THE. OMINECA HERALD, WEDNELDAY. JUNE 6, 1927 $80,787,003; Lead, $106,97 tion ta the end of 1926 show AN AGGREGATE " show the value of production For five years, 1896 For five years, 1808, 90S For five years, 1906-1910 For five years, 1911-1915 For five years, 1916-1920 PRODUCTION DURING LAST crown grants. of Mines. Victoria, B.C, eal Survey of Canad valuable sources of information. Full THE MINERAL PROVINCE OF WESTERN HAS PRODUCED MINERALS VALUED AS FOLLOWS :— - Placer Gold, $78,018,548; angie Gold, 126,972,318; Silver, 442: Copper, $209, 967,068; Zine, $50, 512, 567; Coal and Coke, Some ‘699, 133; “Structural “Materials and Miscellaneous Minerals, $50,175, 407; Making: mineral Produc- VALUE OF The substantial progress of the mining industry in this prov- ince is strikingly illustrated in the following figures, which For all years to 1895, one baeteee seneacewsen oe 189,922, 725 For five years 192] to 1925.:..... For 1926. ...0:0ssessseeeseerennes . Lode mining has only been in progress about 25 yeara, and: only about one: half of the Province has been prospected; 200,000 square miles of unexplored mineral bearing lands are open for prospectiny. The mining laws of thia Pravince are more liberal and the fees lower than any other Province in the Dominion or any Colony in the Britigh - Mineral locations are granted to discoverers for nominal fees. Absolutetities are obtained. by developing such properties, security of which is guaranteed by - Practically all British Columbia mineral properties on which development work has been done are described in one of the Annual Reports of the Minister Those considering mining investments should refer to such reports. They are available without charge on application to the Department of Mines, Reports covering each of the six Mincral Survey Districts aré published separateiy, and are available on application. Reports of the Geclogi- a, Winch Building, Vancouver, B.C,, are recommended as information, together with mining reports and maps, may be obtained gratis by addressing ; ‘The Honourable The VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA CANADA $988,108, 470 © for successive 5-year periods: $ 94,647,241 | 126, 584, 474 142, 072, 608 seeveensenee 214,726,650 67,188,842 TEN YEARS, $429,547,755 Emnire. Minister or Mines The Omineca Herald|] NEW. HAZELTON, B.C. - Published Every Weduesday C, A. SAWLE ; PUBLISHER Advertising rates—$L.60 per inch per month reading notices L5c per line first inuertion. 10e per Hne each subsequent insertion.’ - ’ .. . SHUN THE PEDDLER The summer season now. at hand, brings with it an economic aunnuilly takes a toll of thousands. of gained dollars.. It is the- intinerant yeddler, the house, .to house door ‘bell ringer and those of his kind who travel from ‘place -to: place and: imposing: on bargains in this. and that which most always ‘turn out to be inferior merch- andice sold at higher’ prices ~ or in short, measure. It is well: to beware of these fellows and the — plandable stories that they tell to engage the jn- trest and confidence of their: prospects: They ure of many varieties and and with as many kinds. of ~merchan dice to-sell, : o . In ferivr arcticles of many kinds ure peddled - about hither and — yor during summer monthy. The automo- bile has been a great ald to this kind of chineantry for after he has landed u few gullible prospects a day’s journey will take him far uway and beyond the reach of the buyers who discouvers that he has been victimized. What better insuraiee -can there be than buying from u home town merchant? If for nny reason the arct- icle proves unsatisfactory he is ready satisfy his customer. Not soe with the peddler—he is gone to-morrow or yet to-day if the chase gets too hot. Women will know This to be True! Haven’t you found this to be trus--that one batch of flour will give you certain results but that the next time you bought the same brand your results would be quite different. . Now, the big flour companies employ chemists to see that their flours are kept to a constant standard. Drugd, like flours, may be thoroughly pure but of a variable standard, Think