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‘THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, “aucust a. 15

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SATURDAY, Aucust 21, “1915.

No. ‘61

Whatever opinions may be held on the question of prohibition,

there ‘can be no doubt that that the issue is now a live one,

wiping out of the liquor traffie in.

- France, ‘and the curtailment of th
havé been followed by. the adoption
- and Saskatchewan and the inaugu

tion in British Columbia.

port of the prahibition movement,

to every part of the province and thera will

of prohibition measuresin Alberta
ration of a campaign for prohibi-

It-is worthy of note that the question is
being treated a3 an economic issue,
political -parties and the standpoint of the churches. -
in this provinee was begun at a great meeting of business” men in|)
those present being j Practically unanimous in their gup-|.

apart from the policies of
The agitation

‘The campaign ‘has ‘been, carried
bea ‘general represen-

tation of the prohibitionists of British Columbia at the convention
which j is to be held ‘in Vancouver next Wednesday and Thursday,

"The liquor. business will soon be on trial in the court-of public] ;
opinion, and the people of the Province wil
decide : whether the economic welfare of the country requires the
suppression of the trade in intoxicants, Ro
convention nex week the premier will make a statement concern: :

ing a plebiscite, on the question,

have an opportunity to

it is expected that at’ the

—S==_

Mining menin this district and

be interested in

not profitable,
the making of war munitions,
the Borden governmiéht, after
entered into agreements. for
are so much used in making

throughout. British Columbia will
the official announcement that the. federal) govern-
ment has taken steps to provide facilities: for’ the. refining of copper
and. zine at. several points i in ‘Canada, inciading. the Trail smelter, |x
.. a ranks high 3 asa producer of both copper and. zine,
she ‘has heretofore had no plants for- the refining of these ‘metals,
and all eres had ‘to be exported for r treatmen
miners were handicapped and manufactures of zine and copper were |
. When ‘the manufacturers of the Dominion began
this 3 handicap proved so serious that).
conferences with the Shell committee;
the refining of the two metals, which
shells.

t, with the result that

This action of the federal government’ gives farther ¢ ‘Cause for

the feeling of optimism which

mining men of British Columbia. te

has begun to Spread amongst the

WANT. MOTOR. ROAD.
a “NORTH tO HAZELTON

- The’, extebifo : orthward to

° ‘Hazelton’ from. Vaneouver,- of. the/a

os Pacific Highway. ‘motor route, igi

eing: ‘strony advocated by the}.
7 Pacific Highway Association:

: The ceremony at which the. new

’ Marine Drive: ‘through West Van-

” couver was inaugurated by Sir

7 Richard, ‘Mel

dn the pi longation of the Pacific

, ‘Highway. through torthe north.

ide, is the first’ atep

~The Absdciation’ has. for" Boine
en -congideying ‘the

es various routes by. which the high-
; way; now extending as: far north

vo nected with, and the route easily |

cattiet on |. to- ‘Hazelton...

: driv Sofia operied by Sir

The Sear Highway ‘Associa-|°
tion. hag done: ‘A preat work i In eg-

tablishing adequate. roads.. for|

motor. transport’ fiom. Southern] «
California ‘pointy,. “tiort erly to},
Vancouver, : ang.) the proposed,
exterision. would add to.itoie” ‘OF |

| the’: finest scenic: routes n exis.
tence | hnd: ‘one Which wonld un-| :

doubtediy i in: the:f fature’ “pros

‘The|-
Russia, the partial. prohibition in| »
esate of liquor.i in the British Isles

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