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VOL. 8, NO. 8 STEWART, BRITISH COLUMBIA, FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1926 $5 THE YEAR—10c. the Copy NEW HOPE FOR ANOTHER VEIN I WM. H, LONGLEY DEVELOPING THE LEAD-ZINC ORE ON BIG MISSOURI Athletic dance tonight. Wm. Bunting left last Monday DIESJN HYDER RUTH &JRANCIS No mineral district in British R.G.Birch of the Bank of Mon­ night on a business trip to Rupert Reports of new discoveries on William H. Longley was found J. H. Nesbitt is developing hig Columbia is so vitally interested treal staff left for Rupert last Hugh B. McGuire, manager of the Big Missouri are coming with dead in his cabin in Hyder last Ruth and Francis group near the Saturday. the Alaska-Canadian Co., arrived in the reopening and successful a regularity that may be becom­ Saturday evening by Jack Fitz­ head of the south fork of Glacier from the south Saturday. operation of the Ladysmith smel­ ing monotonous to some readers; Mr^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ and Mrs Stanley Alton o^f gerald, who had engaged him to creek, four miles beyond the Prem e An election to decide the ques­ ter on Vancouver island as the nevertheless another must be re- j ' -* 'eft this week for Craig, take supplies in to the Titan Dunwell mine. The work now Alaska on a tion as to incorporating a local Portland Canal district. The an­ corded this week. / ! * vacation trip. property on Fish creek and get being done consists of driving a The ore for the school district, will be held in nouncement by the sponsors of A large and apparently impor-1 Vancouver Ex- the camp ready for operations to tunnel to get under the ore al­ this enterprise that they will be , / i h'hitinn i•******- of them at the Province store, led well situated, at an elevation ores on the ground and separat­ la machine drill was expected to A spark from the chimney set! Richard Murray McGusty to be to his making an investigation of 3400 feet at the camp, with ing them into their various min­ j be in operation there this week. fire to the roof of Wm. Hanson's, stipendiary magistrate for Any- and finding the body. Death ample timber and water, on a eral constituencies, or else ship­ residence Sunday morning, but ox and adjacent districts, was evidently due to cerebral nice easy slope well adapted for ping ore in the crude state and RICH NEW VEIN the blaze was immediately discov-1 Dancing has become so degen- hemmorhage. buildings, and so located that a facing heavy penalties imposed ON SILVER TIP ered and quickly extinguished. erate that some of the ultra-mod­ Deceased was a man of exem­ gravity tram could be construct­ by the smelters, often with in­ Wm. Sloan, former manager erns will walk throngh a waltz — plary habits and a quiet disposi­ ed straight down to the wagon justice, but against which an ap­ •f the Daly Alaska, has taken and with the lady walking back­ road near the Dunwell mill. No A new vein that appears to be tion. Coming to the district peal would be worse than useless. over the management of a prop­ wards. from McCarthy, Alaska, several angles would be necessary. of considerable importance has erty on Texada Island for the Jack Scott, of the firm of Lyon At least sixty per cent of the years ago, he conducted a barber The property presents a very | been located on the Silver Tip B.C. Gold Mines of Vancouver. & Scott^^^^^^^^, is away o^n a^^^^^ vacation^, ores in this district carry lead shop in Hyder for a time, later interesting geolocical and miner- property which is now being de* H.D.Rochfort, of H.W.M.Rol-j which he is utilizing in prospect- and zinc in combination. Here­ working at the Independence alogical condition, containing veloped under the management L ^ . ^ ! the Georgia river section, tofore one or the other of these & hfl8 spen( & on ing mine. Before going to McCar­ the Bitter creek argillites and of J.V.CIegg. Samples brought,^ , | J. . Lyon is carrying on at the minerals was a total loss to the Marmot Meta g QQ property 0 thy he had lived for a number of some Bear river greenstone, the to town this week carry the typ-| ^ J market, shipper, besides decreasing the andishighly pleaged th meat years in Anchorage. Alaska. He whole intersected by innumer­ ical high-grade silver sulphide I ; Mrs Ernest Blue and infant amount of payment on the min­ showings of ore being opened up was born in Kansas City, Miss­ able dykes. There are three ore that gives such high returns: j daughter returned last Tuesday eral saved. Many ores assaying there ouri, was 55 years old, and is large copper veins on the upper or. other veins of the group, and j p - Minneapolis. Miss After age 4 Q thjg jssue wag from a visit in survived by a widow, who lives end of the property, and two up to $100 and better per ton some of the specimens show nug-1 \ Burleigh of that city ac- off the presSi thg paper wag noi> Thelma jn Seattle, and a brother, R. C. high-grade galena veins lower cannot now be shipped at a prefit gets and beautiful crevice-fillings | . ^ ^ I companied them and will spend fied the date for anRja] Longley, in Pond Creek, Okla. for this reason, and the cost of of wire silver. The new find is down, one of which shows a con­ installing separation plants is 'meeting of the Liberal Associa-! the summer in Hyder. The funeral will take place in siderable amount of silver chlor­ across the creek from the vein ! beyond the means of most oper­ i tion had been changed from July The amateur gardener says all Hyder at 2 o'clock Saturday aft­ ides from which very high assays now being developed. On the ernoon, July 17, under the aus­ 28 to July 29. j he can see to this "early to rise" have been secured. The Ruth ators. It takes no great imagi­ strength of the discovery Mr pices of the Masonic Club. nation to forsee what an impetus C. L. Hibbard of Seattle and j stuff is that'the mosquitoes and and Francis looks like one of the Clegg has increased the size of deer flies beat him to C.B.Brown of Los Angeles left j it. They most promising properties of the will be lent to mining here when his mining crew and will open STARTING WORK for the south last Saturday