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VOL. 5, NO. 8
STEWART,   BRITISH   COLUMBIA,   FRIDAY,   JULY   13,   1923
$5 THE  YEAR
IS SORE SIGN
OF PROSPERITY
Records Broken in Claim
Staking and Shipping
Annals, While Capitalists
and Engineers Abound
In the five office days between
last Thursday morning and yesterday, inclusive, 73 mining
claims were recorded with J. P.
Scarlett, mining recorder. This
is the heaviest week in the history of tha recording office since
the boom days of 1910, and
indicates the interest being taken
in the Bear river section since
the Dunwell has turned out to be
a sensation. Practically all of
the claims were staked along the
Bear river basin.
Eleven ships have tied up at
the Stewart wharf in the past
ten days. This constitutes another record, and is particularly
significant from the fact that the
-hipping is due to properties under development and producing.
The hills are full of mining engineers, and capitalists locking
the claims over from an investment standpoint.
There is no boom in the Portland Canal district, but all ia well.
finance, and will meet tonight
to perfect the plans. Ivery town
within a radius of 200 miles will
be invited to participate.
In From Murdock
Jf. E. Douville and his two
miners came in Tut sday evening
from the Murdock group on the
east side of Bear river glacier,
where they finished the season's
assessment work. In the face
of the tunnel they have a fine
mineral showing, principally
steel galena, and a large average
sample was brought out for assaying. Upon receiving the returns Mr. Douville intends returning to the property and laying out a pack trail from the government trail, so that supplies
may be taken in in sufficient
quantity to enable real development to be undertaken.
STEWART-HYDER LOCAL NEWS
LOOKING   OVER
MINING   CLAIMS
Today is Friday, the 13th.
Watch your step.
Dan Lindebo: r returned Tuesday from a business trip to
Ketchikan.
Harry Corkill, carpenter at the
Premier, came down this week
for a visit.
Dalby B. Morkill, P. L. S.,
left on the Albert for a short
business trip.
Mrs. W.H. Watson and daughter Violet returned Saturday
from a visit in Rupert.
Dan Anderson left Saturday
for Seattle, with the expectation
Mrs. Fred Jancowski returned
Saturday from an extended visit
Outside.
George Shclton left Saturday
for Rupert and expects to make
a trip to Montana.
Mrs. U. G. Cellyham of Seattle
is visiting her daughter, Mrs.
E. L. Dale, of Hyder.
J. B, Lambert, district engineer for the federal department
of public works, arrived Saturday from Victoria.
R.R. Wilson, general manager
of the Big Missouri, Unicorn and
Stoner properties,   went south
of returning in about two weeks, j Saturday on mining business.
Mrs. H.C. Stratford returned^    Deputy   Marshal  T-   W-  Mc'
Saturday from a visit in Vancou-
Donald,    of   Hyder,    returned
Lewis,
Tuesday from Ketchikan where
Party of Prominent Easterners
Accompanied by Local Mine
Operators Examining District.
ver.    Her mother,  Mrs
also returned.
I
A. W. Givin, western managers
forTavlor-Forbes Co.   of  Van- the *-���*���*-*. returned Tuesday
couver,   arrived   Saturday  8nd fom Ketchikan, where  he  has
he went to see President Harding
Jack Littlepage,  manager  of
Glacier Is Dangerous
Pat Benaon and Rov Priest
fi'Tin down Tuesday from the
��� lood Luck property near Summit lake, where they have been
doing some development. The
property, they say, is showing
up fine, with about a foot of ga-
lent where they have beer: working, from which assays of over
$200 per ton have b--sn obtained.
I'it issues a warning to anyone
traveling over Salmon glacier
that it haa become extremely
'1 intrerouB, the snow covering the
������������*-vassea having become granulated to such an extent that a j form
person is apt to drop through, no1
matter what the thickness of the
Sam I. Silverman, principal
owner of the Forty Nine; Grant
Mahood, president of the American Mining and Milling Co.;
Malcolm Stobie, of Stobie &
Furlong, brokers, Toronto; R.
B. Lamb, M. E., New York;
Major W. D. Wilson, Hamilton;
Judge F. H. Phippen. Toronto,
one of the heads of the Canadian
National Railways; Judge F. C.
Robertson, New York and Spokane; Mrs. Silverman, Mrs,
Mahood and Ivan Mahood, composed a party who arrived on
the George last Saturday, all
bound on mining business. Thty
have been bu9y this week examining a number of district properties, including the Dunwell,
Fish Creek, Forty Nine, Daly
Alaska, Bush, and others. Their
visit is of the utmost importance, but at this writing their
plans have not reached concrete
left Monday night.
A.  W.  P.  LeSueur, owner of,
the Ruby Silver group on Mosquito creek,   returned   Monday
from a trip to Victoria.
Miss Irene Craig, niece of Mrs
Big Doings in Hyder
Arrangements are under way
^r a celebration in Hyder the
'���Uarpartof next month, unprecedented in the annali ot
Portland Canal or, for that matter, of the North. It is planned
t(> hold a three days' carnival,
'air, exposition and exhibition
���'o.nbined, with boxing matches.
���Wi .hows, all the amusement*,
that go with such an affair, a
****** i-tn��y dance, and the
Ml exhibit of the dial, ict mineral- ever assembled. Commit
t��es were selected   Wednesday
Salmon Glacier Melting
Frederick N. Cronholm.  mining engineer, who is developing
I the Cronholm-Bartholf property
j near the head of Salmon glacier,
j has   been  keeping observations
of the giacier thia summer, and
' reports to date that the surface
I has   been   lowered by   melting
from a distance of five to seven
feat.    This verifies a statement
made recently by one of the  locators of tbe Glacier group that
he had piaced the No. 2 post of
a claim al the  edge! of the ice
several yeara ago, and that now
the post is several hundred  fuel
away from the glacier.
