es

@ wier, Dr, Wrinch and Ichn Newick.:

ql

oe

mo WOs taken by W. W. Anderson, presl-.
me «lent of the Hazelton Liberal Associn-

} Wrinch was the unanimous choice of

{ in the legislature for the past four

a

& not. make a speech as he would be hold-

7 wanted to tell the people of Skeena all

Jack Mullen is

B the premier to have all the time pos:
i sible, .

aa ernment at Victoria:
@ time at his disposal he would be able

- [ridiay last after spending: last- winter
at the old Ferguson mine in the Ingeni-

| Vol 20 -

_NEW HAZELTON, B. C., WEDNESDAY. JUNE 20, 1928.

gy.

) Premier McLean Talks to -
People, of Hazelton onthe
Record of Government’s

i Hon. Dr. ‘ MeLéan, premier of British

Columbia, paid his first visit to Hazel-
ton on Friday afternoon last. He had
just attended the Liberal convention at.
Terrace the day before when Dr. H.C.
Wrinech was again chosen to carry the
Liberal standard: in Skeena: ‘The pre-
infer was accompanied from Terrace to
Hazelton by Dr, ‘Wrinch: ‘and by W. W.
Anderson tind other. delegates. They
unde the trip vla the wayfreight ac-
commodation which+ was delayed én-
route several hours, so that the meet-
ing, ened for.2.30.did not get started
until -after five. This eut short the
time intended for the speeches.

The Assembly hall was a little better
than half full and the premier wag giv-
en a very attentive hearing. The chair

tion, and on the platform was the pre-

The chairman stated that the conven-
tion from which they had just come,
was a most suecessful one and that Dr,

the delegates. He said it was neces-
sary to go away from home to find out
just what the’ people thought of the
wun who had represented this district.

years. He then introduced Dr. Wrinch

The T.iberal candidate expressed his
appreciation of again belng chosen the
candidate of the Liberal party. He did

ing several meetings jeter. He wanted

Premier McLean expr essed regret at
‘the Inte hour of their arrival as he

;the good things about the Liberal goy-
In the limited

to tell only part ofthe story.
He congratulated the people of this
riding in again choosing Dr. Wrinch n~

the candidate. He stated that Dr. FR
bi

‘a fine lo’t of fellows the Liberals in the

come.
four million dollars; then the govern-
ment of the day had guaranteed rail-
wy bonds to the extent of seventy-
three million dollars; the xovernment

CG. Wrinch was regarded in the legisia-
ture as one of the outstanding men of
the province and he repeated what he
had heard. Hon. Dr, Sutherland say to
Hon. Mr, Pattullo, when Dr. Wrinch
was spenking in the legislature’ on that
favor subject of his, “Health Insurance.
Dr. Sutherland said ’'—Dr, Wrinch is a
wonder, That old. fellow neyers gets
up but what he says something.’

Dr. Wrinch, said the premier ‘hed all
the qualifications necessary for a real
candidate, Te had made a snecess of
his private business and he had made.2
splendid impression. in the House. He
was ofte amused at some men aspiring
to handle the. business of the province
which amounted to over twenty million
dollars a year, and yet hed not them-
selves, handled more than two or three
thousand dollara in thelr lives, The
prenier then’ went on to tell about what

the House were and how capable they
were to handle the business of the pro-
vince,

. The premier compared ‘the records of
the Conservative government with the
fecord of his gevernment for the. past
twelve years, and he showed what an
improvement had taken place since the
Liberals assumed power, ‘The Conser-
vatlves had won two or three elections

Columbia, but in the year 1910 the in-’
flux of Asiatics Was the Brentest ever,

. In 1916 there. was.great unrest in,the
tanks of labor and-capltal would not
come inte BH. C,; then there was the
failure.of the Dominion Trust: and the
credit. of the province was st a low
ebb indeed, beenuse the government of
that. day did not Hve within its. in-
There was a yearly deficit. of