after j have their bills sharpened as soon camp. the values in these ores can be up the vein. recovered in full. Ladysmith is examining the Outland Silver jas he sharpens his hoe. ON SILVER BASIN Mickey Nash and Ed Fernald also within reasonable shipping RUSHING WORK Bar property, in which they are New Manager for L & L distance, and shipping costs heavily interested. returned Monday from a trip to Jack Fitzgerald started devel­ H. J. Thomey, manager of the ON THE DUNWELL opment work this week on the should be reduced to the extent E. A. Haggen, prominent min­ Georgia river, where Mickey re­ Dunwell for some time, and later Silver Basin group of claims of being practically an unimpor­ ing engineer and publisher of cently located an immense quartz of Victoria mines, returned Sat­ which is owned by himself and tant factor of expense. With the Crawford Transfer Mining and Industrial Record, vein that looks like it might be urday from Victoria where he Co. hauling timbers day and tne mother lode of that spciiuo his brother, S.P.Fitzgerald. The spent the winter. For about two The Ladysmith smelter was arrived from Vancouver Satur­ night from the dock to the Dun­ A fine ore display, consisting group consists of six claims and months he was in a hospital as a taken over by a syndicate headed day to make an examination of well concentrator, things are! of several hundred pounds from is joined on the south by the result of plunging into a river by Herbert Carmichael, former the Albany property. humming in and about the Dun­ the Marmot Metals, was placed Day group, recently acquired by with an automobile. He has tak­ Provincial Assayer, and H. B. The Hyder Dock Company are well operation. The foundation in the News windows yesterday the Big Missouri Mining Co.; on en over the management of the Thompson. They have secured planning extensive improve­ timbers for the mill are now laid for a temporary sojourn before the east by three claims of the L&L Glacier Creek, Wm. Irwin the services of David McBride, ments to their dock which will and construction well under way. being sent to the Vancouver Ex­ Big Missouri and the Hercules having resigned to take charge metallurgist and ore expert, who involve an expenditure of be- The right of way for the tram is hibition. group. It is one of the old lo­ of another enterprise. will have charge of the new re­ l tween five and ten thousand dol­ cleared. A Iarge tonnage of ore A. N. McDonald writes from cations of the camp, and has duction plant, and who this week lars, and giving the dock a front­ is already developed in the mine, Rupert that he has undergone some very promising showings. Victoria Mines Directors gave out the following statement age of 250 feet and greatly en­ and being increased at a rapid an operation, having the bone of At a recent meeting of Victoria in Victoria: larged wharfage facilities. rate every day. his injured leg scraped and chis­ Forest Officials Visit Mines Ltd. held in Victoria, an "I've just come from Colorado "Paddy O'Dowd" the Hyder eled, and that he expects to be Ranger Calvert and Forest In­ entirely new board of directors and Utah where the separation Old Tillicums Get Together race horse, had revenge for the out of the hospital in about three spector Barclay visited Stewart was elected as follows: Arthur and treatment of intimate mix­ Wm. S. Armstrong, represent­ many times he has been beaten weeks. during the week, arriving Thurs­ E. Haynes, Mrs J. E. Holley, tures of lead and zinc ores is a ing the International Typograph­ by "Flossie," of Stewart, in the Under the leadership of Rev. day morning on the Forest Ser­ Frank Coleman, Horace W. Mil­ very live question," Mr McBride ical Union, arrived from Van­ past three years. The race was A. W. R. Ashley, the Stewart vice launch Lillian D. Mr Bar­ ler, Andrew McGavin and Fran­ said. "Hitherto such ores have couver Tuesday for a week's run Wednesday night, twice troop of Boy Scouts left Monday clay is in charge of the records cis J. O'Reilly. been roughly concentrated and visit. He is going over the camp around the Stewart track, a dis­ morning for a week's outing at department of the Forest Branch smelted, with a great loss of with Peck McSwain, the two tance of 3600 feet, and Paddy Georgia river. They were taken in Victoria; he is now making School Election either the lead or zinc, and some having known each other since an easy winner. to their camp site by Sam Mc­ a prolonged tour of the mining At a meeting of the School districts of B. C. in connection ores have been so complicated long before Peck published a Mr and Mrs Wm. Irwin of To­ Neil with his launch. Board held last Tuesday H. P. with the controversy that has that they could not be treated faked story ab»ut President Har­ ronto arrived Saturday for a visit Gibson was elected a member of engaged the attention of the at all. rison's assassination and beat it with their son William. Though Liberal Delegates the Board, viee John Mellor, re­ Lands and Mines Departments "The new proceases, which we before an enraged public could he has passed the age of three At a meeting of the Stewart tiring. Walter Broad was elect­ for some time as to the extent to (Continued on Page 3) decide on whether to reward him score years and ten, Mr Irwin Liberal Association last night ed auditor. which mining operators are en­ with burning at the stake or just Senior looks as though he might delegates to the nominating con­ S. P. Fitzgerald, president and titled to free timber. Mr Cal­ plain hanging. That was in the still he able to take a fall out of vention to be held in Rupert on Mrs C.E.Hill of Tacoma arriv­ managing director of the Inde­ vert is well known here through days when any woman who put his husky mine-manager son, July 24 were elected as follows: ed Saturday for a visit with her pendence, returned from Seattle his periodical visits as Ranger in powder on her face was consid­ whom he had not seen for thirty W. R. Tooth, G. W. Smith, J. P. sister, Mrs J. L. Campbell, of Monday tmd has gone up to the charge of the district, ered a dissolute character. years. Hawkinson and Miss Kate Ryan. Hyder. property.

