"PRICK $2.00 A YEAR, -

“Handicne Sum. Raised hy
od “Hazelton Athletic Associa-
“tion for Games au. Sports

oT PROGRAM ARRANGED

“Many, Visitors wan Be In- Hescior : te]
: Enjoy the Day—Committess Appoint-
4d to Take Charge: of : : Sports and
 Dasice—Some: af the Day's Event

We: are “to have: a -eelebration
‘on Monday, hotwithstanding: the
inability of the Telkwa: ‘team to’
appear for their. scheduled | gaines
~ with: the locals,": |

Ata well-attended - meeting. of
‘the | ‘Athletic | Association on
 Thuraday’ ‘evening full. charge of
, the Labor Day. sports was placed
“in the hands of a committee: com-
.. prising Messrs C. ‘G:: ‘Harvey, E:
"OE Hicks Beach, R.'J. Rock, W:
H. Larmer aridJ."A..Riley.. The;
‘program a8 arranged provides for
a-baseball match. between.. thé
Hazelton team and ‘the redoubt-
able G. T,:,P. Engineers; ‘a tug-
of-war. contest, in which - Hazel-
‘ton will meet all comers; foot
Faces, including a" prospectors’.

. pack’race, and:dther sports ‘of a|"

“spectacular ' nature. Given’ fine
. ‘Weather, there will bea big turn-
out, ‘of citizens and visitors and
an’ enjoyable ~-holiday.: In: the
_ evening ‘there will be a dance in
the’ ‘Auditoriim,.. “under. -the-auia-.
_, bites of the association, with this
"committee i in: charge: A: C. Ald:
ous, Fred “Field, G. 0. “Grahams
and a A. ‘Macdonald.

“Railroads. Saving Millicne

” Chicage Sept, 1: Statiaties
have been published: ‘showing that
_ American. railways, ° following
plans. Of retrenchment,“ havel:
“during. the: ‘last ys r. dispensed.
with - 82,000. men, ; swith: a reault-|/
ant annual ‘saving in: ‘operating

af $94,000,000.

Naw York ‘Sept, Hi Standard
‘Oil, the trust : which has spread its
influence -over the world, passed
“out, of existence yesterday. In
ohedience to the dissolution
decree of the Supreme Court, the
_eombine: relinquishes: ‘eontral” ‘af
thirty subsidiary companies.

. - Unireiiay Reidy In 1913. _
Vancouver, ‘Sept. * “1:~(Special
to thé Miner):,Premier McBride;

- ' fn.the course of his speech‘at the

- Opening « of the: new « -school: in
* South Vancouver said the:provin-
- @ial’ university’ would: ‘be : ‘Ready
- for the . “reception: of students i inf
the: ‘autumn of. 1918 | and. ‘would
be one of the best i in the, world...

lancer bs In Halifax eo

th adoption oft
vould:r tui Canada’

“ally at: Francois ‘and Ostsa lakes|

Williseroft, who has just. return:|\
ed from a’ ‘trip | over, ‘that-part of

| Williseroft,- who. greatly enjoyed |:

road from N orth. Francois lake to] :
_|the railway line ét Burns lake: is

ceeding ‘on the Tain: ‘road ° “from
the latter point ‘west. -J. W.
Henkel is.in ‘charge of the work.

“Iwo crews; under Wm. Etison
and A ‘Blayney, are engaged in
‘constructing thesleigh. toad from
Pleasant Valley ‘to Francois lake
and Ootsa lake. ‘The road will
be: ‘completed before’ the snow
flies, and the settlers are ordering
wagons,- sleighs. and farm © ma-
chinery to take i in during the fall
and winter.” ‘ A: bridgé over the
Nadina, river, at the head of
Francois lake, is to. be constrict:
ed during: the winter,

NO STATION FOR TSUN

Railway. Commiesion Also Taras’ Down

:” Application from Stewart's Landing—
“- “White Pass & Yukon Tariff. Suspend-
a "od~-Many, Cases  Beforo. the Board.

