“says, ‘the. German. diet. ig 40 per.

“. hotel i in Minneapolis.

5 ‘will yield £100, 000,000. ©

- England, at a depth of 2240 feet.

. Wednesday.

7 Club strongly favor a “national”

THE eMINECA MINE SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1917

“The World’ s ‘Doings i in: Brief

. News Notes from Many Sources

Cardinal “Faleonio is. “dead ‘at
Rome,

The. war is costing Britain
£5,790,000 a.day. ae

Britain’s tax on excess profits

Hor. ‘A. E. Kemp, minister of
militia; has been. knighted:

The labor shortage ‘in the
northwest provinces is'serious.

Fuel oi] has been discovered in

War savings certificates are
selling at the rate of 1000 a day.

The Dolan canning factory at
St. Catherines was burned’ on

Members of Toronto Canadian

shipments, . owing to the disar-

caused by the submarine menace,

accused of fomenting labor

i

Bastern lines will ‘not accept

rangement of ‘American shipping

" Bonar’ ‘Law . ‘this week asked
the British parliament for a war
credit of two and three-quarter,
billion dollars, the largest v vote i in
history. : ;

Socia! Democrats { in Russia’ are

troubles, with- the ultimate aim
of making Russia a social- demo-
cratic republic,

A four-million-dollar fire des-
troyed the Pittsburgh plant of
the Union Switch & Signal Co.,
-which was recently engaged in
waking munitions.

The Dominion government is

government. ©

The keel of the fourth auxiliary

~-ern Chihuahua.

- Berne for Paris,

Panama, canal was frustrated by
_ the U. S. authorities,

"heen taken: over by ‘the war
. department to provide. offices.

week will he paid to widows of

, $7,500,000.

mountain, . near Princeton, is. re-

“cate for $3,000, 000.
-.\-in- the electoral collene being |
‘Wilson | 277, Hughes’ 254."

we on; the Holland-American. |iner
-”? .Noordam, tied up in New . York
“ “harbor.

7 ‘Rogers, minister of public. works;
wail be’ Canada’s high commis.

will make a survey of the Russian

: da, havea ved at San Franelseo, | (

schooner to be built at Victoria
has been laid, . me

-A -state-wide prohibition - bill
passed ‘in the Llinois senate, by
81 votes to 18. :

No embargo will be placed on
the export of raw salmon from
B. C. this year,

- Villa is reported to ‘have de-
feated Carranzist forces in north-

Ambassador Gerard has left
He will return |
on a Spanish boat,

An American correspondent

cent below normal,

Thirteen lives were: lost ina
fire which destroyed the Kenwood

A German plot to block the
Famous palacesi in London have

Five’ thousand parment work-
ers in Montreal are on strike far].
shorter hours and higher wares.

A_minimom pension of $5 a

British’ ‘soldiers and sailors killed
in the war.

The Duke of Norfolk,.: earl
marshal of England,died on Mon-
day. :His income is estimated at}

-Tha Voight group, ‘on: Copper

ported sold to a New York: syndi-

“Wilson was officially declared
elected on Wednesday,: the vote

An explosion'and fire occurred

‘Islipped from the U.S. into Mexi-

{the States if war with Germany
is declared,

the currency laws,
Wiscansin, asked congress to im-
peach Governor Harding,
Warburg and other members of
the federal reserve board.

|SUDDEN DEATH
OF RALPH SMITH| -

Smith, minister of finance i inthe
provincial rovernment, died today
of urzemie poisoning, after a brief |
illness, ;
as. a profound shock,
ceased statesman had a long and
honorable record’ in public life.
Premier. Brewster declares that
Hon. Mr. Smith was an adminis-|
trator of _ pronounced ‘ability. |.
Leading ‘citizens of Vancouver|~ "
and Victoria speak i in the highest}...
terms. of the dgenaned ‘Minister,

considering the advisability of
calling out the militia forces.to
‘patrol the boundary. Fifty thou-
sand men can. be mobilized.

Officials of trades unions and
Socialist organizations in Ger-
many, hitherto exempted from
military service,have been called
up, tothe number of ten thousand.

‘Many German. officers have

co, where they have men and
munitions ready-“to act against

Plans for the inaugural cere-
monies at Washington. on March
4 have been again revised. The
parade will be a pompous pag-
eant, giving the peaple an oppor-
tunity to display their patriotism.