KXfttt PORTLAND CANAL NEWS, STEWART, B. C, FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1926 time The Portland Canal News **to*** *- maximum of kadi win beDALB Y B. MORKILL attained, and the needs ©f the industry on MINING SURVT 70B HARDWARE B. W. M. ROLSTON this coast be adequately provided for. Editor and Publisher B. C. Land Surveyor Oils, Paints and Varnishes W. R. HULL Another satisfaction in connection STEW AST, B. C. Newa Editor with this new project is the possibility of WALL PAPERS

MKMBEE Of CANADIAN WEEKLV NEWSPAJ-EB JLMOtmMOX its hastening the reported plans of the Trail Consolidated, which owns or con­ A. T. MILLER MINING SUPPLIES^ FTTE DOLLARS PER YEAR I Successor to G. H. Shepherd) trols the Sunloch property on the south ALL KINDS OF BUILDING MATERIALS Restmore Springs & Mattresses. Steamer Trunks, H Advertiiing Rates: end of Yaneouver Island, and the Old ASSAYER arr.ess Bisplay Advertising. 50 cento per inch per issue Reading Sport, now known as the Coast Copper, Sttwart, B. C. Notices, 20 cento per Hhe. Fifth Street Special Position Display or Reading, 25 per cent above on the north end, where, on Quatsino D. W. McLEMAN STEWART ir*ntry rates. Sound, it is reported that the erection of flHtificate of Improvement, $15 (If more than one claim, F. C. GREEN t&W for each additional claim mentioned) a smelter is now being planned. Quatsi­ (Green Bros., Burden & Co.) Land Notices, $10. Coal Notices. $7. Water Notices, 115. no Sound is on the west coast of Vancou­ CIVIL ENGINEERS Ne Advertising Accepted for Pint Page ver Island, some 300 miles north of the B. C. LAND SURVEYORS Stewart Bakery city of Victoria. Stewart, B. C. BREAD CAKES LOOKING FORWARD If both these smelter projects are car­ ICE CREAM CANDY The report in this week's issue of the ried through to a successful conclusion, PORTLAND CANAL LOOSE VEGETABLES FRUIT > reopening of the Ladysmith smelter by a B.C. coast mining will experience tremen­ L. O. 0. M. 1218 dously rapid growth within the next few Victoria syndicate or company headed by Meets 2nd Thursday at Hyder. 4th CAMPBELL & DUKE. Herbert Carmichael, late Provincial Gov­ years, for then B.C. capital will not only Thursday at Stewart ernment Assayer, and H. B. Thompson, be profitably invested to a very consider­ Canada's war-time Food Controller, and able extent in mining, but also in smelt­ Elizabeth W. Maxwell D. C. the installation therein of a new and ing, which will in turn result in far more CHIROPRACTOR money than ever being available for the Workman Building; BANK OF HYDER much improved treatment for complex OSkc Haan 1 to t ores, is one of the best news items that development qf the vast mineral resources STKWAKT TaMdavi. Thur«U>>. Satsrdeji HYDER, ALASKA Alteraatrdax in HYDER the mining industry of the British Colum­ of this Province. (Incorporated Under the Laws of Alaakai bia coast has received for a long time. 4 PER CENT Pai'd on Savings RaQk Accents This new treatment, whioh is reported PRONOUNCEMENT OF POLICY HYDER Canadian Funds Accepted on Deposit. to be operating very satisfactorily in South Money Telegraphed to all Parts of United Stoat*? Canada, during the past few weeks, RADIO J. A. HAU., Prea. E. E. HALL, Vice-Pres. E D. HADDON.Cashier. Africa, where, by the way, it is understood has been hurled into what promises to be to have originated, and in the States, is, SERVICE one of the hottest political campaigns in as reported, a big improvement over pres­ Op^n 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. (in­ / its history. A number of our readers will no cluding Sunday.) Messages A WELCOME AWAITS YOU AT THE ent methods, and results in a greater per­ doubt be on each side of the political fence, and delivered in Stewart, B, C. centage of recovery from complex ores, consider political arguments of paramount impor­ DOMINION HOTEL that is, a combination of ores that carry tance, looking for such in these editorial columns. Victoria, B. C. values ln gold, silver, lead, zinc and cop­ Such of our readers are, we are afraid, doomed to STEWART HEADQUARTERS. per, the first four of which are very com­ disappointment and will find that they will have SYNOPSIS OF. 200 ROOMS 100 BATHS mon in this district, as well as the whole to look to the political parties and the politicians LAND ACT AMENDMENTS Everything a GOOD HOTEL should U< coast. for a presentation of the various arguments. That is their business. Fites $1.50 and up. — Free Bus. Another feature well worthy of note PRE-EMPTIONS STEPHEN JONES, Proprietor. The business of the Portland Canal News is Vacant. unreserved. surveyed Crown lands may be pre-empted b> is the fact that it will be located at the to lend every possible assistance to the develop­ British subjects Over 18 years of age. and by aliens on declaring Intention seaport town of Ladysmith, on the east ment and upbuilding of the district immediately to become British subjects, condi­ tional upon residence, occupation, coast of Vancouver Island, roughly