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NEW HAZELTON, ‘B C., MAY 80, 1924

Be Horse Races at
| Telkwa ‘Drew a

Great Crowd

‘Telkwa’ was a. lively Spot on
Ernpire Day; when the Telkwa
_ Jockey Club arranged, the annual

; Spring race meet, - Visitors wer
td present from many parts of th
= district, as everyone loves a hors

race, and everyone feels better
f for a day’s sport and for meeting

me 50 many old friends:
The dav waa for the most par

; bright, but there wag a coolness
in the breeze that blew, but none
| stayed home. on: that: account.
f The afternoon was opened with a
ball game between Smitbers und:

; ae B Telkwa which resulted in a win

. | for the visitors by a score’ of 5 4.

fee It was a good game throughout
Bee and at no time was. it certain

ee which team would win.

® follows:

@ Roy Wakefield on Dandelion,

Indian Race~ Jimmie; T Mi
B che,

i (owner up)—Roy Wakefield on
a King; Roy Munger. on Ginger.

a) Pa a he

; Doekrill” mee

Warrior,’ ‘who: galloped

The race program. resulted as

Pony- Race—Bill Dockrill on
@ Bird, owned. ‘by: Thos. Heaslip;

Gentlemen’ 8 Saddle-harse Race

|. Boy’s Race—Bob Smith, . Bill

wa Cup—This was an..eagy.|

F. M.. Dockrill
Presents Views

F M. Dockrill held a meeting
in Assembly all, -
Wednesday night in the interests
of his candidature and the’ Pro-
vincial Party, The attendance
Was very small; but the ‘candi-
date went through with his talk,
He was accompanied by. F. B.
Chettleburgh, and Wm. Sanders
acted as chairman. —

The speaker stated that he had
always been a Conservative until
1918, when he wrote W. J. Bow-
ser that he could no longer follaw
his leadership, He was inthe
present campaign because - one
delegation after another had im-
pressed upon him thatit was his
duty to the public to stand,
After criticising the Liberal
government a good deal, My,
Dockrill outlined some of the
things the Provincial Party. ad-,
vocated. He personally thought
ttie P.G.E. should be scrapped,.
He thought the Provinee would
be farther ahead to buy out ail
the settlers on the P.G.E., take
up-the rails and turn the roadbed
into a wagon road, _
aes to the two" candidates op?
posing. him, he predicted’. that]
Mr. ‘Bowser’ 8 candidate’ could ‘no

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Hazelton, on

| was a very -close affair, and\the

Grand Day at
New Hazelton
On 24th May
A monster crowd waa present

at. the ball. park last Saturday,
when the citizens of New Hazel.

celebration. Points east and west
were well represented, visitors
attending from Burns Lake, Smi-
thers, Carnaby, Skeena Crossing,
Dorreen, Kisplox, and Prince
Rupert;

The sports program was begun
shortly -after lunch and wag run
off without pause until the last
event sent everybody home to
prepare for the dance, There
were races and competitions for
all, young and old, and there was
no lack of entries for each event.
The Indian hundred-yard dash

men’s hundred-yard dash and
relay saw some close running.
The tug of-war. was won by New
Hazelton against Hazelton; ‘while
the New Hazelton ‘boys pulled
the Hazelton boys, and the local
girls triumphed over their sist-ra
from. Hazelton and Mud Creek.
The football game résulted in
a walk- -away for the New Hazei-
ton eleven. over the’ Haguelget-
‘Moricetowrmiatives; yn Phe Beore-
was 5-1, ‘which. was a-fair indica-}

ton held their annual Empite Day |

defense frustrated many attacks
at the other end.

On the grounds the ladies did
a land-office business at their re-
freshment booth, and before the
close of the afternoon were sold
out completely. Those in charge
of the booth were Mesdames
Bergman, Goddard, Parent and
Sawle, and these were assisted
by number of willing volunteers;

The Hazelton native band of
fifteen pieces was heard to food
ad vantage during the afternoon,
and their contributions were ap-
preciated greatiy by all present,

The dance at night will form a
topic of conversation for some
time to come, for without: doubt
it was the best that has been held
in the district for many, many
moons. The Harmony Dance
Orchestra, | consisting of Jack
Barnsley (saxophone), Sidney
Bazzett-Jones (banjo and xylo-
phone), and George Rorie jr.
(drums, traps and marimba), of
Prince Rupert, assisted by Mrs,
A. D. Chappell at the piano, kept
the perfect floor of the spacious
dining room of - the Northern
Hotel thronged at every number,
The Versatile musicians did not
permit of lagging, and the crowd
would not allow less than three
encores. ‘It was a great. night,
and one that will be long.remem-
bered: - The: ‘Halk was” ‘beautifully.|:

Memorial Service
Smithers Hall
A Fine Tribute

_On- Sunday evening last the
interior district gathered at
Smithers to pay respects to the
late T. T, Dunlop and to express
Sympathy with the bereaved
family. A community service
was held in the evening in the
town hall and was attended by
visitors from many points be-
tween the Hazeltons and Burns |
‘Lake. Smithers and Telkwa and -
districts immediately surround-
ing were represented by large |
numbers. The seating capacity
of the hall was filled,
The service was one of the
most impressive held in the dis-
trict and was participated. in by
Rev, J. S. Brayfield, Rev. R. E.
W. Biddell and Dr. H. C. Wrinch.
Musie was furnished by. Grey's
orchestra, assisted by a choir of

tabout twenty. The order of ser- |

vice was printed and. distributed
to each member of the congrepa-
tion. After the : opening by Rev.
Biddeil the Scripture lessons
were read by Rev. Brayfield and
the congregation sang “Lead
Kindly Light,”” followed. by a -
prayer by. Dr. Wrineh.. After.

