—

a

Tr ep nage ar a gt a i
ne

— ~ ~—— —

en

The Omineca

7

ae

WHAT THE WAR.

ing of the nation’s war activities

; ammunition, ‘in. two weeks. a8

_ which things aredone: Since the
heginning. of the. war we, must,
; have. ordered and paid for abroad

: the. latter. —: ‘about 100,000,000

Posts RVERY SATURDAY: Ar HAZELTON, THE CENTER OF THE
‘Great Omineca DISTRICT OF -BRITISH COLUMBIA.

ARM Macdonald; Publisher and Propristor.- ney

SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada
years’ Foreign, Three Dollars a year.

4 ADVERTISING RATES! ‘Display
Notices, 20 cénts per line for each inse
Gazette rates.

and Britich Possessions Two Doltara + a

, $2.50 per inch per month; Reading|-
tion. _ Legal notices inserted at B. C:

You, VI.

. SATURDAY, JANUARY, 27,1917 - a

:No. 22

MEANS. JN BRITAIN
An English correspondent, tell-

SayBr

+: There are today i in Great Brit-
ain over.4000 firms. engaged in
the production of war material,
and not ione of them before the
war had had even an hour’s ex-|:
perience in ‘that. class: of work.
Nearly 100 colosaal: plants . have

_ been‘erected, and some’3,500, 000)
people, ‘of whom {00,000 are wo-

then, find. employment. therein.
That is a miracleof improvisation
that-must, 1 suppose, he unique
in industrial history. -

We are now, turning outi in three
weeks ag much eighteen-pounder

thuch field-howitzer. ammunition,
in eleven daya as many’ medium
‘sized shells, ‘and-in-four days as.
many heavy ‘shells. ag: we ware.
turning. out .in the whole of the.
first year-of the. war. The enor-.
mous* British: armies: - OVOTS@RS
have: been - equipped with rifles}.
and machine guns-solely from
domestic sources. Every: month
We are manufacturing twice as
thary guns. aa' the entire army

posseased eighteen .months ago,.
- the preduction-having multiplied

sixfold i in the last yearjand being
still rapidly on the increase, -
2 Amaricana,1 iniagitié.have little
idea, of the tremendous: ‘geale.'on

yards of woolen loth, as’ much of

flaniiel, a8 much of. cotton, about:

4, thousand million buttons, and

another - thousand million horse-

; Prejudices of centuries and im-

shoe nails, 60,000,000 pairs of

000,000-woolen.gloves;. 50,000,000
brushes, - 95,000,000.. knives - and
forks, a thousand . million sand-|.
basa, 7,000,000 razors, over 2, 000
miles of wire rope, a thousand
million pounds: of flour, 250, 000,000
pounds of. crackers, and at least
200, 000. 000 pounds of. Tommy At-
kins’ delight-=1. mean, of course,
jam: and Marmalade.
Besides this we. have inereased
our navy:by the tonnage equival-
ent of between.-fifty. and .sixty
super-dreadnaughts; our merch-
ant. niarine’ is today all but as
large as it was at the opening of
the ‘war, in ‘spite of all logses;
London’ ‘Yemaing ‘the financial
clearing house of the world, 2nd/
the British people have brought
the value‘of their ordinary ex-
port trade. to.a figure that must
soon surpass the” returns for the
most: “prosperous. ‘years of | peace,
And. yet, I daresay; there are still
‘Americans who believe that Brit-
ish labor has not pulled its proper
weight.
» Bt: as: the ‘imax. to ‘all her
‘other achievements Great Britain
has converted herself into a mili-
tary. power of firatyrank. .. After
aising ‘an army that, far. outdis. |
tanced in point of, ‘Tipmbers any.
jatmy ever raised’ on: the voluntary
aysten:, she has thrown aside the

semithin ate

poséd universal, military. service
‘on all-her-men- between the ‘ages
of ‘gighteen “and forty-ones' Five
‘million men, enlisted i in the army
from the British Isles before con-
scription ‘cameinto force. By.
the time the. war is over at least
twelve per.cent of the population
will have served with the colors,

: And this new.army, drawn from

AT THE.

MAKE your sce |
_ FIGHT |

‘BUY
"DOMINION OF CANADA

FRONT.

War Savincs

THREE-YEAR

CERTIFICATES:

INDAVIDUAL . Punctaa

‘t
ae

“2b. OO ror. ea GO i

. FoR FULL PARTICULARS. ably
OF, ANY ( MONEY: ORDER Post OFFICE, «.

wis. “oases psinsdinr' vhaytiant oy Bee.
sschirv mr tinh apmstiethiabhaihPanasitcteterarcn.tas

Re hiker rap, to fie, 7

1
mou Sy

AT ANY BANK”

' WAI: meant “i
{Orrawa.

...other-war,. that they .can: see

socks, .30,000,000 :biankets, .10,-|»

every, class and ‘profession and|-:-
Estimates given & for Tramways. a

ILE. MAGUIRE, Hazelton ;

ae Oe Min

the preatest! hattle in this or. any. ||

Germans:.at:: their: own:

soni,: and 'Thiepval, Fan, carry any
thing, and the Germans, know. it..
~We have: ‘developed the scheme ||
af attack which.. they; attempted |¥

weight of.men and metal, behind
it-and with:far greater results. ,

have been put out of action, and
what has happened on the Somme
is a mere joke to whatis coming.

