‘CHRISTMAS CARDS Just received by last Express This is an exceptionally fine assort- ment; owing to their late arrival we will close them out at greatly REDUCED PRICES | The Appropriate Christmas Gift "STORY OF THE TRAIL" Edmonton to Hazelton Only A Limited Number For Sale —Call and Inspect Them Omineca Photographic Company yiyesterday morning. =. . |News of Town and District In Brief “'R. J; McDonell left for Telkwa . ay Graham Rock returned on Mon- day from Babine lake. ree N. D. McMillan has returned 2 from a visit to Vancouver, G. 0. Graham is confined to his ‘| home by an attack of grip. John O’Herin, of Glentanna, ‘is i | baying a holiday visit to Hazelton. James T, Bates returned on a} Thursday from a visit to Kitselas, Mark Brennan, an Ootsa Jake settler, is one of the week’s visitors in Hazelton. Constable Belson returned on Wednesday from an official trip to New Westminster. Charles Barrett, proprietor of the Diamond D ranch, is paying - Beirnes & Mulvany have in: -|augurated a regular express aer- |. vice between Hazelton: and. the bring consignments through from this issue. Ross construction contract, was veying timbers to the long tun- was unnecessary. - At Skeena crossing, a few bridge which is to carry the G. T. P, track across the Skeena js will spend Christmas, That their raitherd, and are prepared to| (ae ‘Prince Rupert with all despatch. |” Their advertisement appears inj. Tih ag aint aers see ee Toy Dan Redish, employed on the}: Killed on Monday, With others; | “Ih.” he was riding on a wagon con-| ‘By 3. nel,; when he fell off and was} FA crushed between the wheels and| - |}: - a log, dying ten minutes later. |. (4 -. The coroner decided an inquest miles below. Hazelton, where the i ee being constructed, over 300 men| .fA a holiday visit to Hazelton. holiday, will not be a cheerless aH. 8 At the Ingineca ‘hotel an es-| OMe 18 to.be judged from the an-| | pecially good: menu has been ar- nouncement that the Y¥. M. GC, Av mie ranged for Christmas dinner. will keep open house in its com-}' fj " ' . _aa,q_{modious elub rooms: . Secretary Special Christmas music willbe] W. H. Morrison has been busy ae" x A Christmas Present Roach Tisdale’s Imported Cherry Cocktails. _ Is the recommendation of the GALENA CLUB Hazelton’s Favorite Resort _ D. J. McDougall © E. J. Tate ‘ INTERIOR FORWARDING — § EXPRESS (0, HAZELTON, B. €. q Stage leaves every Friday and every Tuesday moming at 8 o'clock for Aldermere and Tekwa. Retuming, leaves Aldermere and Telkwa’ Tuesday and Friday ‘arriving here Wednesday and Saturday at noon. _ Horses for hire for private parties, Horses, Oats, Wheat and Bran for sale. E. E. Charleson, Manager Bile et | fem [5 ear JF te FY | A come TE J meme [F'57, €7 serene ff oe bj Ln a ff so 71] 1 ‘ Ingineca Hotel McDonell & McAfee, Props. "The only family hotel in the district. Night and day restaurant. | Modem conveniences. easonable rates. Good Stable in connection, "fF ] ‘ == . : eS ee ~ _ Hazelton. Choicest of Wines, Liquors and Cigars always on hand, ~ . FE ca em form ff S31 romeo Hf emee [Eift mee ff Iemma jdt ff pee | | —— Private. dining rooms : . | | | a feature of the Presbyterian church service tomorrow evening. Carr Bros. brought several loads of hay from the valley dur- ing the week for R. 8. Sargent. T. E. Hankin and Robert Mc Donald are expected to arrive from Groundhog within a- few aye. ~ : . “ C. H. Munro, who has spent a few weeks rusticating on Buck river, came down the valley. yes- “| tevday, A. Y. Clark, of the Hudson’s Bay. post at Babine, has returned to that point, after spending. a few days in Hazelton. One of the handsomest. calen- dars which has reached the Miner is that issued by the ‘Prince Ru- pert Tent & Awning company, W. J. MaeAfee and Hans Berg-|. quist returned on Thursday from the end of steel with a dog tobog- gan loaded with Christmas A | poultry. Edgar Boling has made another discovery of galenain the vicinity of Tatla lake, judging from samples of rock sent out the other day. 8, Fourteen inches “of snow fel on Thursday night, ensuring m/ good sleighing forsome time, and gladdening the hearts of the freighters, , cn W. W. Wrathall has issued some handsome holiday cards, on be favorites. L. L, DeVoin will go up ‘to the American Boy mine in a few days, and will probably remain until the cross-cut tunnel strikes the No, 2 vein, The Assembly. club's dance, postponed on Friday. on account of the Christmas tree, will be held Christmas night, when a large attendance is requested. Arthur Skelhorne has been| asked by the relatives of the late John A. Blume to look after the property of the deceased pending, the arrival of one of the family, Complaints are made that the railway contractors are not using sufficient care at pointa in the Bulkley valley whete the gradeis Ejimmediately above the wagon road. ; The annual. meeting of ‘the a. a r . An