‘tonight, three | passengers . were
"worth, Canadian Pacific Railway
. conductor, who was: returning ag
building contractor, and R. L.

_ - “Lee; of Bremerton, Wash.
" eapture one of the bandits, and

“were shot dead by the other.
Both. then’. escaped. : A: reward

+ Wells,”

‘Kina held an inquest on Tuesday,
the jury: bringing in‘a ‘verdict to
“the'above effect =

‘day night, by defeating the latter

"the East on Mareh 2, to meet the

pionship, for the Stanley Cup,

~was held here today to condemn

‘of peace in Mexico,
' < Englishmen are reported missing.

‘Bride introduced a bill
~ further aid to the Canadian Nor-
. thern. construction by bond guar-

antea.not exceeding $10,000 per
Inile on. main line.

- for- a “eonference on provincial
matters, among them being bet-
_ter terms ‘for British Columbia,

a ‘named, was “presented . in the
"Alou onWednesday by Mr: Wood,
“+ smember for _ Alban, .

"voted ‘for women,

ee 5 eigma oni alleged. extravagatice on
“publi. works, and was offered a

exariilne the work’ ‘that had been |

VOL. i, NO. BB

TRE sim

BY BANDIT:

Passengers” on’Canadian' Nor-
thernjKilled While Attempt-
ing Capture of Robbers -

. Vancouver, Feb. 20: — While
resisting two bandits who board-
ed a Vancouver’ bound Great
Northern train ‘near [Bellingham

shot and killed; ‘Thomas. Wads-

a passenger from” California,
H. R. Adkinson, a Vancouver

The three men attempted to

‘of $5000> ° is. offered for: their
ehoture, |

Kinwanoar Suicide
_ A. Kitwangak Indian, Daniel
committed suicide by
drinking carbolic acid while tem-
porarily insane. Coroner Hos-

_ Hockey Champions
Vietoria cinched the champion-
ship: of ‘the Pacific Coast. Hoskey|°
Leagueat Vancouver - “on: Satur.

team,
The champions will. leave for

winners of the Eastern Cham-

the first game to be played on
March 9, ;

7 ‘Demand Peace
El Paso, Feb. 20:— A mass

the inaction of the United. States
government in the matter of in-
tervention, and the restoration
Three‘more

: Loan Bill Favored _
Victoria, Feb. 21:--Lieutenant-
govenor Paterson gave his assent
yesterday. to the loan. bill, and
bill amending’ Canadian. North-
ern extensions act, Premier Mc-
giving

Parliamentary News
" Victoria, Feb, 20:—Sir Richard

McBride will ‘leave for Ottawa at
the close of the present seasion

A petition, with ten thousand

‘uwraingt|

Parker. Williams: raised oriti

ersorial tour. ‘of the ‘provinee-to

ecoin plished. The shakes were}:

“News,
| be expended: in Britiah Columbia,

will, be held ‘on Friday, Feb, 27.

"| ALASKA 70 HAVERAILWAY

‘two hundred, President Wilson

_ [the history of. mining in. the

[Lumber Company

erations at their ill on Two-

expected sawing will commence
in about. ten days... About fifteen
men will be employed in logging,
‘and this number will be consider-
ably augmented when the mill
starts,-. ... .

’ Prisoner Escapes .

By sealing a 12-foot fence
surrounding the jail yard, on
Wednesday, & Russian prisoner,
serving a “five-month sentence
for supplying whiskey to Indians,
made his escape, He has not
‘been recaptured to date,

Will Appear in Smithers
_The comedy “Turn: Him. Out,’’

which was ‘staged here a week
ago, is billed for ‘Smithers next
Wednesday night, with the same
caste. The Proceeds will be don-
ated to the Hazelton Hospital
X-ray fund, |

CP. R.. Extension Cost 7
Vancouver, Feb, 21:—Canadian

Pacific extension work this, year
will cost elghty- five tnillion dal-|
OF this, ten. millions ‘will

dowbla traokcin rand toaking: ex:
tanbions, cr oe es

“The regular St Andrew’ a-‘So-
ciety meeting, which should. shave
been held Jast. "Friday: night,. “Was
postponed on account of : other
attractions. The next. meeting

: Washington, Feb, 19: ~The
Alaska railway bill was passed

Thursday by a majority of over

will sign the bill at once, The
line, which is to ran from. the
coast to the coal-fieldg, will ‘cost
thirty-five millions, It is gener-
ally believed that the railway
will greatly benefit the coast
cities of British Columbia.

