THE OMINECA MINER, ‘SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1915 : vie ee ft iii The Omineca Miner PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY ‘AT HAZELTON. THE, CENTER OF THE Great Omineca District oF BRITISH COLUMBIA. A R. Macdonald, Publisher ‘and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RAQES: Canada and British Possessions, Two Dollars a years Foreign, Three Dollars a year. ADVERTISING RATES: Notices, 20 cents.per line for each insertion. Gazette rates. Display, $2.50 per inch per month; Reading Legal notices inverted at B CG. Vou. IV. ~ SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1915. No. 32 Mr. Joseph Martin, in his newspaper, speaks of the ‘ ‘uncon- stitutional’? act of the Lieutenant-Governor and Sir Richard McBride, It may do no harm to dispose : of the question he now. raises,. and of which he or someone else may say something more ag ‘time advances. . His reference is to the statement that the Legis- lative Assembly would ‘be dissolved, made -on the authority of Sir Richard McBride. Mr. Martin will not contend that an announce- ment of an intention to do a constitutional act. is unconstitutional. When Sir Richard McBride stated a few days later that the. election would not be brought on as soon as was contemplated, -he used the expression: ‘‘For tunately, the order-in-couneil had not been signed.” Mr. Martin will not ‘contend that there was any- thing unconstitutional in this, and as this tells the whele story, there wag clearly nothing of a constitutional nature involved in it. _ Sir Richard McBride spoke of the order-in-council not being signed, but we submit that it would not have been unconstitutional for the order-in-council to have been reconsidered at any time before the proclamation of the dissolution had been published. . The Legislative Assembly is not dissolved by order-in-council, but by proclamation. The order-in-council directs the issuance of the proclamation, but until it has been issued, it may be reconsidered. Up to the issuing of the proclamation,.the. dissolution-and.all matters appertaining thereto are,-so to speak, in‘the mind of the Crown, The preliminaries are merely’ iatters of convenience, They may. be carried on in any: way that may. be convenient. . They may be vatied, altered, added to or ignored, as. seems advigable to the. representative ‘of the’ Crown, acting on the advice of. his res- ponsible. Ministers, A record may be made of them or may. .not be, Theoretically, the advisors of the Crown are not supposed 'to keep’ - any record of their doings when assembled in council, What are called. “minutes of council” are not minutes in the sense in which that term is used in regard to a society, a board of trade or some: |: They are“merely memoranda of conclusions , thing of that kind. reached, upon ‘which, after the assent of the Crown or ‘its ‘repre- sentative has been obtained, orders-in-counci} are based,. S eomes when the proclamation has been issued, —Goloniat.. An Early Peace ~ Starnp Taxes” |fecerenasneesnnaanrentnasnntnsnnennannemssinererh Finality |} errr eesauimemomannaet we core The Favorite Shopping place MINERS’ PROSPECTORS’ = SETTLERS’ SUPPLIES A SPECIALTY and ends, Noting like Stocktaking to uncover si ° Broken lines at | home. selling at special prices ae PRING TIME calls for; ‘many. ; anges in: the’ _M We are ready with a splendid 1 range of * Linoleums,: Oilcloths, Floor’ Rugs and. Door Mats, Beds and Bed Linen, Towels: and - ‘Towelling, Curtains’ and: Curtain Materials. _ OUR PATTERNS AND MATERIALS ARE” CORRECT. rr ee! — A ‘COMPLETE LINE: ‘OF GARDEN. AND FIELD. SEED” _ NOW: IN STOCK, INCLUDING XXX TIMOTHY SEED © er eile dante te ‘The Towa State ‘College is con: | General Joffre is reported’ to’) - have stated. at Dunkirk to: King Albert ’ ‘and: Premier’ Broqueville . of Belgium that" the war would : Boon end to the. advantage of the Allies, . A. despateh ‘-to the. London 2 Daily Mail, last. week, said the Turkish Min- ‘ister of Finance’ was at Geneva, having come from Berlin,. where his” attempt to secure financial assistance - for “his government had met with failure.” It is- algo | ” gaid that the objeot of his ‘mis- sion to ‘Switzerland: “was to ascer- “tain, Af. possible, the terms, upon |g 7 which the Allies. would : conclude} * separate peace ‘with. Turkey. nee ; dated on Friday. of On’ and: after April 15th it will be necessary to affix .a ‘one-cent war tax stamp to each letter and postal card, except when letters |: and ‘cards are. addressed 40. coun- | tries - which require, a. five-cent = wart tax stamps ‘are ‘not. _procur: on ‘the’ sdutheast™slope: of the Budson |: Bay mountain ‘and Ponte Zeolitic the ‘north, ‘in, rate of: postage: for’ letters. able, it ‘will be sufficient’ to affix an ordinary postage stamp. Any letters. not. ‘bearing: stamps to cover the War. tax. will be: sent: to ‘the. dead: ‘letter office. rant “A stamp to the ‘value of | ‘two cents must: ‘be: attached to all gineering for’ boys and of switch- parts of that state. | + Certificate of 3 BELL MINERAL: CLAIM; ‘situate ‘Mineral Claim No. the Omineca Mineral, Districts, _ Take notice that-I, ittiam 3. Henry, ‘acting: ag hagent - ‘for. Hugh'A. Bigelow, ‘Pree.’ Miner's’ Certificate . Nos 835308, James. 8... Kennedy,” Certificate No. ‘835298, J James A. donald, Free Miner's Certificate ‘No. Cartificate No. 882948, ‘Thos. T. -Dun- lop, * Free: Miner's ~ “Certificate | “No. 79566R,. intend -sixty «date hereof - to apply to the Mining iM ‘| Recorder for a Corti ‘; ments’ forthe purpose of. obtaining, a, : (| Crown Grant of the above claim. |. take notice, that: action | he’ sommanead 5 andar. section ‘87: late of. Improve: “sAnid further, ‘befére the issuance :|of: improve manta.’ BL Witla : ° "Apel 9, had date 0) fl ducting schools of telephone en: |. hoard operation :for girls i in many z “Freo- Miner’ . Mae-. a: : sonia: am ———— | mia: Vancouver, Victoria anil. Seattle i Posaiesh ah Merl Seibel hn: ime er mi ~. Steamer “Prince George’! leaves ‘Price ‘Rupert. at 9 a.m. every: Friday, teamer '*Prince John’? lenvaa Prince Rupert, .. 7: Pim; ‘Sunday,’ Mar. 28; and April lead 25... Reservations and through tickets, may | be obtained from any G. T, P. Agent or-from Train Agent.’ . T. P, Railway- *““Thuradays. and: Sundaya,. connecting: “with ‘above a. pteamera for the south, ; - Zt Wastbound. train. leaves. Hazelton. .at, 6,41 p.m, Wednesdays and Sabir ’ days; for "Edmonton, innipes, ‘ate; connecting with trains: for St:-Paut . Chicago; ete. e nr Toronto, Montreal, Buffal ; 0, ett.,.1184-the, * GRAND . “TRUN : the. DOUBLE “ROUT E For, full information: senatiina the above servicdd, also, thea “reservations, ete, ap ly to Local Agent,”o: 30 EN “AGENT, BRINC 83505H,: Gua A. Roserithel, Free Miner’s | days from, the |, , “Westbound train leaves Hazelton at-11.07 am, I