Charging crimes and misde-
meanors in the administration of
Lindbergh, of

Paul

’ Victoria, Feb. 1a. —Hon. Ralph

The announcement came
The de-

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Hudson’ S Bay Company
HAZELTON, B.C.
Groceries, Drygoods, Boots and Shoes, Hardware, Wholesale Liquors

Ty our Frits and Preserves in glass jars!
- Tea Garden:

SAUCE: Cranberry, Apple Butter, per jar, .35 |
PRESERVES: Apricot, Pineapple,

Apricot with Pineapple per jar, .35

_ JELLIES, HONEY, MINCEMEAT, GRAPE MARMALADE

Crosse & Blackwell’s Fruits:
Apricots, Cherties, Peaches, Raspberries, bot. .40, .60
10c each or 3 for 25.

Titi iets tte ttt

ir

MINERAL ACT

Certifjeate of Improvements

/ . NOTICE |

AJAX MINERAL CLAIM, situated in
Omineca mining division of Omineca
district; - located on Rocher. de Boule|
mountain, on Juniper creek, adjoining
the lowa mineral claim on the south,

TAKE NOTICE that I, Jaa. E. Dean
of Hazelton, Free Miner’s Certificate
No, 481748, acting as agent for Charles
F.: Booth, Free Miner's Certificate No.
43178B, ° intend sixty days from the
date hereof to apply to the Mining
Recorder for a Certificate of Improve-
ments for the purpose of obtaining a
-Crown Grant for the above claims.

And further take notice that-action,
under section’ 85, must be commenced
before the issuance of such Certificate
of Improvements.

Dated this Second day of Tiecember,;

A.D 1916, =: Jas. EB, Dean,

Fresh, Choice Grapefruit

Synopsis of. Coal Mining Regu-
- Jations,

oxi
TTUIUIANTICHMNANCOAIHHINRNCORTNINNNICESNIANTEEICOMTMMNTNCRNIN [a

Coane mining righté of the Dominion,

in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and
Alberta, the Yukon Territory, the
Northwest Territories and ina portion
of the Province of British Columbia,
may be leased for'a term of twenty-one
years at an annual rental of $1 an
acre. Not more than 2,560 acres will
be leased to ona applicant, :

Application for a lease must be made
by the applicant in person to the Agent
or Sub-Agent of the district in- which
the rights applied for are situated:

In surveyed territory the land must
be described by sections, or legal sub-
divisions ‘of sections, and in unsurveyed
territory the tract applied for shell’ be
staked out by ‘the applicant himself.

Bach application must be accompani-
ed by u fee of $5, which will be refund-
ed if the rights applied: for are act
available, but not otherwise. A royal-|
ty shall

|S of abit the” at We | Express, General Drayage and Freighting
W LEVERY and STAGES

The person: operating the mine shall ||
ig! night.

=

CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY

Lowest rates Prince Rupert.to all Eastern Points via steamer
to Vancouver and Canadian Pacific Railway.
Meals and herth included on steamer

For VANCOUVER, VICTORIA and SEATTLE

$3. “Princess Maquinna” leaves Prince Rupert every SUNDAY, at & pan.
5.5. “Princess Sophia” leaves Prince Rupert 6 pm. Feb. 16th,
26th; March Sth, March 19th and March 30th.

| J.LPeters, General Agent, 8rd Ave. & 4th St. Prince Rupert,B.C ]

= a aT,

Wea are prepared to supply private it
and publ ie conveyances day an and |
Our stages meet all trains at South Hazelton or New Hazelton.

|
BEST DRY BIRCH, $6.50 A CORD.

ase eS ee

furnish ‘the Agent with sworn returns
accounting for the full quantity of mer-
chantable coal mined and pay the|:
royalty thereon. If the coal minin

rights are not, being operated, suc!

returns should be furnished at least |‘j
once a year. & OCo:

The lease willinelude the coal mining || Consign oon Shehvene
rights only, but the lessee may be per- ; _Adiivess nlf conmunieations to Hazelton.
mitted to purchase whatever available !
surface righta may be considered nec-|° ; ;
essary for the working of the mine at
the rate of $10.06 an acre. oz

Hor full information appiication| §.
should. be made:to the Secretary of the| ®
Department of the Interior, Ottawa, | f
or’ to any Agent or Sub-Agent of |
Dominion hands. 4

. W. CORY,

Deputy Minister of the Interior. -
- NVB. —‘Gnauthorized publication - of | j
this ad advertisement t will not be paid for,
—58782 r

Ruddy & MacKay

NHAZELTON and NEW RAZELTON. .

