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’ THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, AUGUST 19,- 1916°

The Omineca Miner

PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT HAZELTON, THE CENTER OF THE
GREAT OMINECA DISTRICT OF BRITISH CoLumBta.

“A. R. Macdonald, Publisher and Proprietor.

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VoL. V. , SaTuURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1916. No. 51

One of the most important ineidents.in the development of this
district will be the first Hazelton fair, which is to be held on Sept.
15 and 16. under the direction of Hazelton Agricultural and
Industrial Association. It is a comparatively short time since the
first steps in the organization of this exhibition were taken, but the
energy of the committees has been so well directed that the success!
of the undertaking is already practically assured. The people of
the-wide district from which the Association draws its membership
has given hearty support to the project, and the prize list, which is
in course of publication: provides ample evidence of their generosity.
A. grant of $300 from the provincial: government-has also been
received, but it is to be hoped that the application of the directors
for an additional $200 will be granted. ~ If the activities of the
association were restricted to the immediate Hazelton dlistriet, the
$300 grant: might be regarded as sufficient; but as ours is the only
fair this year between Prince George and Prince Rupert, requiring
an extension of the original plan,the request for further aid is well
within reason.

-' Although the season so far has not been of the most favorable
character, considered from an agricultural viewpoint, the directors
are confident that the exhibits of farm produce will equal anything
yet seen in Northern British Columbia exhibitions. There are many
classes for agricultural products, and there is no doubt many
settlers will-take advantage of the opportunity to win prizes and
honor, ;

Of at least equal interest will be the-mineral exhibits, which
are already coming in. Judging from the samples already received,

_ the display of ores from Omineca district-at the fair will open the].

. yet been directed against ‘the with American capital.
now - that those: districts have]:
been brought: into close touch |.

eyes of visitors. -It is freely predicted that the ore exhibits will
surpass dnything of the kind ever gathered together from 4 district
of the same size. They will certainly prove a valuable object lesson:
to residents and visitors alike, and will bring to public riotice gome|
of the newer areas of this rich district. It is highly important that
_all who are interested in the mining industry in Omineca district
should: aid in procuring for the fair a.thoroughly representative
collection of the varied ores of our different camps. .The resultant
publicity will i in many cases prove of value to the individual, while
redounding to general benefit, 4
The fair directors are preparing a program of attractions whieh
will make for the entertainment of all who visit the fair, and are
going to considerable expense to ensure enjoyment for young and
old. Let us all: do what we can to make our first fair a record.
- breaker for Northern British Columbia, | -

7

THE ATTACK ON - |pert. Rossland and Boundary

 LORNE CAMPBELL mines have nearly ‘all been devel- -

‘ “The silliest attack. which has oped by American mining men ||
Perhaps

~ | where a man with any experience

‘that most of the eamps in the

. government was that made: upon
Hon. Lorne Campbell, ‘who in

. Spokane’ recently made a- speech
<in’ which ‘he. invited American

a our mines, -
‘incidentally, that Canadians as 4
tule did not take to, mining. In

‘Capital to come in: and develop
‘He pointed ‘out,

this latter observation, Mr. Camp:
- bell is perfectly correct. | What

.. pig mine in British Columbia’ has
"been developed by.. Canadians ?

I cannot think'of one, Yet near-

dy all the big mines now in opera-

' tion have’ béen developed’. by

American capital,, Granby’ wds

. promoted: by'the- late Mi,’ Miner,

‘a Canadian, but.he-gat: his capital

in New. York, “And. outiof ‘Grai- Pla
cag by. has: grown : ‘Anyox, whieh i is mox

with the. coast ‘and trade will
develop. between those districts
and the.coast. cities by the. Kettle] -
Valley railway we will find great

er interest being: taken in mining -

at’ the’ coast,
“Tt i isa lamentable fact ‘that
little orno interest hus been taken

in the interior: “mining. resources:

of ‘the provinée. by the business

mer, and investors of, the coast

Had tlie. ievelopmentot the mines
of British Columbia, been" lett: tol).
the: Anvestors’ of Vancouver. ‘and 1.
Victoria we: shovld ‘have: had: ‘no |
Roditund,, no" ‘Granby; no Nickel _

“ho: Brittania;: no" Anyos, |

I never knew a prospector: whol
gota grubstake in Vancouver and
only afew who ever tried it. - All
| their dealings were in Spokane,

and a yeasdnable story could get
|asummer’s grubstake to go into
\the hills, and it was by such men

interior were discovered.

“In the absénce of this lack of
mining enterprise. on our own
part it is merely the policy of
the dog in the manger for the
Liberals to snarl at investors who
come here to develop our natural
resources. By taking the stand
they do they. set themselves in
opposition to the interests of
‘every prospector and owner in
the province and needless to say

against the reneral interests of
the province, By taking this:
attitude they discourage practic-
ally all development our mineral
resources,’ "—J. P.’s Weekly.

Nome, Alaska, “Aug. 17: Six fi
members of the Stefannson ex::
pedition have arrived here and
report that all the members of!
the party are safe, with the ex-!
ception of Daniel Blue, an engin-
eer, who died on Bailey Island in
May, 1918,

Merchant ships destroyed as a
result of two years of war num-
ber 1487, with a total gross ton-
nage of 2,812,644, according to
records carefully compiled by the
New York Journal of Commerce
from August. 1, 1914, to. Auguat
1, 1916. ”

LABOR DAY

MONDAY, SEPT. 4, 1916 ©

BULKLEY. VALLEY
CELEBRATION

TELKWA, B. C

Sale of Livestock;
Barbecue

Horse Races.
nm Baseball, ‘&e.

Dance i in the Evening i in New
Town Hall — ~ Full Orchestra,

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- Fares on Railroad One-
and. a- - Third Return.

Proceedings. Coimixence 10 a as m,

Green: Bros.;. ‘Burden & Co.

Civil Engineers «
Dominion, British Columbia, ’
and Alberta Land Surveyors

Offices at Victoria Nelson, Fort George
: ‘New: Heo "

FP, Bone, New Hazelton

I STUARG: MARTIN

{> -»Provincial Assayer

Gives the: Beat’ Meal”
For the. Lowest Price
 Plion, Off

han

boa

i Enquiries may ‘be ad:

for the Great Northern |

Interior —

Prospectors, Miners,
Landseekers, Surveyors

and Sportsmen will find

the merchants of Ha-
-zelton prepared to meet
_ every ‘requirement in
“outfitandsupplies. Hav-
ing been engaged. for.
many years in outfitting
. parties for the Northem
“+ Interior, Hazelton: busi-
“ness men ate “qualified
to give “valuable advice

A

comers. .

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- Hazel is , situated: at nate
“the, -confhience : of . the

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Bulkley "and “Skeena . ve

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_ rivers a mile - and a

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‘station. ‘on. the “Grand ee ve
Trunk Pacific: railway. . =

The Distributing Point -

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‘and: assistance to new-

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