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NEW HAZELTON, 3B C.,

“APRIL 23, 1915

. GREAT BRITAIN

1S ‘LOOKING :
TO CANADA FOR COPPER|

7 Imperial Government Sends a Representative, to Tavestigate. the Péssi- :

bilities of Production With a View of Establishing a Refin-
~ ery on the Pacific Coast

. Vancouver, April: 17—As a re-
msult of the war copper. mining in
Sa British Columbia is undoubtedly

adue for sucha boom as it’ never
Mexperienced before. A session
mawas held by the Board of Trade
Mmining committee with Col. D.
SaaCarnegie, imperial - ordinance
madepartment, when the latter
famade plain the seriousness of the
Esituation. The British govern-
ment is in need of copper right
Menow, and before long the need
mwill be more distressing, Some
Zweeks ago, upon the arrival in
fe Canada of the representative of
mthe imperial government a con-
am ference was held when it bécame
Baknown, that for reasons of its
mown, the United. States ‘might
aa have to place an embargo on zine.
mjZine and copper go. principably

mimplements. The strain upon
fm the United States to provide these
B metals in connection with the
millions of dollars worth of or-
ders for Europe will in: time. bes.
a cin to be felt. A péssibility ex-
mists that the United ‘States will
= reach a point. when she, with all
f her mining resources, - will have
ay to. conserve her supply: 0 of zine
mand copper. ws

& In Canada are: immense ‘de.
a posits of copper in ‘particular. and
a much zine, though deposits of
m the latter are not so extensively
g explored. The imperial govern-
i ment will come to look to Canada
f for a supply of zine and copper,
mM and, well knowing this, the auth-
m orities deputed Col, Carnegie to
# make an exhaustive report upon
m the possibilities of the production
m@ of these minerais. - .

‘The big mining province of the}:

Minto the manufacture of. warlike.

Dominion’ is . British ’ Columbia,
This province- has’ vast deposits
of copper, partially developed,:

opment, that even an estimate of.
the possibilities can be hazarded
by: the best posted mining engin-
eers, The mines which are.oper-
ating send their copper matter to
the United States for refining.
The imperial government would
prefer that its refining be done
in Canada, and there is no better
place than in the province | which
supplies the ore, —

"At the recent session in this
city Col. Carnegie got right down
to businéss. He. outlined the

perial goyernment. He submit~-
ted a list of questions which he
asked be answered as directly as
put. These refer to about every
thing possible that will..provide
the government with the infor-
mation which it seeks. _

The mining committee was pre-
pared fairly-weil- for Col. Carne-
gie’s visit, having only a few
days before prepared: for. the
board of trade a report ‘on the.
possibilities ‘of copper production
‘But further information was-ask-:
' Jed for, one was how the United

‘States refineries: would look:upon
starting a refinery on this coast.

The. questions dneluded such as
the cost.of. production, the avail-
able water power, best points for
cheap electricity, cost of fuel oil..

cost.of coal at the pit mouth, the
comparative cost of. these fuels,

railwav transportation from the
mining camps to the coast, cost
of rail transportation’. across the
continent, and by water to Europe |"
via the Panama canal,

| COMMON STAMPS:
SATISFACTORY!

[Not Essential That Special War Tax
‘Stamp Be Used Say Post
Office Officials.

f The post office department has
issued a statement to the effect

1 that if vou-have not war stamps

| justuse the ordinary postage.. Do

‘not hold up your letters, nor stop:

using anything on that account,
‘any od stamp will do so long a8 and if the ‘country, looks good he

you put it’on (postage stamps, or
- war. stamps). The list of things
which must bear stamps are let-;
‘ters, post cards, bank cheques, |”
bills of exchange, : ‘promissory
“notes, express money orders, pro-
‘ prletory medicines, ‘patent ‘medi-
‘dines, perfumery, champagne and |

; wines. Other z articles. not includ: |
jist will:-be: ;

- GONE 10 HUDSON BAY...

