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Tas Leaping Hore.
' . IN NORTHERN B, C,_

My } Rates $1.50 per day up, :

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; Prince Rupert; B.C. *f

| LAND

Vacant,

PRE-EMPTIONS |
unreserved, . surveyed
} | British subjecta over 18 years of age,.

} | to. become British subjects, ,condi-

‘Full information concerning regu-
Aotions "regarding . pre-emptions | ‘Js

-“How to Pre-empt Land,” coples of
which can ba obtained free of charg
by addressing the Department. .of
Landa, Victoria, B.C., or to any Goy-
ernment Agent: ae

. Records will. be granted |
only Jand guitable for agricultural!

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E, E. Orehard, Owner.

European or American Plan

m The headquarters for the Bulkley
ee Valley. Tourists.and Commercial men

find this a grand hotel to atop at.

All trains met. Autos,
oY eaddle horaes provided.

Smithers. B.C.

Cc. W. Dawson Manager

Best attention to tourists and to
commercial-men, ;

Dining, room in conneétion .

Rates reasonable. Patronage is
solicited

The Bulkley Hotel

livery or rigs

tad Fn rns euee SF

Omineca Hotel

purposes, and which js not timber-

feet per acre went of the Coast Range
and 8,000 feet per acre’ east of that
’ Range, | . BO,

Applications for, pre-emptions are
to be addressed to the Land Com-
“missioner of the Land Recording ‘Di-
vision, Jn which .the land applfed for.
is situated, and are made on printed

tained from the Land Commissioner.
> Pre-emptions' must be accupled fac
five yeara. and: improvementa meade
‘to value of $10 per acre, including
. Vedring*and cultivating at least: five
apres, before a Crown Grant can be
received. wh . .

For mors ‘detailed Informiation see
the Bullétin “How to Pre-empt

Land.”
PURCHASE

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chase of vacant and unreserved
Crown lands, not being timberland.
for agricultural purposes; -minimum
price of first-class (arable) land le $5
per acre, and second-claas (grazing)
} | and $2.50 per. acre. Further infor.
mation regarding purchase of lease
of Crown lands fe given in Bulletin
No. 10, Land Series, “Purchase and
Lease of Crown Lands”
Mill, factory, or industrial sites on
timber land, not exceeding 40 acres,
‘May be purchased of leaged, the con-
Gitions’ including payment of
atumpage. ;

HOMESITE LEASES |

‘Unsurveyed areag, not excaeding 20
acres, Nay be leased aa homesites,
conditional upon a dwelling belng

Importers and

Dealers in vo
mS . Walipapers We carry the
Burlaps largest and |
g Paiots ‘moat varied
mem Oils stock in
S Varnishes. Northern
me Glass Britigh
mn: Brushes, Etc. Columbia

Write us for information when
renovating or building your home

BEAVER Boarp Diatrimavtons

is A.W. EDGE Co.

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Make Your Home Attractive !

Seem P-. Box 400, “Prince Rupert, B.C,

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‘erected in the first year, title being

Provement conditions are fulfilled
and land has been surveyed. -

LEASES.

poses Areas not exceeding 640 acres
May be leased "by one person or 4
company.

GRAZING

' Under the Grazing Act the Prey--
ince fa divided into grazing districts
and the range administered under 1
Graging Commiastoner. Annual
grazing permits are issued_based on
| tlumbers ranged! priority heing given

to established owners, Stock-owners

may. form sgsociations. for range
management. Free, or partially free,
permits are avaliable for settlers,
pampers and travellers, up to.ten
-head, .

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NOTICE

Navigable Waters Protection Act
. B.S.C, Chapter 115

[HE Minister of Public Works, Gov-

ernment of the Province of -Britigh
Columbia, hereby
has, under Section 7 of the above Act,
deposited with the Minister of Public
Works at Ottawa, and in the office of

"| the District Registrar at Prince Rupert,

: The Hazelton Hospital

gr tickets for any-period at $1.50 per
Bey onth in advance, This rate in-
peludes office consultations and
Baemedicines, as well ag all costa
Servhile in the hospital, Tickets are |
epbtainable in Hazelton from the
eeeeug store; from T. J,+Thorp,
Seem clkwa, or by mail'from the medi+

The Hazelton Hospital issues .

B.C., a description of the site and plans
ofa Highway Bridge, proposed to be
built over the Skeena River at Terrace,

_And take notice that after the expira-
tion of one month fram the date of the
first. publication of this notice, the
Minister of Public Works, Province of
British Columbia,. will, under Section 7
of the said Act, apply to the Minister
of Public Works at his office in the city
-of Ottawa, for approval of the said site
and plang and for Jéave to construct the
the said highway bridge, - a
- Dated. this 25th day of April, 1928.

“ose WH. SUTHERLAND,

fer*! Buperintendent at the Hospital.

"Province of British, Colum

BO, Box 948

ies. C. UNDERTAKERS |
BEMPAEMING FOR QIPMENT A’ SPECIALTY « :

eee |
Seer NCE RUPERT, B.0..’ . will being is! |

‘Minister of Public: Works, -
nigic Pia.

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ere ny
| RARHISTERS goLicHORs NOTARIES |

te here

ACT AMENDENT

Crown lands may be pre-empted by -
and by aliens on declaring intention .

onal upon residence, accupation, |
‘and improvement for. agricuitural |
ourposes, . caer

given in Bulletin No. 1, Land. Series, -
covering .

land, fe. carrying aver 6,000. board .

forme, copies of which can -be ab- -

obtainable after residence and jm- ;

. For grazing and ipdustrial pur. —

‘yYageons prades and
4 Many; ‘many. miles of roads in
{Northern B.C. have been re-

ives notice that he.

