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‘on CONDI TIONS IN GERMAN Y GROW DESPERA TE

Thuraday,acentral committee has ‘

ized campaign. for further con-

'. fands, | but. it is: felt’ that there

"ping and possible misunderstand-|
» ing the central organization ‘for
-the extension of the work has

plan of campaign and enlist. ‘the
: Services. of | canyvassers, . .-
‘anticipated that this extension of.

' work on the Comet group, and

“its annual meeting on Monday

6, ‘Brewster; President, H. Fy

~ Sealy; 2nd Vice-pves., W.H.Bur-
» ken; See-Treas,,Stuart J. Martin;

-.Einboden, P:.Nielson, R. HL Cue
“pack, Ay. Olsen, BM. O'Brien.

HAZELTON, ‘B. G. ‘SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, “1917 |

PRICE $2.00 A-YEAR

Central Oiganization Foriied to '

| Increase Sudscriptions
- ‘in District’ ne

As a result of ‘meetings of local
patriotic | organizations held on

been formed to conductan organ-

tributions to the. war funds... The
people ‘of Hazelton. ‘and the sara
rounding district have generously
responded to all appeals for war

are some residents to whom . the
-claims of ‘the. patriotic ‘organi-
.zations have not: been presented,
- and in order to ‘prevent. overlap.

“been decided upon.

- The committee appointed yes.
terday consists of $,. ‘H. Hosking,

‘district treasurer of the Canadian
Patriotic Fund: Dr. Wrinch, chair:
man of the Red Gross, and A. R |:
Macdonald, chairman of the Sol-
diers’ Aid. They will- prepare a

“patriotic. activity will result in: a
considerable increase in the total
contributions to. war funds in
this district. :

ew

: Amargasa. to Resume -

On. February 1, it is announced,
work will be resumed . on» the}
Amargosa group, a promising
Property on Rocher de Boule
mountain. E.‘P, Spalding and
associates, who have a bond on
the property,” “expect to carry on
continuous development work as
-soon as pending: - arrangements
are completed.

A Four-Mile Showing
Tommy Stephenson’ continues

has disclosed, in the bottom of
“a prospect shaft, over ten inches
. of very nice-looking ore, © Con-
sidering the favorable location of
. this property it seems likely to
prove a profitable mine,

Liberals’ Officers
‘Hazelton Liberal Association, at

-night, elected the following offi-
seers; Hon. President; Sir Wilfrid
. .Launiers Hon, Vice-president, HL

+ Glassey!: Ist Vice-pres., J. C. K.
" Executive’ Committee, H. - B.

Campbell, H, Bretzins, P. Carri
»gan, D, Hartis, Ms Johnson,’ A.

Baltimore: The Deutschland
“and another merchant Aubmarine
are expected within’ ‘two week.

" Everybody” ig” expected. t8 at.
tend the: Bridge Celebeation and,
“Dance next: ‘Taeaday.

Ate: ig.

past’.
{spirit is gone, the soldiers are

Jresult that an amicable agree-

"-Ithat the Saturday’ half-holiday

of excellent grade,

Petrograd: Disaster has over-
taken the enemy,his bridges over
the: Danube being swept; away by
a flood. -The -Russo- Roumanian
forces are advancing on a wideln
front: ‘ There was a violent en-
emy bombardment at Okna and
. Bordaneshti,i in the valleys ‘of the}
‘Trotus: and Oituz.
There. were 420, 000: “German
soldiers and 8770 German officers
captured by the Russians’ during
}1916, “In addition, the Russians
took 525 ‘cannon, 1661 machine
| zune, A trench mortars” and
tis estimated
that eighty: per’ vent of ‘the: ‘eap-

‘mine: throwers,

hundred. mile, front,. |

‘London: The Times prints al’
description of conditions ‘in Ger-
many from 2 “neutral whose ob-
servations proved accurate in the
The German military

grumbling, and the people are

le stab i in. the: bagk from the Ger-

tures came from Brusiloff’s threel .
months’ operations on a three- =.

ean npamtehe nh pe

es ep ag, ok.
release of ‘Venizelos’ adherents i is

sick of the: war, The Kaiser can
not go on, unless food supplies
are augmented,’ . ‘There is a sug.
gestion that Holland or Denriark
may” he. ‘raided, The downhill
pace of. the: Prossian Empire
grows stendily. Swifter.

