MAY 2 1 mi A. Vl)!- POSTED ON" THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MINES���$5.00 THE YEAH. fl Canal News Devoted to the Interests of the Mining Districts of Northwestern British Columbia 8E*�� THIS COPY TO YOUR FRIEND WHO WANTS INFORMATION ABOUT THIS DISTRICT. VOL. 2, NO. 50 Stewart, B. ('., May 13, 1921 $5 the yeai��� iu C the Copy NEWER MINERSJOIT IN A BODY Refused to Accept a General Cut in Wages���200 Men Involved���Held Big Meeting in Stewart 0.; or about the 4th or 5th of perience ho would judge that the month the Premier Gold j company have spent in the neigh- been made. A motion by Tucker, seconded hy McDonald, that the road from the dock to the mine be picketed wan put and carried. Moved by Sweeny, seconded by Whalen, that a committee be appointed LOCAL NOTES n Fresh milk at Tooth's B. M. Stone has returned from to look after the housing, etc., of the j^ ������ workers, residing in Hyder, wa�� put and carried. The cummittee ele ted for Wm. JariCOWSki came down this purnose were as follows: Sweeny, , from the Salmon for the week Hagen, Daly, Pillage I ar,A A similar motion by Stevens, seconded by Thomey, in connection with the workers who are staying in Stewart, was put anil carried. This committee -���nd. ^^^^^^^^^^ Miss Ryan, who has been ill ivith lagrippe for some time, is much improved and is able to be various classes of home hungry. Smoke Shop. Get a lunch ________________________________________________________________________ rking per day for various ciasseB oi j proven a mjIie f(jr -y^fch the I tramline, was put and carried, labor, such CUt to take effect from j c|oses(. ,)Un(.h ()f Jews .fi ^ | following were elected: The Westman, the 16th of the month. This cut world wou](] pay $20,000,000, I Lake, Gordon, Coyne. ,a r. in^irWnhlp discussion ai i ,i ' "' -.-_,---,��. A motion by Lake, seconded by Mc- caused consifieraoie ^aiscubbioii Already the company have taken ; Bride, th ;,l ,l ro . - - ��� ��� i cuius, Liiat the ahcve duly appointed amo igst the men, w itn cne re- out $1,000,000 worth of ore from | committees choose from amongst suit that some 60 men, all OI i what, could as yet, only be i themselves a committee to act as a whom were handling ore, were termed an underground glory ��c>neral stl'*ke committee, was carried, discharged. The men thinking Ihole> in dealing with the class that this was a manoeuvre to of nK,n a(. work he stated that 22 head of a strike, quit in a body pe|. cen( of the m(?n w(|0 worked Telegrams were then read Mrs. H. Stratford rode down from the Premier mine on Sunday evening, where she had been visiting her husband. Royal Salad Dressing. U��e only the best. Salmon Kiver Trading Co. Ed. E. Coffin is starting a RAILWAY TO TAP OIL LANDS OF NORTH Canadian Pacific Railway Will Take Up Option on Mackenzie and Mann's Stewart Short Line Tuesday and came down the lull, >at the mine thjs winter were -eavins no one except the office] trail w, rn 0,(] prospectors who in Following this it was decided that moving picture house, in Pioneer none of the Premier ore or freight of \rd\\> Hyder, and expects to put any kind is to be handled on the dock __ ��� & gh()w with*n _. wfiek Thre_ ! u,,t,l the dispute is settled. ^Jshows a week. Good bill to'[ Edmonton north it is a foregone The Financial Times, Montreal, says: The announcement that the C. P. R. have decided to take up their option on the Mackenzie and Mann's Stewart short line railway is of entire interest to the Canadian Pacific coast, for the reason that it is the first step in the building of a railway from tidewater into the Peace river' country and the oil lands of the! Mackenzie liver. If these latter are tapped by a line running from id some 200 staff. Tins invoiveu buuio "��� j have property of their own men. They arrived in Stewart\fa\m district, and Burroughs of the Central Labor Coun- I Open. cil in Prince Rupert. On motion by ' ,, _ n . ... . . ,. . , ��� r. ,, ,., . _, ., .' Peanut Butter, (Umcorr. brand) fre-h 1 Mt'Donald' seconi*<-1* by Thomey, that a and rich ������ ���������_ s R T Co who had de- | vote of thanks be tendered Engineer and Hyder on Tuesday evening, . vote(i t|)e;��� |iveg to openjng up j Burns for his able address, was put William Dann has opened a and corried. Another motion by Daly, buffet lunch counter in the bar an don Wednesday afternoon] tj-e COuntry fo 1 a meeting in the Stewart j tnt or such people as Guggenheims. But that Mr. Pitt has no consideration 2:110, some 200 men beiog4��r��B-| whatsoever for 'these old ent. Chas. Lake was elected to hotel. The meeting opene d at; the chair, and J. Hoskins, secretary. The (hair announced the reason for holding the meeting and then called on Mr. McManus, who pave a brief review of the happenings from the 4th up ter date. The next speaker called on was Engineer Burns, who gave a very interesting addross, during which he spoke very highly of Mr. McDonald, the mine superintendent, and of Mr. Smith, the assistant manager. In dealing with the mine iu general, Mr. Rurns stated that neers���a thing unheard of in any mining Amp he has ever worked in. It appears that Hums had a conversation with seconded by Gordon, that a hearty vote of thanks be t ndexed the owners of the Stewart Hotel for the use of same for pio- j this meetinfi, was also put and carried. The meeting then closed with a unani rnous expression of adherence to the U. B. U. and the principals of cause ol labor in general of his hotel, the Baldwin. This is a welcome addition to Stewart. Meals will be served until 12 o'clock at night. Reggie Macfarlane recently acquired a further interest in the conclusion that the bulk of the trade will go to eastern points, whereas, if the road is built to the coast the trade will come this way. While the line now