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STEWART,   B. C,   FRIDAY,   FEBRUARY 24   1922
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right hand. He also sustained a
large number of flesh wounds on
the chest, abdomen and right
thigh. He was rushed to the
Stewart hospital, where Dr.
Chace amputated the remains of
the left hand above the wrist.
Considerable difficulty was experienced in getting the injured
man down from the workings to
lhe trail at the lower camp, a
distance in elevation of 24)0
feet, There b.-ing no trail owing
to the tram being in operation it
was found necessary to cut steps
in the snow in a large number of
places. John Haatti, the foreman on the work, preceded the
party to the lower camp. Not
being able to get the office on the
phone, being noon hour, he came
into town, notified the doctor and
the hospital, and got Oney Mc-
Fadden's dog team and went
back with a sleigh, and met the
injured man just below the lower
camp. The whole constituting a
record trip, John coming down
in less than 30 minutes, and  the
SALMON RIVER
PROPERTY SOLD
Seattle Business Men Purchase Three-Quarter Interest in Alaska-Premier.
Property Ideally Situated
A syndicate composed of a
?roiip of Seattle businessmen
have purchased a three-quarter
Interest in the Alaska-Premier,
1 group of eleven claims on the
Salmon river, on the Alaska side
of the International boundary.
I'his property adjoins the New
Alaska on the north, south and
east, and was owned by Harry
Tanner, William McGrew, Harry
Jowson and Ed Fernald.
The terms of the deal are not
Ifor publication, but it is under-
Btwd that,   according   to   the
agreement, substantial cash pay-
lents are to be made.
Development   work    on    this
[property  has  so  far been con-1 patient   was ���-,   the ho8pita] in
lined to a number ******* cats about an hour and   ten   minutes
and shallow  shafts;   but   these'  fter  the   accident.    Mr.  Wor-
WALKING   THE   PLANK
In the days of Captain Kidd,
Did the people walk the skid?
Yon bet they did.
The Captain Kidd of the British Columbia coast is the coast
steamship combine that makes rates for the nation owned Grand
Trunk Pacific boats.
The following are examples of the tribute it levies upon
pioneer mining in the Stewart district:
Ihtve shown up some very attractive veins, running through a
���large mineralized zone. The
(property is situated on the Sal-
Imon river wairon road, thus re-
jducing the transportation pro-
Iblem to a minimum.
No announcement has yet been
Imade by the purchasers as to the
lamountof development work to
jbe done this year, but it is ex-
Ipected as soon as they have per-
Bected their plans a pronouncement will be given out.
thorn is now doing well;has been
sitting up for the past day or so
and complains of no pain.
Rupert to Stewart wharf, 120 miles-
,100  sacks  feed  oats    (5  tons)   $45
($9 per ton)
354 pounds eggs, fresh meat, ham, bologna, haddie (no cold storage) $3.30
($18.60 per ton)
21   bales  hay  (2200  pounds)   $12.32
($11.20 per ton)
320  pounds  butter  and  eggs:  1167
pounds fruit and  vegetables; total
1487 pounds, $10.90 ($14.60 per ton)
Vancouver to Stewart wharf, 600 miles���
1470  pounds    groceries,   $13.35  ($18
per ton)
507 pounds fresh  beef  (cold storage)
$14.86 ($36 per ton);  $24  per   ton
without cold storage.
477 pounds hardware, $3.84;  ($16 per
ton)
Seattle to Stewart wharf 700 miles���
19 bales hay   (2300   pounds)   $26.57,
($23 per ton).    This hay cost $20.10
in Seattle.
5765 pounds vegetables, fruit and nuts,
$54.64 ($18.95 per ton)
743 pounds fresh meat (co'd storage)
$14.86 ($40 per ton)
555 pounds windows, doors and panels,
$9.87 ($35.50 per ton)
Incipient Blaze
Fire broke out in the roof of
the Crawford residence about
noon, Thursday. Fortunately it
was discovered in time by Mr.
Crawford who, assisted by several neighbors, quickly got it
under control.
Oney Has Speed
Oney McFadden made a record
trip last Saturday, when betook
B dog team up to the Silverado
lower camp for Charles Wortham,
Bear River Bridge
*������ P. Suttie, provincial  public
I*'-*-engineer, arrived on  the
l-Lhn, Sunday, in connection with; wn() ~~- n'3 ^and shot oil by a
P��e Hear river bridge, and re- premature blast. Oney left the
���urned to Print* Rupert on the Crawford stables, went up the
[Pachena today. While here Mr. ������'" t0 Jliat below the lower
Is t ie, assisted by Henry Scovil, I camp, brought the injured man
Pade a complete new survey of. down to the hospital, and then
|hi Hear river bridge from  the took his dog team home; making
The above figures from freight bills paid in full by us.
Is the sky the limit?
Old freight bills show a prewar rate on general merchandise
Vancouver to Stewart of FIVE DOLLARS PER TON.
The pre-war merchandise rate, Seattle to Ketchikan, 660
miles, no way stops, was THREE DOLLARS PER TON.
Pioneering has been done to death in Alaska by hold up policies.
Is is it doomed to the same fate in Canada?
What's the Answer, Premier King?
