_ THE OMINECA HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7 1927 _W. J. PITMAN STANDARD Goops At STANDARD ' PRICES ‘PIANOS © SINGER SEWING PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. Everything. in Music and MACHINES. ‘3 MUSIC STORE © i PHONOGRAPHS - The Omineca Herald Printed every Friday at =~ NEW HAZELTON, B.C. Advertising, rates—§1.00 per inch per month: ceading notices Lhe per line first insertion, 10¢ per line each subsequent inzertion, ne One year . - - . BM” Six monthe + «cos 1.09 U.S. and British Isles - $2.50 per year Notices for Crown Granta . - 12.00 " “ Purchase of Land = - - + 8.00 “ Licence tc Prospect for Gaal - . 7.00 Han son Lumber & Timber Co. Mill at HANALL, B.C. Manufacturers of ROUGH, DRESSED & DIMENSION HEMLOCK, SPRUCE AND CEDAR FLOORING - WINDOWS Hemlock Complete, and Spruce different sizes Get our prices before ordering elsewhere q BRITISH COLUMBIA THE MINERAL PROVINCE OF WESTERN CANADA . HAS PRODUCED MINERALS VALUED AS FOLLOWS :—. Placer Gold, $77,663,045; Lode Gold, $74,111,397; $80,218,907; Copper, $39,925,947; Coal and Coke, Lead, $122,808,190; Silver, $197,642,647; Zine, $273,048,958; Building Stone, Brick, Cement, $44,905,886; Miscellaneous Minerals, $1,594,887; Making minerai production to the end of 1925 show AN AGGREGATE VALUE OF $920,919,628 The substantial progress of the mining industry in this prov- ince is strikingly illustrated in the following ‘figures, which show the value of production for successive 5-year periods: For al] years to 1895, inclusive . For five years, 1896-1900 . For five years, 1901-1905 caeea For five years, 1906-1910 For five years, 1911-1915 For five years, 1916-1920 For the year 1921 ....... For the year 1922....... For the year 1928. . . For the year 1924... For the year 1925......,..5+065 vee eeee 94,547,241 57,606,967 96,507,968 .. 125,584,474 142,072,803 169,922,725 28,066,641 Lis. 86,158,848 tt) 41,804,320 _ 48,704,604 61,492,242 oe ee PRODUCTION DURING LAST TEN YEARS, $404,649,375 Lede mining has only been in progresa about 26 yeara. and only about one- half of the Province has been prospected; mineral bearing lands are open for prospecting. The mining laws of this Province ara more liberal and the fees lower than any other Province in the Dominion or any Colony in the British Empire. Mineral locations are granted to discoverers for nominal fees. Absolute titles are obtained by developing such properties, security of which is guaranteed by crown grants. N.B.— Pra of Mines, They are available without c' Victoria, B.C. ctically ali British Columbia mineral properties upon which work . has been done are described in someone of the Annual Reporta of the Minister - Those considering mining investments should refer to such reporis,\ — harge on application to the Department of Mines, .. ring each of the six Mineral Survey Districta are ‘ published separately, and are available on application. Reporte of the Gevlog!- eat Survey of Canada, Winch Building, Vancouver, B.C., are recommended as | Reports cove: valuable sources of information, The Honourable The . Minister of Mines _ VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA 200,006 square miles of unexplored — al et a /; ie , AD rene] li = = = = = =~ = ein fro He SE 1 5 1 pee eri a uA db be ( Bt, five ee, cx y a Bay Recor oan - BS haf y A : . We “te Ale flies, &y . a fo BOT, During. the Here and There The fourth astern International Dog Derby to be he'd from Quebec city Feoruary 21, 22 and 23, prom- ises to be the most keenly contested ever held. It is expected that. aver 20 foams will be entered for. the race, - mo, Christmas tree shipments from Guebee to the United States ran to 450,000 over:Canadian Pacifie lines last year, and present expectation is that, this number. will be equalled at least this year. of the province from this source ran to $100,000 last year. Four carloads of silver foxes, valued ‘at $750,000, have left Prince ‘Edward Island in one shipment for the Western States: ‘Wyoming, ‘Utah, Colorado, Oregon and Wash- ington. Viewed as a livestock ship- ‘ment, it is said to be a record one. A number of prize winners were among the pack. Dog teams will be used this win- ter by the Hudson’s Bay-Marland organization to prosecute oil de- velopment work in the Ribstone field in North-eastern Alberta. . This is ‘the area where. the quest‘ for oil started following a favorable report ‘by Dr. G. &. Hume, head of the Do- minion Geological Survey. Christmas travel over the Cana- dian Pacifie routes to the Old Coun- try has been heavier this year than ever before experienced. Special trains have been run from Winnipeg firectly to the ship’s side at Saint John, N.B. The westerners eredit this heavy movement te Engiand for Christmas to the excellent con- ditions that prevail throughout the west. . The hundied settler families from the British Isles brought out by the Seottish Immigrant Aid Society tg feum the Glan Donald Colony are field supervisdi’s report just