Notices for.Crown Granta . - “many. years. Te ' THE Sue aD. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2105 The ie Onin mee : as Printed every. Friday ater : NEW HAZELTOR, B.C. C. H: ‘Saw PUBLISHER Advertising rates~-§1. 50 per-inch per month; reading noticea 16¢ per line first insertion, 10c ber line each subsequent insertion. *-: Subscription to all. parts of the world— i One year ar - $3.00 f. Sixmonths + = 0 = LTB, oy = °° $1.00 _“~PorshaseofLand +. - + 00 "Licence ti Prospect for Coal - :400 “a “a “ue wrong during the submarine in- vestigation.’ Sir Richard McBride really expected a thorough coat of whitewash which he could use for political purposes, and which would permit him to announce an election immediately. But the whitewash brush has not started working vet. The case is still open for further evidence and. it is indefinite when the verdict of the commission will be given out. ‘Sir Richard must be peeved, The Liberal condidate, G. A. Gaskill, recently visited the Peace River section of the Fort George riding and he returned to Prince George with a story very similar to what he would be able to tell were he to visit the outlying por- | tions of this or any other riding in the province. The provincial government carried their. wildcat land policy too far. They allow- ed many settlers to go where.the _ government had: no roads and where there was no railway, and where the government knew that ‘there was: little ‘chance to ‘get! either form of transportation for Another. blunder was.in building the Pacific Great Eastern railway. from Vancouver to Prince George, instead of from Prince George to the great farm- ing country of. the: Peace River. The idea of: that: was tc ‘help Vancouver at the expense of the new districts. Eastern would: now be a feeder - for the G..T. P. had it: been built : north first.” As‘it-is ‘that railway ‘is of little service’ to’ the people. ° ‘and ‘of.less to the: political ‘party. The Pacific Great ‘in power. At the same: time. all ‘those settlers who went. into: the Peace River. country a few yéars. “ago - with. money, stock and.im- -_plements are ina bad way. They ‘have stock andimplements and ‘lots of grain’ and: produce, ‘but :eahnot-get.any: market, and: they, -hayeno: ‘money ‘left. : —= the McBride: government: ‘treated PE vevery: section’ -of “settlers: in: the} FS “jnobth in ‘the sameway?) If ne settlers: like: it; ‘they will vote..for ‘Has: inot o | prestage. said. men: do live i in the old town, “Tand:the fact that c our: ‘contempor- ary encourages them ‘adds no The chief: object of our contemporary is” toi injure the district, keep people out and drive others out, if possible. Such has always’ ‘been its policy. ‘The Sil- y i ver Standard is operating with a fullforce. The positions of those who quit were filled immediately by local men, -and the manage- ment was not even embarassed —= |by the efforts of our unreliable Something must have gone. contemporary, and the residents of the old town who tried to make trouble for the workers and for the mine owners, - a About Men and Things = IR DICK says the Grits are J after him with. clubs, . He’s|- partly right, anyway, Pe By Kovos 3: HERE will be a ‘rush of ap- plicants for the position of janitor when one is. wanted at Vietoria, British Columbia, OW-WOW said he made “the best defence possible” when he replied to the crisis: ‘charges.’ That makes it unanimous, as the people knew what an awful mess he made ‘of his attempt to clear himself of. those charges. NE of the best sellers!? jost now would be the provincial voters’ list,for-which Sir Dick has been: waiting before calling an election... It is..a crime that. the government printing bureau like this... ow. that the fall rains s have I. set. in: ‘andthe roads: are|"" sufficiently up.to the government; = = standard of. impassability, it ‘is likely the government ‘road gang that has..been ‘bluffing: around Chicken Lake will be laid. off;i'No|] one would want. to:see ‘the: ral supe driving that ‘nifty: team of||'- government: horses. in: ‘weather. = like this. Next year will be:soon enough any.way to complete that road, Ltsiis only: afew: ‘years since it was-started' and. ‘should it: be. completed too, quick; would} lL... ranch, which ‘vould be bad for the assessment value of the lat- ter farm when the time comes for ‘a through road | from’ the south. And the coming. election will furnish @ permanent chill ‘to many of the present officials. \HE province recevily.held'an| = auction sale of stock from the Colony:Farm... We can quite readily understand that Bowser needs the money, what with an election staring him in the face |and his need of another vacation, but’ ‘the surprising thing about .it is: that. they were able. to. keep from Price Ellison the fact that |there was a superabundance of stock at the provincial farm. We congratulate ourgelves, yd “Lb RED ROSS has recently issued another * - pamphlet. Ire. provincial . real estate’ boss goes strong on:pamphlets witha ‘niore or less ‘doubtful object. The latest. is.a struggle through six- teen pages in an effort to impart some of -his superior knowledge on ‘‘How to Finish B. C. Wood.’” In the light of our experiences during the past summer with the years. preceding, when the pro- vincial: éxchequer was’ full: of cash and the woods were full of fire guards, it is hard to sander- stand why he-should use so much | geod. -paper’ “when the: formula: is 80. obvious. | Last summer: there were “practically. D0: fires. in ,this.| district, certainly very few com- pared with: the season when the Dominion. Trust-and cattle ruat- ling. were in flower, and it would seem: the’ ‘simplest. solution of the} should keep ‘the premier waiting problem: ‘of finishing our-woods if |. firé guard is a power if. the: tim- ber: be close t to a 4 polling, booth.’ guards were again. turned loose ‘ ert : eg a Besides “a good|: Ups d Drug ® store . - NEW MAZELTON: : “HAZELTON : “P.O. Box 745 " go4 First Avejue eee Ue ved 4 ‘GRAND “TRUNS rRUNK equipment. Character service, 3 TRAIN S WEEKLY _ To Edmonton, Saskatoon, Regina, Winni eR, - |. St. Paul, Chicago,’Eastern Canada and - ed States, Monday, - Thursday “and Saturday. : at p.m. |. + Pees 3 BOATS WEEKLY - To Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle," San Fran 4 : -cisco and San Diego Thursday and Saturday, at 10,00_a.m., from Full particulars cheerfu Local Agent or” A. 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