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HAZELTON, B, C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1918

PRICE $2.00 A YEAR ~~

LOCAL NEWS.
‘PARAGRAPHS!

Items of Personal Interest From
Hazelton and ‘Surrounding :
7 District

y W. Le Rooney, of - ‘Edmonton,
ame. in on Thursday.

* aaa M, MeLachtan, ‘of Prince

5 Rupeit, ame in ‘on Wednesday's 'S

_ train.

Jas, Wright and Mrs, Wright,

"> of Seaton, were visitors during

» the week,

am: os U. Lightcap, of. Winniper,
is a business visitor.i in Hazelton
this week," woo

Se Bert’ Wattie returned on’ “Wed
“ nesday;: after'a short visit to Port
“Essington.

2d L. Christie, of Prince Re.
a pert, was a business ‘visitor on

“s Ken. -fewin, of Prince George,
AB among the business vialtors
- of the week,

: 5 H. Hoskins and s0n, 1 Phillp,

returned on Wednesday from,

Prince: ‘Rupert.

Le ‘Kwappel of F G Dawaon,

cs Ltd, Prince Rupert, was among |

7 ; ‘the week's visitors.

L E: Budden, of. the- Imperial
_ ‘Tobacco Co.,, was a visitor in
a ; Hazelton doring the week...

- James ‘Latham left today for
“the. Blackwater, in’ his “official
“ capacity: as fisheries inspector.

: Dr. ° “Stone: ‘came. down from
~ \ Vanderhoof on Tuesday, - accom:
“panying a  Batient to the Hospital.

_ toria,

. Rev. W.. 8. Larter, with Mrs,
Larter. and daughter came down
~ofrom Smithers on: _ yesterday’ a
“train, : el _

; James’ ‘Lathan, “returnéd on
Monday front an’ ‘official’-trip: to
_.Gitsgegas, in: ‘gonnection with the
fisheries, rare

“Rev W. M. Scott i is now vii the
| ‘Canadian: Clearing Depot of the

Firat Reserves at Seaford Camp, | :

*“lenme. down ‘from. “Smithers ‘ on
Friday, ‘will conduct: both: morn:

“Wwe, was the: et of Mrs. W, G.
\ “Norrie ’-at’ the: Silver. Standard
"maine this week, Meares

. | gale locally,,

‘ ticularly good one.

Peter’a ‘Church, tomorrow, .

Pe Terrific German Losses

March 27 to June 17 the Germans
ate said to.have lost 12, 000 men
in killed alone.

Brought in Fine ~
Bunch of Horses —
From Pr, George

G ‘Cornwall, of. Prince George,
arrived this week with a shipment
of ‘twenty-two mares and gel-
dings and four colts; The outfit
_| wasintended for Telegraph Creek,
but arrived: too late in the season
for the long j journey there, The
owners are now offering them for
‘It is a bunch of
pretty’ good-looking animals and
although they-are rather’ small,
they are well set up and young.
There are two teams of “Grivers
and one of the teams, a well-
‘matehed-’ pair- of greys is-a pare}

PRISONERS ARE
WELL CARED FOR

“Ti an article in the Progressiye-
Miner, of Ketehikan, Aluska,
Miss Irene DuHamel, who visit-

= “fed her brother in: Hazelton last

Summer, describes a- personal
visit paid by her to the Vernon,
B, C.. ‘internment camp. ‘Her.

| visit: was. prompted by hearing of

some trouble started by the Ger-
mans in the camp because “they
were forced to éat on bare boards,

(Continned on Page Four)

- Will Tour Omineca,
‘Hon, Dr. King, provincial min-
_fister of public works, with “his|.
family- and Senator King of
Qieen’s, “New Brunswick, the

_|minister’s father, - arrived’. last

Wednesday in Prince Rupert, and
proceeded to Alaska, On. their]
return’, ‘they, will” ‘be - ‘conducted |
[through + ‘this district | by. Alex.
Manson, M. L A. for this constit-
tency, - a

; “English Church -
‘Rev, Ww. BAL: atten, who

ing Jand, evening services: in. St.
, The
| morning: service commences: at|‘
[th ‘a ‘clock and. the vening one at}

Paris, August 17:—The ‘total |]
German losses from ‘the begin-
Jning of the war to the end of F
July, 1918, are understood to be!
}6,000,000. . One million four hun-| ff
dred thousand were killed up tolf
the commencement of. the Ger- | is
man offensive last March, From | °

_jand ‘demanded table loths, which |
AS Miller, recently, of the ‘gtatt i :

ot: the -Hudson’s. Bay Co.’s store _
Shere, I left” on Tuesday for: Vie- ,

«eral: days this.week,.”
| thieum:4da~ connected with: the |

‘

i HAPPRNINGS IN AN IN AND. ABOUT. ,

"THE COMING CENTER OF
AGRICULTURE

(Special al to The A Miner} ;

‘Jno. Love wag in Hazelton on

business this week.

Louis Mero came up to Janze’s
ranch to help with the: haying

_ last Saturday. .

The hay crop has been harvest-|_
edon A. W. Corner’s.ranch,

- James Swann is assisting James
Heyenor to put up his hay this
season,

Mrs, Jno, Love and daughter
returned from Hazelton Hospital
on ‘Tuesday.

