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) ‘NEW HAZELTON, B. C., “MARCH 12, 1915

The Government
Standard Method

By ToM AND q ERRY

“Well, Well, Jerry.
the world have you’ been all this
time? The police have been look-
ing for you and the government
officials had it hinted that: Wm.
Manson had secured @ govern-
ment job for you,” |

By ginger, Tom, I am glad to
get back. . I pretty nearly had a
fit which would lay me up for

months when I saw the last copy]

of the government’s local .apolo-
gist—that paper in the old town
whieh lives off the government.
It announced that the govern-
ment was going to build the low
level bridge across the Bulkley
next fall. A short time ago that
same paper said the bridge would
be completed this spring.. ‘Now
it says, please boys be good for
just a little longer; you will.all
get jobs, and fat ones, too.. That
bridge is going to be a dandy—
right up-to the “‘government
standard’. Do you know, Tom,
I was down in Victoria watching
the other half of that deputation
which didn’t come back; also the
progress of the bridge. The plans

-were..prepared.. by...the. “ “gayern-|:

ment standard engineer, on gov-
ernment standard paper, and has
received the government stand-
ard sanction’, Oh, that bridge!
If it is not up to the government
standard it will bea crime. _

“Looking over’. these ‘‘govern-
ment standard plans and specifi-
cations’’ the local apologist is able
to state that the bridge will be
constructed of coast fir and of
extra heavy construction,’
latter part is no doubt necessary
because every wagon that comes
down that hill will have several
times its weight,of mud stuck to
it, An extra heavy bridge is also
needed to-carry the. immense
loads of ore: and ‘farm produce
that will not pe taken over it to
the railway. ‘arid hauled up that
immense “government standard”

“The choicest piece. uf ‘absurd-
ity in the announcement, aside
from it being up to “government
standard,” is that all coast fir is
_to be used.. For years now the
provineial , government. has been
spending many ’ thousands: of dol-
lars annually-in this very’ ‘district

. for the protection. of, thei (vast?)
Justi im-.
agine, thirty: to. fifty. thousand
dollars annually: ‘for the . protee-
tion of our timber. and: ‘it-ia not}

tracts of. timber here...

good enough ‘to: use ‘in. the

Where in|, -

' The!

ELECTIONS POSTPONED—McBRIDE AND

_ BOWSER SPLIT OVER RAILWAY LOAN

‘Victoria, B.C., March 13---Premier McBride announces that the Provincial elec-|

tions annotnced for April 10 have been postponed, giving as a reason that the voters’

lists are not ready. -

The Vancouver Sun declares the'real reason isthat the cabinet

is at logger-heads over the government’s railway proposals. Premier McBride and
W. J. Bowser have split, and Bowser i is leading the insurgents against the loan. .

ANNOUNCE STILL

Provincial Government Thinks Electors
* Will Not Fall for One Structure
and a Second is Added.

The provincial government is
going to build a bridge. ‘It seems
to have -bridges on the brain.
This particular bridge will span
Two Mile creek on the main road
leading to New Hazelton. A few |$
days ago Road Superintendent
Carr had a bunch of cedar poles
hauled to the proposed site. and
in due course it is expected the

‘poles will be placed.across the

ereek. Road Superintendent and
Bridge Inspector Walter Willis-
croft came down from the far
end of the district to confer with
and instruct Road Superintendent
Cart in bridge construction... This
is just a tryout. If Carr makes

| good on-this he may be given a
i chance: to show himself on the

ANOTHER BRIDGE

lof this small bridge than he did

big bridge across ; the lower Bulk-
ley. But it is clearly understood
that he must make a better. job

of the culvert he had built Across

'|the road near the-old town. ’

THE WEEK

Provincial Legislature dis-
solved.

Premier McBride: announc-
ed election for April 10.

| Finance Minister Price EL
lison resigned in ‘the’ face:

_ of charges of buying live

_ stock for a nominal figure
‘from the government. _

Alex. M. Manson mentioned ©
_as a. probable candidate
“for Liberals Of Ominéca.

- Citizens’ -Association of New
“Hazelton re-organize.

Elections deferred. Bowser
‘and McBride split...

ri

ALEX. M. MANSON
TO BE CANDIDATE)
Liberals of Omineca United for the

Convention Which is Called
for Thursday Next

When the Liberal convention
is called it is probable that A. M.
Manson will be the candidate.
A number of other names have
been mentioned’ but ‘the district
will be pretty well united by that
time: The convention is called
for. Thursday next, in Smithers.

ITALIAN FLEET OFF
FOR DARDANELLES

London, March 10 — A. strong

= Ttalian fleet has left for. ‘the’ Dar
| danelles. “Tt is believed Here’ that

Italy. sees the necessity for ‘this
move in order to. share in spoils,
and that it will result in the im-
mediate entrance of Italy: into
the war.

