Sem visit of thirty-five members of

os nlace on those 35 acres,
Mea demonstration. of what will

geeto Mr. Keith’s.home and orchard,

Vou. 18

. NEW HAZELTON, B. C., JULY 24, 1925

f Vancouver Board of Trade Party On
Wonderful Trip Through Central B.C:

| Entertainment Provided at All Points en Route and Opportunity Given to See the
. — Country and Natural Resources —Visit to Terrace and the Hazeltons
- . Was Great Revelation to the Men:‘From the, South | . '

The Vancouver Board of Trade party that visited this district

B this week came to see the country
Mm people. The other reason was to
@ between the north and the south,

visitors ‘the key-note was co-operation, not only between the north
mand the south, but between towns and between individuals.
m trip was a great success from an educational point of view and in

M xetting acquainted with the peop]

stive lines will be better known'a year hence when the towns, and
em business firms and producers in the north have had an opportunity
7 a demonstrating their willingness to support each other and’to act

3 in unison for the larger tnings.

Terrace declared a special holi-
aday last Tuesday in honor of the

mathe Vancouver Board of Trade,
who arrived very early in the
m morning by special train from

Prince Rupert. The party had
sbreakfast at the Terrace Hotel
mabout nine o’clock and then the
Acitizens took their visitors for a
Mdrive around the district, going
B Up o7 the bench, where view of
@ the beautiful Vallev is obtained.
= Deseending from the bench, the
m processiorwended its way among
Mthe smali:farms until Henry
mFrank’s place was reached.
e Frank’s farm is one of the show-
Rplaces of Terrace, and the visi
stors were greatly impressed with
withe development which has taken |
It was

@ esult from labor put on the land.
#'Then the procession went around

mend from there over the bridge
Minto Lakelse Valley as far as
he Michaud Bros,’ experimental
Mfarm. While Frank’s piace and
ma<eith’s orchard demonstrated.the
ommercial. end of agriculture
nd horticulture, the Michaud
lace revealed. the results of ex-
erimenting with fruit, trees,
Howers, etc. It was a wonderful
messon.to the Vancouver men.
Leaving Michaud’s farm, the
arty returned to the new bridge
mover the Skeena, and: purticipat-
aed in the opening ceremonies,
& The feature of the Terrace
ntertainment, other -than. the

Ririve, was a complimentary ban-! i)
uet given by the citizens in the

_W.V. A, Hall. Nearly two
undred gathered ‘around the
estive board, ..The features of
mehe menu were fresh trout and
Metrawberries and cream, The
merrace strawberry ‘wag one of|
he chief topics of conversation,
nd-.the special flavor will. long °
iy with the visitors.” The ban-

t was ‘served by ‘the local
dies, and they ‘received a. good
meal of credit for ‘the success of
Mae affair. te oe

Following the luncheon, during

hich the Orchestra furnished :

and to get acquainted with the
develop closer. business relations
In all the speeches made by the

The

e, The success along co opera-

music, short speeches, outlining
the resources of the district, were
made by Chairman’ J. M. Hatt,
J, K. Frost on timber, E. T.
Kenney on agriculture, and Mr.
Hopper on minerals.

Chairman Hatt. then called on
President Dollar of the Vancou-
ver Board of Trade to take charge
The yisitor conveyed greetings
irom. Vancouver. to. Terrace, .and|
then advised. Terrace to get busy
and organize a board of trade.
He then called on Mayor L. D.
Taylor of Vaneouver, A, Me,
Creery, M.L.A., T. S.. Dixon,
chairman of the organization
committee, A. A. Milledge, man-
ager of the B.C, Products Bureau,
and Chris. McCrae, M.L.A., for
short speeches. The keynote of!
all these addresses was co- -opera-|
tion as the only solution of thel;
problems of the district, of the
province, and of the individual,

When the speeches were over,
the visitors just had time to go
go to their train and proceed to
Hazelton. -

At Terrace the Vancouver
Board of Trade was met by Dr.
H. ©. Wrinch, M:L.A., and C.
H. Sawie, a. deputation: from
Hazelton and. New -Hazelton.
This deputation participated. in
the Terrace entertainment, and
on the way to Hazelton complet-
ed arrangements for the local
entertainment.

taken in charge by. Harlan I.
Smith, who showed them the
famous totem poles.

