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THE OMINECA HERALD, NEW HATELTON, B, ©, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1937

Prince Rupert
Hotel

A real good hotel serving
the north land

Prince Rupert, B. C.

H. B. Rochester, manager

Rates~-$1.50 per day and up
Reced uri ccc tate cea tine reece ty

Orme’s, Ltd.
{The Pioneer Druggist)

The Mail Order Drug Store
of Northern B. C.

Drugs Stationery |
Fancy Goods'. Kodaks |
Pictures Developed and

Printed

Prince Rupert, B.C.

Synopsis of Land Act

PRE-EMPTION s

VACANT, unreserved, surveyed Crown
Jands may be pre-empted by British
éubjects aver 18 years of age, and by
allens on declaring Intention to becoma
British subjects, conditional upon resi«~
dence, occupation and improvement.

Pull information. concerning Pre-emp-
fions 1s given In Bulletin No. 1, Land
Series, “How to Pre-empt Land,” coples of
which can be obtained free of charge by
addressing the Department of Lands, Vic«
torla, B.C.: Bureau of Provincial Informa-
tion, Victoria. or any Government Agent.

Records will be granted covering only
fand suitable for agricnitural - purposes
within reasonable distance of road, school
and marketing facilities and which {s not
timberland, 1.¢., carrying over 6,000 board
feat per acre east -of the Coast Range and
$,000 feet per acre west of that Range.

Applications for pre-emptions are to be
eddressad to the Land Commissioner of
the Land Recording Division in which the
Jand applied for is situated, on printed
forma obtelned from the Commissioner.

Pre-emptions must be occupled for five
years and Improvements made to vatue of
$10-per -acre, including clearing and. culti=
vating at least five acres, before a Crown
Grant can ba recelved.

Pre-empltions carrying part time condi+
tions of occupation are also granted.

PURCHASE OF LEASE -

Applications. ars received for purchase
ef yacant and umreserved. Crown lands,
not belng timberland, for agricultural
purposes, Minimum price of first-class
(arable) land is 85 per acre, and seconds
elass : (grazing). Iand, $2.50 per cere.
Purther information: is: given in Bulletin
No. 10, Land Series, “Purchase and Lease .
of Crown Lands.”

- AB. 6 partial; ‘reliat menaure, reverted
Jands may be acgulired by purchase in ten
‘equal instalments, with the first payment
euspended for two Years, provided taxes
are paid, when. dus and improvements are
made during’ the first two yeararof not ,-
less than 10% of the appralsed value.

Mill, factory o7.: industria! sites on
timber Jand, mot exceeding 40 nores, may

| be rononed., or leased, the conditions
includizig’ payment ‘of atikmpale.

Unsurveyed areas, not exceeding 20°
acres, may be leased.as homesites. condl-
tional upon a dwelling belng erected in
the first year, title baing obtained after
residence @od improvement conditions are
_foitilled add ‘land: has been surveyed. ° '

‘Por’ groting’. arid” "Industrial purposes
erens not, exceeding: ean acres mey be
Kensed by one person \ ‘or a*company.

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“fin INSTALLMENT

Synopsis—Elien Mackay on her way
from school at Winnipeg, to join her
father at Fort Edson, misses the boat|
hy «which she was to travel, Hearing
thnt another boat is to start in the
morning, Ellen goes to the owner, John
Benham, ahd begs him to give her pas-
sage. “To her surprise he flatly refus-
es.. ‘Angry and puzzled, Bien tells
Pat McClatchney: x: kindly ‘old store
keepet, of het difficulty, and Pat, with
the help of one of Benhams crew, suc-
ceeds in getting Dilen on board as a
stowaway. od :

With axe and hammer and a hand-
ful of spikes, Benham went silently to
work at the prow of the scow. With
the poles spiked upright and a length
of tarpaulin. unearthed from the cargo,
he ‘fashioned a. small enelosure. To
finish it off he brought ont the biank-
ets Pierre Buschard had provided for
‘her and placed them in the new-built
cubby. 4

“When we tie up for the night the
‘men shall gather you enough spruce
_tips for a comfortable conch,” he an-
‘notinced. “This will afford you rea-
sonable privacy.”