» British Columbia-Mining | -
" Vaneouver, Feb, : 19:--Mining
in British Columbia for the year
1913 was reviewed at~ the annual
convention of the’ Western Insti-
tute in “Vancouver. Last’ year
proved to bea banner period int

Province, the returns constituting
a record, The total of. distribut-
ed profits was two: “millions four
hundred thousand. dollars, -

: - Commission Report
Victoria, Feb. 18:—-The report

of the agricultural commission is
expected: within a: day ‘or two.
Some of the inatitute resolutions
dealt ‘with,j jin the report are: -~

"Settlement: of logged-off. lands,
exeniption” of: agricultural: ‘tnt

tural communities, ;
“Tango teas’? will te petmitted|

e provided: swith a ball-

Re-opens. Sawmill

The Interior Lumber Co. have!
decided - to: “at: once. resume op-| -

mile ereek, Ad crew left Thurs- ,
day. to ‘get the camps in ‘shape|
: and commence logging, and itis

‘| those having charge of the con-

‘|was needlessly expended in the

by the United States Senate on||

‘|yreturned from a business trip to
«| Prince Rupert Saturday.

and.R. H. Imlioff, of Vancouver,
_ came in from Smithers Thnraday

and will leave for Prince Rupert aa

Findlay river yesterday.

‘provement . from. taxation, sand N
reduction of tatation on aarleal- 4

in the, lty: hotels bf. Vancouver, | My

-HAZELTON, B. C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY ai, 1914 -

the Laurier government. The!
commissioners conclude their
voluminous report as follows: -

ental Railway Commission, the
Grand Trank Pacific Railway and

struction of the railway, did not
consider it desirable or neces-
sary to practice or encourage
economy in the construction ‘of
this road. We find that, without
including the money which was
unnecessarily spent in building
the railway east.of the St,.Law-
rence River, $40,000,000 at-least |

building of this road,”

The commission criticizes the
methods of letting tenders In un-
reasonably ‘large. sections which:
resulted in eleven firma getting
all the work ‘and, sub-letting i it.to
100 sub-contractors, Ag one ine
dication of the handsome profitd
derived by these eleven firms, it
appears that they pair $8,800,000
in profits for that part of the
work whieh.they let to sub-con-
tractors. ‘Che commissioners find
that in a number. of the largest
contracts the contracts were not

FORTY MILLIONS WASTED
— BY LAURIER RU GVERNMENT, |

_ Ottawa, ‘Feb. Ua: —That ‘the
National Transcontinental. ‘Rail-
‘way. cost $40, 000, 000 more than-
was necessary, in the eonelusion’
of’ the commissioners appointed"
to investigate the construction of
the line, under the direction’ of

“ ment performed their, duty, they
“We find thatthe Trangeontin<:

e |eould hava been saved $204, 000,

Extravagancé or Worse Marked C. Marked Construction of National
Transcontinental , Says Report of Commission--Ecdnomy
“Neither Practiced: nor Encouraged

~

was inade'use of by the stecess:
Eul tenderers:

“Phe! “report:
ease the firm’ of Davis &: Co. ‘re-
ceived rio is ‘than. $74
doing nothing, ‘and which, had)
the commission and the govern:

iit

never would have received. Oni]
proper classification the contract-
tors were overpaid $3,300,000:
Gross extravagance, ‘the report
declares, marked the whole con-
struction-of the line, and exam-
ple after example i is quoted, For
instance the engine’ houses on,
‘the line were built without con-
tract, the prices to be arranged
afterwards, In consequence of
this, these buildings cost $800,-
000° moré than they. otherwise
would. ve

On station buildtags plone

on freight sheds, ‘bunk-houses,
ete, $300, 000 could ‘hava’ been
daved, The report shows that
the: ‘government. at, no. time, Bug
gested to the commission to ba

careftl in ita expenditures,
Though. the early returns showed |
that the cost: was) mounting he-
yond -that of any single track
constructed in America, the gov-
ernment, continued indifferent
and the commission went on with

let to the lowest tenderer, and

its extravagance.

