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‘NEW HAZELTON, B. C., SEPTEMBER 7, 1923

7 Biggest Crowd Best Sport
| At The Telkwa Barbecue

Bob Litchford and Ernie Thomp-

Another - huge success was
achieved by the Telkwa Barbecue| son. . my
2m committee Jast Monday,: Labor|- Sixth race: squaw, two entries,
” Day. While the weather was| 0 by Miss Lizzie, ,
enot.all that could have been de-

sired, especially the few days
before the big event, the crowd
was larger than eyer before. The
ee kate keeper was delighted with;
fa the amount of money he was able
fa to turn in to the treasurer. Theled by Dr. Paine. with ‘‘Queen’’,
j rain kept off during the day, but| owned by Wakefield, second. |
fell during the evening, but not) . “sani

f until the people had started for, out woe ee ae ee

th arrived at the dance, so Ne were able fo retain their saddles
€ weather man can not be) wip comparatiye ease. The

blamed too much, «| greatest excitement was created
| Since last year those in charge by a big, lanky horse from the
of the grounds have accomplished Wakefield farm, which used its
ee considerable permanent work, in-| front feet like a-Jack Dempsey,
@cluding improvements to the} byt other than knocking a few
track, to the ball grounds and to! men down aud running away, |.
the “grandstand accommodation, | did no damage.

the latter being doubled. ‘The
Barbecue stand has been doubled.
min size and the refreshment
booth, which this year was in
charge of the Union church ladies,
phas also been enlarged. A great
deal of credit is.due those who
have spent so much time and

. Seventh race: half mile open,
nine starters, won ‘by Roy Wake-
field’s' “Queen”? and ‘King’,
with Geo. Barrett third.

Bulkley Valley, Derby: six
entries, won by ‘'Warrior’’ own-

In a very interesting football
game, -played right after the
barbecue lunch, Telkwa triumph-
ed.by a score of 2-1, which put
them one up in the -home-and-
home series for the Gray ‘Cup.
Telkwa scored shortly after the
start, but the visitors equalized

IB. Cc. Lumbering Wasteful?

Hon. T. D. Pattullo, minister
of lands, takes objection. to the
wording of reports of a statement
made at the Empire Forestry
conference that logging was a
wasteful operation: in British
Columbia, He said that the
leaving of a large amount of.
timber in the woods was due to
the fact that a certain percent-
age of timber was not suitable
for the markets open to B,C.
timber, but on the whoie lum-
bering in this province was being
carried on most economically,

: Harvesting Corn
The first real crop of ensilage
eorn to be harvested in the nor-
thern part of the province is now
being cut at the hospital farm.
A new silo, 10x24 feet, with eight
feet of concrete has just been
finished’ and the. corn is being
stowed away. From the acre
and a half there wiil be more
corn than the silo will hold. The
corn will average yery close to
ten feet in height.

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Visiting the Interior
Geo. W. Morrow, Natiinal Bis-
cuit Co., Vancouver, and one of
the best known men in the north,
‘spent a few days in Hazelton last
week in the interests of his firm.

who have shown results for, their |
labors.

i The day’ § propram of sports
was just the biggest that has
ever been attempted, any place
in the north, In ‘fact it could be
greatly reduced and still be
warth many times the admission
Yee, When football, baseball,
horse races, free lunch, bucking
contests, and numerous side issues
are crowded -into one - afternoon
there is not much time left.

/ Fred. Stork, M.P., officially
ypened the Barbecue and in his
emarks congratulated the people
xf Telkwa and district for the
nterprise in undertaking to pro-
de so varied a program... He
fongratulated them also on their
success in ‘bringing together the
xeople from all points in the
Northern Interior, from Prince
Rupert -to Prince George, year |
fter vear.

