cember. . citiz .en WAS Tost, ° - & Berlin despatch days’? ‘thet: tHE OMINECA. MINER, ‘SATURDAY, JANUARY. 4 1916 he! The World’s Ss: Doings j in Brief News, Notes from’ Many. Sources, set + irae Sa Not Germany. will issue ten-piennig coins of ions. 753% ..Spain--will- bald general alec- tions in March. “ ‘ Patt: says “he is: not a candid ate . for the presidency... 7 “British losses i in. the Dardanelles campaign to date. dre 112,000, Prohibitidnists are - preparing |, for a Dominion- wide campaign,. “One fourth of the Indians of Canada arein British ‘Columbia, “An El Paso despatch says Villa is a fupitive i in northern’ Mexico. “Jamaica is‘ ‘sending © a second contingent of 1000 men to. the front. ; “Roosevelt i 1s. expected to’ be ‘a presidential candidate, on, ‘the Progressive ticket. Figures just compiled show that 8000 murders occurred in|: the U.S. last year. . © ‘Philadelphia has an epidemic. of grippe, which has proved fatal in a number of | cases. ‘Fifteen hundred people a are ice- . bound at Anchorage, the -new railvoad portin Alaska, /” “Brand Whitlock sailed on Wed- ‘désday. to resume - work as'Am- erican minister in Belgium, ‘ ~ Joffre is weeding outall French| officers who fail to maintain ‘the highest standards: of. efficiency. "Russian - -hospitals’ have dealt with 100,000 enemy wounded. in addition to their own’ casualties, ~The Empress, of Japan, released |‘ from duty asa cruiser, is again in ‘the C.P.R. transpacific service, “Sarah Bernhardt, the « noted: actress, is suffering : with a bone. ; disease, believed to be incurable. » Montreal proposes - to abolish its board of control and. extend the aldermanic term to four years, . Russia % is. negotiating. for’ ‘a $60,000,000 loan in. the United States, throw Stockholm bank- ers. » Ganada. will have § 300, 000 men andée ' ‘arms ‘before the’ war is over, One thousand are © enlisting daily. . ‘Scandinavian -eotintriés last week experienced the. greatest cold ever recorded ‘there’ in. De-|. A Calo. veport’ says: the: Tnain Arab force operating, néar Mat- _ eruh has been dispersed by B Brit- ish troops, i - Malta advices say the Japahese liner Yasaka Maru was torpedoed without warning. ‘One American g of Italy was wounded by Grace,’ who’ started ‘the it ona’ mimeograph, is pa at. Cranbrook Phe “ British’ gov dénment ‘has , tery. | nian range andi is in als: : ‘ front: ‘various | stores « ‘on | Sunday, ele Prospector, in 1896, |". - ini boon, eperolingin Be Columbia Waddah Island, near: Cape. Flat. .. Those.on board were gal- lautly rescued by ‘the crew of}. the Neah Bar life station. Great herds of cariboo are. re- ported in the Yukon: ~ One herd on ‘C:lifornia . ereek was three miles long and-half a mile wide, Of the £160,000, 000 annually spent.'for: liquor - in Britain, the Bishop of London believes £50,-|. 000,000 can be saved: for the ¥ war fund. Fire destroyed, 200, 000. feet of lumber in, the’ dry kiln of the Emerson Hardware Go, at. Port-|- land on Monday, The loss was ‘| $100, 000. ° Frank Stone, charged with forgery ‘and the theft of $18,000 {from the ‘Washington state acci- | dent fund, -has been arrested in Portland. “Tn ‘the allotment: of Canada’s war loan, the banks received 80 per cent of their subseription$. All other subscribers received -jfull aliotments. a oe The Allies intend to examine all mail’ parcels j passing belween the United States” and neutral | countries, and: will seize goods intended for Germany. ; :. The crew. of the’ Spanish eruis- er Alfonso, who had pooled their chances, won. first piige-in the government Christmas lottery.- and will divide $1,200, 000. Vancouver Liberals have chosen |: M. A. Macdonald as their. -candi- |- date to oppose Hon, G..£, Tisdall in-the by-election,” which’ is: ex pected about the end of January. The general prosperity: of Can- ada is:reflected in the bank state- ments for the ‘month, showing an increase in “depositsof $45. 