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TERRACE, B. C., FRIDAY, JULY 23. 1926

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Miss Jean Watt, of Prince Ru- fm pert, is yisitine Miss Betty An- 7am derson on the Bench.

/ y.I. Hunter, of Summerland, was among the week-end visitors in Terrace.

Mr. and Mrs. J. Macaulay, of Prince Rupert, spent the week- end here.

Mrs. Ackelberg and Mr. and Mrs. Johnson of Prince Rupert were week end guests at Sousie’s

Mrs. Hildrick of Rupert was a guest at W. C. Spark’s.

Mrs. Robt, Donald and family left Thursday for Vancouver to join Mr. Donald and son Charles who are located there. They spent the last five years in Ter- race and made a number friends who rezret their departure.

R. H. Leighton of forestry de- partment at Rupert, was here on business.

Ww. C. Sparks and son Jack visited his daughter, Mrs. Thos. Walsh in the Hazelton Hospital

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ms 8 §=€The road gang which has been mag at work oo the Kallum read re- turned to town last weck. The roads to borh Kallum and Lakelse lakes have been greatly improved and amotor trip is now a real pleasure.

Mrs. R. L. MeIntosh left Sat- urday for Prince Rupert where she will await the return of her husband who has been in Toronto and Montreal.

Francis Keith of Montreal ar- rived Tuesdav and is spending a holiday with her uncle George Keith. ae .

J, M. Hatt and Gordon have gone to Vancouver.

Mr. and Mrs. J. B, F -ken of Winnipeg are spending a » vliday in town at the Terrace hotel,

Mrs. CG, Stewart of Douglas Creek is holidaying in town.

Rev. W. §. Wickendsen, B. A., B. D., of Emmanuel College, at Saskatoon arrived on Saturday last to holiday with Rev. W. F. Barfoot.

Two sons of C. H. Orme, Prince

Rupert are holidaying at the Hill Farm.

Ladies Played

Close Baseball

Under the auspices of the Smi-

thers United Church Ladies’ Aid a game of playground baseball

was played at Alfred Park last Friday evening between teams of married ladies representing

town and the C.N.R, The game took the place of the strawberry social that is held by the Ladies’ Aidin July each vear, and the departure from the conventional

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proved a success in every Way. So keenly was the contest played that at the end of the nine in- nings the score stood at 24-23, with the C.N.R. team leading by the odd run. The ladies had practiced faithfully since their encounter of July 1, and the ex- hibition last Friday had the fans on their tip-tces and rooting on “all fours” for their favorite team. To help the affair finan- cially, a bot dog stand and re- freshment booth were in opera- tion, and a collection was taken up during the games. The teams lined un as follows:

C.N.R.—Mrs. N. Kilpatrick ¢, Mrs. J. Groat p, Mrs. J. Cathrae 1b, Mrs.B. Walkland 2b, Mrs. A. J. MelIntyre 8b, Mrs. J, Carpenter ss, Mrs, Washburner ss, Mrs. T. Jenkins 1f, Mrs, R. Cham- pion ef, Mrs. W. Swift rf,

Smithers— Mrs. C, Morris e, Mrs. P. Chapman p, Mrs, F. Messner 1b, Mrs. H, Windt 2b, Mrs, S. Campbell 3b, Mrs. C. Goodacre ss, Mrs. Hassard ss, Mrs. G. Gazeley lf, Mrs. J. Hethering- ton ef, Mrs, J. Hoge rf.

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John Willman and John Reid E. Halfack and H. D. Gazanoff were visitors to Prince Rupert last week.

Miss Ada Minzagohr of Prince Rupert is a guest of Violet Whit- low this week,

R. W. Riley was in town look- ing for land suitable for a fur farm. Hehas one now further inland,

May E. Dobbie was a week end visitor with her aunt Mrs, Post, Barbara Post returned with her.

Mrs. J. W. Smith has returned ‘home after an extended trip in the south.

A, J. Kelch has returned from California cto his mine and farm across the river,

Lou Woods, one of the locators of the Schuffer property on Hud- son Bay mountain, is now pros- pecting around here. The old trail blazers cannot stay out of the hills.

Joe, Trulson and Gus Nyberg are off to the Silver Basin to do work on the Tom Boy-Poorman group.