~ Local and District News Notes

- William Holland is in'the Hos-
pital, suffering ‘from. pneumonia.
’P, Doherty,-C. Doherty and J.
Rangell arrived from Fort Fraser
this week, © :

S, H. Cram ‘and A. E, Player

P, C. Folwell, L. H. Campbell,

came in last Sunday,
A. N.. Johnston’ and G. F.
Alien, of Johnston Bros., Ltd.,
Vancouver, are spending a "few
days in town,

‘Emil Alson and Pete Jenson
left for aseason’s works on the|.

_ H.“Brundage, who has been
spending a-couple of weeks on
the coast, returned last Saturday,
R. B. Bowden is calling on. the
local trade this week in the i in-{
terests ‘of McKay, Smith, Blair ¢
& Co. ‘Vanieouver.

* Miles’ ‘Steal will: spend. a couple
of weeks with Mrs. Graham at
‘Hai iton,” before leaving.

leave in a few days for Ground-

hog with T, H. Taylor’s party.1der of General Villa, near Jaurez

He will be engaged in laying out
supply depots.

J. Thorne and W. Blackstock
are leaving tonight. with a crew
to rush the construction of the
telegraph line to Smithers,

F. G. Dowling, superintendent
of the Yukon telegraph service,

tomorrow.

T, H, McCuhbin, of Pacific,
has been gazetted as deputy min-
ing. recorder for the Ominecal ¥
mining division, with sub-record-
ing office at Pacific,

A party composed of ‘Fred

Glendianing, Charlea Munroe;

George Hauk, and Walter Aitken
are leaving for their placer claims
on Manson: creek Monday, | .
-’ Chief of Police Gammon left}.
a ‘Thursday for Victoria, on offi-
dal ‘business, Constable MeAul-
ay: ‘eoming i in from Aldermere to
take charge. during his absarce,

An exciting | game of broomolo|'
ed yeaterday afternoon

-and. the’ Foveatry depart-| -
I int. resulting tts 4p tle, 2-2,

they: ‘believe that, in at least
three cases, ‘advance infortaation

that i in one

y 000 “for

fi the Government office].

G.T.P. Train Service
Extended to Mile 337|

Timetable No. 8, which-: has
just been issued by the G. T; P.
Railway, provides for an exten-

eral freight. service to Words-

Feb. 22nd. An accommedg 1
tyain will leave Smi srs As. ‘at
present, of: Sunday fand ‘Thurs.
days at 880 a.m} angivibe ht
Wordsworth at 6, 20 ps ne frehurn-
ing will leave Wordaworth, Bat.
‘urdays and Wednesdays at 6.g0Te
am., arriving at Smithers at 4, 80
‘Pm.

Silver Standard Ore
The contractors engaged in
hauling. ore’ from the Silver
Standard completed their con-
tract last Monday, having broughi
down over 7800 tons since Christ-
mas, . There still remains a ear-
load to be sacked, which will be
hauled later. _ About 25 horses, |
usedon. this work, were shipped
to the end of steel today.

-Vaneouver, Feb, 19:—The
Prince John arrived here on
Tuesday with ninety additional
tons of Silver Standard ore for
Trail smelter, ,

‘Hanging Bungled

Vancouver, Feb, 20:-—Accord-
ing to a Calgary despatch, the
hanging’ of Jasper ’Colling, - the
Miseouri youth who ‘murdered
John Benson, of Calguey, was

‘sion of the passenger and.gen-|*"

' worth, at mile 337, to take effect | -

PRICE $2.00°A YEAR

/NEW RAILWAY.
FORINTERIOR

Welsh Coal Interests Obtain

Groundhog Coal Lands...

