| eral Pelletier said-Mr. Graham + was erying out that we must.not “The Omineca Miner PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY. AT HAZELTON, THE CENTER OF THE GREAT OMINECA DISTRICT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA,. Macdonald & Rauk, Publishers and Proprietors. \ SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada and British Possessions, Two Dollars a year; Foreign, Three Dollars a year, ADVERTISING RATES; Display, $1.50 ‘per ‘inch per month; Reading Notices, 15 cents per line for first ingertion, 10 cents per line for each subsequent insertion. Legal notices inyerted at B. C. Gazette rates, VoL. II. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1912. No. 16. The Omineca Miner haa the largest ‘bona fide circulation of any hewspaper in the Northern Interior of British Columbia. oe. ‘THR OMINECA WINER, SATURDAY, DECEMBER Bk. 8, Navy, fie to. fi: British’ 80a to Be. a Mr, . Pelletier redid . through’ 8 long list of the various clasges of officers and men, showing the very much larger pay. on the Canadian ships than on- British warships. In spite of-this they had been unable to man. their ships in Canada. Longshoremen at Montreal, he pointed © out, could earn forty dollars’ a week, with very little experience, He would thereforé ask the Liberals] | if they were going to pay. higher wages or were going in favor of! |} conscription. The Vancouver board of trade has taken the initiative in pres- sing for the establishment of a school of mines in connection with | - the new British Columbia university and in.urging upon the pro- vincial government the necessity for the addition of a geological survey bureau to the department of mines, : The institution of a provincial school of mines, which is prac- tically certain to be undertaken by the government, will have an important and beneficial effect upon the great mineral industry of the province; but it will be some time before its direct influence _ will be felt throughout the country. The second project, which we ‘+ consider of even greater importance, is one which’ will, if ‘carried out, bring immediate results. The benefit. to the mining industry |- ’ of a provincial geological survey corps of trained and energetic field men can hardly be overestimated, and the desirability of such a bureau as the Vancouver board suggests will: he apparent to every mining man in the province, ‘ It is not our intention to disparage the present field staff of the department of mines; but we believe the opinion generally held ' throughout the mining districts is that the system of field. work _ now in effect might well be improved. The geological survey of . Canada is an admirable institution, which furnishes valuable re- ports; but its publications are necessarily delayed until much of - their value is lost. Ifthe province ean maintain a bureau of its owh, presenting early reports on the mineral districts of British Columbia, an important step will have been taken in the develop- ment of our mineral resources, and the time will be hastened when the province shall take a leading place in mining. In the matter of government aid to settlers in new’ districts the Vancouver board has taken action on the line suggested by The |1 Miner and other newspapers, in recommending that’ the fovern- - ment assist settlers to place their holdings on a productive basis, We believe the time is not far distant when a system of govern- ment loans will be adopted. What this will mean to Omineca dis: | trict and other new agricultural sections throughout the province can only be judged by the COF paratively few men who know the vastness of our undeveloped eas ‘of agricultural land. not take place. in Canada or in PELLETIER REPLIES 1 ~ | Canadian waters, said Mr. Pelle. OPPOSITION CRITICS tier. ‘“‘If the moment. of strik- |, ing—which we all hope will be long averted—comes, the battle will be fought In the North Sea and in the Home waters of Brit- ain. Everybody knows that. Ottawa, Dee: 16:—Speaking on the Navy Bill, Postmaster-Gen- “-only spend our money but also _. Shed our blood, that the Mother Country did not want money or ships, but men. “I am in @ bet- ter position to know what the Mother Country wants,’’ he said, -“than the gentlemen opposite. Canada knows-what the British government desires, and I say to you that we are doing the very thing just now which most pleas- es the Mother Country.”’ Mr, Pelletiev-said that the Op- - .position took it for granted that Sir Wilfrid Laurier could carry Quebec on any platform, and were trying to make some capi- tal.in the other Provinces -by|, - seeing the Government plans and . going them one better. Amid ‘loud applause-from the: Govern-|. ment benches, he. said: The]: Canadian people are always ready | - to--fight for the: Empire, but _-.” sometimes the Government which happens to be in power at the|. time will not-permit them to ‘do ~ go. The Lausier Government tried to prevent Canadians - from shedding their blood in the South African war, but soon had to . yleld to the overwhelming senti- “ment of the people.” - .