“NEW HAZELTON, B. C.;, MARCH 28,

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“1924

7 pnson Ne Where
» He Will Stand

” Daring the. past’ week Hon. A.

- M ‘Manson, attorney-general, and

a tem ber for Omineca, visited sev-

@e eral. points along the Canadian |

National Railways, ‘starting at
@ierrace and going through. to
oe Prince George. Along the Skeena
Bhe was: accompanied by Olof
Hanson, who also bad business
mat many of the points’ where
stops were made, .. Mr. Manson
told the Herald . ‘that he had
not yet decided which riding he
ld run, Skeena or Omineca.
Of the objects of: the trip
was to look the: field over and
size up the situation from a po:
ie litical standpoint. He wag also

mereceiving deputations’ at: some

places where favors. from _the
vernment were. sought.
Asked -in: regard to the beer
lebiscite ‘and: the next. general
ation, the. attorney-general had
definit e information. He

Sethought the-beer vute would be

aken. as’ early as possible, but
hat the general-vlection would

‘be: called until . the fall, if at)

H this year.” . However, he said
hat, the, Liberal! ‘Darty.. sould. &o
head and get candidates “in the
mield where opyosition members
mow sat and in the new ridings,
oO as to be_prepared in the event
a! an clection being called earlier. |.
f As for. public works, .Mr. ‘Man.
lon gave no information, | except
hat the minister of public works
ennounced some time ago, vizi,
abst the connecting link hetween:
purns Lake and-Endako’ would
Me built this year, He also said
Bat ° ‘eventually’ the main high-
By wonld be connected between
few Hazelton and Terrace.

Pratt Home at»
: Fourteen-Mile

gOn Friday afternoon of - last
ek the house of Mr. and Mrs.:
favid Pratt, at Fourteen. nile,
Mas burned, together with most
; the contents, The fire started
bout. four o'clock, -while- Mra,
att was using the sewing . ha.
Aine. and had gained consider-
wie headway’ before she: _ Was
Rare of it.. Mr. Prattand young
vid were awav-in the woods,.
‘the fire was about ‘over by
time they got. home, “The
Rirls, were just returning
pm school,
d, the: teacher, when: they

iy the. fire from: a: ‘distarice,
Vv arrived i in time to: agsist in

ng some of the. contents)

together” with: ‘J.C

HON. A, M. MANSON

Feeling the pulse of the public before
deciding where to run next election,

Old-Timer Interred

James Dean, A. E. Faleoner,
Chas, Frederickson, ‘and - Peter
Nelson, of Hazelton, and Martin
Cain and Robert Mackin, of Smi-
thers, all. old-timers, were pall.
bearers for the late Arthur Lind-
quist,. whose funeral was held in
Smithers on Saturday afternoon
last, Services were conducted
by Rev, M. W. Leesin the Union.
Church and a verv large number
of people were in attendance ts

pay their last respects to one|

Pwo “in » ‘life was! ‘well diked: and
much respected,

oe Improving Roa a

as soon as the weather: in that
district will permit. The Federal
Mining Co. have been carrying
on work there all winter and the
property is showing up in good
shape. The company will greatly
increase its force as soon as ac-
commodation for the men: can be
provided.

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"Missionary Sermons

Last. Sunday morning “Rev. R.
W.’ Lees, of Smithers, delivered
a’ very" interesting and an im-
pressive sermon in: ‘the New .Ha-

| zelton church. It was Missionary

Sunday and the sermon was more
of 2 talk..on. the. ‘modern con-
ception of teligion and the. idea
of sending ‘missionaries to thioge},
people who can be helped. by. the
religion of the Christian church,

the Christians, ‘The Rev. Lees’
is. chairman. of. the! -Hazelton dis:
trict of, the: Methodist: church;

‘and hei is a good: ‘speaker. . There
was. rn good congregation: to hear.
him. | Inthe evening he was ‘the
preacher j in the: “Hazelton Union

also | | : Dur-
ing: the taking’: of ‘the. collection
Mrs. A. E Faleoner s ue

=) |Cedar Business

|trict there ig a heavy stand of

|eame to the conclusion. that Paci.

| Skeeda district and’ will assist | ®

hte

Makes. District

During the’ present. -yéar the
distriet between New : Hazelton
and Pacifie on the Soitth. side of
a hive of. industry. | Tn, that dis-
fine cedar poles, and the prababi-
lity is that several hundred men
will find employment i in the camps
before the year is out...

Originally. the: Hanson Timber
& Lumber Co. intended,to make
Nash. the - loading ‘point. for the
cedar poles that. would he floated
down the Skeena, but after look-
ing into the. matter Mr, Hanson

fic would make a better place for
the boom across the river, and it

the logs out of the water and
loading onto the ears, - Yardage
ind tracks are already at Pacific,

‘Another feature in favor of
driving to Pacifie is: that many
miles of cadar country will be
made available for the cutters
which otherwise could not be
utilized, as it is across the r river
from the railway.

This new activity will mean |
anany thousands: aédollars:-to-the').

