_ THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1912 “Everything in Canvas” Prince Rapert Tent and Awning Co. Prince Rupert, B.C. J. W. AUSTIN Provincial Assayer Prompt and Reliable Work’ Hazelton, B. Oy Stephenson & Crum Undertakers and Funeral Direetors Special attention to Shipping Cages Haseuron, B.C, Ste Ete ee) A. Chisholm General Hardware j Builders’ Material Miners’ Supplies Hazelton, E. C. Oem Be 0 et Ts tp (2) Pa SMa Sm PRE OM Cigars, Tobaccos and Cigarettes at Cost Club Special $68.00 per 1000 Arabela $63.00 per 1000 Irving $58.00 per 1000 Marguerite $58 per 1000 Overland Cigar Store Slinger & Ayerde Gwaun 8 a Pe dents Linguist Pole Support Let the Linquist carry the pole and not the horses neck, Several in stock. Selling fast. Es Ss om EP Yt ET) C. F. Willis Blacksmith, Horseshoer Hazelton, nC. ! | ( { l a Sa iRiemintaet hens hate Lee Shae te ene eet eh rm) Yah Ma Na ma PE TNS Bae Shes tte sof F or Fine Cigars, Cigarettes and Tobaccas go to G.T. P. Cigar Store and Pool Room { ! Soft Drinks, Confectionery, i Books and Magazines © { l { l { t | ( { Baths In Connection i an J. B. Brun, Proprietor Ret Ie mr et seem tenet i") retires: ' Be Careful in Shoe Buying Carelessness is a Fault. One who is careless in shoe buying - always pays dearly for it, The j more thought you give to the j { requirements of your feet, the more you will appreciate the j high qualities found in “INVICTUS” FOOTWEAR ‘Noel & Rock Sole Agents Hazelton, i. C. Been sean 2 Ha 8 Pe Pa BA Mad trees | ‘ Commercial Printers Miner Print Shop's Local and Personal Mrs, Calhoun is recovering from her recent illness, R. J. MeDonell left on Wed- nesday for a business trip to Telkwa., Stephenson & Crum have re- ceived additional machinery for their sash and door factory, Wm. Grant, formerly of Foley, Welch & Stewart's Sealy staff, has joined R. S. Sargent’s force as salesman. The Port Simpson arrived on Wednesday evening with her first cargo from the new freight depot at Gitwangak, . Ernest Price, for some months acting postmaster, left for Van- couver on Tuesday, having leave of absence for a few weeks, J. N. MePhee, who recently went to the coast to seek relief from a chyonie illness, is con- siderably improved in health. O. H. Nelson, editor of the Prince Rupert Journal, was a member of Sir Richard McBride’s party on the trip to Hazelton. The railway steel is being rushed to Sealey Gulch, where the cement piers of the next hig bridge are nearly ready for the girders. F. R. MacNamara, of the Van- couver Province, was one.of the newspaper men who accompanied Premier McBride on his visit to Hazelton, Pat Regan, manager of the Inland Express Co., left yester- day with his usual full load of passengers for points in the Bulkley valley. J. M. MacCormick, J. H. .| Hetherington, R. J. Rock and Fred Daniels were passengers in the Flanders 20 on yesterday’s trip to Telkwa. Returning from Telkwa this evening, Bigelow & O’Neill’s mo- tor car will leave for the valley town again tomorrow morning at 5. Reservations may be made at Aldous & Murray’s office, Fred G. Heal, Jr., who has of ‘|Jate successfully engaged in land business in Victoria, returned on Wednesday, leaving for his home in the Bulkley Valley on Thurs- surprised to see the great devel- opment of the district, K. H. Hicks-Beach was taken suddenly illon Wednesday, and was taken to the hospital. ‘The symptons were those of appendi- citis, but an operation was found to be unnecessary, and the pop- ular broker has returned to busi- ness, Hon. Frank Cochrane, federal minister of railways, made a fly- ing trip over the G. T. P. from Prince Rupert to end of steel on Sunday, He was accompanied by H. & Clements, M. P. for this district. The party did not come to Hazelton, L, A. Gyraef, well known as operator on the government tele- graph lines, is leaving the ser- vice, He is bound for Panama, he says. Two new operators are expected to arrive tonight, Be- sides Mr. Graef's successor, there is an extra man for the night trick. Superintendent J. T. Phelan, of the Yukon telegraphs, is on his way from Vancouver to Ha- zelton, and is expected here on Monday evening. His purpose is to inspect the line. Anyone having matters to discuss with Mr. Phelan will have an oppor- tunity during his stay in Hazel- ton. - A. Wilson, of Winnipeg, ac- companied by W, C. Mitchell and E, E. Barnum, of Vancouver, left yesterday for an extended visitto the Franeois Lake dis. trict, where they will inspect a large acreage of land held by the late Hugo Ross and associates, Mr. Ross, it will be remembered, was one of the victims of the Titanic disaster. Preparatory to a change of location: Mra, Walters is offering some. exceptional values... day morning. He was somewhat business in Vancouver, J. W. Paterson, of Kitselas, was in town on Monday, Frank Martin returned on Tuesday froma trip to Ground- hog, . Mrs, Dan Harris has arrived from Vancouver, to join her hus- band and sons, The quarterly meeting of the board of trade will be held at 9p.m.