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VOL. 6, NO. 42
STEWART,   BRITISH   COLUMBIA,   FRIDAY,   MARCH 13,  1925
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ILASKA WEEKLY
LAUDSDISTRIGT
?aks of Portland Canal
(District as "The Camp of
jthe Century" and States
ISiime Reasons
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TO THE MINES
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STEWART-HYDER LOCAL NEWS
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All this week the government
caterpillar tractor has been doing1
excellent work up the main Beari
River road,  under the direction!
Oliver Smith has started  his friay from the south, and the for-
hotbeds. mer is busy getting his big ship-
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Banks left
yesterday for the south.
Mrs. R. F. Hill  returned  ves-
nf   Harry   Scovil,   district  road terflay from an extended sojourn
foreman, and with Sid Fraser as
Dip Alaska Weeklv. published;,.,       . ,
1 e rt'*1*--**1 :chief engineer, who gets away to:
outside.
H. G. White, assayer for the
ment of equipment in shape  for
the mines.
Wm. Irwin, a former active
mine operator here, yesterday returned from Hope, where he has
'just completed a successful con-
LATEST NOTES
ABOUT MINING
Seattle, has some  very  good Lgoodear,    Btart morn. | Dunwell mine, left yesterday for |tract- to take char*?e of the Inde"
Jngs to say editorially  about j.
[ district, under  the caption ^ Ward,g pasg and       tomor
, ,    ,      victoria ipendencemine.   He was accom-
The road has been  broken. viaona- .
Mrs. Duncan Cameron and chil- j f,an,fd b*  Mrs-   Irwin'   Charles
Camp of the Century."      ,row w|(|  bfi jn ^^ shape, dren returned on Tuesday from I Irwin and William Whorton.
editor starts off by saying: for heavy hanling a3 far as the I Prince Rupert. There will be no service at St.
Mark's Church en next Sunday
evening (15th), as Rev.   Ashley
|ne
reare being overwhelmed with ; Bjtter creek  road house.     The!    Mr. and Mrs.   W.   Reid Tooth
J)d news from the Portland Ca-1 caterpillar operates by tirst trav-' returned yesterday from an ex-
district.     All   over   Alaska, e)jng   j i^h t   and   breaking trail [tended visit in the south
will   be   at   Premier.     Sunday;    The account of the meeting ef
MORE ABOUT
PEACE RIVER
Prince Rupert and Hazelton     Thirty tons of oats came on the
Businessmen Advocating|boat yesterday for the Premier
Peace Pass Route Thence !mines
u     ti  .    ii       li i    W. R.  Tooth's Morning Star
South to Hazelton ....      ,    _ *,
'group, adjoining the Sunshine,
~~ has been bonded to Eastern fi-
Prince   Rupert   endorses   the'     ���������   ���   .,      ,    .  .     .       ,
inanci��rs. the deal having been
Peace Pass route from the Peace i ������_ .* ���   ��� ,    ...  T
'negotiated by W. Irwin.
River area.    So do we,   because I    T.    t���j;���      ��� ,    j.,,
j     lhe Indian mines received thir-
it is sure to prove the best forj.    i,-___i_ nf     -        ���.���*�����������
|ty barrels of oil on the Prince
the grain growers and stockmen: p,,__,t ���^a-.^A        -.���   ���       ���-
i Kupert yesterday.   This is said
of that area, as well as that part tQ be Qnly a portion Qf ^ ^^
of British Columbia traversed by |More tkan  doubIe fchig amount
t!:'  ""n< ! being expected next week.
A large shipment of mining
gslookgood in  the  miningit,vo   ways>  afterwards  hauling'    Morley Shier, the Giant pow- |Scho01 W,iH b* hel<J here as u3ua1'.certain delegates from Hazelton;        lies   for    h    Independence
with the Prince Rupert board of r���iA  m;*-;--* n���	
y ;uold Mining Company came in
an 1
trv and nowhere any better;the heavy drag aver the road in j der salesman, has been c.irculat-
in Portland Canal."
'both directions,   making a firm [ing about the district this week.
lention is then made of recent and level bottom, good for heavy,    J, p. Hawkinson went to Prince
at two o'clock.    On the evening]
jof Sunday, the 22nd, Rev. C. T.
jHatten, of the  Methodist Epis-
| copal Church, Hyder, will preach
vel-ipments such as the   Ier-'loads. [Rupert by the Camosun on Tues-;,
I I I flex 6���
inns strike of rich ore; the or-,    A two and a half ton load forjday, returning yesterday on the1
Inization oi Vancouver Mines,   the  Independence  Gold   Mining! Prince Rupert.
fclited,   controlling   the   Hope, Company has been  hauled over
In the item in our last issue re-
trade, as reported in the Prince!
