ee ere — OMI esermanes 1926 No. 47 | New Country Big Attraction Bear Hunters Albert Mercer returned Friday nizht from his semi-anouat pil- a, grimage into the jungles of the Copper river country. He is one of the great explorers of this dis trict and has gone into many new places, There are few places he does not known in the north. As a trapper he had pretty fair suc- cess and will pay a dividend this year. One night he was awaken- ‘ed by a heavy thud on the roof of his shack and when he got his | opened and oyer to the window 7 4 he came face to faee with a big m black bear and only a pane of ma glass between. Albert reached mm for his rifle but madé a noise and a the bear started to beatit. He a ey ee : #; hustled out of the cabin and took mer 2 Shot at the bear in the semi- m@ darkness but missed by a frac- ® tion although the bear left some m of hide behind and did not return | for it. This spring Mercer attempted mm: to penetrate the country of the m South Fork, a country that hag we long aroused his curiosity. Even o . though he did not reach his ob- p jective he discoyered a wonder. | ful canvon that rivals the Grand |. Se Canyon of Colorado. It is twelve - ita fifteen miles long and from “three-to four thousand ‘eet deen. Bic i is a paradise for the mountaln ® goats. The canyon is so rough # that wolves and other enemies cannot penetrate its fastnesses. | He saw goats and goatlets skip- jping about on points that a slip 2 meant a straight drop of thous- mands of feet, . The South Fork of the Copper is also a great grizzley bear coun- try. He found indications of a large numbér of that prized, but gnone too companionable animal, me Next fall Mercer is going after at some grizzley. His excuse for! manot continuing his explorations Mthis spring was that he miscal- culated the snow. He ran into Bsix feet of soft snow in the tim- Menber and he had no snowshoes. Grane Prizes Awarded 5 A most enjoyable time was igspent Wedhesday evening at the minome of. Mrs. W..W. Anderson wiwhen Mrs. John Newick and’ Miss IR. Anderson were hostesses to gatinal bridge of the season, The mezrand prizes were won by Mrs. was. Turnbull and Miss.R..Ander:. 30n; regular prizes went to Mrs. A. H. Falconer and Mrs. Walton Sharpe, consolation, Mrs. Ander- gion; special, Mrs, R. 8. Sargent. fe) I<. Carlisle, junior forester, is amend of a party of sixteen cruis- mersw have gone into the country Benonths to cruise the hew provin- ial forest reserve... oo Mache Felix Bridge Club at their} @porth of Burns Lake for. several | front lawns of Hazelton and saw the populace assisting nature in perfecting ‘‘The Garden in the}; Mountains.” There were old men on sticks defying the Grim Reaper; fat men, whose grunts as the stooped over were quite audible; stout ladies reducing to nature; skinny one of both vari- eties hoping that nature would repay their efforts with a little more meat and a touch of that school girleomplexion. All were taking the same dope and hoped to beat the doctor, ‘not only out of his just dues but in the beauty of their gardens. Spring time is a great time in the old town and the horticultural exercises has sulpher and molasses badly beat- en as a tonic—its good for all ills and the ultimate results are a beautiful garden and astrong and healthy people. The skin you love to,touch can be secured in packages, or is is it bottles? Good Mining Prospects - The optioning of the M. & K. group by W, S. Harris from Mae Ore at the herd of Legate Creek, lying only twa miles north of the Silver Basin, may be the fore- high grade silver zone, The ore ciated with bornite and zinc. The values run from $80 to $400 per ton and can easily stand horse packing during the preliminary stages of development. New discoveries recently on the range between Legate and Chimines Creeks have been made of very high grade silver ore. The ore bands in the Chimines Creek section are as a rule small but are pure concentrated ore. ~ Land Was Sold ’ A sheriffs sale was held in the courthouse at Hazelton on Friday morning last, when the old plan- ing mill site of Stephenson & Crum, consisting of a fraction over three acres, was disposed of to A. H, Falconer for $205. The]: land is under cultivation except that portion ‘occupied by buil- dings. The bidding was brisk for a time, but the purchaser paid a good price finally. ; -. Agrscultural Meeting : Don’t forget the farmers meet- ing in the Hazelton school house on: Tuesday evening next a-eight o'clock. This ‘will be addressed by several specialists sent out by the provincial government and the subjects to,be discussed are: Marketing; dairying and poultry. These are three aital subjects and fof much importaiice locally. Aj large number should be present. John Salt’ spent: a couple days a a in Prines Rupert t this week. Tohber “for “exploitation “of that} ig grey copper and galena, agao-|* Smithers baseball club is com- ing for the 24th of May and will play the New Hazelton team on the local grounds and indications are that it will be a good game to watch. A big crowd . will come down from the interior with the boys and stay for the dance at night. Thesports committee has a good list of races, Jumping and other contests for boys, girls, for men and women, This will take up the first hour or two, begin- ning at 1.30 sharp. The ball game will start immediately after the sports. On the grounds the ladies will have refreshment booths with an abundant supply of ice cream, lemonaee, hot dogs, dill pickles, and other good things. In the evening the grand will start at 8 o'clock sharp with a three piece orchestra from Smitb- ers and Mrs, Chappell furnishing the music, The hall will be dec- orated and a capable committee will handle the refreshments. Local citizens are asked to be on the job to receive’ and enter- tain visitors. Decorate your houses and places of business and ‘then<-pet- sbusy- “and: havesw-good: time yourself.. | OVERHEARD AROUND { NEW: HAZELTON | ‘| Mrs. H. E. Thornton entertain- ed at bridge last Friday night in honor of her guest, Mrs. Windt of Smithers. The guest of the evening also won the prize. Freddie Thornton fell Sunday {afternoon while at play and bent the bones in his right forearm. Henow packs his arm in a east, Mike George has joined the} merry throng of owners of the new Ford model. Mrs, Schultzie entertained the young people on Tuesday even- ing in honor of her son Henry who is leaving shortly for Van- couver where he will take up the work of a stationary engineer. pondence course in that subject, Mrs, Willan returned Wednes- day night from Vancouver after attending conference, The wild calla lillies of New Hazelton are now blooming. | ‘The flower lovers and students of ‘the south are greatly interested in these. lillies which are not known to grow any where else in the province inthe wild state. . The firet wild roses thia. aeagon were plucked on Wednesday by.a|. member of the Herald staif. whife ‘he. was 5 wandering abont the gar: den.” reo ; -berries are being elosely watched. He recently completed a corrés- | the effect that the ©. P. R: will his place on the bench will be a ducing several new -plants and many new varieties of the better known plants. His tulips are nesring the end of the season, He had hundreds of them and of the very choicest varieties. He has at least 2,000 gladiolus com- ing along as well as scores of other flowers, plants and shrubs. His sunken garden is doing well this year and several wild plants are blooming, including the calla lily which he transplanted from the pond in New Hazelton. Educational and Historical Tour The Canadian National Rail- ways will operate a forty-three day, Personally Conducted Edu- cational Tour to Europe this sum- mer, sailing via the SS, ‘‘Athe- nia” from Montreal July 9 direct to Glasgow. Proceeding from there, the party wiil visit differ- ent points of interest in Scotland, England, Holland, Belgium, Swit- ‘zerland, and France, also an op- portunity to visit the Battlefields, Returning to England, wil] sail bower of beauty. He is intro-| NEW HAZELTON, B. C., MAY: 21, For Health and Beauty |Smithers Ball A Beautiful Garden |] peal Committee We stood on the edge of the} —_ _ ' |. Ed. Hyde hasbeen working|