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FRUIT AN
GARDEN |
LAND.

 Five- and Ten-acre blocks of the best
land, adjoining the town, being the

W.Half of L. 863 or Section 1 of
NEW
HAZELTON

The land has been given three classi-
fications and the pricesset accordingly

Grade 1 Land: $35.00 per acre, cash; _
$40.00 per acre, $10.00 per acre down,
balance spread over five years with
no interest for first eighteen months,
then 6% will be charged on balance.

Grade 2 Land: $30.00 per acre, cash;
$34.00 per acre, $9.00 per acre down,
and same terms as above. :

Grade 3 Land: $25.00 per acre, cash;
$28.00 per acre, $7.00 per acre down,
and same terms as above,

DON'T WAIT UNTIL THE BEST LAND

HAS BEEN TAKEN. You are given an

opportunity now to get located on land that
will, make money for you.

These blocks are not for speculators, a
_ but, first, for married men who-will =.
locate and make their homes there, .

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Maps and the fullest information may be
_. be obtained at the |

Omineca Herald Office

New Hazelton, B.C, |

Fruit Shippers

Act penalties are provided for
fraudulent packing, that is, where
the faced or shown surface gives
a false representation of the con-
tents of the ‘package, or where
more than ten per cent of the
fruit is smaller in size than or
inferior in grade to the faced or
shown surface,
enacts that ‘‘no person shall sell
or offer for sale any fruit in any
package unless such package is
well and properly filled, ’”

contain as nearly as practicable
7056 cubic inches (that is, length
of stave 28 1-2 inches: diameter
of head 17 1-8 inches: distance
between, heads 26 inches; cireum-
ference at bulge, outside measure-
ment, 64 inches).

measure inside, 18x11 1-2x101-2
inches; pear and erabapple boxes,
18x11 1-2x8 1-2 ins: peach boxes,
18x11 1-2 x41-2 dor3 1-2 inches;
plum or prune box, 18x21 1-2x
31-4 inches; cherry boxes, 18x
9x41-2 or 21-4 inches; four-
basket crates are to be 153-4 in,
square by 41-4 inches deep,

lations of the Act are severe,
Section sixteen provides that
“every person who by himself
or through the agency of any !
other person violates any of the
Provisions of sections 3, 4, 6, 7
and 8 of this Act shall be liable,
upoh summary conviction, for a
first offence, to a fine not exceed-
ing $25 and not less than $10:
for the second offence to a fine
not exceeding $50 and not less
than $25; and for the third and
each subsequent offence to a fine
‘|not exceeding $200 and not less
than $50, together in all eases
with the costs of prosecution,
and in default of such: payment
of fine and costs shall be liabie
to imprisonment for any term
not exceeding one month unless
such fine and costs and the costs
of enforcing them are sooner
paid’? | .
Where the yiolation is in re-

“as required’’,

The potato fair will this year
be held in Victoria, from Novem-
-, ber 12 to 17, The Skeena River
district should be represented, :

Should Comply
With Fruit Act

Under the terms of the Fruit

Section eight

Apple and pear barrels are to

Apple boxes or crates must

The penalties attached to vio-

THE OMINECA HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1923

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Telkwa Hotel

Serves the traveller te and
through the Bulkley Valley

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MAKE THAT YOUR HEADQUARTERS

James Kotow proprietor
TRLKWA - . B.C.

Omineca Hotel

Rolfe & Dawson Managers

Best attention to tourists and to
commercial men,

Dining room in connection

Rates reasonable. Patronage is
solicited

Hazelton - .

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Chautauqua Visits Terrace)

The Chautauqua Company has
visited Terrace this week and
has been well received. Sunday
saw the advance guard arrive
and the others came along daily
Modest bunting |.
stretched across the street in two
places and a procession was held’
on Tuesday,
held in the Progress Hall and
drew good companies,
mountain singing, helpful and
pleasing recitations and an abun-
dance of clean fun and sleight of
-|hand tricks amused those present
‘at the various shows,

The shows were

Swiss

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DS eee al hal Fd a Rl rion BE

The Bulkley Hote

Valley,
find th

Hotel
Prince Rupert

THE LEADING Hote.
IN NoRTHERN B, C,

Prince Rupert, B.C.

European Plan,
ee

Rates $1.50 per day up.

