THE OMINECA HERALD, WEDNESDAY. bint 5. 1bB

Women will know This to be True!

same brand your results would be quite different. Now, the

are kept te a constant standard, Drugs, like flours, may be thoroughly pure but of a variable standard. Think what this means in the effectiveness of your doctor’s prescreptions.

Ormes buy their drugs only from manufacturers who, guarantee that their products are not only 100 per cent. pure, but that their strength is ag unvary- . Ing as the daily round of the sun.

ORMES LIMITED

The Pioneer Druggists The Rexalt Store

Prince Rupert, B. C.

(Smithers Fair

Haven’t you found this to be trus--that one batch of flour will give you certain results but that the next time you bought the

h t big flour companies employ chemists to see that their -flours {ally when the obstacles, that had to be

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Was a Success —

Saturday afternoon. nual exhibition was a. success, -esneci-

overcome are taken into consideration. An overdraft ut the bank is bad at any time, but when this is enhanced by a collapse of exhibition buildings, the outlook for the directors is not of the brightest. However, ‘the officers and directors, mostly new men, got: down to business and did the “best could under the ¢ircumstances.

We received a carload of the

NEW FORD Men )

More will be here ate an early oe date | |

and we suggest you see them before making final choice.

HEN RY. MOTORS | Smithers, B. C.

las on other occasions, but better than

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a produce,

The value is worth waiting for

from the grandstand. Mr,-‘Brady in

ening the sports program started and

{kept going. -|game ‘between two local teams and ‘jthen the usual list of horse races par- ‘ticipated in by horses of the district.

ance. The result was -that the build- gs ‘were replaced ond others added. The fair was favored with perfect weather and the attendance from out side points was quite up to the mark if not ahead of other years, |

The exhibits were quite as numerous

the number, there was displayed the evidence that the local people are fast learning what to exhibit and Low to exhibit it. The quality of. the entries was os high as at any fair in the pro- vince. The one weak spot of the fair at. Smithers is the live stock depatt- ment. ‘Those departments are next to To inerease the display of live stock means holding the fair lat- er in the fall. Asa matter of fact the Smithers fair is at least three weeks too early, even for farm and garden Unless the dates are set for the middle of September, or Jater, the live stock classes might better be illim- mated. The intense heat at the fair grounds in August ig too hard on an animal or a bird.

The tenth fair was opened officially Friday afternoon by J. CG. Brady, M. P., for Skeena. He and. President Dr, Bamford ‘addressed the gathering

a ten minute speech congratulated the people of the valley on the display they had made and the congratulated the officers and directors on the way they were handling their work.

oo Immediately after the official op-

the entertainment of the ofternoon was ‘There was. a baseball

-At night there was a grand dance

Held too Early

‘The Smithers fair was wound up on/j. The tenth an-|.

they |, The |! bright feature was that the farmers|' got behind them and lent their assist-|-"

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The Helton “Hospital”

The Hazelton Hospital issues tie

kets for any period at $1.50 per - month in advaiice. This rate in-

cludes office consultations, medi-

-cines, as well as all costs while

in the hospital... Tickets are’ ob- .tainable in Hazlton at the drug - _ Store or by mail from the medl- cal superintendant at the hospital °

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Provincial. Assayer J. D. Boulding Price ‘List Sena on Application ‘

Prompt Service is Given to You _ Send in Your Samples

Smithers, BC:

— SENOPSISOF LAND ACT AMENDMENTS

PRE-EM PTIONS|

Vacant. unreserved, surveyed Crown lands may. be pyre- empted ~ by British sabjecta over 1B yenrs ‘of age, end = by ‘aliens on declaring. intention ta become British subjects, conditional; upon residence, oceu- pation, and improvement for arricultural purpases, ;

Full information concerning “regulations regarding pre-emptions is, given in” Bulletin No, 1, Land Series, “How to Pre-empt Land,” copies of whieh can be obtained frea of charge by addressing the Department - of Lands, Victoria, B.C,, or to any Government Agent,

_ Records ‘will be granted covering’, only lend suitible for agricultural purposes, and which is not timberland, ie, carrying over 5,000 board :feet. per ‘acre west of the Coaat Range and 8,000 feet per acre east of that Range,

' Applications for pre-emptions are to be addressed to the Land. Commissioner of the

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BRITISH COL UMBIA

The Mineral Province of Western Canada a

Has produced Mineraig valued as follows: Placer Gold, $78,174,705; Lode Gold, $130,651,919;

Silver, oe

$86,089,046 ; Lend, $121,860,734; Copper, $221,501,079; Zinc, $59,508 ,692; Coal, $271,204,668; Structural Ma- ; terial and Miscellaneous Minerals, $58,502,301; making its mineral production to the end of 1927 show an

