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THE OMINECA HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1926 ©

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Canadian Pacific Railway Company \

| BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST STEAMSHIP SERVICE

To Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, September, 17, 27, October
and 29
To Vancouver,. Victoria, Seattle, September, 11, 21, October 1, 12, 22
3.9. “PRINCESS BEATRICE’’—For Butedale, East Belia Bella, Ocean
| Fails, Namu, Alert Bay, Campbell River and Vancouver every
Saturday at 11 a.m. :
| Full information from

AGENCY FOR ALL OCEAN STEAMSHIP
nd Fourth Street, Prince Rupert

LINES
ie W. C. Orchard, corner Third Avenue a y

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‘Smithers - | 1

Born at Telkwe, Sept. oth,
ison to Brab and Mrs. Hoops,

Election Day was taken in a

matter of fact way by the major-.
ity of Smithers citizens. No un-
due excitement was noticed until

BUILDING MATERIALS!

Cement Lime Plaster Fireclay

Brick Building Papers Roofing

Sash & Doors %-ply Veneer Paneling
Fir Finish a Specialty

ALBERT & McCAFFERY;, LTD.

Prince Rupert, B.C.

the returns started coming ‘in.

The. Hazelton Hospital
on ated ec 8 --
' The. Hazelton Hospital issues
tickets for‘any period at 1.60 per.

‘month in advance, This rate in-
cludes office consultations and - |.

- Credit Foncler Bldg, VANCOUVER, B.C.

ne eee eS

J. R. ‘Williams

‘” PROVINCIAL ASSAYER
"Bree Hats sent on reduest

medicines, as well as all costs

while in the hospital, Ticketsare -
obtainable in Hazelton from the -
: drug store; from T. J. Thorp, -
. Telkwa, or by. mail from the medi-

eal superintendent at the Hospital.

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At night most of the male popu-
lation gathered at Al. Finnerty’s
billiard hall where the returns
were on fap,
| A pleasant little dance was held
at Lake Kathlyn last Fridav night
when Mrs, Birnie celebrated the
closing of her summer camp.
Geo. Harmer shook the dust of
Smithers from off his feet Satur-

the prairies.

W. J. PITMAN’S MUSIC STORE

PRINCE GEORGE, 2.C.

STANDARD
Goops PIANOS PHONGGRAPHS
St em Everything in Musie
: PRICES and
SINGER SEWING ’ MACHINES

The paid admissions at the fair
this year numbered 950, this be-
ing for adults only, children all
went in free. ,

Miss Marjorie Roberts and R.
B. Wallace are new teachers at
the Smithers public school, being
in charge of grades 8 anc 4 and
5 and 6 respectively. Principal
R. Crockett, Miss Fawcett and
Frank Rendle. have the same
classes as last term.

Miss P. Cummings of Vancou-

Manufacturers of

Hanson
Lumber &
Timber Co.

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Mill at .
HANALL, B.C.

ROUGH, DRESSED & DIMENSION

Lumber

HEMLOCK, SPRUCE AND CEDAR

FLOORING - WINDOWS

Hemlock Complete,
and Spruce different sizes

Get our prices before ordering elsewhere:

. f| year vet.

rura} school.

(| Miss Muriel Rogers. who spent

the past couple of weeks in town
with Miss Madelen Rolston left
for home in Prince ‘George the
first of the week,

Paid admissions to the barbe-
cue at Telkwa on Labor. Day
numbered 1045, a slight decrease
from 1925 which was the biggest

After an absence of several
months Shel Robinson is again
in town,

Murder Case a

BRITISH COLUMBIA.

{HE MINERAL PROVINCE OF WESTERN CANADA
HAS PRODUCED MINERALS VALUED AS FOLLOWS :—
Piacer Gold, $77,663,045; Lede Gold, $122, 808,190; Silver,
$74,111,897; Lead, $89,218,907; Copper, $197,642,647; Zinc,
$29,926, 947: Goal and Coke, $278, 048,953; Building Stone, Brick,
Cement, $44,905,886; Miscellaneous Minerals, $1,594,387;
Making mineral production to the end of 1925 show

AN AGGREGATE VALUE OF $920,919,628

| The substantial progress of the mining industry in this prov-
ince is strikingly. i ifiustrated-in the following figures, which
\ show the value of production for successive 5-year periods:

For all years to 1995, inclusive ....... 8 94,647,241
For five years, 1896- 1900 veceseceeers Me 57,605, 967
‘For five years, 1903-1905 .........----- 96,507,968
For five years, 1906-1910 .....-.+.-0-s- 125,534,474
For five years, 1911-1916 . .. 142,072,603
For five years, 1916-1920) ........ vas es, 189,922,725 .
Por the year 1921... .sscereeeeees eesees, 28,066,641
Bor the year 1922... .cccsereeeeeee seeee 85,168,843
For the year 1923. . betauneceeeeees «, 41,304,320
For the year 1924.......0seeeueuerereee 48, 704, 604
For the year 1925............ sebenneeee 61, "492,242

PRODUCTION DURING LAST TEN YEARS, $404,649,375

: ; Lod finn has only been in progress about 26 years. and only about one- —

. half of ‘the ‘Provinos hus heen prospec ted . 200,000 sauare miles of unexplored
anda are open for prospecting.

maine earned laws of this Province are more liberal and the fees lower than
any: other Province in the Dominion or any Colony in the British Empire. :

--- Mineral locations are granted to discoverers for nominal fees. Absolutetitles
are obtained? by: developing such provertics, security of which is guaranteed by

orn practically all Biitlah Calumbla mineral proparties ut upon whigh work — ;

bean a described in ome one of the Annual Reports of the Minister
hes Sen hose consider ing mining investments should refer to Buch reports.

