ee ere eam Someone alte “Out ‘Candidate | . The Liberal convention for se- _ ; lecting a candidate to contest the = bSkeena’ riding at the forthcoming Kama election will be held in Hazelton 7 Fon May 15th (Thursday), Dele- Yee zates are expected from all parts a of the riding. Notices have been ® sent: to every local organization, Terrace. Liberals were very inxious. ‘to have the convention ea held in that.town on the grounds a that it was more central and: that t would help the cause to:have ka gathering of all the Liberals in hat has ‘been considered a Con- Servative stronghold. The officers f the county organization, how- léVer, decided on Hazelton as: the ay BpPlace of meeting. mars to you as the. local news, oY for export. this. week, epOn Easter: Monday night ‘the pooner bovs:- uv 7 Y Sanaa AROUND © ig [EWA TON ” Have ‘you read the .advertise- ents in this ‘week’s paper? tore - news is just as important Make ptactice of. ading the adver- e fasemién nts th the local” ‘paper The school boys of New Hazel. n played football’ in Hazelton ast Saturday’ ‘afternoon against | ombined team of Hazelton’ and ud Greek; The game was: well |; ntested ‘and resulted in'a draw, 0. A return match was played mn Wednesday afternoon on: the New Hazelton school: grounds. ind Another close game resulted.” ut time, however, victory. rest- don the shoulders of the New : _ lads by virtue of a lone mioal 8cored‘in the second half. Mrs. RL. Brown and Misses Helen and Marion Brown, of a fV oodeock, were Easter mueats of - Hrs. Sawle, ; y Mra. Aird, of Pacific, apent | aster with Mrs. Peter Smith: pSam Eby, of Smithera, was al meeck-end visitor i in; town, a ‘More poles are being loaded ung, people had a: most, ‘enjoy- ‘ ae dance. in Marshall’s “hall. music ‘was furnished - ‘by... ‘the Thera was. a é turnout, ineluding, most. of esters: a fr. and Mra. B. PB Scott and! ighter’ arrived on: ‘Wednesday | ing and. will -make | their ‘here, having rented one.of for th ‘ Mr. Scott’ : D.. Parent’s cabin - Large Growth. in B.C. Minerals | “In |Past. Year|, “Official statistics i iééued by Hon. William ‘Sloan, minister of mines, place. the value of ‘the: mineral production of British ' Columbia for the vear 1923 at $14,304,000. This 18 $1,604,000 better than the estimate made at the beginning of the present year,. and $6,145,- 000 greater than the. monetary value of the output. during 1922, an increase of 17.5 per cent. - The above fizures are taken from‘the annual report, which is in the hands of the. printer and |: which will be available for dis- tribution at an‘ early ‘date, “In ot them: to Olof Hanson; ae old. folks” as, well: a8. the |. ister’s report states: - “It is exeeedingly gratifying to -|note that the-output for 1923 has. only been exceeded twice in the’ history of the province. That was in 1916, when production reached $42,290,000, and in 1918, when the figure was $41,782,000, */Tn’ those yeara the production was the result of war-time - stim- ulus and war-time. prices. In view of this explanation it. mny be taken that last year’s produc- in British Columbia. - Now in Alaska: Mr. Haller, one of the vd tim: ers in’ Hazelton, ' went ‘west on Wednesday morning,-ow his way' home to Alaska after a business trip to: Smithers, where he dis- posed of his farm’ land. . Mr, Haller was formerly in the jewel- lery’ business - “in Hazelton; but has been away. for the last. num- ber of vears.. At present he is following his old business, but Mrs. Haller has.a fox farm in Alaska. This year she will have a hundred silyer and blue. pelts for the market, Orders: For Fruit AS. Gray, of Cedarvale, the well- known . fruit grower. and. apple king of the Skeena Valley,’ | vas a caller atthe’ Herald office Jon Teursday. “He is now. taking| érdera: for strawberries and _ap- ples and has his- crop. practically |" all bargained for... rafted’ his* Wwinter’s pole. ‘cut to Cedarvale_ station’ and. disposed “Terrace Lib.-Con. Officers | “the ‘Liberal-Conservatives held |. eds H. W.. ‘Thornton. ‘On: the yk offin. contract’ wast'of town.. ike- Georg has re- opened: ‘his “ 2 camp: and. éxpects.. to’ be f Bting right through: the - ‘Aum. ry” ded: ties’ S, «This week-he.] summing up conditions, the min- tion clearly indicates, the healthy | s stock: “Teondition Ge: ‘the’ ‘mining indabiry} g ere as snow ‘ten feet deep. in Telkwa on _ Empire Day Préparations are being. rapidly ‘completed for the horse races at} Telkwa on May. 24th. For -the last two years the Jockey Club has put on’ a race: for: men .on Empire Day and has:been véry successful, This year the. races |: will’ be as numerous and ‘the purses good. There is. pretty keen competition in. the Valley among some of the owners and a good day’s sport is assured, Ful- ler Particulars will appear “next week, _ |Site of Boom for - the most active: shipping ° point Logs