NEW. HAZELTON, B Gy WEDNESDAY. ‘MAY. OB 1980 .

—

New .

_ Polling: Day in

“Ottawa. May: ‘ot. 27 (Special,
Herald—The-‘ ‘government ‘his. week re-

to July 28 for the éléction,. If pariia-.

polls, on August, me to. ‘choose

August 11 il: to: be - |
| ) s ‘Had Big Sport: ©
Canada Belief.

to ‘The |
|: “New: ‘Hazelton's annual sports day | ;

jected August 4 as an: “altettiate date |:

m@,. men is not. dissolved - -by May. 20 to
permit, use ‘of the last: ‘Monday in July
for balloting, Odnadians will go to. the
‘their
ea” “thelr government” for. the ‘next. five
Ale “Objections Oo. August 4 were: tivo-fold

4 day, in. August’ ‘aba elvie’ holiday, ‘an
_ ‘occasion ’ “which  finds*.

t ‘Hence ‘polling on that daé Might: have

“an the first’ plate ‘a large number’ of
_ Canadian cities ‘observe the first Mon;

: many ‘thous:
. ands of ‘eftizens: ‘BWAY from’ ‘their’ hore

. an. unpleasant réaction upon a. “party
which’ kept the’ holiday- “makers: | at
_ home. Another objection this year, “Fs
that ‘the date “is the ' anniversary. ‘of
Britain's entry. ino: the “Great ‘War.
These twa’ factors’ have’ decided » -the | ®
. issue and. untess polling | is possible’ on):
July 28 it will’ go.dver ‘nit August i

_ AS events develop it ‘appears: more

Yather ° ‘thdn the ‘pudget,; or ita -provi-
~ stans, will be ‘the deelding factor inp:
‘the? election outcome. . a :

; Warner, Watson, Leech, Girond . Kerr | :

“|New Hazelton

~ Day: y. Saturday)»

was. held - on: ‘Saturday,. May. 24th and
it: was’ ‘in. -most réspects 2 success It
was “Itttle disappointing as to the
weather mn ‘the * ‘middle of ‘the ‘ after-
toon The ‘sports * ‘started at 2.80 ‘and
there: seemed, to. be a scarcity of gir Is

their: events. “The ‘relay race Was. avon,
by. Sniithers: tenin. The- following” Te-
presented | the® “New! Haziton: ‘teaui—H.
Johnson, * AL Willan, . L. Parent and D,
Parent. The: main . event» of the day
was, the. base « ‘ball game. between ‘the’
New < “Hazelton jand, _ Smithers | “boys.

Sinithers and had the best of the pliy
all: th way, _tivough, except in “the 6th
when Garey: pitched ° ‘for. Smithers and
for three balls thrown got three ‘play-
Bob Gill. ‘umipired - to the: satis:
faction of both teams. ' ‘The © teams’
were: ap follows iz-New Hazelton, - TT.
Willan, ‘O! Spooner,’ “I ‘Johnson, | John
| Smith, B ‘Spooner, ‘J. Willan, L Parent,
XN. Stewart and’. “Spooner Sos
-" Smithers— Lewis, ~ Carey, . Dunlop:

: {Minister Mines —

‘Jannual ’ ‘report for /1929 Hon. W,. A.

as theré wére no entries for two of-

The ‘lueal- “boys ‘reversed - the score Cont y

; compiled . hy J. D. - Galloway, provineld)
. 4 perfect.

ey -mijer King's “not a ‘tive-cent: piece” to

_King took thé firs) opportunity. in‘ the

-;speech made: the:
ephe..five .Conservalve
his reference’ to. “not a five’ ee
oe was ‘being misused... The”

ifs

‘new constitutional fesue “ind : propose
‘to’ force it, Be

‘In. ‘Quebec the prelude to the ‘cam:
palgn shows the indercurrent: of bit-
~ terness, with: ‘Saskatchewan the. butt |.
of raclal animosity which is bethg ex:
“ploited particularly in rural districts.

