THE OMINECA HERALD, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1926 ‘Manufacturers of Dressed & Dimension Lumber HEMLOCK, SPRUCE AND CEDAR | Hanson joucn, | Lumber & 2 Timber Co. HEMLOCK AND SPRUCE Flooring Get our prices before ordering elsewhere Mili at HANALL, B. C. BUILDING MATERIALS! Cement “Lime Plaster _Fireclay Brick Building Papers Roofing Sash & Doors 43-ply Veneer Paneling Fir Finish a Specialty ALBERT & McCAFFERY, LTD. Prince Rupert, B.C. W. J. PITMAN’S MUSIC STORE PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. | STANDARD 7 Goops PIANOS PHONOGRAPHS Sn a ARD Everything in Music PRICES and SINGER SEWING MACHINES Se i if Customers, | Cash Registers and Profits It takes a steady flow of customers to your store to keep the cash register tinging with profit-making regularity. ADVERTISING in The Omineca Herald and The Terrace News would help to keep old customers interested in your store and bring new ones. It spreads the news about your store and its merchandise far and wide to the women of this community. Ad- vertising is the most efficient, eeono- mical business-building force ‘at your’ command, — Why not investigate the possibilities: of advertising? Progressive = ‘Merchants | Advertise — ee ee ipa — meee ees Ses ee nag ee roe Issued by Canadian Weekly Newspapers Agscc’n ‘in the Dominion, The Omineca Herald NEW HAZELTON, B.C. Cc. A. SAWLE PUBLISHER Advertising rates—$1.60 per inch per month; reading notices 15c per line first Insertion. 10¢ por line each subsequent insertion. One year’ - = + $2.00 Sixmonthe - - 1.00 U. §. and British Isles - $2.50 per year Notices for Crown Grants - _ Hey 00 “ Purehase of Land 00 '*. Licence te Prospect for Coal - 7.00 Our Greatest Public Scandal (The Financial Post) The lid on the greatest and most far-reaching seandal in our national history was not lifted off this week in the House of Com- mons by Hon. Mr. Stevens, It was raised gently, just enough to show that all was not right in our publie service. The fearful seething mass of corruption, filth, blackmail, wholesale bribery, lewd women and murder, invalv- ing men in public life in both parties, was not revealed. The goyernment was not ignor- ant. The prime minister, Hon. MacKenzie King, was shown enough months ago. The Royal ‘| Mounted Police did their duty, as they always do: the Cabinet had their reports, They were called off. Leading business men, well known life-long Liberals, brought additional evidence right up to Mr. King and leading members of his Cabinet. The reports showed how re- putable business was suffering because of the operations of this ring which the government, if not technically, was at least prac- tically protecting, They, showed we are informed, where Canada was actually defrauded of $30,- 000,000 revenue. It was a mat- ter of life and death with Cana- dian manufacturérs, workers and merchants. Millions of goods were being smuggledin. Here and there the business papers ex- posed them, but activities con- tinued though with greater sec- recy. There is evidence that mer- chants as far west as Winnipeg were tipped off. Millions in goods came mainly from Germany and the States without passing throu the.customs at all: while others found it to their advantage to clear goods through the port of Montreal and some other special points rather than through ports There and in numerous centres through Cana- da -honorable importers who re- fused to handle smuggled gcads found their next door competitors underselling them 15 to 25 per cent. They found new stores springing up dealing specially in smuggled goods. Secret service reports were given by a member of the Cabinet to those under suspicion. Investigation by a committee of private citizens made un of Liberals and Conservatives is still going on, and they roughly esti-|- mate that the government has been robbed of $200,000,000. . Notwithstanding this evidence being brought to certain mem- bers of the government, they clamped the lid down tight and : tors eueeneee ee ee Aa i Ot mn "peep eres gers ees saton it, Word went round that ae SAMtaNGL eeishisen cdeater eemmtnenetaa iene a need machine atetaadtientet cen a pele rte neat ach ogee dhyana ‘ig divided inte grazing districts, nothing would come out, as sev- eral leading Conservatives were also in the mess and that party dared not go back on them. It was no doubt with this infor- mation before them that decent Liberals, some of. them in Mr. King’s cabinet, supported the de- mand for an appeal to the coun- try last autumn. When Mr. King refused to appeal, they insisted, hoping thus te bring about a re- generation of the party, Children Had Party On Saturday afternoon last the schcol children and those young- er, to the number of about fifty, were given a Valentine party in the hotel dining room. A num- ber of adults were present to see that the youngsters had a good time. The party took the place of the annual sleighride which was abandoned for the want of snow. Each year Mr, and Mrs. McLeod send a Christmas re- membrance from Vancouver and this is the foundation of the ex- tra treat for the youngsters. A feature this year was getting a group photo taken by Mercer. SYNOPSIS OF LAND ACT ARIENDMENTS PRE-EMPTIONS Burveyed Crown lands may be preempted by British subjects over ‘18 years of age. and by aliens on declaring intention to become Eritish Subjects, conditional upon = residence,’ occu- pation, and improvement for agricultural purposes. ; Full information concerning regulations regarding pre-emptions is given in Bulletin Na, 1, Land Series, ‘How to’ Pre-empt Land," copies of which can be cbtained frea of charge by. addressing the Department of Lands, Victoria, B.C., or toany Government Agent. Records will be granted. covering . only land suitable for agricultural purposes, and which is not timberland, ic. carrying over 5,000 board feet per acre west of the Goast Range and $8,000 feet per .acre east of that Range. Applications for preeemptions are to be addressed to the Land Commissioner of the Land Hecording Division in which the land applied for is situated, and are made on printed forms, copies of which enn be obtained from the Land Commissioner, Pre-emptionag must be occupied for five years Vacant, unreserved, and improvementa made to the value of |! $10 per acre, including clearing and cultivat- jng at least five acres, before a Crown Grant can be received. Far more detailed information see the Bulletin, “How to Pre-empt Land.” PURCHASE Applications ara received for. purchase of vacant and unreserved Crown lands, not being timberland, for agricultural purposes; minimum price of first-class (arable) land is 86 per acre, and second-clase (grazing) land $2.50 per acre. Further information regarding purchase or iease of Crown lands is given in Bulletin No. 10, Land Series, "“Purchosa and Lease of Crown Lands.” Mill, factory, or industria] sitea on timber land, not exceeding 40 acres, may be purchased or leased, the conditions faeluding payment of stumpage. HOMESITE LEASES Unsurvoyed areas, not exceeding 20 acreg, may be leased as hameaites, conditional upon a dwelling being erected in the first year, title being - obtalnabla after residench and” improvement conditions are fulfilled and the land has been sur- veyed. . a LEASES 1 For grazing and - Industrial purposes areas not exceeding G40 acres may ‘be leased by any one perton or company, GRAZING Under the Graze . Act the Province and tha range administered Grazing Commissioner, issued, based on numbers ranged. priority belug given to established ownors., Btocke owners may form associating for range management, Free, or: partially free, per- mita are ovaileble for settlers, sampera and under the travellers up te ten’ head. L- Annual grazing permits aro]. iJ. R Williams. PROVIN CIAL ASSAYER Price lists sent on request Credit Foncier Bldg., VANCOUVER, B.C. Hay and Oats | tay a ON HAND $a Large or small . quantities BOYER & CARR ity Transfer Co. 34 Yj dats B.C. ay agg Naas Bal “gy tt iad Monel Bll Feet retaggests Rs + " 4 Hotel Prince Rapert A REaL Goop Hore. Troe ERE etme —_—s Prince Rupert B.C. i. B. 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