; urday.*

‘meeting: ‘of the [Smithers] Citi-.
| wena’: ‘Association. leld ‘early in
/_ December't the. secretary was in-

structed to: ‘request the Govern-|,

ment: “Agent at Hazelton, to hold

‘the’ election: of. “the ‘town, fire

_ ‘wardena,.
. . ’ Villages Fire and Protection Act..

':, The’ election | has- not yet taken
- place and: the. town has been} ’
without wardens since.the latter
. part of. “September,

:awas.that some of: the apparatus
* was inacce sable (sie) on Sunday |
ye night, because no one was direct
we ty, responsible for it.’ .

: week’s visitors, i in Hazelton.

: season. opens.

° returned’ from’ a' visit to Varncou-+

: brother’ shad” died’ of wounds’ at
. the front.:°

ee inyalidéd™ soldiers, who kas just!

* YVietoria, - Ag: ‘expected ° ‘to. yeturn
left: the telegraph service to m.

'_ . for the district. between Kitselas |
a and Prine ‘George, eos

office . : elicited the facts. A re-

. _

VOL, VI, NO. 24 ,

' HAZELTON, B, C., ‘SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1917

-PRICE $2.00 A YEAR

LOCAL NEWS PARAGRAPHS

; Items Of General Interest From
° _ Hazelton and ‘Surround.
; ing District ;

Ww. H. Linton,of Stively Ala,
is in town. |

vm

Constable Kelly, of Seiites,

came down on Thursday. _ L

G. Goldstein, & fur-buyer from
Juneau, is here. this. week: :

Don’t forget : “Mrs, Temple's
Telegram’, Assembly: Hall, Feb,
’ 20.

M: G. ‘MeDonald, “of Ines,

‘Was among’ Saturday’ 3 - arrivals
in Hazelton. .

Ww. ih and J. gE Havrison, of
Ootsa - ‘Lake, were among ‘the

% HB, Canipbell, proprietor | of| .

: Hazelton poolrcom, returned on! -
hursday from a visit to Vancou:
ver and Vietoria,: - :

~D. Bo Morkiil, ‘this’ ‘surveyor!
returned from the coast. on Sat-
He’ -wilk:make another
trip’ to’ Vancouver — before the

.. J. G, Powell, the assayer, lias|

He’ found a cable awaiting
ith: ‘the pews: that. his

Jack Frost; one. “of. ‘Hazelton’ 8
-‘Undérgone another’ operation | ‘at
here i ina few ‘days, to take: the
position.’ of assistant to- Asséssor
Welch. John Reid Barker, who

list, lias: partially recovered, -
haa been appointed game Watder

wo. *

ship is ‘gunk,

Wilson: into declaring war,
sinking of the California end the
: Turino are not: engugh: *

government,

‘London:

London’ Britain considers that
Germany has committed sat least
‘overt acts”. ‘coming within
the: ‘scope sitpposed to have been
get by ‘Wilson, demanding the
step. ‘from the U, 8. of.a ‘war
declaration against the Kaiser's
The detention. of
Gerard i is held by: a number: of
newspapers to he the most serious
atftont to’ the us. ‘that, Berlin
‘| has offered to date.

‘We. attacked yester-
day: an important: ‘enemy position
on. the. highest poirit ° tof Sailly-
Saillisel hill; on the Somme front.
We gained ‘olit objective and cap-
tured a machine gun ‘anid 48 pris |
© loners, ‘Thé ground we have cap: |.
tured: -On the ‘Anera’ since the first
jot the year: now. represents an|

‘WILSON AWAITS AN ‘OVERT ACT

NO WAR UNTIL AMERICAN SHIP IS S UNK-~ -
BRI TISH C ONTINUE PROGRESS ON S OMME

‘Washington: The United States
: ot pitt: not fight until an. American
Nothing short of
‘| this, with: Joss of Americans, an-
less there are repeated insults to
the national dignity, will drive

The

nearly three-quarters of a mile
on a front of’ over three miles.

