VOL. I, NO. 6,

‘ HAZELTON, B, C. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 80, 1911.

PRICE $2.00 A YEAR.

HOUSE MEETS
NOVEMBER 8

Probable Date of Installation
of New Parliament By the
Duke of Connaught

BANQUET ‘TO EARL GREY

Retiring Governor-General, Sir Wilfrid
‘ Laurier and Mr. Borden Mako Ieapor-
tant Speeches at Ottawa—Personnel
of New Cabinet Not Yet Dscided Upon
Ottawa, Sept. 29:—The retiring
Governor-general, Earl Grey, will
remain a week longer thati he in-
tended, sailing for England on
October 12, Though the date for
‘. the assembling of the new house
has not been definitely fixed, it is
likely to be November 8, Earl
Grey cannot remain until the new
ministers go to the country for
_ endorsation, but will receive the
resignations of the outgoing
cabinet, The new government
will be installed by the Duke of
Connaught. who will shortly
arrive to assume.the office of
Governor-general.
Earl Grey announced his de-
“layed trip at a farewell banquet
tendered him by the Canadian
Club in Ottawa last night. He
intimated that he intended to
disregard the unwritten conven-
tion which forbids retired gover-
nor-generals revisiting Canada.
In an imperialistic speech he ex-
pressed his pleasure at Canada’s;

action during his. tin of office ffi]

taking over the garrisons at Hs-| —
quimault and Halifax, to which

‘he pointed as evidence of a new

spirit among Canadians. He re-
minded his hearers that Canada
was dependent upon the suprem-
acy of the British navy for the
continuance of her political liber-
ties, and. predicted that the time
was coming when this country
would demand to be admitted ta
fulier participation in the obliga-
tions and responsibilities of the
' Empire.

Sir Wilfrid Laurier: ‘who was
called upon toreply to the toast of
Canada, paid a graceful tribute to
Earl Grey. Referring to the re-
sult of the elections he said that
while he wished it had been
otherwise he had no fault to find
' with the verdict of the people,

adding a humorous reference to|

- the changed positions of Mr, Bor-
‘den and himself. He suggested
that the new prime minister in-
‘vite Earl Grey to revisit Canada
on the completion of the new
“transcontinental railway, that he
might travel on the first train
‘from Halifax to Prince Rupert.
Hon, R. L..Borden, at the be-
ginning of an able speech, heart-
ily acknéwledged the indebted-
ness of the country. to Sir Wilfrid
Laurier, and ‘paid a tribute to
Ear] Grey, In amasterly addresa
on the past and future of the
“ Dominion, he declared Canada

-~ would have increasing power and}

influence in the. British Empire.

Clements Ie Elected ~

While complete returns of the

-Comox-Atlin election are-not yet

available, the Liberals concede

the. election. of H. 5. Clements
by a majority of about 100,

Frisco Turn McCarthy Down
_ San Francisco, Sept. 27/—In
: the municipal elections “here,

“James Rolph, Jr,, who is new in
"polities, was elected mayor by a
plurality of twenty thousand over

“P.H. McCarthy, the labor mayor,

. This sbéialist candidate polled only
three thougand votes,

‘naval administration. .

Thanksgiving Day Set
Ottawa, Sept. 30; ° Sir ‘Wil.
fid Laurier, in~ announcing
October 30th as ‘the. date of
Thanksgiving Day, said the Lib-
erals were thankful any of ‘them ||:
were left.

Hazelton’s Welcome

To First Automobile :

- Considerable publicity will be
given Hazelton and the Omineca

district in consequence of’ the|-

Seattle-Hazelton automobile trip
undertaken by P. E, Sands, of
Seattle, who is now within reach
of this town, and should arrive in
his Flanders car within ‘a’ few
days.

In recognition of the enterprise
of the motorist, the people of
Hazelton will give him.a hearty
welcome. It is proposed to en-
gage either the Hazelton band or
the musicians from Kispiox to
lend eclat.to the demonstration
which will greet the pathfinders,
In the evening following the
arrival of the car it is intended to
give a banquet to the visitors, the

business men of the town heing|:

hosts. The menu will consist
entirely of products of the
country, and will afford the guests
an idea of the possibilities of the
country from a food-producing
point of view.

