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‘SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1912,

No. 2.

The first exhibition of the agricultural and other resources of.
the Northern Interior will be held on Saturday next- under the

auspices of the Bulkley Valley Agricultural Association.

ple of the district are unanimous
enterprise:

The peo-
in their support of this laudable

The list of entries is already large enough to guarantee

the success of the fair, and there is no doubt that the efforts of the
energetic men whe have the arrangements in hand will meet with

the success they deserve,

Too much importance can hardly be at-

tached tothe Fair, which will undoubtedly become the great an-
nual event of the Northern Interiot,

Visiting delegates to the Forestry Convention at Victoria last
week were unanimous in their praise of the new plan of conserva-
tion adopted by the provincial government, which has placed Brit-
ish Columbia in first place among the provinces, from a forestry
point of view. Our great timber resources, which are contributing
millions each year to the provincial treasury, will not be allowed to
to become depleted, but will be protected and conserved for all time,

as 2 permanent source of revenue

for the people,

Panama Tolls

London advices say Panama
continues to absorb a large share
of the attention of the British
press. ‘The opinion is current
that the government is likely to
abstain from discussing its arbi-
tration proposals until such time
as itis ready to submit them to
Washington.

A Washington dispatch says:
“It is believed that when Great
Britain fully understands that
free tolls apply only to the Am-
erican coastwise trade in which
British shipping cannot partici-

pate, all reasons for her desiring
arbitration will disappear.”

This belief finds no echo in the
British press, The effect of the
exemption of coastwise vessels
has been fully discussed.
Times, which is publishing a
series of articles on the canal,
replying to a letter by Lafayette.
Young, former United States
Senator, now in England, who
wrote to the same effect, says:

“He forgets that the cost of
maintaining the’ canal is to be|-
met by the duties levied. If
American vessels are not contrib-
usiay their share, the amount
to be drawn from vessels of other |
nations will be so much the
heavier. In other words, Amer-
icazl coastwise steamers will be
using the canal mainly at the

. east of foreigns teamers.’’

Several shippers have advanced
asimilar argument. The British
foreign secretary, Sir Edward
Grey, ina letter to the Gates-
head Commission of Commerce,
says that there seems no doubt
that the senate adoption of the
bill providitig for free uge of the

eanal by American coastwise
vessels, ax well as American
ships in foreign trade under cer-
tain conditions, is. a violation of
the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, as].
the canal will not be-open on
terms of entire equality. to the
ships of all nations, |
that if a large part of this trade
is allowed to pass free, the total
amount of tolls collected will be
diminished to a large extent,
and as 2 consequence, the foreign
. secretary concludes, the  foreigni.
. trade of the canal will be unduly.
taxed on account of this suppres-
sion of a part of the canal’s
earning power and the loss will:
- fall on the shoulders of foreign
ship owners, ..

- Roseland Redivivus

- Rogaland may have a. glorious
revival eclipsing the activity of

- fifteen yéard agd when ten thous-

and people. froti all corners of
the earth camped on the slope of

. F.”. Augustus” “Heinze,
fornietly a Bitte copper magnate;
ig ara to: regain
the al ons fe Won.

The] .

It follows]. .

single-handed fight against the
Standard Oil Combination in the
Montana ‘camp, end which he
subsequently, itis said, lost in
Wall street. Mr, Heinze and
several mining engineers in. his
employ, spent several days in
Rossland last week looking over
various properties. He left there
with several options and on
reaching Victoria, informed old
friends of his intention to re-en-
gage in mining there. | With
characteristic ennthusiasm, he
declared that there was still lots
of golden wealth to be extracted
trom the old eamp and that he

-| purposed getting. busy without

delay, - He predicts an old-
fashioned boom there within the
next six months,

Naval Policy Lacer

Quebec, Sept. 9:—In an inter-
view on his arrival here, Rt, Hon.
R. L, Borden made it pigin that
no naval announcement would
be made for some time.

- *T will not be guided by rumor
or Speculation, ’’ he said,. “but by
‘the facts placed beforée me by
the admiralty, After we have
come to a conclusion, it will be
time to consider when and where
the policy will be announced.
We have not considered that yet
for one moment. I do not want
to say anything about the Ger-
man seare, for obvious reasons.

Asked if he would go to the
country before parliament opens,
he replied: ‘‘My attitude is the
same as in November, 1911?’

No further conference would
be held with the -edmiralty re-
garding the Panama Canal situa-
tion, Mr. Borden said.. While in
London he had discussed the
matter with Sir Edward Grey
and expressed ‘his confidence that
the interests-of the empire were
in safe hands.

- Laurier Criticised,
_ London, Sept: 9:—The recent
speech of Sir Wilfrid Laurier at
Ottawa on the German peril was
severely criticized here. The
Morning Post says:

a (7 can’ only be described ¢ ag
hostile to the British naval policy.
If :Sir Wilfrid Laurier has to
thahk:the Lord that Canada has
no burdén.of armament to bear,
he has alsp-to thank the instru-
ment. under -God’s , providence

which lias. saved Canada’ from
that burden—the: British fieet,

while Mr. Borden will have
the ‘approval , of. the: Imperial
Governmant in his canipalgn, ‘he
will have the active o position ' of
Sir-Wilfrid Laurier. Sir. Wilfrid

| Lautrier’s ‘policy. is to place all the

burden. upon the Motiier Country,
reap. all of the. savantaate, and [

Ane + his”

__THE ‘oMINECA M) NEE

. ‘without. the British t navy Ca

lies completely at: the mercy of
any gryeat power that should
assume the sovereignty of the
seas,!?

