THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 80, 1916 The Omineca Miner PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT HAzELTON, THE CENTER OF THE GREAT OmMINECA District or British COLUMBIA. ‘AR, Macdonald, Publisher and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada and British Possessions, Two Dollars a year; Foreign, Three Dollars a year. 4 ADVERTISING RATES: Display, $2.50 per inch per month; Reading Notices, 20 cents per line for each insertion. Legal notices inserted at B, ©, Gazette rates. _ ; : , Total value, $66,174,256. . Ross- land’s mines continue to be the chief source of-lode gold. Of a total production from all the mines of the province in all years to 1915, inclusive, of 4,208,294 ounces of lode gold, Rossland’s proportion was 2,435,828, or near- ly 58 per cent. It is significant that the quantity of gold obtained from Rossland mines in 1915 was the highest in 12 years. {flax for fiber in Canada have beén near Atlin, the edat of breaking ' were ‘prompted by the publication of Bulletin No. 28, Second Series, : . . ‘entitled, “Flax” for Fiber; its Cultivation and Handling,” writ- . up boulders ‘in 1915 was reduced about $1200 over the cost during the season of 1914, an amount almost equal to the expense of a compressor and two 40-Ib. drills installed expressly for the pur- pose of block-holing boulders, Cultivation“of Flax “The possibilities of producing very considerable, It would seem ten by J. Adams, M.A., assistant | Dominion ‘botanist,who for years was associated~ with the flax {industry in Ireland. -- 2.” Flax is. grown: in Canada. to . some extent, but not, judging by Statements of authorities, to the extent that the demand, the price, usefulness ‘and the soil and: ¢lim- atic: conditions’ warrant. Mr. Adams, in his bulletin, which - can be liad frée by application to. the Publications Branch, Depart-: ment of. Agriculture, Ottawa, describes the plant.in ail its par-. ticulara, tells of the Boil and the. climate required, and:sets forth, with illuminative drawings and: with minuteness of detail all that’ Th Rend Your Policy . sil wise, therefore, to do anything dane folowing. or a imi af possible to encourage the growth fire insurance: fof this industry in districts suited “The company is not -liable| thereto atthis time, when un- “for losses following,that is to usally high prices will serve as “say: Where insurance is wpon|4" Impetus to its development “buildings or their contents|2"d. extension,” So Writes the “for loss caused by the want of| director of Dominion éxperiment- “good and substantial brick or|4!. farms, while the Dominion botanist speaks of ‘enhanced VoL. VIL No. 18 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1916 - Press comment on Wilson's peace suggestions, both in the Allied countries and in the United States, is nearly all condemnatory of the president’s action, which seems to have pleased only the pro- German element. The speeches of Lloyd George and Bonar Law and the pronouncement by King George in proroguing parliament are regarded as definitely assuring the Allies’ rejection of the Wilson overtures, Great indignation has been aroused by the president’s statement that the aims of the warring nations are the same. .. An American correspondent in London says: . King Georges,s speech in proroguing parliament is described by a high authority as a direct and unequivocal reply to President Wilson’s peace note and toGermany’s proposal. In terse but decided terms the King’s speech flatly rejects all idea of peace, Great Britain is thrilled today as it has never been since the war started by the speech. It affirms in language of a directness not usually associated with declarations by the ruler of the British Empire the inflexible determination to continue the war, no matter how long it.may last, until the cause for which the Empire entered the war isentirely vindicated, a . The ruler’s call to the Empire to exert its utmost strength for the attainment of complete victory has aroused great enthusiasm ina nation sullen and resentful at President Wilson’s note and wondering what line of action the government would take. This week it is brimming over with satisfaction at the King’s declaration. The desire for a cessation of the slaughter is greater here than - anywhere else, but the desire for peace is completely overshadowed by 2 grim determination to secure @ victory. The party favoring peace in this country is an absolutely negligible quantity, It 19 universally. agreed that Lloyd George has scored the greatest triumph of his career in eorrectly interpreting the national! will to see things through to the bitter end. ; . _ Statesmen, politicians and business men agree that there is no possible hope of President Wilson’s note getting anything but a courteous but firm refusal. The feeling is growing throurhoat the nation that the president has been the victim of German influence. There is astonishment that he should fall into such a trap, tmhixed with a feeling of resentment at what many ‘would coasider ‘his untimely and unealled for bid for intervention. 3 This feeling is spreading to such an extent that many declare that President Wilson has made it impossible for himself ever to become mediator or to play a leading part in peace negotiations when the t*me comes, ; . His declaration that both sides are fighting for the same aims has roused tremendous anger. The opinion is freely expressed that this means that President Wilson's sympathies are entirely with the German sidé.. _ A prominent diplomat who has been tlosely in touch with developments for some time past, states it is certain President Wilson has in his possession information of the situation. of the powers which has;stongly led him to the conclusion that the! time has arrived for peace.)’