‘THE OMINECA HERALD. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16.920

: Lumber &
Timber Co.

often S ee, ee ee

Hanson

Manufacturers of... 3

ROUGH, DRESSED & DIMENSION

Lumber:

_ HieMLocK, SPRUCE AND CEDAR

| a a "FLOORING - - WINDOWS |

‘ Hemlock: Complete...
‘and Spruce different sizes a
Miwat - ee
AN ALL, B. C. ‘Get our prices. before ordering elsewhere ~

7 Terrace Pi Prize List,

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a ’

mpson, F, de Kergemmeaux. ’-

“Best pair chinehilla—Afrs. Glas.

Best comb honey—Mr, McUoiinell:

Atrs. H. King.

“Dozen -whte eggs—Hamlin :&. Thom-
son, Mra, McConnell, - :
Dozen ‘brown eggs—Mrs, HH. King.

” General purppse horse—J, A. Me-

BRITISH COLUMBIA

‘THE MINERAL PROVINCE ‘OF

WESTERN CANADA

HAS PRODUCED MINERALS VALUED AS FOLLOWS :— ©
Placer’ Gold, $78,018,548; Lode Gold, $126,972,318;' Silver,

$80,787,008; Leud, $106,976,442;

Copper, $209,967,068; Zine,

$50,512, BB7: Coal and Coke, $284, 699, 188; - Structural Materials:
and Miscellaneous. Minerals, $60, 175, 407; Making mineral] produc-

tion to the end of 1926 show
. AN AGGREGATE VALUE

OF $9388; 108 470

. The substantial progress:of the mining industry in this, prov-

ince is strikingly. illustrated in the

following figures, which

show the -value. of production for successive 5-year periods:

For all years to 1895, inelusive

; For five years, 1896 -1900
For-five years, 1901-1905 ......

+ For five yeara, 1906-1910.......
For five years, 1911-1915. ......

+ For five years, 1916-1920)

. For five years 1921 to 1925.....
“For 1926.....600iseeees penne

pemese

eeeune

we teeaee 3 94 547,241

pee ene "87, 607,967

ieee "96, 507,968

ee Lebnee | 125,634,474

seresies 142,072,603. '

tone tet, 189,922, 725 wo
, 214,726, 650
67,188, B42"

eereres seeaee

PRODUCTION DURING. LAST TEN - YEARS, $429,547,755

Lode mining has only been in progress about a8 years, and only about one.
. hhal€.of the-Pravince has been prospected; 200,000 square miles of unexplored

minerat bearxing lands ara open for prospecting.

The mining lawa of this Province are more liberal'and the fees lower than

; any other, Province in the Dominion or any Colony in'the British Empire. boys

‘Mineral locations are granted to digcoverers for nominal feea. “Absoliste titles “
are obtained d by developing. such, properties, security of. which is guaranteed by --.

crown gra

not Practically all British Colambia inineral properties on whleti development.

work has been done are deseri

sed ixfone of the Annual Reports of the Miniater

of Mines. Those considering mining investmenta should refer to such reports. |
They are available without charge cn application to the Department of Mines,

Vie

cal Survey of C
valuable sourees of information.

toria, B.C. - Reports covering each of the six Mineral Survey
published separately, and are available on appHeation, Reports of the Geclogi-
anada, winch Building, Vancouver, B.C., are recommended as

iBtyictsa are

Full information, together with mining. yeports and maps,

may, be obtained gratis by addressing

The Honourable The |

Minister. of. Mines

VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA

Connell, Alex. Kerr.

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Here and There a

peg and Fargo, North Dakota, has
m inaugurated and the first mail
for Winnipeg from the ‘United
States arrived recently... _

Domiinion ‘Atlantic Railway line: ig:
larger than last.year and a 40. per
cent. crop increase is looked for.
There will likely be 174,000 barrels

with 182,000 last year:

British Columbia's farms produc-
ed $71,362,209 last year} breaking.
all records and gaining $6,208,696
over the previous year, according to
the final figures of the Provincial
Ptatistician, ‘G. H.. Stewart. “Lum-

ering leads with agriculture second.