British Labor Congress -

Newport, Eng., Sept. 9:—Syn-
dicalism was crushingly defeated
at the Trades Union - Congress
here by the adoption by an over.
whelming majority of a resolution
which the financialists . strenu-
ously opposed pledging the sup-
port of the independent working
class of Great Britain to political

*}action in the industrial fight for

& more equitable share of the
wealth of the country, Syndica-
lism is the most discussed feature
of the present socialism. . It isa
movement for the placing of the
means of production, such as
factories, mines and railways
under the direction of workmen
themselves, .
Delegates representing 1,976,-
950 workers are in attendance at
the congress, In spite of the
stormy weather labor has ex-
perienced this year the number
of ‘members of the affiliated
unions represented in the present
congress is 34,870 more than the
total of last year. Although it

unions are almost depleted, the

the unions are forging ahead,

Mineral Bounties

Ottawa, Sept. 9:—The agere-
gate amounts distributed by the
Dominion government in the
form of bounties on-minerals and
mineral products during the year
ending March 8lst last was
$588,529, as compared with an
outlay on this account in 1910—11
of $1,591,663. The sum. was
made up as follows: Wire roda,
$160, 750; erude petroleum, $141, -
935; lead, $179,288; manila fibre,
used in the manufacture of bind-
er twine, $50,556. Since 1896,
when the hounty system was in-
troduced, the total payments
have, been rather over $21,000,-
000, of which seventeen million

ties for iron and steel manufac-
ture,

Cyanide Immunity

A generally credited helief is
that those accustomed to the
operation of cyanide works be-
come more or less-immune to
cyanide poisoning, it is much
more likely that one unaccustom-
ed to cyanide gases would notice
their presence sdoner than one
used to their presence, but it
seems. unlikely, in view of the
known effects. of hydrocyanic
acid upon the human system,
that any amount of. accustoming}
would alter or lessen its action.
The odor of cyanide, character-
istic of cyanide works, is usually! .

inconvenience or. damage and it|:
seem probable that one might

notice it while one unaccustomed | -
to it’ might find it disagreeable,
At thesame time, an excessive
amount of this gag will be the

mesa even with one fully used to
it. -

The greatest inconvenience ex-

boxes. This is likely to cause|
minute abrasions of the skin, ‘and
the entry. of thecyanide’ solutions]
directly to the blood is likely to] ‘
dause trouble either in sick
stomach, headache or the ap-
pearance of the. erviption known

ance of this. trotible, -however, |,
has’: nothing to’ do - with one’ a

individual: ‘same feel the effects
quickly, while others resist it for |

is no such thing’as imminity, as
hiydrocyante ‘geld 48 believed by:
chemists to ‘be “one: of -. the

rot be e nequired, :

-| polaons to whith" immounit ‘

ne
abt

is said that the treasuries of the

figures given above indicate that .

.|@ollars have been paid in boun-

not sufficient to cause any great| ;

get used to this odor and fail to] .

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a longer time, but all eventually |< _
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the influence has. been ‘sufficient | J
to overcome the - niataral’ resist= |:
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ton starts outor the second year
of its publication. "There is not
a better weekly newspaper ‘pub-

_|lished in the interior, and Messrs.

Macdonald & Ratk are to be con-
gratulated on ‘the appearance of
the Miner.—Q, c News.

Ottawa, Sept. 9: —Offieial fig:
ures of exports and imports for
the first quarter of the. current
year shows a total of. $237,217,-
779, an increase of $55,352,350
over the corresponding period
last year; imports for the quarter
exclusive of coin and bullion
totalled $162,975,545 as against
$117,419, 627, Exports. totalled
$78,266,776 as against $54,624,000
for the first quarter of last year,

The Hazelton branch of The|
Women’s Auxiliary will resume

on Thursday Sept. 19th. The
meeting will be held at The Mis-
sion House at a quarter past 3
P.M. Allmembers.are asked to
attend and new ones willl be
warmly welcomed.

Notice i is hereby given that the Gov-

ernment Office, at Fort Fraser, will

be open on the 16th, September next,

andon and after that date all business

connected with the Fort Fraser Land

Reeordin

at that office,
W. ALLISON,

Government Agent.
Provincial Government Office,

Hazelton, B G.

3rd, September, 1912. .

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Offices at Victoria, Nelgon, Fort George
and Hazelto

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"No: 12 Shot-Gun Shell, Sets Asoorted Shet, “$1.00
Thermos Bottles * OllStoves: * Buggy Whips:
_ + Harness, Riding and Pack. Saddles
‘Large assortment ‘of Saw, Planes and Levels
“All-sizes “of Windows at greatly reduced Bele A
. “Small Hardware and: Builders’ Supplies, a

“Large assortment ‘of Copper, Tacks for Canoes and Béats ae:

Hudson’ eBay y Company, tng

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. GROCERIES AND HARDWARE: i

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FARM LANDS |

- along the line of the Grand Trunk Pacific. Railway i in: Cen

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adds to the value of te land, .. Buy before’ the: completion .

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