Quite, a number of c cream n sep-
arators have been received in the
Kispiox Valley recently. Dairy-
ing. is receiving considerable at-
tention from..the farmers here
nowadays,

__ In view of the fact.that only a
few years ago there was hardly’

{a single head of stock in the. Val.

|ley, it is really surprising to see

_ {the large. herds of fine cattle now

flourishing here. now in such a
small space of time,

. Local and District

" Bob. Reynolds,’ of Prince
George, was among: Tuesday’s
arrivals, ©

oh R. Kwapes, of Prince Ru-
pert, paid @ a business visit during

this, weekk..

~The’ hotel at. South: Hazelton.
was officially opened. this week,

-land’ will be managed by Horace

‘DuHamel.

wm Grant ‘has temporarily
joined the staff of the Union
Bank branch here, : “while. the
members of the regular staff are
taking thelr respective vacations.

ED ‘Gaminan, formerly ‘chief|
constable of the provincial police
force at Hazelton ‘and more re-
cently of Prince Rupert, is now

fa, member of the Dominion police.

“In the ‘Agricultura Journal, ip-
sued by the department of agri-

{eulture, ' Victoria, for. August,ap-

pears a. picture showing ‘the first
sito along theG.T. P..in this prov-
ince,: bullt by. L. 0, Hare, Fran-}
cois Lake. aa
Mr. and Mea, a C Linthteumn, |
of. Winnipeg were here’ for “sev.
Mr, ‘Lin-|. -

elma, rie contracting com"

How Czechs Got Port

Slovaks because a Lenine order
wentastray. The order provided
that theCzechs in Vladivostok
were to be disarmed by the Bol-
sheviks on Sunday, June 30. The
Czechs learned of the order on
June 28 and ‘by nightall on June
29 they were in command of Si-
beria’s greatest Pacific port.

Residence Was
Totally Destroyed
in Blaze Sunday

“The residence of Fred. Follens-

bee.on his ranch in the Kispiox|

Valley; about seven miles from
Hazelton, was totally destroyed
by fire on Sunday evening. “The
blaze: was discovered to have
originated from. the stovepipe,
and commenced in the attic, ren-
dering it difficult to combat, Des-
pite his efforts to extinguish the

flames, Fred lost his building and}.

all its contents, except his stock
of food. He attributes the blaze
torubbish gathered by ratsaround
the pipe, the. Jitter. igniting when
a fire was lit in the stove in the
room below. ;

WILL SELL STOCK
_AT BARBECUE

Chas, R. (“Cap.”) Hood, a
Hazelton returned soldier, writes
The Miner from Barrett Lake
that he- purchased a number of:
head of stock in: Alberta and will
~ | offer, ten or twelve. of first- class
milch cowa ‘for sale at the Telkwa
Barbecue on Labor Day. Six of
of the cows have calves at side,
“Cap. ” also has a team of driv-
ing mares, the finest, he. says,
that he has seén in this country
for a long time, and which he
will: also. offer for sale at the
Barbecue,

Coming Home. Soon
According: to advices reaching
Prince Rupert, Col. ©. W. Peck,
M:P. for Skeena riding, will re.

‘-| turn: home after he has. made ar: . -
rangements “af his duties at the) ~

front. . He. expects come: homein
a very short time, but, of | course,
cannot gay. exactly when, as: it
all: ‘depends’ on the run. of events
in France, _

Soldiers’ Aid |
The- monthly’ meeting -of the
Soldiers’ Aid Committee will. he

held j in. the: ‘courthouse . on ‘Tues. |-

day. ‘next, ‘August 20, when. the|'

‘| regular reports. will be’ presented | -

and buniness: transacted, © Dee

"Mon tevided:. The general atrike||

| - Tokio, August 17—Vladivostok FUND NEARS:
sifell into the hands of the Czecho-

$125-MARK :

Further Additions to Report This. |
Week to Hay Memorial
Fund

The James May Memorial Fund . .

this week reached the total of

$124, by the addition of a num- | “3

ber of further subscriptions. The
Miner acknowledges with thanka
the receipt of | amounts of one

dollarfrom each of the following: Dl

‘J. N. Carr (Smithers)
| John Kelly
L Mulvaney (Burns Lake).
R. H. Cusack 7
Having got fairly launched in
the second hundred, we ask that _
the balance ‘of the hundred be.
contributed, at the very least, It
will take easily that amount to

carry out the plans to erecta -

memorial stone of anything like
what should be accorded'the old .
pioneer’s memory.

James May was a pioneer, a
trail-blazer, and one who ‘risked
hia life many times in. penetrat- |
this country, a wilderness then; | -
‘but, above: all, -he:-was- a man; a.
man’ ’a3man. He never said ill of
anyone in his life, and no hard-

luck story failed to bring finan-. 4
cial response from theold veteran, — <.
His goods were yours if you oe

needed them,

Send your contribution i in t0 7
The Miner without delay. . We
will acknowledge them allin our
columns, .

HELD PICNIC AT y |
TWO-MILE CREEK .

A picnic w was held on- Thursday’

last. at ‘fwo-Mile’Creek under the

auspices of the New Hazelton .
Sunday-schaol, A large erowd

of Hazelton youngsters took ad. oe

vantage of. an invitation ex .
tended: by those of New Hazelton
and motored out to the grounds,

greatly enjoying themselves in...
the sports and supper arranged

for them. a

“The Weekly: Dance ' fee

The weekly danée was held. én.
Thursday evening last in Assem- :
bly Halland was greatly enjoyed.
by the large erowd; oA ‘number .
of” young ‘people. came over from

New: Hazelton’ ‘for the affair,

_ A collection. wae taken, part’ ‘of
which will be devoted te the © local
public school, a 7

‘whicli-has. been ; in: progress - ‘for re

several days. has ended.