: ‘The omineca Herald " Printed every Priday. at -NEW HAZELTON, B. c G H, SAWLE " PUBLISHER "Advertising yates—$1.50 | per Inch per month; - yeading notices lc per line first insertion. 10c per. line each subsequent Insertion. . Subseription to all ‘pacts of ‘the world . Oneyear 7+ 7+. "$800. Six months. +. =. bs eye $290 27.0) 5.00 ’~ Natices for Crown Grants a -. = .“ ". Purchaseof Land -. °° - " “ . Licence te Prospect for Coal - [PRIDAY, APRIL 193 | - ‘ment. of the market” f 7 “There will be no “Geet boat?” this season to hit shores of old: Hazelton. ‘There'll be no steamer whistle to stir the natives from. their winter’s ‘sleep into the activity of spring. - For over thirty . - "years the natives. and old timers No “First ; have speculated upon the date of Boat” . the first boat arriving. ‘Each year This Year about this time (the breaking up of || the ice and the rise of the river) the man; with the hoe and the rake was out serap- ‘jing together the debris of the winter; garbage piles were burned ;: the entire town was given a _scrubbing. It was all because the ‘‘first boat” might.“come in earlier than“ last year. ‘Large - sums of money have been. wagered upon the ar- rival of the “‘first boat.” It was the chief topic of. conversation’ for: weeks; in fact it was the first. excitement of: many months—the daybreak “of another: season. -No tenderfoot, no outsider, 20 old timer (except those on navigable streams) "knows the meaning of the ‘first boat.’’ But to ‘those’ who know it is hke a resurrection, a ptison- “er liberated, a sick man given a new lease of: life. : ‘The ‘first boat’® was always wrapped in romanee, |.. and no ‘matter what hour of the. day. or. night the |: “whistle. sounded | ag. “the steamer. paddled Up* “thé “ast stretch, every: man,: womal: and. child. was : : ; out of bed and down to greet the passengers; and ~ greet them they did with. cheers and joyous cries, ‘This year there will be no “first boat.’” The! ~ Hazelton district has beén discovered: and captur-: "ed by modern civilization, The old stern wheelers are ia part of history and the. modern locomotive takes its place. Railway trains bring passengers “and; freight to within a couple of miles of town - and; the boats cannot compete. But the boats will “be missed. To the old timer. the past winter will|; “fe like time wasted. “The new supplants the old.. New. Hazelton is today what old Hazelton was|# “this time last year—the business centre for, the ig re “great r northern interior. bei ere ect “Addressing the Board. of. ‘Trade, ‘the. “Minister. of |[F Lands. stated that between ‘75,000: and” 100, 000 “new. residents are coming into the province every , Year. lf this i is anything: like’ a ‘correct. estimate, and we think.it.is, ‘it is. very: ‘clear "Domestic that the domestic supply .of .food “Food Supply with the. demand, : To: bring about wads Bn. equilibrium | in this. respect «it - would be necessary to ineréase the: ‘production. of which, is s simply impossible: E -cannot be. expected: ‘to: keep. pace But this ine crease of. population and ithe c consequent. enlarge ‘produce: ‘cannot fail to have a very stimulating’ effect, “pon agriculture here in British’. Columbia. ® ‘The "better this fac! a a farming population. «:: mand that every: ‘possible: step ‘shall be taken’ to]: facilitate the settlement’ of theagricultural sec-|: tions of the country, and they ought to be an en- the province dependent upon‘ other. parts ofthe Pacific coast for commodities for the production ‘of which this province is. ‘admirably fitted’ by nature.. The Agricultural Commission, now .in session, might: with advantage: devote..some ‘at- tention to the imports of farm produce ‘from Ore- gon’ “and Washington, with the view of. ascertain- ing why. it is thatthe farmers of those. states which canbe produced: here as well as there, so far as | climate ‘have anything to do with it. 7 Oyster Bay Cafe REICHMUTH - & ‘Lamwon, PRoPmisrons _Home-Made. Bread For. Sule as a | Presh Every Day ——_—__—- POULTRY AND FRESH Fist - GREEN VEGETABLES” a IN SEASON - - Promet SERVICE Quauity Goons _ _ Opposite Palace, Pool. Roam, Pugsley Street “ - JACI Ke “WILLIAMS | RE ST AURANT. » Swit Preniem Ham and Bacon with . Cowichan: Eggs | Brerything Fresh, Clean and-~ "Wholesome. : First-class Service, pucamennerncrmer ners | - Pugsley Street, New Hazelton Cpe 2; Hier sans, ese eamephoniesm, $FO4698 6 suestas SESE eR RR ET _ Loose’ Leaf’ Systems ce Blue:Print and - ‘Drawing Paper aTatiges There is, perhaps, no country i in the world where | there is‘a better market’ for’ food ‘products than |: becomes. known the greater must: be the influx of 5: * The. requirements’ of the home. market de: a eouragement to more extensive husbandry on the ‘ part of. those now engaged ‘in farming. Granting ne os. || the: difficulties. presénted by the cost of labor, we ia ae hardly” ‘think British Columbia’ is exeeptional in » 1 [this respect, atleast to such an extent as to make are able to supply this province with commodities qe : i | Frank Carel beheld inl ‘ 61 OK i ‘the Raiding fill: be andi;convérted. nite Awp ‘PRODUCE ‘Mincdanrs ‘AFiner Ave: AND MoBRIbE’ Sr.- Prince Rupert, B.C. | eta eee eres eerie a "Grand Trunk Pacific Railway ; ‘In tracts of ‘160 ¢ acres and upwards.” - Carefully selected lands at. reasonable { prices, on easy tertiis. © : All titles guarantee. "- eo a ‘North Coast Land. cur : Metropolitan Building, Varicouver, B. C." “Paid up Capital $1,500,000 - |. New, ‘Hazelton Livery ¢ : Stage Line : A Rig, will leave Hazelton. every morning “at 9 o’elock for New Hazelton. . woish. A. Rig: leaves New. Hazelton every. morning:, ge go ’elock.‘for. Old Hazelton’ :-: Hay and Grain for Sale 5 = EL The First Man to Advertise New ‘Hazeltot, “and. 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