You VI, NO.29 01 ¢ | HAZELTON; B; Cy SATURDAY, “MARCH 16, “1918 PRICE $2.00 A YEAR | -|THE WEER’S — - HAPPENINGS | LOCAL NEWS oe AT TELKWA|| PARAGRAPHS f° Items. of Personal Interest From | Hazelton and Surrounding foes District (From Our Special Correspondent) Charlie Barrett is enlarging his house _by adding three or four rooms, - We. don’t know. the _T. aA Stephens, of / ‘Vancouver, “isin,town, — o rumors, po 5 8. Noyes, of Calgdty, was) Walter Gale, of Hubert, and here this week. oa united’ in the bonds of holy ‘mut- rimony’ on Wednesday night, Rev. Larter, of Smithers, per- formed the ceremony. . "Weddings and rumors of wed- dings are rife i in the land. mor -tells_us that Nels White is thinking, ‘of surrendering his!” Ww. Laing came up from Van- couver on Monday. i Frank Sullivan eame in from Fort St. James on Monday. HL c. Evang, the piano tuner, of. Prince Rupert, was here this week, . a wife, - The above points a Tioral~| Come and live i in Telkwa, os oo “Another car of coal was ‘ship- : oy A. Rogers, of: Prince Ru- ped west this week. | pert, was*a visitor, i in town this | | Miss M. Ca. npbell. has, bought ia po week, _ Dave Scott’s cabin, Me, Clute, of. P: Burns, made’ his: wasn’. monthly visit during ‘the week,’ . Mra. Sceatt left : for Rupert on . “|Thursday’s ‘train to join her ' Ruddy & WtacKay are “havitig husband. ; thelr a autdmobileg overhauled and Mra. McColl and her son eéx- _ put into shape. for ; the Bummer | pect to-be leaving for Rupert on season n by Stuart Jack, ¢ Sunday’ 4 train, ot ’ Mr, Fletcher, of the Canadian the Hazelton View during t the i . if * . -D. B.’Mor}ill came down from | | ; _ week, - 4 ce We AL “Watiie went. down’ “to a Port’ Essington on Sunday, Te- turning on, Monday. oo On Sunday. évening Jast the “chemical: wagons were called out to extinguish a ‘chimney fire on the premises occupied . by the Royal Luneb.. Damage was-nil. itor i in town this. week.” Don’t forget, the bid dange- on Mondiy, - April 1, Proceeds in aid of the Red. Cross. ma “Constable Fairbaien “held a post mortem on, one of his chick- |. ens’ this week. | His verdict was that the poor bird had. come to ; ‘the cold spell at the bekinning | of the week wag of short dura. _ tion, being followed by a period, /+ of very spring-like, weather un- i der’ the. softening. Influence of) its end br eating three ping, We _ .- Which the snow w ls disappearing know that feed is high, “but. we ae - rapidly. a VE "0 | think that poultry owners. might find a-better substitute than pins. on which to feed their hens « “Bl Fergusson, ra: prominent Bulkley Valley tanchet, is spend) inga: ‘few days in town, . Mr: "Weather Halts: Operations. -Fergusson recently sotd hia rainch| " Jamea B. Rowley came in this :: 40 a. prairie farmer™ for what i is oan ‘aid to be a hand ‘A i} week: from the, Eureka coal prop- e a handsome figure,an erty, . about” thirty. ~mileg » fron intends. to make. his h th ome in ° .| Hazelton, : :on the’ Babine - rail, ne Kigpiox Valley. . eo! a Operations on the property, ‘which oe a ‘Card of Thanks eo. [gre ‘being made under Mr: Row: The president and. members of ley'a “direction, have™heen un- the We A. ‘wish to express their fortunately ‘curtailed for aome ° grateful thanks to- ‘all the con-. ‘time, bad weather and danger of tributors of refréshments for the snaWwslides necessitating the lay-1 : 4 : co Soldiers" ‘Aid ten held today, and. inpeoff of most of the crew and to the many’-kiaid: friends who the stoppage of.operations until “helped in-any way towards mak- fnore favorable conditiona : “pre. 7 Shei a success of. the. affair. ryail. Mir. Rowley; who. wilt re meaning of it, but we have heard 1 Miss Smyth, of Vancouver, were Ru-} freedom and taking unto hhimself| | ~_| Benzes’ were: also. bombed. | plants were Gestroved. Consolidated, was a business vis. . “| dressed a meeting of townspeople He. gave many examples. of when a placed great stress. on. the. con- vad turn: to the: ‘Eureka: f for. a -Bliort bey ‘One Torpeto—?i"?"1_ HILADELPHIA, “Mareh — 16: ‘~The. ‘dread secret ofan aerial torpedo 50 pow- . erful in range and destrue- tiveness that. it could blot out the city. of Berlin fram the face of the earth and bring the German Empire : face to face’ with its doom; 7 _ is in the possession of the” “United States: government. Without: vévedling details of the torpedo;. athe, inventor says, it -has- a range of he. - 7 tween 400 af 600. viles, | Mrs. Wileocks gave a tea on Wednesday afternoon in. honor of |. Air Raids and More Air Raids ‘Londoti, Mareh: 16: =o a zep- pelin raid’ last ~hight on Hartle- poo! five were Killed and nine in- jured, vo ‘ped on ‘Freiburg, | Germany, by British airmen,.. The docks. ‘at} -. Monday? sg