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THE UMINECA HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 11. 1928

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Women will know, |
This to be True! -

Haven't you found this to be trus~that one batch of flour will
give you certain results but that the next time you bought the
Same brand your results would be quite different, : ‘Now, the
big four companies employ chemists to see that their flours
are kept to a constant standard. Drugs. like flours, may be
thoroughly pure but of a variable standard. Think what this
means in the effectiveness of your doctor's prescreptions.

try and on‘a pleasure jaunt.

well attended Tuesday night.

Ormes buy their drugs only from manufacturers y | Chey. Sedan to their taxi service.

who guarantee that their products are not. only 100
per cent.'pure, but that their strength is as unvary-
ing as the daily round of the sun.

_ORMES LIMITED

The Pioneer Druggista The Rexall Store

Prince Rupert, B. C.

new Chev..

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night.

|| before making final choice.

- QUICK NEWS

On July 2nd

We received a carload of the

_NEW FORD'’MODELS |

More will be here at an

early
date | |

ter situation will be relieved.

The value is worth waiting for
and we suggest, you see them

Topley mines for a few days.

| HENRY MOTORS
Smithers, B.C.

their car at Burns Lake for repatrs. |

Telkwa Tales

Mr. and Mrs, Van arrived from Win-
mipeg and are guests of W. M. and.
‘| Mrs. Boyle, They left for Prince Ru-
pert Monday to see the fishing indus-

Hon. T. D. Pattullo’s meeting was
Hoops & Mapleton have added a new

Mr. Gilmore is another owner -of a

_| The Ror Lake picnie on Thursday

promises to be a grent day and there
-| will. no doubt be a: great crowd there
for both the pienie and the dsace at

the first rain of 1928
in this locality was welcomed by the
pirched crops and vegetation. More
came on the 3rd, but on the 4th the
Valley, had the wettest rain that has
been known here for a long time, A
few more days would have been too
late for most of the grain and other
crops, At present noone can fortell
the results of either the early or late
erops, but we do know that the situa-
tion was getting very serious. The
late sown crops should now come along
in good ‘shape. Barly sown grain was
headed out but very short, spuds were
_[in blassom, haying will now be delay-
ed, pasture will be helped and the wa-

Chris.. Bigland and Frank ‘Simonds
spent the first at Burns Lake and ‘W.
Paddon and family went to Prince
George. ; eT

’ George Brandon was down from
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‘AUTOS COLLIDE ON A HILL
‘Last Monday afternoon on the
Priestly hill a ear driven by a. man
from Prince George collided with the
ear driven by Ed, Hyde of Hazelton.
‘| Hyde's car suffered a bent axle and
some damage to the mud guard, but
the other car. was not damaged, Each
car had a lady passenger but they were
not. hurt. other than from the shack,
Mr. and Mrs. Hyde were on -their way

from’ Yanderhoof to Burns Lake for
the celebration on the 2nd. They left

BRITISH COLUMBIA |

The Mineral Province of Western Canada

Has produced Minerals valued ag follows: Placer Gold, $78,174,795; Lode Geld, $130,051,919; Silver,
$90,689,046; Lead, $121,850,734; Copper, $221,501,079 ; Zinc, $59,608,002; Coal, $271,204,008 > Structural-Ma-
terial and Miscellaneous Minerals, $63,502,301 ; making its mineral production to the end of 1927 show an

Aggregate Value of $1,048,837,828

The substantial progress of the Mining Industry of this Province is strikingly exbibited in the fol- —
lowing. figures, whieh show the value of production for successive five-yeur periods; For all years to
1895, inclusive, $94,547,241; for five yenrs, 1896-1900, $57,607,967; for five years, ‘1001-1905, $96,307,968; .
for five years, 1906-1910, $125,584,474; for five yenrs, 1911-1915, "$142,072,603; for five years, 1916-1020, ©
$189,922,725; for six years, 1921-1926, §281,915,492 ; for 1927, $60,729,358. mo ns

_. Production Last Ten Years, $453,266,721

‘Lode mining! has only been. in progress for about. 25 years, and only about one half of the provinee has : ve :

been prospected ; 200,000 square miles of mriexplored mineral bearing land are open for prospecting. ©":

' The Mining. Laws of this province nre more liberal and the fees lower than those of any other province Me
~ In the Dominion, or any colony in the British Empire, _ oe a re
Mineral locations ure granted to discoverers for nominal fees, fo a