said to have been secured by the C.P.R. is but a few miles in length, it should be borne in mind that it forms but a very insignificant ^^^^^^^^^^^^ portion of a large scheme which from Fort Norman by a probabL had for its objective the tapping railway route, but it must be the attention of the public to the vast practically unknown territory in which the oil field lies, and as the utilization of this oil will depend upon feasible routes being found for its transportation to commercial centres, authentic information in regard to these probable routes is now of great interest, especially in view of the fact that geographically British Columbia offers the logical outlet for the od from Fort Norman and also from the Peace river district if the oil in commercial quantities is discovered there. Fort Norman is about 400 miles from the mouth of the Mackenzie river, which is frozen up for the greater portion of the year, and is thus precluded from Consideration as an all the year round shipping point, which is the principal desideratum. Skagway is roughly 700 miles e Mr. Pitt, in which he endeavored ,-, i ��� . i ii ��� I the men are open to negotiate a settle Guggenheims themselves have in' <��� ���- b the prope rlv The general tenor of the meeting ap- Collison house on Fifth street, jof the Groundhog coal areas and | eliminated as a possible outlet He has recently been buying a number of household necessities. Looks as if he is contemplating vored j peared to be that the cut was too big;1 He has recently been buying a; the vast Peace river country'for the oil owing to it being in tofindout just what interest the! y-t. ^om an observer's point of view,Lumber of household necessities, itself. American territory as must ment. A statement reported to have I . been made to the men by Mr. Pitt, to j making a drastic change. Drink Union-made Silver Springs at Tooth's. but could get no satisfaction. In Burns' opinion, I the effect tqat half a loaf is better than based on experience in the Daw- nu bread, appears to have caused some son country, whenever the Gug- j ha,P feelings gonheims take hold, there trouble for the small i ent people owing to the methods effect that last winter No. l bunk I town on Sunday afternoon last.' they adopt and eventually the! house was so crowded, that the men prior to this they put a new tory, as must The oil strike at Fort Norman also Wrangel, at the mouth of has been instrumental in turning the Stickeen river. A condition that was overlooked du,- Martin M. Smith and William FINANCIAL REPORT ell, at the bar, and Mr. Tooth for "ighting arrangements at hall. t'10,'e I8 tag the meeting, but which was ,-,-; Fras��-r* two of the local n>e Stewart citizens' Association iI am also indebted to Mr. Dorey naepj-nd , ported to to The News later, to the , wardens, made the rounds of the J Dance, April 27 oj the Hyder Auto service for Following Apr is the financial small man gets out. They, in his opinion, employ undesirable judging from his long experience i methods and who ever assist- in mining and his obiervations them -,n 'thia policy automatically at the Premier, the mine is not | become unJeswrable people in th* being managed by a competent engineer. If the cut had been say, half of what it is, Burns was of the "pinion that the men would have stayed at work, and there would have been no trouble; but such a big cut was out of all reas in," working the Stewart hotel, April 27, submitted by P. S. Jack: ! community. In this conversation, Mr. Pitt ! stated that the men now have a taking living conditions into consideration. The men, he stated, had stayed all winter, and had wel!, under very adverse conditions. For instance, in the bunk house in which he slept, it was impossible to scrub the floors, for the reason that the cracks in the doors are so wide that the water would run through onto the men in the storey below. In speaking of the drying rooms, he stated that these were totally inadequate. At No. 1 bun���house there being room for nn'.v 15 men to dry their clothes al a time; for this reason men ��"M. had to go to work in wet ejothes. He himsetf had done th|s at one time for 15 days tonight on end. Another matter was the mail service. He did not know who was at fault in this, whether the management ol the hanging around the pockets of Mr. Pitt that would not be there if it were not for the Guggenheims. It appears that Mr. Pitt also made the statement that this' whole country is dependent upon ! coming off shift got into the samebunks',_i , 4.1 -.,,, , ��� ., _. _. . that men going on shift, had fust got, earburator in the pump on Fifth statement of the Stewart C.ti- out of, is added to the contention that | street and turned the engine j Zens'Association dance, held in the living conditions were bad. An- ! over. It IS iiOW in good other cause of complaint is the lack of ' order. I my recreation at the mine, there not j See our advt. for Special Bargains. Salmon River Trading Co RECEIPTS The quarterly meeting of the Tickets, Mrs. Gibson committee of St. Mark's church! Mrs. Newell Miss Comer. Mrs. tooth Mrs. Tolin Kv..iH,\ cltMirtn��� n hnlnnnn ... V. ��� ., , I I per day even being a reading r.>o:n. It i* just a case of eat, sleep, and work, day in and day out. The cut of from 75c. to jl _5 per day, ace -rding to grade of j lot of money, which they would work, leaves the wage for labor at I has been duly called and held at j 1 not have if it were not for the ��4."5, and for miners, *6.6<J per day, ..^e rectory. A presentation of Guggetiheims. In the opinion of with no cor.csponc.ng decree in lthe financia] gtatement was ��� . , ��� board, this still remaining at $1.25 , , ��� , . , Mr. Burns there is a lot of money lu!r (]!1V | made, showing a balance in hand after all liabilities are met, including the tirst quarterly pay- .