’” NEW HAELTON, B. C. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1988

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# The flower show and its side at-
B tractions held last Thursday was quite
a success and the society will come out
| on top. The weather was especially
B' fine, even though a trifle hot, and the

, attendance was good. The display of
flowers was held. in the Kitanmax
Tfall in Hazelton, There was a good
} showing of cut flowers, and on aceonnt
_ of the spring being so late and ail the
flowers Inte as a consequence, ther
were seen at the show a lot of flowers
which other, years have finished their
BS isiooming period. Then the finer late
m- flowers were not in evidence for the
sume reason, but a goodly number of
flowers thot bloom between periods
were shown. The hall was very nice:
ly arranged and was much admired.
The ladies
freshments in the bell and they did a
very nice business all afternoon.»

In the afternoon on : the — athiletic
wrounds the baseball game between the
Smithers teams and the Hazelton-New
Hazelton teams was the fenture, The
visitors chine down with a team evenly
divided between the two teams from
the league. This end of -the. district
started off with two New. Hoazeltor
players and seven Hazelton. players.

Right off the bat the visitors took a
‘four run lead in the first inning, add-
ed another in the second and four in
the third, a total of nine runs to’ none
for this end, In the fourth inning the

_ Smithers boys seemed to blow Tp and
the locals got five runs,, but that was

“J woop EL until, the. seventlt inning...Then: i

change was made in the local line up
and Hank Spooner was put on at short
top instead of Ward. Marshall, ane
trom then on the local infield played
& much tighter game and shut the vis-
itors out -wntil the 11th inning wher
Perry York gave the ball over to Bert

served tea’ and light re-

WN Successful Flower Show
Smithers Won Ball Game
A Good Dance in Evening

-Spooner to pitch the rest of the game.
Spooner put the first two men-out in
quick order, but the third man up got
a hit and the Hazelton outfield blew
up, followed by some of. the infield and
before the third man was out a total
of four runs was added making a total
of 18. That decided the game as the
Hazeltons were only, able to score one
run. +

’ After the home tenm got a score of
five runs the home rooters began to
take heart: and saw a possibility of
iniking a game out of it. Then when
Hank Spooner went.on at short he put
nr plug in a hole that was letting a lot
of stuff get away, either by not stop-
ping the bali or by wild throwing. : It
wis ticht hall fram then until the 9th
with the Hazeltons gradually craw!-
ing up until the score was tied, The
excitement was fairly high on both
sides when the teams. took their posi-
tions for the tenth inning. Both the
tenms were shut out in the tenth, and
then the fatal 11th inning was started
aud finished to the benefit of the vis-
itors.-

While the score was yather high for
baseball there were n lot of exception-
ally good plays on both sides as well
as some quite poor ones, But the
crowd was well pleased that the game
‘ended with the 11th as it was late and
the rooters
players. —

Nearly 250 paid admission.

In the evening there was a big dance
in Kitanmax Hall with an orchestra
furnishing, the music. Aout. a, bund;,|,
ved were present including a goodly
umber, of young people from Smithers
fhe affair was very enjoyable. The
flowers were auctioned off during the
supper hour, but as small prices were

accepted this performance did not
take very long. 9
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THAT GOLE CHAMPIONSHIP -

From Smithers

The second tonmament of the North-
ern British Columbla Amature Open
Golf was held on August 20th under
‘a iden] weather conditions and with the
course in perfect shape, but at. that a
number of the candiiates had a bard
time. Myr. Chas. Reid retnined the
Bob Davidson Trophy for another year
with My. IX. G. Honghton as rmnner-up.
‘The final. seores for 18 holes, par 76.
was as “follows :-CL Reidd -82, K. G.
Houghton 83, R. B. Davidson 88, Jefe
Woodnll 88, G. Williamson SS, F. Mw

Dockrill 92, AL B, Campbell 93, W. E
Gow 98, RK. B. Bamford 94, G. Gar.
rnihers 14, FP, Wheatly 97, A, B, Young
100. W. Doodson 114, A. Rutherford 128

