~ DOCKRILL FAVORITE HERE

All. Sections - of Province will

x

: completing & tour of his whole| °

_ the majority i is increasing every

|W. X. Maedonald, the’ Conserva-
_ tive eandidate, has a very easy

_ becoming more ‘strongly | in favor

of the government,

- ment. affair—was discharged be-

_ly could not bé:depended upon to!

_ > Industvial Fat i

has been devoid ‘of sensational
- features.

“a a complaint, in large type,. that
“Gordon McLennan; | an oldtimer
in this. ‘district, was discharged
: from government work by. the
machine because he was a Liber-

‘that: was known. before’ he was.

VOL, VI, NO. 2°

HAZELTON, B. (om SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1916

"PRICE 92,00 A YEAR

- Support the Present
Administration ,

. Reports from practically all
sections of the province are fav-
orable ts the Conservative cause,
and the leaders of the party are
quite confident that the. adminis-
tration will be returned to power
with @ substantial majority in the
legislature,

In- Omineca district, where
Frank Dockrill is opposed . by
Alex. Manson, the Liberal lawyer
of Prince Rupert (known in the|-
Bulkley Valley as the “mail-order
candidate’), ‘the campaign so far

There is no doubt,
however, of the success of the
Conservative candidate, The dis-
‘trict will again refuse Mr. Man-
s0n‘s offer to represent it at Vie- |
toria. :

North is Conservative ae
Prince: Rupert, Sept. 8:-—Hon.
Wm, Manson has returned from],
a‘trip to Skeena river points,

district. He ia absolutely. assured
of a ‘aplendid success. Prince
Rupert is atrongly for him and

day. ats
”:Pattilo’. held: what was ‘to tea a
big rally last night, but. only about
one hundred attended, and the
meeting was decidedly.cold, Only
the-most ‘ardent ‘Liberal voters
will support him.

It ‘is reported from’ ‘Atlin that

victory. over Mobley. °
Conservatives here all expect
Omineta; to -do its duty election

day and ‘complete the three north- |:
“ern sea

Fron the south, confidential ‘re-
ports have been received, indic-
ating that the country i is’ steadily

“Why McLennan Waal Fired -
-The Herald: yesterday, ‘printed

al.” For the “benofit of any.
who may not know the facts, it
may be said that McLennan, who

had be ;
en given charge of ‘the Michel 2.

building ‘of a bridgé on the. tele-
graph trail—a Dominion govern-|"

cause he had stated that he would |, bell 2.
_ leave hla ‘work: half-finished, if} ; Half-mite, 15.0 or under,
necessary, ‘to come in and cast a Mackin’ 1; Baptiate 20° +

Liberal: vote,: He was discharged |, 2.

not becaude ‘he was 4 Liberal—
engaged—but: becatise he evident-

finish’ the. bridge,. the éairly ‘com-
pletion of: which. ¢ was of conkidar- |
able: importance, - ee C

- “Coming: Events.
Sept. 14~Provincial General, lection,
‘Spt. 1816-1 te ton Anticalta

good, as usual, in, their. celebration

amusement, of the day, a number
of exciting conteata being run off.
Following were the resylts: +

D ‘Campbell 1, P. Barr, 2.

over—D. Chisholm 1, D. Camp-

longs, open, for silver. challenge
cup, to be won three :times: by
jgame ownar—J, Je: MeNell. 1, &
Macdonell 2°. |.

“Mon Kirckbach’s Ger-
mans. made - ten counter -attacks
in suecession on the positions
recently won'by the French south
of the Somme, ‘The dense mass-
es of Germans. “were mowed
down in swaths us they attempted
to advance, ‘and their dead “are
lying in heaps. . The French te
serves are untouched, All gains’
are held,

Paris:

» British. ‘reinforcements : are ar-
riving in’ ‘tens of thousands daily.
The gtoind eust‘of Guillemont,
taken by: the British, was strewn
German. dead, i in many cases stark

naked,- every stitch of clothing |.

having: been blasted off, A large
proportion’ showed- no ‘sign of
| wounds, but b had been ‘killed by].
the intense concussion ‘of British
shells,” é
in. the dugouts are said. to have
had ‘their “nerves destroyed by
the. tetrific pounding. Hy