$ 9 00 . 13 00 . 19 00 suppling free transportation to the people of Hyder. TENNIS CLUB Officers and Executive Elected for Ensuing Year The annual meeting of the Stewart Tennis Club was held in the Ba!dwin Hotel on Wednesday evening, May 11, Latest Strike News A meeting was held in Hyder tonight of the tramline workers for the purpose of deciding what action they would take in con- 9 001 ���**���<-������*'���������-���'������ Cameron, president, in the 7 00 I chair' Thfc meeting was well attended, lunch Cash a ^^^^ Dann 26 00 ment of the annual assessment! Bar, per C. Newell 53 05 Mrs. Dann 4 00 i and durinS the evening a light door, per Mrs. wished to that such is not: by the diocese. Work is to be proceeded with in regard to the interior of the church and rectory. All members of the committee were present, with the nection with the Premier mine say that such is not: strjke_ After several speakers . _ the case. There are natural re-: , ,. o , tho moB..-n_ ��� exception ot the people s warden. 1 1 1 ��� 1 .��� ��� 1. : had addressed the meeting, ail ... ,,, , , -n -,. sources in and behind this dis- ��� ��� |air* ^-^-J"- "i10 u-ls "-��� ltK trict that will make it Iai widely known than ever the Pre mier will. While this is a wonderful mine outsiders were requested to leave | names are as f0uowa: Messrs the hall; and a ballot vote was j F. Bowler, W. Jancowski, W Noble, and H. Scoville, and the incumbent. Supper, Mrs. Young 26 00 Total $166 30 EXPENDITURES Music, Mrs. Ilodgkinson $ 10 00 J. P. Scarlett.... P. S. Jack Well op cr&soli n c S. R. T. Co, food, etc Carolan, ham Tooth, mantles, etc Stewart N. Co, plates, etc taken to decide whether or not the tramline men would come . . , .out on strike in sympathy with and in his opinion wi produce ., ; 1 -n. i, ,,r " .... K the mine workers. I he result ot millions, and continue to be a bigU^g vote wa8 17 in laV0l- 0f com- producer for many years to come, ing out and 15 against. After making the owners a lot of this a vote was taken, and thei ..,.._. i,;���i, ,*., 1.: �����! . decision to come out was made Smoke^Sliop, Fifth street, an lUQXiVy, vvnivil, 111 1110 '���fUlli'l; I ��� -w.~.w.. -.. . ���- -'��� - r, �� they are entitled to if they adopted fair unanimous. (apology for incorrectly publish- aud square methods, if Mr. htt would i j ing in last week's issue of this Receipts $166 30 give McDonald a fne hand to deal with I L. Craire and P. Meger opened i paper the charge laid against Expenditures 6635 the men, Mr. Hums believed the strike j t|ie yxci*ange Grill at noon today..] Mm by Provincial Constable An Apology The editor herewith wishes to Newell Bros, bar supplies tender Wm. Tooth, of Tooth's Mrs. Young, cakes Total $ 66 35 was served which tendered considerably to .elieve the usual routine of a business meeting. The president, in giving a resume of the club's activities during last season, made comment on the harmony and good/ellowship which had existed among the members of the club. The accounts as tabled bp the secretary showed a revenue of $381.75; expenditure, $333.80; balance, $-17.95. The officers and elecutive elected for the ensuing year were: President, Mrs. H. P. Gibson. Secretary-Treasurer, P. S. Jack. Executive, Mrs. H. C. Davis, Mrs. W. Jancowski, W. C. Cameron. ' A vote of thanks was tendered the j retiring officers and executivr for their 1' 85| services during the past year, and after a large amount of business had he n disposed of and considerable discussion regarding the running of the club for the coming year, the brought to a close. 5 00 5 00 o -c 1 u 1G 5 80 7. 20 3 65 3 10 00 would SOtn he settled amicably; either!,"," ..T , .1 ���. ��� ,1,;. tli ,, ,. Great credit is due them in tins this or the Guggenheims send a reason-1 able man out here for the purpose. On connection. '1 hey went into tne elnerading Ur. Hums received great restaurant, which had been applause, closed for some time, al il The meeting then got down to hnsi o'clock Thursday night, worked ey can get money orders, etc i -*""- lhv_rumur l<1; the effect that Mr. RU night cleaning up and putting] mine or the government, but in his opinion 200 men are ���-������titled to a postoilice, where meeting was '��� faking of the mine he stated inat as a mining man of long cx- Pitt had offered a fifty-flfty compromise things in shape, and wen open the house, or on the premises of was emphatically contradicted, the��on- fq* business, with bread for sals j whieh he is the owner, tenant telitioii being thut nu audi cill'er had (11 ]^ |joui'S. Ol' OCCltpailt. Scarlett, and on account of which Cash herewith $ 09 95 J^��� ^^t^^ ^ he appeared before Justice otthe ��� t ar%Xr , , . ���UVtI, on the l ,ov*n<-*a* last Peace Cameron. The charge: , [ h:lve tu fowled*. "->' '��-; Thursday, and wdl be associated published should have read, aebt��dn��M to the following par- for tho summer with Dan Lin- Unlawfully did permit disor- ties for the assistance which they I derbourg. Mr. Cornyn served derly conduct arising from | rendered towards the success of m France with the RAF drunkenness, to take place in th,> il-me.** im Ymmo* nnd no a e, ,, ' , ' . ' ���> tne oance. Mrs. mung ami as-. Alter returning to Canada he liatants, at refreshmont stall-became prosidont of the Air Mrs. Dann, at the tluor;.Mr. New-, Service Association. ��� PORTLAND CANALNJ_WS, STEWABf, ��.o., May 13, 1912 The Portland Canal News H. W. M. ROLSTON Editor and Publisher MEMBER OF CANADIAN WEEKLY NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION FIVE DOLLARS PER YEAR Advertising Rates: Reading Display Advertising. 