Rupert News, is interesting.    It
on Tuesday, on the Camosun, including another ore car, a bunch
shows that there are others be-,of rails>  <-,������ ^  machinery
sides ourselves who realize that!   artg e(.c
Vancouver is not the logical out-1    -,    r, ,     ,   ,,.
1, ,, ,     , f,     , L .    _        _., , 1    The Camosun landed fifty-eight
fernngtothe personnel  of the |et for Peace River wheat. .      ..      .. .      .
1 lengths of iron air pipe and one
The route under discussion and I hundred and nine barre,a Qf ^
Terminus; the fact that Pre-1 culty. by   "Ernie" Armstrong's \_ absenee. to re?ume his position ; h,S ���*>* ^ZZT The three faV��red ? ^ **** mentioned j for the Lakeview mine on Tues-
rcontinues to pay  big divi- teams, with A. W. Kelly m*nip-ja8governmerit liquor vendor<      j^tssi.ghtly mixed     imb       meeting follows the same course day.     Three  large   ga*vanized
(mentioned, Captain .1   Findlay, Westward from the Peace Pa��|tonkB arrived yesterdayi to ac_
Beatty.,as the 0ne alwayS advocated by 1 commodate the oil.
rr'T"" UCC" "T*^1    WilliamN��bleretl,rne,'lyeSter-ioffidarvoftheCamo5un, making
UdNoonday groups,   adjoining the road this wee*, without dim- iday from  several months'leave'
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Inds and has an abundance of ulating the ribbons.
pin sight; the late rich strike!    All those who are interested in :
ihe H.  C.  Silver;   Riverside'the numerous mines in  that di-'
iming out ore to the value of section will be ve,ry much pleased >
1.000 a day; Dub well offering a to know of this special effort to
fo-thirda interest at $6 a share;; make the mines really accessible
ifus Silver Lead   buying ma-j and probable early operators.
inery and planning intensive,!
kvelnpment; the promising ap-;'
prance of Ore Mountain, near'
eDjnwell; the promiseof threat:
lowings  at the  Daly Alaska,
J. Frank Breeze,  manager of j Purser J.   Barrett-Leonard and
theL.   & L.   Glacier  mine,   re-1 Chief Engineer Andrew
turned yesterday from a business
sit to Vancouver and Victoria.
Seymour Campbell, of theGeor- Cardena
are all of the regular Camosun |us (the community) to a certain |    The Si]vpr Cregt
staff,  but Captain   Findlay has, point which may be roughly de-j^ has a]ready ^^ ^
.        A. _. .'I..     .'^     nLni.jr/i    /*if    I   hj\    '   nnuiUnjJ *-.     .        n r*. mom*. ..      1 ..��,.. . i ,   - i 11  ..       (!���,,.    '
visit to Vancouver and Victoria.    b(?en temporari|y ;n charge of the .'scribed as somewhere near the
mining prop-
rted the year
'well with a big consignment of
nt, which arrived
iy.    It included fifty
fourth cabin on the Yuken tele*. ,      ,     ���
.���._../, .    . mining equipment, which arrived
|gia River Mining Company, and     The first radio set to be in- graph line.    Here the Prince Ru- -   t Tuesd
!superintendent  of  Silver Crest stalled in any of the Bear River(pert and Hazelton businessmen',      ..     f  .    (
I mines, returned on Tuesday from valley mining camps is reported i would have tfce road turn gouth.i      g ee' car,ai s"     n ore
' n,,w in nnHr--t-''nn nt ihe Lakeview 'car came (or them yesterday.