E. E. Orchard. Owner

European or American Plan

. veyed lands only.

but Parties o

The headquarters for the Bulkley
Tourists and Commercial men
is & grand hotel to stop at.

All trains met. Autos, livery or rigs

saddle horses provided,

Smithers. B. C.

EARLY SPUDS

READY TO SHIP

FIFTEEN TONS ON HAND

Early Rose and Early White Potatoes

Dry, clean and firat quality ,

Donald Grey - New Hazetton

Barrister -

Solicitor
Notary Public —

S. McGILL

SMITEERS :

L.

B.C, LAND SURVEYOR
J. Allan Rutherford

All descriptions of sur
. Veys promptly executed

: SOUTH HAZELTON:

food and medicine

The Best. in the world ‘is

goat milk, bran and honey. Wehave
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each, M. F. Buck, Forestdale,

Goata to sell, $15.00 to $25.00

710

summer flu. :

Miss Etanda Marsh is recover-
ing froma rather bad attack of

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Synopsis of
Land Act Amendments —

Minimum of first-class land
reduced to an gore; second-class

to $2.50 an acre.
vod confined to sur-

Pre-emption now
ris will be granted covering |
only land suitable for agricultural pur- |.

poses and which is non-timber land.

Partnership pre-emptions abolished,
y P not more than four
may artange for adjacent pre-emp-
tions with joint residence, but each
making ‘necessary Improvements on
‘respective clalms.

Pre-ernptors must occupy claims for
five years end make Improvements to
Value of $10 per acre, Including clear-
ing and cultivation of at least 6 acres ;
beiure receiving Crown Grant.

Where pro-einptor in occupation not
less than 3 years, and has made pro-
portionate Improvements, he may, be-
cause of ill-health, or other cause, be :
granted intermediate certificate of im-
provement and transfer his claim, ¢
@ Records without permanent residence
may be (ssued, provided applicant
makes improvements to extent of §30¢
bet abun and reacorda sanie each
Year. Failure to make improvementa
or record same will operate as for-
feiture. Title cannot be obtained in
leas than 5 years, and Improvements
of $10 per acre, including 5 acres
cleared and cultivated, and residence
of at least 2 years are required.

Pre-emptor holding Crown grant
may record another pre-emption, if
he requires land in conjunction with
his farm, without actual occupation,
provided statutory improvernents mude
and residence maintained on Crown
granted land,

Unsurveyed areas, not exceeding 24
acres, may be leased ag homesites,
title to be obtuined after fulfilling resi.
dential and improvement conditiong,
and surveying land.

For grazing and industrial purposes
Breas exceeding §1¢ acrag mey be
‘leased by one person of company.

AMill, factory or industria! sites on
timber land ‘not eXceading 40 acras
may be Purchased; conditiony include
payment of stumpage,

Natural hay meadows inuccessibie
by existing roads miy be purchased
conditional upon conatructian of a
road to them. Rebate of One-half of
cast of road, not exceeding bali’ of
purchase price, is made,

PRE-EMPTORS' FREE GRANTS
ACT.

The scope of this

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Act is enlarged to
Include ali persons

Joining and serving

deceased pre-emptor m :

title under this ¢ mene te
for one year from
person, as former|:
after the conclusion
war. This

Privilege Ig also made ras
traactive.

wi,

made for isquan
to sub-purchases, af

Acquiring Tights fro,

purchasurs ree tailed to complete
y nvolvin

fulfillment Hong ietture, se,

of conditt

interest and taxes, Where Fup eee.

chasers do not claim whole or 9

parcel, purchase price due and et]

may whole grated proportionately
ea. ,

be made by May 1, 1822, estions “must

. GRAZING.

Grazing Act, 1919, for Systematio
development of Ilvesteck industry -
vides for grazing districts and range
administration under Commissioner,
Annual grasing “hermits issued based
on numbers ranged; priority for estap-
"shed owners. Stock owners may form

ee, or
gettlors, cam sers
fen head.

Every Mopern Faciuity For Tae
CorkEction OF YoorH TaovBLes

‘Dr. A. H. Bayne

DENTIST
Roome d, 5, 6, PRINCE
Helgerson Block ’ RUPERT

Soda Fountain
Ice Cream Soft Drinks

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