Re,

: Cold Day Base

the ball game ‘between, the Smithers a high school and Hazelton-New Haz-

B ‘thing.on the bali that had the boys all

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NEW HAZELTON, B. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE %, 1935

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Ball on Sunday. Locals Victors

It was eold on sunday afternoon and.

elton was not nearly so snappy 4s the games ustially are, The boys did net xevem to be able to hit the ball. Smi- thers got a few cracks at the ball, but most of them went to Parent and to John Smith, but for the most part all (he bating was to the infield. The home team gut only one hit to the out field and it was a grounder. One of the most. depenilable local batters was up four times and: fanned four ‘times. Mike O'Neill was in the box for the visitors amd he apparently has some-

swinging their bats. York was hardly, np to his average .on Snuduy, but he vot pretty goed support from the field. Qne Smithers man hit 1 three sacker for the outstanding hit of the day. It emme in-the ath inning. but. he wns not ahle to gef home, Smithers ‘ald not scare til the seventh. York got an easy grounder aid was golng to throw to third to éatch the man rapning fram. second, but there was no one cov- eving the bag. By the time he turned wud threw to first” ‘the ‘runner was on his base, The man on first went to socamd and then a goud hit to the out fleld brought in the ‘only two runs the visitors got, although they often got on the bases.. New Hazelton got one run in each of the second, Aifth and cighth ‘tnuin MER, hus the score was 3 ‘to 2 8 in: favor of- the thome tenm, | The

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WET TRIP ‘To BABINE RESERVE

Capt. G, _ Mortimer; Inlian “Agent, returned on Friday last from a trip to Rabine to which plaice he took a lot of farm and garden seed. He says it rained nearly all the time he was out and. that there was no pleasnre in the trip at all. Had it not been for the hit of exceptionally good fishing he had a couple of days the trip would have heen n flop from. the pleasure end, He found the Indians well off although they bad the usual

_ imount of differences that needed pute} ° ‘Altogether it.was a busy He is well plensed with his new boat. The biz engine had not arrived An thie. to. vse flie boat. chut-it: is. there low sink fiture trips w it] le tinde: by

ting right.- . trip.

the department's: 0 own front.

“PUBLIC WORKS GETTING BUSY

Looks Like a Visit From the Minister |’

ing some work on the Sinithers end of the wnain highway.

pretty |

_ is Antieipated—Working on the Smithers-Mortcetown end

The public works department is dd-

At Moricetdwn 0 had corner is being cut wider and the grade, reduced. Further east a lot of new survey sticks which indicate that it Is the intention to do.-furher work in the way of improving corners and it also appeirs hat it is the Intention to complete a cut off that wag started by. the lete government. This work will all help to increase traffic. It is re- porte. that the grader will be sent ov- er yond between here and Moricetown Tint looks ns if the minister. of public works wis expected through this suin- mer. In the old days when the late Walter Williscraft was foreman and superintendent und engineer, they al- ways seit the grader ov drag over the vord aid got all: the men and horses ent to make a smooth path for the

‘Prince Rupert

“By The fea

Krom Our Own Reporter

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The marriage of Miss Netta Clark and Reginald W. Sinclair of Inverness is to (ake place soon in Priyce Rupert. Miss Clark was formerly school teach- erat Driftw ‘oud, central British Colum hia. Subsequently she conducted the Arctic Studio here, later moving to Victoria, Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. A. Cy ‘Clark of Prince Rupert and Mr. Sinelaly is identified with the snl-

mon camming industry. eu & \

THe longshore strike In Vancotver did not embarrass Prince Rupert to any noticelblé extent. Her shipping [* maintiined schedule. “Cargoes were |! proniptly “handled. “The local steve- dores, more as a matter of principle, refrained frome work, and the goods

nunister. The driving team got an extra feed of oats or two and evaery-

road ‘foreman could be depended upon to deliver the required number of good |

yotes, -

CROP OUTLOOK IS VERY GOOD The senson thus far has been good for the farmers, The erops in all sec- tions: we Lave visited thus far, are In: tine shape und. this promises to be-a hig hay evop and, fodder <crop. The

genius are all ooking | fine ané “the

: | opts: ane vegetables are growing nice- |

ly. ‘Phere’ lias heen a. good: deal .of uoisture and it. has been neither too, hot nor too cold. There ere, of course amall sections where the erops are lat- er than others, but that is not "the fdult of uatuve or the weather Timothy seed will be one of the big crops “ngain ‘this year and ‘the pros- pects are for goad. prices ngain for the extru good sec of the Bulkley Valley. It is reported that offe¥s: are being made now of 12¢ a Ib.

