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THE OMINECA HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1923 |

<rown lands may be pre-empted by
ae (iitish subjects over 18 years of age,
ee and by aliens on declaring intention

upon residence, occupation,

and improvement for agricultural
a purposes,

Full information concerning regu-
me ‘ations revording pre-emptions is
mm given in Bulletin No, 1, Land Series,
;“How to Pra-empt Land,” coplea of
me vhich can be obtained free of cherge
Boy addressing the Department of
@ Lands, Victoria, B.C., or to any Gov-
m.ernment Agent.

Records will be evanted covering
monly land sultable for agricultural
m@ Purposes, and which is not timber-
miand, je, carrying over 5,00¢ board
fan feet per acre west of the Coast Range
. pid $,000 feet per acre east af that
manze.,

Applications for pre-emptions are
mio be addressed to the Land Com-
missioner of the Land Recording Di-
vision, in which the land applied for

f Pre-emptions must be occupied for
‘five years and improvements made
tO Value of $10 per acre, including
clearing and cultivating at leest five
macres, before a Crown Grant can be
mee eceived,

For more detailed information sce

{he Bulletin “How to Pre-empt
mae and,'”
: PURCHASE

w Applications are received for pur-
mhase of vacant and unreserved
m-rown lands, not being timberland,
or agricultural purposes; m:nimum
trice of first-class (arable) land le $5
mer acre, and second-class (grazing)
nd $2.60 per acre, Further infor-
faation regarding purchase or leasa
2 Crown lands is given in Bulletin
o, 10, Land Series, “Purchase and

HOMESITE LEASES

| nsurveyed areas, not exceeding 26
‘res, May be leased as homesites,
nditional upon a dwelling being
grected in the first year, title being
mbtainable after residence and ‘im-
grovement conditions are fulfilled
ind Iand has been surveyed,

LEASES

for grazing and industrial pur-
weeeS0S areas not exceeding 640 acres
may be leased by one pergon or a
mo™mpany. .

' GRAZING

m. established owners. Stock-owners
y form associations for range
ginagement, Free, or partially free,
rmits are available for settiors,.

ease of Crown Lands,” \

Write ue for information when
renovating or building your home

Make Your Home Attractive !

BEAVER Boarp DistrRipurors

A. W. EDGE Co.

P.O. Box 459, Prince Rupert, B.C.

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MINERAL CLAIM AND LAND SURVEYS |

FRED NASH, B.C.L.S.

TERRACE, B.C.

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Survers Turovcuour Centra. B, C.

J. K, GORDON

TERRACE
British Columbia ;

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TOURIST }OTEL

TERRACE

The moat comfortable place
alongs the railway to stop

Now Under New Management

Cafe and Sample Rooms in con-
nection .

Fred. Dubord, Proprietor

Hay and Oats

ALWAYS ON HAND:
LARGE or SMALL QUANTITIES

, BOYER & CARR

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[ppera and travellers, up* to ten

' SMITHERS, B.C.

commence sawing as soon as their
official permit arrives,

Sask., arrived on Sunday with
the first contingent which. is to
be engaged in the moving and
reconstructing of the Hayward
sawmill.
dren accompanied Mr, Bourke.

the Hayward Lumber Co.’s mill
is to be dismantled, removed and
rebuilt half a mile above town
in a heavily-timbered area owned
by the company. A earload of
heavy draft horses is en route to
Usk for hauling the plant to its

spur track will be laid to facilitate
the loading of lumber at the
plant.

of way on the C.N.R. dropped off
the train on Saturday night from
Rupert and way points to meet in
the morning for the purpose of,
taking a vote on the recent re-
quest for an increase in the per
hour wage.
seems, is continent-wide,
the Canadian portion of the re-
quest has apparently been placed
before the board of arbitration
and coxciliation,

the meeting the yisitors voted
their thanks to the community
for their reception and entertain-
ment during their short sojourn,
and left on Sunday’s train for
_|their several points of duty,

body of shipping ore on No. 1
vein on the Victory group on
Hudson’s Bay mountain. .
will ship a carload of ore from
this showing.

held on August 27, 28 and .29,
instead of in September. .-This
change was made to insure better
weather conditions, - oe

R. H. Bourke, of Spring water,

Mrs. Bourke and chil-

After lying idle for two years,

ew location and for logging. A

Members of the maintenance

The request, it
and

At the end of

Donald Simpson has located a
He|.

