. is being tried in Utah will be ~ election day must pay a three- _issued-a new edition of’ Bulletin best: publication deating with this en of ‘ _ The Omineca PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT HAZELTON, THE CENTER OF THE GREAT OMINECA DISTRICT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. Macdonald & Rauk, Publishers and Proprietors. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada and British Possessions, Two Dollars a year; Foreign, Three Dollars a year. ADVERTISING RATES: Display, $1,50 per inch per month; Reading Notices, 15 cents per line for first insertion, 10 centa per line for each subsequent insertion. | Legal notices inserted at B. C. Gazette rated. ‘ Vou, IL SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1913. No. 32. The Omineca Miner has the largest bona fide circulation of any newspaper in the Northern Interior of British Columbin. The new game law, passed by the provincial parliament near the close of the late session, although in the main an excellent piece of legislation, bids fair to prove the first generally unpopular méasure to be placed on the statute books of British Columbia un- der the present government. Popular disapprobation is directed not at the principle of the bill, which is generally regarded as correct, but at clauses which can be accounted for only on the supposition that the bill was drawa by someone unfamiliar with conditions » throughout the province, and that sufficient consideration was not given to the details of the measure, In the poliey of gun licences all fair-minded men will eoncur-- game animals and birds and fur-bearing animals are an important national asset? and that they should he killed or taken only under reasonable regulations and restrictions is not only just, but is ab- solutely essential to the preservation of our wild game. In pre- paring the new regulations, however, our lawmakers have not been sufficiently careful, in their desire to protect the game, to avoid abridging the reasonable rights and privileges of the men who have done the mest to open up British Columbia-—the prospector and the settler. . The act provides that farmers must possess gun licenses, which will be issued free of charge, on application, These free licenses, however, only entitle the helders to shoot on the land on which they reside. This provision is perhaps justified in clder communities and in organized districts; but if set-| tlers in the undeveloped parts of the province are compelled to pay Q for licenses before they can carry guns off their farms there will], be a general and loud-voiced protest. Under the new regulations, the case of the prospector is even worse than that of the settler. From the beginning, the pros- pector has been entitled, by his free miner's license, to kill game atany time, when required for food, and this privilege has not been abused. The prospector is not a game hog, and does not kill for the pleasure of slaughtering game. | Although he carries a gun, he does so as much for his own protection as for the killing of game, and in the exercise of the privilege which has always been his the bona fide prospector is never wasteful. law is to be enforced, he must apply for a gun license, which, al- though issued free of charge, holds good only during the open fseason. Thus he is prohibited from carrying his rifle before the first of September, at which time he is usually preparing to leave the hiils. There is an open season for béar, except from July 15 to August 31, but the prospector’s free license’ only allows him to kill birds and deer, _If he wishes to kill bear he must have a big game license, which cost $5.00. Even with this, apparently, he cannot carry a gun forthe six weeks when he is most likely to be in the hills---presumably because the lawmakerg are under the im- pression that at that season bears and other marauding animals are not at al] dangerous. That the men who venture into the wilder ’ parts of the province, blazing trails for British Columbia’s future population, should be subject to such restrictions is unjust, Pros- pectors should still be allowed to carry firearms while in the hills, and should not be prevented from killing such game ‘as they need for food. Indians, who are exempt from all licenses, annually kill twenty times the amount of game that falls to the guns of the/ pioneers. Members of the militia areallowed to carry rifles while on duty, but there appears to be no exemption for members of civilian rifle associations or gun clubs, although visitors who come for the pur-|4 pose of shooting in clay-pigeon competitions are allowed to carry guns, | We hesitate to think that the act, as it stands, will be