Absolute titles are obtained by developing such properties, the security of which dg guarnonteed -by
Crown Grants.» ° oe a wo oo ce
Practically all- British Columbia Mineral Properties, upon which development work has been done ate _
‘dleserlbed'in ‘some one of thé :Anmal Reports ‘of the Minister of “Mines, Those. considering mining - invest-
‘ments should refer to such, reports., They are’ available without charge on application to the Department:
' of Mines, Victoria, B. 0... Reports.covering each of the six Mineral Survey: Districts are published -separate-.
ly,.and are available on' application. Reports of the Geological Survey of Canada, Winch Building,’ Van-
‘ couver, are recommended’ ns"valuable ‘sources of information; hep toe

HE. MINISTER OF MINES, "!
*Mietorld, Br

+ {| Series,

i stumpage,

-. [fulfilled a.  the’.Innd: has been BUT
rave |
wy, | LEASES

. [by ‘@ny one person or company. -

" -Wnll Information; together with Mining Reports and Maps, may.be' obtained gratis by addressing... | Commissloner:

The Hazelton Hospital issues tic-
kets for any perlod at $1.50 per
month in advance. This rate in+
cludes office consultations, medi-
‘,¢ines, as well.as all costs while
in the hospital, Tickets are ob-:
tainoble In Hazlton at the drug ~
store or by mail from the medi-
cal superintendant ot the hospital

Prince Rupert

A REAL Goon Hove.

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B.C. UNDERTAKERS

EMBALMING FOR SHIPMENT A SPECIALTY

P.O, Box 948 A wire
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. will bring us

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' Prince Rupert —
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H. B. Rocuester," Manager
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Rates $1.50 per day up.

BE ot eee

Provincial Assayer
J.D. Boulding

Price List Sent
on Application

Prompt Service is Given to You
Send in Your. Samples

Smithers, B.C.

SYNOPSIS OF
LAND ACT AMENDMENTS

PRE-EMPTIONS}

Vacant. unreserved, surveyed Crown lands
may be pre-empted by British subjects
over 18 years of age, and hy , aliens
on declaring intention to becom British
subjects, conditional upon residence,  ocete'
pation, and improvement for agricultural
purposes, ,

Foll_ information concerning regulations
regarding pre-emptiona is given in Bulletin
No. 1, Land Series, “How to Pre-eript Land,”
copies of which can be obtained free of charge
by addressing the Department of Lands,
Victoria, B.C., or to any Government Agent.

“Records will be granted coverings only
land suitable for agricultural Purposes, and
which is not timberland, ie., carrying over
5,000 board feet per acre weat of the

Coast Range and 5,000 feet per acre east
o£ that Range, ‘

Applications — for pre-emptiona ara to be
addressed to the Land Commissioner of the
Land Recording Division in which the land
applied for is situated, and are made on printed

forma, copies of which can be obtained from the
Land Commissioner, .

' Pre-emptions . muat be occupied for five years
and. improvements made to the value of
810 per acre, including ‘clearing and cultivat-
ing at’ least five acres, before a Crown ‘Grant
can ha received. ‘ ;

For more detailed information see the Bulletin,
How Pre-empt Land,”

PURCHASE}

Applications sre received for © purchase
of vacant and. unreserved Crown lands,
hot being timberland, for agricultural purposes;
minimum priea of ‘first-clesa’ (arable) - land
Is $5 per acre, and secondeclase (grazing)
land $2.60 per acre. - Further information
regarding purchase or lease of Crown
lands if given tn Bulletin No. 10, Land
“Purchase and | Leasa of Crown
Lands,”

Mill, factory, or industrial sites on timber
land, not exceeding 40 acres, may be purchased or
leased, the conditlona including payment of

HOMESITE LEASES

_Unsurveyed areas, not exceeding 20 acres,’
may be. leased as ‘homesites, conditional
upon ‘a dwelling being erected in the

first year, title belng obtainable after
Yealdenca and. improvement. conditions ‘are

. ‘GRAZING,

being: given to’ eniabllahed' owes. Stank:

‘For grazing and: - industrial purpose /
areas not exceeding 610 acrey may be leaged |.

- |. Under the Grazing "“Act” the” Provines |
_ | ls divided” into “‘grasing districts, © aed, the |
“Prange administered. inder. othe © )-Grabdag |-F ->
mins Annual grazing: pogunite,. are

— EBYS |
HARDWARE

Smithers, B.C.

We carry a full line of prospect-
ors supplies

Prospectors Tents
. Tent Flys Wail Tents:
Drill Steel
Everything required for miners

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Fuse and Cups ,

Algo a full line of

FARM MACHINERY

A
DR. R. M. BAMFORD

“DENTIST |

Office—Over the Drug Store ‘,
SMITHERS, B.C.

Hours 9a.m.to6p.m, Even-
ings by appointment,

LRA TO CE: ect

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Miners Supplies —
Shelf Hardware
Tools Paints Oils -

Varnishes _

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Hardware

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Sporting Goods
LHC, Farm
Machinery ©

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