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Light clearing; good soil, suitable for fruit, gardening, .
poultry, or general production. .

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PRICE; 428 to'$40 per acre, Spread over five years, No
interest for first 18 months; 6 percent interest on balance

‘Particulars and information at

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BRITISH COLUMBIA

THE MINERAL PROVINCE OF WESTERN CANADA

‘HAS PRODUCED MINERALS VALUED AS FOLLOWS :—
Placer Gold ....ccscccuccececeasueneere $ 77,882,953
Lode Gold ....... ccc cewseceseuvencuens 118,473,190 |
S| A ce 68, S24, 579
; Lead ...........205 we ee eee eeeenesaeses - 10,548,678
Copper ..... ee ee eas Davevesereetenes ere 187, 489,378 \
ZING occ ese tense eseeeseeseetetevanes ». 82,382,958 a
Coal and Coke... .. cc cee sck edn rseceeee 260, 880, 048-
Building Stone, Brick, Cement, etc...,. “42, 225,814
‘ Miscellaneous Mjnerals ..........ss.5es 1, 431, 349

AN ‘AGGREGATE VALUE OF $859,427, 386

The substaritial progress of the mining inddstry ‘in this prov- :

ince is strikingly illustrated in the following figures, which

show ‘the value of production ‘for successive year gperiods:
For all years to 1895, inclusive ...:...".$ 94,

For five years, 1896-1900 ......s0-50... 57, Bae 967
“For five years, 1901-1905 .:..... weivacs 96, 507, 968 -
chee . Korfive. years T9OG-1910. eee eee 195, 584. 474.
For five years, 1911-1915 ........... ot 142, 072, 603
- For five years, 1916-1920r 0.0... be "199; 933) VP
cud For the year 1921.4). s.scsceseees a teees 28,068,641 .
; For the year. 1922........ steteeeesecens, 05,158,843
u -Ror the year 1928.00. .5. cc cece aeeenes 41,304,820 ..
For the year 1924......... seaeaeer ween, 4g, 704, 604:,

PRODUCTION. .DURING LAST TEN, “YEARS, $372,604,725

. Lode mining has only been in progres ‘bout 26 years. and only about ones
half of. the Province b aa been prospected: 200,000 squara miles of unexplored
mineral tearing janda ‘are opén for prospecting,

- The mining laws of this Province are more liberal and the fees Tower than

" any other Province in the Dominion or any Colony in the British

a inerak locations are gratted to discoverers for ees eRealate titles
are obtained aby. developing such properties, security of whi 1 is guaranteed by

crown
OM, re Pdetically all British Columbia mineral -pro! erties upon’ which work
in some ons of the Annug} Reporta of the Minister

hag been done are described
of Minea. Those considering mining investments should refer to auch reports.
pplication to the artment of Mines,
Vieto: ‘Reports of the Gool

They are ava ilable without charge on- a ‘

Vanco ard deo a os van se f faforaaton, male Building. 7

ithe “Honourable T ie Minister-: of Mines "
VICTORIA, BRILISH COLUMBIA,

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{has ‘Sir. ‘William. ‘Davies,
{Western Mail, and David. Davies,

‘THE OMINECA HERALD; FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12,1996 ,

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‘OUR COUSINS TOWN UN DER.

BY HUGH SAVAGE, _ DUNCAN, B.C.
With the Imperial Press Conference j in Australia:

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. , ‘SECOND ‘ARTICLE

Most: ‘Canadian weekly editors
will agree that the best thought
about leaving home i is that of the
joy of. returning. to, it. . At. -very
represent the Canadian Weekly
| Newspapers Association. and. the
British Columbia &: Yukon Press
‘Association i in the Canadian dele-

| gation to the third Imperial Press
. conference. in Melbourne,

Thad been i in Vancouver on the
previous day and while the mists
of the smoke and fog veiled. the
‘Lions which crouch under her
guardian peaks, they did not hide
Siwash Rock, that round-pointed
pencil'of stone about which Pau-
line Johnson has woven a legend

fof clean fatherhood, The rock

assumes many shapes, To me,
heading for Nanaimo, . where ev-
ening disclosed great mountains

landlocking the blue, the rock] ’

appeared as a Crusader, a mailed
knight, with curling crest of fir
treé on his helmet, looking to-
wards the Pacifie, upon which I
was 80 soon to set forth,

