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|  SYNOPSISOF
BLAND ACT AMENDMENTS

PRE-EMPTIONS

4 Vacant, onreserved, surveyed Crown lands
amay be preempted by ”. British subjects
mover 18 years of age, and hy aliens
Jon declaring intention to ‘become | British

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f Fall information concerning regulationa
H regarding pre-emptions fs given in Batletin
No. 1, Land Series, “How to Pre-empt Land,’*
} copies of which can he obtained free of charge
Bby addressing the Department of Lands,
F Victoria, B.C., or to any Governmient Agent.
Records will be granted covering only
jland suitable for agricultural purposes, and
meiwhich ia not timberland, i.e, carrying over
m6,000 board feet per acre west of the
RCoast Range and 8,00) feet per acra east
of that Range.

me: Applications for pre-emptions are to be
addressed to the Land Commissioner of the
WLand Recording Division in which the land
applied for is situated, and are made on printed
forme, coples of which can be obtained from the
Land Commissioner. ‘

7 Pre-emptiona must be oceupled for five yeara
memind improvements made to the value of
matl0 per acre, including clearing and cultivat-
ming at least five acres, before a Crown Grant
{ran be received,

For more detailed information see the Bulletin,
| ‘How to Pre-empt Land."

f PURCHASE

¥ Applications are received for purchase
mot vacant and unreserved Crown Jands,
gee 206 being timberland, for agricultural purposes;
Me fninimum price of first-class (arable) land
mia $65 per sere, and second-clase (grazing)
mand $2.50 per acre. Further information
Mregarding purchase or lease of Crown
lands is given in Bulletin No, 10, Land
‘Series, “Purchase and Lease of Crown
Lands.”

| Mill, factory, or Industrial sites on timber
land, not exceeding 40 acres, may be purchaed or
Meased, the conditions including payment of
‘Btumpage,

HOMESITE LEASES

; Unaurveyed areas, not exceeding 20 secres,
Jmay be leased as homesites, conditional
upon a dwelling being erected in the
‘firat year, title being obtainable after
‘residence and improvement conditions are
‘fulfilled a the Jand has been sur-
weyed.

: LEASES

f subjects, conditional upon residence, occu-|

THE OMINECA | HERALD, FRI

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DAY, JULY 9, 1926

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Geo. Rorie of Prince Rupert wag in

town in connection with the Skeena
Lumber ‘Co,

The First of July waa a holiday for
the cal children who, with baskets of
good eats, and numerous adults, went
on a picnic to the historic site of Kitse-
las. This ia an ideal spot to sleep away
or otherwise enjoy an idle day. Those
who remember the steamboat days de-
light to dream of the days that were,
The youngsters had races and games
and a real good time,

J. Hamblet and Mr. and Mra. Herbert
Drake, Ketchikan, Alaska, arrived in
town last week and made preparations
for developing the Silver Mountain
claims in which they are interested.
Gus Nyberg took several pack horses
loaded with supplies to the camp at
timber line. The owners intend to get
out a bunch of high grade ore to ship.

Hamilton and Kenton, Goat River,
Cariboo, were visitors to the district
with a view to prospecting. They are
friends of Mrs. Kendall and were with
her husband, Milo C. Kendall, .before
he was drowned. Mrs. Kendall has dis--
posed of the placer leases her husband
own,

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Skeena’s Industrial Centre

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areas not exceeding 640 acres may be leased
by any one person or company,

GRAZING

Under the Grazing Act the
js divided into grazing districts, and the
range administered under the Grazing
Commissioner. Annual grazing permits are
issued. based on numbera ranged, priority
heing given to established owners,  Stock-
ewrers may form assoclations for range
management, Free, or partially fres, per-

Province

t For grazing and industrial {purposes

mits are available for settlers, campers and
travellers up to ten head.

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ADVERTISING

lay the foundation

folks about your

have to offer.

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The Trade

‘To get steady sales in satisfac- .
tory volume you must build up con- -
fidence in your store and its service.

Herald and The Terrace News will

Advertising does the spade work that
leads to bigger sales,’ It will tell the:

It will tell them about

Let your advertising in The
Omineca Herald and The Terrace
News be a standing invitation to the
people of the district. po

‘Progressive —
« Merchants _

lesued by Canadian Weekly Newspaperd Abeoc'n’ .

Work |
Gets

in The Omineca

of such confidence,

store, its service.
the goods you

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a weék-end visitor of her aunt who ae-
companied her home Sunday, . ©

Fishery Guardian Sherwood of Ter-
race was here on 2 round of inspection.

‘A, Pete and his partner have hiked
to Bornite mountain where they intend
to put in the summer on the Bornite
King group.

D. E. Moody and R. Lowrie left this
week for the Banner-Homestake group
twelve miles out on O. K. mountain, to
make trail and develop property.

J. Gall with a crew is improving the
Chiminess trail, Kleanza creek trail is
now in shape to Summit Lake, 18 miles

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Smithers

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Miss Alice Smith, whe has been
attending normal school at Vic-
toria, returned to her home here
last week. °

Mrs. J. R. MeIntyre and family
left for prairie cities last week to.
spend the summer holidays with
friends and, relatives.