Rome: ” Swit Jeaders expett a

mans, The concentration of large
‘bodies | of: Teutonic troops near
Lake Constance’ lends color to the
opinion thiit. “hew/ drive is in
‘preparation; « ore Swiss soldiers
are being, called to the “eolors to
defend. the neutrality, of their
country: ao

. Tv mo =
Paris: The snew ‘attitude of}
‘Greece satisfies: the Allies, ~ The

being proceeded with. _

Washington: A conference of
belligerents and neutrals; to bring
about a lasting peace,may be the
next proposal of President Wil-
son, ‘

The sdmifisteation faces the
practical certainty that as soon
as spring permits German U-boats
to cruise the North Atlantic there
will be a German blockade oF the
Ametican coast, ft is readily
conceded that such a condition
will be intolerable and will une
doubtedly provoke a violent con-:
troversy, with Germany. .

London: ‘Speaking on the war
ioan, Bonar Law said that violent
methods would be lad: for: the
country, but it was evident ‘that:
if the state called’ “Upon citizens
to risk their’ lives. it would not
hesitate to make any other call.
He urged: ‘a fall Tesponse to the}.
war. loan call.

ae ed

‘London: “Within. six months
after the war Britain will sweep
the seas with a mercantile arma-
da which will defy competition.

pace with England in shipbuild-
ing: De

WILL ABOLISH

At. the request of the Progress
Club the merchants of Hazelton
and their employees met on Wed-
nesday evening to confer on the
half-holiday question, with the

ment for. the abolition of the
Saturday half-holiday Ww Sarrived
at, and the government. was re-
quested to rescind the order-in-
council] enforcing ‘ the present}
arrangement. .
It was coneeded by the olerka

was a detriment to the town and
was not’ popular with the people,
and they signed the request for
the rescission.

' Golden Wonder Group 4
M. W. Sutherland, who is op-
erating thia property, is planning
for-developmenton a larger scale,
The group is-favorably located on |

and. present ‘workings show ote
Mr. Suther.|.
{and j ig on his way to Le Pas for
a few weeks’ atay, a

‘ \New York: ‘Tha Morgans have|'
floated | another British Joan of | :
$250,000,000° at 58, maturing. ti

lone zed two years. od

HALF HOLIDAY

| Misa Grace McDougall.

the west slope of Rocher de Boule}:

the establiahment: of an industrial
achoo) for young Indians on the

owned by the board. °

' Successful Carnival

nival seored another success for
Hazelton ‘Athletic Association.
The weather was perfect, the ice
in fine condition, and a good crowd
of maskers cireled the rink to
the musi¢ of the Indian band,
Prizes for the best costumes were
awarded as'‘follows: “Folly”, Miss
Wentzel; ‘Mephistopheles’,
S. Sargent; “Tipperary”, Master
Walter Noel; “Union Jack Girl”,

Prizes
for comic'costumes were won by
R. J. Rock as 6 Zulu; Miss Doreas
McDougall as a Cigarette Girl;

Master. Oswald Hosking as’ B
Chinaman, and’: «Migs Eva. “Me-|
Dougall as a Paper Girl,
In the broomolo game between
the Hardshells-and the Grizzlies
the former won, after an exciting
and spectacular contest, by a
Beare of 2-0,

Industrial School for Indiana:

The Methodist Mission board
has under consideration plana for

Mission Point preperty, which | is

EL ‘Pago: Villa haa’: “repulsed |
the Carranza forces at Palomas,

"Last night’s masquerade car-| -

R.} cers for~1917: President, A. R.