fifty tributary to Stewart, as well as Northwestern and Improvement for agricultural purposes. STEWART LAND COMPANY, LIMITED miles north of Victoria, which as a result British Columbia. We endeavor to give our read­ Pull Information concerning regu­ lations regarding pre-emptions 1* Founders and Original Owners will mean very greatly reduced transpor­ ers an honest and unbiased account of all the de­ riven In Bulletin No. 1, Land Series, "How to Pre-empt Land," copies of tation rates from districts such as this. velopments and happenings of this district, and which can be obtained free of charge of STEWART TOWNSITE . . by addrosslng tlie Department at in regard to politics will mete out like treatment Lands. Victoria, B.C, or to any Gov­ HEAD OFFICE This consideration, coupled with a more ernment Agent to all parties through the news columns, confining 101 Pemberton Block, - VICTORIA, B. C. complete metal recovery from the ores, Records will be granted covsiinf the editorial columns to the purpose for which the only land suitable for agricultural purposes, and which la nftt, timber- Real Estate Insurance Mines Financial Agents will prove the greatest possible boon and paper is published. Our readers are scattered land. I.e., carrying over 6.000 board feet per acre wast of th* Coast Bangs ROBERT M STEWART, - President stimulus to coast mining, and enable the from the shores of the Arctic Ocean to those of and 8,000 feet per acre east of that Range. Lota for sale in all parts of town operation at a profit of properties at pres­ the Gulf of Mexico, and from San Francisco to Applications for pre-emvtloni» are STEWART LAND CO., LTD, to be addressed to the Land Com­ Listings of properties for sale wanted ent closed down. Geneva, Switzerland. Forty per cent of our sub­ missioner of the Land Recording Di­ Fifth St, Stewart. BC vision, in whlc), tho land applied for scribers are not in Canada, and subscribe to this is situated, and are made on printed To date coast mining has suffered for forms, copies of which can b* ob­ want of just such facilities, the news of journal for news of the development of this dis- tained from the Land Commissioner. trict. Pre-empUons must be occupied for five years and Improvements marts the providing of which will prove most Every man to his own job. The setting forth to value of $10 per acre, including clearing and cultivating at IeA.it flv« BRITISH C0LUNBIA welcome, even though it may take some of political arguments is the work of political par­ acres, before a Crown Orant can bs received. The Mineral Province of Western Canada ties. The work of this publica­ For mors detailed information am tho Bulletin "How to Pr*-em->l Has produced Minerals valued as follows: Placer Gold ,<77 663 0-15' tion is the assisting in the devel­ Land." Lode Gold, $122,808,459; Silver. $74,111,397; Lead. $89,218,907] opment and the building up 0f PURCHASE 2*25 j5197'642'647: Zi"c. $39,925,947; Coal and Coke. $273,- this and other sections of North­ Applications are received for pur­ Entries chase of vacant and unreserved 048,953; Building Stone. Brick. Cement. $44,905,886; Miscellaneous western B.C., and this work is Crown lands, not being timberland, minerals, $1,594,387; making its mineral Production to tlu end of for agricultural purposes; minimum not going to be allowed to suffer price of first-class (arable) land is tl 1-925 show Close per acre, and second-class (grazing) for the sake of gratifying the land |2.60 par acre. Further Infor­ mation regarding purchase or lease AN AGGREGATE VALUE OF £920,919,628 wishes of those who consider the 688 Greater July 24 of Crown lands is given In Bulletin exWhit^in^'i -jr^r °-* the Mining Industry of this Pro* ir ce is strikingl) No. 10, Land Series, "Purchase and S Ll!\, follo.wlnK fiK<*-<--».whic h show the value of productii n foi * welfare of this or that political Lease of Crown lands." party ahead of the progress and MU'. factory, or industrial sites on Umber land, not exceeding 40 acres, Vancouver AUGUST development of this district. may be purchased or leased, ths con­ ditions including payment of stumpage. 1 T..|wvw,IMW WI 1.L4, *-»0, I"',I)-!-, lill I.1-' Possibly the companies operat­ HOME8ITE LEASES PRODUCTION DURING LAST TEN YEARS, $404,649,375 Exhibition 4 to 14 ing in B.C., which get their sta­ Unaurveyed araaa, r.ot exceeding M aerea, may be leaaed aa homeeltea, Don't forget that the entries close on July 24. tionery in Spokane, do not know conditional upon a dwe/llng being And, dsn't forget to come to Vancouver Exhibition. that printed matter coming into erected ln the drat year, title being of unexplored mineral-bearing land are open for prospecting. obtainable after residence and Im­ Ihe mining; laws of this Province are more liberal and the fee* See the World's Championship Stampede; hear the Canada from a foreign country provement condition* aia fulfilled , famous Coldstream Guards Band. Caledonian Games and land haa been surveyed. FmnLihanM°*f 