50 cents per inch per issue 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, $2.60 for each additional claim mentioned) Land Notices, $10. Coal Notices, $7. No Advertising Accepted for First Page TIMES REPORT We print in another column of this issue an article copied from the Financial Times of Montreal, to the effect that the C. P. R. have decided to take up their option on the Portland Canal Shortline Railway, and to extend this line through the Ground Hog coal areas, to the oil fields. This report emanates apparently from Edmonton, and opens with using the words, "The announcement that the C.P.R. have dacided to take up their option." These are the important words of the article, for evidently an announcement has been made, also, despite statements to the contrary by C. P. R. officials; there must be some truth in the statement that the C. P. R. is interested, either directly or indirectly in an option on this Portland Canal Shortline and the charter for its extension. Certainly it is possible that this is a reflex of the story which has been going the rounds of the coast papers for some months past; yet it is hardly probable that a paper such as the Times would print an article of this kind without first verifying its authenticity. For this is a big matter, and if there is no truth in it it would only bring discredit upon the publication, particularly in view of the fact that the head offices of the C. P. R. are also in Montreal, which fact would afford the Times every opportunity of proper investigation. would be made necessary by new outlays." The problem of where money would come from to justify the self-government of 40,000 or 50,000 persons located in an area little less than that of Quebec presents in- su-Jmountable difficulties. Far less than is being done today in that portion of British Columbia affected and in the Yukon could be accomplished under a separate administration. A population of 50,- 000 people, if heavily taxed, might be good for a $2,000,000, but to administer anything like efficiently an area such as would be affected would call for a much greater expenditure. In addition, out of that revenue it would be necessary for the new province to pay the interest on, and eventually liquidate, that portion of British Columbia's debt for which it would have to stand sponsor before any petitioning move could be made effective. Nowhere in responsible quarters has the idea of the new province obtained any encouragement. Those who possess a vision of Canada's destiny see in the proposal a retrograde step, for they realize that if the partitioning proposals were possible they might be carried to bounds which might have a tendency toBalkanize the Dominion. The subject does not seem to have been discussed in the Dominion parliament, and it may never reach that dignity. If it does it will be given short shift, for neither the elected representatives of the people, nor public opinion, are favorable at this time to the creation of a new province anywhere in the Dominion. The sparse populations of some of the existing provinces constitute one reason why the people are so heaviiy weighed with taxation. EXAMPLE FOR OTHER NATIONS A SEPARATE PROVINCE We reprint here an editorial from the Victoria, which is enlightening, in that it gives some idea of what the people of the east think about the division of this province: French-Canadian opinion, and it is an opinion that must be respected, is opposed to the organization of a new province composed of Northern British Columbia Columbia and the Yukon. Le Soliel points out that the territory involved is immense in area, but that the population numbers less than 40,000 people. In combatting the idea the French-Canadian newspaper expresses the belief that there are now too many provinces in the Dominion, and intimates that there are only two���Ontario and Quebec���which are populous enough to support governments of their own and maintain legislative halls. Le Soliel draws attention to the fact that in the west there are three (possibly it means four) provinces which have a population of a little less than 3,000,000 persons, and that it is the general belief that there should be a considerable increase of population before a tenth province of the Dominion is organized. Le Soliel then goes on to say: "The knowledge that we had of certain conditions existing in Western Canada during the war that have persisted since that time justifies us in the belief that it would be a dangerous thing to accede to the proposal of schism. It costs a great deal for each province to have its own lieutenant- governor, its legislature and its government with the various departments, and if the population of th�� itfttfeosed province s only 40,000 we do not se�� how it would be able to meet the new obligations which The example of Canada and the United States dwelling alongside one another without fortifications for 100 years was pointed to as ono that other nations might emulate by President Harding in an address at an Oddfellows' meeting at Washington last week in celebration of the 102nd anniversary of the order. Such concord might be possible among other nations, the president said, if they possessed the same understanding and singleness of purpose to forward the cause of humankind. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. ^������~������~~~~~=:=^r���*���===~ DALBY B. MORKILL MINING SURVEYOR B. 0. I-and Surveyor STEWART, B. C. ROSS & ROSS BARRISTERS SOLICITORS NOTARIES PUBLIC Stewart, B.C. DR. ALFRED H. BAYNE Dental Surgeon, PRINCE RUPERT. HELGERSON BLOCK JOHN HOVLAND ASSAYER HYDER ALASKA HOTEL PRINCE RUPERT Leading hotel in northern british columbia H. B. ROCHESTER, Manager European Plan 91.50 per day up ST. MARK'S CHURCH Holy Communion: -First and Third Sundays in the month at 11:30 a.m. Evening Prayer: Every Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Baptisms: By appointment. REV. EDWIN MOSS, L. Th. S.n.psh of # hii IJi \y\.w'\w.w\i NOTE AND COMMENT William Hohenzollern ought to have quite a library if he writes a book pointing out just how each of the Allied Powers was solely responsible for the war. Another cure for seasickness has been discovered. Current steamship rat an excellent preventative. _.