CHOOSING NEW CABINET

Prime Minister-elect Confera With Pro-
vincial Statesmen — West. To . Have
Larger. Representation In Next Ministry
Templeman Out of Palttice ma

Ottawa, Sept, 29: —Hon, R. L.

Borden is preparing for the an-|.

nouncement of his cabinet, In|
consultation with him are Hon.
J..P, Whitney, premier of On-
tario; Hon. J. J. Foy, attorney-
general, and Hon. F. Cochrane,
minister of mines.in the Whitney
cabinet, with Hon, R, P. Roblin,
premier of Manitoba, and Hon.
Robert Rogers, his minister of
public works.

Ontario and the West will each
have one more minister in the|
cabinet than under the Laurier
regime. °

Sir Wilfrid Laurier will quit
office in a few days, All the
former ministers are busy pack-
ing up, _ Hon William Templeman
will not re-enter politics. .

It is announced that’ the boun-
daries of Manitoba will be ex-
tended as soon as possible,

; Beresford Speaks Out .

Victoria, Sept. 29:—(Special to
the Miner) At a banquet ten-
dered him by the Canadian Club
here, Lord Charles Beresford said

the Panama canal. would alter

the trade routes of the world.
Upon ‘the solution of the prob-
lema resulting from the change
will, depend universal peace and
the commercial success of the]:
nations. He criticised the policy
of Great Britain in abandoning
Esquimalt and other overseas
naval bases, declaringit had been
done during’ a period of insane
Referring;
to the election he said Canadians

had not cast a party vote but a} -

national one, . Reciprocity would

‘in time have entailed annexation

to the Uni! ved States.

‘Threatened Railroad Strike

New York, Sept. 29:—A strike
which. ‘will involve 85,000 employ-
es of. the Harriman roads seems
inevitable, The management. of
the various roads of the system
have refused the demands of the
men, who. required the - redogni-

tion of the’ feilération of ‘allway

~ _ | Macedonian and Syrian coasts: to} -
, ‘prevent any attack by: Torkishy.

~/ Glacier ereek, a tributary of the

Italy Has Declared War
On the Ottoman Empire

May Be Involved '

Rome, Sept. 29:—Italy has de-|
clared war on Turkey. . The offi-
cial announcement was made at

two o’clock this afterncon, when
the time limit set in Italy’s uldi-
matum to the Porte expired,
The declaration followed a session
of the cabinet at which Turkey’s
reply was rejected a as unsatisfae-
tory. .

- Traly demanded adsurances that
there would be no resistance tol
her occupation of Tripoli and
Cyrenaica. -These assurances
Turkey would not, grant, with
the result that the Italian minig-
try unanimously resolved on war.
There is intense excitement
among the people of the city
since the declaration. -.

Notification that a, state of
war exists has been-sent to alll
neutral powers.

’ A blockade. of the entire const
of Tripqli and Cyrenaica will be
undertaken immediately, - The
squadron now off Tripoli has re-
ceived instructions by wireless to
act atonce, Warships will--be|
distributed along the Albanian,

vesgelg on the Italian coast, =’
'- ‘Turkey is Surprised .

’ Constantinople, Sept. 29:—The
reply to Italy’s ultimatum was
couched in -friendly terms, and
the greatest surprise is felt here
at the declaration of war, Re
lations between the two countries
have been cordial, Martial law
will be enforced in this city for
the. present. It is believed a
change of ministry is imminent.
Dispatches say many | ‘Germans

Turkey Refuses To Satiction Italian Occupation
of Tripoli and Cyrenaica and Rome Issues

Orders - for Hostilities ~~ Other Nations
In Widespread War|

are volunteering to fight against

Italy,
Hostilities Imminent

: Tripoli, Sept, 29:—Twelve Ital-
ian warships are anchored off
thig city, An attempt to effect
a landingis expected at any hour,
Greece May Have to Fight
_ Vienna, Sept. 29:—Greece may
become involved in the war be-
tween. Italy and Turkey. It is
understood here that Turkey in-
tends to present an ultimatum
demanding that Greece withdraw

all claims to Crete.
; War May be Widespread
London, Sept. 29:—Unleas steps
to segregate it can be taken by
the.other European powers, the
war between Italy and ‘Turkey
-will prove serious. Jt is believed
here that Roumania, Servia, Bul-
garia and Montenegro, nominally
independent, but really under the
suzerainty of Turkey, will take
the. opportunity to throw off their
allegiance to’ the Mohammedan
power. Albania has been seeth-

ing with revolt against Turkey
for the last year. os

Beresford's Opinion
‘Vancouver, Sept, 30:—(Special

to “the*-Miner) “Lord: “Charlesf «

Beresford, who is in Vancouver,
said that asa naval power Turkey

is far inferior to Italy, For that
reason he does not expect any

engagements at sea, -When other
nations are preparing to fight,
the famous admiral said, the
English-speaking? nations should
say: ‘“Postpone your fighting for

another week.’’ The delay will
enable statemen, in many cages,
to effect a peaceable settlement
of the difficulty,

