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p Vou. 29 "|| PEE, OMINECA, HERALD, NEW, HAZELTON, B. C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2%, 1937 - + NO,-31

‘Robert Haysom
~ Died Suddenly

on Wednesday,

Albert. Mercer
day morning from the South Fork of
the‘ Copper River where he had spent
several months on his:.trap line. He

;  Althongh he lind been a’ sufferer
for oulte a Jorg the af on severe
occasions was a’ patient in the Haz
elton Hospital, Robert Haysom .pase-
et away suddenly and unexpectedly
on Wednesday afternoon: last week.
Tie bad heen-a- patient in the hospi-.
tal for a time and was able to-be up
and around, and‘only # few minutes
hefore his death had been visiting
. one of the other patients. He had 2

meadiate cause of death. -

The deceased came to this: part of
the province ‘some nine years ago and
took np a-farm on the Salmon river

road. He was well known in the im-]|

mediate district and had 4 nnmbet
of good friends. oot
The deceased is survived by four
_xisters, Mrs, E. O. Evens of Port. Al-
berni, Vancouver Islaud, Mrs. B. 0.
Wells, (Mie “Hy aang, --Mrs,: 'T...Bal-
lintine, Mrs, Evans’ was -notified -of
her brothers death anil she came to
Hazelton for the funeral which was
hell on Monduy afternoon’ from. the
United Church ‘in’ Hazelton. The
ministers taking part in. the service
were Rev. TD. W. “More, Adgt.: Parkin.
sou of the Salvation Army, Glen Vow-
ell and Adgt. Alverson of the Salva-
tion Army, Hazelton,. There were a
soudly mumber attended the «church
and followed the remains to: the cem-
etery, The pall bearers were Hugh
MacKuy, Jathes McRae, John Jensen,
Charlie Jenvie, Wm. Grant and Geo.
lronstides. °

Pioneer Dead;
Two'Cardidates;
‘Harvesting Ice —

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‘Smithers, B. C., Jan, 26—The death.

occurred in: the Bulkley Valley Dist-
ret Wospir) on Siday tase of AvLhur
t% Newens of Smithers. He had not
been in good health for sever? years
Int it was only recently that hls con-
dition became. serious, -He.-has heen
 furmer in: the Bulkley. Valley about
three miles from Smithers ever since
the war and .téok o great interest in
Farmera’ Institute. work, having .been
the Yea!’ secretary of that institution
fora mimber ‘of -years. Mr. Newens
was a Great War veteran, haying. been
in the Canadian’ Army Medical ‘Corps.
Ile was a native of England, AVA
nhout sixty years of age. ‘He ts sur-
yived by his sister, Mrs. Tunnel who
has. resided with him on the farm ‘aa
number of yeurs, ‘he’ funeral will be
held from the Anglican. charch at
Smithers on ‘Thursday afternoon at
230 o'clock,

Got Nice Lot

get the usual number of mink this sea-

of Martin and
_., Other Skins

got home last’ Satur-

Lrought home with -him several fine).
martin besides a number of other furs
He was disappointed that. he did not

son. but for some redson there was not
one mink anxious to’ decorate - some
ludy’s neck. Neither did he get one
fisher nnd he usually gets several. He
believes that the fisher -have moved off
towards the coast as the Indians got,
several around Kitamatt where fisher
uever were enught, befere. :

_At the same time Albert had a fine
senson und made it pay. -He had a
ecially in Novem-

INDIAN GOT

A COUGAR IN FALL

. Last fall‘one of the Indians of the.
Moricetown reserve got a cougar near,
the railway. in the vicinity of Beament
This is the, first cougar report in the
district, for more: than a quarter of a
century, if ever one gat so far north
before, The Indian ‘took no chances
with the animal and asked no ques-
tions until after It was lead so that
he “does not know whit brought the
nuimal to these parts. . In’ the .south-
ern part of the province and on Van-
couver Islaria Cougars are more or lesk
plentiful. They would ‘be welcomed
to stny there. There are enough wild’
animals in the north without the liker!
of cougars. :

