The Omineca Miner

PUBLISHED BYERY SATURDAY AT

TELKW

a Titbite from the Bridge Town. ;

HAZELTON, THE CENTER OF THE | GREENE
GREAT -OMINECA.. DisTRIcT OF|-
British CoLUMBIA, -

: By RB. 5. Sargent, Ltd: “

SUBSCRIPTION RATES: | Canada
and British Possessions, Two Dollars -a
year: ‘Foreign, Three Dollara a year.

ADVERTISING RATES: Display,
$1.50 per inch per month; Reading
Notices, 15 cents per line for each
insertion, Legal notices inserted at

B,.C. Gazette rates.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY, 16, 1918,

RATIONING.

A despatch from Victoria says:|'

“ ‘We the advisory board of Wo-
men’s Institutes of British : Col-
umbia, strongly recommend that

an official system. of rationing|

should be immediately enforced
in our province, particularly in
such commodities as beef, pork,
sugar and flour,’ was the word-
ing of .a strong resolution for-
warded to the food controller
from the advisory board in the
final: seasion at the parliament) -
buildings.”

But there is one point which,
we think, would. render such a
proceeding rather impracticable.
The population of Canada is very
largely rural, and there are thou-
sands of farmers and settlers
living miles out who are, accus-
tomed.to go to town once a week,
or maybe at less frequent inter-
vals, for supplies to “last. them
until their next trip to,,town.
Would it be fair to them to make
them.travel oftener in order to
stand in a queue to purchase their
daily allowance when they should
he on their farms endeavoring
to. increase production? The
country: might save food: by* “rar

_ tioning, . but it would loge. food: in
the proportion of time lost by the
farmers‘in coming to town. * In
Britain rationing is effective be-
cause the mejor portion of the
people live in cities,-and, like all
city-dwellers, have been- used to

. buying their food as‘they needed
it from. the store next door or in
the next block. ‘But-in Canada
conditions ¢ are vastly different to
those -in Britain, and- great care
and thought should: ‘be exercised
before diny’ such. rationing plan
as suggested above: “i. put into

' effect in- ‘this countiy. .

~ Dupes and Displicity

Juat what atage the proceedings
in Petrograd have reached at any
’ given time is not now. a matter of:
great importance,’ The important
thing i is that, the Hun, diplomats
have been inatruéted to arrange a
truée which ‘will leave Russia liv

ing in a foal’s paradise | ‘until ‘the|.

war-makers’ aie, ready: ‘to ‘strike
another blow for the conquest of
Ruseia. ‘That the Russiansi ip their

present: ‘Hemented condition.will} |

be ‘able’ to see the trap that is

e - laid for. them, , or: ‘to ‘effectively
*+. resist the inancauvre, is. ‘hopeless,

| MeNeil’s:

(From “Our Special Correspondent)
’ Hugh: MeLean’ has gone ~'to
raneh.to break in race-
horses.

“Geo, Wall, of the MeClary
Mfg. Co., was in town during
the week.

. ‘The’ Tela’ branch’ of fhe
Red Cross Society. held another
jolly ‘evening in the Svengon
butt.

Geof. MeDonald returned: on
Wednesday from Vancouver. -

Alex. Chisholm has landed a
good .silver fox, which had been
rather venturesome in coming

lose to ‘town down the Telkwa

river. "Several people saw Mr.
Fox, but he had always. succeed-
ed in eluding them. until Alex,
got busy.

Canada’s Woodie
Canada holds the only large
forest in the- whole British Em-
pire. Australia, ‘New Zealand
and South Africa have sacrificed
most. of their original timber to
the fire fiend and ruthless ex-

Canada’s strategic position as
cohtaining the only ‘wood pile” |:
available to the Empire, except,
those of Russia, Sixty per cent
‘of John Bull’s, huge timber de-

peopla today; for. the. British.
Isles provide only one log out of
eight actually. needed for home
use, What part Canada’ 8 forests
will play i ix British trade after|'
the. wat is - problematical, but

growing timber will double in
value under the strain. of post
bellum demand from the devast-
ated districts of Europe. Mean-
while Canadian governments can
prepare to take full advantage of
inereswing| timber‘ values by thor-

control of wasteful lumbering.

