een - Pee bean rer - x ee ee eee The Omineca Miner PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT HAZELTON, THE CENTER OF THE Great OminEcA District oF BRITISH COLUMBIA. Macdonald & Rauk, Publishers and Proprietors. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada and British Possessions, Two Dollars a year; Foreign, Three Dollars a year. ADVERTISING RATES; Display, $1,60 per inch par month; Reading Notices, 15 cents per line for first ingertion, 10 cents per line for each subsequent insertion. Legal notices inserted at B. C. Gazette rates. Vo. I, SaATuRDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1911. No. 9. China’s Revolution It would appear from recent developments in China that the awakening of that nation is at hand. | Therebellion, which was at first regarded as one of the sporadic outbreaks which have been sofrequent in the history of.the Flowery Kingdom, has developed into a revolution which bids fair to wipe out of existence the * Manchu dynasty, the alien rulers who have since 1644 governed China. The ‘‘Reform’’ party has thrown all its power into the contest and is supported by expatriated Chinamen in all parts of the world. Funds do not seem to be lacking in the revolutionary cause, and foreigners interested in the Chinese empire, appear to look favor- ably on the policy of the insurgents. It is an evidence of the farsighted nature of the reform policy that the leaders of the rebellion have refrained from attacking the cities where foreign interests are considerable, and have not in any way interfered with people of other nationalities, thus giving other nations no exeuse for interference. With a wide spread senti- ment in their favor throughout their own country, plenty of money for their campaign, and no foreign intervention, the revolutionists appear to have an excellent chance for success. In the event of the overthrow of the existing government, it is probable that China will become a republic, after thousands of years of monarchic rule. Their immediate policy is outlined ina manifesto which has just been published as follows: "To all friendly nations, greeting, We, the citizens of all China, now waging war against the Manchu government for the purpose of shaking off the yoke of the Tartar conqueror by overthrowing the present corrupt state of autceracy and establishing a republic in its place and at the same time intending to enter upon a more close relation with all friendly nations for the sake of maintaining the peace of the world and of promoting, the happiness of mankind, to make our action clearly under- stood, hereby declare: “First--All treaties concluded between the Manchu - government.and any nation before this date will be con-' tinually effective up to the time of their termination. ‘‘Second—Any foreign loan or indemnity incurred by the Manchu government before this date will be acknowl- edged without any alteration of terms, and will be paid by the maritime customs as before. ‘*Third—All concessions granted by the Manchu gov- ernment to any foreign nation before this date will be respected, . *‘Fourth—All persons and property of any foreign nation in the territory occupied by the Chinese army will be fully protected. ‘*Fifth—aAll treaties, concessions, loans and indernni- ties concluded between the Manchu government and any foreign nation after this date will be repudiated. “‘Sixth—All possessions of any. nationality who take the part of the Manchu government to act against the eitizen army of China will be treated as enemies. __ . “Seventh—aAll kinds of war materials supplied by any foreign nation to the Manchu government. will be confis- eated when captured.’’ A Road To Groundhog The business men of Hazelton are interesting themselves in the project for a road to Groundhog mountain, as outlined in these columns, and strong representations will be made to the provincial authorities, with the object of securing an appropriation sufficient for the work. — It is expected that the minister of public works, when made acquainted with the needs of the Groundhog district, will give the proposed road his approval. | The people of Hazelton and the country which will be served by the road are unanimous in their support of the project, and it only remains to impress tha necessity for the work on the powers that be, - A Necessary Court The announcement thata small debta court has been established in Hazelton will prove interesting to many business men, who have . for some time agitated for such a court. Vexation and difficulty - have heretofore attended the collection of small debts, and the pro- ‘vision of the proper machinery for the disposal of such cases with- out the former delay and expense will be welcomed. Clements Is Busy - _ Our member i in the House of Commons, H. S. Clements, has been investigating the postal service throughout Comox-Atlin, with a view to securing the improvements and extensions necessitated -by the rapid development of the communities of this fast growing district. - _ Besides giving his attention to the transportation and ee mail necessities of thé coaat sections, Mr. Clements is looking into "the rizeds of the upper country, and. will endeavor, among other reforms; to secure the appointment of additional clerks for the ‘focal postoffide. - We have grown so fast in’ Hazelton that the -- ‘poatoffice department has utterly failed to'keep up, and the post- mister, beitig allowed no clerical aspistance, has been unable to give public ‘the service to which it is entitled, Under-the new regirnd, i id-to be expected ‘that our requirements in ‘this. reapect! wi be fecogriized, and that'a sufficient staff will ‘be employed -in j -toateftiea t6 handle the heavy mala expeditoualy. : -Ithe state ‘Julations by proclamation. THE OMINUCA MER, SatoRDaY, OCTOBER 38," ibil. Reforins At Ottawa” According to Ottawa advices, an early result of the change of government will bean extensive