“The | Maritime; provinces shave -riat |
yet developed their- campaigns. . to- a
“point. where forecasts. ean. be’ indulged,
in, Té is in the’. west,: “perhiips; ‘that |
t s the, budget will play . the. lnegest . pare
Wy in: determining * resnits. “There ‘irises
the. question as to whether or nit; any

SO

. “definite ‘swing hag. tuken “ place: to- |-
Ww sind, protection, - and te not, what
vor will he, secavded Mr. “‘Duviping’s |

In: British. Colunt ia, Iit-

“ate

31 ding
as

‘new duties: |
‘tle miteration in’ ‘the "DreveNE, 8
“As. niitlclpated, °: sot ‘

Mr: ‘King. and ME, ‘Bonneté, hope for
+ | - ns few. days” rest after: the ‘Ha se closes,
7 oi cuter “that the: “flood - af ora’ ory”. Will
un ‘Sixty ‘lays’ And nighta—a. fitty. per
me cent. advance on the ‘fod, of ‘Bibleat
cblstany.. :

10 ‘KAMLOOPS- Conv INT

on Wednesday. evening of thie’ eek
, “Dr, Wrinch. lett ‘for ‘Kamloops. to ‘at
tend: the, éonvention. of, the ‘provincial
‘Liberal . party. "he: ‘feature. of the
. * eonvention., will. be. the, selection ; of: a
: “pexmanent: lender for’ the _provinee . as
“S Hoh, JD; Pattilta, has-been: only the’

" Jeuder' . in the: house |. thus fa

~ yselbye that’ Mr: Pattullo may’ not. re;
bonnie the Job ‘of leatler, dn: B, 0.18 jhe:

-:. decides" t
- Prem ;

ee Ee en

‘Premiak Ferguson : ‘sounded the: “kab.
-note-of the. attack in Ontarlo-at Lon- Sa
-don in a seathing. denunclaion of. Pre- :

a Tory - government: ‘déclaration. ° “Mr.

“House ta’ quote other * . Darts ‘of “his q

prouinces. (2 ingt |

tives. have . branded this” ‘a8 “Mr, King's,

* sum mi er.

-{ also some questions vised, nbout’ night
}dtty as compared’ With day”

: ot. J. Pillsbury, pioneer civil engine
eri; has been making: o.tour of Siberia
and.’ ‘Manchuria. recently He “§g° first
secretary. of. thé. ‘Canadian “Legation
in: ‘Tokio. The: “laces, already- visited
include ‘Harbin, eapltal. of: a Chinese
Way Lord,
through | whieh - ‘go iS ‘mitless quanti
ties. of soya bears

.

ond Agnew”

aad +++ S “e~ = .- + sat

~ PRINCE: ‘RUPERT
_NEWS | LETTER:

Ont, ‘where she avi ‘spend part of ‘the,
“The. ‘trip: “will include: a “visit”
to. Chicago to. see cher. daughters,’ Mis:
Jog B Toerle, and Mes, Douglas, Stork

~ Another, ‘of. British: ‘Columbin's: ‘ala
‘| grizzled ‘prospectors wees | “gathered to
his fathers. last. week © when . “Tom:
Clnire’ Hassed over the range | ‘He Was

in his ay; the maker. and looser of
more than one ‘substantial stake He’
was finally taken’ away ‘by: cancer’ .

“At the’ ‘Inst - neta of the ‘Prince.
Rupert ‘hospital board... motion owas |
introduced to increase the pay. ‘of pro!
bation: IUESeS - by" $5 a month ‘but! the.
pi‘oposal . Avrs, outvoted ” There *: were

service
The: matron aseiired the’ board: that |:
duty. was less ‘strenuous, : by. far. and
it was, preferred: by. Fi me nurses

pr ‘Hush ‘Keenleyside, : - “gon- rina

and © ‘Dalren, ‘the Port

yenr. “metal and’ ‘maineral production
: was. "a Pa plightly’ higher rate, ‘in’ the:
vp ageregtite, than iu: 1928," but. entail:
ment jin Noyember and. December re-
sulted in decreased yearly, outputs | in
: some of .the products, of the. industry.
mt The ‘explanation: of the. higher:: valua-
: | tion - is ‘largely due to much: ‘higher:

Was , “GOTT 681" tons,” as: compared. with’
6,241; 810% in: 1928, can” “{nerease . ‘of: ‘AL 8
‘per | ‘eent.
nl duets: of the mineral ‘industry’ produce:
‘ed in 1929: ‘are yanked: in the following
order—copper, lead, coal, . alne, jsilver
structural “materials, gold, Aniseellan- |
eous. metals: and minerals. °