STEWART   CITIZENS'   ASSOCIATION.
PREMIER   ORE   SHIPMENTS
The Premier mine shipped during the week approximately
1700 tons of high and low grade ore. This brings the total shipments from the tirst of the year to date of concentrates and high
and low grade ore up to approximately 7700 tons.
. . STEWART   LOCAL   NEWS . .
Present site, down to the old
pi way bridge, in order that (he
jdepartmeot may be better able
fa decide whether to use the
PjMRt site or select a new one.
���He couhi not say when the recon-
the round trip in 42 minutes.
Had a Pleasant Outing
Mr. and Mrs. William Dann
returned after several weeks
holidays and business trip to the
Mr.  Dann,   who   is the
lr^ <)��� of the bridge will start, i80Uth
*****9 what  will   be   done   proprietor of the Stewert  hotel,
fe�� that   he understands It"1"*- ^ ^^^ ,B U'e
'south   points to   a  good season
to ac- j
******** the season's   traffic.
Tom Former, one of the early      Keep on tap St. Patrick's day
residents of Hyder, is now in the --best dance of the season,
Mayo country. Jim Gray, formerly of the Pie-
Dan Chisholm, foreman for the �����-����� Nine-mile camp, returned
at Nine-mile, paid Stew-1 from Rupert on the John.
Premier
art a visit during the week.
For Bale���Knitting Ma-bins, with all
Pries 126.  Apply Stewari
36
Accident at Silverado
Cl'arles Worthom. a  miner at
this year In Portland canal;
therefore he brought hack considerable new furnishings for his
hotel; also a pool table. It is his
eo"v<-ra<io, lost his left hand, intention to be in a position to
: alj|'(*i-y no,m last, by a pre'- entertain his guests this year.
^tur<-explosion, He was spring-jS'nc�� their relur" l)0lh have been
J*--hole, and had attached the'-uffering from severe colds.
e|to to a portion of a m_  ! ".    ..    .   .
Metal   Market
Silver, bar, 6ii
Lead, quiet, 4.70 to 180.
Zinc, quiet; ipot *.M to 4.56,
Copper,    12. to   18  1-8;   later
and
-"tick n
the        ynam,te* *****   was  in
\ZmmL0t  ,,,aein�� "��neii-the
its...  ,*�����*������ ��tick  when
*^<H badly ahatl,,
"t hand
'ing thei
as well as cutting the, 13 1 .'5 to 184.
accessories
News Company
R. W. Wood, vice-president of
the Premier Gold Mining company, paid Stewart a visit during
the stay ofthe Anyox, Monday.
Vince Lade is today repairing
the chemical engine; some of the
wood wo.k was broken during
the run to the Crawford  lire on
Thursday.
Howard Cameron, engineer n.
charge of the operations on thfl
Silverado, has  been   confined  to
hi. room  in thi  King Bdwsrd
hotel most ol   the   week   wilh   a
bad attack uf lumbago.
Oren F. Hill, postmaster at
Hyder, returned from a business
trip to Ketchikan, Saturday.
J. J. Wilson of the Premier
mine is spending a well earned
holiday in Stewart and Hyder.
MissM. Peters, who has been
spending a vacation  with   Mrs
, I Barron   in   Hyder,  returned   to
Vancouver on the John, Sunday.
Remember St. Patrick's dance.
An epidemic of lagrippe has
hit Stewart, and to be be up to
date the News staff caught on.
Jake Hawkinson says the
price of coffee has gone up. This
is hard lines on Charlie  Larsen.
Mrs. W. H. Watson, gave a
very nice whist party, followed
by a dance, at the barracks on
Tuesday evening.
The John docked on Sunday
afternoon last with a large consignment of local freight and 25
passengers.
Vince Lade, one of the best
known old timers in the camp,
returned on the John after having spent some months in
Vancouver.
Jake Hawkinson, the local purveyor of meats, received on the
last boat a large consignment of
beef, pork and mutton, and fresh
and cured fish.
Mrs. A. T. Siem and two sons
arrived on the John, Sunday, to
join her husband, A. T. Siem,
manager of the Salmon River
Trading company.
Martin M. Smith and son left
for Victoria on the John Sunday
night. Mr. Smith is still in bad
health, and upon Hie advice of
Dr. Chace has gone south for
further medical treatment.
T. J. Shenton, mine inspector,
arrived on the John, Sunday afternoon. On Monday he made
the round trip to the Premier
mine for inspection purposes,
returning to town that night.
He left for the south on the
Anyox, Tuesday.
The Citizens' association dance
held last Friday evening in the
Newell block, was in every respect a success. A large number
of people came over from Hyder,
and dancing was kept up until
2:30 a.m. William Cameron presided at the piano, accompanied
by Frank Howler with drums.
The ladies supplied an excellent
assortment of refreshments,
which were much appreciated.
Incorporation  Meeting
A public meetinp was held in
the Newell block, Wednesday
llight, for the purpose of discussing the incorporation of Stewart
under the Village Act. F. H.
Workman was elected chairman
and H. W. M. Rolston secretary.
After some discussion the following were elected to investigate
the matter and report back to a
future similar meeting: L. R.
Workman, George Wall, Mrs.