what this means in, the effectiveness of your doctor’s prescreptions. Ormes buy their drugs only from manufacturers who guarantee that their products are not only 100 per cent. pure, but that their atrength is as unvary- ing as the daily round of the sun, ORMES LIMITED . The Pioneer Druggists | Prince Rupert, B: C. The Rexall Store ‘| trail He is not seeking to satisfy his custom- er—he is after the money alone, The home town merchant stakes his reput- ution and his’ success on his record for fair and honest dealing, “He may there’ is nothing elusive about him, ‘When tolks want support and’ con-. tributions for -this, and that, they Know where to find-him and’ he gives willingly und generously. Did auyone ever -henr of the itinerant merehant coltributing a single cent for local advancement? There. is -one real way of insuring good goods at reasonable prices, one way of ‘getting good value for the dollar expended and that is to buy. of the reputable home town inerehant, ot “THE SANKY TRIAL British justice is a good thing but if the legal profession has its own way sumetinies it can be too much of a good thing. aA case in point is the Sanky Moving the second ttial from yl Prince Rupert to New Westminister R 8. ‘Sargent New | Chevrolet All Models are now in stock for your inspection Greatest value, greatest comfort, greatest speed ever offered it in a car. . : .. Show: Rooms i in hein _ In'the old Cunningham store | or particulars and ‘fall information gee. “Hazelton, B. CG “Terrace Notes “The Auxillary of the ‘Ganadion ‘tel gion held’ a: “suceedsfl ‘sale ‘bf | home evoking and enndy in. the, G. hall’ on Saturday, last A. x. “Wlson. was ap ‘from. Renio. for AY. Ve AH a-day recently.. daying in town. “Erte. Weston of “Prince | Rupert vas’ a pouiday. visitor .. in /Texrnce durlig | a non ‘Wriday. aa ‘D. R Shaw’ of ‘Kallum: ane hot ade te ’ Rupert spent Saturday in town, | was going the limit, ‘but when the court, “the jury and: the prisoner and |his guards nre brought all the way tu lissington to‘ view the scene of. ‘the “}erime it seems to be stretebing’ “i point. No doubt it is a fine holiday for all these on the trip, and there Js ubout fifty, but. what purpose is to be served is hard to see.' Justice is good but justice, tempered with mercy is better. It seems that there should: be a little justice ond mercy shown the general public, the people who have to live in the: province ‘and pay: the bills. : |not only of this particular trial, but. of the protection they are supposed “tc get from the police of the province. Noying the trial to New Westminster was. not. complimentary to the intelli- _|gence or the Justice of. the people ‘of ‘|the- north. “Neither was , | mentary to the judge nor to the Intelli- : gence, ‘of the defense lawyers, it -compll- week aud’ visitor iy town. | 4 K. Olson and.G,: Berkinsen of Prince John Spitzel. and family have moved - into the cottnge west of ‘Progress hell, and. J. Vigers. has taken- the. building recently oceupled as 7) ‘hospital. ” a | const-on: Saturday tq join. her another | - : an : ‘who “has: besh. Vieiting . at. the. McRae Arne: ‘Kaldat of ‘Geantvaic was in| 4 ‘ranch at Kallum.. a “annual, holidny ill thatl. credulity of the unthinking, offering | and. willing te correct the trouble anc. |: be found at his’ place of business day } {in and day out, year in and year out, * | fulfilled’ ‘| veyed yt: ater Olive ‘Minhro arrived from fhe} V4": divided. : into. grazing districta, ; es : Commissioner, : - ": Bert ‘Walter . of the. local bank tage iett: Sunday" for’ Prince: Rupert for. his The Hazelton’ “Hospital the Hazelton Hospital issues tic- kets for | any perlod at $1.50 per _ month in advance. This rate In- - cludes office consultations, medi- cines, a3 well as-all-costs while in the hospital. Tickets are ob- ; tatnable in Haziton at the drug store or by mail from the medi-. cal superintendant at the. hospital ae : , a | ' a B.C. UNDERTAKERS *EMBALMING FOR SHIPMENT A SPRCTALTY P.O. Box 948 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. . A wire. will bring us ane a tas iene TNT mr rte te am rt $s at ee ~ — Fhe ret en