interesting offer ia made by} Hazelton Hall association will be held in the hall on Thursday, Dec, 28th, 1911, at 8 o’clock.: Alt shareholders are requested to bé ‘ijpresent. - Special Notice. nN E. are pleased to ‘announce that subscriptions to the | NA block of 100,000 of the treasury shares of Harzs’ Mines, Ltd, N.P.L., now amount to something more than‘the - whole allotment... Under the ‘ciccumstances we ‘are obliged to withdraw any further offers of the stock at 25 cents. - ‘The greater part of the block is being taken in: Hazelton. |: It is @ source of great gratification to us and we consider ‘ff it an emphatic endorsement of the property: and management ~ | that we should be able to sell 100,000: shares of mining stock’ - in less than 60 dayd and without any advertising campaign other | -than small. ads in the local papers. . We would thank those . } 3 #0 promptly .came forward with their money: to purchase fermg ‘were we not confident of niaking good in every: a substanti the best form-of thenks we tan || Westminster jail, Charles Anderson is said. to have an excellent showing of concentrating galena rire on: thé Silver Fox group on_ 15-mile creek, in the Babines. He is de- (veloping the gveund, A few non-resident landowners’ weré represented at. the court of revision -held by. Mr. Allison=«: Monday. _ Residents of the di trict aré.s pparently satisfied the assessor’s work...” TE _ Toney Pete, who was brought from. Aldermere by Constable’ Caikins to ‘answer a. charge . of convicted ‘in the police court: ainc supplying liquor: to, Indiane, Wap sentenced to six ‘thonths in‘N Roy : ‘McDonell . sustained ” a rather” ‘severe - injury_- during ockey practice on ‘ Thursday’ afternoon. . He collided’ with a fifle ge posts cutting his face badky.s; dtai ni which appear photographs of thel. hockey games, The cards should |: with preparations for some days, Basketball Proposed winter season is basketball, which may be inaugurated in Hazelton in the nearfuture. The proposal ‘to organize a locatleague ‘is meet- ing with considerable favor, and success is likely to attend the efforts of the promoters of the game, A meeting of those ‘in- terested will be held in the read- ing room on Wednesday next, at ‘izing an association. If the audi- torium or some other suitable and practice no difficulty in pro: ticipated. ‘Harris Mines Announcement The management of Harris Mines is justifiably proud of the fact that the block of 100,000 ‘for sale has been taken up within iwas bought by Hazelton men. The treasury of the company now contains funds sufficient to carry tween 1200 and 1800 tonsa of ore will be ready for shipment to thesmelter by the time the rail- ‘way is ready to take it to .tide- the Harris Mines will not find it necessary to sell any more of its ‘treagury stock, “The Police Calendar manner which fails to meet with town before. the magistrate on charges of gambling, evidence ‘been’ made, The players were each fined $20.and costs, while the owner of the house was as- sessed $50 and costs. The cam- the conviction of two New Hazel- and costs. "A Special Stock Offer _ Harvey & McKinnon, who are ‘For the bénefit of local. people, fand to show their. confidence in the property, they say: J. : é “Anyone . ¢an ° rat the present: price of. twenty- five cents. The. money pald for the Union Baj either the stock or the money, which will be paid by the bank.” Only oné block of- 600. shares by .any. peraon,.- The” offer will emain open ‘whtil Jamiary 1, wh- less the available stock is sold | fore that time. * Good Wild Hay for sale by t ‘ton: -o) i house, - hry. will not’ prevent hia|am playing! in the" Christmas-gamg:|t An ideal indoor: sport for the i 8p.m., with the object of organ- | place can be obtained for matches] {f moting a basketball league is an-| a ‘shares of treasury stock offered| i ” two months, Most of the stock| [4 out the program of development; {i nder whieh, it is expected’ that|: water, It-ia quite possible that| {e __Among some of the residents |. Mf of New Hazelton the holiday| | spirit is manifesting itself in a! ‘[ the approval of the police. In| Ba .- ‘the local police court this morn-| ‘|g Chief Constable Wynn had_half|:-q * a dozen residents of the néw|. (ey ~ having been’ secured on Thurs-|- fa] day night, when the police visited | .f3, ‘a resort of which complaints had/- Ki paign against the blind pigsis! fa). still in progress, the police. ac-|-. 5% tivity for the week resulting in} 74 ton offenders, who each paid $300). Fi me ‘handling Rocher de Boule ‘stock.| 7" urchase-” 500) ff shares of Rocher de Boule stock! same will. be placed in’ trust inj .:@e of Canada -to- | gether. with the stock certificate! . until the Slat March, 1912." On:| that. date the.buyer can‘ take| - ‘ean be purchased: on- these terms| - i r bale, at -Sargont’s.vate-| Print Shop — ey Look for the Sign