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THE. OMINECA MINER; SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1916

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° - The police of Bellingham raid-| Addressing Soldiers’ Mail’ mnineits ‘tal i ,
“The World’ s: Doings i in Brief confetti Sight Geo | erie fate the nand-!) DENTISTRY |
a "|ling of mail at the front and.
“News Notes from Many Sources ; FY and a barrel or wine, The! ensure prompt delivery, itis re-| 4 DR. BADGERO
(| #80D1 claimed the liquor’ wag . ' Smithers, B.C.
‘The Panama Canal will open There has been: 4 decrease of used for sacramental purposes, | ad or follows al mail be address | ae
for traffic on April 15, 40 per cent ‘in: drunkenness ‘in|. “Liquor interesta in Ontario] (a) R ; tal Nun b
Minnesota had 8 ‘temperature| Great Britain . ‘sinee > the begin- havé subivitted: a statement| (b) Regimen a’ Num ere MINERAL ACT .
of 15 below zero this week, {ning of the war, showing that prohibitory, legia-| . (c) Name. | | Certificate of Improvements -
‘Presbyterians in Ontario ave) Sir ‘Sam Hughes ig Spending lation would entail a loss of d) Squadron, Battery or  Com- '. - NOTICE
voting against church umon. two weeks i in’ ‘Florida, ‘Hon. A. $44,000,000 to:hotels and liquor SAPPHIRE, OMAR KHAYYAM

“Prince: Firman Firma has re-
: signed as premier of Persia,-

‘Premier’ Asquith is reported to
_ be-suffering from bronchial cat-
arth. ,

Queen’ Victoria of Sweden | is
suffering from an 1 attack of bron-
chitis,

The lst, 2nd and 8rd Canadian
Pioneer Battalions are now in
France,

Apaper mill which will em-
ploy.500 men will be erected at

: _ Ocean Falls,

_ British Columbia exported. 360
tons of potatoes to eastern ‘prov-
inces last week.

The Tacoma smeltet:: has raised
wages five per cent., beginning
the first of March,

The Intereclonial Railway had |
@ surplus of over @ million dol-
_lars for last year, ~.

The present session of the Do-
minion parliament will probably
_ be ‘over by Easter," -

athe steamer Camosun i is Stran-

ded | on a reef of | Digby Island,
near Prince Rupert, -

There is talk of 2 coalition
cabinet being . formed. by . the
‘Halian government. .

Roosevelt states that. he will
not bea candidate. for. president

_

- in the coming election.

Over’ a thousand dolidia’ worth
- of liquor was taken lhe raid on
a + drug store i in Seattle.

pee
wih

Chicago f ig. to have ani ice palace
for -skating which will, eost a
- quarter of a million: dollars, my

_ Sunday schools: have been clos-
~ ed at Prince Rupert: owing to the
" epidemic'of” midasted i in that towns}

A hydro - ~aeroplane is ee
built in: Buffalo” for the ‘British,
government: to. ‘carry: ‘thirty-four
“mam.

A pler at Halifax, which was

- ail -with. Red. Cross. Supplies, ’

. waa: ‘burned, welth a ‘total loss. of

"Manitoba: probibitionists wil
make -an appeal-to the* Dominion
‘government: for Dominion ‘pro-
hibition.. ; ;

* Several persons were "injured
in’ riot which took place during

om 8 prohibition parade in Toronto

_ last, sweek,

Mme. Schiomer has decided to
- Tetire from the Ford” permanent
peace board, but will remain in
Stockholm, Ey

"The Pai-Hellenic Games. at
Athena. ‘have. bean ; called. “off:
' owing to the. mobilization of the
Greek army, ee

The, ‘State: off, Washington ‘ig
“beinging. test; auits, to: decide

a ’ whigther beer. Pubsttate may be

legally, sold, ah
Rusia, hhs

jcome to an agreement regarding

‘| Guthrie-in New: Brunswick legis-

..JMaru, whieh has besti ‘posted-at
ron | Lioyda’ aa overdue, left Portland,
c ‘Nov. “6 for the: United :

-| militia { in hisqbsence, ~

The G. T. P.: ig: showing. asplen-
did selection of ore samples from
this district in the window .of
their Vaneouver office. .

- The provincial government ig
being asked to extend the mora-
torium now in force to cover pay-
ment of dilinquent taxes,

A plan i is under way for the
establishment of several thousand
Menonites in the Salmon River
Valley,1 near Prince George.

