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mm, his deputy made any

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towh on Tuesilay a week ago, .in honor
of her sister, Mrs. Wm. Gardzer who ;

4 Clarridge Miss Jncquot. and Biss Alger

~ : from outside points.

a Doble, of Copper Oity were In town ov:
me cr the week end. vo

» Vol. 20

NEW HAZELTON, B. Guy, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1928

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| New Haze ton

. Fight for Bridge Location|

N"

Wins the

retention of the high level: bridge site
. as the chief menns of: crossing the Bul-
Eley river.. The word came through
last: Weduesday hight when Dr. -H. C

Wriuch,” local member sent copies. of | 5.’

Votes and Préceedings of the Letgisla-
ture to the Omineca- ‘Herald and to the
Liberal Association. In those. records
of February 2 is found the, following :

Dr. Wrinch asked’ the. Minister of
Publi¢ Works ‘the: following questions:

Ts the high level bridge at Hagwiiget
safe for general traffic? Answer, No.

_ Has the same been inspected by ar
independant registered engineer? An:
swer, Yes.

If so, what. is his. report and wil
same be presented tothe house? “An
swer, Report tnbled, *

Has the government examined any
other possible site for a bridge that
might serve the public for the traffic
Which now passes over the present
bridge? Answer, Yey, :

Has the Minister of Public Works or
aniouncement as
to which of ‘the possible ‘sites will be
adopted for the ‘new bridge? Answer,
No. It is the intention of ‘the govern-
‘lent to replace during the present
year the jiresent high level bridge with

New Hazelton won its fight for the:

a modern structure. in the same -Joea-
tion,

Will, the government state now at

bridge and when it’ is proposed to start
‘work on the same? Answered by No

Upon receipt of the above the Her-
ald wired Dr; Wrinch ag follows :—

‘When likely to Start. How long will
it take.” — ;
The’ following. answer: was received :
“New bridge at. Hagwilget will be

“OH details. Cannot’ give definite state-
nent” “of length and. other dimensions
until examination of rock enable them
ta decide. upon length necessary ‘tc
regeh solid foundations.” Signed H,
CG. Wrinch,

“So far as New Hazelton and the sur-

ally the mining interests, the rnnounce-
ment is very satisfactory. The estab-
lished traffic routes are not _to be inter-
fered. with and New Hazelton people
and the mining interests can Proceed

with present’ plans without fear of fur-
ther interruption.

Free Gold on
Kleanza Hill —
Is now Reported

The Columario. Gi .Gold Mines Lid; -has
been developing the Valhaila-Kleanza
property since last ‘fall: Three, gangs
are drifting tunnels on three parallel
veins, On tivo other * “veins, about 30
feet apart, and from two: to four feet
Wide, new opén cuts at lower’ elevations
have exposed high grade gold-quartz
ore with free sold vissible to the naked
eye,

Mrs, Bell entertained the ladies of

has been visiting’ her, ‘Bridge . and
whist Were plnyed until tea and re-
freshments, were served after. which
cup-rending - and fortune telling took
Dlace. Among those present were
Mesdames Gardner, Alger, -Skinner,
' Whitlow, Durham, Creelman, , Butt,
Drake, Stewart, Roberts, Adams, Wells

George Moody-who' has been attend-
ing schuol in Seattle the Jast few years
returned to Usk. last Wednesday to
visit with his father, L. 1, - Moody for
an indefinite period. .

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Many of the vesidents turned out: for
the annual tennis dance. which took |:
place last Sunday evening, ‘as Well ar
4 large number of people: who nine in

"4
Serene

Walter Skimmer of Riverton, Alta, 1s
a guest of his brother, PY “Rie Skinner,

eel

"Mrs, L G. Skinner and Mig Bertie

: “Mrs, Rowe of ikeonn: Clty: was. a vis.
‘itor of Aes, Ande ;

1 Provincial Act, will be as free as it

' {adian Farm: ‘Loan Board’ at Ottawa,

| the desirability of. making some step |.

ineeting: of “the. ‘Hospital Auxiliary 7 un-
. - | tHE: further’ notice, |
., Harry Varner, Ola. Berg, Fred. ‘Camp:
© bell and Gus Nyberg were'some of: the
ae Old timers: who came. into ‘town for the’ °

| Anderson's ast. Week wher Mrs, Chap
; ‘| pelt: wou the sit .

ing from Haywards camp into: town.

They will’ ‘occupy. Gus Nyberg’s house,
é

A whist drive under the anspices of
the W. A. is to ba held at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Skinner hext Sat-.
urday evening. ep.

LONG Tek LOANS ‘FOR FARMS |

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Provineial ‘Government to Bring the
: Province Under the Canadian
Farm Loan Act

t

: The vaclect standing committee on
agriculture of which H. C, Wrinch, M, }:
L. A,,-is chairman, passed 1 resolution
recommending the - House to bring

under the Cunadinn Farm Loan Act,
1997,
The. Hon. B. D. ‘Barrow was recom-
mended: tou have the legislation ready
as: soon us possible, it heing felt that
it was in.the best interests ot agricul.
ture that the province | ‘should adopt
this system of. long term credits for
farmers, there being reasonable sround
to" believe: that more money will be,
avallable.ait iow rate of interestgthat
it will cover-a. far wider fleld than the

seems humanly possible - ‘of political
influences, will fend to stabalize- farm
lend values’ and give permanence te
agricultural operations,

The ‘Act is’ administered by the > Can

and the Province must ‘establish. pro-:
vincial board of ‘four _Inembers. to act’
a8 agent for: the province. The com-
Inittee were. practically. unanimous. in
their decision, all seeming: to, realize

towards } necting the problem.

