THE OMINECA HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1925

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HELGERSON BLOCK
PRINCE RUPERT, BC

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’ at t Cedarvale, BG,
For Sale Boiler Engine
Shingle Mill, six hundred dollars; Fan-
ning Mill, 35, 00; Sheep-shearing Out-
fit, 10.00; Man-power Folding Saw,
25.00. T. R. Tomlingon, Ce arvale,

B.C.
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Beef For Sale ¢ Over one
vatters. This is all good young beef,
rom 18 montha to 8-year-old, Sides Se

.; front quarters. 6c, f.o.b. Telk-
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60 young hens and}
For Sale wate Oh ed * Barred
Rock cockerel. . Mra. L, Lamb, Lorne
Creek, B 303

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Railway Traffic Grows

When the amount of fish that
is handled by the Canadian Na-
tional Express is considered it is

easy to understand why the line

was built to Prince Rupert, and
fish is by no means the greatest
of northern resources. In 1924,
up to November when the closed
season went into effect, nearly
twenty-three million pounds were
carried by express from Rupert,
and the bulk of the canned fish
was shipped from the Skeena to
the suuth by boat. Besides fish
the railway could, by sympathe-
tie encouragement, increase many
times its tonnage of all timber

products, minerals and agricul-|.

tural products. A change in the
policy of the railway would make
the northern section of the Cana-
dian National system the biggest
paying section of the system.
The fish express would not loom
up as the whole reason for the
railway. There are, it is a plea-
sure to report, indications that
the National management intend
to make use of the scenery along
the northern section of the sys-
tem this summer and will so run
their trains that travellers will be
able to admire the beauty of the
countrv. It may be that one of
tne new observation cars used in
the sandhill country to the south
may be switched onto the north-
ern run part of the time and thus
help the railway and the country.
By degrees the country is making
progress.

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Free Publicity Wanted

With the first of the year the
great institutions of the Domin-
ion started their annual campaign
for free publicity in the press and
many tons of ‘'news’’ items were
sent to the press. Our own share
amounted, to date, to about 100
pounds. This all makes a mess
in the office and fills a waste pa-
per basket every mail. One of
‘the worst offenders is the pro-
vincial government and the vari-
ous conimissions appointed to
enforce laws the. public knows
nothing about. Great sums are
voted for salaries, typewriters?
ete., but never.a dollar for news-
paper publicity.. Thus the hun-
dreds of annual enactments go to
the archives as specimens of un-
known, unenforced laws. Is it
4|any wonder most people appear
to have only contempt for many
of the modern laws? .If the peo-
ple were properly advided the
work of the police would be very

find the going much easier.

the. Sunday Province

The*first edition of the Sunday.
i' Province was received this week

the hotel.

and it isa credit, not only to the
Province newspaper, . but. also to
the Province of British Cotumbia.

The special features- are particu-
larly interesting, and one of the|
best of. these is the absence. of

the slimy Hearst syndicate trash
used by so many Canadian papers

‘because it is cheap and gaudy.

If the Province keeps up the
present high standard of its Sun-
day edition, and we believe it
will, it will be in a class by itself
znd will soon control the entire
field of Sunday readers.

A Winnipeg Engineer

An engineer bad to be sent all
the way from Winnipeg to see
where some industrial spurs are
to be laid at Cow Bay in Prince
Rupert.
opment of the portisheld. Why
bring an engineer from Winnipeg
for 30 trivial a matter? Perhaps
he needed a holiday or perhaps
the staff on the prairie cannot
read a waterfront map. If the
Canadian National does not alter
its policy of red tap there is little
hope of it ever being anything
but a drain on the tax payer,

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To Drink in Public Now

Beer by the glass regulations
have been published. Only poll-
ing divisions that voted wet will
get a license and the beer parlor
must be in connection with a
hotel, but entirely shut off from
There is to be only
one door and that on the street,
but there are to be windows a

plenty so that Peeping Toms, gos-
sip mongers and children may
stand upon the sidewalk and
gloat. The regulations will no
doubt be popular with the tem-
perance fanatics and the whiskey
soaks, but the great mass of the
people can hardly favor some of
the regulations, especially those
which penalize all patrons of the
beer parlors on aceount of a few
who may be inclined to disregard
the law. A good law is so often
ruined by one or more inhuman
clauses, Force is not successful,
particularly in social legislation.
In the meantime it ia up to the
citizens to do the best they can
to live within the regulations for
a time until they can be altered.