CARD: OF THANKS |

Nomination day. for the ‘contest. “to

THT the v jcaney ‘on' the, Board of Com-
missioners at Smithers made -by “the
expiration of the -tertn- df. Commipioner
Charles Morris, was held here Mon-
day. When the time.to’ recelve nom-
inations by Returning Officer. H. G:
windt had expired it was found that
there were two candidates for the of.
ree, these ‘being ‘the retiring ‘commils-
* sionex, Mr, Morris, and .A. L. Hvitt,
hardware merchant, of Smithers. - The
election. will: take place ’.on 7 Saturday,
-and there wilY algo be a’plebiscite in
connection ©
agreement of. the.
_ co BR,
‘Phe: tee Inirvest ls wind
in the town-of Smithers. '. James Cap
ling Js filling tocal ieq houses., fr
Luke’ Seymour .-with (a “fine. a lity

nese. mt Wit

Gaping alg sampled

the water inthe: lak yeater
bi

he receive ing’ on

with the electric, Ught pithock. was: unab!
Columbia Power: Co." and cher pu hha
Bee aN

er way. now.

ay when”

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May we express our heartfelt thank-
‘fulness through yout - paper. to the
friends of Hazelton and district who.
\in. 80 many. ways expressed sympathy
to us in-our recent berenvement of ovr
om. F. oo

Mrs. BO. Hyans
_ Mrs. 8. Wells

: Mrs... Lang

i brother “Robt. ‘Hays

“s

ttacking quite a. number

e and'on Tuesday” Miss,

e._-to.. attend. school,

*a short. holiday. —
. a

ie Star
“of. people” het
‘pupils had

The country ‘between ‘Kdmonton ‘and .
nlgary. was. visited by. “very heavy:
‘snow storms, the frat of the week and

ere closed to. traffic for da

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SREROI IC ICICICICRERC ALICE REICHEL ICN MRCRCIERES

WOERKOM ONNRE EHS

tienlarly’ good health of late,
vas always able to be down to busi- ‘yamain at bi
‘ness, and did not complain, He bed and put.
passed away in his sleep some. time in ¢laims.
the forenoon. Few were hetter known co
here then Mr. Wright and he was pop- ‘Cons.
wlar with everyone and will be genu- Police wondered why
age was about 75 heen around for, his
Ont, search was made on. several days by
long and active life the constable. and Jamies Turnbull
He was of the public works department, bot
pede, apd po ‘sign of the missing man could be

inely missed. His ©
years.’ Born near
practically all his
hind been spent in the west.
through the Klondyke stam
was in Winnipeg during the early 80's f¢ontd-
‘He.was unmar ae

lraging seas.

‘Mrs, T. Ballantine |

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. The Garden City by the Sea

" By Our Own. Correspondent

h

Brockville,

tied. —
ee ae

ing $30,000 wherewith to complete the
$100,000 ovbjectiv ;
J. Prudhomme has sa
the Sisters. of St. Anne. at Smithers,
that if given public co-operation they

| wilt puill and operate. a modern hos. or at
report, Was being’ traced down.

pital tere,
“ : a4

shipping conditions that fuller utali-
zation of the splendid wavehvuse is
being made. Through nerrly ninety
dnys ‘of marine strike in. the United
tates ond Alaska, .saliltons of, Cases
of salmon aud other kinds‘of fish. have:

‘}been’ piling “up “in Amertein . poris.
J'phere has‘at Jast‘come a:“break”. The

longshoremen have been: moved to per-

_lmit: the moving of at least some sal-

rom Algiska through’ Prince Ru-
pert... ‘The sailing of four small freigh-
térs-has been sanctioned. And presto!
A silent warehouse dock’ has been turn
ed into, a scene of cheerful ‘activity.