R. W. Martin, president of the l Vancouver. ��<j��� ope^t^n aU^e La^kevjew | er]y ^ ^-^ ^ they WQu]d ,
Victoria Mines, Limited, has been !    William Goldbloom, fur bayer, & ]ou* 8Deaker and  Manager R. ials0 taP the Groundhog coal beds
Progress at Victoria Mines
in town this week.    He reports a I of Prince Rupert, arrived here on  p Hill reports that it is working j for tonnage.    To do this a short
���w.       ,*    - ^i_ _ r I M<-\nrI_v   mnrninor     Viuvintr    mtifiP    ..^...,. -*.*-.t-1-,
d the tunnel driving  by  the'-'
A company has just been organized in Vancouver as the Bay
View Mining Company, to take
nt staff of ten  men,  that! Monday morning,  having made very satisfactorily.    Last Friday ] branch line would have to be ��x-1
, n accommodation isbeing in- the trip in his own boat in four-'evening a program being given tended northerly into that dis-j��V6r , the  Bav View
camp accommodation is being in j                                                          MinIieaoolis was heard very At the meeting ne ,nfop. claims, on tht mountain the foot
.creased and that more men will; teen hours. , ^ ( ^  __ aonania}U, I *nct-    At the meeting n�� infor |of whiflh adjojns the townsitft on
jsh Creek com[iany.
jAll of which sounds  well nnd
fcs Rood, but w�� cannot refrain ideon thph. p(.esent ore body I for this year was brought in  1,7  (,l]g
i-m calling attention to the fact .
���at se
distinctly, while some especially1
Reemployed as soon as the high-     The record  freight shipment       d ^^ have come from mation was given regarding the ��� A fuller report next
distance from Groundhog to lla-i
caning attention to the t��ct .a reached# aTld sackine 0f ore forj the Prince Rupert yesterday, the j    At the regular meeting of the,zelton-
seven of the ten properties ghipplnis wiU begin    This will in | amount off-loaded being eighty- Board of Trade held last Friday)    We 1
fntioned are not in Alaska at
but in the Stewart district!
'don the Canadian side ��f the
no wav interfere with the cross-1seven tons.
evening, it was decided to change | out that from the northern end
week.
. .    .    Yesterday the Prince Rupert
here and now wi*h to point, ^
i brought in twenty-five tons of
cutting now being done for the!    The benefit dance given  last the meeting nights to the ftnt ��, ^e bra-ch ,|ne ln u,. Ground- ���~���e,7 D^,deB * large ^uan
fe * ! i ������J ��V,;^ Tn,.crl.jvj- nf Hip mnnth. !. . _ . tltv of  misce   anpons   pnninmon
and third Tuesdays of the month.
I nurnose of tanning the next ore, i Friday night, at the Hotel Stew- .   .        , ,
temational boundary   but, af- P   P    . '      .���   . -  ,. The constitution is also being al-j
which   it   is   expected    will   be
hog westerly to Stewart, a deep
tity of miscellaneous equipment
pall, in the vernacular of the: ,       ,        ,
|Bnl   , .    reached about 120 feet beyond
f-ncuciey mountaineers, there is   , . .
Til** n\     ��� .. -      the tunnel face.
"i.V about   two whoops and a j 	
Ier" between our city and the j      ]?enef,t Dance for Hospital
N boundary, and any develop-!    A benefit dance to assist in
put of the separate properties j payjnjr the balance on the X ray
t'nefits all.
,   ,, ,   -,t- .......   , ...   ,,      ....      ,    .i for the Emperor mines. Included
art. for the oaseball team, proved '        .        n       -     ,- lv .dr-.]sea. port, is no farther (if as far)  .
tered to allow ior tne tciny ap , is a compressor, drill sharpener,
t of seven committees, than from the same point to Ha-; '
steam winch and boiler, two ore
a pleasing success, thanks to the p0irumen
general co-operation towards giv- as follows: Finance, transporta-jzelton; and when the wheat, orj
ing the boys a good start.   As a tion (including both railways and jcoai( or mineral, or whatever the C:'iX rai s' p,p'''     '   !'ross' 1,1"i"
result they will start the season'steamships), publicity, entertain- j,jne may hau]) reaches Hazelton
with a fund of about $100. me"1' membership,  m.ning ^�� jit ia stil, 175 miles from the sea.
trade anu commerce.
ber,  cement,   blacksmith outfit,
roofing and furniture.
Oi
Five Skeena River Indians, the     At the annuai general meetinK
machine at the Stewart hospital \ -^ ^.-^ a,.rim]  *���  fcown | ^ ^^ M^ ^
contemporary  says  still, will be held in the Pioneer Hall, |on  Saturdayi   from   the north, 0n Tuesday evening
iThe distance from the Ground-1mUst see that in the long run
hog coal fields to Stewart is only j they would benefit as much or
,h(, follow-|a little over one hundred  milesjmore by having the road come
ffther: "No, gentle reader, we; Hyder, on Friday evening. APril j where they have been trapping !mg* officers were elected: Presi-'by survey.    A glance at the map] to Stewart as to Hazelton or any
lre not hysterical, and neither|17,   under the  auspices of the|Thgy bought jn several hundred ,dent.  Wm.  J. Crawford;   vice- j will satisfy anyone that it is not other point east along the line of
r those People who arc buying j Moose lodge. | do]iara' worth of furs, including | president.   W. J. ^WHson; secre- ljes8 than this to  Hazelton.  and j tne Canadian National Railways.