remodeling of the administrative service, Among the changes in prospect, one which is almost certain is the transfer of the department of external affairs to the prime minister, that the leader of the government may have at hand the materials for forming correct views as to the external policy of Canada, Another’ pressing reform is | the cutting away from the de- partment of agriculture of the extraneous services such as the census and statisties, patents, trademarks, copyrights, public health and archives, Simultan- eously, grain inspection will probably move over from trade and commerce to. agriculture. Census and statisties may be attached to labor. Mines may go to the interior, Yet another subject for reform is the making of maps. At pre- sent, cartographical work is done by the militia, the interior, the geographical survey, the marine and fisheries and even the post- office. The creation of one map- making bureau has long been agitated. Aa Inoperative Treaty The Dominion government has had an unpleasant taste of Ameri- ean reciprocity in the fishery regulations, saysan Ottawa dis- patch, In order to end what is ‘declared by government officials to be an intolerable situation, the government has made upits mind to withdraw from the food fish- eries treaty of 1908. That the treaty regulations as agreed to so far by the United States gov- ernment will not be accepted by Canada may be stated with albso- lute certainty, of 1908 a treaty was drawn up between Great Britain and the United States, whereby the ‘fish- ery regulations in waters. contig- nous te the two countries should be made uniform, for which pur- pose each country was toappoint a fisheries commission. This took the United States fisheries regulations out of the hands of governments, and placed them in the hands of the international commission, . The regulations were tobe ratified and enforced by federal authority. The treaty was signed on April 11, 1908, at Washington. The Canadian government appointed Prof. Prince and the United States, Dr. Starr Jordan as com- missioners, These two men drew up a set of rerulations cov- ering the territorial waters of Passamaquoddy Bay, the St. John and St. Croix rivers, Lake Mem- pramagog, Lake Champlain, the St. Lawrence River (as boundary water), .the Great Lakes, the er, Rainy River and lake, Lakeof the Woods, straitg of Juan de Fuca, parts of Washington Sound, Gulf of Georgia and Puget Sound. The regulations effected the object of the treaty, which was uniformity. They were’ not as good as the old Canadian regula- tions, but better than the old American, The Canadian parlia- ernment to give effect to the rez- United States Senate, however, under powerful pressure from the fishing interests of Michigan and the: State of Washington, refused to sanction any of the regulations except those affecting the waters east of the Great Lakes nullifying the treaty. The Canadian government now an arrangement, and it is an: hounced that unless. the United States will agree to bide, by the apirit of the treaty, Canada will withdraw, from the scheme : ers The situation is this: In April . Niagara River, the St. Clair Riv- | ment in 1910 authorized the gov- The | Harris Mines Progress le At the general meeting of the shareholders in Harris Mines on’ Wednesday, Superintendent: D. ‘A. Harris presented a report which shows that operations on the American Boy are being ear- vied on with the energy which might be expected from the per- sonnel of the management. In sinking on the upper, or Ha¢le, vein, a depth of 18 1-2 feet was gained in the first. eight days’ work under company auspices. On Tuesday night the shaft was 88 feet.deep, with 2 feet of high grade ore in the bottom. Fol- lowing the formal taking over of ‘the group by the Harris Mines, Dr, Wrinch and W. 8S. Harris, accompanied by R, E. Paget, Robert Grant and W. W. Wrath- all, went up to the property on Thursday. Their inspection of the workings satisfied the mem- bers of the party that develop- ment would place the group in the dividend-paying class. Developing Dominion Group On the Dominion group, re- cently bonded from Carr Bros. by C. B, Clarke, a erew under the direction of T. L. Carr is engaged in development work, having’! completed the erection of cabins and other preliminaries. Sink- ing has been resumed on the galena vein, while the copper showing is being opened up by a tunnel, Bought Another Ranch One of the largest resident landowners of the districtis H, Coppock, the veteran Westerner who has invested heavily in agri- ° cultural and residence property in this vicinity, His latest pur- chaseis the quarter-section owned by Joe McPherson and situated in the Bulkley valley, at the foot of Hudgon Bay mountain, Mr, Coppock now owns Mosquito Flat, Strawberry Fiat, the Cullon ranch, the McPherson place, a block of land near Two-mile, and a number of lots in Hazelton. Found Simon’ a Camp At the headquarters. of the Skeena and Stikine, Campbell- Johnston’s party found recent lcamps.. which gave evidence of having been used by Simon Gun- a-noot and Peter Ny-ma-darm, the fugitive Indiens who have been evading arrest on a murder charge for five years, The out- laws are avoiding the trails, and living entirely on game. “IProvincall| Free Circulating ‘Library AT ADAMS’ DRUG | STORE Call and Examine . Mason Adams. DRUGGIST Hazelton Royal ~ —"} Soft Drinks are made here --« "None better made anywhere" @ Try or Ginger Ale Lemon Soda Cream Soda On Sale Everywhere Royal Bottling Works Hazelton, B. C. The Coffee House q Where everything is well cooked and appetizing. — Our Pies, Cakes, Cookies, Doughnuts, Bread and Buns, are the best, - . Try 1 a pound can not our Special , Blend Coffee. There i ia none bet- ter anywhere, Opposite Hazelton Hotel aoe al ! i t Hazelton Bakery [ y JOIN ONE OF ‘OUR: “SUIT CLUBS You may get. $20 Suit : for $2 or $3 Drawing Takes. 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