¥ ‘THE B OMIWCA HERALD. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 492i H anson. Lumber & | Timber Co. J ‘Mill at. be ap. HANALL, ‘B.C. & wet fot . “Manufacturers of” , ROUGH, DitzSSED & DIMENSION L umbe r 7 HEMLOCK, SPRUCE AND CEDAR 7 “FLOORING - WINDOWS | Hemlock Complete, and Spruce different sizes ne iar Get our prices before ordering elsewhere t, pou THE MINERAL HAS . PRODUCED ‘Placer Gold, $78,018, The substantial pro For five years, For half of the Pro: minezal‘ne _ “The mining laws of th ‘| any other Pro#ince in Full information, 1911-1915 ..... . For‘five -yeara, 1916-1920 ........... ' For ines 1921 to 1925.20... 22-2 e eee eee . - PRODUCTION’ ‘DURING: LAST TEN YEARS, Tode ruining has only been in progress about 25 years, and’ ‘only about one- - vince ce hae ter pro pecti sare lor pros ng. 7s Province are more liberal and: the fees lower than the Dominion or any Colony in the Britieh; ; Mineral locations are granted to discoverers for heminal fees,’ er taalnté titles a are ob obtained by developing: such properties, securtty. of which is ‘guaranteed BRITISH COLUMBIA PROVINCE OF. WESTERN MINERALS VALUED AS FOLLOWS : _ 648: Lode Gold, $126, 972, 318; : Silver, $80,787,003; Lead, 3106, 976, 442: Copper, $209, 967,068; ‘Zine, $50,512,557; Coal and Coke, $284, 699, 188; Structural Materials and Miscellaneous Minerals, $50,175, 407; Making mineral produe- tion to the end of 1926 show. AN AGGREGATE VALUE OF "$988,108, And ess of the’ mining industry. in ‘this prov- ince is strikingly illustrated in the following figures, -which show the ‘value of production for successive b-year periods: For all years to 1895, inclusive ........$ 94, 547, 241 For five years, 1896- 1900 ....cceseeeeee 57, 607, 967° : For five years, 1901-1905 .....-sse0es- 96,507,968 . For five years, 1906-1910 ..........50+. 126, 534, 474 steesaees - 142,072,608 189,922,725 214, 726,650 aveeenectensee gee dee eeeeeenet 67,189,842 ” $429,547, 755 eeteds 200,000 square miles af unexplored pire. . luable ‘of Information. , valuable sources of In: together with mining , reports and maps, _ may be obtained gratis by addressing The Honourable The Minister of Mines _ |, | VICTORIA, BRITISH*COLUMBIA . CANADA by” elas “fl Pronipt ‘efficien repairs - to ail’ makes’ of cars: apeedy and: careful taxi service to -all: parts. of ‘the district, and regular serviee to traing, | with prompt" ‘attention to tranfer and ‘Grayage—This is the service of _ The: Falconer. Transfer 2 HAZELTON, B. C. sidenivwic — Have You Paid Your Subseription. Up to Date? .00 Pays fora Fall Year “There ig: a world of pleasuré inven Orthophonic: Victrola, 7 eet Dae eats .- $16.00 will bring an: ‘Orthophoni: Victrola. freight: - i ” prepaid, ‘to your station and‘té . dollars eaeh : ‘will. spay if. off, : 19. interest, ee" payments 0 of ‘en foe We walt nea ‘dong ‘ ei f Hacords't6' mere ha SAS, QUICK. N EWS Geo. ‘Gatner is. sgliahtly ulider “tha weather. a. trip to "Rochester before long. " Quite a number. attended the barbe- cue and report a good time. ‘ : Miss Thorsteinson, the new teacher, has arrived and opened the school, - Fitty cents for ten ‘gallons of milk seems to be a frequent occurrence late- ' Meadowbrook: visitors “on Sunday were Hi. H. Phillips and W, L. Faddon and their families, “We are advised by W. EK. Cunning? ham that reports as to his: having sold his oil rights for any “sum whatever are merely compounding a.confounded but innocuous terminological inexacti- tude. . ; Mr..and Mrs. W. H.R. Lowe: spent. Sunday at Valley View. od. Price and J. “Bourgone started up the threshing machine last week and they are stepping on the gas. too. Dotgald was in, ‘and his friend Donald took 4 bottle of whisky to him Donald: gave the invalid one glass and said s— “Yell git anither a ane in the, mornin” About tive minutes, elapsed, and then Dugald suddenly ‘exclaimed’. t i oY¥e’d better, let. me ‘hae the ither noo Donald, Wwe hear 40 sae’ money ‘sudden deaths noondays, my “Here Snd'There. | &dr mail service between ‘Winnipeg . ‘ and -Fargo,.North Dakota, has heen inaugurated and the ‘first mall’ for Winnipeg: from the United States ate rived Fecently, ad . The - Shorthorn bull,’ ‘King ot the. Fairies,. recently. suld from the Can-= @dian»ranch of H.-R. H: the: Prince, of: Wales,to a United States’ breeder, again. won .the premier. prize, at the Calgary. Exhibition. .