aa ; VOL. 16 "NEW HAZELTON, B. CG, FEBRUARY 22, “1924 vey COF ae No. 34 : q ¥ : Presbyterians of ” Elders ers for Year | . b On Tuesdav, Febr February 19, the a Presbyterian Church of Terrace Field its annual congregational EB neeting. This was a meeting of genore than usual interest as be- Sides the ordinary business there Meas also the election and ordina- Mion of Elders. After the de- p otional exercises led by Rev. W. #, Parsons, the Rev.. Dr. Grant, mei Prince Rupert, conducted an SX preasive ordination service. ‘he Elders elected were Thos. The at Terrace will hence- wgecth bave a complete session, weed there is no doubt that the ork of the church will be more Ma(tfective with the addition of ficse well-known and honored Members acting in conjunction Mit the minister as the session meet the church. The annual con- mrepational meeting was then mroceeded with. The reports of ml departments of the work were Beery satisfactory, and the con- mrecaution sets out upon another Mear of its history with every @irospect of achieving greater pings i the-future for the ex- mension of the Kingdom of. God. mene church accepted further re- Monsivility for its own financial Ipport than ever, and with the “omised aid of the Ladies’ Guild, ects to raise at least $900 this nar, Dr. Grant gave an inspir- eB address on the home mission ork of the Presbvterian Chureh Janada. At the close of. the iness session thirty members id adherents sat down to a Mainty supper served by the Biuics ‘of the Guild. Everyone Se uressed themselves of the inion that this was the most iecessful annual meeting so far, the history of the chureh, t ORR R HENRY W. THORNTON, KBE. ident and Chairman of the Hoard of rectors, Canadian National Rallwasa p put the first stone on the t the opening of the Winni-| peg’ earling bonepiel. re Terrace at ah OA ed A md Pa i nH H, G. Perry, M.L.A. for Prince George, passed through Terrace| on Wednesday en route to Prince Rupert, where he will deliver an address at the regular luncheon of the Rotary Club on Thursday. A. G. Smith, of Kalum Lake, is in town on business, | - Mr. and Mrs. Leon Waurko were visitors in Prince Rupert for a few days this week. They returned on Tuesday. “Grandma” Little is very much improved and able to be up ina chair for a few hours each day. \@ if $ 4¢ * ® A. Goodenough was in town over the week-end. Miss Waldron went to Prince Rupert on Friday and returned the following day. A. Shaw, of Kalum. Lake, is ‘spending a few days in town, Mr. and. Mrs. Olof Hanson have reached Los Angeles on their way home from Honolulu. Geo. Little is supposed to have left Honolulu.on the 16th for the Fiji Islands on lumber business. Mr. Little is not liable to see any snow dewn there between the Equator: and the Tropic of Cap-}: ricorn. Mrs. Little is on her way home but Mr. Little does not expect to return much before June or July. Dr. G. H. Bleecker was a pas- senger to Prince Rupert on Mon- day, returning Tuesday. T. &. Wall, of Prince George, was in Terrace for a few days looking for timbered land with a view to purchasing. Mr. Wall will be remembered by many in Terrace as he was, the contractor for the Kalum bridge built a few years ago, It is a treat to have skating in Terracé and many adults and young people availed themselves of the opportunity to skate on the ice pond which formed this week back of the Eby place. We get one cold day and then 4 mild one which spoils the ice for the ice sports. Terrace can boast of some crack curlers, several of them having won cups. There are some very fine skaters, too, and all we néed is keen ice. Are you a subseriber yet? Shris. Lymam, of Prinee Ru- pert, was a visitor in Terrace this week. ; a The Presbyterian Guild held the regular, weekly meeting . on Wednesday at the home of Mrs, Sundal, fourteen ladies being present. Next week’s meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. | J. Burrison. . . beeen oor bt The. Burns Lake Citizens’ As- sodiation will continue to flourish and: 00: operate with: the | village council, - The . annual ‘meeting was. held recently. ce Examine Indian Relies The first of the week Mr. Jen- egs, of -the Dominion eivil ser- vice, accompanied by Augus Bea- ] ton, left for Old Kuldo, where he hopes to find two totem poles and some salmon holes, but the latter it is feared are like the lost tribes of Israel. These salmon holes, the white man presumes, were used many long years agoas cold storage warehouses for the In- dians’ salmon. If that is not the solution the next guess is that they are the last of the ruins of the cave dwellers, The party left by sleigh,: going as far as First Cabin, and from there on will use snowshoes. Mrs. Jeness remained in the Kispiox, H : OVERHEARD AROUND NEW HAZELTON A goddly number from town will drive to Hazelton tonight to see local talent put on a two-act comedy. Miss Spooner, of Smithers, ar- rived on Thursday to spend afew days with her parents. Mrs. Peter Smith and daugh- ter arrived home from the Hos- pital on Wednesday last. Fred Peterson went to Skeena orn l l { Skeena’s Industrial Centre Q reese R. H. Bourke, contractor for the installation of the Hayward mill, left for Prince Rupert on Monday on business. © Stanley Parker, Ford agent for Northern B.C., and Homer Daly, son of Pat Daly, famous Premier mine promoter, were visitors in town last week, guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Keich, and gave the Old Hickory mining