‘Then, without another word or
look he stowed the axe away, strode
among his men and stood there, bring-
ing out a short black priar pipe which
lie, denched affectionately in his téeth,
to smoke. calmly and disinterestedly.

The next-halt was ‘made at sundown
The stows were tied up, fires lit and
the evening meal prepared. Benham
himself did not come -near her, ‘but ‘he
sent Pierre Buschard to hey with gev-
eral heaped dishey of savoury, steam-
ing food and a pannican of scalding

adres camemennenll earF Fett

last come home, after being away tov

‘beach of shingle on the west shore of

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long. I won't offend this way again.
} realize that I aim: very much in your
debt. Ct ay : : « va

' Benham nodded. “T understand,”
he said: softly. “I too have.been away
—and come home. .And.I. often sit).
late like this. It is-at night that all
this speaks.” . A brief gesture engulfed
the wilderness about them.-

Hillen was startled... Most men she
known. in.the north country became
hardened. to its beauties. But- there
was: something almost poetic in John
Benham’s words. and tone. In some
intangible way it seemed that a ‘bond
of friendship of common understand- |
ing between them! was’born there at
that moment.

For a ‘long time Ellen stood there,
across the flames from this” strange, '
‘still, elemental man. Her mind ‘séeth- |

that frightened her lay slose to her:
lips. ‘Then one of the sleeping Indians
stirred in bis blankets, The spell
WAS broken and Etien moved away.
“Good night,” | she called softly.
“Good night—Jobn Benham.”
The low sturdy log buildings which °
comprised the Hudson Bay Post - at
Fort..dson,: were ‘spread out agednst

‘| the rising slope of a low, thickly-wnod-

ed ridge which mounted from a short

the fur traders into the vast borom of
‘the north io

Down the. Athabasen yiver. to Lake
Athabisea, from ‘there along the broad
smnooth reaches “of the: Stave river to
Great Slave Lake, then at East into
twisting flood of the Mackenzie, John
Benhuin’s brigade had found its way

lot iea. By the time she had finished
her supper the Indians had brought

Long, dreamy days and still, mysteri-
ous nights had passed in number since

Bien tiled deross the: ithe

Pee a1 ee ad ak artes eh he ale wel ni it wd Ab pee nl so ad

mee

es at this: strange till man

nuinerous : armsfiil! “oe. frigh ait spruce

tips for her bed.. |

‘Ehen; a arrange. her, own. eos then
Went.

ashiore.: ‘Benham aie

Not, ‘in. the ‘eae 3)

| Unconsciously- Bllen: stayea « longer
than she had intendéd, “When 'shy fine

-He

tea nat

fading flames. lt, yas Benham.
looked at: her’ Swithout’s tking, = 2s

A stir of, esponse, :epipped: ‘Bilen..
She imew: e had been | awaiting. ther ro

turn. “I'm: ‘sorry,” she sald ‘quietly.

, Bilen..Mackay : ‘and Jobn: “Benham stood:
ini: ‘silence’ ‘and: watched: the: end-of. the:

rt Journey” ‘hater Lalize ‘out: ‘of. the: gathe
ing ‘river mibte A” atrange ‘ “eom ara

the. day pf, the start, and 3 now, a at the’
death of: ret: another day, the. brigade;
tied up there on the beach below Fort
Bdaon ste ot 2: .
7 ®ide° by” aide’ ‘on: the: tending gcOW, *

