The Omineca Miner

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GREAT OMINECA Districr or British CoLUMBIA.

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Vor. II. SATURDAY, MAY 81, 1918, No. 39,

The Omineca Miner has the largest bona fide circulation of any newspaper in the
Northern Interior of Britiah Columbia.

Details of Canada’s permanent naval policy are not likely to be
announced until the Naval Aid Bill becomes law. Premier Borden
has declared, however, that every principle, economical
and strategical, for the unity of the Empire, must depend on the
provision of a fleet for general defence, in the view that it is best
for the. whole of the Empire to organize a distinct fleet, the disposi-
tion of which would he varied in accordance with the continually
changing situation. This can only be done if the Overseas Domin-
ions co-operate, also by the provision of naval bases adequately
protected by fixed and mobile defences. If this squadron is to be

eifective te act off the Atlantic or Pacific coasts of Canada, these
cousts, in the near future, must be provided with well equipped
naval arsenals,

This is the reason, declare the naval authorities, that the dock-
yard at Halifax must be greatly enlarged and brought up to date
and the magnificent harbor at Vancouver be converted into a great
naval base, with docks, basins and workshops, provided by the
Canadian Government, and also adequate shore defences.

It is not anticipated that Premier Borden intends to abandon
the new naval cadet college or cease from enlisting and entering
new seamen recruits. For the protection of the new Dominion
bases there will be required certain small cruisers and torpedo/t!
eraft, which will be builtin Canada. These will afford training for

’ young officers and men, who can later take up service with the
Imperial squadron, of which the Canadian gift ships will be part.

This squadron, though nominally based on Gibraltar, for ad-
ministrative reasons, will cruise far afield and will probably be seen
as much off the Atlantic coast of Canada as in European waters.
As the new bases are completed considerable periods will be spent
in the Pacific, off British Columbia and off the coasts of Austral-
asia, It ig the intention that, so far as possible, those Dominions
which contribute to the Imperial squadron will arrange the itin-
erary. ‘Che Imperial battleships must be ready, not alone- as an
accession of strength to the British home squadron, but must be

able to defend all shores of Empire no matter how far removed. /

They will be for world defence, not tied to any one sea, but free
“To go anywhere and do anything.’

If the occasion of rejoicing or nervousness arises on either the
Atlantic or the Pacific coasts of Canada, or if New Zealand sends
the call, ten modern battleships will be available to respond to the
wishes of this or that section of the Empire. In fact, the aquad-
ron will he a visible link, to the Britons and to possible enemies,
between the various Dominions, and will be the advance guard of

the British navy,

British Columbia can _ yield.
In no one direction from the

Prince Rupert Fair
(From the Journal.)

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. __ THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1918:

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Rooms with Baths. Hot and Cold
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YOUR LAST CHANCE

The: Railway is rapidly approach-
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fast. Good land is still to be had from $9 to 20
per acre. Grasp your opportunity now.

one of those who lose the chance of making a
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The city of Prince Rupert and
_the district generally will receive
@ decided advantage from the
exhibition that is to be held here
this fall, and it is te be hoped
that this will become one of the
permanent events of the
. yearinthe city. The commit-
tee that has the work in hand
appears to be giving a vast
amount of work to the proposi-
tion, with the result that there
is an assurance that the fair will
be a credit to the place.

‘From a. publicity standpoint
the exhibition cannot fail to have
a decided effect. It will attract
to the district attention to the
fact that this is a farming coun-
try and not a wildemess. New

British Columbia is only begin-
ning to be opened up. The pos-
sibilities of the: country are not
yet known,
made in the direction of develop-
ment, but it will require years

‘before the recources of the dis-

trict are fully grasped... There
has been a start made in the
opening up to the attention of

7 the world the vast areas’ of agri-

cultural lands that lie within a
measurable distance of this city,
and the immense possibilities of
thisland. The fair will demon-
. strate to the world that there is
* aeountry ‘here’ whieh can pro-

. @uce all that any other part of|

A start has been’

eity is there 2 monopoly of the
arable lands, Qn the contrary,
there are wide stretches of the
very best farming areas obtain-
able practically every direction
from this city, . Along the line
of the Grand Trunk Pacific,
which has had the effect of
bringing this: district into the
public eye and making it possible
as a place of residence, there
are fertile valleys that stretch
south of the Skeena for miles in-
to the Lakelse and ,up the Kit-
sumkalum into the Naas and

not be excelled in point of farm
lands. Owing to the proximity

to the city of Prince Rupert,|

with. the immense possibilities
that city has, these lands must
as a natural ‘consequence come
to be used for extensive farming.

and from these fertile fields ‘that |§

are now being cleared will come
the future fruit and vegetable
supplies for the ambitious port
that is to be built up here. These
valleys, in the opinion of ‘the
Deputy Minister, of Agriculture,
W. BE. Seatt, constitute the larg-

est and the. richest agricultural

areas in the whole of -the prov-
ined of British Columbia, “~~

Farther along the ‘Skeena lie|

amaller valleys that are none the
leas rich ag fields for Settlement.

Still farther lies the vast open
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