- mE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1917

~The World’s Doings i in Brief

News: Notes from Many Sources a

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Sweden is facing a-food ghort-|
age, :

_ Pittsburgh reports 285, 00 0 Pol
‘ready to’ enlist. ,

Ez. any peace move,
a; Sinee the war began. 2573 yes:
@ sels have been sunk?

s. - Germany: will introduce | com-
pulsory Bervice.in Poland. ;
A Phe. state of Washington will
a. - be “‘bone dry” after July 1.
= «=—s_ , Saskatchewan may disfranchise

‘voters of enemy alien origin. .

Champ Clark was re-elected
speaker of the U. s congress. |

The new Russian government
has abolished capital punishment.

a ‘Villa was defeated in an at-

cl - Major-General Lessard is now
“in charge of recruiting in Que-
a: bec.

4 Mayor -Gill-and other Seattle
officials, charged with graft, were
acquitted.

oI SO Spain is under martial law,
owing to the danger of a nation-
wide strike.

German and Austrian leaders
held a conferencé” at Vienna on
Wednesday. :

’ Britain will take measures of
a reprisal for the torpedoing of
= ._ hospital ships.

f~ +. . Sixty-five Villistas were ‘ex-
-ecuted in Chihuahua by order of
, General Muerquia.

Fifty American seamen taken
in the Moewe’s raids are held in
_ German pr ison camps.

‘Ambassador. Penfield is return-
ing from-Vienna to Washington,
to consult with the aidministta-

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ton eae ;

A method of making flour from
; linden and beech buds is ‘said to
_~) have’ been discovered in .Ger-

“many. = = 7

The committee which’ investi-
"gated. the federal civil service
. reported a thousand men fit for

service,

Enlistments | throughout. the

- Dominion ‘are now fairly good,
British Columbia hias contributed
89,493 men. '

“The “Swiss national council re-
- jected a Socialist resolution con-
a gratulating ” the’ new. ‘Russian
government, :

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in February.

; Holland’s exports to Germany,
» °° made.yp, mostly of vegetabks,
- > horses and cattle). reach - 8 “total
_, of $21,000,000 a month, -

ws Hon. Arthur Meighen, sclicitor-

a ‘forted by. the Liberals, |,

poses Rovernmentownership aa a
_ Solution of the railways problem.

“American” ‘citizens: will: ‘be al-

_cmolasted a8 longr'as Germans. are
a not nioleated in the.U ited States,

In New, Yori ai six Gerimang were
fourid: guilty of placing: incendiary

‘remanded: for

“porta,” The
enten

7 tempt to éapture Chihuahua city. |

During ‘the first 18 diye” of {
| March 55 vessels were torpedoed e:
as against 66 in the: same period. -

_ general; says there will be no|é
", federal. election in 1917 unless it! ji

. Sir Henty. Drayton, chairman :
of ‘the’ “railway. cononiission, pro-

ven ‘owed: “to remain ‘in Germany. un-

bombs on: oe ships./fgr- Allied.

The Austrian ministers df. war,

-'| justice and finance have. resigned

following the disclosures of grave

rseandals connected with army

.{supplies, 29s: ; .
Switzerland has decided against PP os : oo,
Four physicians were . heavily
‘fined at London, Ont.,-for giving |:

One:

preser ‘iptions: for. liquor.
had written 718 prescriptions, at
a dollar apiece. .

American officials and- relief
workers will be held in Balgiu
for four weeks of ‘ ‘news quaran-

tine’, to prevent the disclosure °
-|of military information. -

Many women and children in

the district recently evacuated
by the Germans, were deliberate-
ly inoculated with tuberculosis
germs, under pretence of vaccin-
ation,

General Kuropatkin, governor |-
of Riga, received eight millions
froia the Germans for ‘the sur-
render of his position, but sent

the money to the duma and held.

the city. . aN

The total aubgeriptions to Can-
ada’s $150,000,000 war loan were
in. excess of $250,000,000, and
there were 40,000 applicants. All
subscriptions of $25,000 or less
will be alloted in full. ,

Savings deposits in Canadian
banks have inereased from $1,-
100,000,000 to $1,800,000,000 in
the last year. ‘This is exclusive
of postoffice savinzs deposits and
war savings certificates.

THE

“Uptto- Date Drug Store

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Kodaks ‘aid Photo

 Sapplies
Toilet’ Requisites
A Fine Line of Stationery

AGENT FOR THE LEADING MANUFACTUR.
ERS OF ALMOST ALL COMMODITIES IN
————— GENERAL USE ——-———

JF. Maguire ;

. MANUFACTURERS’ AGENT .
HAZELTON, B. C.

QUALITY, PRICES ‘AND TERMS ARE RIGHT.
ENQUIRIES INVITED.’ SAMPLES AND QUO.
TATIONS CAN BE SUBMITTED FROMPTLY

ALSO INSURANCE OF ALL KINDS.

Green Bros, Burden & Co.

