THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1915

The Omineca Miner

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VoL. IV. SATURDAY, Marcu 6, 1915. No..27

The annual report of the Department of Lands is always an
interesting document, but this year the interest is, possibly, preater
than usual, because’Mr. Ross has adopted the ‘excellent idea of
devoting separate booklets tothe different branches he controls.
The three publications, dealing with lands, forests and water rights,
will enable those who wish to inquire into the manner in which the
various branches are administered, to do so with a minimum of

‘labor. All three booklets are comprehensive, well arranged and
full of instructive material. They give a wide range of information
on subjects with which the public i in the Province should be better
acquainted.

There is no busier department in the provincial administration
than that which Mr. Ross control, _

No department in the provincial administration’has been more
bitterly assailed than that of lands, but Mr. Ross, by a plain state-

“ment of what has been accomplished, has al ways been able to give

an effective and crushing reply to the government's calumniators,
He enjoys the confidence of the people of British Columbia in a
marked measure, and, considering the wide scope and high import-
ance of the resources, for the administration of which he is
responsible, he has the reward of knowing that-he is doing a great
task in a big manner, says an exchange.

We notice that last year the issue of pre-emption records—
'4,804—was larger than any preceding period of twelve months,
In the pre-emption figures there has been a steadily growing

- inerease, which indicates that land settlement continues to improve,
In future years the records will be still more encouraging, as the
fulleffeets of the Government’s railway -policy are felt, During
1914 there were 1,012,000 acres added to the surveyed area of the
Province. The dry farming experiments which were carried out
under the supervision of Professor J. W. Elliott give promise of
very gratifying results in still further increasing settlement. The
forest branch, which was created during the office of the present
Minister of Lands, is admirably fulfilling its purpose of conserva-

_ tion, and we doubt if in any country in the world there ig a more
efficient staff supervising such a resource. The revenue from this
branch was over $2,000,000. The Government’s efforts in solving
the problem of finding markets for the lumber industry have been
wisely directed, and will, in the future, be productive of the best:
results, The war has opened up fresh markets, and to these Mr.

Ross is using every endeavor to direct attention and to insuve that

contracts are secured by the Provincial mills, The policy of the
‘Provincial Government in extending markets is one the wisdom of
which cannot be questioned.

been rolling eastward on a traop
train. These big, strapping, rud-
dy, clear-eyed fellows were tired
and glad of the rest they will get
in this city, Most of them are
mén of the Victoria, B. CG,
Rifles, one of the craelr regiments
of the Coast. They are serious.
minded, intelligent men, well
drilled and efficient, They Itnow
Did not your heart thump fast-|where they are going and what
er and the blood course’ through | they are going for.
your veing more rapidly as the] As they turned the corner, and
30th Battalion of the Canadian] the long, khaki line trailed out of
Expeditionary Foreé marched/ sight, the strainsof “Tipperary”
through the streets of the Capital} danced back lightly on the sun-
this morning? lit air of noonday. An old gen-
There, it seemed, was the Em. tleman, raising his hat, said,
= pire vistialized; fellow Canadiang with reverence: ~
-“from‘a home 8,000 miles distant,{ “God bless you, boys; may you
in ‘a Dominion that is but one of .all come back. we

'+ Our Fine Soldiers
The fine corps of men who left

Vietoria recently for the seat of
war, and which included a num-
ber of men from Hazelton and
other parts of the Northern in-
terior, seems to have produced a

. Splendid impression in the Tast.
Here is what the Ottawa. Journal
said. of it: -

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SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada and British’ Possessions, Two Dollars a

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Anarchist Plot
New York, March 2:—An at-

tempt to blow up St. Patrick’s
Cathedral, which was followed
by the arrest of two men who
have been shadowed for several
months, uncovers an anarchistic
plot to assassinate: Carnegie,
J. D, Rockefeller and son and
several other millionaires.

_ Armed gangs were organized

Detective Frank Baldo arrested
Frank. Barno and Charles Car-
bone when a bomb Was .thrown
at the altar.’ Baldo gained the
anarchista’. confidence and assist-
ed in making bombs, Detectives
Stamped the fuse out before: the
explosion. There were 800 wor-
shippers in the cathedral at the
time,

President Cham berlin, of the
Grand. Trunk System, has’ for-
warded to Ottawa a cheque, for
$40,915.91. being the’ amount
voluntarily subscribed ‘by - the

railway to the Canadian Patriotic
Fund.’

to institute a reign of terror,’

* many political units encircling
~. the globe, . They dwung, past. on.
the way to. the front to fight the
battles of civilization, fe

For: one: 2 solid week. they had

Ten minutes, later, H. R.A.
Duke of Connaught, Son of: Vie-
toria, reiterated the thought when

he said: “God bless, you, one 9 and’

In addition ‘to this a-

all.”

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no the staffs of the bye railways. a

G,T. P. Railway---;

- GRA

G.T.P, Steamers Prince George and PrinceJohn,for

UY Vanco, Victoria and’ Seatile

Steamer ''Prince George’’ leaves Prince Rupert at 9
a.m, every Friday,

Steamer “Prince John’? leaves
Prince Rupert, 7 p.m, Sunday, Feb, 14, 28, and.
March 14, 28,

eservationa and through
tickets 1 may be obtained from any G. T, P. Agent or fram Train Agent, |

Weatbound train leaves Hazelton at 11,07 a,m,
‘Thursdays and Sundays, connecting with above

*. steamers for the south, .
Eautbound train leaves Hazelton at 6,41 p.m, Wednesdays and Satur- |
days, £ ‘or Edmonton, Winni eg, etc, connecting with trains for St.Paul, .
Chicago, ete, ‘or Toronto, Montreal, Buffalo, ete., use the .
D TRUNK “SYSTEM the DOUBLE - TRACK. "ROUTE

For full information regarding the above tervices, also though tickets,
reservations, ete, a spply te Local Agent, or
ALBERT DAVIDSON, ° GENERAL AGENT, | PRINCE RUPERT, DO.

. Agency forall Atlantic tie Lines

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mount the officers'and employees |]:
of the Grand Trunk Pacific have}. oe
contributed » gum of . $14,813.41, |).
thaking a total of.$56,729,82. from A

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on CousT LAND company, Lt {

Bley Valley Farm
Lands F s For Sale

These: Lands a are close to-the main line of the rand Trank
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. There ia a ready local market: for all Pro,"
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