miations rogarding

we by ad

2 five years an

be ie ds may Src ee
. Srown lan
* British subjects over of axe,
and by aliens on
to become British s inate
Honal upon Dee, etcupation,
and improvement for setioultinral
purposes.

Pan information concerning. rary

ons" ‘is:

me given in Bulletin” Ne Ll. 1, Tand Sbériea,’
“How to Pre-empt Land,” copies of
which can be obtained free of charge
: ing the Department of:
ae Lands, Victoria, BG, or to any Gov- |

aa ernment Agent.

7 6 Recorfia will be granted covering”
J only Jand sultable for agricultural -

‘= purposes, and which is not timber--

land, Le. carrying over. 5,000 board.
feet per acre weat of the Coast Rage’

= and 8,000 feet per acre, east of: thet,

‘ Range.
: Applications tor pre-emptions are.
7 to be addressed to the Land Com-
® missioner of the Land Record'ng Di-

vision, in which the land applied-for
is situated, and are.made on printed

® forma, copies of which can be ob-
gq tained from the Land Commissioner.
:Pro-omptions must be occupied for
improvements made:
mato value of $10 per acre, including

wa clearing and eultivating at least five

A actes, before a Crown Grant can be
recelved.

For more detailed information see
che Sulletine “How to Prae-empt
@ Land.” Co :
, PURCHASE

AppHeations are received for pur-
chase of vacant and unreserved
® Crown lands, not being timberland.

-for agricultural ‘purposes; minimum -
price of first-class (atably) land 1a‘ $5

fae per acre, and second-class. (grazing)
feee- land $2.60 pex acre. Further. infor-
Za mation regarding purchase or lease

- of Crown lands is given in Bulletin

No, 10, Land Series, “Purchass and

® Lease of Crown Lands.”

Mill, factory, or industrial, sites on

Mat timber land, not exceeding ‘40 ‘acres,
may ‘be purchased or leased, the con-
ons

‘including payment of

<= siumpane.
HOMESITE LEAGES |
Unsurveyed areas, not exceeding 20.

! . acres, may be leased as homesites,

@ conditional upon a dwelling being.
erécted in the first year, ttle being
obtainable aftér residence and im-
provement conditions are. fulfilled
and land has been surveyed,

LEASES

. For grazing and industrial “pur-
poses arens not exceeding 640 sores
may be leased by one perdon or 4

eae COIpAany.

GRAZ! NG

5, Under the Grazing. Act,
ing is is divided into -grazin ret
. admintatered’ under a

Grasing omimissioner. ‘Annual
‘grazing permits are issued based on

the Prov-
‘districts

‘numbers ranged, priority being given’

to established owners. Stock-owners

may form associations for range

imanagement, Free, or ‘partially Tree,

‘permits are available for settlers, |

campers and travellers, up to ten
ead, :

“MINERAL ACE

Dertificate of improvement

NOTICE

AST CHANCE Mineral Claim, ‘situate
in the Omineca Mining Division of
Cassiar District.

| TAKE NOTICE. ‘that. Andrew: Fair-

Pairn of Telkwa; B.C., Free Miner's
rtificate No. .76925G; ‘intend, ‘sixty.
ya from the date. hereof, to apply. to.

e Mining Recorder for a Certificate
Improvements, for the Pike ab of

: taining a Crown Grant of the ‘shove

"And further take notice . that. actin, .
der seetion $5, must -be commence
fore the i isauance of. such Certificate.
a Improvements." ''°! *
7 Dated this 29th aay ¢ of August an p

Engineers. are. to. visit, Rupert.
> survey a site, for the eleva Ih oe
Rremier MacKenzib: King: ‘il

. Rupert about’ the time,

ork has returned! ‘Fonchia tte
Sint to the Empire exhibition as

guest of the’ government.” “The

nual fair was'on bid week. Tt

busy in Rupert * a. ee eee

TW. Watt, who: hed been'on as
iries; atthe: hottie ‘of his‘par-'

hts, for..the. Jast..tew.monthiy

Furned ‘to Terrie last week, :

| circumstances. ”

7| Donald;
council and ‘citizens ofthe’ royal.

aa

(Goh, tein pogo 2).

| a] wes the re Editors |

Pinca or rer FEES with ‘sword
Pearer et alia, received us in the

‘by Fevening ‘at the: ‘City “Chambers.
There was: a-fieerusical program}

and upstairs in the City Museum

origital ‘letters and: writings of

| Barns.