Portland Canal stocks,  nor the
f&rd-headed mining   men from
over the world who are be-
: dollai
mink.
min-    martin    fisher   muskrat itary' treasurer-   J-   F'  ScarJe";| yet there are people  who  hope I
and nerve stands a better chance minK.   mattin,  nsner.  musiuar,  60mmitteet Mesdames Crawford, \3
to return handsome dividends]coyote, weasel and beaver. j Marvin and Scovil.    It was de-! _,
than this same Portland Canal.     The King Edward  Hotel  has |cided thai last year's tournament mine this coal profitably while, pulling on our behalf; no large
f PortlandHo J." ^Ll'T!!0!! I Just a little start has been made; I received a shipment of linoleum. | in the American style took up too
More thi'n a,��� thecountry needs t0 become|wall paper, etc.,  ancl decorators
jasure   house,   is are new at  work.     The rooms
���and Canal
f-arago we advised the world.
1" general tn _of��k ���.*.���    ai ���. ���-*.   a   veritable   tre;
U Aa,rhthls d,s,r,",-;      iey_m0ney for the develop- not papered last year will befin-
it of prospects,  for transport ished this season, and the halls, J Destarted with thepresent means
lobby and private sitting rooms
will be "dollea up" with the best
much time,  and the  knock-outjof rail, both for their productand
We are but a small community;
ithat  operators  wil    be able to. we have no powerful politicians
I pulling on our behalf; no large
paying for haulage over 275 miles financial interests using their1 in
fluence to get the powers that be
^ Predicted that it  would  be-'-money
ome the greatest silver and gold inien ,   r .
******* camp on the continent. \***-   ^���'  ^ 111   n
achweek hrincr.        t     u and trails.    Money properly in-
*-*ZZt-Z U8 freSh;S"|vestedin this district  will not
'"it Justifies our predic-!on,y prove a profitable invest-
system is to take its place.    The,their suppiies,  although   they to look favorably on our claims
ladder games institu^djast year I eouMgetaS80od service _|th ^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^
will be continued.
, | hundred mile haul.     The same
Mons
���   .  Keep your eye on
118 district and bear in mind the
*ct that there is no place where
'Vestment of a little money
Gus Seiffert, manager of the
ment in itself but will go a long (formerly North
wav towards spelling prosperity emperor m       v .  .,
for the entire commercial life of and South Line), accompanied by
the Pacific Northwest." I his son, Vince,   returned yester*
at the disposal of the club and j argument applies to all classes of
increased by the addition of 801 freight handled.
per cent of the gross receipts for     We do nst wjsh to disparage
the efforts of our aeighbors in
the purpose of constructing a new
cwnrt, the present one being in-
*i ���    ..    T* ���    u ������a tn hQVO Prince Rupert to get all the bene-
sufiicient.    It is hoped to nave
the new ceurt ready for play by fit they can from a new trans-
1926. continental road, but surely they
lies than any of these in Mother
Nature and sound reason.
Those conscientiously interested in serving their country and
this province cannot fail tt acknowledge the Stewart route the
most practical and having promise tf the largest return. PORTLAND   CANAL   NEWS,   STEWART,   B. C,  FRIDAY, MARCH  13, 1925
The Portland Canal News
H.  W.   M.   ROLSTON
Editor and Publisher
W. R. HULL
News Editor
Old-Timer Gone
transcontinenal line of the Canadian National Railways, is readily accessible at
present and even that area is now, for the
first time, being taken really seriously byj west, died at Spokane, recently
prospectors and miners. He was the owner of the Babine
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$2.50 for each additional claim mentioned)
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No Advertising Accepted for First Page
REAL PROSPECTORS NEEDED
James Cronin, a pioneer min
ng man of the Pacific N��rth-Jl
A recent issue of the Canadian Mining
Journal has the following logical comment
on present-day needs:
"Vast unexplored territory���enormous
undeveloped mineral resources ��� ground
scarcely scratched." Phrases like these
are the vogue these days, when speaking
of the mineral areas of northern Canada.
