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' ' Lmberl.fompany " T.P,TramSe " I'ce. I I'.: I' I ,I]I!AII•U/AV-- ...... r THill[ HIITS :" Riio Sga md!HIIITY:I MILLIONIiWAST[I} , Extendedto Mile33V II II ILIIIII IIYliANI}IT Thelnteri°rLumberC°'havel " RV IIIIRI"I~iI~ Gfl rl eJureJT • 'mo .b,o ' 'UII decided to at:onceresume I . I.PI n BIunlII.:II UIUIILI|IIIIIIbIII just been issued by the G.:T~ P. FI]IIINTIi 11IIIIIII I Passengers'on'-~-anadian'Nor- :~l:m~:e;/ or Worse Marked o' Na~ioml Construction Ml~o~:~Yt::~asdeen~:r ann;x::.: ]Welsh Coal Inte.rests Obtain thern~lledWhileAttempt- • . • . .. , ' • . . " Tranacontinental,$aysReport of Commmmon-.Ecdho~ say co-ge~ cne camps in.snape ,-' ,"-...--~ . :- ' ' " • " Charter'for Line Through .... ingCapture of Robbers " . and eom ~ " ..~ ~_~ ~, ~. . Neither l~achced,nor Encouraged eral freight service to Words.I ^ .. ' .~ .. -, .., r 'menee logga,,~, ~,,u ,~ ,u - " .'- - " .worth, at mile 337, to take effectI ~rounanog ~om ~.anai. ', , Feb. 20:--While expected sawing will commence Ol~tawa,14:--That. :. _Feb. the: they believe that, in at least Feb. 22nd. An accomrnsd~ ;~O~'~W~a~u .-'--~ ...... ' resisting two bandits who board- in about ten days. About fifteen - ./.~- ~.~T~: ~i~ . w.m~eu, tu;--zne l~all. " National ~Transeontmentai Rail- three cases,' advance~infOmmtion ,train will Leave Sm!~i~r~s, iit way"~o~e-ranted a ed a Vancouver bound Great men will be employed in loggin~g, way cos't $40,000,000 mo~d than. was resale"Use of: bS/the su~"~~~ Pr~ent,-,°It.Sunday~ and 7~.hu~:. Charter for""th'~incorpoSration-Of " Northern train near |Bellingham and this number will be consider- fui .:.:i: ,_.:~ . ,. was necessary, in.the conclusion ten'dere~S.:~ days at &~O a.m, "vil~a~ t r '~ ' • , " i = , ably augmented when the mill .". ' ' ,,~a.r~.~; , .h~ ~]~c Peac~ River and Atha. - tonight, three passengers were of: the commissioners appointed ::" Tli~"re~ ~:~t~t~§" that in one Wordsworth at 6.80 ~A'~r~: Uasca RaiLs~%~ ' shot and killed; Thomas Wads- starts. to investigate the construction Of, eiise:t~e fi-i~ili'~f'~ii~K'Co."'re-. ing will ieave Wordswo~t~t.i ~ ~,At,;tt'l~a~J'of this enterpri" • worth, Prisoner Eacape~ the. line, under the direction Of: cei~/ed no..... less'~" ~han. ~';~ ;'$7;10.,000~for"...... 'urdays and Wednesdays ai; ~ ~.'-]5'." Thompson, of :Cardiff, Conductor, who was returning as By scaling a 12-foot fence ~qae Laurier government. The. d0irig :notl~ihg~'~:a~;d '~i~,i~ich, had am., arriving at Smithers at 4.30 Wales, who is head of the great- a passenger from" California, surrounding the jail yard, .on commissioners conclude their the commission: dn'd the govern- p.m. est~ coal mining business in Great H. R. Adkinson, a Vancouver Wednesday, a Russian prisoner, voluminous reportas follows: men~'performed theiriduty, they BHtain. building contractor, and R. L. serving a. five-month sentence Silver Standard Ore "We find that:the Transeontid: never would"have received. Oil' ' The line will starter the mouth Lee~ of Bremerton, Wash. for supp!ying whiskey to Indians, The contractors engaged irz ental Railway Commission, the proper Classification the contract- ~if Nass River, and will take an The three men attempted t0 made his escape. He has not hauling• ore from the Silve~ Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and tors were overpaid $3,300,000. .~asterly course to the Groundhog capture one of the bandits, and been recaptured to date. those having charge of the con- Gross extravagance, 'the report Standard completed their con were shot dead by the other. tract last Monday, having brough/ ~mokeless coal deposits, the only h Will Appear in Smithers struction of the railway, did not declares, marked the whole con- Coal.beds of that description 0n Both then • escaped.. A reward . The comedy "Turn:Him Out," consider it desirable or neces- structionof the line, and exam- down over 7300 tons since Christ- mas.- There still remains a car-. the Pacific coast; thence/east- of $5000 :is offered for their which was ~staged here a week sary to practice or encourage pie after example is quoted. For load to be sacked, which will :b~. ward to the Peace River, and • capture. ago, is bil!ed for Smithers next economy in the construction 'of instance the engine houses on hauled !star. About 25 horses, ~'011owing in a southerly direction Kitwangar Suicide Wednesday night, with the same this road. We find that, without the line were built v/ithout con- used on this work, were shipped t& Prince Albert, a distance in A, Kitwangak Indian, Daniel caste. The proceeds will be don- including the money which was tract, the prices to be arranged to the end of steel today. ~iii of about fifteen hundred miles. Wells,. committed suicide bY ated ~to the Hospital unnecessarily spent in building afterwards. In consequence of The Bill was reported upon drinking carbolic acid while tern- X.ray fund• the railway cast of the St..Law~ this, these buildings least ~d]00,. . Vancouver, Fe-'-'-b• 19:--The practically without discmsion, fence River, $40,000, 000 at:.least 000" more than they otherwis6 pbrarily insane. Coroner Hos- C. P. R. Extendon Cost Prince John ~ arrived here on iind has been favorably comment. was •needlessly expended in th'e would.. kins held an inquest on Tuesday, Vancouver, Feb. 21: 'Canadian Tuesday with ninety additional ed on by newspapers everywhere. • ,the jury. bringing inaverdict to Pacific extension work thja.:year building of this road." On station: .. building,, alone tons of Silver Standard ore for the above effect. wlllcost eighty.five million dol- The commission criticizes the iould have been s~d $204,000, Trail smelter,- C. N. R, SeeksFederal Aid ~: methedsof letting tendersirrun, m freight sheds,' bunk.houJes, Ottawa, Feb. 19:,. Thecans. Hockey Clmmpiom lars, Of this/ten millions will reauonably large sections:Which etc,, $300,000 could have beei~ .~,~ !lun#~I dianNorthern railway, in seeking .