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THE OMINECA HERALD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1928

JUST_ARRIVED

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Two carloads.of Second Hdnd
Goods, as good as new, at

HALF PRICE

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All sizes and prices
Sideboards
Beds

Dressers
Mattresses
Heaters

Chairs
Rugs

Everything for
the Home

Smithers Second
Hand Store

WATER NUTICE

(DIVERSION AND UsR)
(TAKE NOTICE that Charles Barrett,
whose addreas is Barrett, Post Of-
fice, will apply for ‘a licence to take and
use 50 acre feet per annum of water
out of Stock Greek, which passes West
of the South-East comer of L, 289, R.5,
which flows South and drains into Bulk-
ley River (North Bank) about North-
West of the South-East corner of Lot
712, Range 6, The water will be divert-
ed from the stream at a point about 33
chains South-West of the South-East
corner of Lot 288, Range 5, and will be
used for domestie and irrigation purpose
upon the Jand deseribed: as Lot, 290,
Range 5, Coast District. This notice
was posted on the ground on the 18th
day of October, 1923.. A copy of this
notice and ‘an application pursuant
thereto and to the ‘Water Act, 1914,”?
will be filed in the office of the Water
Recorder at Smithers, B.C. Objections
to the application may be filed with the
said Water Recorder or with the Comp-
troller of Water Righis, Parliament
Buildings, Victoria, B.C.. within thirty
days after the first appearance of thia
notice in a local newspaper. The date
of the first. publication of this notice is
October 26, 1928.
CHAS. BARRETT, Applicant.
1720 By.F. B. Chettleburzh, Agent.

B.C. UNDERTAKERS

EMBALMING FOR SHIPMENT A SPECIALTY

P.O. Box 938
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C.

A wire
will bring us

SENOPSIS OF
LAND ACT AMENDMENTS

PRE-EMPTIONS
unreserved,

a

_ . Vacant, surveyed
am crewn lands may be pre-empted by
7 . British subjects over 18 years of age,
and by aliens oh declaring intention
to become British subjects, condi-
| tlonal upon residence, occupation,
and improvement for agricultural.
{| Purposes,
L Full information concerning regu-
lations regarding pre-emptions is
m riven in Bulletin No. 1, Land Series,
m@. “Elow to Pre-empt Land," copies of
m Which can he obtained free of chargs
a: by addressing the Department of
Lands, Victoria, B.C., or to any Gov-
* arnment Agent.

Records will be granted covering
only land suitable for agricultural
purposes, and which is not timber-

m land, ie, carrying over 5,000 board
b feet per acre weat of the Coast Range

ag ond 8,000 feet per acre east of that

Range,

Applications for pre-emptiongs ara
to be addressed to the Land Com-

Fa tmissloner of the Land Recording Dt-

wm Vision, In which the land applied for
— is situated, and are made on printed
me forms, copies of which can be ob-
® tained from the Land Commiastoner.
. Pre-emptions must be occupied for
five years and improvements made
m to value of $10 per acre, including

se clearing and oultivating at least five
mn acres, before a Crown Grant can be:

recelved.

For more detailed information see
ihe Builletnh “How to Pre-empt

Land.”
; PURCHASE

Applicationg are received for pur-
chase of vacant and unreserved
Crown lands, not being timberland,
for agricultural purposes; minimum
price of first-olasa (arable) land is $6
ier acre, and second-class (grazing)
land $2.50 per acre. Further infor- |
mation regarding purchase or leage
of Crown ‘lands is given in Bulletin
No. 10, Land Series, “Purchase and
Lease of Crown Lands,”

Mill, factory, or industrial sites on
timber land, not exceeding 40 acrea,
flay be purchased or leased, the con-
ditions Including payment of
mstumpage. .

HOMESITE LEASES

| Unsurveyed areaa, not exceeding 20
picres, may be leased ag homesites,
monditional upon a dwelling being
rected in the first year, title being
pbtainabla after residence and. im-

ovement conditions are | fulfilled
ind land has been surveyed. .

; LEASES _
' For grazing and industrial . pur-
FOHES areas not exceeding 640 ocres -

nay be leased by one person ‘or 4 -

ompany.
GRAZING

Under the Grazing Act the Prov-
ca is divided into grazing districts
d the range administered under
asing Commissioner. ~ Annual
azing permits are‘ issued baged on
mbers ranged, priority being given
established owners. Stook-ownera
way form associations for: Tange
naigement, Free, or partlaliy -free, -
mits are available ‘for «settlers,
pers and travellers, up to ten

WATER NOTICE

(DIVERSION AND USE.)

(TAKE FOTICE that Charles Barrett,

whose address is Karrett Post Of-
fice, B.C., will apply for a licence to
take and use 40 acre-feet per annum of
water ‘out of creek running westerly
through North half of Lot 281, R. 5,
into Kast shore of small lake on North
half of Lot 280, Bulkley River,- about
Lot 705, Range 6. The water will be
diverted from the stream at a point
about 100 feet west and below wagon
road approximately 50 chains South-
East of the North-West corner of Lot
281, Range 5, and will be used for
irrigation purpose upon the land des-
cribed as South half of Lot 280 and
North half of Lot 282, Range 5, This
notice was posted on the ground on the
18th day of October, 1923, A ‘copy of
this notice and an application pursuant
thereto and to the ‘‘Water Act, 1914,'’
will be filed in the office of the Water
Recorder at Smithers, B.C. Objections
to the application may be filed with the
said Water Recorder or with the Comp-
troller of Water Rights, Parliament
Buildings, Victoria, B.C., within thirty
days after the firat appearance of this
notice ina local newspaper. The date
of the first publiuation of this notice is
October 26, 1923,

CHAS. BARRETT, Applicant,

1720 By F. B. Chettleburgh, Agent.

WATER NOTICE

(DIVERSION AND Use.)