-Theré- is considerable artillery
activity - on _ both sides _in ‘the
neighborhood of Armentieres’ and
Ypres. pe

—1

Enemy aviators’ drop.
; ped bombs son: French positions
and cities’ in the region of. Duns
kirk, Four. civilians were killed.
The only fighting activity men-
tioned todiy was the Tepulse of
enemy attacks east of the: Meuse.
._ Phe chamibey of deputies yes:
terday passed ia hill, authorizing
the minister of: finarice to lend |
1, 500, 000, 000 francs to. Entente
Alliés and frigtdly nations, wet

.
Faris; :

Al ‘preparations for
the departure of: Gerard ® ‘and: -his:
staff, the American eonspls and
Red Cross officials are coinplete,
Special’ trains will carry. them: to}
Berne,

Berlin:

Ten ‘ships were sunk
in the” barred zone yesterday.
The tonnage lost 1 was 15,918,.

AD Britiaty destroyer of the old

London! :

000 war loan ig over-subseribed,

advance for : an average depth, of | type struck a mine in ‘the Chain-

nel . and ‘sank.
ft

- The Hague:

marine bolicy, for prudential rea-
sons.

many,

atricteat neutrality. .

New “Yorke:
clares ° that, war is _inevitable,

| Heney Ford offers: ‘to - Joan “the
government. any part: of his vast
fortune, in addition to turning
over his plant. ,

They, call. for’ an

expenditure of over $130, 000,000
during the next seven, years.

Sydney: Australia’ Fi £18,000, -

5 2 Wrong’ Again ¥
“The Herald states that “at: ‘al.

a8 required by. the

A result

Rnquiiy.” ‘at the _ government

th

London:

in our hands,

‘New: York:

* War ‘Notes. :

Asa result. of our | *
continucus pressure on bath banks | -
of the Anecre’ the enemy was
forced to evacuate.the village of
Grandcouitt, which is now: entirely:
British. troops now
deriously threaten thé strong Ger-
man position at Le Transloy,
Patrol - encounters: were. the
only . fighting | activity on the
French: front yesterday: .

The California. ‘was- torpedoed
without warning. Several Can:
adian Passengers: are among ‘the|: ;
missing. -

Prot. Bllory. C,

Stowell; ‘of Columbia University,
an authority. on international law,
declared the holding. of Ammbas-

sador Gerard by Germany, was.
flagrant act of insult.”

T WOULD.BE OUTLAWS’

| Hoskins last night: for. prelimin-
Ling from the lockup and stealing

speedy trial and were committed

prisonors.

‘given.in St. Andrew's. ‘Hall on}:

{for their friends, ..:

‘/for’ defensive: purjioses-is béing|’’
. considered byateamship. officials.

7 as practically certain: Gount'Tar-|
'{nowski,  the* recently ~ appointed
| Austrian ambassador, has not yet
been received. by: ‘Wilson,
- Copenhagen:..’
ish sailors were killed in the ‘ter.
doi ig: of the. ‘Danish steainar

rele 8. hip, |

: The -arming, of: ‘American ships!

diplomat - - break: betwean
e ay and Austria is rerarded

w.

‘Seventeen. Dan:

TaS0, W

which‘was'a: Belgian in

carrying: grain‘ from! ;

Prince’ Rupert. declare .that the
GT, P. diseriiinates i in favor of
Vantouver; and they: propose ‘a
form. of boycott, to-bring the:rail-

_SENT FOR TRIAL

‘Petzl and “Canningham, - who
were recaptured after breaking
jail, appeared before Magistrate |;

t
Ary hearing on charges of escap-

firearms. | They elected - for..a
.| by: the. magistrate, It is probable
that Judge Young will try the

A’ Good Time Coming:
~The: Red Cross: ladies are. ar-
ranging a Valentine Social, to be

Wednesday evening next, Feb. 14,
at 8o'clock, . Everyone is invited |
to ‘attend: and’ bring valentines