J.    Pope,   mining   engineer,
n'sfhton enuriainmaai. .Doris ���I���1?**0**"* ���*���******. 9*
c ium.1, nu       **"*������*** m***k  r,vtd Saluida), Laving  been re-
^neeeaions. m.neral exhibit, ad-'tmnd by the M. C. end P,���,c.
��� *wn-, -rou .daaiixibuildiifs, John mining companies.
Grant Mahood, came from Van-i
couver with Miss Ida Watson
and is visiting with her for a few
weeks.
W. S. Carson, brother of Dr.
Carson of the Premier, returned
on the Cardena from Anyox,
where he has been for the past
eight months.
Mrs. C. A. Mackenzie arrived
Saturday from Victoria to join
her husband, who is operating
the Prince John and has several
other properties bonded.
The Prince Albert was in Wednesday with   supplies   for   local
merchants.    One   of   the   ship-
I ments was five tons of ice for the
P. Burns market in Stewart.
W. R. Tooth and Kenny McLeod have built a fine four) lata
tion on their two lots between
theBellview and Benson's 1'. ice
in Hyder, B. C, and inb id
building.
Talbott & Spalding of Kel -
kan, who have a charter to I 1
a wharf in Hyder, and intend
going into the fuel and feed busi*
ness, arrived Tuesday to start
operations.
Vince Lade, who is contracting at the Outsider mine, Ma| e
Bay, arrived Friday for a .inference with Sam 1. Silverman,
for whom he was foreman ut u.e
Forty Nine in l'Jla and UK).
Dr.   Bancroft   and K. J. ( dm
way, M. I... left  on  the Am r
I for Anyox after making ai
i
amiiiation of the  George Lupp* r
pioperty tfl,uu tin- Granby  I
have under bond      I tie.   intend
returning ia a ah-it time.
been    in    conference  with  the
bonders of the property.
Morley Shier, northern  representative of the Giant Powder
,' Co,, arrived on the Prince George
i
j Saturday and left for the south
on the Cardena Monday night.
The Carmen arrived in Hyder
Tuesday from Ketchikan with
about a dozen passengers.
The Cardena arrived Monday
evening with 35 tons of freight
and about 20 passengers for this
port.
J. A. Hobday, representing
Vancouver Breweries, Limited,
was in town during the stay of
the Cardena.
Miss Ida Watson, who has
been attending school in Victoria, returned Saturday for the
summer vacation.
The Prince George arrived
Saturday morning from Vancouver with 185 passengers,
about 100 of whom were tourists.
L. Jessen. who has been south
on business, returned on the
Cardena. He was some time in
the Anyox hospital on account
of an attack of acute tonsilitis.
Mrs. Frank Bowler, who moved to Rupert recently with her
husband, formerly stationed here
on the R. C. M. P. force, arrived
Saturday for a visit with Mrs.
W. H. Watson.
After  a   partial    shut-down.
TO START WORK
ON SILVER BELL
Directors and Consulting
Engineer Visit Property
and Lay Out Development  Program
Contracts for a tunnel 200 feet
in length on the "Big Vein" of
the Silver Bell, and for extending the Silverado tunnel a similar
distance are to be let in the very
near future, and preparations
made for continuous work on
both these properties, according
to E. G. Riebe, consulting engineer for the Silver Bell Mining
Company. Mr. Reibe arrived
from Seattle last Saturday in
company with LeRoy M. Backus
and Henry En berg, of Seattle,
directors of the company, and
Charles F. Easton of Bellingham,
who is here in an advisory capacity for other shareholders.
Mr. Backus' son is also with the
party.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ They have spent this week on
work has been resumed on the the hill, going thoroughly over
Riverside with a full erew. Jim the ground and through the work
Johnson, Tom Koleff and Harry already done on the Silverado,
I Hann have a contract for drift-, and on their return last night all
Misses H. and M. Lade, daugh-f *ng. and rajsjng
ters of Mr. and Mrs. Jas.   Lade,
arrived Saturday from   Vancov-
ver and will spend   the  summer
W. G.   Clark,   a   well   known
! spoke enthusiastically of the ore
(showings     they     saw.     John
mining man of the   Slocan   and |Haahti'    who    discovered    and
with their parents at Maple Bay.
Road Foreman Scovil has put
a crew to work on the Mobile
trail up Glacier creek.    The de-1
Kootenay   districts,  arrived   on
'staked the claims, and will have
the Cardena and is making an,active  char*e   of   the develop-
examination of   the   Ben   Bolt,,ment-   showed   them   over  the
owned by Sir Donald Mann. , B���-*1--*-
On the Silver Bell Mr. Reibe
partment  of  mines has made a
grant to help cover the expense.
Mrs.   Frank    Fisher   arrived
Mr. Easton measured it,
and announced the width  as 47
! feet.   The party traced this vein
Alex Gallagher, who is logging; .   , .   ., .   ...
6      'reported to the company that the
down the canal, says   that  thei . .     ,.,-*..
main vein was at least 15 feet in
Dominion   telegraph line inter-     ...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   feres with logging operations to
Tuesday   from  Ketchikan   with |a con8jderable extent, and that
her daughter and two small sons | he   j    ,a favor of lnstalli      . .,.._.   f
tr. ,-nin Mr Pich��    ,��-iw- ,* ��-*��*. I for a distance of 2500 feet.   The
to join Mr. Wisher,   who is oper- wir#|eBB p]arit hare. ,     ,.. .    . ....
ating superintendent of the Pre-      ww    ���    kmi , fh    ore is of high class milling grade,
ntetei thei and gives indications  that with
'camp  and   owner  of    valuable;devtJiopment, shoots of shipping
claims near the head of Glacier |ore BUch a8 occur on  the Si,var.
^^^ creek, returned Tuesday on the j ado wiil be opened up.
from Ketchikan to  continue  his I r"arm#in   after   hmlma   awav   all      i*u     n
j barmen   arter   oeing   away  an      jhe   first work   to be under-
survi-ya on the Alaska side whichi wjntH- mx-ndim? nart of the time . , n i. ���
l winter, spending part oi me umej taken will be the construction of
were suspended last fall   on   ac
count of snow.
