_ SPEAK:

| ENTHUSismic CROWD GREE PETC
ERS AT LIBERAL RALLY]

‘of.a. most. encouraging. nature,
Following the: ‘convention and

meetings at Smithers and Telkwa

Messrs, Fred: Stork, and A. M.

Manson, Prince Rupert, held an-

other meeting in Hazelton | -on
Saturday afternoon: : :

Several sleizhloads ‘went over |§
The chair.

from New ‘Hazelton,
was taken shortly after three
o'clock by Howard Campbell and
the speakers’ were ‘all in: good
form. They handled. their ‘sub.
jects in a masterly” manner and
their critism of the: present. gaov-
ernment was couched in language
extremely modest. Nevertheless |

the audience heard a great many |

statements that has ‘more than
ever énthused them in: their: de-
mands for a change ‘of admins.
tration.

H, F. McRae | was. the first to
Speak | and. after referring. in
“warm terms to ‘the. ‘great’ hosp
- tality of the: interior | ‘people: ‘he:
expressed ‘his delight “at having}
made the trip. ,

A government was good: or bad
according to the pedple, © The
people of this province are now
demanding. a ‘good © ‘fovernment
in place of the: one which has in-
-jured the province and the people
#o grievously. -He- referred to

the damage done by permitting ’

speculators to grab. all. the ‘good

ene

any. ‘improvements. nd”

on it.:

crown granted for the money : ‘he

tice to all.

fairs that every man will be en-

walk upon, the street.

ceptionally ‘strong address. :

honored for all: time.

Richard ‘fell down most. horribly.

head completely,
ed the. wealth of the province and

Contin | on ast page).

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_ PUBLIC BUILDING|

7 a Increased Appropriation Made for This|
‘Messi, MeRae, Manson: and Stork Deliver, Sticring Addresses. Belore| eee

-a-. Good: Audience in. Hazelton-=Record of. the: McBride. pee
--Goverament is. Handled in. Masterly. Style mn

~The Liberal: campaign for. the {
‘district of Omineca’ bas. been. “Op-
- ened and last week a: number .of
meetings. were held which. were

cases not-paying for. the. la id Or
‘even paying: the taxes or. interest
‘The’ Liberals. policy is.'to
take back. all the land. not paid
for, giving: the ‘speculator land

has paid and throw the rest open
for bona: fide settlers and do Jj due

"The : Liberal policy. is. ‘to con-
serve the resources of the pro-
‘vince and so administer - ‘the af- |.

abled to make a descent, honest,
clean living and not be compelled
to join a. Conservative association
or any other association’ before
he can consider: himself free to

to cover the. tenders,’
A. M. Manson delivered. an ex-

-He
referred to. Sir Richard’ McBride
as the one man who had achance
to make a wonderful name for
himself, & name that. would be
He chad. a
chance} to’ "make: British Columbia;
the. premier: provitice ‘of: the: ‘Do-
minion. “When: he was. given the
government. the : “province was
‘possessed ‘of: all her vast: ‘resour-
ces and. the’ eyes: of the ‘financial
world ‘were ‘upon it. But” ‘Sir

The great opportunity turned his|.
“He squander-

lators to.grab and.

tie up all the ‘resources: until to-| :
land and to: hold it without doing’ oe ; :

ON. BG, -FEBRUARY:.19, 1915.

Work. Last -Week— Amount is.
Now. Placed at $9,500.

coming fiscal year: were. tabled in
the. federal house last: week: and
provide. for an: “expenditure. ‘of. a

chief reduction being i in:.the dis-
e

public’ works. The. ‘estimates: of
| few. new’ works, but : ‘money has
been: provided for. work already
begun or. promised,

: Included’ in. ‘the: appropriations
isan item of $9, 500 for the public |.
building in’ New: ‘Hazelton. | ‘Last
year $7,000. was. voted. for this
work, but after an engineer had
examined the ground. and called
for tenders. it.was found that, the| :
appropriation. was hot: ‘sufficient
‘AC change
wag then made i in the plans, ‘but
by the time. new tenders: ‘were
ready ‘to be ealled: cold. weather |;
had set in and: ‘made it impossible
to proceed with the cement work.
called: for in the specifications...”
-At. that. time it. WAS, generally
understood. that the: ‘work would].
be left-over until: this spring, |
when an increased ‘amount would].
be ‘appropriated and. the building |°
proceeded with. immediately.

