THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1918

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IGH COPPER PRICES
DO NOT ENTAIL
‘HIGHER PROFIT

To show what the copper com-

LAUDS SPIRIT OF
WESTERNERS IN

EASTERN CANADA

Western people have a way of

ALLIED AIRMEN
BOMB HUN

B.C.SKEENA COAL:
"CO. HOLDS MEETING
ELECTS OFFICERS

een

At the annual meeting of the

A despatch: from New: York

lgays: There were rumors this

week that the price of -copper
may be raised from 23} cents to
25 cents'a pound,’ The basis for

BASES

British Columbia Skeena Coal

‘anies are up against, says the attacking their, problems vigor-

a \pokesman-Review, the manager
fone of the large properties,
ifter careful investigation, has
‘ound that; Cost of wages at
bresent, compared with the av-
srage of the year 1915, shows an
nerease.of 35 per cent; cost of
supplies an increase of 45 per

Bacent. Labor efficiency has at the

same time had a tremendous

diminution, as shown by the fact
that the average number of tons
per man per shift now, as com-
pared with 19365, shows a decrease
of 25 per cent. Under these
circumstances the present selling
price of copper can hardly be
more advantageous to the copper
companies than would be a price
of 15 or 16 cents with pre-war
costs, so it.is said, °

SIR ROSSLYN "WEMYSS AS
“THREE-EYED ROSIE”

A North Atlantic Port, Jan.

98:—'Three-eyed Rosie’ is the|

nickname by which English sail-
ors affectionately refer to Sir
Rosslyn Wemyss, the new ~firat
sea lord, This name was, of
course, sugpested by the admir-

al’s monocle, says a British sailor |.

now in this port, who was with
the new first sea lord off Galli-
poli,

“The old man sees everything
the other officers see,”” said the
sailor, ‘and what they miss he
spots with that there pane of
glass of his, You can’t bam-
boozle three-eyed Rosie.
holy terror, You can’t artful
dodger him. But he’sa grand
fighter.”

Saying which, the sailor depart-
ed to see ‘what those bally land
lubbers'’ were doing, motioning

toward a squad of snow-shovel-|.

ers.

He’s a

ously, thinks Dr. George Pigeon,
president of the International
Rotary Club. After niaking
visit to the west some months
ago, Dr. Pigeon has expressed
himself to several edstern audi-
ences in unhesitating admiration
of the kind of folks he found out
here. There is no occasion for
vainglory over a testimonial of
thig kind, says the Edmonton
Journal, but it is honestly a bit
pleasing to know that a man of
admittedly good judgment thinks
that way. What especially im-
pressed Dr. Pigeon, he says, was
the broad Canadianism of the
westerners and the rapid spread
among them of the community
spirit.

imitator.

CANADIAN ENGINEERS ~

CALL FOR MORE MEN)

Field Company,

trades:

Carpenters

Plumbers

Blacksmiths
and Tunnelers

-Tradesmen

Bricklayers
Tinsmiths
Miners

army.

application is necessary.

Write or apply Recruiting Office
Hastings and Homer Streets,
Vancouver, B.C.; or Drill Hall,

North Van couver, B.C.

Read the Miner, it
the news.

Zeebrugge and Fredrichshaven

Bombarded and Explosions

a are Reported

Zurich, Feb. 1:—A tremendous
explosion, accompanied by gun-
fire and followed by.: a huge col-
‘umn of fire, was heard in the
direction of Fredrichshaven yes-
terday morning, and was prob-
ahly the result of an attack by
Allied airmen on mn zeppelin works

Amsterdam, Feb, 1:—An air
raid of great violence was made
on Tuesday afternoon at Zee-
brugee, the German submarine |.
base in northern Belgium, accord-

In this last respect he
believed the east could well be an

The Officer Commanding,-. 6th
Canadian En-
gineers, North Vancouver, B.C.,
has received instructions to re-
eruit 500 men of. the following

and mechanics
should not miss this opportunity
to join a skilled branch of the:
Men (drafted i in the first
class (Class ‘A) can- be taken.
The number is limited, so early

carries

ing to the Telegraf’s correspon-
dent.

Half a Million
| - Workers Strike
Jn Germany

“London, Feb, 1:—Strikes by
half a million or more workers in
Germany and the-presentation of
an ultimatum to the government
demanding negotiations for peace
on a basis of no arnnexations and
no indemnities, better food anda
number of liberal ‘demands indi-
‘eate clearly that the movement
is of such importance as to cause
the government disquietude. This
is proved by the suppression’ of
newspapers an d Hindenburg’s
warning that the strike . must
stop.

Thinks Strike
Action Merely
a Camouflage)

London, Feb. 1:—Among the
views expressed in specisl dea-

25 Miles
«ga To Hazelton

One gallon of gasoline
has done it |

36 to 68 per
cent more
mileage

20 to 25 miles to a gallon of
gasoline is a frequent--accur-_

rence with the Ford car.”

man (name on request) reports

an average of 33 miles per gale:

. lon for 20, 000 miles.

