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VOL.2, NO. 41
Portland Canal News
Devoted to the Interests of tho Miaino District, of Northwestern British Columb
Daly vs R. II. Neill
Complaint
Text
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YOUR FRIEND WHO
WANTS INI��0RMATI0N
ABOUT   THIS   DISTRICT.
$5 the year���10 C the Copy
| should receive back their money
i either out of the profits of operating said mine together, or after the
Moderation Bill
At   last   the government has
formation of a corporation to hoM ��Z*   tT^f J" T^*'
the title to said property and they \Z  ���. ^
should negotiate and make such a     p���,,mo'0L(        .,
sale of the stock or a part thereof wi^^ dZr Re���,tS
as to reimburse themselves for the "1^^^^^
moneys expended in the acqui- dollars for thirty J P^itsfive
���tion, development and holding of Two quartg Jf^Kftof
the said property, and that of the |sim?le purchas/
moneys received or stock retained Ulliform iceg th hout the
over and above  said  moneys  ex- iwwnoMine
pended as aforesaid, the plaintiff
shoutd be paid a eum equal to one-
Citizens'
j fifth   thereof,   the   said   sum   of
moneys   defendants,  jointly    and
The suit of Pat Daly,  former jas directed by the said Neill: that
superintendent of  the Premier |plaintiff wo"ld 8ecure men and Lyerally, agreed t opay plaintiff in
nine, against R. K. Neill and his ���"eS and ^ect the work in addition to wages   he was to re-
i the opening and disclosing of its ceive, and in addition to the sum
bnginal partners in purchase of ore bodies, and would direct the of $5000,   that   plaintiff received
the  property,   in   the  Portland work of the men employed in the from one ��- B- Bush. when the said
  'said work, and would generally '0j R Bush Was paid the amount <*
Banal
district,   which   was ru     _._  ,    ���������,��� fiCllciai.v, ..,    , ���, *���     *,
, , ~~ ^ KC ,c a"-r I money agreed to be paid him by
nored around the Federal court .superintend the business incident,' the   option   given by him to said
loom during the trial of the suit ^    development   of     Said | Ne-** at the instanee of said Neill.
vs.   Neill,   became a! * 'That the said defendants organ-
That he was to act as a .    , . ,
ized   a   corporation known as the
If  Racon
reality on January 8, when  com- claims
province. ^^^^^^^^^^
Consumption of liquor permitted guests in hotel rooms.
Drunkenness in any place constitutes a punishable offense.
No drinking in  public places.
No display signs using words
"bar, bar room, beer, liquor,
etc."
"Sealed package" may mean
anything from a bottle to a
barrel.
'fax of $2.50 per quart upon
iquor not bought  from gov-
Association
Meeting
The general monthly meeting .action of the executive in writing
I ii__    /*i-j.;_ ��� ���
of the Citizens Association was
held in the Baldwin hotel hall on
Monday, February 28, and though
the attendance was not large a
great deal of busiuess was transacted, including the auditor's re-
the government with a view to
getting the streets and sidewalks
repaired during the coming
summer.
Another matter dealt with was
this year's local taxes, ft was
the opinion that these this year
lonn
a ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
eminent and hereafter imported.
.     _ ,i      ���,     . , , "      .7 ized   a   corporation known as the-    Existing private stocks  to be
aint in the Superior Court of confidential   agent   to   the sa.d.prem-er Gold    Mining   Company,: marked by government stamp,
pokane County was served upon Neill and his associates; that as Ljmite^ under the laws of British ,    Warehouses to pay license fee
Jrs. Neill in the absence of her: agreed,   plaintiff  performed  al   Columbia _ wilh   a   nominal capital | of $3000 per annum.
usband,   who   is   engaged     n the obligations  on his part and 'stock of $5()oo,000, as plaintiff is     Government stores open eight
ning   examination    work   in fully in formed the defendants in informed and so alleges the fact to hours daily   on    holidays  and
���xico and who is not expected regard thereto and this plaintiff be and vested the tU,e acquired to dection dayg_
me for some weeks. : did demonsirate the great value I sajd propertVi with certain adjacentj    No iiquor t0 those   under  21
iofsaidjnine. and the said KTe��U |properties,  under  saM   bond and \ years of age.
option in the said corporation, in:    Offense   against   the law  for
consideration of all of the stock host to permit drunkenness in his
             ��--*'���""*���-     ���"���"' i being issued to the defendants, and home.
etions of his share of approxi- him, and to  operate   said   mine ag by them directed and for and on ]    Excessive drinking may lead
ately  $200,000   spent   by the with such associates, furnishing thejr account; or held in the treas-| to loss of permit through inter-
irtnership in development,  he j capital, and if desirable to form ury on account 0f sajd conveyance, i diction,
entitled to the sum of $1,960,- ��� corporation to acquire the title iand said defendants became   the'
10.   Attorneys for plaintiff are, to said property   the  stock   in
for some weeks.