-on Tuesday next, over Adams’ drug store, J. H. Keefe, of Francois lake, who has been in town for several weeks, will leave in a day or two for his home in the lake district. J. F. and E, B, Adams left on Sunday forthe coast. The latter is returning to Ontario, after spending a couple of months ia Hazelton. James Cronin, the noted silver- lead operator, returned a few days ago from a trip to Fraser lake, leaving for Vaneouver and Spokane on Wednesday morning. A light hay crop throughout the Bulkley valley is anticipated, owing to the dryness of the sea- son. Grain and root crops are well advanced and promise large yields. C. Bransby Williams, of Fran- cois lake, arrived from the coast early in the week. He will leave for his ranch in the course of a few days, taking in an outfit of implements.and machinery. George Kerr, divisional «five warden, is making an official visit to-this part of his district. With W. H. Larmer, district fire warden, he left yesterday for a trip into the Bulkley valley. A. C, Aldous, of Aldous & Murray, left on Wednesday for a trip to Fraser lake, His object is to adjust unsettled right-of- way matters at various inter- vening points. KE. J. Tate ac- companies him, Through a printer’s error, the announcement of the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs, R, 8. Sargent was omitted from last week’s issue. Mr, Sargent is receiving many congratulations on the ar- tival of an heir. Mr. and Mrs. John Grant, of Wrangell, Alaska, Hazelton on Wednesday, Mr. Grant comes to attend to the mining interests of his brother Hugh, a well-known Omineca mining man who died recently in Wrangell. tracklaying operations on this town on Wednesday. progress, and anticipates the lays ing of steel to the Telkwa bridge before January 1. E, C, Stephenson, in his ca- pacity of coroner, is investigating the death ‘Of -an unknown man, whose body, partially burned, was found near the charred re- mains of a cabin on the Morice river, Rifle and were found beside the body, which is supposed to be that of a| trapper. George Driver, senior proprie- tor of the Fairview Farms, in the Bulkley valley, returned on Wed- nesday fromi Seattle, where he has spent the last year. His health has been much improved. Mr.: Driver comments on the change in traveling conditions sined his first coming to the district, when the journey from Vaneou- ver took at least a week, while on this trip he came from the metropolis in 47 hours. Leaving Hazelton early yea- terday morning, Wiggs O'Neill drove his motor car to Telkwa, reaching the valley town early in the evening with twenty passengera, including the follow: ing; Chief Constable Wynn, George Kerr, W. H. Larmer, George Driver, Frank Dewar, Harry Webber, Edgar Harria, Tracy Higgins, J. A. Riley, man= ager of the Tigers, and the follow- ing members of the team: Me- Millan, Milla, Holt, Sinclair, Mae- donald, Owen, Tofauiat.: Frank McKinnon is transacting arrived in ||¥ D. J. Dempsey, in charge of | division of the G. T, P., was in: N He is very | optimistic in his view of future |i showshoes | 'f Mining News of Week R. G. Steele reports.that fifty men are engaged in prospecting and development work on various properties on Hudson Bay moun- tain, L. L. DeVoin returned last evening from Qwen Lake, where he inspected the big galena show- ing onthe claims recently staked by Ridsdale and Gore,” The latest strike of copper glance in’ Sunrise basin, where that rich mineral has been fre- quently found, is reported to haye been made by Ches, Thoman, ‘ Wm. Sproule and Arthur Gris- wold, who are prospecting their Nine-mile property known as the Goodenough group, were in town on Thursday. They are much encouraged by the result of their present operations, M. H. Sullivan, of Youngstown, Q., is looking ‘over the mining properties of the district, If rumor speaks truly, he repre- sents capitalists of Cleveland, a city