THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1918 +

Wow!---Man Says We
Can’t Feed Our-
Selves In
B.C.

Mr, A. 8. Twedale, statistician
to the provincfal department of

agriculture, says, ‘‘We j in British
Columbia must appreciate the

Huns Sustain
Setback From
-French¥orces

With the French Army in

ed a sharp setback yesterday to
the Germans, which have been
hammering away relentlessly in

|Sees No Present Need

France:—The French administer- |.

For Dehydrated
~ Vegetables in -
Britain”

The following telegram has
been.received ‘from. the Canada
Food Board by W. E. Scott, dep-

a

. Abreast the Times

science of agriculture. This sea-|.-
son. will be the first té witness
the operation of a tractor in the
district,.

| Bulkley valley wili this. year|
step into first rank in the adapta-
_. | tion of modern methods to the

BUY AT HOME”
}| Get your letterheads printed at,
THE. MINER OFFICE
_ “Printing of Merit”

Hazalton Hospital. sone,

for. any perlod from ena month upward at
menthin advance. This rate includes aac A pee

. uty - minister of agriculture at sultationa and medicines, as well as all costs while .
fact that we are not even self. 49 a ttempt to get astride the Victoria: _ | While in town on thursday, J . J. | Ribs Fa Ginn br See ager ;
Supporting, but are annually send- Aimiens-Clermont railway The “Ottawa, Ont., Apri9, 1918. |G. K. Sealy, of the Sealy ranch, si i tren the nel Seratan ae
ing out over $19,000,000 of our] attack was brilliantly carried out “Had another interview with | made application for one of. the ~ ‘

money for imports, and on the
other hand taking any products
such ag cereals, meats, cheese,
andcanned products, which should
go to sustain our fighting forces.

Hf imports were suddenly cut off| |

our large meat supply would only
last five months and twenty-two
days. If all meat stock, dairy
cattle and. poultry were included,
our total products would only
last 8 months and 17 days, leaving
8 months and 18 days for fasting,
Which shows that at present we
are practically living-from hand

ae acres, of which only 2,825 acres} \ Columbia farmers. The price of New Hazelton,B.C, ~ -
aaah and d <penne Upon was merchantable timber <land; ‘ea YOU i garden, the .uachine is $795, under the a
tiesto feetun to the extent of 10228 aetes contained valuable G steyaort saat ae fs rece overnment plan, | probit iar neg
Tres fo teed. us, to : reproduction, and 159,386 acres Mr, Sealy is to be congratulated “Wedti's Grape Salts 3
over 40 per cent, ve classified t-over, old to beat the Kaiser. Dig your cor his enterpr} thi Cleanse the System ’
Were Classilled as cut-over, ground, prepare the soil,sow your d the di P <n is matter, ; Pury the Blood
Canada’s Fuel burn not restocking, or oe The seeda, tend your plants with a an the Saree of his success will = Bit é ‘4 ;

Canada burns 30,000,000 tons of|chantable mature timber. ; ©! will for Vietory and an Alliedl: io; ‘io on Val of its general mens, Heaac es Skin 4
coal every year, of which 60 per total damage done is estimate at peace. Privates “spud”, ‘onion, te op N on .Va ley farms, —In- 2A safe and gentle la ative 7
cent comes from theUnitedStates. | $291,726, b The _ . the = parsnip, carrot, Jeek,turnip, bean, erior News. _ \ : for children... fo. ,
The consumption may beaccount-| branch has suffered ‘severely cabbage, marrow, ate wanted for ; ’ uy, to 4

é ' . . | Up-to-Date - Drug Stores p
ed for approximately as follows;|throngh enlistment for overseas armies billions ‘strong to take the Satiserbe fo The Miner. $2 a p [Hazelton = = LE :
Manufacture of coke, 2,000,000| Service. great offensive in the food fight. year in Canada, | aM apeacp pgp fonygy

tons; railway locomotives9, 600,000
tons; collieries, 1,000,000 : tons;
bunkering ships, 1,000,000 tons;
domestic heating, 5,000,000 tons;
industrial heating, 6,000,000 tons:
industrial power, 6,000,000 tons,

Now Mr. Canadian Consumer,
which shall it he, Pennsylvania
or Telkwa coal? ©

The British man- -power bill has
passed all stages and the royal
assent has been given to the

between Thenes and Mai)ly-Rain-
eval and resulted in the capture
of several hundred prisoners and
a number of important points,

Fires Come High
The fire season of 1917 was an
unusually severe one in British
Columbia. Reports made-to the
provincial forest branch show
that, exclusive of the railway belt,
a total of 986 fires occurred, In
fighting these. fires the forest
branch expended $88,246. The
total area burned over was 236, 186

For Farmers Oxly
A ‘Handbook for Farmers’ is a
very usefuNvooklet that has just
heen issued by the Commission,
of (Conservation. ~ It treats of
tillage; use of manures, seed se-
lection, clover growing, the farm
garden, weeds and insect pests,
and other farm topics, in an in-
formative manner. The quantity
is limited and the booklet will .be
¢ | Supplied on request only to bona.

measure,

fide farmers.

