WEDNESDAY SePronut 4 M192

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“Offic ars ae
A Fee was Set

The first,’ suunual al meeting of the Haz-
elton Community’ “and, Horticultural AS* y
sociation was “held ‘last: “Friday night. in
-the elementary. school house in Hazel-
‘ton, and. was ‘not nearly 80 well attend--
ed as one or, two previous meetings
when ‘there was. over ‘1 hundred - -eager
and enthusiastic’ realdents. af the’ ‘Haz-
elton, South Hazelton, Two: Mile and’
the Hospital community resent.

Rey. 3. V..H. Redman was in the
chair and he regretted - that this very
important meeting ‘was so poorly at-
tended when recent meetings. had: been
attended with such enthusiasin.

By previous resolution ‘at « former
meeting one of the main items. of bust:
ness was the revision of the by-laws of ©
the Community Association to conform
to the. aims and objects of ‘the norti-
r cultural Soclety which recently nimal-

gamated under the joint. name, What

developed. as'a complete: surprise wae
the sponsoring: of a’ ' strong move - tr
once niore change. ‘the hame which on

The opening. ‘inning looked as if it a vote’ was ‘ehinnged to “Hazelton ° Dist-
might be a game of numerous runs, A rict Horticultural “Society.
two sacker was hit by Muirhead. for © There was a lot’ of talk: hefore fl
Smithers the first mun up. There was ‘this * was accomplished lint it final)
no one on bases and he died on his- got throngh, ond eve! ryone now seem,
xecond base... Then L. Parent was the to be happy.
third man up for New Hazelton, Two - Janes Turnbail, chairman
were out and no one on bases, but he flower show committee presented a

Beat Heel
A 3 to to 2 Score!

There was another ball gnihe on’
Sunday afternoon last -which will be
zat down amphg those games that were

ames, Aside fronr-the’ fact’ that. Nev,
Tuzelton won by ’a score of 8 to 2, it
wis ad game. wor th. watchiig. From
the first man to Anat until the last-man
was out on the Smithers side it was a
ese of nearly. everyone nearly all the
time being on their bent. New Hazel-
ton got all the runs in ‘the, first and in
the second ; dnnings, ani Smithers” got
their’s, gne in the Sth.and_ 1 in. the. ‘Oth.
There were several times that New
Hazelton, lost runs by not watching for -
opportunities ta. get home. ‘ ‘On, the
other. hand “Bert Spooner thought. he
had ao good ehuuce ta get to third, bu
it wasn’t so good, In the way of er
roys the local team had but few, az
most of those were in the last two 0
‘ three innings, A few halls were fum-
bled during the game but a quick Te-

covery resulted In an out. | oo

of 7

hit for three bags and scored on a pass- Very complete report of the flower
ball. Senkpiel hit to-2nd base and was show celebration, which revealed the ©
caught at first. . day a splendid success in a social way,

Whe tsésoHia dian’, Perry’ York}: who? 8 ERS: ite, flower, show. itself, put the.
was pitching for New ‘Hazelton, gave ‘financial statement shosved” a" atight
Giraud of Smithers 0 walk and he got loss which was a matter of myeh Te-
around to third ‘and was caught off his gret. The’ committee was | * warmly,
base. The second and third batters thanked ‘for it's work. ° .
for Smithers. were ont. New Hazelton - The election: of officers, for the ‘enstt:
went ‘to bet York bunted and got ing year was as follows:
to first and San to second on John-| Prosidént—R. 8. Sargent.
son’s fly.to centre that was fumbled. _ Vice-Pres—Jas. Turnbull.

Jarl Spooner hit té left and was out. Seu.-Treas,—Harold -F. Wrinch.
Willan then got a hit and filled the Hourd of Diveetor—The officers and-
bases, Omer Spooner fanned and then Rev: §..Vi H..Redman and Mrs. Cox.
Marshall got a. single and made a base |' Anditor—R. 8. Hunter. :
on a bad throw and then stole second. SO
In the meantime the men on second
und third went home

The next five innings were pretty
much repititions of ench_ other.. Some man from. New. Hazelton was going +
opportunities to scare Were not taken ‘wash by car he went around by Old:
hut both teams were playing pretty Pazelton and ‘as hewas passing * the
snappy ball, But in.the 8th New Haz, golf course, his ‘headlights . showed, a.
elton allowed the. buses to be filled and aman standing at the side. of the road

then Watson hit to short who over: vend ‘he was holding | something’ white
threw to first and a¥lowed Smither:

to seore their first. ron, Then in the:
oth Sniithers got: ainpther run, hut try
their best that wails the best: they cou,’
do. '

