THE HUBERT TIMESAND BULKLEY VALLEY ADVERTISER

VOL. I NO. 9 HUBERT, B. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1913. PRICE $2.00 A YEAR

Can We Produce Alfalfa?

PART 2

B Y

H. E. W A LK E R , o f t h e d e p a r t m e n t

OF A G R IC U L T U R E , VICT O R IA

AS TO V A R IE T IE S Quite a num ber of varie ties exist,

bu t the tw o th a t seem to be w orthy of m ost special m ention are those known as Grim ms and T urkestan . These are best adapted to the N orthern parts . The seed of Grim ms is usually scarce and high priced, hence the im portance of securing seed from a reliable source.

MOST SU ITA B LE SOIL ‘ 'A lfa lfa will grow in m any soils,

providing they are fa irly fertile , sufficiently porous below to carry aw ay w a te r w ith reasonable quickness, and not underlaid w ith a hard pan or sub­soil so stiff th a t it is alm ost im pervious. ’ ’ A lfalfa th rives best on a well drained sandy loam soil, y e t even on a clay loam it has proven a access. I t will not succeed in a cold, w et soil w here the roots are likely to s ta nd in s tag n an t w a te r a t any season of the year. Al­fa lfa cannot stand “ w et f e e t .”

LIM IN G FO R A CIDITY If the soil is acid i t will need co rrec t­

ing, else a lfa lfa will not thrive. Lime m ust be applied for th is purpose,

alone will no t be sufficent s due to any o ther

lack of drainage.

to a large ex ten t, upon the preparation of the soil. This p repara tion should begin w ith the preceding crop, and in tercu ltiva ted crops should leave the land in excellent shape for a lfa lfa . An effort should be made to have the land free from weeds and in good physicial

ndition. U nless there is a good stand fir s t year the crops cannot be a

te success, and the stand depends upon fe r tility and physical con-

fhe surface soil. As a lfa lfa som eth ing of an unknown

e Bulkley Valley, anyone this crop would be well ad- well cultivated land th a t

previous season, been in r a root crop. W here the deficient a good coating of ughed in the fall will be very

IN OCU LA TION g w hat is known as a

o r ,” is able to draw of the air fo r the

g re a t -ie n itrogen it possesses.As is w wn, th is is due to theaction cific bacteria , and if these bacte ria not p resen t in the soil we m ust s u p ply them , fo r if they, are ab­sen t t h e a lfa lfa p lants, while grow ing well the first season, do not th rive the fo l l owing sum m er and become yellowish jok ing and appear to be lacking in vigour. This condition is said to be due to the p lants, being greedy feeders, having used up m ost of the available n itrogen have not a sufficient supply for a second season’s grow th. W h at­ever the exact reason may be, it is certain ly true th a t w ith the bacteria absen t the crop does not m ake a th r if ty grow th. To m ake sure th a t the special bacte ria are p resen t we “ inoculate .” One method, which is the su rest and usually the m ost p ractical, is to take

1913 ■1914Hush! for there comes a muffled sou nd upon the evening air,The church bells tolling for the for one once young and fair, For one so full of promise and so of hope at birth,And only twelve short months have passed since first came on earth.

How many disillusions and how many vanished dreams Have been the lot of most of us? How long ago it seems!No wonder that the muffled bell beats sadly on our ear,No wonder we look eagerly towards the coming year.

Ring out the bells. Aye, let them clash. For all the world to know That Nineteen Fourteen’s born at last, from whence all blessings flow. All Hail! New Year, thou welcome art, renewed in hope are we, Remembering that in thy months may our good fortune be.

An Old Fashioned Christmas at Dingley DellBy Charles Dickens

A fte r they had obeyed the call of the old church bell, which rang as gaily as it could, they all re tu rned to a late b reak fast.

“ V ere does the mince pies go, young opium ea te r? ” said Sam W eller to the

assisted in laying out such sum ption as had not been

the previous n ight. to the destination

fa t bov as he articleduly

The f a t of the pies.

g row th of the first season “ W erry good,” said Sam, “ stick ab it o’ C hristm as in ’em. T ’o ther dish opposite. There; now we look com pact and com fortable, as the fa th e r said ven he cu t his little boy’s head off, to cure him from squ in ting .”

As Mr. W eller made the comparison, he fell back a step or tw o to give full effect to it, and surveyed the p rep ara­tions w ith the u tm ost satisfaction .