Jovine to- the’ ‘discovery. of ry case of
scarlet -fever..at the. ‘Hospital it . has.
been. dechied: to’ postpone’ the - -annual) j

The : ‘Mook. ‘Trial dn
aid of the: United Ghuien scheduled for |i
Jat night wos also” ‘postponed,

f,

; ’ Mire: i 5, “‘horaton fins + ‘been ‘visit-
ing. In. MeBride. and : ‘Piluce ‘George: for],
the Past week. Ne :

The Felix” ‘Brida Club. wet at ‘tre tt

which site it intends, -to erect the new

“Wire ome description new ridge.

standard: suspension bridge. ‘Working

rounding district is copcerned, especi-

{to 4. That wea about, the time the

-{at. intervals with: Smithers getting: the

down legislation . ‘placing the province ;

Yukon Telegraphs and: came in
spring, He was not well then and has |:
not been. well since,
32 years. of age and oves: known all
through. the north, He is survived. by
his father and by a sister avho also:
lives‘in Victoria,
‘held: on. Wednesday afternoon with in.
terment in the Hazelton” cemetery,
Services will be conducted by Rev. T
D, Proctor,

DORNBERG “BUYS ..ON. FOUR MILE

week closed a deal for Jas. Dyers pro-
erty on. . Four ‘Mile « mountain, This

IN ew Hazelton
Beat Smithers
At Basketball

. Smithers met defeat last Wednes-
day night when the New Hazelton Bas-
ketball team went up. to the ratlway
town to ‘try out their own speed and
behavior in fast (2) company. It was
the first-time the New Hazelton play-.
ers ever tried to-play. on a fast floor
or a regulatio hall. They wanted 2
littie experience just’ to encourage
themselves along. “But, Smithers, with
their best team, did not realize who
was playing. They - advertised that a
team from Hazelton was due to arrive
in their fair domain that night,and by
the time they realized that it was New
Hazelton that sent the team it was too
lnte for them to. do anything but ae
cept defeat. Smifhers captain  SEYS
that next. time, by heck, he is going to
find out ahead of time who the. Visit-
ing team is. Those fellows from New
Hazelton are quite different breed
to the ordinary run. “We thought we
were playing Hazelton all the time, o
at least for the first few minutes.”
Although the New. Hazelton team
had never played’ under the bright
lights before, nor of a ful sized floor,
it was their game from start to finish
Miss Richardson, New Hazelton, and
the only young lady playing, tossed the
ball for the first basket. Of course
that may have been , due .to the: gal.
lantry of the home boys, but it put 2
Tot of confidence in the visitors: and
they tried it again Several times. At
one time the visitors lad a’score of 18

Sniithers’ fellows began‘ to: ‘realize thai_
it’ was New ‘Hazelton * they. were play:
ing and they got.down’ to ‘do. their’ best }.
after thit.: The score.then ‘Inoved up

most baskets; but. the. final. score was!
od to 20 in favor of New. Hazelton.

LATE ERNEST. LORIN G

—
_ Ernest ‘Loring, son of R. BH. Lor-
ing of Victoria, and formerly Indian
Agent at Hazelton, passed away at the
Hazelton Hospital on Sunday morn-
ing-from a heart attack. For yeurs he
suffered from his heart. and has ‘had
several bad attacks. The. lust one he
suffered Saturday night and weat to
the hospital on Sunday morning early.
For years the deceased was. with. the
last

He was about

The funeral will be a

‘

ed

Has ‘Taken. Over: the ‘Property’ Owned:
‘by Jas. Dyer, Adjolaing the Mohawks:

Ww. B. ‘Domberg of - Vancouver’ Inat

fo

“aL . Harris
0 attend

; This wee “they anti
OV =5 wil sect at. Mrs. "Sh latpe’s, im

. cally TO ‘danger of other «1 cages deve:

Was again largely attended with J. K,
Gordon in the chatr.
ous maiters were discussed. -
agreed to join in the movement to pro-
mote nun Empire Shopping Week ‘from
April 21 to April 28 and to offer. brizes
amounting to five dollars to the schoo!
pupils for essays.on “Why we:  Shoule

Mill. for Silver |
Cup Soon says
W.B. Dornberg
The chief object ‘of W. B. Dornberg
visiting New Hazelton at this time is
to examine the Silver Cup property on
Nine Mile mountain which he has been
developing since last fall. He bas a1.
ready shipred enough ore from it to
satisty him that he has a Inine and a¢
soon as he. makes. his examination he
will decide what he will. do in the wa;

of future development, At present: his
plan is to put a small mill on the

ment, thus saving @ good deal of ex-
pense in hauling and in freight. He
is well satisfied with the ore returns
and. will soon know just what he will
do- next.