25 Miles |
-ga To Hazelton

36 to 68 per

gasoline i is a frequent occur.

cent more

Allied buyers about dehydrated
vegetables, and after repeated
cables to England, they state
there are no present requirements
and they cannot forecast future
needs, We greatly regret our

we cannot overcome existing con-
ditions, Please give this infor-
mation . wide publicity among
growers,
“Henry B, Thomson, .
“Chairman, Canada
_ Food Board.’’

The man who uses his spade and
hge patriotically is befriending
the man with the gun and bay-
onet, He risks his life that you
may live unmolested—remember
this when you dig.

of Food.

NOTICE TO RETURNED
- SOLDIERS IN

-. Please comniunicate. with
‘Soldiers’ Aid & Employment —

. Committee, Hazelton, B.C,
: regarding aid or matters to” :
, your interest.

4
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Mileage _

20 to 25 miles to'a gellon. of

| caTADAN ENGINEERS

efforts have been unavailing, but].

—From the: British Ministry

HAZELTON DISTRICT |}

Ford tractors which thé dominion |)
fovernment is supplying to the; _

expected the machine will arrive
in time for early spring work:on
the ranch. :

Some time ago. the dominion
government, throvgh the depart-
ment of agriculture, made an ar-
rangement with the Ford Motor
Co. for'1G00 of these tractors and
W. E. Scott, deputy minister of
agriculture, i Is now in Victoria to
receive applications from British

‘western farmers, ‘and it 4s fully |: |

Now, Open Under New Management

Omineca Hotel
HAZELTON, B.C.
Remodelled, Refurnished, Redecorated

Every provision’for the com- - .
fort of Ladies and Gentlemen __

. Hreplace

Heated
Meats of Highest Quaffty- “white Cocke
: Speclal Sunday Dinner at 6 Pm, $1.00

f

James.G. Powell
Provincial Assayer.
Chemist t

Our stages meat all trains

We are prepared ts supply private :
and publie conveyances day and #

Cons your shipments -in “Our ~
Care for Storage or Delivery,
‘Addross all communications 2 to Hazelton. .

Cenenaiicrra =

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Saas rlictestect

eb

to Vancouver, and

FOR VANCOUVER,

Bratecbae Seeds a:

i[way. |.

8.8, “Princess epee’

sa “Princess” Royal’
AGP Above sailings are subj

jrupert April-2nd, 2th . }
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Prince Rupert. =

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CALL" FOR MORE MEN
The Officer Commanding, 6th

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Analytical.

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Waiting and Smoking Lounge With Large Open .

Commedious Sample Room Well Lighted and _

at South Hazelton or New Hazelton. @ ° -

~ Best Dry Birch, $6.00 a cord Po
Ruddy & Maclay a

"CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY
- Lowest rates Prince Rupert io all Eastern Points yia steamer a

Canadian Pacific’ Rai
Meals and Berth included on Steamer, —

VICTORIA AND SEATTLE ;
sails from Prince
ay 8rd, idth, 24th and ;
sails ‘from Prince Rupert 9 a. m April 8, 18, 29,

ect te change. oF cancellation. with a
Wid, Orchard General Agent, ard Ave. & at f St, out notieg

_ Aeon an me peace oe

“rence with the F Ford car, One
‘man (pamei on request) reports’ :
an average of $3 miles per gal-
lon. for 20, ‘000 miles, | Surely

Field Company, Canadian’ En-
gineers,~ -North Vancouver, B.C.,
has received instructions to re-
| feruit 500 “men of the following

R | 8 Sargent, Ltd,

-HAZELTON, B,- tome

Mn Prompctor’ Sipca 2

, this is a record that few, if “|| trades:’ . - . meg Cook Stoves and Heaters .
"any other makes of cars,” ever “Carpenters 7 ‘Biellayers ‘Farming Machinery
equalled: oo “Plumbers - -. Tinsmiths
re “It demonstrates the econmy ain Blacksmiths . | Miners °
One gallon of gasoline of owning ‘and: driving a Ford... -and Tunnalere
has done-it You “can average 1000- miles: :

oe lo1 _ mit “‘Tradedmen and imeéehaniea

- eres ~ more ‘travel: ‘on’ Ford-size tires," should -not miss this opportunity

. The saving on. oil and. repairs ig proportionately: large. ° ~The to. join a skilled branch. of the
‘name: “Ford” stands, for. lowest ¢ cont, and d greatest, 3 gervice. : ee larmy,: - Mew drag ted

class. (Class A) can

fe atin 7 oR 8: Sargent,
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