Continued from page 3

Back from the
Finlay Forks

Jack Mullin arrived at Hazelton on

known as the Ingenica Lead: Mines.
Dalnidgespent three months in
and a pretty thorough knowledge of the
cyuutry has been secured. |

received the high hones entertained for
mining in the north is about to be born
out by actual developments and he ha:
every hope that the dreams of the’ most
optimistic: will be Yverlized shortly,

3. Dr
there

-Mr. Lay siys ‘that-from information

It

on the battle cry of “A ‘white British’

«x conntry. He was with B, R. Wilson,
“won of W. RW iison, president of the
w Grows Nest Coal:Co, who Is in: ‘charge
jot the work, - Taek. brought out some of
WF the ore to show the boys: It is chiefly
gS lead und zing. The-silver contents are
Mot so lve as in this district, but the
ie body of ore is immense, Be says that.
the development that has been, done has
Aleon most satisfactory and the owners
re continuing with the work ‘una large
calle. Tf the ore now ‘shown up were

mone but being. locnted so tay from pre:
Basent trausportution jt.is necessary to de:
velop it ena much larger sente, in fact
mathe disteicé hinst show enough ore to
= wiimiit he erection of a ‘smelter.
wo yedrs ago “Diuglas Lay, resident
i; inning engineer for:this district, visited
athe property: and Buve. it- a, mont fu'vor-
Be ble reps t ‘Which ta eontained in’ the
oa reat of tlie! minister of: rnines for’ 1996
. Ie expects. to, make ‘another: visit.
mato the ‘Fort: Grahan. district. towards:
he end ‘of Auguat and: go mare particu:

un the coast a null would be erected at |

: pens Into the development at a take, ‘

is no longer a matter of transportation
to’ xet capital for a mineral showlig,
‘He-snys. thet if. the showing is good
enough, no matter where the property
ik loeated,: “money ci be had for furth-
er dev elopment.

My, Lay is of the opinion that if the
nineral deposits of the district: adjacent
to: the Peace Pass is: opened up on a big |
scenle, ‘as Is being done, the mattér of a
railway will. euslly and quickly be sol-
ved.

OFF: To AINASH

Mx ‘find Mra, Campben’ and two clitid-
‘ven’ of Califor in who ‘motored up here
‘Just week, are bound for Alyansh where
they have purchased. land from the gov-
érmient. Mr. , Campbell hoped to trade
hin: Hudson cat for some’ pack ‘horses to
tuke them In. His furriiture will arrive
later. -He had. ‘quite ‘a time. getting oy-
er. the rogd, althouglt It wag no. fault of
the :vonds; He says: ‘that: there are a
‘reat nany: in’ Callfdrnia who: would be
. Hekled Mink wet they ‘able. to; get. to
- Where has: hot been

nen? Dunean,’ where ‘he will be ‘station-|
ed, In’ futire;”
people’ ditt ‘this district. Awad ‘to take . ‘O
greater ‘Interest in the: chiireh - and to’
live’ ‘ecoralng * ‘to: “thelr: “professions,” ‘the: roar: “west of. Morrlcetawn: nnd: are

At New Hazelton in the morntiig “Mise | ®4: far, oWWeRt ae: ‘twenty. | ‘maile, They .

[Nasty Accident
, at Morricetown

A nasty accident happened on the
Morricetown: road on Monday atter-
noon when a Ford car of ancient yin-
tage collided with one of the govern-
ment trucks and ‘with serious results
to the Ford‘ and’ to the occupanta.

‘The, accident. happened on the hill
just east of Morricetown on ad narrow
curve just before John Brown creek
is reached. The truck was going to-
wards Smithers and just as it came
around the corner and ‘over a little
rise the driver saw an approaching
car. He swung up the bank, but the

or did not act o8 quickly with the re-
sult that he hit the truck. The Ford
went down the bank, rolling over a
couple of times and stopped at some
tres and on its back just before it hit
the Bulkley river. The Ford was be-

Lean of Morricetown as a passenger.
McLean was very seriously injuved,
suffering a broken leg, badly cut and
bruised head ‘and concussion. . McCas-
lin had his nose broken-and was other
wise brnised. They were taken to the
Smithers hospital on the evening train
In the meantime the police are inyes-
tigating the accident. The corner is

and really should have been made
safe when the road gang % Was working
there.

