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» HAZELTON, B. Cy FRIDAY, JULY 24,. 1914

PRICE $2.00 4: sat a

jis TODAY. |

~TNIRELAND).w

Effoits to Secure Exclusion
“Failing, Ulsterites Propose
' To- Take. Decisive Action

: London, “Jaly’ 24 The: Buek-

he inghai: Palace. ‘conferences he-

tween the King: ‘and. the party
jeadera, through | which it was

. ‘hoped a solution of. the ‘Home

Rule ‘problem, would he found,
‘Haye proved abortive, through
‘failure to agree on the area, ‘of
. ‘Ulster: to’ be excluded from con-
“trol: “of: the . Dublin: parliament.

8 Sueh waa the statement: made i in

‘the house of commons by-Prem-|"
jer. Asquith. “The. ‘conferees, he
‘said,: were. unable to. agree: on’
the’ principle or. ‘details ‘coricern-

: a ing the areado:. be exeluded, and

Ne

“the meetings: were - brought. toa
“chose. . ;
/ A Belfast despatch says. | that
‘the Ulster leaders, satisfied. now

‘eonfarence, are hagtening.. their.
“plans for mobilization | of - their

: forces. . ‘Tt fs reported ‘there. will
Be be a-general mobilization on Sat.

“arday, with ‘the possibility that

a A ‘provisional government may be

“proclaimed on Monday. ‘Ulster’s
‘gpllttary. operations are costing.

a - huge aum,. “estimated at. 27,000]
7 -° “dally, for ‘Which: Fea Telny
oe “mappa _ *

_ Interested inj Coal
A visitor i in Hazelton this week
waa Frank Frank, of Vancouver, |;
8 coal man ayho i is ‘greatly. inter:

o “ested i in recent. developments. ‘in

the coal fields. of the district.” He
+ expressed. satisfaction with what

“he saw during his. brief visit ‘to

_. the district, and declared.
“tention of coming. again,
longer atay, ° _

: ‘Hunters Will Outfit Here’

Preis For ps
“Redistribution

Victoria, July: 23 “The heavy
increase: in the ‘popalation: of the
province in recent. years and: the
opening Up to’ settlement of large
areas of lands makingit essential

‘sentation ‘in the British Columbia |
Legislature, His Honor’ the Lieu-
ténajt:Goyernor-in- -Couneil: has
appolated Mr: Justice Macdonald
and Mr, Sustice Morrison, of thé
Supreme: Court bench,. a Royal
Cominission to report; | ‘on: the
basis of a redistribution measure
to. be. presented. to the legialature
at the next: session, ;

“Vancouver, July. 2A: —Justices
Morrison, and. ‘Macdonald ” were
sworn in as” commissioners’ toi in-
vestigate matters - in connection
with redistribution, before Jus-
tice ‘Murphy, - ~ They will’ begin

| their duties at. once, leaving to-

morrow for Kamloops, where the

31.° After’. visiting other: interior
points, the. ‘commisaion will re-
turn. to Vancouver beforeatarting
for. Edmonton, « enroute over the
G.T. P. to vislt- the towns and
nettlenienta . of: the . northern {n-
terlor and the Skeena river, :

PICNIC FRIDAY, ihe aL

Owing torunfan

Srabis weather;

7s the’ ‘annual: general: pienit: of. Ha.
= aelton disttlot has: been: “poatpon-

Ved for: a. “weak Iti is ‘now, ‘intend:
ed to hold the event, next Friday,
in ‘the recreation ‘park, at Hazel-
ton. Hospital... Phe committee in
charge has arranged an excellent:
program of “games and. Bports,
and the big crowd whieh . Is:ex-
pected’ to attend . will, bee many

ne entertaining: and; _aniusing fea-
at tures,
ae New Hazelton, ‘and the surround-

Everybody. in. Hazelton,

Chief Constable Minty has te-|°R" =

os . ceived advice from (a. prominent]

sportsman, ‘who pro-

"poses to spend, some weeks hunt-|

: - ing big-game ‘in the district north
of Hazelton, “

Other huiiting par-

* “ties: are. “algo. expected to. outfit

: here during the eoming: falls -

: More: Deels in Pros
The: recent bonding” of? Le
e “: Knauss’ - ‘property an “Fiddler|

