Local and Personal

Wm. Sproule is sojouraing “In
New Westminster.

Dr. Wrinch returned on Wed-
nesday from a brief visit to Prince
Rupert,

J. & Kennedy, the Telkwa
poolroom man, was in town on
Wednesday,

Dan Olson is at present follow-
ing the paystreak in the Iditarod
placer field, in Alaska,

Ernest Price, acting postmaster
here, has returned from a vaca-
tion trip to the coast cities,

Phil McDonald, of Prinee Ru-
pert, was among the in-coming
passengers on Wednesday's train,

D. V. Joinville, well known as
achef, has assumed charge of
the popular roadhouse at 31-Mile,

George Lewis, C, W. Mitchell
and Ira Mitchell, of Qotaa Lake,
were in Hazelton during the
week,

Charles Barrett, of the Dia-
mond D ranch, returned on Wed-
nesday from a visit to Prince
Rupert.

Jd. G. MeNab, district agent for
the GC, P, R., with headquarters
at Prince Rupert, spent a couple
of days in Hazelton. ‘

Ray Hamilton, operator at
Seventh Cabin, has come out for
‘his vaeation, bringing-a nice lot
of furs which he caught last
winter,

John L. Christie, accountant for
R. Cunningham & Son, Ltd., at
Port Essington, is spending a
couple of weeks in town, on
business.

At Buffalo, on Wednesday,
Miss E, Purvis became Mra, R,
Meck, Pardee. Bride and groom
are well known and popular in
Hazelton.

The Hazelton Anthracite Syn-
dicate, composed of local. men,
has been formed to handle a
promising group of coal claims
in the Groundhog district.

Miss McDonald, for some time
amember of the Hazelton hos-
pital staff, is now a graduate
nurse, having received her: di-
ploma on Monday evening.

W. C. Gladwin, supervisor of
fire wardens for the province,
was in Hazelton on Wednesday
evening, while ona flying trip
over the G.'P. P, western sec:
tion. |

KE. M. Hoops, of Aldermere,
‘was in town last Saturday to
meet his sister, Miss Hoops, of
Vancouver, who arrived for an
extended visit at the Hoops’
ranch,

Major C. F. Morison, who was
a visitor here for some days, tells
of ‘the capture by Port Essington
fishermen a short time ago of a
spring, salmon weighing ninety-
five pounds, The Major, whose
experience runs back to the he-
ginning of the salmon canning
industry, says the, fish was the
‘|largest spring ever caught in
Skeena waters,

| The steamer Inlander, one of
the favorite vessels of the Skeena
s/ river fleet, tooted her last salute).
x to: Hazelton on Tuesday, when a
H{slight raise enabled her to sail
a1 for-the coast. The boat, which
z/{is owned principally by: Hazelton
aj/men, will probably be sold for
| Service in southern 'B. C.

El FB, ‘Chettleburgh, who was
q|0n his way to Groundhog, was
recalled — by telegraph from
Second Cabin, : returning to Ha-
zelton to make the necessary ar-
ra gements for a party of sur-
veyors which is about to proceed
to:the ‘Copper river, to survey
the claims of the Copper River
Coal Coot which Mr. Chettle-
burgh i is. superintendent,

iA. C.-Aldous has.rétutned from
Vancouver, where he spent a
couple ofiweeks on business con-
ted. with the South Hazelton
townsite, He reports that’ every-
#' thing is in train for big develop-
‘B. merits at the railway town, The
EB approval of the new plans by the

CURLY’S
CAR

A new, speedy and comfort-
able E-M-F 30, will carry
paswengers between Hazelton
and all other points in the
district, Garage opposite the
Ingineca Hotel, Hazelton.

C. R. DURANT

City Transfer |

and General Delivery

Freight delivered to all Nearby Points,
New Hazelton, Road Houses and Mines,
All Orders Filled with Cara and Dispatch.

Residence and Bam close to
Blackimith Shop

_ A. M. Ruddy

Haxselton, B.C.

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A. Chisholm

General Hardware

Builders’ Material
Miners’ Supplies

Hazelton, B. C.

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We will sell
our POOL
lap ROOM and
Fixtures for
$1,000, Including four tables,
private cue yack, seats and
everything to go with tables,
cash register, 9 - foot silent
salesman, etc.
Purchaser can either move or
run it where it is.
We will sell any of our stock
at invoice prices.

