THE OMINECA HERALD. FRIDAY, JULY 1, om 8 ‘ . 4. Manufacturers of. Ha hs on nouGi, DRESSED & DIMENSION Lumber & Timber Co. L U m ber Mil at HANALL, |B. C. FLOORING - WINDOWS Hémlock |. .Complete, . ‘and Spruce different sizes” HEMLOCK, SPRUCE AND CEDAR. . ’ Get ‘our prices before ordering elsewhere "- ‘TRE MINERAL PROVINCE’ OF WESTERN CANADA : HAS PRODUCED MINERALS VALUED AS FOLLOWS :— Placer Gold, $78,018,648; -Lode Gold, $126,972,318; Silver; $80,787,003; Lead, $106, 976, Aaa; Goppen $209, 967, 068; Zine, _ $50,512, 557: Coal and Coke, $284, 183; Structural Materials and Miscellaneous Minerals, $50, ay 407; Making mineral produc- tion to the end of 1926 show ‘AN AGGREGATE VALUE OF $988,108.470 "The substantial progress of the mining industry in this prov- ince is strikingly illustrated in the-following figures, which show .the value of production for successive 5-year- periods: For all years to 1895, inclusive $ 94,547,241 For five years, 1896-1900 57,607,967 For five years, 1901-1905 ............ .. 96,507,968 For five years, 1906-1910 ....,..6..,.65 125, 534, A474 For‘five years, “TOVT-19IB oc secs en eeees 142, 072, 603 . For five years, 1916-1920 ......5.005 0s 189, 022, 725 ° For five years 1921 to 1906. aeeaeneceneeeseaee 214, 736, 650 For 1926 67, 188, 842 ° PRODUCTION ‘DURING LAST “TEN YEARS, $429,547,755 Lode mining has only been in progreas about 26 years. and only about one- half of the Province has been prospected; 200,000 square miles of unexplored rolneral bearing Janda are open for prospecting. - The mining laws of this Province are more liberal and the fees lower than any other Province in the Dominion or any Colony in the British Empire, Mineral locations are granted to discoverers for nominal fees. Absolute titles are obtained d by developing such properties, security of which is guaranteed by erown gran Preceally all British Columbia mineral propertiea oh which development werk has been done are described in one of the Annual Reports of the Minister ef Mines, Those considering mining investments should refer to such reporta, thes are available without charge on application to the Department of Mines, Victoria, B.C. - Reports covering each of the six Mineral Survey Districts are published separately, and are available on application. Reports of the Geologi- eal Survey of Canada, Winch Building, Vancouver, B.C., are recommended as valuable sources af information. . Full information, together with mining reports and maps, may. be obtained gratis by addressing The Honourable The Minister of Mines VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA “wild flowers. W. J. PITMAN’S MUSIC STORE PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. Heintzman & Co. pianos Orthophonic Victrolas - Singer Sewing Machines . Underwood Typcnriters Each the standard j in its line, ‘Prices standard, your station. ; °° ; ; Freight paid to: Prompt ‘effidlent- vvepakes & to. al. ‘makes ote cars speedy. and careful’ taxi service: ‘to all parts of the district, and regular serviee to trains, ‘with Prompt. attention to tranfer. and ‘drayage—This is the service of : ergs ”. The Falconer Transfer’. .-HAZELTON, ‘B. G.., . an He, . Me fe Da % .* “Have ‘You ‘Paid Your ‘Subseription up to. Date? beh oe 7 Pais for Pe a i Smith. 