7 large the Club's ore exhibit and

PROGRESS CLUB
ELECTS OFFICERS

Reports showing that Hazelton
Progress Club has since its in-
ception performed useful work
for the community were present-
ed at the annual meeting, which
was held in the rooms of the
organization on Tuesday evening.
The following were elected offi-

Macdonald; Vice-president, J. F.
Maguire; Secretary, R. J. Rock;
Treasurer, .. V. Smith; Executive.
Committee: R. §; Sargent, §. J,
Martin, W, J. Sanders, Rev. John
Field, F. 5; Willett; Auditors,
Chas. Reid, .H. H. Little,

‘Steps are being taken to. en-

to prepare a great display of
Omineca ores for the next Hazel-
ton Fair. It is also the intention|
of the Club to hold the honor it
gained at the last Prince Rupert|:
fair, when its ore display took
the first district prize,

‘Many ‘matters affecting ‘the
welfare of the town and district
are: under consideration ‘by the

Executive, which has mapped out.
a a long program for the year.

Everybody is’ expected “be ate

Germany will be unable to keep},

of. Hazelto :
dustrial Association will be held
next Friday evening at 80’clock,
sharp, in St. Andrew’s: Hall,
Officers and committees will-be
elected, and a full attendance ig
desired,
members of the fair ansociation
are invited to join. .

ley Bridge. . .

3:30 p.m,
Jan. 28—Annval Patrons’ Meeting, pe

Hazelton Hospital, 8pm oo: ;

Jan. 26—~Adjourned ; ‘Arnrusl Mcothiy
of Hazelton Agriciltural Assoclation,
St. Andrew's Hall, 8p. m,_ are

LOCAL NEWS PARAGRAPHS
Items Of General Interest From

' Hazelton and Surround.
| _ ing District

here-today,

A, Gatatein, of. Prinée Rupert,
is revisiting Hazelton today.

from Smithers on Thursday.
week. |

rivals, |
Dr. Badgero left on “Piesday

Everybody j is expected to attend
the Bridge Celebration and Danee
next Tuesday.

‘Shel. Robinson, district. patne
warden, is’ recovering from - an
attack of Ig erippe.

RG. ‘Cunningham, head of R

iting his firm’s Hazelton: branch.

zelion Poolroom, left on Thursday
for. Vancouver, where he will

his injured leg. ;

An inspection of all ‘premises
will be made next week by the
town fire wardens, Householders
are expected to have their prem-

ises properly. safeguarded from
fire.

rons of Hazelton Hospital will be

held at the Hospital on Thursday
evening at 8, In connection with
the meeting there will be a Red
Cross social, to which all are in-
vited. ;

Jaa, O'Shea, who is in charge

of the Cunningham store here,
and Ernest Lofquist, one of - the

staff, expect to leave for the
front in the course of a few

weeks. No announcement .as to

The adjourned annual meeting
Agricultural & In-

Residents not already

Coming Events

Jan 23—Public opening of. new Balk.
Dance in Ascemply. Halt

* Jan. 30—-Hazelton Board: of ‘Trade, -

‘| Annual ‘Meeting, Progreso Giab Rooms; mo
8p. Mere oo, :

ae with heavy teases, Be ey

tend. the. Bridge Celebrati on and].
Danes next: Tuesday.

G. F Allen, of’ Vancouver; is”

_dubus. Levy, the. Vancouver: :
cigar man, was bere. during the

Jamea McPherson, of ‘Gov,

Sask., was among Tuesday’ a a coe *

fora professional visit to Prinee .
; George.

Cunningham -& Son, Ltd., is:vis-- ©

‘Howard Campbell; of. the Ha-

consult a specialist ‘concerning

| =
The annual meeting of the'pat-.

. O’Shea’s successor has as 7
vet been, made. |

- Feb, 20— Hostal Gengert ana Ply.
4 Asterably. Halh. r -_ "

George C. Hay’ éame down » oe

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