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VOL VIL, NO, 28:

LOCAL NEWS -
“PARAGRAPHS

_ Ttems of Personal Interest From |.

_ down from Smithers on Thurs-|

vache returned from the coast
_ -this week, _ :

“ment to the Victory loan, which

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rf _ HAZELTON, B. C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1918

~ Hazelton and Surrounding -
~~ District

'-. James: Brown. came up from
Pacifie on Monday, .

” Geo. Soudack,of Prince George,
came in on Tuesday.

=—=—,

Dr, “McKie came down from,

Smitherg on Tuesday.

—_

A. Jenkins, of Francois Lake,
came in on Sunday,

Lee Jackman, of. Smithers,
“came down on Thursday.

- Ernest Profit,of Fr neois Lake, :
"Was a visitor over the weekend.

Misa Dorcas McDougall came

day.

. Gea, H. Hangejan,- of Turtle-
fort Sask., visited Hazelton this

‘A. D. Mackay, of Houston,
was among the waek’s vistlors i in
town. |

at
eo) ete t

cp R. Keele, the Francois Lake

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“Don’t forget your third inatal,

fell due yesterday.

| WEEKLY DEBATES .

_{eratié form of government is the

| numbers on the program, accom-

PROVE ENJOYABLE
. ENTERTAINMENT|

Theweekly debates are growing
in interest and favor, and'at the| .
)same time helping to bring near-

es at the Hospital relieved and

greatly needed sterilizer, ©
The subject of the debate next
Tuesday will bé ‘That a demo-

best for every country.”? . There
will be four leading speakera and
after these have spoken ~ any
members of the audience who
wish to speak will be given an
opportunity ta do so. The votes
of the meeting will then be taken
both as to the merits of the
speeches and the form of govern-
ment favored,
- There will.be several . ‘musical

panied ‘by Mrs, Hoskins, and J.
Melnnes wilt give another of his
always _ welcome and. popular
“‘habitant”’ recitations. The chair
will be taken at 8:30 by Dr.
‘Wrineh, and a ‘collection will be
made. :
‘These entertainments. will be
held on -each Tuesday evening
until the amount requi! red for the
purchase.of the sterilizer ig ob-
tained. . .

FARMERS ELECT

GERMANY WILL

er the day that will see the nurs-

cheeréd by the possession of the |.

and virtually all German morning
of the Berlin newspapers of

them have not been issued owing
to striking employees: -

Americans

_ “SHOOT TO.
_ KILL”

Says Official Statement on
Strike---Meetings are
Banned

Amsterdam: Feb, 2:—-Germany
is ready to.“‘shoot to kill?’ as a
final desperate means of putting
down the general strike and ‘‘no
distinction will be niade between
strikers and others,” it was offi-
cially annouticed in ‘Berlin today.
Allpublic meetings in Germany
were banned. today by order of
‘the supreme. command, in an ef-
fort to. suppress the Reneral
Strike,

London, Feb. 2:—Little fresh
information ‘on the strike move-
ment has come through today,

newspapers teaching here had
been delayed'in transit. None

Wednesday have: been received
in Amsterdam, and several of

- Take Over
~ Part Front

Washington, F Feb, 2:—Ameri-

~ visiting Mr, and Mrs. R. §. Sar-

+ eoast on Thursday.

"- government office staff here, left

“this week ‘for re-examination by
the medical board, He returned
‘on ‘Wednesday. -_

; ing of some thousands ‘of dollars |}.
- Upon: the part of the: chiefs who
; 8 are giving the high time. at

: “Roy Hobart, of the Giant Pow.
der Co., came up from Prince
Rupert this week.

AK number of the townspeople
drove over to New Hazelton for],
the dance on “Tuesday evening
Jast.

Otto Utterstrom arrived on
Sunday from Fort St. James to
join the staff of tha Hudson's):
Bay Co,

Miss Barbeau, who has been

gent, returned to Prince ‘Rupert
on Tuesday. *-

NEW OFFICERS

_ At the annual meetings of the
Kispiox Farmers” Institute and
the Kiapiox Live Stock Associa-
tion, held on Jan.. 16, the follow-
ing officers were elected:

Kispiox Farmers’ Institute—
President—Matt, Halliday. —
_ Vice-pres.—Jas. Swann.

Secy.-Treas.—P. H, Sheehan.
Auditers—Johh Love, J. EB.
Johnson. |
Kispiox Live Stock Association—

President—Matt. Halliday,
Vice-pres.—John Love,
Seey.-Treas. —P, HL Sheehan,

[ment and enjoyment to the good

" R. H, Machin, who’ ‘has been| f
connected with the.Union Bank
for several months, left ‘for the

“OV. Wright, ' who recently | f
severed his connection with the

on Tuesday for Victoria.