. o Mountain, marks a ling forward
ae ‘atride in the ‘developnient of :the

country. immediately tributary to

“the Skeena river. valley, and now

“gomes ,the. rumor. that still_an-
~/cother: equally important mining
7 transaction will soon be. congum-

“From ores averaging trim $15
.{ olorada | paid. iy div
yst" year. $2,241,020 from
an, ‘output | of $14,495,620," and
for. the,aame period, ‘Tonopah dis-

from: ‘an: ‘output: of $10,016,088

tributed” in dividends $2, 958, 482 | trict.

AE ‘Tonapah ‘axes running thise | :

Mrs Field, who: has been visit-

since ‘returning: from “England,
arrived i in Hazelton, on. Wednes-

in. ‘the

railway company; ‘is expected - ta
begin work on ita big roundhouse
within a week or two.

Ben. Peterson, 8 5 Miata

_ prospector, who has made Hazel-
ton: his headquarters: for * several |

thineral “elated ih: “this: ‘district,
left-on ‘Saturday: for a, prospect:
ing trp t to: the Peace “river. dia:

to “reconstruct “territorial - -repre- :

first meeting. will’be held on July] ’

‘pector, as a type.of oltizen,

ing her non Fred, ‘at Courtenay, | .

| down-on Tuesday's train, | -

: -| Lake, a

con district, and says. the | #

| visitor in Hazelton’ on Monday va

Last Year—Sir Richard

TINREASED MINING ACTIVITY. |
THROUGHOUT. THE PROVINCE’

Larger Nuimber of Free Minera’ Cer Miners’ ‘Certificates: Issued. Than

McBride Pays ‘Tribute to the

_Prosp ectors Who Have. Blazed the Way For Civilization

-Vietotia, July. - -23:-—~ - Reports | .
from’ the. various mining districts
are. to. the’ ‘effect that the. number
of free Tainers’ certificates issued
this yeawin: British Columbia: ex-
ceeds. by 169 the number issued.
up to this time last | year. - Sever-
al outlying recording offices are
yet ‘to. be heard from, go that the
increase. ‘ia certain’ to be ‘even

| greater. than: the number given.

As the number of licenses: ‘issued.
is to be taken as an index: of the:
mining. ‘activity of the. province, |
this showing i is: regarded a8 ‘most’
satisfactory’ by Sir. Richard Me:
Bride, who i is minister, of mines

on the. figures,. Sir Richard said:

.“Thave long held the, opinion:
that with the opening up of the}
eountry with new lines of rail.
way, territory would be- made ae:

eessible which would excite ‘the
auriosity” of. the - -prospector. find’
‘well repay his investigation,’
“But. it seems tiniely to as

“| word in. appreciation. of the proa®

oan never forget—we’ shéuld, ted

deed; ‘ever : fovget--that- ~he:. it

waa who laid. . the foundation - of |.
all: the: ‘progress ‘and, development.

| which have taken, place in- “this
marvelous province,

‘With’ his
pack on-his-back, and with little
éther ‘assets than his strong right
arm and an unconquerable faith
in-the country, he went into the
wilderness and” disclosed latent
wealth and blazed ‘the trail for|:-
the. thousands who came-after;
him to reap the. rewards “which
only too ‘often; alas, were denied
him.

as well as premier. Commenting |’ -

It has always been a matter
of regret to ne to feel: thatin too
many cages ‘these fine pioneers
failed to: achieve that success in
life which should be the reward
of faithful effort along. the most
laborious lines. — It j is, of course,
true : ‘that, with old-age; most of
ithe pioneer prospectors of the
‘country. have - vanished’ from the
scenes of their former -Tabors,
[but ‘it is most gratifying’ ‘to learn
‘that their places, are not to-be.
‘be eft svacant; that: the. -young
‘men of ‘the present day are mani-
festing: a faith: in the mineral
wealth of the country, :

