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PUBLISHED EVERY (SATURDAY. "AT  HAZELTON. “THE CENTER ‘OP HE
| GRear OmINeEca DISTRICT OF BRITISH CoLumBrA.” “| *

A. R. Macdonald, Publisher and Proprietor.

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Legal notices inverted at B, C,

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SATURDAY, APRIL 1914,

No. 32.

The bank robbery and resulting battle at New Hazelton on
Tuesday provided the greatest sensation this district has ever ex-
For the second time within six months the bank at
that place was rebbed, but the bandits, on this occasion, made the
mislake of attempting the deed in broad daylight, with the result
that they found themselves pitted against a band of determined
citizens, who opposed armed force to the lawless actions of the
There was no time for ‘organization as the law would
require, and the men who faced the bandits were justified in their
That nearly all the men implicated were killed or captured
without even the wounding-of any of the citizens is as remarkable,
in the circumstances, as it is satisfactory to the average citizen.
It is to be expected that the breaking up of this: gang will have the
etfect of deterring others from attempta at similar explcits, whieh
have been all too eommoan recently i in various parts of the West.

porienced,

criminals.

action.

Improper Land Staking

‘Khe practice of parties desir-
rows of oblatning large tracts ‘of
government land who evade .the
clause which limits one section
to one purchaser, by the expedi-
eiey of putting the applications
through under powers of attor-
nay from persons willing to allow

their names to be be used; has]:

been condemned by Mr, Justice
Macdonald, of the supreme court,
in an action at Victoria last week,
His lordship stigmatised the
method as a fraud upon the Land
Act and refused to assist Mr.
Robert W: Clark to recover from

_ George M. Swan a sum of money

paid for staking land, where the
applications had been made in
the names of outsiders. Clark
had alleged that lands in the
Naas Valley which Swan had
staked for him, and which Clark
subsequently sold to Hume Cro-

~ nyn, of London, Ont., were mis-

represented by Swan.

Mr. J. R. Green appeared, for
the plaintiff and Mr. A, D. Mae-
farlane for the defendant. Mr.
Macfarlane raised as a defence
that the powers of attorney used
were illegal.

In his judgment, Mr. Tunic
Macdonald says: ‘Defendant
seeks to escape liability on the
ground that the whole transac-
tion in which the parties were en-
gaged was contrary to public
policy as being an evasion of the
Land Act, and thus illegal. Itis
quite apparent that the persons
whore names were used by the
defendant in staking the land} -
were not really intending pur-
chasers from the government;

_ they were simply utilized for the

. tosh.

purpose of enabling the plaintiff
to secure a number of gections
of land contrary to the provisions
of the act, which provides. that
only one section can be purchased|
at one time. This practice of
using names for staking has been
too prevalent in’ this . provinee
and was recently considered by
the supreme court of Canada in
the case of Brownlee vs, Meln-
“The facts are similar. to
those disclosed in this action, and
Duff, J., in referring to them,
says:

“It is perfectly obvious that the
scheme entered upon and success-
fully carried out by -MeIntosh
and Burnham through: the agen-
cy of the plaintiff ‘was 2 fraud
upon the. Land ‘Act? ae na

‘Furthet’ on MK Justlee ‘Mae c

donald ates fro. Mr.” a

ot the a pon the a

and hotice ‘of it appeared ° in

would be an agreement which -it
would be the duty of the courts
to refuse to enforce ag soon as
the charaeter af it should. become
apparent, ae

In concluding His ' ‘Lotaship
holds that no right of action ean
spring: out of an illegal contract,

The Timber Royalty |
’ Professor £, B, Fernow, the
prominent authority: on forestry,
writing in’ the last issue of the:
‘Forestry Quarterly”? on’ the
Timber Royalty Bill, says that
with its enactment the Province

of British Columbia takes the!.

lead in modern and efficient tim-
ber land administration. _
‘Professor Fernow aaid: “A
Very important and \Yery sane
readjustrnent .of royalties for
timber licenses has been embod-
ied in the bill by the British Co-
lumbia Minister of Landa, the
Hon. William R, Ross, The
Minister of Lands, who was re-

sponsible for the establishment] 7, 5°

two years ago of an efficient for-

est service, has boldly taken hold/|B.
: Works, Parliament Buildings, Victaria, |

having the
This change will be
effect shortly.”