RAILWAY and STEAMSHIP LINES,

Steamers sailing between Skagway, Juneau,
. Wrangell, Ketchikan, Anyox, Prince Rupert,
_, Denn Pals, Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle.

Leave Prince Rupert. for Ocean Falls, Vancouver Vietoria,- Seattle,
Friday at 9;00 A.M. For Anyox Wednesday, at 12 midnight. - For
Ketchikan, Wrangell, gunean, Skagway, Wednesday, January 10, .24, §&
Pebruary 7, 21, arch 7, ab ip. Fortnightly sailing to Port, ;
Simpson, Stewar t, and iieet Charlotte [sland points, ;

Arrive Prince Rupert from the South every Wednesday at 10:80 a, ™.

Eastbound trains leave Flazelton: Passenger, Wednesday and Saturday, ff
7:10 P.M. Mixed 1:56 p.m. Tuesday. Wayfreight 12:30 P.M, Saturday.  §

Westbound trains leave Hazelton: Passenger Tuesday and Thuraday, ;
9:48 A.M. Mixed 6 am. Sunday. Waylreight 11:85 a.m. Sunday,

For further information apply to any Grand Trunk Pacific Agent,or to -
G. Ae » MeNicholt, Ast Gon. Freight and Passenger Agont,Prince Rupert, B.C,

Commercial Printing at

’ “THE MINER OFFICE

f,

- -Hobberlin’ 3 spring and sutimer =
suitings- have. arrived at Noel &
Rock’ a .

‘One man was killed. -
_ It is reported that Hon, Robert

sioner din “Loridon after the war,
“Nineteen Rastian officials, who

population of the U.S. and Cana-|!

Tifty:
rdi

and’ sixty . thou-

MOOSE, ELK MINERAL CLAIMS, alt= .
‘vate in the Omineer Mining Division of ..
Caselar District, foun.
” Whore Ipcated:“-OX the ‘West : slope |" .

af Rocher de Boule Mountain.’

Morkill of Hazelton, B. Gh B,

under’ section, 86, muat. bo commane
"| peafaxd’ the ti
of Improyementa. © 5
: Die this 15th. day of Tapuaty, A

MINERAL ACT .
Certificate of Improvements .

NOTICE
HAZELTON VIEW, LEAD -RICK,

“TAKE NOTICE that 1, Dalby. B.
Y Land

Surve: yor, nating

to tha Mining
ate of Improye-
purpose of obtaining’ a
the above claims, | ‘
And-further-take-notica that: acti one

warice oF such ° “Gartificnte,

yor ting nal a ent for New :

Herel old. nes ws
a1 Prowl Atiiere ertifieats _

ue Foe? ‘intend, sity days from. the |”

date hereof, to 4ppl ly

Recorder fora Certific

menta, for the
in.| Crown. Grant o

“TO INVESTORS

THOSE WHO, FROM TIME: TO TIME, HAVE
FUNDS. REQUIRING INVESTMENT
MAY PURCHASE AT PAR

Pouon ‘OF-CANADA DEBENTURE stock |

IN SUMS OF $500, OR ANY MULTIPLE THEREO?:

Principal repayable Ist October,’ 1919, 4 .

Toterest payable -half-yearly, Ist April’ and’ Ist October by
cheque (free of exchange at siny chartered Bank in Cannda) at
thet rate of five per cent Per-annum from the date of purchaie.

- Holders of this atock will have de privilege of surrendering
‘at par and. accrued interest, a8 tho equivalent of cash, inpay-
ment of any allotment. ‘mado under any futuré wat Joan issue in -

+ Canada other than.an issue. of ‘Troneury ‘Billa or other Mike short
‘... date security... oe

oa Prooceds of this stock are for, war purpdbae only: .

”

os A commiesion pf one. narter of one per, cent: will be allowed a :
-_ to revegnised ‘bond and d sock b rokera on allotmenta made in.
- reapedt of applications for. this which cir atamp.”
For

Fi

Finanoe,

Stl ld apply: to the Deputy: Minister sat oo
Wa, _ ae

DEPARTMENY or. wriiancEy OTTAWA’
- OCTOBRE 7th, 1916,