Overland Cigar Store

Slinger & Ayerde

Be Careful in
Shoe e Buying

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Carelessness is a Fat is a Fault. One |
who is careless in shoe buying
always pays dearly for it. The
more thought you give to the
requirements of your feet,- the
more you will appreciate the
high qualities. found in

“INVICTUS”

FOOTWEAR

Noel & Rock

- Sole Agents
{ Hazelton, B. C. .

Office 3rd Ave. #

Supplies, Ete.

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Prince Rupert, B. C. &

P.O. Box 436.

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. THE OMINECA MINER, ‘SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14,1912.-0 0 77

M. G, McLeod, the Telkwa tiel

contractor, was in Hazelton on
Wednesday.

Prank Ayerde is looking over
the situation at the new town of
Granby Bay.

Miss Ward, stenographer in
the government office, will leave
next for a vacation trip to the
coast.

H. 8. Clements, M. P., is ex-
pected to reach. Prince Rupert
on Monday, and may come to
Hazelton.

Andy Ruddy has brought from
the coast another good-looking
team .of. blacks, for use in his
transfer and stage business.

Sidney 8. Jarvis, recently ap-
pointed chief clerk in the gov-
ernment.office, arrived on Wed-
nesday and has joined Myr. Alli-
son’s staff,

F, J. Smyth, favorably known
throughout this district, and
& newspaper man of parts, is
now assistant editor of the Queen
Charlotte News.

Solwa, an Indian who broke
jailat Aldermere a week ago,
was captured yestesday by the
local police, He had just reach-
ed the Haguel-get reserve,

J, K. and John Ashman re-
turned on Monday from Ground-
hog. Their time for some weeks
has been devoted to prospectiig
the coal exposures ‘on a large
group of claims in which they
are interested,

Wm. Manson, M. L. A., ae-

companied by District EF Engineer .

Baxter. came up from. Prince

Rupert on Saturday evening, and }:
on Monday proceeded to the!

Bulkley Valley, to inspect the
roads of the district. between
Hazelton and South Bulkley.

W. P. Murray, of Aldous &

Murray, has returned from the
Bulkley Valley, where he com-
pleted the purchase of a large area
of iand in the vicinity of Kathlyn
lake, taking up options which
his firm had secured for eastern
capitalists; who will shortly de-
develop the properties and place}.
them on the market. :

T. Frame-Thompson, a:-London |/3

capitalist of some prominence,
who ig financially interested in
the G. T. P., arrived at end of
steel on Tuesday, by special
train, and spent a short time in
Hazelton, in conference with
board of trade officials,
visitor declared that no part -of

the world was progressing as |x

rapidly as the Canadian West.

A, L, Henderdon, appearing in ||P
the police court for the second | [Bi
time within a month on thelik
charge of supplying liquor to In- aa

dians, was sentenced to six
months imprisonment, with an

additional six months in‘ default |{s
of the payment of a $300 fine. |14

He is on his way to New West-
minster.

Canada's Trade Increase -

Ottawa, Sept. -9:—The’ Domin-

ion financial. statement for Au-

The-police are deter- | (Ri

gust shows continued © evidences

of gratifying growth in revenue,

The total for the month was
$14,445, 849, an increase of three
millions over the corresponding
period last year,

For the five months - ‘ended
August, the’ aggregate was $66,-
903,167, an inerease of fourteen
millions.. Expenditures on con-
solidated revere for the five
months was $35,851,137, an in-
crease of five millions. In. Au-
gust $6,953,065 was spent,

Outlays chargeable to capita!
in the five months totalled -$8,-
701,167, a decrease of $280,000.
The August expenditure on capi, .
tal was $4,803,811.

Between July land August the

public debt was decreased by
$3,097,926. This is a decrease of
eight millions compared with a
year ago,

| Johnson's Wife Suicides ;

Chicago, Sept..12:— The white

wife of Jack Johngon, the negro
champion pugilist, shot. and killed
herself here today. She had
shown evidence of. depression.
The act followed prayer. The
dead woman was the daughter of
David Terry, of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
and had been divorced from her

first husband, Clarence Duryea, |’
a noted turf man, before her]:

marriage to Johnson.

For Sale ©
Portable saw rig, for cordwood,
for sale at B bargain.
J. G, care Miner.

LAND NOTICES

. Hazelton Land vistrict. District of
Coast, Range 6.

Take notice that William Hakin, of
Hazelton, farmer, intends to a apply for
permission to to purchase the- ollowing

escribed lands;

.Commencing at a post planted 80
chains west from the northeast. corner
of lot 737, thence south 40 chains, west
40. chains, north 40- chains, east 40
chajns to point of commencement, con-
taining 160 acres, more or leas.