Earl Spooner-awas hehind the bat for
New Hazelton and he enught a pre’

“Me

HE FEARED A HOLD-UP °

On Sunday evening when a young

mediately thought of a hold-up. Re
put his car into. reverse and back up
as fast as he could until he was near
the bridge and then turned around ant
went back to Hazelton. A. couple ‘of.
‘others went out with him, and while

aeross the roud....The young man-im- |

vood game and ta improving on. his
pes. 'to second. He is wlse improv ing on
his’ batting. In fact ‘nl-the boys whe
were considered the weak batters are
now proving to be thé most reliable.
The heavy - ‘hitters: do iiet connect a:
often as they are expected to.

For Smithers O'Neill took the fir:
part of the game and then was rellev-
ed by Giraud. They. pitched good
stendy ball while Goodacre was. a lot
of strength ‘pehind- the pate

Perry. York ‘pitched for. ‘New Hnzel-
ton all’ the way and the: Smithers ‘boys.

Wy could: riot, hit him any. ‘Hetter, at the: end.
than they? did’: in the. beginning. | ;

Bob Gillof, Briithers umpired. ‘at h
did not. give. all, hfs, decisions : as the
spectators: thought he pl wane He

“No: -S00HeR - J ;
Manager - -Olftord: wal er got ‘hold - at:
Manager, Bert. ‘Anoguer ‘and. ‘asked. for
nnother game at: Aiflthers. nest; ‘Sunday
with the same: team pola, wall make
the third gnme- sof the’ serles' ‘and ench
tenm will go on the field with-a game

ait!

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there was no man in sight there was
the stick on one side of the road to
which something white had’ been at-
tached, Next morning no streamer of
building paper waos' found nenrby. © It.
‘has not yet been figured out by the

| local detectives of the arm ehair circle ;

‘Just whether it was an attempted bold
ap or someé one playing a a so- -ealled lttle.
joke.

“Word . eonies’ ‘trem: along the’ “Yukon
“Telegraph. line .that there has been }
lot of “bad. weather. Antely.. ‘The ‘pro:
/gyam’ included wind, rain and snow :ir
" good sized ‘doses, At 8th cobin there.
waa o heavy fall of wet, snow, 4 .

to tts erelt and & desire to capture the

hand unt ‘Smithers: nnd he. thinks ° “the |
Smithers boys cin béat New Hazelton
otice they get ‘them ‘on thelr own park.
jNew Hazelton is going up to: ‘give ther,
an opportunity, A lot of people. tr
this-end of the district are going too

TWO MORE NURSES ENGAGED

Bik Pupil Ni ‘ae ‘Leave’ far. New: West-

Couple’ of Days at "Hoitie®

an ‘minster’ on “Thirsday—Haa'” a

“1here Was a “meetings of. the Board. GO
Directors of the. Hazelton: Hospital oi
Wednesday evening last when. it- was.
decided to engage: -Miss Frances Willen
R. N,, a graduate ‘of the Hazelton Hos

Chas. Reid the | ~
_ Champion of ;.

_ Of th the North.

Chas. Reld of Smithers is the first
winner of the Northern’ British Colum-
bid Golf championship and he will be
the holder of the eup for one year, o1

pital, ‘and Miss- Ralphina, Wrinch, RN
a graduate of the Royal Victoria Hox
pital,: Victoria, to complete the stuff a’
the Hazelton Hospital. There. will. i
future be six graduate nurses ‘and. the i
‘matron. The pupil, nurses, six. of them
were granted | a couple of days. leave i)
order to. visit thelr homes before leav
ing: for the- ‘Royal Columbian Hospita
in New: Westminster, where they. wil
complete their training.” Miss Gazeley,
and: Miss Boliver left for Smithers or
Monday night and Misses. ‘Grelgg, Glas
and Daunhauer lett Tuesday 1 morning
for Terrace. - On ‘Thursday — morning
along with Hiss Robinson who is a:

present on her holidayé at Terrace, wil

lenve for the coast and praceed to New
.Westminster where they "will enter up:
on their duties: on ‘Monday, Sept, 26.

