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Ob. 5, NO. 33 STEWART, BRITISH COLUMBIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1924 $5 THE YEAR P FIT PROJECTS 01 STEWART-HYDER LOCAL NEWS BETTEi N ii jAMCEirsr" WITHJESITS PROTECTION Mrs Sam McNiel, now of Hy- Young men of Hyder, beware! LOWER^TUNNEL LAID Al SEA der, visited Rupert this week. ' This is Leap Year, K icutivea of Indian Mine Citizens Association Meet N. lilyn and VV. Ackroyd of J.C.Wilson was among the ar- Values in the New Dunwell Two Near-tragedies Occur Solve Knotty Problems And Discuss Various Mat- the Premier mine arrived from rivals from the south Thursday. Strike Show Improvement As Result of Heavy Snow And Overcome Sinister ters of Importance to the |the so,)th Thursday. Mike Tulley came down from Over Similar Ore in Tun­ Storm Last Week-end— Opposition . Allan Carolan left on a busi- the Premier this week for a few Community ness trip to Rupert Thursday, days'recreation. nel Abo ye Narrow Escapes expecting to return in a week. Mrs W.R.McDonnell of Hyder G D.B.Turner, vice president At the Citizens Association j Major North, manager of the'left Thursday for Seattle to visit The face of No. 3 tunnel on he Indian Mines Co., after a Jas. Ajtken, until recently con­ meeting held in Moose hall last|,_B . Qw . Silvet_.**.«_.( , retufnf...mud jfondauu»j, foLorr aa timtimee witwuhn relativesrelatives.. , the Dunwell is now 354 feet from lisit to the mine during the week UU nected with the maintenance of Tuesday evening President IT. | . Dan Brophy, of the p j J the portal, the last 20 feet being Ind, expressed himself to the night from a visilin rem eP the Dominion telegraph system Scuvil took the chair, and consid- ( R L> Clothier, manager of the left Thursday for Rupert to ap- j'" heavily mineralized ground, between Stewart and Anyox, .V: with s as being agreeably sur-jerable business of interest to the, Indian mine( received an injury j pear before the Pensions Board. conditions similar to those had an unpleasant experience found in No 2 tunneI Assays rised to find such a satisfactory ,town waa transacted. Among | to an eyethi8 week that i8 keep. H. Comer and son Jim return-1 - - ! the Litter par^^^^^^_t of lasm_t mwee_m***---k that taken from tl e first three feet sealed his ondition, and "while he had (other things of vital importance |jnghim home. ed Monday night from .Vancou-| ? | determination to sever •n advised regularly by Mr! was the fire department, around j Mr and Mrs A. B. Trites and'ver. They brought back a five- near the --•"•--"-'->? wail of the jhfs connection with this work. ..-.-,--.--. t.i-^a ss«U|vci. ii'L-y uruugm oat-K a nve-i ' """ •—;«—» "—« "- ---- • '"= tonne lier of new developments, j which considerable discussion' JVJJ Stanleuiou.cvy lefK-ltt Vancouve(iJHCUUVflr orOil, passedgepUS3c( r McLaughlan car. [north-south vein, the striking of | On tin morning of the 2nd he ,a i.nl'j Kir r\f. .•^u-.r,., I *.IM-W,_,,»-. !~~—* ....,11 — to.'. which wa • as only by personal observa-l j centered, resulting in the secre- ^e Q_ p ^ ()n a 'roun(j jue \rQI man Rothnie, brother of s reported last week, left on the telegraph launch for il..,i-nrUaii./i1ti.,n-ffi„,.:„ i i • it iii I — - • - » •>••".-^ v..-. Yunnan r.u.uum, urocner oil - •'• - •--" ••*--. .ivu WM -ur w ieg raj n launcn tor thai a real.zatwaof tho «. tary being instructed to send a -•«*«ld- Wi.i,ij-i-p of fouIUUp I monthguivu.us< . ^.ui* . uenry nocniort, arrived oini r the cre to bfi of u goo6™d «mill HUM.j Map|- e B ^ ul •A net* nf fhft roanrra nrna r.h. i <_'_..,->,_ ,-•,,..- .,-, _l.<_ V, -,-„, rw.i.,1 fir.^ _____ ...... with him. which would hav•' e been cance of rhe results was ^ strong wire to the Provincial fire Sergt,s_ Wan-or ^ Jepgon the CardenafromVancouverand ing grade, with an average of half an ounce in old sufficient under ordinary circum­ med.anvalue do f ththee aregreaa t generallyprospec-, 1j marshanecessitl y urginof appointing upon g hiam locathejl j of the Roya] 0anadian ;Mounte d | is enrolle^ d in the^Stewart public I * and a small Police paid Stewart a v git dur [silver and lead content. Beyond stances. At 1 p. m. on the 4th ore reserves of the property • fire marshal at the earliest pos ^t, . . ,•••-.ing the sta.yj o--.f thv..e~ Princ_....,,.,e_ Ri,u W.Hii.ii. . Watsouinauini ias takinlaiwiig ciiurgcharge i• thi" s no assay**~s hav— e as ye•'"-t bcen *-Q tapped the wire at Burnt are being continually added to Bible date, Thursday. if: the local Canadian National itakentaken*- ***-and ^refortfweforae no state*- Point and informed the local

