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PRE-EMPTIONS —

Vacant, unreserved, surveyed “orown lands may be pre-empted by - British subjects over.18 years of ame,

f and by aliens on declaring intentlon

f 6to 6vbecome British subjects, condi- ional upon residence, occupation, mee and improvement for agricultural - ae purposes,

en: Full information concerning regu-

fey, ications regarding pre-emptions is : given in Bulletin No, 1, Land Serles,

“How to Pre-empt Land,” coples of

my, Which can be obtained free of charge

oa, oy addressing the Department ‘of

om Lands, Victoria, B.C or to any Gov- : ermment Agent. :

Records will be granted covering

purposes, and which is not timber- land, ie, carrying over 5,000 board feet per acre west of the Coast Range and 3,000 feet per acre east of: that Range, | . -Applications for pré-emptions are may (o be addressed to the Land Com- 3: misstaner of the Land Record'ng Di- vision, In which the land applied for v> te situated, and are made on printed mi forms, copies of which can be ob- tained from the Land Commissioner.

Pre-emptiong must’ be occupied for five years and improvements made to value of §10 per acre, inciuding / glearing and cultivating at least five B «acres, before a Crown Grant can be received.

For more detailed information see f the . Bulletin “How to Pre-empt oe )|6Land." Sat .

i PURCHASE

og Applications are received for pur- chase of vacant and unreserved

Crown lands, not being timberland,

for agricultural purposes; m nimum

Price of first-class (arable) land ia $5

yy) Per acre, and aecond-clagss (grazing)

land $2.50 per acre. Further infor-

; y mation regarding purchase or lease

mee 60 Crown lands is given in Bulletin

m,; No. 10, Land Serles, “Purchase: and

H Lease’of Crown Lands." .

. Mill, factory, or industrial sites on * Umber land, not exceeding 40 acres, |} may.be purchased or leased, the con-

) 6ditions including payment of

m:; stumpage.

HOMESITE LEASES

Ni Unsurveyed areas, not exceeding 20 * aores, may be leased as homesites, conditional upon a dwelling being. ; elected in the first year, title being. me. obtainab:e after residence and im- + provement conditions are fulfilled ‘§ and land has been surveyed,

ol ' LEASES .:. For grazing and -industrial pur- mee: Poses areas not exceeding 640 acrea

may be leased by one ‘pereon or 4 company, . .

GRAZING

= Under the Grazing Act the Proy- Ince is divided into grazing dietricta and the range administered under 1 me Grazing Commissioner. Annual] FY. grazing permits are issued based on mq numbers ranged, priority being given

+ to established owners. Stock-owners ¢ may form associations for range Inanagément, Free, or partially free, permits are available for aettlers, > campers and travellers, up to ten

syst oF BAND ACT AMENDMENTS

only land suitable for agricultural -

tT head.

MR, WALTER PRATT anager of Hotals, Sk and Dining Cars, Canadian Sanine Rallways

_ THE OMINECA HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1,-1924

Il. Brussela Liege.” Lille

Seeing Europe With the Editors

Vimy Ridge Arras ~ Paris

tour of the party of. Canadian editors of weekly newspapers. This tour of the British Isles and the Continent is ably pictured by

Leader.- ¢*

July 2nd, 1924.

I have come for a brief space to a haven of peace in the leafy heart of England. Otherwise I have despaired that any feeble attempts to describe the tour of the Canadian editors of weekly newspapers would be written, The past ten days hayé been such a whirl of new experiences and crowded with events, made

tant in that they are the tributes of the peoples of Belgium, France and Great Britain to Canada as represented by some of her scribes and their ladies.~

Once indeed, there came nearly four hours of opportunity to write, That was last Sunday, when a party of us flew across from Paris to London. But that story must wait with a score of jothers. I have thought that my readers would prefer to know what we have been doing and what we propose to do. We left the good old Melita at Antwerp, after an official break. fast, tendered on board by the C.P.R., and with representatives of the Belgian government and the city; went to the Hotel de Ville (city ball), were welcomed by the burgomaster, and inspect- ed its art treasures. . A trip by launch around the harbor followed In the afternoon we entrained for Malines, where. we were re-

and saintly. man, Cardinal Mer- cier, by the burgomaster, and by a carillon from the sweetest bells in the world; played in our ‘especial honor, - Brussels greeted -us, through her press assuciation when we arrived in the evening. -Next day (Sunday) cur first act was to place @ wreath on the grave of Belgium’s unknown soldier. . A reception and address by. ‘the| Belgian Chamber -of Commerce followed. ‘Next, M. Hymans; minister of foreign affairs, receiyed:us and a Belgian journalist then conducted us through the houges of parlia- ment (Representative and Senate) It was in-the latter-that Edith Caveli was condemned ‘to death: On. our way. to the city. hall, to the blitgomaster’s. reception, we: watched a. wonderful . religious | procession (Corpus Christi). oat

Following is the second ofa serles of articles describing the

Editor Savage of the Cowichan.