.:: , Coe, In other quarters in-close touch with the government, it is considered the outcome of pressure brought to bear by German interests in America, who recognize that unless time can ibe gained to improve the critical situation that has arisen in Austria, Germany may be compelled goon tosurrender unconditionally. This the Allies are determined to force ¢nd the Germans, naturally, ave anxious to avoid it at all costs... BO 1 The knowledge of this merely serves to'dtiffen the back of Great Britain and the nation is united as it hag tlever been before, /: “Germany,” says a‘ politician, ‘‘is anxious to gain time for the last round of the struggle that we and our Allies are not Prepared to.grant.” , mG ae ° _ British labor is even more categorical than the statesmen in its rejection of President Wilson’s' note and the the United States has taken up. A prominent trade-union leader said: _+..,"Chis is.not wholly unexpected. ‘We were’ prepared for it, Few of us believe President Wilaon is really dfraid that a’ continu- ance of the-war will drag in the United ‘States, * We have a ‘strong ‘belief that: American trades-unionism, which is strongly. recruited | . from workingmen of pronounced German sympathies, is. exercising a marked influence on thé peace propaganda, ’ President . Wilson’ will very soon know both our tamper and our judgment," boo. aot 1 te 4 Sr a ee 2 las onl » - Rossland’s Production '” sSince. its «discovery. in 1890 to 1914 the Rossland | district. has produced 4,655,388. tons of ore containing: '2;282,440 ounces: of gdld, -2,293,255 ounces of ‘silver, "find 98, 455, 188 pounds af copper. ‘Tho ators Yalio je placed at 862, 847, 682,a total value‘greater than that .of ‘any: ‘other’ lode ‘mining we may be of interest to note that atte taken: from: he report “of” the, Columbia) th production a 3 6,48 otirices; ‘Copper, - 38, 106,869 Ibi, position which the). _jeamp in British Columbia. It]. v adding the 1915 production, |!.. . “stone or cement chimneys; or|* on - “by ashes or embers being de-| interest in an industry: for which ‘‘nogited with the knowledge there certainiy isa wide scope in , suitable localities in the Dorainian “and cunsent of the assured, in “wooden vessels; or by stoves|°f Canada.”” Both these remarks in two years flax hag “or stovepipes being, to the “knowledge of the assured, in “‘an unsafe condition, or im- “properly secured,’ ». ; Notwithstanding this, in 1915 there were 51 fires from defective and overheated stoves’ and. fur- naces: 62 from defective and over- heated pipes, ehimneys, ete,, and 8 by live coals and hot ashes, ‘Should the insurance companies take ‘advantage of this clause, many victims of their own care- lesgness would find ‘themselves without any recompense for their lasses, Handling Big Boulders Miners operating hydraulic pla- cer mines, and. those operating in open-cuts, commonly break up boulders and’ large masses of rock by the method known as bulldozing; but actual experience has shown that it is far less ex- pensive in most'cases to shatter| these boulders and large rocks by block-holing with'a hammer-drill. To bulldoze effectively a big rock requires from’ 4 to 10 sticks of dynamite, whereas the same work| can be accomplished with one or two sticks if a hole or two be first drilled in the rock with a hammer-drill.. Atthe mine of the Placer Gold Mines Company, FORD It can ‘take:the hills ; engine with a record, HAZELTON and NEW HAZELTON . _ SADE IN CANADA | Ht. TOURING CAR: |i _ Price $495 | The Ford is logically the Car for thi country.” “ ahead of them’ all,' and ’ rough roads affect it. not at-all;. It has an -* It.is servieeable-an ‘dependable. 8) 6 vet j _ All'ears completely equipped, including elec-.. 4 tric headlight, Prices f,0,b, Ford, Ontario. ;.° { RUDDY & oO Local. ;MacKAY | ‘Agents ... . THIS CARD MUST BE FILLED IN' AND PROMPTLY RETURVED BY ALL MALES GETWEEN THE AGEN OF 14 AND a INCLUSIVE, . \ _ . ° NATIONAL 4. Whal te your full name?... a SERVICE, °* Noetocr 2 How Old 850 YOU Pendens ORI. - a v . -[ 8. In what count 2. Where do you live? Province. ‘were you barr, “4, Natne‘of clty, town, |: ; Village er Poat Office ) 10. How much thma tava you “| : } ‘| @ tn what country ward : . \ ~ your father born? ‘ 7, ©, Were you Bor a British sub Jeet Pee cecternsmpesenicins” fa ‘§. If rol, are you nat ‘ 7 Un feet 82 monte ‘11, Have you full use of your arme?.. ° 1 * 96.-Whieh an $2. Of your fege’. tingle of a your marta HIE Faenemenenne nee 13, Of Your sight... 14. OF YOUR hARCHA Pasay “i = Prarie) r] “$6, How marly persone besities > . : Rater Ye you sepport? ce + . 12, What are you working at for a living? Saath eco inent + Py Whom do your work f0F.?.0, nant ; bpusminn 7 t . 1 eye B. Have you @ trade or brofasaton croecomatinn BD M90, WHEL Boeneinsindas |_ofH, Are you warkdng now? 4 Ane polwiting, If yéue enllway fare a paid. ta leave where you now live, minister” of" mings -for “British]. . @ figurés' of total | > radiiction are: tons of ore mined, |; 4,994, 956; mital: contents, * gold; f° . 6,950 ounces: silver, 085,024 | ° TR 2 Weuld you be wilting to change Your present dcr (or tna iecoseary work at tha cara pay ting i we bon! is required in its cultivation: and- harvesting. . He also shows that doubled -in.