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THE, /OMINECA HERALD, ‘NEW, HAZELTON, B,C. | WEDNESDAY, ad 16, BT

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August, jobuson" af elehie’ was in.
town this week anil ‘ae ‘meeting’ of
the ‘directors ” ‘of. “the. “Kitsumgaliune
Farmers’ Institute u settjenient was’
effected for the lime. that was brought |+
te town during ‘the past two -weeks.
Mr. Johnson -eridently had : the good
of the farming’ community in- mind | ‘in
fixing his charges: for the materia}.

. The lime hasbeen ‘gold ‘tothe farmers
nt $5.00 of ton off. the’ cars, and at:
thnt fignre- the Institute: “WRS

RAYMOND OF THHE EMPIRE 1s
sone TOWN -. a

I. “Raymold. of the , trince Ttu-
Sete Empire arrived at’ sou. -
elton last. Saturday. evening on
way ‘freight, having: ‘spent vtwor ° full
days: Retting that far. He: was met,

New ‘Hazelton “where he is. a guest. of
The: Oniineca’ ‘Herald... He: and. the

‘we get this. issue ‘oilt,, and ive .hope to
‘Bee things, We may: Le back-'to - get
next week's dssue . out on. time, - but
‘then again we nay he a any. or’ two

> Just. 1;

late, but we ‘ill have: ‘soinething to

.Haz- |
the |

there: ‘by a car and) brought ever to}!

Herald” ‘staff. are. going places. ‘after |,

, there was no: shortiige? 6 oF

able to get by without loss. ‘The lime , fell our readers. ‘This.is the | third
is now onthe lqnd., and working. to ‘trip to: this” neck of the woods: -Ray-
correct “the acid condition of the. soil.cmond- has mate during - the quarter -of
Farmers. ave confident’ that ‘next-.the- 4 century he has been on the Empire.
crops next year will show: a declded. ‘Once “many years ago he was up. in
improvement ag a result of ‘this ap- tht! spring. and ‘ erossed ‘the “ Biilkley
itiver in a ‘dutout canoe to- Hazelton,
Three years ngo he spent a couple of
. . oo hyweeks® in New
Old friends of Harkin I, Sunith.. met. ‘New he. js Keeing the country in
Dominion archeaologist, * will he glad. the fall--harvest. thnie,,
to hear that he is still golng, strong. “patter every. time he comes around,
Karly in the: summer his health broke aya exm essed a'desire to own 2 piece
but after a’few-amonths rest an “Prince. of ond here where he can retire , in
Kdward Ishind be is feeling. fit ouice another ‘quarter century and keep rH
nore and is engaged with the pre-. ay poultry and gnze at the seenery
servation and recording of thé am pndoswateh the crops. grow and. get
cient velics of the Dominion... Iu © harvested.. He would Like. to do the
recent letter to ‘a Terrace friend he work, but it is quite foreign to him.
xpoke in glowing terms of the ‘times Ho qwill do, however, what he-ean in
‘he spent in the Skeena and Bulkley j the, way of publicity for. the local pro
districts shout ten yeara age, and he _duets on the Rupert. and - northern
wished to be. remembered ta alt old markets.
friends.

BELL ation of lime.

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BACK FROM McCONNELL CREER; |

Hugo Jobnso;n and Erle Johnson |: (@
arrived in New Hazelton Saturday. i
_ hight. after- avalking..du,.fram,.MeCon- mM.
nell Creek, a distance. of 280. miles
which they: eovered : in-.11. days. The].
hoys had: heen working at McConnell e.:
Creek far the last three months with
fomr other ‘placer- ‘miners from New
IInzelton. -The- past seasdn in . that
contre: was -8- busy one - thisyenr. It
was also a .avet-- one... xo. gays Jt)
mined prnefically. a i

any time, ‘The season “is pretty far
ddvaneet fer hand - work so the two
“ohnsons. walked out, but John Dahl
Alvred Lindstrom. H.’ _ Lindstrom and
sre Larson, atl - New. Hazelton ‘men,
. who nre working | FH] “bnnch of claims |,
mn the, creek, w ent. ta “Tatin Lake and
expect. to spend the. winter. working :
for one of the bie: companies: operat.
fig in that dart of the country. an 7

A “MBAVE FREIGHT ‘raat -
an HuncErrorp

Hazelton in the. ‘sure.