MERRYFIELD WAS HERE

J. OW. Merrytiell of Vancouver, re-
presenting the Bowser-Donaghy non-
party movement, spent the week end
in Skeena riding in the interesta o:
that party. He ‘was in Smithers las.
Saturday and Sunday morning, in Nev
iInzelton and Hnzelton Sunday after-
noon and evening and in Terrace on
Monday. Myr. Merryfield’s particular
business is.to. select candidates, for the
nou-party party. He ts quite enthused
over the prospects of -his party in all
sections of the proviute. He bad tio-
thing to report in regard to a Bowser
candidate in Skeena, at the present,

Reports from Cariboo district are to
the effect that unless one -has money
there is very llttle ude going. ‘there, In
fnct there is a: ‘great deal. ‘of distress
already. It is a good place to spend.
money in, but the reports ore that-dt
is practically. uvelees to look. for a Job.

ftatr sized crowd present too

GROUSE ARE SCARCE THIS YEAR

There will not be many grouse din-
ners this fall. It is seldom that any
grouse tre seen along the highways.
As nt rule at this senson of the year a
fsveat many grouse are to be found on
the highways carly in the mornings or
just before dusk in the evenings But
the Inte cold and wet spring and early
stmamer were apparently too much for
the youug birds. Another evidence oi
the sereity of grouse and other bird.
and sina gaimnlsis-that the count: ..
fs alive with hawks and owls.” Ma
hawks are so hokl that the come right
into the tewn chicken runs and try
to pet away with birds, As many as
half n dozen have been shot in & week.
The farmers ure olso conmenting on
the number of hawks ad owls,

BALL GAME SUNDAY?

There was n hall game on the New
Fzelton evonnds last Sunday between
Now Hazelton and old Hazelton, As a
halk gine it was un screum, As a farce
it went over big. There was a very
The sun
was Inight and warm, iu fact quite hot
mud everything wos just right. The
nnipire was Stioley Gould of Smithers
an ‘oh. thie: uniplre, but whoshad nen
before officinted on any of the local
fiells Hazelton wou the game by a
score of T to 6, As the Snappy Nines
of Sintthers defeated the Smithers ars,
the sine afternoon by a score of 11 to
9 the Snappy Nines are the undisputed
champions .of the -Northern Interior.
Dase ball league. They have a tyo
gue lead. | ' .

ane C. G. 1. T, groups in New Haz-| -
elton‘ and in ‘Hazelton: will be resumed

18 86071 AB> gehool opens. vB Be

“Saturday, August 26.

were about as tired as the

“| of the coutry.

Burns. Take, pas

Wedding Bells

Wall-Kerr

Miss Avis Dolris Wall, only daughter
of Mr. nnd Mrs. George Herbert - Wall
of Smithers, was united in marriage to
Mr. William Bruce Kenneth Kerr on
The . marriage
took place at 8.00 p.m. at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Ruddy, Burns Lake
and Rev. E. §. Fleming, B.A., B.D. 8.
T. M., of St. Paul's United: Chureh
officiated. ;

Under a canopied archway. of pink
and white flowers and decorations the
bride and groom took their marriage
vows. Mr, A, M. Ruddy gave the bride
in matriage and her bridesmaid Was
Miss Rae Cassidy of Burns Lake. The
‘groom was supported by Mr. Thomas
Jeffery. The bride was costumed in
beige crepe and a matching hat and
brown swede shoes completed the en-
semble except that she carried a hea:
tiful silk Paisley shaw] which has beeh
in the family for over two hundred

years, ‘and has been used at weddings

in each generation. She also wore the
orauge blossoms which were used at
her ‘mother’s wedding and carried a
bouquet of stocks, roses and ferus, The
bridesmaid was costumed in brown
with hat to match and carried a bou
quet of sweet peas. The mother of the
bride wore black georgette trepe with
all-over lace,

Following the ceremony a wedding
supper and reception were given by Mr
and Mrs..Ruddy in the Omineca Ho-
tel dining rooni at which 38 guests
were seated.
the tables and proposed the toast to
the bride, to wiich both the bride and
groom, responded in a fitting manner.
Other toasts: were proposed by Mrs,
Monks, ‘Smithers; B. A, Smith, Rev,
-Mrs-Pleming.and: 8; Godwin. go j08
After supper was over all the guests |
left for the home of Mr. and Mrs. Pete
Cassidy where they were ‘joined. by
others and a party was held in honor
of the newlyweds with Miss Rae Cas-
sidy acting as hostess. A happy even-
was spent in dancing, singing, music,
ete. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. K, Kerr will
spend a short honeymoon at Saulhaven

before inrking their permanent Tesi-.

cence in the village of Burns Lake.

