o OF i the Drive at i

> For the’ first 1 tithe: ‘the: passen- |

ger “train, ‘was: several hours late |
on: Saturday night. and. did not
_ atrive: here: until eleven 0’ clock.
As‘a: ‘result’ there . was no: mail|
that: night.
land slide a few. miles: this side of

Kitselas - which occurred. just be-.

fore the Thursday morning train
arrived “from Hazelton, © That
train did not reach Prince ‘Rupert |.
until Saturday morning instead
of. Thursday night and ‘the pas-
sengers had a pretty hard trip.
The ‘Saturday train coming up
. left Rupert on time but ran very
slowly through the gumbo cuts
and was then delayed: some time
where the’ slide’ occurred on ac-
count of damage to-a freight
train. ‘Even with the late hour
that the train arrived at the end

of service, some three miles from|

_ New. Hazelton, ‘the - passengers
. were dumped off as per usual and
- forced to drive here arriving not

much before niidnight. The -con-

. sideration of the railway officials

for the comfort and - convenience

of. the travelling public i is mil. -

Inspector Coming
Post Office. Inspector Fletcher,

nes Vancouver, sis expected. :to-arrive!*
ay. hight. He will ‘make |:
- Tew. ‘arrangements’ ‘for: the -mail|"
“service” ‘ate this” point ‘and will | Mer LATING. pre
oo probably see that boxes : are put. reach ed: ran

in the post office and’ that: ‘gev- .
He: took Traine into- partnership

i Wecaat eae

On ‘Satur

"eral other improvements: are
brought about.. He ‘was among
those delayed: by ‘the storin. |

BIG NEW BRIDGH
HAS. BEEN STOPPED

Railway Company Ref Refuses. to. Deliver
the Timber— Another Evidence of -
on ‘Spite against New Hazelton

- ‘Althougit ‘Engineer Kerr’s re-
port.on the road from the present
‘end of: service to New ‘Hazelton

was favorable and. the’ temporary |.
“ site forthe station was selected |.
by him and. Mr, Mehan, and. only)
the. formal: instruction from:the |:

railway | commission is necessary,

‘the railway: company. ‘continue to-

hold’ ‘the timber ~for: the: ‘Haguel-

. gate bridge at the: saad a three

‘The cause was a

“THE ‘REAL TOWN

| d| General Manager Basgett Very. Favor-

~ ate Impressed: -New Hudson’ 5
Bay Stores to be Built

“Mr. Bassett, Victoria, general
rhanager,. for: the: Hudson’ s Bay}?
Co. was ‘in: own. on ‘Friday’ and
looked » over'the townsite for the
purpose of locating the new Hud-
son’s Bay store and -warehouses
for . this district: | Mr.

with New: Hazelton " and’ it: did’
not take him Jong to. ‘appreciate

the fact that the business of the
district would: centre: here.. He
was particularly struck with

= rae Ave. as ‘the ‘business

thoroughfare: and there is every |"
reason to believe that. he -will re-
port to headquarters recommend: |_

ing New Hazelton as the site for
: their new premises...

No Word re Service
Up to the: time of. going to

press no word had been received |-

in-town as to the: order of the
Railway Commission to the G, T.

P. to extend its passenger—and
freight service to this pr point. Mr.

Bassett Kerr wired his report to. Ottawa

was very: favorably: impressed from - Prince Rupert,

‘probability is. that-the commis-

but the

sion - had adjourned for the holi-
days before it’ reached them.
Thus -it. will be Some day next
week before the order can come
through.

THE

con MINING COMPANY

Ofticers and: Dizectoes Elected for Rine
* Mile Mining Company ats.
7 “Hazelton mo

"Recently the annual meeting of
the Hazelton Nine: Mile. le. Mining |-—
Co, was held in, Harvey & & Me-
Kinnon’s office. The. reports ‘of
the president and the secretary-
treasurer were read and received
and the: following’ officers elected
for the ensuing year.

' President--C. G. Harvey.

Sec.-Treas.—F. A. MeKinnon.

’ Board -of Directors—-Frank A.
Brown, ‘Arthur Griswold, -W. mE
Larkworthy, R. 4. MeDonell..

Tet BEFO
ANNUAL ee ao

e GT. P. Steamer. Was Late nd: Train
“1.” Would Not Wait, Yet. Reache:
: Hee) Five Hours Late.

speed, and if. ‘the
be continued throu
there will be a bi

Jas navigation on ‘th
-lopens,
| be. asked: to submit forever to

Surely the e public: will not

petty little policies. of th

=, everything that: the. peopl
; northern interior wanted.”