I om all indtcattons it would Another matter that came ,n Miss Francis Whillans left on Express office, relieving P. S juntaj ment sa s toto actuaactual l valuevaluess cacann bbee , S.G.Lawrence, that he

iar that the heart of the for a good deal of comment WM the Prince Rupert for . Jack, who left for the south last j^ade at thia time. The point was forced ashore by snowstorms I nag approached. There the blocking of the Stewart.Hy-|after visitingfor several week. Mondaynight 1 reached on this level is roughly and needed help. Mr Lawrence 300 i in increased value to the ore der road-during the past week wJth her father. Dr. H. A. Whil* MrsHelen Bell, proprietress! ^ vertically below the out-'secured Fred Dorey and hisfish- .ework advances, Ihat it,• end; and as, in the opinion of ,an8of Stewart of the BelMew Hotel in H.der, crop, whic^ h o^^n the dip^ give s ap- ''in g tug Sea Lion, of Hyder, Al- .old and silver value* So those present, there will be a. Carolan-s> who ,,cently pU!*r'r>. C., ltftThurs,'ar lor ' Settle proximately.450 feet of backs. I aska, but was unable to locate : antial have been the re-, recurrence of (his slide and con- h J rh R-IJ,...*,, Mnnt, nr>, , , • „, , , | No, 2 tunnel, from which the lAitken or the launch. The latter 1 (iiasedtne ba.dwin block, are, • business, ftlie expects to re- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ sthatlthas been definitely equenl blocking of the road I f turn in two weeks ist and west drifts have been (managed to heat back to port at io 3 preparing to oppn a branch 0 led to enlarge the mteeplanl afterevery heavy snowfall, it their general store there at as Owing to snow slides on the! xtended, is 01 feet vertically 11 p. m, on the 5th. He was com-

f 1 build a concentrator, tram-jwai s decided to request the Gov- !ear]y a da{eag possib,e> end f fch Sa]rnon va„ey below No. 1, and 177 feet above j pletely exhausted by exposure to .,1 ...u~.. :.: J' . . . , ..Lii.L. .L_ .« •______. ------m **------m .. _ .. _ . ... ! , and ither necessities of anfernmenl to establish the neces- Boyd Young, pioneer merchant] road, the Cra \ i d Transfer Co. . :N'°- -*•• No- - level is st--- being'*' 'vet and cold, as well as lack • .ting mine. jsary local authority for immed of Stewart in the boom days of | stage wns held up for several developed.aud also from it ex- ,! inH*- The launch carried no The ore is now being tested iately clearing away such slides. hgjQ, wa8 a visitor during the stove days at the Premier mine, iploratory drifts and crosscuts( » and constant baling was r a separation plant that will! Correspondence and informa- L-ay 0f t^,e Cardena. He now Miss Virginia McConftey, who are being made to determine the required to keep the craft from pare the most desirable i ro-ltion regarding the town protec-; jias a Rtore in p01.t Essingtor. spent the holidays in Vancouver [direction and extent of the min-1 Dein«? awamped. A new crew 'or marketing, and no time; tion project taken up with thej After the law suit in which he iave „, §. . „ ^^ .,.,., .,,,,„.,..,.,.,,,„ J.:^:; M=| with her motin !•. returned Mmi- |eralization. One cri&scut lias; - arrived and are now out - ig" fixin u the ist in worKing out aJgovernment some time ago were| js interested haa been heard in day to resume her duties teach- proved the width of the solid | « P line, which has I I•Ia nmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm*****************m that wil! fit in wilh; considered.. A wing dam along: Ketchikan, Dan Davis intends ing the Stewart public achool. sulphides in the - I and west een down all wini r. >, i.i , i i. ..