Mo 2uctioneer, me natured competition. “tE OMINECA HERALD Vou. ‘15 _ = NEW HAZELTON, B.C, JUNE 1, 1928 - a No, 48 1 Auction Sale Well Attended At Richmond’s ' James Richmond’s auction sale held, Wednesday afternoon and evening was one of the most successful ever held in this die- trict. Auctioneer W. Vanderlip, . of Terrace, started to sell at one o'clock sharp and he had a good sized crowd to start with. As the afternoon wore on the crowd grew until all the people with any money to.spend were on hand, / For three hours the people com- peted for edds and ends of hard- ‘ware and garden tools, pictures @ and clothes. Then the auctioneer m turned his attention to house- hold goods and went through the list until the farm imple- am ments, wagons, live stock, etc., #. were reached well after supper. , ‘Throughout the afternoon and 7 evening the prices were high~— f there were no bargains, The people wanted the stuff and the me auctioneer made them pay for m it. Mr. Vanderlip is a real , Thefe is not much me in the game he does not know, fe but when it comes to selling fdress-makers’ forms, Bill backs _ He refused to become en- m tangied in. another bundle of mysteries. " § During the afternoon lunches f were served to all and sundry f'and the refreshments were good mand badly needed after several Fhours of strenuous, but good ae 6Mr. Richmond is well satisfied mwith the sale. He has about and winners being: Ralph Weismiller. low, Mrs, A. Wells. 2; both in a cloud of amoke, Minzeghor and Muriel Eckert.’ rie, Murié] Eckert. Mrs. Bunn. Kitselas Awoke to Brief Day of Former Activity || (Usk Correspondence) Usk turned out en masse to a celebration in the form of a picnic on Empire Day, the Old Kitselas townsite, once so active in the preat transshipment days of rail- way building, now bordered with a dense, green-mantled growth and flowers, with its tiny brook- lets, and the water fountain still spouting its crystal cascades at the old hotel site, being the scene of the festivities. Seyeral wagon loads of mothers and children were transported by road, while the balance of over 100 walked the three miles through the sylvan glades by various routes, A bounteous lunch was provided by the ladies, while Mrs. Wilder saw that the assembled children were given each a bag of assorted’ edibles, The main sports ecom- menced after Junch,. the events Boys under 6. Ralph Skinner and Girls under 10. Doris Bunn, Girls under 12, Ada Minzeghor. Ladies, Unmarried. Miss Kellegher. Ladies, Married. ‘Mrs. E..M. Whit- Boys under 10, Marlin Eckert. Young Men.- Norman Bathelot, -.. Married Men. Perey Skinner. ‘Smokers’ Race. Paradis, 1; Sparkes, Children’s Three-legged Race, ; Ada Children’s Sack Race. Maggie -Low- OVERHEARD AROUND NEW HAZELTON Tom Philips, of Mud Creel, was in town last Saturday with a baby marmot which he captured near Porphyry creek. He had to dig it out of a hollow tree. Duke Harris paid a visit to the Sunrise mine the first of the week and reports lots of snow on the mountain yet. Edgar Harris has been at the American Boy mine this week, getting the camp in shape. He was accompanied by Mrs. Harris, A very interesting children’s service was held in the New Ha- zelton church last Sunday under the auspices of the Religious Educational] Council. Rev. J.-R. Hewitt preached an excellent ser- mon on the value of the boys and girls’ to Canada. good attendance, - Preparations are under way to resume work in the several pole camps m the New Hazelton dis- trict. The demand for poles and piling is good and the early sum- mer is the best time to make them. In a number of cases, however, the owners of the tim- ber are holding the price too high to allow profitable operation, Miss Spooner arrived home to There was af Barber Trims Hairy Denizens ' of Wilderness W. H. Burnett had a thrilling time last week-end when he en- countered half a dozen bears while along with a dog in the bush. ; He had set. out from Terrace with the intention of trying to locate a bear and, if possible, to annex its hide. He had heard that bears were about some- where north of the town so he went in that direction, his only companion being his Airedale ter- rier. When he had gone on the Lala valley road for some four miles and. was just about at the point where Spring creek intersects the road he was stalking through thick brush when his deg got excited and was paying attention up near a tree. Burnett saw the bear and at once prepared to shoot. Judge of his surprise when, at that moment, an old She-bear came up suddenly in front of him and oniy some four toa young bear which was backed |. Granby Co. Will Explore Further _ Boulder Claims A deal is pending for a good prospect on Boulder Creek, ten miles from the railway and a‘few | miles east of New Hazelton, be- tween the Granby Co. and the owners, A. FR. Macdonald and Jos. Hicks, both well known in this north country. Hight claims are included in the deal, and if it goes through will mean a big boost for the mining ‘industry of this district. The Granby Go. has an ‘option {on the eight claims and this sum- mer and fall will do considerable work on them to ascertain the depth. — At the present time A. R. Macdonald is doing the assess- ment work and after the snow is all gone the Granby people will send in an engineer to make an examination. Last summer their engineer went over the property and sampled it. ‘The results of the assays were very favorable, and, acting on his report, the company decided io investizate further and to spend some money feet away, but with a blackened log between them. He lowered his gun rapidly and put its con- tents into her neck this effective spend some time with her parents in town. She has been in Smith- ers for