nt charge on a lication $0 the Departinen Mines,
ae are aia! lable with vont af th six Mineral urvey, Di Districts are ©

ue Tiere separately, rts eovering oa on aD appileation, Reports of the Geologl- |

1 Survey of
Saati sourced of informatign.: “t St a 4

VICTORIA, | BRITISH. COLUMBIA. os

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Winch. Building, Vancouver, B Cn “Ere recommended aso

Case of Drunk —
And Dis Disorderly

The investigation party which
made the trip to the head of Ba-,
bine Lake last week to inquire
into the alleged murder of « four
months old Indian baby returned
to to town last Saturday réport-
ing that no evidence of an un-
natural death had ‘been found.
The party’ consisted of Coroner
8. H.- Hoskins, ‘Dr. Geu, ‘Paine;
1] Srat. Service and two mounties
from Telkwa, accomfanied by the
prisoner Sebastine Jim, made the
round trip from here via Topley
in four days. Sebastine seems
to have been drunk and ‘abusive
to his family. The police ex-
humed thé body but the post.
mortem did not disclose any. evi-
dence of violence. © -

. The prisoner was broughit: back’
to Smithers and fined $50. I

‘The pole makers from the’ ‘Bure
rounding district ° were ‘all in “for
the election and i in a couple days
were all out again. ma ve

‘Hon. T. D, Pattullo,, ‘who was
on,a speaking, tour. through the

dar night and hit the trail for |!

LAND ACT ANE AMENDMENTS

ver is in charge of the Kvelyn|

| ing atleast five neres, before a Crown Grant.

: by any one “person or: company,

B.C. UNDERTAKERS.

EMBALMING FOR SHIPMENT A. SPECIALTY

A wire
will bring ua

P.O. Box 943
PRINCE RUPERT, BO.

GAS AND OIL

BOYER & CARR'S ©

City Transfer
‘stables -

SMITHERS, B-C.

SHACKLETON

Hotel {

USK, B.C.
, New, clean and comfortable

First-class Dining Room in connection -

Raves ARE ATTRACTIVE

THOS. SHACKLETON - Prop.

~ SYNOPSIS OF

PRE-EMPTIONS

Hotel
- Prince Rupert

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Prince Rupert.
BC

_H, B. ROCHESTER, Manager ;

Rates. $1.50 per day up.

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Vacant. unreserved, surveyed Crown lands
may he preemoted -by British subjects
over 18 years of age, and by aliens
on declaring intention to bkecome British.
subjects, conditional upon realdence, occu-
pation, and improvement for. agricultural
Purpores.

Full information . concerning regulations
regarding pre-emptions is given in Bulletin
No. 1, Land Series, “How to Pre-empt Land,”
copies of which can be obtained free of charge’
by addressing the - Department of Lands,
Victoria, B.C., or to any Government Agent.
Records will be eranted covering only
Jand suitable for agricultural purposes, and
which is not timberland, i.e, carrying over
5,000 board feet per acre wert of the
Coast Range and 8,000 feet Per acre east
of that ‘Range.

Applications | for pre-emptlons are to “be
addreased to the Land Commissioner of the
Land Recording Division in which, the land
applied-for is situated, and are mada on printed

forms, copies of which ean be obtained from the
Land Conamissioner, ,

Pre-emptions muat be cecupied for five years
and improvements made to the value of
310 per, acre, including clearing and cultivat-

ean be received.

For more detailed information s sea the Bulletin,
‘How. to Pre-empt Land.”

PURCHASE

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Applicationa are received for | purchase
of Yyacant and unreserved Crown lands,
not being timberland, for agricultural purposes;

* Brushes, Etc.

A.W. EDGE Co.

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

Importers and Wo
_ Dealers in — Ve

Wallpapers We carry the”.
Burlaps largest and:
Paints most varied ;
Oils stock in’
Varnishes Northern
Glass British |
Columbia.

Write us for information when.
renovating or building your home:

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Make Your Home Attraetive. ‘:

Braves Board DisratBuToRs

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minimum rica of first-class (arable). land |
Is $5 per acre, and second: clase (crazing)

lond. 92.60 per acre, ° Further information
regarding. purchase. or lease of. Crown |].
lands “Sis given in Bulletin No. 10,° Land
Series, “Purchase and Lense of - Crown |
Land}.”
ill, factory, or ‘{nduatrlal sites on timber
land, riot exceeding 40 acres, may be purchased or
leased, : the conditions including -naymont ‘of

atumpage, add

| HOMESITE LEASES

may be leased as homesites,
‘upon a” dwelling being erected in the
firat, ‘year,* ‘title being obtainable’ nfter
residence and improvement conditions’ sre
fulfilled a: ‘the :land has béen sur-
voyedi: teat ces
Rae LEASES
For}, grazing and industrial * purpose
Areas, pot : ‘exceeding 640 acres may be leased :

conditional

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a GRAZING

une

Under the

Grazing , “ACE the: ‘Province
‘| nae administered
| Commissfoner, -
ieauied,*: based ': TEN, pie
belie ‘givers to’ alia er ee Ps 3

owners may . form ‘associations: ‘for pos
management, - 2 Bred, ony

under the Grazing |:

north called: on; Joeal, Frieda: Aga

- Thuraday. bibs ta edhe”

“| travellers oP ta ten head?

rita, are. available | for; nile ie "

Unsurveyed wrens, not exceeding 20 acres, |]. -

{n dividea Into giazine diatricta, ‘and the|)

Areca rine ‘permits : are .

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_ Exchange

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Dodge Cars a
~ Graham Trucks .

Beatty Bros.’ Barn and:
Hay-fork Equipment:
and Pumps a

~ Sohn Deere Plow. Co.’ 3
~ Machinery |

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