The complaint in effect alleges 	
at Daly is entitled to a one-filth on his behalf, agreed to procure
terest in the mine, valued at all necessary capital and to as-
0.000,000,  and that,   with de-soeiate    other     persons     with
mine
port,   covering a period of the'were extortionate, and   the
past six months, which showed
that thet assuciation has run behind a 'little better than $100,
due to the fact that the organization has been supporting too
many institutions, to the detriment of its own finances. This
report will appear in these
columns next week.
In connection with the dance-
to be held at the Stewart Hotel
on the night of St. Patrick's day,
some of the receipts of which
will go to the Fire Department,
and the  remainder to tne   Ci ti
  ex-
ecutive were instructed to take
the matter up with a view to
seeing if some relief could not be
obtained.
Joeonm^inR' which started
at 8:30, did not adjourn until
11 p. m.
Inspectors have rigkt of entry
sole owners of said corporate stock J and search.
Municipalities to receive half
of profits.
C Robertson and E. W. which would be issued to and and in contro, of the directorate
pbertson, the title of the suit held by said Neil! and associates, and management thereof; that all
���ing Patrick Daly vs. Reginald and a part of which would be sold of the stock in the 8aid P,emier
Neill, Cora I. Neill, his wife,  if  necessary   to   reimburse  the Gol(] Mining Company Limi,ed be_ |
Jro��� b W8* A' B> TriteS' Sa'd Nel11 and hi? tssoc:ates for longed to the plaintiff and defend- i
Id W. R. Wilson, individually, the moneys eupended by them in ants except an undivided forty-!
Id Reginald K.  Neill,  Rolla W.   the acquisition of said property   ,-ine per cent interest therein was
bods, A. B. Trites and W. R. that as soon as funds sufficient sold to the American Smelting and
[.son, as co-partners and joint | to repay the capital invested in Refining Company, about February,
Ljgors. I the profitable  working of said 1920, for a consideration which the
Ihe complaint recites that; mine were acquired, without re- plaintiff is informed and therefore
lintiff Daly, has been for ten j gard to any stock sales, plaintiff alleges the fact to be, in excess of
Irs past acquainted with what] should be entitled to his compen- $i000000  in   cash   and that the
1 known as the Bush group of sation which was to be an equal stock jnterest retained by the de-
later known as  the Pre- j share of the profits realized by
r, having, as superintendent, ^said Neill and the persons whom
-���man    and   leaser,    become he would procure tc furnish the
(iliar   with   the   ore   bodies. \ capital, and that plaintiff would
It at all times he "had accur-  be paid   in   stock securities or - jff was entitled to share
and definite knowledge of the money, out of the profits of thej    ������Thgt  the fuu expenditures of
it value of the said mine and , venture, in addition to wages to the defendants, by them advanoed
: the same offered a special be allowed him from time to time,  in the purchase and working of said
rtunity to capital engaged in , that the plan and deal with refer- pr0perty and in its acquisition, de-
feiidants was and is of the fair and
reasonable value of $9,000,000 and
more, which furnished a profit of
$9,800,000, one-fifth of which plain-
Local Lady Suicide
A letter received  locally con- ^^^^^^^
tained the followihg, clipped I seconded that Mr. P. S. Jacks be
from a San Francisco newspaper:! elected to fill this  vacancy,   and
"Worried over her physical condition . that he have full charge of the
and nervous and hysterical after a coming dance. The motion was
sleepless   night    Mrs.   Marcelle  Van- &nd ^^
ophen,  wife   of Jean Vanopben, Bel-      _. . .  ,
gian nobleman and millionaire mining Th<i meeting was of the opinion
broker and operator, attempted to that the present constitution was
commit suicide at the Inverness Apart-, totally inadequate and P. S. Jacks
ments today.   [Feb. 15.] (introduced   a   motion   that this
She is believed   to   be   dying at  the
Postmaster Will Cameron, Mrs.
Came*>n and baby of Stewart are
home after a visit in southern
cities.