7 The judges of the horse races
vere Fred Stork, M.P.,: starter;
has. Barrett and S. H. Hoskins,
pidgzes,

The results of the horse races
rere as follows:

First race: 14.2 and under, five
rters, won by Roy Wakefield,
- Wilson, -

a. little’ “later from ‘a: penalty.
From then on the game progress-
ed in very even fashion, each
side alternately pressing and de-
tending, and both custodians had
enough to do, Both teams strove
energetically .for the winning
tally without result until the play,
for. the last time veered towards
the Smithers citadel and the ball
wag netted.in the dying moments
of the game,

After pitching. thirteen innings
on the previous day, combined
with a little extra exercise-on the
football field, Wallace essayed to
continue the good work in. the
box when Telkwa and Smithers
tangled again at baseball, but he
was touched for a-bevy of hits

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Home the Best Yet -
"Dr. Writch made a trip by
auto through a large portion of}?
the Okanagan; Valley after: the
convention of the B.C.: Hospital
Association at Penticton, ‘and. he|
reports that in all that wealthy
country there are no dahlias. nor
gladiolas. that can equal .those
‘|that are being grown. this’ year
Second race: Indian, threeli in this district, and more than
‘arters, won by T., Michelle, We that. he found no ensilage corn
laptiste. 0 | that: gave the yield that. he has
| Third: race: ‘mile. relay “with this.year on an acre and a half
nge of saddles, won by- Roy at the hospital farm. ‘The doc-
wakefield on hig own’ horses with tor is more: ‘satisfied than ever
| Munger second. ~ peo | that-we: have: in this. Section the!
2Fourth race: indies’. ‘two start. best part of. British Columbia

s,.won_by Miss Lulu’ Wakefield and. that -in due time the. rest. of
Re i second. the world wi admit the fact.

t

display of flowers was on view in
St. Peter’s Church, Hazelton, on
Sunday last, when a Flower Ser-
vice was held.
formed a pretty procession in
the morning as they marched
into church singing ‘All Things
Bright and Beautiful’’ and each
one carried a huge bouquet of
flowers, which were presented
during the singing of another
hymn.
and Ella Cox sang two duets and
in the evening they sang three
times far exceeding all expecta-
tions.

all. noticed. the wonderful im-
provement which she had made
during her stay.in Edmonton, At
the close of the service, flowers
were distributed for the sick in
Hazelton and New. Hazelton, atill
leaving quite a large ‘supply for
all patients at the Hospital.

here wie took inthe: part,

He. was - -accompanied ‘by. -Mrs.
Morrow ang his youngest daugh-
ter, Mary, who were visiting the
interior for the first time,
George worked his territory this
year so he would land in Telkwa
for the Barbecue, - He missed it
last year and it was not just the
same, but the big event got
away to a good start in 1923,

Held Flower Services
A large and most wonderful

The children

n

a

' Misses Nookie . Wattie}),

Miss C. Goddard sang
‘My Task”? in the evening and

7T
u

it

et

In spite of threatening weather
here’ was. quite a number ‘from

| kins, superintendent of the nur-

{ton Hospital,

pitals of the province asked to
have the’ question of hospital
finance discussed at the conven-
tion.
ed, and very fully, and the opi-
nion was practically unanimous
that the present system of pro-
vincial assistance was unsatisfac-
tory.
not at all in favor of mixing up

liquor trade for financial aid. It
has also been pointed out that the
actual cost of maintenance is $3
aday per patient and that the
Workmen’s Compensation Board
pays only $2.50 per day for its
patients.
to increase the allowance by. the
W.C.B. by fifty cents per day.
The time has come when the pro-
vincial government should take

financing of the hospitals of the
province, probably the most im-
portant problem facing the people |.
today.
necessarily need to increase the
burden of taxation, but money

ant matters should be made avail-

that of publicity. -
the hospitals have not: availed

results,
resulted as follows: -

‘Lean, ‘Vietoria; president, Cc. ‘Graham,
Curiberland; frit vice-president, E. 8.
Withera, New Westminster; secretary,
Miss Ethel, -Johns, R.N., Vancouver,
th |