8nj! ?ther. Prince in the Dominion, or anv Colony in tho I must state the country in which empire. Mineral locations are granted the discoverers for nominal fees. Musical Spectacle, Fireworks. Many other feature it was printed, just as any other LIASES attractions, including Premier Live Stock Shows, For gracing and Industrial pur- Absolute Titles are obtained by developing such properties, se­ manufactured goods must benr poaea areaa not exceeding ttt aorea curity of which is guaranteed by Crown Grants. Agricultural and Horticultural Exhibits, etc. may be leaaed by on* person or a a label stating where made. company. rull information, togather with Mining Reports ami Maps, maj Write for prize list, Vaneouver Exhibition Ass'n., For example, stationery from 440 Pender St. W., Vancouver. B. C. GRAZING be obtained gratis by addressing Spokane must have printed on it, Under the erasing Aot tha Fror- THE HON. THE MHYrSTER OF MINES. Victoria. British Columbia "Printed in U.S.A." A fine of inc* la divided Into graalng district* and th* ran** administered under a N. B.-Practically all British Columbia Mineral Properties upon which de­ $1000 can be imposed for each Oraaing Commlsaloner. Annua] graslng permit a are laeued baaed on velopment has been done are described in some one of the annual Reports of $90,000 offence upon the person using numbers ranged, priority being given the Minister of Mines. Those considering mining investments should refer H to established owners. Stock-owners such reports. They are available without charge on application to the Depart- stationery not properly labeled, ma/ torm association* for rang* In Prizes and Attractions if printed in a foreign country! management Fro*, or partially free, ment of Mines, Victoria, B. C. Reports of the Geological Survey of Cai ada, permits ara avr liable far settlers, Winch Building, Vancouver, are recommended as valuable sources of mfor Sloean Record. ******** am* traveller*, up to tea mation. Reports covering each of the six Mineral Survey Diitricts are pub­ I lished separately, and are available on application. PORTLAND CANAL NEWS, STEWART, B. C, FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1926

and capable of expansion to suit NEW HOPE FOR the kind and qnantity of mineral JOIN THE STEWART NEWS CO. development by the mines." HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION Newell Agent for LEAD-ZING ORE And help in its WATER NOTICE Administration Spalding's Sporting Goods Dlversiou and Uae. Rooms (Continued from Page 1.) TAKE NOTICE that Big Missouri $1 per year membership fee and Mining Company, whose address is 601 Comfortable Rooms, $1.00 shall instal at Ladysmith, have London Building, 626 Pender St. West, Imperial Tobacco Company Vancouver, B.C., will apply for a lic­ for their object the separating ense to take and use 110 cubic feet per The "MERCHANT" -Home 2 Chair BARBERSHOP ALL THE LATEST PAPERS AND MAGAZINES of the lead and zinc before smelt­ •second of water. One hundred cubic Cooked Meals. Board by the Ice Cream and Candy Notions feet per second to be taken out of Wm. Newell ing, and in several cases the elim Long Lake Creek, better known as month, week, or transient meals. CIGARS - CIGARETTS - TOBACCOS Cascade Creek, or a stream that is the Mrs Stickney, 4th & Columbia. ination of smelting entirely. jutlet of Silver Lake, which Cascade Greek flows in a northerly direction BATHS 50c. "Leaching the finely-divided out of the southerly end of Silver Lake Dr. C. D. Carter will arrive into S'lver Creek. The balance of ten Clean, Modern, Convenient. ore by chemical solvents has been cubic feet per second to be taken out early in July to take care of the The WORKING MAN'S EATING HOUSE the line taken by many chemists, of Silver Creek. dentistry business in Stewart The Water Is Always Hot! The water will be diverted from the and Hyder. His present address WE and we have these divided more Cascade Creek, which is the outlet of And we don't mean "Maybe." or less into groups, which I might Silver Lake, about BOO feet from the is Box 191, Ketchikan, Alaska. mouth of the said Cascade Creek, call the acid leachers and the al­ which point of diversion is approxi­ SAVE YOU MONEY mately 1000 feet south east of the kaline leachers, the object being Falls View Mineral Claim, being Lot 3223, Group 1, District of Cassiar. The New Arrivals STEWART CAFE in some cases to prepare a solu­ water will be diverted from Silver In Smartly Tailored Creek at a point about 3500 feet south H. P. KERR : Proprietors : L. CRAINE tion for precipitation by electri­ of Hog Lake, which point is about 200 city, and in others the precipita­ feet east of the centre of the easterly Suits for Men boundary of the said Falls View min­ We might say a whole lot of fine things about these new lines tion of a metallic salt or oxide, eral claim. All the water taken from of Ready-to Wear Clothing, but we would rather you see them, the said Cascade Creek and Silver useful in the arts, without