H. P. Crowther, U. S. mineral
surveyor, arrived on the Carmen
in Seattle and the balance werk- ja pack trail around the moiwltajn
j ing on his claims near Kassaan. jabout 1500 ff��| t0 cunnect with
Joe   Pagotr,   Finn,  has   been, Alaska. the   Silverado   trail,    and    the
fined $1(K) in Rupert, sentenced | William Goldbloom, the Rupert | erection of a camp. Ihe Silver-
to six months in Oxalla. and or- fur buyer. wa8 in camp during, ado tram will be put into com-
dered deported at the expnaUon  ^ ,Uy of lhe Cardana and  ������. j ^.^ ^t ^ m m ^ up
of his term. He was taker, L" cured qulte a collection of furs. This ia necessary as the tunnel
Rupert from Stewart. |le waI the ,ir8t  off   the finglhM reacn���d , Uleral deplh of
Word comes from the   head of plank when tha Bhip landed, and  254  feet.
Salmon glacier that Charlie Mur- waa  also   the   that    passenger'
phy, who is   mining there,   lost ashore in Kupert when the Car-
his glasses and ia groping around i dena called there on her maiden
hunting for a pack rat's   neat in
the hopea of finding them.
L. R. Doggett returned   lues*
voyage.
The   Premier   company   hate
built a lloat house at  the  wharf
Warning to Smokers
Constable Scarlett haa poated
notices aa follows: "Persons
throwing lighted cigars, cigar-
etts, matches, or any other burn-
,^__J_1^^__^^__^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^_'ing material under any Bidewalk
day from Bell Island Hot spruiga, and installed the big pump which ior   approach   them��    will   \h-
where he want to get rid  of  hia'arrived several months ago. Thi-  ������rxaeouted."   'During* the pre
rheumatism.    In   Ketchikan   he! pump ia a .i-cyunder Guulda, with ' s<.-nt hot spell  carelaas smokers
heard President   llard'ng  eulo- H inch   intake   and   dinch   die- 1,*vu *****  I **********
gise the residents te* their relig-  charge a.ol will t-rov.de lire   pro    ***** '' ** *"J'1 ""l   **** -*''
... . covered in time,   would have re-
********* and **el**mei\ tectum it the eeert and ***\mli9dinmiim 6Mmm9 ,, iol
Ui some cabinet members deliver, bunkei a.    H *>l! be opeiat< u l��> , lne dc-liuaujn M-   l)lg  btMsMH
brilliant addressee. an electric motor. portioo ol the town. PORTLAND   CANAL
NEWS,   STEWART,   B. C   FRIDAY,   JULY    13,   1923
Tke Portland  Canal News
H. W.   M.   ROLSTON
Editor and Publisher
W. R. HULL
News Editor
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FIVE  DOLLARS   PER  YEAR
Advertising  Rates:
Display Advertising, 60 cents per inch per issue.   Reading
NStices, 20 cents per line.
Special Position Display or Reading,  26 per cent above
ei-Anary rates.
Certificate of Improvement, $15 (if more than one claim,
$2.60 for each additional claim mentioned)
Land Notices, $10.   Coal Notices, $7.
No Advertising Aecepted for First Pas*e
PEACE  RIVER-STEWART RAILWAY
0
tun
IN discussing the Peace River-Stewart
railway project we stated, in the issue of
June 2, that:
Greater tonnage per mile can be
developed along the entire route than
can be developed along any other
route across British Columbia, now
followed or otherwise.
In substantiation of this statement,
what do we find ?
Starting with the Peace River country
itself, 375 miles from Stewart, a vast territory, and possibly one of Canada's most
fertile sections, capable of producing enormous quantities of grain and other farm
products; rich in natural gas, oil, and
asphalt, at present being strangled for
want of shorter and cheaper railway
transportation, but a country that once
given this facility, would in a few short
years produce millions of tons for disposal in markets abroad, and at the same
time consume tremendous quantities of
manufactured articles, and products from
overseas; a country that in itself warrants
the construction of this 375 miles of
railway.
But we spoke of tonnage per mile, so
we leave this rich country east of the
mountains, and come west into and
through the Peace Pass, and in so doing,
pass close to large deposits of hematite
iron ores, now being investigated by
Ontario capital. A little further west,
and in close proximity, is a large semi-
anthracite coal field, at present being developed by George Ay lard and associates.
The day will come when both these sources
of natural wealth will be the foundation
of a great industrial centre in the north,
distributing and consuming great quanti-
of local, as well as foreign products.
A little further west, the rich agricultural lands of the Parsnip and Finlay
ri?ers would be made available for settlement. The country to the west of these
streams containing, as it does, large deposits of precious metals, such as gold,
silver, 9*4 ���tWHilti metals, would be
opened up and made productive,
(tossing over the watershed to the
Skeena ami Naas rivers, the famous
(.round Hog anthracite eoal fields would
b�� traversed, and immediately to the west
the agricultural and timber lands of the
Naas,   Crossing (bis seel ion tbe railway
would reach the coast range, and in coming down through it, would for its entire
length, be in the wonderful mineral belt,
of which Stewart is the front door.
No other route across the province can
ever equal this from a tonnage per mile
standpoint. Such a railway would not
only make farming in the Peace River
profitable, but it would at the same time
open up for development the richest section of the whole North American Continent, a country that, if once given transportation facilities, would in a very few
years afford a good living for tens of thousands of people.
In addition to this tonnage along the
route, a railroad would be established in
Hyder, Alaska, thus giving that territory
much needed transcontinental railway
communication, and a large share of
Alaska's eastern trade would be automatically diverted over it.
