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‘Manufacturers of

Hanson .
Lumber &
Timber Co.

"HEMLOCK AND SPRUCE
Flooring.

Mill at. . -
Get our prices before ordering elsewhere

HANALL, B. C.

"Rough, Dressed & ‘Dimension : ue

HEMLOCK, SPRUCE AND.CEDAR,

Printed every Friday at
NEW HAZELTOR, B.C. A.

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* pesursap |

]) Advertising ratea—#1, 0 per bit
reading natices 16e per line first in:

a
line each subsequent t .

‘One year oo» os ‘the
Six months «°° % .
U. 3. and-British Isles - £2350 per year
Notices for Crown Geants ss = 2.00
Purchase - - ‘«. 9,00

of La
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‘Something to 5 Talk. About .
At all points in this district‘a

new enthusiasm, a new optimism,’

" Spring Steamship Service

7 seems to have taken hold’ of the
populace. _ “Especially ‘does this

BC ANADIAN
B \ysrionalt
RAMAN

THURSDAY and SUNDAY, 10.00 p.m.
For ANYOX . Wednesday, 10 p.m.
For STEWART Saturday, 10 p.m.

via Queen Charlotte Talends.

5.8. ‘PRINCE RUPERT and PRINCE GEORGE sail ‘}
from PRINCE RUPERT for VANCOUVER, VIC-
TORIA, SEATTLE, and intermediate points each .

. apply to those interested in min-.
ling. To such an extent has this
‘spirit increased that the Herald
management is almost tempted
jito put the ore display back in the
‘;window and to dust offthe res

8,8, PRINCE JOHN leaves PRINCE RUPERT fortnightly for Vancouver ‘ports. of. the minister of mines. |,

iNew capital is being invested in}

Passenger Trains Leave New Hazelton:
Eastbound—17.14 p.m. daily except Sunday.
Westhound—7.43 a.m. daily except Tuesday.

‘|j well known prospects, and. new |
j/operators. are coming . in. This |
“\lhew blood-i is zoing to benefit the
country more than the new. capi-

National Agent or

For Atlantic steamahip sailings or further information apply to any Canadian’ ;

R. . F, McNaughton, District Passenger Agent, Prince Rupert, B.C, ~

tal. But the greatest benefit we
see onthe horizon is ‘that the
|\long-panted, tongue-wagging he

FREE ENLARGEMENT.
From Your, Own Negative ae

. We are enclosing 4 cou pon with all developing and printing work
-, we do for amateurs, ch coupon wijl be marked ‘with the value « °
‘of the work .it is enclosed -with and they should be saved until: °.
they total five dollars. They should then be sent to our store,
together with a:negative suitable for enlarging, and we: will
make, without any charge to you, an enlargement in “black and
. hite mounted ready f for framing.

_ORMES LIMITED

P.O. Box 1680 Prince Rupert

’ The Rexall Store | |

- | gossips of the one-track-brain and
“holier-than-thou” brand,. ‘will,
| perhaps, find ‘something: else to
harangue about, rather than. the
neighbor who is trying to makea
stab at progress. .A menace in
the north from, which -we. have
no right to suffer, is the babbling
commercial, traveller who, heads
the whinings of local dead- -ones,

with great. joy, along the line.
The loca] whiner and, falsifier in
any. community is bad enough,
but the gleeful peddlar-is despie-
able. . beyond, description. . May
the renewed interest in mining
give that class of people a new
record for their gtamaphone.

BRITISH COLUMBIA

TRE MINERAL PROVINCE. OF WESTERN CANADA
"HAS PRODUCED MINERALS VALUED AS FOLLOWS !—

Coy

Placer Gold ...cccseesaretecceeteceeets +B 77,382,958
- Lode Gold ....ccsscseseracereccseserons 118,478,190 rae
* Giver cicesaclescsetenenseeesesesennees 68,824,579 _
Lead .ciescareeseccestensnnepencseecear TO,BARB7B
? - Copper deauepeseeneeenan 187, 489; B78 bolas?
PANG oo cece ce ene cc cee sasane, . .32,382,958 -
Coal and Gaice eeeeseebaanete ‘ 260, 880, O48 eel
:.,-Building.Stone, Brick: Gement; ete... 42,295,814 Lo cs
Miscellaneous Minerals ; . 1,431,349

Making mineral production to: “the’ end ‘of 1924 show"
AN “AGGREGATE VALUE © OF ''$859,427,386 |

The aubstantial
‘ifice is ‘strikingly illustrated in the following figures, which
show ‘the value Not production for successive ‘5-year periods:

. For all years to 1896, inclusive «. sa, Oe
For five years, 1896-1900 ...,. 0.4: BT. G05, 967, 7

- For-five years, 1901-1905 .,...... TNT 961507,968"°
For five.years, 1906-1910 .....6...44 : c+ BO,607 S68 tong pare

"-For five years, 1911-1916. . ogeeeus 142,072,608. o
For five years, 1916-1920, sa neseee ese 00, LO0,922, 725° S
For the year 1921 .. aaa eae ce vees ./ 28,066,641 - rote
*--For the year 1922. sinhas denen o 85,158,843

inc For the.year 1928. ; sanagereneens 41, 904, $20 °°:

-; Forthe year 1924.....-. tS aT 148, 704, 604:

PRODUCTION | DURING: LAST TEN ‘YEARS, 372,604,725.

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u “5 : miles, of snexplored :

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AIGTORIA, » BRITISH, sont A.