CAME TO GRIEF ON SUNDAY

metavad to Suuday

an. daughters, andy New Hazelton on

jlimts for a feip with bis: family Calitornia, On the old part of

i ALLED THE PREMIER A LIAR : . ‘* a :

Just w hat the Communists who went ti meet. Premier -Bennett In. Ottawa: expected to eet... for the benetit | their.

» followers, it: they expected or. wanted: wnything,. in. not. known, but certalniy w ling the premier’ n » Har several Hite: in not. it ‘good way t6 get auiy' speck: considerntion®, ‘Premier Ben- Hott dealt with the delegy tes in, ‘the on- "Ly possible “way, when,: at the conelt-

sion of the. intery few he told) Mr. Er: nna to go back to his followers, anid tell

. them: té beturn, to: thet. quae and wait for an, opportunity to work nS. others wane doing. The’ guvermnent | malta! ‘law. ‘and)-order.0 Tk ds" . stich | personp, or’ “ petgons lividing auch ylews

to grief.

which’ there was no lack. There was

thing was fovely, Things have not changed much since a quarter of@ a century ago. In those days n° good

man. |

Mr, ond Mys. Willams, § Sam Mey ers Havelten in a jew! end pereutly bevight ‘by Mie. WHE 4 to the read Gust of New Hazelton they came The vond was slippery and |

were unloaded hy, rolunteer labor, of:

never, nt any time, the slightest indi- cation of a- disturbance, The long-

sharemen themselves took care of that nd * ?

Tonrist travel is setting in. Boats as a rule are crowded. One can usual’ ly “spot” a tourist. Girls as a rule run to lipstick anf rouge, . and some- thing smart, or daring, in the way of midsiammer dress. Slung over the shoulder «is a camera or field glasses. Men, strolling up town, often disdain hats. There is*a preference for plus legate, free? waid easy - jacket; soy ewhite |: awenter, All are apt’ te be. social |- souls. ‘They want to go places: and see | things. and perhaps do a bit of spend- ing if the mood is on them. And how they do like to be told something about what they are seeing. And, hailing from the brown hills of Cnlifornia, they loudly -praise the freshness and

yerdure of the British Columbia coast eee : .

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Cy Arnott, who did: contracting at Priuce Rupert when dollurs were more plentiful than niekles are today, and whon folks smiled more than - onee every fWo.uyenrs, Tassed through town last week, on his-wnry to Alice Awa.

‘Hs lnsiness there is niderstond to be|

connected with the mine rathwayy, Int just what is in the breeze no ane seenis to know—nuless the recent, stir in Si, ver values has’ “something to ‘do swirl the case. , ‘

SMALL BOYS TOOK KNIVES.

Interested in Mining ‘and is Looking

: | Teen interested in inining in. this dist- vict for a number of years, _ visit here last week. he has held property on Four Mile mountain and has had considerable

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WM. GIEBE ON A view HERE

For a New Préperty—Was Ate eompanied : -by His Son

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Mr. Glebe af Ferguson, Mo, who has

paid a For some years

ye ‘done on it, but this year be de- ided to abandon those claims and he authorized Pete Ober to look elsewhere for a new property. On his way here he stopped off at Topley and looked over the Topley-Richfield proper ty: He expressed a willingness to take a small interest in that property, but he could not see any merit in taking over the whole thing. My. Giebe was this year accompanied” by his son who was greatly taken with the north. and he would like to locate around. New Haz elton. According to Mr Giehe and bis son conditions in the United States are a long way from being satisfactory and the immediate future dues not look too bright.