William George, George Cameron, John Mellor. There oeing
no further business the  meeting
INDIAN MINE   ,
TO START WORK
G. D. B. Turner and Associates of New York Finance
Development Work on
Salmon   River  Property
William Tolin expects to leave
next week for Terrace via Prince
Rupert, where  he is interested
with   local   men   and   a  Prince j adjourned.
Rupert  syndicate   in  oil lands.
,.    ���, ,.     .. ,    ,   .      . The census has just been corn-
Mr. Tolin   from   tirst   hind   air    .      t lT.il .    1
pleted,    and   nh.,vs   the   actual
thentic   information    which   he pt)pulallo��� uf Cui,ada M gj^,
liaB, is confident   that   the   Tei* 48y   according to a report just
rao- district bai a bright future,  give:;  out.
G. D. B. Turner and associates
have recently acquired control of
the Indian Mines, Limited, and
adjacent claims, and will commence active development on or
about March 15.
The deal, which was virtually
closed some weeks ago, was not
given out for publication until
this week, for the reason that
the purchaser did not want any
publicity until control of certain
outlying claims had been
acquired.
The Indian is one of the old
properties in the district, and
consists of four claims, situated
in the Salmon river valley, on
the Canadian side, a short distance northwest of the Premier
mine. Considerable work was
done on the property some years
ago by the Clothier brothers,
who were heavily interested.
Later a company was incorporated, and some 600 or 700 feet of
underground work was done, in
addition to extensive surface
work. Good camps were also
established and everything in
this regard is in readiness and
very little delay will be experienced before real development
will commence.
The work so-far done shows a
good vein from 6 to 14 feet wide
with fair gold and silver values,
and in places considerable galena.
The latter is uniformly low in
silver values.
The terms of the deal are not
exactly known, but it is understood that the old Indian company, whose affairs are in good
shape, are to retain a certain interest in the newly organized
company. G. D. B. Turner and
associates are putting up the
working capital, in return for
which they are given control of
the property.
Mr. Turner is one of the well
known mining engineers of this
continent, and is at present in
New York arranging details
with his principals. It will be
remembered that he visited this
district late last fall, and among
several other properties looked
over the Indian.
Mrs. Hugo Stratford returned
from Vancouver, where she has
placed her two elder daughters
at school. Mrs. Stratford's
brother, F. Lewis, of Vancouver,
returned with her. On Monday,
Mrs. Stratford went up to the
Premier, where she is at present
residing. PORTLAND   CANAL   NEWS,   STEWART,   B.  C,   FRIDAY,   FEBRUARY   24,   1922
The Portland Canal News
H.   W.   M.   ROLSTON
Editor and Publisher
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Advertising  Rates:
Display Advertising, 50 cents per inch per issue.   Reading
Notices, 20 cents per line.
Special Position Display or Reading,   25 per cent above
ordinary rates.
Certificate of Improvement, $15 (if more than one claim,
$2.50 for each additional claim mentioned)
Land Notices, $10.   Coal Notices, $7.
No Advertising Aecepted for First Page
FUNERAL   OF   DE   WET
SHORTLY after the world war broke
out Christian De Wet, one of the Boer
chieftains in the South African conflict
two decades ago, involved himself in a revolt against the British crown. The
movement was independent in purpose of
the operations against the South African
union by the Germans of southwest Africa,
but its effect nevertheless assisted the
enemy. It was speedily crushed by the
prompt counter measures initiated by
General Botha and General Smuts, former
companions-in-arms of the irreconcilable
Boer leader against the British.
Recently Christian De Wet was buried
in Bloemfontein with state honors. Premier Smuts was one of the pallbearers.
The governor-general, Prince Arthur of
Connaught, was represented in the procession, while cabinet ministers, judges
and influential people from every part of
the union were in attendance. This remarkable tribute to De Wet was in perfect
accord with the policy of toleration and
conciliation which the British government
under the leadership of Sir Henry Camp-
bell-Bannerman, in 1905, adopted towards
the former Boer repur��!'vb in spite of the
strenuous but shortsighted opposition of
the unionists under Mr. Balfour. The
triumphant vindication of that policy in
the recent great war is known to everyone;
it is enough to observe that Generals Botha
and Smuts were among the most trusted
leaders of this empire's cause throughout
the crisis. De Wet lacked their vision and
appreciation of immense advantages the
new dominion enjoyed as an autonomous
part of the empire. He remained a Boer
of the days of Oom Paul. His former
foes overlooked his defects and thought
only of his virtues���and there were many
of them. It was another notable step in
the reconciliation cf Briton and Boer begun by Sir Campbell-Bannerman seventeen years ago.
GETTING   WISE
office who are "not subject to domination
by invisible governments, or to the control,
dictation and domination of political
bosses." By "invisible governments," it
is not made clear whether the Ku-Klux-
Klan is a case in point or whether it refers
to the mysterious influences that are supposed to reach out from the caverns of
Wall Street and sway the judgment of servants of the people. But the very fact
that a partA* of this kind should be instituted by women at this late age provides
an indication that the feminine hand will
soon begin to fall upon the shoulders of
the politician who forgets his public duty.