Wm.. Ridley Records Another Story of Terrors of the Trail----Frank Trainer Lost

Heroes in the north country
are born’ every year. It takes
real men to fight.the wilds even.
today, when. railways and steam
‘boats, automobiles and airships |

Jare forcing their way into almost

every neck of the woods. '

On Tuesday last: Wm. Ridley
returned from: thelIngenica' coun::

with him,. ‘and, with: ‘an ‘Indian;
they started off. for the Ingenica.
Trainer was ‘to ‘do. the: trapping.
and keep the. meat supply . ‘up
| while Ridley: went on ‘todo the|:
prospecting. Each had half the
grub, At: Hogam, Trainer turn-
ed-up without: any. meat ‘and his

ATE SODA BISCUITS —
AND. COLD. SAUSAGE

Passengers Had Meagre Fare’ on Last!
" Thursday’ $s Train—Penned in.
“on Bott Ends” oS

Phe G@ , PL train » from Hazel-
ton: scheduled. to ‘arrive here:on:
Thursday. did! not’ teach’: Princé.
Rupert: until last Saturday mor:
ing, having. b detained * at
mile: ap the line’ by

at: la

relieve the train. ~.
Rowell was particularly consider- pee
ate’ of the passengers’ ‘comfort. Bel
: Excepting that we-were on. very 8
there was: no|°

,and Died Only: Two Days from Fort Graham----Buried in the
Wilds----Ridley Locates New Placer ‘Country Oo

‘grub all gone. Ridley halfed up
with him. again and ‘once more
they parted, ‘Ridley went on. to}.
Silver creek, Tom ereek and then.
some. . - He reports’ ‘that ‘he was:
‘successful in locating something |
that looks to him like.a very rich
placer: property. He fs anxious

to ide hie as soon: as: sh to
try. where ue went. ‘Last eens ine mnie :

‘ ‘on the trail: ae

without grub and dead. ‘He. was
only two days from ry ort Graham,
Ridley. started to bring him back
to Babine for burial but the In-
dians’ sleighs were “overloaded
and. it was impossible - ‘to, make
the ‘trip, so Trainer was buried
close to where he was. found. : He

‘one of the forty, passengers
aboard the stalled train, We Had
hopes of getting through Thurs-| .
|day. night, ‘but. after. ‘digging |:
away seven small slides a big)
| slide with a lot of | timber” in it]

tand- two small washouts were en-| .
‘leountered. Work’ was abandoned].
jabout midnight until daylight, ;
when the boys pitched in again

and some of the’ passengers |.
helped. Tools, © however, ‘were|.
Bearce, ;

ST am satisfied the | tailway|®

ot i went
ifin:gearch for him and: found: shim |

was ‘given’the best that could be
had. oo

‘ Ridley came on to Babine with
the Indians and made his way. to
Hazelton, He only: took - enough,
grub. to last until: Christmas, but
there had. bean oe heavier drain
‘Upon it than expected and he had
to come: back ‘He

prospecting for 1 many” "years, atid
now he believes hée has found his
stake, His home i is in Campbell-|;

ford, Ont., where his folk still! sk

live,

ARE WORKING ON.
. THE NEW SIDING

New: Hazelton Station’ Grounds Being | ay

- Pat in Shape: for Early
Traffic

Last Thursday morning Mr. |
Dempsey. was in town and in com-|'

Mn

says that: he].

‘|the boat waited. for three-quarter es)

of an hour (an appalling: breach -
of iailway etiquette): then pulled. oe

‘Tout leaving all the: -passengérs,,

mail, express, ete., behind: tobe © .
brought up some days later: This..-
might possibly’. have been : Over-
looked had the : train’. pull din
somewhere. near. régular :
but. it was five hours late’ r

ta is: sirange th

: les ; no. more c si

1 from the interior. - “There.
connection: ty: make. after: Prince
Rupert, and it iu: ‘tage: of emi ~

‘Hazelton. until the: next day, it >
}would . have been vasily. betté

pany with D acres Ww vent over jos

‘officials did all in their power to 0p ers

limited rations,
éal discomfort. Many.-of- the
ssengers were: withou any-

(pee eat, for. sarenky four

5

ve} n Ader a wens sey en |‘
ail

below.” -P. Rue

; Contract Completed

e) day: in|.

Conducter pa