During 1922 Alaska shipped to the
United States, products valued at $48,596,-
532, exclusive of shipments of gold and
silver bullion. While her imports from
the United States for the same year,
totaled $26,777,806, made up principally
of tinplate, machinery, petroleum products, tobacco, foodstuffs and clothing.
Never in the history of railroading in
Canada or the U. S. A. has such an opportunity been presented to the railway interests
of this Continent as the Peace River-Stewart
route. Never has a route been even contemplated
that has been capable of producing greater tonnage per mile as does this route. Never was one
so necessary if the people of today are to benefit
from the almost unlimited natural resources that
would be made available by such a railway. This
road is necessary. This road is essential if
Canada is to utilize to the utmost the great potential wealth with which she is blessed.
(PROLAN'S   GENERAL   STORE
WHERE   CASH   WINS
GOOD   SERVICE   WITH   A   SMILE
PROFESSIONAL
9E
SALMON RIVER BANKING COMPANY
HYDER,  ALASKA
(Incorporated  Under tho Laws of   Alaska)
4   PER   CENT   Paid  on  Savings  Bank   Accounts
Canadian Funds Accepted on Deposit.
Money Telegraphed to all Parts of United States
J. A. HALL, Pres.   D. LINDEBORG, Vice-Pres.   IRENE HALL, Treas.
Hyder Transfer Co.
STEWART   AND   HYDER
H.   L.   REID   and   LOUIS   LEGG,   Props.
SADDLE   AND   PACK  HORSES
COAL   AND   WOOD
See us for Teaming Contracts      Prompt Deliveries
We have discovered that most people work
because they have to,
Nature is very beautiful if you can find a spot
where nobody has had a picnic.
Some men ought to learn to play the violin in
order to give their chins a reBt.
Some women have such a keen sense of humor
that they take their husbands as a joke,
The reason it took centuries to build the Pyramids is because it was a government job.
It's a jyreat country, where the sun shines in
at the north windows nights and mornings.
GIANT     EXPLOSIVES
FOR   METAL   MINING
The use of the right grade assures better work and cuts the
cost of mining.
Giant Powder Company of Canada, Limited
602 Hastings Street West, VANCOUVER, B.C.
DALBY B. MORKILL
WNING SURVEYOR
B. C Land Surveyor
STEWART. B. C.
H.  E.  HOOTEN
ELECTRICIAN
House Wiring a Specialty
Orders may be left with H. Zeffertt
-Exchange Grill-
J. P. Hawkinson, Prop.
Restaurants may come and restaurants may go
But we go on forever
Still selling the Large Loaf for 20c.
Sole agent for Purity Flour.
Drop in and see "Jake."
An Ohio man grafted the skin of a chicken on
his dog's back and now the dog can chase himself.
Perhaps the reason the Lord made a woman's
hands so small waa so she could get them into her
husband's pockets.
FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE
GUARDIAN FIRE INSURANCE CO. QUEEN FIRE INSURANCE CO
NATIONAL FIRE  INSURANCE CO.
NORTHERN    FIRE    INSURANCE    CO.
BRITISH   CROWN   ASSURANCE   CORPORATION   (FIRE)
CONFEDERATION     LIFE    INSURANCE    CO.
PACIFIC   MARINE   INSURANCE CO
GLOBE   INDEMNITY   CO..    FOR   SICK   OR   ACCIDENT.
H.   W.   M.   ROLSTON
AGENT
Did you ever notice that the fellow who has
plenty of time to waste always uses it to bother
people who have to work ?
On one of the tram towers the other day a
fellow charmed his nationality in 33 secohNls. He
went up a Pole and came down a Russian.
LYON'S MEAT MARKET
HYDER,   ALASKA
Agents for Barton's Circle W Smoked Meats
Try our Pickled Beef and Pork
Mixed   Sweet  Pickles   Sauerkraut.   Dills   and   Mince Meat
always on hand.      Quality our motto
"���"���"���sasss-ssBsawsaaBBass
J. O. LYON      -
PROPRIETOR
AN INVITATION
Intensely Informative
And Interesting.
WHEN visiting the Portland < a.iul   District   be  sure
and tee Hie I'oriieud i anal News ore exhibit.
���VKJ��\ properti represented
MAPS and Reports at your disposal....
A QMsflfff Information I*i7'*su ul tin- Instil, t.
��� ni tsn'i ���dert te ni��t it,
STEWART LAND COMPANY. LIMITED
Founders and Original Owners
of STEWAKT TOWNSITE . .'
iif.Ai. Qffim
101 Pemi-trrten Block,     -    VICTORIA, ||, C
nttn-to   Insurance   Mines   Financial Agents
it-.iti.ru    M.   M'JCWART.
Lota fur sale in all pant* * U)Wn
Listing uf pronertiaa for Mule wm
l'll*Slll.-lll
STEWAHT LAND CO., LTD.
' \HkU, Hlewmt, lit;
DR. ALFRED H.  BAYIH;
Dentil Surgeon,    PRINCE RUPRf
BLOCK
HBLGERSON
A.   ANDERSON
Cobbler and Shoemaker
Stewart. B. C.
DR. W. D'ARCY CHACE
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
At Alaska Hotel Umporaly
HYDER,       -        -       .       ALASKA
DR.  C. C. CARTER
DENTIST
Hyder, Alaska.
HOTEL PRINCE RUPERT
Leading  hotel in  northern
british columbia
H. B. ROCHESTER, Manager
European Plan 61.50 per day up
���        SylOpsfc if      ,
laod Avf ��ra:n'm:nls
sfMimua   pries   nt   flrst <���'������*��,   Isul
reduced to ta an a
. **...,,I,.: etasj is
DM in mcrm.