' As though to bring additional
heart-pangs, the driye from Dun-
can to Victoria over the Malahat
mountain’ took to itself a new
charm—dustless road, pink of
fireweed and white of ‘‘kecksies’’
on emerald green, while across
the | land slanted that long light
which comes at eventide to trans-

form the aisles of Douglas tir into

temples of intenser worship,

A lovely moon spread silvery
sheen over our parting, as the
necklace of golden lamps about

| Victoria’s bays sank low and Cape

Flattery sent along flash astern
to bid us God-speed.

‘*Aorangi” sounds outlandish,
but the Union Steamship Co. of
New Zealand is wiser than many
in its choice of names, The great-
est peak in the Alps of Maoriland:
is Mount Cook. “Its Maori name
signifies “‘‘the cloud piéercer’’—
Aorangi. It isa happy augury
that this. largest of motor-driven
ships bears the British and Cana-
dian delegates to a conference
which should be instrumental in
sharpening: those weapons by

|which more men may climb to

wider knowledge and deeper ap-
preciation of the British Common-

‘wealth of Nations...

On vher are gathered many

‘whose names are househuld words
‘Hin journalism—Lord Barnam, of

The lelegraph; Major Astor, who
stved, The Times for all the Eng-.

respondence; S. Je Higginbotham,

the Parliamentary writher of the
Daily; Chronicle; A. P. Herbert,
jot Puneb; ‘Sir Frank Newnes, of

The Strand Magazine; Sir Elmsley,

‘Carr, of. The News, of. The, World.
There are members of hoth British

Houses , of. Parliament. . _ Wales

From the: | ‘short|

of. Swansea,
Sir. Josapi -Reée

countree’’, coma

and:] iroest Woodhead; from Sus-

Ne
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re ne

_|people on

and other.
flies all-too fast:
lands:. Sir, Percival Phillips, ; of).
|The Daily Mail, whore spurs were
| won in.the hard field of ‘war cor-

—

eer, Mrs. Hensley-Infield; from
the Midlands, Sir Edward lliffe,

‘Capt. Eden, M.P., and N. 8.
Graham. The Scotsman is repre-

sented by a son of its editor, J.
E. 8. Findlay, anda son of the
editor of The Sydney Morning
Herald, W. 0, Fairfax, returns
with us afte: four years Oxford.

Another interesting personality
is the Rt. Hon. C. W. Bowerman,,
representing the printing and
allied trades. Malta contributes
a-joily schollar, editor and barris-
ter and historian in Professor A.
Bartolo. Sir Harry Britain, who
organized the first Imperial press
conference, is with the party, and
India is represented by Mr. and

Mrs, Arthur Moore, The States. }

man, Caleutta, Capt. R. J. A.
Shaw, The Times, and W. Tue-

ner, of Reuter’s complete the/

party.
The Canadians are seven:—
John W. Dafoe, Winnipeg Free

Press, an outstanding character

in Uanadian life; J. H. Woods,
Calgary Herald and Canadian
Press; John Bassett, Montreal
Gazette; Grattan O’Leary, Press|
Gallery, Ottawa; ©. F. Crandall,
British United Press. Toronto;
W. A. Graik, Toronto, represent-
ing the periodicul and trade press,
and myself.
Bassett. Mrs. O'Leary and sever-
al ladies ia the ‘British delegation
accompany their, husbands,
‘There. are. many interesting
board. Americans
dwindled i in number after Hono-
lulu, but Australians and New
Zealanders abound. The Colonial
Office is represented by W. Bankes
Amery, who has been arranging
for the settlement of an ‘‘advance
guard’’ of Hebrideans on Vancou-
ver Island, and is concerted with
immigration to Ausiralia.- In the
genial Col. James Selater, who is.

returning to his post in Australia, |
the Canadian Pacific Railway is|

wel! represented.