-: i cinched the champion- be- expended inBritish Columbia, resulted tn eleven firms gettl:ng saved; The report shows that .Vancouver, Feb. 20:--Ae~rd. further federal aid, ~asks for ship of the Pacifle"Coas~:Ho~k,ey doubt0:traoking'and making..ex2 "-'::;" all :the work'and Sub;lettilig~t to ~,thb~go.veriimentat..no tim~, SUg~ ing to a Calgary despatch, the twenty-five millions, to be secured :on :: Satu:r. League-a~' 'vancouver 100 sub'-contractors, As one in- gested to the commission to be hanging of :Jasper: CollinS, :-the day night, by defeating the latter • The regular St. Andrew's So- dication of the handsome profits dareful in its expenditures. Missouri youth who murdered .Mtlch of this money is needed team, cmty meetmg0 whmh should have derived by these eleven firms, it Though the early returns showed John Bausch, of calgary, was for construction', work on the The champions will. leave for been held last'Friday ni~Et~~ was the most bungled affair of its appears that they pair $8,800,000 that the cost was mounting be- division of the the :East on March 2,. to meet the postponed on account of:,0ther in profits for that part of the kind in the history of Canada. i~6~id. Much opposition is being winners of the Eastern Cham- attractions. The next meeting work whichthey let to sub-con- yond that of any single tr~ck Collins iibed "for twelve minutes Idirected to the measure, from pionship,, for the Stanley Cup, Will beheld on Friday, Feb. 27. tractors. The commissioners find c0nstl'ucted in America, the gov- after being cut down. members on both sides of .the : ;~ the first game to be'played on that in a number of the largest 'ernment\ continued indifferent March 9. ALASKATOHAVEtlAILWAY contracts the contracts were not and the commission went on with Vancouver, Feb. 21:--Figures ..... Demand Peace ,. Feb. 19: -- The let to the lowest tenderer, and I its extravagance• Vancouver, Feb.' 20~..~ InI~erna- submitted at Ottawa show~ that El Paso, Feb. 20:--A mass Alaska railway bill Was passed' national complications may resuff the Canadian Northern Railway ~! was held here today to condemn by the United States Senate on from. theassassinati0n of William has had a total of two l~undred the inaction Of the United ~tates Thursday by a majority of 0vet I _Local and District News Notes Benton, a Scottish "ranch owner and twelve millions of federal government in the matter of in- two hundred. President Wilson of El Paso, Texas. Ben ton Was a~d provincial aid by way-of William Holland is inthe Hos- leave in a few days for Ground- tervention, a~d the restoration will sign ,the bill at once, The court-martialled and shot by or- gtiaranteed bonds. Of this,Brit- pit al, suffering'from pneumonia• hog with T. H. Taylor's party. • of peace in Mexico. ThreeCmore line, Which is to run from the der of General Villa. near Jaurez ish Columbia has guaranteed P. Doherty,. C. Doherty and J, He will be engaged in laying out :i Eng lishmenare reported missing. coast to the coal-fieldS, will cost on Wednesday, after being found fOrty-two million?dollars up to " .i~i Rangeli arrived from Fort Fraser Supply depots. Loan Bill Favored- thirty-five millions. It is gener- guilty of conspiracy, ' and prov0k- Jdlie of last year. . ' ~' - this week. J• Thorne and W, Blackstock Victoria, Feb. 21:--Lieutenant- ally believed that the rail~vay ingand insulting General Villa. S.H. Crum 'and A. E. Player are leaving tonight with a crew govenor Paterson gave his assent will greatly benefit the coast Benton was not represented by Retail Merchants Object returned from a business trip to to rush the construction qf the yesterday to the loan bill, and cities of British Columbia. counsel at his trial, one report Victoria, Feb. 17:--Tha.t the Prince Rupert Saturday• telegraph line to Smithers~ stating that he was murdered legislation passed, by the house ~ ~,~. bill amending Canadian North- Bri~h Columbia.Mining P. C. Folwell, L. H. Campbell, F.G. bowling, superintendent last year, which gave authority ~ /}/ ern extensions act. Premier Mc- Vancouver, .Feb, 19:--Mining first: and then court-martialled. Bride • introduced a bill giDiiig in British Columbia for.the Year and R.H. Imlioff, of Vancouver, ef the Yukon telegraph service Thb~British ambassador at Wash. tofarmers' co-operative associa- // ,, came in last Sunday. came in from Smithers Thursday :": further aid to the Canadian Nor- 1913 was reviewed at" the annual ington,has taken up the case. titus to borrow money from the guy.eminent at 4 per cent, with .... ~! the~ construction by bond guar- convention of the'Western Insti- A. N~ Johnston and G. F. and will leave for Prince Rupert tomorrow. R~tribuUon Bill wlhich to aid the fruit industw ' ~ antee.not exceeding $10,000 per tute in "Vancouver. Last Year Allen, of Johnston Bros., Ltd., H. McOubbin, of Pacific, Ottawa. Feb. 20: -- Premier by installing c'~oliu~ plants,, etc., i mile on main line. proved to be a banner period~% ::Vancouver, are spending a few days in town, has been gazetted as deputy rain- Borden's redistribution bi 11 is being carried too far, was : the history of mining in the w~s given the second reading Parliamentary News ' • ing recorder for the Omin~ca PrOvince, the returns constituting claimed by a delegation from the Victoria, Feb. 20:--Sir Richard Emil Alson and Pete Jenson mining division, with su'b-record' at Ottawa on Thursday, and was British Columbia Retail Mar- ~: McBride will leave for Ottawa at a record, The total of distribut- left for a season's work, on the ing office at Pacific.:. .i... . " sent to a committee of nineto fix ed profits was two" millions four el~ants' Association, which met ii::. ~i? t~e close of the pre'ent session Findlay riVer~yesterday. A party composed of Fred. the.boundaries, Attorney-general Bowaer: :!ast.i'~/:ilz~~ i ii~ for a conference on provincial hundred thousaild, dollars. H. ~Brundage, who has been Glendinning, Charles Munrco, Smithers Bridge week. ". "-... ,'~:2' ...... -:~:,-:.ii~ spending a ,couple of weeks on George Hauk, and Waiter Aitken matters, among them being bet- CommisdOn ' Report Work on the bridge over the iThe delegation members said :~ .:7. ' ~/ictoria, Feb. 18:~The report the coast, returned last Saturday, are I.eaving for their placer claims ter terms :for British Columbia. Buikley is progressitig very that ithe fmTners' .Ms0eiationa " -- ofthe agricultural commission is i..... : A petition, with ten thousand R, B. Bowden is calling on the on Mans0n-creek Monday• rapidly, more thorn half the pil- now using government ~,...... ,{inames,: waspresented in the expected ~within: a day br two. local, trade this week• in the in., i l Chief of Police Gammon left ingbeing completed. The tem- farads for the es~blishment m~d !>~ :.- ~!Hbml~ bnWednesdaybylMr:Wood, Some of the institute resolutions terests ~'of ~McKay, Smith, Blair ~ Thursday for Vietori'a,;on ¢iflt' porary bridge has been a great o~rstion of severai .co;operatiVe~"/,~ ~ ::i:member for. Albern.|,.urging 'dealtwithinthe report are: & C0•, V ancouver, i Cfal'business, Constable MeAui- ,advantage to ranchers .,on the stores... Thus; in ~dditi0n' ~bu~i:ii i vot~"Tor women. Settlement of iogged.0ff lad~dS, Miss" Steel will spend a couple ay~coming in from Aldermereto eut.aide of the river,/eeve~al •.:- Pari~et,.:rWilliams raised crlti, exemptioh ~ Of agricuitural~.'im. of weeks with Mrs. Graham at t~ke Charge during his abs~r, ee. carl0ade of..vegetable~, hay and sii~O~selffiigi and ii~ 'that way-~dl::':ii:::i ~.:.: ~.i eism~0n~ileged.extra' " va~" a~eeon proveme~it, from- ~xation/¢ and N,e~ :Ha~eiton, before leaving ~IIA~ e~eli~ng game of broomolo pork having been .hauled over "' i"" pOblte, works, and w~. Offered a reduction of taxation on.agricul, ~fO~-.he..