- it ..;..,. K.r, I ...... l . . ions." (the ..... bank of Bear river be-jgojngeagt and spending the bal- Rnh Kiiv/p'l hnnphflll BMIIPII to be, at that particular pointJ , ! _ . , , tween ,he WiiKon bridfffl and the Boo frizzell, Daseoaii athlet. . _, During the big week-end irner went on to s y that ance of the winter with his wife and saxophone impressa io, who L2 feel wlda- this point being50j snow ^^^^^ , , -.. u n storm that blocked practically all i ' company appreciates very old ra I . bridge had beed sug-. an(1 famj|y has been a resident of Stewart e ,fe where another cross- '" - : , .. , •-,, onus in the tlistnct, I*rank Bovv- h the wwik of R.L. *' ithier, j »e»ted. and it was stated on good I Tommy Whittley, who has for oin-aiiittn. lo-j- nnrinir S fl Thiirurlnv I ll to have a will! n m smLeidstspii.ig, kit thursdaj er narrowly escaped serious in- rof the property, who authority that an alternative L nuraber of months be. -] for^Rupert to "visit fo. for , i nine ; et, with an additioi had many difficulties to coi iroe is being considered, th.§|ployed with the Crawford Trans-|. , , ho 10 feet of milling ore. weeka wh!) h; 'jury by being caught in a snow being iu raise the level of the• f QQ j f f Vancouver with in working out and er § e t 0P - t n ength of thts "orefailde When returnin*? with his • r ani\ rd from stage from Hyder. The slide Vvingth ing thee veiveinn aystemsj , thi present wagon road beyond the Thursday. He expects I _._. _.. -I - - . body is I rangii a in width occurred abour 9 o'clock in the attained in thia k„.il:) railway crossing to a height auf- back in the spring. the sout ai d went ... ,, from t. • 149 feet, evening just north of the old • a very considerable extent due fic*ent tu l,";n ,l '1,1,n that would| '1 heateam. r Cordova, immediately up to rn mier 11'. and compl itely I m i«d • eloae stud) ol condi- K"i''''' " "!l1 ,w ;v"" ,il(' l: h'P Co, ii t, .mi . ' from$14 ti $200 per t n. the itage BI ow was as the work advanced. outofthetout of the too rived from Seattle this mine, \> hi r. H ia re] "••|i ' i . for tbe rem • ipacitj of a nurai •naire underground de- ^^ |Hiif ^ Monday njfh, Morn on, H '• - !• nan , i full force, f6l,v in t n nent, and the exceedinah . . , , i mieI i mine. for the 1 Simon < lun a-i 4befor0 feee lreachin g the real Ibi g ishoo t k 'in.', i - • I rank * from a holiday trip outside. P, S. and Mrs J.ick, v, r ii ore, i\o, ; ' l I.I Hyder '••"•factory diamond drilling re- , n. . of furs, • 'he company now has • Premier paying its first dividend two yom t childn and ••: ee of two '•'ear conception of the ore nnd that befon acquirinj a Vancouver on th Cardena i of them. . the three Bhoveling u '•I--- and from now on property at all he Bpent Mondaj night, ! R a Mo ai ived in The diffi 3 in the morning before th. y ationa oan ba deflnitel.- weeks in making a th viail for t-r Stewart on tha ' •: 111 • tricate the horsi a and fplanned. study of the ore occurren. • Wr Jack, 11 • return w ith them in 11;, der. In dealing with the financial!the samp. Vi at credit ii attending to certain Almo • a re of im n end • the undertaking, he slsojdue him for the manner in which: mat ters, will retu d ir* 1 j , in No. 8 eral I orked all day Sui •" th- well known linn ot be haa handled the Indian u , • alreadj een en- ind Mm ii > i'i i-i en traffic

urig Heoe., ol Montreal, dertaking, ind in overcomins Pat Da .1 i ut , totbe wharf. They had to shovel * "J, .J J S.I ;-(,i» STI the road, at »-le they hail iucl with cnam 00 I of || • aid that aedoppaaitioniatbeeaai, ippoaitioninthetachn rid. Seattle, an - • " | place the mow being 2d ft. dfei II i • ia* ( -vesueeeadad ip placing the It has i I thai have held in i li Ul '-•mpatiiayi jfee***,n a Vli y fBvorabls in the Indian hs has i "foi building, !' t, ll.i. <•• winner, wh,. *' View. I .i„ • I Jan. tl. Uitor'e Note It *ij| | .. ,-• in Willi un* 8 p, ui. on ii v,,- bighl • i i bis abiiitj . i mon thi in ' • ' .week •'-"red thut Mr Ju, ' '!-1«Jay, January 18lh, I judg. ni> I.I, pai tii utla I " i rted, memb. i '•"•'d IH ilnv dintnct a in | in ing MM axo, just pnui io !.. own rtfi«l< ll nu. to IK pn BIII il Is und ii . STEWART, B.C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 11. 1924 CANAL NEWS,

