r 1 a property at Dorreen .has been m ing several mining properties in Last week-end Mr. | my Duthie stopped off. at Dorreen , and with his engineer made an oe the interior. | Me deal being made, Mae proceed with the, development of am, this group this fall. Meee confidence in the reaources of the Me Northern Interior of &.C. and-he fe Predicts that the time is not far| _ fae off when the north will prove to) fee ‘le is going todo all he can to . } bring about that development. a At the present time he has a My property at Highland Basin up 7 ig Driftwood Creek, which promises; : isited in Telkwa last week. end Sunday morning to give that town 1 Lh -brough, New Hazelton have organized heir own night classes and are feceiving instruction from Jos. a ilworth and Rey, V. Sansum, me The New Hazelton Ladies’ Aia ociety have decided to hold their nnual Sale of Work and Social ma Nov. 23 (Friday). ave a full line of men’s socks, litts and other useful things for hdies and children, ate open. [Acreage blocks of the’ finest uit and garden land in . the| ‘ PS to,$40 an acre with long term Ayments. nee, 7 , ao ooo mel. W. Patmore left Sunday morning for Prince Rupert after marending a‘ couple: ‘of weeks or mre with Duke Harris. . —————— + NEW HAZELTON, B. C., OCTOBER 26, 1923 Duthie Takes Over Dorreen Gold id Property 7 ‘The well- known. gold. copper taken up by J. F: Duthie, the Seattle capitalist, who is develop- examination which resulted ina The plan is to Mr. Duthie has the preatest be the best part of the province, B to be even a better property than @ the Henderson claim on Hudson B Bay mountain, He also has prospectors out scouting and he has secured prospects at different points. These are being put in Shape to make producing | mines, that the i OVERHEARD AROUND NEW HAZELTON Fred Peterson returned to New azelton Sunday morning. A. A, Harris went to Smithers the once over. ' Mr. and Mrs. F. A, Goddard ith friends. Although the Polytechnic fell the -young: people of the Chureh at New’ Hazelton "They will Keep the litf forth can be had, Prices from See ady. on another Mr. The outlook. for: the: interigr: dey mavery bright and the people here Bahave reason .to feel | = bright days have arrived, con is that of a tax -on gasoline, '¥ for the purpose of earing for the They will take leading roles when the Legislature opens next Monday MINISTER OF LANDS Hon. T. D. Pattullo PREMIER JOHN OLIVER ATTORNEY-GENERAL A. M. Manson needs lime. Further: ‘inyeatiga- tion of the three deposits: men: Legislature to Meet Monday Victoria on Monday ‘next, usual oceurs, matters to be weighed pro and extra expenditures necessary to be made on roads.. The rovern- ment, with the case in mind of the fisherman and farmer, who will be exempt, proposes a three per cent. tax. but to soften the blow some- what to the motorist will make the revenue from.the tax help in .| reduction of licence fees. That hardy annual, liquor, avill of course make its re-zippearance. There is a strong sentiment in some quarters in favor of the open sale of light wines and beer, but indications are that this pro- posal will not ripen to fruition, Naturally, the P.G.E. soup will be stirred until boiling, and the numerous cooks will shift the blame of the spoiling to the shoul- ders of their rivals... Among other important mat- ters which the government will consider at the coming session of the legislature are amendments to the Game Conservation Act. An effort will be made to work out a solution for the better protection of fur-bearing animals; which are being depleted rapidly, The matter of. redistribution, too, will be given attention, and without doubt the members of the Opposition, »Will be ready with a nice bundleof ‘charges’ in regard ‘to administration of : the mtmore was feeling. much batter, £2 result of his vig ; Start Session ‘ With the preliminary bombard- ment on both sides having waned to desultory exchanges during the past several weeks, the poli- tieal parties in the legislature will mass al] available artillery ‘for- thet: ‘session “whieh: ‘opens.at! The business. ‘of legislating :will last| until about mid-December,. it is expected, unless something un- Among the most important Saturday, . will bein New York two days sooner than. if they, had Got the Wolf The timber wolf whose bold- ness has been the cause of much disquietude of late in the Drift- wood Creek area, to the extent of interfering with school attend- ance, paid the penalty of his non- regard of the niceties-of conduct on Friday