' —_ netersngsmnaeaneeree-ceeroerat So THE OMTNECA HERADD, FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1926 =I|¢ IOE io Sy 10oL— hic PREVENT FOREST FIRES YOU CAN HELP B.C. FOREST SERVICE or ae [SS IOI As =) | nem £0); lol [(¢) Ili IO! 3c IO] 5|[9] SYNOPSIS OF LAND ACT AMENDMENTS PRE-EMPTICNS Vacant, unreserved, surveyed Crown lands moy be preempted by British subjects over 18 years of age, and by | aliens on declaring intention ‘to becom British subjects, conditional upon residence, secu- pation, and improvement for agricultural. purposes, Fall information concerning regulations regarding pre-emptions is given in Builetin No. 1, Land Series, “How to Pre-empt Land,” eopies of which can be obtalned free of charge by addressing the .Deprriment. of Lands, Victoria, B.C., or to any Government Arent. Records will be granted covering only land suitable for agrieuttural purposes, and which is not timberland, ie., carrying over 5,000 board feet per acre west of the Coast Range and 8,000 fect per acre east of that Range. Applications for “preemptions are to be addressed to the Land Commissioner of the Land Reeording Division in which the land applied for is situated, and are made on printed. forms, copies of which can be obtained fram the Land Commissioner, Pre-emptions must be occupied for five years and improvements made to the value of $10 per acre. including clearing and cultivat- ing at least five acres, before a Crown Grant can be received. For more detailed information gee the Bulletin, ‘How to Pre-empt Land.’ PURCHASE Applications are xecelved for purchase of vacant and unreserved Crown lands, not heing timberland, for agricultural purposes; minimum price of first-class (arable) land is $5 per acre, and ‘second-class (grazing) land. $2.60 per acre. Further information regarding purchase or lease of Crown lands is given in Bulletin No. 10, Land Series, "Purchase and Lensa af Crown Lands." : Mill, factory, or industrial sites on- timber land, not exceeding 40 acres, may be purchaced or leased, the conditions including payment of atumpage, HOMESITE LEASES Unsurveyed areas, not exceeding 20 acres, may be eased’ as homesites, conditional upon a dwelling being erected in the first year, title belne obtainable after residence and improvement coriditions are fulfilled a the land has . been sur. veyed. ‘ LEASES « For grazing and industrial areas not exceeding 610 acres may be ‘leased by any one perdon or company. GRAZING Under ‘the {s divided and the ‘Into grazing districia, “purpose || Grazing Act the -Provinca| ~ Commissioner. Annual grazing permits are issued, based. an numbers ranged, priority being given to established owners, Stock- owners may form associations for range management, Free, or partially free, per- mits are available for settlers, campera and travellers up to ten head. anual Passes Granted. to Interior High — School Students Results of the June examina- tions for Grades IX and X, held in the high schools of the pro- vinee were announced last week by the department of education. Successful candidates in tne nor- thern interior in these grades are given below, and are in addi- tion to those who were promoted jon principal’s recommendation in ‘the regular high schools. (5) in- dicates that a supplemental ex- amination hag been granted,.and a numeral after a name shows the number of subjects passed. BURNS LAKE CENTRE. Public Schools, Grade IX. _. Burna Lake--Olive Nourse. ‘Francois Lake—Mary BE. Gain, Lucy M. Gain, South Bulkley—Violet Keddy 4. Grade X. . Southbank—Ellen R. Murray 4. South Bulkley—George Gair. SMITHERS CENTRE. . Telkwa Public School, Grade IX.— Frank M. Dockrill (5). WISTARIA CENTRE. Grade IX. Wistaria Public Sehool—Alfred J. Harrison 5, Edward J. Mohr 4, Glenn R. Mohr (8). - On Saturday the results of the Grade XI (Normal Entrance and Junior Matriculation) examina tions were issued. [he names of the successful ones in this Spade That ADVERTISING have to offer, Gets The Trade To get steady sales in satisfac- tory volume you must build up con- fidence i in your store and its service, . Herald and The Terrace News will lay the foundation of such confidence. Advertising does the spade work that - leads to bigger sales. folks about your store, its service. It will tell them about the goods you Let your advertising in The Omineca Herald and The Terrace News be a standing invitation to the people of the district. Progressive Merchants Advertise Issued by Canadian Weekly Newspapers Assoc’n . > 4 in The