STRUCK THE ORE.
ON GREAT OHIO >

Gen Jennings. msosight int very Envor- oe

- able Reports—He Expects to «.
: Open 2 Be Shoot

“We have’ ect. some ore in, nthe) :
bottom of the drift tunnel. and | = “
we are likely to break into:the|’ |. _

big shoot with any roundof holes
now,” said Geo. Jennings .to. the
Herald - Wednesday. night: ‘when
he came‘in from the Great Ohio
where . he . is. running a B00: foot
drift. tunnel,
rounds ‘ before I came ‘down
showed carbonate ore in the :bot-
tom. The country rock is all
inineralized and things are look-
ing exceptionally good, - We. are
just starting on the main ‘work,:
having completed. the cross cut,
and I expect that we will soon
open up a good ore body.??... -

Mr. Jennings will'také a big
buneh‘of supplies back with ira,

Anger the Tailor -
' Anger the tailor moved his en-

tire business from ‘the ‘old town

10 New: Hazelton: the. middle of
this week ,and:- ‘he i is now ready
for business in ‘bis, new. premises

“The last two}

SIXTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS TAKEN -
CLERK WAS FOR CED 10 OPEN SAFE

“Over sixteen. thousand dollars
was the boodle, ‘that. the’ robbers
captured at the ‘Union ‘Bank in
this” town on! Tuesday evening.
the clerks, BO ‘far as they knew,
dead. ~

Four men, all inasked and. arm-
ed, -elimbed through the. bedroom
window. at the back, of. the bank

Tuesday evening just. after ‘the

boys: went across the.street for

supper, . and awaited their return,

-Cashier John ;MeQueen, who
had been sent over from the old
town branch to ‘relieve Bishop,
who js on his holidays, and ‘Led-

__.|gerkeeper - Fenton entered the
[rear door of the bank.a very few

minutes after: six.o’clock. “Fenton
was the first onein and McQueen
followed and turned ‘to’ close’ the

door when two:men ‘jumped upon
Me.

him: and another, shot him.

~ Small Cash Box Containing’ Money=--Hold-up Committed
. About Six. O'clock | ‘on Tuesday, Evening

cerned was dead. In: the mean-
time Fenton had been covered by
the intruders and ordered into
the safe. At: the point of four
revolvers he was" ordered to un-
lock: the. strong. ‘box; which’ he
immediately ; proceeded -to “do.

This: accomplished. : ‘he was then

thrown onto: one of the beds face
down, ‘and one of. the men watch-
ed..over +him.” ‘The others pro-
ceeded to -gather : ‘in the money.
The cash. -box was of ‘steel and
fitted into. a wooden compart-
ment. The box was removed and
taken ‘away, ‘together 3 with sever-
al. small: ‘bags ‘of silver. The
whole © thing was ‘accomplished
faster ‘than, it ean. -be: related.

The: four men : -made ‘their get-

away. As soon as. ‘Fenton: was

relieved ‘he gbt-his own gun: -and |'

fired several. ‘shots: to summon as-
ere ce

It was found. that the buliét ‘en-

lodged ‘in’ the upper jaw bone.
|The doctor stated that the, wound
‘is not serious if. no complications 4
‘McQueen went to. Prince.

to D. “MeLeod’s residence, alice
he “was: looked | after un ie Dr.
Wrinch arrived from the hospital.

tered the. bridge of his nose ‘and

set in,
Rupert - hos pital on Thureday,
where the X-ray, will be used in
locating thébullet.

The tiring of the shots did : not
cause any. particular curiosity in
town as there has beenja. great
deal ‘of shooting at night lately.
But when ‘the news started to
spread of the robbery and of. the
shooting of McQueen, excitement
rose toa high pitch. Volunteers
started ‘outin search of the rob-

SNOW ROAD TO... -
_ COPPER RIVER Q

Coal Fields be Extensively Expored
gr Drills Early

Dating the “winter: “onthe - “a
|snow road will be cut from “Telk:

fields by ‘the Copper River i be
Fields Syndicate, _and it will: b
in charge of F. B. Chettle
who has. been associated with the
eompany. ‘for several’ ‘years, This

gon’s. development work”: tol be
undertaken ‘in - ‘the ‘spring when |
two diamond drills: will be taken,

explored.

” Rankin Has a Town

Rankinville i is the newestname
on the P, G. E.railway ond. itis:
also one’of the newest.towns in.
this new-town province: Rankin:

the.big-railway contractor: whois

operating on both.the P. G.Esand:
the G.T.P.° Just: when:he jntends.
putting lots .on the. market: as
| not. been announced, “but assur.

. Hagwilget Can-':
yon and: Indian ..
btidge which for

many years was .
the main ‘thoro-; |.
fare across ‘the ©
Bulkley river

{ROM ‘the tire the Hagwilget

Morricetown and. took possession
of the land now oknown’ as. the
Hagwilget: Indian® village - many

“Nears ago, the- crossing ‘of the} |.

Bulkley. river was’ always: Bh: ‘SeTi-
dus problem | to them.”

travelled on. foot: ‘over: narrow
trails, cut: ‘by ‘themselves, along

Indians first came down from |-

Por ® ‘ary
number of ’ years the ‘ted ‘men’,

the south bank of oes ane tis

are)

nuity, Perse-

+%

wa into, the Copper ‘river: coal: ee

work is preparatory toa big. eas:

ville is named after D. A. Rankin,:..