f Vou. 7

| Operations Are
Re-starting On _
‘HL.B. Mountain

 John-R. Turner, mining engin-
meer, arrived from Seattle recent-
s ly. and with Mrs. Turner and lit-
tle daughter, is staying at the
Bulkley Hotel at Smithers, Mr.
7 Turner is the engineer in charge
b J. F. Duthie’s mining operations

slong. the C, N. RB. and he has :

4 got a force of men at work on
; the Mamie and Henderson pro-
{ -perties on Hudson Bay mountain
f reopening the property which has
} been closed for the last couple of
f years. The Gugrenheim inter-
| ests were the last operators and
the property has reverted to Mr.

, Duthie.
The resumption of work on the
Duthie mines is the best news
, that has been received in Smith-
ers for a long time. Everyone
‘has confidence in Mr, Duthie and
| he and his engineer have confi-
F dence in the property.
'iness interests of the town and
' the district will be greatly bene-

B fited.

In the past a preat deal of very
high grade ore has been shipped
‘and the work done by the last

| operators, was beneficial, so that

it:will not be long before ship-
ments can be resnmed. At the

start about fifteen men will be]

® employed,: but this number will
soon be increased to thirty,

It is‘expected that Mr. Duthie!

§ will be in the district the latter.
part of July to consult with ‘his.
engineer,

we

| Held Closing Exercists

= ©The school classes finished the}

oa term on Thursday, the last ex-
amination having been written

main the morning. Closing exer-

ma cises were held in the afternoon
m@when.a good program was pro-

vided for the parents and pupils. |.

g Next week the school will be us-

ged for high school examinations.

AF ollowing is the program:,

1. ‘‘O Canada’’—-The School.

2. (a) Piano Solo—Jean Burns. ,

o (b) Recitation, ‘Over in the
a Meadow’’--Grade 2,

ee 3. Lhamatization, ‘The Boy and the

mee Wolf'’—Grades 3 and 4,

) 4. Recitation, ‘Bedtime’ —

Sargent.
a 66. ©6Dramatization,

aoe Beanstalk'’—Grade 2.

-6.. Song—The School.

me 67. Recitation, ““The Reason Why"
Alice Stoynoff,

my 68 “Cock Robin,,~Dorcthea Stoy-
. Snot and Grades 2, 3,°4,.

/ 9. Recitation, “Proggiew at School”

Fred Thornton. , .

= 610. ‘Tha: -Magic ‘Word,”" a Play in
two acts—Grades. 5 GT

11, Presentatation: of’ Diplomas,

a Spelling: Bee Prizes, and . Forest Easay |

ePrize.
12.

Orrice.|

“Jack and the

“God Save the King.’ ad

‘Jack Robittzon appearéd tin.the |
Btreets: on Tuesday - with’ wpewe |
and: a broad smite. 7

Resend your. subscription: th todays

The bus-.

| NEW HAZELTON, B.C., JUNE 19, 1925

enone

w o served in France,”

‘Governor: General of Canada, and the
of King George V. He will visit
26. Lord Byng was in command of. the Canadian troops in France,- « be-

placed in that command in 1916,

The particylara of the proposed reception of

Lord and Lady Byng wild be found in another column. of this issue.

' HIS EXCELLENCY LORD BYNG

personal representative in Canada"
ew Hazelton’on Friday next, June

He ja-know to every Canadian

Local Member
Had Trouble on
King’s ’s Highway

meetings ‘in the Bulkley Valley
last week Dr, ‘Wrinch, ML. A,

motoring on country roads and
would have given much could he
have toid the local member, the
provincial government, the road

what he thought of them, their
roads, culverts, ditches, tires and
ears. ‘he Doctor was’ sailing
along serenely at a rate quite’ to

‘Ithe public danger (were there

any publies).and at peace, with
himself and the. world. Sudden-
ly a culvert. gang. ‘and an open}:
culvert hove in sight. The boys
filled in enough to: let: his: ear. by:
and all he suffered was a. punc-
ture. His first aid ‘kit. hanging
to the back.of the car. provided a
new tire.and the. heavens looked
bright . once more.. Such: bliss
was not-for long, - Another open
culvert hove in sight, wider and
deeper than ‘the first. His. car

refused ‘to make, the jump. go: he

tried’ a detour and got. tangled
an in. roots, ‘stumps, - ‘brush’ arid
the. bottom of; the. ditch. : The
brake. linings were just new. and

“tthe. low gear, refused. to-grip.. It!

was pemnbriasolie bat the eulyert

Returning ‘from t the series of

experienced some of the joys of

gang and the people generally

gang volunteered assistance and
hauled the car out of the ditch,
but bang went that — spare tire.

There was nothing to it but to

put on a patch. :So, like Vivy
Dunn, he sat: upon the roadside
and whistled a. balmy air’ while
operating on the spare tire. By

the time the tire was fixed and

the brakebands were tightened
the culvert had been completed
and: the gang gone home to sup-
per. The member for Skeena
was still many miles from his
steak and: onions: He got home

“‘eventually”’—as the minister of
public works says about the road
to Terrace. oy

Working on Properties

Work was started the first of
the week on the New Hazelton
Gold and Cobalt property, ‘on the

north side of. Rocher. de Boule
mountain: -and near. Tramvilie,

‘An outfit. is ‘also. being. got to-

gether. this ‘week ‘to be taken: to
the: Mohawk claim on Four-Mile
mountain, where a raise: will be
put upto connect with. the. shaft
sunk some time ago. Duke
Harris is in charge of both these
undertakings, | - Mr, Harris: allio

expects Daye Johnaon of Toronto

here ‘ ‘on Saturday. night to’ exaimé
ine the: Silver Cup:property. with
the: idea. oft interesting: Toronto
capital:

“el ‘4

| who grow seed spuds,

pense in connection with the crop

Northern-grown
Potato Seed For
the Californians

‘lhe development of seed pota-
toes in the Northern. Interior is

‘(receiving considerable attention.

There is a considerable in south-
ern States for northern grown
seed. To meet this demand F.
M. Doekrill, Siera Vista farm, at
Telkwa, is trying out two varie-
ties of Califoinia’s favorite spuds
—Early Surprise and Bliss’ Tri-
umph, The latter varietv is for
the main crop.

If the crop turns out all right
Mr. Dockrill intends this fall to
send a sack of each variety to
California for testing,

If the seed ean be produced in

it will be a great help to those
Califor-
nia plants spnds in January and
that will enable the growers to
ship from the valley the latter
part of October or in November.
They . will be inspected, graded,
packed in barrels and shipped by
boat from Prince Rupert, This
will save storing, the biggest ex-

For our own use Mr. Dockrill
is raising Early St. George.spuds
and expects tohave a good quan-
tity of seed to sell next year. He
has met with considerable suc-

last couple of years. Several on
the Skeena and Bulkley rivers
have also been successful and the
future for that branch of farm-
ing is good.

‘Eight-hour Law Working

Frank Foster of Smithers, one
of the Hight Hour Day Commis-
sioners, was called south again!
last week to help clean up the job
In Prinee Rupert on Thursday
he addressed the Trades & Labor
Council and went south Friday.
He thought he would -have been
finished the first of June, but he
will be away another two months
yet, Speaking of the eight hour
law he said they were having no
trouble in getting it in operation
and in meeting special local con-
ditions in certain industries. He
felt it would work: alright.-

Timber Demand Down

Olof Hanson - returned to the
district on Tuesday night after a
trip to the Sound cities on busi-
ness in connection. with the lum-
ber and cedar. pole markets. -He
did not bring: back very, encour-
aging reports, Many‘of: the. big

mills and ‘logging camps’ have or

are about to close... The. export}
market, is . dead: and). the: home
market ig. filled: up ‘The: price of

poles 18 not: nereasing. any: aa

Rev. Father LaValleg:¢

4

a » | montin, - waa a _MiBDE ver: tl ald
tte H Herat is only 0 Davee!

week- end.

the Bulkley Valley satisfactorily

cess producing seed spuds the|-

Lord Bae: and.
Party Coming
7 Next, Friday

i

His Excellency 1 Lord Byng, ;
Lady Byng and party will arrive
next Friday afternoon at 2.30 at
New Hazelton and they will be
met at the depot with cars, and
the program as outlined a ‘couple.
of weeks ago will be carried out:
The citizens of New Hazelton and
Hazelton are requested to gather
at the hospital where the recep-
tion will beheld. Lord Byng has
expressed a desire to meet all the
pedple possible in this district,
and: it is hoped there will be a
large turnout. The joint com-
mittee representing both towns
will meet Monday evening and
complete the final details. At
the hospital everyone will be pre-
sented to Their Excellencies and
afterward light refreshments for
the visitors will be served and
then will be shown a wonderful
collection of Indian curios. At
the South Hazelton depot will be
a display of. mineral. specimens.
As a souvenir of their visit the
Governor General wiil.be present-
ed with an album of local views,

i
-OVERHEARD™ ‘AROUND-

NEW HAZELTON

Mrs. Johnson left on Saturday
night to visit Mrs. Hanson at her
Lake Kathlyn home.

F. A. Goddard picked the first
ripe strawberry from his garden
on June 9th. Thatis fairly early
for this neck of the woods, ,

Sunday, June 21, will be ‘the
longest day of. the year. After
that farmers and housewives will
Start prevaring for next winter. :

Several cars with visitors from
Smithers spent last Sunday i in
town and district,

Hon. A, M. Manson, member
for Omineea, informed the Her-
ald last week that he would visit
this district and Ontineca early
in July and reach Francois Lake.
in time for the big: picnic on the

20th of that month,
Poles and ties are - both: being
loaded here this week, LON

_ Joseph Sheasgreen,. of -Vancou-
ver, spent several days this week
as the guest of his daughter; Miss
Evelyn Sheasgreen, at the resi-.
dence of Mr. and Mrs: F. A.
Goddard. He left for the coast .
on Wednesday morning; on’ the
lastleg of an extended: business 7
trip through the West. . :

The honorary vehnaht’ won by.
the C.G.LT, of New : ‘Hazelton.
for being’ the |
Prince Rupert: district, will ; be