The glft of the groom to the brides- |

maid was a bended purse rnd to the
best man a set of silver drinking eups.

VISITORS FROM CALIFORNIA

Cons. Allen and Mrs. Allen of Los
Angelos, Cal. were visitors In this dis-
trict. last week, They motored from
the south and camped at Mission Point
nnd while here they.saw n_ good deal
He made a trip in
his cut some twenty odd*illes out the
Kixpiox Valley so that when he gets
home he can tell the people that he
went ns far north as the rond goes, and
that is, apparently several hundred
miles further novth than most of the
people down there ima, gine: ‘Mr. Allen
suid that ayers ago che. started morth.
hut when be hit ‘the southern part of
the prov ince he was informed that he
could not get farther north, He turn-
ml hack, but fhis yenr he came on
through in spite of information vol-
unteered to the contrary. He was not
only ¢lad that. he made the trip, but
he wus surprised at what good ronds
he found ull the way north, He sald
that he mude-better time ‘north of
QMnesnel thin he did on the southern
endl, -Fle-avas- delighted -with the. dig-
txiet avonnd here: and he. is just one
nore booster for the north road: to the
Alaskan territory. -He went down to
the river -below. the high level -bridge
and watebed the Indians fishing and
he stayed over for the flower show and
the ball game.< Cons. Allen is connect-

‘ed- with the police department at Holly-

waod. on en res

Mra, Peter Smitit lett. Aetnrday for
visit: with: ‘Erlendls in- Smithers and hy

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NO. 9

Mr. Ruddy presided over

Police Force in
Province has a
Good Report

‘With a force of ten officers and 2541

N. O08 and men the provincial police
covered 1,963,159 miles in patrol on
land, 33,385 miles in constal waters,
and an additional 9,399 miles by river
craft, Col. J. H. MeMullin, commission-
er of the police, discloses In his annual
report to the Attorney-General for the
calendar year 1932. The foree solved
nine out of eleven murders or attempt-
ed murders committed during the year
kept order. at a number of labor dis-
putes induced by agitators; policed
twenty-six municipalities entirely, and
found. time hesides to collect miltions
in revenue for the province under mo-
tor vehicles and-other laws. . — ’
-.Constable Gordon Daniels who de-
signed and-bnilt much of the short
weve equipment used by the force for
its unique net work of stations cdver-
ing isolated and central focal points in
the province recelved special mention
by the commissioner for excellent work
Started in 1920 the short wave chain
operated by the B. C. police is the only
one of its kind in Canada, and had
greatly expedied police and adminis-
trative work, it is stated. Over 9,300
messages and nearly 500,000 words
were transmitted during the year un-
der review, and most of this was on
urgent, immediate business,

LET THE BEAR GO FREE AGAIN

Cons. A. Grant made a trip through
the Kispiox Valley last week and got
uequainted with a number of: people
he had not met before and he also got

ap tet

future, He called at Simpsons ranch
and liberated the young bear that has
heen kept in captivity since the old
mother and one of the cubs was killed
some weeks ago following the loss of
a number of sheep by Mr. Simpson. Al
though the herr was given its liberty
it was told not to come back if it put
any value on that liberty.

