Seed F Fair’ eld
At eget |

A. ‘Manger, eiwa J .:A

The annual Central British Colum.
hia seed fair,. combing the agricultural}
districts of Smithers and’ Prince” Geo-
ree, was held -at Vanderkoot ‘in the
Canadian Legion Hall oft Friday, Nov.
2nd. The number of ‘exhibits, though
slightly Jess than at thé fair-in Prince!
George | the previous: year, Was fully:

representative of the Central Interior}

The quality of seed. ond roots ‘shown
indieated .that growers are becoming
more and more conversant with the
axsombling and selecting of material
“For exhibition purposes. It was evi-
dent that considerable effort had been.
put forth ‘ia’ “hrepaying: the individual
exhibits by - aieavly’ all competitors. .

While it was ‘not to ‘be expected that
aqnality would he nn. outstanding fea-
ture owing, to the adverse climatic
oud | harvest . conditlons’ this’ year, it
WHS gt atifying to note that each of the
several sections of the’ aren covered
by. Ahe fair bad contributed their quotn
af ‘exhibits of the particnlar crops: for
which they have’ been, - proven best)
awiapted. The Nechako” growers Alis-
played niinerous, excellent samples of
erin oof which “Banner: and = Vietory
vipicties were predominant. The Bul
Kley Valley district contributed out-
shinding samples: ot Timothy seed, of
field peug and” Toots, “As was to be
expected, the’ Prince - George area sent
in a very fine: display if alaike seed, a
lree erop of which was' harvested this
year throughout the Prince ‘Gedrge
nnd Wooipecked districts, ‘From thia
fred “ise Cae iddiiy OT the wth
entries in: grains and roots. .

Entries in the classes for potatoes
were few. but the “quailty ‘of these was
excellent and ‘would. compare favor-
ably with ‘similar crops produced in
other sections of the province.”

The classes of onts and alsike clover
were particularly well. contested. The
outstanding oat- exhibit. in &t class. of
nine was a sample of Victory weigh-
ing fifty’,pownds to the - ‘bushel and
shown by CG, Prout, Vanderhoof, and
second ‘Wlace was secured by G. Cam:
cron, alga%ot Vanderhoof, with a snm-
ple of Banier. “The ‘alsike clover clasa
with twelve ‘entries was particularly
ditfiaut to pluve.. Firat place was

won by Kolling and Pauli and second ,

hy BK. J. Down, all of Woodpecker.

G. AG Lay at, district.
Williams Take, was the offieinl judge
aml made his awards very carefully,
his deeisions ‘giving: general. sntisfae-
Hon,

ws aduitted into ‘the building

_aliy ial exhibits, ‘simples. of! which

agricaltnvrist. |”

During the afternoon the public ;
‘and :

much luferest, ‘Was, centred Around In. .

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NEW. HAZELTON, B, C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1935

NO. 28

Rye, fall—, Prout, Vanderhoot, ”
Peas, field Kolling & Pauli, ‘Wood-
peeker; A. T. & G, Campbell; A Mil-

‘lar,

Ferrer field, ‘ean, rR & 6. ‘Ci.

tonctt, Smithers’: FB, Heal, Telkwa.

. Other: FEBS seeal—A, Miller.

Rea, “Clover—B. ‘J. Down, Woodpeck-
er; R. Blackburn, . Prince George.

Alsike Clover—Kolling & Pauli of
Woodpecker ; BR. J. Town; 2. Black-
burn. . :

Flax—Miss D. Wooyk, Smithers.

Swede Turnips—A. T. & G. Camp-
|

Pototoes certified, any
ety—Kolling & Pauli.

Potatoes, commereial, A VY long—
Kolling & Pauli, J, Owens, Evelyn.

Specials—Winning oats, Dist. B. In-
stitues--C, Prout. ,

Winning timothy, Smithers Cham-
ter of Commerece—A. Munger, Telkwa

Winnhig Alsike, Prince George B.
of Trade—Kolling & Pauli.

wane Red Clorer, Dist, C. Tnsti-
tutes—E. J. Dewn. oy

other * varl-

TWENTY-FIVE ‘YEARS PRESIDENT
. ‘ ————— !
The Tardies Aid’ of New Hazelton

held ‘a reorganization meeting in the

chureh on Saturday. afternoon last
and the following officers were elected
for the eusiing year :~—Mrs, O. Gron-
dahl, president, Mrs. MeKenzie, vice-
tesident. Miss Hazel Lamb, secretary
and treasurer. Mrs.’ -C: 2. Sawle Te:
tired from the presideney afte ‘having

heen pesident of the Indies Aid for a

full twenty-five years, without a break

‘She. WAS, first elected president in the

Presh ter a -elitireh’ “In Prince ‘Rupert
yiersan

fl cindceedite Mes... McLeod;-aml-;
| coming to Hazelton in’1911' ‘she helped

organize the Ladies Aid in. the Presby
terian chureh there ind was the first
president, and the’ following year she
moved to New Hazelton and. was the
first president of the Ladies Ald bere
and has continued in that office until
the presett. fall when she - presented
her resignation. During all those
yeuts the Ladies Aid did a great work
utd there was alwys money. in the
treasury (6) help out the finances of
the church- and to help eltizens in dis-
tress, _ OO

_|in the west.