- “MINERAL ACT. :
“ Certificate of Improvements
. #  ~- NOTICE ”

uate inthe Omineca: ‘Mining Diviston of
Cassiar District.-

Where: located:—On the southwestern

shore of Babine Lake, and near Silver

Island,

abting aa agent for Free
Minec's ‘Certificate
sbxty. days from the date hereof, to a]

ply to.the MinirigRecorder for a Certifi-
ate ‘of! Improvements for the purpose
als obtaining a CrownGrantof the.al ove
oleim.:

‘under section 85, must be commenced
before the issuance of such; Certificate
of Improvements:

Dated this 20th day, of December, A.
B19 es ts fO8b

Green Bros. Burden re Co.

a4. i@ivil Engineerati
Dominion, British Columbia,’ ;
_ and Alberta Land Surveyors\'«

and New. Hazelton. ."

The. future of Russia ‘rests ‘with 7 areata

ptt

-the* Allies, “whom: Russia ‘ia Jeav- fare
ot

ing to fight the battle
: without: ite ald. Ex

ploitation. These facts emphasize | *

inand is supplied by the Russian’

there’ is”no lack of prophets to 7
fredict’ “that: ‘every square mile of .

ough fire protection and scientific

_[{ territory the: tract applied for shall be

‘QUEENA MINERAL CLAIM, situ-}

No. "i680, Matt :

“And ‘further take notice ‘that action, |)

Department, of. the Intarior,

omces at t Vietoria, Nelson, Fort George es

>

BUY: AT HOME

Get‘ your letterheads. printed at|#

THE MINER OFFICE -
“Petting of Merit” ,

FARM LANDS

OREGON: &: CALIFORNIA RAI IE

ROAD CO. GRANT LANDS, Title tol

same revésted i in United States by “Acti :
-Twol|

of Congress dated Tune 9, 1916.
million, three, hundred ‘thousand © “Abies

to be opened for Homesteads and sale.//M
Con=|

Agricultural and Timber Lands, jon
servative estimate Forty Billion feet: of
commercial lumber,” Containing: some

of best: land left:in ‘United States: |

Large'Map showing land by sections
and Description of soil, climate, rain-
fall, elevations, etc, - Postpaid . One
Brollar, ‘Grant: Lands Docating Co.,
Box 610, Portland, Oregon..:.

' MINERAL ACT

Certificate of Improvements‘);

_-. | NOTICE
LITTLE HELEN, COPPER HILL,

and SKEENA MINERAL CLAIMS, sit- ||
uate in the‘’Omineca Mining Division,

of Cassiar District.

Where located:—On the west slope of |: :

Rocher de Boule Mountain.

TAKE NOTICE that Dalby B Mor-||

kill, of Hazelton, B.C., acting as agent
for H. 8. Lavery (Can. Exped. Force)

_tand Andrew Fairbairn, of Telkwa, B.C.,

Free Miner’s Certificate No. 2862C,

intend sixty days from the date hereof, a.
to apply to the Mining Recorder for IL
a Certificate of Improvements, for the | i.
purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of. ia!

the above claims. <‘~

And further take-notice that action:
under section §4, must be commenced
before the issuance: of such Certificate
of Improvements. °

Dated this 24th day of September,
. Dalby B. Morkill | |j

A.D, 1917, . 4-12

“NOTICE

N THE MATTER OF AN APPLIC-
ATION for the issue of a fresh
Certifierte- of Title for Lot 32,

Block 3, Town | of. Telkwa, (Map .. f

817).