AUG Otidiem Feb, 19:—The Rall:

way Comsni
charter for the
‘the Paciite | Peac4 River and Atha: .

basea raed ;
aA ‘At! the’ “Kk of this: enterprise :

i ACD, “‘Phompson, of ‘Cardiff,
Wales, who is head of the preat-

e has granted “a

*-fagt coal mining business i in Great
we Biitaia, pps

‘The line will start at the mouth
of Naas River, and will take an -
“asterly course to the Groundhog
smokeless coal deposits, ‘the only 7

the Pacific coast, thente east-

to Prince Albert, a distance in.
all-of about fifteen hundred miles, ©.

practically without’. discussion, ,

and has been favotably comment.
ed on by newspapers everywhere, Ss

Cc N. R, Seeks Federal Ald.
Ottawa, Feb, 19:— The’ Cane-.

_ | dianNorthern railway, in aecking =

further federal -aid, “aske for.
twenty-five millions, to be secured 7

| Much of this money is needed. --
‘for construction’: work on the |

the ‘most . ‘bungled affair of its
kind in the history - of. Canaea,
Collina lived for. twelve minutes
after being cut down,

SCOTCH RANCHER ’S DEATH

Vancouver, Feb,’ 20:-— Interna-
national complications may result
from the assassination of William
Benton, a Scottish: ‘ranch | owner
of BE! Paso, Texas, . Benton was
court-martialled and shot: by or-

on Wednesday, after being found
guilty of conspiracy, ‘and provok-
ing and insulting General Villa,
Benton was not represented by
counsel at his trial, one report
stating that he waa murdered
firat' and then court-martialléd,
The: British ambassador at Wash-
ington. has taken, up the case.

Re-distribution Bill
Ottawa, Feb. 20: — Premier

Borden’s re-distribution bill};
wds given the second reading
at Ottawa on Thursday, and was
sent toa committee of nineto fix
the. boundaries:

‘Smithers Bridge
Work on the bridge over the}:

Bulkley is progressing | very
rapidly, more thén half the pil:
ing being completed, The tem-
porary bridge has been a great
advantage to. raiichers on the},
east .aide of. the river, “several |'
carloads of. vegetables, hay- afd;
pork having. been “hauled. over

for connecting Sinithers with the
govertinient non er line, and

that. the farmers’ -adzociations:
‘Were now using government
funda: for the establishment and*
operation of several co-operally @
stores... Thus, in addition. to buy

and marketed in. Smithers, mee
‘tha material is now on ‘hand ade

British Columbia division of the.

‘foad, Much opposition is being
directed to the measure. from - .
members on both ides. of the ce owe
House. “

Vancouver, Feb, ol: Figures

submitted at Ottawa show: that _
the Canadian Northern’ Railway ~
has had a total of two. -hundred
and: twelve millions of federal
and provincial aid by way ‘of —
guaranteed bonds,
ish Columbia has guaranteed
forty-two. million ‘dollars up’ ‘to :
Jtitie of last year, © 0 0) Nts

Of this. Brit- -

Retail Merchants Object
‘Victoria, Feb. 17:— That the

legislation passed by the ‘house
last year, which gave authority: ;
to farmers’ co-operative associa- ~
.| tions to borrow money. from tle.
mets . “| government at 4 per. cent, with
which to aid the fruit industey oe
by installing cooling plants, ete, : oa
is being carried too far, was °°.
claimed by a delegation from the 2
British Columbia ‘Retail Mer-
chants’ Association, which met.
Attorney-general
week.

Bowner, 4]

“The delegation mémbars anid :

ne with cheap money they wei

Charter for Line Through -°

incorporation’ of ..

coal-beds of that. description on.

ward to the Peace River,’ and. 7 a.
following ina southerly direction _

The Bill was ‘reported : upon. -

by a ‘déposit ‘of ebmimon stock: ante