BRITISH   SHIPPING
ACCORDING to the latest official
figures of the British board of trade there
is recorded a fifty per cent increase in tonnage of ships cleared with cargoes at British ports in November, 1921, compared
with tonnage cleared in January, 1921.
The detailed returns are: Cargo ships
cleared January, 2,617,226 tons; November, 3,943,-
799 tons. The improvement reflects greatly increased shipments abroad of British coal, which
in the latter part of 1921 comprised about 80 per
cent of the tonnage of British commodity exports.
In January, 1921, coal exports amounted to Only
1,700,106 tons, while in November the tonnage exported was 3,593.864 tons. The speedy reaction
of British shipping trade to interference with coal
production is shown by a decrease in the tonnage
of cargo ships cleared in May to 1,660,372 tons.
The coal dispute was at its crisis in May and only l
14.000 tons of coal were exported during the month.'
NOTE   AND   COMMENT
The long green doesn't remain with the green
long.
Faith may remove mountains,   but  it takes
something stronger to remove freckles.
A great many men reason in  a  circle;  that's
why there is no end te their arguments.
An optimist must be a man who puts entire
confidence in the suspender buttons of his trousers.
The News devil says a theorist is a man who
thinks he can learn to swim by sitting on a bank
and watching a frog.
The man who published a newspaper and
pleased all his subscribers, has long since passed
over the porphyry dyke. He ditd in the poor
house.
The Hon. W. S. Sloan, minister of mines, has
instructed the resident mining engineers to resume the series of lectures started last winter, in
the chief centres of their several districts,
LATTER year, have produced many
enterprising women's organizations on
ooth sides of the international border; but
the Rooseveii Progressive Party which
camt into being at Chicago recently sets
an ideal for public life that demands more
than casual attention from tbe newly en-
franchiaed. The corpo ratio* certilicate
pledgee that the members ef the new party
will only support  candidates   fur public
If  you read  an  item in the Portland Canal
I
News that does not suit your upper stope. pass it |
on. Another reader will Bay it's alright. Wd
have more than one subscriber and one reader.
A dispatch states that an aged woman living
near Uegina was savagely attacked, last week, by
her pet cat, Be lore pussy had been conquered
the woman lost an eye and part of the right
cheek.    Some pet!
STEWART    NEWS   CO.
H. P. GIBSON  Proprietor
Ganong's  and   Lowney's   Chocolates
Stationary      China      Library
All the Very Utest    Music and Records
ESTABLISHED  MORE THAN 100 YEARS
Stewart Branch:  L- S.  WHITTAKER.   Manager.
Exchange Grill
AND   MEAT   MARKET
OPEN DAY _Ss NIGHT
Bread, Cakes, Pies, a Specialty
MEAT DEPARTMENT-13^ As;
sortm^nt
of Fresh Meats in town. Call and inspect our Butcher
Shop.    Everything fresh but the employees.
J.   P.   HAWKINSON,   Proprietor
"JAKE'S   CAFE."
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.
J. O. LYON
PROPRIETOR
STEWART LAND COMPANY. LIMITED
Founders and Original Owners
of STEWART TOWNS1TK . .
H__i- flUim
nil 1-. iiiU-rU.ii UUk, VICTORIA. I-  '
Real Estate   Insurance   Mines   Financial Agents
KOlitUT   U.   hlLWAKi, lwll,Ml
Life for sale in ail part* of town STEWART LAND CO., LTD.
Li-ting* of properties for Bale wanted    Fifth Si, Stewart, IH
Hole Agent fur lhe lutjwriel Tobacco  Compeiiy
and Canadian ftteam Laundry
DALBY B. MORKur
MINING 8URVEY0E
B C' L-"��d Surveyw
, STEWART, B. c
DR. ALFRED H.
Dental Surgt������,   PR1NCE R^
HKLCKRSON    BLOCK
CLOTHIER & BAKER
ASSAYERS
Stewart.
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ASSAYER
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JOHN   HOVLAND
ASSAYER
HYDER
ALASKA I
DR. W. D'ARCY CHASE
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
At Alaska Hotel t.imporaly
HYDER,      - -      ALASKA |
HOTEL PRINCE RUPERT
Leading hotel in northern
BRITISH COLUMBIA
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***- PORTLAND   CANAL   NEWS,   STEWART,   B.  C,   FRIDAY,   FEBRUARY   24,
tk
1922
THE HOUSE Ol5  BARGAINS
EVERYTHING FROM A NEEDLE
TO AN ANCHOR
1
Our Groceries are Absolutely
Pure and Fresh. Will stand the
acid test. Assay 16 ounces to
the pound.   Nuf Ced
Salmon River
Trading CoV
TIDEWATER MINE NOW REOPENING
Shipping of Copper Concentrates Will Very Shortly
Commence���About Seventy Men Employed
The Tidewater Copper Company's property at Sidney Inlet,
west coast of Vancouver Island,
once more presents a scene of
activity, the plant reopening after being shut down since December, 1920. The balance of a
crew of seventy men arrived at
the mine last week, lt ii the intention to ship, each month, from
300 to 350 tons of copper concentrates to the smelter at Tacoma.
S. P. Silverman, president and
manager of the Tidewater Copper company, has arrived at Sidney Inlet, from Mew York, and
will superintend the recommencement of operations at the
mine.