~:'h~e~!~Vancouver. : w~anplayecly-eS-terdaY afternoon and marketed |nSmithers, :/.::. '..'::pe~ali~uri'Of the' pi~#inc~.~to tural commui~'Ities. ,. .- . 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THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, 'FEBRUARY 21, 1914 " ' ' ..... " "- ' "" ..... "" " ~ ; " ...... :, ..... ; .... , . I ~-",;:--:.,• , :,.. ' ...... -. + ::"i...... i :~ !"" ': ::":.-...... :+"', • " ' ="" ~ Ill .... 1[- I IIII II II I , , ,. . . . +. the government is to confine f0x • The Orn neca M ner breeding in British Columbia to the provincial limits, so that PUBLISHED'EVERY SATURDAY AT H~,ZELTON, THE CENTER OF THE all live foxes caught here will FavorKe Shop#ng GREAT OMINECA DISTRICT OF BRITISHCOLUMBIA. Sargen's- .flm ' have to remain. The department 'MINERS' PRosPECTORS'and SETrLERS' SUPPLIES A SPECIALTY A. R. Macdonald, Publisher and Proprietor. is not expected to throw any ob-

SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada and British Possessions, Two Dollars a stacles in the way of those who • , : o-- ..... ~-~,'-o . year; Foreign, Three Dollars a year. intend to import live foxes, how- ADVERTISING RATES: Display, $1.50 per inch per month; Reading ever. The new regulations ~lso Grocery Dep entl Again we call your attention I GUNS :: Notices, 15 cents per line for each insertion. Legal notices inserted at B. C. UP-TO.DATE to the necessity d keep: { : , .... " : ';.: : : ::,:: Gazette rates. provide for the issuance of per- ! mits to" those who intend to go 1" ~ • t ing your feet ":' R~fles-.and:ShotgunS::: VOL. III. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY21, 1914. NO. 25. rresn goods amy- ~ : :~ • ~ intothe animal-breeding business, • _ " • ~ n.'~r ~ of leadmg makes ,/ breeding such fur-bearing ani- The real significance of the report on the .construction of the mg every week "" JLJPI'~ I .... :: ~: :~ ~:: mals as foxes. National Transcontinental Railway lies in thepossibility that the Try HUNT'S ;:":'*:';.' , ,.. :. ' I! ..'~e:ll~e0Un ,~I: In the past under Schedule B G. T.P. Railway Co. may repudiate its agreement with the Gov- Supreme Quality andthe powder, too." of the act it has been unlawful ernment and take over the Eastern section on completion. Table Fruits. We haveRubbers of The possible cost of the road, amounting to $234,000,000, en- to shoot certain animals in cer- tailing a rental charge upon the lesee of the road of nearly $15,000 tain sections at certain times. differentkinds sui t- Harness a day, presents a burden that the G. T. P. is likely to refuse to The new amendments provide Fresh Fruits able to your needs: for the abolition of Schedule B. Harness parts, .... assume. If the aggreement were repudiated, the result would be ORANGES that the whole Eastern section from Moncton to Winnipeg Would Hereafter all game will b.e con- LEMONS Come and get fired out " Fixings, etc."-:, remain a charge upon the Government, and would either have tol sidered closed. That is to say. be operated by them or allowed to pass into the hands of some any man taking a gun under hi s BANANAS I WcareA~nt;|°rthefam°us I "" Hardware: :' other railway at a rental far below that which the G. T. P. is ex- arm for the purpose of shooting peered to pay, and a consequent loss to the country.. . game may as well put it back in CIGARSA.TOBACC0 t" Shorts " Mackinaw• • Buildingand:" In any case the National lranscontmental is today and will• the gu.nrack unlesshe knows that .~ Any size made up for you 9 Shelf Hardware continue to be a terrific burden on the cotmtry. With the extrava- I there m an order in council pro A fine line. Special ~ gance and waste that has marked its construction, there is small viding for an open season for the prices on d ~ We-- --have ---a few ~Reversible ~ Cutlery : : . chance of it ever being of real value to the West, as an influence particular game he is after. Smokes. I~3; I C0atsatspecialprices'suitable ! in the reduction of freight rates by giving competition to the pri- Protection of a different dis- " for outdoor work Big Ben:'Ciocks vately-owned railroads. Further than this, through the whole of cription is given licensed trap- a box. ~ " A.0. .... : Quebec and New Brunswick it parallels the Intercolonial. pers/ who may select territory The report of the commissioners absolutely t)ears" out the with the knowledge that others Hay Oats -Flour [ Other lines o["Dry Ooodsand I iNGERSOL':WATCHES p3sition taken years ago by Hen. A. G. Blair, when Minister of will not be permitted to. trap Feed I Staples too numerous to [ For Sale Railways, who strongly objected and finally withdrew from the] within one mile. All disputes as , mention.. Laurier Government, because of his opposition to the plans as far to trappmg" grounds wlll" be .set " as they affected the Eastern Provinces. Most of the MaritimeJtled by the game warden or gov- CHINAWARE I BEDDING.: IHockey Boots members agreed with the report of the commissioners in their I ernment agents • ' ' . A fe-- ~.retty ors ~ manKets aria Comro#,,s ' ~ ~ i findings that the New Brunswick section should never have beefi [ Dealers m" fur will" be reqmred" .Call and see I Pillows ,Linen !AND SKATES built. It is not and never will be a commercial necessity. If thdl t° keep a record of all transac- tions, giving the names of vend- ~PECIAL-R. S. SARGENT ~ FT~&T~I~'-'~I~T~TO I :-- • - '"~ : i G. T. P. does refuse to take over the Eastern section it is likely the DI__I. L____0._ / l/-l, Dll.~/Ll/Ir'-lqO ~ , We carry Se famous ors of pelts. They will be pro- P_ '. Government would have to link "up the -National Transcontinental DIaCK qba~lllHtfft~ JOl ~ Fit for the King's table , ~ M PHERSON LIGHTNING hibited from dealing in the skins with the Intercolonial, making a Government road • from Halifax to ThreePairs $1.00 ~..~....~....~" .~.