The terms can, no doubt, be applied literally, to certain parts of our northern territory, and, we are confident, the northern
mineral area as a whole will measure up to
the picture drawn. But one must beware
of a misapplication of the idea, as can
easily happen, for instance, in the case of
Ontario, where for almost two decades,
throughout a large part of the north, the
most effective body of prospectors in Canada have been doing their level best to
pick up whatever nature has left in view
at the surface, and have in many cases
conducted the next stage in the search by
means of pick and shovel.   The case of
Quebec is different. There only a tiny cor
nerof the province,  lying south of the] mineral industry of the future
What we wish to dwell upon today is
the problem of getting the scratching
done. There is only a ridiculously small
number of men actually engaged in the|
scratching for minerals. Many scratch
their heads instead of the rocks, not knowing how to tackle the genuine pioneer
work. "You scratch my back and I'll
scratch yours," is the motto of another
faction of pseudo-prospectors, who make
their living peddling claims, usually in
league with stock-jobbers in the cities. A
small residuum does actually ferret round
among the rocks, systematically and with
knowledge of what they seek and of how
to conduct the search. Upon this handful
of faithful workers depends essentially the
discovery of new mineral deposits and their
initial development, and consequently the
growth of our mining industry.
Of course there are the occasional accidental discoveries, but the veins of minerals so found are few compared with those
discovered by the prospector; so one must
depend essentially upon scratching to
make new mines. Time has shown that
"scouting" for new mines is ene of the
surest ways for a company to waste money,
the main reason being that this method
does not involve sufficient scratching.
Our mineral areas are as yet scarcely
scratched. The men that do the scratching have no easy life, and they do not always have the reward of success. Let us
not forget that it is only a continuance of
this same scratching, whether it is done
by untutored *woodsmen or by highly
trained technical specialists, that will
bring to earth our dream of Canada's great
Bonanza, ahout thirty miles from
Telkwa. Deceased was seventy-
two years of age and was known
to all old-timers in the mining
camps of the West.
Milk Condensary at
South Sumas Leads
MOUNT GEIK1E CONQUERED BY CANADIANS
P
feet '^SSS^ Parbke7n tt _f�� ^^ H ft** ��f ��* ^ ^
last symmer.   The illustrationsXw the 8err^ SlSft Na Ion*1 ***'**> *-* as<*nt w^ ���de
Geddes (Calgary), Fynn (St. ��*����*llSSkSS^*, lhe ^bers fr��� left to ri*ht' ******
v      _<����*, ana wates (Edmonton); and their awakening next moinirK.
British Columbia is occupying
a place that is of increasing im
portance in the manufacturing
industry of the Dominion. Her
factories are not only becoming
more numerous every year, but
existing plants are incress ng
their output all the time, due to
greater demand both at home and
[abroad for British Columbia products. The outstanding mik condensary in the province is that of
the Borden Company, Limited,
at South Sumas. Famous far beyond the limits of British Columbia, the wonderful milk from the
Chilliwack district in the Fraser
River valley is here put up in
sanitary tins and is marketed
through the Borden sales organization with headquarters in Vancouver. Borden's St. Charles
Milk, as it is known in the familiar blue and white can with the
gold cow on it, is noted for its
richness and is more and more
being used by housewives on the
Coast "wherever the recipe calls
for milk." Orders already on
file will call for the operation of
the South Sumas condensary at
full capacity from March 1st
right on.
5fl��S OF,
LMDACTAMENDMENTS
CAROLAN'S
Meat Market and General Stor
Hardware      Groceries       Fresh Meats      Worki,-���r. ,
Boots and Shoes Stoves and SI ,*
Powder, Caps and Fuse
One pair genuine Silk Stockings given with each $lo cash
e
P��rrh��f
SALMON RIVER BANKING COMPffl
HYDER,   ALASKA
(Incorporated   Under   tho   Laws  of   Alaska)
4   PER   CENT   Paid  on   Savings  Bank   Account!
Canadian Funds Accepted on Deposit.
Money Telegraphed to all Parts of United States
J. A. HALL, Pres.    D. LlNDBBOBO, Vice-Pres.    E   D. HADDON, CublJ
The only first-class and up to date hotel in the Portland
Canal  district
Hotel King Edward
STEWAKT,   -   B.  (.
Running Hot and Cold Water.      Baths.      All the conveniences of the city.    Dining Room in connection
European plan $1 per day and up
W.    H.    TOLIN,        -        -       ManHj-er
-Exchange Grill-
��� EVERY NEW YEAR
Sees An Increase In Our Business.