Omineca It will tell the * The Bell With the Voice of a Woman Se Canadlun Scotland ong Kong. OT far about forty-elght tons. and 27 feet as If there were & woman bell, elfic iiner Empress of ume sway fantastic tale carried on the of Btreets on which they play. commend impossible feats for amusement {n-his empire. oftictal -bell-maker, three Emperors. Please . the. ‘Emperor. < bell... a: beautifil ‘bell, a bell. with tone like'a human voles. . which wat -near his | home, mrde and erectad. Soon it rang. range administered Grazing under the Pucifly tiner “Kmpress of moored at Kowloon, nenr from the Temple off Todal-ji, at Nara, Japan, there is a gigantic bell which weighs It is 13% feet high, 10 inches thick at the rim, In elreumferenea, and the volume of its tones Is enormous and awe-inspiring. At times it seems in the weeping bitterly in the night, einging blithely during the day. Passengers making tha Round the World Crulse on the Canadian Pa- Scotland heard It ring. saw the immense vol- About this famous bell there Is a lips siant-eyed. Mongolian children through the picturesque, intriguing Many hundreds of years ago, a stern and powerful Emperor ruled Japan with an iron band. When ill, he would his One day he decided he would bave a new bronze bell, one which would ring louder and Issue metlower tones than any otber bell So he sent for Hop Si Wong. the en aged and honorable servant of the Crown for ‘ many years, a man who had served And ‘Hop 61 Wong _wag told’ to.make a bell that would ‘An. artistle Hop: went-away to his. workshop, an worked: for. days and: nights, mized | the. Ingredients, watched over. ‘the - boltge-pot. Finally the bell was Mn anoner had the first ecto died away than the Hmperor called for minaret Hop “Tmbeciie!” thundered the Emperor “May your foul carcass be devoured by demons. Thal you should inflict upon" the eare of. your monarch this desecration. Dost cai) that a bell? An‘unwieldy lump. of brass it is... Go and make another and, if you fail, untold agony will be your due” So spoke the Em- peror. Perhaps oot in those words, but In similar language, for Hop came home that olght'tn mortal fear and trembling. Hop had a benutiful daughter. She Was ag good as she waa beautitul— indeed, a rarity. To her, Hop sobbed af cut the story of his failure and the displeasure of the Emperor. ° She ligtened sympathetically and nodded wisely and told Hop to start work immediately on the sécond’ bell, * Again. the ancient servitor worked for days and nights. Again he boiled -| hin tngredienta. And-one day at twi- light, just as he wae watching. ovar them, - his beautiful daughter: rusbed our of the house and leaped tuto the buge oolling vauldron of molten alloy, shouting, “Father, ‘tla for thee,” Sad at ‘heart and weary, Hop continued his worl. -.His olmble fin- Bers fashioned the bell with the deftneas of grief. Intricate designa, very tiny, appeared on it as if by magic. [t grew to a ‘great alze, and many workmen were needed to erect It. When it rang, there was a tone of such great beauty, as of a woman weeplog bitterly in the oight over the, departure of her lover, as of a mother mourning for her. child, -as.. of a lark welcoming the ‘dawn, that. all who-heard: it wept. .. 7 She. mighty. Emperor called for Hop aud satd,“Thoy hast done well indeed, I am eatlatied.~ fell dead. Buch is the story told “about the boll whieh -ta:not-far-from the Tem-' And Bop ¢ | ple of Todal-fi, .But then, the same story !a told of other beputitul, belle io Japan. at district are as follows: SMITHERS CENTRE. Smithers High Schoo!l—William R. Calderwood (8), Vivian J. Graham (S),: Craig A. Millar, Mildred S. MeDonald. Three candidates granted partial stan- ding. Private Study (Completed Grade XI) —dJamieson H, Graham, HAZELTON CENTRE, New Hazelton Public School—Ernest A.. Goddard, . KITSUMGALLUM CENTRE. Kitsumgallum Superior School—John Lawrence Greig, M. Marguerite Mar- tin (8); Stuart Henderson and Simon Gun-a-noot have gone into the north country to locate that gold [which we have always heard go much about. Mr. Henderson saw to it that ample publicity was given his trip before he left Van- . Summer. => Brings AOE New | 3 Friends At this season we: always hear of users of Pacific Milk. Women go to camps and summer homes where fresh milk is not to be had. . They-are compelled to use: | jcanned milk and discover that jcakes..and: other cooking come out-nicer than at home. ‘ | Pact Milk Head ‘Office:: Vancouver Factories at Abbotsford and. Lainer.