Pre-emption now confined lo rar-
veyed lands only
Records will bs (ranted so/retina my
land suitable tus- a��Trlcultural . �����������
and which is -ion-timber land
Partnership pi-s-emptionn abolishes,
but parties* of not more than fr,...- msjr
arrange for adjacent pm mr.-idoss
with joint residence, hut -*��� h iii.ikmf
ntceaaary Improvements un re po '������-
claima. v
Pre-sanptors must x-cupy slatmj lor
fl-rs yeara and maus Imprefein. - to
vaJua of f 10 per sore, lusludiM* leaf-
ins and cultivation of at .... i 5 .-,**.
before receiving frown Ornnt.
Where pre-emptor In occupation d<*
less than I years, and has :r,a > ;rr>-
I "rtlonats Improvements, be mav. Im-
���susa of Ul health, or other ^uu. be
it i,ui ted Intermediate cerliin ate ���>< ��� '*>���
prirvement and transfe* his claim
hscords without permanent residence may be Issued, provided applicant mukea Improvements ta sitsnl 4
IMO pmr annum and record." same -.nt
year. Failure to -nuke Unerovemenu*
or record same vrlU operate > tot-
feiture. Title cannot be obtained In
less than  �� years,  and  itaprev i
or 110.00 per iters including i - v t
i-UaiM-d nod cultivated, and rei i ���
of al lsiv��t t yeara are required       *
I 're- emptor    holdlrif    Crown    itr..
may reoera* another are-emptlon      ��� '
teiiuires  land   In  cotuuncuun   ��  I
���arm.  without actual occupation. ,
vnled   statutory   laapfwvsaienis        It
aud   resldanse   maintained   on   Omen
framed  land.
Unsurvayed areas,  nut aaaeedinf :��
acres,   may   be   Isiuisd   as   homtoiiee.
title to be obtain.-.I sfier fuU'.i
dentin! and luiproveinant cum!
sNxr traslns iu>d Indus; i inl p rp��*ei
aruss exceeding U0 acres ma�� '-���
leased by one pernon or sorapan)
Mill,   factory   or   1 r. *1 - j ">
limber land nut .����������.-.,., tu acre*
may be purchased; cundltluns lutiude
payment ot stuuipage.
Natural   hay   inundpwa   Inac,
hy  existing  road*   may   Ue  i ���
eonditloiuU upon construction iilnnil
to tfcrm.    Rch.it,- of one-hatf ul
mad,   not   exceeding*   half  uf  pui '
pries, Is mads. m
PHI EMPTOHI' FREE ORANIo
*��� ACT.
Tha scope of thin Act Is snl
UJClude  ap   persons  Join
"�����   will.   His   Majcalys   ror,
r\ ���
Tbe
���Une wiim.i which ll,o'lisli.. ��� i '
tt   a   deia^nsd   prs-empuir   n  .
fsr   lids   under   (his   Aci   |��  e> ]
(rum fur u,.e ye^r fruiu  tbo   I
��u��*h   parson,   aa   formerly,   in
year ��/ln tha con,  jslon ul U,�� .
war.    Tills  privllssTS  Is ul-ui  luu
troscirve
Ito fees relstlns to pre snip!I
d-ie   or   , '(--able V        ., uf��
e-npuu,,. rauordrd uftsr June
ruses ni.��� remitted tur fw�� >���
Pfoi li ion   for  return  of   n.
enitd. due and l*���i, |..n,l aiui
t,   1*11.  un  SA-iuunl   of  paymei
or laaes on soiJioih   pra ami '
liilei-esl  un  BgrestusiitJ  Iu  p.'        -
sswo ar clly |oirt hunl  l,v  mem I
Allied  fi-rrea. oj   depend,
dlrent   ur   li direct,   remitted   Iron.
Ilxtiiisnt  to Muich 11.  I!(?0
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��� LANDS.
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d> e PORTLAND   CANAL   NEWS,   STEWART,   B. C,   FRIDAY,   JULY     13,   1923
..The Economy Store..
QUALITY  GROCERIES
PROVISIONS
PURE   FOOD   PRODUCTS
EVERYTHING NICE AND FRESH
L. S. WHITTAKER
BREAD
CAKE
SPECIAL ORDERS TAKEN
LIGHT   LUNCHES
ICE CREAM
STEWART   BAKERY
CAMPBELL & DUKE       ....
PASTRY
FRESH MILK
SOFT DRINKS
Proprietors
COALLESS
AGE COMING
* -I    ���    ���   I SS
But  No Need   to   Worry
for 300 Yeara Yet
umbia, planning' the continuance
of his work of surveying tha iron
ore deposits of the province.
LAND   ACT
Skeena   Land   District,   District of
Cassiar.
 ,        Take notice that William Forrest, of
j Stewart, B. C., occupation Free Miner,
There's no need tO fear a Coal- j intends to apply for permission to pur-
s, i'   j  chase the following described lands
less   age   on   Vancouver   Island     Commencing at a post planted or
for generations and generations
to come
This  was  made
clear
when
 r ,  on the
north bank of the Bear river, about 18
miles from the town of Stewart and
about four miies easterly from the confluence of Bear river and American
cruek; thence north 20 chains; thence
preliminary results of the boring j ^it^i^^LttB^
tests carried on by the Canadian
Colleries for coal   in  the  Sable
River district,   near  Nanaimo, I
were made known.
The.se   borings   indicate that1
there are enough coal bodies in
that .district yet untouched   to
..    .���   .... .w> vu   vuiin   vi     Lrcal
river; thence easterly following the
north bank of Bear river 20 chains,
more or less, to point of commencement,
WILLIAM  FORREST, Applicant.
Dated June 22, 1923.
WATER   NOTICE
We have just opened our Restaurant in  the Northern
Rooms, Stewart, and hers wewtei it the
GOOD   EATS   CAFE
A name implying a reputation which we
intend to lire up U.
DAVE   JOINVILLE, PROPRIETOR
I
COAL
$16
PER   TON
^NEWELL ROOMS
VV.   L.   NEWELL,   Proprietor
Comfortable Furnished Rooms.   Barber Shop in Connection.   Cigars, Tobaccos, Soft Drinks.     Solo Tables
Rooms, $1    PER   DAY
ZINC ORE WANTED
PARIS
WORKING
SHOES
IN STOCK AT
H.