“ W ardle, ” said Mr. Pickwick, alm ost as soon as they w ere seated, “ we old folks m ust have a glass of wine to ­ge th e r in honour of th is joyful d a y .”

“ I shall be delighted, my boy ,” said W ardle, “ Joe—damn th a t boy, h e ’s gone to sleep a g a in .”

“ No I aint, S ir ,” replied the f a t boy, s ta rtin g up from a rem ote corner, w here, like the patron sa in t of f a t boys —the im m ortal Jack H orner—he had been devouring a C hristm as pie, though not w ith the coolness and deliberation which characterized th a t young gen tle­m an’s proceedings.

“ Fill Mr. P ickw ick’s g la s s .”“ Yes S ir .”The fa t boy filled Mr. P ickw ick’s

glass, and then re tired behind his m as te r’s chair, from whence he w atched the play of the knives and forks and the progress of the choice m orsels from the dishes to the mouths of the com­pany w ith a dark and gloomy joy th a t was m ost im pressive.

“ God bless you, old fellow ,” said Mr. Pickwick.

“ Same to you, my boy ,” replied W ardle, and they pledged each o ther heartily .

“ Mr. M iller,” said Mr. Pickw ick to an old acquaintance, “ a glass of wine. ”

“ W ith g re a t satisfaction , Mr. P ick­w ick ,” said his old acquaintance, sol­emnly.

“ Y ou’ll take me in ,” said, a benevol­en t old clergym an.

“ And m e ,” interposed his wife.(Continued on Page Two)

(Continued from last week)“ And me, and m e ,” said a couple of

poor relations a t the bottom of the table, who had eaten and drank very heartily and laughed a t everything.

Mr. Pickwick expressed his h e a rtfe lt thanks and delight a t every additional suggestion; and hip eves beam ed w ith h ilarity and cheerfulness.

“ Ladies and G entlem en,” said Mr. Pickwick, sudd rising—

“ H ear, H ear Hear, H ear!! H ear, H ear!!!” said Mr. W eller, in the excite­m ent of the m om ent.

“ Call in the se rv a n ts ,” cried old W ardle, interposing to p reven t the pub­lic rebuke which Mr. W eller would otherw ise m ost undoubtedly have re ­ceived from his m aster, “ Give them a glass of wine each to drink the to as t in .”

A m idst the silence of the company, the w hispering of the women servants, and the aw kw ardness of the men, Mr. Pickw ick proceeded;

“ Ladies and G entlem an—No I w on’t say Ladies and Gentlemen, I ’ll call you my friends, my dear friends, if the ladies will allow me to take so g re a t a liberty—”

H ere Mr. Pickwick was in te r rupted by im mense applause from the ladies, echoed by the gentlem en, during which the ow ner of the eyes was d istinctly heard to say th a t she could kiss th a t dear Mr. Pickwick, whereupon Mr. W inkle gallantly enquired if it couldn’t be done by deputy, to which the young lady w ith the black eyes replied, “ Go aw ay” —and mpanied the request w ith a look v :d as plainly as alook could do—“ la. a n .”

“ My dear friends- ' sumed. Mr. Pickwick, “ I am going to propose the health of our host, God bless him, (cheers and tears) he is a kind, excel­lent, independent spirited, fine hearted , hospitable liberal man (enthusiastic shouts from the poor relations a t all adjectives, especially the two last) “ So le t us drink his health and wish him prolonged life and every b lessing .”

Mr. Pickwick concluded am idst a w hirlw ind of applause, and once more w ere the lungs of the supernum aries, under Mr. W eller’s command, brought into active and efficient operation.

Mr. W ardle proposed Mr. Pickw ick; M r. Pickwick proposed Mr. W ard le ’s m other; M s proposed Mr.

W ardle again; Mr. W ardle proposed Mr. Tupman. One of the poor relations proposed Mr. Snodgrass and the o ther poor relation proposed Mr. W inkle; and all w as happiness and festiv ity , until the m ysterious disappearance of both poor relations beneath the table w arned the p arty th a t i t w as tim e to adjourn.

