_ VOL. ‘,-NO. 26

HISsIPS
“TD SMITHERS,

mier introduced a pill for. the ex-
tension . of the. P. G.: E: ‘from
Fort George to the’ Peace river
guaranteeing interest :
- }on $35,000 a mile. for: 880 : miles.
The giiarantee. for -the ‘Vancou-} |
ver-Fort: George aection i is to: be
increased. by $7, 090 amile. +:

og terday,
: _-lyear is estimated: at $10, 000, 000,
’ Jas. Viek, a prominent financial
man, says. that as the’ result of
investigation he finds. the divi-.
dends paid by: the mines of the
United States. exceed those paid
by all the banks. and railroads

2 With Hazelton, The : boys from
the off town, went up ‘determin-
“Sed to'win, but.could™ do nothing
- with the stonewall defence’ of
a Crandall,
After a hard fought game the
~Taeore wag 8-2 in favor of Captain
, Aldous’ redoubtable seven. Faw-
 eett, Aldous: and: Keddie seored |
* for Smithers and Blyth and Sin-
- elair for Hazelton.”
= ‘lor was referee and Hugh ‘Harris
~.. Judge of play. ann

+ etinateur players -presented “Turn
Him Ont?’ in-the Prinee Theater, |
~ in“aid. of the Hazelton Hospital
-equipmen’

2 large- erowd, which greeted the
a performance: ‘with enthusiasm, :A, if

7 seasoh willbe played tonight at

> the. ‘visiting team,

$5,000 reward for each’ ‘radium
-  diseovery in British Columbia;
, The province will retain’ a forty
_” per eent interest i in all. radium

'-elaima, Ts :

og “lature will. probably prorogue
7 ext Thursday,”

- hurst wrote. asking’: for’an ‘au-
-dience: with the: King, "while: the
suffragettes. “were burning: ° a
. church near ‘the battlefield” “of
Dunbar. : ‘Historical relies -were

| z Ross is: not exipéoted to: five.

a ‘tion ‘of Lord. Minto, ex-governor-
; “general of Canada, i is: critical.

: tween. the: touring clube of ‘Chi

: Star: liner Britannic;
British’ ship, excesdjng the Titan-
le in size, wus 6 launched here. to- ;

. HAZELTON, B..C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1914.

=. Valley Team Proves. Superi-

_ ority and Wins: Northern
: country,

Hockey (Championship.

Smithers: ‘fas’ won ‘the: Rosa
Cup and. the. hockey: ‘ehampion-
:.. ship of the north. : “Last Saturday

- night, New Hazelton; playing. on}.

. . Smithers rink,” was’. -defeated 3-1.
_ Although: this, game ‘decided the
- championship,

much *
‘centered: in’ Wednesday’ 8 game

Keddie and Morison.

‘Hugh Tay-

A large crowd went up. from
‘Hazelton to root for their team,
- After’ the game the, Hazelton

fond, There was’ a

danes followed the performance.
‘The last’. game of the hockey}

New Hazelton, with’ Hazelton. as

; - Reward for Radium ae
Victoria, Feb, 27:--A second
reading was given a bill offering

"May Close Thursday
Victoria, Feb, 27:— ‘fhe legis-

-” Suffragettes Burn Church
~ -Loridon, Feb, On: :—Mrs.. -Pank-

destrayed,

Noted. Men ‘Dying “
- Toronto, ‘Feb, 2—Sir- George]

- London,. Feb, Ot ~The ‘condi-

King Sees Baseball Game

tendon, Feb. 27:—The, ‘King!

nessed a “baseball “game he-

arid” New. York,

‘ Another Big Steanabip
” Belfiat, Feb, 27: T cm White!

"interest

” during the eoming season, Early

three weeks, . with a full crew. of

miners, to resume work ‘on. the

. |ground, and .everything ig in
. readiness for work:on an exten-|'

os ~ [Hosking on Thursday mn xt ‘at

the largest a

Vietotia, Feb, 21 2T:— -The pre

Mining Pays Well

combined; -and that whereas in

only 38 per cent.”