BRITISH ADVANCE MOST IMPORTANT"

Thousand Prisoners and Many Machine Guns Taken When Britons Force Enemy
to Evacwate Neuve Chappelle---German Submarine U-12 Sunk by British —
-~French Troops for. Dardanelles---Bayonet Fraud is Unearthed

Parts, March 11 — ‘Official —
Belgium the. town of. Nieuport
has been very violently, bombard-
ed. by. 42-centimeter guns. ‘One

of the. most, important. advances}
made by the allies in months was.

achieved between Lys and ithe

Labasse canal by the Bri tish army.
supported. by ‘French. heavy artil- |
lery. They have carried the -vil-.

lage of .Neuve. Chappelle. to the

east. of the road from Estaires to:

Labasse’ ‘and have progressed. “to.

thé. northeast of this village in-’

the: direction of: Aubers and: to|-

the southeast i ‘in the direction, of |.
| Bois De: ‘Rioz.

The British. took:
a. thousand. prisoners, amonez
whom. were several officers, and:
they: also captured: some machine
guns. The Germ losses. were,

all come: ‘from. the vevast:

In

Why 10
has’ that thirty. to: ‘fifty. thousand thei

In the Champagne region the
enemy on- various .oceasions. on
nights of March 9 and.10 and on
the day of. the 10th counter -at-
tacked with: great violence but
did not-gain an inch: of ground,
We have confirmed and broaden-
ed our positions. on. .the’ ridges
which - -we, seized, ‘Anflicting ‘very
heavy losses on our assailants. -”

: On. the heights: of the ‘hase

‘Aur. artillery has. completely’ ‘de-
molished’ a “number” ‘of | ‘trenches
occupied by the enemy.

London, ‘March 11 — at Coven-
hagen despatch to the Daily Mail).

ays it is. ‘reported i in. the German |:

naval circles that eleven ‘submar-
ines have. been: lost: since, Feb. 18;
‘The loss. of ‘folar, of, these: has

{sighted off her

F'some lof’ that
should, he. ‘des. |

seven others have been missing |.
for nearly: three weeks,

“London, “March. 11—the ‘Ger-

man submarine U-12 has” been

sent to the bottom, according to

a statement handed: out: today by,
the British admiralty. a

~ Montreal. March 11— The home
guards: of : Montreal have™ been

|-furnished with bayonets made in
{Utica which when: tried on! a

straw man crumpled up.” A Ger-
man. plot j is suspected. . a

“Malta, March 1
of French, transpor 3

to be landin

LIBERALS OF OLD
TOWN ORGANIZE

Change in Sentiment Noted by Large
Attendance at Meeting in Haz-
. . efton, in Wednesday Night

The Hazelton Liberal Associa-
tion was ‘organized on Wednes- .
day night amid a good deal of
enthusiasm. ‘About: thirty were
present. Howard Campbell oc- .
cupied the chair and Stewart
Martin was elected secretary.

‘The following officers were
chosen for the ensuing ‘year:

Hon. President— ‘Sir Wilfred
Laurier

Hon, Viee- Pres— H. re Brew-
ster

President—H. F. Glassey
_ Vice-President — H. Campbell.

2nd Vice-Pres—High Taylor

Sec.-Treas. Stewart Martin

‘Executive Committee— P, Nel-
son,. Kispiox; LW. Sproule, H.
Boctgon, D. Hart, Dick Qusic,
P, Corrigan, M. Johnson. A.
Bodin, G. C. Harvey, H. Johnson
and D, Harris. .

Delegates to convention —S..
Martin, P.. Corrigan, H.-F. Glas-—
sey, H, Campbell, P. Nelson, WwW.
Sproule. . .

It was decided ‘that the dele-
gates to the conyention. be in-
structed to ‘support “Alex. M.
Manson as Liberal candidate. ~

W. J. MacKenzie was present
from New Hazelton and address. .
ed the meeting. ~

: MANY MILLIONS .
10 GRAB VOTES

A Bankrupt Government Talks ‘About
Borrowing Twenty-three Millions  *
- for Railways. and Farmers,

Anits dying hours’. the provin-

=! cial government annouiiced that
jit would’ go to the. conhtry in one

month;: and | coupled: with ‘that
comes. the. announcement - that
$15, 000, 000 are:to be borrowed to
lend’ to the farmers; : $7,000,000 |

. fare to be’ ‘borrowed to lend. to the

P. G.. Bs to: complete | the. “road;
that: $30,000 or $40, 000: ‘are ‘to he

‘borrowed. to build: a ‘bridge across

the: ‘mouth: of -the Bulkley river.
in. order:to’ spend money and give _.

Lwork to some . voters | who heed 7
the. money..

-. At. the last. minute after they

7. discaver. ‘that they. have’ several
millions: of: dollars. debt they. are
not: satisfied but® announce - ‘that uo