Harry Gibson and wife returned from a somewhat extended   holiday   in    the   south
.-------       ��� I After   spending   some   time   in
zens Association to help pay off Seattle they proceeded  to  Van-
[ the deficit.    It was decided to at jC0llve'' and Victoria, where  they
once put some one in charge in !aftend.e,d the opening of the Pro-
��d�� U* he mjmmn P.en.yjSe^SSS ^"PS
of time to make the necessary! hon. the member for Alberni
arrangements so as to insure thej kiss the hon. the lady member
dance being a success. Coinci- for Vancouver. While in Van-
dent with this the matter was !^T'erfthey/MWrIam,es PuIlfM.
We up of a vaeancv on the fi^'&W&S.
executive.    It   was   moved and & Rank,   who are doing a job
printing business on Pedder
street; also Miss Kate Rvan, who
was on her way to Seattle.
lloping and operating mines."
came to Spokane in June.
, and interested Neill in the
lerty, the two leaving for a
i of inspection,   where Neill
|taken "to each of the occur-
es of ore in said property."
le complaint proceeds:  ' 'Af-
aid investigation had been
kleted and high  grade ore
pen satisfactorily shown to
Wid  Reginald K. Neill, he
and  there  stated   to the
ence to securing such necessary
velopment and sale, or in any mao-
,, -,    ���      matter be brought up at the next
Central Emergency Hospital.  Mrs Van-' , ,, , .,
ophen is only 20 yeara old, the bride of j ffeueral mating and that at it a
a year.   She was married in Pari early : committee be appointed to revise
in 1920and until recently   had   enjoyed j and redraft the Constitution.  0    twv    illLU!5ua,
the best of health. W. R. Tooth sent in  a receipt! night speaks well for the popu-
This morning she went into the bath- from   Marti(1   gm}th   for   $ioo,  larity of these dances    Insoite
room of her apartment and shot herself      ,.  , ,, , !    . .,      .    ,  ,, ��i*ifco
with an automatic revolver.    She had | wh,ch  was the   amount agreed of the fact that the boat was  to
evidently fired one bullet which missed' upon at the last meeting was due be in early  on  Friday morning
George Cameron returned from
a somewhat extended trip to the
Okanagan country, where he
spent some time with relatives
in Penticton. This was Mr.
Cameron's first trip outside for
nine years.
The fact that another small
impromptu dance was held in the
Newell  building   last   Thursday
capital was left in  the.hands of nep ^^  ^^   ^ ^
saidI Neill, in whom pla.nt.g fully; exceed $200|000: and thaL defend.
conhded- i ants are indebted to the plaintiff
That thereafter, the said Neill, under the agreement hereinbefore
procured a bond and option on ! alleged in the sum of $1,000,000, no
the said property in his name forpart of whicn has been paid, and
a consideration plaintiJJ believes said obiigation and indebtedness is
and so alleges of  $100,000, and from eaoi, of the defendants sever-
the said   Neill   interested   with j ally, and from the said defendants
him as associates and  partners, a8 co-partnera and co-obligors, due
with the assistance of plaintifl, j t0 tn-s piajntiff.
ifft��.��ff          *"  v'*cI-he defendants, Trites, Woods andj    "Wherefore,   the   plaintiff prays.
p t mat it was even a more I Wilson, who were informed fully of j judgment against the defendants as iand wh" ��n the 7th  was  tarred (
yul mine than plaintiff had! the relations of this plaintifT to the 'co-obligors and partners uiui a^aiu.si and fathered, was recently seen j
pur-
its mark, but the second struck her in
the temple and she was in a sinking
condition when found.
The discoveey of the attempted sui-
cide was made by Dr. (loorge 11. Juilly
who has been treating Mrs. Vanophen
for neurasthenia.
Vanophen said his wife had learned to (     . ���.��� UF(,I1V������U1,    vyoo
handle a a revolver during time spent' an jn order; the applicants having
in Alaska where he   lias  large   mining1
1 him for the fire  equipment
chased by him last year.
A letter wal read 6rom the
minister of lands in connection
with the new townsite on the
tide flats, near the dock, in which
he said that the application   was
interests. ^^^^^^^^^^^
Jack Sutherland, who read the
Declaration of Independence on
the Fourth of July last in Hyder,
something over thirty couples
kept the merriment up to within
a few nours before the arrival of
the boat.
Drink Union-made Silver  Springs  at
looth s.