~... HITCH HOCKEY BOOT ~ Winnipeg, although with the tremendous cost, it is a'question when of wapiti, moose or cariboo, as the line would ever pay, and if it would not add still more to thd well as deer. / . • bti/'den that has been so long camed in the shape of Government The prohibition •against carry- ingguns without a license will I FA T : :G°--'d Merchant railways. . The attitude of the Opposition towards the report.. will be not apply to trapshooters, target , • ...... awaited with interest. It is likely that when the printed report is shooters, or militiamen. Boys available, Sir Wilfred Laurier will move a resolution differing with under sixteen n~ust be accompa- __ . . . . : the report and criticizing its findings. . '. nied by an adult with a licens6. There is also talk of an investigation being ordered bythe For'any offence under the act Liberal majoriy in the Senate. This would be independent of the the licenses of hunters may be SMOKE THE NEW CIGA~ ' :ii~ cancelled or new ones may be re- AND HOME BAKERY present inquiry, and would be with the awtwed object of backing Opposite Police Office. up the course which was pursued by the late administration in the fused in th e future. Guides' construction of the railway. This inquiry would be conducted by a liCensesmay be refused on the BREAD, CAKES, PASTRY • . ' A PRODUCT OF B, C, " :, : II" grounds of incompetence, breach committee of the Senate. " No Orient.Is l~mployed On Sale ~ F..,.~o..:: of contract, or misdemeanors .,,ho : ENA CLUB IJ At any rate, charges are so significant and' far-reaching and Conroy & Swann, Props. the amount involved is so large that it is asl~ast certain that the under the law. HAOJ.TO~ W. F..BREWER, Proprietor. ' 3fl whole matter cannot end with the submission of the report to North of the 55th parallel pos- Parliament. sessors of pelts may hold them The Government at no time suggested to the commission to be up to three months after the W. J, JEPHSON careful in its expenditures, although the Opposition was continually closing of the various-seasons, BARRISTER and SOLICITOR and possessors south of that de- pointing out that the road was being extravagantly built. Though of British Columbia, Al- HOTEL - the yearly returns showed thatthe cost was amounting beyond that gree may hold pelts two months berta and Saskatchewan subsexuent to the closing of the NOTARY PUBLIC ORTHERN: of any single track railroad ever constructed in America, the Government continued indifferent and the commission extravagant. season. The game department Room 11,PostofliceBldg.,PrinceRupert New Hazelton The Government never exercised any authority over the commis- will have authority to extend and Hazelton, B.C, either period. Reasonable I B.C. sion excepting in the La Tuque case, and then only in the way of EXPERT ]Rates • I Steam.Heated J - extravagance. Fewer Out o~ Work Best Electric When the bill for the construction of the railway was being Watch Repairing Cuisine L ig.hts .' Ottawa, Feb. 18:--There are - Choicest of ~vines WATCHES - JEWELRY I discussed in the House of Commons, Mr. Fielding, then Minister fewer men out of work in all the . Liquors and Cigars of Finance, stated that he had been advised by experienced rail- year in Canada because Of Strikes D. A. RAC~TAD, Smithers Largest and most modern Hotel way men that the cost of such a railway from Quebec to,Winnipeg, . In the NorthernInterior. Modern. or lock-outs than ever before. • conveniences 1.344 miles, would be $35,000 per mile, or $47,0401000, and from Labor conditions in this respect Monct0n to Quebec, 460 miles, at $M,250 per mile, or $14,375,000, have not been so good for a R. J. MCI~ONELL - 'PROPRIETOR a total Of $61,145,000. A. ChiSholm g~e:flt many years, is the state. I Contract'~s were let for most of the road, and on September" 30, meat of the labor department General Hardware 1911, there had ah'eady been spent $109,000,000, and Mr.. Gordo:~' Ithis morning. Builders' Material Grant, the chief engineer, estimated that when completed the road • With regard to the question of would, exclusive of interest, have cost $161i300.000. Miners' Supplies employment • the department ~]~i~i~i~:)]~l~[~]~9~I~H~Ii~l~ If the road is completed at this cost by the end of 1914, the G'~ states that there is a good deal Hazelton and Smithers T. P. will commence to pay rent at the beginning oF 1922 on this of la.c~: of work felt in the West Through SerVice tothe:South::i amount with $t8,700,000 interest added, making an annual rent of and in the cities of Toronto and $5,400,000, or $14,800 per day. " -, Montreal, but in the eastern half TralnsLeavelhzdtonSund~ys &ThmsdayslO:I8a~n; ~ : Union S.S. Company ArCs:prince RUpert s~e.days ". .- 5:lSp.m..~= Assuming that the G. T. R. Railway will ' commence to pa~ of Canada generally Conditiom ~nun;ions ,,George°' lures P~ RUl~rt - F.rldays 9 a.m;.:.| " " interest on the cost of construction m 1922, the road •will have cost are particularly good at present. of B, C., Ltd.~ the country for principal and interest $234, 651, 52L The department, looks for a "let. ce John" } leaves PfluccRulxrt :, .Sundays d.p.~, l NEW PROVINCIAL out the permission of the provin- up" in theWestern situation with. GAME REGULATIONS• 1cial game department.•. The pur- in a. shert while. • .._ pose of this is to prevent black Wdneod'alrs at 2 p. m, ~llllllllilllln~lllllmllllflllll|lillllltO]Hlllllll~rO]llllllll" IIIlO~)]llllllllllllDIIiilliilllll~lllllllillllt~,~ ...... ', Maid Prko -. .... J.R. Graham . . ' . Victoria, Feb. 16:--The pro- fox breeders from. sending foxes /U~RpLD PaCE & co. vincial game regulations have out of British Columbia, and it : ~ llmi'hCoiumb~. .... I - . ;: Land Surveyors " SS;;IC~MOSUN "E-.h~•, ng m" Canvas~~~ '~'. ~~):• ~ ' :'+ ~:"~ ~: ~' been consolidated and amended is thus expected that :. the black . :~.z~oN ~O sMrrt~s in a new act which I-I0n. W, Ji fox breeding industry, insofar as tL~--,n~j~ &~m" v,~.~., aundry ..=. ,:. L _ Bowser, attorneygeneral, intro- this proyince is.concerned, will.. - ...... " ...... " ", Our Work iSGood!s'.Ctood ~nd ou~::Rm~n duced in the House Ms l;whek. remain at home it is declared]AS~ Otftce and Mtulng Otfke '-: _" " . .... '., ' .. ,. ' . [ArtS..~ Crxtb Bulldlul', 575 $~mour Str~ I~: : FOR-.- Tuead,ys 6R.ANBY:BAY and Fddays ; lssnm ..,o.,m::~.+,~,:~... . _, ...... ~...., An iml~ortant feature* 0f~!the that Yukon nan practlca, ty been I~VANCOUVER, B.C.__ HAZELTOHHOSPITAL: • . ,t s ~. =. f~,., ,~od.n.o.. ~,h ~,,~.,st ~. Suits Cleaned :d ' a~ending act ]s°'" the " shp~'U la;~]~nj denuded/s0/to speak, huii-dreds] "J,O'SULLIVAN, F. C. S. ,. : ;, ~^.,. ~f, ~,. , ..=. ::/.j~,_~.,~-~_,,~,.._~_,~.!~L~u ~ ~..... :e~,,~ .:~.:: ...... ,... ,....: ...... ,~.._:~:~. ,~., i.i "that Kereafter live foxts b'fth~ 'v~ilU~bie' ~i~imalm :]~vi,n~ ~,:-.~ i r~Jn~ ~ycr and c~mht not be imv0rted or ex~brted been expOrted, The intenti6~:bf' ~rm-~Y~ forX0~t~..-~s~,a. w~hv~w~a" s~ sw~am~ona~l , r.:,

-, • ' . • Col.u.mbia, intends'oapply•,ori~ermi,.- ''r ~, ' .... ",' PP • P,-....•~,.: .'.'.'': '-...... ~.. :: , - ...... : : v ~for.coal.and"p.e.tro,eum ~! ~ e... h~.;.: °w.!n: ies:, .: The ?!a:| ~:?~.i,::rious! ! Themercurydropped.t~..~.:;~e- .