73 Yenrs old, a native off Scotland, and ,
1929 “was 104 483,857, Ibs,
new. high record aud the first , time the
output has been. in excess. of. 100; 000;:
-.}000 Ibs, ‘the Valuation at “$18,375,682,
is niso a. record, figure. ;

iba, Or, only: -slighfly- 1888 than
Owing: ‘to it higher mirket price |
lead the value was, more ‘than ne tail- _
Hon: dollars, greater thin, ‘in: the : “pre

ced ng years .: st

‘004; 841. lbs, 2”
o awhich -eompares- with 181,763,147 -Ibs.,
2 {yalued::at $9,98 613. in :1928..:
expected: that a record output. ‘of. vine.
sould. ‘pe ‘made! in: 1929, “put*curtail-

propérties and: the: _storage’ ‘of , zine;
concentrates: by. others: in the Takk: tivo:
months. of, the year “reduced the: eBtle:
mated - figure, considerably. . ‘There. are
large reserves: of zine ores ‘an. the pro |.
‘vince, but. ‘decided improvement’ ju
.| the price .of zinc metal: wilt, he requir: |
ed ta) stimulate: Sitereased roameton |

Makes: Report — ;
“More re Records)

In. “anniouneing the relense’ Of; his

AMcKenzie, mninister of minés, ‘draws
atteiition ‘to the. satisfactory retord: “of:
continued ‘expansion ' in the mining in
dustry: ‘of the provitice. The year was
characterized by. a: new shigh.. record.
for: ‘the gross. valuation: of inetals ind
minerals _ produced-—the figure being
$68,245,443, or neatly $3,000,000 high-
er. than in 1928. . This, increased pro-
duction. ‘was accompanied br wide:
spread development, and’ exploration.
and prospecting were ‘vigorously’ Cir:
ried: on In’ many “ATER. A record. fig-.
ure, of” ‘$13, 743,308: was ’ paid ont ‘in}-
dividends . by* the niining: omipanies
of: the: ‘provinee.” ee ‘

“The annual report of, the aninister
of. mines’ is a camplete record ot min-
ing operations’ in the . “province. It
contéins’ detatied . statistical ” figures |
‘and. exhaustive. ‘reports “Dy the: ‘resident’
engineers, and mie “inspectors,. and. ia.

mineralogist. *
Until ‘the - ‘last | tro’ ‘months - of ‘the

price of: “copper: metal during A929 and |:

By. value; . ithe ‘various ipro-

The’ quantity of copper produced in:
“which: isa

[Beauty or in”

. rugged | grandeur of mountains, - each

on the. Canadian . National. Railways
permits. the. traveller to cover. a. large.
section ‘of he ‘province. as well | as the|.”
sen journey, down: the famed Inside a

- All the World i is
_ British h Columbia)

ed to: the ‘holiday seeker a finer pled-
sure. grounds” than British Columbia.
Magnificent . mountains, © verdant. val-
{leys, tumultuons streams,’ placid . lakes
quiet eountry-side, rugged panorama,
iat present. themselves to’ he’ travller
who: Journeys: through ‘the, province.
Each’ ‘succeeding part: offers a differ-
ent aspect.” The sun-drenched - hills
and sapphire™ lakes vi) the. Okanagan
have a ‘daim: al their.“ ‘own, ° ‘as the
greenery. of the: frit. tres on. every
‘branch, every. valley lends color to ‘tte
acene.
The: deep: canyons ‘of whiding rivers,
the wirror-like surface” of . lakes, the

and everyone’ adds ‘its quota to the. ‘pic-
cture as’ the central portion | :of. : . the
Province “unfolds. : * Cool tempting
waterways Detwedtn buttresses of. rocky
walls,. emerald - islauds~“set in perfect
harmony with quiet ‘sailink on: shel-
tered. waters, make .for the | -holiday’
All these and - many ' more
| Vistas unfold themselves as-a trip ov-
er the famous Trianble Totir. of . the
Canadian . National “Railways: ‘forms
the ‘vacation: -Journey. .A specisliy con-
ducted all-expense tour -has been: .ar-
ranged - -for: Tuly* 21° All coats are al-
ways made known: and every: attrac:
tion en route will’ be part of the. trip’
itinerary. oo,
‘his, Journey. of 1250 miles ‘throngh