Jai. Tannock, ‘of the govern-
ment: office staff went to Rupert

Daring the paat “week the’ In. |
diana locally have. been holding aj
big potlatch, involving. the spend-

UNE

Yietoria, Feb, 2:—Through -;
-eontracts placed by the. 3
British?
E British Columbia's shi p-.
F building program is to be
augmented by the construc-
tion ‘of: forty wooden ships,
aggregating a total tonnage
~of 140,000,. according to an
. Announcement: made today —
by 2° shipping’ authority, ”
Twenty of these ships will °
— be built by the British-Am-
“TE erlean- Shipbuilding & En.
gineering: Co. ‘at Vancotiver “
and . the remainder ‘of the.
- Vessel will he constructed ;

here,

rovernment direct,

lature," were ‘adjudged winners |

{were added to ‘the. fund. by: a col-

& Leggatt, ‘of. ‘Vancouver, . Wes

vp

can forces in France have taken
over permanently a.sector of the
fighting front, and will hereafter
fight alongside the Allied soldiers,

it waa learned officially today,

AFFIRMATIVES WIN
WEEKLY DEBATE

The weekly debate in aid of
the ‘Hazelton Hospital sterilizer
fund, held in St. Andrew's Hall
on Monday evening last, was
productive of much amusement

lcrowd which ‘attended. Before
the-actual debate was commenced
Rev. Scott and Arthur Leverett
rendered an instrumental duet,
and J. J. McInnes gave a delight-
fully humorous recitation entitled
‘How Baptiste: Came Home.’’
R. H. Machin and W. Wattie;
speaking in tha” ‘affirmative: on}
‘'Resolved—That’ women Should .
be permitted to enter the lagis-

of the debate over the negative
champions, Rev. R. GC. Scatt and]
J. F. Maguire,’ - Fifteen. dollars

lection taken at: -the conclusion of
the evening’ a entertainment.

“G, J. Brown, of Wood, Vallanes

NEWS OF THE
_ WEEK FROM

Mee

{ From Our Special Correspondent)

George on Tuesday.

at cards on Friday evening,

Dr. McKie went to Hazelton
on Tuesday to assist at tne @ Hos-
pital,

Arthur Gagne, who. has been

to Smithers on Tuesday.

Pat Carr spent a few days in
town during the week,

The town hall association has
pirehaged a piano from B. M:
Hoops. .

Lee Jackman, -who recently
sold his cafe business here. left
on Tuesday's train for Hazelton,
Alex. 5. Millar and young son
were in town for a couple of days
during the week,

The special music in the Meth-
odist Church last Sunday evening
was greatly enjoyed by a large
congregation.
Mr. Jack Paschal has! ‘returned
from the coast,

Harry ‘Evans, the piano tiiner,
was _busy in town for a day or
two this week,

Mr,. and Mrs.. Jas Kennedy
drove to Telkwa on Sunday, —

Heavy Toll is
Taken by Hun
_ _Baby-Killers

Paris, Feb, 2: —Forty-five per-
sons were killed, including eleven
women and five children, and
207 were wounded in Wednesday
night's air raid by the Germans
on Paris, it was announced offi-
cially today. Qe 7

PE TET ETT TTY meer Perrys)
prises Rupert, Feb, 1:-— Fi
“W. P, Hinton, general
manager of the Grand Trunk’ 3
Pacific Railway, says that .3
that railway will spend a
quarter ofa million dollars:
in, Prince Rupert this year,

A. brick depot, machine. 3
‘shops and a roundhouse will
be built, and ‘a 1000-foot 3
wharf will be ‘constructed, |

Acontract has been closed ;
- for the hauling of 4000 cara °
of airplane ‘spruce this & suim-
omer, .

There is a prospect of the .
drydock: being operated on-
a large scale, according to
: confidential information niv-
en to.the city: by Mr,. Hin-
“ton, eo oe ’ :

a. business. visitor ‘during: the

7 week.

_. SMITHERS!

Jack Carr returned from Prince

Mrs. M. E; Lynch entertained
.|Patrons of Hazelton Hospital,

sojourning in Quebec, returned |.
q g ere -|that most worthy institution,

patients are drawn tends to en- -

‘past yea every economy has”

j | pene of operating have increased uy
}/so greatly that: active steps ‘to!

fand., Chappell, ‘Misses Tallan
| Goddara and Smith, and

; ed. bre the ladies, .

STRESS. YEAR

Finances in Good Shape---Many
Improvements Needed ;
to Buildings .

At the annual meeting of the

held on Jan. 24, there wasan . .
unusally large attendance, show-

ing the great general interest of
the local people in the affairs of

‘which hasbeen in ‘operation for _
fourteen years. . Q
The aim of the management:
has ever been to keep abreast of
the times or a little in advance, ©
and the present efficiency of, and :
work being perfor..ed by our _
local hospital is most praise-—
worthy.
The printed annual report was ~
read and explained very ably and
thoroughly by the medical super.
intendent, showing that the pop- ,
ularity of the institution is’ being
maintained and is increasing,
The very large field from, which ~

hance-the importance of the ‘hos-
pital and very. general ‘Support
ig necessary in order to maintain
the present standard..

The financial part, while satis-
factory on the whole from a.
business standpoint, shows that
great economy has been the pol- ;
icy of the management. Econ-
omy is excellent in its place, but
forced economy,or over economy, +
evidences of which appear in the
statement, does not lend itself to
greater efficiency. During the

been practiced in order to keep
the expenditures of the Hospital
within the income, Various:
matters demanding attention. in
the way of improvements and re-
pairs have been postponed for ”
lack of funds. Thes cost‘of — _
maintenance and the general ex. =

relieve the situation will certain. -
ly be necessary in order to maine .
tain and carry on the work. of
the institution of which we are _
all ‘go justly proud. oe

The musical: programme. Ww
much “appreciated, ‘the atti

RS. Saigent was re

weryyyy dai bh adhe

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Patrone’ representative: on
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