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NEW HAZELTON, B. C., MARCH 19, 1926 .

No. 38

| Classification
} Terrace Fair To
| be Acted Against

| Association Seeks Class ‘*C”
; Standing—Will Buy F.1.
7 Land For Grounds

The annual meeting of the Ter-
»race Fall Fair Association was
held in the G.W.V.A. Hall on
Friday evening last, but only a
| small attendance was present.

m President J. Morse Hatt oceupied
B the chair.

+ The auditor’s report showed

me that receipts last year amounted

mm to $686.56 and expenditures to
& $505.86, leaving a bank balance

am of $181.20. Cash donations to-

me wards the fair in 1925 totalled

2276.50.

A communication from the B.C.

list of resolutions drawn up at a
me meeting of that body held in New
me Westminster last fall was read,
ep and gave a classification of fairs
Mee based on 1924 and 1925 sche-
idules. Under this classification
@ terrace Fall Fair comes under
? Class D, and thus will not receive
Fassistance from the department
feo! agriculture other than the
ae provision of judges.

me Inthis connection the meeting
ifelt that, as Terrace was a cen-|

Meter and served a district witha
mradius of fifty miles, two of! the
qualifications necessary for entry
maminto Class ©, a re-adjustment
Mecould be made. Jt was left with
@che new executive to. take this
Frnatter up with the Fairs Asso-
iation.
The discussion was followed by
athe election of directors for the
coming year, as follows: J. M.
Biiatt, Mrs,.C. R. Gilbert, J. B.
maAgar, J, Hamblin, C. H. Thomas,
ot rs. Geo. Dover, Ed Michaud,
lhe directors will appoint their
muywno officers, either from among
fecbemselves. or from other mem-
mevers of the Association.
/ After considerable discussion
Mees to the advisability of purchas-
Suz land adjacent to and weat of
Mee.ne ball grounds, and owned by
mene Farmers’ Institute, it was
Melecided to take over the proper-
By. the price of which is $400, It
ms intended at a later date to
Sirect buildings for the housing of
meexhibits of all kinds, and by this
maneans avoid the disadvantage of
@eeaving indoor exhibits, stock en-
Memrics, and sports in different
Marts of the town on fair day. A
reat saving in rent will also be
Meitected by such an enterprise,
Meme t the close of the general meet-
payee a meeting of the directors
Mamas called, but. was adjourned
Mntil this (Friday) evening, at 8
wee’clock, in the Store of Hatt
’ Bros. so

t Some of the Kitwanga natives
Seemave one to the ‘cahheriés. where

Baey will put ‘the ‘nets and boats
_ shane for the seagon, -

|Fairs Association containing af:

Back From the East

W. J. Larkworthy arrived home
Sunday morning after an absence
of three months during which

time he visited his home in Strat-
ford, Ont., and returned to Van-

steouver where he spent several
-| weeks,

He found business econ-
itions in the east very good, but;
oh, the winter weather! He did
not really believe the frequent
refrence in the Omineca Herald
to the very mild weather until he
got back and looked up the official
records. In all the years he has
been in this district there never
was a winter like the last one and
he says he is going to stay home
next winter and keep warm. Mr.
Larkworthy is a keen observer
and there were some styles of
feminine attire which did not en-
tirely meet with his approval.
He felt it-was much too——to go
about that way.

The House of Commons at Ot:
tawa opened on Monday after a
two weeks holiday.

Work in the gardens has got
under way and many small fires
are set and old men and women
are raking and scraping and fix-
ing hot beds. The young fellows
think there 18 plenty of time yet.
Practicing baseball suits them

better, ee ee:
forward with as much zip as ever

4A. E.. Faleoner has purchaeds
the old police station building

and has moved it to the corner
opposite the hotel. When he has

it fitted up he will move his gar-
age and service station into it,
This will be a greater conveni-
ence to the public and to the new
owner, The garage will be fitted
up to give up-to-the-minute ser-
vice at all hours.