Satisfactory evidenee having . ‘been f
furnished as to the Joss of the Cartifi- ||
cate of Title to the. above lands, .notice |.

is hereby given that it is my intention
to issue after the expiration of thirty

days after the first publication hereof aif

fresh Certificate of Title to the above

lota in the nameof Pete. Saari, which | ;

Certificate_of Title. is dated 8th Sep-
tember, 1914, and is numbered 6529-

Land Registry Office, Prince Rupert,
BC, , 20th November, 51) |

i. F. MACLEOD, ~ ‘|

District Registrar,

‘Syaopels 0 of Coal Mining Regulations
Coal m mining rights of the Dominion.

Manitoba, Saskatchewan and

Alberta, . the. ‘Territary, the

Northweat Territories ‘and ina ‘portion q

of.the Province of British Columbia,

may be leased for a term of twenty-one

years ‘at an annual-.rentaél of $1:an
acre. Not more than 2, 560° acres will
be | leased to one applidant,” :

by Apple applicant in person to tha Agent

or Sub-Agentof the district in which

the xights applied for are situated,
“In surveye

divisions of sections, and in unsurveyed

atked. out by the applicant himeelf. ,
wa by a hep of $5, which will be xéfund-
ed if the rights applied ‘forrare «not}
available, but not otherwiae../.3, aoyat.| |
ty shall be paid on the eat es

cutput.of the mine at the rate of. five!
:feente per'ton,
TAKE NOTICE. that 1, Fi P. Burden,

-The.person operating the: mine shali
furnish the Agent -with :sworn returns
accounting font the full ‘quantity. of ‘mer-
~};Cchantubla .coal mined ahd pay ‘the
~ | toyalty thereon. If the coa minin,
rights ‘are not being operated, suc

returns should. be. furni shed. vat. least | 8.

once a year.
The lease will include the coal rafaing
tights only, but the lessee may. bd per-
thitted to: hu urthase ‘whatever available
‘surface righta may be considered -nec-

eugary. for, the. working of. the. Aine at.

the rate of 310,00 an acres 770:
For: full. information .. application
should be made.to tha Secretar of the

‘or any A cent or.

Bub-A ati
Bomfaon Lit f

- CORY,

New w Hazelton , +

plication for-a lease must be: ‘made eo

territory. the land must
_ | be described by sections, or legal ‘sub-

plication must be accompani- |

tt wes

The Canadian Patriotic: Fund .

whieh ‘abaisti the": “wives, and, families of Canada’ Ss gallant ~
_séldiers, requires milions of. dollars to’ keep ‘the. soldiers"

aa

Bay

home fires burning...

District Treasurer: Stephen HL Hoskins, Government Agent

J. B. Kirby, Re E,. Allen, J. K. Prosty Jo‘ Ry Barkef,
Monthly Subscriptions a are Solicited -

“the ‘Hazelton’ Branch requests" the support of" all: in vat
efforts to asaist | in 1 the noble work of this great hurnanitat ian” yl .

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“Honérary Presidents: Mrs. (Rev. ) John Field; Mrs, (Rev, »

> Vioe-Presidenias J: ¥, | Maguire, Mrs. Chappell, Wm. Grant”

and 5. G. Powell.

_ Hazelton: Committee:

The ( Canadian Red Cros

. -Mesdames Wattie,. Wrin

— organization, _

w. Hogan * tun Pek oye
*Chairaian: “Br, Hy CG 'Wiitneh’

Honorary Seeretary: Miss W. Soal

‘Honor ary ‘Theaters EL A. Little,. Manager Union Bank: |

‘Executive Committee:. mS a

Kield,. Ws Wattic, John Newiek, Ee

ch, Sealy, ‘and’ Glassey; Rev. Jahn

* guich comforts and. noeebsities ‘ag cannot be readili obtained’
“at the front, “and. will ddsist them, to. ‘re-establish: themselves”
.in eit, life when they return,
: 2 co = “operation “with ihe Provincial ’ ’ Retuirned Soldier”
e © Commission. -and the iitaty Hospitals Commission ©

“The. Committee: ig: racting i in:

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