“this is a record ‘that few, if
any other makes of cars, ‘ever

"equalled. a

| THE UNI VERSAL CAR HAZELTON, BC...

One

It demonstrates the economy

_ of owning and driving a Ford.
You can average 1000 miles
more travel on Ford-size tires.

The saving on oil and repairs is proportionately large. The

name ‘‘Ford’’ stands for lowest coat and greatest 8 service.

’ Ford Motor. Car Co.

of. Canada, Lid, ~
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Surely

||than peace-time demonstrations,

|| with the object,’ if possible, of
producing @ more serious move-|;

ment in Allied countries, where

governménts are lesa able than
itself to control such movements.

\|U.S. Holds Up
Ships Sailing

Washington, Feb. 1:—Because
{ofa certain condition in Spain,
which the government considers
to. be of advantage to. Germany

Spain, o

ney

patches from: Holland regarding | 3
‘the German strike is one that the |3
German ‘government is exploiting |
what hardly amounts to° more|j

Germany apparently believes the! #

For Spain

" and discriminatory against the}:
| United States and her Allies, the!
‘I| war trade Board today. ceased to
: ‘juste licenses for the. export..of} F.
|| merchandise to, that . country .
‘}Jand-has ‘held up five. ships in): -
-]|American ports. ‘about to Bail. for

Washington, ian. oh: — The 3 ve
‘A shipment of Chinese troops. to/iE.
France ‘has begun, saya an official

| seaptch from Pekin.: an

Co. which was held recently at
the head office in Quebec, the
following directors werere- -elect-
ed: J. G. Scott, Alex. Gauvreau,
John..Theodore Ross, Hon. Nem-
ese Garneau, Alex. Hardy, Leon
Benoit, of Vancouver, Senator
Choquette, A. E. Doucet, C. E.,
Gaspard Lemoine and B. Baillar-
geon, ;

At asubsequent meeting of the
directors, J. G. Scott {president
ofthe Quebec board of trade)
was elected president; Alex. Gau-
vreau, .M.P., vice-president, and
Alex. Hardy, secretary.

‘his company controls 30, 000
acres of anthracite coal lands on
the Upper Skeena river, north of
Hazelton, where recent discover-
ies report the existence of vast
deposits of coal closely ‘resem-

bling in analysis the smokeless) _

coals of Pennsylvania and Wales,
now used by the British and U.
S. navies, and-said to be the only
lumpy anthracite coal in Canada.
The natiopal importance of this
find at the present time, when
nsval supremacy is so vital, and
good coal so scarce, will be read-
ily appreciated. Heretofore Can-
ada’. coal supply has been alto-|
gether bituminous.

~ Over £38,000,000 in war banda| -

was sold. by banks in London,
Eng.,

the week amounted to £968, 000,

making the post office aggregate
more‘téan $12,000,000, ‘The sale];
of savings certificates is algo i in-|€.

ereasing,

last week, constituting al;
record. The total “sales by the j
banks now ageregate nearly |:
£254,000,000, Post office sales for |

this is the claim of the small oo

producers that they eannot afford

to sell at the price of 234 cents, - ”

which the government is willing —
to pay for the next four months,
The larger producers are satisfied
with the government. price, but .
admit that production might be
expanded at 25 cents. The whole
question is whether an enlarged
production is needed. It is said

in the trade that 8) per cent of — -

the United States production is.
going into war work,

Hazelton Hospital IBsUR

. TICKETS
for any period from one month upward at $1 per
month In advance, This rate Includes office con-
qultationa and medicines, as well as all coata while
in the hospital. Tekets obtainable In Hazelton
at the Post Office or the Drug Store; in Aldermera
from Mr. T, J. Thorp; in Telkwafrom Dr.
oF by (pall from tha Medical Superintendent at the

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Remodelled, Refurnished, Redecorated

‘Every provision for the com-
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Witting and Smokiag Lounge With Large Open
we Fireplace

Commodious Sample Room Well . Lighted and 7
Heated .

- Meals of Highest Quality--White Cook
Special Sunday Dinner af 6 p.m, $1.00

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Chemist, .
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~. to Vancouver, and Canadian =
Meals and Berth included on Steamer.

FOR VANCOUVER, “VICTORIA AND SEATTLE

acific Raifway.

£ - 19th; Feb. 2nd, 16th; March 2nd,

8.5, “Princeas Sophia”’ saila from Prince Rupert Dec, 22nd: Jan. 5th, -

&.8. ‘Princess Royal’* saila from

Prince Rupert 9'a.m, Dec 17, 27; Jan, % 17, 26, Feb. 7, 18, 28.
aG? Above sailings are subject to change orcancellation withoutnotice

; LL Peters, General Agent, Br Ave, & 4th St., Prince Rupert, B.C.

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