R. L. Clothier is at presont en-
each of them severally, and against jin Seatlle on his WW>
the community  comtMsed  of de-1 P��rted- to attl'nd as  a
ibed; and it was then and said Neill and to the said proj��erty
*\ agreed   between  plaintiff and of the said aKreeme.it; they
Iff wm,IHenriant   th8t    the individua"y   and  J��mt'y   ratifi��d|fendaiTt7'KTginald   K..   Neil!   und
I     ouia remain upon the and adopted the said agreement be- Co.a I Neill, his wife, in the sum
Dment.l.      T1*   'n   thej tweeniplaintiir and said Neill, aad of $1^60,000 and for faU costs and
La, \       �� ' and ai(J in i ���JromiKed aild H^reed tu w -Jlain- diibunementl herein."
Vk "l-110"*- upon the said j tiff out of the profits made by them j	
ana  other   properties from   said   ventures,   an   amount,    Don't go home hungry.    Get a lunch
Pt thereto,   and would aid j equal to  that  which  they  should' ** T00*0'*- Smoka Shop
promotion of the said pro- j each receive, said sum to be paid
emy way Possible and | at  such  time as the  dt.'eiidauts
inaugura-
The News is #5 u year
tative from Alasha
tion in Washington
on March 4th  for  the
tion of the president.
Born--To the wife of Ptouin-
cial Constable J. P. Scarlett, a
son. at the Stewart General Hospital, on Tuesday, March 1st.
secured the permission of Smith
estate. j
Considerable    correspondence j gaged in moving his assay office
was also read from  the Stewart | from Hyder to Stewart,   having
Land   Company   in    connection ! taken the premises occupied  last
with the application of Lawrence) year by Pinder, ne.xt to the dock
& Workman for a franchise for'approach   on   Fifth  street.    He
it   is   re-jhght, water and  power  for the informed the News that he ex-
represen-1town of Stewart, in   which they|Pects   J.   Baker, who  was with
the  cohven- exPreseed the opinion  that the him last year in Hyder.   will  be
D. C, held j souroe of power supply, proposed , in on the next boat. Mr. Clothier
| by Lawrence  &   Workman, was I nas   not   had an assay office in
; inadequate, they having investi- Stewart since 1913, when he had
gated it some years ago, and for
this reason they did not  feel inclined to accept  the offer made
for their old plant.
The-  meeting    endorsed    the
an ollice on   Fifth  street, which
was in that year burnt down.
Fresh milk at Tooth's PORTLAND   CANAL   NEWS,   STEWART, u.o., March 5, 1921
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Reading Notices, 20 cents per line.
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MEATS . . . PROVISIONS
The same standard for Stewart as we have maintained for the past
twenty-one years on the North Coast
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RUPERT BRAND HAMS AND BACON
Streets and Sidewalks
The resolution passed by the Citizens' Association
on Monday evening last, supporting the action of the
executive, in their endeavor to this year get the government to clean up the streets and sidewalks of Stewart,
and put the sidewalks in repair, is a step in the right
direction.
Over a period of some few years, prior to the war,
the government spent thousands of dollars constructing
these streets and sidewalks. Since then practically
nothing has been done to maintain them, except in a
number of cases where private individuals have from
time to time done considerable in the way of replacing
new walks in front of their own property, or patching
up the old, thereby showing a very commendable spirit,
for this reilly is not the business of the individual.
Local taxes are levied and collected for such a purpose as this, and for the defraying the cost of government, whether provincial or municipal, it would seem
immaterial, if there is no municipal body as in the case
of Stewart, then these taxes are, as is the case collected
by the Provincial government, and by so doing it would
appear that such government assumes the duties of that
of a municipality, and would therefore be the logical
body to approach, with a view to having the streets and
sidewalks in the town put in repair, and maintained in
good condition, otherwise the question might be asked,
for what are the people paying taxes.
Another Link Tested
The South African link in the British Commonwealth
of Nations has recently been subjected to the very severest test possible, and been found sound in every respect,
by the crushing defeat in the South African elections,
administered to the Nationalist Party led by General
Hertzog, the secessionist, by the South African Party,
led by General Smuts, whose policy is to keep South
Africa within the Empire.
No greater tribute has ever been, or ever could be
paid to British Institutions, than this decision of the
people of South Africa-to remain within the Empire. A
people who only twenty years ago were meeting us as
enemies upon the battlefields of their own land, yet who
today elect to remain an integral part of a system of
States, known as the British Empire, growing and evolving all the time towards new destinies, confronting the
world united, as the greatest bulwark for peace and liberty that the world has ever known.
PROFESSIONAL   CARDS.
DALBY B. MORKILL
MINING SURVEYOR
' B. C. Land Surveyor
STEWART, B. C.
