ae B) Vor. 18 Extensive “Road Program Going | On In District | Main Highway to be Worked ; on From Both Ends; In Kispiox Vailey The road work for the season started in rea! earnest on Thurs- day morning, April ist. Up to i\the present what has been done Bihas been more or less of an extra- Se\ordinary nature. Full sized crews miare now on the main highway Baextengion between’ South Hazel- Meiton and Terrace, working from mboth ends. This is the most im- portant work of all so far as be- gine of benefit to the whole inte- ig rior. Every mile cf road that fecan be put in shape will be so gimuch greater attraction for tour- galists, and this road will also open aeup tor settlement a large terri- ° Atory 20086 attractive to dairy and ‘fruit men, 2 ’ sncther gang of men will this mivear complete the road on the Be side of the Kispiox River between Nine-mile and Ten-mile Bf bridges, to open up for settlement va large traet of fine agricultural { land. The new road will bring li that iand ten miles closer to town. | , ‘The road between Smithers and \ Mor icetown is being mhadé'intd ‘a Rood road. It is figured that it will be a link in the main high- miway. It cuts the distance down Faeveral miles between here and a None on | “More work is being Midone on the Duthie mine road, S sand it is provided to complete the work started on the Nine-mile fwagon road. Tn addition to these pJobs, there will be the usual re- m@ pair work to be carried on at “ once. ‘The outfit with the drag jis now working on the Kispiox Se road and getting it-in good shape. m: Two tractors will be used in L+his section this year, A new Fone will be on the main highway Fand the old one will go to the meinew work on the west side of the me Kispiox river. / There are numerous applica- ‘ne ‘tions for financial assistance on Liminers’ trails, and these are be- Ring dealt with by the mines ‘department, whose engineers will| = ! Girat revort on the merits of the ponining properties, Hazelton Liberals Met 4 The Hazelton Liberal Associa- Mertion met last Saturday evening 4 band re-organized for the ensuing Bivear. There were quite a num- ae ber present. and the following of- piicets ‘were. elected—Hon. Pres. of Nred Stork, M. P. and Dr. H. C. 5 i rinch, M.L.A,; Pres., W. W.. fe Anderson; Vicé-Pres., John New- - Bok; Sec. -Treas., Wr. Grant. A J neeting. was to be called Monday Bevening. to complete the work, * | Geo. Hall is are . puffering from. ri mf the ‘winter. Poe bd iniaftel za moat ‘did. New Nazelton schools. NEW HAZELTON, B. C., APRIL Well-known and Popular Pioneer Passes in South Walter Bell Was Active in Prospecting and Had Great Faith . Word was received on Thurs-|.” day of Jast week by Dan. Mason, of Copper City, of the death of Walter Bell, an early settler on the Skeena, who passed away at the Kssondale Infirmary on March 2nd. Mr. Bell was a familiar figure in the Terrace district. For many years he was employed at the George Little mill, and was noted for the care and kindness he be- stowed upon his horses. Little children were his especial friends and their beaming faces never failed to moye his generosity. There was always candy when Walter was around. The deceased was born in the St. Clair Lake district about 1858. Little is known of his early his- tory prior to his coming to Uen- tral B.C. in 1909. Since then he spent his summers prospecting on Thornhill mountain, where he owned several claims, and his winters driving a team at the Little millin Terrace, until-a-year ago last fall, when he became affected mentally and was remov- ed to Essondale. The late Mr. Bell was of quiét retiring disposition. He was al- ways ready, however, to talk when mining possibilities in the Valley were being discussed. He had the energetic prospector’s sublime faith in the future of mining in the district. Start Driving Timber The boom was swung acrass the Skeena river at Cedarvale last week and on Monday of. this week the first poles were put in the water from the Cedar Creek section and started down stream. Austin Goodenough, superintend- ent of the Hanson Timber and Lumber.Co. arrived here Sunday evening to look after the work of getting the poles started on their journey. ‘l'here are several hun dred. thousand feet of poled on the river bank at different points and the camp at Cedarvale will be ac- tive for the next few months. There are also many thousands of feet of poles to be hauled to the depot at New Hazelton for ship- ment as soon as the roads are. drv and hard, enough. The first baseball game this season was played: on the New ‘Hazelton bill park’ last Saturday |’ afternoon between ‘the Hazelton]. The | Toeal boys won by a score of 7 to pe Pete Spodner ‘was: ‘presiding | éxamitien.... Thore’ are “prospetta of. the’ sathg teams ‘meeting. ‘fora “football mame, inthe’ near: F futures" OVERHEARD AROUND NEW HAZELTON | night for Terrace, where he will be sawyer in the Little lumber mill, John Spitz] has purchased the Thos. Hatton place of 220 acres at Carnaby and will devote his time to farming. Miss Tony Venne of Kitwanga who was.in the Prince Rupert hospital for the past two weeks returned home Sunday morning. D. McKenzie has taken a lease on the Tony Greccofarm. Much of the land is in hay but MeKen- zie will have atleast ten acres in spuds . The new school grounds are be- cleaned up and the fence erected. The main read runs through the corner of the property and the public works department will be asked to change the road. A daughter was born at the hospital on Tuesday, March 80, to Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomasson, of Terrace. Service in St... Peter’s church this morning. Easter Sunday at 8 and 1) holy communion, and at 7.380 evening prayer. __ Special tnufic-at ail'services, “Re . A'special. meeting of the New Hazelton Liberal Association will be held in the schoolhouse on Saturday evening at,8 0 clock. | Dr. H. C. Wrineh, MLA. will be present to discuss matters of importance with the members, W. S. Garris was in Rupert this week and took an option on the Saddle property near Anyox the price beidg $50,000, subject examination. The option’ is for the Northern Prospecting & De- velopment Co. . 