Mining News of the Week In Brief

Advised by wire of the closing
of the deal for the purchase by
Salt Lake City capitalists of the

noted Rocher de Boule group of
claims in Juniper basin, Messrs,
Trimble and Pemberton, the ven-
dors, are now awaiting the return
to Hazelton of John F. Cowan.

order to turn over to him the
claims which have attracted
so much attention during the last
few weeks, The terms on which
the property changes hands have
not been made public, but there
is no doubt that the price is of
considerable - magnitude. The
vendors admit that it is well up
in six figures.

Mr. Cowan has announced that
active development work will be-
gin at once, with the object of |
placing the property on ashipping

is available.,
Gold-Copper Ore Near Hazelton
‘What may prove to be an‘ im-
portant discovery of gold-copper
bre was made a few days ago on

Skeena, about twenty-five miles
above Hazelton, W. J. Carr was)
the locator of a group of claims
in which a number of local min-
ing men dre associated with him.
Specimens of the 6re, which is a
lively quartz, showing yellow
copper, were assayed, : returning
gold. values up to $86, . Eight

a ising ere staked, adjoin he

who represents the purchasers, in|:

basis by the time transportation - .

group owned by J. 8 Hicks and
A. R. Macdonald, located earlier
in the: season. . There has been
no time for work, and it is too
early to say what will develop,
but there is every reason to he-
lieve that the new find will prove
to be valuable.

. Another Juniper Group Sold -

The Amargosa group, consist-
ing of the Amargosa, Standby
and Adenna claims, located in

Juniper basin, near the Rocher de

Boule property, has been pur-
chased by H: Neville Wright,
manager of the local branch of
the Bank of Vancouver. from the
locators, Edgar Boling and Joe
Peach, The sale was for cash,
and. although the price was not
stated, the vendora say the figure
is very satisfactory.
» Surprise Group Sold

A deal of some magnitude is

.fannounced by Harvey & McKin-

non, who have negotiated the
bonding of the Surprise group,
on Glen Mountain, to J. F. Cain-
éron, & ‘Vancouver capitalist,
This ‘group, ‘ which: adjoing the

Silver: Standard, and is said to

possess the same veing, consista|
of the Surprise, Wonderful: and
Shamrock claima.. The. locators

and owners of the: group are R,.
W."Thompaon and Lou Duncan,

who will -‘reeéive a ‘consideration
of feb, 00, for the property. _

’ Big Strike Begins Tomorrow -

Chicago, Sept. 30: - A. gen-
eral strike on the Harriman lines
is inevitable, and will in all pro-
bability be called tomorrow.
Many thousands of railway men
will walk out,

Steamboats Tied Up
During Low Water
The Skeena River has fallen to

a stage which makes steamboat-
ing next to impossible, and citi-

.|zens as well as those engaged in

the transportation ‘business are
anxiously awaiting the ‘fall
raise,” which is to be expected
at this season,.and which ordi-

‘|natily allows two or three weeks

of navigation in October. While
the boats have brought to Hazel-
ton a much greater amount of
freight than in any previous sea-
son, there is still a good deal of
merchandise awaiting shipment

up the river, and some inconven-

ience will result if there is not
sufficient rain in the Skeena
basins to allow the steamers to
make a few more trips.

