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| Vol. 19 oe a NEW RAZELION, BC, TUNE 24 ° . _ No, otf Le Community Hall [Cottonwood To Conservatives | cena QUICK NEWS

Was Opened at. -

Evelyn Saturday]

There was great joy at Evelyn last Saturday night, June. 18th, and a big crowd from various parts of the dis- trict, gathered there for the. formal opening of the new community hall. _L, 8. McGill of Smithers gave a. short uddress and declared the hall open.

The Lvelyn people have been working

_ tor severul years tu erect this hall so

it is an accomplished fact. It is 2

“present population and while not fuliy

equipped it is in good shape for danc-

ing ond other funetions.. At one end

there is a dressing room and's kitch- en. The flour of the hell is.of hard-’ woud and well Jaid and is quite as fine: a dance floor as there is in the north.

During the evening a complete pro-: #Yam of old time dances was run off.’

At the same time the more modern dances: were not forgotten. The peo-

ple entered into the spirit of the occa-.

siou with enthusiasm. The music was turnished by on aecordian, but-it was 4 oad one and the dancers were all well sitisfied. It was one great, night

in Evelyn and everyone was happy. During the evening a rng and a three ther cake as well os several other ar-|

ticles. were raffled . off,

THE CHILDREN'S MEDALS

“Dhis yeur Deine the ~phaniona sabe ° ; lea of Contederation, each ise ‘havi child

throm. aut the Dominion ‘ia to receive

wet whieh the Governmet tthe haut |! stuuck off. size of a two-bit piece,

‘the time of Confederation, and of King George V, the present king. These medals should be yrined by the child- ren. on

A-CLIMBING THEY WOULD GO

Lest Sunday morning abvut ten o’- clock a party of three, L. Wilson, W. Mendum and Geo, Cooper, left Hazel- ton to ‘scale Rocher de Bole moun- tain, thence to Denny Comean's place. In thelr . climbing they got as. far as the New Hazelton Gold & Cobalt: moine, and they found it a strenuous elimb. It took exactly ten hours for the return trip. The boys used an anto'gs far as possible on the way up, but hiked all. the way home. For their first at tempt they did. not do so badly, and if there is. any next ‘time they - “may get a little nearer the top.

S00 THERN VISITORS: PLEASED

Mr, and Mrs. Dorabeng of’ Vincow. B® ver, Geo. Christe ‘and, Dr. Seltipe | of | : me Bellingham apent Several . days” euests uf W. 8. Horris- On. Tesdry morn- mee ing the three men with! Duke went pl fam ty) the Silver’ ou py Nine Mile n1oun- Mm tin to inspect ‘that. property and’ te a lool: over other “prospects as well. @ is reported that. they were well pleased | Mee with what they saivi, This was the wy first trip for pny: ithe party. ta this B-country. sud: -theynivere . delighted! with mit. The beauty surpassed (even. “the 7 plowing accounts: they. hind received,

“Mis Rnijitienn’ ’ Wrlnehi is ‘expected ™ home of Baturday: ight from Victoria: Me to spend some time /at, her. home.” Ste has. not been in: “good health. ince |

they would have a common. place for Ineetings and entertainment and are justly delighted with themselves that

'frume Dullding, plenty large for the

The medal -is ubout the On the face is! a profile of Queen Victorla, ruiing at:

They went via Sealy Lake and |

ave ‘been ‘Inade to gat the: ledge down

Help Terrace in.

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ple,

lan. bars between Terrace and Phelan,

cotton wood trees of the lower Skeena will be prepared for market.

dred and fifty thousand feet board: measure.

and lond them for. New Westminster.

cated. ¢ The Skeena River cotton wodd is a

ve as lumber. ‘ last for many years.

“THE APPLE KING WAS HERE -

Dai Som ee age ee emma AR Ste A

crop ol the local market.

fairs, He reports that the-apple crop in_ his district will be only about half of. normal due to a heavy June drop, but be figures there will be enough for local consumption. Mr. Grey bas one complaint to make in regard to the roads in his immediate vicinity. A mud slide came down some time ogo and blocked the road. The slide is about. wo hundred feet long and he xot in toneh w ith the loca} member to see what conld be done about it,

“SMALL | CROWD PRESENT

-'The Rose. Dance given by the W. A. to the HY H. last Friday night in As- sembty hall, Hazelton, was not. what canid he ealled a howling success.) A aninll crowd. turned ont and the affair lacked that snap which characterises most dances in this’ - district, night was one of the worst the district haa enjoyed for n long time and that possibly had something to do with the attendance,

SEVEN SISTERS GROUP BIG.