A t dinner they all m et again, a f te r a long w alk, undertaken by the males a t Mr. W ardle’s suggestion, to g e t rid of the effects of the wine a t b reak fas t; th e poor relations had lain in bed all day w ith a view of a tta in ing the sam e happy consum mation, bu t as they had been unsuccessful they stopped there . Mr. W eller k ep t the domestics in a s ta te of perpetual h ila rity ; and the f a t boy divided his tim e into sm all a lte rn a te allotm ents of ea ting and sleeping.

The dinner w as quite as hearty an affair as the b reak fast, and quite as noisy. Then came the dessert. Then more toasts. Then came the te a and coffee; and then the Ball.

The best s ittin g room a t the M anor F arm was a good, long, dark panelled room w ith a high chimney piece, and a capacious chimney up which you could have driven a coach, wheels and all. A t the upper end of the room, seated in a shady bow er of holly and ever­greens, w ere the tw o best fiddlers, and the only harp , in all M uggleton. In all sorts of recesses, and on all kinds of brackets, stood massive old silver can­dlesticks w ith four branches each. The ca rp e t was up, the candles b u rn t b righ t,

blazed and crackled on theand m erry voices and ligh t

hearted laugh ter ran g through the room.

I f any th ing could have added to the in te res t of th is agreeable scene, it would have been the rem arkable fa c t of Mr. Pickw ick appearing w ithout his ga iters, fo r the first tim e w ithin the m em ory of his oldest friends.

“ You mean to dance?” said W ardle.“ Of course I do ,” replied Mr. P ick­

wick, “ D on’t you see th a t I am dressed for the purpose?” And Mr. Pickwick called a tten tion to his speckled silk stockings, and sm artly tied pumps.

“ YOU in silk stock ings?” exclaimed Mr. Tupm an jocosely.

“ And why not, Si r— ?” said Mr. Pickw ick tu rn ing w armly upon him.

(Continued on Page Two)

From Bad to Verse”

These verses are m ean t as a joke,

And not angry thoughts to provoke,

I f you find, when th e y ’re read, T hat the cap’s on YOUR head

W hy! Laugh as you w ear it. Good

Folk.

We hear th a t an Old C ountry Squire, (We don’t th ink our in fo rm an t’s a liar)

D oesn’t w an t to come back To his fa r w estern shack,

As of E ngland and home he don’t tire .

A little wee lass (and I doubt I f she’s over th ree) said w ith a pout,

“ No. F rancis, I ’m sure I can ’t play w ith you more

For w ith Billy I ’m now w alking o u t.”

W hile good resolutions you m ake,This is the best one you can take,

“ I ’ll rem em ber to pay My subscription today

To the T ines.” and you’ll m ake no m istake.

Said Paul, the A postle, of old,All women m ust do as th ey ’re told.

T here’s a nam esake today Who acts “ m ore” t ’o ther way,

And his lots, lately purchased, are sold.

Tom orrow ’s a day of good cheer,And we s ta r t on a page th a t is clear.

So our readers we greet,Who are reading th is 'sheet,

W ith a Prosperous, H appy New Year

Local and Distric News

C hristm as v isitors to the north have been delayed in V ancouver by the s tra n ­ding of the steam er “ Prince G eorge.” The tw in boat the “ Prince R u p e rt” made a special tr ip n ex t day w ith the belated passengers on board, who, how­ever, w ere all hung up in Prince R upert and have had to m ake the best of a C hristm as in th a t town.

Mrs. E. E. Orchard, who has been so seriously ill, has le f t for the H azelton H ospital w here it is hoped she will m ake a rapid recovery. Our best wishes and those of her m any friends go w ith her.

C hristm as passed off quietly in the tow ns of A lderm ere and Telkwa, both hotels provided special menus a t ordin­ary prices and very excellent w ere both the “ feed s .” Many visitors drove in from Sm ithers and M essrs. C hettle- burgh and Sinclair provided a cinem ato­graph en te rta in m en t in the evening, which was largely a ttended and proved, as the first of its kind in Telkw a, an unqualified success.

The river is gradually closing up and we are w ondering w hether, in response to a le t te r which appeared in these columns on the subject, the Telkw a A th letic A ssociation will organize a party of helpers to sw eep and keep a sm all rink on the river free from snow.

The funera l of the la te Mr. Dorsey took place in Telkw a on Saturday, the 27th.

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An Old Fashioned Christ­mas at Dingley Dell

By CH A R LES D ICKENS (Continued from Page One)

W ED N ESD A Y , DEC. 31, 1913

A clean sheet. White, un- blotted and ready for any record we choose to write thereon. What will it be?