The Conservatives of Usk who organized when Joe Merrytield was here, met on the 16th and nominated Chas. Durham ‘aa del- egate to the convention in Prince Rupert on Thursday. Mrs, Whit- low is president ane P. R. Skin- ner is secretary and treasurer.

At the annual school meeting $200 was voted to improve the water supply and $50 for the play grounds. Trustees for the year are G. W. Graves, Joe Bell, and P. R. Skinner, the latter be- ing also secretary,

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Here and There

Recent advices from London, Eng- land, are to the effect that during the first nine months of 1925, 26,- 817 British emigrants proceeded to Canada. This compares with 17,- 706 who went to Australia, 7,743 who went to New Zealand and 14,668 who. went to the United States.

New financing by Canadian pro- yinees, municipalities and corpora- tions during the month of Novem- ber show. an increase of eight mil- lions over the previous month, tho November bond sales being $19,215,- 200. This compares with sales of $11,815,990 in October and with $28,- 512,876 in November, 1924. °

E, D. Cotterell, Transportation Superintendent of the Canadian Pa- cific Railway, has issued a state- ment making effective the resump- tion of the acceptance of grain for the port of Vancouver under the permit system as handled previous- ty. No tough or damp grain can be shipped on this permit,

The real estate boom in Fiorida has been affecting the lumber mar- ket at Saint John, New Brunswick, advantageously for the past few months. A large number of ship- ments have gone forward to Miami and further consignments will go forward with the steadily increas- ing demands, _

According to a report from Van- couver, asbestos of quality: as fine as that of the famous deposits from which Quebec supplies the world, has been found near Lytton, British Columbia. The Development Branch of the Canadian‘ Pacific Railway is carefully examining the mineral with a view to investigating the com- mercial usefulness of the product.

Sir John Martin Harvey, famous English actor, arrived at Saint John, N.B., on the Canadian Pacific liner Montnairn, on December 20,

of Hiy Majesty’s Theatre, Montreal, and advance agent for Sir John. Mr. Lang has arranged Mr. Harvey’s tour through Canada, from Halifax to Vancouver.

of the Dominion Express Company are to the effect that one of the largest and most valuable consign. ments of pedigree black foxes ever sent out of Canada, and priced at over $100,000, had arrived in Switz- erland in perfect condition. The 64 foxes will form the nucleus of a fox- breeding ranch in Klosters, Switz- erland,

Grandmothers are flappers in the Canadian West. Mrs. Edith ‘Jones, of Leeds, Yorkshire, who sailed back to England on the Canadian Pacific liner Montclare on December 16 told how she learnt to ride horses and do farm work at Plato, Saskat- chewan. She had 8 great time and will endeavor to bring Grandpa, her son and her grandson back to Can ada with her in the spring.

Grain handling at the port of Montreal ig in excess of the total for last year by 4,891,718 bushels, thus creating a new record in the movement of grain through this port. The total amount. handled by the harbor elevators thia year comes to 828,880,805 bushels, representing 168,592,846 bushels received and

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GEO. LITTLE Terrace, B.C.

LUMBER MANUFACTURER

LUMBER PRICE List

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Prices subject to change without notice

Prices of Moulding, etc., on application

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Mill cunning continuously.

He was met by Bert Lang, manager .

Advices from the Montreal office .

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New Novelties

CARD CASES, TRAYS, FANS, PHOTOFRAMES VANITY MIRRORS PUFF BOXES THIMBLE CASES, Ete.

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Toilet Articles

Rexall, Nyatl, Day Dream and Three Flowers Cream .

Day Dream, Rexall, Three Flowers Faee Powders.

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MINERAL CLAIM AND LAND SURVEYS

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1l-acre lot, $900. A For Sale bargain. Next to Grohm’s place; near river bottom. Terms to suit. Address Anton Schwar- ger, 1626 Sutter St,, San Francisco, Calif., U.S.A, 2426

Our Usk correspondent does not agree with us that it will be some years vet before tourists will be flocking into the Copper

is very enthusiastic about this country and would like to see it develop much faster than it is. We would like to see it also, but we want to see the main high- way along the Skeena river built first. The side roads and trails will then quickly follow.

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