" =th:l: Jll •• • iHar Last • i!~~i~n:~ ta~d:hainnt~i~nt~-~p°~ ~e:°ehs~ ~b ~l~mhnit0n:h~n~0'l• Tl~e first'paPa;led in•van~:t p0rted from Whi!e R!v~r, On~rl 0. . .-.. •irq. '( .•i 'i o": .. z'~ ' .:' : Januaryeth,. 19!4i~ric wkBneR.~o~e~.i c~h~nS~ntch:n~westZ0cha~at'n~6°.f[C0uver uhde÷ ~ixe new pos~i:J The Eastern S~tes are in-the i ' ~-verymmg m farm ~~/nTr:.~ge_n ~" Nov¢28;!1913.L..:': ' ':: :' .:..'-~n11~22| • ' ' .:... =..:.. :. : • ~...... ' /grip of a severe blizzard, ace0r- ...... i~l,,..lk: .... : .... • Ore;nee a hahd District: District 0, ...... [,ates was addressed, tQ Sm!ther.s.=l ...... • ..~ ...... : . ': JtVa¢;tt,lllal~.t.9" .... ~'•

. chTak?,n~t'~'a'~.ssiJn~nes~rM!rh Hazelton':a;)LD:~T~:BDistrict of [10tTth;y;:~e::O;:::~:d=i [:i~w%~ :u:d:ynd:~rt::s ~: " - -.-. • _:_ . --= . ;:

Columbia, intdnu§tb'api~ly tot permis- . - ' .. Cv,~t,. R~,.,m~:5. • • - . " . r : . :: : ' . .g n 10st dunng .the rec~nt . . Every 9 - Seven ,s,on,.~.Pr.ospeet~for eo~ audp, truleum :; Taken°ties _t~t_'J°hn:L~u.rens°n, °f Llbeen made dlcgal ' m Yancouve~-:/coid spell ." Sleigh ~ WA-----W~ :New" -- on die zoueWing oescrioedlarias. " " • ~'r.mc? ~uperw ~.,~.,.ecc.upauon mmer,[" . . " " / " " ". '. ~ . ' ' -- -- I ' TT_=at_ml ~ :l" , [ • " "' ~:;:Ce.mmencing~t:a postplanted', about inten~ 'to' apply.tot a xlcenso to p..ms- A ~' Cbmnan~ is beinc, formed tb J ,;~ ...... ,-. o , .7.:. Equipped I until TOO Late I variei miles west from the south west ¢0r- t?¢.c,t-,tor eoat.:a.pa, petroxeum over me" . - .., ~', . f, .... ,, ...... [, xne. la~es~ xasnlon xreaz,!s r1~ne '., I _ ' .. . . . ] ner of Lot3396 Cassiar, and marked B. f°u°wing ae.sc~nea !anus: ' ' run a Sardine canning factory on trouser ki . mm PLACE YOUR L;uttec R.J., ~.~. eorner0.thenee south 80 Commenemgatapest planted'two 'L' :,.,....., , ...... ,1: . s rt. A woma~.~ap- Ne-" I PAA X°_ uR I , chains,...... thence west 80 chains -thence and a half• . miles •east ...... and one mile the snore oI me ~ea oz Liallllee;~ peared.]n• Hyde Park,. London,' ...... , " I UlgD/~lg NOW.NOW [ ana north.... 80 chams, thence east 80 chains south from the mouth ,ofKttnayakwa . - . ~ ~ - , • ' . - ...... ' ...... Brakes . Sta tepomtof¢ommencement,andcontain- aver,, than ces2uth.30ehalns, e~t SO ~ n r ~.arne~" ~'ave ~2000 wearmgthmgarment,-whmhhad [--:~=~riTH-~------J " gas ing.640 aere's more or less. • . . chains, norm ~u chardS; west-~u chains, . A d ew ~ ,,le ~ . . :v ,. .- , .. ,, • . ..: %. : ..... January6th, 1914.- " B R Jones to point of ¢ommencement.- .:. :. . " 000 last week to be used for the acrease sown one center anaup- . . • . ' •" . ' • . ..Erie Wickner,-'Agent~ Dec. 15,'1913. , ' John Lanronson .... ' .. ... ' .. ( ' + ...... ,~ ~A~ " • " ...... ' ' '..'~=~]rJl~Prtq[~|-l~.olr.Tl[~/"~ILl[ 0 O lrlkT,r'~ • It • .... _.. : - • ...... : " . . ' promou0n oi mternauon.al peace...... o.-~ . .: . -.!:..: . : ~ %,,,a 1~. l.g~L,r.D.~.lv~Lt£1 OF. ~/l~lIL, Laqki ummeca ~an~zssicariet, District of Hazelton LandDistrief~ " District of ..' ...... " , ;. ,.., , " - . .... Claim No.-. 3. • Coast, Range:5.. . . . ~arconz nas succeeaeu m ngnt- W!nning third place out of i~' - l'lazelton .:. Telkwa Take notice that B. R. Jones, Mer- Take notice that John .Lanrenson, of ing an electric bulb at a distanc e 'total of 122 teams competing'id chant, of Crossing, British Prince Rupert, B: o.,~miner, intends to applylfor .a license,to proepeet for eoai of six miles 'by a wireless cur- •Columbia, intends, to'apply for permis- therecord of the Vancouver t;eg- , ., ,, sion toprnspeet for coa[and petroleum and Fetroleum over the the. following' f on the ]ollowing described lands: ,' described lands: :- . . : rent. iment, 72nd Seaf0rth Highland-: Commencing at a post planted about Commencing at a post planted two mr ,, , . 11 "!Jill , i _ i" _. 3 miles west from the ~outh wedt cor- and a half miles eastandonemile south •Mor.e than 250,000soldiers Were era of canada, inthe militia Sig. ~ j ner of Lot 3896 Cuss;at, and marked B. from the mouth of Kitnayakwa river. R. J., S. E. corner, thence north 80 thence South 80 chains, west 80 'chains'. on the sick list lathe French nailing c0mpetiti0nof 1~}i3. i Ir.xpress, GeneralDrayage and Freight chains, thence west 80 chains, thence north 80 ehains, east 80 chains, to pc south 80 ehalns, thence east 80 chains of commencement. army during the month Of Jan- During' the year 1913 G~eat to point of commencement; and contain- Dec. 15th, 1913 John Laurenson uary. FJ'T]J~'DV m,m~ ~/~ ~.J~ W'e are prepared to supply px ing640 acres more or less. ' z~ tL,it~t asnU ~,.~/~/~p and public conveyances day Britain • built fifty'eight per cent night. ~ur stages meet all trains at ~outh Hazelton or New Haz¢ January 6th, 1914. 'B. R. Jones. Hazelt0n Land District. District of' - - : Eric Wiekner, Agent. Ice on the great lakes is re- Coast, Range' 5 of the world's shipping. This Coal and Wood" delivered promptly. Omineca Land District. District of Take notice that John Laurenson, of portdd to he light, and the early showsadecrease from the two Cuss;at. Prince Rupert, ~. e., miner, intends to opening of navigation is ex- Consign your shipments in Our Ruddy & MacK Claim No. 4. apply for a license to prospect for c, al preceding years, and indicates Care for Storage or Delivery. Take notice that B. R. Jones, Mer- and petroleum over the following des; pected. Addr~s all ~mmnunleat~ons to Hazelton. H~ELTON and NEW I:IAZELI chant~ of .qkeena 'Crossing, British cribed lands: that foreign nations are going I . _--~ ___~ ColurAbia, intends to apply for permis- Commencing at a post planted two into.shipbuilding. sion to prospeet for coal and petroleum and a half miles east fromthe mouth Citizens of Edmonton are rais. on the following described lands: of Kitnayakwa river, thence west 80 ing a fund of $50,000 to be use~ Commencing at a post planted about chains, south 80 chains, east 80 chains, Two machine guns and a barge 3 miles weal from the south west cor- north 80 chains, to point 0f c0mmence- to explore the-natural gas fiel~ ner of Lot 3396 Ctmsiar, and marked B. ment. load of ammunition were unload- CANADLM PACIFIC RAILWAY R. J., S. W. eomer, thence north 80 vec. 15th, 1913. Laurens0n of vegreviue. chains, thence east 80 chains, thence ed from the British flagshi p Suf- .BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST STEAMSHIP SERVIq south 80 chains, thence west•80 chains Haselton Land District. District of --.