- Nobody appears to worry about
getting anywhere, though over
400 miles of ocean slips beneath
our keel every twenty. four honrs.
Gradually one’s eircie of acquain-
tance widens. “Many and varied
aré the exchanges of Views and
debates. Seven times a day you
may eat if you will, and a Breat
variety of deck — games awaits
you, There. are tennis, quoits,

cricket, and so forth, and. with

dances, concerts, moving pictures
entertainments -time

Honolulu, with its flowers and
surf bathing and myriad combi-

nations of rare color, in fish and}.

tree and landscape, is six days
out of Victoria, Another six
brings one to Suva and rush-kilt-

ed Fijians in a. semi-tropicat: land|.
of sugar cane and rice and niatigo} !

and copra. Then four days sail}
feveals’ Auckland harbor,’

‘You may watch flying Gish: ‘at
‘of The

lay, ‘or perchance glimpse a
weting cluster ofjnautilus, whose

‘bldom'againat the blue

water. ..

One - _meon sank in a

Mrs. Dafoe,’ Mrs.

: =, | bronze. Hight... |

r

Anite of

iny sails resemble ‘a mags” of||
Aweet nea

» A great. star.
spread a little pathway of radi- : i
ance across the deep. The out: ;
goings of the day are frequently ,
of indescribable magnificence.
Between the Hawaiian. and Fiji |
Island you slide diagonally aeross |
the equator. Darkness falls fast :
at six p.m. and earlier as we £0 ;
heaving into cooler climes and
bigger seas towards Maoriland,

Pe ad PO

| Telkwa

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J. P. Wheeler, of the Soldier «
Settlement Board, spent a few
days at Terrace during last. week
end. .

Mrs. E. M. Hoops was a bridge’
hostess to a number of ladies last |
Friday evening. The prizes were -
won by Mrs. J. P. Wheeler: and
Mrs. Jos. Bourgon,
The infant daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. D. F. Belknap passed away
on Monday after a short illness,
Constable Serogg, R.C.M.B.,
{returned on Tuesday evening

‘from the Lakes district patrol, |

Corporal Bryce is remaining at
Burns Lake for a few days. |

Provincial Constable Fairbairn :
returned last Thursday from the :
south after depositing some pri-|
soners at Qakalla. He reports a.
good journey in fine weather.

The heavy Chinook wind of!
Sunday night and Monday com-
bined with a driving rain to‘put
a complete stop to tie and coal’
hauling. For the most part the
roads are bare. It is estimated:
that 50: per cent. of the ties are
still i in the bush.

_ Mrs. Eggleshaw, : of - Terrace,
spent a few days this week with’
Mrs. Sperry Cline in Hazelton.

-

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BRI.
+ TIS COLUMBIA, .
IN PROBATE,

In the Matter of the Estate of MICHEL

LAUZON, otherwise known as Mi-.
 chael _ Lauzon, outherwise known as.

Micheat Lauzon, deceased.

Take notice that by an order of His
Honour Judge Y¥ gene made the 3rd day
of December, 1925, letters probate have.
been issued to me in respect of the will
of the above-named, who died at Kit-
wanga, B.G,, on or about the 10th day
day of August, 1925.

All persuns indebted. to the said
estate are hereby requested to pay to
me the amount of. their indebtedness
forthwith. All persons having claims
upon the said.estate are hereby re-
quested to file articular thereof, auly
verified by: affidavit, with me on or
before the Ist day of March, 1926,
Dated the Ist day of February, 1926.

‘THOMAS E, MOORE,
$185 | Kitwanga, B.C.

The Bulkley Hotel

E. E, Orchard, Owner:

European or American Plan

The headquarters for the - Bulkley
Valley, Tourists and Commercial men
find tnis a grand hotel to stop at. ; “

All trains met, Autos, livery or riga!
saddle horses provided.

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