‘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, rT a a 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. mn 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. ; r 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 CE. 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 Bele Have ‘You Paid Your Subscription 'u up to Date? $2. 00 ) Pays aie ef 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 Amax , ical a ie chad af 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 re Tey BD B.C. UNDERTAKERS _EMBALMING ‘FOR BHIPMENT:A, SPECIALTY ~ .. A-wire . “will bring us “P.O.'Box MB | PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. worg oar a 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 . 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