Soke EE THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29,1917 a ° ‘ q o : The Omineca Miner PURLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT HazeLTON, THE CENTER OF THE GREAT OMINECA DISTRICT ‘OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. A. R.: Macdonald, Publisher and Proprietor... | SUBSGRIPTION RATES: Canada and British Possessions, Two ‘Dollars a . Year; Foreign, Three Dollara a year. ADVERTISING RATES: Display, $2.50 per inch per. month: Reading Natices, 20 eents per line for each insertion. Legal notices inserted at B. C, Gazette rates, . . fo “Vou, VIL SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1917 No, 5 With the arrival in Hazelton of military representatives under the Military Serviee Act, the following, adapted from the Colonist, “may prove of interest: , In each of the cities of British Columbia where exemption tribunals are to be established and which are to act as mobilization ‘centers, there will also be a medical board, The mobilization centers announced, where. troops of surrounding! localities are to be mobilized and sent to Vancouver or Victoria for training, will each be furnished with both exemption tribunals and medical boards. The military authorities have issued a statement urging’ upon all those liable for service in the first draft to report as soon as possible to the local medical boards and to ascertain whether they are eligible physically. ' “It is-important’’ reads the statement, information as soon as possible.. medical board will secure for you freedom from responsibility under the Military Service Act from any exemption - tribunals, A certificate of fitness will not preclude an appeal for any exemption on any grounds,”’ Arrangements now permit of the medical examination of all ‘men who present themselves at the offices at Hazel ton. . Questions of exemption will be determined, not by the military authorities or by the government, but by civil tribunals ‘composed representative men who are familiar with local-eonditions j in the communities in which they serve, who will generally have personal knowledge of the economic and family reasons which thoge whose cases come before them have had for not volunteering their services ‘that you obtain this ~-°"and who will be able sympathetically to estimate the weight and ‘importance of such reasons, Following is a Tecapitolation of heads under which exemption may be claimed: | { First—Importanee of continuing ‘employment in habitual occupation. Second—Importance of continuing employnient a as ————, fur which he is specially qualified, . Third—Serious hardship owing to exceptional financial obliga- tions, \ ; _Fourth—Importance of continuing edueation or training. “Fifth—Serious hardship owing, to exceptional business obliga- tions, ‘Sixth —Serious hardahin owing to exceptional dotnestie position: Seventh—Ill- health or infirmity, * : "he Eighth—-Adherence to religious’ denomination, of which the articles of faith forbid combatant service, Provincial appellate tribunals, constituted from the existing judiciary of the respective provinces, will be provided to correct. mistakes made by Jocal’ tribunals, and. a central appeal judge for . _the whole of Canada, selected from among the present. judges of the supreme court of Canada, will be constituted’ in order that]. identical principles may. ba applied throughout the country. ; this way every man May . rest assured of’ the’ fait and: Tull consideration of his circumstances and: ‘the national requirements. . Applications for exemption may be made by written notice tranamitted free of postage, They will not, however, be required ‘to be made i in this way, but may be. Presented ‘by. applicants in person tothe exemption tribunals, — piven written notice in advance will have Precedence, and appear- ance.in person will therefore: be likely to involve considerably more inconvenience -and delay to~ the. men’. concerned, Ho that. it is - recommended. that advantage be senerally taken of the facilities of; written application. ye, rok oh A registrar, RS, Lennie, has ‘been’ “appointed for- Britih * Columbia, with headquarters at either Vancouver. or. Victoria. “Alb inquiries are to he addressed. to: ‘him, and er registrar. ~~ will _transmit ‘to ‘the: Sppropriate ‘tribunal the abplic .