“On. this. latter ‘point, I may
say that private reports ‘which
have reached me respecting the
‘mineral: wealth of those sections
af country whieh lie closely ad.
jacent to, the new lines of railway |
are of the most. encouraging Ta-
ture, I feel that intelligent prog.
pecting will surely bring rich re-_
wards to the men, who will today
‘go out into the country and geri: |
ously. ‘apply. themselves. to the
task. of locating ‘mineral. Ae: |
‘posita, Borah.

seat nt Mat malt heeeacued

“Returns just received at the
‘Hazelton. office. from: the sub- -Te=
cording office at. ‘tha confluence of
the Parsnip ‘and Findlay rivers;
where Wm. Fox is deputy récord-
‘er, and where there j is now con-
siderable prospecting i in progress,
inerease the | ‘number. of free
miners’ certificates: ‘issued in
‘Omineéa” division’ this- year to
679, which ‘is fourteen in excess

Of the number: issued ‘last year,

“Local and District News Notes

Wm. Eaton. of ‘Fort. George,
“was in town on Tuesday.

..C. Hinton, of Ostaa lake, came

A, WestJurid, ‘of Endaco,
visitor here this week,

% effort i is being made to have
postofiice established at Tacla’

_ Albert Davidedn:s general agent,
of the G: T, P., WBS ‘here this}.

vere “stokice, of Tacoma, arrived
oh Tuesday, to ‘spend several |
‘weeks in ‘the distriet:. ;

‘Cunningham’ a -Hazelton™ store,
apent, Sunday i in Smithers, -
.. Fathet. Coceola, - the veteran:
missionary to the - ‘Indians, has
gone ‘to. Europe fora ‘vacation.
B A. Price, mail clerk on ‘the.
Rupert Smithers’. run,. “WAS a

ham, of: Price’ & (

J. M,: MacCoriniek, maiiager of -

Methodist services . ‘in: ‘Hazelton | °

i ‘will be conducted by Dr. Wrinch.

» George Scott, who has been i in

; cliarge of the Rocher ‘de Boule

hoarding house, came down on
Saturday.

a. friend of Mise ‘Agnes Grant, is}

(a visitor’ at the: ‘home of Mr. and

Mrs. Wm: Grant,” acetate

2d, A Sampare, formerly’ it the
Sargent: ataf?, hina been _ apgoint-
‘ed: -postniaster : ‘at ‘Gitwangak;
where. hé now: resides, ao
|: Miitius Pederson and Charles
ho: ‘have been “prospect- |.
ing ‘in: the Tacla. lake’ country,

7 returned. to town on: Tuesday. .

see: ‘Hosking returned. on
Thursday from Smithers,. where
he presided over a aittings of the
‘taal debta court.on ‘Wednesday, |

“Two hundred dollars,” donated |

; by he. Indian department; will]:
tras prizes to Indian aati lt

_ Miss: Astoria, of Prince Rupert, .

trip via] Fort. St. James.

Excluded Hindus -

. Fight With Police
Vancouver, July. 21:—A force}
of police and. Special ‘constables
came into. conflict with. the Hin-
da passengera on the Komagata] .
Maru, excluded from Canada by.
the immigration authorities. The
captain | of the police tug and a
number of officers were inj jured by
theAsiaties, The cruiser Rainbow
was: manned by a special crew,
with.a body of militia, amd. was
brought from Victoria to subdue
the Hindus, who threatened to
take the management: of the
Maru into their own hands,

' Schumacher—Vaughn -

This has been a-record year for
weddings i in Hazelton, The lat-
eat. marriage was that of Walter
Allen’ "Schumacher, a miner of
Skeena Crossing, and Miss Marie
Estelle “Vaughn, of the game

place. The ceremony, which was

performed in St. Peter's Church

J, Field, was attended by friends
of the happy couple, a number
of whom came up from the Cros-
sing to be present, ‘

- The mineral industry eontribut-
ed $764,847 towarda the revenue
of Britiah Columbia for 1918,

THREE THROUGH: THAIS
general

= - Morley: Donsldeon, natal
manager of the, G, T. P, stated
that a tri-weekly. passenger sor-
vice ¢ on the: railway: ‘would be run
all. the ‘coming’ winter’ between
Rupert “and ‘Edmonton. In: the
section - traversing the: Nechaco
| Valley ° mére than 100 miles
remain to receive the final touch-
es of ballasting, and it will’ ‘he
the end of this month before regu
lar trains can” be ‘operated. at
apedd, -A-mixed service will: bel.
put'on at first and then in the
autumn ~the tri-weekly trains

through to Edmonton ‘will be in-

augurated.