“The "Honourable ‘The. Minister. ot Mines, 7

It was , refreshing to find the
‘Vancouver Sun saying something
in favor.of-the work. of. the min-
Jister. of lands a few days ago, |
even though it was only express-j)
ing satisfaction with a new map
featuring Vancouver and ite im-|:
‘meédiate ‘surroundings. ‘Perhaps
the map ‘also carried ‘a: subscrip-
tion coupon for the Sun. dbs

* eam + wee

With the’ pole business : as ood

~. as ever and mining’ ‘taking’ on a
progress of the: mining: industry: in’ this : -prov- oud.

new lease of life, ‘business in ‘all
its branches along the. Skeena
‘should take on a new lease of
life. There is also:a. splendid op-

:! Hl portunity for the newly appoint-
led provincial agricultural expert

| to justify his existence . by. get:

rete “ | ting settlers'on the’ thousands of

| acres of high class, land along the!”
Skeeria. that he could: ‘never seal
when managing the land, Agttler|
\ment board,

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» "FRESH. FRUIE: (T: SPECIAL
‘érates Raspberries: for: $8: 753 8
erates” ee Loganberries::3 F§6.5031 3

os

ifiVerates. Royal: Ann: Cherries $5.80;

1 B'eeraten:. Bing. Chdrries? $7.50,
+ Price. list 25. varieties on request, ,
AliStandard crates?::. Cash with or-|
dex: Order. nows':i Qual rtalt

. Farms, Chilliwack, B. 3.0 "4961"

ithe Omineca Herald T

and then spreads his. ‘evil tidings, |

- ne i)
| Usk
Skeens’s Industrial Ceiitre |

A long-soughi-for improvement
to the railway, sidetrack. facilities

cars has, been made... 4. The govern-

| form the whole sidetrack into. a}
‘splendid roadway, _ whieh | will|
greatly accelerate. traffic. and.
shipping, A trame way also has
been opened’ irp, from behind the
station to the main thoroughfare,
Kitselas Avenue. — .

Mr. ‘and Mrs. T.. Snell. have,
returned from Vancouver. Mr.

the'last of his large tie and’ pole
rafting uperations, which” will}.

‘bring his last winter’s output to
‘the “Usk siding from“ his camp, |

‘two miles above here. “Toy

The Usk Tennis ‘Club’s efforts |
to provide for. itself a board}3
court have finally. borne fruit.
The: ‘foundation and floor of 2x4

by 100 feet is.completed: and will
provide a court:second to.none in
the district. The wall netting
will soon be put up, and:then the’
votaries os the game: wil! be able
to display their .practice . and
agility. The court isona portion:
of: Lot 38 acquired by lease from
Chas. Durham.

-J. Willman spent part: of - Frie
day in Terrace on business, ..

A. ‘J; Thompson and J.-D,
Wells, respectively manager. and
secretary of the Kitselas Moun-
tain. Copper. Co. Ltd., attended
the annual meeting of the share-

Rupert. on Saturday last, The
meeting was adjourned a week.

of Usk, - The competitions were
keenly contested and the honors
were pretty evenly divided. ~ Of
the Younger entrants Ella Rich-
mond and olla Evans pat’ ‘up-a

eehe

Ib the sack’ race: Rabie’ MeDonald
hiopied in slightly ahead of Bir-
‘dia: ‘Dobbie, The main feature of
the day was the tug-of-wat: be-

"| ¢wéen the murried ladies and the

‘single’. in’ the’ former - had -: too
stronga pull: ‘However, the sii le
men recaptured ‘the ‘honors: the
single ladies had lost, by dragging
fhe: ‘husbands. overboard aiter a
minute’s hard pull." The young:
asters” wildest, dreams of eats, ice
cream, Jemonade,’ ete, ‘were Tea-
lized. “The nickel scrainble was
a. miniature war. ds

.

Reports. “from” “Prines™ Georgi
and: alsojfrom ‘ ‘the lower: Skoors
are that the: caterpillars are doi

. {8 lot of damage,to.the birch, and

poplar trees ‘and also the willaws,:|3:

So far they have.not been reports

Nae ay aren aT ae A A
‘Why use shop-worn paper whe
strictly fresh costs less. money &

he Ondiieos Herdlay

for loading and unjoading. tron)

ment hag: completed the east half]
and the railway has. filled ‘in the|’"]*"*
slough and levelled. off loads of|
gravel.on the west end: to trans-|

Snell is now active in completing _

7. TS ine

Up tg ate
’ REPAIR SHOP containing

‘Tine welding’ outfit .

ifs i a

‘Repairs ‘of. all kinds
Mey executed:

‘We: carry a cimpicte.. 1
- ptock:: of-’Ford ‘Parts--
: and auto Becossorieg

rer a)

ha me

GARAGE and,

. K, BR, Wilson, combinat on.
4 * re-boring” machine, acety-.:

ao sey “s

‘New Cars in’ ‘stocks

en on

[Henry Mots

C .

lumber, covering a space 40_feet|5

- Sunday, May 24, was:a .truly.|?
Victorian Day: for the youngsters |

eh

tack the fruit..tracs - and: bushes:. ote

ed.in the, Central Skeena district, | |

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P.O. Box 459, -Prince Rupert,

holders of the company at Prince| ~~

Make ‘Your’ Honie Attractive!
BEAVER Boao DisnRiaUTORS _

A. W. EDGE Co.,

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SMITHERS,. B. C...}...
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- Dealers:i imi
_Wallpes Wee carry P the.
‘Burlaps — largest and |

Paints ‘mostvaried
Oils . stock in
Varnishes | Northern...
‘Glass. or British.
«Brushes, B Ele, ; Columbia .

Write us ‘for information when ~
renovating or building your home

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