ROSS & ROSS
BARRISTERS       SOLICITORS
NOTARIES PUBLIC
Stewart, B.C.
DR. ALFRED H.   BAYNE
Dental Surgeon,    PRINCE RUPERT.
HELGERSON     BLOCK
J. R. WILLIAMS
PROVINCIAL ASSAYER
540 Thurlow Street, Vancouver, B. C.
MODERATE  PRICES
ACCURACY  GUARANTEED
HOTEL PRINCE RUPERT
Leading hotel in northsrn
british columbia
H. B. ROCHESTER, Manager
European Plan 81.50 per day up
ST.   MARK'S CHURCH
Holy  Communion:    First and Thi d
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.
Synopsis tf    #
land fiit /-.nnm'noiits
Minimum price of first-class land
reduced to |B an acre; ���eeond-csua ta
52 !�����) an aire.
Pre-emption now confined to *ur-
ve-red lards only.
Records will be *rr*.nt*d covering only
land suitable for agricultural purpose*
and wMeb Is i-on-tlmber laad.
ParUitrshlB pre-emptUm** akoihsks**),
but parties ol not mors tha* foar wiiy
arranau for ad|ae*-st pre-emj-Uora
with Joint r**tas-*sc*, hat each mmkmg
iMs-Mary Improvmneat* on r*e*i>*��tlve
claims. m,
r-ra-eaaptor* must occupy claim* for
Bv* roars and make improvemeata im
vmlnm ml 110 ser aera Inotudinc siear-
In*? and outttvat Ion of at teaJt 1 acraa,
bexor* rec*Wk<g Crown Una*.
Where ar* im***t ta ��oe*ipati*n not
lea* than | year*, and ha* mad* proportionate Improrementa h* ms*. be.
eau** mt Ill-hearth, or other oaaaa, be
f-raated Intur mo-lints certJdoaU of im
provement and traiMief- hi* dain-
Reoord* without permanent r*��t-
d*Dc* may be Issued, provided apptt-
cant males* Improvement* t* extent el
|4M per annum and rooor-la same eaofc
year. l<Vtlttre te ���MM taqsrevemeola
or ��� record *am* wM operate as forfeiture. Title eannot be obtained in
les-s than  I year*,  aad lir-ftr'-vemeat*
l-npravomsata
locludfiig i
Pre-emptor    katdt
may r��***d auother
yoors,
UMt par aoro,     .       ,_	
etearod and coltrrutmt, ami rarldoaoa
ef at leaat t yearn ar* required.      ���>
_,, la oof^auotlon with trE
farm, wittwsot aotaal ooe-afMttlott, psa-
���ridad wuavmrr m********ma jnama
ahd ruldsaii malataawad oa Grows
arm...* mm*.
*m***wa*t4 area*, not ia��sidlf M
aaree, mmj be !��**���� me bomaaltoe;
���JO* to ee eeaaiaed after romimtma. r> J-
deaxail and aoaro-fenient eeadttbas.
Par graainf aad salus**isar pssrasa���
--<*a*    ssp*��s*dsssf   W0   *��
mmmt by ea* person or i
KM.  faatory  er  Indus
sssssT laa-d   M*   *ac**4ss��    44   B*s*a
ay be ma-iiss�����d[ ���aditton* InoJuJe
pturnveut ef staaspssM.
raadarai hay lasofcws Inaccessible
by eaisttna roassj maw he purchased
cosaWlia*! uaoa saaaciaotsw er a ra id
to them ausWto ef oae-half of oaat *f
read,   not saos sarin half ot purcWo
QAANT8
prto*. la mad*. ^^^^^^
pRSEMCTosr    mis
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���MB Dorms*, aa formsrlv, uou} oue
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!��**..���* Privilege 1. also JaTr*.
he scope ef thi* Aat I* eahisgod to
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due  or  payahl* T>y  soMlora ��,    -J,"
��wi��ittorrs rroordod after Jtss* Si    (Ms
*'��*' il! r*mM*i S? fir* yJiW
!TT0-> "f ***** ot metbeVg a*.
i.  1014. on aoeouat .rf puymeata le���
or taxes on aotdura' pre-.mp^S, IM"
Interest on ssr.u.,��������������� tt) p^--^-
AUIod roreea or dependents, aoa^red
dtreot or IneW. remitted tTooTTlZ
11-ft.ner.t to March Jl. i,n7
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Geo. Flawn's fruit store on International Ave., near the Drujr st<>re'(
[difference in price will pay *��� *
your trip. Large stock of fresh tV1
vegetables, hams and bacon, W"!
and eggs, at greatly reduced pw'e!"