The: German’ forces ‘on ‘the
Verdui: front: made an effort to
regain ‘the groimnd won by the].
Freneh -yésterday, when a mile

“Those who ‘eSeaped alive

GREAT. LAUGH

BLOODY GERMAN ATTACKS REPELLED-—
_ RUSSIANS TAKE OFFENSI' VE IN ROUMANIA

of their first line: positions be-
tween Vaux-Chapitreand Chenois
was carried, | ©

‘ London: ‘British troops last
night raided German trenches
southwest of Lille. ' Another
successful raid was made on en-
emy trenches southeastof Ginchy,
in the. Somme region, © Fifty
prisoners were brought: back.
~ Beyond the usual artillery ac-
tivity, raids, and bomb fighting,
there: is nothing to report from
the Somme front.

" Theenemystielled Arméntieres.

Allied aireraft:raided Brussels,
dropping bombs | on the German
fortifications; . :

. Salonikie-}
fighting is. in progress‘in Greek
Macedonia. The principal en-
gagements aré in progress on the
Struma front, - in the region: of
Mount Beles, and ‘in the vicinity
of Lake Doiran, ”

- Bucharest: Reports: aré being
received of the beginning of a

os Wialent. sartillery.

ER IN THE WEST

great battle i in southeastern Rou-
mania, where the Russians have
taken the offensive against the
Bulgarians-and Germans, .

A bitter struggle is now under
way ‘over the whole front in Do-
brudja from the Danube ‘to the
‘Black Sea.

Petrograd: Russian troops have
erossed the Dvina river, north of
Dyinsk, and have been success-| -
ful in driving back the Germans,
All counter-attacks have been
repulsed, ;

’ After a fierce action with artil-
lery, mine throwers, and bomb
mortars, the enemy attacked our

-|tinein the region of Velitsk, in

the direction of t Kovel but was
repelled, -. etree dP ciet ES
In the region of the ‘Gnita Lipa
our offensive continues.
On the Caucasian front, in the
Kl ghi: ‘Ognot: sector a. stubborn
battle continues. _ :

"London:
German East Africa, have’ sut-
rendered to the British.

Three more ‘places in

TELKWA BARBECUE 7
- . A GREAT SUCCESS

The Bulkiey Valley ‘people made

at. ‘Telkwa: on. Tabor . Day... A
large ; erowd of; Hazelton people
went up by: train. and. motar to

‘participate © in the fan, and all
report-having a ‘good tim .

Horse-racing was the. principal
Quarter-mile, 14.2 and under—

Half-miley:Indian—Baptiste A,
_ Three. furlongs; 1100 log. and

Slow. Race—Gabe 1, Janie Toin

” Bullley Valley Derby, five fur.

Daring. ‘the. day refreshmental|

. were served on’ the. grounds ‘by |
‘Ithe Indies, ‘the ’ proceeds’ being}
devoted.to. the Red-Croas.. The!
‘4 {sideshows Were. for ithe benefit

atriotic: Fund, :

° of ith
The

--- 1a grand dance in the town hall,

in which a large crowd joined,
The officials of :the day wer:
Judges, A. J, Prudhomme, Frank
M. Dockrill, A..M. Manson; Star-
ters, BE. M. Hoops,Neil McInnes;
Clerks of Scales, Gus: Timmer-
meister, Geo. Hay.

Local and District: News
John Michelgon,of Ootsa Lake,
is spending a few days here.

Phil. Smith, who accompanied ;

the party of aportsmen) which|’
left. Hazelton for’ Groundhog sev-

-leral weeks ago, returned on Wed-

nesday,

W. K, Akhurst, manager of the
Canadian © Fairbanks-Morse Co.;

of Vancouver, was here this -veek,
-|looking into the question of a

light and water. plant. .