Smithers fair next year will be

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is a beautiful picture, suitable

for framing, which is given

free with every new subscrip- —
tion, or renewal to

The Omineca Herald aid
The Family Herald and Weekly Star

The two papers with the picture cost only

$3.50

Send money and order to

The Omineca Herald

NEW HAZELTON,

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Eby’s on. ee Usk iff :
oe Timber Sale X5481 {  skeena’s Industrial Centre | BRITISH | COLT IMBI A
EX CH A N G E There will be offered for sale at Pub- i l
lic Auction, at noon an ‘the . 8rd dey of , sieniiemeee! —~ remarry THE MINERAL PROVINCE OF WESTERN CANADA
Grameen set? || Sipernbr at etidttn®'B" Ct 82] “Gabriel Lacroix, who recently ts FHODUCED MINERALS VALUED AB woLZaW~
Licence X6481, to cut 145,000 Lineal i : ’ Placer Gold ..............48, bbe eeeeees $ 76,542,203
SMITHERS, B.C, Feet of Cedar'Poles, and 25,000 Lineal |2*t!Ved in Usk from the Bulkley "Lode Gold 22222222000. III 109,647,661
SPECIAL Feet of Cedar Piling, on an area situ: Valley, was forced to his bed by SlIVEr ose e seein beceeensaenaee 59,814,266
ated near eena Crossing, a8aia4r | j i . CH ce eee eect e sector euwtaseternane 810,
CREAM SEPARATOR .......... $42.50 Land CGagsiar: , illness, but under efficient treat Copper .........-.4, treneneenans tateees 170,728,242
SKATES ---ewssreessscererim 756. $0 H.50 Two 12) years will be allowed for|ment 1s fast recovering. Bae Gai svt tbe eeneeeeaes Labbe nee ees nar 625, 868
} removal of timber. : oal and Coke...............6 teteeeuee .
Ns Z Further particulars of the Chief For- Sidney Brown, late clerk at uilding Stone, Brick, Cement ........ 36,605,942
ester, Victoria, B.C., or District For-| the Bethurem store, has left for Miscellaneous Minerals ................ 1358,
. ester, Prince Rupert, B.C. 2526 Edmonton, to spend his Christ- Making its mineral production to the end of 1922 show
The Hazelton Hospital mas holidays at home. AN AGGREGATE VALUE OF $769,418,462
‘ t The striking progress of the mining industry in this prov-
The Hazelton Hospital issues eg ws A carload of lumber trucks ince ig strikingly illustrated in the ollowing figures, which
tickets for any period at $1.50 per cir P ated was returned to the Prince Ku- show the eine of _Druduetion for successive ooear operiods:
month in advance, This rate iti- Timber Sale X5729 vert sawmill from Usk last week, For five years, 1896-1900 0.20.10." erregt aes
cludes Peie vonnitations a ene sled tenders will be zeceived by! 4, O. Berg has commenced his Troe five eats, 1901-1905... ressss 96,507,068
, e Minister of Lands at Victoria not | ,- : ’ wre etaete ances 504,
while in the hospital. Tickets are later than noon on the 2ist day of tte operations ab ove Usk, where ' hed five veare iieaeen UPS 189/979 798
obtainable in Hazelton from the December, 1923, for the purchase of{he has some tie cutters started For the gear 1921 better 28,066,641
cae drug store; from T. J. Thorp, verge rab, to ee neo sieet for the winter. For the year 1922.....,.............. ». 95,158,848
mare, ony mail from Hook pine, on the 8. W. 4 of Lot 4268, Range! Andrew Pete, the indomitable PRODUCTION DURING LAST TEN YEARS, |$339,280,940
7 “Four (4) years will be allowed for| Bornite mountain prospector, fell and not 20 per cent. of the Provines "has been even pros,
removal a a rs of the Chief For. | Pre’ to his excessive labors, and pected; 800,000 square miles of unexplored mineral bear-
2. 1 . ‘ ‘ in a ting.
1 % | ester, Victoria, B. C,, or District For-| WAS a patient at the Hazelton e The ‘ining laws of this “Provinge are more liberal and
ester, Prince Rupert. B.C. h2225 Hospital for a week. He return- the fees lower than any other province in the Dominion,
C RTAKERS ;
_— ed to Usk at the beginning of the or any Colony in the British Empire. -
EMBALMING FOR SHIEMENT A SPECIALTY : 7 as B Mineral locations are granted ta discoverers for nominal
week, recovered. fees. Absolute pitles pre obtained by developing such pro-
7 0. . . . . Perties, security of which is ruarantee crown grants.
f PRINCE RUPEE, BO. will being ua Importers and Chas. Hilstrom and Pete Brusk, Full information, together with mining reports and maps,
4 . of the Highland settlement back may be obtained gratis by addressing
a st omen Dealers in 9 - a .
of Vanarsdol, were visitors on The Honourable The Minister of Mines
£ ‘ Wallpapers We earry the ¢/ Monday. VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA
hs 5 Burlaps largest and Dan. Lidstone, Prince Rupert,
a , ; Paints most varied 5/paid a visit to friends at Usk {Sun J}
a7 | AND AGI AMENDMENTS Oils stock in during the week-end.
: . “18 Varnishes _. Northern Hazen & Dobra have completed
=| PRE-EMPTIONS Glass ’ British the construction of their sawmill
Vacant, unreserved, surveyed Brushes, Etc. Columbia at Vanarsdol and are ready to

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SAILINGS FROM PRINCE RUPERT—

5.8.

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every Saturday at 1 pm.

couyer, Victoria, Seattle,
For Ketchikan, Juneau, and Skee way ~Navember 26,
‘PRINCESS BEATRICE’'—For Butedaie,
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