He Hkes iti.

‘|sion should be long eough ta give the | round ar two,

‘ from: overseas,
; party: -0f Prince, Rupert. pligrains at- siderable activity. at - Vital Creek; in-

| veays»

HAD A. SveChSSrLE SALE
ralistes Bs a, fot
¢ ooper. Hi: -Weinch, fhe. Up-to-Date |
Store was. eveatiy: pleased. with -the}’
liz success of the One Cent Sale he
“pnt on last week.. the. first since the
depression, He advertised the sale
Well, ite] from the’ time the store op-
_g hed the first -day- until it cloged at
« the end of: the. four th “day there was.

: something doing all the; time; arid
Auitcot Mt “Hunt, avho nt his. sum- , a '
. Spent most of the thne they had all. they,

mers: ‘vocation: in the. Skeena:. country, *
has returued to Denver where he is ©OUld, do and some times more than
taking ‘n° course In the Colorado ** etre could Handle, Cooper is a
School: of: Mines, Next scason-he is eleven in Advertising now, He ad-
planning on seeing the: Mackenzie -riv- mts" that he never Hind anything go
er, country to. cugage In. further flela °° er” i Wee, .

svork..;Mr.. Hunt is devoting all his | ue

energies: fo qualify ing as ti mining en- SMITHERS, GOLFERS VISIT -THE
gineer.- The, Colornilo Séhool + Mines .: HAZELTON LINKS

is, recognized as one of the foremost. Bo emai

institutions of. the ‘kind in the United .

States, and graduates, it. is said, are The Hazelton . rafters defeated a
nut. troubled by. the spectre of -un- number from. Smithers last  Simday

employment, . - afternoon - by, 25 strokes. If was a
3 +e ‘hbeautifi afternoon from a weather
Before the next halibut fishing sea- standpoint and.the grounds were in
son rolls around it is practieally cer- fine. condition. ‘The game was just a
“ that -the: Deep . Sea Fishermen’s friendly affair and it WRS - greatly en-
Tion will have-a conference -vith the Joyed, The visitors were F. M. Dock
International’ Fisheries Commission Till, Mr, Houghton, A. 1. Calder, Dr.
At least this is to be- inferred from Bamford, Walter Cotton, Mr, Wheat-
the opinions of the Union: secretary. ley, and Myr. Freer. The tocal bors
in his recent address to the Junior | Were: Jas. Turnbull, W. 8. Sharp, T
Chamber ‘of . Commerce. He enfpha- : Powell, Gordon Williainson, William
sized ‘that ‘ while the. fishermen are 'Larmer, Andy Grant, ‘A. iD Chappell.
just ‘as, much ipterested - in halibnt Mrs. Houghton, Mrs, Bamford and
conservation 18 ig ‘the board, they , Miss Hodson aecompanied the Smiih-
nevertheless feel that there should be; ‘ets players. After the men got start-
fewer. -restrietions,- and. that the sen- ‘ed a number of the ladies played a

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‘Prince Rupert

By The §

broum “Our Own. ‘Reporter .

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stialer: operators ‘a. chance’ to lay by |
something - for- winter,
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The wife of Commissioner W. 5

Alder, who’ entered hospital at Vic." Gordon McLellan, veteran prospec-

toria to he’ tii ented ‘Yor ‘pneadmonia; “ia “tor came-in“from-Vital: Creek’ on ‘Tues

making n ‘stendy improvement. ' ;}dny afternoon. He has been working

eas -there for the’ past year nod a half and

BIG WORK AT VITAL CREEK

| October or Comin

phe’ ‘ideas ‘gagoelntéa with autumn,
‘and especiafiy Bebdoer, are often “not
happy, ones !-—

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“The melancholy days are come,
The saddest of the -year, .. .

