VOL. TH, ‘NO. “44>

HAZELTON, B.C

URDAY, JULY 4; 1914 >

PRICE $2.00 A YEAR...

ARDXE Ny
~ MURDERED),

Heir to Austrian Throne’ and
‘His Wife the Victims of
Assassin's Bullets

‘Serajevo, Bosnia, June 59. wee,
Arch duke Franz Ferdinand, heir
to the Austria-Hungatian throne,

and the Duchess of - Hohenberg,

‘his morganatie wife, were shot
dead. yesterday by a student: in
the -main street of the Bosnian
> capital a short time after they
had escaped death from a bomb
hurled at the royal automobile,
They were slain while passing
- through the city on their annual
visit to the annexed provinces of
Bosnia and: Herzegovina, -
“ ‘Those responsible for thé as-
sagsination took care it should
prove effective, as. there. were
two assaults, the first with: a
bomb and the second with a re-
volver, The bomb was thrown
at the royal gutomobile as it“was |"
L. proceeding to the Town Hail,
where 8 reception was to be held.
The archduke saw the missile
hurtling through the air. and
warded ‘it off. with his arm: “It
fell outside the ear and: ‘exploded,
Slightly wounding two aides-de-
camp ina second ear “and & half
dozen spectators, - venga
Tt was ‘on the return: from: he

"procession that ‘the: new W tragedy i

was added to ‘the long list of
- those that have darkened the
pages of the recent history of
the Hapsburgs, As the royal
“rautomobile ‘reached a prominent
-point in the route to the palace,
an eighth grade student, Gavrio
Prinzip, sprang out of the crowd
_and poured a deadly fire of bullets
“from an automatic pistol at the
archduke and duchess,

_ Prinzip anda fellow conspira-
tor, a compositor from’ ‘Trebinjé,
“named Gabrionovichs, barely es-
“Uped lynching by the infuriated]:
apbctators, They were finally
seized by the police, who afford-
ed them protection, Both’ are

natives of. the ‘annexed. province re good p ower ch. Summit: creek,

of Herzegovina... :

The first attempt. against ‘the|
archduke oceurred. inst: outside
the girls’ high achool.: : His. car

= had started after a brief pause

-. for an inspection of the building,
when Gabrionovicha hurled the];
bomb, -This was so successfully
./. warded off by. thé archduke that
: it fell directly beneath’ the fol-
lowing - ear, the occupants . of
whieh, Count Von ‘Boos: Waldeck
“and Colonel Merizzo, were struck
by slivers of iron.
‘ Itis generally thought in “Auge
‘tria and Hungary that ‘the plot:

Bo tera had their headquarters - at
ae “Belgrade, : the Servian capital,
‘The two chief criminals’ are in-.

-. tense Servian Chauvinigts,

Ever since the ‘annexation of
Bosnia-Herzegovina’ in’1908: Ser-
vian hatred of. Austria has been

 pteadily increasing In bitterness.

he Svents’ of “the last, Balkan
"way, when” Auatria-Hungary.

_ atood in'thé. way of Servia's at-
dent desire to secure an: ‘Adriatle|

‘East,’.Niagara -Falls,

‘plore it: by diainond  drill;’

[Mita Returned in
“Ontario Elections||_

‘Tordito,, “June. 20: : iter ‘one
of, the most bitter. fights. in.the

the part of the Liberal opposition.
to greatly reduce the Conserva-|
tive majority, they failed, .

posed of. 88. Conservatives, 26

The Liberals’ gained 18. seats;
the Conservatives.9, and: the In-
dependents lL.

One’ cabinet minister, Dr
Reaume, the former minister of
public: works, went, “down in a
three-cornered . fight,. : Of the
four ministera who Tan, one,
Rev. J.-C. ‘Tolmie, who defeated
Reaume, got in, :
~ Liberal -gains---Brant ‘North,

|Brant South, Bruce West, Coch-

rane, Esséx North, Essex South,
Lincoln, . Middlesex North, Otta-
wa East, Ottawa West, Péter-

borough. ‘Weat, Prince > Kdward, :

Windsor, -

Conservative gains --- Bruce
South; _ Haldimand... Lambton
_ Ontario
South, St,” Catherines, Toronto
Parkdale, Torontoz;‘Riverdale,
Wentworth North Bruce North, |