con­ Creek will be used for power purpose and judgefor yourself. verting it into metal. For ina­t a power house situate at a point ap­ proximately 2000 feet north of Indian $29.50 to $4500 Crawford Transfer Co. stance, oxide of zinc and basic Lake and the power generated there will be used upon the mine described We can also show yeu a large range of beautiful cloths from j sulphate of lead can be made as the Big Missouri Group of mineral which to order a Lowndes 20th Century Brand custom made claims being Lots 3205 to 3224 inclu­ suit or coat. I FREIGHT CONTRACTORS I and largely used as paint bases sive, and such adjoining claims as may without first being converted in­ be acquired by the Big Missouri Mir. SOLE AGENT ing Company in the Salmon Kiver Val­ 20th Century and Berger Tailoring Co. Made to Measure Clothing. AGENTS FOR to metal. ley, Portland Canal Mining Division, COAL ^-^=====^\ POWDER Group 1, District of Cassiar, British BEAMAN II 7rrrrDTT STEWART, = = "From a study I have made of Columbia. CAPS CD FUSE BLOCK n. cLr r Ln I I B. C. the British Columbia mines re­ This notice was posted on the ground DOMINION TIRES on the 17th day of June, A.D. 1926. ports, and from the mineral I A copy of this nbtice and an appli­ AGENTS FOR UNION .STEAMSHIP COMPANY have seen in the provineial exhi­ cation pursuant thereto and to the "Water Act, 1914," will be filed in the BUY the BEST in MEATS bit in Victoria, I would say* that office of the Water Recorder at Prince STAGES FOR PREMIER Rupert, British Columbia. these ores of British Columbia Objections to the application may be We Sell Govcrnmnet Inspected Products Leave Stewart 9:30 a. m. Hyder 10 a. m. Premier 4 p. m. present quite as complex a prob­ filed with the said Water Recorder or with the Comptroller of Water Rights USE Stewart B. C. Hyder Alaska lem as those of Colorado and Parliament Buildings, Victoria. B. C, within thirty days after the first ap­ Utah, and that the solving pearance of this notice in the Portland SHAMROCK BRAND of the problem will mean a great Canal News, of Stewart, B. C. The date of the first publication of this no­ HAMS BACON LARD BUTTER EGGS POULTRY deal to the developing of new tice is June 25th, 1926. BIG MISSOURI MINING COMPANY STEWART BOARD 01= TRADE mines, and increasing the output Applicant. of those already shipping. By P.E.Peterson, Agent. P. BURNS & CO. Ltd. STEWART, B. C. "Ladysmith seems to me ad- mirably situated for an ore re- MINERAL ACT General information of the Certificate of Improvements duction plant, and when the NOTICE PORTLAND CANAL mine owners find that they can Comet, Comet No. 1, Comet No. 2, Comet No. 3, Comet No. 4. Comet No. TROY MINES BONDS DISTRICT get paid for a fair percentage of 5. Comet No. 6, Comet Fraction, Vet­ eran, Veteran No. 1, Veteran No. 2, supplied on application to the both the zinc and lead in their Veteran No. 3. Veteran No. 4, Veteran Bear 7 per cent interest and are convertible into shares of the No. 5, Argenta No. 1, Lake Fraction, Sscretary, Stewart, B. C. mixed ores, it will undoubtedly Gringo Fraction, Vet Fraction and Last NORTHLAND MINING CO. Ltd. stimulate production and usher Fraction Mineral Claims, situate in the Portland Canal Mining Division of Cas­ in a new era for mines of thesia r District. Send for special circular NORTHLAND SALES COMPANY Board meets 1st and 3d Tuesdays of each month, coast. Where located:—On North side of describing the Big 5 Mines Dominion Bank Bldg., Bear River, about 18 miles from Stew­ of Portland Canal District. Vancouver, B. C. Board Rooms "With the reconstruction of art. Take Notiee that I, Frank C. Green, the plant at Ladysmith there will acting as agent for Argenta Mines, Limited, Non Personal Liability. Free be an entirely new method of ore Miner's Certificate No. 88156C intend, treatment, which should be pro­ sixty days from the date hereof, to ap­ ply to the Mining Recorder for a Certi­ ANDERSON CAFE & DELICATESSEN fitable to that concern, while at ficate of Improvements, for the pur­ pose of obtaining a Crown Grant of the the same time sharing that profit above claims. Stewart Dairy Private Dining Room For Parties with the mine owners. The ini­ And further take notice that action, under section 85, must be commenced J. CAMPBELL, PROP. tial plant will require to be suffi­ before the issuance of such Certificate ciently flexible to treat the var­ of Improvements. Best Cook this far North Dated this 21st day of May, 1926. Fresh Milk Butter Buttermilk MEAL TICKETS $5.50 for $5.00 iety of ores offering on the coast 3 ICE Table Oream Whipping Cream lf= ^ BEAMAN BLOCK COLUMBIA ST. ENTRANCE In the Center of Everything: PREVENT HOTEL ST. REGIS ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES Vancouver We Carry a Full Line of Corner Seymour and Dunsmuir Streets. FOREST Electrical Supplies w =^ Wiring and Motor Installation Our Specialty EXIDE STORAGE BATTERIES IN STOCK FIRES ERNEST LOVE, Electrical Contractor. Burns Bldg. 5th Street Stewart, B C. STEAMSHIPS TRAINS LEAVE Leave STEWART PRINCE RUPERT 11:30 A. M. 9:00 a.m. SATURDAY DAILY UNION STEAMSHIPS r, and EXCEPT The popular T. S. S. CARDENA sails from STEWART [] 10:00 a.m. TUESDAY SUNDAY YOU CAN Every MONDAY at MIDNIGHT for PRINCE RUPERT ALL POINTS EAST PRINCE RUPERT and VANCOUVER via way points. VANCOUVER [] Tuesday boat calls Anyox and Massett. NORTHBOUND;— H T. S, S. CARDENA leaves Vancouver every FRIDAY, 9 p. m. S. S. PRINCE JOHN Ex. Prince Rupert fortnightly for Prince Rupert SUNDAY. 