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A New BATHING CAP
This Season!

We have a wide assortment of colors and styles, some prettily
decorated, others-quite plain. .The Submarine style 1a quite
new. . it has ear; ockets to take the press ve off the eara and
keeps the water’ dut. The 9 00 er atyles range
Submarine sells for.....-. ° from 25¢, to $2.00,

You Need

ORMES LIMITED

Wholesale - and - Retail - Druggists
P.0. Box 1680 Prince Rupert © The Rexall Store

Mannfacturera of

Rough, Dressed & Dimension

HEMLOCK, SPRUCE. AND CEDAR

Hanson
Lumber &
Timber Co.

HEMLOCK AND SPRUCE |
Flooring

Mill at ;
Get our prices before ordering elsewhere

HANALL, B. C.

S.8, PRINCE CHAR

FALL SCHEDULE

SUNDAY and THURSDAY at 10,00 p.m.

Steamship & Train Service

PFE s.s, PRINCE RUPERT and S.S. PRINCE GEORGE
\F will sail from PRINCE RUPERT for VANCOUVER,
VICTORIA, SEATTLE and intermediate points each

five = For ANYOX......... ‘aaecures Wednesday, 10.00 p.m. -
—— For STEWART............-+--Saturday, 10.00 p.m.
LES for KETCHIKAN, WRANGELL, JUNBAU, .
SKAGWAY each WEDNESDAY, 4.00 p.m. , :
&.S, PRINCE JOHN fortnightly for Vancouver via Queen Charlotte Islands

Passenger Trains Leave New Hazelton:
Eastbound—7.14 p.m. daily except Sunday.
Westbound—7.43 a.m. daily except Tuesday.

R. F. McNaughton, District Passenger Agent, Prince

National Agent or

For Atlantic steamship sailings or further information apply to any Canadian

Rupert, B.C.

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THE MINERAL PROVINCE OF WESTERN CANADA
. HAS PRODUCED MINERALS VALUED AS FOLLOWS :— ;
Placer Gold ..... pevccaeecceeceed 19,982,953
Lode Gold ....cccccecsve cnc ree ee esennes 118,473,190
Slver vc cece cece es cetssemsease arses 68,824,579
Lead cccscccccccccncctcneatcessceneees 70,548,578
Copper ..icese eee eeee soeee depen tneeaes 187,489,378 ~
RING cece seen eneeencere denscetcesvecce 2,082,958
Coal and Coke ........ccccecet an esaeeee 260,080, 048
Building Stone, Brick, Cement, ete,.... 42,225,814
Miscellaneous Minerals 1,431,349.
Making mineral production to the end of 1924 show

‘WN AGGREGATE VALUE OF $859,427,386

The substantial progress of the mining industry in this prov-
ince ia strikingly illustrated in the following figures, which
show the. value of production for successive 5-year periods:
". For all years to 1995, inclusive .... oe eed 94,647,241 ;
For five years, 1896-1900 ... .¢- 87,605,967

For five years, 1901-1905 .. .-. 96,507,968

For five years, 1906-1910 .. ... 125,584,474

For five years, 1911-1915 .. «+ 142,072, 608:

For five years, 1916-1920) .. es e+ 189,922,725

For the year 1921 ..-....66 seoas 28,086,641

For the year 1922,,.........-. feveseess 35,158,843 -

For the year 1923.....:+.ecseseuee seas, 41,304,920.

For the year 1924.,.../..screceereeses. 48,704,604

PRODUCTION DURING LAST TEN YEARS, $372,604,725

« [ode mining has only been in‘progreas about 25 years, and only about one-
alt of ihe Province has ‘been prospected; 200,000 aquare- miles of unexplored.

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investments should refer to.cuch reports, *
the Depart i

 eeneral revenue, of the province,

| paying for a:road ‘without’ those

Printed avery Friday.at
7 NEW HAZELTON, B.C.

C. H. SAWLE -- _.; PUBLISHER

: Advertising rates—$1.50° per Inch ‘per mopth:
reading notices 15¢ per line first insertion. lc per
line each subsequent insertion. . a

Oneyear = + > £2.00
‘Six months = - ‘oe : -1,00..

U.S. and British Isles - $2.50 per year

Notices forCrownGranta + = = $12.00
“ \ PurchaseofLand - = = 9
; Licence te Prospect forCoal - 7.00

A Poor Highway
Users of automobiles in British
Columbia paid in special taxes in
1924 on gas and autos the sum of
$1,601,000, This monev was
promised by the government to
be devoted to good roads, and
especially good main roads. The
above sum is supposed to bein
addition to the regular public
works appropriation from the

There should be exceptionally
good main highways..in British
Columbia, —

As far as the interior is con-
eerned there is good ground for
complaint as to the way that
money is being spent. There is
no place in the world that has
better road material, more ma-
terial, or material easier to get,
Yet that material is being used
on the main highway to such a
small] extent-that it is hardly
worth mentioning. A week’or
so ago there was a heavy rain
and the mud roads did not stand
up. A great mud ptiddle settied
at the bottom of every grade.
Many old -culverts are gone,
Practically every one of the new
pipe culverts put in during: the
past season is now a car wrecker.
The roads generally need going
over to even up the surface. .
The government is to blame for
the lack of gravel and crushed
rock on the roads. Too much
money is spent on vote-getting
sideroads that do not get votes.
But the public works officials-are
to blame for the broken culverts,
the caved-in culverts, and the
car-wrecking holes in the roads,
‘The auto owners are entitled to
better treatment and are demand-

It is a bad state of affairs when

fifty-five-mile run on the main
highway and then have broken
springs. Thatis not good enough.
The public works officials must)
remember that the roads are not
being built for their use alone,
but for the public, The public is

every culvert. is out or. where the
ehueckholes ‘are. : The.public is

frills and the public ‘is not going
to pay for. political roads much
longer. Be

ee
boo sate

|  Danger,in Darkness:

