
in Hnzelton. Rev. Mr. ‘Sensum gave
a most interesting talk on “The Vaive
of Discontent. ” He spoke chiefly of the
history of Canada and showed how
the country was brought from the uh-
settled and- dissatisfied state to the
present glorious country it is through
the discontent. of. the. early ‘settlers.
He pointd out that all progress was
due to the. discontent, -of , people. with a
thei ‘existiig : conditions. ‘He urgeil ee
the « -young- people especially to not: be
satistled. with.’ ‘What they bad already
accomplished. _ “There never. was’ a
man who knew it all or Who. could not
learn more with a. little effort. My,
Sansum is leaying about the end of
the, present. ‘month: for Vancouver to
spend, A. couple | of, Fears. . After - that
he hopes to again return, to the north

try. ‘Where: he began it. His sermon’. « -
on. Sunday,, therefore, . Was not one of
farewell. He bad enjoyed his work
and his. life in! the north and he liked a
the people,of the. north. He hoped to |
meet inany of nis old ‘friends and his
present - friends awhen he came back, .
“Miss. Jean. Burns BANE a5. kh solo "Tove
Lifted: me.”

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