Hospitals Want
Change in Way
Financial Aid

many at the annual convention
of the B.C. Hospital Assoeiation
last week in Penticton as were

expected by the eommittee in
charge. Dr. H. C. Wrinch, re-
tiring. president, and Miss Wat-

ses’ training school at the Hazel-
represented the
local institution. “:The doctor re-
turned the first of the week quite
enthused over the suecess of the
meeting and the prospects for. a
brighter future for hospitals in
B.C. |
Probably the most outstanding
feature of the convention was
that eighty per cent of the hos-

That subject was discuss-

‘The hospital people are

the liquor profts with the care of
the sick. The amount of assis-
tance received from the province
‘isnot sufficient to begin with and
the association demands that the
hospitals be ‘not subject to the

A request was made

eriously into -consideration the

This question does not

ow being used for less import-

ible for the preservation of the
ealth of the. people,

‘Another subject taken up was
In the past

There were about twice as;

Dome Mountain © :
Development i is.’
Hitting Stride

The Dome Mountain Gold Mine
ing Co., are now petting. into’ Be
real development: # stride’ ‘and
Manager He: yi", Lees . ‘is. well,

satisfied with _he: progress “that”
is being made.. The. machinery ..

stances. Pr.bably at no ‘other |.
mine in British Columbia was the.
same class of machinery - ever:
hauled over so long a distance.
and not even a bolt was lost, The
crew taking in the concentrator -.
chased the road gang pretty. hard:
the last. few days and- within: 0
few hours after- the road: gang
got there the concentrator : »was:
sitting on its base and three
weeks later the plant. was in.
operation. The plant has now
been in operation some: sixteen
days, Forty men are employed
and as soon as the shaft.is down
a little deeper the working force
will be inereased.

Accommodation at the eamp.is.
being increased, including ..a
larger bunk house, a large cook
house a new assay: office, etc.,
and very soon “another smaller
camp will be erected on the other.

‘tunnel will be driven during the
winter on @ persistent, vein, that.
gives promise of being a producer,
'At-the present time ‘warons
are.peing used on the temporary
road that was built this vear and
the results are even more satis-
factory than when the drags
were used. The plan now is to
have a permanent: wagon road
ibuilt in the spring,: An excellent

grade can be secured to Telkwa

without any adverse. grade and
with comparatively low construc-
tion costs,

The plans:of the Dome Moun-
tain Gold . Mining Co. call for

about two year’s development
work before shipments are start-
ed, and when the products of the
mine are shipped they will: be i in
their final stage.
has already decided what ‘con: -
centration system will be adopted, —
but before the, concentrator is-
installed it ig: intended to have a
themselves of: the great: oppor} sufficient-: tonnage» ‘in sight to.
tunities offered j in educating the | assure constant’ operation. of that
public as ‘to. the workings of the plant to capacity. MEY
institutions and. of the staffs.

The company

he greater wse of publicity | was
: Where it has. been tried
has produeed very beneficial

rged.

“Honorary president, Hon: 3. D. Mae-

“Mrs. M: EY olson, RAN |,

Kenzie: constitution and by:lawe, M. L.
Grimmeté; accounting, BE. 8. Withera, -

The election of officers zelton; Geo. McGregor, Victoria; Dy.

a. Bell Brown, Nanaimo: Misa‘ ‘I: F.

McKenzie, Victoria; JF. ‘Banfield, Van.” .
‘eouver:
GR. -Binger, Kelowna; J, H. _MeVety,
Vancouver; J.T. Robingon,.
‘ML. -Griminett, Merritt; | °

" Executive—Dr., ‘HL G: Wrinch, Ha- .

Father O’Boyle, | Vancouver;
Kamloops; :

A farther Teport of th

was landed or the ground safely S °
after the mest. trying cireum- oa Zs

side of ‘thé hill'about two imi af
from the main’ camp. where. a