1914 contains possibilities for everybody and everything and the sum total twelve months hence will be, to a great extent, the addition of such figures as we ourselves place there.

Good resolutions are being made wholesale, good wishes are being scattered broadcast, How many of the former will be per­severed with, and how many of the latter will materialize?

Our thoughts naturally run in this groove on the last day of the dying year and on the morning of January 1st, and it is not with-

>-out a feeling of awe that we step suddenly at midnight from one

1913 to the opening bud of the next year. Human nature is human nature after all and it is only the natural course of events that few of our good wishes, so cheerfully given, will come to

“ Oh. Of course there is no reason why you should not wear th e m ,” re ­sponded Mr. Tupman.

“ I im agine not, Sir me r o t , ’said Mr. Pickwick in ery perem ptory tone.

Mr. Tupm an contem plated a laugh, bu t he found it was a [serious m atte r , so he looked grave and said they a very p re tty p a tte rn .

“ I hope they a re ,” said Mr. P ick- wick, fixing his eyes upon his friend. “ You see nothing ex traord inary in the stockings, AS stockings, I tru s t, Si r? ”

“ C ertainly not. Oh, certain ly not, ” replied Mr. Tupman. He walked away, and M r. P ickw ick’s countenance re ­sumed its usual benign expression.

“ We are all re ad y ,” said Mr. P ick­wick, in his excessive anxiety to com­mence.

“ Then begin a t once,” said Mr. W ardle.

Up struck the tw o fiddles and one harp, and off they w ent, hand,c a c r oss, when there w as a general clapping of hands and a cry of “ Stop, S to p .”

“ W h a t’s the m a tte r? ” said Mr. Pi ck- wick, who was only brought to by the fiddles and harp desisting, and could have been stopped by no o ther e a r t hly power, if the house had been on fire.

“ W here’s A rabella Allen and Mr. W inkle?” asked a dozen voices.

“ H ere we a re ,” exclaim ed th a t gen­tlem an, em erging w ith his p re tty com­panion from the corner; and, as he did so, i t would have been hard to tell which was the redder in the face, he or th e you n g lady w i th the black eyes.

H ow ever there was no tim e to th ink about the m atte r , fo r the fiddles and

Can We Produce Alfalfa?

PART 2

BY

H. E. W A LK ER, o f t h e d e p a r t m e n t

OF A G R IC U LT U R E , VICT O RIA (Continued from Page One)

soil from an old a lfa lfa field—from the surface foot and to sca tte r th is soil over the seed b e d h arrow in. This is done before seed and about 200 pounds per acre is used. I f anyone is about to use th is method, rem em ber the necessity of helping the soil from the d irect sunlight, and also collect the soil from a “ clean” spot in the field.

CHURCH NOTICES

ear to another, from the husk of h a rp b e g an in real earnest- Awayw ent Mr. Pickwick hands across, downthe middle to the very end of the m , and back again to the door—pousette everyw here—loud stam p on the ground

ready for the n ex t couple—off again —all the figure over once m ore—another

M ethodist— Service a t Sm ithers on Sec­ond, fou rth an d fifth Sundays of the month, in M ethodist Church.

M ethodist— Service a t Telkw a in the Anglican church a t 7.30 p.m . on the first and th ird Sundays of the month. Sunday school 2.30. Choir p ractice Thursday evening 8.00 o’clock.M inister—Rev. C . E . B a t z o l d .

Church of E ngland— Sm ithers, Divine Service will be held (D .V .) on the first and th ird Sundays of the m onth a t 7 :30 p. m. in t he Anglican church, corner of K ing and F i r s t avenue. All persons will be made heartily w el­come.

Church of England- -Telkw a, Divine Service w ill be h eld (D .V.) on the second, fou rth a n d fifth Sundays of the m onth a t 7:30 p.m . in the Anglican church inday school a t 2:30 p. m. All pe are cordially invited to a ttend .

M inister—Rev. Kingstone.

W hatthe Man in the Moon

W ants to Know1. Who was the up-to-date and fash ­

ionable g en t who “ le f t cards” on the E ditor on C hristm as day?

