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- NEW HAZELTON, B Oy WEDNESDAY. JULY 17, 1929

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| Horrible Murder Done at |

_Dorreen by

Butcher Knife Was. Used| o

Acreut) progress dg ‘being made, in ely-
The “old time pot-

A horrible nnd a cold blooded - mur- |
der was done at Dorreen Sunday morn-
ing about the breakfast hour ‘when
Steve Bdljklovae used a butcher knife

on Miter Smilivich te such extent that

Sinilovich died within an hour and a
half.

There had, it fs. ‘said, ‘heen ill feeling
hetween the two men for the past three
months. They koth work on the sec-
tion at Dorreen, but they had not re-
sorted ta. violence. Sunday morning
Smilovich went out of the men’s bunk

house and when he returned Boljklovac

was waiting for him with a buteher
‘knife in his hand.’ He made a vicious
attack upon the undefended man and
the first slash of he knife -open the
abdomen for several inches and one
intestine wos pierced. Another stab
caught Smilovich in the front of the

left forearme as it was lifted in self!

defence and: the knife went through
the flesh and into the upper part of
the arm. Another stab went between
the nineth and tenth ribs and a. fourth
cut the left thumb Smiloyich then
xan from the building and towards the
station house: where the ‘section fore-
man’s family live. He got as far as

the waiting room where he was’ met |

by’ Mrs. ‘Stoynoff and her son Stanley.

They did-what they could, but the in-|

jured man was too far gone and bleed-

ing from™too miny “Wotindls, “With ”-a with the death “éf Smilovitch at Dox

good deal of difficulty a wire was got
through to the police at Prince Rupert
who sent word to ‘Sargt. Service at
Smithers. ‘The Sargent with Constable
Wyman and Coroner S.-H. Hosking got |
the Sunday time: freight andy at Hnzel-
ton picked up Cons, Harrison, and con-
tinued on to Dorreen.

’ In the’meantime Boljklovac left the
bunk house and started off up the rail
way track towards Hazelton. He was |
picked up near. Ritchie | by Cons. Hin-

Section Man.

ton of the KR. Cc. MP, at Kitwonga.

male n complete change of clothing.

himself up to the police.
remain for a ‘time ” anyway.
he made the attack on. Smilovich,

police arrived nt
evening ‘and the prisoner’ was lodged
in the local lockup. On Tuesday Cor:
oner Hoskins opened an inquest which
resulted as-follows :—
‘On ‘Monday Dr. L. B. Wrinch per-
formed an autopsy toa discover the na-
ture of the various wounds and the re-
sult of each. Only one. vital. organ
had been’ pierced, and that was with
what j is believed to have been the first
slash into the abdoman. Many arter-
ies were severed and death was due to
the loss of blood.
In his cell on Tuesday the prisoner
appeared to be quite calm and normal
and content to acept whatever the law
had in store for him He had got his
man and was satisfied.

PERLIMINARY HEARING ON

The coroner" s jury in connecetion
reen Jast Sunday completed its labors
Tuesday afternoon nnd found that the
several wounds had: been inflected by
Boljklovac.
“A charge of niurder was laid against
Boljklovae and Magistrate Hoskins
Proceeded with the preliminary hear-
ing on Tuesday evening. Quite o num-

cinity were brapght to Hazelton, but
it was expected that the hearing would
he completed by Wednesday night,

DRIVING THE SKEENA AGAIN

Since the water has gone down in
the Skeena the main drive of Hanson
Lumber & Timber Co, was started last
week aud for some weeks now the
Skeenn will be more or less full of logs
as far as Nash, the landing place. In
the time since the spring drive. the

‘company has cleaned Up practically all

the poles that. were hauled direct .o
the reilway, The market for poles ig
pretty good just now and a lot more
could be shipped were they on the rail-
way. Thoat was. just one of the big
drawbacks of the high level bridge be-
ing closed Over a year ago. No poles
could be shipped and cannot be ship-
ped from this point until a brldge is
built,

