4 | f “f | A ‘ 7 q | 1 1 ff Eg ee mM, A. principal Ocean | fi 1 Spee NEW HAZELTON, B, Gn WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 26, 1980 ‘Silver Cup To. Soon Resume : Development Word has been, received here that inost sutisfactory progress. is heing made with the refinancing and re-or- ganization of the -Sitver Cup Mining Co, and that there is every reason to heljeve that in a very short time the mine will be reopened and that 2 crew of fifteen or twenty men will be put to work in No.3 and No.4 tunnels to drive them ahead for another five “huntired feet or more, and to develop a big tonnage of ore so that when the meial prices get back to normal again the mill ccan be started up .and kept running at full capacity, What has heen accomplished in the past with the mill is a- matter of record aud tha future of the plint is mere detail. . It is known what the mill can do, ani it is known just what the treatment. for the ore of the Silver Cup requires. HAZELTON GIRL WON PRIZE . Ethel Tomlinson in Essay Contest Under direction Prince Rupert Presbytery ae Rev. T. H. Wright received word hist week that Miss Fthel Tornlinson. was the fortunute winner of the first prize in an essay competition carried out by the missionary committee of the Prince Rupert Presbytery of the United Church in’ Cnnada. . Announcement of the contest and choice of subjects for essays was giy- On. OTE dass fall, Phere: arere -five--sub-, fects and the competition Was open New Schedule “Unpopular in Interior Towns The new schedule on the railway to come. into effect ol or about the 18th of May is going ‘to be a ‘Very unpopul- at one for ntl the interior country, att leust. east of New . Hazelton. When the daily trains ute: prt on sgt iin on- the above date the ftissenger train. go- ing west will le three hours earlier, or, will leave New Hazelton at about. ten niiuutes to fire in the morning and the east bound trains will be an hour and a halt later, or will be in New Hazel- ton around uine o’clock in the evening The change in the time table that has been in effect ‘and bus been giving pretty general satisfaction for’ several years past, was made, it is understood to meet the demands of some of the Prince Rupert people that passengers from the trains for the hoats be com- peed to stay Lutheir town some hours Ionger than in the past. Alsd that the tourists be compelled to stay there a longer time. That may be alright for a couple of cnrid shops in Rupert aud perhaps for the beer parlors, but it is a long way from being of any benefit to the towns of the interior, Another bad feature is that under the new schedule the best half of the scenery will have been prssed beforé any of the tourists are awake in the morning upper part of the Skeena is one of the’ chief attractions of, the trip over, the northern route. To miss the best of it will put the railw: ay company in the relass “of--"Furny-““idvertisers,” - Te | + people of the coast city. - might do to both high and public schools, ' The subject written on by Miss Tomlinson “was “The ‘place of woman in Home Missions” and she won in the high school class, The prize entitles her ta the choice of books to:the value of $5.00 from the United -Church Pub- lishing Honse, Toronto. The judges for the competition were L. T. Davis, Falls high school, BE. A. Goddard, vice principal Ocenu Falls public. sehool;,.A. North. manger of the Bank of Commerce, and Rev. I. C. Seott, B. A. chaplain on the Thomas Creshy, Rev. Wm. Deans of Ocenn Falls wrote in very complimentary terms of the essny sent by the Huzeltou stndent. t RECEPTION FoR NEWLY WEDS | “Last Saturday night tt “reception ‘for the bride amd groom, Mr. and Mrs, Carl Poulson: was leld-at the home of the bride's parents, My, and Mrs. 0. Johnson, following the evrival of the east howd train, Nearly everyone in New Huagelton wis present and a most enjoyable evening (wis “spent. The best wishes of the community is ex- tended-to the bride and sraom, both of whom uve well and very fivornbly Imown, TO IMPROVE TELRWA HOTE!, As spon ous the weather will -pertult the Telkwn’ Hotel will be put.in the hands of carpenters und when they vet, through the .plice. will look like a new building. Tho exterior of the - building is to be'reeovered and it will he painted. For the past two or three yours Mr. and Mrs, Slavin have been, ‘devoting all their attention to the in- terfor of the hotel aud ‘have made it , me of the nleest’ wlnces Along the Hue to ston at. ' : Someone with ne ear: shit ane. of 7. Ih. Willan's cows abt “week. The ‘cow passed ‘away soon after ard. 8.30 pan, Something on their own to attract the tourists und keep them there—not nguinst their wishes, ‘The conyen- tence of the interior people, who are worth much more to Prince _ Rupert than their tourist trnffie, was not con- sidered when the change in time table was made. QUICK N EWS. Quick: Axon was born to Mr. Mechan of Quick. : W. J. King fell on the jee and’ was badly shaken up, Jos. Clarkson Is under the doctor’ 8 care, ; a As! ROPE, Swift is: aga able td be’ arowd. 7 There. hrs heen some movement of farm produce recently but - the prices are still low. H.C. Barger | is usitg his truek to neff’ sonte outlying grain: shipments. "Last Snaday’s warm winds removed practically all the snow. Outside the timber It is ull benr and the roads are getting thin for sleighing. As usual a lot of Lauling is still to be done. Iee is one of the main things to get in. . “Bob Lockhart was over to Mendow- brook last week. to get’ some crushing done, : ‘ ; and Mis, Mra. Logan nother of Mra, 1. OG, us she was crossing from the Doctor's house to lier own ., residence. ‘ Upon exninination it’ was ‘found that her hip had been broken, It was set. on Sat- urday: ey ening and While. she is doing. as well: as enn be expected, tt ‘will be- sone time before ‘she will be able to resume her regular dnties In her own home, on “The Woman's Auxiliary: of. the Haz-| elton’ . Hospital WH meet (on. ‘Tuesday The scenery of the Bulkley und ‘the |; lof. fishing, sure, emphasises the ports dependence ‘on this grent industry. menl-ticket, - not “mabey It’s not visionary, something that is substantial here and now t Wrinch, fell last - Weilnesday évening | - | Duthie Mine is Closed Untila | Rise i in Metals Lust Saturday night’ the Duthie mine was closed down and all the em- ployees arrived in Smithers, © Only one man is left dn the property. The mil was closed down the week before | and it was hoped that the mine would be kept going for development. pur- poses.