While in Victoria Mr. Silverman stated to the Colonist that
the company contemplated increasing the capacity of the flotation mill at the mine this summer and also doing considerable
development work. He pointed
out that the plant shut down near
the close of 1920 owing to the
fa^t that the low price of copper
led the Tacoma smelter to refuse
to take further concentrates.
The market today was stronger,
he said, and American producers
were reopening and expected to
be working at full capacity again
in five or six months. Mining
men, he continued, felt that the
r NEWELL ROOMS
W.    L.    NEWELL,    Proprietor
IComfortable Furnished Rooms.    Barber Shop in Con-
jnection-   Cigars, Tobaccos, Soft Drinks.      Solo Tables
PHONE, 1   LONG, 1 SHORT. 1 LONG
STEWART PHARMACY
GEORGE A. FRASER
Proprietor
ICLOTHES MAKE THE MAN-BE A MAN
We can Clothe Grandfather, Father, Young Men and
Younger Young Men.   Come in and get dolled up
jH.  ZEFFERT, SMITH   BLOCK,        STEWART,   B. C.
NEXT DOOR BANK QF MONTREAL
Stewart
Look at the map of British Columbia
with an unbiased mind, Roughly Vancouver it ��00 miles from the name
point in the Peace Kiver country that
is reached in 400 miles from Stewart,
which is the natural outlet for the
whole northern and eastern interior.
Nearly every settler in the Peace
Hiver district is talking of railway
communication with the coaat.
Speaking in broad terms there are
thirty-two millions of acres of the
l'eace Kiver district situated within the
boundaries of British Columbia, and
more than forty millions of acres with
in the Province of Alberta, most of it
being suitable agricultural laud for
mixed farming or ranching. In addi
lion there is a vast area <>f mineral and
timber resources, the extent of winch is
only beginning lo lit* roii-tnl,
Immense deposits of anthracite I nai
have mm** located aud the president uf
the Peace Hiver Hoard ol trade ie
authority for tiie statement thai this
���oal grades higher than Pennsylvania
coat
l-xleiiaive  exploiation work if being
earned on In connection wuh oil Mid
already lUrtUng results have been ob
tained. The oil sands are located ��t a
depth of about sixteen huiuir.-.i f.-et
aud MOUgh investigation lias taken
place to be a-sured that thi) are of
wonderful extent. There il also an
abundance of natural gus.
The area under cultivation at present
is only about 300,000 acres _nd tilt
population Of the whole dUtrid ll
about 80,000 The first gram wasssnt
out of thscountrj three yssrssgo, and
BoniUtod ol   ie��s than mw tl isnd
bushels.    Lsst year nine million bushel!
I were produced from   aboul   a   .|uarter
! million aires, the average  win at
'being thirty live bush-Is ti) tUl ���""��� l"
newly  doubll   the   average   ot   Otbsi
portions of Alberta.    The laud   il   also
1 well adapt, a (Ol the raising ol lUX k ot
all kinds, paiu.'ulaily hogs
it |i rstionsMt to *ia**a*t l,lHl '*
IliO ooosem sic now produeini ���,.,HI".
,,������,,,���.,��� l���,,l grain, Ihat with. ���
f.wy.-s.. tb.ie will be 10,000,000 scrsi
I producing MO.0OO-0M bushel, ol _�����������'"���
oi roughl) 10,000,000 ton.
resumption of the copper producing industry based itself
largely on the status of European credit. If Europe could
make satisfactory credit arrangements, which would make copper buying possible, copper prices
wpuld rise as Europe today was
drained of her supplies of the
metal. The general price level
at the present time was below
actual cost of production and if
the big copper concerns were
going to resume the prices would
have to go up to make it worth
their while.
A general feeling of optimism
prevails in business circles of
New York, said Mr. Silverman,
and there appeared to be a general picking up showing in all
directions.
Touching on production costs
at the Tidewater, the company
president stated that these were
lower than in the case of the
large American producers. Contributing causes for this favorable state of affairs, said he,
were a dry mine, requiring no
pumping, ore that is easily
broken, the use of tunneling,
stoping and open quarrying,
eliminating the sinking of shafts,
a large recovery on mill heads,
and the use of water power.
The property of the Tidewater
Copper company was acquired by
its present owners in July, 1916.
Previous to this several thousand
tons of high gride ore had been
shipped   from   the property by
former owners, the Dewdney estate and the Tyee Smelting company.     The   new    holders    installed considerable new equipment on the property and did development   work  on   it, at the
same   time   shipping to the Tacoma smelter.    The exploration
work demonstrated the fact that
there   was    considerable    high
grade ore, the greatest  production from the mine would come
from  the   bodies  of low grade
ore which were being developed.
The present notation mill has a
capacity   from   oOU to 400 tons.
Since it was closed down considerable exploration and  development work has  been   done,   including  2500   feet  of   diamond
drilling.
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
King Edward
GRILL	
Under New Management
Home Made Bread
and Pastry
Give  us  a  trial.    If you
like us, COME AGAIN
I. N. HOGUEWOOD, Proprietor
HYDER
AUTO
SERVICE
FRED DOREY
Manager
TAXI
and
TRUCK
SERVICE
WANTED
Wishing a Lot in Stewart on which to
eventually build business premises. The Portland
Canal News will trade a lot in a choice residential section of Oak Bay, Victoria, for one in
Stewart. The basis of such a trade to be the
assessed valuation of the properties.