MRS. RUDDY HOME AGATN
Mrs, A. M, Ruddy returned o ber
‘home in Burns Lake last Friday after
“an absence ‘of nearly two years during.
which time she has been confined to
her bed - in Vancouyer. ‘While she ts
far from being well yet, she has impro-
ved sufficiently so that sha will be ag
well [£ not better at. home.’ Mr, Ruddy.
went to Vancouver and accompanied
her home, Mrs, Rod. McLeod joined
at ‘Prince Rupert and made the train
trip with them, ‘Mrs, Ruddy's, miany.

freinds here wilt be glad that she’ fa

again able to be home.’ . _

—_--— : “ak wy
Rev. T. H. Wright. ig expected: back

the Department of Mines to assist in/

four o'clock. Monday. afternoon, .- That

’ SOLD HIS MILK BUSINESS

L. Belmont of New Hazelton who
has supplied the people of the district
with milk for a number of years, has
disposed of his milk route and the cows
to Ed. Sweet of Two Mile and he will
continue the milk business. Mr, Sweet |
takes possession the ‘first of August.
Mr. Belmont will devote himself to an-
other branch of agriculture. He has
some excellent land adjoining the town
and will probably go more extensively
into the poultry business,

ASSISTANT TO THE ENGINEER.

rs

C. W. Moore has been appotated by

the.summer months the ‘resident min-|,
ing engineers whose districts includd
the Carlboo. Mr. Moore will devote,
most of his time to that old ‘and well
known section of the interior Douglas
Tay will be relieved of miich responsi-
bility as he spent a lot of time In the
Cariboo In past years. There ts prob-
ably: ne. part of ‘the province where
mining Is increasing so tapidly aa it‘is
in this northern interior ‘and the time
of ‘the resident engineer Is: fully taken,
up keeping in touch’ with development.
without exploration: work. “Mri. Lay's’
district could well be cut! in. two and |.
full time engineers would ‘tind 7 plenty |

to: do in ench district, “

b There’ Avas-an Inch and-a. half of. rata’
in the: twenty-four hours ‘previous. to

- fitzing the Indians,
e lateh’ “when the natives. shared their
goods with their less fortunate brother
is’ no longer a potlach, ‘but the Indians
gather’ together annually Just" the same
and do things which the whiteman has
taught them. They | eat whiteman’s
food. and wear, whiteman’g clothes and
now ‘they” are. even frying the white-

_ Near Fiddler Creek * the prisoner

When he was urrested he stated that
he was on his way to Hezelton to give
He had his
erip ‘with him, itpperently prepared to
He was
seen to’ pack’ ‘hits grip sometime before

The prisoner, _ the deceased’ and the
Hazelton Sunday

“teether the natives have a pretty. food

ber of. witnesses: from Dorreen and vi-}-

‘|sold that that is the first. time in Can-

portang,Jink in, the system of provin-
celal highways.

J. Pillsbury was in ‘Prince Rupert
recently,. enroute’ to Japan to take oy
er the duties of charge d’ affairs at the
Canadian legation, about to be estab-
Ushed In Tokio | Adviées from Japan
say Mr, Keenleyside succeeded in put-
tng himself on the: right side of the
Japaneese, ‘fu reeord time.,
class: “mixer, hig” “deplomacy,. In the lit-
tle, as well-
things. of, fe jhas ibeen very. well re-
cleved, Incidently: he ‘umpired a ball
Same that was: satistactory all around

. miliary * aril can: ‘develope. is ‘home
‘from .the. acadmey ot: ‘Kingston, : wherd}
he has’ ompleted hig second yenr. He}. ae
likes: the life and ‘is doing well. He |.
tame : around. by -tway' of New - Orleans |.