An indieations point to the Seven Sisters group nt Cedarvale making a

| big mine. ‘Steve Young is the. locator

and he turned it to ex-Gov. Davis last. year. He bas. done considerahle, work on ‘the property ‘{ncliding a shatt that was sunk a considerable distance and was abandoned this aphing: when it fill: ed with: water, “Since. ‘then efforts.

in’ the mber : ‘where ° a. “gunnel” wonk

‘be rin: to connect: WD. with. ‘the: shat : find where work: cquid. be continued ail “4 ‘year Without diniterference “from snow ov’ other’ ‘natural “obstacles. forty “of. “engineers , are most" ‘encour: J hil; grade: of }

The

Ratt, and the. duantity, “ani, pre ‘encountered: ‘are. more ‘onfouraging. |

tuning: ‘to: the: Wictorie: Tubllew Ho bial after her. holtdays: ao

“mea. oF or ‘this, | Troperty,

Phins “Rye ready: ‘tor: a Jot of! “develop:

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‘Business. Way!

Quite a boost |g to be given the tim- ber industry around Terrace in the near filture.as a result of the visit re-|! cently of the. Laminated Materials peo- Geo, Little has taken o contract for the logging operations and. for hauling the logs down to.a boom that | will be put in the river oaé or near Phe-: On Monday Mr. Little went to Prince Rupert to see gbout the unload- ing and re-shipment 6f a gas boat that will pe used for. towing the logs or for Picking them off. the shore and the}

As soon as possible a number of ax men will ‘be started in the woods near Yerrace-and on the islands down the: river ond for the first time the great.

The con-: tract calls for two hundred to two bun-

the logs will be assembled. at Phelan to which place the Union. ‘Steaniship Co.’s frelght bouts will call:

where the manufacturing plant is lo-

superior article for veneer and it will be 1 great help industrially ‘to 'Terrace and other river points to be able to dis-' pose of this timher which is.of no val- The local supply will

A S Grey af Gedarvale, the’ well, . known fruit zrower of the Skeena Val-| Hey arrived lu Hazelton Monday ‘night 6 a Jhetiento af tle oe:a youwa hrauze | tasee about placing his atrawberry , Mr, Grey | Jhas not been away. from his farm for |

some months, in fact not since the fall’

‘ling then with sprnce ‘yoots,

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To Meet Their | Ne ew Leader

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"The Conservatives of the north are about to hold a series of meetings in the interests: ‘of their recently. appoint- ed candidate, B. ‘M, Dockrill, and their new » leader, . Hon. 8, F, Tomlie, On

Satirday night: there will be a public meeting in- Terrace which will be’ad- dressed. by. Hon, Mr, Tolmie,, J. C. Brady, . M.. Py; for Skeena, and’ F. M. Dockrill, the Conservative candidate, All are invited to this meeting. Mr. Toitmie is making a tour through the north and will speak-at several places; enroute. He is scheduled: to open the stainpede at Williams Lake on the 1st of July, otherwise he would. have spent’ much longer in the iiorthern interior. The Okanagan bye- election’ delayed the leader, somewhat in leaving on this: trip.. However, if the next election is’ not brought on too soon he will be up| again and endeavor to speak wherever a number of people can be got togeth- The leader of the Conservatives in| British Columbia's’ itinerary through’ Northern British Columbia s:—At Prince Rupert Friday night, Terrace on ‘Saturday nigt, thence via the time freight to Hazelton on Sunday, New Hazelton Monday morning, Telkwa in the afterncon and back to Smithers for o public meeting in the evening.

‘Tuesday he will speak at Vander-| thoof and Wednesday at Princé George, On Thursday he will imake Williams _| Take where he will-open, the. stampede. “On his trip through. this district he.

Usk |

Skeena’s Industrial Centre

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Rt. W. Seekye, accompanled ty R W. Tanner, last week examined the Shenandoah group of mineral claims on the rauge ‘between Chimdemash and St. Croix Creeks, owned by A. E. McDonald.

Mr. and Mrs. Creelman returned on) Tuesday from a two weeks vacation’ in the south. They visited Vancouver Victoria Seattle and Naniamo.

J.. Panter, relieving agent, has re- turned to Smithers.

Mrs. Mitzenberg and “children of. FanArsdol are visiting the former's: sister, Mra, Matthews.

A grand pienic is ‘te be held-at Gold Creek on July ist. A sports and gen- eral committee and a refreshment com- mittet are on the job and needless to say both programs are lining up in good shape. There will be a good time for everyone,

Public Works. Engineer’ Pethick of Smithers was in town on Wednesday.

1] The towers for the new governnient ferry have been erected, but the new eitble will -not be: strymg until next:

apring,,

Dan Mason who has been snpertn- tending the work on the ferry towers returned to _ Copper Oity, Jast, Friday.