“Next morning sixty-five min-
utes sufficed to bring: us to-Glas-
gow. En route we caught a
glimpse of the famous’ Forth
bridge. Amid showers we S toured
about the city, visiting the cathe-
dral-and committing sacrilege by
spending fifteen minutes. glimp-
sing the art treasures of the city
galleries,

‘Then came a memorable Yanch-
eon, tendered: by the. Glasgow
press at St. Enoch hotel.- There
we were thoroughly at home amid
newspaperfolk.  Mr..Jas.. Gour-
lay presided, and among well-
known people present were Mr.
A. M. Sutthery, Mr. H: D. Rob-

Mr, James Davidson, Mr. D. R:
Anderson,. Mr. Colin: R.: ‘Milne,
Bailie George. Kerr, ° Sir Jobn
Lindsay, and Sir John Samuel.
The chairman told us General
Wolfe’s impression of: Glasgow.
Of: the men-he wrote that they
“are civil, designing and treach-
erous, with their immediate inter-
ests always in view,” while of
the ladies he wrote—‘ ‘the women
| here are course, ‘cold and conning,
foreyer enquiring. -after. men’s
He. hoped: sour
opinions : “would be" leas * gévere

aged 22, written 170 -years-ago.:

There- was: no. need: for that
hope, for while our. glimpses of
Glasgow would ‘not lead. us: to’
accuse the city of being beautiful
—on_a wet day—the, people we
met will: cause . most ‘of us. to
remember. Glasgow as.affording
us some .of. the. happiest’ ‘recollec-
tions of a wonderful. vovage of

* discovery.

- Our day” was ‘not: ‘finished - ‘by
any means. After lunen.-found
us. speeding.to.Avr... It.was.in.a
regular downpour that we cram-
med -ourselves into-the humble
cottage where Burng. saw the
Jight.. Rain: gaye place to sun-
shine as we pazed’at. “Alloway’s
auld haunted kirk*’ and the Burns
monument, or. stood upon - -the
“brig of Doon’’... mo ,

It was-hard-ta’ believe that. ore
was actually amid the “banks and
brdes’’; There is'a pleasant‘gar-

| the-tea rooms. there. Provost Me-
on: -behalf. ‘of- the: town

and. ancient burgh of Ayr’ ex-

We Meiliove back alone ithe, es-

planade and saw: the old bridge
of. Avi; .-Our-train window h later
ravealed glorious B .

Firth of Clyde. and pei 5 Isle,
_ The, Carpolation of Glasgow
gave a reception in’ the. evening, |
at which the Amebidan Wdvertiqn!
‘ing’ delegates’ ‘were~: our. fellow
iguesta,’*" There word ‘over'l.2001 iis
“ peraons present,

‘we saw the famous Covenant and !

ertson, Mr. J. R Richmond, -Sir]
Robert Bruce, Mr. Neil: Munro,

than those of a young officer,

den: by. the, swift, stream,.and in|:

tendéd'a weloants if in ‘memnorable) on

tt was a reat a

: proviiice elhteen: ‘yeare ago, ite

population has’ increased’ foitfold,
whilé:; the grain. ‘yield has increased:
swentyfeld. | The toda] agricultural
products of Alberta in 1928 were
‘The scheme for. the settlement of
British emigrants: in Canada may
assume a’ new aapect as a_resuit of
the presence in London, England, of
the Hon. J. A: Robb, Canadian Mine.
ister of Immigration. Canada fa-
vors the movement of entire. fami-
lies to-Canada from Great Britain,
rather than that of single men. —

~

_ Among “the biggest muscaluniges
caught this year was one. landed at.
“the Canadian Pacific . Railway's
French River (Ont.) Bungalow
| Camp, by Samuel: Franklin, South-
ern Sales Manager of Claflina, Inc.
New York City. Mr, Franklin -had
_@ light tackle and had ever Hooked |

a lunge béfore. He had’ ‘a .hard
fight to -secure the fish, which
tipped the. scale at 38%4 pounds.