We can continue it indefinitely;
we can repeat it in other sectors
when the right moment strikes.

Combined with the. stranglehold
which our fleets maintain on the
arteries of German life, our armies
in ‘France and ‘Flanders, backed
up by a commissariat, ‘medical,

transport, supply and repairing
organization. that-is the last word
in military efficiency, are a guar-
antee of victory.as good as any
nation.could desire, =.

The world.did not. know, Ger-
many certainly did not know, I
am not sure that we even knew
‘ourselves, of what. Great Britain
was. capable: when -all her - ré-
sources of character and material
were extended to'the: uttermost.

has been taken; a great crisis has
supplied the test, ard the nation
which.Germany affected to des-
pise has become. the chief instru-
ment of that downfail which the
coming year will assuredly regise
ter. :

BLACKSMITH WANTED

hour.

ton, B. C.

of all kinds.

Prompt and Liberal Settlements.
—_

Mining Machinery and Supplies. :

. Cradock’s Wire Cables.

_ fseerance and Manefocterere’ Agent.

“Que, Delfar- ‘per day and upwards

Civil Engineers
Dominion, British Columbia,
and Alberta Land Surveyora

Offices at Vic
a and New
©. B. Burnes. -

ey

Hazelton,

STUART J. MARTIN «
"Provincial Aasayer

The: troops, ‘that gould; ettrry.. a |
| positions: a3: Fricourt, Contalmai-

at Verdun, ‘and-we-have-turned.
Jit Against. themselves. on..a far |]
bigger: ‘seale;.with-a: far: ‘heavier |

Since the battle of the Somme |j
began over 700,000 of the enemy j}

But we know now; the. measure | 7

= Par part time: pay 50 cents an |!
Other. work. obtainable.
Good position for oid man or‘ one |i
with family,if willing to do other |
work, RUDDY & MACKAY, Hazel- '

INSURANCE}

Lowest. Rates. Strongest Conrpanies. a

25c. auto service to ‘and from all tratas and heats :
| PRINCE RUPERT - - - - - B.Cll

A} ./Green Bros, Burden & ‘Co. :

a, Nelaon, Fort George, i:
Now Hazelton 7

‘+
ite

trade in: ‘the. United Kingdom, has ap a
. | Showar during. the lash five months i
[on the Somme,-iniwhat is by far

HOTEL PRINCE RUPERT |i
|THE LEADING HOTEL IN HORTRERN 3. C.

#1 EUROPEAN PLAN 1: : ik

“Haretton, ~ = . BG

a

a Bre co MORKILL

' British Colinbia Land Surveyor
‘a MINES SURVEYOR
Ha : }ton, aoe

Timber and C

O5E3,
Oe Surveya.: | |

"oral B

al al Claims, some! :

mo The ‘obtaining of Crown Grants atong, : _ = Lo

4 Some CAN FIGHT, SOME |

IF YOU CANT FIGHT |
YOU CAN AT LEAST

| STAND BEHIND THE.
MAN WHO FIGHTS |
FOR YOU! =|

ae te

THE CANADIAN PATRIOTIC FUND

Which assists the wives and families of Canada’s gallant J

soldiers, requires maillions of doliars to keep the soldiers’ :
home firés burning. |
District Treasurer: Stephen H. Hoskins, Government Agent
Hazelton Committee:
J. E, Kirby, H. H. Little, RE. Allen, J. Naylor, Wm. Ware
and C. V. Smith. Monthly Subseriptions are Solicited

THE CANADIAN RED CROSS =k
The ‘Hazelton, Branch requests the support of all in its
efforts to assist in the noble work of this great humanitarian

‘organization.
Honorary Presidents: Mrs. (Rev.) John Field; Mrs, (Rev.) ,
WwW. ‘Hogan  -

; Chairman: ‘Dr. H. C, Wrineh
Viee-Presidente: s. H. Hoskins; Mrs. | E.. R. Cox; W. J. Carr '
Honorary Secretary: Miss J, C. Grant
Honorary Treasurer: H. H. ‘Little, Manager Union Bank'
Exeditive Committee: ! 7
Mrs. H. ¢. ‘Wrineh,. ‘Mrs, 'R. G. Moseley, Mrs. Chas, Reid, :
Miss Hogan, Rev. John Field, Rev, M. Pike, H. H. Phillips .§
Large or Small Coniribuitions will be Gratefally Received 7

7

SOLDIERS’ ‘AID & aoe |
Com Te 3

PLE eS ce aces

Endeavors, ‘to supe
uch ‘comforts an n i

at, the front, “at and will assist them to etal tr ‘i
in alvil life when they return, The Committee is'detifig in |
co  Speration “with ‘the Provincial "Returned | ‘Séldiers’ i

“Commission and the Military. Hospitals Commission
con butions to the Soldiers’ Aid Tobacco Fund are Welcome
“Chairman: “A. R. Macdonald

Hignorary Secretary-Treasurér: R.E. Allen, District Forestar’
3. 'H. Hoskins, A. E. Player, ‘Win, ‘Ware, Jos. Naylor,

H. H. Little, k. ‘Frost, FB, B Chettlebingh

PELE.

‘aie

are sein

arr

ae

i

vata

Tee