SMITH   BLOCK
Diversion  and Use
       TAKE NOTICE  that I.   Robert   M.
permit of a production oTjMW I fs_PS���5ft .%g&   AriSS.
tons of coal a day for 300 years.\ *^*^**g *$****
take and use 28 feet seconds  of water
out of Glacier Creek which flows   West
and drains into Bear River about  three
IN GREAT  BRITAIN I miles from the mouth of Bear River.
  The water will be diverted from the
... ,     f tream at a point about  half  a  mile
Inquiries   for   Zinc   Ore  to be  from mouth at  intake  of   flume   near
u-       ji-r-     i     j ���_���        j    N- *--��� Cor. Lot. 405 and   will   be   used
Shipped tO England are being ad-  for Power  purpose   upon   tha   mining
dressed to the boards of trade of HtW j^&^ Ogjg
British  Columbia.    Large   ship- i ��eveP* Richard 2.   Eclipse.  Little Joe
; Fr.. Herbert, Mosquito, etc.
ments of Sphalerite  Ore  Or   COn-1    This notiee was posted on the ground
centrate containing no lead or ��" the 22nd day of June, 1923.
copy of this notice and an applica-
Silver are desired Sacked fori tion pursusant thereto and to the
. .,     .. ,. . -,      "Water Act, 1914," will be filed in the
transatlantic     Shipment. lhe  office of the Water Recorder at   Prince
zinc  market  is   a   controllinp    "J��f.r' . ���   ���   1L       ,.    .
i    Objections to the application  may be
factor in the prosperity of -Some  file<1 with the said Water   Recorder  or
... * d ���-.��� l/-. 1       to-     Wlth the Comptroller of Water Rights,
Of the camps Of British Columbia   Parliament Buildings, Victoria. B    C,
which   ceased   active   oneration within thirty days after the  first  ap'-
wnicn   ceasea   active   operation peirance of this notice in a local news-
some years ago on account of the PaPer*
,                                    .     .                  . Royal Trust Company, Applicant.
large percentage of zinc associ- By Robert M stewart Agent
ated with the lead-silver ores as    T*-e date of the first publication of
,       , , this notice is June 29, 1923.
depth    was     attained.     Many;	
mines chiefly valuable for their
zinc ores are resuming operation
or-contracting with leasers on,
account of the recent demands;
made for zinc ore.
"IT'S   A   BLACK   BUSINESS
BUT   WE   TREAT   YOU   WHITE"
LAWRENCE & WORKMAN
OR   FRED   YOUNG
RENOVATED AND NOW OPEN FOR  BUSINESS
HYDER HOTEL EX
Under management MRS. DELLA LYTLE
COMER AUTO
TRANSFER and
TAXI SERVICE
BENSON'S   PLACE
���
CIGARS
TOBACCOS
SOFT
DRINKS
Highest Grade     Nuff Sed
HYDER, B. C.
Crawford   Transfer  Company
GENERAL   FREIGHTERS
GOOD SADDLE AND PACK HORSES
COAL POWDER
ACETYLENE WELDING     GENERAL BLACKSMITHING
STEWART, B.C. W0RK  COMMENCES
STEWART, B. C.
HYDER, ALASKA
COMER STAGE
POODLE D0Q CATE
The House of Quality
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Shipped Direct to Us
Chicken Loaves :::: Genuine Hot Tamales
OPEN ALL NIGHT
Phone 1 short 3 long Joe Vincent, Prop.
SELWYN MOUNTAIN! J���'l^e for Bitter Creek road
1 house at 9 o clock mornings and
6 o'clock evenings, returning
about 10:30 and 7:30, until further notice.
STEWART MEAT MARKETK ffif
I'ulllineof Shamrock Hams and Bacons. Sweet Pickles. Sauerkraut and Dills. Fresh Fish, Beef, Mutton, Pork, and Poultry
kept in our own cold storage.
P.   BURNS   &   CO.
C.   W.   McAllister   ha3    left
Prince  George   with a party of
miners   for    the    Peace   River
Mining   &   Milling   Company's
property, at the junction of the
Parsnip and Findlay rivers.   Mr.
McAllister has spe^t several seasons in this  district,  developing
an immense body of free-milling
gold   ore,   which   is said to  be
half a mile wide  and   to have
; been traced for two and a half
miles.   Tests  in   a small mill,
last year, gave a return of $6.50
per ton.    The property has been
examined by a number of engineers,   but   its   inaccessibility ���
350 miles by  river from Prince
George���is saip to have been tbe
bar that has prevented capitalists
entertaining it.
Fares to Following Points
glacier creek $1.00
WARD'S PASS 1.50
BITTER CREEK R. R. BKIDGE 2.00
BITTER CREEK WAGON B'D'G. 2.50
BITTER CREEK ROAD HOUSE 3.00
BEAR LAKE 3.50
The only first-class and up to date hotel in the Portland
Canal district
Books of tickets can be  bought
at reduced prices.
Hotel King Edward
STEWART,   -   B.  C.
Running Hot and Cold Water.     Baths.       All the conveniences of the city.    Dining Room in connection
European plan $1 per day and upj
W.    H.   TOLIN,       .       -       Mana-rer
OUR RATES
More Economical
Than Oil or Gas.
We have moved into our new premises and  invite
you to call and inspect
TRY   OUR   ICE   CREAM
BEST   ON   MARKET
STEWART NEWS COMPANY
H.    1\    GIBSON,    I'KORIETOR
TRAVERSY   BROS.
Stewart Paint Chop Signs
fainting       Paper Hanging
OTTAWA   BUILDINU
Secured the Dough
Thomas E. Jefferson has just
concluded financial arrangements
for the development of a larye
acreage of promising mineral
ground on Dome mountain,
Telkwa district. The Omineca
Herald says that he will shortly
leave-for a trip and long reel,
after 18 years of almost unremitting tffortl to secure adequate capital tor development of
the property.