8 p. m. QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS. For ALICE ARM, ANYOX and STEWART. For further information, Reservations Etc. Agents For All Ocean Steamship Lines Apply W. J. CRAWFORD (Crawford Tranfer Co.) AGENTS. Full Information and Reservations from Office 5th St., Stewart. P. S Jack or R. F. McNaughton PRINCE RUPERT AGENT 2nd Ave. PHONE 568 1>i3trict S8en er A ent Stewart, B. C P*- -? « HEAD OFFICES, Union Dock, ft. Carrall St. Phone Sey. 306. Prince Rupert B. C. B. C. FOREST SERVICE PORTLAND CANAL NEWS, STEWART, B. C, FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1926

WONDERFUL GAINS Local Stocks NOTICE TO ELECTRIC LIGHT CONSUMERS CAMP OUTFTS AT TRAIL SMELTER Br H.W.M.******* A Co> The market situation during In order to place Electric Pow- GROCERY CAMP COTS & MATTRESSES Production of the Consolidated theweek remained very quiet jer at the disposal of the house- hoJd SPECIALS CAMP STOVES & UTENSILS Mining and Smelting Company wiih a little aetivity in some of | during the summer months! of Canada for the six months of the well known stocks. at a reasonable rate, for small BLANKETS, QUILTS ETC. this year has been ahead of the • Premier appears to be coming cooking and heating appliances, 10 per cent Cash Discount off above corresponding period of 1925. ac­ back to its old price. Various we be2 to announce the following MONDAY cording to the report jost issued j "Take a KODAK with you" rumors in circulation appeared rates, for Bona-Fide Residences by the company covering the ONLY KODAKS, FI11S, DEVELOPING & PRINTING to have affected the demand for ONLY:— first half of the ysar. Increases this stock. I 15 cents Per Kilowatt Hour for i were apparent in every product. B.C.Silver slackened off a fewithe^ret 15 Kilowatt Hours; all '•• being particularly noticeable inpoints , but appears to be in good excess over that amount shall Brookfield Butter UNIVERSAL SUPPLY CO. ' the precious metals. 5th Street, STEWART, B. C, G.W.Smith, Mgr. demand, and higher levels are -* charged for at the rate of 5 2 Pounds for *5Ci Gold production was more than looked for. cents per Kilowatt Hour. trebled and silver ••utput was in­ The Marmot river section is INTERNATIONAL ELECTRIC Co. j Western creased more than 100 per cent. LYON & SCOTT coming very much to the front, Lead production increased by especially the south fork where Corn Flakes MEAT MARKET about one-third; zinc by nearlj ST. MARK'S CHURCH some verv fine ore showings are Per Packet 10c. VANCOUVER CREAMERY BUTTER 100 per cent, while the produc-U*^ deveIoped. OL'R FSSSH RANCH EGGS AND CHICKENS Sunday, July 18. tion of copper was initiated and Work on the Dunwell mill, SWIFT'S HAMS AND BACON Assorted Jello more than 5000 tons produced as tram and power plant is progres­ HOME-MADE PORK SAUSAGE compared with none last year. sing very rapidly, and even 2 Packets? for 15c. The production for the first six thhthestockhas ^ f All the Best We Can Procure months of this vear compared' ,at ly }t appears as ,f the ublic Holy Communion Campbell's •j--ith the first stx months of 1925! * ' P 8 a, ra. was as follows: (are waiting for the last call on Tomatoe Soup tms stoc { r r a Evensong ALL THE COMFORTS OF A HOME 1926 1925 * - ° chance to get in Per Can 13c. ARE TO BE HAD AT THE Silver, ounces 3,306.359 1,595.893 jat the -ower market which usual- 8 p. m. Gold, ounces 2*/,726 8,179. ly occurs just before a call is HOTEL STEWART Copper, tons 5,461 Nonemade. The forecast for Dunwell Zinc tons 29,848 15.711: i Full Line First Class Cafe in Connection iis ververyy proraisinpromisingg and the 0 d Lead, tons 61,265 45,682 GROCERIES JAMES MCALEENAN, Proprietor. prices for this stock are looked for in the early falL AND LOST-Yale key, attached to CARSON'S TAXI PROVISIONS MARMOT METALS MINING CO. Ltd. chain. Return to Peck. At pres- The market closed as follows: and ent he has to sleep under a tree. Bid Asked At All Hours J B. C. Silver $ 2.10 $ 2.23 J. W. WILSON INDEPENDENCE GOLD MINING CO. Ltd. STEWART HOTEL 5th & Columbia ->:s. Stei Dr. H. A. WhriMans, Physician j Dunwell 1.52 1.65 Offer exceptional opportunities and Surgeon. Office, corner 6th Glacier Creek .07 .10 in Mining Investments at and Victoria Sts. Hours, 12!,.,. , , . . -m ., iindependence .08 .08* present market prices o clack, noon, to 3 p. m.. and by The appointment. I -•'-a-an .05 .06* BON TON Full Particulars 1 National Silver .10 .15 DRESSMAKING Prevent I Lakeview new issue .03 .03! CLEANING REPAIRING 2.15 PRICES SEASONABLE H. W. M. ROLSTON & CO. Premier 2.11 MRS. WM. HANSEN PACIFIC .10 Cat, It, St. A KM* hi.ril CAimney Specialists ia Portland Cans! Stocks ! Terminus .05 .12 AND | Silver Crest .