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oo THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1916

~The Oimineca ‘Miner

PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY A'T HAZELTON, THE - CENTER OF THE
GREAT OMINECA DISTRICT oF BRITISH COLUMBIA.

‘

A. R. Macdonald, Publisher and Proprietor.

SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada and British Possessions, Two. Dollars a
year; Foreign, Three Dollars a year.
ADVERTISING RATES: Display, $2.50 per’ ineh per month; : Reading

Notices, 20 cents per line for each. insertion. Legal notices ihyerted at B. C.
Gazette. rates, . he

Vou, VIL. SATURDAY, OcTosEr 28, 1916.. No, 9

Following is the substance of a: bulletin just issued’ from
Ottawa, ‘giving: details of the government’s policy for .the
encouragement of the livestock industry in Western Canada:

The Dominion Live Stock Branch will pay reasonable traveling |:

expenses of a farmer, or the authorized -agent of a number of
farmers, from any section of Canada desiring to purchase one or
more carloads of breeding stock or of feeding and stocker cattle in
_any part of-the country.

A systematic effort in Western Canada to conserve cattle
suitable for breeding and feeding purposes has been made by
providing special: facilities for parties wishing: to take advantage of
this assistance at any of the western stock yards,

The expenses of farmers buying cattle under these conditions
at such. stock yards will be paid -in accordance , with the general
terms of the policy a3 stated above, and in addition the services of
representatives of the Branch will be available in an advisory
capacity if so desired. The actual purchasing, however, must be
‘done by the buyer bhimself,or through his authorized agent. Under
no circumstances will any responsibility in this connection be
assumed by any officer of ‘this Branch.

It must be distinctly understood that no assistance itder this
policy ean be rendered when stock. is purchased for speculative
purposes.

-- ‘Dhe expenses will cover railroad transportation from the home
of the purchaser to the point at which it is expected that the
‘purchase will-be made, also hotel and livery expenses (exelusive of
automobile hire) for the time which should be sufficient to purchase
the consignment. © ° °°
- No assistance in the payment of freight i is given, nor is any
responsibility assumed ‘by the Branch” in connection with the
purchase price of the shipment.

The purchaser should ‘keep: vouchers for all purchases of two
-dollars or over, and should include with his account all such
vouchers together ‘with a duplicate copy of the receipted shipping
bill. The account should be forwarded in duplicate on forms which
will be supplied for that purpose. :

_ The purchaser is further required when forwarding his account:
to include a statement regarding the purchases covered by the
accounts, on forms supplied by the Branch. These forms, together
with the expense account forms referred to in the last paragraph,
may be obtained from the. representative of the Branch at the
Winnipeg stock yards,

Parties wishing to secure breeding or. feeding cattle desiring|

to tale advantage of this policy, should make out their applications
for this assistance on forms which may be obtained on request from
the manager of their local: bank, who will be in a position to give
further particulars of the scheme,. These forms, when completed,

should be forwarded to Mr, D. M. ‘Johnson, Markets Representative
of the Live Stock Branch, at the Union Stock Yards, St. Boniface,
Manitoba. re

A Basic. ae

| acid and refined zine ‘will probab-

. -/splendid’ example of how the es-
|tablishment of a basic industry

\sidiary undertakings.

.| for the warring nations, Walker,

_ The remarkable economic ‘con-
ditions created by the war have
revealed the immensity: of the
unsuspected industrial opportun-
ities in. Canada, . Facts hitherto
unknown or disregarded are now
being considered by the manufac.
turer, producer and thepublie with
a view to securing. greater scien-
tific application, aecurancy and
economy in industry and the
“maximum. return ‘to Canadian
capital and ‘labor. . While it: is
essential 40, investigate. and in-

" . itiate methods to eliminate waste

in production, it is equally im-

; portant to. study . the waste in

industry due to purely economic

conditions -and. to .promote ‘the

more.efficient utilization. of ‘our

-tatural resources, to the advan:
tage. of the nation. «3.00%

On accountoft thecomparatively

“small population of Canada; and

.. the ‘consequently : ‘limited: home

market for. our. iproduets,: ‘asic.

