Enthusiasm Aroused In Van-
' couver by Bowser's. Ar
‘raignment of Reciprocity

ORIEN AND SIR WILFRID

. Federal Leaders Continue Busy: Jn East-

ern - Constituencies — ‘Dominion Ta

- Avwaking to Importance of the lesue—
Campaign In. Britiah Columbia

' Vancouver, Sept. 8:— (Special
_ _, to the Miner) The feature of the
7 week in the coast campaign was’
the dddress delivered by Hon.
“W..J. Bowser at the. first Con-
servative relly in Vancouver on
Thursday, In a- vigorous ad-
_ dress, amid a riot of laughter arid
-cheers,. the: Attorney-general
quoted Laurier’s anti-reciprocity
. Speeches in the House, as report-

: ned in Hansard and his public.

speeches.on the same ‘subject;
"concluding with the Prime Min-
_ -Aster’s reference to reciprocity at
the banquet given -by the Cana-.
dian Club of Ottawato Ambassa-
dor Bryce in April, 1907, on whieh
* gecasion.. Sir Wilfrid said Canada
“would have no more reciprocity
proposals and no more pilgrim-| .
ages to. Washington, : but was
‘ looking to the motherland..,“The
~ Liberals, ‘said Mr, Bowset, take
> joy. in recalling the early recipro-
__ city speeches of Sir John A, Mac-,
.. donald, but we don’ t: have’ to go
so far back to get Laurier’ 8 views
the other way.-
- Reciprocity, the speaker @ aver-
_ red, would do incaleulable injury
_to the growing industries of Brit-
; ish Columbia. Underit the Pan-
ama canal would be. of “little
- benefit to the ports of: this
Province. “That. the adoption of

~ . the pact,would lead -to annexa-

tion’'was the view of American’
_ statesmen and leading journals,

- Referring to his prosecution of
Canadian: Northern‘ contractors
in : Victoria for violation ‘of. the
“ alien labor-law in- bringing. men
from Seattle hé justified the fining

- of the contractors ‘and condemn-
‘ed. the Ottawa authorities who,
he ‘said, under a secret order-in-
council, sought to void the Act
‘by letting down the Ammigration
barriers, a

- ‘Laurier { in 1 Ontario a

“Collingwood, Sept. 8:—Sir Wil.
“frid Laurier has returned to. On-

’ tario; and. spoke. here last night.
-He declared . there ‘would be no
change in the tariff: ‘on tariufac-
tured’ goods. until. ample: oppor-
tunity was allowed for’ examin:
ation of. the:question: He elaim~

_ ed he had- rejected ‘American pro-|

posals for: reciprocity . in” Taani- a

of actures.,

“Premier Sets Time Limit

Sudbury, Sept. 8: “In a ‘taal

here Sir Wilfrid Laurier predicted

” that’ the ‘tariff barriers. between!|i

“Tare Pleased With

INATIVE SILVER-FOUND ON
~ HUDSON BAY MOUNTAIN,

Sensation Caused By Display. of Rich Speci

"mens. from New Discovery-=Confirmation of
~ Reports Likely’ to Cause
~ Run Wall Up In the Phowands

ae was ‘frequent ‘applause. 7

“Northern Interior|

“Among ‘the: “visitors to thie

‘| Miner ‘office during’ the. ‘week.

were ‘two coast newspaper men,
W. 2, “Playfair and, Frank Ward,
representing the: Vancouver|
News-Advertiser and the Victoria
Colonist. They ‘have. just com-
pleted a‘ horseback ‘journey, *wn-

dertaken in the interests of their
papers, from: Asheroft to. Hazel-|-

pleasure at the remarkable evi-
dences, of- coming prosperity they |
saw on their trip. =: ‘They were
only in town ashort time,: Jeaving |j

for. the: Coast’ to ‘prepare’ ‘des- |'

criptive articles on the country
covered by their itinerary.

. © Southern Salmon Pack

Vancouver, Sept. '8:—(Special
tothe Miner) The Fraser River
salmon pack is estimated up-to
date at two hundred and fifteen:
thousand -:cases' of ‘all kinds, of
which sixty thousand tases were
sockeyes, The Puget Sound pack
was seven hundred © thousand
cases, of which one hundred and
teri thousand cases were sockeyes,

ROSS HAS GOOD MEETING

Liberal Candidate Receives. a Hearing
from Mombers of Both: Parties and
Proves Himself an Adroit Campaigner.
Says Nothing about Lumber. lodustry.