in Skeena W. of Woodcock (Woodeock: Correspondent) Olof Hanson, accompanied by Messrs. Goodenough, Orr and Conway, was in the Cedarvale- Woodcock district early in the week, deciding on a booming. ground for poles ‘coming down the Skeena. | They finally select- ed a point between Woodeock and operations within a very short | time. For the next few. years the Woodeock district, will be about along the B. GC: section of the Canadian . National. ’ All the Terra¢e 4 Elwood Brooks, of Prince Ro- pert, 'is spending a few days visiting his parents here. - WwW. Blackstock, -of the govern- Ment telegraph service, returned on Saturday night from his cruise to the Kitimat. The trip was made’ from the head of: Lake Lakelse ‘to the Kitimat and: re- turn in Just six.days.- Mr. Black- Peter Black,’ jr and. Gérdon |! “! Bulger,. of Prince Rupert; : spent | Easter Sunday'i in Terrace. | —_ jon’ Saturday to visit Mr, _Ainos, ‘He recently |: ‘ Miss Florence Bailey ‘returned to Terrace on Saturday, . having been .turned back ‘at the border because the quota of Canadians entering the: United ‘States™-had already. been filled. Miss Kate|. Bailey, who went with Florence, |: Prince Rupert, ' Florence was very disappointed at. not. seeing her. mother, she. said, but the trip was a most enjoyable one and she will have to: wait until | fall before she can 0 over, _ Mrs. Roy .Amos went. to. Usk who is employed there. ‘Leslie arid’ Esther . Moore went up to’ ‘Usk on Saturday to ) attend the dance,’ ee ‘Stanley ‘Brooks was a passeri- ger ‘to Usk last Saturday’ night. oT. Finnegan passed. hrough Terrace last Saturday night on his ‘way. from Prince.’ ‘Kanert, where he haa | been on: a. bi iness} also returned | and: remained in|. cedar on the- south side of the Skeena ' from: Skeena Crossing west,. will be floated to the boom west of Wocdeock’ and once: the cutting gets well under way the ‘pole shipments should - reach ‘a train-load per day if the railway company can handle Bat much freight. Later on-the Upper Skeena and Kispiox™ Valleys: will be. ‘opened |. and ‘the cedar. brought: down. the|-- river. x ita cr anaes: other || Cedarvale, and expect to begin | Important Strike | ‘on Dome; ‘Mount — ey | Ne ear Telkwa 7 y A week ‘AKO a strike was re- vy tract.during the past'year. Five: Zo, ta work. © thustastic hope. now: ‘that, ‘the . money already expended. ‘will be. fully justified . and: that Dome” important sproducer, ; TELKWA T. TALES News from the Hub. of. Bley a Malley panne fae To’ handle « the: ‘them- ‘out: of. the 4 river. and. land- 1g ‘onto ears will: ‘employ - ‘quite a number: of men-and conditions in the’ Woodcock- Cedarvale © dis. trict will be greatly. improved. ont seen, eheemenecirtmemetes : Great Growth Of. Ford Car Business’ Seen ss An. indieation’ of the healthy | growth - of © ‘Canadian - industry during the’ first three months of) 1924 is contained i in the fact that}: 43 per cent of’ the entire produc tion. of the plant of the Ford Motor. Co, has been shipped. to British ¢ overseas Dominions when . coupled with figures: concerning |’ shipments-of cars ‘throughout. the |: Dominion of Canada... This makes a traly remarkable showing. - Theré: were. produced: 9140 cars| and trucks in March, 1924, and for | modele, : ness this year over rls . | the 8 eame Period. al engineer, g008 up. ‘to: ‘Tw. on |: Saturday. norning to visit. minis 8-ir chat ai district... oles— taking! : the first three-month period: just}, jended. & total of 24, 049: cars of alll. This shows an. increase nel gee ot of: 16: per. cent in the otal: ‘busi ge ee in: Va Boy: Seouts : spent ‘three. days’ in” camp at the, Rous. Lake’ Com-' |: munity Hall, MP Chettleburgh was in ‘charge of the. camp* and. saw. that’ the. ‘boys had a’ good time, : farther - outings: ‘will -be . [arranged for the summer months, | ‘The W. AS: of: ‘St. ‘Stephen’ S. tea on Monday and | every oné en-: joyed the dainty. refreshments, In the evening'a. dance was ‘held. in the town. shall which attracted: a large crowd from Smithers, ‘Special Easter: services wera well attended j in both. churches, W.L. and Mrs. addon, Quick, - spent. Easter with ‘friends in- Telkwa, : Have. you ‘read: the advertise | ments. in. this - _week?’s Pay Store: news a practice of reading the dver- - tisements, . RE Ot ie ‘has‘spent' ‘two ‘Years in: Telkwa but: ‘expects, 5 ported on Donie meuntain in one. me a of the tunnels: ‘being: ran on con- . ~ feet of ore has’ been encountered. oe and the. strikei is of such impor. * tance that the Thanagement. is: Be arranging for forty More men to ae mountain will shortly: become an . . - The end of this week J. D. “Galloway will -* inspect the mine ‘in company with — the manager, ‘Henry Lee. \— = The. Telkwa: and Round Lake ~~ church -held their annual Easter’ - of is just as portant. — | to you.as the loval. hews, "Make.