2. W hether the rum our th a t the K ing of Spain intends v isiting B. C. is true, and if so is it on account of the “ gal en a ? "

3. W hether since All the W orld’s a S tage, one will not be soon running to H ubert?

4. W hether people have noticed the very excellent ‘‘b ridge” hand th a t H ubert now holds, and w hether its spade call in the early spring will no t lead to a good win out?

5. W hether everyone will accept his best w ishes fo r a very . B right, H appy and Prosperous New Year?

FA TA L SM A SH-UP

Brockville, O n t., Dec. 30:— A light engine overtook and crashed into a Grand Trunk tra in here this morning. Daniell Cahill, who was riding to his work on the shunter, was killed. E ngi­neer W ilkinson and F irem an Coutlee had a m iraculous escape from injury. F rank Orr, yard, conductor, suffered a frac tu red leg.

Telegraphic NewsCHRISTM AS TR E E ROBBED

Syracuse, N. Y., Dec. 30:—Scores of little children w ere robbed of the ir C hristm as p resen ts la te today when burg lars broke into the South P resby­terian Church and stripped a big C hrist­mas tree of its burden of toys, tr in k e ts and candies.

N EW A RSEN A LS FOR, JA PA N

London, Dec. 30:—According to a communication which has reached an official q u a rte r in London from Tokyo the Japanese G overnm ent has decided upon the despatch to Europe of a com­mission of th ree experts to rep o rt upon, and if though t desirable, to make arrangem ents fo r the purchase of a large quan tity of p lan t and m achinery suitable fo r the naval and m ilitary arsenals in Japan .

The ex isting stock is deemed inade­quate to the increasing demands made upon it .

The Japanese G overnm ent is p re ­pared to spend some th irty million yen, or about $15,000,000 to m ake good the deficiency.

who live around us, a year apart from all others in that it will see in the early spring the birth of the Valley market town of Hubert. So long waited for and so suddenly here, Hubert con­tains within itself the greatest possibilities for all who have be­lieved in it and worked for its well being.

From now onward we shall be ivively, “ if you don’t sleep a little lessable, from time to time, to

and exercise a little more ven you comechronicle the progress of the to be a man you 11 lay yourself open totown, and slowly but surely, very sam e sort o' personal inconwenience Surely, will it grow to the position as was inflicted on the old gentlem an as it will occupy in the near future. wore a p ig ta il .”

stam p to bea t out the tim e—nextex tcouple, and the n ex t and the nex t againn e v e r w as such going, and a t lastsMa fte r they had reached the bottom o f |the dance, Mr. Pickw ick kep t p e rp et-ually dancing in his place to keep timeto the mmusic, sm iling a t his p a rtn e r a l lthe while w ith a blandness of dem ean our which baffles all descrip tion .

an-

“ Your m a s te r’s a w ery p re tty not onof keeping anyth ing up, my d e a r ,” s; lidSam W eller to the housemaid, “ I never see such a sensible man as he is .”

er

“ Oh, th a t he is ,” said the fa t boy“ don’t he breed nice p o rk .”

“ Oh, you’ve woke up a t last, ha veyou?” ssaid Sam.

The ifa t boy nodded. “ I ’ll tell you w hat it is, y boaoa

constrictor, ” said Mr. W eller ^ es ss-

A T R U E CHRISTM AS STORY

London, Dec. 26:—The Irish Times publishes today a true C hristm as story by Canon H annay, non-de-plume is “ George B irm ing m .” The story says th a t, early th is year, the ow ner of a New York m agazine re tu rned w ith his little daugh ter from Europe and th a t in mid-ocean the g irl w rote her name and address on a piece of paper, which she enclosed ill a bottle and dropped it overboard.

The g irl’s m essage w as picked up by a peasan t on the w est coast of Ire - land, who w rote her, s ta tin g th a t he was very poor and had a large fam ily, fo r which he asked help.

Canon H annar, a t the request of the g irl’s fa th e r, verified the story, and this m orning the peasant, who is still unaw are of his good luck, will receive a substan tia l g if t of money from the g irl’s fa th er.

TWO TONS OF CLOCKS London, Dec. 30:—G. W. B a rre tt,

d irector of the fam ous W ood-Green confectionery firm, personally handed C hristm as g ifts to 2000 employees in the shape of alarm c l e ideabeing to encourage p y ingetting to w ork in the morning T he clocks weighed tw o

SPEA R ED BY N A TIV ES Sydney, N. S. W ., Dec. 30:—A ccord­

ing to reports, from P o rt Mores, Papua, M ag istrate Ryan has been speared by natives near the B am f river. W hite residents re g re t the occurrence because a fight of this kind will spoil the natives fo r labor purposes. Many natives are recruited there every year to provide cheap labor.

