The Omineca Miner

PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT HaZzELTON, THE CENTER OF THE
GREAT OMINECA DistRIcT oF BRITISH COLUMBIA,

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Civil Engineers
Dominion and British Columbia
Land Surveyors

Offices at Victoria, Nelson, Fort George ty

and New Hazelton.
B. ©. AFFLECK, Mgr. New Hazelton,

Vou. II. SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1913, No. 45.

The Omineca Miner has the largest bona fide circulation of any newspaper in the
Northern Interior of British Columbia,

Expatiating on the subject of optimism, our namesake of Ross-
land takes occasion to say a few words for the prospectors of the
Keotenays, which may well apply to the men who have found the
rich showings of this district and those who are now searching
among the hills for still other leads. The Miner says:

Kvery prospector who ever tramped the hills of this glorious| /

Kootenay was an optimist. There are some of the typical sort in
oir midst right now, and, while they have not the price of a meal
in their pockets, they believe in.the depths of their hearts that the
prospects they have been nursing for years will yield them millions,
Content to spend nine months in hard work with a hand drill, with
no fare but bacon and flour or such as they can pack upon their
backs, they come to town with enthusiasm oozing out of them. A
little lubricant helps the flaw at times, but who ever knew these
o!d characters to back up or for a moment loge faith in their hold-
ings. Theirs is a splendid example in optimism for some of our
merchants and others whe voice their doubts about those who are
striving to develop and produce, no matter in what line, The
Christian religion itself is founded on optimism, as is every other
religion. Omit faith from them and the corner stone is gone.
When you have troubles or doubts as to the future of this great
country just think of the tireless, persistent, hopeful and optimistic
p-ospectors who never lose hope and are always willing to wait for

what they are sure is buried in the claims they have staked,

The importance of good roads
as a factor in the development of
the country cannot be overesti-
mated. Especially in a new dis-
tricf like Omineca is the problem
of improved highways one of
prime importance. So eager are
settlers for transportation facil-
ities that they are inclined to be-
lieve that “‘roads is reads,”’ that
anything a team of horges can
get through serves the purpose,
At the beginning of road-building
is, however, the time when plans
should be carefully laid for the
future, as it is almost as cheap to
make good roads at the outset as
to remake them later on. In a
letter published in the Victoria
Colonist recently, ©. H. Ellacott
discusses this matter in the fol-
lowing terms:

“The road and the schoolmas-
ter arethe two most important
agencies in advancing civiliz-
ation,’?

Good roads have a money value
to every inhahitant of a country,
as well'as a social and political
value, and, are found to pay
handsome dividends each year.
People generally are beginning to
realize that road building is a
public matter, and that money

Whether constructed of earth,
gravel or stone, steep grades
should always be avoided. At
times they become covered with
coatings of ice or slippery soil,
making ascent diffeut with load-
ed vehicles, as well as dangerous
in descent. They allow water to
rush down at such a rate as to
cause bad washouts or to carry
away the surface material,

As the grade increases either
more horses or power must be
used or the load Jessened.

Quoting Gillespie again—“‘If a
horse can pull ona level'aload of
1000 pounds, on a rise of:

1 foot in 100 feet he draws 990 Ibs,
1 foot in 50 feet he draws 810 Ibs.
1 foot in 44 feet he draws 750 Ibs.
1 foot in 40 feet he draws 720 lbs.
1 foot in 30 feet he draws 640 Ibs.
1 foot in 25 feet he draws 540 tbs,
1 foot in 24 feet he draws 600 Ibs,
1 foot in 20 feet he draws 400 lbs.
1 foot in 10 feet he draws 250 lbs.

These results are fully substan- .

tiated by dynamometer measure-
ments made on the Holyhead

turnpike road in England. 39 ~-

The greatest load which can be
hauled over a road is that which
can be hauled through the worst
mud hole or up the steepest hill,
It costs one and one-half times

wisely expended for this purpose
is sure to return, It is worthy
of note that the State of New
York has lately appropriated
$100,000,000 for road improve-
ment under efficient engineering
supervision. Surely, then, it
follows that the praiseworthy
efforts of our provincial govern-
ment should receive every aid
and encouragement to achieve
the desired result.
it isan axiom of engineering
that the grade is the most im.
portant factor to be considered
in the location of roads,
Gillespie says that “as agener-

al rule tis: horizontal length of a
road may be advantageously -in-

creased to avoid in ascent. by “at
least twenty times the perpendl-

eular height which is thus to he
avoided’’—that is, to épcape, a
hill 100 feet high it would be pro-
per for the road: to make stich al

at Sargent’s,

as much to haul over a road hav- {ff

ing a grade of five per cent., and|[f
three times as much over one||
having a grade of ten per cent. ||
‘ag on a Jevel, whether animal or

mechanical power be used,

It has been ascertained that a
horse can for a short time double
his usual exertion, and that on
the best road -he exertsa pressure
on his collar of one thirty-fifth of
the load.

of three per cent.,
thus be the maximum grade for
a full load.