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company for. taxes amounting to approximately $140,000, basing the claim
upon the allegation that the valuation
j of $600,000 carried by the company upon
its books is excessive. As a matter of
fact dividends already distributed have
reached 55 cents per share upon approximately 800,000 shares issued, and
j officials are therefore at a loss to account for the attitude assumed by the
I department. The company has been
[ given time to submit briefs in support
| of its contention that the valuation was
proper.
The pressing need of some solution of the complex problems
met with in treating British
Columbia ores was dealt with at
the session of the convention of
the B. C. division of the Canadian Mining Institute held in Van-
0U,V^r' A new standard of ailver coinage has
Following addresses by Horace  been   pdt   into   effect   in  the   United
Freeman and Professor  Thomp-! Kingdom because of the great Increase
son, discussion showed the n->C��S- ' in the value of silver.   New sixpences,
sity of experimental work being j shillings, florins and half-crowns, now
Carried out in regal d to complex j only contain one-half of pure silver in-
ores. the opinion being expressed stead of 37-40th as heretofore. A larg-
that before mining could be de- er mixture of alloy became necessary
Veloped to its fullest extent, ' when the old coins became worth more
large sums of money would have than their face value. The new coins
to be appropriated for thiswork.   are harder and are expected  to outlast
the old ones.
A strong campaign has been advocated to secure the establishment of an
ore testing plant at Nelson, out of the
British Columbia's mineral produc- appropriation of $100,000 which the
tion for 1920 totalled ��20,580,525, which Dominion made some time since for
is an increase of $2,284,312, or seven ; suc** �� purpose. The plant would be
per cent over the 1919 total, according; partly in the nature of a concentrator,
to the preliminary review and estimate which, for instance, could give pri-
for 1920 of the department of mines, j mary treatment to lead-zinc ores, se-
made public by Hon. Wm. Sloan, minis-, curing a lead concentrate which could
ter of mines. Estimates show that it then be marketed. The site, on Cottonwood creek, which has been suggest-
Two million dollars is to be spent by
the Imperial Oil Co. drilling for oil in
A berta during the present year.
Canadian National Railuiaus
GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC Ry.
Steamers sailing between Seattle, Victoria, Vancouver, Ocean Falii,
Swanson's Bay, Prince Rupert, Anyox, Stewart and Queen Charlotte
Islands.
���SAILINGS from PRINCE RUPERT-
THURSDAYS at 12 MIDNIGHT for SWANSON BAY, OOEAN
FALLS, VANCOUVER, VICTORIA and SEATTLE
Leaves Prince Rupert for Stewart, 10 p. m. Thursday, February 3rd
17th., March 3rd.   17th & 31st.
Passenger   MONDAY,
Train Service: �����
WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY at H.15 a.m.
for
Smithers, Prince George, Edmonton and Winnipeg, making direct
conneotions for all points East and South.
For further information apply to any Grand Trunk Pacific agent
.    or to G. A. McNicholl, Asst. General Freight and
Passenger Agent, Prince Rupert.
is doubtful whether there is  any  other
mineral  producing area on  the conti
nent that can report a seven per cent  ��* plant proposed.
increase over last year.
ed, has every advantage for the type
Owing to the number of Slocan mines
All work at the Electric  Point mine' out of operation for the greater part of
near Northport.   was   discontinued   on the year on account of labor troubles,
January 14 and will not be resumed  un- that district did not export to the United
til there has been a substantial increase States as great a volume of concentrates
in the price of lead.   There is an accu- and crude ore for treatment as usual,
mulation of ore at the lower tramway
There
is
nothing
THE GIFT OF
THRIFT
you can give your children,
in a material way, which
will do them more lifelong
good than a savings account
in an institution like the
Bank of Montreal By encouraging them to save, you
teach them the habit of ^ -,
thrift and provide a foun- t^rH
dation for their future.   m   tfgldL
A savings account may be
opened with $1.00. Interest is paid at the highest
current rates.
bunkers which will be shipped 'as soon
as tl.e market warrants.
It is understood that the treasury de-
ST. PATRICK'S DAY DANCE
A dance will be  held in   the  Stewart
hotel on Maroh 17, under the auspicies
of the Stewart Citizen's Association, to
partment has made a demand upon  the assist the fire department.
BANKOF MONTREAL
Established over 100 yean.
Total Assets in Excess of $500,000,000.