OLD TOWN ENDS — |
~~ SEASON BY WIN),

Defeats ‘New Hazelton in Last League
“Game Betweet ‘These: Towns

-

CAMPS ARE E COMPLETED

“Work « on thie Red. Rose Tunnel is wall
~ Under Way Ten Men Working

Work. at. t
on Rocher’ ‘Deboule- mountain, is].
_ progressing very. ‘favorably: Ten | L

“Word ‘from the camp came to: ‘the
Herald this week: that the: build:

a | thoroughness i is evidenced by the
| work-already accomplished,’ ‘Be-
fore raidsummer there’: will “be: a
[good sized payroll: at Rha - camp.

Red. Rose. “nine, |. 7

men are. on: the. “pay. roll: ‘and 2 on Rocher: Deboule Mountain Promise

s00n-as.there is-room: in: the. tun-

nel the force will: be inereased. a Phe coppe: P + properti aa ‘now un-

erroing. r development on, Rocher wh
_ cS ings were al] completed ; ‘thely
“winter road from the’ wagon ‘road |. eae
_ to the property: v was ‘now in’ uge| p

_ COPPER PROPERTIES

_ to. be Very Active: This Year rt

the Hazelton hick iy team fio:
ished its 1914-15" ‘schedule: in the
'Dunean. Ross. cup: ‘Series . by win- |.
ning: the fourth game ‘of: the § sea: |
-son from the.new.town, ‘the score
| being “4-1, © * Hazelton: ‘closes: the [3
season. with the: splendid record |

The | ‘main estimates. f or. ‘the a at
“Th guecess ‘that attended: the} :

little-over 190: millions, which. is.
somewhat. short of : last | year, the:
bursements of the department: of.

this department provide for very.

‘| sentation. was, represented. ‘by ‘its

| allowed. forty-one ‘delegates. “to

.-| Several. resolutions were’ drawn
‘up-and-approved. of, and-the

: Omineca: District Liberal Associ.
lation: ‘The following officer were sea
os elected to. handle ‘affairs;

- President, Frank C. MeKinnon, i:

. | Rispiox, oT

ORGANIZE

Jowmeca DISTRICT HER

Liberal convention®.in . Smithers |.
last week: far surpassed even the|
hopes ofthe Liberals themselves; | ec
the large attendance and the in-|i
terest. ‘shown. din the. proceedings
were.of sucha degree ‘as to show}:
conclusively. the. change: in. the!t
trend of: ‘public sentiment: within | |
the district of: -Omineea;’ : ‘Every.
locality: and: area. allotted: tepre-.

quoto, of: delegates, each bringing
a message of. dissatisfaction with
the. present administration anda
conviction that the -new district:
will. start, off-with a Liberal. - All
was. optimism, hope, ‘assurance.,. C
R> E.- ‘Williams was: “voted to
the ‘chair’ and -J. Mason’ Adams
appointed secretary.” ‘The. com-
Thittee on credentials recommend-
ed that delegates be ‘seated | on al
basis of twenty-five. votes, which

vote in the’ district, convention. |

in the district, to vara the eau the.

New Hazelton.

Ast. Vice-President, A. ‘Silver
thorne, Pleasant Valley. rs

3nd’ Vice-President, He: ‘Taylor, |< «

coming election. os .

“In the evening. th theatre was
|packed to. hear. Messrs. McRae,

Mai nson. and: Stork: is

7 Deas from. AD Parts of. District ‘Attend ‘Sucees ful Convention
io Snithers--F. C McKinnon Elected ; as: President-

presentation in eonvention, :
‘The nominating of ae

of the. “diatrict will have. -been :
more clearly: defined. - oe

The utmost harmony. prevailed

throughout.and the reports . from

different districts showed ‘that
the: people. ‘of. the: ‘district : were
look &ing to the: Liberat ‘party asa
means: ‘of: salvation’ from’ the: op-
pression. and ‘stagnation. brought

about: by. the Bowser’ political, “4
machine. - ‘Many’ short'tatks were -

given: by. different. delegates and
they: were a unit.in declaring that
‘the: ‘party: ‘could: ‘not: lose in the

asy the is-

n:Fria endid: sears
as. ‘held. at. Telkw rhe

efforts. in which |

baer
lan

On

djadging §
| from, the: reception. tendered: the -
mi speakers the peopie of. Smithers 7
and: ‘the: Bulkley. valley” are fully —
alive fo the necessity of dropping .
the McBride government, into ‘ob-

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