“Short Stories.
Close to Home
- The world is _your ; oyster.

hurt yourself opening it,
‘On Monday of lost week the Ladies
Ald of the United Church, Hazelton, en-
tertuined Mrs. J. H, Young to a tea at
the home of Mrs. John Newick. Dur-
ring the afternoon the guest of honor
wis presented with a rose bowl. The
hostess was assisted by Mrs. Wm,
Grant and Mrs, A. B. Faleoner,

Don’t

Last week W. G. and Mrs, Chester of
Winnipeg, (Mr. Chester is western
innuager for Clare Bros.) W. C. Stev-
ens,, Vancouver, and J, G. Steen of Ru-
pert, both connected with Clare Bros.,
and ltev, 'f, Ferrier or Brandon, repre-
senting. the Mission Bonrd af the Unit-
ed Church, had a conference at the
Hazelton Hospitel in. eomnection with
the heating arrangements of that instf
tution, -.

Burning | your bridges behind you
isut So bed if you. ean. swim.

Lots of lips just.made to kiss are
ive unde over again: just utter.

B.A, Goddard: of Poeifie spent the
week end at his home'in New Hazelton

The. dance at Love's sehoul house in
the Kispiox Valley last Saturday night
Was ‘avery successful party. About a
dozen cats went out fron: Hazelton
and two or three froni New, Hazelton,
and the Kispiox WRS out enmaisse,

—earitid '

Rev. J, it, ‘Young preached his fare-

THaveltun’ hist Sunday: “He ta ‘moving |.
with “his family” to’ Vancouver ‘Island. ;

Tis chief plea: ‘to! the

on Main Road)

| Holland, am. Indian, and oecupied by

driver of the Ford did not see as soon.

ing driven by McCaslin with John Me-

one of the most dangerous on the -roadi

; examination of the 'remains was. made
and after the jury organized and ex- |:

spending the week in New ' Hazelton.

cross, “chief editovinl writer .on hte

-Jelton: to. Smithers.

tind thoroughly enjoyed. the trip.’
well Kermons in New' ‘Hazelton and. in |:

on monday. night. from: the south where
she ‘has heen nttending school for r the
pit two years, : :

_A disastrous fire broke out In Haz-
élton on Saturday night soon _ after
midnight in the premises. owned by W.

A. E. Falconer as a transfer office and
residence. The building was’ ‘comple-
tely destroyed and the adjoining resi-
dential bilding, along with practically
all the contents of both buildings,
But the worst feature was the loss
of a man’s life, believed to be Fred Me-
Lean, & teamster who had been a resl-
dent of Hazelton for the past four and.
a half years. When the fire was all
over and a seurch of the debris was be-
ing made the remains of a human’ hody
were found near the rear entrance of
the building occupied by Mr. Falconer,
The post mortem examinetion estab-
Hshed that it was the reinains of a
male, but to identify the personality
was impossible. Fred McLean was
missing the morning after the fire ond
he has not been seen since. He was
in Hnzelton that night and had been
seen going to the fire. He had been
in Mr. Falconer’s house during the
evening, He did not return to Carri-
gan's road camp below Skeena Cross-
ing nor did he go to his ranch. It is
the general belief that McLenn went
into the burning building to ty and
save some of the contents and that he
was overcome by the smoke.