LD, FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1924

Good Roads in -
Interior and a_
“Lot of Them

. ‘One of the -favorite. topics of
conversation is: ‘‘I made Telkwa
in three and a half hours,” or
“*we came in from Burns Lake to
.|Telkwa in an hour and a half or
{two hours and a half.” “We
made Smithers in our old ar in
jless than three hours.” Fifty
miles in three hours over, earth
roads and in @ mountainous coun-
try is darn ‘good time and it
means that the roads must be in
good shape. Today we ‘can run
by car at fifteen to twenty miles
an hour all the. way from Hazel-
fon and New Hazelton to the
Francois and Ootsa Lakes coun
try, and a higher powered car
than most of us own will make it
in much better time. Yet the
{Opposition . advocates will tell
you that the present government
has not kept the roads‘in repair

‘)that. the old Conservative gov-
Applications are recelvad for pur-..’ ‘

ernment built, Taking Telkwa
{8.4 central point, and.a good
dea] of the ¥Oliver government
has -not kept:"roads in. repair’?
talk comes fram there. Previous
to 1916 the ‘railway and the
cayuse were the modes’‘of travel,
because the roads were not fit
for motor.travel. On May, 24th
at Telkwa there. were cars from
Hazelton, New Hazelton, Smith-
ers,'and points all along the road
to Burns Lake and each car
owner was. telling about how
good time they had made, and

.|how many of the hills they. took
Previous to| ...

1916 there were few hills that). - -
‘Jeould be taken on .Jlow.. That

on high with ease,

does not look as if the present
rovernment had been neglecting
‘the repair work: It is quite true
that some of the roads built; by
the old government previous' to
1916 have not been kept in re-
pair, for the. simple reason that
some of those roads have been
abandoned because of their out:
curves.

located and hundreds of miles of
new roads built. Today there is
a road system. and. when one
Starts. out in the morning it is
certain they will reach some place
in agiven time. In the old days
there was no such certainty. To
talk of ‘‘not keeping the roads in
repair” is foolishpess and re-
diculons.- | ° _ L
Tt is not claimed that the roads
are yet thoroughly ; satisfactory,
nor that we are going to cease

[SMITHERS

1924, for taking and receiving the votes
of: the said :
division of the Electoral District afore-
said at the respective places following:

Butedale
Gedarvale. y Ebs
‘Claxton. 0... 2. Pacifie!
Copper City -

Duthie Minez- | Remo |: -,
Evelyn: Rosswood =; f-
Glentanna * . .: : Skeena. C:
‘Hanall .: vy. Smithers:

Hazelton.
Kitwanga’. -
Kitimat...
Kitsumkalum
Lorne.Creek .
Kispiox
| Little Canyon beg
2 | of: which all persons are. hare
aq | cd. to: take. notice. a

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' Provincial Elections Act |
‘Form 12 (Section 41) |

Proclamation of Returaing Officer

PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
in the SEEENA Electoral District

To Wit: :
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to
the voters of Skeena Eleetoral District
that in obedience to His Majesty's
Writ'to me directed, and bearing date
the tenth day of May, in‘the year of
Our Lord‘one thousand nine hundred
and twenty-four, I require the presence
of the said Voters at Police Office,
Hazelton, B.C,, on the thirtieth day of
May. 1924, at_ twelve o’clock noon, for
the purpose of nominating and electing
& person to represent them in the
Legislature of this Province, ,

THE MODE OF NOMINATION OF
CANDIDATES SHALL. BE AS
FOLLOWS :— . .

The candidates shall be nominated in
wrifing; the writing shall be subscribed
by two registered voters of the district
as proposer and seconder, and by
other registered yoters of. the said
district ag assenting to the nomination,
and shall be delivered to the Returming

Officer at any time between the date

of thia Proclamation and one p.m. of

the day of nomination. in the event of

a poll being necessary, such poll will be

open on the twentieth day of June;
1924, at ;

Butedale - Moricetown
Cedarvale New Hazelton
Claxton Pacific
Copper City . Port Essington
Duthie Mines Remo.
Evelyn . Rosswood .
Glentanna Skeena Crossing
Hanall . ’ Smithers
Hazelton South Hazelton
Kitwanga — Surf Inlet
Kitimat. Swanson Bay
Kiteumkalum Telkwa -
Kispiox Terrace

Lorne Creek Dak

Little Canyon

of which every person is hereby requir-
ed to take notice and govern himself
accordingly,

“GIVEN under my hand at Hazelton,
B.C., this twentieth day of May, one
thousand nine hundred and twenty-four..

’ JAS. TURNBULL,

. Returning Officer. |

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‘Proclamation of Returning Officer

PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
-_ In the SKEENA Electorat District
To Wit: nee
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to
tha Electors of tha Electoral District

Plants
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PRINCE RUPERT, BC. -

aforesaid that I have received His

Majesty’s writ to me directed, - and
bearing date the 10th day of May, 1924,
commanding me to cause the following
question, namely:—
Do you approve of the gale of beer
by the giass in licensed premises _
without a bar.under Govern-
ment control’ and regulation?

to he submitted according to law to-the
Electors’ qualified to vote for the elee-
tion of a member of the Legislative
Assembly for the Electoral “District
aforesaid: and, further, that in obedi-
ence to the said Writ a. poll shall. be
opened at eight o'clock in the forenoon
and shall be closed at seven o'clock in
the afternoon on the 20th day of June,

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