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NEW HAZELTON, B. C., FEBRUARY 28, 1923

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| Infant Perished
_in Tragic Blaze
at Usk sk Thursday

yp OUA tragic occurrence which cast
Ba gloom over Usk rendered the
family of Mr. and’ Mrs. Thomas
" -Seully: homeless and snuffed out
‘the life of their infant child or

Thursday morning of last week.
Mrs. ‘Scully had gone to bid fare-
well to a. woman. neighbor who
was going away, and: while out

her . three-months-old child was

§ burnt to death in a blaze which
reduced the home and all its con-
tents to. ashes,

| The little victim ‘was in bed
mand asleep when the mother went
~ out, and in. some unexplained
= way the heater started the blaze.
When the fire was noticed the

4 flames already had too great a
hold on the building for any

| hope of saving its contents to be

1 entertained.

f §6One of the neighbors, Mrs.
s Christopherson, attempted two
or three times to get into the
m@ room for the purpose of rescu-
@ ing the child, but was driven
ma back by smoke and flames each
time and. had her hair badly
‘scorched. An older child, who
was at the time in another room,

-N aturally. a great ‘deal of sym-
pathy was: felt for the distressed) .
arents of the dead . child, and.
ver $200 was soon reached ‘by |:

sabscription which was taken. UP).
fin.. addition. to. several offers. of:
fabniture. ‘and. Hidusehold ‘sitensila:{ :

“Cons. Mancor: atrived: from:
errace on Friday ‘and: investi>
. axated. the- circumstances: attend:
ing the fatality.

Lofquist Tune Up
dstirdiers in the’ Hazel- ;

managed." to “effect: its escape ;

Tauxiliary to The |
Hospital Off to
Excellent Start

The Ladies’ Auxiliary of The
Hazelton Hospital was organized
on Monday afternoon last, when
nearly all the ladies of Hazelton
gathered in the police station, to
consider ways and means of as-

sisting The Hospital. The meet-
ing was the outcome of a.proposal
made at the annual meeting of
The Hospital patrons a couple of
weeks ago.. an

There was a great deal of en-
thusiasm showmby the ladies and
the new organization starts off
with every promise of being of
great assistance to the institution.
The first work to be undertaken
will be a series of sewing meet-
ings, held at different homes, for
the purpose of repairing and re-

pital. The first meeting will be
held next Friday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. J. D. Galloway, at
2.30 o’clock. This Friday even-
ing there will be a sleighride,
with a social time at the home of |‘
Mrs. R.. S.. Sargent afterward.
For this drive Mrs. MacKay has
provided two sleighs,
_ The meeting: was opened with
Cline an

President—Mrs. W. W. “Anderson;
Vice-Pres,—Mra.-R. S.- Sargent.
_See,-Treas, — Mrs. J; D. Galloway. |
‘\Executive Committee—Mrs. Chappell,

Mrs. Cline, Mra. Sealy and Mrs, Little.
~ Immediately follawing the elec:
tion ‘of | officers Mrs. “Anderson
presided. "

~, Numerous ways. of assisting
The Hospital, . ‘other than those
méntioned above, wera considered
and as time goes on will be taken
up. definitely.

To Assit Immigration
--The Canadian National Railway

te dea the con-
pranted. | settler

newing the linen used at the hos- |:

hoe ; ~— _ i aR
Hanson Secu:

a Valley, and. not bined

7 touched,’ .

[Development on
Sunrise Will Be
Carried Further

After spending the winter in
Vancouver, W. S. Harris returned
to New Hazelton last Sunday
morning looking fat and saucy,

Sunrise property, on Nine-mile
mountain, on which he and his
associates have a lease. He says
that as soon as weather conditions
permit he will increase the force
materially and continue the shaft
he-started last fall, and also start
work on another part of the vein,
Speaking of mining conditions

at no-time have the prospects
been brighter for mining develop-
ment, ‘There is keen interest in
all metals and there seems to be
lots of money coming into the
provinee for investment. He tooks
for considerable activity in this
district this coming season. He
was in Stewart for a few days
before coming up the Skeena,
and reports mining as booming
in that old and well-known camp.
Besides the Premier mine there
are several others which will
make great strides this season.

“The district between Beamer
and Terrace,. where - the finest
cedar timber in the forth is“se-
cured, will be the scene of activity
for the next few months, « The
Hanson Tie & Timber Co.; ‘the
pioneers of the tie and pole busi-
ness in thenorth, recently secured
a contract for 35,000 pieces of
cedar from..the Western Red|,
Cedarmen’s: Association of Spo-
kane. The timber is to:be used |’
| for poles, piling, etc., and'will be
‘| shipped to the United States and
| to Eastern Canada.. Many camps

Hazelton district and at nearly | '
all points west of New Hazelton-to

be required to fill this order, ani

| business generally will be- more}

acti ¥e,

there ig an immense
:}cedar equal,to the’ bes!
be found anywhere in
This ‘timber has. ‘not
“In. other:
ding. ‘back from th
are other: great |

and with a substantial bank-roll |
for development work on the|

generally, Mr. Harris stated that|-

~ Export. Timber ® fe |

7 thents. “Both eco Bee

are now busy getting out this]
| material, including several in Ha- |’.

Terrace. A zood many men will]:

“While 35,000 pieces “of tiniber: le
«lis a large order to be filled i incal.

ig| Short time, the cont ot will ‘not ~

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two: LOVELY
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"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.?’

BIRDS 5

mena he

Agriculture and

New Hazelton, when R. G.

= ton, of: the. provincial agricultural:

a

qualified to give Wi
tion*to the townspeople :
as. those on.the farm, . Y
was here a few" years ago
will’ bas Welcomed : ‘by ‘those
‘met him: at that tine’ It ig!

by the two addresses to he-gi

the Sillowibie telesramn has
received:

Poultry Subjects
For Addresses

On Wednesday of next week,

February 28, there will be a pub-
lie meeting in. the schoolhouse,

that a large number of thie people: ee of pubiie works, th
of: the town and district will make}:
it a ‘poirit to: che present ‘and profit

To Offset Undue
Advantages of
Larger Centers

Victoria. ~ Assistance for the
development of industry in the
smaller centers of the-province is _
receiving more and more atten-
dion.from’ the. government.

Sut-

wh ho

been

be furnished in, ‘the. ‘clearing’
(ne and: brovision ‘of trans ta