No mushroom growth which will soon wither, but a solid, sub­stantial and businesslike growth which will gain strength with its uprising and fulfil the promises made for it by all those who have worked for its promotion.

“ W hat did they do to him ?” inquired the f a t boy in a fa lte rin g voice. "I'm

a going to tell you,” said Mr. W eller.

(To be continued)

CRIM EAN V ETERA N . A LIV E London, Dec, 30:—-R obert Coles, an

old soldier who served through the Crim ean w ar, celebrated his 106th b ir th ­day a t Croydon today. He does not smoke. His w ife is 93 years of age.

LABOR M EM BERS W IN Sydney, N. S. W ., Dec. 30:— T ie

elections in New South W ales are now complete and the figures indicate a g re a t pre ra n c e of Labor m em bers in the new L egisla ture . The party secured fifty sea ts against th ir ty -e ig ht for the L iberals and two fo r the In ­dependents.

SLAV ERY IN IE B R ID E S

Sydney, N. S Dec. 30:—Charges of slavery in. the New H ebrides con­tinue to be made. Rev. Mr. Gillan, a P resby terian m issionary there, alleges th a t a v irtua l condition of slavery is in existence. The French se ttle rs , he asserts , t r e a t the natives l ike dogs and buy and sell them like cattle . One Frenchm an, he declares, hung a little boy up by the hands and ankles, his fe e t and chest res ting on the ground. The boy rem ained in this plight for 24 hours, and when the Frenchm an was prosecuted for the offence he escaped w ith a fine of $15 or tw o days’ im prison­m ent. N either penalty was enforced. Mr. Gillan says the French do as they like, while the B ritish can not; He wishes B ritain would takeover the isl. end top resen t condition

N EW A LB A N IA N FR O N T IE R London, Dec. 30:—The southern fron ­

tie r of A lbania, i t is announced, will in clude the tow ns of A rgyro Castro, Liaskovik, Delvino, Santi Q uaranta, Tepeleni, Prem edi and K oritza and Cape Stylos. R ecently the in ternational com­mission for the delim itation of the A l­banian fron tier, m eeting in Florence, decided unanim ously to abide by any decision which m ight be reached in London.

BOER SH EL L EXPLO DES

London, Dec. 30:— Rev. H enry Hodg­son, curate Crediton, Devon, lies to ­day in a very serious condition as the resu lt of a stran g e accident. He po­ssesses a Boer shell, which he believed to be harm less. D esiring to fit a handle Mr. Hodgson heated a F rench bayonet red hot and fitted it to the shell, which instan tly exploded, sh a tte rin g Mr. Hodgson’s rig h t leg, smash niture, b l o w i n g embedding the fragm ents in the walls a son w h seriously injur

isciousness to and d irect them in the use

the first aid m easures, b u t i t is not expected he can recover the use of his leg.

DEA TH OF JO H N TREVOR London, Dec. 30:—The death took

place yesterday of Sir John Trevor. He w as born Dec. 10, 1831, and served w ith the Indian medical service during | the g re a t m utiny. He was Conser­vative M. P. fo r the R eigate division of Surrey from 1875 to 1892. One of his hobbies was the cultivation of orchids and the collecting of Japanese a rt, of which he had one of the finest galleries in the world.

K E ITH ESTA TES TO BE SOLD

London, Dec. 30:—The b reak ing up of the big es ta te s o f. the nobility consequence of the land taxation posals of Mr. Lloyd-George conThe la te s t announcem ent is t garding the E arl of K intore,C. M. G., who owns 28 Scotland, which he will se The e s ta te b rought him a of $100,000.

Lord K intore rep resen ts K eith fam ily, the first earl h appointed hered itary K nigh of Scotland for p reserv ing t of Scotland from OliverThe p resen t earl was g o v A ustralia fo r five years crossed the continent north to south w ith T

N ARROW ESCA PE FOR L IF E W ashington, Dec. 30:—Five firemen

w ere seriously injured, though not fa tally, in a fire early today, which burned out a five and ten cent store, w ith a loss o f $100,000 fully insured, and th rea tened an en tire block in the down tow n business section. The fire­men w ere buried in the w reckage when the burning floors collapsed, bu t w ere rescued by the ir comrades a f te r four of them nad been given up fo r lost.