-: : Evidences’ of the renewal at ‘inter est of Old Country investors'in West. ern Canada are :seen; in. a: number | of recent transactions recorded at Winnipeg, including -- the : “proposed erection of three” ‘motion ‘picture ‘Hixtnes: by means. ‘of ‘English capital, ""Mederie Beauperant, ‘when. “ Glear= ing: his farm south of Vertier’ “on the ‘Canadian. Pacitle Hnes;"found a 300- ‘Ib. ‘boulder ‘which. was" half ‘native “gilver'and worth about-$1,200. The discovery has aroused - considerable interest among mining men in Cobalt and! elsewhere: Who. are arriving in Ye “Yondon. Ontario, now has an air harbor. ‘Through efforts on. the ' part of the Chamber of Commerce an ‘ideal air-field ‘site hasbeen taken over and, within a month’s time, will cho completely. equipped and marked . eo as to provide’ an ‘air.depot avafl- ‘able to all Silanes’ ‘thet Aaek, London Os &. atopping’ place. ’ oe " According’ to'a ‘financial statement Canadian Pacific Railway Company, |; the gross earnings - of ‘the Company for the first six’ months of the, ybar “ended showed an fricreade’ of $3,614,- 778.06, The net’ profits, however, docressed’ about’ $900,000. ‘due.to a - four. million dollar inerease in- the “working expenses, for. that, iperiod, | ct as the: jpistorto, iBateway. and. . Feleomed | their’ hresses : the Prince of ales Princa George ‘nad. & dlaze of, color... -flsronged. ‘the ithe ‘decks 8 and |: 7 ea the clfic 8: sae of ihe Canadtan ee the ‘dis ri od ‘Vieitors: to: Canada, steal Ut Vea? si eth, Abed od 1 aes stetront 4 : - Mrs, Carl Wakefield expects to take ly and should tend: to eneourage the]: dairy industry, particularly now wher |’ _[jthe: cows require supplimentary feed-|:1 . | Biever - . | . | over dasmed from the headquarters ‘of the | may be leased au homealtes,. conditional : : ‘upon | Be ‘dwelling: . being erected ~ in- the’ | first "year," ‘title ‘being obtainaible after. Quebec . City lived, ‘aD td its’ tradi. “|: ‘fulfilled: a the Tend" | has : ‘been. sure: (freyeds 8 i Re bo, LEASES. a . For . grazing “and tndetrtal ” pirpese, ‘and. Premier and: Mra, Baldwin: with :|°.. . s@ dremehdous burst. of enthuilesm an Vast, crowds "| _| retime. - -adinintateredi ipraringirn med, ope " given": “ta.: ‘eatabtlabed * ‘ownera. | the Hazelton Hospital The Hizellon Hospital, issues ‘tie: kets for any period’ at $1.50 per month in advance. 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 ‘medi- cal superintendant at the hospitai cete ‘ B.C. UNDERTAKERS EMBALMING FOR SHIPMENT A SPECIALTY A wira . will bring us | P.O. Box 948 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. ‘Provincial Assayer a D. Boulding Price List Sent on Application Prompt Service is Given to You Bema in Your Samples - ‘Smithers, B. C. | SYNOPSIS OF LAND ACT AMIENDMIENTS | PRE-EMPTIONS - Vacant, unreserved, surveyed Crown lands may be preempted by British spbjecta ( 18 yeara of age, and. by allena on. declaring intention to become British subjects, conditional -wpon residence, ocen- pation,, and improvement’ for ‘agricultural Purposes. os Fall information concerning regulations regarding, pre-emptions is given in Bulletin No, 1, Land Series, “How to Pre-empt Land," copies of which can bo obtained free of charge Victoria, B.C., or to any Government Agent. Reoords will be. granted covering only land mitable for agricultural purposea, and which is not timberland, le. carrying over 6,000 beard feet per acre west of the Coast Range and 3,000 feet per acre caat of that Range. Applloations for _pre-emptions are to. be addressed to the Land Commissioner of the Land Recording Division in which the land applied for.is situated, and are made on printed forma, coples of which can, be obtained from the: Land Commissioner. Pre-emptions . must he occupied for five years and improvements’ made to ‘the ‘value | of #10 per: acre, Including cleaving and‘ cultivat- ing at Least five acres, before a Crown. Grant can be received, For more detailed information Bee ‘the Bulletin, Hew Preempt Land.” puNncHASE ”* Apgileations are received . for: purchase of vacant and...unreserved Crown IJands, minimum prize of Aret-class (arable) land. Is 85 per Bord, “and second-class: (grazing) land $2.50' per acre. . Further. Informotion regarding -.;purchase . or’ leaso of Crown lands is given in Bulletin No. 10, Land “Purchase and. Lease of ‘Crown ee San i Mill, ‘factory, or Indnatrial sites on timber land, not exededizg 40 acres, may be’ Burchaced, or leased, the coriditions dacluding bayment ‘of stumpage. ° *! ‘HOM RSITE ‘LEASES | | Unsurveyed ‘areas, “not ‘exceeding ‘ea acres, xealdence and . improvement . conditions ara by any spe person Orr eempany. ;, Under “i . “rasta” ‘ 1a divided into. grazing ‘dintrlots,’ > | geaeing perm bared “on nombere ranged, by addressing tho Department of Landa, || hot being timberland, for agricultural purposes; | + “Wiese fhe RW filjams 4 ‘PROVING ‘L“ASSAYER © Price lista sent on request Creiit. it Feuclig Bldgi, VANCOUVER, B.C. % SUPPLY STATION AT _ ANGUS McLEAN City Transfer | | Tables. - SMITHERS, B.C. GAS AND On| | ‘Hotel. ‘Prince Rupert A meaL Goon HOTEL ‘Prince Rupert B.C. eS H. B, RocHEsTER,: Manager Ratez $1.50 per day up. 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