ana

mon f

Mr, and Mrs, W. R. Love are home
from thelr honeymoon trip which took
them ns far south as. Mexico. Mr.
Love is an electrician and one of the.
City’s pioneer | business “men. ‘The
pride was formerly Miss Osborne of
the elty hall staff. —

_ The new patrol stenmer Alberni,, tak
ing the place of thet wind and wave
battered veteran, the Newington, is ex-
pected in Prince Rupert: by the end, of
the month, She was brought around
to Victoria from the Atlantic by Capt.
‘Mercier, who commands the ice break-

‘yer on the St. Lawrence. The voyage

was & tough one; plenty of gales and’
The Alberni is a light-
house supply ship, find also looks after
the bouys and other aids to naviga-
tion. ,

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The New Radio 7
‘Station Sunday

ron: |

_ For the first: time: the new.
wasting apparatus at Vancouver’: was

-lput’ into comimission ‘last’. Suntlay ‘at.
fama tter,

possibly. have.’

the first time

cena "No Trace Yet.
_ Prince Rupert ¢ ~ Dan McDonald

Dan. MeDonald, an.old prospector who

- last: October. For severel months no
Prince Rupert—The proprictor of one paid any: attention to the non ap-
Little's: news stand, WilliamM. Wright pearance of McDonald as often in the
was found dead in bis room in the past he has heen de ,

Central Hotél on the . afternoon of periods. ‘He went to town only on ac-
January 23. He had not been in par- gasions when he neaded grub anl as
but he: goon as he got in a: supply he would

“Re ne
. _— : hive gone could be found, There was

The hospityl question remains alive or ‘ ‘
issne:in Prince Rupert and arguments hang
for and against the possibility of rnis- to start'a fire.

e are being heard. A. had been se
id he was told‘by put not much was thought of that re-
sport. as McDonald was a oman
would, attract attention at any tinie

The svlmon deek at Pence Rupert is not far aw
js. commencing to be used for its or- under the deep. snow.
iginal purpose; after waiting for ’ump- “he went,
teen ‘years, and “because of abnormal .

“hope that the suggestion

{ prai

‘eauthere is hope of! thang
|with a degree of suéce:
{litical party will, ever. bri
ap to

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Lost Prospector' .
| ota” Tubby”

No word has yet-‘heen received of | Jasper, January 26—
was for years leader of all the deer.
in Jasper, friend .of native and tour- —
ist alike, for-he soon got;to: know. if
a visitor was in town, Stern ruler.
ready to fight any member.of hts herd
who showed the least sign of. rebellion
“Old Tubby”, bis bones beginning to
creak, was thoroughly beaten in a.
hitter two-hour battle with a ‘young ”—
lmck and so tervibly wounded that a ~
park warden reluctantly put hin out
of his misery. ‘Tough but gentle, kind
nnzzling, neighborly “Old Tubby” was
gone and all Jasper was sunk in sor-
‘row., Everybody’s business was: the
old buck’s business. He walked into
Jasper yards just as boldly as if he
were the landlord—only he’ was sv
much more welcome. If there was a
visitor’ there, “Old Tubby" waited
around for the camera to be produced. .
mechanically,.did’ bis duty as 9 good .
citizen by “phsinx With’. “the | -thrilled
stranger, accepted delectables for his
spoiled digestive tract’ and ambled.
hither and yon to see what he eould
see. And there was. little that “Old
Tubby” missed.
He walked majestically along roads
ignored ‘automobiles - because. he Inew
they always stopped .so'.that the oc-
cupants, could admire his stately ant-
lered head; let small children pet him
nnd gazed on all the world with his.
soft brown. eyes. Byt. the young. buck
didwt helieve.“Old Tubby” could al-
wrys be king and the young buck, cou--
fldent in his strength, was right.
He met: “Old ‘Tubby” down behind
the railway shops. along the river one
afternoon. and he-didy’t gét out of the
old bitck's ‘way. Instead the © young,
buck charged on his leader, ripped ani.
vas’ | tare at | im, threw him: right’ over hls’
-lhead: once with a .mighty tosd of his | ,
antlers. “Old. Tubby”: hung on for 2
hours, -Then he limped: slowly away
and: lay -down to. ‘die. But he ‘didn’t |
(ie right then. .The old warrior —re-
yeined some of his strength after u
while_and lurched drunkenly _ awity
farm the scene of his defeat to the
hospitel grounds. It wasn’t a ‘coinei-
dence: “Old Tubby”. knew where he
was suing, He knew ‘that was where
the ‘sick. and injuréd sere comforted,
and he sorely needed aid. ‘The park
wardens knew “Old Tubby” should be
put out of: his misery. They let him
live another day, then one of them _