WHY?
If \ou Do Not Already Know,
COME  AND THY OUR SERVICE.
J. P. Hawkinson, Prop.
PRE-EMPTIONS
Vacant, unreserved, surveyed
'"rown I.-.n'!h may be pre-empted b
British subjects over iti jcars uf uKi"
ftnd by miens on declaring Intention
ij. Income British subjects, r-.jnUi
liona.! upon residence, oc.'upiiUoi.
md   improvement   for    agriculture.
purposes.
Vu I Information concerning reg'1
;aiiun.-. iet,ai'dlng pre-emptions L-
(���nen in bulletin No I, Lund tierte*
"How io Pre-empt Land," copies or.
fvhlcli can be obtained tree "f cli-iiX'
by addressing the Department <*
Ltijics. Victoria, B.C., or to *ny Government   Agent.
Kecords will be granted coverlnt
onij laud suitable for agriculii-n-
purpns.es, anil which is not Umber
iai tl. I.e., carrying over y.0i)0 boart
tect per ;icie west of the Coast Banc*
and S.0O0 leet per acie east of thai
Range
Applications for pre-emptions an
tu be addressed to the Land Com
mlssloner of the Laod Recoiding DI
���. Isl >n, in which the land applied foi
is situated, and are made un printei
foinis. > jjjjics nt which can be ob
tained from the Land Commission ei
Pre-emptions must be occupied t'r*i
five years hhi! improvements mad*
tu vii.iti.- jjI jiu per acre, ���ucluuinji
clearing und cultivating at le^st 0v<
acres, before a Crown Grant oan b<
i-oceh -A
Fur mors detailed Information sec
the Um.t-iin ''Mow o Pre-empt
Land "
PURCHASE:
Applications are received tor i>ur
clutse    of    vacant    and    unreserved
Crown   land .   not   being   Umberland
for agrl  u   ural  purposes;   minimum
lirice o,* first-class (arable) land la tl
per were, anil secoml-cla.ss  (glaring)
land   fi.ftn   per acre.     Further  information   regarding  purchase  or  leas* j
cf i'i' rt*n   lands  Is  given   In   Bulletin j
No.   10,   Land   Series,  "Purchase and
Lease  of  Crown  Lands." I
Mill, factory, or Industrial sites on '
timber  land,  not  exceeding  40 acres,
may be purchased or leased, the conditions        Including        payment        of
���Cum page.
HOMESITE   LEASES M 	
Uhsurveyed area,, r.ot exceeding 20 I 1916-1920,    $189,922,725;    1921
acres,   may   be   leased   as   Immesites, '
COndiUono.1    upon    a   dwelling    belnK
erected   In   the  tirst   year,   title  being
obtainable   iiftcr   residence   and   Improvement    conditions    ai e     fulfilled
STEWART LAND COMPANY. LIMITED
Founders and Original Owners
of STEWART  TOWNSITE . .
Hfad Office
101  pomberton Block,     -   VICTORIA, B, f
Real Estate   Insurance   Mines   Financial Agents
ROBERT   M.    STEWART. -      President
Lots for sale in all parts of town STEWART LAND CO,, LTD.
Listings of properties for sale wanted    Fifth Si. Stewart, Bl
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Canada
The Mineral Province of Western
Placer ���;��� I<I. 876.962
--     ���   ,., i,  :vi.V''
9260,-
Has produced Minerals valued as follows:
Lode Gold, $113,352,655;  Silver.   $63,532,655;
Copper,   $179,04(5,508;   Zinc,  $27,904,756; Coal a   I Coke.
968,113; Building Stone, Brick. Cement. $39,415,231: Mlscel8l'dof
minerals, $1,408,257; making its mineral Production to the
1923 sh6w
AN AGGREGATE  VALUE OF ��810,722,782
11 i'i'-1-'
Tho substantial progress of the Mining Industn '
if strikingly exhibited In lhe following figures, which *
lltevalu*
of production for successive five-year Derioas
inclusive, $94,547,241; for five years.   1896-1900,
|s:   For till vr;"
$57,601
!lm
;��� for .
Sift-
five years, 1901-1905, $96,507,908; for five years, 1906-1W ��� ���
'i'.l'iAH; for (lve years, ltHJ-1!H>��, $142,072,1)03:     foi" l,V     ig
$2!-;. 066,641:    for tl--1 ���'���''" '
and   land  lias  hi
���n surveyed.