Of wailing winds, and naked woails,

“And meadows, brown’ and sere.”

Ifa iperson-- teat all ‘inclined to be
peisinistic; Tike ‘thé: author above,
the tplonght suggests “itself. that the
eloridusly long “and ‘sunny days
over: that the inetitdble period of
decay has ‘comes: that nothing now Te-
malns’ to Bim ‘hnt! to pass through a
season of! dank - discomfort until he
emerges to find’ himsélt in., the’ ‘fey
grasp of: winter. : eo 4

That there ‘is another and a- bright-
er side’ was undoubtedly in the mind
af the Rer, Thomas : ‘Constable when
he sang :—

“Hil. ola ‘October, . bright and chit,

First freedman from the summer. sun

Spice high the howl and drinks your
fill!

Thank heaven, at last the. summer's
done!” .

"Autumn is no less the season of glo-
rious fruition, when bud and blossom
have at last fulfilled . their mission.
and changed to ripened fruit, when
the long labors of the farmer have
culminated in the harvest field, and
‘all: alike—the harvest” mouse and
squirrel, sparrow,. ploughman and
millionaire—share the common boun-
ty, and find yet again the great pro-
mise fulfilled. that to the end of time
the days of harvest shall never fail,

Ruskin said. that . “the purest and

love “eolor’ most.

‘Norman’ ‘AL Watt, _the, gover nment ‘is going: shack after he has been on
Agent. at ‘Prince Ruport; -has returned , dry lack for a spell,’ he having been
He. was one of the. ‘hohe too well of late’ There is n con-

eluding hydraulic ‘operations on 8
large acale,. and ‘the people for whom
‘Mehellan is .warking have. unlimited
finanefal | resonrees behind them and
they are working on a. bigger ‘seale
than the people of the north are ac-
¢ustomed to The ground controlled
by this ontfié- is. in the heart of one ot
the most promising gold districts in
; the north, and those who know the
!eonntry’ best are confident that a real

Toe Rowatt who, “sae. ‘ove eveome by gold, produeing property will be open-
n stroke. a few: weeks aro . is reported ed up. All the equipment-that -is in
to be reovering. ‘He ‘Ys. well along. in use is of the latest and it is heavy
and); amas paying ay pA ie! of; Among. others, working. ont. there is.
cards when , “selzure “happened, the son of J’ Arthur Smith of Price
‘and in falling: bruised his: head, He, Rupert ant a nephew of the late ¥
is very well known having been identi Ww Smith, formerly of New Hazelton

tending the Vimy. «Ridge memorial
unveiling. oe 7 a ; ‘
WHEL. ‘wie : :

M. yy. _Aivagott! Of Faneoures:: has

Sorvrped howe after 1 a brief: ‘isit here

l ‘ [ ARO ‘AS An

old timer ‘in: t a. manages to

stord off Father Time” quite. success-

fully. .He lonks “much the. same os he

did yeats ago, !
on “e * s

The w anfietatit ast. “Baturday was
su heavily. loaded and there was so

|. much ‘work’ to ido along the ‘Tord ag

well as nt Paclfte’ ‘where the train is”

Chailrvman-of the newly appointed
bonrd of commissioners who will con-
trol the destinies of the Canadian Na-|
tonar Railways .

fied with the. elty: since pioneer. days.