A fay. large crowd last. night!
listened: to Duncan Ross and_oth- |.
er. advocates. of reciprocity-in the
first public meeting of. the: ‘local.
campaign: -: “The - Liberal, candi-
date did- not ' arrive until nine in
the © evening, which _made the
meeting. a late one. : The- - pro-
ceedings were opened by George
Swan, as chairman, and C.: W.
Peck gave the first: address, his}:
remarks being ‘confined to gener-
alities. - Mr, .Rogs,:in. hig lengthy
speech, gave-his attention main-|
ly to-the disloyalty, cry; which -he
chose to- set up as the only arpu-
ment against. reciprocity advan:
ced by the Conservatives, -Need-
legs to say, his.adroitness. of ar-

gument did not.fail him;: and he.

succeeded ‘te'his. own, satisfaction
in -vanquishing his man‘of.straw..
The question... of. British. ‘Colun-,
bia’s lumber industry. linder ‘reai-
procity was not discussed by. the]
candidate, * but was “taken i inp by,
the last speaker of the evening,
John Dorsey,’ of ‘local. fame, ‘whot

_. [undertook ‘to.shéw' that reciptoc-

ity would benefit thosewho own-
ed timber: ; ‘lands, ag: eighty ‘pér
cent of them were: Americans.
His: argument" ‘was not, ‘however,
avery lueid one; The crowd,
while not ‘enthusiastic, Pave: “thie

“A Convenient Inatitution

“tthe | new ° “free: “reading : ‘ina

: es writing room, over Adams’. drug
store, hig: been: ‘Suecesstully ine

augutated, and js-being used by
many. who find’ it'-most’ conven-
vot to. the’: able

Canada andthe, United ‘States }evs

~ would sbe” down.’ “within three
- montha: :
wag a "thepartis i eee may

ES wins tilled on een = tm

~ Deputy-coroner - Step

‘He denied that Canada| te

ton, and express surprise and|"

speakers . a "good . hearing, : and Ral TP

Stampede—-Assays}

While it has been demondirated |.
beyond: doubt, that this,: ‘district
is remarkable “for: the excellence
‘of its ‘mineral showings, ° and

"| while all capable mining men

unite in declaritig. that its’ future
as a big producer is. agsured, the}
development of our various, camps
has been so gradual and consist-
‘ent that. although may: rich
showings of Ore are ready for the
inspection of visitors, and’ high
agsays are quite the usual thing,
there has heretofore been. no
excitement such as is caused by |:
the discovery of rich placers: or
native minerals. ' This state of
affairs obtains no- longer. Since
news ofa strike of native silver
on Hudson Bay Mountain reached
town afew ‘days ‘ago, and gam:
ples of the rich mizieral were dis-
played in the window of a local
firm, :little élse has been talked
about, even the election taking | -
second place i in the’ public eatimar|

The. find was’. ‘made by’ fret
Allan ‘and.’ Phil’ Hankin, -
ground ‘adjoining " the Lakeview
group, eight mniles. from the rail-}
way, on the northeast slope. of
the mountain. --They-staked four
claims, ‘and claim. to have, the
vein exposed. on three, . The
discoverers say the ore, which is
a beautiful bornite; carrying ‘a
remarkable’ ‘amount of native

roceurs on the footwall side of a
‘dike’of porphyry in a limoniite for-
tation, The vein is stated to
have a width of from: 22. to 26
inches... ...

In Harvey and “MeKinnon’ 3
office,.. where the ore is displayed
there “is‘a constant stream. of
sisitors,-' ‘all. of whom’ wish to
handle’ the Specimens. -
‘een found advisable to tie a
string.on the largest piece of the
native ‘metal, ‘lest. some ‘absent-
minded” visitor should collect ‘it,
~whilesonie of the best specimens
have not been. publicly displayed.
An assay of the bornite gave re-
turns of 6640°oundés" df silver: to
the ton, onal to. a value of
$2982, 80. }. There-.is also a “high
eteentage of copper in. “the ore,

