"THE OMINECA HERALD, FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1924

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New Haze_tTon

Terrace
News.-

TERRACE, 8.C.

a _ LAND ACT

s©«©Hazelton Land District.-
foe Coast, Range 5
yy TAKE noticé‘ that I, Jean Louis
Chretien, of Terrace, B. C., occupation
Farmer, intend’ to apply £ for permission
. to purchase the following described
me 6 lands:
Commencing at a post planted 40
chains west of the North-east corner of
Lot 870, and at the south end of an
Island in the Skeena River; thence fol-
lowing shore of the Skeena River, |.
am = Northerly 30 chains, Easterly 10 chains,
m= Southerly and Westerly to the point of
-s commencement, excepting therefrom
gravel bars covered by high water, and

District of

ns oa ty

TAKE notice that J, Frederick M.°
Hall, of Terrace, B.C.. occupation Tim-
_ ber. Cruiser, intend to apply for per-
fn, mission to purchase the following des-
mee, =ocribed Jands:
= Commencing at a post planted on the] :
East shore of Kitsumgallum Lake 40
chains northerly from the North-west
corner of Lot 6733, Range 6, Coast Dis-
‘ trict; thence East 20 chains to a point
40 chaing North of the “North east
corner of anid Lot 6788, thence South
20 chains, thence .West,10 chaing more
or lesa to the Bast shore of Kitsumgal-
| lum Lake, thence North-westerly fol-
lowing said shore 25 chains more or
= less to the point of commencement and
maa, containing 30 acres mora or leas.
a FREDERICK M, HALL
| Date March 6th, 1924.1

: W containing 25 acres more or has. & “ it
en} Date M pith, Bovis CaRETTS . . ; |
, W oodeock |
of LAND ACT Ps —— ceemnereeet
: 4 Skeena Land, District. - District of. Ww. E. Giles, of Alberta, has
are. B been in. Woodcock for several] —

Forestdale

/ _ |
The new ball built: by A. G.
im Sturgeon at Forestdale was open.
m ed on Saturday, March 29, Sam-
; jjuel Cocker; J.P, of Vanderhoof,
gave the opening “speech ° and
jipamed the structure the “Albert
Hall”. The building is said to
‘he one of the finest of its kind in
.-Central B.C., and will be large
enough to fill ‘the community re-
quirements for some time to‘come.
One of the novel features of the
jhall is. the moveable: stage with
dressing rooms.on each side. By
F folding: up the. stage: it, forma into
w/seats for the. musicians, and the
public, ;
At 8 90 p.m... ivnmediately fol.
owing the openi ing. Bpeech, ‘danc-
ng was start a8 kent ap

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until midnight, when a sumptuous
supper was served, So good was
the new dancing floor found to be
that more dances followed the
supper, and when the gathering
| finally -broke up at 2.30 everyone
returned many thanks -to A, G,
Sturgeon for giving one of the
most enjoyable events ever held
in the district. — Forestdale Bulk-

ley Booster.

days looking over the. available
property. with a view to purchas-
ing. He expects to go into dairv-

satisfied with the ‘Prospects in
this locality as compared. with
those in. the part of Alberta
where he has resided for the last
few years. 1 :

Samuel. Elliott is another ar-
rival this week ftom’ Alberta.
This country looks so good to-him
that after two days spent looking
around Sam has sent back to Al-
berta for his’ trunk and intends
to remain here,

_ Miss Irene Doll, of Alberta, is
visiting her. sister, Mrs.’ Tonv
Hobensheld for a few days,

Percival Clay, who for a’ num-
ber of years carried on farming
on the prairies, has come to Wood-.
cock to try: his luck in B.C.
farming.