rrnerar nner mn "ht Raper A ReaL Goon doven’ en en pra, sete ine ap tne ee ee cea pm etlvimaca ener eee. | Prince Rupert . a B. RacuestER,” Manager ; “yy (Rates $1.80 per duy-ap., rimenertaeermyn ste Oh Oe OS Re he ee ae SH ee wey a cn a aio o . t Provincial Assayer J. D. Bouldin is Price List Sent on Application . Prompt Service 1s Given to You. Send in Your Samples Smithers, B.C. ——SYNOPSISOF LAND ACT AMENDMENTS PRE-EMPTIONS| , Vacent, unreserved, surveyed Crown lands may. .be’ pre-empted by British subjects over 18 years of nge, and by aliens on deckyirg intention to. Becore. British subjects; conditional upon residence, occu- pation, and.. improvement for purposes, : Fall information _ regarding pre-emptions ia given in . Bulletin No.-1. Land Series, ‘How to Preempt Land," copies of. which can be obtained free of charge by addressing the Department of Lands, Victoria, B.C., or to any Government Agent. Records will be granted coverings only land suitable’ for’ agricultural purposes, and |’ which is not timberland, ‘ie, carrying over 5,000 board feet per acre. west. of the Coast Range and 8,000 feet per acre east of that Range, _ Apblications . for pre-emptions are to be addressed to the Land Commissioner of the | forma, copies of which can ha obtained from the ‘Land Commissioner, i : ‘Pre-emptiona . must be accupied for five years and ‘improvements made to the value of $10.per acre, including ‘clearing and cultivate. ing at least five acres, before a Crown .Grant {can be received, For more detailed information gee ‘the Bullatin, How Pre-empt Land.” PURCHASE} rs Applications are received for purchase of vacant and unreserved Grown lands, not being timberland, for agricultural purposes; minimum price of first-elass: (arable) land is $5 per acre, and second-clase (grazing) Tand 92,50. per “acre. Further’ information regarding purchase or lease . of Crown jands is given in Bullatin. No, 10, Series, “Purchase Lands.” | Mill, factory, or | industrial sites on timber Land and Lease | .of Crown at c leased, the conditions including payment of stumpare. , HOMESITE LEASES: Ungurveved areas, nat: yaxceeding: . ‘0. acres; “| may” he leased as homesites,” conditional ‘ 4) upon 2 * | fivat ° dwelling being ‘erected in "tha year, tithe being ' obtainable’ ‘after’ ‘yeaidence and. .impyovement, conditions’ are a. the - ‘ land - hea - been . gure “LEASES lotus ae _ For + grains and trduetrtal purpose by any, png person or’ SomRAny. :, . pare Be! ane at GRAZING. | ‘Under ‘the | “ Grazing’. ‘Act. “the Provinea aud thé Tange. * ‘administered «under! the 7: \Gravhiz Annual. grazing ‘permits * are — BBY'S © HARDWARE Smithers, B. Cc. , We carry a full line of prozpect- Ors supplies | Prospectors Tents Tent Flys Wall Tents. Drill Steel Everything required ‘for miners | Puse and Cups 0B full line of | “FARM MAC BINERY- ‘agricultural | - , concerning regulations | Land Recording Division: in. which tha land |: applied for is aitunted, and are made on printed aan Jand, not exceeding 40 acres, may-be purchased or |. - 7 1928, I preas not exceeding. 640. aores | may. ‘he: leased: GAS AND OIL City Transfer} ct stables SMITHERS, B,C. tot ¢ os “ - on , vt . B.C. LAND SURVEYOR J. Allan Rutherford ’* All descriptions ‘of ‘surveys . promptly executed. — SMITHERS, B. C. J.R. ‘Williams: PROVINCIAL ASSAYER Price lista sent on request * Credit Foneier Biag., VANCOUVER, B.C, IN THE SUPREME COURT OF | _, BRETISH. COLUMBIA ss —_ - s In “the ‘matier of tthe ig amnintsteation 0 Act” and in the Matter of the Estate & . Of: ‘Louis Ban sou Deeensetl, Intestate ‘ake notlee, by ¢ an order of His Hon: intestate, quired. to.forward. same properly vert. | fied, to -me-on or before. the Sist. of “| May, 19283. ‘and all..persons indebted to. the said ‘ebtate:are ‘required to pay] Lor J nudge. Young, dated 2ist of January, was appointed: adnilnistrator of ‘|the estate ‘of: Louis Hanson, deceased ‘AN ‘persons having claims against. the Said ¢state:ere hereby re- 2m the amome of thelr indebtedness to' mic] forthwith. : toned, based .9n. “numbers ;, ae pritrity f ra ‘Dated at’ ‘Bmlthars, ‘B. vn “this 11th day. of. May, 1028,"