_ REV. MR “MR, , M@LEAN GAVE TALK

tet

Fle is. Connected With thie’ Young Peo- '

ples’ Work in the United Church

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Rev. Mr, MeLean, the secretary in

. charge of young people’s work in con-
: nectioii with the United: Church, paid

n visit to New. Hazelton on Monday
night last and addressed , a-large gath-
ering of the young” “people, including a
cnumper- «ftom:

meeting refreshments’ “were ‘Berved. ~

‘until someone beats him. The tour:
“nament Was played last Sunday ou t
‘Smithers greens and it attracted aj
of players: ‘from .different. points in ~
‘district. The: er ‘uunds hid | been put
in excellent shupe for the tournament
“und the visiting players were ‘not only.
pleased but were surprised to find the
t penne so goo.
“While the par for the golf cutitse at
Sinithers has been set at about 60 the
‘best secure made by Mr. Reid was 83.
Fr 2nd place there were three tied, as
follows, Bob Davidson, Bowie, and N,
H. Kiiprtrick, These played another.
‘five holes and Davidson won, | .
The Huzelton players who entered
the tournament were W. H. Sharpe, A.
‘8! Irvine, Frank Whently, J. G. Wil
Hamson and C, H. Wrinch: ” None of '
them made a particularly goad show-
lig and cametto the conelusion that.a
‘Dit more practise will. be necessary. be-
fore they can be serious contenders as
champions. There w ere ® number vf
other Hazelton golfers went up, but
did not enter the contest. Capt. Colth-
urst of Terace was also an entrant.
During the afternoon the ladies of
the Smithers Club served tea to all the
guests. _ Thé affair was quite a suc-
cess in evely way, and there will be a

a Hot: ‘more’ ‘games ~ between: Smithers’ “and

_| Hazelton clubs.°-.
| ‘The chutch was crowded, mostly the |

young people ‘for whom’ .the meeting |. -

was of special interest, The “address
of Rev. Mr. ‘McLean was. most, intevest-
‘ing, especially when -he told of- ‘the C.”

GE, T. work having been extended to

most of thé countries of the world.

‘During the evening musical numbers
were-given by Mr. Norman Redman and
-by Mrs. . (Rev.) Redman.

Rev. Mr. McLean took the lead in a
game- Which was very popular. At the
closé of the main meeting ‘the ‘visitor
had a short session with the nibw Sun-
dny School staff, .
| Rev. Mr. MeLein is visiting. oll the
centrés' where young: people's work: 1
carried on in the: Preshyterye of Carl-
poo aid Prince, Rupert... pos

RAN OVER A MOOSE CALF -

When coming . down from Smithers
last Wednesday evening ‘Darrell Wall

‘ yan over a ‘moose calf at Eighteen Mile

come, Travelling along wat. a- pretty
fair clip Darrell saw a herd of animals
suddenly start:.across the road only a
short\ distance ahead. He put on the
brakes, but. one of the animals slipped
on the wet rond and before it could re-
cover it was hit by the car and the
front wheels of the car. went over it,
but not the back wheels. Darrell had
to back up to’ free the animal which he
discovered t obe 1 moose enif.. There

Jwere .several animals in the herd.

VAC Canadign Aleways, Wane’ . “plttoa
mn itn ‘pontoons: passed ovér here Satur-
day afternoon - enroute from Stewart
‘to Burns -Lake.’ Pilot: Wella: was -in.
charge of the machine. He is the on
who has been flying: to and from 3°

‘| Cornell! creek, and who landed tn the

Skeena river at Glen Vowell last win-
tere tat : a ae .
Word has been “received that. “Miss
‘Whitmore, & nurae, atin the ‘Hazelton
Hospital. for .severni:-years, “and who | :
has been on an extended leave of ab-|
sence, will not be rettirning hefe, but
will settle -in. Vancouver. ‘Another

; that, very thing... :

HIS WORSHIP THE MAYOR

From Prince Rupert: Visited the Great
Hinterland of Potential Unde-
veloped Natural Resources _

Bis Worship Mayor C. nL ‘Orme 0
Prince Rupert, was a caller at the Her
ald office on Friday last and. gave us
the once over and he appeared to Lt
quite satisfled:.except. that the edito
had not yet shaved for that day.
| Worship had made a trip through: the -"
‘avent hinterland to view the potent
undeveloped: yesources of this great:
fund that is going: to make Prince Ru-
pert, in spite of the Kidd. Teport.. -Tt:is
six years since Mr. Orme last. visited:
the interior, and. this time’ he covered
A much larger terr itory. “When asked

‘if he saw any improvement. he replied °

that certainly the roads were . very

anuich better. Then he found that any

« and tather thought that his time had jDlace he hud gone and found that the

farmer or the settler on a few lots or’
smn] nereage, had: done anything ‘to
help himself that there were few signs
of depression. There was lots to_eat
in the houses and lots of feed for the:
stock. It was a good healthy sign
which he was pleased to gee. Mayor
Orme had nothing to say about the Ot-
tawa Conference, the eclipse of the sun
nor the Kidd report. He was out on a
holiday and had left oll: troubles be-
hind.