sub- mitted. When they landed at their destination’ they found farms, eouses, barns and equiprhent ready 30 that no time was lost in pre-' limainaries. , Turkish tobacco, grown in Al- berta, is better than that grown in ‘Turkey or Greece, according to a. ‘Mr, Baker here, who grew 1,000 pounds as an experiment this season, | “He plotted out three-quarters of an acre to ten yarieties of tobacco seed, The crop was harvested ripe before the coming of frost, and ‘of the ten | varieties Turkish, White’ Barley and. “‘Otinocy tnrived beste’. | Nearly 1,050. overseas. vessels’ en- tered the Harbor of Méntreal dnd | over 350 coastal vessels docked thers "| dn the scazon’ just. closed... This makes . “g-very favorable showing compared . with , the 1,255. overseas ond 216 coastal vessela of..thé previous sea-" wring the ‘period of open “navigation over 113,850,000 -bushels . of grain were shipped from the. port; ‘and flour'-shipmeata ‘total ; 2,090,- : ve i ay Pv EA C. H. SAWLE we PUBLASRER Revenue to farmers | doing splendidly, according to 4 |: The Hazelton Hospital issues tic- - kets for any period at $1.50 per: month in xdvance. This rate in- ‘eludes: office consultations, medi-. cines, ‘as well ag all costs -while in the hospital, - Tickets are ob- tainuble: in’ Haziton at the drog | store or by mafl from the meédi- ° cal superintendant at the hospital - The Hazelton Hospital - . . oy - ‘ . m4 J. R. Williams »¢ PROVINCIAL ASSAYER ~ “ Priea Hata sent on request ne credit Forcier Bide... VANCOUVER, B.C. GAS AND OIL | B.C. UNDERTAKERS BMUBALMING FOR SHIPMENT A aPECIALTY P.O. Box o43 PRINCE RUPERT. B.C. A wire will bring ua i | ! | | z | i - Hotel USK, B.C. New, clean and comfortable | — First-class Dining Room in connection Raves ARE ATTRACTIVE THOS. SHACKLETON - Prop, SHACKLETON SYNOPSIS OF LAND ACT AMENDMENTS PRE-EMPTIONS Vacant, unreserved, surveyed Crown lands may be pre-empted by aver “18. years of age’. on’ declaring’ intention to subjects, conditional upon pation, and improvement purposes, Full information concerning regulations regarding pre-emptions is given in Bulletin No. 1. Land Series, ‘Bow to Preempt Land,’ copies of which can be obtalned free of charge. by addressing the Department of Lands, Victoria, Bo. or to any Government Agent, Records will be, granted covering only land suitable for agricultural purposes, and which is not timberland, ie, carrying over 5,000 beard feet. per acre west of the Const Range and 8,100 feet per. acre east of that Range. . Applications for pré-emptions are to be addressed to the Land Commissioner of the Land Recording . Division in which the land applied for is situated, and are made on printed forms, copies of which can be ubtained from the: Land Commissioner. ‘ Pre-emptions ‘muat be occupled for five years and improvements made'‘to the value of 310 per acre, including clearing and cultivat- ing at least five acres, hefore a Crown Grant can be received. ‘ Loe For more detailed information see the Bulletin, “How to Pre-empt Land,” ‘ ; (PURCHASE Applications. ara recelyed for purchase of vacant and unreserved Crown lands, not being timberland, for agricultural purposes: minimum priee of first-class (arable) land is $5 per acré, and second-clase’ (grazing) land $2.50 per acre... Further information regarding purchase or lease of Crown lands is given in Bulletin No, 10, Lond Series, ‘Purchase. and Lease’ of Crown Lands,” ' ‘ Mill, factory, oy industrial sites on timber Tand, not exceeding 40 acres, may be purchased or Jessed, the conditiona including payment of atumpage. .-, HOMESITE LEASES , and -by aliens become British residence, occu- for agricultural ‘Unsurveyed areas, not. exceeding 20 acres, may be leased as homesites, conditional upon o dwelling belng erected’: in’ the first year, title. being © cbtainable after residenve and improvement, conditlons are fulfilled a the land has been sur-' veyed. . : : ot ‘ am * LEASES For: ' grazing: “and . industrial purpose areas not exceeding 640 acMes may be leased by any one person or company. - GRAZING — “Under ‘the ‘Grazing ‘Act; the“ Province’ range —adtniniatered. Commisaioner.:, Annual’ grazing. permits :-are bélng « given to, established : owners. , ..\| Stocks Minay “form. cassoclations ° for, rence, British. subjects | fa divided. into grazing districts, ‘ard the |. under the ” Grasing [J - daeued,” based on mimbers . ranged,. ‘priority | , SUPPLY STATION, “AT City Transfer “Stables. - SMITHERS, B.C nn Hotel Prince Rupert A Reat Goop HoTen ee End onan one Fe nes wenn BT Prince Rupert BG! H. B. RocHESTER, Manager - Rates $1.50 per day up. - Importers ‘and + Dealers in We carry the - largest and moat varied steck in Northern British - Columbia | Wailpapers Burlaps Paints Oils Varnishes Glass Brushes, Eic.3) Writé us. for information when ~ renovating or building your home’ Make Your. Home Attractive Beaver BoarD DISTRIBUTORS ‘A.W. EDGE Co. § P.O. Box 459, Prince Rupert, B.C. 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