10. DEVELOP. IRON MINES

’ Vietoria, July 1:—Among other

;| mineral deposits’ ‘to' be thorough-|:

ly investigated ‘this: simmer: are.
tbe iron ‘dépésitson Copper. river,
Omineca'Mining division, These

deposits Were acquired “last sum-

mer by. V. Rittenhouse, ‘a New
York: mining: engineer, and his
associates: The. ore: has been
described as hematite, but ap-|.
pears | to be properly classed as
limonite, of which it is an exce)-
lent gfade. The deposits are
located at the headwaters of
Summit ereek,. a8 tributary of
Copper river, The property’ con-
sists “of nine claims’ covering an
area. of about 875 acres, The

locations are. tn the north side

of the'valley and cover the moun-
tain side to the ‘summit, an ele-
vation of about 2200 feet, There

- Assays show from :53.2 to Bd}
per' eent. iron, “1, 15. to 2:65 per
cent sulphur, 0.0014 to 0,002 per
cent. phosphorus, and 1.04 to
1, 62 pet. rent silica, ...The ore con-|.
tains amall i amounts of the prec-|-
ious: metals, ‘assays showing 80c
per ton in. gold and $1.68 in ail-
ver, The deposit is believed to
have been originally laid down on
the level as “hog iron, and the
area afterwards ‘clevated. . The

-ore is well suited to manufacture

Bessemer pig. The: deposit has
Bo far. been. proved -by opéri‘cuts,
but: it is proposed ‘to: further ex-
The
tonnage at. ‘present estimated: ds
4,600, 000 tons; with 'a possibly
much greater. quantity:to * be de-
termined on exploration.. aru?

The. property ia”: ‘distant, 8
milea from the: G. Ty P, railway,
but’ a rallway Into’ the Copper |.
river coalfields: would make. it},
available to transportation? ~ Cop-
per river‘coal ig teputed to. be the
best metallurgical. coal _jinmedi-
ately. ee. to the coast, and

history. of Ontarioin the effort-on'|.’

. The’ new House will bee com- ,

kee returned on Saturday from‘a|:

- Local and Distri ct News Notes — °

= Walter Borns is spending a few.
days at | Smithers,
‘J: C ole; of Aldermere, :eame’
down on Sunday’s train,

| pert,. ‘Was in town’ on Thursdays:
H. R. ‘Smith, of - ‘Burns Lake;
was among the. week's. visitors.
A. D. Bain and EJ. Porte, ‘of.
Vancouver, were. here on n Wed:
nésday.
> BBY Switzer, ‘of. Pither: &|
Lefeer, Victoria, was in town on
Monday, | wea
- Mrs, R 8 Sergent returned
on’ Monday’ from a ‘visit to Prince |.
Rupert,
‘A. Nelson, of Vancouver, waa
among Weilnesday’ 8 : arrivals in
Hazelton, \ ;
Dr. C. J, Cook of Vaneouver,
spent a a couple. of, days | in Hazel:
ton this week,
Quite.a party of Hazelton peo-
ple spent-Dominion Day picnick-
ing at Robinson lake, :
John Anderson, Jack Cameron,
and E. Armstrong, of Stewart,
registered . at . the Hazelton. on
Monday. a "eg
2, C. K, Sealy ; and W. H. Bur’ -

SE

visit. to” Mir, ‘Sealy’ a ranch, ne
Smithers, . -
George : Crowe: has vetiencd
from’ the “Hospital. service: ‘and ‘ig,
now ‘in residence | on his ranch: at
Four-mile. .

“We Bowser, who is’ connected
with the Taylor survey party, is
out from Groundhog, on his way
to Vancouver,

_R..8. Sargent has a number of
men engaged in making repairs
and improvements in his store
and residence. :

. Miss Ruddy, - of Los Angeles,
arrived ‘on. Wednesday, for a
visit to her brother Andy, of the
firm of Ruddy & MacKay. -
James A; Riley, editor of The
Chaleopyrite, Skeena ‘Crossing’s
weekly paper, left on Sunday for
California, where» his sister is
seriously ill. oe

: Fire : Warden “Gtitelais, with a
small crew: of fire-fighters, is
checking the progress of a bush | -
fire. neross - the Bulkley. from j-
Twenty-mile,

Gordon Wilion -- ‘returned: on
Thursday from a trip to Babine],
lake, He will shortly take a
party to inspect sorne - agricultu-
ral lands:in'that district,

Norman. Morrison, son of Ken-
neth ‘Morrison. of the forest),
branch, arrived from Seattle on
Wednesday, -and will ‘probably
spend: the | summer here, --.