Al. Harris Out. for Vancouver Men in
New Gold Country: -

Vancouver. There. has been a
around: the Bay and some fine
looking free. milling, quartz was |
taken into Vancouver. .Al. is to
report on.one or more properties

‘may. remain. in.. that. igiret all
summer prospecting...

Are. Going. to Questel

Te will be: Jearned: ‘with : ‘general
regret” that: Revs: “DR. McLean
has received a. ek to Quesnel to}.

but not so far ad d in devel-|*
eee et te nattanen pose of looking: ‘into Indian af:

probabilities in regard to the im- |

+ PE ATTACKS

AL Harris is-now on. hig \ way -
‘|to. the Hudson Bay country in
‘| the interests of Martin Welch of

COMMISSION ON.

_ INDIAN AFFAIRS

Have Private Car and are
: Enjoying the Trip

On Wednesday morning a pri-

. ‘vate car was dropped off hereand

‘in due. ‘course’ it was ‘learned. that
the. Royal Commission. on Indian
affairs had arrived for the pur-

fairs.

The work of the commission is
chiefly with the reserves, ascer-
taining whether or not they are
large enough. °

The commissioners are Chair-
man White, Messrs.. Carmichael,
McKenna and. MeDow.  Secre-
tary MeArthur.. They were met
Vancouver by ‘A. M. Tyson,. in-
spector of Indian Agencies, and
locally Indian agent R, HE: Lor-
ing accompanied them, |

Upon arrival here their car was
put on the side track. -Arrange-
ments were - ‘made. for the auto-
mobile to be placed‘ at their ser-
viee andthe royal commissioners
started out to see the country and
interview the Indians ‘in style
befitting a royal commission.
After the first'days outing they
returned delighted with what
‘they Had seen.
particular fascinated them, viz,’
the high ‘level bridge and the

‘of: the - Hagwilget- canyon, the
Bulkley’ river and ‘the: ‘magnifi-
cent mountains. on ‘either side.’
‘On Wednesday evening part of
‘the commission called‘at the Om-
‘ineca Herald office and were pre-
sented with: pietures,. done in
three colors by the Herald: staff;
of the ‘high -level: steel and the
‘old Indian. bridges. With these
the visitors were delighted. One
of the commissioners spoke very
highly of the New Hazelton steel
suspension bridge. ;

» The visitors are having.an ex-
cellent time ‘and appreciate | the

i remeaartsaen which has given

:| them this trip.

IN YPRES VICINITY

La

London, April. 29
war office tonight gave outa
statement dealing with military |

ape .

| operations © in the vicinity of
discovery of. gold in the district}.

‘Ypres where the British ‘troops
captured hill’ 60 from the Ger-
‘mana: : ‘It said, violent: and con-
tinued . counter. attacks - still are
being made, on, this hill. Yester-
day afternoon the enemy *s activ-
ity “was” ‘renewed ‘and' between 6

“and 9 o'clock: two’ heavy’ attacks|
“l by. infantry” were ‘repulsed. with
- ‘| great. ‘loss. to” the | enemy..’ The

hill was ‘heavily ‘shelled all night
and several U forthe aad outa were

"| visited Local. “Tribes on Wednesday— | .
Great Advance Promisad by the Allies is Close at ‘Hande-French Only

“Otte. place: in}

wonderful:.view obtained from it|

’ British | a

‘GERMANY WANTS UNITI

ED

STATES AND JAPAN. TO FIGHT

Thirty Miles from the Rhine

and Airmen are Active==Ger-

mans are now on the Defensive

London, April 21—Times cor-
respondent. ‘in eastern France in
summing up the fighting about
St. Mihiel wedge says:—The net
result of the autumn and winter
campaign is that ‘the Germans
have lost their initial advantage
of attack and their line ia now
being beseiged by the French.