' Aggregate Value of $1,048,837, 828 —

‘The substantial progress of the Mining Industry of this Provinee is strikingly’ exhibited in the fol-

lowing figures, which show the value of production, for successive five-year periods; For all years to

1895, inclusive, $04, 547,241: for five years, 1806-1900, S57 607,967 ; for flve years, 1901-1905, $96,607,968;. -

for, flve years, 190¢- -1940, $126, §34,474 ; for flye years, 1911-1915, $142, 072,003; for five years, 1916- 1920,

bieesidind for six years, 1921-1926, $281, 915, 492; for 1927, $00, 739,358,

- Production. Last Ten Years, $453, 266, 72 1

“Lode mining has only been in progress for: about 25 years; and only about: one ‘halt. -of the: pesvines bas. : been prospected ; 200,000 square miles ‘of unexplored: mineral bearing Jand are open -for. prospecting. :': nods i

“The? Mining Lawa of this “province are more liberal and the fees lower than those of any other. province ana ; _ lo . fulfiled a _ the

in the Dominion, or any colony in the British Empire.

Mineral locations’ are granted to, discoverers. for nominal £ feos, “Absolute . titles are. obtained by developing such properties, the: security, of: which is.

Crown Grants: _

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Practically’ all British Columbia Mineral. Properties, upon. “whlek: development work: has: been done ate 0

described ih ome one ‘of the Annual Reports of the Minister of. ‘Mines. “Those. considering mining * invest- ments. ‘should’ Yefer, ‘to: auch’, reports. They. are: Available without: charge on ‘application: to the Department: " ae Hu of, Mines, Victoria, B, ¢ a Reports covering | each: of the. six. ‘Mineral: Survey: ‘Districts are: published’ separate.’ yy and. are. avallable on application. Repoits ‘of.the Geological Survey. of Canada, ‘Winch Battaing, ‘Van- |

couver, ate recommended. 08 valuable sources. ‘of: Anformgtion. -- a toe a

[regarding . purchase |. or

2 may! “be > ‘| upon: a.

edgy ead sepe

; Commissioner. : oy ’ ‘*bagod on. numbers: ‘vanged,.. priority. |.

ot * anagément, ' a Fee;

applied for is situated, and are made on printed forms, coplea of which can be obtained from the | Land Commissioner, ’

. Pre-emptions must be occupied 4 for. five years | and © improvements made’ ta the value of $10 per acre, including clearing and cultivat- ing. at least five acres, before'a Crown Grant can be recelved,

’ For more detailed information s see the Bulletin,

_| How Pre-empt Land.”

PU RCHASE; .

Applicatiois are’ received:i for purchase of vacant and unreserved Crown Janda, not: being thnberland, for: agricultural purposes; mitiimum price of firat-class {arable} land is $6 per ncre,- and - second-clasg (grazing) land 32.50 per: acre. . Farther information lense of Crown is given in’ Bulletin’ No. 10, Land

“Purchase and, Lease. of: Crown

| landa Series,

‘Lands?’

. Mill, ‘factory, or industeial sites on timber

-{ land, not exceeding 40 acrés,, may be purchased or

leased, ‘the conditions including payment of Atumpae,

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- HOMESITE LEASES.

“ Unsurveved arcas, not exceeding 20: nores, leased ° ad homesites, + dwelling belng erected in’ the year; . ‘tile’ being” obtainable after . Improvement.” conditions . jand | has “been,

first.

sonata op, , aly oe LEASES nee tee ‘ - For ‘grazing: ‘and > induatrlal : purpose Arens not. exceeding 640, acres may - be leased

ty by. any one person or company.

GRAZING.

Jie aig vale

“Under © “the, ° Grbaing Act. “the. ‘Province

ts atvided irito 'arazing’,- distriets, .‘and’ the | J°' Grazing , ae

‘ ‘administered ° ‘ander’. “the

“Annual. ‘grazing : permita” are

‘yange ;

Iver ta.: ceatablighed, gwnerg.... Stocks |'

COmay, form } -assbelations ’ for range

conditional |”

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if “partially,” free, Pere

— -EBY’S HARDWARE

‘Smithers, B.C.

We now handle Powder and Dynamite

and a full line of miners ‘supplies

Carbipe Rails ‘blacksmith coal .

Shelf and Heavy Hardware

- always on hand

Fuse . Caps Fish Plates

Oliver Plough equip- ment and John Deere “Light Running Binders

om i | =| : a ol i a

Land Recording Division in which the land mE 2 Er RR

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DR..R. M. BAMFORD

DENTIST

Office— Over the Drug Store.

SMITHERS, B. C.

Houra 9 um. to 6p. m, Even- ings by appointment,

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Tools . (Oils

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