--~"-one folk and sent by train to Mexico to point of commencement, and contain- Coast, Range 5 nations have taken Steamer "PRINCESS "BEATRICE" ing 640 acres more or less. " . . Take hotice that John Laurenson,of official action in anticipation of city last week, fo; the protection Leaves Prince Rupert for Vancouver, Victoria and ever. January 6th, 1914. B.R. Jones. Prince Rupert, B. c., miner, intends to " SUNDAY AT 8 P.M. ,~" : • Eric Wickner, Agent. apply for. a,license to prospect for coal participating in the Panama ex- of the British: legation. A com- Let Us Arrange Your Trip East Omineca Landcassiar.District.District of and petroleum over the following des- position next year. • pany of marines accompanied Tickets to andfrom all parts (if the world. Atlantic and Pacifl cribed lands: . - - Steamship Tickets. the bat!ery, ' . :. i -: Claim No. 5. Commencing at a post planted two " -- For Ticket=, l~eNrvationa and Information apply to •Take notice that B. R. Jones, Mer- and a half miles east of the mouth0f . It has been officially announcei~] J. G, Me.Nab, Cor. 3rd Ave, and 6th St., Prince Rupert, R e.l~ant,~ of Skeena'Crossing, British the Kitnayakwa river, thence east $0 The Paris SocietY~ of Biology Columhia, intends to apply for permis= chains; south 80 chains, wes{ 80. chains;: .in London' that: the Prince of siOnenthetopr0speCtfollowingdeserib~f°r coaIandlands:petroleum, ment.n°rth80 chainfi~ to point of .commer~ce- Wales wiii not make ::a tour of has announced that the vermi~ •,Commencing at a post planted a~out Dec. 15th, 1913. John Lauronson. the Empire as rePorted. " :i:[ form appendixis auseful organ: 3 miles west and 1mile north from the -- ~ ~ ~ " "~ After an injecti0ninto a patient south WaiStcomer.of Lot 3396 Cossiar, Hazdl~n LanO DistHetf District Of ..Tbere:~is' astrong probabilit~yof l Tho & Hoops " and marked B.R.J., S.E..corner, thence Coast, Range 5 of a -minute quantit# of dry |~ . RealEstate, Fl~ticM and Insurance Brakes north 80 chains, thence ~est 80 chains, Take notice that John Laurenson, 0f the term of the Duke of Con, thence south 80 chains, thence east 80 Prince Rupert, B.C., miner, intends to appendix powder, better work -. " ALDERMERE, B.C. .... qhains to point of commencement, and apply for :a iieense'to prospedt for e0"al naughtas Govern~r-general being by_ the stomach was :obtained A containing 640 acres more or less. • and petroleum over' tlie following des- | : Sole district agents fdr .E.G..PriorE. G. Prior & Co., Victoria, AgriqAgri, January 6th, 1914. B.R. Jones. cribed lands: year. . ,,,: extended another within half an hour. | i . . tural-tural Machinery and Implements,•Wagons, Etc. Eric Wiekner, Agent Commencing at a 'post planted two " ~ -- Omineca Land District. District of [ and a half miles east from themouth Only natives of Panama and | Fire, ((Life,: Life,.: . Accident, andand Employer's Liability Insurm Cassiar. . qf the Kitnayakwa river, thence north C. P. R. Denies | . . We represent thebest companies. • blaim No. 6. .. 80 chains, east 80 chains, south 80 Americanswillbeemployed here- =Montreal, Feb. 19:--"On the Takenotiee that B.- R. Jones, Mar. [ chains, west • 80 chains, to point of .~ , W.~ Can Leat¢ Yea On aGo~d.~F,vF.mpUo~ Scar the 6. T. r. chant, of.• Skeena Crossing, British commencement. ~fter in the higher grades of ser- contrary, the C. P. R, has nevez~, Columbia, intends to apply for permis- Dee. 15, 1913. John Laurenson; Vice on the Panama Canal. [ If:you.desire information about the Buikley:Valley write us. 1 aton toprospect for coa[and petroleum " " ~ - directly or indirectly, protested : " = . m~-=-mOa---.m=-=.nOa==--~..==~a,..m~=_.~i~ on the following described lands: .... Haze;ton Land District. Distrietof Commencing at a pest planted= about : Coast, Range s: , . , The latest Zeppelin airship at- to the British government or.any

I ' 3 miles west and I mile north from the Take notice that JohnLanrenson,.of tained an average speed of sixty- other government against .the south west comer of Lot 3396 Cassiar, Prince Rupert,~ B; c;; m~ner, intends to and marked B. R.. J., S. W. comer, apply for a license to prospect forcoal five miles an hour on her .eight= Panama Canal tolls,:and the com. thence north 80 chains, thence east 80 and petroleum over the following des- " ~- thains thence south 80 chains, thence cribed lands: ..... hour trial trip on Saturday last. panv does not care a rap what :BUIXY VALLEYFARM LANDS west 80 chains to point of commence- Commencing' ata post planted' two :' ./~ , _..2..~. ' _. • , conclusion is finally reached." i ment,less,ande°ntaining:640: acres, more., or. and a half miles east from- the mouth The express Companies shire .... FOR SALE of the Kitnayakwa river, thence north This statement was made bj 80 chains; west 80 chains, south 80 HESE LANDS are lOcated close to the main line of January 6th, 1914.Eric Wiekner,'B. R. Agent2Jones. thatthey have no intention'of re- Sir Thomas Shaughnessy yester- chains, east 80 chains, .to point of com~ ~ the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, which is being mencement. - ducing their rates as a result of day : after seeing a Washingto n LAND NOTICES Dec. 15, 1913. John Laurenson:, -constructed through the heart of the Bulkley Valley, one the inauguration of the parcel despatch which creditedSenator of. the best farming districts in British Columbia. - Omineea Land District. District of " =Coast,Range V. Hazelton Land District. District of/ post. O'Gorman with the declaration Steel is now laid through TelkWa, and trains will soon be runuing •Take notice that Charles Hicks Beach Coast,' Range 5. i - from Prince Rupert to thm point.! There are good roads to all parts of Hatelton; B.C., occupatioi~ clerk, I - Take notice- that John Lanrenson, of The constitutional struggle is that the C. P. R. was :inspiring of theBulkley Valley from Telk'wa. intends to apply for permission tel Prince Rupert, •n: o,,miner, intends to thedemand of the British gov, The Buikley Valley is an ideal dairying and mixed farming district, purchase the follewing described lands: apply for a lieerise to prospect for coal growing sharpers;n. Sweden, CommenCing ata-postplanted at- the I and petroleum over the following des- ernment for the repeal of the with a market for all kinds of farm produce. northwest corner" of Lot 349, Range V~ I cribed lands: ...... King Gustav still :persisting in • We own all the land we offer for sale, and can give a guaranteed title. Coast District; :and being the northeast I Commencing at a post planted two hm endeavor to secure a hberal tolls exempt;enthUSe. ' • - r ' ' . Our lands were all very carefully selected several years ago by ex- cot. of land applied for, thence west'20 and a half miles staY'told one mile north pertain the land business. We sell in tracts of 160 acres or more. chains, south 40 chains, east 20~chains,. from the mouth ofL the Kitnayakwa cabinet' ' • , ! north 40 chains to point Of commence- river, thence north 80 chains, west 80 • Su~agettes.U~ Cannon :. i~ ,~Our prices are reasonsonale and terms are easy. Write for full in- ment and containing 80 ac~es more. or Ch/tlns, South 80 Chains, east 80 chains, ::.Robert Thelen, a German avia- . ,formation to less. Charles Hicks'Beach~ :. t0'point of cOmmencement. . . /: - Blackburn, Eng,, .Feb. l'/:-- - i' Oct. !1, 1913. Dan MeDougail, agt. Dec/ 15i 1913.:'~ ' :~i.'JohnLanrens0n. tor, made a world's altitude record Militant suffragettes fired today • * • " . f ' ". i ; Omineea Land District. District of last week for a flight with four a huge cannon captured from the I/NOR COAST.... COMPANY,Ltd. Cassiar Hazelton LandDistri~t. District of " : SUite 622 Mebopolltan Building : Take notice that James Bell, of • . Cdast, Range 5. . .: passengers. He attained a height Russians:in the Crimean war. ,-'Scotland," occupation tele- • Take notice that JohnI~aurens0n;. of Pm~ c~.