property the once.over, A very enjoyable Valentine dance was held in Bethurem hall on Saturday night, when over a hundred people gathered from Pacific, Dorreen and Hanall and elswhere. Music was furnished by the Shamrock orchestra, The hall was decorated in red, which contrasted very prettily with the costumes. Twenty couples of masqueraders decorated the floor. The prizes went in equal honors to Dorreen, Hanall and Usk: first ‘)ladies’, Miss Bourke, Usk, ‘‘Tur- kish Lady’’; first, gentlemen’s, C, E. Carpenter, Dorreen, ‘‘Tally- ho’’: second ladies’ Miss I. M. Marshall, Hanall, ‘“Winter’’; sec- ond gentlemen’s, W. D. Perry, Usk, “‘Shiek’’.. The judges. were Crossing Wednesday morning, where he will remain some time as caretaker at Rocher de Boule mine, Have you réad the advertise- ments in this week’s paper? Store news is just as important to you as the local news: Make a practice of reading the adver- tisements in the local paper. L. 8. McGill, of Smithers, has opened an office in Burns Lake which will be in charge of Wm. McK. Tufts, of Vancouver, who was called to the bar a year ago. Mr. Tufts is a young man with a good college record and a good war record, and there is no reason why the firm of MeGill & Tufts should not be a permanent success in Burns Lake. Charles F. Morison, formerly with R. Cunningham & Son, and father of John Morison, has been writing a series of articles for the Vancouver Province on the early transportation preblem on the Skeena. The last article was on the freighter’s arrival at Mis- sion Point and his trip by canoe}. through Bulkley Canyon, the first and only man to attempt the feat, Haye you read the advertise- ments in, this week’s paper?|. Store news is just as important to you as local news, Make a practice of reading the. adver- tisements in the local paper.,. Nearly ‘three hundred tons of ore per ‘month from the Hender- son elaim on H. B, mountain have} been shipped :, since. ‘December. This ore is sacked and: shipped to. the smelter at Selb J. P, McDonnell, 8. A. D. Davis and Jim Eckert... Lunch was served at 10 p.m. so as to permit up-country masqueraders to. re- turn home by the midnight train. Pacifie was represented by Mrs, Anderson, Mrs. Harry Clark, Mrs. Robert Taper, Karl Whit- more, Bill Aird, Claude Bell and Wilfred Gardner. Those from Hanall were Mr. and Mrs, C. E. Carpenter, Miss I, J..M. Kelleher and A. J. Gaul. Have you read the advertise- ments in this week’s paper? Store news is just as important to you as the local news. Make a practice of reading the adver- tisements in the local paper. A. J. Gaul, M.E., superinten- dent of the Knauss property, re- cently, bonded by the Duthie interests, was a visitor on Satur- day and passed through to Van- ecouver, The work at Dorreen. mine has closed operations till spring to arrange for better facilities to commence develop- ment, Transferring Voters Registrar Hoskins states that) those already on the voters’ lists for Omineca will not require to register again to get on the list in the new riding of Skeena, but that the transfer will be made in his office... The same ‘will apply to those in the Prince Rupert district who are now in the Skee- na riding. “J J Dore succeeds F W. Dow. ling as: District. Superintendent of. Feleiraphs, with headquarters} ‘at: Pr Ft Phosphate Rock _ at Francois Lake The Colonization Department of the Canadian National Rail- ways has had an analysis of the phosphate rock found..in- the Francois Lake district’ made, by - the Department of Mines, Ottawa, which shows the rock to be com- posed as foliows: Phosph. anhydride .32,41 p.c. Magnesia Ferrie oxide Manganic oxide , Alumina Fluorine Silica .60 p. Loss on ignition. ..- 9.24 pe The gentlemen connected with the’ Department of Mines are much interested in these deposits and think that sooner or later they will become of some value in connection with agriculture, Though the rock, according to the analysis, is not of the highest quality, it is possible that this rock could be used to supply de- ficiencies ‘found in certain land in this province owing to its phosphoric acid and lime con- — tents. It is also possible that a mar- ket might. be found for it in Cali- fornia or neighboring Pacific coast states. .. At any rate it is considered of sufficient interest to justify further and fuller in- vestigation. Health of the State Provincial Health Secretary Dr. H. E. Young declared before the - governors of the Vancouver Gen- eral Hospital that the time had arrived when the state musttake . up the work of public health, . and that a new tax be imposed ip the form of insurance similar to the Workmen’s Compensation Board, so that eyery family would be guaranteed every medi- eal treatment necessary. This, claimed the Doctor, was the only solution to the financial problems confronting the hospitals of the province at the present. time. For a number of years “care of the sick by the state”? has been a petty hobby of Dr. Wrinch of the Hazelton Hospital and as. . president of the B.C. Hospital | Association. for two -years, he advanced that scheme before the — Association: and had it presented — to he government. The govern- ‘ment turned’ it down, but. ap: parently it has since begun to filter into the heads of the heads ; of the department and some ‘Bod 7 may yet result, . For the benefit of the Mud Creek school a dance will be held this evening, on Februs Music . will be, suD{ i in the schoolhouse a week from.