Upon. arrival at Hazelton sta-
tion the visitors were ‘met , by
autos. and taken for. a. drive | to
New Hazelton, where a stop was
made at the Omireca Herald
office to view a mineral collection
atid to gee a ‘sample of the flow- |
ere; ‘fruit and. Vegetables grown
in The- Herald Rardens.... .. ve

The next stop was. inade. ai. the
‘Hospital, where agriculture. and |

large scale on. ‘the. hospital: farm.
‘Then the’ barty droye. into Hyzel-

ton; where a concert was piven
by local artistes, at. which the

! “Continued on. Page 8.

-At Kitwanga: the party was

horticulture ate carried: on, on: a

Will Pay Second Visit
Hon. T. D. Pattullo passed

through Tuesday. night, en route
to Victoria, after having opened

the Terrace bridge He will be
in Prince Rupert on August 15,
to meet representatives of. east-
ern men who are interested in
the development of hydro-electric
power for Prince Rupert. Mr.
Pattullo has worked hard to get

these men out here, and he has}

hopes that arrangements will be
made to have.a supply of power
made available for Prince Rupert:
That. will. be the longest step
city-wards that. Rupert has ever
made. Cheap power and lots of
it, will attract industries in spite
of any other obstacle. After his
August visit to Prince Rupert,
Mr. Patullo. will make a tour of
the interior. be«car, from Nev
Hazelton.

* Held a Blank Meeting

The provincial game board ona

tour of the province to. gather in-
formation regarding better pro-
tection for pame, slid into town

Tuesday night, held a meeting-in|.

the police-station and slid out
again. The Herald is- informed
that no one attended the meet-
ing for the very good reason that
no one knew it was being held.
Thus the information the board
was supposed to get here. they
did not pet unless: they picked it
up on the side. There were six
men travelling as the board.

Visitors at Terrace

Among the out-of-town visitors |
who-were present at the opening
of the bridge on Tuesday were
E, ©. Gibbons and F, G. Dawson,
of Prince Rupert, and.C, H.
Sawle, of New Hazelton, and Mr.

Neil Maclver, address unknown.

The press of Vancouver was
represented in the Board of Trade
party by F..J. Burd, managing’

director . of The Province, T.

Howard: Mitchell, of The Sun,

{and-Chas. A. Sutherland, of. The
Provinee. : John Imrie, managing
director of the Edmonton Jour-
nal, wag also among the party.

Prospectors returning from the
Kisgagas country report that: not
all those:camping along the ‘trail
‘dre-as careful of. ‘their : fires as
‘they should be, There isa; ‘lot of

should be” “protected, “AY ‘little
prevention will be’ better’ than an
army of fighters after, ‘the. fire is

. tunder way. .

more,

on duty there.

{to Box 707, Prince Rupert.

‘mountain. ‘last’ ‘Tuésday. --

de Boule property.

‘good. ‘timber i ‘in the’ “valleys: find: ‘it|:
capital, iy

“Miss! ‘Kebnidls of: Prinee Ripert; i

OVERHEARD AROUND

NEW HAZELTON |

Misses Eleanor and “Dot” Pat.
of Prince Rupert, are
visiting friends in New Hazelton.

G. D. Parent is enjoying a
two-weekgs’ respite from his reg-
ular duties at the station. Re-
lieving Agent Appleyard ig now:

Miss Nellie Bates of Lovelands,
Colorado, is on her annual visit
to the North. While in New
Hazelton she is the guest of Mrs.
Geo. D. Parent at “‘Mountain
View’’.

The members of the C.G.1.T.
groups of New Hazelton and
Hazelton left on Monday even-
ing’s train for Lake Kathlyn, on
their annual camping trip.

Miss P. Spooner, of Smithers,
is spending a holiday here as the
guest of her parents.

