je ee THE OMINECA. MINER, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 25; 1916 ete The Omineca Miner $9000 rrr PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT HAZELTON, THE CENTER OF ‘THE GREAT OMINECA DISTRI CT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, The Favorite A. R. Macdonald, Pu blisher and Proprietor. Shopping place SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada-and British Possessions, Two Doilara a _year; Foreign, Three Dollars a year. ADVERTISING RATES: Notices, 20 cents per line for each ingertion. Gazette rates, Display, $2.50 per inch per month; Reading Legal notices inserted at B. CG. ‘MINERS’ PROSPECTORS? and. SETTLERS’ SUPPLIES A ‘SPECIALTY | “We Lead--- ~ if Others FE ollow : SARGENT’S VoL. V. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1915. No.4 HOW DANGER OF FIRE MAY BE MINIMIZED The season is fast approaching when cool evenings will demand the starting of fires in our homes. September and October have become known.to firemen as the months when chimneys and flues cause the most trouble, The following suggestions of a practical nature, if faithfully followed, will do much to prevent damage to property and loss of life, . door, the wall. partitions, walls, floors, attics Where these must pass through partitions, walls or floors, always use a large, ventilated double thi stovepipes in the attic, They may come apart or rust. ” Sroves—Place a metal stove-board on the wood floor under the stove, and extending at least twelve inches in front of the ash pit Protect all walls and partitions within two feet of any stove with a metal shield, leaving an sir-space between the shield and Leave no kindling or other wood in the oven over night, Do not hang clothes too near the stove or stovepipes. - PIPES—-See that the lengths of stovepipe are well fitted to- ; gether, ‘free from ‘rust, holes and parted seams, wired firmly and _ “fitted perfectly into the chimney, Stovepipes passing through and roofs are dangerous at best. mble. You should examine the Puff and spider webs are likely to gather on and around them, to be set'on fire when you least expect it, _ CHIMNEYS~-Chimneys should be built from the ground up, and never rest on - wooden supports. cause eracks i in the chimney. | mortar are often responsible for good quality of brick and cement mortar. - ‘The settling of woodwork will ‘Nor should the chimney walls ‘be used to support joists. or other woodwork. Saft brick and poor defects in the chimney. Use a Chimney wails should be at least eight inches thick, the flue of ample size and Hned with fire clay or terra cotta. should be cleaned frequently. ° DrFecrs—Defective stovepipes, boilers, furnaces, pipes and . Never stuff up the flue holes with rags or paper, nor cover them with anything but a meta! Stock, - Chimneys ; chimneys should be promptly repaired or replaced. ~ _ OVERHEATING —Beware of overheating stoves, boilers, farnaces and pipes. ASHES—These should never: be placed i in wooden receptacles or bing, - on wood fladrs or: againet wood partitions, walls; fences, buildings | or. ‘any other’ woodwork, Use metal’ receptacles only, and -duiip ashes | away fronrall buildings. Y CaRE—These matters. are technical, ‘but very simple and 1 merdly ‘eall for ordinary care. You -eannot afford to’ be careless, when: the lives of your loved ones,. and. the property of yourself and neighbors 7 -is at stake.. Let! “Care and: Caution” be the watchword andi in this a way. ‘aasiat i in’ ‘reducing Canada’ g : enormous fire loss. = | “¥ B.C. Timber for Export Under the direction of, . the minister of lands, an attractive pamphlet. entitled: “British. Co. + Jambia’ Timber,” has. been - pres . pared for. distribution ; ‘amorig’: ‘the buyers i in ‘Overnen niarkets, ‘Tt _ is intended to draw the attention of-importers. overseas to the for- : st products of the brovince, and exporting. British Columbia 1 jum. her, pages and ¢on taining nearly thirty|" “illustrations the pamphlet treata a Consisting of nearly forty ought | to be: exceptionally good, American plants for-the produc: tion: of “explosives, © ‘cartridges. shrapnel and rifles have increased their ‘capacity since ‘the war. to ten: times: their former capacity, and: ‘b ‘the 1 middle of the coming ‘winter’ the j increasé will-be . thir. tyfold:” Vet ‘even 80, he ‘says, their contributions tothe supplies | | of ‘the Allies: Amounts wo far to only about two ‘per. cent: of. What} ‘they: are consuming, a : ; intsentiog US Arm | Tr