Dae

’ Vandouver, ‘Sept:
to the Miner) The. Railway. Com-
mission, now in séssion’ here, ‘has
suspended, . until farther ‘orders,
the freight: tariff’ -of the’ White
Pass.:-&*: Yukon railway. ot The
suspensi “‘takes “effect. today,
and :is the result’ of a hearing
which: ‘took pla ace at White Horse
on. “August a

“The Commission has refused the

'| ¥equest ‘for a -‘railway~ station at:

Kitsumkalum, on the Skeena, ‘on
tho: “grounds ° that it would. tear
.@ yard on a grade of four-tenths,
with, a bridge. ' The. tribunal, ‘in

order’ the. G: T. Pe “to: -build'a
atation. ~-The ‘application: ‘fora
aiding and flag. Station’ at Stew-
art's” ‘Landing, opposite’ Copper'|.
river, vag also. refused... Owhig

‘Littleton (Terrace); end Newtown
the ‘board: felt that it ould not
intefere.”. ° ‘ ae
‘Fifty “cases are on. ‘the list, for
hearing, Soe,

Vancouver's Gi Growth ces

‘continued progreds of the: ‘termin-
al city, itis announced that Van-
couver’s building: ‘permits for the
‘month of. “August: ‘aperegate. $1,
450, 000, ‘exceeding the.combined
records. of Seattle, ‘Tacoma, Spo-
‘Kane and. Victoria for. the | _pre-
vious. month; wy Ee

phe inlander” has: yeduced the

“ | flat freight rate: from Prince Rup-

i|ert to $40 a ton, ...

Bulkley’. valley, on

n| Under. -the:““plow: ° Hy Coppoek,.

- =e xereniiy sequired the land,
| a | Valley has‘ been found entirely
‘practicable for-d railroad, : afford-.

#100 aces ‘this fall

i‘ be sown:in thé g apring,.
“George Lewis and Fra Mitchell,
Jake settlers, came in
fo" supplies, “They

ong in the Tepe, and
- Theyiel if EAR

*Teouldn’t be better”? ‘SAYS WAG
his- road: district, He “was ac-|.
companied | “by | Mrs. :- and “Migs |’

the two weeka trip. - ‘The sleigh-|".

finished, and. work’ ig now | ‘pro-| -.

‘known. as the Rocher’ de Boule

7 Messrs. Trimble & Pemberton,

‘and is situated in Juniper basin,
nine. miles from the G. T. P. by

|The claims were. located just a
—Gpedial .

‘with whom W..P.:D. Pemberton}

Pemberton have done much work

third-vein is the -widest and re-
‘cent-assays show it to. carry high|:

‘to tha: ‘proximity ‘of ‘stations at|

_-:. 900,000 working bond to C.D.
“1 Clarke;.a Montana operator. The

ane couver, Sept.1;-- (Special to group, which includes the Dom-

_ the. Miner) Asan: eviderice of the

jor Carr Bros.
dK and Jolin * Ashmiin. camel

‘ during the wéek from Groundhog

; 1 HAG,. 20 if ~lmoiintain, °
“lortte camping ‘placa, ig to come:

Coal experts and. others who have
been i in the district-this season

~ROCHER DE DOULE GROUP

LIKE LY 10 CHANGE HANDS, s-

Most ‘Important “Transaction Th Mining History

of Omineca Distict Will Probably be Con-

--summated Next Week—Property Has Fine

» Showings of Copper

Ore On the Surface

The - ‘Juniper ‘group, » usually

property, will probably be taken
over on Sept. 10th by . W. J: ‘Cas
wan. Mr.: Cowan i isan operator
from Utah who has been looking
over the. camp for some time,
and who i is: greatly. pleased with
its propécts,» 9 4

S

the present owners of the J Juniper
froup, are reticent as to the deal:
but it'is stated’ on good authority:
that a-deal : :is on‘ the- ‘tapi,’ the
consideration ‘being well “UD, in
Six. figures, ed

The group ineludea ” the Jack
pine,. Timberline, Towa; ‘Juniper,
Balsam and Log Cabin claims,

the new trail. from. ‘Kitseguecla,

year ago, by W. &. Sargentand
C,H. Munro, and .were bonded!
shortly after to R: P.. Trimble;
¢
became’ associated. . Trimble’.&
this” season, “although Working}
linder., difficulties, there. being] -
no’ trail to.the property,

There are three veins on the
group, : The upper lead is four to
eight feet wide and. carries high
grade ‘‘blue’” copper ore, .On
the middle. lead. a.fifty-font shaft |.
and ¢ open cuts. expose. a ‘four-and-
a-half foot: vein of quartz, carry-
ing grey, copper: and galena. The

valaes. “Along this vein replace- 8

“16

Te Work Another Property
ate. “Carr left: on Thursday! -
with: mining . supplics . to begin
work on the Dominion group, on

which. Carr Bros, ‘have given a

through the Kitseguecha pass and

inion, Black Jaek and Iron Mask
claims, is located in Dominion
basin, on Goldstream, a tributary

ert: Coal: -Gonipany’s.. . property.
Six men will be employed for the
remainder of the year. .
‘Negotiations arein progress for
the. puichase of another group in
Dominion basin, al 50 the property