‘Further shipments of cedar
poles and piling were made from
the New Hazelton station this
week,

If you have not yet received a
copy of the Prince Rupert Annual
Exhibition Prize List, please write
Write

Visiting Indians
Had Great Field
Day at Ball Park

The first of what is to become
an annual field day was held by
the ‘Indians of the several tribes
who have been assembled at
Hagwilget for the past few weeks
on Thursday, July 16, at. the
New Hazelton recreation grounds
A most extensive program had
been drawn up by Rev. J. Allard
in collaboration with chiefs of
the various tribes, and lasted all
day from 10 a.m.
Besides a long list of track and
field events, which drew many
entries, the program contained a
large and varied assortment of
novelty events, such as wrestling
on horseback, a snowshoe race,
steer- and broncho-riding, greasy
pole climbing, and pillow-fighting
on a pole. These were vastly
amusing to the great crowd of ©
Indians who had flocked to the
grounds and the white spectators
also got much “‘kick’’ ont of the
anties of the contestants, Gener-
ous prize-money was offered for
every competition. Baseball and
football filled out the program
until: nightfall, when the crowd
repaired to Hagwilget village for

for entry forms without delay.

On July 25a strawberry social
will be held on the lawn at the
Mission House, Hazelton, from
8to6p.m. A hearty welcome is
extended to all. - -o4

Rev. Victor Sansum, of Kis-
piox, will conduct the service at
the New Hazelton United Church
on Sunday morning.

Mr. and Mrs. Neil Melver and
Miss Kathlyn, are guests of C,
H. and Mrs, Sawle. Mr. Melver
has been in business at Sangudo,
Alta, for the past six years and
recently sold out. - He is now en
route to the southern coast,
where he intends entering busi-
ness again.

Hon. A. M, Manson paid an of-
ficial visit to Omineca Lodge, No.
92,4. FP. & A. M., on Thursday
evening. He was recently elect-
ed Grand Master for B. C. .

. Postoffice Inspector Trant, of
Victoria, was a visitor in the dis-
trict this ‘week. . ;

Mrs. C. H. Weaver and tivo
sons spent the early part of the
week at Carnaby.

The potlatch at. Hagwilget. was
ended the first of the week, and
the visitors have all-gone home.

R. Ih. McLaughlin and 0, C.

| Thomoson, : of. Kimberley, B.C.,

were accompanied by H. A. “Har.
ris on a ‘trip. to ‘Rocher de Boule
“They
examined the: ‘New Hazetton, Gold
& Cobalt: ‘property and the Rocher
‘They repre:
sent * Toronto. and’ Philadelphia

rinech, ."

ig a guest: of, Miss - Ralphena

the concluding item, the dance.

On the grounds a number of
white ladies: dispensed light re-
freshments for.the benefit of the
Catholic Church, which also re-
ceived the other profits.on. the
day, or about $160 altogether. —

The tribes participating in the
sports hailed from great distances
in many cases, coming’ in. from
Babine, Burns Lake, - Francois
Lake, Maxime Lake, Moricetown,
Owen Lake, Stella, Stoney Creek,
Tyee Lake, and Uncha Lake.

In charge of the arrangements
was the following -committee:
President, Jack Joseph, Hagwil-
get; Vicé-president, Aug. Pete,
Maxim Lake; Secretary, Tommy
George, Owen Lake: Treasurer,
David Danis, ‘Moricetown; Direc-
tors— Alec Michel, Franéojs Lake;
Arthur. Charlie, - Barrett; Jim
Holland, Houston; Peter Pierre,
Tyee Lake; Guillaime Monee,
Uncha Lake. ,

Nichol Thompson, with several
others who’ are interested in the
Hazelton View group will be here
in a few weeks to visit the pro-

perty and inspect the work.

--Quite. a. number. of ‘ears were
down from Smithers on Sunday,

-- Ap you patiently work with the.

specimens you. hope’ ‘to. place on
the Exhibition tables cat Prinee oe
Rupert you ‘will, remember that
the’ Directors. and. ‘various Com- _
mittees' are: devoting: very many _
hours . of time, in. the service of
the District... ‘Your Exhibits wil
show your ‘appreciation, °

‘Miss Dobb;.