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Look at the map of British Columbia
with an unbiased mind. Roughly Vancouver is 800 miles from the same
point in the Peace River country that
is reached in 400 miles from Stewart,
which is the natural outlet for tin-
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. In addition there is a vast area of mmer-il and
timber resources, the extent of which is
only beginning to be realized.
Immense deposits of anthracite coal
have been located and the president of
the Peace River Board of Trade is
authority for the statement that this
coal grades higher   than ��� Pennsylvania
coal. ,   ���   i
Extensive  exploration work is being
carried on in connection   with   oil   anil
lready startling results have been   0^
I tain I'd. 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 gas.
The area unfler cultivation atpresent
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 suppose 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 acraa producing three hundred and fifty million bushels of grain, or roughly, ten million
tons. PORTLAND   CANAL   NEWS,   STEWART, u.v,.,
March 5, 1921
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RITISH COLUMBIA
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The Mineral Province of Western Canada
Has produced Minerals valued as follows:  Placer Gold, $75,436,103
Lode Gold,   $97,121,786;   Silver,   $46,839,631;   Lead,   $42,294,251
Copper, $145,741,069; Other Metals  (zinc, iron, etc.), $13,929,817
Coal and Coke, $187,147,652; Building Stone, Brick, Cement, etc,
$28,843,272, making its Mineral Production to the end of 1919 show
AN AGGREGATE VALUE OF $637,363,581.
The substantial progress of the Mining Industry in this Province
Is strikingly exhibited in tho 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, $57,605,967; for
five years, 1901-1905, $96,509,968; for five years, 1906-1910, $1*5,-
534,474; for five years, 1911-1915, $142,072,603; for the year 1916,
$42,290,462,-- for the year 1917, $37,010,392; for the year 1918,
$41,782,474.
PRODUCTION DURING LAST TEN YEARS, *313,t7��,022.
Lode mining has only been In progress for about 20 yeare, 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 Empiro.
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 wiUi Mining Reports and Maps, may
be obtained gratis by addressing
THE HON. THE MINISTER OF MINES, Victoria, British Columbia.
Comfortable rooms
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in connection
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Headquarters for mining men during their stay'
in the district
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MINERAL ACT.
Certificate of Improvements.
NOTICE.
Cascade Fork? No.l, Cascade Forks
No.2, Cascade Forks No.3, Cascade
Forks No.4, Cascade KorkB No.5. Cascade Forks No.6, Wood Fraction,
Forks, mineral claims, situate in the
i'ortland Canal mining division of Cassiar district. Where located: Cascade
creek, Salmon River valley.
Take notice that I, Dale L. Pit'., acting as agent for Charles Bunting, F.M.
C. No.43444c, William Bunting. F.M.C.
No.37592c, D. O'Leary, F.M.C. No.
43446c, Premier Gold Mining Co. Ltd.,
F.M.C. No.43442c, intend, sixty days
from the date hereof, to apply to the
Mining Recorder for a Certificate of
Improvements, for the purpose of obtaining a crown Grant of the above
claims. And further take notice that
action, under section 86, must be commenced before the issuance of such
Certificate of Improvements.
Dated this 18th day of October, AD.
1 20. 36
er purpose upon Premier mine described
as Power House to be located on Lot
3607 Cascade ior.s No. 5. This notice
was posted on the ground on the 3k
day of January 1921. A copy of Un
notice and an application pursuant to
the "Water Act 1914" ���������ill he filed j,
the office of the Water Recorder it
Prince Rupert. Objections to the appli.
cation may be filed with said Water Re-
corperor with the Comptroller of W-.
ter Rights, Parlament Buildings, Yi(.
toria, B. C, within fifty days after the
first appearance of this notice in a loci
newspaper. The date of the first publication of this notice is February lti,
1921.
Premier Gold Mlning^Cotnpany, Limited, Applicant
By Dale I.. Pftt, Manager.
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14, Bum* ryiatt Limilmot
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MINERAL ACT,
Certificate of Improvements.
NOTICE.
Mountain, Grandview, Simcoe Hal-
ton, U and I, Rincon, Neil Fractional,
Bush Fractional mineral claims, situate
in the Portland Canal mining division
of Caesiardistriet.
Where located: on east side of Cascade Creek, Salmon River Valley.
Take notice that Dalby B. Morkill,
B.C. Land Surveyor, of Stewart, B.C.,
acting as agent for B.C. Silver Mines,
Limited, N.P.L., Free Miner's Certificate No. 41854C, intynd. sixty days
from the date hereof, to apply to the
Mining Recorder for a Certificate of
Improvements for the purpose of obtaining a Crown Grant of the above
claims. And further take notice that
action, under section 86, must be commenced before the issuance of such
Certificate of Improvements. .
