Vol. 19

NEW HAZELTON, B. C., JANUARY 14, 1997

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Cedar Poles are.
Being Hatiled |
Several Camps

the cedar voles and piling are he
sinning to move: now in real eurnest.
. Fyat recently M. Datquist: Was put on
an foreman in charge of operations: at
Senkpiel’s camp ond thix week F. M.
Burke returned to tewn with the hig
truvk und has started hauling to the
depot from Senkpiel’s skidway. —A(
the camp roads huve been cumpleted
ad improy ed and where necessary a
coating, uf ice haus been put on. - Sey-
eral more teams have been added te
the skidding force and everything “i:
ou the move. Fron this camp alone
there will be nearly half a million feo
“oF poles come out to New Hazelton
On Monday .Maik George signed ;
contract with Leo, Spooner to baw
ont his poles—those that will come te
New Hazelton, That same evening
Spooner went tu Smithers and got 2
m [ruck and pe is now on the job. 3
hig of. poles wixll come down: from
that cin also. In addition: there
will be number of teams hauling tec
the station from other aud sinaller
eanips close in, Altogether. it looks
like this will be the biggest shipping
year in the history of the place.
While huntveds of thousands
fee of poles and thousands of ties
will be shipped from  NewHuzelton.
that will be only a portion of the ced-
dat that will go out of this district. 4
greater part af the output will vo inte.
the rivers close to the camps and then
driven down to Cedurvale where tie
B ilanson Co, hys a Inarge boom aud wil
ing grounds, "Lhe namber of ears. of
poles piles and ties from this dtrict
this year will run into the (honsands.
At unmerous poluts on th Jower
skeene beteween New Huzelton and
Remo (helow Perrace) there will le
a large output of poles and in spite of
there heing ho snow the poles will be
gotten out this season. Other means
@ Of transportation than slelrhs are lie
| ing used with gued results.

¥ SINDIANS COME IN WITH FUR

As per usuar the first of the yea
4 the natives spend the firat few weeks
SF yotlutching, feasting and bigh jinks.
a This year most of the Indians have
B liven and are ou ttrapping’ nhd also w
sood wany of them do not:-believe ir
® potlaching any more, § othat most of
vhe potlatches thus far have been on
yw usmnall scale. There are prospects of
BM something bigger and better ins the
a lene fiture. A bunch of the Blnek:

of

AMERICAN BOY IN DEAL |

| Toronto Interests join with ‘Vaneouv-

ev Interests to Finanee Mine

another deal und this time it looks
like w real go. The syndiente which
has purchased all of the stock held by

MeAdams of, the Standard ‘Oil Co,and
with headgdnrters in Toronto, and
Ferguson MeDonald of Vancouver.
Mr. McAdams is Imown in ‘this dis-
trict, hé having been. interested’. in
mining properties here befure.. He *is
to look «ulter marketing the stock in
the east. The plan of the Company
is to get sufficient money in the treas-
ury to enable them to carry cut a real
campaign of development and mining

+| The work is ta be-started within the

next few weeks. ‘Lhis property is al:
reidy developed to a considerable ex-
tent and n good deal of ore cnn he xe
cured and shipped while development
work is going on. A lot of ove has al-
ready been shipped to the smelter and
at a profit. The values and cost of
mining are pretty ‘well known now
und it is. chiefly a matter of getting
wore work done-to sturt the mine off
us o regular shipper.

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FREDING ELEVATOR SCREENING |

W. C. Little of “Woodvouk, one of
the lending farmers of the interior
country, is adding hog raising to his
other lines of agricultural products.
He las for years been shipping milk
and cream te Prince Rupert, but the
winter rain sebedule does not work to
his advontag su in-future he will ship
onty, ereain to the city, He, has _pur-
ehased* and installed
farm und bax secured 2 earload of
elevator sereenings-from the  Frince
Rupert elevator, . Ab. is: the first far
mer to tuke advantage of this cheap’
feed, practically all of the screenings
having been shipped south. Mr. Lit-
tle is feeding chop along with -xkim
milk and finds that his herd of pigs
like it und are duing pretty well

on it, ’

BOYS BAND TO TOUR”

Some enterprising titizens of Ru
pert are averking on a plan to tuke the
boy's band on a two months — tom:
through , the three prairie...
duving the coming ‘Simmer as an ed
vertising proposition for the ‘eity and
for ‘educational purposes for the buys
The hoya baad of Prince Rupert Is ne
thild’s atfar. It is a real omusied
organization and one that-is worth a
good deal to herr. It is a credit t

Mater Indlins arrived the first of the
Be week with a pretty good cateh of tw
A for which they got good prices. They

Will stick ground and divide up part
fof their profits with the Hazeltoy In.
ein who ix less fortunate, - The his
bellon merehants: mntke | preparation:
gor the _botlitehes yet, but; not on sa
Flaree © senle ns in olden’ days,