Jeach of us received a rose, from

the more memorable and impor-.

ceived by that, great world figure! took us first to Perenchies, where

through woods and pleasant ways to the Colonial Museum (Congo) and, after tea in the gardens, visited the “‘Tir National’, where’ Miss Cavell and some thirty-five Belgians were executed. Here, through the kindly forethought of A. Stuart Blakeney, Canadian xovernment trade commissioner,

his wife or little girl, and placed it on the memorial slab. Thence we passed to the Royal Palace, where King Albert gra- ciousiy shook hands with each visitor, who was introduced by the Britishambassador, Sir George Grakam, In the evening many went out to the field of Waterloo, | On Monday a special train took us to Liege. In the morning we went through the great engineer- ing works of the Cockerill firm, and were welcomed by the burgo- master at the town hall. At luncheon, by request, there was alusty singing of ‘‘O Canada.’ The afternoon passed quickly amid the ruins of Fort Loncin, whose gallant defender, Colonel Naessens, held up the German onrush in August, 1914. We drove to a citadel, overlooking a glorious panorama, and returned by train to Brussels at night. Early next day found us in the train for Lisle, where hearty wel- come and-a wonderful luncheon awaited us by the “‘Bienvenue Francaise’ (a semi official body for welcoming guests to France and promoting international good- will), and M, Agache, head of huge Kuhlmann industries. It was 10 p.m. ere we. returned to Lille from a drive to Ypres through historie ground. On the morrow (June 25) cars

we looked ovef the chemical works | and textile factory of the Kuhl-

pagne while a band of a hundred erashed out “‘O Canada’ and the “*Marseillaise”. We lunched with the directors of the mining com- pany at Noeux le Mains, the event being in honor of the opening of their new .coal, mine at Vimy Ridge, - .

The’ afternoon. went: all .too swiftly driving , through battle- fields, mounting to Vimy Ridge, and on to Arras, whence we en- trained for Paris, — , .

mann interests, and drank cham: | J

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etal

The merchant who fails to “speak. up”

store. This lost business goes either - , to his competitor down street or by the ~ mail order-route to the big city stores. .

they hopght ‘‘ansight unseen’’ from a catalogue . ean be seen and examined in the local -storea! .

Teli your buying public what you have, AD. VERTISING in ‘The Omineca Herald’? and “The Terrace Newas’’ will invite the whole community to your store. And— rn

oe

_ Are Invited To Shop ~

Issued by Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association... : Head Office: Toronto, Canada _

lets a lot of golden sales slip past his

People are often surprised: to find that the goods =~

Most Folks Shop Where They |

Pe en

} Silence That Is ne at

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- BRITISH COLUMBIA

HAS PRODUCED MINERALS VALUED AS FOLLOWS :—

Placer Gold ........ enees eee tee nenes $ 76,962,203 Lode Gold... 02.000 0.8. vee neecucatace 852, 655 Silver ........0c. cece cae beens edeweee ces 63,582,655 Leud .........0.0085 date enueeseascene + 58,132,661 Copper ......... bees eeneeeanvene vevees 179,046, 508 ZINC... ee ees Cana bseeeeeermanees ve 27,904, 756 Coal and Coke. ..:.......0.0ceses5 vee. 250,968,118 Building Stone, Brick, Cement, ete..... 89,415,284 Miscellaneous Minerals ............-... 1,408,257

or all years to 1895, inclusive ...... 7 047,241 For five years, 1896-1900 ........., eee 605,967 For five years, 1901-1905 ....... seeseee 507,

For five years, 1906-1910 ..... saeenenes 126,584,474 For five years, 1911-1915 .,............ 072,603 | For five years, 1916-1920 ,......, 189,922,725. . For the year 1921 ...... st etenetennees 7 066,641 For the year 1922. ....../......0.,.. .». 95,158, 843 For the year 1928. ...........00.0. voes $41,804,320

Lode-mining has only and not 20 per cent. o t pected; 300,000. square miles of .unexplored mineral. bear- ing lands are open for prospecting,

been in progress about 25 years,

tish Empire,

granted to

the fees- lower than any or- any: Colony in. the Bri

Mineral locations are fees, Absolute titles are obtained by developing such pro-

perties, security of which is guaranteed ‘by crown grants. : may. be obtained gratis by addressing VICTORIA,’ BRITISH COLUMBIA.

It will be seenfrom the fore-| going that. we‘have had a stren- uous program, ‘Ihe ladies have

THE’ MINERAL PROVINCE OF WESTERN CANADA —

PRODUCTION DURING LAST TEN YEARS, $356,288,862

the Provinee hag’ been even’ pros- The mining laws of this Province are more libers! ahd. other: province. in the Dominion,» discoverers ‘for nominal -

Full information, together with mining reports and ‘maps, ;

~ The Honourable “The Minister of Mines

bl irene

not been the only people to feel

tired, and one Alberta editor was ill at Malines for twordays, where, Cardinal “Mercier and. Belgian

ritans. ae

officials, proved more than Sarma

BG LAND SURVEYOR, . _S: Allan Ratherford ‘) 4 All. degeriptions of sur- || "| .Neye promptly executed

| In the afterndon’wé ‘drove! ”

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