Dated this twelfth day of October,
A.D. 1920. 33
WATER NOTICE.
USE AND STORAGE
TAKE NOTICE that W.A. Meloehe
whose address is Stewart, B.C., will
apply for a licence to take and use 35
cubic feet per second and to store 500o
acre feet of water out of Cascade
creek which flows southwesterly and
drains into Salmon river about twelve
miles from its mouth. The storage
dam will be located at the outlet uf
Long Lake. The capacity of the reservoir to be created is about 5000 acre
feet, and it will flow about 200 or more
acres of land. The water will be di
verted from the stream at a point about
1500 ft from Silver lake and will be used
for mining (hydro electric) purposes
upon the mine described as the Spider
group of mining claims consisting of
Spider No.l, No.2 and No.3 claims.
This notice was posted on the ground
on the 24th day of January, 1921. A copy
of this yotto- mil an application pursuant thereto, nnd to the "Water Act,
HIM", will lie Hied In the office of the
Water Hecorder at I'rlnce Ittipert. Oh-
jectloni to the apnllcatlon may he filed
with the Mild Water Hecorder or with
the Comptroller of Water Hlghts, Parliament HtiildliiKH. Victoria, H. ('., within thirty days nfter the first appearanes
Of this notice In a local newspaper.
W.A. MELOCHE, Applicant.
By J i dm Hovland, agent
The date of the first  publication of
this notice is Feb. 4th 1921.
WATEB   NOTICE.
Dlvsrslou and Us��.
Take Notice that Premier Gold Using Company, Lin ited, whose addreu
is Premier, B. C . will  apply fori E-'
|scense to take ami and use 20cubic fed
per second of water out of North Forti j
Cascade Creek, also known as CaicMt i
Creek, which flows southerly and daki
into Salmon River about 1000 feetfrc*|
International Boundary, The water ni! I
be diverted from the stream at a pcir!
some 700 feet north of the bridgeonthe
Missouri Trail crossing Cascade Creek,
and will be uneii fur Power purpose tf-
on the Premier Mine described as Peter House to be located on Lot No. %
Cascade Fork*; Nu  5.   This notice w
posted on the gro n I on the 31st dayef
January 1921. A copy of this notice ti
an application pursuant thereto id ��
the "Water Art. Ifil4" will he filed!
the office  of the Water Recorder H
at Prince Rupert. Objection to theft-
plication may be filed with the slid *��
ter Recorder, nr with the Complr*
of Water Rigf ta, Parliament Building*.
Victoria, B. C. withih thirty diji *%
the first appearance of this noiiceu'
local newspaper. The date of the -*
publication of tins notice il Febi*f|
4 th, 1921.
Premier GoldlM ning Co.,   W*
Applicant, by Dale L. Pitt, Min��i*
WATER   NOTICE
Diversion and Use
Take Notice that Premier Gold Mining Company, Limited whose address is
Premier, B. C, will apply for a license
to take and use 10 cubic feet per second'
of water out of East Fork, (Cascade
('reek also known aa Hovland Creek,
which fiows southerly, and drains into
Cascade Creek and Salmon River about
1000 feet from International Boundary.
The water will be diverted from the
stream at a point about 1500 feet north
from Bridge crossing Cascade creek on
Missouri Trail near Lot 3610, Cascade
Forks Claims and will be used for Pow-
MINERAL act.
Certifier   ol Improvement*
NOTICE.      ,, .^i
Spider   No.   i    S *�����*��
No. 8 mineral ��. ELfftfl
Portland Canal       Wim,m      "
aias district. I ,fl4
Whore locaf ".:,���;>
Lake about.-    i   :-;-'     C.R*
Take notice thai -���'KfltH
free miner, certi �����'', ��� ";' ij^ill*
authorized ag."' ol Wl'!'anW *\
free miner o I ^ ?* frrtl��*
CUrlas Lar* ��������� ���; gsWl
No. 4849SK".... '���%'"' ,p���|y to 1
from the date hereof l�� ^#1
Minini
impro-
tainini
claim.
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Mining Recorder J/urp(��e��J
improvement--. ��� " ,!������,'���f ihf ��***
taining a Crown C.r.nt o
aim.
And furthe���
under wction >*o. mujt   h ^
before the i�� .
of improvi-ni" '
Dated this
D., 1920
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