MORE GENERAL STORES

There are more general stares in
tural western Canada than any other
clivs. Yet the department stores in
the cities get most of the business be-
vause they advertise in the rural com-
munities, It is all very well for a rur-
nl merchant to kay “Oh everyone know;
me and what I carry and where I am,
Tf they. want anything they come to me
I do not need to advertise.” The fact

Is that the people do not go to the. rn-

ril store beennse they do not know
what the rural merchant carries. The
bulk of the money is sent to those very
stores which advertise,

PRINCE GEORGE - PEACE RIVEh

Prince George feople are now urging
the econstrnetion of n new road from
that city to connect with the Pence
River country, a distance of 200 miles
through a nonproductive country, so
that the Pence River farmers may get
their whent onts and turkeys out by
truck and market in Vancouver. It‘ is
quite ali right for Prince George to try
for a new long-listance road, but tt
woud be a very unwise government

that. would consider any. such-move at:

the present time or for many years. to
come. What the Peace River wants *

a railway on which to bring out their
produets. It would be a very poor
country Indeed that could get its pro-
‘dnets out on a truck road; so poor in
fact that no “government, -no matte
how extravagant, would be justified in
building a two hundred mile road for
it, But the Pence: River is no-such
country. | Tt flow’ produces” enough © to
warrant a railroad: and. nothing. short

[ofa allroad, would be: ‘of any use ‘to tt."

Driving Poles
Down Skeena
Outlook is Fine

The pole drive waa started the end
of last week from the upper part of the
Skeena river and on Sunday the first
poles hit the boom at Nash, These
poles belong to the Hanson Timber Co.
‘and have been stored on the banks of
the Skeena for. “a couple of years as

were full, For’ ‘pon weeks large ship.
ments of poles have been: made to the
eastern States and large shipments are
still being made. At the present rate
most of the stock will be cleared out in
three or four weeks, including the logs
now going down the river. The num-
her of pieces now enroute to the yards
is estimated at between twenty-five
and thirty thousand.

My. Hanson expeets Mr, Obiapman in
the district nenin in a short time to
see about fnture stocks of cedar poles
The matter of an embargo or not an
cedar poles from Candda is still before
the NRA committee and until they
reach a decision it is difficult to say
Just what will happen. It is hoped.
however, thet if Canadien pole men
will ndept the wages and the working
hours as laid down by the NRA that
Canadian poles will be allowed into the
States. That will mean that camps
will be started up at an early date and
the unemployment problem in this sec-
tion of the province wili be at.an end.

SPECIAL FLOWER SERVICES
. The special services in the United
Chureh in’ New Hazelton and in Haz-
elton last, Sunday were very. effective.
=B Pr New Hasélion’ ‘tn-the- morning the :
church was nicely decorated and Rev
Mr..Redman delivered a very fine talk
on the part flowers play in the Hfe of-
the Christian. Rev. Mr. Woodsworth
of Edmonton read the scripture lesson
aml Mrs, Redman sang. The congre-
gation was small. In Hazelton in the
evening the church was nicely decor-
ated and the congregation was laree
There was some special music and th
pastor gnve the same talk on flowe:>
that he did in the morning.

CITIZEN EFFORT NEEDED,

IT would point out that there is mr
at city in Canada (and I have visite
practieally all of them) where one wil’
not find slum conditions, This is 2
challenge to the citizens of those com-
munities to insist that these slams he
aholished and replaced with modern
snnitary buildings. I challenge the
tight of a-land lord to recetre rentrls
from an insanitary and — dilapated
Wilding when he is financially able to
veplace it with a decent structure —
‘Hon. H. H. Stevens.

The profitable- production of fat.n
products depends on many, factors—-
wenther conditions, chotee' of crons and
yarities, the practices followell in pro-
ducing, harvesting, storing, feeding or
marketing, and not least the nature cf
the soil nnd the way it is treated. o
managed.

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V hen upholstered fneniture hecoues
infested with moths it is very difficult
to eradicate them, In winter time,
however,. one excellent and certain enre
Js to expose ‘the. infested “articles. for :
few hours on the verandah when thn
temperature is below zero. All stizes
of the insect Will bé deatroyed. :

std

Miss Halphina . Wrinch, RON. ‘will
leave on Thursday morning. ‘for Qee:rn
‘Falls where she hag accepted a poet.
tion in the Hospital, Misa Wrinch brs
-been on the hospital staff ‘here for. the
Pist number of months’ and ts avery.
‘efficient “nurse.
‘week: azo froin. v her ‘holldays.

.She only. ret med: v co]