TAKE NOTICE that Donald Brown,
William Dougias and Charles French.
whose address is P.O. Box 482, city of
Prince Rupert, B.C. will apply for a
license to take and’use two thousand
miner’s inches of water out of Lorne
Creek, which flows in an easterly di-
rection and drains into the Skeena
River, 200 yards south of Lorne Creek
Flag Station on the C.N.R. The water
will be diverted from the stream at a
point about two miles fram the C.N.R.
main Jine and will be used for Hydraulle
Mining purposes upon the claims de-
scribed as ‘‘Dominjon, Dome & Bed
Rock’? leases, situate on the south hank
of Lorne Creek, This notice was post-
ed on the ground on the 18th day of
September, 1923. A copy of. this notice
and an application pursuant thereto and
to the Water Act 1914 will be filed in
the . office of the water recorder at,
Smithers, B.C, Objections to the ap-
plication may be filed with the said
Water Recorder or with the Comptrol-
ler of Water Rights, Parliament Build-
ings, Victoria, K.C., within thirty days
after the first appearance of this notice
in a local newspaper. The date of the
first application of this notica is Oc-
tober 26, 1923 y

DonwaLp BROWN

WILLIAM DOUGLAS

CHARLES FRENCH
Applicanta.

By D. BRown. Agent.

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Quake at Salvus

- A letter from Charles Folk, of

Salvus E. seetion, on the Cana-
dian National Railways, tells of
having felt the shock of an earth-
quake there on the 15th, it being.

the same shock as was felt on
the coast and in one place in the

interior, where something fell

down ina window display. Mr.
Folk. states that he telt sick .at
the stomach and somewhat: scar-
ed... He-has -great, sympaty for

those in the big ‘quake in Japan
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-TELKWA TALES

_E.-G. Ayliffe is moving with
his family from North Bulkley to
Terrace, where he will have
charge of the Dominion Telegraph
office,

A. E. Carruthers, of Houston,
has moved to Telkwa with his
family. He is taking over the
barber shop.

Dave Brown has moved to
Telkwa with his family from
Houston. He wil] be on the coal
haul this winter.

The many friends of Nels White
will sympathize with him in the
loss of his sister, Mrs. B. R,
Whitelev, who passed away at
New Westminster recently.

A meeting will be held Satur-
day. afternoon in the office of
Thorp & Hoops, to organize for
the annual Christmas Tree.

The Dome Mountain Cafe in
Telkwa was opened to the public
on Monday fast: It is located in
the Reigle Block.

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The Union Church Bazaar last
Saturday night was a decided

Placer Gold .
Lode Gold
Silver «........
Lead

The strikin

Lode-mining has onl

pected; 300,000 square miles of

or any Colony in the

fees,

The Honourable The
VICTORIA, BRITIS

THE MINERAL PROVINCE OF WESTERN CANADA
HAS PRODUCED MINERALS VALUED AS FOLLOWS:—

Making its mineral production to the end of 1922 show
AN AGGREGATE VALUE OF $769,418,462

PRODUCTION DURING LAST TEN YEARS, $339,280,940

been in progress about -33 years,
and not 20 per cent, of the Province has been even pros-

ing lands are open for prospecting.

The mining laws of this Province are more liberal and
the fees lower than any other province in the Dominion,
British Empire.

Mineral locations are granted to discoverers for nominal
Absolute titles are obtained by developing such pro-
perties, security of which is guaranteed by crown prants.

Full information, together with mining reports and maps,
may be obtained gratis by addressing , .

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wees $° 76,542,203
109,647,661
59,814,266
51,810,891
170,723,242

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g industry in this proy-
ollowing figures, which
successive 6-year periods:
@ eee, »oiB 94,547,241
57,607,967
. 96,507,968
125,584,474

35,158, 848

unexplored mineral bear-

Minister. of Mines
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success. There was a good at-
tendance and everything was
sold.

Everything is ready now for
hauling coal from the local mine
as suon as the snow comes, J.
J. McNeil expects to ship a car-
load per day once they get start-
ed. ;

Last Saturday nizht the Telkwa
orchestra pave the first of the
fortnightly dances in the town
hall. These dances are informal
and are for the benefit of the
orchestra. ;

Mr. Wright, of Round Lake,
returned recently from the prai-
ries and reports that quite a num-

grouching about this country and

ber of farmers from Saskatche-
wan will move to the Bulkley
Valley this fall and winter as
soon as they dispose of their
crops. ,

O. A. Reigle left at the end of
this week for California, where
he hopes to remain for some
time. Tor the past twenty years
more or less Reigle has been

making money. He says he
hopes to come back, but a promi-
nent business man in town re-
marked that very few shared his
hopes.

On Tuesday last J. J. MeNeil
paid a visit to Dome mountain,
where the Dome Mountain Gold
Mining Co. is carrying on exten-
sive development work. He

found much more work done.
than he had anticipated, and he

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