THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1916 -

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‘The Omineca Miner

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GREAT OMINECA DISTRICT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.; ,

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“No, 29

VoL. V. SATURDAY, Marcu 18; 1916,

The great war, among its other results, bas bought ‘about a
notable change { in the: American view of Canada and her ‘affairs,
our neighbors to the south showing a higher appreciation, of, Cana-|.
dian character and ideals than before. As an instance of this new
viewpoint, we may quote the New York Post, which says ina
reeent editorial: /

“Canada’s increasing financial sacrifices for the prosecution
of the war bear out the recent assertions of Sir, W. T. White, the
minister of finance, that the Dominion is ready for the greatest
exertions to relieve the Mother Country. ; |

“An additional war appropriation of $250,000,000 is being asked
for, bringing the total raised in the twenty months to $400,000, 000.
This, fora country whose annual expenditure before the war was
about 150,000,000, is answer enough to those who see the colonies’
- chief reason for their loyalty in theit financial and maritime
dependence on the Empire, 7

“The energy of the Dominion in facing the future is evident i in

the fact that she has been able to reduce her ordinary controllable}

expenditure by about $20,000,000 a year. The special war taxes of
a year ago were not light, but they will be increased, Communities
whose economic development depended on the filling up of gaps in

_ the railway systems must wait longer, and the national. debt by,
The country is in a. prosperous:

1916 will approach $600,000, 000.

: B79879, intend, sixty
| date hereof, to app!

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cases of supplies ‘were shipped,
including no léas than 120 motor

‘ ambulances,

_ iL R. H, ithe. Duke of Connaint

| was present at the meeting, and
a message of appreciation was |

sent by Sir Robert Borden..

‘The introduction of electric
power recently inaugurated the
exploitation in Chile of what: ex-
perts. declare to be the greatest
known deposit of copper in the
worldA- |) te

MINERAL ron
' Certificate of Improvements '

NOTICE

THREE [IN ONE MINERAL CLAIM,
situate in the Omineea Mining Division
of Omineeca District.

Where located—On ‘the South-West
slope ‘of Mount Selwyn, about. eight:

imiles below | Findlay Rapids on the

South Bank of Peace River.

pAKE NOTICE that I, F, F.. Burden,
acting as agent for James D. A, Me-
Intyre, Free Miner'a Certificate No,
days from .the
to the Mining
Reeorder for a Certifi cate of Improve-
ments, for the purpose of obtaining a
Crown Grant of the above claim~ ;
‘And further take notice that "action
under section 37, must be. commenced
before the issuance of such Certificate
of Improvements,
Dated this 1st: day of January, A. D
1916. 2E36 |

port; - Altogether, over 59-000]

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TTaterior—

° ‘The Distribting Point a :
: for the Great Northern

"Prospector, “Miners,

~ 'Landséekers, Surveyors:

and Sportsmen will find
the “merchants. of Ha.»
-zelton prepared to meet

every ‘Tequirement

- outfit and supplies, Hay:

~ ing. been engaged for. =
condition. . But it still has reason ‘to boast that the Canadian ”

NOTICE*OF CANCELLATION
Government has been able to finance all: war . expenses without .

OF RESERVE “many years in: outfitting

assistance from the Imperial treasury,’’

" LIBERALS GIVEN
CARTE BLANCHE

Victoria, Mar. 138:—Not only
will the opposition--members in
the house have the scrutiny in
the public accounts committee of
the public accounts for the past
‘fiscal year, but the committee
may also investigate all: public
accounts brought down during
the life of the present legislature,

This was made plain by Pre-
mier Bowser in the house when
he announced that, in. pursuance
of its. desire to Bive the opposi-
. tion. every chance to investigate
the government’s. records, the
administration would, if’ neces-
gary, clothe’ the public accounts
committee with additional .pow-
ers, so-that it. might..delve. into
all public accounts since 1912,

Hon, W. R. Ross took up the
cudgels on behalf. of the gov-
ernment’s land and timber policy
and disposed of: many criticiama |

‘previously levelled by Mr; H. GC.