‘Coroner Hoskins was notified and
he and Sargt. Service drove down on
Monday from Smithers and opened an
‘ inquest. ' OW. Daivson” is’: foreman

\Disastrous Fire Visits Old
‘Hazelton Saturday Night
Fred McLean ia Burned

having a lunch before retiring. It was
about one ofclock when Mrs. Falconer
was attracted by the dogs barking and
going out: the back door to quiet them
she discovered the roof of the house
was ablaze. An alarm was given and
soon | many willing . workers were on
hand and did everything possible, but
the Holland buildings were both old
aud well dried out so that they went
up in smoke very quickly. ‘Attention
was directed to saving the Omineca
hotel. across the road, the. Dominion
Telegraphs office to the south and the
Surgent warehouse. on the other side
of the street. Success attended these
efforts, but it was‘strenucus work. As
it was the telephone cable was destror-
ed and the phone service will be out
of business for some days.
With the exception of the piano and
a‘few of the firm’s books which Mrs.
Falconer had been working on during
the evening, the contents of the Fal-
coner premises were a total logs. In-
surance was carried, ;
‘The Holland residence adjoining
Faleoner’s: was vecupied at. the time
by Mra. Holland, but she had time to
get out, nnd a lot of their furniture
was trken ont.” A. -D. Chappell had
some things stored in that building
mid they ‘were nearly all destroyed.
The. Faleoner Transfer has opened
an office in the garage .building on
the ‘main street. Mrs.
baby are” staying with her mother, Mrs.

of’ the, coroners jury . _A postmortem

amined the remains an adjournment
was taken until July 29th, to give the
police time to make every possible en-
quiry for the missing man...”

On the night of. the fire Mr. and Mrs,
Faleoner were sitting in the kitchen

D a ae Goddard - at New. ‘Hazelton: for
the time being, - ,

CARD OF THANKS |

Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Falconer wish
to extend thelr sincere thanks to all
those who worked so hard at the fire

afterward.

It, J. McDonell of Stewart has been

In the western end of the riding
work is progressing on the Copper riv-
er slough bridge, Braun’s Island and
the Kalum river bridge. The main
part of the Copper river bridge can-
not be built until after. high water, _

Miss .Jeun Burns arrived home or
Saturday night from New . Westmin-
ster where she {s attending Columbiar
College. Enroute she spent a day it |.
Prince Rupert n guest of Miss Laura
Frizzell, and on Friday night sang at:
the Rose Festival in. Prinee Rupert
Tn hey examinations she herded he:
elass and won the sehdlarehlp and got
the second prize. in her piano exains. F
Dr. H.C. Wi ‘inch vecelved word last
week that his ‘son Arthur’ stood ‘secouc:
in the class in the recen examinations
nt Kingston Military: College. ‘Arthur
IX expected home for the summer in:
week, —_ :
With Premier MeTean's party trav t
eling through the north is Mr. Nor

Vancouver Star. His trip through ‘the:
Skeenn country was oa revelation tr
hin, especially the nuto trip from Haz |;
The: premier war
ulso greatly - taken” “with ‘the: country |;

_ ; t

Francis Wiilati is-returming hole

S—emenes

“The: ‘road gang’ is” now working ‘on

‘the: big. ‘grader;

|deah Barus. Bg find dn Hazelton in are: svorking,

it was. entitled to.
ton John Willan, ‘grade: eight, was the
star in the field. He never missed an: |
opportunity and he was. good at the’ |
bat. too,
player: was ‘Hugo Johnson, grade, als.
who ‘made skx runs for six times to

recently: been at sé
under” the ‘age ‘of.

New Hazelton -
Boys Beat the |
Smithers Boys

Principal Crockett and -his

assist.

‘| Ant. Mr. Hendley. of: Smithers: ‘schools.

accompanied. thelt boys: baseball teams
to New. Hazelton. iast Saturday after-
non when they met the boys team from
this town on the athletic. grounds,

There was a good turnout of spectn-

tors to witness the game, which, from:
the start,
Hazelton.
not get going, 2 hor could they touch th
local. pitcher,.

was all in favor: of New.
The Smithers boys could

‘Their. own battery wa:

not given the support in -the-field that.
For New Hazel.

The ‘other local outstanding

mt and two of. them were home runs
Spectators from. the outside were

nirprised at the quality of the mater- _
ial there is among, the -young. boys. of. -
New Hazelton: tlic -
proper age and, in proper conditio to.

“They “are“now ‘at +t

te taken hold of by: a;coach,:
At might ‘be mention

attending a8

eam had 3

Falconer and,

and ta those. who offered assistance