“le en "NEW HAZELTON, B, C., JULY 13, 1923 | | ! Make Lakelse’. i i i i | ‘ Greater Resort For the Tourist The hotel at Lakelse hot springs has undergone several changes f which have resulted in decided 3 improvements and the place is much more attractive for week- enders and tourists, The name 1 has been changed andin future oy m will be known as Lakelse Lodge. Dr, A. H. Bayne, the new mana- ma, fer, is catering to the comfort of mi his guests, fa; been renovated and is now very o l inviting. 4| dation: is,-being provided. by a The igterior has Additional accommo- i.couple of cabins close to the ne Lodge, where families or parties = can have private accommodation. (The help at the hotel and the |; manager’s own family are to be f,comiciled in tents, Every week g more improvements are being ; fmade so that by the time the Mi present program has been com- ca a pleted Lakelse Ledge will be well son the way to be classed among he rea] tourist resorts on the }Canadian National Railways. j Tourists will find it an ideal mplace for @ reat among the moun- ains, where nature has. been most kind in proyiding attra¢ ions, The sportsman will find ft a most attractive holiday home. #The fly fishing is excellent and Bthe hunting in season cannot be - Bx celled. Game is to be had Brom grouse to mountain poat nd grizzly bear.’ The lake is urrounded by asplendid sandy sach and the bathing is all one ould ask for, and the lake is big nough so that boating and cano- gf may be indulged in to. the eart’s desire, Surrounding La- else Lodge are long, beautiful tnd interesting walks and trails, = There will be a store in con- mection with the Lodge, where meamving parties and summer Settlers will be able to get sup- ies, a convenience which will e much appreciated. Already a goodly number of people have visited the Lodge d each week will see the num- mer increased. 4 on bea success. Magnificent Berries S The first of this week the editor meceived Erom John Neidhart. the barawberry king of Remo, a crate m the finest berries that have meen produced thog, far this sea- n. The berries were unusual- large and retained’ ‘their © full vor. ade and our appreciation is tended to Mr. Neidhart, and we ao recommend his strawberries ae anyone wishing the'finest of it for table use pr fob canning. 4 Le : - i The seanning season is On| ‘and ; womed are preparing for next| ter, Thus the daily. menu at ent.is somewhat meagre... - | -T@ranby Co. Will Proceed at Once |; to Work Sultana! The Granby Mining & Smelting}. Co. has decided to: proceed at]; once with the development of the Sultana group on Koulder Creek, and owned by A. R. Macdonald and Jos. Hicks, of Hazelton. The first of the week Messrs.’ Munro, Bancroft and Conway, the heads of the company, spent two days on the property, making the final examination. They were accom- panied by Mr. Macdonald and re- turned to Hazelton Wednesday night and to Granby Thursday morning, Mr. Bancroft, who is one of the foremost geologists of the day, expressed himself as Well pleased with the country in general and the Sultana group in particular. The showings are that all three men considered the property well worth prospecting. A diamond drill outfit and crew will be sent in on or before the first of August and start to work as soon as the outfit isrigged up. The result of the drilling will de- termine the underground work to be done this fall and continued throughout the winter, The trail to the mine is now being ¢onsid- drably improved, to enable the company to freight in the supplies and outfit. Some time ago tne Granby Co. The place will}. | piling, totalling 189,865 They were extra special Lern: district is. strong. bonded "the property, subject to examination. Thatit has decided to undertake the development work is a big thing forthe Hazel- ton district, in which the proper- ty is located.’ The headquarters for the working force will be at Hazelton, and there is a feeling of optimism among the local people, Cedar Exports — Totalled High~ and Increasing Few. péople y@& realize the im- portance of the cedar: along the Canadian National Railways from | , Dur- ing the past. five months Olof Hanson has shipped out from the district named 5,240 pieces of lineal feet. Inthe same five months he ha? shipped 10,980 pieces of. poles, totalling 373,895 lineal feet. The-total cedar shipped was 563, - 260. ‘feet.. - Most of this was export material.’ The market for cedar poles ahd piling from this north- ‘The nor- thern material is now recognized as the best that can be obtained any place, The. industry is now just nicely started and éach-year will see’ great increases in - the amount of poles and piles sent out. Beament west to Terrace. S) Johnny. McKenna, of: Burns Forestdale,. = Lake, is spefiding his is holidays at e : 0 : OVERHEARD AROUND NEW HAZELTON A large number of Indians from all parts of the interior are pot- latching at Hagwilget. It is to be one of the biggest affairs held for years, Visitors from interior towns are coming down to see it, Miss Betty Bergman received word last week that she had passed her first year high school examinations with honors. School Inspector Fraser paid a visit to Kispiox the first of the week. The boys and girls in camp at the Silver Standard report hav- ing a fine time with lots of good fishing at the lake, The editor knows the fish are -excellent as he was presented with a sample, Acreage blocks of the finest fruit and garden land in the north can be had. Prices from $28 to $40 an acre with long term payments. See adv. on another page. ; Acreage blocks of the finest fruit and garden land in the north can be had. Prices from $28 to $40 an acre with long term payments. See adv. on another page. Miss Hazel: Hall returned home Thursday morning after having spent the past-couple of years in