Twenty-five watts, 75 cents.
Forty watts, $1.20.
Sixty watts, $1.80.
One hundred watts, $3.
Over 500 watts,  special rates.,
Above rates are for Tungsten i
filament lamps.
Stewart Public Utilities Co.
(Liml tad)
APPLY   POWER   HOUSE
��� IT    IS    YOURS
Iron Ore Uepohita
Dr. G. A. Youug, of the ( un
adian Geological Survey, arrived
in Victoria recently and  was in
toiilcrenca   with William Sloan,
FOURTH STREET i minister of mine* of British Col-
CLUB   TAXI
PHONI   1    short.
On Call Night or Day
Special  rates   for   long
runs.    Co anywhere . . .
j. b, Mcdonald,
HYDER, B.C.
Lots  for  Sale
Apply
Williams, Manson, GojfSAI
& Taylor,  Barristers ate,
Stewuil, P.. t.'.
Five-Sixths of th* timbered area in  British Columbia
belongs to ths People.
Each year, it is increasing in value as the  more accessible timber is cut,
In PJ22 there was received from the sale of such timber the sum of 1890,000.
This helped   to keep your taxes down, and to build up
the Province.
Green Timber is British Columbia's assurance of  Perpetual Prosperity.
_-���*    **
WHY BURN IT?
! -> "���
��� ,
PORTLAND   CANAL   NEWS,
STEWART,   B. C,   FRIDAY,   JULY    13,  1923
WE SUPPLY  A -  .
LONG FELT WANT
Building Supplies of all kinds. Doors, Windows,
Glass, Finished Lumber, Hinges, Locks. Paper,
Nails, Cement, Brick, Paints, Varnishes. See our
BRICK VENEER before you build. Orders
taken for MINING SUPPLIES in any quantity.
D. W.  McLEMAN   .  .  .   .
Ryan Building, - STEWART
OCEAN   VIEW HOTEL, Limited
HYDER - B. p.
Warm, Comfortable Rooms. $1.00 Per Day
AU Modern Conveniences���Baths, Electric Light
Choice Line of Canadian Cigars and Tobaccos, Peterson Pipes
PALL AND BANQUET ROOM IN CONNECTION
Catering to Large and Small Parties.
MRS. FLORENCE SMITH, Manager Tel.-l Long
ALL THE COMFORTS OF A HOME
ARE TO BE HAD AT THE
Hotel Stewart
W.    DANN,   Proprietor
Steam Heated Rooms      Comfortably Furnished
Baths
Drying Room
FIFTH   STREET
Dining Room
STEWART
BRITISH COLUMBIA
The Mineral Province of Western Canada
Has produced Minerals valued as follows: Placer Gold, $76,542,203*
Lode Gold, $109,647,661; Silver. $59.814;266, Lead. $51,810,891;
Copper, $170,723,242; Zinc, $24,625,839; Coal and Coke. $238,-
289,565; Building Stone, Brick, Cement. $36,605,942; Miscellaneous
inerals, $1,358,839; making its Mineral Production to the end of
1922 show
AN. AGGREGATE VALUE OF $734,259,619
The substantial progress of the Mining Industry in this Provinoe
is strikingly exhibited in the following figures, which show the value
of production for successive five-year periods: For all years to 1805,
inclusive, $94,547,241; for five years, 1896-1900, $57,607,967; for
five years, 1901-1905, $96,509,968; ifor five years. 1906-1910, $125,-
534,474; for five years, iftl 1-1915, |142,072,��03;     for  five    years,
1915-1920.   $189,922,725;   1921.   $28,066,641:    for  the year 1922,
$35,158,843.
PRODUCTION DURING LAST TEN YEARS, $339,280,940
Lode mining has only been in progress for about 33 years, and
not 10 per cent, of the Province has been even prospected; SOO.OOO
square miles of unexplored mineral-bearing land are open for prospecting.
The mining laws of this Province are more liberal and the fees
lower than those of any oth��� Province in the Dominion, or any
Colony in the British Empire.
Mineral locations are granted to discoverers for nominal fees.
Absolute Titles are obtained by developing such properties, security of whieh ia guaranteed by Crown Grants.
Full information, together with Mining Reports and Maps, may
vf obtained gratis by addressing
THE HON. THE MINISTER OF MINES. Victoria. Uritiah Columbia.
SURPRISES IN
THE UPLANDS
One naturally thinks  of  the
region above timber line,   with
its vast reaches  of  snow-fields
and its unscalable craggy peaks,
its fog-cursed glaciers and windswept rocky ridges,   as  a  land
barren of all life, with  the possible exception  of  a  prowling,
disgruntled grizzly, or hurrying
caribou, crossing from one grazing valley to another.    Yet the
visitor to this supposed No-man's
land will find it teeming with bird
animal,   insect and  plant life.
Wherever a bit of earth can find
foothold, will be found the dainty
bluebell, competing for existence
with forget-me-nots and   other
flowers that are indigeous to the
outer   rim   of   eternal    snow.
"Whistlers," those uncouth, over-grown   groundhogs,    call  to
each other from the  mouths  of
their burrows;  the  timid  little
marmot  eternally   watches  for
something to scare him,   so that
he may go chattering and scur-
ying  back   into  his   rock-slide
home: chipmunks gossip and call
their neighbors names unfit   to
print; pack rats lazily  plan   the
coming night's foraging expedition, when they will   steal   anything light enough to carry, and
not nailed down.
And there are some denizens
of these supposed solitudes that
somehow do not seem to fit in
with the general scheme. For
instance, on the mountain beyond
Chickamin glacier and west of
the head of Salmon glacier, an
observant visitor recently noticed
a robin, hummingbird, bat, bumble bees, grasshoppers, and more
surprising than all, a "darning
needle." such as frequent southern swamps and feed on mosquitoes. This alien may have been
attracted by the swarms of insects that infest the uplands���
but how did he know that they
were there?