je hagas ja -

eld: “had grown * between: these two:
enforced companionship * atid’: tyouth,:
had worked" slowly. but surely. ‘Up,
‘them’ i‘They.. were not lovers: ‘In: ‘any
sense of: ‘the: “word It such ‘fires’ buri-.
‘ed! within them; Buch fired: were. smold~
ering ones, hidden, ‘binked . fites, : ‘that;
would’ need : tb. know.‘the ache’ of:
gence’ ‘before, ‘thoroughly. and‘ consci
ly” realized ‘Yet-each recognize: in: Hid
other a Atndred spirit, an er

ed. with, truant thoughts, and words i

what: t

Ellen stepped to the shore and her
baggage was placed beside her
head of the slope beside °
bailldings a. group of Indians were ga-
thering. Benham gestured tow ards the
group... |
. “They ayile take care of’ your lug-
gug ay he .said slowly.
that. I leave’ finmediately”
‘Eten hesitated.
below Cascade Rapids—the ©
you discovered that I had stowed away
—Von. spoke of exacting payment I—

At the

‘the Fort

“Tt is best

“Phat first day,
morning

is. that payment, John Benham”

The look he. bent upon her was fath-

omless
payment if I could now
‘afraid that you must pay,
same .
“I
“You will.

“I would sare you:from that

‘But Io am
just (the

Not to me—but to others.”

I don’t understand.” © .

He held ott his hand. —

“Good by, Ellen Mackay.”

For a moment her band
n his.
to the scow.
flers..

trembled
Then he had stepped heck on-
His deep voice’ called or-
The Crees bent to the sweeps

and a moment later the hungry river

mists, .

‘eurrent was waiting him’ off into the

Something anther ed in. Ellen's throat
She looked away and atarted. feverish-

ly up the slope,

And now;-coming to-

wards her trom the buildings Was a

little

gnarled patriach.
‘el? When she had left fonr years be-.
fore, this father-of hers had been tall,
tiddy and stalwart, almost as tall and
stalwart as John Benham.
—howthin were his bunched shoulders
How: feeble his step!

eroup of Indians, léd@ by a stoop-

ing, shambling, white hatred man.

the. Mickenzle river, the last and the Ellen | | lodked aghast. “Rather !"
mother river of those three great ghe cried.
streams which carried’ the brigades of She flew to him, to this stoped and

‘What had happen-

And now

She been to sob.

It seemed that. neither. could spenk.

intelligently now,
ed the slope together .and. entered the
+ factor’s cabin. -

‘Slowly they climb-

It was dusky. in the cabin. The door

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| and high,
|
4

_. | his.chair, .

heart
John‘

jBewar}

him ! !

exehinnations.”

that Was eu
“!Drun him!

| felosed behind them: and: the ald man
sank into a chair, with a deep, quaver-
ing sigh.
lh lasa,” he said, and his.voice was thin.
“I: wns afraid—atraid ye]

“So ye have ‘come. at last, ;.

had forgotten: me, When De Soto pass-
_.ed_ without: ye."
a Bllen © “Yooked
{ “Father—could - you believe ; that?”
!} There waa hurt reproach” in her voice.
‘+ “I came immediately.
_ |, she finished . proudly:
{hank God-for that, Insa, ‘And eho’
who: vas ‘it that brought ye?! sl
+ - Before she thonght the naine slipped |
i out. ‘

at him | ‘wide-eyed. |

T ama Mackay

“*John Benham.” -

The -old -factor. seemed. to rol in :

His. sagging head came up. f

His hinds gripped. the arm. of his chair
in. bloodless . intensity. -

( -her like n man. glimpsing sone ‘feat-

TY tyome

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.He stared at

ghost. His - tongue flickered or-

“én his .Hps. .
- “¥e. came, with—who Ye F
- Something icy closed. alidut’, Tiles

Yet she. had to - nuswer “With
Benham - father: He was very

kind to .me, where: he had rensomi, Der I
" hips,
. The old man ‘started’ ‘to his’ feot ‘and