— L&L Glacier Creek .—- .12 TUGBOATS Victoria Mines . — .20 Fires "The Convenient Hotel" FRUIT Marmot Metals ,08£ .11 Rupert Marine Product.*. Ltd. Three Minutes' Walk from Stewart Wharf Porter Idaho. Co. .— .08 Geo. G. Bushby. MAN. DIR. WELSH rphere is a merchant in Vancouver Ore Mountain .— .25 Prince Rupert, B.C. ••p who has built a national reputation Bay View .06 .10 ANTHRACITE HOTEL KEITH as an expert in his work. Two years ago he was seriously ill. Since then he Steam Heated Throughout - Electric Lights - Baths is very careful of his diet. His noon­ Liberal Meeting A PLACE To SPEND COAL : day meal is fruit and Pacific Milk, be- The annual meeting of the Lib- Newly Furaished= =^^===Thoroughly Modern YOUR SPARE TIME Makes NO SOOT and cause he discovered quite by accident | eral Association will be held in Wm. R. Reid, Proprietor. I that Pacific Milk agrees with him per Drives out all soot left by | fectly, while fresh milk could not al- Moose Hall at 8:30 p.m. July 28. WELCOME : ways be relied upon. Soft Coal. LOST—On Bear River Road POOL HALL between Stewart and Ward's W. J. WAKEFIELD PACIFIC MILK Pass, on east side of road—Com­ Good Tables — Cigars Clean to handle CRESCENT Head Office, Vancouver. pass and Chronometer. Reward Cigarettes and Tobaccos Light and Heavy Transfer FURNISHED ROOMS Factories at Abbotsford & Ladner B.C. to finder at News office. NORMAN FLEMING $23 per ton HYDER, B. C. Proprietor. Wood for Sale Cor. 5th & Columbia, Stewart Delivered Rates $1 — H. H. HICKS. Prop. PETTER We Buy Bottles FRANK BOWLER Stand at Welcome Pool Hall VICKERS-PETTER WATER NOTICE. OIL ENGINES Agent DIVERSION ASD USE. THE SHOEMAKER TAKE NOTICE that Big Missouri' WORLD'S BEST 5th Street, Stewart Mining Company, whose address is 601 FOR ALL A. Hendrickson HOTEL PRINCE RUPERT London Building. 626 Pender St. West, , Vancouver, B.C., will apply for a li­ POWER PURPOSES cense to take and use 100 cubic feet- Large Stock of Both 4th and Columbia A Real GOOD Hotel per second of water out of Long Lake Creek, better known as Cascade Creek, Engines and Spare COASTWISE STEAMSH H. B. ROCHESTER, Man*gtr which flows southerly from Long Lake Parts & BARGE CO. LTD and drains into Silver Lake about the Always on Hand European Plan $1.50 per day ut> centre of the easterly side of the said j Boots and Shoes Silver Lake. The water will be divert-* FACTORY BRANCH Weekly Sailings Fn ed from the stream at a point about Canadian Pesters REPAIRED MINERAL ACT. 2000 feet from Long Lake and will be Vancouver, B. C. Stewart Direct To Certificate ot Imorovements. used for power purpose upon the mine Smelters. NOTICE. described as Big Missouri group of Distributors tat B. C. or mineral claims being Lots 3205 to 3224 Radio, Radio No. 1, Radio No. 2, GENERAL FREIGHT A Radio No. 3, Radio Fractional and inclusive, Salmon River Valley, Port­ B. C. EQUIPMENT CO. Ltd. MADE to ORDER Creek Mineral C laims, situate in the land Canal Mining Division, Group 1, Dealers in AH Classes of Machinery Vancouver, Canada. POWDER. Portland Canal Mining Division of Cas­ District of Cassiar, British Columbia. siar District. This notice was posted on the ground Where located:-North of Bitter on the 17th day of June, 1926. A copy r For Information A] I . Creek about 4 miles above highway of this notice and an amplication pur­ GET OUR BID bridge. suant thereto and to the "Water Act" It Does Not To Ride In 805 Birks Bldg., Take Notice that 1, Frank C. Green will be filed in the office of the Water on Vancouver, B. -. of 221 Pemberton Building, Victoria, Recorder at Prince Rupert, British Cost Any More A Good Car acting as agent for Radio-Stewart Columbia. Mines Limited, N.P.L., Free Miner's Objections to the application may be Moving That Freight Certificate No. 3771D intend, sixty filed with tne said Water Recorder or The NASH LIGHT SIX is days from the date hereof, to apply to with the Comptroller of Water Rights, | the Mining Recorder for a Certificate Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B. C, the Best Car in Town FOR A GOOD of Improvements, for the purpose of within thirty days after the first ap­ obtaining a Crown Grant of the above pearance of this notice in a local news­ E. ARMSTRONG claims. paper. Stewart Motors & Taxi SMOKE And further take notice that action, BIG MISSOURI MINING COMPANY. under section 85, must be commenced Applicant. C. M. ADAM, MANAGER. GENERAL FREIGHTER See Pete at the before the issuance of such Certificate By P. E. Peterson, Agent. of Improvementa. The date of the first publication of Day and Night Service. Exchange Cigar Store Office Marmot Hotel Bldg. _ Columbia St. Dated this 21st day of June, A. D. this notice is 25th day of June, A. D. TEAMS RACK HORSES CIGARS, CIGARETTS, TOBACCOS 1926. 5 1926. P.O.Box 133, STEWART, B.C. and SNUFF - BEST BRANDS