-Rev.: J. H, ‘Young,: of Tetrace,

‘Sunday evening. rn

‘ging ‘to. the - station. is. ‘nearing

‘be open to. the. ‘public: in another
week, The next piece of road

the ‘completion — of the. road to.
{}Kitwanga ’ which was, ‘promised:
some’ ‘time ago but: of: ‘which we

ing on asmall scale and -is quite |.’

held service.in the ‘schoolhouse i

- The new toad: frorh the eros: |.

completion and: is. ‘expected to|

work. done j in‘this’ part . ‘should ‘be!

have heard: nothing pinice. ee | 7

Omineca Herald ‘failed, to arrive

Ton. Saturday’s; train. as ‘has al-
ways been the custom heretofore

and if disappointed looke, anxious
inquiries, and“ conjectures as to
the reason for its non-appearance
are any ‘eriterion the weekly ar-
rival of this paper is as eagerly
looked. forward.to asa letter from
home. It was carried through
and arrived later. _

Reports Optimistically

Following his return from an
extended tour through Central
British Columbia, Attorney-Gen-
eral Manson reports that general
conditions are excellent. Mining
is booming and the minister pre-
dicts that in the Stewart district
alone this vear more people will
be busy and more money will be
spent than for the past ten vears,
All along the line of the Canadian
National optimism reigny. The
mining activity means ready mar-
kets for the farmer. -Further-
more, the railroad tie and pole
business is developing rapidly.
Hon. Mr. Manson incidentally
states that what there was of the
Provincial party. has disappeared
in Central British. Columbia. -

W. H. Linton, of Edmonton,
was in Terrace on business the
first of the week, ’

Mrs. Wm. Aird and Mrs: Harry
Clark, of Pacific, visited in’ Ter-
race on Friday and Saturday at-
tending the whist drive and dance

given under the auspices of the
G.W.V.A. Auxiliary on Friday.

B.C. LAND SURVEYOR

BARRISTERS BOLICITORS NOTARIES

a ‘Allan Rutherford M cGill & Tufts

. All descriptions of sur-
veys promptly executed —

it SOUTH HAZELTON 2 SMITHERS BURNS LAKE
lf - — — =)
THE MINERAL ‘PROVINCE OF WESTERN CANADA 7
HAS PRODUCED MINERALS VALUED AS FOLLOWS: —
Placer Gold ..........cececcenececcuess § 76,542,203
Lode Gold ooo... 0... cscs ee teecencnene 109, 647.661
Silver .......-.2.e.eeeuereee teaeundeaes 59,814,266
Lend ......ccceveeves beseuetenceessese 1,810,891
Copper i. cee ee receeeeeee tebe eneceneneas 170,128,242.
AL 24,625,853
Coal and Coke 12.0000 2 2200S 288, 289,565
Building Stone, Brick, Ganent aves 36, 605, 942
Miscellaneous Minerals ................ 358,
Haking its mineral production to the end of 1922 show
. AN AGGREGATE VALUE OF $769,418,462
_ The striking progreas of the mining industry in this prov-
inee is strikingly illustrated in the following figures, which
show the value of production for successive 5-year ‘periods:
For all years to 1895, inclusive ........$ 94,547,241
For five ears, 1896-1900 ...., Cnteesnes 57,607,967
For five yeare, 1901-1905 .., _ 96,507,968
For five years, 1906-1910: .............. 125, 534,474
For five years, 1911-1915 .............. 142, 072,603
For five years. 1916-1920) ........... .. 189,922,725
Wor the yéar 1921 2.0.0.0... cece eee 28,066,641
For the year 1922... 0.0.0... csesecseuas 35, 158,343
PRODUCTION DURING LAST TEN YEARS, 5339,280,940 ©

Lode-mining has only been in progress about 98 years,
and not 20 per cent. of the Province has be n even’ pros-
pected; 300,000 square miles of unexplored ‘mineral ear-—
“ing lands are open for prospecting,

i The mining laws of this Province are m6re liberal and
_ the feea lower than any other province in the Dominion,
or any Colony in the British Empire.

Mineral locations are granted to discoverers for nominal
fees. Absolute titles are obtained by developing such pro-
perties, security of which is guaranteed by crown grants.. ,

ull information, together with mining reports and maps, ‘
may be obtained gratis by addressing -
The Honourable The Minister. of Mines
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