put intol

- Federal Losses at Torreon .
Chihuahua, April 6:-——- When

General Villa took Torreon, he

took only thirty prisoners alive
and unwounded, according to in-
formation received here today.
Whether this means that many
were executed, or that General
Velasco, the crippled but valiant
Federal commander, succeeded in
escaping with practically all of
his army not dead or disabled,
could not be learned. However,

troop trains, which he abandoned
when he came to the first place
where the rails had been removed.

brief reports that he eseaped with
the remnant of his army intact.

says;

‘Dead horses and dead men
are piled high in the streets and
plazas, and the ruins of the city
are spread with dead.. It is im-
possible to estimate the number
of Federal losses, but superficial

bodies are scattered about.”

at Sargent’s,

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

KITSUMGALLUM SCHOOL

SEALED TENDERS,
“Tender for Kltsumgailurs School,’'
will be received by the H
ter of Public War!
Pest the ‘8th day of April, “1914,
for. the erection and completion of a
large one-room school at Kitaumgallum,
in the Skeana Electoral District.
Plans, specifications, contract, and
forme of tender may be seen on and af-
ter the 17th da ‘of March, i914, at
the office of Mr. H. "MeMullin,
Government . Agent, “Prince Rupert;
H, Hosking, Government Agent,
Hazelton; Mr.
tary to School Board, Kitsumgallum,
C.; or the Department of Publie

of: the situation and selved the! Bs. c.

problem .of equitable dealing in
a most practicable manner, —
' “It gives stability to the lum-

ber business for forty years |

without fear: of disturbances,
and, while we miss- provisions
for improved -forestry practice,

- Intending tenderers can, for the sum
of ten dollars ($10), obtain one-copy of
plens and specification by applying to
the undersigned. Thia sum ‘will be re-
funded when. the plans and specifications
are returned it good order.
Each ‘pro pose must be accompanied
byan accepted bank cheque or cereifjeate
deposit on a chartered hank of Can-
‘ada, made payable to the Hon, the Min-
ister of Public Works, for a sum equal
to 10 per cent. of tender, which ahali be

at least the financial side of. the

| Government interest is’ better

taken care of, and changes toy
introduce forestry methods are
foreshadowed. :

. “With. this legislation British
Columbia. takes the lead in Cana-
da in modern and efficient timber
land. administration, which, by

passinginto the hands of a forest |
promises a final forest |=

service, .
management for the future.’’’ [

Money By Mail

Ottawa, April 6: —-"“We are
going to modify the regulationg
retently passed ‘prohibiting the
transmission of coin < or bank
notes in tinregistered: letter'a, 80
that, people will be able to ‘aend:
through ‘the
amounts not exceeding a doilar,’”
said Dr. Coulter, . Deputy.- Post.
master-General, today.

“The regulation in question
has caused considerable adverse
comment on the part of several
of the jeading townspeople in
Canada, All I can. say. is. that
the order’ was passed recently,

anada Gazette.

ordinary. mail| M-37

forfeited if the party tenderig decline
to enter into ¢éntraet. when called upon
to da a0, or if he fail to. complete the
work contracted for. The cheques or
certificates of deposit of unsuccessful
tenderers will be returned to themupon
the execution of the contract,

Tenders will not-be considered unleas |} -
made out on the forms supplied, aigued |.

with the actual signature of the tender-
er, and enclosed in the envelopes fur-
Dis:

zat accep
iB GRIFFITH,
Public Works Engineer,
Department of Public Works,
Victoria, B.C., March 11, 1918,

LAND -NOTICE

"Hazelton Land District, District of
Cassiar.

of Prince Rupert, B.
engineer, intends to a
Bion to purchase the fo

lands:

rae occupation
for parmis-
owing dcreried

Commencing at a poat planted 40
chains west of. south-east corner of Lot
, Cassiar. District, thence west 20
chains, south 40 chaipe, east 20 chains,
north 40 shains,-to point of comirence-
mient, eontaining 80 acres more or less.
Dated,- March Ji, 1914.
Charles Arthur Loney.

