me §« After more than two months Me of negotiations and consideration Mam, on the part of the original owners = a deal was elosed last week be- p tween J. F. Duthie, Seattle ship- B builder and British Columbia | mine owner and operator, for me3,365. lots in the townsite of a f Prince Rupert for $83,650. The ma vendors were the Grand Trunk ie Pacific Development Co, and the Blots gre located in Sections 8, 4 Band 9. This practically cleans Fup all the lots owned by the mre vicinal company. | When the deal was first sug. gested to Mr. Duthie that gentle- gman informed the Herald that he Shad no definite plan, but he was mesure he would make some money me out of the property if he got it. sHe has been sucdéessful in his imining ventures in the northern minterior so far and he realizes mthe extent of the country back awof Prince Rupert. He believes gethat the interior country alone will make Rupert a big city and Mamne believes it to the extent of Semconsiderable. The purchase price Bgiwas low, but.the owners wanted o sell and they wanted also to et away from paydng the taxes, which is a very jarge sum an- ar ually, but the lots. in a com Sbaratively short time will be Mewvorth a great deal more than Ainey are now. Rikely that Mr, Duthie will allow ehese lots to lie idle for very hong: he is too fond of action to Bsit down on the job and wait. Died at Burns Lake . | The death took place on Friday mamast of Mrs, Alex. McLean of chesinkut Lake, at Burns Lake. : Byoming to Tehesinkut Lake five Pears ago from Iowa as Miss Blarriet Conger the deceased lady miept house for her unele, T. D. onger, and shortly afterwards arried Alex. McLean, The fu- eral took place on Tuesday at urns Lake, Rev. J. R.. MeCrim- on officiating. The late Mrs. YeLean was very highly respect- in the Lakes district and aves a wide cirele of friends to ‘ pour her loss. olleymount Rancher Dies While on his way to hospital r treatment, accompanied by y Short and a neighbor, H. mrrott, the death took plate on Ninday night of Andrew Dahl- 7 ais, a Colleymount rancher, the fase being heart failure. De- yased, who wus 63 years of age, \3 unmarried, and had been a ident of the Colleymount dis- t for six years. He is sur- ed by. a sister in Minnesota, meerment took place at Burns mice cemetery. Lo we “age It is not at all]: C. T. Cabrera has been in Ha- zelton for some days studying the mineral possibilities of the district. He is particularly in- terested in placer and is repre- senting a small syndicate from New York and Pennsylvania, He has a two-year contract for that syndicate and has two hand power drills which he wil en- deavor to operate at Kitwanga and up the Kitwancool Valley in search of placer gold. He will be in this district until March, when he will take his outfit into the countrv east of Takia. Lake, over which he is greatly enthused, and which will be his headquarters fer the next ‘couple of years, unless he suc. ceeds in locating some good placer ground closer in. Last summer Mr. Cabrera made a very full report on the old Kildare property in the Om- ineca district and he gives it an even more favorable report than other engineers who have ex- amined it. A yield of 140 bushels per acre of .oats.is renorted. from Lilovd- minster, Alberta. The crop was grown by R. S. Symonds, a far mer of that district, who thresh- ed 1,050 bushels from 7 1-2 acres, His other oats ran 120 bushels per acre, OVERHEARD AROUND NEW HAZELTON x Through financial assistance from the Ladies’ Aid, a new floor has been putin the New Hazel- ton church and other improye- ments to the church property will be undertaken in the spring: which will greatly add to the appearanee of the building, School opened Monday last with Miss Hazel Hall in charge until the new teacher arrives. J. Dilworth decided to resign as teacher here and has gone south. -‘S. Bergman was a visitor to Smithers this week, Miss Sheasgreen,of Vancouver, arrived Thursday morning to assume her duties as teacher in the New Hazelton school. Miss Sheasgreen has a first class nor- mal certificate and will continue the hith school work in the: eye- nings. . R. E. Allen, of Hanall, was.up the line the first af the week and returned on Wednesday with. Olof Hanson. who was on his. way south. Since the last fall of snow ‘the cedar pole contractors are now getting busy hauling and they will be kept. busy until the spring : breakup. tion’s demonstration and edu- cational ear to Northern British Columbia this month. It is ex- pected that the car will be in Prince Rupert on January 10, and from there will travel east with stops at various points, where lectures will be given, pictures shown and demonstra- tions made. The school children will be provided for as well as the adults, | Further details will be given later, Omineca Lodge Members Hosts at Installation The greatest night the Masonic Lodge has yet spent was en- thusiastically enjoyed by the members and many district Ma- sons. it was the occasion of the annual Masonic installation of officers with D.D.G.M. Geo. H. Munroe, as installing officer, and accompanying him from Prince Rupert lodges were the following members of the craft, who had their own special pullman car: D.D.G.M. Geo. H. Munro, A. W. A. Woodland, W. T. Gale, Dr. Tre- mayne, W. H. Tobey, R. W. Cameron, E. H. Mortimer, Fred Stork, Geo. Frizzell, W. D. Vance, G. P. Tinker, W. C. Orchard, F. Dibb, T, MeMeekin, B. Unwin, R. F. McNaughton, W. G. Hughes, F. Morris, W. D.