2 entation to’ |The Challenge. Of th the North} ’ Sine Conteaeration the villderness frontier of Canada has entirely, shifted substantial representation to. the house vf cummons, were knuwn only to in- few explorers, ‘Ihe first task of the wes to-avrange fur u transcontinental \yailway to link up’ the: infant: settle- meut in British Columbia; and as as- tute men as Kdward Blake ‘argued earnestly ugainst the ‘dolly of wasting permanently uninhabitable: arens © as ‘the southern parts of the present pro- “lyineés of Manitoba, Saskatchewan’ and Alberta, As late as 1874 Sir William Butler wrote a. forbidding description o£ the site of the prevent city of Prince Albert to prove that Huropeaus could never live thére the yeur round. ‘he wealth aud hubitability of. the | southeri’ prairie’: are now’ common. knowledge. ‘Woday the push jis northy Northern Quebec and Northern Ontoy- io huve attracted ‘miners’ ‘and farmers. Settlers ure raising ‘vegetables, grains and cattle and even fruits far north ot New. Hazelton on the Skeena. A way té the north of Edmonton the fer- tile Perea River Valley is rewarding its pioneers. The push to the north is coutineut wide, and is on in earnest. We dare not predict what, .by the end of those great central ' regions, which bare all been. ‘prove valuable, ; The Arctic and sub-Aretic ‘plains alone remain a challenge ‘to the plon- eer. Already, thanks to Stefansson, this vast, exponse is loosing its mytho- logical. terrors. Here .ure one and .a half to two million square miles of grazing lands, with their native mos- ‘ges, lichens, ferns and 762 ‘species of Yukon is yielding ler ‘gold ; but. in Alaska the onnnal catch fof fish now exceeds the products* of ‘the mines in- value, dnd Canada’s Are- ‘tie waters teem with fish. The reindeer industry in Alaska has proved so profitable that Lomen & Co. that bring=a higher price than, beef. in the cities of the United. States.- In- spired by’ Stefansson. the Hudson's Bay Qo. has lensed for raising reindeer the southern half of Baffin Island— an area the size of the ‘British Isles. If the project of domesticating the inusk-ox is carried out, a new source of food will be available that will put to profitable “use “great: tracts of our Far North. Oil lias ‘teen found «be- tween Fort Norman and the Arctic. time glone will tell. But the Canadian ,/ Polar regions are not as cold as Siberia which is being voluntarily colonized. '¢] And as the climate of, the Atlantic at one time presented terrible difficulties to the French colonists, and yesterday that of. the southern jwairies seemed an insuperable obstacle to our fathers so the belief, in which we were b¥ought up, that the Far North, was an -impos- |aible region of perpetual snow is fad- ing in the'light of scientifle know- [. ledge that the whole of Canada ds hab- itable. ‘and -produetive. One of ‘the’ “big- zest problems df the’ younger . genera: tion is to discover Ways and ” ‘means of making . the north - “an intrigal. part, of, hasbeen. . |. a SCHOOL WAS ‘CLosnp- tert, Son FLEy’ School was formally’ closed: at New Hazelton last -Triday ‘afternoon: When he ‘diplomas were handed out ‘40°, the ‘a various’ children’: who’ won .them;" A splendid record was shown.in the ehil- | dvén’s. standings in ‘school, ‘all: being promoted to ihgher grades except, three |. The winners of bhonor® rolls were: deportment, John Sargent; proficiency. John. Sinith s~ regularity, ! Charlés . ‘B,. -Jane York then: mado’ a’ pres: | Then the, prairies, which now sends a dians, ‘fur traders, missionaries, and 4 | newly formed Canadion goveiument [ mouey‘ln laying a railway across such} of the century, will be the population |° "| No, 1, Land Series, “How to Pre-empt Land," copies of which can be obtained free of charge | alone ship annually 10,000: carcasses | What else the far north will give, Canada, instend of the hinterland at ; The Hazelton, Hospital : The ‘Hazelton Hospital ‘teaues tic. : H kets: for. any | period” at $1.50" per } month in advance. ‘This rate in- cludes .office