the past couple of years. Ladies’ Sage Race. Miss Eellegher, Baseball. Usk 4, Kitselas 6 (12 in- Pattullo Wants A Great Sheep ly settling her. He then went on for the year- ling which he had seen and got in prospecting at depth, The ore is a grey capper, with the chief valnes in silver, It is an. exceptionally. good ore for smelting and the surface show- ings are good. The report published in the it also. He went back to pick up the old bear and got his baek sprained by his hand. slipping while handling her. This caused daily press on the coast during the week was very much garbled, but if the work to be done before the snow flies again proves satis- factory there is no doubt but that Mecicaned up everything here and @eexpects to get away with his metamily in a few days.. BRedistribution — @ Billis Assured At Fall Session B The provincial cabinet has got e started on tne task of redistribu- 4 a.nd: it is expected that at the mmext session, which must com- Meaence by December 15, and pro- mably will start in October, a bill vill be introduced providing for mar re-arrangement of provincial meespresentation, At the last gen- oa ral election there were less than 600 votes cast in several ridings hile large electoral districts had Bly one member in some instan- fis, No decision can he given a as to what changes will be Eade, but it is the intention to melye the present problem of un- 7 ual representation, : bon Sunday- next Rev. J. RB. awitt will preach his farewell zrmon in the. New ‘Hazelton Birch at eleven a.m. He and 3, Hewitt will leave for their mv home+in Duncan on n Thurs Rion of seats in the Legislature, | - finale to the day, Dominion geological survey, has been promoted in the service to associate geologist. spent last summer in the Kit- sumkalum ‘Valley and will com- plete his work there this season, He also spent a few days in the Kispiox Valley last fall and -he expects to spend some more time there this. summer, | been commissioried to look into the arsenical iron deposits in thig district, exist’ on- both Niné-mile and Rocher We,Bowle mountains. . { nings). The single ladies beat their married sisters, but we are in- formed the single ladies recently had some practice. The event of the day was the tug-of-war between the married and single ladies. Both sidés won, for the reason -that the strong rope broke suddenly in the center, each side retaining its end and gaining ground pre- cipitately. A dance was provided in Beth- urem Hall in the evening by the Shamrock Orchestra as a fitting c t Geologist Promoted Dr. George Hanson, of the Dr. Hanson He has also|C ‘Well: known deposits y morning, poe the Herald ia 82.00 a , year. ~ prospector of the:north, returned to. Usk Wednesday tostart. where tos a he left off a, soatile of. years ago, Industry i in B. C. One million sheep in B. G. in. 1930, is the goa. aimed at by Hon. T. D, Pattullo, minister of lands, who states that the gov- ernment is undertaking an edu- campaign to increase the number of sheep raised in he says, there are oely 50,000 sheep in British Columbia, on the 16,- 000 farms of the province. There is room’ for 100,000 farms, but if only twenty head of sheep were carried on each of the 16,- 000 farms, there would be aftotal of $20,000, out. that every farmer should carry a few sheep. their keep is small, profits are large. there is a splendid tiome market for both mutton, lamb and wool. At prese nt British Columbia brings in 50,000 sheep annually for home consumption, as well as 3,000,000 pounds of dresséd mutton and products, ational he province. At present, The .minister points while the Furthermore, British olumbia is an ideal sheep coun- try and the farmer has been passing up a sure thing. Chas. Mathieson, an .old ‘time ' The cost of | - him to fall down and he had much pain.. The dog, however, kept busy and put up two more yearlings and another adult, “I reckoned I shouldn’t have to leave any bears about while I was in the condition I felt my- self in,” Mr. Burnett added in telling his experience to our representative, ‘‘so I just aimed at them and got the mother and one young one. ‘The other one gotaway. Altopether I saw two old bears and each of them had with her two yearling cubs. Two of the cubs got away but I was well satisfied to have got four bears in one trip. I came back to town and got a truck and went out for the bodies.”’ The four pelts were drying in the sun when the newspaperman called to see Mr. Burnett. The first rain in New Hazelton this year that really amounted to anything fell last Thursday night. It was truly a shower of blessing, but along with the flowers and vegetables the weeds are growing like good fellows. The number and extent of the gardens in New Hazelton has been: materially increased. this year. 7 There will be some stuff the big company will mine at Boulder Creek on a large scale. Bridge Plans For Terrace Now Complete C. R. Gilbert. has got a letter from a friend of his in Victoria, who has the entree of govern- mental circles, and quoting a de- partmental deputy minister he says that the plans for the new bridge over the Skeena at Ter. race are now ready and complete and that finances has been ar- ranged. tullo cuntinues to declare that he will have a start. made with the bridge this summer. should be welcome news to La- kelse residents, but won’t there be wigs on the green if its a sell?. Further that Mr. Pat- This fa Got Good Impression | J. K. Gordon of Terrace was a. visitor here a couple of days this week, his first trip to New Haz- elton, for this part ef the district. met with many pleasant surprises in the way of. climate, land, gar- dens and money, , He has only good words He ‘He has a very _| decidedly better opinion of. New.