- Smith, C. H. Sawle, W. Thorn, W. Moxley. The visitors arrived in Smith- ers early Thursday morning and were officially met by a delega- tion from Omineca Lodge No. 92, A.F. & A.M, and the visitors were well entertained throughout theday. The installation cere- mony occupied some hours of the evening and afterwards a ban- quet was held and a program was rendered which kept the visitors well occupied until nearly train time Friday morning. Among the Rupert contingent were a joumber of exceptionally good artistes, while local talet main- tained its high reputation, Grey’s orchestra being especially ap- preciated. The committee in charge of local arrangements deserves everv eredit for the very successful way in which everything passed off, and as a result the town and district re- ceived some excellent advertising. Another Case Dismissed -The case against Cook of sup- plying an Indian with a bottle of liquor was dismissed by Judge Robertson in County Court at Smithers last Friday. The case was uriginally heard by the In- dian Agent. This is the second case from New Hazelton that was dismissed by the County Court Judge within a short time.: There. was no evidence in either’ case _ to Justify a conviction. Edge, C. H. Orme, W. T. Kergin, G. The installation of officers of Lakelse Lodge, I.0.0.F., of Ter- race, took place in their lodge rooms on Monday, January 7, when the following officers were installed into office for the en- suing term by D.D.G.M., S. F. Mills: Past Grand—E. T. Kenney, Noble Grand—J. H. Young, Vice Grand—-H. S. Creelman. Recording Secretary—L. H. Kenney. Financial Secretary—John Viger. Treasurer—T. Elwood Brooks. Warden—Harry King. Conductor—Ralph Corey. Chaplain—Rev. W. J. Parsons. R.8.N.G.—S. Kirkaldy. L.S.N.G.—Wm. Smith. R.S.V.G.—Jas, Lever. | ‘ L.3.V.G, —Gordon Sparkes. R.S,5.—Sid. Marsh. L.S.8.—Bert Swain. L.G.— William Watt, 0.G.—F. C, Bishop. In reviewing the work of the year the Jodge was found to be in a very flourishing condition for under the guidance of its Past Grands, A. C. Fowler and E. T. Kenney, the membership had been increased one hundred her cent and was still growing. At the close of the lodge meet- ing the members sat down toa banquet prepared by Brother Geo. Powers in his well-known and excellent style, every mem- ber of the lodge, with one ex- ception, being present. } ‘ | Usk i Skeena’s Industrial Centre d ne ' Mr. and Mrs. D. Lidstone re turned home to Prince Kupert on Thursday. Miss Irene Kelleher, teacher at Dorreen, returned there on Sat- urday to resume her duties after spending tha holidays at Usk. A. H. Edwards, manager of the Usk branch of the Havward Lumber Co., came in from Ed. monton on Thursday to supervise operations here. He is very optimistic and sees a splendid future for the timber business in the Skeena district, The rein- stallation of the company’s mill will be prosecuted with all speed and when completed will be one of the largest in point of daily capacity along the Skeena, At the present time there are over twenty men in the moving gang. Miss P. E. Sprage, senior tea- cher of Usk school, returned last Saturday from the south. Miss James, junior teacher,. was de- layed for a few days on account of illness. ’ A. Taylor, of the Webb-Taylor Supply Co., Kleanza, returned on Sunday, from a holiday spent in rie the ‘south. JA surprise baly took, ‘Bosses months ending’. September po a . ; ae a gh | 7 aoe ot | | . vy yee] OM! YA HERALD. Prone tin 24 4 ; : ' - | | Vou. 6 a ”—”sSNW HAZ ELTON, B.C, JANUARY 11, 1924 No. 28 & Duthie Acquires (U.S. Syndicate rorestry Car Coming ' Oddfellows of Asphaltum Says : s ® * ~C. t ice has * | Large Holdings | Is Investigating jnaiearangements toravistoi| Lakelse Lodge | Ottawa of Find — = of Rupert Lots) Interior Placers|t: Cavadian Forestry Associa. Instal Officers) at Francois Lake Some months ago Don Gerow, of Burns Lake, reported the finding of what he considered an oil bearing substance on Mrs.. Collins’ ranch on the north side of Francois Lake. Samples were sent to Provincial Mining Engin- eer J, D. Galloway and he went out to examine the find. He took samples himself and had them sent to the Dominion Mines Department at Ottawa for a complete analysis. This week Mr. Galloway re- ceived the report from Ottawa and the material is called as- phaltum, being the residue of patroleum seepage. The stuff has no value in itself, but indi- eates that somewhere in that vicinity there should be oil bear- ing formations. The analysis should encourage the Gerow bovs and others in that vicinity to continue their prospecting for a more definite indication of cil. The samples sent to Ottawa, had they come from a proven oi] bearing country, would have been sufficient to warrant capital spending considerable money in drilling. This is-an- unknown country, so far as oil is concerned, and therefore the early prospec- tors must carry their work much further than they would in an old oil country. The extra work now, however, is worth doing, sion ofthe Cordillera Hotel lobby on Fridav night, which of course did not overwhelm Mr. and Mrs, F. A. Stewart with sorrow. but on the contrary did all they could to add the enjoyment of the occasion. Morgan, Berge and Kitselas rendered the music for dancing. ‘The party consisted of Mesdames Kilbraith and O’Brien, Misses Alger, Eckert, Kelleher, Irene and Kathleen Durham, Lowries and McDonald: Messrs. Stewart, Darby, Eckert, Edgar, MacDonnell, Bingham, Harrison and Wells. Thanks are due .to Miss Irene Durham for engineer- ing the splendid hold- “up. Joe Bush retnrned from Kis- poyies on Thursday and is again purvevor of victuals at the Usk restaurant. He says itisa de- lightful change from 20 below to 20 above. The coldest it got at Usk was - 6 below for one day, Capt, John Willman left for | * Prince Rupert on Thursday on affairs connected with the Kle- anza Co, So long as liquor is consumed legally in British Columbia, the public will secure the benefit — derived from the profits, Last’ week the. finance minister. ‘dis- tributed the -profits-for..the Six, ‘amounting to me 30. last, ‘the . municipalities’ ® $466,331.