June Tl, 1912. 63 William Bakin,

pe “Omineca: Land District, District. of

.{more or Jess, thence north 80

’ Cassiar,

Hazelton, occupation painter, intends to
pply.for permission to purchsae the
fol owing described lands: ;
Commencing at a post planted . 30
chains south from the southeast corner
of lot 1967, Cassiar, and being on the
weat bank of Kitwancool Lake, “thence
south 80 chains, more or less, meander-
ing the lake, thence west.40 chains,
chains,
more or less, thence east 40 chains,
more or less to point of commencement,
containing 320 acres more or less,
June.14, 1912. 658 Elmer Cameron,

Hazelton Land istrict, District af.

’ Coast, Range 5, ~
Take notice that. Temest Lofquiet, |°
of Hazelton, clerk, intends to apply for
permission to purchase the following
escribed lands: - .

Commencing at a post planted at the
southeast corner of lot 718, thence
north 80 chains,-east 40 chains, south 80
chains, west 40 chaing to “point of com-
mencement, containing 320 acres, more

Take notice that Eimer. ‘Camerdn,. ‘at a ae
For A Lieenes To Take And Une Water. oo,

or less, : Ernest- Lotquist.
June 11, 1912, : 53

WATER NOTICE ve : es

: Notice is’ hereby given ‘that, “Jobin oe

James Kenneth Frost, of Hazelton, Bo:
C., will apply for. licence'to take and =~
use 1 cubie foot per second of water: .- ~
out of unnamed creek, ; which flowain.. >

a Westerly direction through. P;-R. 1068
(Ungazetted
into Skeena

». Lot 2414‘ and empties. -
iver near ‘Hazelton... The;

water will-be diverted at N, Boundray »

P. R: 1063" ‘and will be used for. irriga-
ton n purposes on the land: desori
1063 Ungazetted Lot 2416.
Phe motice was
on the 18th day of Se
application will be
the Water Recorder at Hazelton... -

-Objectiona may be filed, with the said’. ~- om
Water Recorder or with the Comptroller...
of Water Rights, Parliament Buildings, ao

Victoria, B,
John J. K, Froat, (Applicant).

Iee Cream. ‘Sundaes at the

Galena Club,

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J. A, Biwards, Hazelton District

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We are Ever Awake to the Necessity ;
of Filling Your Orders with -
. Care and Prompitude _

W. J: McMillan & Co.

- Wholesale’ sale Grocers:

PO BOK,
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C.

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eptember 1912. The - --:
led in the office of *.

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Cc. H. HANDASYDE, Jr.

P.O, Box 436 Prince RuPERrT 3rd Ave,

SEND For CaTALocuER -

“UNDERWOOD” Typewriter. “The Machine you will eventually BUY”.
“MACEY” Filing Systems, - Office Furniture, Strpplies, Etc.

Cqmplete Office
Outfitter

| McLaughlin Road Carts
McLaughlin Buggies .
Studebaker Wagons. _—

To Be Cleared . "h Oa |

Vey Special Prices On These To Clear Out In- ‘Preparation of
New Stock _ “

C. F. WILLIS,

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HAZELTON. |

Blacksmithing and Carriage Work:

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mined to stamp out the illict [fA

liquor traffic.

Edward Attridge, one of. the
successful prospectors of Four-
Mile, returned on Wednesday.
from ¢ visit.to his home in the

‘Emerald Isle and a trip to his/#
old stamping ground in. South |i
Africa. During an absence of a
year he visited many climes, but;

declares the climate of the

northern interior is Superior to’

any he experienced elsewhere,
Ireland, he says, has prospered

greatly in the last few years,- c
the condition of the people being |i

much improved as a result of the
reformed land.laws,

Bill Fox, for yeara- past in|
charge of one. of the Hudson’s |

Bay Company’ & most remote fur.

trade posts, Fort: Grahame, hes i

retired from the ‘service, and
will start a trading post of his

own near the mouth of the Find-|

lay Fiver, says the Fort George
Herald. Mr, Fox ia now staying
at Fort St, James, Stuart Lake.
He is to be married shortly, arid
then will return to the big Find.
lay river, which, flowing from
the north meéts the Parsnip fron)
the south and forms the mighty
Peace near:-the ‘intersection: of

ae Jathtude bé'and HTongitude 1 124,

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THESE COLD NIGHTS

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We carry a large assortment t of above at tight prices.

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