BROUGHT BIG ‘PRICE
a, Prosperity group, oi “i irmot river
Min the Portlind Canal’ district, was
me sold to the. _Premier Gold Mining Co: |
Rfor $126, 000 with x cabh payment” ‘of
20,000, When mining companies are
B prepared to pay cush in quantities for
new or prirtially developed: pioperties
Ait isu healthy ‘sign for the uilalng-tn-
mclustry. “ash payments, is the kind of
PHeNTN that iy worth. while to prospec
Rtors nud district. business: Jnen. . Fly:
a by-night stock, peddling’ option * seelc--
Fors are not jist the Lest kind of folk
Tie mining district. There ig, ssome-
fa thing dine the prospector. dud, the: ton
8 btininess frnternity ‘out’ of imilies, -1 ;
Avell ns ta the promotore “and opera
eters. Kind promises are ulright but.
hey de not. pay, taxes: by a lutte 8 way

.Peity. camld Inve.

some are. even sniuler.
sure blew their horus.

WORKING. SEVEN SISTER GROUP

ad va option ou -the’ Seven.
group: af claims ‘o ‘ithe mountain. of
ste pame rid ;
Young of Cedarvale. formerly of Tel].
lova,-haye a number of nen doing vont
work: which wil enuble-the operator
to ‘Het> supplies fi and Ore
carly date.

the city of Prince Rupert. Such. n
trip as plamed to tike in the mid-
suuuner fairs ‘on the pratrle would de |.
nbout as good an advertisement as the
The members of the
band are aliout the nge and size. 0’
Joho Sinith, seme a little larger and
But they em.

The D, M, Mining Company which

Sisterr
owned

by = Steve

‘out at ar
This" is one of the most’
promising . prospects: oO the ‘lower iy,
er and there is every: Tenson. to believ
that envly In the spr ing. or summer thie!
Soven Sistars stoup “WIL be’ inom the
alipping ‘properties: from. ‘the. horth, : as
‘he Hopper-Dayis people ave. interest
#1 Inthe Seven Sisters: as well: an sin

sevarnl other properties: on the: Skeena-

The American * Boy _has figured in

Harris Bros. is now headed by Wnr.

grinder ‘on’ his |

el aontuaber of young people on Tnes-

“province: j

‘CANADA'S OLDEST LAWMAKER

- Canada,

ea recently. he : walked to his: ‘peat:
ig
“writing: is bold: and fir

Board of Trade
For Terrace is
Now Proposed

Citizens interested in forming a
errace Board of Trade are requested
to eet in Progress Hall on Friday
evening, Jantary 2ist at 8 p.m, This
is"one of the. most important move-
ents that’ hus been started in town
for a long time und every one who is
in any way iuterested in the welfare
of Terrace should mke it on point ta
be there and to take part in the organ-
duntion, It Is particularly important
for Terrace to have a Board of Trade
now that the movément for a district
Board of 'Prade is meeting with such
favor in other purts of the north. No

Dlnee along the line can derive so!
neh immediate benefit.as this tewn.:
which is Situated between the const:
and the Bulkley Valley. THese othe: '
points nre particularly active to “wet |
the road Jong the Skeena built into |
Prince Rupert and Terrace will be the!
centre of activity for-a long time to!
ome, But then there are many othet i i
things which Terrace is particnlarly |
interested in and in’ which other]
points. can give valuable assistance
Let the meeting next’ Fridy night le
the biggest. this town hos seen: for tu
lung time.

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Terrace | Notes

‘H. H. Hatliwell lett Sunday
Prince Rupert on a - business trip.

for

RR. Beécher and”B. Johnson? of the
Lakeise hutehery wre’ weekenders in

|THE CZAR OF BASER ALL

A new picture of
, Unearthed the ba,
“brought about th
Speaker,

Leonard.

-days befor
salary ine
$65,000 p

Judge Landis, who
sebail scandal that
e downfall of Cobb,
Joe Wood and Dutch
The Judge only a few
e the showdown had his

Teased from $50,600 to
er year.
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WEDDING BELLS RANG

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The martinge of Miss Selinn Nel-
son Gosnell of Perraes to James Bol-
‘ton of Port Essington took place’ at
the New~ Kitselas’ United church on
the 10th of January, Rev. Wm. Allen
officiated. The bride was tastefully
dttired aud was attended by | Miss
Elvaherh Botton as Widesmaid, who.
in turn was necompanied by Misses
Violet. Kadson. .Jeinima Gosnell, Mrs
Siri iany Nélsoni,; Mike Cissie“ Rich aint |

tovin.

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acd Miss | Josephine ~ Bolton. Wm
Nelson acted as groomesnian, axsiste?
by Edward Feak,. ‘Perty’ Kennedy and

Robt. Alien of Prince Rupert, dis-
trict forester, wax in Terrace gn Snt-
urday of last week.

»- Walsh of Hazelton arrived. ‘Sun.

