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Vou. IV. SaTURDAY, JuLy 17, 1915. — : No. a6

5 We : are . receiving ‘a new: line: of ‘Ginghamns,

An interesting commentary on the: Frequent allegations of | the 2 = Swiss. ‘Muslin and. other light: materials
opposition, that xre-emptors cannot obtain land in British Columbia, aes Bes

is furnished by a contempory, which says: ~ a rs ee ‘Summer Dr resses:, a Hose, Underwear, and
“The question of pre-emption is notin any sense a political I on other necessary: articles of. Wearing: apparel.
-one, Ly which we mean it is not a question upon which any. Political res coe :
party holds hard and fast opinions, . It is one phase of a very: large : st ec aera
subject in respect to the details of whieh there may" be varied ieee Ged oa
views... on - Mosnito Tents and Mosqiits Netting:
“On May 18 last, 694 lots of land were offered for pre-emption es - a ie nes _ . wire “and: cloth-—on hand
after public advertisment. Apparently, there was likely to be a | oe Py Zz on
great demand for them, ° We were told of ‘applicants catmping :on'|:i
_ the courthouse steps in Vancouver so as to be: ready when the: time a
* game to put in their applications. Yet only 119 lots” were: “applied
for. The land was all surveyed. was : fully described with naps in|:
’ leaflets issued. by the land: department, and nothing was left undone
- that eould have been done to: give. land-seekers the information they
might require, There was quite an active demand for lots, on the
_ Coast ‘within easy reach of Vancouver, but ‘of the 247 lots on
Malcolm Island, 183 on the South Fork of the Fraser, and all
within three miles uf the Grand Trunk Pacific railway, and thirty- ein Ca
nine in the valley of the Canoe River, 469 i in atl, only twelve were. Boe =—
taken. of which six were on Malcolm Island, -OF thi ty-nine: lots aA sad ° Lea
on Nootka Island none was applied for; @ of- Feigity’ ne: Cra brook woe Pes " ‘complet a we ame
twenty-one were applied for. : [ae re Piovision received fresh
“As all these lots are readily. aceeiaible, cand. were . ‘all ‘well en (score tee

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MS- that only one or a oa

Fruits: m™ season

S two: Conclusions 3 is + possihte for: ‘the. very small demand for: them..
“One: of thése is that there-are not as- ‘any iand-seekers: in B.C.
as we have been led to believe, and the other j is that the terms of|'
the Pre-emption Law ‘ are not attractive ‘to men who are in search
‘of homes. on unimproved land. © The pre-emption system 5 Lf.
-has undoubtedly failed to lead to the settlement of the Province as
was anticipated. “LE
_ “It seems evident that there will have t to be a new “depariare,| '
if the country is to be filled with aettlerg, as it ought to'b :
It seems evident that unaided pre-emption will: have ‘to be super- .
“~‘geded ‘by some other Plan.) +e - The ‘Agricultural Aid Act
can be utilized materially. for the sisstaeo of: new. ttlers," but ‘lel
“may -néed to be supplemented wo ges oes fo ois, ~Coloniat,

. went definitely, he thought there] “Ttaly’ 3 population i ig 85, 000 000, ”
‘To induce the? Dominion’ Gov- were others, The ‘Government and’ its area’ ‘110, 623 square miles; = ae —— Soph = “a .
lomves. oun overy

7 efnment to take some. immediate was Prepared. to _onsiesthon or not quite ag big. as the United] aT oe on 8. ‘at rincess Maquinna” loaves ©
action leading “to. wth establish. | at nigd Svery Sunday ‘at 6 p.m.

~ ment: “in: ‘British - “Columbia * of |; e on. re Cc UVER, aaa VICTORIA and. SEAY

oy facilities: for the. refinement ar ail an
~ zine ‘ore wag : one of the chief well as copper, ‘tothe point: ‘where Pee
~ taissiong of -R. F. Green, M: B., jit may be turned over to the: fac. | “UT8e
“to Ottawa recently. He reports torieg engaged ‘in: the Production ie
that his business waa suceessfuly
concluded. "Negotiations, HOW
are under. way. to give’ effect’ to Poa

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