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FRIDAY, DECEMBER is, 1914

HE new Lieutenant-Governor, for British Co-
lumbia, Mr.- F.S.. Barnard; has taken the
oath of office‘and gone through the various official

The term of office for the former encumbent ex-

pired. last Friday- but the matter of the formal

relinquishment was only decided this week when
the. commission arrived from Ottawa together
o with the judge to administer the oath to the new
a Lieutenant-Governor. _ Mr, Barnard isa native
of Ontario, but came to this province when a boy
and first entered the employ of the B, C. Express

manager.
many business concerns and. corporations, and, as

office to whieh he has been ‘appointed. .

land.and,cultivate it. .

a lack of proper administration.
heartily. agree, but at the same time we also. :par-

that: the’: people are not. doing their individual
parts. “The Herald has long advocated the: appli-
cation. of muscle and brain. to ‘the ‘farm lands in
British Columbia. Where these have been used
the: results © have. been satisfactory. . But in the
Jack ‘of development, ‘and especially i in this new

One. obstacle. the government has put in the way.
of the. farmers i is ; the forestry department, the

“Frank c. McKinnon -
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~ Real_ Estate and
- Ansurance - :

ceremonies that precede occupation of that office. .

Co,, of : which he was afterward made general.
He. has ‘been and is connected with |

‘a business. man_is well fitted to occupy the high.

de i slitiog is “urging f psople. ‘to: take eae .
_The discussion i is wide and.
varied and the government: has been. blamed for.
With that we.

tially agree with a view expressed by the premier: :

country, the government is largely responsible, ;

operation of ‘whieh, especially
tone of the greatest “detriments to. agriculture.
‘Another serious drawback for which the govern-
ment and its agents are directly. responsible is .in
permitting settlement. without: ‘tegard to location.
| For instance, a-tract of land-is'thrown open: for |i.
‘pre-emption and settlers. are ‘allowed to start.at/§
-the end farthest from transportation (railway and |.
| roads). This necessitates in many instances build-
|ing roads for fifty miles to accommodate a hand=
-ful of settlers, and that handful 19 seattered. over
The result is:they do no farming
because they have no road and’: are so far: from a
| market that it actually costs:more to get a load of |
produce to market than the produce is worth.’ At
| the same time the government: spends vast sums
‘of money on what they call roads, but which. are
‘nothing more than a ‘trail for pack horses, and
then really serviceable only in favorable seasons.
Everybody is dissatisfied, nothing i is accomplished
-and-millions of public money. are wasted every
Correct the policy at Victoria; remove the
obstructions from the farmer’s path and .the.gov-
ernment. will find that individual effort will be
As long as there are more
government officials in a district than there are
settlers, advancement along. agricaltaral ¢ or any
other line ean n hardly be expected,

many miles,

year,

put into agriculture.

MINCE the: last issue. of the’ ‘Mining Review

- there has been a marked advance i in the mar-

“ket quotations of: silver, lead, copper: and zine,
and this improvement, naturally, is having an in-
spiring. effect upon those who, directly:or indirect-
ly,.are interested -in-the mining industry. | AS a
matter of fact. this increase’ in ‘metal. values is
Valready | stimulating mining ‘operators, - and, if
‘ these advances are well maintamed and if. the
even’ higher market that is. anticipated finally |:

“prevails, there will, be no reason to. complain of |.
Anining conditions throught the country, -

A. most. optimistic. feeling: prevails, in almost
every section of the United States and there is a
general impression: everywhere ‘that the wave of
prosperity that will sweep over the country dur-
ing the coming year will be: unprecedented.
‘the: east, -where :factories are. “working. overtime,
and where the. demand for raw material is ‘almost

a

in: this. district is

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R. J. McDONELL, “PROPRIETOR

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alike nature, and at] prices that|
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of: profit, ‘this ‘section’ will soon’ be
so’ completely: in tune with: the
whole: country: that” ‘no: one™:-will
| have the,time or courage to talk

Mining’ Review.

in excess of the supply, the panicky condition’ ex: | ==
isting during the past. seven: years"has almost}

been forgotten’ alréady,
where boomer crops hay:

While'in the middle west, |".
een harvested; no‘onel
seems to know that thee ntry: has been passing |. a

through a season of depression; and, {
ean get good. markets for its hietals, ‘for:
for ‘its hydrocarbons and other commodities. of 8

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‘than 2,560 § acres will eased

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In: surveyed: ‘territory.
be described by .sections, ‘or legal sub-.

| territory the tract applied for shall
‘taked 0 out by the applicant‘ himself.
Bach: application ‘must be accompanied
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