“will Buy Fine’ Stock -

the big Diamond D ranch, came
to town yesterday. He. will
leave on the’ next « train: ‘for a
visit to California, Returning in
the spring, he intends'to bring al:
carlond. “of. thoroughbred. cattle
and high-class horses, to add to
the ranch atock,

Explorer Maweon Returns
' Adelaide, -Feb,- 21 Mawson ||
the. Aust rali n.explorer, hag re-
ome, reporting ‘the ‘suc-
cess 3 of his Antarctic expedition.

KILDARE. STARTS: SOON

. Thera’ avill be mue much activity in
"| the Ornineca river placer - ‘field |

as itis, quite a number of min-
ers and prospectors have started
from Hazelton with their outfits,
Iti is expected. that Geo. W. Otter-
son,- managing director of the}.
Kildare Co., will be here in about |.

eight miles of placer ground held
by his company... All the com-
pany’s machinery is-now on: the

sive scale, Mr.~Otterson recent-
ly returnedts Seattle from Grant’s
Pasa, Ore,, “where he took an op-

“behalf of Seattle mén. He writes
that ‘there - is plenty of money
available for the purchase of - de-
veloped properties, although pros]:
pects ; are not in: demand.

- Labor "Trouble Tapected ©
“London, Feb,: 27:—-The deport-|
ed. labor. ‘leaders: arrived from’
South: Afriea today. %, Trowble is
‘lexpetted, - ope _ te

_ . WwW; A...
The next meating, , “ whieh’ -will |
‘take. the form. of” a ‘work-partj; |:
will- be: held at the home of. Mra |

= Peace River District

mercantile pursuits 95 per’ ‘eent
fail, the failures i in anining are

- | tion ‘inecludes_ half a’ million’ for

» Charles - Barrett, proprietor of

tion ona big placer property. ‘on|- '
in the South Hazelton . railway}

e| for: ‘month, . a

“Victoria; Feb. 27: —The ‘esti
mates for. 1914 were tabled‘ "yes
Revenue for the coming

The expetditure will be $13, 700, .
000. The appropriations - for
public. - works are $5, 300, 000,
About half of this amount is for
public works and: ‘buildings, the
remainderbeing for roads, streets,
bridges and wharves. - For thése
‘the Skeena district vote is $216, -
000, Oo
_The appropriation for educéa-

the provincial © university © and
$96, 000 for technical education;
For buildings at Prince Rupert
$150, 000 will .be-spent. we

The legislature will. be asked
to vote: $1,250,000 as supplement-
ary estimates. for - various: pub-
lic services. not provided’ for at
the last session, a
Finance Minister, Ellison, in.

ESTIMATES OF REVENUE AND. |
~— EXPENDITURE PRESENTED

Receipt of Ten Millions Expected- ‘Expected---Nearly Four Millions
» More Will be Expended on Works and for Public
» Service i in Year Beginning April Ist.

_|He explained that the province

$48, 000,000 by Alberta‘and’ 984,-

regarding . the b
and the prospects’ f
al development
The latter, he said, f
able to. keep Up: with: the rapid
increase of population, The ex-
pendituré of a large part of the
surplus had, he said, been justi-
fied.

Premier McBride, in‘ a half-
hour speech, justified the addi-
tional guarantee for the C. N- R

ess: outlook

will become the conditional own-
er of $1,000,000 of common stock
and stated that the total C. N. BR.
guarantee, including the new|.
proposals, would be $47,000,000,
Saskatchewan guarantees $21,-
000,000, Alberta, — $83,000,000,
and Manitoba, $21,000,000. The
total railway guarantees of Brit-
ish Columbia, including the P.-
G. E., are $65,000, 000, as against

his budget speech, ‘wes optimist

000, 000 by Saskatchewan,

~ Local and District News Notes .