1 Vanarsdol ' (Too late fot last week) R. E. Alien, of Hanall, was a business. visitor here on Saturday _ Mrs, and Mrs. Jack Olson, of Terrace, have moved to Vanars- dol and are now settled in thelr new home, . Capt. Rae, of the Salvation Army, arrived here last week to conduct services among the local Salvationists. A good many of the younger folk gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs,’ Hagen Saturday night and spent a very enjovable social time: Refreshments were serv- ed at. midnight by Wm. Woodeock and John Hagen: se Mr, and ‘Mrs. B. Agar, of Tere} race, were guests of: Mr: and! Mrs. ‘Wm.. Hagen, ‘on: ‘Thuriday.. engineer, of Hazelton, were here ™ on: Saturday. sa eT Carl Pohle of Carnaby left last} George Little of Tértace,. ind eng Douglas. Lay, .. regident Rey. J. H. Young | Takes Charge of Hazeltons’. Field Rev. A. C. Pound Leaving for Okanagan—Rev. W. Allen at Terrace A week from Sunday, April 11, the changes recently made in the ministers and work in the Prince .| Presbytery will go into effect. By the change the number of ministers is reduced by one, Rey. A.C. Pound goes to yisit with his father in the Okanagan until conference meets in May. Rev. J. H. Young will take up the work at Hazelton and supply the hospital, New Hazelton, Kit- segucla and Morricetown. Un Sundays when he is to be away Rev, Victor Sansum of Kispiox will preach in Hazelton and New Hazelton. Rex. Mr. Young is well known in this district and has on seyeral occasions taken services here, It was ten years ago that he first arrived on the Skeena, going to Kitselas for four years as mis- sionary teacher. He then ex- tended his field along the Skeena to Kitsegucla and has done good work among the natives and the whites also. Fora the past few “years he has lived at Térrace and took quite an active interest in public organizations there. He wlll move his family to Hazelton ‘mexXt week. Rev. Wm. Allen will take over the Terrace and VanArsdol work and probably extend his field up Pacific. He has been for two years at Port Simpson, two years at Skidaget and two at Kitamat. He is a young man and energetic and should fit in at Terrace very nicely. 1 — Liberals Organized The New Hazelton Liberal As- sociation was formally. launched at a large gathering of local sup- porters in the schoolhouse last Saturday evening. After some little preliminary discussion, an election of officers for the year took place, and resulted in the following choices: - Hon. Presidents— Alfred Stork, M.P., Dr. H. C. Wrinch, ‘M.L. A. President—W. 8. Sargent: Vice-presidenis—W. §, Harris, S. H. Senkpiel. Secretary-treas _ E. A. God- dard, Executive committee—The offi- cers and J. H. Willan, F. A. Goddard and R. BH. Morrison. . Following the election several matters of. moment, concerning: New Hazeiton. Kare talked over, | and 8 adloorenenhs WAR, then: made. Boy Perished In Burning House Indian Reserve Mother Received Painful In- juries In Frantic Efforts to Rescue Him The six-year-old son of Andrew Mowat, an Indian, was burned to death in a fire which destroyed his home on. the Hazelton reserye early on Saturday afternoon, and the boy’s mother received yery painful burns, At the time of the outbreak ; the woman was alone in the house with her several children. Unable to stem the flames she turned to the rescue of the youngsters, and these she took to safety with the exception of the boy, who was asleep on the bed. In her frantic but fruitless efforts to reach him she sustained such serious burns that she was taken to the hospi- tal when heJp arrived. A good deal of her clothing was burned from her bedy. Owing to the secluded position of the house, which was situated almost amid the bush a short distance from the main road and a little more than half a mile from Hazeiton, the blaze was not observed from the town, so that no assistance was’ forthcoming until too late, ‘The cause of the fire is not explained, Stock Sealy Lake . C. T. Hearn of Terrace, at the request of the Department of Marine & Fisheries, visited this district the first of the week and in company with C. W. Dawson inspected thrée lakes with the idea of stocking them with Kam- loops trout. Mr. Hearn will re- commend that ergs be placed in Sealy lake. They will probably arrive in June. The Hazelton | Rod & Gun Club are responsible for this move Had A Birthday Party Last Monday Walton H.Sharpe celebrated his umptieth birthday and in the evening Mrs. Sharpe gave him a bridge party. The prizes were won by A, E. Falcon- er and Ed, Hyde, while the best among the ladies were Mrs, Sar- gent and Mrs. Falconer. _ The guests of the evening presented Mr. Sharpe with a cigarette hold- . er ‘and cigarettes. ~ Fred ‘Griffih of ‘Smithers has entered: intg’ an, agréemént with’ S. H. Sénkpiel to haul his, poles” out beginning. May. Ast. He. will . use a truck with a trailer and fret: timber from the: akidway on the mo Nine Mile wago “road, ° To: get oe aM) he poles oli of the: ‘bush Senk- 5 ‘piel expects to uge. a tractor, Tn ‘the New Haveltoa shun | next Sunday mornin ol manic! bee :