nas not been seen or heard of since
mned up for long

s cabin in the mountains
in what time he could on his
But when the very . severe
1d set in'and the heavy snows came,
Andy Grant of. the Provincial
Dan had. not
erub supply. A

The show was very deep and
trace of the directlon he might

nb in the cibin;;; his glasses were
ving up; kindling was cut ready

There was a rumor that MeDonald
en recently in Smithers,

who |
iy place. At the same time the

There is a feeling that McDonald
ay from the cabin buried
I It is believed
outside and, away short dis-
tunce and. fell, and was unable to get
up: again. ‘Then there are those who
think if possible that the oldman may
be denned’ up some ‘place. and safe. .

pine execs

Vancouver, Jun. 18—The first vattra-
ctive railway offer of the’ year. was
wade-to the public lest week end by
J. B. Parker, secretary of the Cana-
dian Passenger Association, Winnipeg
who announced that both the Cana-
ian National and the Canadian Paci-
fle railways, Will provide ‘n cent-a-mile
excursion ‘to Eastern Canada. between:
Sebruary 20 and. March 6. Carrying
a 45-day limit, the fares’ will be. cent-
a-mile, cent-and-a-quarter tourist, and
cent-nnd-a-half for first class. _ Sleep-
ing recommodation can be aequired on
payment of the ‘regular. sleeping car
rate. in either tourist or first ‘lass | pntted the ‘veteran battler a fond fare-
sleepers. Stopovers for Patifie Coast | {
traveilérs to bie: Bast, under this ex-

well and pnlled the trigger.
eursion will hé permitted only at Win- esti a te ~ eo
noes amd oes tasers teint. Greatest Floods

' -Along the Ohio

Pnelfie Coast will also be in effect be-
The Ohio Valley has suffered many

tween February 20 and: farch 6G.

nillions” of dollars in- property dam-
age and hundreds of thousands of the
people are hoineless.. The floods: had
not let up.at this. writing, in fact in
some places the water was. still rising
The American Red Cross is “handling
the relief problem and the best efforts
of organizing by the best qualified
men and wonien is ‘being tested: to the
utmost. Volunteer-help pourzd in from
all directions, but a lot of the volun-
ters were,-useless. Thousands of the
National Guards ‘ire on the Job keep-

CONVENTION OF ALL’ PARTIES

At.a recent, sitting of the House of
Commons Hor. R. B. Bennett made
the suggestion that.a convention of all
parties "be called to, consider amen
ments tothe BNA Act for the pur-
pose of: bringing, it up to date and to
meet. present conditions., He, would
include. Liberals, Conservatives © and.
private parties, Premier. King, seemed
‘to favor the idea and ‘xpressed the
woltld at Least

open the duestion for discussion. As,
‘of fact the suggestion. of ‘the!
tive ‘statésipan“was the most
iseworthy suegestlon-ever made in
the Hous’ of Comtions.” ‘If it ts-adop-
Ing’ the® Act

forts thievés ‘started. to “work the first.
of the week: Any that-are caught are
being severely dealt with,, But’ aside
‘from damages thére.is a more serious
sitnation.and.that is the public health, . -
With ‘most water ‘supplies ‘shut off, it
is.a serious situation. “To pratect’ the
‘| health of the people is, oneof. the-biz-

"| goat Jobs the- Red Cross ‘ha

Conserva

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