WMMBBMJal t:m worthy of investigation by any mining in- |j . ROLAN'S GENERAL STORE The Portland Canal News terests looking for a promising property. | HLE_ . DALBY B. MORKII The complete list of these being too long, Groceries MINING SURVEYOE only a few are here mentioned: Fraser B ( H. W. M. ROLSTON Hardware ' Land Survey,,, Editor ancl Publisher group, Montana, Engineer, Dwyer, B. C. Men's Clothing STKWAKT I t Gold, Patricia, Washington, Star, Lake W. R. HULL View, Star, Mayflower, Mimico, Silver Mining Supplies News fditor RICHARD F. Bell, Ben Bolt, Watkins, L L & H, Ruby BUTLEI Silver, St. Elmo,' Old Chum, Americus DENTIST MEMBER OF CANADIAN .WEEKLY NEWSPAPEU ASSOCIATION • Girl, Grey Copper, Rufus, Vetron, Comet, NEWS BUILDING, Red Top, Barite, , Murdock, RIVER BANKING COMPANY Fifth Street, Stewart,^ FIVE DOLLARS PER YEAR Northern Terminus, Mountain Boy, Sam HYDEE, ALASKA Deschamps, ROCKS of Ages, Lochaber, Bay (Incorporated Under tho Laws of Alaska) • Advertising Rate*: View, Hovland's Fish Creek, Titan, Alaska PORT!' '•• PER CENT P*id on Savings Hank Accounts l.. <>. 0, •• ;0;< Display Advertising, 50 cents per inch p,. _ I ity in this Portland Canal district, which will not promise of being fulfilled. L„ „„„«.,.„, .„ ,• * •- . . II. 1!0: \* r & I be confined to any one section of it, as has been The use of the right grade assures better work and cuts the A1fl.cn.. n • cost of mining. Th- year 1924 opens with two shipping j jargdy the case in the past Developments on Bali mines on the district's list, the Premier the Indian, in the Salmon valley, Outsider, 36' Giant Powder Company of Canada, Limited \ and the Outsider. Two other properties; miles down ths* canal, Dunwell, four miles up 602 Hasting Street VV.-.it VANCOUVER, B.C. have been proven mines and will probably'Bear rive!- nave Proven again the old saying,* L enter the shipping list before the year is thaobtainet a mind ovee irs sucwherh ea nyo uextensiv finde territoryThese results, will. ' out, Dunwell and Indian. Following these, greatly widen the field of activities, thus enhanc-; . is a number of widely scattered properties ing possibilities, much to Lhe benefit of the dis­ You will enjoy your Meals on which work done in the past has proven trict, as welJ as the industry. if you eat at the them worthy of further exploration, and Properties generally throughout the district will now receive the attention that their exten­ for which large sums of capital have been rati arranged for carrying oul, during the com­ sive showings warrant. Excfaan&e Grill ing year, extensive development. A few Another good feature of these developments J. P. HAWKINSON, Prop. Ui this class of properties :ire: Georgia!is that they wiiIgive extimir'ifs '«•"?---«-« visit- Foods well cooked and tastefully served are appetizing, River, Gloria, Porter-Idaho, Silver Bell,V"*tt«*^?Vncrwed[opportunity for study- This you will get at the EXCHANGE GRILL rt a A t~ i T o T AT _, o c t wg' and becomin^ acquainted with the system of Port.and Canal, L & L, North & Sou*, U deposition M a vvhole_amost impoi,ant -^ Din't cheat your Stomach. It's your best friend. Independence, George Copper, Fish Creek, I ;ur in aiding them to arrive at an intelligent de-! Riverside, Daly Alaska, Premier Exten" cision. sion, D. C. Silver, Hercules, Big Missouri, j Possibly thagreatest lesson taught during FIRE AND MFE INSURANCE Betty Group, El Dorado, Outland Silver Ithe past two years' is the absolute fallacy of en- GUARDIAN FIRE INSURANCE CO. QUEEN FIRE INSURANCE CO Bar, Cronholm-Barthclf Mines, RobertIfTl^T fr**?*?^ ^ ""^ '" NATIONAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. v i i t , -.a . 'to the Poi Hand Canal and making reports with- NORTHERN KIKE INSURANCE CO. - thi Nielsostock ann sd Augus Homestaket Mountai. n property, Com- out fir8t BpeBdjng at leagt a munth studvintf RRITISH CROWN ASSURANCE CORPORATION (FIRE) CONFEDERATION LIFE INSURANCE CO.

geological and mineralogies] occurrances. • In addition to these there is a still It must be remembered that this district PACIFIC MARINE INSURANCE CO. larger number of properties on which more presents pioblems peculiar to itself, that must b GLOBE INDEMNITY 00.. FOR SICK OB ACCIDENT. , taken into consideration if success is to be thi H. W. M. ROLSTON -:- AGENTi or less work has been dene, and winch are object sought i i. • • C.N.R. PRESIDENT IN NEW ATTRACTIVE MODERN NEW WESTERN OFFICE DANNS STAGE LEAVES The Cascade Restaurant HOTEL STEWART HYDER, B C No, 10, h i FOR PREMIER MINK S.rirtly Up to Date Mill I Tuesdays, Everything nn tha Alarket nd i

Fridays, atutni Sundays. HOI At 9 a. in. • KETUKMNG SAME DAY - i STEWART LAND CGMPANY, LIMITED nd land hi

Founder* and Original Owner! 1 0| J HYDER of STEWAKT TOWNSITE . . iii i. apnea i II RADIO 101 femimiInn liioik, VICTORIA, M (7 i i,.i-, in