Address all communications to
PORTLAND CANAL NEWS
STEWART,    B. C
HYDER
RADIO
SERVICE
Opan D a.m. to y p.m. (including Sunday.) Messages
delivered in Stewart, B. C.
King Edward Hotel
STEWART,
B.  C.
HEADQUARTERS   FOR   MINING   MEN
IN   PORTLAND   CANAL   DISTRICT...
. . .YOUR   COMFORT. . .
FIRST CONSIDERATION
EUROPEAN   PLAN
. .$1.00 PER DAY. .
W.    H.   TOLIN,
Manager
MINERAL ACT.
Certificate of Improvements.
NOTICK.
Maybee mineral claim, situate
in tbe Portland Canal ruining division
of Caiaiar district. Where located:
West bank American creek.
Take notice that I. P S. Jack, aclinj-
an agent lor John Wardlaw Stewart,
of the town of Slew art, B.C., Free
Miner's Certificate No. .-343C;
intend, sixty days from the
dale hereof, to t_|<i<1 > to the Mining
It. i-order for a CeitifnaU of Improve
intuitu, for the puipuse  ol   obtaining a
Crown Grant of the above claims.
And further tak* nolici- that action,
under section Kfi, mutt he coiiuneiu ed
before the issuance of .inch Certificate
uf Improvements.
Mated this Ut lit) ut September,
A  I). Wil.
GRAND   TRUNK   PACIFIC    RAILWAYS
Steamers sailing between Seattle, Victoria, Vancouver, Powell
Kiver, Ocean Falls, Swanson Bay, Prince Rupert, Anyox, Stewart
and Uueen Charlotte Islands.
saili.nos from PRINOE in'PERT-
THURSDAYS   AT    TWELVE   O'CLOCK,    MIDNIGHT,    FOR
SWANSON BAY, OCEAN   FALLS,   POWELL RIVER,
VANCOUVER.   VICTORIA   AND   SEATTLE
FROM   PRINCE    RUPERT    FOR   STEWART
P, M. Jan. !>, PJ, Feb. t, IG. March 2, IG, 30
Tram rim-vice:
PMMUf'i    HONUAY,   WRUMIBPAI  und IATURUAV   '-U.15a.ui
for
luiilher*, Prinoa Qeorge, Edmonton and Winnipeg, utakiufl direct
conln'f Otitis   Inl   ill!   tiiillile   I'asl   uini   Smiili
For Atlantic Steamship sailing-orfurther information, apply Ut
any Grand Trunk Pacitic Agent, or to G. A. McNicholl, A.smtant
Genmrtl Freight and Passenger Agent, Prince Rupert, B. C, PORTLAND  CAHAl  NEWS.   STEWAKT,   B. C   FETOAT.   FEBEUAET   M.   1ST!
BRITISH COLUMBIA
The Mineral Province of Western Canada
Has produced Minerals valued as follows: Placer Gold, $75,944,203;
Lode Gold, $102,753,823; Silver. $53,668,284; Lead. 46.637,221;
Copper, $161,513,864; Zinc, $19,896,466; Coal and Coke. $212,-
573,492; Building Stone, Brick, Cement. $32,168,217; Miscellaneous
Minerals, $1,037,408; making its.Mineral Production to the end of
1920 show
AN AGGREGATE VALUE OF $706,192,978
The substantial progress of the Mining Industry in this Province
is strikingly exhibited in the following figures, which show the value
of production for successive five-year periods: For all years to 1896,
inclusive, $94,547,241; for five years, 1896-1900, $57,607,967; for
five years, 1901-1905, $96,507,968; for five years, 1906-1910, .$125, -
534,474; for five years, 19H-1915, $142,072,603; for five years,
1916-1920, #89,992,725; for the year 1920, $35,543,084.
PRODUCTION DURING LAST TEN YEARS, $331,995,328
Lode mining has only been in progress for about 33 years, and
not 20 per cent, of the Province has been even prospected; 300,000
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-r Province in the Dominion, or any
Colony in the British Empire. '   j
Mineral locations are granted to discoverers for nominal fees.
Absolute Titles are obtained by developing such properties, security of which is guaranteed by Crown Grants.
Full information, together with Mining Reports and Maps, may
be obtained gratis by addressing
THE HON. THE MINISTER OF MINES. Victoria, British Columbia.
FOR   EVERY   DAY
CRAWFORD    TRANSFER
FOR   TEAMS,   SADDLE
AND   PACK   HORSES..
WOOD    AND    COAL
STEWART, B. C. W.   J.   CRAWFORD,  Manager
Through days of grievous heartache,
In nights of bitter pain,
So many hopes have faded,
So many plans proved vain;
But still the silver lining
Fringes the clouds o'erhead,
An,d newer hopes come thronging
Swift after those that fled.
Always another dawning
Follows the longest night,
Turn then from cheerless brooding
Look for the gleaming light;
Lift up the weak and weary       |
Who falter by the way,
So shall you find new blessings
Attend you every day.