Indian: ‘Agent ‘Loring: has’ te-
turned. from a trip through the
Bulkley Valley in connection with
the payment of compensation for
railroad. -
the Indian reserves,

..Mra,. Fakeley, : who has been
in charge of the Indian'school at
Kispidx,.; will leave next . Week
for a br it: ‘to ‘Vancouver,

ft office staff at the Hospltal,

ROOF. Sullivan, of Prinee Rue}:

| and costa, with the alternative of

7 ped from the Sealy ranch, for’

-» Bulkley Valley is likely to be

a Sargent’s. Hazelton , store, will
‘|‘leave next week for a month’s
‘vacation, which. he will spend i in:
‘Portland, His place will be tak-

isome weeks ago, -when a train
on which he was traveling over
the new track was. derailed.
LB Oppenheimer, - of Butte,
‘president of the Montana Con-
|tinental Development Co,, which
is operating the Rocher de Boule |:
‘copper - properties under lease,
was in Hazelton on Saturday.
- Constable Lavery brought four
Indians up from Gitwangak. In
‘| the police court they were charg-
ed with being drink and, on-
conviction, were each fined $26

four weeks in jail: 8,
A carload of hay: has been ship-

the Omineca hotel stables, Mr,
Sealy says the hay crop in the

‘lighter than usual, owing to the
lack of rain. .

- A party of road men, who
were lost’ while attempting | to
follow the trail from Stewart to
Groundhog, -managed to reach
Sixth Cabin, on. the telegraph
trail, and arrived here on Mon-
day.

_ George Imlay, accountant at

en by. H.-H. ‘Phillips, -of Vancou-J
vor, who arrived, on Wednesday,

eo Acmamber: of ‘Hazelton people}...

wenit to the Smithers celebration

in ‘the divisional

Big. Celebration of
First At Smithers

‘Wednesday’ F celebration at
Smithers,- the first field day held
town, drew
quite a crowd from various parts
of the district, and proved suc-
ceasful in every way. A long}
Program of. games and sports
was. carried out to the general]
satisfaction, and the proceedings |.
wound up with an enjoyable con-
cert and dance in the evening.

The big event of the day was
the bail game between Smithers
and New Hazelton, which was
won by-the home team... Not a

work behind the bat was quite
up to his regular form. _Sohnny
Morison pitched a fine game,
atriking out several of the visit-
ors’ strongest fatters. ‘fhe
score was 7-4,

‘Sam Stenstrem, of the visiting
team, had things his own way in
the sprints, and also won several
jumping events. Smithers beat
Telkwa i in the tug-of-war.

Amos Godfrey, the coal oper-
ator, arrived from Vancouver on
Saturday, and left the following
morning for Groundhog, acconi-
panied by hisson, J. D. Godfrey,

frey will superintend the seas-
on’s work on, the properties of
the B. C, A. the . Groundhog

Syndicate, and other companies,

EVENTS FOR AUERT Fal |

Lambs:

y “oe This

little credit for the result must |
he given to Graham Rock, whosel.

and D. R, Honeyman. Mr. God- |

in-O'Neill’s motor stage.

‘On the
new road to the Smithers bridge
the car struck a soft fill and _ap-
set, the passengers having a nar-
‘row. escape from serious injury.
Vie Preston, who is in.charge
of work on the road between Ha-

right-of-way through t

On her retut the . will join the |

zelton station and Skeena Cross-
ing,.expeets to complete the im-
provements in the course of ten
days. The ranchers of the dis-
trict are pleased with the new
road facilities.

D. O. Wing, who has been
conducting meridian and base
line. ‘surveys . .in the Groundhog
coal. district for. the provincial
government, came out on Wed-
nesday, leaving on the next train
for Victoria, He. was. decompa:

nied by A. Lynn. .

Government Agent Hoskins re:
turned on Saturday from Lorne
Creek, where he held an inquest
in ‘the cage John Solar, . who was
killed by a fall from the railway
bridge, on which he was work-| :
ing, The jury returned a ver-
dict of accidental death,
FL A. Brewer, whe. returned
an Wednesday from-a trip to the
northern coalfield, . brought ‘out
some remarkably fine specimens |:
of anthracite coal, He’ reports
seding Phil Hankin and. Pete|.
Curran, who had recently come|:
down the: telegraph. trail, Pate|‘
h accompanied , Ahir on- his

eventa for children.
are open to ‘amateur. athletes
from any part of Northern B, C.