“Rock. of Ages’? had been sung,

‘tion of the ‘Unexpected margin’ of

decorated with red, white and

Rev." “Brayfield: “spoke ~ on: ““The
Bereavement. The. next:hymn.

blue streamers, - ‘and reflected
greatly, to the credit of. those in’
charge of arrangements, | Mrs:
H.. Thornton and Miss -#. Sheas-.
.preen assisted on the dance” cam-
mitttee.

-Altogether the celebration was
the best that has been held in
years. The various committees
spent a great deal of thoughi,
time, and energy in carrying out
their respective duties, and were
accorded the loyal and enthusias-
‘tic support of every member of
the community.

was “Abide With Ma’. and fol:

lowing it Rev, : Biddell gave a
talk on how that hymn came to

be written. Mrs. L. ‘B. Warner

then | sang. “Crossing ‘the Bar,’*.
and Dr. Wrinch delivered ‘to the .
bereaved family the. personal

message of the congregation and

of the still larger congregation 3
in the district unable to be -«
present, but none the leas sincere
in sympathy with the familys:
The service throughout Was a we
beautiful tribute to the departed, ©
who was so suddenly called to
another life while in the per- Lo
‘formance of his duty, here, ‘The | *.:
‘lpeople ‘of the. district are prate-
*!ful to those who ‘arranged the
service and’ thus afforded them
the opportunity to pay tribute
bo the late Tommy Dunlop.

meihie Nile with ease and won. by.
Bihree lengths. Roy Wakefield's
two entries, King and Queen,
Awere the other starters, _.
Asa result of his ‘victory on
aturday, the Telkwa cup now
thecomes the permanent. Property
pf Warrior’s owner,
' Fhe Judges were Chas. Chap-
; an, H. W. Lee and R, 8. Sar.
Bexent
Saturday evening theassembled ;
isitors, with the local people,
iad one of those wonderful dances
or ‘which Telkwa. i8 80 well
eeenown. The music and floor.
Bavere excellent, and the people
mere in goud spirits, so that the
fance went off with a snap.
fi) ver one hundred and fifty dane-
mars were on the floor. .
From a financial standpoint the
ay was a big ‘success, and the
meeockey Club i is much. | encouraged
“ 8 a result.

‘miore carry Bowser along today.
than in: 1916. | For Dr. Wrinch
he had every respect, but. thought
{that if he went to Victoria under
a Liberal government he would
have to change his moral views
to those of the political machine/up as follows: Bazzeit- Jones:
or he would soon be cast aside. -}L. Wrinch,. Hatton; C. Spooner,
The meeting closed with the} Willan, P. Spooner; Brown, New-
National Anthem, man, Clarke, Goddard and Hall.

As an added feature the Hazel-
ton Indians played Skeena Cross-
ing natives and won by 2.0, The
game was ading. dong affair from
start. to finish, and the down-
river boys were quite as danger-
ous atall times as their opponents,

but a weakness at right back
let the losers down,

To the Electors of the :
|" Skeena Constituency

I beg to anhounce my acceptance of. the honor. con-
ferred by a unanimous vote of the Liberal Convention of
this Riding. in the’ request that.I should become their - “
candidate at the forthcoming. election | to the Provincial. :
Legislature, or

Having resided within the

‘ gitiee 1900, which ¢
ofthe interior porti
oe producing territory

white superiority. The Indians
were only -oné.down at the inter-
val, ‘but after that-they fellaway
rapidly, and a little teamwork on
the part of the opposition put the
game on ice.’ The whites lined

A Line-fence Scrap ;
The fence viewers near Smith-
ers were last week called in to
settle. a line-tence dispute be-
tween a couple of well known
settlers—one of: those historical
affairs which started with Cain
‘and Abel, sons. of Adam and Eve,
and which are as bitter. today as
at the beginsing. The fence-
viewers’ decision was. not satis-
factory td one of the parties, and | -
like Cain of old, he- rose up and
smote ‘his brother in. the face. |"
Unlike the original story ‘there
was. no. murder done, and the
smiter was well smitten himself.
But the line-fence is not yet fin-|
ished. 4 county: Judge. will pro- | -
bably be asked to give judgment,
Line-fences are. ticklish bombs.
They. have, caused many ‘a bonny
fight. and a neighborhood with'a

good Itne-fenice. scrap seldom | suf. |.

_ ‘Edgar and Mis, Harris arrived

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Rev. Victor Sangum: will preach

-{in the New’ Hazelton ehureh: on’
Sunday” morning for th
before. goingto" ‘Kispio:
, following. Sunday. thee. a Po nd

mm The first rain for two or more
Beecks visited the district on Mon-
ny night and did a world of|
ieee 50d,

i Murdoch | MeLeod, of Varieou-
Seer, eyesight specialist,’ ‘will be in
Bazelton on June 4,..and in New
mazelton on June 5, and will‘be
mad to. render expert service to

i who have trouble with their
mames or glasses: . This is his. first
med through the. north and’ he
weaves to: ‘establish’. @ connection
Bhich will encourage ‘him. to oe
arn at tenular interval: Foss

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| Rev. ‘Pound: Me A —E
%. Just veturned. from, ‘the’

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confines. ofthis district os
overs the entire period of the transition. a
ion: ‘of it: froma: simple. unbroken. fur- - a
toa highly- -developed région of many ~ |
and: abundant: ‘resources, “I ‘may: lay claim to a fitst-hand- ae
knowledge of its conditions and needs: yor
|fer for the want of: excitement, |... My interests are practically entirely within the district of “
even - unto ‘the third ‘and fourth “80 that its success: is my success, ‘and I have no other axe to Jf
generation, ' : . grind than to promote its: ‘furth nd fullest t development. os
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