BIG Money
for Your
Muskrat .
KEEP   ON   GOING
One step won't take you very far.
You've got to keep on walking;
One word won't tell folks what you are,
You've got to keep on talking.
One inch won't make you very tall.
You've got to keep on growing; s
One little ad won't do it all,
You've got to keep 'em going.
Shed Tears, Brother
Yep, I've quit the holdup game,
I'll hang hang around no more.
So with a sigh
And a faint little cry
The garter stretched out on the
floor.
"Ain't It the Truth?"
Luther Burbank, the plant
wizard, has evolved a .hornless
blackberry. What the pro-
hibitienists want is a kiekless
blackberry brandy.
OCEAN   VIEW    HOTEL
HYDER,   B. C.
Warm, Comfortable Rooms. $1.00 Per Day
Choice Line of Canadian Cigars and Tobaccos
Local Distributor Silver Spring Beer
Ball Room in Connection
Catering to Large and Small Parties
WILLIAM REID TOOTH, Prop. Tel. 5 Short
ALL THE COMFORTS OF A HOME
ARE TO BE HAD AT THE
HOTEL  STEWART
W.    DANN,    Proprietor
Steom Heated Rooms Comfortably Furnished
Drying Room       Dining Room
RATES,      $1 OO      A      DAY
Baths
Bone Dry World
A bone dry world may not be
witnessed by the present generation. The cider press has not
yet been outlawed, and an emi
nent Toronto whiskyology authority declares that by a proper
mixture of fusel oil, potato alcohol and burnt sugar, first quality
three year old whisky can be
made in three minutes.
Will Be a Bad One
In the year 1926, the world is
scheduled to be shaken to the
foundation, physically and politically. There will be a succession of famine end plagues, of
floods and shipwrecks, rioting
and revolution, according to the
British Journal of Astrology,
which drew the horoscope. Six
years later the ,great Armageddon is scheduled for the final
conflict between Mohammedanism and Bolshevism against the
united Anglo-Saxon world. It
will end in universal peace, but
with left on earth to enjoy it.
mmMm
WWm fill
Wants all your MUSKRAT and MINK-QWCK-
and will pay you these extremely high prices.
MUSKRAT
WW 1 Eik. Lar]
E_r�� l�� Awtti*
Spring
Winter
C 1 u��
Ei>i ta Awry
5.50 to 4.5(33.75 to 2.75
4.00to3.0a2.50tol.fi<��
Nj. 1 '-Clara I    No. 1 S--II"!     U7
i-rtto <wm  I _";_���_:���    .���,������  I _ '^..iirf,
2.40lo2.t':),i.'v.MiJi.3tiii.5t)!o,8t
1.50 to 1.2QJ1 .fin to .esii.ooto
MIN It
Fine, Dark 125.00 lo 20.0.
Usual Color 15.00 tO 12.00
Co_.t I0.00te 8.00
18.00lo 15.^ 14.00 lo 12.0-JilO.OO m 8M0.0 J lo W\
11.00 te 8.0. 7.03 !o iStH 5.DJ to 4.00 r>.w) li ty
ICT to 5.. J 5.oJlo 4.0G 3.75 to IffllflliUfl
T^e above prices are based on the well-known 'Sill BERT"
liberal grading and are quoted for immediate shipment. No.j,
No. 4, kitts, and otherwise inferior skins at highest market
value. We also want all your other furs and will pay the
BIG PRICES quoted in '*t_f?r fcl/ubrrt _M}iwrr' to get then.
Don't wait-Sfl/P TODAY.
A shipment to "SHUBERT" will
result in "more money"���"Quicker"
SHIP  AIL YOU*  ******
Eh, What, Who?
Almost every little girl knows
that if she is very, very good her
hair will curl, but who suspected
that, if we stopped salting our
food, we should become black
and have flat noses? An European savant has it all worked
out. Originally all men were
black and remained so as long as
they were content to live on fruit
and   roots.    But  the  American
An exchange says the  hole in !
the pocket through   which   wei
lose most of our money is the one
at the top.
The Largest House in the World.
NORTH AMERICAN
Vancouver Ucpt.,
There are still snarling curs in
the world that are always yapping at the heels of those who
do things.
HELP WANTED
Men and Women to sell to wo , n in
homes. Rubber-lined, W aterpreof Gingham Aprons, for use in the kitchen.
Can easily earn $14 daily, and more.
Rapid seller and ready demand. Send
75 cents for sample apron and full particulars. Money refunded if nample returned. BRITISH BUBBKB COMPANY.232 McGill street, MONTREAL.
NAAS
RIVER
(Limited)
LANDS
Comer Auto Transfer  between stewart
and Jitney Service ....       AND HYDER
DAY
Garage Corner Sixth and Conway
Stand at Stewart Hotel
AND   NIGHT
H. COMER, Manager
Tel. 2 long   1 short
Notice is hereby given that the above
began to eat meat  and   became inan,ed **mm�� ****^* -1 tht- txi��'r*--
! tion of one month from the tirst   publi-,
red. the Asiatics began to misuse j pati���n of this notice, to apply to the
milk and became yellow, and the   Registrar of Joint Slock Companies for
.^       . . ,    ���   >_        ,   hi* approval to the change of its  name i
Caus.ans ate too much salt and t() ..,Vunw(!ll MineM<  "��**,*>  [NoJ
SO turned white. Personal Liability).