Indians Attend

- Potlateh. Now.
In Limousines|

nian’ s “dance and seem ‘to like it too.

man ‘hag any bad habits) So” that to-
day the potlatech is not much like it
was in olden days—it is ‘elvilized. A
large number of natives have been in
the district the past week. They came
chiefly by automobile.
Ses are in ‘evidence. They have had a
good: ‘feed of fresh salmon at Hagwil-
get and most of them will have & good.
supply to take ‘home with them for

man is not so keen. Large quantities
of oranges, grape fruit and other im-
ported fruits and foods are eonsumed
on these special occasions “and alto-

time. Some of the more advanced of

the rising generation are making en-

quirleg into the workings of.the aero

{plane They feel that the auto is too

slow> TOW. Tt a@ Year ‘or tworthe pot-

lateh will be attended by planes.
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“PRINCE: RUPERT”
NEWS LETTER

+>++-<+-o ¢+-¢-¢-¢-¢ 6
‘Vacation time: in Prince “Ripert!
Drowsy July days, when the will of
work becomes subdued. The thing
thut.one hears loudesrt of all is not the
honking ‘of env hoérnes or. the ring of
the phone, but the call of some old ca-
hin hard ‘by a“ trout filled’ lake, a quiet
beach, ‘or.’ the deck of a stout little
lanneh! for British Columbian ds the
Continesits _Ditgeround." _

fl

An- ‘navazadue “went “avoting away
Prince. _ Rupert early this week to lo-
eate “2. Foilte for, the Yond to. Terrace.
Ie ‘carried a pilot, ‘a2 photographer, and
the blessings of local cltizens.’ It ts

ada that a plane has been utilized to
locate, the route. of what is to be an im-

eee

"Hugh _Keenleystde, ‘son-in- law of

A first

as the more important

Henry ‘ottbroner, looking: as ‘tit. ‘ns

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from Vanteouver this week boy

7 Ue ‘something of a record for this dry

where heat was extensive, and water |.

Besides’ all the food. things the white
man ‘has tnught. them the native has
also. ‘pleked’ up some of the whiteman’s
baa habits and: custom’s if the white-

Very few hor-'

use in svinter’ when the civilized white!

}| melons were selling at fifteen cents.
{At San Fransecisco, he was joined by

ness interests.
young ladies. are making good use’ of,
their ear and taking in all the scenic

drives and pretty places In this very’
pretty ‘country. ,

MOTORING TO VANCOUVER o

will. be’ ‘sone. ae threg meek

ed Mining & Smelting Co of rail.

the big company. They motored

that vicinity. -

Hagwilget canyon and the

{cific and later to Usk, at all of which

{mining industry:

At New Hazelton the party was Join-
ed by Peter Murphy who gare them a

lot of dope on this particular part of
the interior, In this he was assisted

eral of the interior Properties for the
Consolidated; ‘To the Herald Mr. Mur-
phy stated thak the province was to be
tem of roads ‘through the nérth and

were finished roads by any means, but

The party consisted, among others, of
Mr, and Mrs. L, O’Brien (Mr. O'Brien
has charge of the development work
on: the many properties the company
has taken in this northern interior part
of the province) and Bruce Ritchie,
the assistant general manager of the
to
Telkwa and Visited the Property up the
Telkwa river and other properties An
On Thursday they took
a drive to New Hazelton to see the
fishing
there and on Friday continned their
journey by train to Cedarvale where
jthey have some seventy claims around
the Seren Sisters group, thence to Pa-

points their company is developing the

by Hugh Harris. who has secured Sev- |

congratulated upon the excellent sye-

ithe intérior, He did not Gaim: that they}

Consolidated O Officials Pay
Visit to Northern Mines
They are Now Developing

Last week this district: was visited
by some of the chiefs of he ‘Consolidat-,

considering the scattered population
and the long distances between settle-
ments he considered it was wonderful,
Speaking of the Hagwilget canyon and
the bridge he said it was one of the
most beautiful sighs in the province,
To consider building a’ bridge at any
other point than where it ia now would
be o crime. Anyone but a politician
knows that a high level crossing means
a great reduction In the cost of trans-
portation’ That alone should suaran-
tee the wisdom of ‘replacing. the - pre-
sent bridge at the present: ‘Site, But
from the tourists’ standpoint alone no
other site should: be considered: for a
moment, in the opinion of these. visitors
The opinion of this party - of visitors
is only the opinion of every ‘person:
who has ever visited the: Hagwilzet
canyon except the depuy minister of
publie works,, and he honestly believes
the present’ site-is tha only one}; but he
does not like to build so high in the air.