Jimmy Hynes, one of the boys
convicted of stealing afew months
ago, was again up before Judge
Young last week on a charge of
theft and received a sentence of
two years in the industrial school,

| Miss Edna Dobbie, Copper River,was |

Miss M. Hanna, who has serv-
ed on the local .school teaching
staff for three years, has resign-
ed} She is spending the holidays
at Powell River before taking up
teaching at another school.

' The summer outing season at
Lake Kathlyn, the popular Smi-
thers resort, is now in full swing.
Mrs. Birnie’s camp is again open-
ed, and among her guests are
Mrs. R. Blance and daughter and
Mrs. Geo, Brvant and son, Prinee
Rupert. Of those owning their
own homes, Mr. and Mrs. Olof
Hanson and familv, of Prince
Rupert, have moved up, as have
Mr. and Mrs. John Dybhaven of
that city. ,

A special meeting of the Native

:| Sons of Canada was held in their

lodge-rooms on Wednesday even.
ing of last week, when the local
members and a large delegation

|from Telkwa were treated to a
very interesting address by F.

Duchemin, Grand Chaplain of the
Grand Lodge,

P. J. Job, of Vancouver, who
is interested in a group of miner
al claims on Hudson’s Bay moun-

tain near Evelyn, atrived recent.

ly. He now has a crew of men
at the mine making a start on an
extensive program of develop:
ment work,

Famous Park Where Indians Once Gathered _

A big farewell dance was held
in the Evelyn schoolhouse on
Saturday, June 26. The guest of
honor was Miss M. Jacquot, who
is leaving the district after hav-
ing’ taught at Evelyn for the past
three years. The schoolhouse at
Driftwood was also the scene of
a farewell dance recently, in
honor of the teacher, Miss Mar-
jorie Roberts, prior to her de-
parture for Prince George to
spend the summer holidays with
her parents.

Dr. and Mrs. R. C. Bamford
and family, of Endako, motored
to town on ‘Wednesday of last
week and are spending a few
days here.

Bert Cox, of Hazelton, is on
duty at the local telegraph office,
during the iliness of Wm. Mit-
chell, the regular operator.

A baseball team made up of
the younger men of Smithers ar-
rived Sunday to play the boys of
New Hazelton. Due to a misun-

derstanding they looked for the
game here while the New Hazel-
ton boys and an audience awaited
in vain on their own grounds.
During the afternoon a scrub
team was gathered together, but
the visitors were too strong,

Members of the hospital nurs-
ing staff are taking holidays dur-

ing the summer months,

ight after night on the shorea of
Thunder Bay, long ago, were
heard weird chanting laments of fn-
dian braves. Hundreds of members

of various tribes then made this In-
let in Northern Ontario ting--with
their shouts and songs, and the rum-
‘bling sound of wooden: sticks thud-
ding with monotonous regularity on
‘buckskin tom-toms.

alte of many a4 tribal rendezvous. - '

looks out over the spreading waves

In

Thore ‘the In-
dians went to hunt and that was the

®For three miles the. water front

’ of the Bay at the Sleeping Giant.
. The Weleome.Islande ‘te in that en-
- france while beautiful, picturesque
. -Pie' Island in, onthe southern: side.
lace’ of the laboriously hand-:
wade, intricately- decorated war

wakes from Port McNicoll te Fort

canves of Indian days may now be
seen processions of great Canadian
Pacific passenger and freight ves-
sels, and the fleet of smaller craft
plying in-and out of Fort William
and Port. Arthur. -Where enchant-
ing Indian laments rose high and
clear in the humid air may now be
heard the'-voices of happy -English-
Speaking ‘throngs of tourists, ‘
On the sandy beaches of Thunder
Bay.has magically arisen a park
celled Chippewa. Camping grounds,
‘attractive lodges, long, shady lanes
overshadowed by towering giants of
the forest, and a real, honest-to-
goodness, live-animal soo are among
the features which have contribute
‘to the popularity of Chippewa Park.
. The three hundred acres:of . forest

lying under the: shadow of: ‘Ml

‘mobile

’ Upper—The Pavilion, Left—A Birch-bark Wigwam. » Centre—
“Tame Teddy” taking. his daily dip.
the magnificent Canadian Pacific passenger steamers plying the Great

Right—S.S. Assiniboia, one of

William ond Chippewa Park,

McKay were originally part of an
ancient National Reserve and rarely
ancient Chippewa’ Nation Reserve,
and rarely saw the foot ofa whita!
man. Now, on the main line of tho/ -

‘Canadian Pacific Railway, advanta-

eously situated cloas to Fort Wiis
jam, the k is visited by largo
numbers of men, women and chil-
dren throughout the rear, Fy

Canadiana ar@ beginning to find
that in addition to numerous natural
resources Canada possesses unrival-
led sites for simmer playgrounds, —
parks and other reaprts.. Instead of «
going to other countries Canadians’:
are learning to ‘appreciate Canada:
first, The chai wed condi pa is due, ;
7 iy to impr travelling ‘con+
wenlenesa: by :sbeam,‘:rall and: gues:

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