“Don't Like | Gr. P..: Policy
“Merchants and: shippers dn

ray, company to ‘times. -

at.8 ie We TH; on. es 2a 46, a

tha: Mission oath ae

{Southi: America. to; ‘Holland for] éd'to:be 4
q aistelhutiog. fe: Belgigin. ; :

who, when asked to define a lie,
said:
unto the Lord, but a pleasant help
in time of. trouble,” Mr; Temple

but did’ not find'it altogether as
pleasant as he had hoped.
you wish to learn what. trouble
he brought on himself and-others
yau must. see
Telegram’? ap presented. by ‘Ha-
-‘zelton Dramatic : ‘Suciety in’ As-
sembly Hall on Feb. 20.
entertainment is in aid’ of Hazel-
ton Hospital

Hospitala . Commission : held ~
Tororito the President stated. that

lat Lord’ Selborne’s request 97, oco
-|men: belonging to a large. nuniber |.
of units in the British Expeditign-
ary. Force: had been questioned.
‘as to whether they would ‘like to
settle ‘on land=in ‘the; United "
.| Kingdom: or’the Dominions, and].
° "| that 1, 000 expressed themgelves -

Mrs, Temple’ s Telegram
A story is told of a. little ‘boy,
“A lie is an abomination

ried to work along these lines,

it

“Mrs, Temple’s

The

* Land Settlement :
“ew meeting .of the aiitacy

Five! ‘survivors
were rescued, an

" Holland will not
. protest against Germany’s ‘sub-

The World de-

Tokio: | Japanese naval plans
: are. ‘startling.

fof teransferr
. States to:Canada the: business ‘of

AMONG THE MINING MEN

News OF eveloprient: ‘From
Various: Properties in Ha."
*. zelton’ District

‘Howard dR. ‘Caineron, the well
known mining man; -artived from
Edmonton on Thursday. ’ The
| Hazelton ’ ‘& Rochei de Boule
Mining. & ‘Exploration . Co.,. of
| whieh, he is the moving spirit, is
preparing for active operations

on the west- slope of Rocher:
Boule mountain, facing Hazelton’
Mr. ‘Cameron .states that ‘work
will begin during the first ‘week

«fin Mareh: Canvas camps will be”

Stockholm: The Swedish gov-
ernment rejects Wilson's. sue.
gestion that. other neutral’ conn:
tries should, follow ‘the lead’ of
the United States in severing
diplomatic ‘relations with Ger-
and declates’ Sweden’s
intention of _maintaning | the

established ‘for: temporary use,
and the supplies ‘necessary for
preliminary work ‘will: be’ taken
up the hill on a snow trail the
work of constructing a Yoad sbe-
ing postponed until spririg. : “He
was. not prepared to stat® what
the company’s development plans
were, but said the work would.
be under the direction of E, C.
Annes, an expert well known in
this district.. Mr. Cameron will
‘|leave tonight to inspect progress
on the Jennings property. on
Hudson Bay mountain, which is
being. developed ‘by «a: -synilicate,
‘of which ke is‘a tember. ’.

‘The pr eliminary report of: the
provincial mineralogist . credits
Omineea division with the pro-
‘duction of 11,875 tons ‘of ore in
1916. . The values given .are:

1,262,780, Ib. copper, 254, 983 Ib.
lead, 168,616 lb. zine, and $12, 000
in placer gold. As the ‘Rocher
de Boule alone reported the ship-
ment ‘of over 16,700 tons of ore
during the year,it i is evideut that
the mineralogist’s estimate must” a
be accepted with: reserve.”

Anyox production at the pres- a
ent time is a little less than . Be. 2
100,000. pounds per month, or at .
the rate of 87,000,000 pounds an-
nually, while at Grand Forks the. _
output of about 1,275,000 pounds —
‘per month is equal to about 165,-
300,000 pounds annually. ~ The
total output of the Granby com- |
pany, therefore, is at the rate of
ever 52,000, 000 hounds of copper
per annum.

- Canada to. Aid Refining. vss
A: despatch from Ottawa says

that. another step:in the process”
ing ‘from the United

munition making’. for thé Entente:.
Allies ‘ will. be: taken: | { the-ap-:
proaching session of theDominion

parliament, » ,
It in: ‘expected: ‘that re ‘govern- |
ment bill. will bé introduced: whic
would. brovide: ‘aid by: bounty: "O
tariff Pefini :

on the twenty-six claims it holds.

798-oz. gold, :106,396 oz. silver, . .