half so good a site to be found there
would bave been something doing on

such site can be found, and so far as
the publie is concerned, the only reason
for delay is the fear of the deputy
minister that the solid rock Walls on
each side. of the riper may not hold.

ginning to crack. What's ‘the answer
ta such rot?

his ' ‘cousins, Doris and Helen’ Symons
of Berkeley, who are enjoying sizing
up Prince Rupert.

Skeena River Strawberries are of
good repute in Prince Rupert, Com--
ing,-after the Jast of shipments from
the south have been recieved, they
make it possible for the lordly short-
enke to again hold-an honored place
on the dinner table ad cause the tired.
business man to recon that life isn't’
so bad after all.

MUMBERLEY VISITORS HERE

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Lust week Peter Murphy of Kimber-
ley, B. C,, accompanied by his dnugh-'|¢
ters and. Miss, MeLean, motored to New:
Hazelton where ‘they’ ure the guests ‘of
their old friends W. S and Hugh Har-
tls, Mr. Murphy is o diamond drill:
coritractor and he proceeded on’ Friday,
Inst to Stewart to look after some busi-!
In the meantime the

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on Tuesilay inst’ before noon’ Matlli

Myros with Mrs, - ‘Myros . and family|t t 18
left-on a motor trip to Vancouver and
vicinity. -
buyers, week. . They.
flight: ‘delivery truck,‘ coverdd Suter!
sleeping . quarters.
own bed.and Dlankets, cooking conte
and baby cartlage and Mat, says they:
are out for.a good time and ‘to see: the,
country, ‘He figures, this. QL. De. his

Mat intends ‘to: be: there ‘fori '
are, trayelling.z.in;

ce en}

They. have’. thei!

st. change’ for &. good, Jhgbo, onting. Bey

Wot My os

Uwith a hanldkérehiee. aver

has an ‘no

+ Iday: ‘for: -Mountain | ‘Park; "Alta

_ Smithers is in the limelight,
Royal Bauk’ of Canada... was
there at 10.40 this (Wednesday) morn-

The

jing and the robber got: away with | li

couple of thousand dollars. ;
At the ‘above stated hour a

his ‘fhice eh.

: téred the bank, waiked i ip to the teller

cage and ‘asked ‘Teller Forde’ to hand
over. Swhatevér indnéy ‘hb. tiana in froné
of hindi.’ " Always rendy. to oblige eux
tomers Forde emptied the . we and,
shored. the, money (about $2,000) ‘out
to the bindit.’ The‘ bandit tovk the
contribution and ran otit of the bank.
The’ tier followed ond fired several
shots from_a revolver, but aid not con-

of Smithers, However, ' came. ‘in cin-

{tact with the robber and advised him:

to Bive back the | Money. Apparently
the. roliber becinie’ filghtened for he

|| devosttea the money jn the open alr
and fled into. the bush,

close by, - ‘The

“and, retu rned--to-

Hebvered i

“arrest ‘aad’ *

’ Thus’ much credit. ts

“Mise Lillian’ Conde lett:

| gpenaing

Were it possible for a better, or even:

the construction before now. But no.

He clalmned.once that, the: xock: was be.

The Smithers |
Bank c §2, 000

rolibed |

is,

nect with the robber Several’ citizens :

tat present ‘writing there, oe

Today the’ Police’ fore, with the | ex: a
ception ‘of one’ ‘man, were all at Hazel- a
ton' In connécticn’ with the murder trial.
from, Dorreen ant
due. those. citizens df Suultherg. who-:in-' * i :
duce. the. bandit; 0. xelinguigh walt ‘elainy ao
to the: “Money. lie. secired. trom the bank