P| FLOWER
) Order now and be ‘sure to get

. your supply of

CUT FLOWRES
20TTED PLANTS
FANCY FLOWER BASKETS

GLENNIE

_ FLORIST
4 Prince Rupert, B.C.

| | Christmas .

\||Me.’ Then suddenly Clara re-

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membered the baby’s cry for the
jcolored ‘balloon, her own impulse
|to buy ‘it, and the selfish-decision
to get new mitts for herself,
Tears nearly choked her words.
“Ob, Angel, I am so -sorry.”
“There is hope, little one: try

at the words Clara lifted her eyes,

A. sound of rustling wings
mingled with the soft mvsterious
music. The air and skv were full
of companies of angels, some so
high that their robes seemed to

SOLICITOR NOTARY PUBLIC

LL. S. McGill

BARRISTER °
SMITHERS British Columbia

{{beams shot across them, The

BC. LAND SURVEYOR
J. Allan Rutherford

All descriptions of sur-
veys promptiy executed

Ba : SGUTH HAZELTON

mingle with the soft, fleecy
clouds, and others so near that
Clara could see their wings glis-
ten like peails where the moon-

music grew and swelled to a
mighty. chorus, and now Clara
understood the words they sang:
“Glory to God in the highest and
on earth Peace and Goodwill to-
ward men.’’ Never had mortals
heard such musie before. It

SB =O NUPS13 OF
i LAND ACT ARENDMENTS

JW

PRE-EMPTIONS

4 Vacant, unreserved, surveyed
{ vrown lands may be pre-empted by
British subjects over 18 years of age,
und by allens on declaring intentlon
‘yf tu become British subjects, condi-
tional upon residence, occupation,
and improvement for
, burposes.

Full information concerning regu-
lations regarding pre-emptions is
siven in Bulletin No, 1, Land Series,

' “How to Pre-empt Land,” copies of
’ Which can be obtained free of charg,
- by addressing the Department of
R Cands, Victoria, B.C. or,to any Gov-
a ernment Agent. yO
f = =6Revords will be granted covering:
only land suitable for agricultura!
Durpuses, and which is not timber-
land, le, carrying over 5.000 board
f fect per acre west of the Coast Range
and 8,000 feat per acre east of that
Range,
May Applications for pre-emptions are
fe ‘6 be addressed to the Land Com-
8 wilssioner of the Land Record. ng Di-
B vision, in which the land applied for
is situated, and are’made on printed
. forms, copies of which can-be ob-
oP talned fromm the Land Commissioner.
a Pre-emptions must be occupied for
mee flve years and improvements made
Men, ‘© value of $10 per acre, inéluding
z "4 clearing and cultivating at least fiya
mee acres, before a Crown Grant can be
me, received.
# For more detailed information ace
mr te ©=6Bulletin “How to Fre-empt

R Land.”
PURGHASE

; Applications are received for pur
mi chase of vacant and unreserved
Crown lands, not being timberland,
1 tor ageicultural purposes! m nimum
irlee of first-olass (arable) land Ie 36
m) Per acre, and second-class (giazing}
Mi and $2.50 per acre. Further infor-
Mm fnation regarding purchage or lease
Ryof Crown lands is given in Bullstin
may 70. 10, Land Serles, “Purchase and
See lease of Crown lands.

fm), Mill, factory, or industrial sites on
my (imber land, not exceeding 40 acres,
aporay be purchased or leased, the con-
mi ditions including Payment of.
mi stumpage.

} HOMESITE LEASES .
Unsurveyed areas, not exceading 20
acres, may be, leased ns homoalteas,

naitional upon a dwelling being
evected in the flrat year, title being
obtainable after resideyce and im-
provement conditions area fulfilled
und land has been surveyed.

\ . LEASES.

_ For grazing and. industrial -pur-
BjPOAOS arena not ‘exceeding. 646 acres
Maimay be leased by one: person’ or 4
ee OmMpany. . ows :

i) GRAZING | 0°,

agricultural

\Umbers ranged, priority heing given

Ao established owners, Stook-owners

pay form. .assoolationa’ “for': range:

management. Free, or partially. free;

miermits are available :for settlers,

Y ymipers .and_ travellers, up. to ten.
it a or ‘

seemed to reach from earth to
heaven, the harmony rising and
falling as rank after rank of the
angels caught up the strain; up,
up, up, higher and higher passed
the shining choirs until at last
their song reached the earth only
a3 a whisper.

ed to awake to the wonder it was
losing, and like a shriek the mill
whistle’s blast rent theair. The
ground seemed to shake, and
Clara sprang to her feet just in

ing off the window seat.