“Tn from Groundhog Coalfield
“-Fyank. ‘A. Jackson. returned

more: than “ever
enthused by the prospects of that
great. toalfi eld, He states‘that
the Courier creek. paad to the Naas

ing a route with very easy ‘grades,,

pat, Mr,"

ielent -suppliesi in for winter work,

and the old system of, taking
provisions in on dog toboggans |
in winter will be used for another

eagon. oe,

"Silver Pick Looke Well”

"On the Silver Pick claim, which:
adjoins the. Lead King and Sun-
risé- groups, «
owner, has been driving a pros-
ject’ tunnel: with a’amall: crew.
On ‘Tuesday, when. the.face was
Yh 28 feet, with about the same
depth, _the-yéini was encountered,
$howing. eighteén. inches of gal-
| ena ore,
had not: been defined | at t Inst ac:
cplmnts. wets

“J.-S. Cline, the

The width of ° the vein

y

A strong petition has been for-

warded to the. department’ of | -
works asking for . the immediate
construction of a - wagon’ road]
from the Skeena- road: to. the
Juniper. creek basin,.a distance of
ten miles.- This road, which: will

oat about: ‘$10,000, . will prove. of

immense benefit to the ‘Mining
men not Rocher de Boule. _

4 The provincial mineralogist 1 Te-
».,.| turned from * Hudson Bay nioun-
tain on Monday, » having com-
Pleted'his season’s work in this|
district, and. left on.the Omineea,
en n route to. Vietoria..

s “Augis Matheson and “Fritz
Harris. have brought in some ex-
cellent, ore samples from Snare
mountain,, where’ they located

everal’ claims: on a promising

y| Showing. : They. intend to do

ome work | on the © Property this

-| fall.

On Saturday” evening Bert

Schooling, Hugh : McLean, Wm,
Walker, John McAmis and’ Ed.
Kelly returned | from. ‘a trip

around Hudson Bay -mountain.
The pilgrims say that they had a
very enjoyable trip and saw a
large number ‘of fine mineral
showings.

of the Morice. river;and-is ten). . .
milés: from: Howson ‘basin and =
five ‘miles. above: the Prinee Rup-|*

- Borden In Quebec 2 28
“Bedford, Aug: 31 —R, L Bor-

den; ‘leader .of the: Opposition,
‘who js: “touring Quebee, ° ‘arrived
here’ last night, and wad: givens
rousing reception. |
large and enthusiastic gathering
of: voters: on the: issueg’ of the
campaign. Reciprocity; he said,
. | would take away the birthright
" lof Canadian ‘titizens in order to
pull the Liberal party out of a
bad ‘hole,
whereas - President Taft, had se-
‘tured the. adoption of. reciprocity
‘ins order. to: steal-a march. onthe
‘Democratic party. | in. the United
States,” the “Liberals ‘ ‘if Canada,
had?” “welooted- it \a8 @-means to’
eover a party. Beandais,:..
Borden apserted, rece!
was the gréatéat menace”. -
to British connection .that had]

He addressed

He. declared that}

i. ‘ahite in declaring es field'to be |
ch | report exceddingly: favorable crop | :
ditic

{Canada} but thedark cloud would
tefiber. His four of ‘Ontario,

aver appeiired : in. the ‘history of |:

‘Teil Will C Connect
Us with Stewart

_—_

On: Manday, R. 0, Jerininge,

Jer Skeena,- wasin town,. -having
come .up from Kitwangak on
government business, He reports
TY ood progress on the new trail
which will connect Hazelton with
the Stewart camp on Portland
Canal and with Naas river points.
Leaving the Skeena road at Kit-
wangak, the trail followa the
Kitwankool river through a fer-
tile- section. of _tountry to the
Naas summit, -one branch turning
off to connect. with. the Stewart

trail, which: will be ‘complet-
‘and .the — other].
‘lrunning down ‘Cranberry creek

ed this. fall, -

towards Aiyansh, where it will
join the trail from Kitsumkalum
to that’point. The completion of
these trails this fall will tend to
make Hazelton the point of de-
parture for quite a stretch of
country tothe north. The dis-
tance to Aiyansh is 150 miles,
and from Hazelton. to. Stewart
about 200 miles.