��� i Boston announces the arrival of a transport with whisky and wool. Who ordered the wool ? He was the demon of the ring, No man had ever downed him; But when he went home late at night, His loving wifey crowned him. Utah has a law against the use of tobacco. But if we had to live in Utah we wouldn't want any tobacco. A spoonful of strychine would be all we'd ask. rrmmm uf a IWMMM l>io-��m*Jtor lyuy apnly for tit;.. m�����ur thin Acl |ii*a-itondu-l fri'iii tmr ;u�� your from the (Until ot i n<J- paramo, a�� formerly, until one > ����.- lifter ihe * ui.e u��k>n of the pre-eiit nmr. T.ux i'1-ii'llrge ig also ni.ilo re- trc-jKtive. No fc*- relating to pre-emptions are duo ur p-yable hy iioJdler�� o*i As soon as Eve ate the apple she wanted garments. The women ��.f y should eat more apples. i��i,i STEWART LAND COMPANY, LIMITED ROBERT M. STEWART, President REAL ESTATE, INSURANCE, MINES FINANCIAL AGENTS Head Office: 101 Pemherton Block Victoria, H. C. Wanted: Listings of Properties for Sale or Lease STEWART LAND CO., Ltd. Fifth St., STEWART, B C. LYON'S MEAT MARKET HYDER, ALASKA WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BUTCHERS We handle Burns' Shamrock Hams, Bacon, Lard, prices. Home made Sausage a specialty Moderate J. O. LYON PROPRIETOR Minimum price of flrst-clasa land reduced to $& an acre; second-claaa to $2.60 un acre. l're-emiulon now confined to eur- veyed lai'da only. Records will be granted covering only land mutable for agricultural purpo.** iu.c.1 which im non-timber land. Partnership pre-emptions abolish*^, but parties of not more than four may arrange for adjacent pre-empt/ana with Joint residence, but each making luce*,-ary Improvements on respective claims. t* I-ie-emptor.o must occupy claima for five years and make Improvements to v*Uuc ot $10 per acre. Including olear- liitr ar.d cultivation of at least 5 acre*. be/ore receiving frown Grant. Where pro-ernptor In occupation not letis than 3 years, ana kas made proportionate Improvements, he may, because of Ill-health, or other cause, be granted Intermediate certificate of improvement and transfe- hie claim. Kecords without permanent re��l- dencc may be Issued, provided appli- i-.ioi makes Improvements to extent of f 800 per annum and records same e-ich year. Failure to make Improvement* or record same will operate as forfeiture. Title cannot be obtained la leva than 5 years, and Improvemaatt of {10 00 per acre. Including 5 acres olc:::---l and cultivated, and residence of in' least 2 yours are required. % I're-emptor holding Crown graat may reaoM another pre-emption. If he requires land In conjunction with hie farm, without actual occupation, provided statutory Improvements made nnd residence maintained on Crown KJ.'.-i..! land. I'l- ii veyed areas, not exceeding M acres, may be leased as homa.rteg; title to bo obtained after fulfilling rc.-il- dei lial and Improvement conditions. For graalng and Industrial pturpoees or?"" crc:c5ir^ Gtu aores may be lea.'i'i! by one person or company. Mill, factory.or Industrial sites on tiuwi i laud not exceeding 40 acres may be purchased; condn.ii.ua include payment of s-turnpnge. Natural hay meadows Inaccesaible by existing road* may be purohsjed conditional upon construction of a ra id to them. Krbate of one-half of coat it rood, not exceeding half of purohjue pries, la mode PRE-EMPTOR8' FREE GRANTS <b ACT. 1 he ncopc of (Ilia Aot Is enlarged to (noiude rI! perrons Joining and wurv- Ing Willi Ills Mnjctfty's Foroes. The '.Imt within which tlio heirs or -h-vis I Pi STEWART NEWS CO. H. P. GIBSON Proprietor SPECIALTIES-Neilson's and Moir's Chocolates Latest Magazines and Newspapers. Lending Library. Stationery. Cigars. Tobaccos, Etc. Sole Agent for the Imperial Tobacco Company and New Westminster Beer tig to by s ��� 1.lions recorded after June 26, Taxes are remitted for live years." 1 ruviaton for return ef mor,u>_ ao- crm .1. due and been paid since A usual I, 1014, oi amount of payments, loom cr ux-rea on sotdlera' pre-emptions Interest on sgrsemanti to purchase town or city lots held by members of Al lea Foroes, or dependents, acou/red Iucl or Indirect, remitted from . n- IIftmenl io m. i.i. t,t iu��o. ��,UB-PURCHASERS OF CROWN a LANDS. * f'ruvlulnn made for Issuance of rown grams to sub -purchasers of ������< Lands a.-.|*i��Hig rights from ist-sra who r.-,,l��,d to complete liare, Involving forfstture, on ful- Uj.ment of nunditioox of purchase In. pi t and taxes, Where sub-purc'ha-. "! '���'���*'"�� **** of original pa,-. col. purt'hai-e price due and taxes rnav I distributed ���nsurUuiu-te'v over ��hoie area. Apnllvaliona must be i.iude by May I, IflU* t GRAZING. <* .iroum Ad imAW(H~i,,���atia d< v(.n|.m��i.i of livestock hidostry pro- vlJ*,, i.��� nn.