‘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