@ ‘great: ‘heritage 0 Can-,
adlans,  sasper ational Park.. “Here
in the largest park. pf its ‘kind inthe
world, are wild: animals, unafraid ° of

The trip ‘available’ from any. point |

’ The* output Of lend - “was, 302,346,268 -

Hi

“The: output. ot. nine in: 1929) was. ii |,
“walued. at ° $9,268,702,

It was

meht. of anbfing: ‘operations ‘by, some

Passiige, where aboard palntial steam: |.
(eT: “with; cuisine and appointments un-
jexcelled; one reeives nll. the advan:
‘tages . of. Be Water tip with | none of.

all ' of the 0
was |
the: 24th of May; at’. ‘thie’ home. of Mr.
and Mrs. WraiGow | “Mrs ‘Richard’ is it’
a’ ‘resident’ “Of, i
erica: abd’ “is: on ‘a three: months trip to

the, sjorth: At. home ‘they. have. R! ‘big |) li
sugar plantation
between ° -eight and: ‘ten: thousand tons |.
of sugar: as" “well: éab, many | thousands ri
of “alto, of. by-products. i.

a 32

“re. ‘Richard,. ‘sister of. ‘Jefe : “Wood:
“NER? “engineering s staf
with? her ‘brother © “over j

a guest

-

‘South: “Amie

emarara,

d ‘ship ° aiimuailly

eo

at t Terrace Theatte

“No where in hie” ‘world’ ig 3s there offer+

The Cup. ‘mine and. mill; are both in
good shape,
hardly been ‘touched and the mill isn
most modern one.
should: be able to make a successful wo
producing property | of it.

A. F, & ASM, Smithers,’ entertained. a...
large number. of visitors ‘from: Prince."
Rupert, Terrace and: other: ‘points: last’ _
Friday and: Saturday.: ‘The ‘: occasion
was the official visi of Dr. W. T Ker-: ”

gin, D D. rel M,
visitors arrived just -in- time to take

jn the dance following Mr Gray's con-
cert. The dance: kept. going at — top
speed until a ‘late ‘hour, Saturday af- 7
ternoon cars were available: and the

: visitors were shown, the: district until

it was Supper, time, ‘The. evening’ was

AF spent... in, the. lodge, ‘room. . sAfter. | the vo

banquet Served - by. a cominittes
‘the ‘Rebekah, Lodge.
for . their’, respective. homes on: ithe: re
gular. train’ ‘Sunday’. “morning:: : Thi

all said they had a good ‘time

man;. eycloramais: of. ‘moniteins * -eter- a .
nally garbed ia lee; tarns;" : winding |“ . "
tivers, beauty. and. charm unique: ~ PROVINCIAL, ‘COLLECTOR DEAD. ;

Hugm: Mehaffey. of Sinithers ‘Viedin

‘Thursday’. morning ‘when. ‘Hugh “Me-
haffey,

bussed away at the Smithers hospital - 7 :
‘The. deceased has ‘heen, a. ‘sufferer for’, ;

‘To Start Silver |
Cup Mineina
| «Very Fe Few Days a

Word lias been received that Thos,
B.: Lewis;. ‘mining. ‘engineer. “who will, .
hav charge of future. operations at the re
Silver Cup mine, will arrive here. Gn
this evening’s ’ train’ to resume” opera-
tions ‘at’ tlie. mine. ‘The. Cup has been
closed down: for. some months, and has
undergone. ‘A reorganization and a
different: policy has been adopted. .

is proposed to develop the -mine- ton
the next: few ‘months until. ‘guch - tine '
as: sufficient: ore has heen | ‘opened up.
to keen. the. mill. running at capacity. .

The ‘ore of the initie- has

‘Phe new, company —

"MASONS MEX IN SMITHERS
"The. ‘members Omineca: Lodge; 92; oP

On Friday night. the |

ag. completed. ‘there’ was" oan

The: party. left

y

ofa

Long. Tiiness—Funeral on ae
- Sumiay: Last: :

wordy Ly
we

Smithers: lost a valued citizen. lost a

provincial. collector “of ‘taxes

long time -and"y was transferred

yisrror FROM. rH E SOUTH . ert some two'y

“Phe late’ Mr. Mehaffey: wii bo
4 Teena some. fifty:. years ago