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twill be accompanied by. J. C.. Brady, ALP, and Ff, ML: Dockrill, thie, Conserva- ! tive candidate: for the provincial honse

Getting Moving Picttres

AL Mingalone, ‘staff cameraman, In- ternational. News Reel, of New. York, arriv ed at Usk from Jasper ‘Lodge the middle of the week and has been mak: ing thotion pictures of the Canadian Government totem pole preservation work at -Kitselas Canyon, about two niles, below Usk. Enroute from Jas- per he secured motion pictures of the Carrier Indinns at Hagwiiget, near New Hazelton, BS they were Inaking pails and trays of birch bark ‘and ‘sew- He also stépped at Kitwanga ‘and took, pictur- es of the totem poles which had been restoved .and’ weather’ ‘proofed by, ‘the Canadian government field ‘party duriug the, last two seasona, and also of the tourists: from the train looking them over,

At Kitselas he took motion pictures of the decnyed.. and neglected: totem poles - ‘and. carved house posts, and of the various processes used by. the Na: tlonal museum men. in preserving | the poles, such as cleaning oft: the maga Jand, lichens, oiling them. to harden and weather-proof the wood; ‘and hotetiie them, into -position, The ‘poles’ -

soft from decay: and in some. cases it is ‘haressary to: pad. them | / With: “burlap , to prevent the hoisting ropes: crushing into’ ‘the carvings. The Indians, are. greatly interested in the work’ and are. giving every: aastatance, | hoth in| the:

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- Mr. nnd. Mrs. J. ‘Johns of Prince Ru pert were visitors in town last ‘week.

| trance examinations.

“CAR. FROM. WINNIPEG

‘On. Wednesday last H. W. Houden

arrived in New Hazelton from Winnil | peg. and three children, trip through by car and had a most in- teresting and enjoyable time. left Winnipeg on the 2nd of June and took their time on the road making a one or two day stop at. several of the elties and towns. automobile | instruction book and were sorry. for it as in. a number of places the books: were much ‘toa enthusingsiic’ ag to the condition: .of the roads. does the anto clubs no good: to report incorrectly when there‘are reanly. good roads available: to several auto pirties: ‘enroute to New Hazelton but had to turn back on ac- count of deep mind and deeper ruts on some .of. the roads.,

He was accompanied by his wife They made . the

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They followed the

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Mr. Houden ran in-

Mr, and Mrs. Howden shipped their

car to Terrace: where they. will make and. take. up ‘hig lite work in the coun-

heir future home. They. have ‘ten

aeres of land there but they are not yet aUre whether they will live on: it or Péleo in for something’ alse, is a rettirned man ‘and. was: eonnected | ' with the civil: service in _ Winnipeg end came. to B. CG. on aecomnt of- hts: health,

Mr. Houden

Ww. q ordon 3 was up ‘from Remo Mon-

- Arthur Alver aiid Wm, O’Brien were t a ‘in Terrace this. week welting t thelr: en:;

Ernest Thompson has ‘purchased a § | barcel of land near Tatlow on which # lhe is now building.

It was some fishing party that ‘went out Sunday. The catch of fish was quite small but the amount of rain the fishers absorbed was considerable. A }Young man got lost, although he’ said he was only hunting for bis fish.’ One or more of the: young ladies caught a * good cold as well as fish, but afl report a real good time.

BID Dockrili is now attached to W. L. Paddon’s store at Quick.

This’ district was favored with a real wet rain’on Friday. ‘A little sun: ‘shine since has made things boom once more. .

It is. surprising the numberof pros- pectors interested: in the country erst and north-east of here and the amount of travel over the old road in spite of

the condition it is in. cy

BR ‘Alright is sporting # new Ford truck, Perhaps that was why he was charged $12.75 for a sack of wheat.

Mr. Bennet and family and Mr.’Ste- vens and, family took in the sights at Deep Ceek’ this ‘week, ;

The. .question of the day is—Who pinched the sausage?

W. H. BR. Lowe and: family enlled on & number of friends around here last Sunday.

Ars, ‘Thos. _ Brewer. is. enjoying. her Taention in. Vancouver. Tom is now batehing and building a new house for, . his” “pare: ‘bred. poultry. | vat

Rev. MR, SANSUM’ PREACHED ; * ast: Sunday ‘moruing © Rev. Me. Young was assised | in the services in the. New’ Hazelton church, by. Rey. V.. ; Sansim of: Kispiox and formerly in charge of the local: circuit. In the __ evening he also assisted in the service in Hnzelton. Rev. Mr. ‘Sensum gave a most interesting talk on “The Vaive of Discontent. ” He spoke chiefly of the history of Canada and showed how the country was brought from the uh- settled and- dissatisfied state to the present glorious country it is through the discontent. of. the. early ‘settlers. He pointd out that all progress was due to the. discontent, -of , people. with a thei ‘existiig : conditions. ‘He urgeil ee the « -young- people especially to not: be satistled. with.’ ‘What they bad already accomplished. _ “There never. was’ a man who knew it all or Who. could not learn more with a. little effort. My, Sansum is leaying about the end of the, present. ‘month: for Vancouver to spend, A. couple | of, Fears. . After - that he hopes to again return, to the north

try. ‘Where: he began it. His sermon’. « - on. Sunday,, therefore, . Was not one of farewell. He bad enjoyed his work and his. life in! the north and he liked a the people,of the. north. He hoped to | meet inany of nis old ‘friends and his present - friends awhen he came back, . “Miss. Jean. Burns BANE a5. kh solo "Tove Lifted: me.”

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