LEASES
For   grazing   and    Industrial     ftur.
poses areas  not  exceeding 6'0 acr*.
may  be   leased   by   one   psrson   or  ���
company.
GRAZING
��� r"?e'J,t1!^ ?"-���--���--* Act the Prov-
ince is divided into, grasing; district,
and the ran**-o admJnWUMd under a
?r^B C��.mmlMl.A��r. Annual
���rasing- permits are Issued based .on
numbers ranged, priority -being aivon
to established owners. -sUe-ck-owners
may form associations for ruin
'management, frree, or partially frea
permits are available for settlera
campers and travail,,,. ������ to '��
tieprl
$35,158,843; and for 1923, $41,304,320. ^
PRODUCTION DURING LAST TEN .YEARS, S350,2^ --1
Lode mining has only been in progress for abo        ���','.'i-W},0
not 20 per cent, of the Province luis been even pro I        f   . ,-
square miles of unexplored mineral-bearing lann ;l
peeling. H	
ore liberal an-
X.rnininn. *>r
,1 H
tin
.The mining laws of lliis Province are m
lower than thine nf aiiy ofbsr Province in
Colony in fhe British Mnpire!
Miner-al localism* are granted to disooverers ft"
Absolute Titl��s* are oabtuined by developing *"<--��� -
miiity of which  is frnnr*intT',Bd by Crown Grants,
Full information, togfttbar wilh  Mining Reports ai
4e obtained gratis hy a'ddressing
c ft"'
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��� ,iMin�� PORTLAND   CANAL   NEWS,   STEWART,   B. C,   FRIDAY,  MARCH  13, 1925
Oth Century Clothes
Are tailored according to the
HIGHEST STANDARDS
(custom Tailoring. Thev appeal to men who appreciate quality.
They reflect the judgment and prestige of the dealer
selling them.   New samples have arrived
H.   ZEFFERTT
SOLE   AGENT
BEAMAN   BLOCK STEWART, 11. C.
PROFKSSKONA'L   CAHDS.
)AL'BY B. MORKILL
MINING SURVEYOR
B. C. Land Survey* r
STKWAKT, B. C.
F. E. GIGOT
Ire
fe|NESS     INSURANCE
BCIDENT ,
STKWAKT,   B. C.
PITHY POINTERS
PERTLY PUT
Spring Is Surely Springing
and Inspiration Comes
Anew to Our Old-Time
Scribe, Peck McSwain.
JOHN   WANDER
BARBER
Tourist Rooms, Stewart
TOM LEE
PLUMBER
Bbightwell St..    Stewart.
Pussy willows are out.
The blue grouse are hooting.
The   small  boys are  playing
"nibs."
The girls are skipping on the
sidewalks.
like bees to a flower garden or
hoboes to a free lunch counter.
One hundred year? ago today
nobody danced in Hyder, nobody
bootlegged whisky in Rupert, nobody went to church in Stewart,
nobody read the jokes in the Vancouver Sunday Sun; nobody had
heard of mah jong, Honest John
Oliver, bridge, whist, or a government booze joint.
Log Production Soars
British Columbia's log production for 1924 soared  to a new
height, according to figures given
out by Hon. T. D. Pattullo, Min-
The snow is fast disappearing -*-** of Lands for the province.
SHAMROCK
The Brand that stands for
THE BEST ON THE TABLE
Butter, Eggs, Bacon, Hams,
Lard and Compound.
P. BURNS & CO.
JACK SCOTT.
Manager
Kjf.   PORTLAND CANAL L0D6E
IIOIUIJ   *    Ill.-IVIi      IVl'l    lilll
Pf^         L. 0. 0. M. 3218
Ms monthly  on 2nd  Thursdays. Stewart and Hyder.
A Real GOOD Hotel
H. B.  ROCHESTER, Manager
European Plan               SI.50 per day uj
t
JOHN  HOVLAND
ASSAYER
Prompt and Reliable
Hyder,     Alaska.
TUGBOATS
Rupert Marine
Products   Ltd.
Prince Rupert,   B. C.
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HYDER
RADIO
SERVICE
Op���-n 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. (including Sunday.)    Messages
delivered in Stewart. B. C.
WATCH
REPAIRING
Orders  Promptly Filled
All Work Guaranteed
S.   Wichwire
Newell Building,         Stewart, B.C.
from the flats.