air raid on Coblenz caused great damage | Munitiéns Gave Good Address on. Conservation ton ‘St. Andrew's Hall on Mon- day afternoon, Rev. Ferrier, ad- in regard to ‘the _ Gver-growing need for faod conservation. Mr, Ferrier, who i is connected with the Industriat- ‘School at. Brandon; Man., directed his, ut- terances specially to ‘the. ladies, laying great emphagia on their duty in. the matter of economy. economy" can. be: exercised, and servation of beef, Pork and wheat, | tes “As an. instance ot: what'i is’ ‘be. ing ‘done - towards: ‘that end, the|- women in his own ‘town, - who] give 1 teas, but. serve ‘nothing but substitutes for’: -whieat and the like, - To he x ae the apeaker's: remark are taken ta heart and: ‘acted - “upon by™ the ladies’ locally, thelr pact Hn ‘wining. the: ‘war. willybe: Mio mean one, : _ nesday, | Ten tons of bombs were drop-|-: . . Carv’s ranch on Wednesday, 410n- ‘Saturday. night to’ visit. his apeaker | ‘cited the. example -of | . er, was gotally destroyed by-fire,: NEWS OF THE | WEEK FROM | SMITHERS| and daughter. left for Vancouver (on Thursday morning's train.” The stork visited the Carr ranch on Monday ast, and Mr, and Mrs. Carr are the proud parents of an 84-lb, baby girl, Mrs. O'Neill, ’ FB. G. Heal, of Telkwa,.. was a -business visitor. in town on Wed- Mrs. Strickland entertalved a few friends on ‘Tuesday evening. A. Naslund, an old Bulkley Valley pioneer, lett for his form- jer hame at Everett, Wash.,. on Thursday. — oe Mr. and Mrs. .Ellwarger have as their puest their daughter from Edmonton. — ; H.. H. Little; of Hazelton, was iowa during the, week. ° Dr J, P.: McKie, J, 8 -Gray Land Mrs, Hetherington drove ‘to Jas. Brindly returned. from Prince Rupert on Monday night, after spending. a short vacation there. - ; Mrs, J. Lynch will occupy the O’Neill and son, Mike, will be her guests for a-short time. Mr. atid. Mrs. A. Pinkerton, who have been spending the last two months with their daughter, Mrs. Strickland, expect to leave shortly for their home at Fran- edis Lake, ~ . Among ranchers visiting town during the week :were Pat Me- Phee, . Chas, Chapman, John La- padat,: Wilson. Bros., Pat Carr, John Maney, Hmneat Morin, and Mark Hanna... John Goold went to Houston cousin, Frank Mavnaghan. Burned Oat | While Kolding school at. Kitae- guécla: on Tuesday last,.- the resi- dence of Miss Wright, the,teach The contents of the houge, were entirely . consumed - ‘in’ the: blaze, |. aind included all of the unfortan: }in ate: occupant’s worldly. posses- |: sions, "(From Our Special Correspondent) _- . Rev. W. S..A. Larter,’ wife a visitor i in town Saturday night. ; | REAL BOOSTER . DIES IN SOUTH “of the North, Passed Away -. 7” om Tuesday =! most citizens has passed away-ih hospital af Victoria, where he _| had- undergone ' an operation for inthe person of appendicitis, Frank C, MeKinnon. Frank took a keen. interest in, ‘lanything that meant development and .devoted hig time entirely to the study of the natural resources ' of the district in “which he had. lived for the past ‘eight or ten yeirs.: But perhaps his logs. will be most keenly felt in our mining: circles, “He “knew.-the mining game and piayed it likea man. every mining deal of importance almost on Rocher de Boule hill, and held an interest in “the Del- ta and Highland Boy groups, which he. was later instrumental “Pat. Cart’ apent-aeveral days. tnd Larter residence, where Mra.]. » Mina Wright came upto | os Hazelton “on, “Wednesday night, | “Vand ig cat ‘present: the muest: of OL Dr: and Mrs, Welnch, [Edmonton | capitalists ‘known as _ ‘the: Delta. Copper Co, Frank McKinnon, we. ‘consider, try, and his sudden. call leaves a blank in the Hazelton community, in Prince Edward; ‘Island, was: 42. years of age. a widow in Vancouver, “The fu- rieral . took place yesterday: in- Vancouver. _ as Our sincere sympathy goes ‘out. to. his. widow, mining partners . and: friends. Methodist Charch Rev. R. C. “Scott will preach a at: 7:20 tomorrow evening on the - “Special, music, . ‘The Bible Study ~ ‘group “will meet every Thursday evening in cuss . ‘'The. -Meséage of Jesus: to. ews, president. of ‘Chicago ° Uni- versity, “4 All are cordially invited. ae - - Aylitte-Stseo’ f ‘The ‘marriage. was, solerinized Frank McKinnon, ‘Prominent Man Lp _ One of Omineca district's fore- He was. connected with -- . in. turning « over ta. the ‘eivele of. wad a man who. was-boundto have made his mark'in this’ couin- .Mr. MeKinnon, who i was born — He was.matried- .. eighteen months ago, and jeaves. - subject: “The Gospel of Christ, n : St. Andrew’s Hall, and: will digs = : -> {Our Modern, Life,” | the. _widely-° a circulated. work of Shailer ‘Math- ‘ q i tf aay we