THE OMINECA HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1923 |

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Barrister Solicitor
Notary Public

L. 8. McGILL —

SMITHERS

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NEW HAZELTON, B.C.

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Notices for Grown Giants
Purchase of Land ' .
" ‘Licence te Prospect for Coal -

The Omineca Herald

-|tawa governments ‘re the pro-
| posed bridge’ across, the Skeena

|=". have made only one resolu-

Some people do. not :take much

tions between ‘Victoria’ ‘and Ot

near Terrace. -

Judge: Young, Prince® Rupert.

tion for 1943, viz.; to *see only
the bright side of ‘things.

the sensation of the Alice Arm

of the original mortgagee.
provincial government, and espe-'
cially those who took such. a.

Hay and Oats |

ALWAYS ON HAND
LARGE or SMALL QUANTITIES

€

BOYER & CARR

City Transfer Co.

beter B.C.

the result. That Act was de-
nounced as a wicked and a vicious
thing when it was before the
House. It has turned out to be
even more wicked than ita oppo-
nents prophesied. -In the first
place the mine was given into
the hands of an incapable engin-
eer who had already made a mess
of his contracts and got himself

OUR BUSINESS 18

| Transportation

By automobile buggy,
or horse-back

We move freight, express
and supplies by wagon,
drays or pack - horses.

We will move you or
your goods and distance
does not seare us.

Telkwa Transfer

Hoops & Mapleton
Telkwa

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into deep water with southern
wholesalers. After. being pre-
sented with the mine he continued
his wasteful construction work
until finally be was forced to quit
| for non-payment of obligations,
The railway toe the mine was un-
necessary and not workable, The
mine has been reduced to a poor
prospect, or even worse, But
the most serious part of the case
is that real mining men and real

» | Canadian money were barred from

New
_ Hazelton
Dairy

Milk
delivered
daily
NEW HAZELTON

and HAZELTON
and points en route

LEON BELMONT

New HAZELTON

coming into Northern British
Columbia by the unprecedented
interference of the Jegislature,
The thing looked very fishy in
the beginning. It looks even
more fishy now, especially when
one looks over the railway and
the mine, and takés into consid-
eration the amount of money that
was taken out of the mine.

The provincial treasurer boasts
of having paid out to municipal-

Telkwa Lumber Co.

ities monies amounting to $10 per
head of pupulation. Why should
the provincial government be the

DEALERS
Building. -

Cabinet Making

All kinds of building material carried

in stock

-TELKWA

"MANUFACTURERS
Contracting

Wagon Repairing

Bulkley Valley

tax collector for the municipal-
ities? For the very simple rea-
son that municipalities would not
then be able to collect taxes from
the people living in unorganized
communities. Grasp this fact—
We, living on ‘the frontier, are
being taxed to maintain the
streets,” light ‘plants and: other

luxuries in the towns and cities.
All tle money ‘we pay on the
special taxes on liquor, gambling,
automobiles, ete, goes” to the:
organized municiba lities.” ‘Do you
like itt Bh :

Aiter’ all the. bragging of the
wonders Fred:’ ‘Stork accomplish-
ed in-forcing great reductions in
the’: ‘number. of Jap licenses ‘to‘be
granted’ on the: keena River, the
Doininién* government’ ‘now’. an-

nounces that the. reduction will

Te Be Horne

"BARRISTER, “ETC.
*” PRINcE ROvERT, B. GC.
golleitie for the City of Prince, Runott,-

be only. ‘ten per cent., or not ad
‘much . AB. provided by the late
jfovernment, Pobee ned

Se eanameaen aad

‘Dor. licence and whiskey Aicece|

all same now—$2 each.

The Dally Varden mine, once

district, is now back in the hands}
The|.

prominent part in forcing the)
Doliv Varden Special Act through)
the House, should feel proud of!

| ton, later settling in. Smithers.
\Four .years. ago he came to

THE DUKE Of ABERCORN
The new Governor of North
Ireland, the head of the famous
Hamilton family, who have al-
ways.been recognized as cham-
pions of the Protestant counties
of Ireland and have been the
most powerful and popular of
Irish gentry. He is a veteran of
the Great War.

Ole A. Ragstad
Passed Away at.
Prince Rupert

Ole A. Ragstad, a one-time
resident of Hazelton, died in
Prince Rupert on Tuesday last.
The ‘“‘News’’ referred to the
deceased as follows:—

Suecumbing to an attack of
ear trouble on account of which
he had been admitted to the
General Hospital a few days ago,
Ole A. Ragstad, the well known
pioneer jeweller and watehroaker
of this district, passed away ong)
‘Tuesday about 12 noon. He wasa
native of Norway and was about
60 years of age, thirty years of
his life having been spent in the
vicinity of Prince Rupert.

The late Mr. Rapstad came to
America 40 years ago’ and first
established himself in Minnea.
polis, Coming shortly after to
Victoria, he started a watch-
making business there. Twenty-
nine years ago he arri¥ ed in
Port Essington and,. with the
construction of the: Grand Trunk
Pacific Railway, -went to Hazel-

Prince Rupert to.enter the em-
ploy of John. Bulger:: ; Re

Minneapolis and these are ‘now
being communicated with, He
was a member of the. Far ‘West
Funeral arrangements

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dertakers.

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M anufacturers of

Fanall Spur, B.C.
Royal

Lumber
Company

Roiigh, ‘Dressed & Dimiension

Lumber

r HAMLOCK, RCE AND CEDAR

_ HEMLOCK, SPRUCE AND BIRGH

Flooring

Note that the name of

our Post Office has been

changed from Royal
Mills to

HANALL, B. C.

Get our prices before ordering elsewhere

The Answer —.
Jewellery.

When the question is, ‘‘What
shall I give,’’ the answer comes
readily,’ A wrist wateh, a pen-:
gant, a brooch, a ring, a sterling
pen or pencil, beautiful to the
| eye and of lasting value, make
splendid gifts, and serve as 8.
permanent reminder of Daddy’s
love and affection.

R. W. CAMERON & CO. “The Jewellers’' |

| THIRD AVENUE - PRINCE RUPERT, B.C.

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The most satisfactory and
the most. economical fuel

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for the winter supply

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, Deceased has some. relatives iui

ake Kniehs.of Pyles, Vie( ff

aré in the handa of the B. C. ‘Un. cae ye a

AS Hagwilgét Indiari ‘was ‘si | bi

tencéd to three. months’ for. mak:

ing home-brew. oe

| Dentistry

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WILL be i in’ Hazelton from Monday,
_ January 8th, to Saturday, January 13th

\ Onion. ar THE Our Neca Horen

. Please ‘make appointments as ‘earl if:
«in the week as possible, as betta .
. 7 Service ee can ‘be rendered by so doing.

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