° } Mineral Float

‘galena ‘inthe face of the number! .
| two. tunnel on the Silver Cup. .
‘Large. specimens of: fine: coal
from the Copper river measures
ara on exibition im Aldous, Rob-
értaon and Murray's window.
i “Good progress is reported from.
the Ninemile. road; which 18 ex-
fected, tobe of use-to the miners

sig} 85 8 a slelghvad during the coming

depth of 62 fest, there is now
showing. itwo ‘feat of beautiful
Fi

ike) ejin width at that point,

silver, in leaves and’small flakes, | _

Tt has|°

spring. wep

“There i is two feet, of. high. grade |;

Ml Pick, “report ~ that. “the vein;

which waa atrutk - last weok -{n | tae
ee the prospect. tunriel vow in. pro-| he
the | mress, proves ‘to be: -$hirty Inches

“Rod MeCrimmon resigned the
Position of: superintendent of the
Silver Standard. He left for the
Coast on the Hazelton, ' _ George
McBean, . the original owner of
the. group;: is again in charge of
the property for. the company,

Among the specimens of high
giade ore, brought in during the
‘week were some fine pieces from
Silver Island, Babine Lake, This
ore, which was obtained by Ben
Siverson, shows a great deal of
wire silver and is undoubtedly of
very, high grade,

“In Harvey & McKinnon’s office
‘are displayed a large number of
striking specimens of the ores
uncovered on the Rocher de Boule
group, hitherto worked by Trim-
ble*& Pemberton and recently
bonded’ to W. J. Cowan’: The
showing onthe property is ‘de-
elated: by recent visitors to he
truly remarkable.

R, G, Steele, 2 mining engineer

bonded: two groups of claims on
Hudson Bay Mountain, has re-
m | turaied - to the district and expects
to ‘proceed with development
Work: at once on the High’Ore
group, bonded from Argus: Mc-.
Lean’ and Angus Matheson, and
the group aequired from L, M.
Woods.and partner. “Mr. Steele
ia now-on the ground, examining
the claims.

Stewart Telegraph Line Open
. The announcement is made by
W. W.- Wrathail. that ‘the tele-
graph line from Kitsumkalum to
Stewart, on Portland Canal, is
completed and open for the trans-
mission of messages. The rate
fromHazelton to the northern
camp: is $1, 25. for ten words,

“Likes Northern Country . oe
Vancouver, Sept.,.7:-—-G, 7 P,
colonization agent Lett who" “has
just returned from a trip to: thé
north; is. enthusiastic ° regarding
the possibilities presented forthe
development of the fruit lands of |
Lakelse, Kitsumkalum -and
Copper River. : The railway: line
runs. through rich fruit producing
‘country... ‘The: Provincial Gov-f
emmént: set out one..thousand
apple: trees in these valleys: this

 Tncendiarisan at ‘Nelo vt
Nelson, ‘Sept.,..7 Following}
‘|the- destruction by fire “of the
Hall smelter, and other buildings,
with a loss of nearly a million, an
investigation was- ‘held, with. the

sv,

_ {vesult'that the fire was | found ‘to.

have: been of incendiary~ origin:

the | last. ‘few days, arid’ armed| -
men aire. ‘guarding neaily every |?

house’ ini:the vicinity,” “The chief

of: police fears some of ‘his | ‘ment
may ba‘ shot by firebugs, _ “The

at work: on the tase...

with fine i

“be under way on every part of

of wide repute, who last year!

[contractor Tells of:
Railroad Progress

I. W. Stewart, of Foley, Welch}
& Stewart was in town for a
couple of hours. today, leaving |.’
for the lower end of the line on
the Conveyor, To the Miner,
Mr. Stewart said his firm ex-
pected to make good progress
«a@duxing the coming winter. All
the camps between Hazelton and
Telkwa have been established
and construction work will goon

that section, . The contract for
clearing right of way for fifty
miles south -east of Aldermere
has been let, and further con-
tracts will be awarded shortly.
It is expected that steel will be
laid to Skeena crossing in time to
allow of the hauling of supplies
to the Bulkley valley camps from
that point during the winter.
Sufficient. supplies have been ac-
cumulated, Mr, Stewart said, for
the camps as far as Aldermere
and beyond, and it is likely that
camps will- be éstablished and

outfitted ‘as far as Bulkley sum-

mit, sixty miles from Aldermere,
duri ing the winter.

Hh B.C. POSTS ARE BUSY

Hiidaon’ ‘4 Bay Company Ships Unusually
Large Amount of Supplies to the
Eastern Part of Omineca. District;
where Prospectors and Surveyors: ARS
‘Busy.