Aint Nature grand?
JOHN  WANDER
BARBER
.���Hotel King Edward,   Stewart
PACHENA
LEAVES PRINCE RUPERT
For Stewart, at 6 p.m. every
Wednesday.
GROCERIES
DRY GOODS
EDGAR. PROV1NSE
LEAVES STEWART for Prince
Rupert at 6 p. m. every
Thursday.
G. C. ANDREW.
Custom House Broker
Stenographer
News Block, Stewart, B. C.
general merchandise
HYDER
ALASKA
Building Supplies, Roofing, Glass, Mining Supply
Powder, Caps, and Fuse
SHOES AND RUBBER  GOODS
PORTLAND CANAL L0D6E
L. 0. 0. M. 1218
Meets every first and third Mondays, Stewart and Hyder.
HARDWARE
FURNITURE
H. C.   BENNETT
AGENT   FOR
Phoenix London, Liverpool
and Globe   British American   ���
Fire Insurance Co's.
STEWART       -       .       B. C.
CRESCENT
FURNISHED   ROOMS
HYDER,   -   ac.
RATES, $1.     H. H. HICKS, Prop.
TOURIST  ROOMS NOW OPEN
An Ideal Home to bring your Mother, Sister or Wife
Special Weekly Rates
JACK   YOHN,   Proprietor      ....       STEWART.   B. C.
WE WANT  .  .   .
YOUR BUSINESS
We carry an sbundant slock of table necessities
and pure food products and we seek your patton-
age on a basis of absolute merit. Let us serve you
GREY & WILSON .
Smith Block   -   STKWAUI
POOL!
You can pass a pleasant hour
PLAYING POOL
at the Hotel Stewart
Cigar Stand In Connection
Lawrence, the Watchmaker.
The steamer Jefferson is reported to have sailed from Seattle for Hyder July 12.
Dr. H. A. Whillans, physician
and surgeon; consultations at office of Stewart General Hospital,
10 to 11 a.m., and by appointment.
PROGRESSIVENESS
IS THE POLICY. . .
of this Drug Store. You will
find here everything one would
expect in a City Pharmacy.
Our Prescription Department
is at your service.
PERFUMES
LATEST   ODORS
Stewart Drug Store
F. C. LAWRENCE
Coast   Steamship   Sailings
PRINCE   RUPERT
PRINCE   GEORGE
PRINCE   JOHN
S. S. PRINCE RUPERT or PRINCE GEORGE
Will sail from Stewart every Saturday at 12 noon for Prince
Rupert, Swanson Bay, Ocean Falls, Powell River, Vancouver, Victoria and Seattle.
S. 8.   PRINCE   JOHN
Will ssll from Prince Rupert for Vancouver via Queen Charlotte Islet* ports. June 13, 27, July 11. 25. August 8. 22.
Pasftttngpr Tiaia iter vice   From Prinee Rupert
DAILY, KXCICPT  SUNDAY,   at  8:45 p.m.,  FOR BMITHKKS.
I'riRtseiiweswe, UMMn and  Winnipeg, making direct
in���lettirm fat all points Bast aad tim-th
For Atlantic _team��iup sailings or further information, apply to
aay Cawadt��� Hetomsi Agant, or te R.  K. McNeugM.-n. I.iairii
Passenger AK��nt. Prince Rupert.
"GLACIER MINING COMPANY,
LIMITED"
(Non-personal  Liability)
TAKE NOTICE that the above com
I'sny, known also by  the  names  "Sal-
mon River Glacier  Mining Company,
Limited." aw) ��� Hareules Mines, Limit
ed," inlands to   changs   the   nsms   u-
"Herculsw   Mines   Limited,   (Non personal Liability.")
K   M. McLeod
"Secretary, KM Dominion Rank
Uuilding,"
Vauoourar, B. C.
7   it
*_.'_  Vk*.  ML.
jWALTH AM
JEWELER
AND
OPTICIAN
American    Watches   at   Manufacturers' Price.
HYDER    .   ALASKA
HYDER
RADIO
SERVICE
Opan 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. (including Sunday.) Messages
delivered in Stewart. B. < .
THE  ONLY  PIECE   OF   LAND   AVAILARLE   OR   SUITAUI.i: 1 "K A
TOWNSITE ON THE  B.C.   SIDE OF THE INTERNATIONAL   WO*
DARY. ON  THE SALMON RIVER IS NOW OFFERED
FOR SALE
IN WHOLE OR IN PART
WITH MINERAL AND SURFACc RIGHTS THE  MINERA! NF.
is worth the money. Its proximity to Camp 4 of th* Premier makes it an
Ideal location for business. INVESTIGATE NOW, DO'NTWAIT! We r��n
sell the whole block or any part of it al prices that will give you a i       chance
H. W. M. ROLSTON, Agent
STEWAKT
Use Your Money Like a Horse
1
MAKE IT WORK
THE  ONLY   WAY  TO   DO  THIS  IS TO PLACE
HIGHT-THAT IS WHAT THE BANKS  UO
The Latest Opportunity Offered   You   is
WASHINGTON
SYNDICATE
tlu-
a   s
The more you investigate this the better you will  Hl
Full information can be supplied by EKNES1   HI
or H. W. M. KOLSTON. Stewart
SALMON   KIVKR  STAGE   LINK
I'KKMIKK   MINE
LEAVER   HVDER
FOR    THE
KVKRY    DAY
lua.ni
jptciAi Tiirs aid purr Tttrs amamib
rEI.IX Hfcl'l'l * W   R   MclMJKNr.i
***�� I Urns  i anon
E.  ARMSTRONG
CENEUAL....
FKKIGHTKK
TKAM_     PACK HOttHKH
HYDER
'AUTO
SERVICE
HTEWA
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rem doki i
Manager
TAll
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