‘Brewater, leader of the opposi-
tion.’ He’ cHallenged the Liberals

to say: ‘what their attitude. would-

be toward the questions © ta-
ken up on the government's
“announced policy, referring par-
ticularly, to prohibition, «

workmen’ 8 compensation, mining
a Jawa’ and returned soldiers, ‘The
aminister, emphatically denied that

L ‘any of the hand transfer applica.

tions! “recently. described. in, the!’
-eourts asa frdud-upon the: ‘Land

Act chad ever: heen: before” the|-h
“For the

Department of Lands, ‘

ship-
building, agricultural ald, P, G.E.,

had refused to recognize. traiis-
fers from the man in whose name
the land was staked until a
crown grant had been issued. .

2 Re ee —

Red Cross Annual Meeting —
Many distinguished Canadians,
representative of the social, poli:

tical, financial and philanth ropical|.

life of the Dominion, attended the
recent. annual meeting of the
Canadian Red Cross Society, held
in Toronto; The. meeting dem-
onstrated that the work of the
Society in Canada has reached
Proportions of remarkable magni-
tude,

The report. of. the tréasurer,
Hon. Janies Mason, showed total
receipts for the yeai $976, 615,
including a balance from 1914,

- It. was reported that there were
now 484 branches i in Canada~—an
increase of 300: over 1914, fo
these mnust be added a large | num-
ber of. auxiliary societies acting
in, co-operation, - st

: In England, ‘the Duchess of
Connaught ‘Hospital has been

and is now. being operated up. to
its full sapacity of 900. ao,
‘Convalescent héspitals 3 are now
muintained cat Bushby Park and
at Buxton, in addition to an ‘offi.
cers’ hospital in London, . -Fur-
ther,aver 100 hospitals i in. Franee,.
England sid. other... ‘war’: zoned
have been reeelvinig supplies from
the Canadian Red ‘Crogs t ‘offices
in London. An eutimated amount
of $8,000,000 ' ‘of ‘these . supplies |

and. eprens: comp

ast even years: the. © goverament very. tio

have. heen’ ‘carried free by railway

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the reserve existing ‘on Lot No. 854A,
Range 5, Coast District, by reason of a
notice published in the British Columbia
Gazette on the 26th of May, 1910, is
cancelled for the purpose of the pale of
the same to the Grand Trunk Pacific
Railway Cotapany, | *

26-34 R, A. RENWICK,
Deputy Minister of Lands,

Department of Landa, °

Victoria, B. C.;

'_ February: 15th, 1916,

“WATER ACT, 1914. ”
Before the Board of\Inveatigation. . ,
In. the matter of Peace River and ‘all

‘ita tributaries within the Province of

British Columbia,’ ‘includmg ‘Black

Jack Gulch, Finlay River, Germansen

: Creek, Germangen Lake, Lost Creek,”

. Lost Lake, Lyon: Creek, Manson or

Sawmill Creek, Manson _wtiver, Mill

Creek, Mosquito Gulch, .

‘River, Parsnip River, Quartz Creek,

‘Silver Creek,” Tom. Creek, “Vital
Creek, and’ Whittier Creek...

TAKE NOTICE that each and every
person, partnership, - company, or munis
cipality who, on the 12th ‘day of Mareh;:
1909, had water tighits on, any of the
above-mentioned ‘atreams, ‘is. directed

arch, 1916, to ‘the Comptroller: of
Water, Rights, at the | - Parliament
Buildings, ” at “Victoria, . a_statenient
ofr claim in writing. ay ‘required. by
section 294 0f the: "Water: Act,. 1914, if
Printed " forms ‘for’ “auch ‘ atatenient
(Form 60 for irrigation or Form 61 for
-othar ‘purpoges}. can bd obtained from
any of the . Water Recorders ‘in the
Province.

. The . Board... pf. \Invesbigation. sill

tabulate « auch claims * and will: receive: :

objections thereto if filed: ‘and will giva
duo. notice’: ‘of ‘the "time's Hd. place set
for the,. hearing, of , claims /.and objec:
tione,:: fete? -

Omineca|

to forward on or before the Slet day of ;
equipped at a. cost of $200, 900 “M ‘ ” of |

parties for the N orthern

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