-. . . Hesaid that an effort had been - made .by a great~ flourish “of a ‘trumpets to make the plan seem _.. something big, but in the end it amounted to nothing, practical or - useful at, the™presént time, . It ~ eould only. result in’. hampering . | Navy. . There had] Then these big units will be in| . the Atlantic and the Pacific until it is all over,’? The Minister inquired ‘of the Opposition how they proposed to man this larger fleet when they had failed entirely to man the Niobe. This was: a. question worth considering. He made a comparison of the wages paid on the Canadian ships and.on Brit- ish ships, which included the following details; First-class able seamen, per day, Canadian Navy, 70e; British Navy, 0c. ' Ordinary seamen, . ‘per day, ‘ Canadian Navy, 50e; British Navy, 28c, . Petty officers, per day, Canad. ian Navy, $1; British Navy, 6c, Btokers, per , 05, Ganadian NOTICE. “LIQUOR LICENSE ACT” - — (Section 84) - "Notice ia hereby given t thot, on the 15th day of February, A 1918, next, application will be ade. to the Superintendent of Provincial Police for the grant of a Licence- for the sale of liquor by retail in and upon the premis- es known as Northern Hotel, situate at the Townsite of South Hazelton, BC. upon the lands described as Lota 10, 11 12, 18, 14, in Block 16, or Lots 16, 16, 17, 18, 19, in Block 80. Dated_this 19th day of December, A. : * Colin CampbellJFraser, . . Applican WATER NOTICE For A Licence To Store or Pen Back Water. - cee wen ERIS Lose Tea heen Soe we acs Natice ia hereby given that Eater ‘ : Daniel Carr, of Telkwa, B.G,, will ap-/{e ply for a licence to store or pen back) Ip 10 cubic feet per second of water from nort. into the Bulkley River on N.W. 2 sec- tion?, Tp. 2a. | The jwater will be Canyo nereek, a stream flowing in‘ alls westerly direction and emptying’ || stored in a reservoir covering’ about ten By acres to be built at &, 4-lot 1196 and will be used for industrial purposes, Ke under a notice of application for ‘a li- cense to take and use water, posted herewith, on the land described as oN North jot Lot 1197, Tp. 2a, Range 5, Goaat District, This notice waa posted on the ground on the 11thday of December 1912. The] [fh plication will be filed in the office of the Water Recorder at Hazelton, Objections may be filed with the said oA Water Recorder or with the Comptroller of Water Rights, Parliament Buildings, Hictrie, B.C. P, D, Carr. (Applicant). IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA In the matter of the “Official Admin- istrator’s Act’’ and - In the ‘matter of the estate of- Gustof f -Wiekman, deceased, intestate ‘TAKE NOTICE that bye onder of ay - Honour Judge Young, made‘ the 26th day of October, 1912, I was inte administrator of the Estate of the said Gustof Wickman ‘deceased, and, all arties having claims against the -said Fistate are hereby required to forward Seay Te SEP See Re ¢ a > game proper! verified to me on or .be-/ {Re fore t all parties inde are required to indebtedness to me forthwith, Dated December 17th, 1912, W. ALLISON, _ Official Adminstrator, : ted to the said Estate @ Tth ay of January 1918, ‘and |he pay the amount of their | [4 17 . .. Hazelton, B.C. 1 IP LAND NOTICES - Cassiar Land District, District of Cassiar Take notice - that ‘John’ Smith, of Telkwa, B, C., occupation farmer, intends to anpl y for permission to pur- chase the following described lands: Commencing at a post planted -at the South West corner and being at’ the South East corner of Lot 1240, Range 5 Cassiar District, thence North: eighty chains, thence East 3.61 chains, thence South eighty chains, thence West 3.61 Chains to point of commencement, Con- taining 20 acres more or. lesa. Dee, 6, 1912,- 24- ~~ Fobn Smith Cassiar Land District. District of Cass Take notice that L "Walter Gale, of Telkwa, B, G., occupation accountant, intends to apply for permission to pur-|[% | e : chage the following deseribed Inds: South West corner and being at tlie North West corner of Lot 21%, thence East forty chains, thence North. twenty chains, thence West forty chains, thenea South twenty chains to point of commencement, containing 8 acres more or legs, Dec, 4, 1912, a Walter Gale, -money are DON’T BE “one of those who ‘lose the -cliance of pa ff Satake" by consulting me. ™ a “100 LATE” “YOUR LAST CHANCE _ is nearly gone, . The Railway is rapidly a proach: ing thia District and your chances of mak a ‘DISAPPEARING. fast. Good land is still to be had ‘from $9 to $0 per. acre. Grasp your opportunity now. * ng bi ‘REGINALD L LEAKE, GALE: 7. P. ; ms Deputy Mining“ Recorder 3 Real. Batate Agent : . “TELKWA, - -BULKLEY VALLEY, BRITISH COLUMBIA . ~ AGENT » Britieah Columbia Life ‘Assurance Co. 72-7" . POR’ Phoenix and Liverpool, London & Globe Fire offices. tas Gould's a and Hydraulte Machinery - ; Commencing at:a post planted at the | erate pach 4 Pais aoa ieee ‘SARGEN T'S, BIG STORE | MINERS’ PROSPECTORS’. and SETTLERS SUPPLIES A SPECIALTY Gloves. Sen tensive assortment of useful articles’ appropriate for. eee gifts. Silk. and Wool: Sox | a Handkerchiefs Suspenders . Up-to-date T Ties Ladies’ Hand Bags F srnishing mii Dept. ee Comp lete with Men's Underwear), Sox; fo Cloves, Mitts, Hats, Caps and een . Mackinaw Goods a. Specialty — We carry the famous Bird Brand of . ~ Mackinaws... Warranted all wool.: » Also Felt and Rubber Goods “MEN'S FUR LINED SHOES ar - SPECIAL: PRICES cal ma - z A nice collection a | ue = of a Sl pg Cotton Sheets. At. Right Prices. <0 poe A Shipment of - Studebaker Slei ighs - : : Is on n the € way, including light Bb 8 Sleighs A large stock of. F RESH CHOCOLATES and other, Candies just in, - A box mus Chocolates always in order. aoe Show ing the freshest F Fru ruits, , Nut and Provisions : vat ‘right | prices, ; a we