ee 4
i « $

. elected'in Esquimalt.

~ struction’ at Kobe, Japan, have

. fleet is being kept secret.

; ‘in Canada,

ed in a rear-end cullision at Mount

the island’s rebellion,

‘Veoker business block in Kenora
_were--burned on Thursday night,

a “Owing to an outbreak of ‘pneu-
_ M@nia, ‘80,000 U.S. troops on the

antined. |

- td. ‘call. a: spectal sengion of con-
gress to deal with the -prepared-|(
“ness program, 6

. Byiees ere.due “to the: manufac.
oo bor actions in restraining trade
oo

7 “ OUS ARraements, |

| einmutienntesie neice

THE OMINECA MINEE,-SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1917

News Notes from 'Many Sources ve

Belgian schools gre closed for
want of fuel.

_ Australia “hés sent

286,000 sol-
diers to the front, SoS

Daylight ‘saving is to be rein.

troduced in Britain, __
Canada is now paying $200,000
a month in pensions.” «|
The 148rd Battalion, of

has arrived in England.

Prairie. farmers. have more
money than ever before.

Premier Borden and party will
visit the Canadian front.

_ The whereabouts of the U. 8.

B. &. ’

The British admiralty is seek-
ing naval officers in Canada,

B.C. has granted farmers’
loans aggregating $2,747,240,

Premier Borden had: an ,audi-
ence with the King on Saturday.

Fourteen hundred returned sol-
diers arrived at Halifax on Thurs-
day.

The filling out of national ser-
vice cards will be made compul-
sory, ,

The U.S. congress has barred
the importation of liquor in dry
states, °

Sir Richard McBride will act
on the Imperial emigration com-
mission, —

Owing to shortage of fodder,
Holland must kill a large number
of cattle.

A contingent of girl clerks for
service in France will be raised

Nineteen passengers were kill-
Union, Pa. a
The high prices of food contin.
ue to cange disturbances in Am-
ericar cities, ; oy
British import restrictlons ‘will
reduce United States trade $100, -
000,000 this year,
R- H. Pooley, the Conservative
candidate, has been declared

Cuban chambers. of commerce
request American intervention in

Amsterdam reports that 17,000
employees of Krupp’s have been
on strike for a fortnight,

Ex-Premier Bowser haa been
chosen leader of the opposition in
the provincial legislature, |

Congress has passed-a law.
abolishing liquor in the District
of Columbia after Nov, ne

Zion Methodist Church and the

Mexican border have been quar-

Seventeen steamers under con-

heen purchased by British ship-
ping interest,
‘The denate may force Wilson

tha ’ Dominion: cout - of =living
commissioner... reports’ that high.

| twenty passengers, -

*) Halifax on Wednesday, after

fombo. .

{field operationa.

language,

Britain has a new type of air-
plane, which has risen to a height
of 7000 feet, carrying a pilot and

Ina speech at Gttawa Sir
George Foster intimated~that
compulsory. service’ in Canada
might become necessary,

_ The Frederick VIII, carrying
Bernstorff and party, sailed form

thorough customs inspection.

‘Special privileges are now given
soldiers in London.
theaters are open on Sunday
nights for their entertainment,

Thirteen were killed and over
100 injured by a tornado which
swept portions of Alabama, Geor-
gia and Mississippi on Saturday.

A Seattle despatch says Puget
Sound will be protected by steel
nets, which will be opened during
the daytime to permit ships to
pass. “ 7

A. Japanese report says a Ger-
men commerce-raider is in the
Indian Ocean’ and has sunk two
British ships southwest of Col-

Bryan says he will support the
administration in the event of
war, but will continue to oppose
a declaration of war with all his
resources,

American officials are investi-
gating charges that’ Germans
have been supplying Villa with
money and advising him in his

It is estimated that if subscrip-
tions to the Canadian Patriotic
Fund are maintained at their
present rate the requirements for
the year will be easily met.

A hurricane which swept New
Caledonia on Feb. 17 caused tre-
mendous damage .to property,
whole townships were inundated

ed. -

Sir Richard McBride has sus:
pended the count of votes on the
prohibition measure, until tha:
opinion of counsel on the objec-
tlona of the “'Drys” has ‘been
obtained,

Prohibitionists hops that the
B.C, legislature will pass a bill
to banish the bar for the remain-

Soldiers’ :votes defeat the

é prohibi-
tion nieasure.. :

poliey, German will be the official.