John -MePherson, the - Tacla
Lake merchant, was in Hazelton
this week,, on. his’ way to. the
coast. He reports considerable ac-

tivity in prospecting and mining

in tha vicinity of the lake.

_ Over two thousand public achool

papits in’ British, Columbia passed

the high. ‘gehool entrance exam-
inations.. ~Ernest. AL Goddard

and Leonard B, ‘Wrinch, of Ra-

zelton, were among the success-

_ | ful ones...

J. P “Thorkildson is awaiting
the arrival ‘of a party. of experts,

representing English’ ‘Gapitatists,
who are going in to inipect ‘the
big bornite deposits on the Drift-
wood river, They. will matie the

Deputy Minister Wai Here .

on Wednesday evening by ‘Rev.

; usnal ‘exeallent atyle. fo yea

TEAMS TIED
FOR PENNANT

Winning Two Games: ‘From
Smithers, Hazelton Tigers.
Are Even With New Town .

The’ two. final ball. games “at
Smithers between the Tigers and
the. Valley team resulted, OS Was
expected, in adding. two more
wins to the. champions’ record,

thus putting Hazelton and New ..

Hazelton on an even footing for
the pennant. Scores, 16-1 and
11-2,

Eatl ‘Pike, the young Seattle
high school pitcher, was seen in
action for the first -time: since
joining the Tigers, and the gene-"

ral impression was that he looked .

good. - His fielding and pegs to

first were features of the game.
Grahafm Rock, the favorite of ~

both teams, was behind the bat
for Hazelton.
to be getting stronger.

Morison “and. Muldoon: were

the Smithers battery. In the

; ‘sixth, when he saw. the game ~
was lost,- MuJdoon ‘wisely. ‘took -

Morison,:out, to gave him for the
Monday game, himself. pitching

*/the remaining innings | in good

atyle,.

The firat Inning saw no. ‘Beore
for either team, _. Bob Rock and
Sinclair went: - out on ‘agstate,

pitcher arid: ‘catcher to first, and.

short raked in Doc Rock’a fly.
tn -the -second Pike fanned,
(Graham: Rock started the hitting
witha drive. to right. ‘Macdon-.
rald followed. with one to center,
and Btokke. gent a ‘nice “ome. to”
‘left that Jet both. runners in,
Muldoon caught Lipp’s- fly and

flashed the ball to first, catching ce

Stokke and retiring the side. -
The third brought four runs;
one ‘came in the fourth, two in .
the fifth, five in the .sixth and :
one in. the eighth.
Pike struck out ‘the firat three.
men that faced him. | In the ©

third he struck out Kiltsin the -*
third, Muldoon got a hit to right, —

Morison walked and Jardine and
Crandall struck ovt, but not be:
fore Muldoon scored off Macdon-
ald’s bad throw to second, which.
both Bob. and Doc Rock muffed,
In the ninth Welland sent a fly
toleft which the fielder mede'r no

attempt to get.

Hazelton was . a7 times a at the
bat. and scored 15 runs, ‘10 hits:

and two, sacrifices, 27 put outs, uo
Bike

10 asaists and. one error.

struck out 12, walked, two- and
hit one batter with pitched bal.

aT put guts, 12 asatate and:
errors. " Motison struck: out four,”

walked. ‘four and’ allowed tine —

" Muldoon’ atruck out? ‘four,.
walked two and. allowed’ one hit

’. “Square Deat'’ ‘O'Neill, as um:
HI pire, : “acquitted himself in~ his,

His arm appears —