A new ‘world record is set—300"
white Leghorn baby chicks arrived’
from ‘the: . University: of-*-British
Columbia at Ottawa through the
Canadian Pacific Express Company, |
safe, sound,, and hungry, alls o
them. None had feed.or water on
their 9,000. mile Jouiney and mone
died or suffered. :

A Barred Plymouth Rock, owned.
by the University of Saskatchewan,
has established a new record for the
three Prairie. Provinces, laying ‘her -
300th egg in her pullet year of -
which. there -is ‘still a month to go.
The world’s record for trap-nested
production is held by No. 6, an
Agassiz, BG, pullet, which laid 351
eggs in 364 days. - 7

Members of, the -newly-appointed
Saint John ‘Board of Harbor ‘Com-
missioners, headed by Hon. 'W. E.

Foster, recently concluded:a confer-

1 ence with: Canadian. Pacific. officials |
of, Montreal in connection with : the |

Mail your | orders. for VICTOR Records to.

» Pitman’ Ss Masic: Store

_ PRINCE GEORGE; B.C.

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A large stock always on hand. . Prompt. Service. 7
a Postage | paid on four or more hain od

proposed: improvements in.the grain
shipping. facilities of the port. The
chief object’ of the ‘new commission,
‘according to’ Mr. Foster, is the creat- .
ing’ of ‘a national idea of an “All.
Canadian trade, route through the.
Port gf Saint J ohn.

| Scots in Canada are looking for-

ward. -with -keen interest to . the
coming Highland Gathering | and
} Festival of Scottish music to be held
at Banff September 8 to 6; the ac;
tivities taking place on the " grounds
‘adjoining the Banff, Springs. Hotel,
Through the generosity of the Cana.
dian Pacific Railway officials this
‘festival has been made possible ‘and

wae thee,

is along the line of the: -Canadian

“SERVI

Prompt, officient repairs. to: ail, ‘makes

‘. tard service: to’ ‘all. parts ‘of the distriet,.
with prompt 8 attention’ te! tebe: ‘sid drayage—Thia, is the pervice of,

~The Faleoner

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of cares. speedy and careful -
and regular ‘servies to train,’

Transfer 7

HAZELTON,, B. Ge one “a

‘Polk Song: Festival ‘held at the:
Chateau Frontenac, Quebec, in.May
“which was voted such an. -OUtStA I .
Ing success. ~ | a,

‘ ,

. The United States" interest { in itie
development _ of. the lgcomotive in.

‘|| Baltimore’and Ohio Railway: to the:
| Canadian Pacific Railway -:to’'send,
one- of ‘its latest. passenger. ity: es of
engine:.ta,the.,centenary,, exhibit of:
locomotives, which will’ ‘operi ‘at.
Baltimore on September 24th. - The

"Canadian Pacific: has arranged to

‘supply one of ita latest types of the.

powerful passenger locomotive.’
teh’ 1 aoe Lash

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Have ‘You Paid Your Subscription 'u up to Date?

$2. 00 ) Pays aie

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Full : Your

tak ng, & consis is, now. be ne made:

i by ndrew
91 eedved: thane! :

4; Muzeura: Canada, Mr.
taking. ..cansus of. tiie: grizzly: "bear
Toe of, dome “Blevan : “Volleys:

“the fibrds' whtett ‘are? include L

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Landscape stew Ham %. “the:

Live stock—F. de - Kergéivimediix,
Hamlin & Thompson. : ® /
. ———

| tainable in -Hazlton.-at the drug’:

Best quart honey—Mra, MeConnelt!

H. L. ‘Frank,

Best ‘pint eream~-Elumiia & Thom
son, Mrs. H. King, 7

‘Home made istter-—Mrs. d. Lipp,

Air mail service between Winnl-

The potato acreage ‘along the

availaple for. export, as compared.