Calgary. Miss Daisy Hall will Not return until later, Haying is now pretty general i Ar / examined some of the silyer-lead | Boule ‘some years ago, Mr. Wil- D. J. Williams. Looking For Another Mine D. J. Williams, formerly mana- ger of the Rocher de Boule mine, has been a visitor in New Hazel- ton this week,a guest of W. S. Harris, Mr. Williams is doing some scouting for New York capital and, with Mr. Harris, has properties on Nine-mile mountain. He expressed the opinion that at the present time there was more money available for mining than at any time during the past fif- teen years. The demand is, how- ever, for properties more or less developed. . He was in hopes of securing a property that would appeal to the men he represents, Since leaving the Rocher de liams has made a success of three mines. He has covered many thousands of miles of the contin- ent and is now looking fcr another property which. he can convert intoa real mine. Mr, Williams has also beenme interested in blue-fox farming, and he and a few associates have one of the most modern blue-fox farms in Large Program of Public Works | Terrace District The Hon. T.D. Pattullo and the Hon. Dr. Sutherland, Ministers of Lands and Publie. Works re- spectively, dropped off the train on Friday afternoon accompanied by the district engineering uf- ficials. . They were out for work and ~ fave no encouragement to the holding of a meeting. They proceeded to Lakelse and ex- amined the improved road in that direction, returning Friday night.. They also examined the site for the proposed new Skeena bridge and made decisions with respect to carrying out the pre- - liminary work on the bridge. Saturday emorning, whilst Mr. Pattullo was meeting some of his contituents re the Franks controversy, Dr. Sutherland went’ with Geo. Little on a short tour around the district north of town. 'Heturning to the Terrace Ho- tel the Minister of Public Works was ‘interviewed and in reply to leading questions said, ‘“‘We are going to start on this road to the proposed bridge right away: We will first of all have to make it - Alaska. They have some $75,- 600 worth of foxes on the farm now and are in a position to sell annually a large number of skins. In all his travels, Mr. Williams says that he found no place where the country, climate and environ- throughout the northern interior. The weather thus far ‘has not been idea], The Dominion fruit and vege- table inspector will visit the New Hazelton section of the district the first of next week and wants to examine the gardens and see the fruit that is being produced. The passenger traffic on the Canadian National is now pretty heavy and several special trains have been run to accommodate the tourists. To Improve Road Hon. Dr. Sutherland informed members of the Liberal Associa- tion at a meeting in Hazelton last week that money would be avail- able for improving the road from New Hazelton to Skeena Cross- ing this this season. The old road will be made passable and next year the main highway will be extended from New. Hazelton to the Crossing. ‘Demand for Seed i in South A ‘large market in southern British Columbia can be develop- ed for seed potatoes grown in the north, Recent visitors from the south have heen so attracted by the “spud”’ patches. in this. dis. | triet that orders -have been plac- ed for seed potatoes if inspected and passed by. the: ‘Dominion, dn- Jan : "Spector. eran ment appealed to him as does the New Hazelton district. He would be glad to get located here again and make this his home. Start Energetic Campaign For ~ Needed Roads Hon. T. D. Pattullo informed the writer that as soon as he gets back to Victoria he is going to start after an energetic road building campaign along ihe Skeena River. His first object will be to haye the main high- way extended from New Hazel- ton to Terrace. About twenty: miles of the distance has been done during the past two years and some of the settlements are connected up, but there is no road connecting the two ends, This work. may be spread oyer two years but in due time the road will be opened from Van- eouver through to Terrace and from. the Alberta boundary tol. Terrace, There are now a num- ber of pretty fair roads that will connect’ with the main road and to get around the country will be very much easier, ‘The Skeena riyer district will then be attrac- tive to settlers agit i is the choice agricultural . land ‘in ‘the: horth convenient for the contractors to haul in their supplies, so that we: may get cheaper contracts’ ‘for the bridge work, As soon as we have got that done we will call for tenders for putting in the piers for the bridge, which we intend to get busy with before the next frost comes along. “We will also probably do some further improvement work on the Lakelse road at several places which require widening and ditch- ing. The maintenance of that road is now pretty heavy and we want to remedy that. Later ‘on this summer we shall aiso probably do some more work on the road leading out towards Kalum Lake and on that towards Kitsamkalum. Our appropria- tion is already pretty well used up, but we shall try to get some more and do what we can to put the district into shape:’? Conversation with other officials left the inference that some $80, -- 000 or $90,000 is to be spent around here this year. Old-timer Returns . Colin Munro arrived in New Hazelton last Sunday and is a guest of W.S. Sargent. Colin is one of the old boys’in this dig- trict and was one-of the success- ful prospectors before the war. Since returning from France he has been living in the southern pects to spend this summer on his old stamping ground, and may decide to settle down here again. His many old friénds. were glad to see him, . ; “he | Send in-your name and eash ‘now . part of the province, but he ex-. ;