Chas. Wilson of Smithers who
put up ice for the railway from
Lake Kathlyn, donated a carload
of ice to the Hazelton Hospital.
This is greatly appreciated as it
was impossible to get ice around
here last winter and the hospital
Management was beginning to
wonder what todo. This is the
first time in history that plenty
of ice was not available.

Mrs, M. A. Myros was hostess
on Friday evening last to the
members of the Anglican W. A.
and a number of other ladies of
town in a surprise visit. During
the evening Mrs. Myros was the
recipient of a shower of bouse-
hold eutensils. A highly enjoy-
able evening. was spent.

Last Wednesday night anothe
series of games. of the Felix
Bridge Club was started at the
home of Mrs, Jas, Turnbull when
the prizes were won by Mrs, W.
H. Sharpe and Mrs. Chappell.
Mrs. Sharpe was also presented
with the prize.for the. grand BR

: | gregate of the last series,

‘Duke Harris. returned : home
Tuesday morning after 8 a visit: to

Alice Arm,

. ‘The Herald i is only 2.008 a year

Bachelors Hosts
At Enjoyable St.
Patrick’s Dance

The bachelors of New Hazel-
ton proved themselves excellent
entertainers when they played
hosts to the people of the district
ata St. Patrick’s Day dance on
Wednesday evening.

_ The affair was held in the hotel
dining room, which had been
transformed by decorations green
enough to suit the most critical
Irishman. The workmanship of
the committee, consisting of Al-
bert Mercer and Peter Spooner,
was most effective.

The music as played by Mrs.
A. D. Chappell (piano), and
Messrs. Wilson (saxophone), Bert
Cox (drums) and Jimmy Cox
(banjo), was probably the best
heard here for along while. It
put great pep in ‘the crowd and
was no small factor contributing
to the success of the dance.

Anample supply of satisfying
refreshments (not the bachelor
produet) was served at midnight.
Dating the supper period a couple
of versatile commercial travellers
gave several vocal and instru-
mental, numbers which were
greatly appreciated,

Following supper dancing went

and lasted until an extremely
early hour.

The people are looking forward
to another dance under the same
auspices at a not too.future date,

‘The bachelors wish to express
their appreciation to the ladies of
town who supplied the refresh-
ments for the dance.

Running Special

About the middle of July the
Canadian National railway will
run a special train from Vancou-
ver over the Triangular route.
There will be a stop at Jasper,
and then at different points on
the way to Prince Rupert. The
train will arrive at New Hazel-
ton Sunday morning, July 25th
at 8a, m. and remain for at least
two hours. ‘he people of this
district are invited _ to assist ‘in’
their entertainment and a drive
from one station to the other is
suggested. The party will con-
sist of from 50 to 60 people or
less,

‘Affirmatives Won Debate

The debate held in the United
Church, Hazelton, on: Thursday
eyening of last week was pro-
ductive of some keen argument.
Upholding the affrmative on the
subject, “Resolved that the last
fifty years have contributed more
to” human progress _ than any
period of history,” Rev. V. #H.
Sansum and Dr, R. G. Large

were fiven the ‘dedision by popu-
lar yote.: Their opponents were
Rev, A.--C.: Pound and. Mr,. Car-
man. © There was a good atten-
dance. .

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NEW HAZELTON

The Bulkley Valley Automobile
Association annual meeting will

evening next,

Services at St. Peter’s Church,
Hazelton, next Sunday, March
21, will be at the usual hours,

Miss Venn of Kitwanga had to
be rushed to the Prince Rupert
hospital Monday for treatment.

A nut in Europe claims that he
can create weeds. Killthe brute
before he gets under way.

Miss Hilda Spooner has return-
ed to her home here after spend-
ing several months in Smithers.

Eight carloads of poles were
loaded out from here last week
and another bunch went out this
week.

~ Cannery workers for the Alas-
ka canneries must undergo medi-
cal examination before going to
the cannery.