On Thursday Charleson’s pack-
train left for Babine post with
fifty packs. of, supplies for that
and: other ‘interior posts of the
H. B..Co. -Mr. Boyd reports that

Several’ attempts have been made a
to set. ‘fire to stores and. houses i in|:

| Attorhey-general’s department is ig

already. three times as Much
freight has been sent te the in-.
terior posts asin any previous
year, . while the Babine ware-
house is still full. This speaks

volumes for the activity of pros-
pectors and. surveyors in that.
part of that district, Charleson’s

train has made four trips .and
Cataline has taken threecargoes,

while Indians have handled 800

horse loads, Cataline will make
another trip to Babine, with 1i,-[j
000 pounds, and will then take

; ‘the same quantity to Fort Fraser.

Borden i in New Brunswick — ,

$i. John, Sept. 8:—Speaking to
large: -tudience at Sussex, My.
Borden. said- reciprocity - would
looser’ the bends of Empire, * ‘He
repeated his pledges of assistan#a
in the construction of permanent
highways ‘and in the spread of
agricultural knowledge among
the:farming classes. The oppos- |
‘ition. leader will next tour Prince
Edward Island.- His reception
throughout New Brunswick has

| een. enthusiastic, :

te “‘Aeronauts Killed °
Mulhausen, Germany, Sept,8:—

Lieutenant Neumann, a military:

aviator, was flying: @ machine
with -one : passenger. “when ‘thé
gasoline - tank: exploded. “> Both
men: were ‘killed. o

Canada Rik: ite Soul.
Montreal, Sept,-: 8

daily -paper -hére, : warnd
dians:, to. thatthe. of:

~SUESSFUL

‘CELEBRATION

Labor Day ‘Sports Attract ane
‘Large Crowd, Which Thor- at
oughly . Eajoyed the Day

HATELTON 10-8. 7. B35 -

| Local Team Wins Good Baseball Game—

Hetherington Wins Race—Many Inter-
~ esting Events Decided—Splendid Dance
“In Evenizig Closes Enjoyable Day.

‘ Hazelton’s Labor Day celebra- |
tion was successful and enjoyable
from 2tart. to finish, Exigencies ..
of space prevent anything like an
adequate description of the day’s -
events being given; it must suf-
fice to say that citizens and vis- _
itors alike were highly pleased, -

Under the direction of a cap.
uble committee the sports came
off in accordance with the pro-

gram and withoutahiteh, As . —

was expected J, H. Hetherington
won the championship of North-
ern B. C..in the 100 yards in im-
pressive atyle, with Carson gee-
ond. He also won with ease the
quarter mile race, Moore being
the contender, Muckleston and
Tibble were first and second in

-|the shot put; Mrs.- Stickney won’

the erg and spoon race, with Miss
Magner a close second; the juv-
enile races were productive of
much amusement, | : ;

‘The running. high jump was a”
closely contested and a splendid
exhibiton. W. Picketts. won at
5. feet 2 inches, Graham Rock,
‘| who was: second, _ dumped 5 feet
1 ineh, -

Hazelion lost the. ‘tug of war,
the all-comersteam winning first
and ‘third - pulls, , ve

The concluding game sof the ;

senson in the ‘‘Peavine’ league.

was the feature of the afternoon
when the Grand Trunk engineers.”
met the local ninein what proved °:

to be a classy exhibition of base- =

ball... The. scofe” was ten to five’ |.
in favor of Hazelton, but the vis-:

itors were by no means, outelas-
sed.

work hard to win. Graham. Rock;

the new local’ pitcher, proved to. Zs
bea star.of first magnitude, hay-.°

ing three strikes called ‘on! twenty”
men. Lou Reed, the: opposition one
slab artist, was no mean. “antago--
nist and the Hazelton.men were . 4
lucky to‘get hits: enough to win.
‘The dance in, the, evening: “Was
the best social event of the: sume
mer season, there being: a large
attendance, a good. floor, and” ‘@x=

cellent’ musie,. the latter. furnished

by ‘Mrs. Harvey. and Mr: “Smith,
‘To the: excellent. work ‘of: the:
various’. committees - is due: the
great success of thé elebration
and ‘the fact thatthe Hazelton
Athletie J Association, und
auspices: the. sports

In fact, had they. had the ... -
_|88me. opportunities for practice, —_
they would make. the local team: