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NEW HAZELTON, B. gens WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 1, 1982"

“Ne 0. 38 fo

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‘Commissioner
Coming Inland

} str uction days.

[an a4 Timer

Goes: Ranching
th California!
~ ‘Friends of ALR ‘Macdéuald, former’

ly in the newspaper game. in. Hazeltor
during part of the time when land and

‘j eoal advertising: "were good, will be in,

terested to learn that he has gone hac!

to the farm again, but this tite he i

going to operate. in ‘San Diego Connt., .
California, and instead’ of growing, tim
othy hay and rose byshes-he will gro-
lemons and avocada.,

For the last five years “A, ‘Re has
eandueted the Hanford Morning’ Jour:
nal in King County, Cat. The Prince
Rupert Empire says:— ae
‘yr, Macdonald beran his newspaper
career on the Tororto. Worlkt. He
drifted west, published a paper in the
Kootenay duving the Rossland. boom
and after that spent a while in the
Skeena district during railway eon:
In hig ranching, ven.
ture he will, develop a forty . acre lem

On Mareh 5 Commisstoner Robt ;
Henry of the Salvation Army will pay
an ‘official visit to the Army at Ger.

Yowell and on the 6th and 7th he whi

visit ‘the: Army at Hnzelton “where hi

will hold public’ meetings, and also zm

-ppecial.. meeting for returned - -soldier:

“in the afternoon’ “of the 6th. Further

partienlirs of these nieetings W i be
siven later. ee .

, Cgmmisstonar eury is now. ‘making
7s tour of. westepn: ‘Canada and Alaske!
and. he. ig visiting: all points were thi
Salvation Army is‘ carrying on work.

 Lé-Gomes Robti-Hanry;: recently: OD:
pointed - -to’ the. chief. command of the
Salvation “Army dn ‘Canada: West,. comes
to this spectal appotntinent from ‘Tor:
-onto where he has been. ‘engaged for
the past four years as second fn coni-

mand of the Army in ‘Bastern Canada,

He has gained: the high regard of all

with whom he has come in contact. -

Commissioner Henry first became. an
officer in the Army in 1893 in ‘Austra-

lia and he has seen:a great,deal of ser:

yice in both the Salvation, Army. and

in the army of the ‘British Empire for

jie went from Australia’ as - chaplain

to one of the regiments ©

Com.. Henry has a reputation ag a

splendld apenker and a most entertain
As the meetings in thi
ilistrict will be open to the’ public ther

is no doubt put that o large number’: fof

eltizens not identified: ‘with the Army
will, avail themaelves -of the’ ‘plensurc
and privilege of hearing the visitor, ©

"PLANE FROM PORTLAND HERE

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Headed for Alaska. and’ Maybe Pas. :

“wenger Be fo Russia for fun >

A handsome Batinnea ane arty et

ut Mission Point Thursday evening.

little before ‘dusk and Jandett in goal

shape . with’ ‘all its. lghts burning. Thir
wis the first plane- ‘to land on the o
eal fleld with nil lights ons the others
having got here wv ell in advance of ‘thi.
darkness. Pilot Graham af “Alaska.
* had, ada possenger “Mrs... Chuistoffer-
son of. Portiaud, Ove. Vv woman , rep

senting A Press, syndicate. ‘The prere.

despatches | are ‘to the. effect that. she

is golug to try find the H. B. “Co, bont:
. Baychimo,’: “which wis lost with a ‘va!

tmble CREE of fur, .Mya.- Ohristoffer-

: Son. denies’ that story and anys she 4
enroute» to-. ‘Rusita,’ ‘She will fly. t

Point Barrow. ‘and then ‘deulde on thi
best. maoile of. tronsportat

Rt
i 4

ion: from. thal
polnt ti " Russia,’ df ‘gny” Biel’ thing ex ;
iste. The. plane’ “was, held: here’ patll. can
“Monday morning, rr 10 nit, tem'¢ o’elock : on
nveaunt ¢ ot ‘weather’ reondl tons:

ion nnd. avocado property, :

“he Journal in referring to his re
tirement .from newspaper work, says—.
Some folk. seek fume ‘in’ legislativ:.
halts, cathers. on the battle field or i
| the” field of sport. Still. others prefer.
to till the soil or seek treasures, ‘in, tht
depths of the eurth, or engage in Fy
hundred, other. business - enterprises s¢
common to this land of ours. .A few
choose thé smell of printers ink, the
rumble of printing presses, and the
‘feel’ of the news of the world coming
‘geross some newspaper desk, -

per profession is. announced in today’

ed, the Coalinga Reord, who. has chas-
ed copy. and: written’ ‘editorials. for var-
ions. papers in the United: States’ anc
Canada during his ° varied. and “inter.
esting career, and who is leaving : the
Journal after five. ‘years as editor an
manager, plans to: devote his time «tr
the development, of bis’ lemon and: ay:
‘acada ranch near San Diego: ‘He ¢on-
fesses privately that he bas ‘nied tec
quit’ the newspaper business severa”
times and has never heen able to ‘maki
it stick’ The lure of the day's new:
complete within itself each day, ye’
endless: ‘and ever changitig, draws hi
hack. We wish ‘Mac,’ well at whal

that jhe will be doing something cot.
nested with newspiper work — bezo.
inany: months rou ing.” " .

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_GWYER GOES 10. Peace RIVER

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-Provinco—Bruly’ of.. Prinee
"George ta ‘Supervise Here .

—

After’ “spending il nuinber’ of yenve
as vesident engineer for- the, provinelal
puhlie works department for the, north-
den Cistt iet with ‘hoadquarters: at Ru-
pert, W. KB. Giyer_ hus: been transfer-
rec te the Petice River ‘country’ wher
he will serve in a similar enpaclty
My. Civyer is considered one. of the
best - veute-Hnding, or locating . engin:
‘pers in-the province ind te espectill).
fitted for his new terr itory where al
fey. RMR are required, tar ‘post a
Prince, Rypert will Jie” “ein pes:
LBrady

Geor; ee dikerict. *
kenpral aimpery inion. aver the, diatrict

the ‘other, He 48 ‘yelloved: of: the: fo
north: ‘territory. us

made. nt this, thine ts part: of a ‘wonern’

: puriiment.

: loan He bas" ‘fl:

; ing away with: the faculty of agricul-

Among the latter.is A. BR. Macdonalec
whose ‘retirement! from. the hewspi- ;

Joes “AEC Maedoiiph whe. “found... ee Tas)
- Oimineca Lodge, No. 92, A. F. & A.M

ever. he chooses £0 do, but we predic, .

Will Locate Reads” in that. art. of the

OW, M, H. I. Noel, assisted

vaident ‘enghidar fox’ the. Prine”.
Oe Brady wil: hovel,

lowe the © G. Ni JR. from one ‘Prince: te
The ; changes» being ,

re-organiiatton of ‘thie publie’ works de |. oe
cafe Miss: “Avie wall: af. Sinkttiens: wyas’el-
. >| ected Queen’ ‘ofthe. Carnival: at. Burne

ie.| Lake -and! will ‘reign-supreme until th

‘RETAIN AGRICULTURE
: cur OUT. ARTS. COURSE

A great. fuss -is being stirred. up by
the students at the University: of Brit:|:
ish Columbia because the provizicial
yovernment hasbeen forced to reduce

is no ‘complaint about the studens do-
ing a litle rustling on behalf of their
school. ‘That is only natural and. just
what every other institution - effected
in a similar way is doing. But where
al big. mistake is being made by the
governors of' the University is in do-

‘ture and retaining the: arts courses. It-
seeins te us that-if. the governors, just
revérsed'’ “their decision ‘and did: away
with the arts courses and.retained and

they wauld he accomplishing far more
for the. province: and for the youth of
the: province. ~ When one looks rround
one. finds the woods: full, of ‘arts men
who hare no nseful occupation and are
in no way fitted ‘to tnke up the inbor:
of life.
young people will not agree with use
we still stnte that a great portion ot
the arts students would be beter off
avere hey. taking an agricultural course
‘or some equally useful course, and th«
province : -of British Columbia would. be
very. much better ‘off. At best in artr
course is’ a luxury course and few of
those who start it have any idea what-
it Is all about. They find that ot af
terward, often when it is too late,

A SUCCESSFUL “BRIDGE PARTY

‘Omiineea ‘Lodge No. 92, AF. & ‘AN,
* ‘¥ntertained a Large Number at
_Brldge—aasie Ps Provided .

Smithers, very successfully entertuix
ed the members with their lady friends |
last Thursday’ evening’ in. the lodge
‘rooms. Bridge | was the chief feature
of the’ evening, . There were twenty
tnbles in-the play and the prizes were
won: rby’ L, 8. MeGill and Mr. Taylor.
and by Mrs, Abbott of Prince George
and Mrs. W. Doodson of Smithers. A
program , of musi¢ was provided dur-
ing the evening by John Grey und Alex
Grey, Vocal. solos were rendered “bs
Dr, Agnew; Mrs. Alex, Grey, aud ‘John
- Grey, and Mrs. 8; H. Hoskins "render:
ed a piano-solo. A quartette compos-
‘ol of Rev. Donaldson, Dr. Agnew, G
M. Carruthers and L. 8. MeGiil lead
community singing, J. B. Kirby wat
master: of “ceremonies. Refreshmenty.

of the ladies - mever knew before tha’
their men. could “float” so, nicely, Thre
hall wis: cleared, tables set and very
dainty refreshments were served ‘bt
‘the lodge stewards and tts committee
by .
watdens was: ih charge of the, affair
Tt fis a long thne: since’ “the Masonic
Lodge. put on an cutertalument, put 3
WARK SO snecessinl last’ week that man}
af the giests rre looking forward. t
the next invitation that will be sel
to them. .

RDIOWNAL ‘PLANTS IN CANADA

While the -produetion of medicinal
plants has not ottalned tha propor:

[ati the \arket: for. soine’ of sis. more
commrdh ‘species. would. Trove . an attrac-
Hon which many: ‘people living on: farms
will. find : at on Anteresting and, Pro:
fltnble. | ro
* phe: Dominion, Tidpestmental Farin
will send a ‘booklet, ‘on. the. subject frée
on applfention, pee ;

United Church -

the grants to that: Institution. There |:

years work was revealed by all depart:

- exercises: drew. attention to the facet.

‘expanded ‘the agricultural ‘department ’

Knowing that. many of the}

7 eleties members will be appointed at]

were served. about: midnight: and naan |'

“ht |.

. ‘ment.

_| Hous. of... farm Industry ‘in. Canada,

‘may - be found. “more advantageous, ta

Hazelton Held -
Annual Meet.

Ata well attended - congregational
meating of ‘the United Church ‘in Haz
elton: last. week a very - satisfactory
and. encouraging report of the | past

ments. The. minister, Rev. $V. H
‘Redman presided, and after: devotional

that despite the hard times the con-
gregntional work had made progress
as would be-revealed by .the finaneta’
statement which would‘ show. the fin-
ances With a credit balance. .
Secretary-treasurer John Newick
real, his. report and a copy of it wat
placed in the hands of eacch one pre
sent. Report for the Ladies Ald war
presented by Misa M.: Sutherland, and
for the Sunday School by Miss Ethe!
Tomlinson, .

Following the acceptance of these ir
ports an election for members -of thi
-Board of Management took place re-
sulting in the following he elected :—
A. Irvine, John Newick and Dr. 1. B
Wrinch were elected stewards, Wm
Grant from the’ Trustee Board, Mrs
Redman from the Ladies Aid, and the
Sunday. School and Young People’s S0-:

a later date. .

- Mrs, Redman contributed two musti-
cal numbers during the ‘evening, and
refreshments were (serv ed by the ‘ladies

_SHOWERED JESSIE. SMI

Mis, Geo, H, Wall Entertained for the

_ Bridete-be—Many ‘Useful and ..
-DBebtattve’ Gis’

ed
Woe

“Mrs. George B Wall ‘of. Smithers
and well known in this part of the dis.
trict, gave a shower last Friday, even-
ing it her bome-in-honor of Miss Jessie
Smith of New Hazelton, who is being
married. today by Rey. Mr. Donaldson
of the United Church, ‘to Harold Gould,
of Burrett. The wedding will take
place at the home of Mr. and’ Mrs.
Will. At the shower the bride-to-be
received many -useful articles. Some

the uffair wns: very ‘enjoyable. The
table was decorated with white and
pink TASES, ‘and with the attractive
wedding enle in the centre, looked
very pretty. Mrs. Tom Carr and Mrs
‘Nat. Maran assisted the hostess. After | 5
ithe wedding the. ‘young. couple expect
'to spent a -short time at, the home ‘at
the bride's parents in New Hazelton
hefore sgolng to theit future bone ot,
‘Barrett. ~