: It was the intention of Mr: Orme to
incinde. the Kispiox. Vatley in: hia: itin:
lary, but: due. to wet ‘Weather the road |B
to. the valley. in. “places ig quite greaay
He regretted - their inability to make |
that trip as he. was travelling that: day.]©

jwith Mr, Bowman who was peddling.

bulls among. the, farmers. ‘and. Doe”.
wanted to get a line. on ‘the latest anid
most. approved: methods of ‘dotig. ‘Just {th

the‘live: stock of the sont, Incrbiake
and: finprove.” few

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graduate ‘will be sécured. :

phine Wrinch and Miss Willan are now
both on the permanent staff.

“He ig: ‘anxious te see: 3 < ot
hea ra siuimber: “OF: a ee ‘wiio ‘at

; Miss Rel: - ;

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J. McDonell
Died Sunday -
In Van. Hosp.

R.

Clarence Goodacre of Smithers and
Jean Burns of New Hazelton received

word on Sunday of the denth of their
‘gtandfather, R. J. MeDonell,

which
occurred’ that ‘morning’ about’ 5.30
“Re J. McDonell, commonly: known. in
British Columbia’ as “Black Jack" left
Smithers last Tune to stay with friend=
in Vancouver and “Victoria in hope:
that his health might. improve. Bu’
n couple of weeks ago he had anothei
attack and was taken tothe hospita
in Vancouver where he gradually t
cme worse until the end’ came.

The late. R. J. McDonell Was born in
San Francisco of Scottish parents: Hc

inoved to British Columbia when only -
a youngster and while still a young |

man went into business - in - Victoria
His career was‘a colorful one and hir :
life was a full ofie.. ‘Being of a ven-

turesome : disposition ‘he had his ups .

and downs, but for the -most part he
was on the upgrade.
His personality drew: business in. £

biz way to his enterprises and he had —

niways handled large sums of money.
but tt did not stay with him... — .

‘From Victoria the deceased’ went to.
the Yukon, then back to Port Bssing-
ton when railway ‘eonstruction started
Then he followed the railway to Haz-
elton and on to Telkwa, opening ‘and
conducting hotels: and road ‘houses for
the travelling public. -He- closed out
‘his place: in’ Hazelton and. moved tc
New: Hazelton. awhere-he: conducted - the

Northern Hotel’ ‘for’a: number of years.

cin fact until prohibition ‘put a great
‘many: hotels. out ‘of business, He then
anoved to. Stewart and. built a hotel on.
the’ boundry -line: between: Stewart and
Hyder, «Alaska; This was never the
success that. was. 8 antlelpated, and wa:

finally closed, :: -

Mr: MeDoneli's health ‘began: to i
“and the last two'or thrée years he put
in ‘in Smithers. Last winter he suf-
fered a slight stroke. andi ‘was confined
to his bed for some ‘weeks, but finall;
got, so. that ‘he could move about, ane
‘Jast June he went south.

‘Whe a young man the- deceased wa:
_Innrried and, raised a family of sever
boys and one girl; the jate Mrs. R. M
Burns, :mother of Clarence Goodacr
“and. Jean. Burnes. ; With’ the. exception
of ‘the two- grand:. children . and: onc
brother In Australia, Tits: # family’ all pre-
decgiaed him, © :

R. J. McDonell. was 79. -yenrs. cof age
and. during that time he lived far mori
than it is the privilege of the genera’
run of people to. live.. He was as wel
known in the Aretic as he was in Vie.
torla, and. aswell known in the Inter-
for ‘as on the coast He was a good
héatted man and looked on the brighi
side of Hfe. No one in distress ever
anpenled to him in yain He left a host
of friends behind him. —

While the -hotel business was his
chief business R, J. McDonell took an
interest in many other enterprises and
not all them of a. profitable nature.
He was keenly interested. in mining
and he had’ ‘property. on. Hudaon Bay
motitain: which “at one. time * was ‘very

. 5 thought. it
. But ‘world

all times. tis ie ly, litin, ‘an

days ‘in Prince Rupert sin week

a. tot of. money ie = ivdopene of.
that id but it'tod bt with “evi days