~ Some. work will be done on thé :
road from Houston to Owen Lake].

or in other: words the Christ: of |”

materially i in opening up.a great
country, for agriculture. 7

Hive of Activity |

the Skeena river will develop i into].

is also ‘an ideal place for taking}.

: thusiastic * ‘early. spring”? stories

HON. T. D, PATTULLO (

Minister of Lands in #.C., defends his
policy of permitting a reasouable ex-
portation of logs from B.C.

First Wild Ducks ~~.

A small flock of half a dozen
wild dueks. visited New. Hazelton
Thursday evening just after
supper, seeking a shelter for the
night and also a feeding place.

They first gave Bill Sargent’s

duck pond the once over but
found the old drake on- guard
and immediately beat it for Sealy
Lake, "They had every appearance
‘of having .had a tough trip and
‘were dodging the. high. buildings
Ee nd church steeples-as “they Bas-| Gi
sed through. town, -
‘apparently have: seen some. en-

“Took Second Money

The hopes of the Hazelton, Bad-
minton Club’.of avenging their
recent defeat at the hands of|'
the Smithers club went unfulfilled
in the return engagement. at
Smithers last Saturday afternoon.
Deprived of the services of J. D..
Galloway, their club champion,

had. to- content themselves with

.|two vietories out of ten ‘matehes

played, and those two went to
the. ladies of the party. The men
were unfortunate in. not adding
to the sum total of wins. as sev-
eral.of the. contests’ were closely
fought. | Tennis will now. occupy
the attention of the badminton
players, and a résumption of. last
summer’s inter-club tournaments
is 8 hoped for.

Dairyman Progressing’.

Inca’ few days. L, Belniont’ the
local’ dairyman, will: -deliver his
ilk by auto truck.. Mr. Belmont
also has: aman: clearing. land for
him on the new acreage: he. ‘pur-|-
chased adjoining’ New Hazelton;
He. has all: ‘the logs ‘on: the ground
for the. new" ‘buildings, and as
soon. a8 the frost ‘issout - of. tthe
‘ground hbe.will start Work :

A ‘ing. the new barn, ‘house, ‘and
- | other Daildings. Vas) :

through indisposition, the visitors |:

| end - of the district.

and’ the- ‘early. drageing. ‘of the

art, “and. ‘well- known ‘in’ ‘this, dis.
trict, ‘is a -guest of the ‘govern- M

- _, in the Vancouver press and figut- |
‘ed that if butterflies could navi-

| Not Building Up

US. Industries”
- With B. C. Logs. ,

Victoria, March 28, Keen ex.

T. D. Pattullo, minister of lands,
to reports appéaring ‘in. eastern.
papers with regard ‘to timber *

exports in the raw from . this

province, ;

‘A preat deal of talk was heard |
during the last session ‘ot . the
legislature, ”’ said the minister
during an “interview - recently,
“but if people | only: realized the
situation they : ‘would not be mis-
led by erroneous -statements,
which are often. made bv persons
with some ulterior motive,”

The minister points ‘out that
while 283,000,000 board feet of .
logs were exported from: British.
Columbia Jast. year, 100, 000,000
feet went to Japan, the- balance, .
133,000,000 feet, going to the
United States. Statements have
been made that large industries
were. being built up in the United’
States through the importation
of British Columbia. logs; The
truth is that the United States
last year exported 100,000,600
feet. of. logs to, Japan: 80. ‘that.

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The. birds |¢j

across the’ lin aq

The: publie should not: take

the alarmists’. criés Seriously,’ PR

gate.in the sunshine, they could
make the trip north. Vancouver

‘tourist trade come-on’’ stuff is
almost as reliable as the annual
frost that kills the Niagara peach
crop. ~

Conservative Meeting —

the Hazelton District, _diberal-
Conservative: Asséciation will be
held on Tuesday evening, April 1,
at 8 o’clock sharp, at Sargent’s
store, Hazelton. A cordial in-
vitation is extended to all. Con--
servatives and others who are
interested ‘in “better administra- |
tion of. ‘the affaits of our: Ppro-

The first of’ April’ ‘aiito” trans.
portation will be general"in this]: 7
The roads

have : been ‘drying in good shape

surface helped, materially: in fill-
ing up the ruta left Jast fall.

"Wm. ‘Reid,: ‘of Hyder and Stew- |!

ment at. Oakalla for six, ‘months;
ras operating contrary to thei

A re-otfanization meeting of].

remarks: ‘the minister.
province is moving along sane -
lines of conservation. | Only a
small percentage of. unmanuface

‘tured -tim ber ig permitted.to leave

the country, and as the reguit of:

‘present methods the” industry is 7

in » splendid condition?”

” Federal Co. at Usk

* Work will be started | atan. early

date on the Lucky Jim group on
Gold Creek ‘at Usk by the Federal

Mining Co, This . group” was
taken up. last, fall, ‘Fred Forest

having been the owner, “A good -
deal of work has been done and -
a lot of ‘ore is in 1

vince, art mo, Vi

Tha s second camp. = Magoffin’s

contract west of Sduth As
will be opened: the. first 0
after etiack been 1

ception: is being taken by Hon,

‘tity as. to be entirely. negligib e.

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