TE USE. oF porasit

It is ‘the light, sandy and gravelly
soils,and mnvek soils that as a rule are
markedly deficient fi potash, and on
which profitable, returns “may be .ex:
pected from the application of this ele-
The rate of application will, 0:
course, depend ona number-of factors
chiet’ among which are.the characte:
nud fertility of the soil, and the naturi
of the. crops to be ‘Brown, For most
grain erops an application of mouriate.
of. jiotash of 50 to 7 pounds per acre
will, probably: be: found: -aufficient. || For

be- doubled: With: profit.” For’

acre: may, ‘be. considered * an ‘average
dressing, - but. freduently | 200 “pound:
may be profitably: “used, 4s a rule it

us: ‘potash with. ‘forms ‘of nitvogen. ane

ae ere to! ty, ‘out: ‘hn ie

closer: ‘of the nest! ‘winter, carnival; .

twenty-five Indies were present and

roots; corn. and”) lenty .crops® ‘generally: Eee
100: ‘pounds, ‘of! ‘nurlate’ of potash ‘per Pacha’

phosphoric’ actd than alone and: it if back. to:

“|carl Wakefield
‘Found Dead ‘in
a Field. Today

al .
Catt Wakefield Was, found ‘dead’ ina
fleld on the ‘Cornell farm near Quick
on. Wednesday - morning, .February i.
and the coroner is holding an Investi-
gation as to the cause, ,
-The late Carl Wakefield. lett his
home in the Deep Orek vicinity | Satur:
day evening with. tlie intention of rid-
ing his horse into Telkwa, On Sunday
morning his horse returned withont
its rider, -but as Carl frequently stay-
‘ed in town nothing was thought of il
until he did not return, or send word
during Sunday. Although no alarm
was taken even then; but.on Monday
a search was mnde, He had been seen
riding his horse near the Quick school
house, but had not .been seen since he
passed : there. ”” -As no trace was four
tof, him on Monday the police were, no:
fied on: Tuesday. . The police fount
no evidence’ of the missing man hav-
ing heen’ seen, $0 on. Wednesday mern-
ing the police under ‘Cons. Smith start-
ed an organized: search | ‘for the man.
During the morning the body was dis.
cov ered in a field on the Cornell- farn
near Quick. ;
: The’ Circumstances surrounding ‘the
-|disappénrance. and the death ‘of aman
sO prominent’ and so ‘well Iniown,’ were
of stich a nature that the coroner. er-
dered that an investigation and inquest

|e held’ and such: investigation is now

in progress. Poole ia
‘ Carl Wakefield: ‘is one of the origina}
aettlers in the: Bulkley Valley. He ‘ar-
tived up the river in‘a boat and pack-
ed his. belongings: over a none too goo
‘trall-ottt to: thie” “yalleyy and hh jéhas’ “beet a
a ‘resident ‘there, ever. since, with ‘the.
exception ‘of. a. comparatively short
time he tried farming ‘in ‘the States.
Cart- has been a: successful farmer.
and he was a@ good citizen, taking ar
active interest in the .welfare of. the
community. ° ‘He wwas atl easy man t-
get along “with; and’ seldom he evr’ lost|
his temper, and he never held a rule
He is survived-by a wife and a fani-
ily of several children besides brother:
and sisters. His passing away has al-
ready causeil more than a passing in-
terest throughout the. interior. Te
was so well known and: 30 generals
Hked, nat only in his own’ immediate .
community, but ‘throughout the’ north

The inte Mr, Wakefield was about

5h yenrs of age and his: ‘family cousis-
ted. of one Manghter: living in Smithers
ani tifo. Bons. : “

mite FARM maT SUPPLY

—

amb rings provide B: jrnetlent ane’ °
Cony éulent mediun for’ the ‘supply of
‘fresh meat:to farm: homes during the
greater part of the yenr.. Bight mem-
bers form a suitable ring -ns there are
four major cuts on‘ench kide ‘of alam
these being” ‘the leg, Yoin? mek and: the
shoukler, In the round of aight weeks .
during which 1: Tamb is dregsed ench
week, each. member . of, the ting get»
each at the four cuts twice. The cuts
nve of a size adequate to the needs of
the average farin. family, supplying
quantity” whkel: jean: “De: readily cont:
aumed.

chovery and” “enna ‘thes¢ éimounts: may. Ag

‘off. to: pee, BB”, he’ tt
‘net due there until ‘atter midnight aie: me
tt couple of new Aight: ig hardly attrac.
tion “enough to keep ‘people , up. amit,

“nour, the ¢ trains: ig