... ,,,. .1 JIJIJ- i SERVICE ItanlKntate insurance Mines Financial Ag*** ... J ! Sir Hennr fharstoa, PtwtidMt i . i • 111. J 11 tit till" Iw.fcfj ;,f tittttiru Director* ot Cuusniinn National 1w»Mw;iys ,, aat woi k in I / •• MNN M. H'lEWART, )-,. *,**!,,- pi tVJnntfMtg uffloa, which ha will occupy >.t tl il i intei . U and from wh ,., Op--ri 9 a.in. lo il p.m. (in- qutwtiun* Httattititt tht entire Western Region of ,i |< indsy.) Heteeget in trut will ha ***Af.... J t future, ...stead *t being required to jou to 1 i fc**0*oi proper list fo i , ,. • *mm**m m. m a»iw».i •mmm .mmm*mmtmWW* ' - r- - II -I.II i • i

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JRKING CLOTHES MEN'S FURNISHINGS would not oppose their claim fur­ STILL FIGHTING ther. Proof that Abbie survived [TART THE NEW YEAR RIGHT Alexander would not be deman­ DAILY STAGE FOR ENGINEER ded, apparently, and to have proved the survivorship was ad- CRAWFORD'S Call and inspect our stock of High-grade Suit Over Ownership af the mittedly difficult because all on For Premier and B. C. Silver Leaves B. C. Hirer 8:30 a. m. Working Clothes and Way Points Famous Atlin Gold Mine^6 P/incess Sophia w*re drown- " Camp 4 Premier 9-00 a. m. Leaves Stewart 9:00 a, m. For Stewart & Way Points Still have a large variety of quality Mack­ jed when that vessel foundedred. Hyder 9:30 a. m. inaw Coats on hand Tells Story of Mystery! The claimants allege the con- and Romance ditioh of the bodies indicated *!. ZEFFERTT, STEWART.BC. Mrs Alexander lived longer than : STEWART-HYDER STAGE )OTS and SHO^S LADIES' WEAR etc. If Robert E. Williams of Mil- her husband. waukee, and his brother, Horace After the claimants had been Leaves Stewart for Hyder 10:30 a. m. i . " " ll li 1 on K. Williams of Los Angeles prove! given by the Court of Appeal an 1:30 p. m. " " " " J( nn ome to the Ryan Building Store and inspect one of the their sister, Abbie, married to opportunity to attack Alexander's 4:00 p. m, C NEW GAS BURNERS at work. You can fit it in the late Captain James Alexan- j will, Mr Symes demanded partic- Leaves Hyder for Stewart 11:30 a. m. any stove or heater, It gives twice the heat of coal at der, they acquire a third interest! ulars from Mr Cecil Killam, " " " " o.on .. ^.30 p. m. half the cost. in the Engineer gold mine, worth '• counsel for Williams brothers, of " " " " B nn NO ASHES millions, on Taku Aim, near j ---<- marriage between Alexander 5.00 p. m. Atlin. and Abbie. Mr Symes expressed Office 5th St, Stewart NO SMOKE The mine is included in the'the opinion that some record of NO SMELL Alexander estate, and the claim the marriage must exist and it on behalf of the brothers is ad-1 was not sufficient to reply the NO KINDLING REQUIRED vanced on the supposition that. ceremony occurred in Chicago, ; Burnt ordinary coal oil, and no danger of explos on. A their sister, Abbie, was the wife because that city embraced a STEWART DAIRY g SODA FOUNTAIN J. CAMPBELL. - PROPRIETOR child can operate one. Twenty years' guarantee and of Captain James Alexander; population of 2,700,000. money back if dissatisfied. Cut your fuel bill in half and that both perished when the Mr Killam explained Abbie! r Home Made Ice Cream Fresh Milk Cream >, et rid of coal worries. Forty cents will supply you Princess Sophia foundered in Williams, while assistant head and Buttermilk with ten hours continuous heat. Lynn Canal on October 25, 1918, nurse in St. Luke's Hospital, Jack O'Shea, and that the Williams brothers Chicago, met Alexander that ICE FOR SALE inherited their sister's estate, j she (old friends she was going to BEAMAN BUILDING One Door West of Grey & Wilson Agent for Northern British Columbia. •\ hich, it is alleged, was a one-j marry him, that she left the third share in the property aid j hospital about April 28, 191?, I wealth of Alexander. J and a few days later announced ACETYLENE WELDING GENERAL BLACKSMITHIN8 BREAD CAKE PASTRY Tiie claimants contend a wi I she had married Alexander, and SPECIAL ORDERS TAKEN of 1907, by which Alexander'lefuj showed a wedding ring, which FREIGHT CONTRACTORS ;HT LUNCHES FRESH MILK everything to his friend, Allen ' had been purchased in Chicago. ICE CREAM SOFT DRINKS I.Smith, of Philadelphia, was The presumption is that they CRAWFORD TRANSFER CO. p STEWART BAKERY revoked by the marriage, Apri j -v re