“THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, — it The Omineca Miner . PUBLISHED EVERY. ‘SATURDAY: AT: 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; Foreion, Three Dollars a year: _ ADVERTISING RATES: Display, $2.80. per ineh | per month: Reading Notices, 20 cents per line for each dnsertion. Legat notices inserted-at B. Cc. : Gazette rates, . : : an ‘ _ SAriRDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1917: “Vou. VI CANADIANS MUST. ECONOMIZE IN WHEAT Canada and the United States probably ‘will be able to provide - for the Allies’ requirements of cereals other than wheat during the next twelve months, The Allied . peoples themselves have been economizing with wheat and wheat flour. - ‘AS Lord Northcliffe said "in Montreal, ‘‘There is'no such thing” as white’ bread in. the Old Country, from the King's table downwards, an Other cereals are being .used, but they cannot. be used alone for: bread. . The Allies must add them to wheat flour: to make the: war bread now in universal use-in European countries, Except in Italy, where the people normally consume much-corn, there are few- cori, mills in Europe. Sornmeal, ‘not being a. durable commodity | cannot be shipped across the ocean in ‘great quantities. — 7 x The Allies must have a wheat flour basis for their war: loaf. Unless’ the people of Canada and the United States are willing to substitute other cereals ‘for part .of the wheat flour which_ they . normally eon30m2, thousands of people. . Substitution of at least one pound of other cereals for one pound of ‘wheat flour weekly, per-person, would]. gave a very large quantity of wheat for export. It would still be far. short of meeting the normal consumption of the Allies, but it| would save the situation. re Lata 1 « 2. .° °°. GERMANY WANTS: AN INDEMNITY The: Deutache Tagészeitung. published. a: noteworthy. article 01 ‘on the. reichstag resolution of peace, ‘Without annexation or indemnity. Such a peace,’ it ‘BBYS,. would spell ruin to Germany. ‘Before the . war the wealth of the Gernian -people amounted to between 330 and 390- billions of marks, ‘of which nearly half has: been spent’on_ the|:: : A HOTEL -PRINCE ‘RUPERT war. Without an indemnity there i is. no. ‘hope. of carrying: on during the first ten. ‘years after the conclusion of peace, -Germany. would |’ have to bear extra, taxation amounting to 12 billions. of marks, asf compared with the pre-war tax of 34. : How can ‘thie. egititry in the] state of ruin in which.” it will” ‘find | itself, and i in view. of. ‘of. the enormously, increased cost of living, shoulder an added : ‘burden of. ‘that’ magnitude, when the sum of | six Thillions ‘would bedi mastinuii | “effort and even that ‘ould be endured only with the. greatest effort? Have the Socialists, asks the” writer,- who: -prate’ of: ‘peace, of Germany. being able to meét her Hiabilities, ic nsidered | how She i js- to yeare for her military sick arid. wounded, and pick up. the. threads of ‘her export and import trades, ‘uriless she Beized the. opportunity . of | ‘a- peace to impose. ‘auch terms: as. “will secure ‘for her 9° ‘sufficlently |” ‘large’ indeninity to tiiéet her liabitities; and further: enable her “to. ‘procure the raw materials ‘she. must... -have’ to. rebuild: her, trade “eorifiéetion? Germaiiy As not’ blind endugli, after" all hier’ gacrifieds; to. accept I in. lieu of the ‘material compensation: she. must have, fine ses about x pease’ ‘atid goodivill ‘amongst meri. . DEFINITION | OF, oe. ha ‘VARIOUS CLasée5| vite Act regulations, ti . up | are, upon examination, plaged in? -claages . whieh aré s defined a8 . follows: ee dl e ally: ft foi | duty at-home, °~ Classes D an Medical Corpa, ete: : Dail Placa OR, thes ®, ‘after _taking: required sight dlodrdcte eeres éligible for. ClasgesA,, B or CG The defi: ~ infantry only.” te (nitions ab Class. ‘Aa—Wwot i n . different, clissifations mean... . purchase’ of: aby: ‘one® or. all of thé. fol! . eying horses, viz. 3, , No.8] thay. ‘will ba denying evan Wat bread to. ‘many ; * Cliss Ch Fe Shay for. Service a in pened with: labor: and Rarri- ie Clase, C2 for P_Bednlanéni forces, at home, . such -BB - Army —_ =, Class - c8—Fit only for: clerical 7 ‘BR bbeosit men oe, Teotis- ata temporary” “unfit for | +: staat any kind of saryice,. Some a 1 | réatmedt- for cbihpirdtively ts @ ace not’ official, but} ),. | give, Seneral: ideg of what the : PUBLIC. NOTICE... TENDERS will. be recetved ‘by the} f _| undersigned, up. to. 6 o'clock _in -tha|} afternoon of Oct. 15th, 1917, for: the|f <= ‘One roan” “horse, named’ “Kn”, *}ean n be seen at Janze’s Ranch,, Kispiox. dl | 2, One roan mare and stud colt; named . “PIEBAED” and “SLIPPER” te- spectively, can be seen with. Aast. Ran-. i wie ger McLean, Francois-Take, | x ‘| 8. One bay ‘horee, named : “Pacen”, ‘i ean he’ seén-With” “Eat 2, 0 te 4, One ‘pinto: ‘Horse, “nated “Pa. Bo TO’!, cari bes seen ‘at R, Duff's, Telkwa. 5. One" white * lorse, “SNOWBALL, : ean be seen at Hankin Ranch, ‘Kispiox. | 2 6. One: bey.-horse, named. *‘BAL- py’', can be secn at Hankin, -Raneb, Kisiox : -One | mare ‘and. stud 1 cai, hanied ie “ifoiny” and , “Jack”, at McNeil Ranch, Telkwa. Bach tender must bé enclosed in. an ‘envelope; securely aealed,”and marked, “TENDER FOR Horses,” ‘and ‘must be “ean: “He's been accompanied: by. au: accepted cheque: or, \ ls. money ordér for at least 10 pér cent. of: amount set out in the tender. ‘ . The cheques of all unstccesaful - -ten- ; derers will be returned to. them.. oe The highest orMorkill. ii "Beitiah Columbia Land Surveyor i _HAZELTON. wis BG: "HORSESHOER AND ,, General Blacksmith - » Prices Cut in in: Half» Shoeing from: $2 up—Shop. ‘Work. xi # BO cents: nts per hour’ weit MAX. HIATT - 2 _HAZELTON eae