Dated at Victoria, li. ('., the 4th day
of Pebruary, 11*22.
ROBERT M. tjTEWART,
32-4t Secretary for the Company
A Winnipeg vet is advertising
false teeth tor aged dogs.
H.   W.   M.   ROLSTON
NOTARY   PUBLIC
STEWAKT,     -   -    -     B. C.
Wm.   FRASER
BuildingContractor
Estimate* Furnuhmd --   Work Guaranteed
STEWART. B^C.
News, $5 Year
YOU   ARE   GAMBLING
IN   THE   FUTURE
IT'S   NOT   BUSINESS
A calamity may happen to you tomorrow.    You may die,  Ik-  burnt oul, or
bosom* an invalid for life.    Have you mada any piovimon au-inht thit>?    If not. I
do it now.    You cannot afford to wail another minute.    Let one uf tha following ;
large roiupaiiies carry the risk: \
GUARDIAN FIRE INSURANCE CO. QUEEN EIRE  INSURANCE CO-
NATIONAL   KIRK  INSURANCE m
NOR'IHERN     HKK    INSURANCE     00
�� oNKEDEKA'ilON     I.Or.     INSURANCE    CO.
PAUFIC   MARINE   INSURANCE Co
GLOBE   INDEMNITY   CO..    FOR    KICK   OR   Ad IDENT.
MINERAL ACT.
Certificate of Improvementa.
NOTICE.
Polybacite Fractional and Ag Fractional mineral claims, situate in the
Portland ( anal mining division of Cassiar district. Where located: On southeast slope of Mount Dilworth.
lake notice that Dalby P. Morkill, of
Stewart, B.C., acting as agent for Silver Cre^t Mines, Limited, N. I'. L, Free
Miner's Certilicate No. 608.4C, intend,
s.xty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a Certificate of Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a I rown Grant of the
above claims. And further take notice
that action, under section K5, must be
commenced before the issuance of such
Certificate of Improvements
Dated this Kith day of August.
A.D. 11*21. 12
MINERAL   ACT.
Certificate  of  Improvement.
NOTICK
Lakeshnre mineral claim, situate in
the Portland < 'anal mining division of
Cassiar district. Whcie located; At
head of East fork of Cascade Creek,
Salmon river valley.
Take notice that Dalby H. Mork II, of
Stewart. II   C .   acting   aa   agent   for
Andrew Undeborg Free Miner'*. Cer Hi
��� ate No.   4ti'J24C,   intend,   sixty   dayi
from the dale hereof,   to   apply   te UH
Mining   Recorder   for   a   Certitii ate ol
Improvements, for the purpose   of  sb
taining  a   Crown   Grant   of the above
claim.    And   further   take  notice that
action, under aeetion Hf>,   must be   c nn
inenced   before   the   issuance   of such
Certificate of Improvement-..
Dated this 10th day of Aogusl,
A D   Ittl. 12
Ml1- I RAl    VCT
Certificate of Improvements.
NOTICE.
Gray   Copper.   Ci        Copper No, I
mineral claima, .il   ite   '  '    !
Can 1    mining   divi.ion    of   ' - *
; district.
Where located:    Dn tl
! Upptr Heal  river II  I -d Oil '
'rest Glacier, B< ai I  ���      <f*H*J-
Take notice thai   I.
Free Mini ra' Cel
Stewart. B. C, foi
I aa agent forGeorn    i  '
Free Minera'   I i
JoeepeA. Sayw
titicate Ni,   ..... "
i    Free   Minei     i
6377rC,   I  tend
date hereof.   U
l;,���u,ler   foraCi
ments.    for   th.   puna*
a Cn.wn  Grantof  the ��bov<
And forthei tak.
under aectio.
before the   MUSI   ���
(,f [mprovi m> i i
Dated   'bis   twe
Bepteniber, A I1
MINN:
r.nii.. *U
:,m| li i
H. W. M. ROLSTON, Agent
Notary Public STEWAKT
MINERAL AC!
Certilicate of Improvements.
NOTICE.
Texada     t-raelional   Mmerul   claim,
situate in   the   Portlund I anal   R
division of Ca.aiu- dletrlet.
Where located     E��ht   fork   Cascade
I reek, Sal mm Riv��r Valley
Take notice that I   Daly   H.   Morkill,
���I Stewart. H C, ailing a�� agent   ful
'he li. c. .SilverMines, Limited, N |- I
freeminera'i��.rlificato N m
tend, auty days from ib�� dgto
hereof      to     _p,,|y     t,,     ,���>,.    Milium
iteeuider    im    _   eertiOeaU of   un
I'roviMiieiite, foi Ihe puruua* of ob
laming a Crown Giant Oi ih. abovr
claim
Ami fuilher lake iwtna  ll.at   action,
�����< tion *h, must  be  ttmn
before ll.e i��.Mn,���. uf ��,��� |,  NrtificaU
of improvement...
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of   Hlewa.l     H   I
forCbarle.
tiftcaU No   i. -���
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