last, when hie fell-vic- hada shot'at ‘the wolf? Gut HE Way halt to the brute’s excursions, Report has it that the late un lamented has several comrades quite close in. ' A Gasoline Tax A tax of three cents per gallon on gasoline will be considered by the government this session as a means of. producing sufficient revenue to care for the inereas- ing costs of highways and at the Same time a way to decrease motor licences. Hon. Dr, Suth- erland, minister of public works. points out that the agricultural industry would be exempt so far as gascline tractors and similar machinery is concerned. The minister is preparing a complete program of roads for next year, a plan to be presented to the legislature next month. He is arranging to spend the major. portion of road allowances on settlers’ roads, which will go far towards ensuring general ‘de- velopment in British Columbia. Quicker by C, N. Toronto. — Canadian National Railways stand to profit from operation of U.S. immigration quota. Liners are now reported landing passengers. at Hatifax and rushing them over the C, N.R. and allied American lines to New York in order to beat out liners going direct to that port. It is claimed that passengers from the Baltic, which reached Halifax on tim to the gun of one of J. GC. K: |. Sealy’ s farm force. Jack: himself left to one of his men to cal] a ciety met Thursday ' evening in’ the Union Church. Reports were received and a motion wads pass- ed that the local. organization be disbanded and that the funds r6- maining.on hand be turned over to the Hazelton Hospital. Gold Properties - of Terrace Hold has seven claims that are attraet- Premier mine. Dominion and provincial geologists and mining engineers report most encourag- ingly of it. Last week. when Hugh and Edgar Harris were down they thought so well of the section that they staked five claims adjoining Beliway. They say that there are millions of tons ideal. The property is on the Kalum Lake and a big water power is available close by. The government wazon road is with- in four or five miles of the lake and will be completed next sea- son, and if a good mining con- cern got hold of the property there would soon be big doings in the vicinity. In the Terrace and Kalum Lake’ districts gold ore has been found in a number of places and indications are that, with the expenditure of time, energy and money the gold pro- duction of the districts will be important, The Hazelton Red ‘Cross So- Votes Much Promise} The gold reports from Terrace carry’ more weight with the seasoned: vrospector : ‘than they |, with others, Some}i and the owners place a. high value on them. Other than these, samples little seems to be known. .But at Kalum Lake Joe Bellway, ing a good deal of attention. The ore is a gold-copper and the for- mation is the same as that at the of ore and mining conditions are |; tioned by Mr. Gilbert: have: béen-: one, located ‘12. miles. from Ter-- race, is worthy of. careful,ieon- sideration by those: invest this subject, WE So) “A description of thie deposit —_ ‘is as follows: Situated-about. 300° “ yards east of mile: 1664-on ° : G.T. P. and about-1 1- 2: ql eda. ss . "Continued on Page Sa } WEDDING BELLS | ° Falconer-Goddard ° On Saturday, Oct. 20, St. Ste- phen’s Church, Telkwa, was the scene of a wedding of much inter- est to many in the district when Constance Marguerite, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F.: A. Goddard, of New Hazelton, was united in matrimony to Alfred | Ernest Falconer, of Hazelton, the’ Rev. J. S. Brayfield officiating. . T. M. Ovens supported the groom. The bride, who was unattended, was given away by her father. She wore a pretty gown of silver- grey Canton crepe trimmed with blue, with a smart black velvet hat trimmed with silver and blue, and carried a beautiful bouquet of crimson asters, - Mr. and Mra, Falconer left immediately after the ceremony for Hazelton, where © they will -make their home. Redditt-King Miss Lilian. Eugenie King, the daughter of Mr, and Mrs, W. A. King, who paid a lengthy visit to Terrace during the summer, was married in the Wyocliffe Chapel, Toronto, on ‘Wednesday, Oct. 10th, to Benjamin Bruce. Redditt, of Toronto. The honey- moon was ‘spent in New York . and the. newly wedded pair. will locate at 74 Indian Road, Tor ped bee it province, to relieve the dull pages of, Hansard. me one through on the steamer. of thanks to the president, ’ gece retary. and others, were passed. bert s statement. that .: our ‘soil, made, ‘and we feel that’. the:-third _