_lives lost.

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SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1918,

No. 38.

The Omineca Miner has the largest bona fide circulation of any newspaper in the

Northern Interior

of British Columbia.

Print Shop.

HAZELTON HOSPITAL 2322s,

for uny perlod from one month upward at $1 per
monin inadvance, Thiarate includes office con-

Confirmation of The Miner’s reports of the richness of the
great district’north of Hazelton is furnished by Joseph Ulmer, a
practical mining engineer and prospector, who told the Prince
Rupert News of his recent exploration of the country lying directly

north of the Groundhog district

He is greatly impressed with what may be called his discovery and
earnest in his arguments that the Grand Trunk Pacifie should im-
mediately give some promise of building the branch line gorveyed

through this country from Hazel
‘Ail the way out by way of

Ulmer, ‘‘I found there was great disappointment that the Grand
Trunk Pacific is taking no appar

branch from Hazelton to Ground

I know the route to be a feasible one all the way through, one pre-
senting no engineering difficulties.

way itis easy to get into, well w

of game, especially moose and cariboo, and lots of good fishing.
“The country has not been prospected north of Groundhog and

in that vicinity only for coal. N:
tion reminds one of Colorado,

of coal formations.
“The country, as I said, has

though I believe a few prospectors have gone into it after placer.

It is not correctly mapped, even.

“Tt is a fine country for agriculture, and is also well mineralized,
Gold, silver, copper, and probably iron will be found there, and
Tungsten F found in quantity, and wher-
ever you find that you find'the rarer minerals associated with it.

also the rarer minerals.

What is needed, and the only thi

country is transportation facilities,
The country is now ready for the prospector and thé investors who

have the means and the time to

never gone through a country that looks so promising in every
respect, Iam leaving on the next Prince Rupert for Granby, and
after a stay there shall shall probably hike back into this interior

country.’’

In the Cartner range, the‘south ex-
tension of the Cassiar range from the main Cassiar, the formation
consists chieily of primary metamorphic and intrusive rocks, This
is flanked by the great lava beds, extending fram the Naas to
Tooya lake, and southeasterly and to the east by the Skeena series

for aradius of a hundred miles.

ton to Dawson, .
Groundhog to Hazelton,’’ said Mr.

ent steps to run their proposed
hog and from there to Dawson.

From Telegraph Creek this
atered, vast areas of grass, plenty

orth of there the geological forma-

never been prospected for quartz,

ng needed, to open up this vast
That will come time, no doubt.

investigate thoroughly. I have

Loss by Forest Fires
The damage done to commer-
cial stands of timber in North
America is from $25,000,000 to
$100,000,000 annually, according
to experts who have made a
study of the question. From
1880 to the present time, the an-
nual loss is estimated to be $50,-
000,000, These figures do not
include estimates of the losses
sustained in the destruction of
young growth and forest litter
in which lies the hope of future
timber crops. The burning of
the forest litter has the effect of
making streams flow irregularly,
eroding river banks and destroy-
ing the fertility of land over
which useless earth is deposited
by swollen rivers.- In some
years there are forest fires that
assume the size of national diaas-
ters. Such was the Peshtigo
fire which swept over an area of
1,290,000 acres in Wisconsin jin
1871, utterly ruining the country
and bringing death to fifteen
hundred peuple. Other fires’
which stand out in the history of
the past century as examples of
the ruining power of the forest’s
great enemy are: Miramichi fire,
Maine and New Brunswick, 1825,
3,000,000 acres burned and 160
lives lost.
Pontiac fire, Quehee, 1832, 1,-
600,000 acres burned, oy
A fire in Michigan in 1871, 2.-1 -
000,000 acres burned. :
Michigan fire,. Michigan, 1881,
1,000,000 acres burned: and 188

1,000,000 acres burned and 18
lives lost.

Hinckley fire in Minnesota,
1894, 160,000 acres burned and
418 lives lost.

Fernie fire, B.C., in. 1908, 64,-
000 acres burned and 9 lives lost.

Great Idaho fire, Idaho and
Montana, in 1900, 2,000,000 acres
burned and 85 lives lost.

Baudette fire, Minnesota and
Ontario in 1910, 300,000 acres
burned and 42 lives lost,

Of recent years there has been
a remarkable change in the at-
titude of the public toward these
losses. Newspapers and maga-
zines discuss questions of fire
protection all the’ year through,
rather than in periods of danger
exclusively, Governments are
enacting advanced legislation,

constantly increasing and over
sixty forest protective associa-
tions on.the continent are active-
ly engaged in efforts to reduce
the fire logs

With half the timber wealth of
Canada within her: borders and
an annual revenue from the for-
est, which can attain a total of |
at least $100, tbe0, 00, British Co-
lumbia’s interest in protection of
forests from fire ‘is almost be-
yond eatimate. The fores
branch is taking'active measures
| to place the whole Province un-|
der efficient protection to the end
-ithat no-such fosseg as have oo-
curred i in the past in other. parts

{he re. ‘ ; -

the number of fire rangers is/g

and medic nes, os well as all costes while
in the hespital, Ticketa obtainable in Hazelton
from_E.C. Stephenson, or at the Port Office or
the Drug Store; in Aldermere from Mr. T, J,
Thorp; in‘Telkwa from Dr, palaces or by mail
from the Medical Supart: t tha

The Churches

CHURCH OF ENGLAND
8. PETER'S, HAZELTON
Sunday Serviees: Morning at 11 o'clock; Sunday
School at 2.15
Evening Service, 7:30:

Pm. .
Rey. J. FIELD,

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Sev~riees held every “Sunday evening in the
Church reoms at 7.30 o'clock,
Rey. D. R. McLEAn.