“Thére is an A‘ct among’ the
statutes of B.C. (one among
many) that is not. being enforced
in this part-of the country; viz.,
that ‘vehicles: drawn “by” horses

ing a better use of their money. |.

it: takes five hours to make aj.

not supposed to know where|

must earry:a light at night...’ If}
we: remerber.rightly;:.the same’ grasin
act places the responsibility: on |.t9..

the owner.of a.rif if an-accident|
happens and there is no} light ion};

an aa

ried a light. We have narrowly
missed two:.rigs while turning
dark corners at night. We just
draw, the attention of owners of

pass a hundred or more Acts each

charge. on a serious offence, or
facing heavy damages and heavier
legal fees. Ina law court ignor-
ance is not accepted as an excuse,
yet the public has ro means of
knowing what, why or when

they should or should not. do.

As.a matter of fact, if the laws
of British Columbia were. all en-

population would bein jail. In
the méantime it would be as well
to pack a light on the rig when
travelling at night.

Mr, and Mrs. H. L. MeKay, of
Vancouver, have been the guests
of the lutter’a mother, Mrs.
Coates, Kalum Lake.

- SINOPSIS OF
LAND ACT AMENDMENTS

PRE-EMPTIONS
unreserved,

Vacant, surveyed
Crown lands may be pre-empted by
British subjects over:18 years of age,
and by aliens on declaring intention
to become British subjects, condl-
tional upon residence, oecupation,
and. improvement for agricultural
purposes.

Full information. concerning regu-
lationa regarding. pre-emptions is
payen in Bulletin No. 1, Land Series, .
‘Slow to Pre-empt Land,” copies of
which can be obtained free of. chargs
by addressing the Department of
Lands, Victoria, B.C, or to any Gov-
_eroment Agent

Records will be granted covering
only ldnd suitable for agricultural
purposes, and which jz not timber-
land, Le, carrying over 5,000 board
feat per acre wast of the Coast Range
and 8,000 feat per acre cast of that
Range. .. . .

Applications, for pre-emptions are
to be addressed te the Land Com- .
tiisgioner of the Land Recording Di-
vision, in which the land applied for.
fs aituated, and aro made on printed «
forms, coples of which cdn, be ab-
tained from the Land Commissioner.

Pre-emptions must be occupled for
five years and vermenis made
to value of $10 per acre, including
clearing and cultivating at least five
acres, before a Crown Grant can’ be
recetved. oo Da, ;

‘For more detailed information see,
the Bulletin “How to Pre-empt
Lend.”. ‘

; _ PURCHASE
’ Applications are received for pur-
| ghase of vacant and. unreserved .
Crown lands, not belng timberland, -
‘for agricultural purposes; minimum
price of first-olasn (arable) land is $5
per acre, and second-class (grazing)
land $2.50 per sore, Further infor~
mation regarding purchase or lease

i No, 10, Land Series, “Purochase.and
‘Lease of Crown: Lands.” _

. + Mill, factory, or industrial sites on
_timber land, not excesding 40 acres,
‘may be purchased or leased, the con-
ditions ‘including payment
stumpage.

“..) HOMESITE LEASES

acres, may. be leased. as homesites,
‘ gonditional upon -a dwelling. being
.srectad:in the first year, title belng
‘obtainable after residence and im-
provement conditions ate ‘fulfilled
and land haa been surveyed...

: LEASES: .
* For grasing and industrial pur-
poses. areas not exceeding 64
omay be leased by one, person oF &
Sp tess

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ang the

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tht rig. ': Of all-the tiga we have! hese

Gsasing Act the’ Ps:
ines. is divided ‘inte grasing distrh
edniieletered under

met in onk tpivenithrough’ the).
interior recetitly; ‘not one has car-

‘| such ‘vehicles ‘to ‘thig Act because]
‘our representatives at .Victoria| *

year and, no-one hears.of ‘them|
until some ‘time someone finds|”
slhimself in police court facing a

forced, every mother’s son of the]

of Crown lands is given‘in Bulletin |

.vs Unsurveyed areas, not exceeding 20 -

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“Up-to-date |GARAGE and
REPAIR SHOP containing
K. R. Wilson combination
re-boring machine, scety-

- line welding outfit ©

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Repairs. of ali kinds |

ascent coca,
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quickly executed

We carry a complete . 4
stock .of Ford Parts — —_
and auto accessories |

New. Cars in stock ‘
Free Air i

SMITHERS, B. C.

Importers and
Dealers in

We carry the

Wallpapers :

- Burlaps | largest and 5
Paints ° most varied }
Oils ‘stock in =}
Varnishes . Northern i”
Glass British

Columbia i

Brushes, Ec,

Write us for information when
renovating or building your home

Make Your Home Attractive !

‘ BEAVER DoaRD DistRrautTors

A.W. EDGE Co.

P.O. Box 459, Prince Rupert, B.C.

Exchange

Cash Hardware Store
Get our prices before you buy {i
new hardware.
RANGES © o~.
HEATING. STOVES:
_ COOKING UTENSILS

Goods Bought and Sold

Seeond Hand Stock’
. Always on Hand °

Smithers, . B. C.

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The Hazelton Hospital _

The.Hazelton Hospital - issues |
tickets for any period at 1.60 per
, month.in advance, ‘Thig rate in-
‘dudes office ‘consultations and &
’ mediclaes, as well aa all costs 7
- while in'the hospital. Tickets'are ; 3%
_ obtainable in Hazeléon:-from the
. drug store;from T, J. Thorp, Bam
_ Tellswa, or by. mail from themedi- Bam

' | ealeuperintendentat the Hopital. i

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