; RUPERT MOTORISTS. ‘Losr IN

‘Duying ‘the ‘time that abnormal

"nigh water caused so’ much damage in

the north, Vital Creek, went on a

made up, that the hoys only got it as fi. : :
far as South. Hazelton Sqturday . OVEN | oe peas a nined
ing and tied up: there until next: morn fanvesr ane TCES
ing, Business” for the’ railway - all
 idong the, line Is”: -inereasing : to such}:
Loam extent that! the: yallway company. Hi
“wi have to put on. fnother* ‘freight |;
trata, All the, mixed | ‘treing | AYe.. Quil:' i
Ing enpacity ‘Toads and: the: Wwayfreight: “dross
has not, been’ able ‘to: get. ‘ivound © on i
time’ for: n: ae aime: Tf... “gnother
_ Frolght trains ‘a ded’ alot nid:

80th,» ; tha |
stra "ill be. held at the’

ttc, "Hazelton, ° “The ad-:
st by: Rey. Ta a. Hales

ary be thankfully’|;
hes chanel. on Saturday, |

‘be ;sent: to Rev. B. ‘Shearman,
MAL Myros will be organist and
“Falegher’ sololat.

_ seupag lps

the not.

oo votar

. thiloaded safely ond- ‘Btarted off tor’: a

{headed west and‘ by: this time would

a | eA miscéillatieous shove r will: be held il ore no
‘titthe th

rampage along with all other. creeks,
rivers and streams Gordon McLel-
-itan tells of one night the’ crew was
aroused and ordered to. dress, ‘hastily
He. Bays ‘they: got: ‘out: - quick ‘The
water in the creek. Tose faster than
any water. he ever saw tise—it made
the boys dizzy. but there was no timé
to-sit around and. ‘ma00n «. The mining
company. lost heavily. by the flood! and
wurh work bad to: ‘bé done. over, ag
jell. is in lot of. tnachinery being hes-
cued’ from’ the tangled mess’ the: water
had -left. fe ‘Betore : ‘the flood every-
hoe ste ‘

SHE GREAT. HINTERLAND

‘twa CUES | from. “Ramer: came. Anto
New Hazelton; on Tuesday - ‘morning,
and the ‘owners were. along. algo. . Mr
and. Mrs, Vandersluys ' got: thelr © ear

trip east: tnd south, but instead they

have been: back in: Rupert: had it not
been that‘the- Kitsedugla: River bridge
was‘ out—it went out, 6. ‘year ‘ago. As
they. could not. gO. farther they decid
ed.to enquiti
whattr,

her, ‘For surely very few do “nat :ap-
preciate: the. eduntryside when ft is
alight with the ‘fire-red, scarlet, Crim
son, yellow and: golden. leaves of the
maple, dogwood, stinach arid: grape.

But the function ofthe leaves: with
their dazzling aid: varigited:: - ‘ealors
are “not limited to‘mere ornanient ond
shade, Natnre ‘assighs: to: them. In-
finately “more importatit ‘offices; ‘oth

of which they form a° ‘part: : Ther,
purify the atmasplhiere, - restoring to it
its” ‘normal. condition, rendering it
healthy and *salnbrious when vitlated .
hy ‘the breath of animals. - Nature
has in this, as in all her works, unit-
ed decorative elegance and beauty. of
form..with direct And immediate. utili.
ty. Hoivever, leaves are not only” Te:
sponsible for October's riot of color,
There nre also the’ wild: fruits many
of which are ‘edible, such ag the crow-
berry,: creeping snowhberry, ‘hackberry
silver berry, baffalo berry, june berry
bine fly, honeysuckle, ' high bush. cran-
berry, mapnyberry, ‘atid 80° on, |
Several kinds’ of wild - flowers may,
still ‘be found: ‘in bloom, michaelmas

persieariay with its.
Spikes, (8. * :

‘Indeed’ October seems
to display” ‘all: the colors. of the ‘rain-

_ Carmine * flower :

sald -that “the. melancholy. days: are
come,” For’ the. bluest:, of: the bine -
fringed. ‘gentiin. Is still Blooming.

are —

most- thoughtful minds: are: -those--that. .
“There must.” he,
therefore, ‘many such: minds in: Octo- .

to surrounding Nafure and to the’ tree -

daisies, goldenrods, lobelias, chicory,
tondflax, sneezewort and the: water -

determined

bow =in’ her : ‘quarrel “with him’ ‘who-

Epa pees ye