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. THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1915 7

_The Omiieca’ “Miner

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VoL. IV. SATURDAY, Mancu 27, 1915. No. 30

Mr. Joseph Martin, in his newspaper, makes the coint that Mr.
Brewster and other Liberal crities ‘‘push the matter perhaps a little
to the extreme when they denominate the purchasers of povern-

ment land as land sharks, and bestow upon them other epithets,’’}
.Mr. Martin need not have qualified his remarks by any “perhaps, '”:

for such “purchases are wholly within the rifht of any person
desiring to avail himself of the law of British Columbia as it has
stood for many years. It is a perfectly legitimate and honorable
transaction for any person to purchase land from the government
and sell it again to any person who wants it and is prepared to buy.
We are not speaking of the policy of selling land to other persons
than actual settlers, but only of those persons who have been ealumni-
ated!in a wholesale way, by men who have never as yet displayed
any ambition to share their possessions with the public. ° We can
understand those, who profess Socialism, condemning the purchase
of land by anyone, but cannot understand why the leaders of the
Liberal party should do so.

This reference to Mr. Martin’s statement arose out of a con-
versation® with a gentleman of wide experience in the settlement cf.
land. He said that his observation had convinced him that the
best settlers as a rule were men who were placed on the land by
private owners, and he gave as a reason the fact. that stich settlers
were almost always men who had sonie ‘means accumulated and
had acquired: habits of industry and saving. |

Mr, Parker Williams proposed in the House thatthe purchasers

‘of large areas, who are behind in their payments, should be given
“an opportunity of taking an area which the payments already made
would:"cover in full.” Some things can be said in: favor of this,
although it may bea little too soon to make such a proposal. How
would ,it do to extend the time for payment of past due amounts
conditionally upon a certain proportion of the area purchased being
- disposed of to actual settlers within a given time? This suggestion

must not be understood as anything else than a contribution to the}

discussion of a problem that is not without serious difficulties if it
ig to be solved in accordance with the best interests of the public
and on "principlesof equity to the purchasers from the Crown.—
Colonist, RS ,

“Last Word” In Cruisere
Great Britain is now building
six battle cruisers of : 32-knot
“speed, | which will be - mounted
‘with new 16-inch guns, Such is
-the assumed perfection of the
- building arrangenients under the
“special speeding plans prepared
: by the Admiralty that these ships,
"itis expected, will be launched
within five or six months from
the date of laying down and they
will therefore be in condition well
within: the present year. These
' ships are supposed to be the last
word in- naval construction,
They will, of-course, have their
proper complements of - light
eruiseys-and eatroyers. _ ALB
inch: gon. should hurl ‘a ton of
explosive from. sixteen to twenty
miles. Artillerists usually” caleu~

- date a milé-ire radius for each |

. Cheap Seed
“Many farmers who have. been
affected by the general financial
depression are unable to afford
the expense of seeding, -. The
provincial government, therefore
hag. arranged -to bring into the
province for distribution among
the farmers of the - various —see-
tions, several carloads of guaran-
teed seeds of highest’ obtainable
quality. ‘This large shipment
will be ‘of wheat and “oat seed,
and will be sent: to ‘the* farmers’
| institutes ‘throughout B.C., for
gale ‘to the. farmers, who will ; pay
only the cost prices, while the |.
government’ will arrange: ‘for. the |.

additional expense of trangporta-
tion. - AS: grain can: be purchased

by carloud ata. ‘much lower price
than i in: smaller lots, ‘the! amount:

Fir ‘rat. Aid Work:

“proportion: : ‘Tt'haa beei said, tor/\

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Season is at hand and we find several odds and ends :

in Winter Goods, including Gloves, Hosiery, ‘Toques,
etc., which we are e willing to sell at special discounts.

We aim: to anticipate the wants of our cus-
tomers and are receiving goods’ accordingly,

- On. last heated Car we ‘received a large shipment

of Oranges, Grapefruit,

Bananas,

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-Plang have been made to stil @
further extend the system of first | * Bex
aid instruction, which Mr. V. DAD
Robb,. superintendent of motive
power, -declared was “proving. of |
distinet : ‘value -in the. big plants 1
of the company, where many: ;
men were employed.
pany pays the salary and expenses

ty-six ‘of: these classes: at various | ¥.
points on the railway, with 776) #-
atudentsenrolled... Examinations
jare “held at intervals: arid: certifi-
cates, medallions, ete, presented.

a.m. every Friday,
Prince Rupert, 7 p.m, Sunday, ‘Mar, 14, 28,
April 11 and 25° |: ‘Reservations and

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Vancouver, Victoria and Seatle #

Steamer ‘‘Prince George” leaves Prince Rupert at® 6 wets
Steamer “Prince Join’? egcaves nen

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, G. T. P. Railway...qjcorbpund train leavea: Hazelton at 11

.Btéamers for the south. -

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The ¢ . Eastbound train leaves Hazelton at, 6.41.

mi. Wednesd 6
days, for Edmonton, Winni eR, ete, connecting ‘with inofdays and Satus-

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Thursdays and Sundays, connecting with above,

of a general organizer to conduct || GRAND “SKUNK. SYSTER. Pe eeneah oraace aaeithe
classes and there are now ‘twens a. For full information regarding the.abave serylees, algo. through tickets,
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year. since 1910,. ‘the number: of | na
beef cattle i Jin the “United. States ce
iiiereaad. more than 8 ber. gent, core
last-year, Wel

saved will be very considerable. | ;

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