CASE OF SCARLET FEVER
A case of sctrlet fever was discov-
ered at the Huzelton Hospital and ar
& result that institution is closed to
visitors until further notice except by]
special permission. Dr, L. B. Wrinch
informs the Herald. that ;every precau-
tion has been taken - and he does. not
anticipate any further cases at the
hospital. It is not known where this
one, devcloped, bunt he advises anyone
‘suffering with sore thrant to consult
the doctor: ak once. _
There are also three cases of an in-
fectious skin disease at the hospital,
but only one cnse of scarlet fever. All
these cases have been isolated and.
separate nurses provided for each, It
WILL. thus. be Seen. that there. -is practi-.

doping from ‘the: hospital. |

Terrace Board
of Trade Held-
Council Meet

. The council of the Board of Trade

Many and, vari-
It’ was

ground and treat the ore before ship- | .

Tragic End of
Alex. Corner |
Kispiox Valley

' “With tragic ‘suddenness came the:
news of.the death of Alex, Corner on
Friday, February 10th when be was
found shot on his ranch in the Kispiox -
Valley. The discovery was made by
Carl Wilson, teacher at Sheehan’s
school in the Valley. He called at Mr™
Corner’s Friday after school With the
mail. He then walked down to Kis-
plox village and veported the discov-
ery to the police at Hazelton by phone.
The late Mr. Corner had been in the
habit of shooting coyotes from a win-
dow in bis house which overlooked 2
valley aud it is evident that while be
Waa reaching for the gun it. accident-
ally . discharged. Death was instian-
taneous. :

An inquest was held in Hazelton on
Tuesday when the coroners jury
brought in a verdict: of accidental
death. x
Many friends attended . the Dnited
‘Church on Wednesday morning to pay
their last respects to the late _Alexan-
der William Corner of Kispiox, son of
Air, and Mrs, Wm. Corner of Invernes:
Scotland. Born §2 years ago in In-
verness, the late Mr. Corner came to
"B. CO; in 1898 and for the last, twenty-
five years has resided on his ranch in
the Valley, he being the first white
man to settle there. He was a veter-
an of the. Boar: War having served with
the South Aftican Constabulary. OF
a quiet, reserved and kindly nature he
‘was well liked by all who knew him.
He leaves. to, jnourn. his. Joss his Bar-.
ents, oné brother, “Corner: of

bearers were —H
Gust, J . A, ‘Hodder, B. BR. Cox, Wm
Farmer, Win. Grant. and Ben Peterson

FARMERS » ‘WANT FAIR -

But Decline to Assume Responsibility
of ‘the Management.

A neeting of the Farmers Institnte .
was held in the Progress -Hall on Wed-
nesfay to-discuss the question, of con-

Francois -Lake,. who ‘airived te ‘Hazel- “
ton’ and took’ charge of: ‘the’ camels. we

buy ‘Empire. goods.” me
It was also decided to offer to co-
operate with the Farmers Institute in
promoting the fall felr this: year, o0-
’ Owing to the short’ time remaining
it was decided to leave the choice of
University lectures to: the University
‘The lectures’ are to be
delivered in April. or May,
matters. were. referred to sectional com-
{mittees and. vigorus protest: was urged
‘against the delny in having West's hil}
repaired for traffic,
to hold a ‘anioker ‘and to serve refresh-
]ments at the quarterly mIneeting of the

uthorities,

Various

It. was decided

: tinning the fall fair. “i, L. ‘Frank was
in: the. chair ‘and- eleven _ persons were
present, the, inclemeht Weather. ‘prab--
ably’. prevented -. many: attending, : The
chairman | ‘expressed the wish that the
fair inight be continued, but he de- C

nection with it. H.. Halliwell anid the
Board of, Trade had asked shim ta in-
timate that the Board would. co-oper-
ate with: the Farmers’ Institute. in ev-,
ery way they could ‘to keep the fair fo

the speakers’ ‘declined to take any part

clined to take any official part in con-. oe 7

ing, A discussion followed and all. > ‘i

Board. The “treasurer gepdrted that
several, new members had been enroll:
Jed and many ad: ones “had paid thelr
dues forthe year.

| nett, G. Dover, H. Li. Frank, L: FH: Ken‘ {3
mney, W. A. Kirkpatrick,. F, ‘Nash, RW.

a riley. O. T. Sundaly”

5 | Standing : “Committee

The officers, council aut commitees
11028 areas: ‘follows: : |
_President—J.. K. Gordon |
Vicé-Pres,—H...T, Kenney,.; ios
-Treasurer—A,-H, Barker’ +’

. Secretary—H, Halliwell °°. “
-Countil—Rev. W." Allen, W. HyBur:

wae

Jas -An, officin} of’ the fair. board. fy
suggestion. Was made that the Board of: |
Trade take. over and run the fair, bw

| Mr. Halliwell teplied that he could on--

ly promise co-operation. 2 the part of, :

the Hoard of _ Trade.- ,

‘| ho: Were oe people |

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