German language. |

_* MINERAL ACT -
Certificate of Improvements
NOTICE. .-

MOOSE,
uate in'the Omineca Mining Division of
Casalar Diatrict. — ss ;

acher de Boule Mountain, |.
TAKE NOTI
Morkill,
Surve én, acting as
Harelton Gold-Cobalt
N. PB. 1)

nt for New
Free Miner's.
date hereof, ‘to ap ta ‘tha: Mining

monts, for the
Crowe Grant 0

under ection 85; must be common
befora the Issuance

AJAX ‘MINERAL CLAIM, situated in

Several:

and trains and ships were wreek-

der of the war, even should the|:

. According to Austria's . new |:

It is.-proposdd to di- |
vide Bohemia. into twelve. divi-|:
{sions, and the “Czechs will. be|>
prevented from suppressing’ the! . §

~The Miner is two dollars'a year,

HAZELTON VIEW, LEAD PIck,|

ELK MINERAL CLAIMS, alt- | -
Where located:—On the West slope .

of

TICE that I, Dalby B;|
of Hagolton, B.C, B.C. Land|
ines, Limited.

, Certificate | :
No, 55980, intend, sixty daya froin the|

Recorder for a Certi ont of im roves[-
MEROGE -0 in pens
the above Slatme. e * ae
nd furthor’take notico that petion, {|

of such* Certificate |

.... NOTICE

ineca: mining :division of Omineca
district; located on Rocher de Boule |
mountain,. on ‘Juniper creek, adjoining
the Iowa mineral claim on the south.
TAKE NOTICE that I, Jas, E, Dean
of Hazelton, -Free' Miner's Certificate
No, 481748, acting as agent for Charles
F. Booth, Free Miner’s Certificate No,
481788, intend sixty days from the
date hereof to apply to the. Mining
Recorder for a Certificate of Improve-
menta for the purpose of obtaining a
Crown Grant-for the above claims,
And further take notice that action,
under section 85, must be commenced
before the issuance of such Certificate
of Improvements, *-
Dated this second day of December,
A.D. 1916. Jag. E. Dean,

Synopsis of Coal Mining Regu-
~ lations.

Ue LTT iT cs)

Tene esl lacs

‘Hudson’s Bay Company

HAZELTON, B.C.

oo — —~ — = 7 —| : ‘MINERAL ACT | MTC AC MMAEOAITAMTCOSR AN eeOON KE MATTIESHTEAATICANANMED
. : The World 5 Doings in Brief _ Certificate of Improvements

Groceries, Drygonds, Boots and Shoes, Hardware, Wholesale Liquors

The EMPRESS Brands are always good; try them:

BAKING JAMS SWEET
‘POWDER MARMALADE
Per 1-lb tin, Per lb tin, Per 4-lb, tin, 5
25 2B GRAPE FRUIT
Per. 2}-lb tin, : MARMALADE
5 Per ai tin, Per 2-b. tin,@45

“ Per 4-Ib. tin a

_ COFFEE Per 1-lb. glass per pee ” os
Per 1-lb tin, 45 i) Per 8-ib. phe 1. 00

LOCAL EGGS, Strictly New Laid, per doz,
UAADAVEAULESIUE ANA EAORL CT OTN GEDAMMC STUN TUNE ARAMA EAA BUNEK CO ANEGERIANED A OENOLUOALU ERECTED LSID HAT

75

OTH REE THIN ANETILERLNOTETNLAANTNNS AUNT NMECO TUT eT

(Coat mining rights. of the Dominion,

in Manitobe, Saskatchewan and
Alberta, the Yukon Territory, the
Northwest Territories and ina portion
of the Province of British Columbia,
may be leased fora term of twenty-one
years af an annual rental.of $1 an
acre. “Not more than 2,560 acres will
be leaged to one applicant. - .

Application for a lease must be made
by the applicant in person to the Agent
or Sub-Agent of the district in which
the rights applied for are situated,

In aurveyed territory the land must
he described by sections, or legal sub-

divisions of sections, and in unsurveyed

territory the tract applied for shall be

staked out by the applicant himself.
Each application must be accampani-

\.

‘CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY

Lowest rates Prince Rupert to all Eastern Points via steamer
to Vancouver and Canadian Pacific
‘Meals and berth included on steamer

ilway.

For VANCOUVER, VICTORIA and SEATTLE

SS. “Princess Maquinna” leaves Prince Rupert every SUNDAY, at 6pm,
” leaves Prince Rupert 6 pm, Feb, 16th,
.26th; March 9th, March 19th and March 30th.