000, 000; “The greatest copper sale in his: | tory was consummated last.weel, when 200,000,000’ pounds. were sold. "| took 134, 400, 000 pou at twen- ty: cents. Approximately a billion’ and a half dollars in ‘American secur? ties, held in Turepe at the begin: ning - of . the. war, have re-absorbed by the. United States |: inarketa, : ee ; Raeco Ferrante, veeently. ace quitted i on: ‘the: ‘charge of murder- Mountain, murder of. Nick. Cocael, | palriot, at Coghlan, B.C. “a.com; . The] ut: off. uted to Chinese erirainals. . namen in a: house “in which an: immense avantity, of goods: ‘atalen: roy was found,, oye Oty To Bicoucage Mining ; In a ‘diseussion . of general’ mining. “gonditiona; , Mey John AY Thomaon,: a ‘mining man | yho has Jap - thelr faith.; ‘by the actual: ft. Blood Will Tell ‘ through the war. " sons ‘of knights. . « on the largestincrease ever repor ted. ; ‘The British government | vy beet |; ing Engineer. ‘Magoon‘at Vedder! ... has: confessed to the | 7" victim. was. found with his’ head ue “The recant epidertic of, hottas- re breaking. in Vancouver ‘is attrib: |)". Dez = ‘tectives artested | seventeen. Chi- mt ‘ a for: this pmpbse. Mr. Thomson thinks that” such commissions would serve: to cre establish the ald activity ” in’ ‘mines and other of the. nataral | eeoures of the provinee. Mr. Thomson. ‘urges ‘the ap. pointment of experts to .commis- sions for the pikpose of stimulat- ing interest in ‘the great” ‘natural Fesources, among. Canadians as well. as i foreign financial: circles. A: plag., for ‘the. provingial or capital: for this purpose, backing ‘investment of: ‘money, might well be. considered, Mr. Thomson said. ‘There is too. much of the raw. resourees being «shipped out of “ithe country in ‘comparison with | ducts, he. added.. There is. no doubt about the existence of tremendous tonnages of. all kinds of commercial ores now ‘awaiting development i in the province, . ‘London, Dec. “27:—The new issue of “Debrett’ s Peerage,” ines annual record of Brit- ish titles, strikingly illustrates how the aristocracy has suffered: A roli of hanor of some eight hundred names is piven of those killed in battle of twelve pages... ” ; one member of the royal family, knights, seven members at “tha House of Commons, 164 com, panions of: various “orders, fifty. four SONS .of, peers, _eighty- two sons of baronets and eithty- four “Changes j in succession to more than one hundred titles thus have been gauged. . aS a a Timber Production The provincial ? -timber stute- mgnt'f ‘forthe month of November shows. that the total scale of saw logs: ‘far. the pidvince amounted to 47,436,318, ft.,°B.M., -in addi- "tion ‘to 291, 57T fi eal: feet of piles and poles, and 9.3 6 cords of ties, shingle bolts an “posts, ‘ete. "Ten: poorer oe of um bia: plant. Jife are inéluded, in the provincia. eollee- tion:at’ ‘Vaneouver. am : “NOTICE. a. “omntica ASSESSMENT | DISTRICT Notids is hereh “geiven, An. accord: | taxes-and income, and, school tax, ie essed and Idvied under the “Taxation ud. ‘Public Schools. “Ast? are uary the’ "om t This“ roti upon: all persons: liable’ fon, taxes, vn federal * governments to provide . ‘the itnportation of finished . pro=' ( who have died: ‘of, ‘wounds, Alling The list, contains the names of six peers, sixteen: baranets, six’. | divisions of sections, a 6 With'the Statutes, that all dsseas-. Act de ond. ea on thé Srd ‘of: Jan- 191, ‘All taxes collectable for ‘equivalint tia personal demand-by.me lene TINH CHIMES NNEONNAAIEe ANNAN NHHESHH NOE Hudson's Bay Company . HAZELTON, B.C. Dey Goods, Boots ‘& Shoes, Groceries, Hardware LIQUOR Brandy, . xxx Hennessy, per bottle, .- + - --. $2.10 * "xx Marion pee a ee eT Champagne, Mumm’s Extra Dry,. per pint bottle, - 2.00. Claret, |. "per bottle, - - - .60and — .50 : Gin, Fingbury, Gordon Dry, |‘ber bottle, -. .85 “ ad Du’Kuyper - - - 7. 2,00 ~ Port Wine, ‘per bottle, ~ - | -'°. 1.00 and .50 ‘Sherry, . Bodega and Blue Label, per bottle, .75 \ Whisky, ~°. Seotch, - «lL BD, 1, 50, ..L85 and 1.25 aed Rye, . - - o-- = 1.25 and. Rum, per gallon, - 8.00 per bottle, - - 1.50. ‘LIQUEURS: ‘Absinthe, | sano “Brandy,” ‘Cherry Whisky, Creme de Menthe, Pousse Cafe, Russian Kummel, and French Vermouth. . Se MTU co os sss > Lc ue ana Benedictine, Curacao, Cherry suneiouvinncestnnagediumcoonumconumicnmnnel 2%] (Se Express, Coneral Drayage: ‘and Freighting EE LIVERY and STAGE i . Our. stages meet all trains We are. prepared to supply private’ cand publi ic conveyances day .and ! at South Hazelton or New Hazelton. BEST DRY BIRCH, $5.50 A CORD _ Consign: your shipments in ‘Our Care for Storage or Pelivery. Address ail ‘communications to Hazelton. . {li ; Ruddy .