‘province with radio... Yet there

t

Knockdown material for the con
struction of ten small gil storage tanks

} will soon be landed here, aceording to

the officers of the SS Griffen; freigh-:
ter. running between Stewart and Ta-
coma. The shixment. will be consign-
ed north on the Griffeo. .The tanks
will bé put up for the Standard. Oil
Co, The site is in the neighborhood
of Cow Bay. .
*e 8
Felix Batt, prominent for years in
radio and broadcasting development in
Prince Rupert, and for months in Gold
fields. Sask., in the service of the C.
M&S. Co.,! ‘writes that there has
heen an immense amount of flying up
there this summer and fall. The Ath-
abaska region is looked upon as the
greafest centre of commercial aviation
Quartz workings are on}:
an extensive scale, Many young. fel-|-
lows, willing to work, and meaning {t,
hnve mede their way to Goldfields and
mnost of them found. stendy employ-
ment.
eo e
Advice has been . received, by: the
family of Dr. Fred G. Kergin; gon of
Dr. ani Mrs. W. T. Kergin of Prince
Rupert, has passed the required ex-
aminations in London, Eng., and be-
comes: fi Fellow. of the Royal College
‘pf “Surgeons. | "He ‘has for some time
2D. taking, A, ‘Rost, praduate. coursed
‘the: hospitals in ‘London.

.-Premler: King says he will inivesti-
mite every. phase of the radio brond-
casting. business and include the Ratio
Commission. That means another two
or three years before they get around
to. supply thenorthern interior of this
Js
‘ple money. to send inspectors (3)
aroun in’ naires to collect. | deliquent
leenge feos.

“Ft &

Naw yonr subscription been paf@ yet?

wore displayed on. plates and naking . : q

thei enstly accessible for close hand-
ltug and observation: - In espouse "to

requests from those. present, 7. ‘Travis, L

district agrieulturist,- Prince | George,
give a Inost instructive address an the
asgembling.: ot seed for exhibition And,
i comparison’ of the varieties in the.
yurious classes of, seed shown from the;
standpoint of ficld "performance ‘and

adaptability to... “locality. , The many): *

questions asked of, M yin vis: ‘by the
uttentive Audience: made: tt evident ‘that

they, were taking iadvantage ‘of theved<| 4! BR

cational ‘feature attached to the: fatr
in general. iat =
List. of Prize Whiners:

“Oats —G.. + Prout, .
Cnmeron, Vanderhoot; J. ‘Dale, “‘Waod-
pecker. . ‘Bpectal—Ay ‘Miner, Mud: thy.
ers: sample: Karly/Gats.: ales : :

“Wheat; spring Ri ;

VYanderhioots. 2 4 1G

arest of

THE EVER [ ENING WAVE CIRCLES, OR ‘THE JUBILEE
en 2) THE ee Ast” SPIKE”

f. the; driving of. the last: spike. of the world’s” “7 me
enterprise has not yet ceased: ebolreling” 7 ER
Canada ‘and: yee

“humanity “In pense
DI

| North Members _

i$ Mae oN

“North: of of ig ‘the people ; “iske | ‘their
political. leaders to: he - tough, They
have one in the person of the Domin-
ion member, and In the . provincial
member they have one who ean supply
the ‘goods, “Early ‘last’ ‘Thursdsy after
noon. Olot. Hanson, MP. was seen. go-
ing: into: the doctor's‘ ‘office in Terrace.
He came out again in a minute or so.
He looked up and down .the street and
seeing. the place of business of his
fellow member who sits in the provin-
cial house .his face lit for he had.a

bright idea.

He went into Kenney’ ‘Ss and approach
ing the proprietor -he said, “Can I bor-
row a pair of long pointed’ piers and
a Incking glass?” The materinls. were}
produced and Olof, M-P., went to work

Wanted té to Sell

nips 6 | Toots -
Sant; atfick: the natives” of Babine and
beyond.The other day.we ran. ‘across
an old Indian from the ‘Babine coun-
try who was trying to put over a deal
for a hot mineral spring in the Babine
country or beyond.’ He had. two sam-
ples of the water with him for analy-
sis if he found anyone Interested. The
sptings were located. on & ‘lake, a_ big
lake. Yes, maybe Babine: ‘Take.