' Ha emphasizes the importance

of the capture of Les. Eparges in|

the teeth of the German crown
prince, and now the French are
steadily pushing forward from
Verdun to Metz. He states that
the strength of the German ‘po-
sitions in the Vou!-Verdun region
is now more apparent than real.
lt seems certain that the. Ger-
mans have begun to withdraw
their heavy guns. from camp de
Romanes. Conformation’ of this
would be important ‘because it
was impossible for the French to
occupy St. Mihlel even if rumors

‘that the Germans have evacua-
ted it are untrue unless the: Ger-

mans also quitted « camp Romanes

a Lie Tn

Paris, April 21—Official—Fifty
incendiary shelis have been drop:
ped on Rheims. In Champagne
and ‘Argonne there has been ar-
tillery - fighting without any. in-
fantry ‘movement. -* Between: the.
Meuse and Moselle in: the forest
of Montmare, near Plirey and

Essey road our. ‘attacks achieved
seme success and we made slight .
progress. In the forest of La
Pretre the enemy, after violently
bombarding our pesition in the -

tempted an attack. which was in-

London: April 21-—Two French -
aerial squadrons attacked Ger-'
man railway positions along the
Rhine on Monday, ‘successfully
bombarding Mullheim and Labs-
cheim stations.
stores at Mannheim were set on
fire and the buildings and con-
tents completely destroyed.

lull in the fighting in France and
Belgium. The. Germans ate mov-
ing men-.and munitions to. the
Carpathians -and - it’ is believed

ing is near an end... Berlin. papers
express. joy. at reports. of terror

“and devastation in’ ‘Ripland asa

result of Zeppelin: trips. - Berlin.
also expresses-the hope. that the.
United: States and Japan will'en-
gage in {war as a result of. the
Turtle: Bay: incident, a3,-they say,’ -

RESUME. WORK ON CUP

Geo, Clothier Arrives in Camp, Leav-
ing Tuesday for Nine Mile aa

Geo. Clothier, arrived Saturday
night and in;company with his
| brother, Roy, left on Tuesday:for
the Silver Cup: mine on Nine Mile ,-
mountain, wheré they will spend
the entire. ‘season. They ‘have

_ [taken supplies up with them and
(as soon as they can get. the’ work

in shape they will take several
men ‘up and start. the work.”

. Post Office Moved

‘The New Hazelton post: office
was this week , moved | ‘from: the
upper end of town to the lower
end and .is now situated: in® Lark.’
worthy’s store: Ruddy & ‘Mac-
Kay. did the moving on: Monday
and the-new -office. was: 3: opened
on Tuesday... Beye hh:

“Batly. Season: in Valley.

Colin Munro came. it
morning: from Houston, :
has. been ‘for: several: nmonths.
reports that the: Beason:

“ plying agent for the PG

where he!
whe

|KELLY VS MARTIN. .

A $1,000 SIDE BET

Martin’s Journal Has Quit— —Hiade an
‘attack on Robt. Kelly Call-.
ing Hien a Grafter

Martin’s paper, The Journal,.

third issue was. its. last.

grafter and that.he was, ithe sup;
3... Ry.

In today’ 8 Sun Kelly. announces

that he: has: deposited | a. cheque”
for $1,000 in. the Bank: of. Mont:
veal. and. that. he- will throw | his
books open to an auditor. He
announces that he will give Mar-
tin forty-eight: hours.to.cover-
cheque or admit that hei is.a
ontemptable. coward, The
the

region of Croix. des.Carmes, at-.

stantly repulsed by our artillery. |

Immense forage

London, April 21—There is a

the long-drawn-oat. trench fight- ;

“the United:States has forfeited.
German love and: deserves to
taste ‘the bitterness of: war’,

"Vancouver, ‘April 51— Hon. Mr.

ceased publication and its forty-
-It fin--
ished with. an attack: on: Robert,
Kelly, alleging that. he. Was ia-

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