THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY. 8, 1915 | - | een enemens a The Omineca Miner PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT. HAZELTON, THE CENTER OF THE GREAT OmINECA District or BRITISH COLUMBIA. A. R. Macdonald, Publisher and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada and British Possessions, Two Dollars a year; Foreign, Three Doilars a year. ADVERTISING RATES: Display,. $2.50 per inch per month; Reading Notices, 20 cents per line for each insertion, Legal notices inserted at B. C. Gazeite rates, Vor. IV. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1915. No. 24 The exposition of the land policy of the Provincial administra- tion and of the manner in which it has worked out, ag given by Mr. W. R. Rosas, minister of lands, afew days ago, was very simple, Asa defence of that policy against the unreasonable’and unfounded attacks of the Opposition press and Opposition speakers, "it left nothing to be desired. Myr, Ross dis- played a complete mastery of the facts, and he left his antagonists not a leg to stand on. his statements’will silence the clamor of his critics, yet full and convincing. We are not so unsophisticated as to assume They still have the dictionary at their command, and possibly there are some adjectives which they have not employed. Mr. Ross has given the public facts which are incontrovertible. He showed how the land policy of the administration has been modified as circumstances required; how so far from the major part of the best farming land in the Province being locked up in the hands of speculators, it is available for pre-emption, He cast a great and useful light upon a subject that has been grossly misrepresented not only in. British Columbia, but elsewhere i in Canada and in the United Kingdom ag well, - In the closing part of his remarks, Mr. Ross briefly touched upon a subject of very preat importance, Every person, who has had opportunities of judging, has - ‘realized More or less strongly that’ the pre-emption system ig not as useful as could be wished, . Theoretically it seems to he based upon a sound idea, and i in many eases results justify it, But. in very many others the life of the _pre-emptor is uphill on a‘prétty. stiff grade, Mr Ross would like to secure a3 pre-emptors men who are farmers first, whatever they ‘may be afterwards, men who look primarily to the land for their sustenance, and not to look upon their pre-empted area ag merely a place to live while they earn a livlihood at something else. This is not exactly the way Mr. Ross stated his views, but itis what we iE Me PT LULTT TTT TT FRCP EP ere crt re BOER Fe am . ee Hrs The Favorite We Lead--- ? Shopping place SARGENT 5 Others Follow MINERS’ PROSPECTORS’ and SETTLERS’ SUPPLIES A SPECIALTY [HARDWARE Js one of our Special Lines Call and look over our stock “ We have the Goods and OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT Nw — . Some Broken lines of FELT FOOTWEAR now selling at greatly reduced. prices Some, RS. SARGENT "se ] # understand them to be, We think they are sound views, and would, if they can be carried into effect, mean very much for the settlement of. our farm lands by a thrifty agricultural population. —Coloniat, Arrangements have been made whereby the ordinary rate of two eents per ounce ‘applicable only to the United Kingdom, will ap- “ply also to letters addresed: to ‘British and Canadian troops -on the continent, . The rate.on ord- inary letters from Canada to the continent is five cents for the first ounce and three cents ‘for each subsequent ounce, so that this extension of the two cent an ounce rate to letters addressed to ‘our soldiers on the continent is a. decided reduction. in favor of cor- respondence going to the soldiers. _. The. Washington Administra- tion’s ship purchase bill is in dif- ficulties. Seven Democratic sen- atdra have bolted and the major-| ity party- is. confronted with a ‘reverse, Itis evident that unldss 'condeasions sre‘made by the’ ad- ministration, , the bill, will he left high. and ary. on the rocks, " ".- ‘The object of, the: ‘measure is:to , authorize - the: ‘purchase iby the: government of merchant ; vesséle of belligerent nations, chiefly German, which were interned in Uuited States ports on the out. break of the war. These ships, when transferred to American registry, would be employed on the usual trade routes as far as possible, but it is understood that they would be used principally in the South American trade, The following is taken from a a Montreal news item: ~ “Three Canadian Express re« frigerator cars, carrying 60,000 pounds---thirty tons---of prime halibut, taken from the waters of the Pacifie Ocean off Prince Rupert, B.-C., passed through the city for St. John, N. B., where the fish is to be shipped by as. Scandinavion to the Brit- ish'market, A trial shipment of 20, 000 ‘pounds of halibut wag made | up in Prince Rupert last month ‘and when’ ‘Opened ‘up in England was found to be in first- class condition, leading’ to the {blacing of other ‘large orders. It is only since the completion of the: ‘Grand: ‘Trunk’ Pacific'trans- ecortinental! ‘line “a few - “months beet" “ea aale * fo, b Hastert Canada) and the United States, Remark- Trank- Pasific, . loses none of its delicacy.” . Why Britain Fights and Belgians who are forced into the war,’? says Dr. Bernhard at New Rochelle, This explains desperately, of Franve and Belgium only a rugged and husky nation ¢an survive German affection, After man love toward ‘Belgium; Great Britain naturally decided that it -was better to fight. “Otherwise the Germans might tale 4 nation to Jove the British; tod." ° i * Certainly, if the Germans: love York: ‘Herald, ; able catches are being made by|f e§ the fleet in the North Pacific|# fishing grounds, declared to be|f PRU the richest in the world, and the|# - Esy als fish is at once placed on ice and|ff i am given a quick run over the Grand |f In the case of |g the shipments to Grent Britain|% the fish is’ carried. over 6,500/8. miles before it reaches the con:|[ sumer, but so perfect ara the re-|f frigerating precautions that it : “We Germans love the French | Bo Dernburg, in his address Sunday| why. the British are fighting BO Judging from the experience : the first demonstration of Ger-: the Freneh’ and Belgians, oa Dr.| Dernburg saya; . the British can | hardly. be blamed for preferring ||} German “hatred,a8. ‘giving, them: igo: that'-Prince Rupert fish’ has | at‘least’ shani G. L P. Steamers Prince George’ and PrinceJohn dor | Vanconver, Victoria and Seattle}. a Steamer ‘Prince George” leaves' Prince .Rupert-‘at 9 a:m, every Friday, teamer ‘‘Prince John’? leayeg Prince Rupert, 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb,’ 14, 28, ond ' ; March 14, 28 Reservations and through | Ay tickets my, be obtained from sny G. T. P, Agent or from Train Agent, © ge ~Weatbound train leaves Hagelton at 11.47 am G.T.P, Railway--7 ‘Thoradays and Sundays, connecting with above + agteamers for the sout : Eastbound train leaves Hazelton at 6.41 p. .m, Wednesdays ond’ Satur.’ a. dayo, for enton, Winnipeg, ote, connecting with trains for St. Paul,’ | Chicago ete, so me ‘or Toronto, Montrea Buffal te. , we GRAND TRUNK. SYSTEM, the DOUBLE’. TRACK. ae the os For. full information regarding, the above fervices, alao through tickets, i Feperyatio ° " ate, a to poral Agent, or ta ; : . ALBERT DAVIDSON, GEN ENERAL AGES iT. 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