In the meantime, the boats are
tied up at various points along
the river,

MAY BUILD TO. ALASKA

New Railway Company In Competition
- With G.T.P.—May Continue Line
Through. Omineca Diatrict—A Race
.. Ta Fort George
Victoria, Sept. 29:—(Special to

the Miner) A strenuous effort

will be made by the British Col-
umbia and Alaska railway com-
pany to out-distance the Grand

Trunk Pacifie in building to. Fort

George. Plans of the survey-of

‘the former road from Lytton. to

the northern junction have been
filed here and at Ottawa by Pres-
ident Wolkenstein of the B. C. A.
railway. The survey and filing
have been rushed to obtain prior-
ity over the G, T. P. in the selec-

tion of a route. Arrangements |

for the beginning of construction
are advancing. The company
has applied for a new charter
giving it power to extend the line
from Fort George to an unnamed
point in southeastern Alaska,

A Naval Disaster
" Paris, Sept. 28:—The French
eruiser ‘Liberte, carrying a comp-

. | lement of 790 men, was destroy-

ed off Toulon on Monday. by an
explosion which killed 285 officers
and men and seriousiy injured
eighty: others. Fire had broken

out in the hold and the men weyé

endeavoring. to extinguish it
when the magazines exploded.
The Liberte was one of the finest
vessels in the French navy, cost-
ing over seven millions,

Statf Moving Up River
Prince Rupert advices say the
entire headquarters staff of Foley,

| Welch & Stewart will leave the

terminal city on Monday, to take
possession of the offices which

have just becn completed’ ‘for

them at New Hazelton. Consid-
erable activity is reported: ‘from
the latter town. The. corduroy.

Walker,
‘their field’ of “operations,: after” "”

OMINEGA VILL

ELD GOLD

Energetic Mining Men Bring-
ing Rich and Historic Plac-
er Camp Into Prominence

INSTALLING BIG PLANTS

Compmy Operating On Manson Creek
Undertakes Extensive Work for Re-
covery of Gold from Remarkably Rich
Gravels—Reports Discovery of Galenn

_The attention of the mining
world will be divected anew to
the Omineca river placer district
as a result of the developments
of the present season. One of
the most important enterprises in
connection with the revival of
mining activity in this famous
camp is that undertaken by the
Huderle-Otterson company, 4
syndicate of mining men which
owns leases covering all the un-
worked portion of Manson creek
as far as workingis practicable,
In the days of ‘‘hand mining,”
when the Omineca placers con-
tributed many millions to the
world’s wealth, Manson was the

‘bonanza creek of the camp, and

now that conditions favor the in-

'stallation of plants to work. the —

ground which the individual
miners wore unable to exploit, it
is certain that the creek will re-
turn handsome profits.

- John Huderle and George W.
Otterson, accompanied by: Harry
have veturned from

bringing toe successful conclu.”
sion the preliminary work whch
was their season's task. When
interviewed by the Miner they
were moat enthusiastic as to con-
ditions in the Omineca diggings,
Mr. Otterson states that their
three half-mile leases show about
three million cubic yards of pay
gravel, which will yield big: divi-

dendsevenon the large capital

it has been necessary to invest
in plant and development.

The season’s work consisted of
diverting the maincreek, improv-
ing the diteh. and installinz the
hydraulic elevator, in addition to
fixing up pipe Hnes, building
cabina, and other necessary work.
Tt was found that bedrock was
from 12 to 16 feet deep.

The absence of drainage and
copious subterranean flows made
the preliminary work a matter of
difficulty. This has been over-
come, and everything is in readi-
ness for the beginning of actual
mining in the spring... For the

first ninety days the elevator

alone will beused. By that time
the workings will be in condition
for the installation of an open

Nift, which will handle 600. yards

of ground, every’ twenty - four
hours.

The company has one of the
best water powersin the country,
has plenty of supplies and pro-
visions in store. and the manage- °
ment. is ,looking forward .to a
highly profitable year. Prospect:
ing shows that the. gold is all of
the ‘shot’? variety, and ia. quite,
coarse, being thus easily saved.
We have Mr. Otterson’s- word |
that the ground prospected_ car-
ries from one. tos 7

work recently: undertaken has} the.

‘been completed, and the work of ho

grading streets has begun. .

. Beiter Mail Fatilities me
It {s-unofficially stated that ar-
rangernents have been perfected | !9

‘for a full mail service from’. the

raikliead to Hazelton and- interior
‘polnt during the winter, fo

‘atate ‘that during: tho: sea
number of excellent quartz: veins

were found’ inthe vicinity 0

Maison - creek, ahd. exhibit -fin
specimens, of gelena. ‘ore! in: to
boration. They will-leave for
the outside on the next ‘steamer, :
expecting to returm in. :
take the. toboggati ‘trail’ “t6, the ~

| jereek next ct epring