year’s exhibition prize list has
just made its appearance... It is
a neat little book in purple. and
gold, having on the front page a
cut of the splendid-building which
the directors intend to erect. The
front half, as shown in the pic-
ture, will be built this year and
the remainder, wich the massive

dome, added later.,

Considerable interest is “being
taken, in the farming districts,

fin, the proposed city market,
Letters are being received at the
exhibition office from different

points, making enquiries as to
the arrangements for selling

through this medium,

There i is a splendid list of events

and prizes for both land and

water sports on Sept. 30 and

Oct. 1 and 2, There are Bpecia!

races for Indians, ‘and eleven
All. gports

‘The directors of the agricultu-
ral association are offering en-

eouragement wherever it is seen

that some desirable, form of. re-
creation is enthusiastically fol-
lowed, ‘Very handsome prizes are

‘this year Mrered for rifle - shoot-
ing, trap shooting, ° football and
baseball.

a M.: MacCormick, ‘manager

of R.. Cunningham & Son’ a store,

is spending a few days at Port |
Essington. and Prince Rupert, on

business, ae

Be w. Ne Saunders, of the | gov- |)
" ernment “office, staff, bas. been
granted an extended leave of. ab:
‘gence; dhd left on undady, &
panied by Mrs,: Sidiiders;

rvidit-to England, ‘hi ‘
+ the: land office: has been. ilfed a

by. the -tranafer - of Chas.’

y ill from the: position

MANY PRIZES.

FOR BiG FAIR:

_ Exhibition Issue ‘List of
Classes forSeptemberShow

» Secretary Beck, of the Bulkley ,
Valley Fall Fair, has issued the
following list of classes. for the
use of exhibitors at the. exhibi-
tion, which will: be held at Telk-
wa on Sept 18-19;

DIVISION 1—Horses

Class A~Stallions:.1, Draught:
2, Other than Draught, 3 prizes, .

lass B—Brood Mares: 1,
Draught Mares; 2,° General Pur-
pose Mares; 3, Light Mares, —
Class C—Teams: 1,. Draught
Team; 2, General Purpose Team,
(settlers only, and free-for-all)
3, Driving Team (settlers, only
and free-for-all}. ce
Class D—Colts: .1, Two-year-
old Colt; 2,. One-year-old Colt;
3, Sucking Colt.

DIVISION 2—CaTTLE

Class A--Bulls: 1, Shorthorn
Bull; 2, Holstein Bull.
Class B—Cows: 1, Milk Cow;
2, Cow'and Calf. .
Class C-—1, Two-year-old Hei-
fer; 2, Two-year-old \Steer;::8,
Yearling; 4, Fat Steer or Heifer.

DIVISION 8—-SHEEP
1, Ram; 2, Ewe: 3, Ewe and

“Bivision 4--Hoca
‘1, Boar; 2, Brood Sow: 3, Sow
with Litter not less than 3,
"Division 5—Goats =.
-1, Billy Goat; 2 Nannie Goat, -
Division 6--PovLtRy 7
Class A—Chickens: 1, Orping-
tons, Buff; 2, Orpingtons, White;.
3, Plymouth Rocks, Barred; 4,
Plymouth Rocks, White; 5, Rhode
Island Reds, S. C.; Rhode Island
Reds, R. €.; 7, Minorcas, Buff;
8, Minorcas, Black; 9, Leghorns, |
White; 10, Leghorns, Brown; 11, |
Any breed, Rooster and 2 Heys;
12, Any breed, Hen: 18,. -Chick-
ans, 1914 hatch, any general util- ,
ity breed,
-Class B-—Turkeys; 1, Male, any
variety; 2, Female, any variety,
DIvision 7—Dairy Propucz
Class A—Butter, 2-lb,-rell;
~ Class B-Cream, 1 quart,
‘Clasa"C—Egaa, 1 dozen; hens’.
Class D—Bread: 1, One Loaf,
white; 2, One Loaf, brown; 8,1
doz. Biscuits, baking powder,
Class E—Fruit: 1, Best Collec-
tion of Local Fruit; 2° Best Col~.
lection of Local Jam. ..°

4, One doz. Cookies, he
Class G—Pickles: 1, Best.’ ‘Col-

. {lection home made; 2,. Best ° Cot. .

lection, of above,.Div. 7,
Division 8—VEcEtA TABLAS

Directors of Bulkley Valley oe

‘Class F—Cakes: 1,'Fruit Cake;
2, Sponge Cake; 3, Layer Cake; eee