* Thera to” laugh, : in ‘high: shrill . “senile ‘
* Ho. ‘gtumblad; to-4,and |.
‘fro. neross. the confines of _ the
‘Suddenly. the laughter ‘ceased’ and he
foyelth vena

“Daman | |

to be otherwise. "

:t0, cnrse-—curse With a:

“ahrilled.
He's. fikett voverything fron: mé&

Toon, '

“ HAZELTON. LAND DISTRICT
DISTRICT. F COAST, RANGE 6 5

Take’ ‘notice that 1, Frank X. Frank
intend to apply te the commissioner

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coal over lands known as Section
Tp. 1A, BY, Coast District. :
‘Frank X, Frank
Dated, January 21, HOST.

HAZELTON' LAND DISTRICT
RISTRICT OF COAST, RANGE 5
Take notice that I, Frank X. Frank
intend to apply te the commissioner
of lands for a license to prospect for
coal over lands: known -as Section 20,
Tp. 1A BR.V., Coast District,

ot gee Ty Ofvank XX - Frank.
Dated, Jannary: 21,1987 ;

HAZELTON LAND: DISTRICT
DISTRICT OF COAST, RANGE 5

Take notice that I, Frank X. Frank
in tend to apply te the conunissioner
of lands for a license to prospect for
coul over lands ‘known as Séction 15.
Tp. 1A. KR. ‘V., Const Distriet.

“Frank X, -Frank
Dated, January 21, 1937

'.-HAZELTON LAND DISTRICT
DISTRICT OF COAST, RANGF 5

intend to applys. to- the commissioner.
of lands for a. license to: prospect for
conl over lands known as Section 4,
Tp. 1A, B.V,, Coust District.

: Frank X. Frank
1): ed, January 21, 1987

“HAZELTON LAND DISTRICT
DISTRICT or COAST, RANGE 5
Take natice that I,. Frank x. Frauk

intend to. apply. to the. commissioner

.Jof lands for: a license to. prospect for

coul over lunds known -as Section 10,,

Tp. TA, R.Y., Coast District.
Frank X. Frank

Dated, January 21, 1037, hoy Fae

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HAZELTON LAND ‘DISTRICT
DISTISICT .OF COAST, RANGE 5

intend to apply te the commissioner
of lands for a license to pruspect for
coal. over Innds--known as. Sectivn 4,
Tp. 1A, R. ¥., Coast District.

ae _» JPrank x. Frank
Pate, January al, 1937,

“HAZELTON ‘LAND DISTRICT
DISTRICT OF COAST, | RANGE 5

: “Dake notice that I, Frank X c Frank.
intend ‘to apply te the commissioner
of lands for a Heense to prospect for
conl over lands kuown as Section’ 21,

Tp 1A, EV. Coast: District. clos

‘Frank .X, ‘Prank,

Dated, January: 21, 1037 hep.

of lands fora” Heense to prospect for /

Take notice that J; Frank X. Fie mk .

Take uotice that I, Frank X. Prank, ,

ththat,

landing to this fort: with’ that squaw’s:

‘Thave been. “spared : “thi
fe Hilen: was, both, sickened. and tright-| >

now. JAH he ‘had- lett tome wrs a wee
bit: ‘of. pride—and : now he’ lings taken
‘You--the: daughter - of: Angus
Mackay—travelled. from’ yon - distant

Whelp,’ that thieving freé-tradersAnd),
mark ye, - littla-fool;' he'll’ boaat : of “it.
‘Great, Godt. “Why: dia’ not: the: gickneds)|.
of! last’ winter take me oft? T would]
g—“Rpared’ this”

THT od =k OMe

‘ened! Pees as ‘Bomething: ghastly.’
about, this’ old ‘nuin’s ‘walling’ rage and

“But somehow’ it seemed that IT bad. at’.

jug. heart .

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The Tort wes ‘eamuianianien Enough: .

ia imprientions And‘ this: father, oft
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