‘Lieut. G. 7. Emmons, of: the
U.'S. navy, whose works on the
Indians of Alaska: and British

Columbia’ have brought him dis-
tinction, is paying. his . second};
visitt: to Hazelton. He-is ‘gather-
in, information - concerning the
natives. of this district, we

“Hazelton Fei, se. 18:

ot. copper, ‘not ‘ony, ‘in Canada,
, {but in the’ British Empire—about

“l the’ speaker warmly, ‘
_[ghildren, °*

PROMINENT LIBERAL —
- FAVORS BOWSER

One Liberal who is not: favor-
ably disposed towardsa-the Brew-
ster ‘political system is ex-Mayor
Baxter of Vancouver, who spoke
the other night in support of the

‘|government, Though a life-long
| Liberal,Mr. Baxter refuses to ally

himself with the discredited clique],
which controls the Liberal party
in B. C.

‘Let mé tell you. the ‘Liberal
political. machine is as good as
any Conservative machine, and,
give it time, and it Will do its

work as thoroughly as any  Con-
servative machine, ’’-declared Mr.
Baxter, amid applause,

A‘ large body of citizens desired

it was these he: would like to
reach, ‘At the last election Brit-

ish. Columbia: waa-dn the high
wave ‘of: prosperity; every one

speculated in'real estate, - Then
came the collapse, and of ‘course
the’. government; and not the
individual speculator, was blamed.
Thén, following the depression, |
came the world’s - greatest war.
“It is not British, ” * declared

o- blame
the government and saveal ike

Referring to “what he termed
the Liberala’ hostility to,. ‘and
accusations against, Premier Bow-
ser, Mr. Baxter, said that. the

to vote right, he continued, and}:

FAIR PROGRAM ARRANGED

ener
Numerous Features of Unusual
Interest For Hazelton |
Exhibition -

The prize list and program for
‘|the Fair has been~issued ~ and
shows that classes have been ar-
ranged and prizes offered for
horses, cattle, swine,sheep, goats
and poultry, for dairy and house-
hold products, and for wild as
-well as home grown fruits.
Many prizes are offered in the
ladies’ work section, which in-
cludes fancy work; and also for’
writing and drawing dy children.

The section devoted . to fruits,
vegetables, grain, and other prod-
uets of the farm, is very exten-
sive, every care being taken to
provide ample classes to properly
handle this important depart-
ment.

The mineral exhibit will be one.
of exéeptional interest and a.good _
display of raw furs is looked for.

The sports program will include
horse races, races for prospectors,,
and a drilling contest, for which
a prize of $100 is offered. An
Indian band contest will feature.

On Friday evening ‘‘What
Happened to Jones’’, that‘ side-
splitting comedy, will be repro-
duced in AsSembly Hall; and will

+... be. followed by grand. Manet ye:
The Fair grounds. are to. he 2

specially. illuminated , and ‘the
town as well will be. lighted up.
The grounds will be opened - By
the member-elect for’ this. dis-
{trict at 10. a.m. on Friday,and

will be ‘accessible from 10 a.m.

to 9p. m. on both’ days. A.
program of events for Saturday
evening will be announced ‘dur-
ing the week, — :

Special rates are offered by the:
G. T.P., and évery inducement”
is being ‘offered to outside exhib-
itors, including free transporta-
tion of exhibits. ,

LOCAL AND DISTRICT ‘
. NEWS PARAGRAPHS

Send in your ore exhibita. for
the Fair. |

W. P, Lyneh,of Prince Ripert
is here today.

ed

J. F. Maguire returned from
Telkwa on-Monday, — sy
James. Hevenor, who is with
the 102nd, is reported dan gerqus-
ly

Frank Dockrill is interviewing
the electors in: : Sais: bart of his
district.

Work has: been started at thé
Interior ‘Lumber. Co.’ 8° sawmill.
on Two-mile creek. hos

Percy Frost has recovered from

the 7th Battalion at the front... '
Constable H.S.. ‘Lavery,’ who i

force, left for the east this week,
WwW. iB. Steele” arrived . from aos

| Manson creek on Monday, and'ia'

now at the Hospital, undergoing ‘
treatment for-theumatiam.. Jack
Mullen ‘aid -Jim:. Beaman’ came

roceedinen Sonehided with

180, oo, 000 ‘be, per anna ni

eae
- oN

Premier was © blamed : for every: |
“(Conthmed a an Para Pour)!

os 1 : . _

out, with, hin,

his wounds, and is again. with a

has resigned from the provincial’. 7