-,m.mo.ooo. • VANCOUVER, B. C. graph ,, intends to apply .for Prince Rupert,'B...O., miner, intends'tb 0f§,350 feet. -. - .. For sixty year.~ it had Stood silent permission' to purchase the" following apply for a license toprospect for co~l as an ornament in the icity'Park. , described lands: ' ' : - and petroleum over the following deq- Thomtm HardY, the well-known Commencing at apost planted at the eribed lands: The whole city was shaken.by 1 northwest comer of Lot3391 Cas~iar, - Commencing at a ~st planted two British n0velist, "mhrried l~is sec- Iiit{~tlllilllitli~b'titllllllilll~tlllmlltt thenee 20 chains west, 20 chains south, and a half miles east ahd one mild north !he explosioo and people flocked [ 'thanes following Skcona River to the from the month of the Kitnayt kw.~ ret~ry~nd typist, Miss Flerenee southwest comer of Lot 2391 Cassiar river, thenee.-north 80 ChainS, em t 8 mto the streets iii"the"dai'kn~.~.~ l thence north to point of commencement, chains; south 80'ehaln~'@eat80 ch dm, Dugdaie, last week. " He m m Hudson's Bay Compa to point of commene6tnent.:-;-~ i" r fearing that a mine containing 40 acres more' or less. ds.74t'[1 yea. -~ ' NoV. 10, I913. 14-22 James Bell. Dad. :15, 1918. John L'aui-en/ton~ 0cedrred in the neighborh'eod, i" i • .. ~' .' ...... - : .. ' Weather conditions havingbeen Itwas not until daylight that • --m==~c=' ~-= ~-= ::= '=~ s~=o~--~5 idealin Southerncilif0/nla. itis the cause of the explosion was i GROCERIES ~"1". - ~" '~~ ' .. ~ '~ ':~ii" ....~ . . "i~..../::::: .:.:~ : I predic.ted ' tha~ this. season's oil/triO;cared, find'it was then found ::"l :a~,:~.-":" .. ::~/~,., a':i ,it' ".: ,~, :~:,';.:/: /i .| orang~ . crop: will . amount., to at that. the Suffragettes :had eare~ ' i | : ,I)RY/GOODS i]•q Drugs and:]0ilet ArUcles, '::Kodaks;: I i . " fui'iY cleaned from the b0rebf t~(gttnover,half"~ a century'a [ ~•::::; ::: :: . J/£•,t'&l~V V¥ 214tlJ [ Kod0kSupphes,:Pnntmgadd Develo ,I new hght-hou'soret Cape ii ~, • ~~ :2"/':i.~ ~2 ' "'~:~":/'r""'~i' ~ " " -- " |' 8t,:Jame~i,• Queer '•Is- home a hea~ l: rag..: q:Gram,a phones and? Records. It land'i I~aS ~a(iight carringtwentY~ !iii0f:BeSt Quaii Popular Pr! e 'der. ~as a. notice In:~ ;t ' r '~: a ' = "" 'h:'::~': ~" m " ~..... ~ ":, :.. ~:~...... [[ be put/!d~ePe~tl0h:thisweek,. _~ Up Blackburn; /!mentof ••!:,- r ~Jl~.~ always.... keptstoci : ;: '""~" ='~ :: ':'"::: " ' " Mrs.';Emi~i~]iibPankhurst, the • hich claims tO Suffraget~'.1~ ~i who has bead -and treedoinl StayingJ'i~"~]i ~;iahd for some meat that tor- ::IH SON'S BAY COMPANY time, retut~ i Londonlast ero!thee "Cat and : roN, B. c :...... ip op .dL . . : ' ?. \_

THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, FEBI~UARY-21, i914 - ...... "...... i,, ...... - ': ¢,4 ...... ~..£, ~" : ....• .....' ...... - - hone Box SmithersNotes IWISH.To AcQum--. : belonged toRussia. The traders 'of the:~th paralleF of.]atitude, IMEXICAN B~DiT- " • HARRISON 'W: ROGERS ' " • • ALASKAN PANHANDLE of the great Russh,~,American where they wil] engage in grain ] CASTILLO CAPTURED ARCHITECT (From Thursday's Review) Trading Co., coming across the growing and mixed farming.] . ' "~ '~ i .. Special Attention to Out of Town Clients Ottawa, F~b. 17:--The British SUITE ONE, FEDI':RAL BLOCK, John D. Charleson arrived from northern Pacific, followed the Harris has a tract0f 4,000 acres I vancouver, ~eV. 1~: -- ~as. PRINCE RUPERT, B. C. ~Nechaco Saturday. Columbia members intend to line of easiest communication, in the Grande Prairie district [tills, the Mexican • bandit chief, draw the attention~ of parliament _ _----~------_-- - Sanitary Inspector Avison ar- and planted their stations along and Adair has between 41"5~and who killed fifteen Americans by Green Bros., Burden & Co. I ...... and the government during this ...... irlveu In l~own l~nlS week the coast, while the Hudson's 5,000 acres near Lake Saskatoon, setting fire to a.train and then ~lW~ ~ngmeers I session to the question of Canada sending it into a tunnel near the = Dominion and British Columbia I F L Charleson left on a busi Bay Co., coming from the east, in Northwestern Alberta. These • Laud Su'rveyors " " " opening negotiations for the turn- U. S. border, has been captured ...... --.-=-:-. ~ ~~ i ness trip to Prince Rupert this had spread its fietwork of posts plows will break from 40 to 50 Umces at VlC~.o.la, ~elson, r or~ ~eol'ge i ing over of the Alaskan panhan- by American soidiers. He and and New Hazelton• morning. from the interior westward: acres of land in 16 hours, work- dle, now owned•by the United B. C. AFFLECK, Mgr. New Hazelton. When the two companies came his followers have •been turned- Mrs. Orchard is reported to be ing two shifts. Harris ris plan- States, to the Dominion. The into collision the two govern. over to General•Villa. All will making good progress at the Ha- ning to break 2,400 acres this F. G. T. Lueas E.A. Lueos question will probably be brought ments found it necessary to de. be executed. zelton Hospital. spring, and seed it to:wheat and LUCAS & LUCAS up by Dr. Thompson, member fine their respective spheres, and barley,, which he will • feed tc Barristers and Solicitors Superintendent Ramsay, of Fol- • ' .Rebels Wreck Traifi. • for the Yukon, and he will be this they naturally did in accord- stock next winter. Heads of ira. ey, Welch & Stewart, left for the Rogers Building supported by the British Colum- ance with existing .interests. plement houses in Edmonton re- •- Mexico City, Feb. 17:--Rebels Cur. Granville and Pearler end of steel today. Telephone Seymour598 Vancouver,B. C. bia members, and also by the The coast, with the Russian sta- port that twenty steam plows again cut off the 0il supply from G. A. Woodland, of the Stand- Alberta representatives, who are tions, was given to Russia: ~he have been contracted for deliv- Tamp[co over the railroad into ard Oil Co., was a business visit- to a lesser degree interested. interior, with the Hudson's Bay ery during April and May. This 9an LuisPotosi, this time em- McRAE BROS., LTD. or in town this week. The Alaskan panhandle con- Co. stations, to the British"com- phasizing their work by the total STATIONERS & PRINTERS d- means that many thousands of S°pi,. "i • Albert Davi'clson, general agent sists of islands of the Alexander pany.. When the United States acres of virgin lands Will be brok- destruction of a passenger train, •I~ Kodaks, Loose Leaf Systems of the G. T. P., Prince Rupert, Archipelago and a strip of coast purchased Alaska it secured also and killing and: wounding many ,[, Rem|ngton Typewriters, Office Furniture # en- and cultivated this year. :~ Prince Rupert, S.C. ' ,~ was up on Wednesday. on the mainland running south the panhandle. ~ passengers. Unionist Victory . • Surveyors who have been worl~- from Alaska proper as far as .the The British Columbia members London, Feb. 18:--The by-elec- Working For Peace =" ing on the Ulrick quarter section fifty-fourthdegree. It consists will propose that the Canadian tion held in the Wycombe division washington, Feb. 19:--A visit Mines and Mining have completed their subdivision• of a fringe along the British government l~ake the matter up Buckinghamshire, today, was todayto the State Department Good Properties for sale -- Cash or on The Assembly Club is holding Columbia coast no less than 536 with the United States and the won by the Unionist candidate Bond. Development and one of the regular fortnightly miles long and from eight to Imperial government With a by Slr Cecil Spring-Rice, the Assessment Work. with a majority of two thousand. dances in the Prince Theater to- thirty-five miles :vide, shutting view to making some exchange British Ambassador, who is Carr Brothers night. off the Yukon territory, the of territory, British Honduras The Home Rule controversy known to be disposed to close an Eight Years In This District• northern halfof British Columbia remains a grave issue, according ilazel|o,,, II. C* Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bowness, and British Guiana, both being harmonious action by the United and the entire Mackenzie Basin suggested. to the Times, which says it is the ...... of Decker lake, spent a few days States and Great Britain in re in town this wee'k, leaving for from free access to the Pacific greatest national crisis in the Coast. Northern Alberta is also Peace River Agriculture gard to Mexico, gave rise to a J. A. l,eRoy J. Nation ! the coast Thursday. last three hundred years. shut off from free access to the Edmonton, Feb. 18:--John report that greater pressure will R. T. Bishop, of the New Ha- sea, and as that northern coun- Harris, formerly of Oklahoma, Naval Economy be brought to bear upon •General zelton branch Union Bank, re- tel Winters i try develops this promises to be a and H. L. Adair, of Southern London, Feb. 18:--There will ~Iuerta, in an effort to shake his I Cur. Abbott and Water- Streets 1 lieved A. E. Fawcett here for a be no British naval maneuvers serious menace to its prosperity.1 Alberta, have the distinction of determination to remain at the few days. this year, says the London Mail, i Vancouver I The Mstory" of the panhandle taking the first steam plows into which will mean the saving of head Of affairs in the Mexican F. B. Chettleburgh, of Telkwa, European Plan $1.0(#to $2.50 is interesting: Alaska originally the Peace River country, north $2,500,OO0. capital. - I Roomswith Baths. Hot and Cold and Merrick Harvey, Copper Water. Steam Heated. River, were among the arrivals l Motor Bus Meets All Boats and ! Trains. in town this week. Mrs. Patrick, who was remov- ed to the Hazelten Hospital, suf- fering with a severe attack of tonsilitis, is reported much im- proved. ....~....~. :. . Rev: F~ithei'C~de01o spent sev- i eral days in Smithers on'his Way from .:Fort Stl-~James tO i~rince Tailoring is as much an Rupert, and will return shortly I FURNISIIING$I to visitthe Babines. art as painting--every Road Superintendent Carr has received instructions to .start corduro~ing the approach to the $1RT CL TH S lc. v. new bridge, and has already started work on it. Geo. J, Frizzellarrived on Sat-

urday's train from• Rupert. J George spent fiveweeks in Cali- garment is a master- Clothes That I fornia, but says he prefers" the bracing climateof the North 'o piece in cloth. Hold Their I that of Califobnia. Miss Margaret and Mr. Hat. Shape old Silverthorv returned from Cook Bros. & Allen, school in Vancouver last night, Limited label is an and were met here by their Hobberlin Ciothesare al- insurance policy of ways tailored right. They father, leaving this morning for satisfaction. always hold their shape. their home in Pleasant Valley. No part is stinted. We can Mrs. (Dr.) Wrinch and son please the most particular Arthur, of the HazeltonHospital, dresser with Hobberlin gar- arrived Wednesday to spend a meats. Drop in and have a few days with Rev. and Mrs. look at the new spring samples. Batzold. This is Mrs. Wrineh's first trip to the valley. Fresh eggs and fresh fruit a~ NOEL & ROCK Sargent's. ~.~.... Hazelton, B. C. e' Fresh baker's ,bread daily at Sargent's. --- Special- at: Sargent's: Ladies' two and three buckle overshoes; WilliamH. H011and regular $2.50 aild .$3~oo~values, GENERAL STORES AT for $1.65...... " /, : ~: HAZELTON & KISPIOX NOTICE Our Spring and Summer Sam IN THE ~UPREME COURT. OF WOOD WOOD BRrHSH COLUMBIA " are here, showing a larger and better In the matter of the Administration I Send In Your Order Act, and in the matter of the Es- range of classy fabrics than ever before' tate of Oscar Soderbcrg, deceased, / 150 Cords good Birch Wood intestate, Di'op in and let us take your measure while the range I for sal~ at $7.00 per cord de- / TAKE NOTICE that by an order of is complete ' iive~'ed to any part of the city ~His Honour Judge Young, dated the - at your door 16th day of February, 1914, I wa~ ap- pointed Administrator of the estate ' A lsoGood Dry |.i~mber for Sale • of the said Oscar Soderberg~ All pa/tie~ having claims against the said esta~ are R,Cunningham &Son, Ltd.l Good Warm Blankets, all hereby requested to forward the elume, properly.verified, to me, before the t4th sizes and colors. Wool day of Manh 1914, and all partleJi in- Caps. ' Sweater Coats .for debted to the said es~te are. req~flred " -Men and Women to pay the amount of their indebted- ness to me t'orthwith. -: .. ~: Dated 20th February, 1914. . ~ : i William H. Holland I - ST~.PnzN a. iZosxifls, 'f5-26 ., -- OflitfaLAdmlnist~tor J Hagelton, B.C~ ...... D