JAMIESON GETS A YEAR

Gun Man Sent Down by Judge Young—
Hall Gets Off with a Fine of Fifty
Dollars, Being. Charged Only with

'_ Common Aasault

At Prince Rupert on Tuesday
Judge Young tried Frank Jamie-
son and Ed. - ‘Hall on charges
arising from the. affray in which
Hall-was shot by J amieson. For

-‘féssault with & deadly ° “weapon

Jamieson was sentenced to twelve
months i in “jail, while Hall, who
Was ‘charged. only. with: common

on- _Payment of a fine Of $60,
Chief of ‘Police Wynn | “and the
witnesses in- the- “cage ‘returned
this morning.

. L Charleson is down. From
Telkwa,

from Prince Rupert,

' ALB. Rochester, manager for
the Inlander, is in town. -

Alderman George Kerz,. of
Prince Rupert, i is in town today.

The Intander brought a bunch
of fine. Porkers for the - Ingineca
hotel.

‘The lnuneh Rambler arrived on
the Inlander yesterday, R, .H.
Gerow, the owner, will place the
craft on Francois lake, —

TG, K. Sealy has returned

from. his Bulkley valley ranch,

where-he has heen. keeping - ‘an
eye on. harvesting Operations, |

“RR, ‘d McDotell, of :the Ingine-
ca hotel, returned ‘ this’ ‘morning
from.the. coast, He spent some

| days transacting business in Van-

couver and Victoria,.- and was
called ss a witness in the. Jamie-
son-Hall ‘trial at Rupert

- “ Gorman Replcoage. ae
Plymouth, “England; : Sept. 1:

Phe! ain v

be dispelled ori.the 2iat of Sep-| Con

froad superintendent for the low-|"

assault, was allowed his liberty.

Dr. Wrinch returned yesterday

Lieutenant Schultz, ‘the: German] n
Spy: tiow.on_ trial here, is: said tol f from: .L
‘haye been ‘commissioned * by. the |! 0 4 Hive ea
German | authorities to: - Sacertain|t 2

RECIPROCITY
CAMPAIGN ON.

Leaders of Parties Conduct.
ing a Strenuous Campaign

- Throughout the Dominion _—

OUR PREMIER CONFIDENT

Hon. Richard McBride Predicts Sweep-
‘ing Victory for Conservatives in
All British Columbia Conatituencies—
Standing of Parties in the Commons

Vancouver, Sept, 1:—(Special

to the Miner) In all seven Dom-
inion - constituencies in - British
Columbia the candidates of ‘both —
parties have: now been nominated
and the campaign is in full swing,
Premier McBride has already ad-
dressed meetings at Victoria,
Nanaimo, - Vancouver ‘and New
Westminster. Everywhere he
was greeted enthusiastically by
large crowds. He is leading the .
anti-reciprocity campaign in Brit-
ish Columbia. with: the -utmost
vigor and: his telling: arraignment
of the Laurier policy is proving
most effective;

ity would mean the dismember- -
ment. of the empire within.a few
years. He expresses~ confidence
in the triumph of .congervative
principles. and: predicts that the
opponents of reciprocity’: will,
sweep the pravince.
Senator Lougheed, ieader of
the opposition Jin the Senate, is
here on‘d visit. In.an interview
he said the Conservative: ‘party
would make many gainsin Al-
berta and - Saskatchewan | ‘and
would sweep Manitoba. .
“Leaving the province . of, Que-
bec out of ‘the calculation, the
Conservatives at present hold two

‘|more geats than the Liberals. In

British: Columbia, Yukon, Alber-
ta,: Saskatchewan and. Manitoba
there are 17. Conservative mem-
bers and 18 ‘Liberals; .Ontario
has 50 opposition: members
against 836; Quebec 12. against 53
and the maritime provinees 8
against 14. ;

-A Northland Tragedy. :

Winnipeg, Sept..1:—A- letter

just received from the Hudson's
Bay Company’s post at Salt river,
in the -Great Slave lake: district,

‘dated June 6th; states that Peter

Melland was found dead ‘with his
head crushed. His partner, W.
Ss: Alliver,: -was aleo found ‘dead
from poison, aelf-administered,

The latter left a written confess-
ion,, reading,. in) part:

to “kill me. He’ thought: Thad ©
More. money: than’ Ihave. “A
large stock of ‘fursand | some-casi

‘were found i ine ‘the men! 8 cabin,

“To Welesine “ Coming

The premier
| warns the electors that téciproc- .

“ZT have -
“Just killed:-a man. who was. trying