& MacKay » HAZELT x and NEW bated reed Ree ete aes ecDanat ype: TORIA. and. SEATTLE... at 9 a.m, - baggage car. ‘apply to any GTP. Agent or to - Prine Rupert, BR. c. _ GPSS, Service to VANCOUVER, VIC-¢ _ GEORGE leaves Prince Rupert on Saturdays foe 9 5.5. PRINCE JOHN leaves Prince Rupert on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Passenger Traing leave Hazelton on Tuesdays and Fridays at 10:48 - a.m.,for Prince Rupert, connecting with above steamers Eastbound Passenger trains leave Hazelton at.6,08 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays for Edmonton, Winnipeg, Turonto, Montreal, ete. . Mixed Train leaving Hazelton Eastbound on Seturdey at p.m., and Westbound on Thursday... at a.m., also carries passenger coach and For full information, “yaservations on train or stcamship,” ete, S. 5. PRINCE GRA Albert Davidson, General Agent, lations, Coap mining a rightsof the Dominion, | in Manitoba, Saskatchewan an 5 Alberta, the Yukon Territory, the Northwest: Territories and in # portion of the Province of British Columbia, may he leased for a term of twenty-one yenis at an annual. rental. of $1 an acre. Not more than 2,660 acres will be leased to one applicant, : plication for a lease must be made by Ane applicant.in person to the Agent | or Sub-Agent of the district-In w igh: the rights applied for are situated. In surveye be described by sections, or legal sub- and in unsurveyed territory the tract applied for shall be ataked out by the applicant himself, - Each application must. be accom pani ed by n fee of $5, which will be retund- ed f£ the rights applicd for’ are- not ‘available, but.not otherwise, ~ A royal- “| ty-shali “he: paid on the merchantable output of” the mine at the rate | of five) cents per ton, The person operating the mine shall furnish the Agent with sworn returns J accounting forthe. full quantity’ of mer- iehantable’ coal mined and” pay: the’ rayalty. thereon, If .the coal minin tights are not being operated, suc ‘|returns, should be furnished | at- least : > Jonge, a-year,: . The lease “will include the. coal mining - rights ouly, ‘but the leases’ may. bé per- mitted ta’ purchase “whatever available surface rights may bé considered nec- essury for the working of the’ mine at the rate-of $10.06 an aure. + For full information | applicatlon shonld be riade to:tho- Secretary of, the ‘Depattmént- of the. Interior, Dttawa, or, to. me Agent: or ; Buh Agent, ot Domidion ange . be GORY,: % "Der ny ‘Minister of tha Interior re ON, B.: —ndlithorlzed publication | ° this advertisement will: Hot. id |, SBT. : heap Oifice. and: Mining ¢ Office Synopsis of “Coal Mining Regu. ; : AAZELTON HOSPITAL sexes, territory the land must} * | railway, fors i Arts and: Crafts Building, 578° Seymour Street, —-—-—— VANCOUVER, B, C)—— ener The Estate of J. O'Sullivan * * Provincial ‘Assayers and Chemists © - in Established 1897 by the late J. 0’ Sal-, livan, F.G.8.,-26 years with « Vivian & Sons, Swansea. , -': fer any peridd from one month upward at 51 per -- month in ndvance. This rate includes office .cen- . aultations and medicines, as well de alt costa while ~ in the hosyital, Ticketa obtainable in Hazclton atthe Fost Olle or the Drug Store; in Aldermere from Mr, T..1. Thorp; in Tolkwa from Dr. Wallace; or by pat from the Medical Superintendent at the ALoep its ‘Green Bros., Burden & Co. Civil Engineers | + ‘ Dominion and British Columbia - Land Surveyors ‘Offices at ‘Victoria, Nelson, Fort George and New Hazelton,’ . BR 6. ATFLECK, Mer, New Hazelton, Commercial Printing at THE MINER ‘OFFICE NOTICE . NOTICE is hereby given that an pi cation: will he: made to: the. Legislative. Assembly of the Province of Britlsh'Co- lumbia atits nextSessionénbehalfofTha .. . Nans& Skeena Rivers Railwa ay Company, a 2. Conipany incorporated bythe Legislat- 0... ive Assembly of the Province of British = °. Columbia, by Chapter .49 of the Statutes of British Columbia,‘ 1911, for an Act to be entitled “The. Nats & Skeena © Rivers Railway. Act, 1611, Amendmant Act,” 1916" ‘. ; extending the periods pre-. scribed by: Sacticn 79. of - the Railway Act, within which The.Naas .&:Skéeena Rivers Rail way? Company: should: bona fide commences the construction of ‘its procure the bona fide payment Up in cash of nodt less: than” fifteen: : “per cont. of tha Authorized Bhare capital * of the~ Gompany,:-ahd the expendituta of ‘such Gfteen: per cent: in, “upon and towards the construction’ of i its reailwny, and. the..completion ‘and. putting: ‘int _| operotion ‘of the sald Company's: Ya way; and for.anch further and ineidn | Rowers as may.be necessary.