_ Civil ‘Engineers
Dominion, British Columbia,
and Alberta Land Surveyors

Offices at Victoria, Nelson, Fort George
and New Hazelton.

BF, P, BuRDEN, - New Hazelton

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Provincial Assayer !
hi ; Hazelton, - - B.C ’

a~ sree nem erties

WOTEL ‘PRINCE RUPERT
THE LEADING’ HOTEL IN NORTHERN B.C.

:: EUROPEAN PLAN ::
One Dollar per day and upwards
25c. aute service to and from all trains and boats

PRENCE RUPERT - B.C.

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HAZELTON, B.C. \

Gree, Derenods, Boots and Shoes, Hardware, Wholesale Laws

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1 Cariation ‘Wheat-Flakes, pkg, 50

BEONUSUEGLUS CCOMISVERRUURSDE COMERS IINSEERD EMRAESTISIESS

» Porridge Oats, 20. s

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FOR BREAKFAST ——

- Quaker Oats,” Puifed Rice, Puffed Wheat, 10. Corn Flakes, Kellogg's, 1124
‘Porridge Wheat, 20

BUTTER: Woodlands, Ib, .55; Meadow Brook, [b., .50
COFFEES: HB. Imperial, Chase & Sanboth's,
EGGS: Local New. ‘Lal, per. r doze, : 53> Fresh, in Cartons, per dozen, .50

MARMALADES: ” Crosse & Blackweil’s, per hn,
ve Grape Fruit, per tin, 50
APPLES ORANGES:

Cream of Wheat. pkg. 25

Pancake Flour, .40

Empress, Jamteson, ih. 45

90 and 25;
_ Green Ft, per tin, | 40

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, "RAILWAY

Thursday at 12 mi

Taland points.

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Steamers dailing between Skagway;- Juneau,
‘Wrangell, Ketchikan, . Anyox, Prince’ Rupert,
Ocean Palle; Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle.

Lenve rare for Ocean Falla, Vaneouver; Wietoria, Seattic, f
night. For Anyox Wednesday at 2 midnight, . For 4

- Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, .

May 2nd, 16th, 30th,ot 1 Peat. Fortnig tly’ sailings to Queen Charlotte

Arrive Prince Rupert trom the South every ¥
Passenger trains leave Hazelton Easthound.?:10 p, Mi Wednesday and 4
Saturday. Mixed 1:56 p.m. Tuerday, Wayfraight 12:30 P.M. Saturday. ', §
”“ Passenger traing leave Hazelton Westbound at 946 A.M. -Tuesday and.
. Thursday.’ Mixed train & 4.M. Sunday. Wayfteight 11:35 A.M. St

- For further information apply.to ‘any. Grand Trunk Pacific Agent, orto &
. G A. MeNicholl, Asat.Gen. Frolaht and Passenger: “Agent, Primes Rupert, RC.

and STEAMSHIP LINES.

“‘Wednesday,, ‘April. 4th, -18th;

ednesday at. 10; 30 A. M.

inday,

Express, General  Drayage and Freighting|

LIVERY and STAGES

night.-

We are propared to supply private | Je

“Our stages, meet all trains ‘at South Hazelton or Naw Hazelton,

~ BEST DRY BIRCH, $6.50 A CORD ,

and -pub Ais conveyances day and! I
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‘Goualgn your shipments: in ‘Our.
Gare for Storage : or Dolivery.:’
Riddrota all: icatlona, te Hcelion, “=

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“HAZELT¢ IN. ‘and NEW TAZELTON.

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\VERY ONE CAN do |f
something for his
country

Some can bear arms
Some can produce focd | — :
Some can make munitions
Some can give money —

It i. is the privilege of ail to help.

OU CAN SERVE by
Fighting— W orking—
Saving—Giving

This is NATIONAL SERVICE
Are YOU doing your part?

.LL EYES turn now to
the Canadian Farmer,’
for he can render the

| Empire SPECIAL SERVICE
in this sternest year of the:
war. :

But--our farms are. badly ‘under ,
mannéd: ~25, 800 men are needed. on: | iE
the land. 7

With instifficient help, the Man « on: |
the Land fights an uphill fight to ~

meet the press ing need for Food.

NITY and TOWN .

can help.

Municipol Councils, Churehes and
Schools, and. other organizations, °
both of men and womext, can render
National Service by .directing all
available labour to the Land. ,

Farmers themselves can exchange
labour. School boys can assist. —

Were you raised onafarm? Canyou |
drive ateam? Can you handle fork |
or hoe? If you can’t fight, you. can
produce. Spend the Summer work-.
_ing,on the Farm.

Let every man, woman and’ child in-:
the Dominion who has ‘access to
Land, no. matter how small the plots,
make it produce | Food in’ 1917. 7

Bor: information on any subject: relating to | :

mesa)
_ the: Farm and Garden write: —..
INFORMATION BUREAU . (

“omnaRrET OF AGRICULTURE.
Po a OTTAWA so

oe “HON, MARTIN | BURRELL. MINISTER.

- DOMINION

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OTTAWA, : “CANAQA a7

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