enforced. district yet issued by the bureau of information. ~ A suffrage experiment which watched with ‘much interest. Giving equal suffrage to men and women, the Mormon state by en- actment declares that the exer-{ cise of tha franchise is not only a right, butalso aduty, and insists that voters shall votd. Those who do not appear at the polls on ' Was After Woodrow, Too (Special to The Miner) . Victoria, April 9:—Acting Pre- frota Spokane that William Mii- son, the crank who wrote a threatening letter to Sir Richard McBride, had been commited for insanity. Milson had turned his, attention to President Wilson, to whom: he had sent threatening communieations, dollar poll tax, from which men and women who. register their votes are exempt. It is believed the law will operate successfully, Friedmann Still Working New York, . April -10:—Dr. Friedmann’s work continues, Re- "| sults are still in doubt, sufficent time not having elapsed to allow experts to express opinions. a The provincial gqvernment has 22, which givés considerable in- formution: regarding. the agri- cultural areas of Omineca district. While | the bulletin. includes much that is out of date, it ig the} Large assortment. ‘of - Men's a Shirts and Gloves at: Sergeant's. Now, however, if the mier Bowser has received advice||} LAND NOTICES + i Hazelton Land District. District ‘of Coast, Take notice that Mildred § iil, Trail B.C., married woman, in sto apply for permission to purchase the ollowing described lands: : Commencing at a post planted at ‘the southwest corner of lot 878, Range 5, Coast District, -thence west 40 chains, south 40 chains, east 40 chains, north'40 thains to point of commencement, con- taining 160 acres more or less, March 7, 1918, . Mildred Still, Range 5, Omineca Land District. District of Caasiar. Kitsumkalum, B.C., oceapation farmer, intends to apply 4 for permission to po chase the following described lan Commencing at a post planted at the southeast corner of lot 833, thence 40 chains west, 20 chaing south, 40 chains east, 20 chains north, to point of commencement: containing, 80 acres more or less. Donald Glacher, February 12, 1913. Hazelton Land District District of Coast, Range 5. Take notice that Donald A. McNeill of Kitselas, saw mill manager, intends to apply i for permission to purchase the following described lands: Commencing at a post planted at the northeast corner of lot 1433, ‘thence 20 chainssouth, 20 chaingeast, 20 chains north, 20 chains weat back to commencement and containing 40 acres, Jan. 10, 1913. 20 Donald A. McNeill. Green Bros., Burden & Co. Civil Engineers Dominion and British Columbia - Land Surveyors . and New Hazelton, B. C, AFFLECK, Mgr. New Hazelton, Stephenson & Crum Undertakers and Special attention to Shipping Cases Hazeuron, B, GC. Take notice that Donald Clacher of | | oint of | | Offices at Victoria, Nelson, Fort George xi Funeral Directors i (ey oe F(a [yee Vd FE hag ttn at: Des ea pr lie PLA ORNS ee ee TTC peer | Sargent’s — the’ F avorite Shopping Place For the traveling public and water je Suit Ke ex as aay? g| | MINERS’ PROSPECTORS’ and SETTLERS’ sures A SPECIALTY that are preparing to take: trips by’ ial we have an assortment of Cases and Hand Bags af | Harness, Saddles, | | and Findings — on hand Our Grocery Dept. Is kept up with regular “shipments ensuring to our customers Good, Fresh_ and Reliable Goods. Tes Buiter Fresh Fruits, and Cheese “on hand Agent for ‘SEMI-READY CLOTHING =. ‘Ou stock of Men’s Hats, Caps and Futnishing’ Goods, ck Js large and up-to-date. the popular and up-to-date | Samples on display Two Carloads Hay, Oats, Flour - Just Arrived and Mill Feeds ‘Napkins, Bedding, Sheets, Hosiery | ; Art Muslin and Window Scrim . mh, 1+ yah re Am A. Chisholm — Tin and Graniteware - Dry Goods, Tablediinen,| {4 money are “ fast. Good land is ‘DONT BE | TQ0 LATE ‘YOUR LAST CHANCE | ’ is nearly gone. The Railway is rapidly approach- ing this District and your chances of making big — DISAPPEARING os _ per acre, Grasp your opportunity now. " one of those who lose the chance of making a_ “stake” by consulting me - General Hardware y 1 eT a" a1 General Merchant cys" [R.S. SARGENT Miners’ Supplies + j [i o ho ; - ; = Hazelton 7 Hazelton, B.C... } | (BH 9 ' ~ . —o tol eenebe Be ‘4 — still to be had from $9 to $20 | Sash and Door Factory Full stock of all kinds and sizea of Window Sash, Doors, Office Fixtures, Interior Finishing on hand and made to order, ’ Large atock of Lumber and Building Materials, Tinsmithing, Plumbing and Stdamfitting, Job and Shop Work a ‘Specialty. Stephenson & Crum CONTRACTORS AND ‘BUILDERS Hazelton Plans and Specifications, REGINALD: LEAKE: GALE, J. 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