married, contended MrKil- AGENTS FOR r A /l I NUT 28,1913, in Chicago, of their mm. NEW 1 | 1/A I & ICAMPBELL & DUKE .... Proprietors VlVi 1U sister, Abbie, to Alexander. Mr Symes retorted a presump- WELLINGTON COAL LUM,XP $ 16 Smith, who grubstaked Alexan- ion was not sufficient and that Office Dr>tI h St., Stewart. •THE der, the soldier, adventurer and thousands of people under simi- NEWELL ROOMS prospector, on the expedition lar circumstances attempted to which ended in the staking o; j appear married when they were W. L. NEWELL, Proprietor The only first-class and up to date hotel in the Portland (Comfortable Furnished Rooms. Barber Shop in Con the Engineer gold claims, hat Lot actually. It was not enough Canal district taction. Cigars, Tobaccos, Soft Drinks. Solo Tables^thdied, ea nclai I hims heir7t AbmVs ares brothecontest*r | for Alexander and Abbie to have I appeared as husband and wife Rooms, $1 PER DAY On behalf of the estate's ad­ and to have registered at hotels Hotel King Edward ministrator, Mr Reginald Symes as such, in his opinion. applied to Mr Justice Morrison STEWART, - B. C. Mr Justice Morrison agreed, for an order competing the ALWAYS ON HAND ind directed the Williams brut 1- Running Hot and Cold Water. Baths. All the con­ claimants ts give p;;rticulars of veniences of the city. Dining Room in conn* c tion (Continued on Page 4.) ALL THE LATEST PAPERS AND MAGAZINES the marriage. Mr Symes said European plan $1 per day and ui if the claimants could provj Al- W. H. TOLIN, - - Manager Books and Music A. ANDERSON bie was married to Alexander hi LARGE SELECTION, CIGARS, CIGARETTS Cobbler and Shoemaker and TOBACCOS at G. C. ANDREW STEWAKT, B. C. - STEWART NEWS - CUSTOMS HOUSE BROKER MINERAL ACT Certificate of Improvementa Gibson Block Fifth Street NOTICE AOBNT FOR Georgia, Georgia No, 1 and Georgia No. 2 Mineral Claima, sil ate in the MERCHANTS' CASU VLTY CO. Portland Canal Mining Division oJ in the Northern ACCIDENT & AUTOMOBILE Caaaiar District. We have just opened our Restaurant When- located: On the eastern Rooms, Stewart, and have named it the INSURANCE. slope of Ui.' i oiling Range of Moun tains and about Beven miles from thi mouth of Geoi H a Ri •<-r. GOOD EATS CAFE Stewart Land I o Offic TAKE NO! ICE u al I, Fredi INDEPENDENCE Stewart. I!.1 '. Naah, of Terrace, B. C, Free Miner's A name implying a reputation v. hich we Certificate No 666T7I , for Tli>' Georgia River M intend to live up to N. V I... Free Minei TO BE HYDER 1846; Clan Free I DAVE JOINVILLE, - - PROPRIETOR Certiffcate No 99 I ird Fisl . Free Mini I ertiflcaU ' 9 and AUTO Daniel Hu r" at< 16811 , inti i SERVICE • hereof, I rder for a I INCORPORATED menl i, for the i COAL PER TON KRfiD DORE1 i I.I AT- i .i ant of id. abo» $16 Manager A nd liml**!- section 86 mi re thi "IT'S A BLACK BUSINESS of Impn i > mi i I - TAXI Dat! ' »• D t » ? HUT WE TREAT VOU WHITE" 1928. 21 GET IN ON GROUND FLOOR] and MINERA! U I LAWRENCE & WORKMAN TRUCK i rtill ..!• of In menl I i OR FRED YOUNG SI:K\ II E Iru in Mineral » lain., situ thi BUY FUTURES NOW I IJ ng Di i District, LIGHT Where locati d pert) if Pr*mi l mpany ii For Information Enquire SHAMROCK BRANDS POWER TELEPHONE I -, tilt , •• wart, I'. Im li l; 8. P. Fitzrorald (i Cs Andrew WATER ll Hams, Bacon, Butter, Eggft, Lard, . Hyder, Alaska. Stewart, B.C. intei Storage Hath-iu < hargi'd uf, tu J.M ly I I ' i' ' and Compound •iii.iii. ui la, foi tiu- i ol VVK CARRY THE BE8T Wiring, Plumbing i.iin. Ami fin i < action,

Stewart Public I lililiti* i. II I !•• | P. BURNS & CO. JACK Si (ill Manaft, Dat. In. A.D. All i i I ' ••'• U I" •• PORTLAND CANAL NEWS, STEWART, B. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1924