/Hareld Price : cle
PRICE, & GRAHAM

» BC. Land Surveyors

and Civil. Engineers

Laid a we AND ve
on Balldin 1 Cotusabla Vencouree

Assay “otitée and’ Mining
Aris: ox Crafty Buil Mining

letter’ registered, |

it is known that he made thell"
first few miles of his escape on Ki

Thiy circumstance is conveyed in| If

A dispatch from an Italian army||
officer with the rebel’ artillery||}

inspection of public places would Gr
indicate that not less than 2000/'%

Elbow length white silk-gloves||
H

2 5
puperscribad | i

un. the Minia- i
a Up to noon of Wed- |=

W. J. Goodwin, Secre-|./ ”

The lowest or any tender not neces-|'{-.

‘Take notice that I, carlos A, Loney, |

> AR.Grahem —

Office |"

| | Sargent’ s—the- Favorite. ope Place

MINERS’ PROSPECTORS’. and SETTLERS’ ‘SUPPLIES A SPECIALTY ©

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Grocery Department 1

UP.TO-DATE |

Fresh goods arriv-
ing every week ©

Try HUNT'S
Supreme. Quality
Table Fruits

Fresh Fruits

ORANGES.
LEMONS
BANANAS

CIGARS § TOBACCO |
A fine line: Special

prices’ on good
Smokes. Buy
abox,

Hay Oats Flour
Feed —

CHINAWARE
A few pretty sets
Call and see

SPECIAL~R. S. SARGENT

Black Cashmere Sox

have them suitable

| Spring will : soon.
be here!” |

Anticipating our |
customers’ wants We |
have receiveda large |
assortment of piece ?
goods including:

- Ginghams— |
_ Zephyrs.
Prints
'Shirting, Out-
ing Flannel. §
Cretonnes .-
White. Goods

etc.

Pants, Gloves, Shirts:

Boots & Shoes---we |

for your line of work .

Three Pairs. +) $1.00 f

a

7 Spring and. Summer

| CLOTHING |

~ SAMPLES |

And Styles now in.

“ship Guaranteed

GUNS”
Riles and Shotg wns. |

of leading makes
We, have’ the Guns

~~ Hames
Harness parts”
Fixings, etc,

Hardware

~ Building and”

- Shelf Hardware
Cutlery.

Big Ben Clocks

AND. -

INGERSOL WATCHES”
| For Sale

R.S.SARGENT,

General Merchant

Hazelton _

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Ww. J. JEPHSON

BARRISTER and SOLICITOR |

of British ‘Columbia, Al-
berta and Saskatchewan |

NOTARY PUBLIC

Room ll, Postoffice Bldg.,Princa Rupert
_ and Hazelton, B.C.

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‘SMOKE THE NEW € CIGARS.

The: Baron and Viscount
A PRODUCT OF BG _

CALENA: CLUB °

W. F. BREWER, Proprietor

On Sale
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Watch Repairing

WATCHES - JEWELRY. .

O. A. RAGSTAD, Smithers’; |

A. Chisholm
General Hardware |

Builders’ Material
Miners’ Supplies

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Hazelton and Smithers

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SINGER
Sewing Machine:
_ AGENCY: ,

Reasonable _
. Rates ©
Beat
Cuisine

_ Choieest of Wines
Liquors anid Cigars ~

Largest and moat inedern Hotel
inthe Northern Interior. Modern
conveniences sy

R. J, MEDONELL, - "nidrssron aon

: . Steam
- Heated:
Electric

Lights...

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_ New Hazelton an fi

329 and Ave. Prince Rupert

Machines sold: ‘on. easy
monthly payments |}.

FOR SALE

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Prince John and Prinee
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George, Pe

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TRI-WEEKLY —
Through Service to South

Trdinsleave Hazelton at 10.18 a.m. on Tuesdays, Thura-
days, Sundays, connecting at Prince. Rupert: with ®

modern Steamships Prince Rupert, Prince

- Albert, laaving Prince’ Rupert on: Monda

Tuesdays at 9:30 p.m. for VANCOUVER, VICTONES and SEATTLE: .
Speclal Summer Excursions East fa connection with Grand Trunk System Double Track Ronte G°

For. ful} information, reservations, _ete., apply. to local Agent or to -
. ALBERT DAVIDSON, General Agent, PRINCE RUPERT, B. c. ;
: * Agency for all Atlantic Steamship Lites |.

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Pooltoom. Outfit: ,

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Boe Street 7

cars with Vivian & Sons, Swansea |
Conrespondence Scisctted :

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: “Boerything in Canva wis”

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