An American poacher from
Sumas. was sentenced to two
months at New Westminster for
killing grouse out of season,

Over four -hundred thousand |‘
passengers have crossed the At-
lantic between the United States
and Europe since the war began.

‘Sir Thoinas Lipton has cabled
the New. York Yacht-Club that
he: will race the Shamrock IV
next year for the America Cup,

A cheque for $43,538, 181,- the
largest ever paid in the United
States, passed through the New
York clearing house on Thoraday.

' After four days on the bridge, |.
Capt. Pickthorn, of the Buitish
ship Ulearway, died while bring-
jing hig vessel: into Boston harbor,

Prohibition may be passed in’
Ontario-.ag an act of the legis-
lature, without putting it before
the people in the form of a ref-
erendum. .

Soldiera-and civilians clashed
in a street row at Edmonton on
"| Thursday, with the result that
several were injured. Nine have
“been arrested,

The Gran by. Consolidated Co.
has spent over $5,000,000 to date
in, the purchase and development

Catadian banks have arranged
a seventy-five-million-dollar cred-
it for the Imperial treasury. The
‘money will be expended in muni-
tion orders in Canada. :

The-C. Ne R. and Great North-
ern railways have been unable to

a union terminal. ab Vancouver |),
and ‘will build separate depots.

An invitation to the British
colonies to share in the councila
jof the Enipire was extendéd by
‘A. Bonar Law, colonial secretary, |!
ata luncheon in horior of Premier
Hughes of Australia,

“Conscription in a mild form for
single men between the ages of

bodied in a ‘resolution by Lt.-Col,:

lature last Wedneaday, Cp
Prince Joachim, fifth gon ‘of the

Maria Augustine, ~ daughter. of |
Prince. Edward of" Anhalt, . last
Monday. °. The Kaiser’ wes jot
present ati the weddihg, “

The Japanese steamer. ‘Hokoko

Ore on.

EY ‘Kemp. is: acting minister of.

Coal m taining rightaof the Dominion

: by Sub- gent of

ed i
~Pavailable,

Senta par ton,
eignteen and forty-five was em-|

once a Yoar.
Kaiser, was. married 6 Princass|.:

shops throughout the province,

_ The directors of the Dominion
Trust Co. who Were found not
liable for losses in the - ‘Dominion
Trust ease will have their costs
paid out of the company’s estate,

Justice Murphy.

The jury have returned a ver-
dict of not guilty in the triat of
MeCutcheon Bros, real. estate
brokers of Toronto. It was the
lengthiest trial in the history of
the Canadian judiciary, occupy-.
ing over a month of- continuous|"
sittings,

In the famous Slingsby case,
‘the English -court of appeal has
decided that the child in question
is not the child of Lieut.and Mrs.

Slingsby. The. case has. been
running four years anda million
dollars rests on’ the decision of
the court. *

Conservatives Elect Officers

‘AC a. “meeting of the Burns

Lake Conservative Association

held Feb. 28, the following’ offi-

cers were elected:

Hon. Presidents—R. L. Borden,
Hon. W. J. Bowser;

President—o, Ri O’ Hara,

Vice- President—C, E. Freestone.

Secretary—Wm,. MeMillan,

Executive Committee—A. E. Pot-
.ter, James McKenna, R. A,
Sluker, A, R. Brown, George
: Wallace, J. Wiggins.

In British nines four lives are
lort for every million tous of ore
extracted,

lations. a

Manitaba, Saskatchewan and
Alberta, the Yukon Territory, the
Northwest Territoriea and in a portion

may be leased for a term of twenty-one
years at. an’ annual rental of $1 an

be leased to one applicant.

i plication for a lease must be made
applicant § in the dieu to the Agent
district.in. which

the righta ap; pplied for are situated.
In surveye territory the land must
he described by
divisions of sections, an

cant himself. -
application must be accompani-
ae of $5, waleh will be refund-
the rights appl ied for are not
but not otherwise,

ty. shall be. paid on the merchantable
output of the ming at the rate of five

staked out by the app
' Bach a
ed b a

Tho.porson operatin
furnish the ‘Agent ting

chantabie coal min

royalty thereon. if the ca mining
Tighte are not belh fans rated, auc
returns should, be ‘urna

surface fece tighten be considered nee-

the rato of $10.00 an acre.

‘Bor . full information application
Benes be made to tha Secretary
cpartment of the’ Interior, Ottawa

Bomfaten m Lan is. ww, ory,

om and: was. last. roported

teavg 8 si ingapore 0 on Dee. 30.

YD Mialetae “of the. Inteitor,
NB. Deputy. Mina “publication * af.