Copper City ! Notes

The Copper School children, teacher and mothers had. their annual pienic at Laketse Lake on Friday last. They left Copper at ten asm. by truck. The day was fine and all enjoyed themgel- ves With many kinds of sport. Some of the residents of the Lake helped ao

fier was ‘ade “about eight. o'clock: os, oe °

tion in Usk assisting Mr. Bethurem.

hy: caterpillars, ,

Ue Ste tty

Roswilenc., Perey nnd Lillian Down-

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fbe , CORE - au Wexdax. coe

. SMALL BOYS BEAT SMITHERS

great deat to mike the day a: suceess by their kindness in lending boats to

the dren, . etc...The return to Cop. |... “) oP Pri Jand-Abys. Dan. Scherk, Ninth Ave, W..

Miss’ Ella Wilson has taken a most |

vee “The gar den look well, the strawber- vies unusually ‘good. The ranchers

on Straw-berry Hil’ are getting that worried. expression always ‘associated with the stawberry season. The ap- ples will be of a minus quantity this ear owing. to the attack made on them

tne left far their home in Seaton as yi " their ‘school term: had been complete.

Perey Gladstone, tencher of the Klt- selan Indian sehoat, Fanarsdol, | left for

The Sprithers bile school ball boys

they went off inte the diteh and- in| getting back.onte the road they got_in-:

The snmll bors from Smithers were

—ret

would

to the deepints thet have heen there. dawn here last, Saturdity to play bal. The’ resnlt ‘after the ume they were: taken to was, that: the battery on the car was Thizeltoy ‘ud had ice cream and ‘other broken ‘and: the men had to walks to things. New Hazelton -to get ‘nother buttery, | Jtis time-aither that old rond was put into decent, repaty or: the cut: oft that ¢ was started SON: YORTS azo Was‘ flu- It is such neglect as that that wastes the public. ‘wud recuees the ability S attul cae orrnons to meet

forthe 'last severnl yours,

ished: and “made -passibles works rirouey ‘OF tux DANCER their obligatlons.

Aone. How. wy

“MORE | ALASIEA, HIGHWAY

. it My. Evans, which defeats: ‘every coud | --

_ siture thatsts: defented: stvikers made; rf big, mistnke, dn, choos-: tug seb. delegntes’: ag. vans. - thelr. eruse lost: any morlt’, dt; ever, haa uht the instant..Byang, yras chosen, ge

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»The.'s0- “ented

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The “Amevienn' ROV ermuent has: dle-' (per “Siccena | in BE ‘to’ Fairbanks,

: ermine, hefore: they.. start: the® BUTYeY.

Ona

“Sam, should be uble to ‘get: ‘Aomething.

-¢hded to. send 0. plave-over: Chnada . to! — snrvey: a route for, the road ‘froin ‘the |

‘to ‘Washington’. told. Senator. ‘Diamond

in the early evening: ¥

“graph album. | Soon ‘attoy ‘hoys”.

ashort distance. out of ‘Smnfther ; thy: zouils’ were | ali ecovered.!

_ ed w bat’ to’ go:

woot

“from: i 1

‘Ty one ‘of ‘the ‘storés ‘they. saw some things that? Appenled to them ‘and while they were tempor avily unguarded they - ‘returned to that. store and, by keeping the. own- er busy some at the boys” got away with five expensive knives and ni auto had gone the Long was reported ‘to the police Word was sent to Sniithers’ and. the “paltes there went. ont:rind:- met, the bord!”

Up io this w rittny thie” police | hai! “not dectde.