-., mttMtmmm and rang,, ���ulimnM.tr.it M.ij tai-aWCoinnusMoner Annual gnii-.cg pew** issued based -ii -umko-e ������"������|jJfrBy for osiub- i-hed owners. IKSW+wnor* may I. in, Aeao. Is on. jy ������,��� lr,an,,ge. menl. Free, or *_rtis��y free, permits tur aeltleis; camper, er t_��velU;i��� _��� TOOTH'S SMOKE.. SHOP... WILLIAM REID TOOTH, Prop. STEWART, B. C. ON ICE SILVER SPRINGS SODA and MILK For information relating to Salmon hiver, Portland Canal and Alice Arm mining districts, apply t< O. B.BUSH Mining ;r : r Vancouver and Sti wart Canadian National Ra i^*? GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC RAILWAYS Steamers sailing between Seattle, Victoria, Vancouver, <)c Swanson's Hay, Prince Rupert, Anyox, Stewart and Q ieen ' ' Islands. ���SAILINGS from PBINCE RUPERT THURSDAYS at 12 MIDNIGhT for SWANSON BAY OCEAN FALLS, VANCOUVER, VICTORIA and SEATTLE Leaves Prince Rupert for Stewart, 10 p. tn. Thursday, April ' 28th., May 12th and 2Mh Passcrigcr MONDAY, Train Service: WEDNESDAY ami SATURDAY for Smithers, Prince George, Edmonton and Winnipeg connections for nil points East and Soul for further Information apply to any Grand Trim or to (i. a. McNicholl, Asst. General Frcighl Passengor Agent, Prince Rupert. ii [1.15 a.m. iimkinH ,il|V,,t . igenl Flawn'sFniit Store INTERNATIONAL AVENUE HYDER, : : ALASKA HEADQUARTERS IN THIS DISTRICT For Fresh Fruits and Green Vegj etables. New Shipments week. Canned Goods at than Pre-War prices BUTTER AND BGGfl HAM^VNJi every lower te tea hcuJ GEORGE L. FLAWN, PR��P PORTLAND CANAL NEWS, Stewart, a.^t May 13. 1912 Prices Coming Down Th? ca.tomer hardly realize! just how slowly the j.bberreiueastha pric-s on a fal iaar market to thu retailer. T.) save great losj'S ths re'a Ier s'.oj'd reduce his p nt*s only as fast a-i he can rep'a-e his merchandise with goods bought at the new prices. But to meet competition on prices as indicated by the city markets where stocks are replenished daily, the country merchant has to close his eyes to profit and take his losses. To Rive our customers the benefit of today's prices we quote Lobsters, 35c Salmon, Is, 45 Salmon, _s, 30c Clams, 20c Herring, 20c Pork and Bean?, 2s, 25c Beef, 2s, 70 Tomatoes. 2.8, 25 Tomatoes, 2s, 20 Sweet Potatoes, 30 Olives, 35 Coca, _s, 40 Cocoanut, 4s, 40 Quaker Pancake Flour, 25 Marmalade, 40 Assorted Jams, 4 lb, ,$1.25 Above are only a few of the articles in our stock upon which the prices ha? been reduced. It will be to your advantage to let us furnish you with needed supplies Salmon Kiver Trading Coy THE HOUSE OF QUALITY Gents' Clothier ..and Outfitter.. Has returned from an extended business trip in Vancouver, and has now in stock a complete assortment of Gents' Furnishings and Clothing. All these goods have been bought at the lowest possible prices : : : : : : LADIES I have received from one of the Vancouver I adies' Dainty VVear Stores, a Consignment of Dainty Wear, consisting of: Jersey suits, Gingham aprons and House Dresses. Waists in Crepe de Chine, Tricolette, Georgette, etc. Corset Covers, Boudior Caps, Silk Hose and Handkerchiefs. Silk and Lisle Underwear of every description. Silk Kimonos, Dressing Gowns in Silk and Flannelette. Gr��at care has been taken in selecting these goods w��ieh will be in stock for three weeks only, and are be>n�� sold at Vancouver's lowest prices Plans Drawn for Brittania Plant Vancouver, April 28.-Plans are now being drawn for rebuilding of the concentrator plant of the Britannia Mining and Smelting cfmpany, recently de-1 stroyed by fire. D. G* Marshall, K. C, one of the company's directors, made this statement today. Work will be undertaken at the earliest possible moment but this will not be for a month or two. It is likely that the company's own engineers will direct the reconstruction, as was done after the big slide. The property destroyed is estimated as worth $1,000,000 in its replacement values. Rich Ore Near Okanagan Lake ������- Vernon, 13. C, April 29.���A. P. Clark, who has a claim on the west side of Okanagan lake, near Fintry, has received the result of an assay of i ore taken from the property. The ore i shows 46.64 oz. gold and 11 oz silver, which would indicate a value of $950 per ton. Vancouver Island Coal for Africa Vancouver, April 22.���The British coal strike has resulted in at least one big order for coal shipment from this ' port to Great Britain's customers. D. Thomas & Co , coal exporters of Vancouver, have contracted for the | shipment of seven cargoes of Vancouver Island coaj to South Africa. The order was placed through a Welsh | firm, and only awaits cable confirmation for the first cargo to go forto. Banking Service for All A S the majority of the first -*��� directorate of the Bank of Montreal, formed in 1817, were Scotchmen or bore "Scotch names it was but natural that they should seek in Canada "to extend and to perpetuate for the farmer and the merchant thc benefits and stimulus of a system the worth of which Scotland's prosperity could abundantly prove." One of the outstanding features of the system was the maintenance of numerous branches by banks of large capital. The Bank of Montreal, in adopting this feature from the outset, laid the foundations of a service by which branches have been established throughout the entire Dominion. At each of these branches the full service of the complete organization is available. Through this service the Bank of Montreal offers to all classes of the community, from the smallest savings depositor to the largest commercial organization, good and adequate banking facilities. Each customer whether his account be large or small is welcome as a client of the institution. Rich Vein Struck in Mayo District Dawson, April 20.