STILL FIGHTING WHERE TO FIND 'EM BELLVIEW HOTEL, LTD (Continued from Page 3.) Fire extinguishers can be found HYDER, B. C. ers to state the place in Chicago at the following places: WHY LABOR UNDER A HANDICAP? j who>-«? the marriage occurred and ALL NEW EVERYTHING DONE FOR YOUR COMFORT Big chemical, 25 gallons— ' who performed the ceremony. Grey & Wilson store. ELECTRIC LIGHTS TUB AND SHOWER BATHS Much of Alexander's life re We Have ___ _.-.- mains a mystery, - but consider Five-gallon extinguishers- $1 Gibson's *IS PER DAY ,, . , PHONE 4 LONG able money has been spent to Newell's Just What Mrs. Helen Bell, Manager l]nravel a career which, it is be Tourist Rooms ' lieved. commenced with his birth Hotel Stewart You Want in in Florence, Italy, tcok him to Carolan's Grocery South Africa, where he profess­ Hotel King Edward TOOLS OCEAN VIEW HOTEL, Limited ed to have been a captain in the Portland Canal News HYDER - B. C. Hussars and is known to have or been a member of the state pr Dr. H. A. Whillans, physician Warm, Comfortable Rooms. $1.00 Per Day lice, and ended in the Yukon and and surgeon; consultations at HARDWARE All Modern Conveniences—Baths, Electric Light British Columbia. Whether he office of Stewart General Hospi- Choice Line of Canadian Cigars and Tobaccos, Peterson Pipesj was all he claimed to be has not ta]| 10 to na.m.( and by appoint- BALL AND BANQUET ROOM IN CONNECTION been determined, but there is no t Catering to Large and Small Parties. nien doubt he died the owner of the """ McLEMAN & HOOTON - SaiSg CHAS. •VI. RIDLEY, Manager Tel.-l Long Blfl- „ . . K MINERAL ACT Engineer mine. It was SU?pect- Certificate of Improvements ed at one time he had been mar- Eldorado-*•• - , —NOTICSilver ThoughE t Fractional and Silver Thought No. 2 Fractional ried years previous to his meet­ Mineral Claima, situate in the Portland i • *»; Canal Alining Division of Cassiar Dis ALL THE COMFORTS OF A HOME ing with Abbie Williams, and an trict. WHEN LAYING IN SUPPLIES ___. advertisement appeared in the. Whorwnere located:-Salmon RiveRiver Val- ARE TO BE HAD AT THE WHY NOT GET THE BEST? London Times from a "friend in KAKTAKEE N0TICNOTICEE thathat t r I, FrederjcFrederickk uNashu , of Terrace, B. C., Free Miner's America." The latter wished Certificat'" -""e No. fiUo'TTC, acting as agent to get into communication with for Thomas V. Wilson, Free Miner's Certilicate No. 46797, intend, sixty STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES the daughter, then believed to days from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a Certificate GREY & WILSON., Stewnrt be 24 years old and thought to of Improvements, for thc purpose of Beaman Bl icl, STEWART W. DANN, Proprietor obtaining a Crown Grant of the above be residing with her grandmoth­ ojaims. er in London, of Alexander. The And further take notice that action, Steam Heated Rooms Comfortably Furnished Baths under section 8.5, must be commenced advertisement intimated he was before the issuance of such Certificate Drying Room Dining Room born in India, was a lieutenai.t of Improvements. Dated this 20th day of September, FIFTH STREET STEWART in the Boer War, and was drown­ A. D. 1928. 24 ed while engaged in gold mining ** HOTEL ST.RE '-.-. i • _» in British Columbia in 1918. COR. DUNSMUIR AND SEYMOUR. VANCOl A cloud hangs over Alexan­ Delivered I:. B.C. der's birth and, it is said, he was BRITISH COLUMBIA the son of illustrious parents Recognized Stopping Place for Peoplt lhe and, it is said again, he was the; WOOD Portland Canal District The Mineral Province of Western Canada illegitimate son of a me.-nber of T. J. GRANT * PROPRIETORS W. W. H Has produced Minerals valued as follows: Placer Gold, §76,542,203 the English aristociacy. -Van­ COAL Lode Gold, $109,647,661; Silver. $59,814;266, Lead. $51,810i891- couver Daily Province. f Copper, $170,723,242; Zinc, $24,625,839; Coal and Coke. $238,- W. J. Wakef.eld

289,565; Building Stone, Brick, Cement. $36,605,942; Miscellaneous LAND ACT - i .I inerals, $1,358,839; making its Mineral Production to the end of Land District District of Cassiar j 1922 show TAKE notice that < harles A. Mac-1 CRESCENT kenzie, of Stewart, B. C, occupation AN AGGREGATE VALUE OF £734,259,619 Mining Engineer, intends to apply fori FURNISHED ROOMS permission to purchase the following I UNION STEAMSHIP CO. OF B. C Ll The substantial progress of the Mining Industry in Litis Province HYDER, - B. C. described lands:— T. SAILS FROM _ .— _...-,-e iiiuumry in tins Province Commencing at a post planted at the f ^ RATEa *• s. s. CARDENA STEW is strikingly exhibited in the following figures, which show the value S°ath west corner of Lot 12119; thence H. tt HICKS, Prop. of production for successive flve-yjar periods: For all years lo 1895, j Nortlinksh, morfifty-one ore lesschain, tso thaned Easntty-eightt bank; '* " EVERY MONDAY AT 10 p.m. i nc PRINCE Rl PERT OCEAN FALLS V.AM' inclusive, $94,547,241; for five years. 