{ can be seen with Lot 2. | DY”, can be seen at Hanktn Ranch, A certificate of unfitness from al, |. ‘HOTEL PRINCE RUPERT | SO Hy | Inj forma which will be available at every ‘postoffice and will he]. The | cases of those who have ‘ | _ PUBLIC NOTICE - TENDERS will be received ‘by the | undersigned, up to 5 o'clock in the afternoon of Oct. 15th, 1917, for ‘the purchase of any. one or all of the fol- || lowing horses, viz,: 1. One roan horse, named “xi”, || il tan be seen at Janze’s Ranch, Kispiox. 1 2. One roan. mare and stud colt, dl named “PIeRALD’’ and “SLIPPER” re-|0 spectively, can be seen with Asst, Ran-, a ger MeLean, Francois Lake. i 3. One bay horse, named “PACER”, 4. One pinto. horse, named “PENe a To”, can be seen at R. Duff's, Telkwa. | 6. One white horse, “SNOWBALL”, | can be seen at Hankin Ranch;- Kiapiox. 6 One bay horse, named “BaL- | Kispiox. 7, One mare and stud colt, named 1 “Motiy’? and “Jack’’; can be deen at MeNeil Ranch, Telkwa. envelope, securely sealed, and marked, “TENDER, FOR Horses," and must be accompanied by .an accepted cheque or money order for at least 10 per cent, of amount set out in the tender, - Each tender must be enclosed in an st | ” derers will be returned to them. The highest or, any tender will not necessarily be accepted. TunMs—Cash on acceptance of ten- | | The cheques of all unsuccessful ten- | der. R. E, ALLEN, | District’ Forester, a | -Hazelton, B.C, ml : Provincial Assayer ANALYTICAL CHEMET NEW HAZELTON -: - lame G. Powell . B.C. Office |# Arts and Crafts Building, 578 Scymour Stree} VANCOUVER, EB fl | The Estate of J. =| Assay Office and . Provincial Assayers and Chemists Established 1897 by the late J, O’Sul-||f ~ livan, FSG. 8.) 26 years with Vivian & Sons, Swansea, UI MINING sURveEYs |If- Dalby B. Morkill British Columbia Land Surveyor _ | HAZELTON - - BC. HORSESHOER AND General Blacksmith ’ Prices Cut in Half : Shoeing from $2 up—Shop Work |f 50 cents nts per hour : MAX. HIATT ~ HAZELTON|| THE LEADING . HOTEL IN NORTHERN B. C1 "ta EUROPEAN PLAN: ~~ (|i Qne Dollar per day and upwards 25c. atlo service fo and fram all tralns and boats PRINCE RUPERT * *- 8 BC. 80M, NEWTON’ ; he Prince Rupert Etapireman; vhio-fa ‘a: candidate for the. house f commons for: this Rie |. Which assists the wives and families of Canada’ 8 ‘gallant, “YoU CAN AT LEAST STAND BEHIND THE MAN WHO F “FOR You! | THE CANADIAN PATRIOTIC FIND soldiers, requires millions of dollars to weep the’ soldiers’ - home fires burning. ' ee | : District Treasurer: Stephen H. Hoskins, Governinent Agent \ _ Hazelton Committee: 7 st ft "and 4 G. Powell, - Monthly Subscriptions are Solicited a Pa 4 THE CANADIAN RED CROSS | The Tlazelton ‘Branch. ‘requests, the support of - all in its * Honorary Presidents: Mrs, (Rev) John Field; Mrs. = Ue) W. Hogan oe i . Chairman: De RC: Weincti ums | ‘Viee-Presidénts: 8, H. Hoskins; Mrs,’ E.. R Cox; W. 3, Care’ | Honorary Secretary: Miss J. C. Grant - ’ Honorary Treasurer: H, HL Little, Manager: Union Bank Executive. Committee: . Mrs. H. C. “Wrineh, Mrs, R. G. Moseley, - Mrs. Chas, Reid, Miss Hogan, Rev, John Field, ‘Rev. M. Pike, H.-H. Phillips . Large ¢ or Small Contributions will be Gtatefally Received . = ~[T - ” COMMITTEE ee Endeavors: to » supply soldiers from’ Hazelton district with . Such comforts and necessities as cannot be- steadily obtained “atthe front, and will. assist them. toi re-establish themselves in civil: life when they return: The Committee is acting i in: Y c0 - “opeiation’ with ‘the: Provincial - Returned ‘Soldiers’. Commission’ and the Military: Hospitals ; Commission Cantibutions to the Soldier Aid Tobacco Fund are. Wale iL HL Little. R B Allen, F B ‘Chettlebureh . H. Bs, Campbell A. F Glassey, W. MeKay J. E, Kirby, R. EL“ Allen, J, “K. Frost, J. Ri Barker, fi efforts to. assist in the noble work of this | great humanitarian ; g . ae organization. « Poa es oe a