long noted for its aggres- sive and successful mining oper- ators, On Monday J. K, Ashman will leave for Groundhog with a small crew of men, to build camps and make necessary preparations for development work on the coal lands of the Groundhog Collier- ies, a Vancouver corporation which’ recently acquired a valua- bie area in the Upper Skeena district. H, F, Glassey, who isin charge of the supply department of. the Amalgamated, came in from Groundhog on Tuesday with a large packtrain for additional supplies. He reports develop- ment work on the various prop- erties propressing . favorably, The experts who are examining the field are scattered over the holdings of the Amalgamated and B. C. Anthracite, inspecting the geology of the field and the exposures of coal, Mr. Glassey reports the trail in fair condition. With Frank Martin, he made the trip. to Hazelton in’ four and e half days, which is excellent time, Arthur Leverett and Ed. Kohge have returned from Seven-mile gulch, on Rocher de Boule moun- tain, and tell of the discovery of a five-foot-lead of arsenical iron ore, carrying gold and silver yal- ues, on the Ingineca yroup. The vein guts the ‘granite’ for- mation at right angles and gives evidence of continuity. Arthur and William Leverett, Ed. Kohse and George Hauck are the own- ers of the group, which com- prises four claims, The Highland Boy group, one of the promising properties of Rocher de Boule mountain, recently acquired from .McKay Bros. by C. H. Munro and W. S. Sargent, ag announced in The| © Miner, has been taken under bond by P, J. Jennings, the well- known operator, on behalf of American capitalists, The terms of the bond have not been made public, but the vendors say the figure is very satisfactory. A geological authority of con- siderable note is R. G. McConnel, who is now in Hazelton in pur- suance of the task allotted him by the Geological Survey, of which he is an official, He is en- gaged in preparing data for a hand book on the geology of the : coe can G.. T P; between Prince. Rupert and Aldermere, for. use in con- this district of a large. party of geologists from the international geological congress which’ will meet in Toronto in August of next year, - ‘ What Policy May Be - ment is made here by people quite near the Ottawa Govern- ment that the military and naval policy of the Borden government will be devetoped in three parts. The first will consist in subsidiz- ing the C. P. R, at the rate of a- million dollars: a year.’ That company will build a number of very rapid steamers able to eross the Atlantic in four days: and which in time of war ean be turned into very effective cruis- 8s.’ The second part will be to make the Kingston military school the finest in America, the graduates being attached to the British army. Finally a series of drydocks sufficient for warships of large size will be built at diff- erent points on the Atlantic and the Pacific, LOST— Deed of lot and other legal papers. Finder please re- turn to Miner office or to E. B, Dunlop, Hazelton postoffice. tf, Ice Cream Sundaes at the Galena Club. Z (. Full Line of PRODUCE Always Carried by _W. J. McMillan & Co, - PRINCE RUPERT, LIMITED ~ Represented by J. B. Gottstein, Managing Director Wholesale Grocers Importers, Manufacturers, Distributors, Tea Blenders and Packers Tobacconists J. A. Edwards, Hazelton District P. 0. BOX 915, PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. ea x] Ey Ta AER SARGENT’S BIG STORE ps re ae We have a Large Line of Fine Riding § Saddles build and sensible trees. Sweat Pads Saddle Pads 7 . Bridles, Spurs them. Bae JUST ARRIVED Single and Double Rigs, good PRICES RIGHT and all Packers’ Supplies just to hand --- Call and inspect Flannel and Percale Shirts to cheose from, For Gity and Outing Wear. Jus! right for warm weather, For the ladies we have a special line of SILK SKIRTS we wish to close out. _We Have Now On Sale the well known International Stock Food ood Grocery: Dent. Is in every way complete and | prices are sure to win favor. |. 1 Fruit Jars - Buy your Fruit Jars in ad- vance, the demand will be | greater than the supply. Crown Jars, quarts, $1 79 per dozen Tae Ee renee ee —e rs Eres Brown’ s F amous 5 “F LICO” will catch more flys to the square inch than any other fly catching device in the world, _ Dozen coils, 35c. Box of 3: ‘doz. 90c. | FrIicic> a ed a = = a ‘Scythes and Snaths, and Scythe Stones | Best Wide Heel Scythes, best make | ae wy oe =c