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‘THE OMINECAHERALD, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 22, 2927 |

Hanson Lumber & Timber Co.

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Manufacturers of? .

ROUGH, DRESSED & DIMENSION JHEMLOCK, SPRUCE AND CEDAR

- WINDOWS Complete, different sizes

FLOORING Hemlock and Spruce Mill at . HANALL, B.C.

Get our prices before ordering elsewhere .

NEW HAZELTON, B.C.

CG. H. Sawne

Advertising rates—$1.50 per ‘neh , per month

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DO YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING |/_

Preparations are under way for the Christmas season. Children are num- bering the days until Sehool closes and tlieir best holiday season arrives, In the schools preparations made for Christmas entertainments. Some of the business houses are get-.

7 ‘PRODUCTION DURING LAST TEN YEARS, $429,547,755

THE MINERAL PROVINCE: OF . WESTERN CANADA HAS PRODUCED MINERALS VALUED AS FOLLOWS :—

Placer Gold, - $78,018,548; Lode Gold, $126,972,318; Silver, -

$80,787,003; Lead, $106,976,442; Copper, $09,967,068; Zinc,

$50,512, BBT: Coal and Coke, gagd, 699, 133; Structural Materials

and Miscellaneous Minerals, $50, 175, 407; Making mineral produc- . tion to the end of 1926 show

AN AGGREGATE VALUE OF $98,108,470.

-The substantial progress of the mining ‘industry in this prov- ince is strikingly illustrated in_ the following figures, which ¢ shew the value of production for successive 5-year periods:

For all years to 1895, inclusive ...,....$ 94, 547, 241 ’ For five years, 1896-1900 .......-.-000: 57, 607, 967 ‘For five years, 1901-1905 .....0....0. 0 | 96,507,968 ‘For five years, 1906-1910 .............. 126,584,474 For five years, 1911-1915 ......... . 142, 072, 603 © ’ For five years, 1916-1920 ........... 0; 189, 922-725 For five years 1921 to 1925. ........se.eeceeas 214,726,650 For. 1926...........0.0csceuees eb veetaessetaae :. 67,188,842

"Toda mining has only been in ‘progress about 25 years, and only about one- |

- half of the Province has been praspected: 200,000 square miles of unexplored .

mln bearing lands are onen for prospecting. :

“2. She mining laws of this Province are more liberal and the fees lower than oe ‘any ‘other:Province in the Dominion or any Colony in the Britigh Empire.

- Mineral locations are granted to discoverers for nominal faes. Absolutetitles are obtained d by developing such properties, security of which is #unranteed by erown 2

7 Pree all British Columbia mineral properties_on which development work has been done are described in one of the Annual Reporte of the Minister .of Mines, Those considering mining investments should refer to such reports, . Théy are available without charge on application to the Department of Mines, Victoria, B.C. Repoyts covering each of the six Mineral Survey Districts are ~ published separately, and are available on application, Reports of the Geologi- ‘eal Survey of Canada, Winch‘Building, Vancouver,:B. C., are recommended as . valuable sources of information. ull information, together with mining reporta and maps,

may be obtained gratis by addressing

The Honourable. The Minister ‘of r Mines VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA -

to the eye of most and these are being displayed. - gitts you are golng to give to help make Christmas pleasant, for some one else. Now i is the time to de your buy- ing. Do uot wait until the last min- ute and have to take something you do not Iike and know your friend will not like. But where will you buy? A nost natural question. -T'he best of nll guides to the places where you wili get the best service and the best goods are the columns of the Omineen Her- ald. The merchants are inviting you through: these’. columns to cbme’ and see what they have: got. They want | to serve you and are ‘prepared to fill all your wants at lowest prices for the high class goods, Shop -now. and shop at that places where your patronage ds appreciated,

THAT PEACE RIVER LINE

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For ‘some months back all the pub- lic enlighteners have been dw elling oni the Pence River country -and all the wonderful possibilities there—the very lands of the prairies are covered with gold, . according © to” some. Railroads are to be built and goodness ‘knows What all’is to be done. Those politi- cians and spell binders have forgotten all about the northern and central yal- leys of this province which a few’ years ago they were boosting just as hard. We- believe the Peace River country is a good place to grow, wheat and we do not mean‘to belittle any of the claims made for that country, But “at ‘the same time we wish to draw the atten- tion of the politicians aud Of the gor- ernment to the fact that this northern

SERVICE

Prompt efficient repairs to all-makes ‘of cars; speedy and careful taxi service to all ‘parts of the district, and regular service to trains, -

with prompt | attention to tranfer and drayage—This is the service of

‘The Paleoner Transfer

-HAZELTON; ‘BL. -C,

Have You Paid Your. ‘Subscription up to Date?