Sute enough, the mill whistle
was blowing, and to add to the
noise Mother and the children
came tumbling into the house, —

It was a quiet little maid who
helped to get supper, but her
mind was busily working, and
directly the meal was over, she
obtained permission to run down
town. -Breathlessly she made
her way to the toy-shop, and the
money was soon spent, The shop

apain,’’ said the gentle voice, and|:

Then all at once the town seem- |

time to prevent herself from fall-

seem Freee

the little girl as:she. atéod by a
pile of boxes and labelled her
packagrs,-'"With Love for Rob-
ert’; “With Love for Alice’;
‘“With Love for Baby.”’ Deftly
she tied them together, leaving a
loop in the cord. Then with a
fast-beating heart she ran to the
little yellow house, slipped the

hard on the door, and fled.

“Well, what was the mystery?”
asked her father as she came in,
glowing with happiness. Clara
swore her parents to secrecy and
told them the whole adventure.

That. night, as Mr. and Mrs.
Smith stood looking at the happy
face of the sleeping Clara, Mrs.
Smith said, ‘For a moment I
almost made up my mind to get
mitts for Clara, but it would haye
spoiled it all.”’

“"Yes,”’ said her husband, “‘for
there is no true service without
sacrifice. ’’

—GLADYS THOMASSON.
Terrace, B. C.

The Terrace News is Two Dol-
lars per year.

WHEN IN PRINCE RUPERT
FOR DENTAL Work

go to the Dentist who
Serves the Interior

Dr. F. P. Kenny

HELGERSON BLOCK
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C.

The Hazelton Hospital

loop over the doorknob, rapped|

The Hazelton Hospital issues
tickets for any period at $1.50 per
month in advance, This rate in- _
eludes office consultations and
medicines,- as. well as all costa
while in the hospital, Titkets are
obtainable in Hazelton from the
drug store; from T. J, Thorp,

‘Telkwa, or by mail from the medi-
cal superintendentat the Hospital. -

Cement Lime

BUILDING MATERIALS!

Plaster

Fireclay

Brick

_. Building Papers

Roofing

Sash & Doors 4-pl

y Veneer Paneling

‘Fir Finish a Specialty

ALBERT & McC

AFFERY, LTD.

Prince Rupert, B.C,

A GANADIAN:

Winter Steamship Service

5.5. PRINCE

S.S. PRINCE: JOHN ;

ISLANDS December 18, 27, January

RUPERT for VANCOUVER, VICTORIA, SEATTLE
and intermediate points each FRIDAY, at 9.00 a.m.

For STEWART and ANYOX, Wedneiday, 11.00 p.m.
for VANCOUVER via QUEEN CHARLOTTE |

RUPERT will sail from PRINCE

10, 24.

+, Westbound—Tuesday, Thureday, Sunday—8.16 a.m. a

i perme) oe

|.) Passenger Trains. Leave ‘New Hazelton:
Eastbound—Tuesday, Thursday, Suiday—117 a.m.’

s..

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atichal

. Fok-Atlantic steamship apiling ‘or further information apply to any Canadian.,||
BP ate ee Agent or
R, F. McNaughton,’ District Passenger Agent,’ Prince’ Rupert, B.C. ty

THE OMINECA HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1924 -

= Serres ranrass
‘ har + tee.

| Was erowded, and no-one-noticed|

” . . a one tay tinder ue
we nog te
. . . a . _
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shy

Fellow :
Feeling

You are all wrapped up in
the merchandise that fills your
store. You enthuse over the
quality of this article and

that line.

as well,

‘

All you need now is to trans-

You probably dis-
play your goods attractively,

mit your enthusiasm to the
buying public of your com-
munity---and your goods will
move out and profits roll in.

4

SB

ADVERTISE :
For advertising makes the
customer feel as you do about
the goods you have to sell.
Kvery time you talk to pros-
pective buyers through an
Advertisement in “The Omin-
eca Herald” and “The Ter-
race News’, you are increas-
ing the fellow feeling that
brings business to your store.

An. Advertisement is.

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