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BRITISH COLUMBIA

THE MINERAL PROVINCE OF WESTERN CANADA —
HAS PRODUCED MINERALS VALUED AS FOLLOWS :—

Placer Gold woven seeecaee, $ 76,962, 209
| Lode Gold, ». 119,852,655
Silver ...... . 63,622, 665
Lead vi....: 58,132,661 .
Copper .....c000- 179,046,508 -
HG ices cece ese aceeCac cur neetetereees 27,904, 756
Coal and Coke 2650, 968, 113
-- Building Stone, Brick, Gament, ete... 39, 415, 234
- Miscellaneous Minerals .....ccssseceees 1.40 8 257°

7 Making mineral preduction to “the end of 1929 show
_AN AGGREGATE VALUE OF $810, 722,782

The substanital’ progress: -of the mining industry j in this prov-—

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For all years to Py inclusive
For ‘five years, 1896-1900"
For five years, 1901-1905
‘For five years, 1906-1910
2 “Ror fiye years, 1911-1915 oo... wists es
: ¢Forefive years, 1916-1920 0.0.5 1;
‘For the year 1921... revert
«For the year "1922.
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« praia DURING LAST “TEN YEARS. $350.208.862 “Tt

been ‘in progress

Lode-mining. ‘has: onl
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perties, aeeurlty: ‘whic is es
Full: ‘information, to

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ustrated in the following figures, which’
show. the value: of production for successive 5-year

547,241 -
57, 605, 967

96, 607,968

189,922,725
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95,158, BAB i
$41/304, 820

‘about 25 years,
been even, ‘pros- -
ear-

axe Pe ‘liberal and..
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eriods:

; away.

\case in many ‘of our ‘homes.

‘J result would be fatal.’

great change.-*
jriow have-a hospital: where men’

{care; their medicines are .made

i great ‘benefit from the hospital.
|The days when a medicine man].

' ‘Hospital. Subject

Ge , Below: -are--given » the -eagays|
TW which won the second. and third

competition conducted . by the

“The Value of, the Modern ‘Hos-
‘pital “to ‘a “Communit y.”? ‘The
first-prizé ‘and apecial-prize essays
both appeared in our last issue;
the fourth-prize essay will be
be printed next week.

Second Prize—Jean Burns, age 12,
Grade VII,: New. Hazelton School. -...
We, as Canadians, have many
things for which-to be thankful’
Our country is a land of hope and
liberty.. We have every oppor-
tunity of being. strong and heal.
thy, as. our: air and water are
pure. - - Though we have these
natural : ‘advantages, there are
many siek ’ people” In our midst,
who néed medical care. Our

need, and we consider the’ hospi-

tal our preatest blessing.

We would realize fully the
great work of our hospital if we
lived in a:crowded, heathen coun-
try fora while, The suffering is
terrible, as hospitals ‘are un-
known. . The sick people always
call a witch doctor, who. makes |,
their illness worse by giving them.
‘medicine to drive the ‘evil spirits,
“Such practices happened
in our own district fifty years
ago. -The use ‘of medicine and
the care of infirm persons were
unknown, Medicine men did ‘as
as_the witeh ‘doctors, “of: otter
lands.

’ Let us picture the country be-
fore the hospital existed. The
nearest che was many miles
away, and a doctor was 2 rare
personage in our towns, Ff a
person became il! and an opera-
tion was necessary immediately, |:
he would die, for no medical aid
was | near, This would be ‘the

Hither parent might fail ill; no-
one near could help, The patient
might be too ill to travel. The

That ‘picture has undergoné al’
In‘our district we

‘and women study the cause, pre-
yention, and.cure of all diseases. |
Our, sick. friends receive. good

‘especially for their particular |;
| disease, . Indians, too, receive a

tormented them are ‘over. Their
cases receive. the. treatment re.
quired.’ When : anyone is sick we
| need ‘énly- ‘to *phone the doctor; +
i] and i in a short time the: patient! i id
under proper: cate at home of atl
the hospital. : yo ek