Gerard Gore ins returned from
a‘ visit to Prince Rupert. —

3. ‘A. “Hodder. left. on Thursday)
for a visit to the const cities,,

The Forests beat the. Lands in
last. evening’ 8 hockey game by};
6-4,

was in town yesterday, on Buel
ness. . Won

d. AL ‘Sampare was: up from
Gitwangak for a fewdays during
the week, |

Chief ‘Constable Gaminon Tee)
turned on. Wednesday’ me an.
official trip to Vietoria.”

“EL C. Kinghorn, of the forest|
branch; “returned on Thursday:
from’ a visit to Terrace.

A crew of navvies is at work

yards, improving the cuts,

. H. Coppock, the veteran horse-
man, is seriously - ill.’ * There ig
little hope of his recovery,

su ipply of ice cut on Hospital lake, :
for the use of. the institution.

_ Robert" ~ ‘odd,

“opertitor at

nesday from a visit - to. Prince
Rupert, mg

We ‘I "McAfee, who has a been!
ill” for ‘aome weeks, has gone'to
Bellé Isle hot springs, to remain

H. R. -Dawkins, of Vancouver, |-

-|Rupert Hospital staff, ia tempor-

: of Miss Hogan.

the district, : in the interests, of

_{Hudson’s Bay stores here,” has

Harry E. Holliday” is in charge
2fat Hazelton, pro. te tem.

Dr. Wrinch is having. a large}

meetings of the Silver. Cup and]
: Sunrise: mining companies, whieh
are to be held on Wednesday. a
. ‘Bighth Cabin, returned on Wed: |.

"Corner, who, héve_ been in .Van-
couver for some weeks, returned
on “Wednesday, and. ‘are: “now. ont”

of the former store, He hopes
to-have the structure completed
and stocked. within afew weeks,

J. T.. Batés was among, the re-|

*|turning miners of the week. “He
will leave shortly for his claims
in the-Omineca river district, _

The. Hospital is being wired
| for the installation of electric
lights, . “The. X-ray and electrical
plant will be installed 1 very short
ly, _ . ; wo

. Miss Kennedy, of the Prince

arily attached to the staff of the
Hazelton hospital, in the absence

K. B. Carruthers, suiperintend:
ent of the famous’ Mallie Gibson
mine, is spending a few days in

the Consolidated. -

‘

G. H. ‘Graham, manager of the

been transferred - to. Quesnel.

Hugh Harris leaves’ for Prince
Rupert tomorrow,: ta: ‘attend: ‘the

ve B Faleohér “and Hunter

"|Stefansson Reports

Dawson, Feb.. 23:— Williams

pers from Fort McPherkg
arrived here with. telegra
mail from Stefansson, the ex-

out to sea, Natives | Feport see-.

ing east off Richards. Island, .

Collinson’ Point, 160 miles weat
of Richards Island, and: ig well
provisioned,

NORTHERN TELEPHONE
: CO. INCORPORATION

“the: provincial legislature. is
considering’ @ special act to in-
corporate the Northern Telephone
Co., which is to.take over the tele-
phone systenis of Smithers and
Hazelton.’ It ig intended to ex-
tend the operations of the com-
pany. throughout the Skeena,
Bulkley and Northern Cariboo
districta,. providing telephone
service In‘ all. distrleta tributary |,
to the G, T. P. in British Colum-
‘bia. ‘The incorporators ara Yesi-
‘denta of Hazelton; Sinithers and];
Telkwa,

BANDITS STILL AT LARGE

Vancouver, Feb, 267-—Although

rest of the three bandits! has been
increased to $30,000, they are
still. at large. Many man-hunt-
ers -are searching. for traces of
the fugitives,

TELEGRAPH SERVICE. -
IN ABOUT TEN DAYS

In ten days, unless unfavorable
weather interferes with the work
of “construction, Smithers will

‘{have a government ‘telegraph

office, A neat building is being|
erected. on Main street, near
Third, for a telegraph office, and
Superintendent: J. A. Thorne,
with Foreman Blackstock and
several: linemen, is engaged in
installing a loop. - Robert Bark-|'

ary. the: popular agent, at Alder.
mere, has. been: “promoted: ‘to the}.
Smithers office, His place’ will
be taken by BE. G.. Aylitte, of |
North Bulkley.