I may also say in passing, that

the recently -adopted ‘‘standard
specifications for stone and gravel

roada’’ by the ‘Canadian Society ||}:

of Civil Engineers calls. for a
maximum. grade of four per cent.

Fresh Fruits and New Potatoes

clreuit. as -would . -{herease . ite).
length 2000 feet.

“Fresh Baker's Bread.: -evety
train at Sargent’s, . q

By doubling his exer-||
tion he will overcome a: grade if
which would |.

( J, A, LeRoy J. Nation

‘Hotel Winters

Cor. Abbott and Water Streets

Vancouver
European Plan $1.00 to $2.50

Rooms with Baths, Hot and Cold
Water. Steam Heated. -

Motor Bus Meets All Boats and
Trains.

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F.G.T. Lucas —

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MINERS’ PROSPECTORS’ and SETTLERS’ SUPPLIES A SPECIALTY

your feet.

&| sportsmen, etc,

a We carry

Glove Talk

Protect your hands as well as
We have gloves.
from 12 |-2c up to $3.00,
made up from. best Buckskin,
Pigskin, Horsehide, specially .
tanned, and are in stock to
meet demands of.
ranchers, automobile drivers,

Tents! Tents!!

a full line---from the one-man tent u

sizes--FLIES, WAGON COVERS, DUN AGE BAGS [ft

and ammunition arrived. In-
cluded in this shipment are.

Shotguns:
Rifles

and the famous 22 you can’t :
get along without when: bird: %
season opens.

Live in a Tent |

to. the: larger:

teamsters,

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HAZELTON HOSPITAL ss

for any perlod from one month upward at $1 per | 144

menth inadvance. ‘This rate includes office

con: | fl
jultations and modicines, as well aa all coats while be

in the hospital. TNekete obtainable in Hazelton
from_E, G. Stephenson, er at the
the Drag Store; in Aldermere from Mr. J,
Thorp; in Telkwa from Dr. Wallace; or by mall

Post Office or iy ‘L

| Groceries and |
1. Wagons, Hamess:| | P rovisions Hardware:
Hames parts | Fresh arrivals every HEAVY: _
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M0 CHAY FRESH FRUIT SHELF
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DON’T BE
TOO LATE

YOUR LAST CHANCE:
is nearly gone, The Railway is rapidly opproach-
ing this District and your chances of making big

DISAPPEARING.

fast. Good land. is still to be had from $9 to $20 -
per acre. Grasp your opportunity now. ;

one of those who lose the chance . of making a
“stake” by consulting me.

REGINALD.LEAKE GALE. J. P.

; Deputy Mining Recorder ; Real Estate ‘Agent .
TELKWA, BULKLEY VALLEY, BRITISH COLUMBIA:

AGENT.
FOR

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Phoenix and Liverpool, London & Globe Fire offices -
; Gould’s Pumps and Hydraulic’ Machinery

Cary'’s Safes + ot Safe Deposit Boxes for. Rent...

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Euthymol Tooth Paste’
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Minors; Prospectrs § Sarveyors an Sellers

Before “Buyin

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“. Qutfit an Supplies ;

"Staple | Groceries.

‘Camp Btoves, Tents Cots,
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Gente’ Furnishing Goods, .

‘Leckie Boots and,

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Saddle: Horses and Pack Mules, for Hire.

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Sash. and Door Factory
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Interior Finishing on hand and made toorder. ” Larga stock of L
and Building Materials, Tinamithing, .. Plumbing ind. Steamittine:

. Job and Shop Work a Specialty. Plana and Specifications..

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CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS”
Hazelton

~BULKLEY VALLEY FARM LANDS:
; POR SALE

om LANDS are located close to the main, Tine of.

the Grand Trunk Pacific: ‘Railway, which is being ~-
constructed-through the heart-of the Bulkley: Valley, ane-:

Traing are now running io a point within 36 miles , of Telkwa, :and .

there are good roads from the end of steel to all parts of the country.

The Bulkley-‘Valley is an ideal: dairying. and mixed farming - district, wt

with a market for all kinds of farm produce. &.

We own all the land we offer for sale, and can givaa guaranteed title. :
' : Our lands were all very carefully selected several years ago by ex :

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