8.5. “Princess Sophia

J.1, Peters, General Agent, 8rd Ave. & 4th St., Prince Rupert,B.C

=a

ed by a fee of $6, which will be refund-

available, but not otherwise, A royal-
ty-shall be paid on the merchantable
output of the mine at the rate of five |i
Cents per ton,.

The peraon operating
furnish the Agent: with sworn returns
accounting for the. full quantity of mer-
chantable coal ‘mined and pay the |}
royalty thereon. If the coa maining Y
Tights are not being operated, such | §
yeturns should be furnished at least
once & year,

“The lease willinelude the coal mining
rights only, but thé lessea may be per-
mitted to
surface rights may be considered nec-

the mine shall

ed if the rights applied for are not! @

| night,

urchase whatever available |

a

| LIVERY and STAGES ¥3 «;

Our stages meet all traing at South Hazelton or New Hazelton:

repared to supply private 4
ic conveyances day andj.

__BEST DRY BIRCH, $6.50 A'CORD

Consign your shipmenta in Our
Care for Storage or Delivery.

Addresa ail icati to H

Ruddy & MacKa :

_ HAZELTON and HAZ

essary for the working of the mine at

the rate of $10.00 an acre, .
For full, information application
should be made to the Secretary of tha
Department of the Interior, Ottawa,
or to any Agent or’ Sub-Agent of | }
ands. :

Dominion
W. W. CORY, :

Deg uty Minister of the Interior.
N.B.—Unanthorized publication | of | j
tie advertisement will not be paid for.

- Commercial Printing at
| THE MINER OFFICE —

+ Leave Prince Rupert for Ocean Falls, Vancouver Victori
Friday at 9:00 A.M. . For Anyox Wednestey
Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, Skagway, We

arch 7, 21, at 1 P.M. °
Simpson, Stewart, and Queen Charlotta

Arrive Prince Rupert from the South every Wednesday at 10:80 am. &§

Hastbound traina leave Hazelton; Passenger, Wednesday and Saturday,
7:10 P.M. Mixed 1:56 p.w. Tuesday.

Westbound trains leave Hazelton: Passenger
9:46 A.M. Mixed 6 a.m. Sunday. Wayfreight

For further information apply to any Grand Trunk Pacific Agent, or to
Freight and Passenger Agent,Prince Rupert, fC.

February 7, 21,

G, A. MeNicholl, asst. Gen.

Steamera sailing between Skagway, Juneau,
Wrangell, Ketchikan, Anyox, Prince Rupert,
Ocean Falls, Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle,

Seattle, {

at 12 midnight, Vor fj
esday, January 10, 24,
Fortnightly. sailings to Port § .
Island points, ;

Wayfreight 12:30 p.m. Saturday.

Tuesday and Thursday,
11:35 a.m. Sunday.

INV:

TO

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a) cant
hd . , 1

hd. forcing retailers inte invidh:

wang

D. 1917,

o) aD, By Morkill

of Improvements, © ++, S108.
pp ated this Lith day of. January, : A

' Interest pi
cheque (free 6

BS . .. Holdere-of this stock wi
; at par and accrued
, Ment of any allctment made under any fu " :
Canada other than an issue of ‘Treasury Bille or other like short,
date security. _ . - ne ; rs
Proceeds of, this atook arefor war purposea ouly, ce
Ok eee oe Sent will bo allowed ce
insdein = fe.
bear their atampr Mo

< ~& dommission

‘ *. torecogaized bond -and. 1

i. + respect of applleations for, thia stock
' _. For application

. Finance, Gitawa,

Principal repayable iat October, 1918. . -
able half-yearly, tat April and 1gt October by ,
oxchange at any chartered Bank in Canada) al B.
the rate of five por cent per amunt from the date of purchase, - J

I have the privilege of surrendering -

lont ‘of cash,in pay-
ure, war loan issueaim ..~ -

interost, as tho equi

pf ane quarter of one per gant n
: On OTM
“which

on _DRPARTMENT OF FINANCE, OTTAWA os
Co OCMOBRR TH WH

“THOSE WHO, FROM TIME TO TIME, HAVE

FUNDS REQUIRING INVESTMENT
MAY PURCHASE AT PAR

F CANADA DEBENTURE $

IN SUMS OF $500, OR ANY MULTIPLE THEREOF

forme apply to the Depuly’ Minister oft

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