A> total. of: 18, 148 Canadians,
most of: them native-born, has’ been
repatriated from the United States
during the. months of April; May
and June, according to figures
announced by the Department, of
Immigration. __ During these three
months 63,425 persons ‘immigrated
to Canada, which represented.an in-
crease: of 12,292 over the. same pe-
riod of last year,

“Marquie wheat, originated’ at ‘ai

fully invaded South America, being.
grown in the Argentine Republic.
last year with results that, accord-
ing to authorities there, exceeded
the expectations. of the most! opti-

made. to: the “Argentine by the Ca-

One of: the. most. diverse and: in
teresting. aggregations of -passen-.
“gers ever assembled.in Canada left:
Montreal for Europe on August
20th aboard the. Canadian : Pacific
“liner Minnedosa. It included Ma-.
_jors S. de Beires and Brito Pais,
who recently flew from Lishon to
Macao,, China, a. large party of

convention ,of the British Associa-
tion for the Advancement of Science
at Torento, Colonel Geo. Ham,

| “ambassador -of the. Canadian Pa-
cific” and “Soldier” Jones, Cana-
. dian heavyweight boxer,

-don was opened ‘on: “August 18th by
the Canadian ‘Pacific  Telégraphs,
| As business warrants, this, service -
will be extended to: embrace other .
‘Canadian cities with which.it is now..
connected but -which, aa yet, cannot.
offer @ reasonable: ‘return for a reg-
ular ‘service, . Messages. ‘were : ax-
“changed between. the London “Cham. -
ber of ‘Commerce. and the Montreal.
‘Board- ‘of. ‘Trade and. between | ithe
- Canadian and the English head.”
quarters: of, the'-Bank: ‘of Montreal,
conveying: expressions’ of, mutual ©

lations ;as_a- result of. the Improved
cable faclliiea, ree

ing. hall: ‘at ‘the: city: ‘chambers.
bFor:: those ‘who ‘did: ‘not? ‘dane 8

We. had had’a view of the-Ldw:
lands. -

(continued o on page he

Ne ew set:

gs

| Are “News”.

“Every member of every fainily i iniw S
“community is interested in the news of”

-. the day.

_ And no.items are read with.

~. keener. relish ‘than announcements of.
ew ‘things to eat, to. wear or to enjoy

in n the home.

_ . You have the goods and the desire to aell them; --' ©
The ‘readers of ‘The Omineca Herald” and

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-_ The connecting link | is ADVERTISING,

; Give: the people the good news of new things’ at: oes ee
They look to you for this” .

advantageous prices.

-_. “store news’’ and will: -reppond to. your. messages, »: woke i) re

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an advertisement isan invitatio a

Issued by. Canadian - Weekly Newspapers Association ..
Heed. Office: Toronto, Canada

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BRITISH COLUMBIA.

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

7 Building Stone, Brick,” Gement, ate...

’ Miscellaneous Minerals ‘

Making mineral production ‘to the end of 1938 chow:
AN. AGGREGATE VALUE -OF $810,722,782

The substantial progress of. the mining industry in this prove" cay

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 $

For five yeara, 1896-1900 -
For five years, 1901-1905
For five years, 1906-1910
For five years, 1911-1916
For five years. 1916-1920) .
. For the year 1921 ,.7

> For'the year 1922:

For the year 1928

647,241

PRODUCTION DURING LAST TEN YEARS, $350,288,862

_ Lode-mining has onl yp
and not: 20: Aa cent. ©:
pecteds 300,

lands are open .for prospecting.
The. mining. laws of this Province are more liberal vand

‘the. fees. lower. than any.
or any, Colony in the

been in progress about 25 -years,
the Province has:‘besn even pros--
. square miles. of ‘unexplored mineral,.bear- . ....

other. province in the Dominion,
ritish, Empire.

‘Mineral. locations are granted: ‘to discoverers for nominal - -

: feos. :

Absolute’ ‘titles :are obtained by developing auch pre |

perties, security of which is giaranteed by crown grants,
Full ‘information, together with mining reports and maps,
may be obtained gratis by addressing

‘- The Honourable - The. Minister . of Mines.
._ VICTORIA, ‘BRITISH COLUMBIA.

=

+ goodwill and prophecying closer. re=.

sight ‘when _ ‘dghtéome, eal y
was danced, in the great banquet- i >

spl endid ‘prograd’ of! Scota:songe’
was' Nprovided iq: the: ‘council: hall. }

Next day ‘we  joitoyed |
to. a Highlands: The-train took
to “Aberfoyle,” rand: phen we

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