��� Arrivals from Keno hill in the Mayo district confirm the report that a nine-foot silver vein has been struck in the Rico claim there. The strike was made in a tunnel which pierces the side of a thousand foot bluff. The ore continues to the Bur- jace 75 feet below the tunnel in a shaft. The lay extends further down. Two feet in the middle of the vein is solid high grade galena assaying over $200 to the ton. while on either side I are carbonates quite as rich. The vein j is probably the richest ever struck in either the Yukon or Alaska. BANK OF MONTREAL Established Over 100 Years Capital Paid Up #22,000,000. Rest #22,000,000. Total Assets #560,150,812.85. I -J Salmon River Auto Transfer Report on Coal Inquiry Vancouver, April 25. Commissioner 1 Henderson's report on the coal price inquiry was placed In the hands of the provincial secretary today. Mr. Henderson proceeded to Victoria in person to present his report. Stewart-Hyder Stage F. R. NAGLE, Proprietor 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 ��D. HODGKINSON PAINTER AND SIGN WRITER Stewart, B. C. CLOTHIER & BAKER ASSAYERS Stewart. - - B. C. NEWELL BROS. Fifth St. Stewart, b.c Comfortable furnished rooms Barber shop in connection Cigars, Tobaccos, Soft Drinks SOLO TABLES Foreign Gold in New York New York, April 2ft. Swelling the tide of gold from foreign countries, six liners arrived here Unlay with approximately ��2,500,iHIU in coin and bars. The Celtic from England carried Jl,- 100.000 iii xold, while others from Central ami South Americn brought paj ments 011 trade balances. Flin Flon Mine Purchased Prince Albert, April 20. rh< M Corporation of t>uada and Engiii tereata hava pu&Jiased th.* Fhn Ho property, near The Pa��, Ma , line Known here todai STEWART PHARMACY GEORGE A. FRASER Proprietor STEWART MINERS' SOCIAL CLUB Thoroughly Cosmopolitan. The millionaire with his roll of bills is as welcome as the prospector with his roll of blankets : : : : Cigars, ToobacCOS, Soft Drinks Card Tables, Magazines, Newspapers .IArK McCORMACK, - - Proprietor Keep Your Money In StOyart .... Why send Laundry out ef Town? Latimer Home Laundry can do thej work. Clothes Cleaned and Pressed Darning. Clothes called for weekly Launch Provincial CAPTAIN SWANSON Leavei Rupert for Stewart Thursdays alternating with G. T. P. boats Wm. FRASER BuildingContractor Estimates Furnished -- Work Guaranteed STEWART, B.C. 1; iinsay's Cream Soda Craeken. one uf the beat, and cheuper too. Salmon River Trading Co. Comer Auto Transfer between stewarx and Jitney Service .... and hyder DAY AND NIGHT Garage Corner Sixth and Conway 11. COMER, Manager Stand at Stewart Hotel Tel. J long 1 short PORTLAND CANAL NEWS, STEWART, n.^., May 13. 1912 BRITISH COLUMBIA The Mineral Province of Western Canada Has produced Minerals valued as follows: Placer Gold, $75,722,603 Lode Gold, $100,272,431; Silver. $50,432,304; Lead. 43.821,106 Copper, $153,680,965; Zinc, $16,818,487; Coal and Coke, $199,- 123,323; Building Stone, Brick, Cement. $29,991,757; Miscellaneous Minerals, $786,918; making its Mineral Production to the end of 1919 show AN AGGREGATE VALUE OF ��670,649,894 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 1895, 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, 1911-1915, $142,072,603; for the year 1916, $42,290,402; for the year 1917, $37,010,392; for the year 1918, $41,782,474; for the year 1919, $33,296,313. PRODUCTION DURING LAST TEN YEARS, $322,829,310 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 other 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 which is guaranteed hy Crown Grants. Full information, together with Mining Reports and Maps, may \m obtained gratis by addressing THE HON. THE MINISTER OF MINES, Victoria, British Columbia. GENERAL NEWS Provincial, Dominion, America and the Old Country A rocky deal was pulled off in Winnipeg last week. Over 1500 stonecutters went on strike. A hunter of ptarmigan in western Alaska declares there were none of the birds there during the past winter. Last week the price of radium dropped from $2,500,000 an ounce to $2,000,000 The slump did not put a crimp in Prince Rupert brokers. Premier Oliver is on the map. The townsite of Osoyoos, in the Okanagan, has been renamed Oliver, after the premier of this province. There is enough uncut timber in British Columbia to build a board walk, a quarter of a mile wide, around the equator, and a ladder to the moon. The only way "near beer" cari at present be sold in the province is to call it any old thing but beer. Have tlie bottles labeled "soapsuds," "eye-opener," "sea foam," or "Prince Rupert fog." Anchorage, Alaska,- has a dog tax. It is bringing in considerable revenue to the city. Male dogs are taxed $5. while lady dogs, which are apparently considered more of a pest, have to pay six bucks. Fitzgerald McClary, a pioneer who mushed through the Cari boo in '62. died in New Westminster last week, aged 83 years. There's only a handful of the old trail blazers left to tell the tale of the Cariboo excitement. Stewart \^^ Look at the map of British Columbia i with an unbiased mind. Roughly Van- couver is 800 miles from the same point in the Peace River country that j 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 River district is talking of railway communication with the coast. Speaking in broad terms there are thirty-two millions of acres of the Peace River district situated within the boundaries of British Columbia, and more than forty millions of acres within the Province of Alberta, most of it being suitable agricultural land for mixed farming or ranching, ln addition them ia a vaat area nf mineral and timber resources, the extent of which ia only beginning to be realized. Immense depoaita of anthracite coal have been located and the president of the Peace Kiver Board of Trade is authority fer the statement that this coal grades higher than Pennsylvania coal. Kxteneive ea-pleratlon work is being carried on in connection with oil and already startling reaults have been b tained. The oil sands are located at a depth of about sixteen hundred feet and enough investigation has taken place to be assured that they are of wonderful extent. There is also an abundance of natural pas. The arsa un 'er cultivation at present is only about three hundred thousand acres and the population of the whole district is about twenty thousand. The first grain was sent out of the country three years ago, and consisted- of less than one thousand bushels. Last year nine million bushels were produced from about a quarter million acres, the average wheat yield being thirty-five bushels to the acre or nearly double the average of other portions of Alberta. The land is also well adapted for the raising of stock of all kinds, particularly hogs. lt is reasonable to HUpposc that if two hundred and fifty thousand acres are now producing nine million bushels of grain, that within a very few years there will be ten million acres producing three hundred and fifty million bushels of grain, or roughly, ten million tons. L Rupert Gas Prince Rupert is. said to be like a garage. It gives free air. ���Daily News (April"20.) Nay, nay, brother Pultorw'- Stewart citizens pay for the Rtfpe dailies. They are full of air���hot. ' To the callow youth, a girl is just some place to park his kisses and sort of localize his blobby emotions. Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, United States pure food expert, says that beer is without medicinal value. Somebody is always taking the joy out of life. A horticultural authority defines a cauliflower as being acab- bage with a college education. After it takes a postgraduate course it is sauerkraut. When a heckler asked Sir Hamer Greenwood why he wore American shoes he promptly retorted, "because my feet were made in America. This left no room for misunderstanding. Girl brides in Mew York under certain age are required to attend school unless they present a reasonable excuse. One of them who had been reported for truancy sent a note to the teacher Stating, "we have started a kindergarten of our own." MUSIC MORE INTOXICATING THAN WHISKY Chicago, April 26. ���Music is more intoxicating than whisky. This reassurance was given inhabi. tantsof the great American desert tonight by Dr. Frank E. Morton, accous- tic engineer for the American Steel & Wire Company, and nationally kuown music scientist, in an interview to tlie United Press tonight. "Jazz���musical Bolshevism ���has the same disorganizing effect on the nerve system as moonshine "licker," declared Dr. Morton, but good music hath the | power to stimulate, intoxicate or sooth the mind. "Deprived of alcoholic beverages mankind will revart to methods of the past for stimulation. Intoxication by music will be sought by those whose emotional vibrations attune them to such a stimulant, aud to meet the demand there must be expected an outpouring of musical compositions, mure weird, more inebriating than anything "Can't you demonstrate?" anxiously inquired a driC throated visitor. Dr. Morton opened a grand piano. "Relax your muscles," he instructed. A chord of soothing harmony was struck. The listener instantly closed his eyes. Anothernote "the dominant seventh" arose and with it a feeling of tenseness and anticipation. "Now," cried Dr. Morton and he broke into the melody on the Hindoo incantation of the far east. It first Waa slow and [^monotonous ���then he | rapidly crashed into the savage syncopation of the canabal incantation. The uncanny notes of the voodist strain produced a queer swimmiag sensation in the listener's head nerves were atingle and there was ��reat��d a curious intoxicating feeling. Dr. Morton brought the incantation to a close with a bang���he struct) the soothing harmony of the "common chord" and the charm was broken, Dr. Morton explained. "1 he effect of rhythmic repetitions is to dr.ve its votaries to extremes of valar or depravity or rapture that the strongest liquor would net inspire." GOOD MUSIC 'AT TOOTH'S SMOKE SHOP Comfortable room- Grill in connection BALDWIN HOTEL W. DANN, Proprietor Headquarters for mining men during their stay" in the district You can't afford to take any more chances Protect yourself at once by taking out Insurance with H. W. M. ROLSTON Ut**tc\ 1 Hyder HYDER, ALASKA M. R. JAMIE30N, Prop. GATEWAY TO SALMON HIVER MINERAL ACT, Certificate of Improvements. NOTICE. "Boundary," '"Cabin," "Grub," "Grubstake," "Lucky," "International Fraction," "Daly," "Group," mineral claims, situate \p the Portland Canal mining division of Cat-siar district. Where located: In the Salmon River Valley, in tlie Portland Canal Mining Division, and lying east of the Premier Qroup\of mineral claims. Take notice that 1, William C. Ross, of Stewart, B.C., acting as agent for Amos B. Trites, Free Miner's Certifl cate No. [6S11C; Roland W. Woods, Free Miner's Certificate No. lli.'ilOC; W. it. Wilson, Free Miner's Certificate No. 18812C, and Patrick Daly, Free Miner's Certificate No. 81468C, intend, sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for a Certificate of Improvement! for the puipoie of obtaining a Crown Grant of the above claims. An I further take notice that action, under section 8f>, must be coin imiiced before the issuance of such Certificate of Improvements. Dated this filth day of March. A.D. 11121. 44 HYDER AUTO SERVICE Fred Dorcy MANAGER TAXI & T SERVICE LAND Cassiar Land DM Skeena, near Mi corner <>t lJ>> District: Take notice that I man, of Stewart, Millmen, intend to [to purchase the loi" ; lands: H ' 792, Work* nee.. S. ti nor Commencing .-**��� I corn* Disl" fifteej feet south of 'he . Lot No 792, Cas iai south ten *I"*"-H- "��� ��� 'h��-"'s; ""."."'rich. awa.V thence west, to rig" to p��'nt ci'iK ��� iirt- Canal Shortline; th.n said line of ne'!' mencement, ���t ��STmore ' Vii" Dated Mi*'' h "
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Title | Portland Canal News |
Publisher | Stewart, B.C. : H. W. M. Rolston |
Date Issued | 1921-05-13 |
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Notes | Titled The Cassiar News from 1919-05-30 to 1919-08-01; titled Portland Canal News from 1919-08-08 to 1926-12-31. Published by H. W. M. Rolston on 1919-05-30 and from 1920-12-25 to 1926-12-31; published by James Cullins from 1919-06-06 to 1920-12-18. |
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