consultations, ‘medi- . -cines, as wWell-as-all-eosts while in the hospital. Tickets are ob- tainoble in Hoaziton at the drug store or by mail from the medi- cni superintendint’ at the hospital “4 ‘ B.C. UNDERTAKERS ‘EMBALMING FOR SHIPMENT A -SPECIALTY A wire P.O. Box 918 . : will bring ua _PRINCE RUPERT, B,C. an SHACKLETON | Hotel USK, B.C. - New, clean and comfortable -First-class Dining Room in connection * Ravms ‘arn AvTRactive, nye . of . , . ad THOS. SHACKLETON. -.: Prop, -¢ SYNOPSISOF = | LAND ACT AMENDMENTS PRE-EMPTIONS Voeant, unreserved, aurveyed’ Crown Janda may be pre-empted by, British subjects over 18. years of age, and by aliens on declaring intention to heearr Britlsh subjects, conditional’: upon ‘residence; occu- pation, and improvement agricultural purposes. ; Foll ‘information . concerning regulations regarding pre-emptions is, given in Bulletin : for by addressing the Department. of Lands, Victoria, B.C.,.or to any Government Agent. Records will be granted covering only land sujtable for ogricultural, purposes, and which ig not timberland, ie, .carrying over | 5,000 board feet per acre west of the Coast Range and 8,000 feet per acre enst of that Range, : Applications for pre-emptions are ‘to be addressed to the Land, Commissioner of the Land Recording Divieton in which the land applied for is situated, and are made on printed forma, copies,of which can be obtained from the Land Commissioner, Pre-emptions must be occupied for five years and improvements made to’. the ‘yalue ‘of $10 per nere, including clearing’ and cultivat- ing at. least. five acres, hefore a Crown: Grant cnn be received. ee 4 "For niore detailed ‘information | see the Bulletin, ‘How Pre-erapt Land.” PURCHASE < _ purchase and unreserved - Crown lands, Apolicationa, ore received for? of.. vacant. J.B. ‘Williams, ei VENCIAL ASQAYER Prige liste sent on request ’ ee eile. . Credit. Foncier inte. VANCOUVER, BAG." Tey tet ¢ iS ‘0 L ANGUS. MelBAi” ~ City Transfer TV stables (SMITHERS, BG. | ‘Prince Rupert A REAL Goon Hovey y Prince Rupert BG. | H. B. Rocuesrer,” Manager ~ Rates $1.50 per day up. Bh acento er nie eee Stee tent, OF ‘i a. | Importers and - ‘Dealers:in : We carry the ‘largest and most varied «stock in ‘Northern - British i.Columbiat Wallpapers -Burlaps Paints Varnishes = Glass . Brushes, Eic.9 Write us for information when renovating or building your home . Make Your Home Attractive . s Beaven Boanp Siermiporong A. W. EDGE Co. P.O. Box 452, Prinee Rupert, ‘B.C. not being timberland, for agricultural purposes;.|: . minimum price of first-class (arable) land Is $5 per acre, dnd second-class (grazing) land $2.60 per acre, Further information regarding purchase. or. lease of Crown lands ia given in Bulletin No. 10, Land Series, “Purchase and _Leaga . of Crown Lands.” yo Mill,’ factory,” or industrial: aites on “timber land, not exceeding 40 acres, may be purchaced or’ ‘leased, © the‘ conditions including payment af stumpare. ; a HOMESITE LEASES: ” Uneurveyed areaa, not exceeding 20 acres, upon a dwelling” being ‘erected in the first year, title being obtainable after’ residence) and. improvement -conditions are fulfilléd. oa. the: ~- land » has been. eure veyed, | a ; LEASES, For grazing and ‘ndostrtal purpose -ayeas not excooiling’ 640” “acres. -may ‘be leaned by: ‘any one ‘bercon ‘or’ company. ! . Bite le “GRAZING Under. the Grazing. “Act “the | * Provisce ia‘ divided ‘into grazing ‘ districts, ' ‘and. ‘eae | Tange -adiministered |. under: the”, -Aesued, - af may be leased a) homesites, conditional || Griatog. ) hn ‘uel bere 2 nam evening. permits welt. ‘YS. HARDWARE | «WHILE IT LASTS ‘Four. Foint. Best J _