NAVAL ESTIM

London, Dec. 30:—Under caption “ N aval M egalom ania” the ition, a weekly; review carry ing con s id erable w eigh t i n m inisterial circles, d e l ivers today sharp criticism s on grow ing n aval expenditures.

“ I f th is is the navy our d ip lom acy requires, then our diplomacy m ust be a lte re d ,” declared th is journal, which m akes an incidental com plaint against “ The home coun try ’s being urged to m ake good the th ree ships originally expected from Canada, when we w ere first told th a t they w ere in addition to our own reckoning. ” The article con­cludes :

“ Inflated estim ates w ere never put forw ard w ith less justification or w ith less prospect of popularity. The fee l­ing of L iberals opposed to the estim ates is resolute and firm and it m ust be tran sla ted unflinchingly into ac tio n .”

DECEMBER 31, 1913 THE HUBERT TIMES PAGE THREE

The Hubert Times and Bulkley Valley

Published in the New City --of Hubert, the Hub of the Famous Bulkley Valley

All the News of Hubert Address

The Editor, THE HUBERT TIMESHubert via Telkwa, B. C.

w WE H A V E O R D E R E D

for you and will carry in stock the greatest variety of Cutters in this Province

Including the

MANITOBA BEAUTY MANITOBA SPECIAL KENORA BEAUTY and five other varieties.

Also SPEEDERS

ChettleburghHazelton and Telkwa, B. C.

HU ave you seen the choicest spot in the “ Farthest West" ?

ndulating farming land, climate of the best ,

oy mountains rich in ore, silver, pper, gold,

ERT

arth and rock together yielding future wealth untold,

ailway running through the town, main line G. T. P.,

his the place wherein to settle! Stranger, come and see!

Thorp & HoopsREAL

FIN AN CIAL and IN SURAN CE A GEN TS FIRE, LIFE and A CCID E N T IN SURANCE

-Agents For-

E. G. PRIOR & CO., LimitedVICTORIA, B. C.

SLEIGHS AND CUTTERSWe have a carload of Cutters and light and heavy Bob Sleighs, both with and without brakes, NOW ON HAND.

CALL OR W RITEand get our prices, before buying elsewhere. Also everything else in the MACHINERY line FOR THE FARMER.

Aldermere, B.C.

PAGE FOUR THE HUBERT TIMES DECEMBER 31, 1913

The M arket Town of the Bulkley ValleyThis townsite is well worth a visit situated as it is on the

main line of the G. T. P. on the site originally selected by their

engineers as the Divisional Point and where it has been decided

to commence the branch line up the Telkwa to tap the large

coal and mineral deposits of that district.

The townsite is DRY, LEVEL and has a magnificent out­look, and is only two miles from Round Lake.

A SUBSTANTIAL STA has already been erected on

the property at the head of Ca

OVER 500 LOTS have been sold to date,

a considerable portion of which was to local

people who intend to build.

BUY NOWPRICES LOW TERMS

We intend to make as great a success o f Hubert

as we did of Fort George. Come and help us.

The Natural Resources Security Company, Ltd.

Vancouver, B. C.Local Agent

REGINALD LEAKE, J P.Telkwa

The Oldest Firm in the Bulkley Valley

Reginald Leake Gale, J. P.DEPUTY MINING RECORDER and FINANCIAL AGENT

Head Office

T E L K W A

Sale Agents for Smithers and Telkwa

of PHOENIX and LONDON LIVERPOOL and GLOBE

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We have the Largest List of Farm Lands in

The Northern Interior. Call or write for

Particulars

LOCAL AGENTS

H ubert TownsiteTHE BULKLEY VALLEY MARKET TOWN

e

R. S. SARGENTGeneral Merchant and Outfitter

T O R

GROCERIES - HARDWARE - DRY GOODS

BOOTS and SHOES

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T R Y U S

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THE NEWTELKWA HOTELRecently E nlarged and R enovated Throughout

REASONABLE R A T E S

A FIR ST CLASS F A M I L Y H O T E L

G. H. McDONELLProprietor

TELKWA, BULKLEY VALLEY