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82. 00. Pays for ‘a Full Year

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or central part of the: province is just as good today as at any tinie in its past. In fact it is. better, because the Settlers here have. proven that a. mul- titude of things can be grown and td compete with anything produced. in any other part. of the -~world:* The. vallies of this great interior are by no means. filed up. There are many thousands of acres of land, as good ‘as any now under cultivation, available for settlers and the Peace River country hag not demonstrated yet that, it can ‘produce dny better wheat than’ is being produe- ed right’ in ‘the Buikley Valley. Nor cin the: Peace River country compete successfully with these valleys in any including cHinate. Butt the. niain thing is the Bulkley Valley; the ‘Kisplox’ and the “‘Skeena ‘have g rallwey, and it iy’ giving | a ‘geod sere ‘vice and ; the Intrkets are. now at: tha very door. of the’ farmed; Why, theni. spend many millions of. the public mo- ney to open mp new tracts of land nt

to: spend ~ the ‘inoney: find: “Ages” before | ‘the lands adjacent’ to present railways It looks Uke 2 very. bad polley, The provincial . - government would. be better ; employed filling up that.’ ‘portion of the province already supplied awith ronds and. allways: ‘and administrative offilces; ”: : “Get: : as few nore: thousand: tax, payers: ‘here: hefore embarking. On: ‘another! highly: yoblem- ntleal:sebeio of. rallway: ‘development. There was quite? fL: festive. air’ ‘ubont the old town -the -fitst: -pf.the: weet! A’ ailetake must. have: been. made‘on's some

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The Hazelton Hospital:

‘ ‘phe Hazelton. Hospital. ‘tesues: tie. kets for any period at $1.50 per month in advance. This rate in- cludes office. consultations, medi-'

~ ¢ines, “as well as all costs while: in the hospital. -Tickets /8re ob- tatnable in Haziton at the drug store or by mail from the. medi-

“eal superintendant at the hospital

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EMDALMING FOR SHIPMENT A SPECIALTY

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; P.O, Box 948° -PRINCE RUPERT, B.C.

A wire : ~ will bring as

“Provincial Assayer J. De Boulding

Price List Sent on Application

Prompt. Service is Given to You

| Smithers, B.C.

SYNOPSIS OF

|LAND ACT AMENDBLENTS

PRE-EMPTIONS

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Vacant, unreserved, surveyed Crown lands may be pre-empted by ‘British subjects over I8' years. of age, and by aliens on declaying intention to. becowe British subjects, conditional upon residence, occu- pation, and improvement for ; agricultural purposes, :

Full’ information * concerning . regulations regarding pre-emptions is piven in Bulletin No, 1, Land Series, ‘How to Pre-empt Land,” copies of which can .be obtained frea of charre by addressing the Degartment ‘of Lands, Victoria, B.C,, or to any Government Agent:

‘Records will be granted covering '- only jand suitable for agricultuyal purposes; and |. which is not timberland, ie, carrying over 5,000 board feet per Acre west of the Coast Range and 8,000 feet per acre eaat of that Range.

Applications . for pre-emptions are ‘to be addressed to the Land Commissioner of the Land Recording Division in which the land applied for is situated, and are made on printed forma, copies of which can he obtained from -the Land Commissioner,

“ Pre-einptions must be oecupled for five years and , improvements made to tho 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 see the Bulletin, Hew _-Bre-empt Land.”

PU RCHASE

Applicationa are received for purchase of vacant. and. unreserved Crown lands, not being timberland, for ogriéultural purposes;

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A.W. EDGE‘Co.

P.O. Box 469, Prince Rupert, B.C.

priee' of first-class (arable) land

is $5 ,per acre, ‘and ;Aecond-class (grazing) land $2.50 per acre. Further . information regarding, purchase or lease of Crown Janda is. given in. Bulletin. No. 10, . Land Series, "Purchase . and Tease af . Crown {{: Lands.” .

“Mill, factory, . or industrial | ‘alice on “timber land, not exceeting.40 aercs, may be purchased or lensed, ‘the conditions including, payment: of stumpage, :

‘HOMESITE LEASES

‘Unaurvered, arenas,

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“not exceeding: Py acres,

may .” he’ leased as Homesites, conditional upon a, ‘dwelling heing: erected © in "the first . year, « ‘title being: obtainable : after

residence and improvemant conditiona : are fulfilled . a the land haa: _ besa aut veyed. ‘ . a up Q : na Ege LEASES. = at Pha ye Ph “For “grazing. ; * and: " tndustrtal PUTDOSE

areag not: exceeding a0 acres may, bo. Jeaned by. any, one Parson or company, ee :

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