L. Belmont, the dairyman, has
taken a lease of the MacKay farm
for 4 year from the first of Avril,
There are thirty acres in hav.

Peter Faiyo has purchased fif-
teen acres ajdvining Belmont’s
dairy farm. ..He has two..acres

be heldin Smithers on Monday}.

New Road From
Babine Is Boon
To Indian Traffic

Indians Built Own Outlet

Through Tourist’s Para-
dise to Railway

The new road constructed by

the Babine Indians between their

village and the Cronin road is

proving quite a boom to the na-

tives who now have access to the
railway at all seasons of the year
Previously it was necessary for
to use Babine Lake, which fre-
quently is dangerous. The road
was first agitated by Father Al-
lard and Jast summer a party of
the natives set to work and built
seventeen miles through green
timber and connected with the
government road at the Cronin
mine and this gives them access
to either Telkwa or Smithers.
An important feature of this new

onstrated that he values the for-
est. The entire party with their
families camped on the job and
exercised care with their fires so
that not once did the camp fire
spread.

Recently the natives were in
Smithers and freighted out two
car loads of supplies, chiefly: ‘RFO-

already cleared. This he will put
into spuds,

James Dyer of Lake Kathlyn
arrived in town Tuesday night to
renew old acquaintances and to
do some assessment work on his
Four Mile claims.

Geo. D. Parent got an early
start this year. His team ‘was
ploughing on the hill last Friday
and the ground was in good con-
dition to work,

The roads are now in a much
better condition since the drag
was run over them a couple of
times. A pood coat of gravel
this season would save much of
the annual upkeep.

Ed. Sweet has purchased the

move there about the first of the:
month, For several years he has
leased the MacKay farm on the
main road.

Prov. Assessor Welch, Smith-
ers, has been in Victoria attend-
ing a convention of assessors. It
was decided to put forth more
strenuous efforts to collect from
the professional tax dodgers.

preached in New Hazelton Sun-
day morning and in Hazelton in
the evening to interested congre-
gations. Rev. Victor Sansum of
Kispiox went to Smithers and
Rey, A.C. Pound went back to
the. hospital.

Rev. J. R. Hewitt . of Dungan
will move to Cumberland asa re-

sult of. the readjustment: tinder
church - union... Rey. and’ Mrs;
Hewitt were hete, for a couple of
years and have imany-friénds who

wish’ thet, well b their’ new field

Short home at Two Mile and will]

- Rev. Geo. Turpin of Smithers| .

eeries. In addition many small
quantities of supplies were taken
out and: much of their’ fur has
been marketed in Smithers.

The next move, and “itis being
taken vo now, is to have that
road converted into an automobile
road for summer use any way.
A bid will be made for the tour-
ist trade and there is no doubt
but that Babine, with its fiishing
hunting, boating, bathing, great
green forests and chain of lakes,
will be attractive. The anto con-
nectivn would give tourists the
option of taking acar to Smith-
ers ov Telkwa or using saddle:
horses over the old pack trail to
New Hazelton or Hazelton,

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In Memoriam

In loving memory of Annie
Proctor, beloved wife of Rev.
Thomas D. Proctor. Entered
into rest March 28rd, 1925.
“Gone, but not from Memory;
“Gone, but not from Loye;
“But, gone to our Father's

Home above,”

Picture Show Monday

_ Norman Cary is putting on a
picture show in Assembly Hall,
Hazelton, next Monday night in
aid of the Hospital.
ie entitled ‘Painted People’’, and
features Colleen Moore. — It is a
big laugh all the. way through
and. some of the local ball fans.
will get a. few pointers ‘on the
game, In addition to the picture,

show, four well- known: ‘Iocal ‘sin- _

gers and humorists vwillg give.a
‘minstrel display. that alone should,
‘be worth: ‘the thoniey,” den es

road is that the Indian has dem-.

The picture -