The Ameriein 8 will, naturally. of Alaska, hevoralig. to. reports, that’

hive the: consent. ‘of the’ ‘Ganndlan gore.

met the New Hazelton boys on Sat: uniiy ‘afternoon dita return game on the New Hazelton grounds. The. game got underyay about four o'clock and the local boys won-by. a. score of 11 ta

of mostly smu boys and apparently net sich good players ns. ‘those, ‘on. the team that pluyed in| Smithers. loeal term was fhe same except that

wis played in the: vacant mace.» The, locn] team aise had thei - players. ‘in positions. more to -theiv. liking... It was

ence wae ‘anal,

ee

Rees

1 wnten all ‘expressed a firt m:

ion election. and. ‘that

1. The Sinithera team was- -composed

“The

ove of the boys was [Land Happy Cox :

a proud seunie te wath, but: ‘the audl- {i

sf joy. team, “went * t9, T kw 1 om “Sunday to: pliy Tnge. ball, :

od. The B.C. Conserv ative ‘executive | a

“ met. recently in Victoria and: ‘the dele- . nelief. that;

_[the party. would win out: at tlie ‘Donia: SB, Cc. would: ‘have’! on-his” “next” wibit to: Ottawa. ‘he would mostly | -Conseryative | smemibers., . present,’ to the’ Canadian’ " goverunient president w

Herridge,”: Canaan’ § ‘commissioner the ‘mitten, of $66: uenactonal vel ar

AS: “quite: enthuslistie: fter

Try to Develop

Placer Miners . Train i in’ Camp

« Spplieations are hetng filed with tlie provincial police at Hazelton for oj- portunitles to join a “placer. miners training camp which the mines depart ment is sponsoring. Jt is proposed te estabblish several plicer-miner enmps — in British Columbia to be under’ the supervision of a competent man, The young men who join will also be sai pliel with free grub and ‘a. cook to teach them to cook, free camp anid working equipment, and in cnses of distress certnin articles of clothing ate fnvnixhed. The young men are given t thorough training in placer mining as the eunps will be established where there Is known to be placer gold. The mfieral secured will be divided in n- way already -determined by -the fov- ernment, When a fellow proves him- self efficient enough he will be allow- - al te pr ospect on other ground on his own, In this way the wovernment: ix hoping to train o number of young pre spectors to take the rapidly thinine rks of. that profession.” The plan ix npt to stir the spirit of adventure in the ‘breasts of the modern youth alse, und that will be a good thing. ‘Thi- plan, thus far, has everything to com- mend ftself to the young mer and to. nil citizens. ‘

Wedding a . Hopson Mesures

oom tome: Sof Mr. .

“Riper

was: the scene of a pretty wedding at mntdnight: when Miss ‘Maud MeMurray of Vancouver and: Robert Haysom ct Hazelton were united in wedlock, Rev.

BE. J. North officiating. ©. The bride.

gow ned in Alice blue georgette crepe, trimmed with lace, entered ‘the prettily: decorated sitting ‘yoom to! ‘the strains of .the wedding . mareh, Mrs; W. Mat- shall at thé piano. The bridesmaid.

Miss Ruth Scherk, was dressed in blne erepe satin trimmed with velvet. Ver- non Scherk was best gan. The bride war giver away by D. Scherk. Mes.

BE. J. North. sang during the signing of the register, . A very pleasant time was. spent, after the cer emony when

“| Mys. Tnysom. will, reside.’ 6a: Hazel- ton w here the groom has a farm.

Report that Columbia Power Co. has _ Clased Deal With Commission ” era in. Terrace “the Pri ince + “Rupert! News _ reports that othe Coalwnbia Power’ Ob. which.

‘er td stich points as Sinithers,. Golden. Wintans: ‘Lake and Hope, las bought the pow er lines here and has’ under- tuken with the loard of, commissioners to* ‘provide a. 34° hour electric service within twelve: nionths: Leith Murray, cortipn ny. engineer,: is: expected here in

Phe shembers™: OF Mountain low.

held a very enjoyable plenie. at ‘Kalas

—— ve 5°?

butfett luneheon was ser ‘ved. Mr. and-

ELECTRIC LIGHT SERVICE AGAIN - LBCTRIC LIGHT

already pr ovides electric Nght aud pow | :

a short. time to; inake arrangements for. | the dnstalntion of. 0 ‘lesal ‘plant pro- oe et cheating banat _Betadty os

lodge ind the Lakelse Lodge,’ 1,0.0: te