Our: hospital ‘has an‘ operating”
| room, X-ray: ‘electric’ lights; -and
| avery-modern equipment to bring:
‘ health: to. those. in‘, distress, It}

‘Tandi-staff. typ dig
1M Or, hospital - iar: different to
‘litany others. - It {s-more likea
‘honie for. the Sick.’ ~The doctors},
| and’ nurses asually: know: ‘you, and

\netheir | patter

community hospital supplier this| . — .
Third Prize—James Cox, age ld, Grade ,

‘Joss the inhabitants of a com-

always ready to relieve anyone
brought to- its doors, whieh are|?
always wide open to receive those

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aldo: has’ a Jibrary:: for the patients:

tridrefore have a peraonal interest,
‘ thie lergér' | too :

tozether,: marked . only? be-. two
crossed sticks,” There lie the
men that had no frends nor
money. When they were ill and

pital kept-them, «. They received

patients, . They | gould: not. DAY.

But: the... hospital. tended. them

they, died.

means to us all,.
open to rich: and poor who need.
eure and sympathy,

day.

humanity. : Let us all -unite. to
give the hospital our hearty sup-
port. -

. VIII, ‘Hazelton School,
- We -can “not ‘realize at what 1 a

munity would be if they didn’t
have a modern hospital, It is

‘who- seek hospital aid, :

Taking for. instance the Hazel-
Tton Hospital,: which is a wonder-
ful asset, a. great, life-saver, a
convenience to ‘the public, _ a

splendid institution of which we
are all proud.’ It is beautifully
located one mile from Hazelton
on a: wonderful site, of.-which “it

as well as having the doctor’s

residence contains a ‘park’ for the
patients.

the district.
‘would-be a greater deal of suffer-

lot of sorrow.

as well as the country, +. ly

Pa

in. every way” possible.

concern. for atime,

the: ‘fire under control;
‘phe f finest, stands,
proyinee ‘lies “dp
much * precauti

et

of ae,

nieoites

me, a att tie

“In the’ en netery.y you pee a a few iS

“le deserted mor nda... They. tie close |.

lay “on: their. deathbeds, - the hos-}-
‘the. same care /.as. -the <.pther| °
their bills, ‘ther died friendless.
when alive and. buried them. when | ..

ii-When we ‘stop to. ‘think, of ‘the a
bereat work done by our hospital.
we realize, then, how much it] -.:
The doors are}...

-We may be|...
without friends or money. some| -.
‘We, too, may spend our| .
last days i in the hospital, and the|:..
nurses and doctors may tend and| .. |
cheer us, knowing it is only for| -.

hasa right to boast.; The-zrounds|

A’ hospital: is the. first™ ‘thing |:
that is considered a necessity to
Without one there

ing, many more deaths, - and a'|

. With one there}:
are - less ‘suffering and: deaths.)|:.
The more ‘the pedple do in the]
upkeep of these institutions, the
}more they will-be repaid. . [
‘The work which. the hospitals po
didi in the Great War’ was appal: | -
ling. ‘The Allies would probably ;
not have won. the war had'it not]. - -
been: ‘for. the Hospitals, ‘receiv- i

ing thousatids of ‘wounded ‘sol-|' *
diers, healing their painful]: -:
wounds, and saving their lives

Therefore ‘the ‘people.’ should ’
understand’ ‘that modern hospitals iy
‘are absolutely. necessary to the|.
community, and they should al-|
ways. take particular, care to asi: ee
sist: these important, institutions :

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A fire which’ ‘started*: ‘on ‘the
Copper ' River this week. in. the|s
vicinity, of the’ Branding property
gaye the forestry. officials some
All available}?
man-power was reauisitioned,and|
‘rushed in cars to. ‘the: scene, :and
after an all night struggle, plaged
Asone of

rin-the|-
Copper ‘River,

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