1896-1900, $57,607,967; for j #*£ • S^g Lif E^'Uf ^ five years, 1901-1905. $96,509,968; for five years, 1906-1910, $125,-1«•*•» ----- —---- NORTHBOUND leaves VANCOUVER KVKKYKKIV sixty chains, more or less, to the Nortl, " PRINCE RUPERT " BOND 534,474; for live years, 1911-1915, 8142,072,003^^^^^; f0r five^ years, boundary of Lot 433; thence East, fol­ JOHN WANDER $28,066,641: lowing said North boundary of Lot 433 FOB ALICE ARM, ANYOX AND STEWAI 1915-1920, $189,922,725; 1921 ' for the year 1922, and the North boundary of Lot 121)8, BARBER $35,158,843. seventeen chains and thirty-live links, Excellent Passenger Accommodation Expres- I more or less, to point of commence­ Prince Rupert Agent, L'nd Ave., Phone 5fi PRODUCTION DURING LAST TEU YEAI'S, |M(«LM ment, containing forty acres, mor" or Tourist Rooms, Stewart • Head Offices, Union Dock, Ft. Carrall St., Vancouver, Phi Lode mining has only been in progress for about 33 years, and less not 20 pur cent, of the Provinco hat been even prospected; 300.000 CHARLES A. MACKENZIE. ijjuare miles of unexplored mineral-hearing land un* open for pros­ I). B. Morkill, A-jent. pecting. Date, 10 October, 1923. 2\ 9t The mining laws of this Province are more liberal arid the foes MINERAL ACT lower than those of any ntliT Province in the Dominion, or any Certificate of Improvementa Colony in tho British Empire NOTICE. WW", or M. C, M. C. No. 1, Lucky Jim, Nine SILVER GRiLL of Hearts, Nin»> of Hearts No. 1, Bri­ DRUGS Mineral locations are granted to discoverers for nominal tst*. ton, IM. H. Fractional, Nine Spot Frac­ Newly Decorated and Ktttodelled Absolute 'lilies are obtained by developing such properties, se­ tional, M. C. Fractional, M. C. No. 1 ^^ SOAPS We serve the Cheapest ancl the Best meal nility of which is guaranteed by Crown Grants. Fractional Mineral Claims, situate in the Portland Canal Mining Division of POWDERS Portland Canal District I nil Information, together with Mining Reports and Maps, may Cassiar DisUict, Where located:-On west side of Try our Special Chicken Dinner 9* obtained gratis by addressing Rear River, about b miles from Stew­ PERFUMES WE art. SERVE NOTHING HIT THE I ! 'I 'I!'. HON, THE MINISTER OF MINES, Victoria. British Columbia. TAKE NOTICE that Dalby R. Mor­ kill, of Stewart, B. C, acting ma agent Stewart Drug Store for M. C, Mining Company, Limited, , JACK and MAC Free#-Miner'.H Certificate No. 40(16, in­ tends, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a Certificate of lie provements, for the purpoae of obtaining a Crown Grant of STEAMSHIP and TRAIN SCHEDULE the above claima. And further take notice that action. unfler section >»f>, must be commenced E, ARMSTRONG S.S. PRINCE RUPKRT will have STEWART before the issuance of such Certificate NORTHERN ROO^ for ANYOX, PRINCE RUPERT, VANCOU-1 ofD Improvements. . Dated this 20 day of October, A. I). GENERAL.... AND AiW*w*VER , VICTORIA, SEATTLE and Int.mediate|__AS!- point*, each THURSDAY at 12.ti0 Noon. FREIGHTER BATHS MINERAL ACT. I obaccoB ^^^^ Certificate of Improvement*. -^—^^^M^****S_^— NOTICK. | C***§ Soft DrinkM Charles, Charles No. .'i Fraction, Vir- J _,^. _ , —'. _ _ . SATO*S V^JSSSS* »**•»* VAN. Kinia Fractioi, Mineral Claims, situate | TEAMS PACK HORSES 5th Street, Stewart. in the Portland Canal Mining Division I Jack McLeod of Cassiar District. Where located: South f->rk of Cla- (•>«!• Creek. TAKU NOTICE that Dalby B. Mor kill, of Stewart, B. C., acting «» agent STEWART. B.C. "Ulllllliaill I lill* FROM PKINc; RUPERT for James H. Nenl-itt, Free llinar'i ( uiiiiicat* No. ()!*>'•»; und Andy Archie, .Miner's Certificate No. 6I564J jn- leml. sixty days from the date hereof, POOL! Ht 6M P m tii apply to the Mining Reorder for a SALMON RIVER STAGE H_f __£ *2±' - - *** WIMONTON WINNI • of Improvement* for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of Yuu CM eet* a pleasant hour • the abovu claims. I . And further take notice that action, PLATING POOL VSf TC* PHKMIKlt MINK I p.m F«r AtUntte Hwwihip sailing* m.d furiiu-r 1.1 under Motion >•.'<, must be commenced tV* ttt ft. 9. MrNaurtUMi. W. rirt f£In^T " before the issuance of such Certificate at ttWB*Ul SUwart $Kel ..f InipioVeMieliU. »t MI'S ** Um THIPS ARfHM6tll i m R««i»«rt. & c. ******** *m Dst.d tU* l»t day of Octol.tr, i WAR KfANU IN OMMMffOH ll : rsm mi w. K. *WIOIOI*_ 1 77L,