Sailing from New York on Jan-
vary 14, the “Empress of France,”
palatial Canadian Pacific steam-
ship,~ began her ‘round-the-world
cruise, which is to last 130 days, The
vessel was gaily decked with flags

and filled with happy passengers

eager to enjoy the experience of a
lifetime. F. L. Wanklyn and Mrs.
Wanklyn, were among those on
board. Myr. Wanklyn recently re-
ired from his position as executive
assistant of the Canadian Pacific
Railway. .

. . ;

The most novel Christmas card

handled by the Montreal post office |.

this year was one prepared for the
redoubtable Colonel George Ham,
of the Canadian Pacific Railway,
by a number of internationally
known newspaper artists, creators
‘of famous comic atrip characters,

,| In the centre of the card is a photo
simple and governments would’!

of the Colonel, while grouped around
him,’ commenting on hia good quals
‘itles, ‘are signed : drawings of Ps

| Perkins, Tillie the Toller: and Mac,

Barney Google and Apark Plug,
Ont Gang and Dumb Dora. Colonel
‘Ham is naturally v very ‘proud of the

card.

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§.S. PRINCE RUPERT will sail from PRINCE
RUPERT for VANCOUVER, VICTORIA, SEATTLE
‘and intermediate points each PRIDAY, at 9.00-a.m

For STEWART and ANYOX, Wednesday, 11,00 p.m.
S.S. PRINCE JOHN leaves PRINCE RUPERT fortnightly for Vancouver

via Queen Charlotte Islands,

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Passenger Trains Leave New Hazelton:

Eastbound—Tuesdey, Thursday, Sunday—1.17 a.m,
; Westbound--Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday—11.00 p,m.

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For Atlantic steamship sailings or further information apply to any Canadian

Prince Rupert, B.C.

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BRITISH COLUMBIA

THE MINERAL PROVINCE OF WESTERN CANADA

HAS PRODUCED MINERALS ‘VALUED AS FOLLOWS :—

Placer Gold .c.ccccccereseucenseseseees 46,962,208
Lode Gold... cc. sccccceneeeseveneseene 113,852,655
Silver ........0008 svebeeeseaneseeseens ' 63,522,655

Cr er vecececores 68,132,661) |
COpper 2... 6. . elec e cece cece eens enreeee 179,046,508 —
FAT Ce 27,004,756
Coal and Coke .......cccsccereencevees . 250,968,718
Building Stone, Brick, Cement, ete..... 89,415,284
Miscellaneous Minerals .,...... os 1 408, 2D7 '

Making mineral production to the ‘ond of 1923 show .

AN AGGREGATE VALUE OF $810,722,782

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The substantial progress of the mining industry in this prov-
- ince is strikingly illustrated in_ the following figures, which

show the value of production for successive Bee
For all years to 1895, inclusive

eriods:
sage eens, 241

For five years, 1896-1900 .....ccsseeees a Bor, 967
For five years, 1901-1905 °....... eee eeae 96, 507, 968
For five years, 1906-1910 :....5.....04. 125,584,474
For five years, 1911-1915............... 142,072,603 - .
For five years, 1916-1920 .,....-...- +. 189,922,726 :
For the year 192] ...cccssessacsersseees 20,066,641
For the year 1992) elit svcscccgecee ewes 35, 168,843
For the year 1928:........ 600005 iscaee’ Al "304,320

PRODUCTION DURING “LAST: TEN YEARS, $350,288,362

Lode-mining has only’
and not 20 per cent, o

the Province has been. even
pected; 300,000 square miles of unexplored . mineral -

been in progress about 25 years;
rOB-
ear,

ing. lands are open for prospecting.

The mining laws of this. Province are more, liberal and
‘the fees lower than any: oter’ province: in’ the ‘Dominion, "
or any Colony in the British Empire.

‘fees, ’

Full information, to;

Mineral locations are granted to discoverers tor nominal
Absolute titles are obtained by developing euch pro-
_perties, security of which is guaranteed by crown ith
. ether with mining repor and’ midps,
may be obtained gratis by: ‘eddredsing}i.°:. 3 &

The’ Honourable ' ‘The’ Minister | of Mines,
° victoria, SRITISH COLUMBIA .
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