‘How far is the spring. from here, en-
quized a prospect, ©

Oh, maybe, one day ‘and a half from
herve to Babine (that’s two. good days)
then maybe; one day, tro day from
Babine. ;. On big. lake.. ;

‘No, T guess am: not: interested.
‘too far: away. :

Oh, but puashe, rood: ‘place for air- .

Its

“Tye had a bad tooth,” he explained
“and tust night I didn’t sleep at all. IT
just went to see the doctor and he’s
away, so this is where I do him out-of
a conple of bucks and dravw that tooth

myself."

Olof then proceeded to: do that yery
thing and he made a good job of it
althourh no stranger would think that
he had had an argument with fhe loen!

are assured, howerer, that there was
no argument, even the .New Hazelton
high level crossing was not. mentioned.

| Faneral of John

Final tributes of esteem and respect
were paid on Thursday last to John
McRae of Terrace, and a pioneer busi-
ness mun in Prince Rupert, when the
funeral was hel@ in Prince Rupert
from che First Presbyterian Church,
wl with ritualistie committal at
Pair view cemetery by Tyee Lodge, No.
66, AF, & AML, of which deceased was
one of the original members and for
muy years its treasurer. The ser-

‘| vices were very largely attended, both

ut the church and at the cemetery, as
the devensed. x quite man, and modest
was very highly respected by all who
enue in contact with: him, and- well

"The Masonic service opened at the
Temple at 1.46 ‘after which the mem-
bers. proceeded : to the. chureh.in .a, body |v
w here the service opened at 2.30, Rev.
W. DD. Grant Hollingworth was = in
charge. Mra. E. 0. Smith presided at
the onmur and the hymns allng -were
“Aliide .with me”. and Eead. Kindly
Tight” Following. this service Tyee
Lodge. under Worshipful Master, W.
It, MeAfee, took charge and conducted
the Mnson serviee at the grave side,
There wis o large turnout of mem-

‘|bers of “the craft and of the citizens

generally, and a. great many’ - floral
trilntes from Prince Rupert and Ter-
race, and other places, were pinced on
the casket, At the’ Brave. the Masonic

service was read. by P.M., R.W., Bro.

Geo, H. Munro,. ‘asslated by Chaplain
George. Hill. "The pall. bearers were?
Tames, G., Steen, Dr. le W,Rergin, M (

avy x edly i
ah thalan ‘gent was: killed: ‘white the of
r ticer

aad ei . Morti.|

: Maybe I show you.

member and ename off second best. We] -

iat rancher: endian Metal rome.

Manes to: come, bring sick people.

No, everyone: broke. ‘now. Nobody
get sick any more.: , : ’
| Well, snys- the old Indian, maybe I
‘find you. gold ‘mine. ‘Long, long timé
ago my grand ‘father’s grand father.
,he fell me. maybe gold up. there too.
Maybe for fifty
doHnrs T go, ketch 'em big mine, may-
be placer mine. I show you.

But there was nothing doing that
day with that prospect. ;

OLD PIONEER DIED OOTSA LAKE

Lewis Jarvis, who lived with ‘James
. Harrison of Ootsa Lake, died sud
denly on November 28, at. the age of

90 years. He was. a prospector and
mente: indi. .
gestion, which trouble is mppoped to
have caused his death.:: He! originally
enme from the Ottawa: district and as
far as his neighbors and friends knew
he’ had no relatives, -" So little ig ever
known of the pionecrs and frontiers-
men. AS a class “they aay. little, if
anything abont themselves, and inquis-
itiveness is taboo. Thus many. men
who have done much: for their coun-
try are buried and forgotten and un-
recognized.

HIS LORDSHIP A, M. MANSON

‘Alex. M. Manson, K. C, waa recent-
ly appointed to the supreme court of
British Columbla to-succeede:- the late
J udge Luefis. There are none in B. C.
who will Se more. pleased ¢to-learn of,
Mr. Manson’s appointment that his
host of friends in, Northern British
Columbia where he has.spent the grent
er part of the last, quarter of a cen-
tury. His: Lordship, Tudge Manson is
always sure of a welcome in the nor-
thern interior ang time he wishes to
get away from’ the heavy’ duties of -be-
ing a judge. and wishes to go native
again among the jlenéers of Ominern,
Skeona and Prince Rapert. ,

ar BURD MADE PRESIDENT

PF, i Burd has recoitly” ‘pest atv er
the position of president | Ok: Southam
Ltd., owners and publishers of: “the
Vancouver Province; :. Forsimany ; ‘long
years. Mr. Burd: Wasi. connedted - with

_ wntil, he reached flie top arnt

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