A typographical error in Init |:

week's isaue credited the: Silver
| Standard with shipments. of 7300
tons of ore: since Christmas, The
amount. shipped was about 730)
toni... a

“Special Lantea § Services none
‘Next Friday: at. 7:30, in: St.

a haye
aN
mag..and]:

_ |{plorer, who reached McPherson |j i
you Feb.. 3,. reporting that he |).
could get no authentic news of
icdltur- |the steamer Karluk.
ce. |’ Stefansson left the Karluk in
eh September to go after caribou, |:
and a blizzard drove the vessel

ing the Karluk i in October, steam

Dr. Anderson, a member of|”
the expedition, is wintering at

the reward offered for’ the ar-|:

e|liiee_theoughdut ‘the -eoalfelda |r ,

r way: to the Gronnahog als.)

ii 1 a party ot eight, t, ca

Peter's Chureh,. the Rev... W. 8.
“tA. Larter will. commence 8. ‘series
of = -spetial servieds: “and : Bible
t/ Talk,” which” will be. ‘continued

Fi

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me gee GIVEACCOUNT

British Press Demands Satis
"faction From Mexico for
~ Murder of Bentonby Rebels

demands’
Villa be compelled to answer for
the killing of Benton,
papers suggest intervention ‘by
the Powersand the United States,
The Times insists that satisfac-
tion be obtained,

press

El Paso, Tex., Feb,’ 22, Ree-
ords of the alleged court-martial
of W. 3. Benton, the. Canadian
who was murdered by Mexicans,
have been made public, _Jaurez

{asserts Benton was present. and 3
Was represented by. a- rebel offi wo
He was executed for . ate. rae .
tempting armed violence againat: oS i.
Villa, He was found guilty of .
giving aid to the enemy, Ben-...

cer,

ton’s friends received the réport

by. hever carrying a pistol...

to death of William 8. Benton, a

Parliament.and people to a keen
apprehension of the British ins
terests involved in the Mexican
ituation, -

principal Bubject. for: di cussi
in- the: ‘house ‘of.. commons 4
with intense ‘interest. to the. Ox-

Francis “Dyke-Acland, _pariia- |
mentary under-secretary for ‘for- «
eign affairs,
British ‘Government's attitude
and. discusged their communica-

incident might force the Ameri-
policy is apparent j in official Cire
cles.

see. accomplished, but it is ‘im.

tervention.. We. do not intend to”
make. “any attempt of that char-

‘Francis. Dyke-Ackland, ©

Fequest, impressed: upon.
leaders. af the “con
party i in. Mexico the,
reipecting the lives ¢
1 should tke to. ad

PRICE $2.00 A: YEAR Jat

London, Feb, 27:—The British =
that General a

Some -

with sneera, and pointed. to the me ve
knowledge that for- many years 2

he guarded against possible } re-
sulta of .his spirits ‘and temper .

London, Feb. 28:—The putting _ ie
Britigh aubject, by General Fran. — ,

cisco. Villa, Mexican rebel leader, _
at Juarez, has aroused the British -

he killing of Benton waa the,

afternoon. A fall. ‘house listened °

planation given: “hy Sir Edward: 7
Grey,. foreign minister, ‘and ‘Sir. —_

“They spoke of the’ :

tions with Washington. Feeling... °..
‘that a repetition of the Benton. -

can Government toachangeof.

“The Pacification of. Mexico i is:
an. object we honestly desire to

posaible to effect it by British j in-.: ..

acter which would be . ‘utile and .
impolitic, ” a
” This is the attitude of the Britt =
ish: foreign - office as- outlined to.
day in the house of . commons by: _

“Sir Edward Grey. said: ‘Before a
: [this incident occurred the United coe
ites Government. had, at. our. td