-Green Bros,, Burden & Co.

Civil Engineers
Dominion and British Columbia
Land Surveyors

Offices at Victoria, Nelson, Fort George
and New Hazelton,

B, C. AFFLECK, Mgr. New Hazelton.

Stephenson & Crum

Undertakerg and .
Funeral Directors

Special attention to Shipping Cases

Hazewron, B, CG.

Raa ane Pa HG Pa Pa Pl bled ti |

J. A. LeRoy J. Nation

Hotel Winters

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' Cor. Abbott and Water Streets
Vancouver
Evropean Plan $2 $1.00 to $2, 80

j Rooms with Baths. Hot and Cold
i

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o

Water. Steam Hénsted.

Motor Bus Meets All Boats and
Trains. ‘

given: that.-on. tha {lf
will be made to the Superintendent: of | [fe

a
licence for the sale of ligu lor by retail ( 4
nown a3 ‘the | ps

British Columbia, from Edward Gourt-| (eal
enay Stephenson to Royston Gordon || ra

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» MINERS’ PROSPECTORS’ and SETTLERS’ SUPPLIES : A SPEGIALTY

hand

p.m; Native service, 3,80 pim.s | hd

A full assotment
of Granite |
and Tinware

“MANDT”

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ALL SIZES

Hay, Oats, Bran |
and —
Mill Feed

| Delayed Shipment of Fishing- Tackle

Fresh Stock of
i Groceries,
Provisions, Fruit
&c., always on

|On Display, includes

Fishing Rods, Lines.

Reels, Flies, Bait

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“Ladies? Hosiery

Gloves, Silk Shawls * |
Hats, Belts, etc,

Large Assortment of J ewelry

on hand, Ancluding |

Watches:
Chains -
Gold Rings
Breast Pins

Tio. | ad
Au at reduced prices

Waterman’s Foun-

. tain Pens and Inks

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Suit Cases
Trunks and ;
| Hand Bags...

Fall Stock
Building Paper
~ Hardware

Tools &e.

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RS. SARGENT,

General Merchant.
Hazelton

money are

‘DON'T BE
TOO LATE:

f YOUR LAST CHANCE
is nearly gone, The Railway is rapidly a approach-
ing this District and your chances of m

one of those who lose th
“stake” by consulting: me .

DISAPPEARIN G

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

e chance of making 2

ing big

REGINALD LEAKE GALE, J. P.

Deputy Mining Recorder ; Real Estate Agene , .
TELKWA, BULKLEY VALLEY, BRITISH COLUMBIA

AGENT
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Cary’s Safes -t

British Columbia Life Assurance Co.
Phoenix and Liverpool, London & Globe Fire offices
' Gould's Pumps and Hydraulic Machinery

Safe Deposit Boxes for Rent

“Announcement
On and after May 24th we will operate an

_ Up-to-Date Soda Fountain ‘

All the Latest Sundaes and Drinks

PRICES RIGHT

‘QUALITY, the BEST

Té

LD. . Fulton, Mer,

ie Up-To Date’ Drug Snes |

(EVERYTHING IN THE DRUG LINE }
Hagelton and New’ Hazelton

Mines, Prospectrs, Su ‘Surveyors and Sattlers |
GET: My PRICES Before ‘Buying Your Spring .

Outfit and Supplies

"Sule Groceries

of the country may take place

* Camp Stoves, Tents Cots,

“.- MY STOCK! IS COMPLETE

_ Gents’ Furnishing Goods
e Boots aid Shoes

Pack Saddles, Miners’ Tool Steel, Anviis,
Bellowa,: ‘Wheelbarrows, Dynamite, Fuse and Capa,

| Stetson 1 Hats

pate #8

- Phas fire rin Wien, 1804,

Preah Ranh Bess sige Ss

3B R Joes, ee

Saddle. Horses and Pack. Mugee for ‘Hire a ee

' and Building Materials,
Job and Shop Work a Specialty. a.

Sash and Door Factory
Full stock of all kinds and sizes of Window Sash, Doors, Office Fixtures,

Interior Finishing-on hand and made to order,
Tinsmithing,

Stephenson & Crum’.
-CONTRACTORS AND \BUILDERS-

Hazelton

Large stock of Lumber
Plumbing and Steamfitting.

Plans and Specifications, ,

a

FARM

LANDS »

“tral British Columbia.
adds to the value of the nd,
of the railroad,

along the line of the ‘Grand Trunk Pacific Railway i in Cen-
Evety mile of railroad construction

— Buy before the completion

NORTH coist LAND ‘COMPANY, I

‘Suite 622 Menopclies Building —

RA ” pat up Capital $1,800,000.

_ VANCOUVER, B. C.

~ Ingineca Hotel

McDonell & McAfee, Props. 7 7 In oe Jot

es he t arid day restaurant,

“The only funy hotel-in the district.

easonable tates, Good Stable i ifn connection,“ a

“Private lining: room,
“Modern conveniences, -