‘according ta.a decision by Mr. .

‘The Miner is twa dollars a'vear. | ~
Synopeis ‘of “Coal Mining Regu- .

of the Province of. British Columbia, |-

kere, Not more than 2,560 acres will |i

sections, or legal aub- | if)

in unsurveyed |
territory the tract applied for shall be |

| Care for Storage or pelivery.
A royal- | &

the ‘mine shall | B
Sworn returne | &
Becounting forthe full od and oe of mer. I:

shed at least I
Tho leate will include the cial mining a
xl inte nto only, but tha lessee may ‘be per-| ¥
urchese whatever Available

essary for the working of the mine at| f

of the] f
at or Sub-Agent. of Se

. pany.
(e) Battalion, - Regiment (or
other unit), Staff. appoint-
ment or Department, :
(f) CANADIAN CONTINGENT,
(g) ‘Britikh Expeditionary
- Force.
“{h) Army Post Office, LONDON
England.
“Unnecessary mention of higher
‘formations, -such ay brigades, | ¢
divisions, is atrictly forbidden;
and causes delay.

Sault St. Marie, Ont, there are
electric generators which have
been operating the ship canal and
tocks and a swing bridge f for 21
years.

; “lato

In a hydro-electric Plant at/ gig

ABDIEL and BUNNY BOY MINERAL
CLAIMS, ‘situate in the Omineca Min-
ing. Division of Omineca District, ;
Where ‘located:—On the South-West
of. Mount Selwyn, about ie
tiles below Findlay Rapids on
South Bank of Peace River,
- TAKE NOTICE fhat I. F.P. Burden, :
acting - as agent for ‘C. Rosa Palmer,
Free Miner a Certificate No. -B79R96,
intend, sixty days from the date hereof
to apply to the’ ining Recorder for a
Certificate of Improvements for the -..
purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of:

é above claims.

And further take notice that action
under section 87, must be commenced
before the issuance of such Certificate
of Improvements.

Dated this lat day of January, ae D.

Commercial Printing at
’ THE MINER OFFICE —_

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CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY |

_ to Vancouver and

. Lowestrates Prince Rupert to all Eastern Points via steamer”
Canadian Pacific
Meals and berth included on steamer

way. 9. |h

‘ SS. “Princess Maquinna”®
» “Princess

Feb. 11th,

For VANCOUVER, VICTORIA. and SEATTLE -

leaves Prince Rupert every SUNDAY, at 6 pm.
loaves Prince Rupert at 7 Pm, on
25th; “March 10th, 21st and 3iet.

Ld I. Peters, Gerieral Agent, Srd Avo. & 4th St, Prince Ruperts RC J

Express General Drayage a and Freightingt |

LIVERY and STAGES

aight, _Our stages meet aii trains

We are prepared ta ‘supply private ff ;
and publi ic conveyances day and @ . -
at South Hazelton or New Hazelton. i

BEST DRY BIRCH, $5.50 A CORD

! Consign. your shipments dn Our

Adiiecas a

Ruddy

BAZELTON and NEW WBAZELYON r

& MacKay

and T
: * Passenger
A _eniy an

day

‘GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC RAILWAY anid STEANSHS
amet -" Bteamera aailing between Prince Rupert, Anyox, "J
2 Vancouver, Victoria and Sonttle, :  £
, Steamers South from Princo Rupert every Tuesday:
at 7 P.M. and Saturday at
m every Thursday at.midnight. :
tq Steamers arrive Prince Rupert. from the. South at,
“ er every Sunday ond ‘9 Ave,’
a Anyox 5.P.M. every Friday,
Passenger traina leave Hazelton Eastbound até: BP, M, 9 overy ‘Mon-:: 3
Thursday. Mixed train leaves at 2:90 e.is. every Saturday. .°
‘trang leave Hazelton Weatbound at-10:48 a,
Friday. Mixed train leaves at 48 at avery ‘Thursday.

. ALASKAN. SERVICE

Sau, North to Anyox.

evary ‘Thuraday. From.

Mi, oWvery

roe ang

. ‘MeNicho ight and

this advertisement wilt not. ‘be paid for,
. b87B2, }

Thursday, + Mareh 80,/ard avery
‘at 12 00h, for Ketc
Connections made between Traing and Steamers, aye

y Grand Trunk Paslfic Age

“information: toa
Ni IAs Ge aint Bane Agent, Prince Rupert, Ft

hican, Wrangell, Juneau Skog ay.

or to

‘Thursday thereafter; feo