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turned home on Monday. d

Rev. and Mrs. .Robinson entertain-
dey evening, gmnes and contests pro-
vidizg the entertainment until re
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freshinents were served.

a

sehool staf? on Tuesday morning, “In
hey absence Ars. Wim, Vanderlip sup:
pited for her,

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Hon. G. C.- Desaulies, a member of.
the Canadian Senate, will. be-100
years .old tiext September, and’ is
not - -only the oldest legislator: . in
but ‘perhaps the: ‘oldest. in:
a. Whon Parliament open-

Re

the woxl

“and

aay te’ see his tivo sony and he re, .

the eltizens were arctsed- from. their
slumhers by the persistent blowing -o°
the mill whistle to find the home -of
Mr. and Mys. FL 5. Mills on five ane

“+ Miss -Mallott returned Monday and] bevoud el hope of anything. boing
took up ber duties on the public {Sived. Mr. Qils ant nephew. Fran!

have been engeged in‘ the pole busi:

ness at Romo qed Mrs, o7fs was ad
lone at the time of the fire. She
was awakened by smoke and - the

The eruxe of the five has not heen or
eertuine), but is stiposed
vot oshirted from thd Itcter 1 nth-
Nving -roem.
tat some insnrrece was ourrlest.:
Mills is Rt present - winging: ¥ With Mrr

tos enjoyable erred norty wu Friday

evening Inst. After. candies on socia’
hour was spent wheit: Mins. Sibavy a
Cone City’ favored ‘the: -

with musical munabers,

| St. Anion 8 : Satdat v met ‘in Torvacé
Hotel on TMealay evenhur. f) arrange
far the velehration: Of: Borns
This nt fade hat always lean the. his

event of. ‘the seasoir ‘nd. this- ‘year’ ‘the

‘better:

Jésh Robinson. The marriage purty
adjourned to the village hall where:
supper was served -to many. friends:
of the bride and gram fraom ‘Terrace
New Kitselis nud Port Essington.

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EARLY MORNING FIRE |

At two o'clock on -Friday mornin:

sacking of the flunies and. had. jus":

with an ovcasional

capneitated. |.

Prince Rupert
Board of Trade
Is Reorganized

The annual meeting of the Prince
Rupert Board of Tralde was held last
vriday evening when W. 0. Fulton *
wis elected president, succeeding Olof:
Hanson, dnd Arthur Brooksbank «« con-
tinties in the office of secretary. In.
his retiring speech. Mr. ‘Hanson gave
quite a complete review of the work
accomplished last year and’ of the cons
dions through the Dominion: sener~"
ally. Altogether he could -not::
any reason why Canada and especial,
ly Prtace Rupert and, Northern’ Brit-
ish Columbia, should not look to the

optimism, ‘Things bare started te
move amd it reqnired only the united.
action of the north te -Reep them going
The new president, : Mr. Fulton, .in
his first uddress as head of the Board;
stated it trath that most people hare
begun to realize, that “we've ‘been pay:
fed abuut long enough and it was time
to get down toa ration ‘of rotled oats -
beef -steak.”He
nienut that it was time the people of
the interior should get: busy and help:
tiey elop thelr own country and thelr
OWL resources, Loe
The iden of a district Board of
Trnde ix taking hold and. during the-
coming yer something definite nlonz
‘these lines is likely to be effected. It
is nota new plan by ay menus, but _
iv will be none the less effective for
wdoption even at this lute date. The
Prince Buypect Board w ould benefly
‘very pniterially by a closer Working
jor. The clty: tellows.- “Womld get i,
‘broader -concent!ua. of: this! “grent:
ji iterlana”. and nssist- them in gettin; "
i erie awiiy fron. the ‘governinent
few! trourch. “There. ‘ig meh busines:
in the interior that is ‘hot going: to the. ;
northern coast town. oat

see

a eeatermateted

HE HAD A HOLIDAY

Sve eee meee

IL “Birch uf - the Faleaner Transfer
spent two days in Terrace, Doby and. |
-Eher ‘polnts wong the. railway aL
ob the river getting. acquaitted once.
agein wethyhis oid pals. He: had to:
go some, but. he mnde it and got back
on the Jog on. time. , This Was his first,

holiday. for two yents and he only gat’, _

thet .

rot
oh

he. aise he . was - physically’ in”

But he. figures he will!

#et another lay uff In the not too diy
tant future. ~.

tne to rah a robs wad wet ont std:
efore “the roof avd walls eotlapsed

dave

to

‘he loss’ wad ‘eonplet
Mery

1, King,

ne Se eS ete tata nei i

ties. W. 1 Emith was ‘hostess at: i

compnn:

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e

‘Night

ons ‘of. RSeotin: ‘ntend to make. It-even
thin: On: previons. occasions,

ne B. 1. Rridge Chin y'et atcthe
I 1 aa Ts, and. Ms nuda or

“without” assistance,

rene in- the. Kitsumtcalt Valley.

“no 0 sign of. his, Brea x

inimedinte future with ‘the: greatest -

fopether withthe’ Peaple “OF: “he: inter-;” a