‘}on declaring intention ta. hecorr

of “vacant. | aad, anreserved ‘Crown “lands,

‘| land, not exceading 40 acres, may be purchaied or

Canada ig seen in a request by the |
1 vrieurteyed. ‘aread, ‘not éxceeding’ 20 acres,

#9300" class .logomotives, complete
with .crew, for. the, occasion. . This’
in’ the company's: fastest and molt. :

One of the strangest attempts, at’ wpe

“rh, d:den of ‘Bella “Coola,” ;
“TB.G, ‘according. td information’ re-".
“At the: “request | -of . rouge.” iy aM
Harlan J. Smith.-of,. thes nee jonal’ | Commiddorler. on
deden ia*-}

The Hazelton Hospital iz

The Hazelton Hospital issues -tie- |:

_ keta for any period: at: $1.60. per
month, in. vadvance,,: This rate In- |

at

ot Pelee Hate senkon reauéat: +

eludes « office consultations, medl-

| antiat pee i

Credit Foncier Bis, VANCHIVER, Bt. .

-- gines, as. well as .all costs’ while...
"in: the * hospital. Tickets. are ob-:

store ‘ot by mall from’ the-medi-
eal superintendant at the hospital

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B.C. UNDERTAKERS

_EMBALMING ‘FOR BHIPMENT:A, SPECIALTY ~

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“will bring us

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Provincial Assayer |
J. D. Boulding

Price Liat Sent
on Application

Prompt Service is Given to You 7
Send in Your Samples

_ Smithers, B. 0.

~ SYNOPSIS OF |
LAND ACT AME ANENDMENTS

oneeupnoue |

Vacant, unreserved, surveyed Crown lands
may be preemvted by
ever 18: years of: age, and = by . aliens
British

subjecta, -‘conditiongl upon. residence, occu-

pation, and improvement. for agricultural
purposes, a re)
Full © information conceming regulations

regarding preemptions is given in. Bulletin
No, ‘1, Land Series, “How to Pre-empt Land,”
copies of Which cau be obtained free of charce
by: ‘pidreasing ; the Department of Lands,
‘Victoria, B.C., or toany Government Agent.

Records will be granted covering . only
land suitable for agricultural purposes, ' ‘and
which’ ia not ‘timberland, ie; carrying ‘over
6,000 board feet per acre west of ’ the
Coast ‘Range and “8,000 feet per “‘aere ‘east
of that Range.
Applications for pre-emplions are ‘to be
addressed to the Land Commissioner of ‘the
Land Recording ‘Division in which the land
applied for is situeted,.and ara made, on printed
forms, copies 6f which ean be obtained from the
Land Commissioner.

1. Pre-emptions - must! be ocoubted for five years
and * Improvements.” made fo: the -value of
$10 per sere,’ inchiding clearing and cultivat-

can be received.

How _ Pre-empt Land. st fa

2 PURCHASE §

Applications, ara “yeceived for purchase
not being timberland, for agricultural purposes;
minimum: priee. of first-class (arable) -Iand
is $5 per sere, . and -second-clasr -(erabine?
land $2.50 per. acre:: .Further information
regarding. purchase or lease - of Crown
lands is . given in Bulletin No, 10, Land
Series, Purchase | Vand | “Lease, of ° Grown
Landen”

Mijl, “nctory, or “Industrial ‘sites. ‘an’  bimbed

leaaed:*.. the *egadlttons. vineledina. payment of
stumpags. fetes
_ > HOMESITE LEASES pte

may be leaned + +e homesites; “conditional
upon | a . dwelling ‘helng erected - ‘in’ the
flrat’ “ yeny, : title - being. “obtainable after
realdence’ and improvement * ‘conditions.

fulfilled a.. the _ land — has” been-+
veytidis Piece co i Et
= “KEASES | ae

For. P “graing - and sndustatel

‘by ‘any one Person or /cofapany, |

we : Raa Ne” Aire aT)

British ‘subjects | |

Ing at, least, five acren,. before Ay Crown Gra . Sé

For more detailed dosiatiea’ see ‘the. Bullctin, an

sure / rer oe

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