—Yather than. subsidiary y industries

i {should : ‘be pr

rl the léadand zinc refinériesand the.

‘| mineral industry, the products of

which are essential to nearly all
forms of maufacturing, exem-
plify the concurrent growth of
basic and. subsidiary enterprige.
The progressive policy. of .the
Consolidated Mining & Smelting
Co., - Trail,
apecific instance.
rears this company hag mined and
smelted lead ores ‘and operated

the only large lead refining plant

in Canada. Since the war three
large Cottrell. planta have been

‘installed and are recovering valn-|,
able mineral from the ‘smelter:

frases.. Owing to the demand for |.

zine and copper‘in the manufae: |: Bos

ture of munitions, the company

has, recently. installed z azine plant
and ig’ contemplating an electro.
‘lytie copper refining: plant.:.

As the zine’ process depehds|"

‘Upon'a supply of. sulphuric. acid, |::

the company has just’ ‘domplated

a’ sulphuric ‘acid plant, ‘having'a oon
fapacity of-tertons of acid: alday.:

B, G., furnishes a :
-For several

lly be used in the manufacture of
galvanized i iron in British Colum-
bia, '

The ‘foregoing developments,
actual’ and ‘proposed, form a

may.lead to the growth of sub.

‘. _Copper Strong for ‘Years. _
Commenting onthe recentorder
for 448,000,000 pounds of ‘copper

of Boston, commercially known
as one of the most noted copper
authorities, ‘gayB:

“This means that. the metal
situation is in a stronger position
than ever previously in the his-
tory of the trade, It now appears
that. they have agreed to pay 26
cents a‘pound for this ‘immense
tonnage and that the profits to
the producers on this single trans-
action will be $20,000,000. in’ ex-
cess of the aggregate dividend
payments of the American copper
mining companies: during any
preceding year,- » -  -* *

“The tremendously strong cash
position of the producing com-
panies cannot fail to have a

market for many months and
probably for years to come. *

“This transaction makes”
quite elear . that the 7 Allies see
before them a long period of hard
fighting,” -

Vienna: © The assassination of
Count ‘Stuergkh,: the Austrian
premier, by Dr.’ Adler, was pure-
ly political. That the premier
refused to convene parliament i is
the reason given. -by Adler.

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Experts say that copper will
not go below 25 cents. for more
than two years.

Hiya Cranberries .
‘There is an ‘unusually heavy
crop of cranberries this.. season.
On Friday ‘and. Saturday Mrs, W
H. Holland and Mrs, John’ ‘Smith
each. gathered 300 pounds cf ber-
ries at Two-mile mountain, —

ad

. Lost
“Bay gelding, 850. pounds, one
white. foot, no white on head.’
Branded small w - -on left shoul-
der, J. 8. Hicks, ‘Hazelton.

Addressing Soldiers’ Mail ~
In order. to facilitate: the hand-
ling of- mail at.the.front’ and. ‘to
ensure’ prompt delivery, itis re-
quested that’ vallgnail be addvess-
ed as follows; -.~
(a). Regimental Nhinbed”
(b), Rank. .

“(c) Name. ee

» {d) Squadron, Batty or Coie
pany. ”
fe) Battalion; ’ “Regimerit: (or
other Unit) ¢ Staff. appoint~
" ment or Department.’ : z
& CANADIAN’ ‘Contincunt, .

steadying influence on the metal |

The Distributing Poiat

Interac

~ Prospectors, | Miners.
~ Landseekers, Surveyors ©
and Sportsten will find -
the: merchants: ‘of Ha- ©
- zelton prepared, to meet, .

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for the Great Nother nm} aoe

evely: ‘yequirement | in

-_outitand supplies. Hav-
ing been. engaged for
"many, years in ‘outfitting
~ patties for the ‘Novthern
"Interior, Hazelton busi-
“ness meii ‘are ‘qualified - .
“to give valuable’ advice - |

and assistance to new-*

comers: | _

"Hazelton i is ‘situated at -

~ the: coniflierice of. the © i

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The: sulphurie'acid i is.made from ”

fumes ‘collected'from the stndlteb,
| Five. tons: of acid. will be-used tn

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