The elderly maiden   has discarded her footirons.
Prospectors are getting everything ready for a hike to the hills.
A warty toad was seen in Hyder this week.     It was frozen j
stiff
The total production during 1924
surpassed by 28,000,000 feet the
total for the next highest year in
the history of the industry in the
province, 1923.
COUNTER CHECK BOOKS
We are agents for the Western Sales Book Co.,
Winnipeg, and can supply any size, style, quality or quantity, and at. lower prices than at any
time since the Great War,    Ask for quotations
Portland Canal News
SUITS, TOP-COATS, RIDING BREECHES Etc.
The Semi-Ready Limited of Montreal.
The Largest Tailoring Firm in Canada
Represented By
Sam. E. Wagner,   Stewart and Hyder,  B. C.
STEWART NEWS CO.
Agent For
Spalding's Sporting Goods
an
Imperial Tobacco Company
All the Late.st Papers and Magazines
Ice Cream and Candy      ���      ���       -       Notions
CIGARS    -   CIGARETTS   -   TOBACCOS
Gibson Block ::--:: Fifth Street
National Silver Mines
^
LIMITED  ���
3,000,000 ONE-DOLLAR SHARES
CONTROLLING
BUSH MINES
LIMITED
Treasury Shares For Sale for a Short Time
at 25c. a Share
Tl*e property consists of 24 surveyed claims adjoining
the Premier and B. C. Silver mines
F". R. JANCOWSKI
Company Representative
No one has been omplaining
the last few days about the excessive heat.
Much mining will be done next
month in the King Edward Hotel���kalsomining.
If the present weather keeps
up the tennis court will be in usej
two months earlier this year.       j
From the south comes the news
that mining men and capitalists
are preparing to migrate northward.
Keep your optics on Stewart
and the Portland Canal district
Shipping Records Broken
Fer 1924 Vancouver broke all
[records in volume of deep seai
shipping,   lumber   exports   and
wheat movement.  One thousand
ahd two deep sea ships entered j
the   harbor.     Exports  included!
698.359,500 feet of lumber, 55,-1
1873,788 bu?hels of grain and 1,-j
! 579,811 cases of canned fish.
RAW   FURS
If you want to be paid the highest possible CASH
prices for your RAW FURS, forward them to
R. S. ROBINSON & SONS, LTD.
Branch Receiving Office,   1225-6 Standard Bank Bldg..
Vancouver, B. C.
Head Offiee, R.S.R.BIdg., 43*51 Louise St. Winnipeg.
Established 1883 Incorporated 1920.
Big Grain Delivery
Since the beginning of the last
grain season the Canadian Na- I
tional   Railways have delivered
3,3^8 cars of grain at Vancouver.
STEWART DAIRY i SODA FOUNTAIN
Only Five Homesteaders
During the month of January
f >r the finger of opp-rtunity is'five homesteads were filed upon
pointing this way. }n British Columbia and one en-
A fish caught near Greenland try made for a soldier grant,
last month contained 28,369,841
ePgs.    Harry Bennett ought  to Foreign Trade Increases
read this to his hens. |    In the Period between 1914 and
1924, Canada's  trade with for-
J. CAMPBELL.
PROPRIETOR
Home Made Ice Cream Fresh Milk
and   Buttermilk
ICE    FOR    SALE
Cream
BEAMAN BUILDING
One Door South of J. W. Wilson
ACETYLENE WELDING      GENERAL BLACKSMITHING
The boom is on!    High-Low
Bill arrived on the last boat.   He
just couldn't keep away from the j
land of opportunities.
Henry Rivard says an optimist
is a man who while shovelling
snow is happy because he doesn't
have to mow the lawn.
Last month a .-nan was sent to
jail in Alberta and came out
drunk. And still some people
object to being incarcerated.
A party paper in the interior
says Premier Oliver is the man
of the hour. We are willing to
go further and say he is a regular alarm clock.
A southern exchange tells us
they are digging up fossils in
Victoria. Why dig 'em, when
there are so many above ground
in the capital city?
Premier King recommends out
door life for the youth of Canada. It might be a good thing il
some of his supporters in the
House at Ottawa were given the
air.
An Ottawa dispatch states that
Canada will receive 150,000 English and Scotch settlers this year.
The News will gamble that they
will all be exempt from income
tax.
The slogan of the British Columbia Mining Bureau is "Put
British Columbia Mining on the
Map." Put it on the map is
right; and dollars will flock to
British Columbia for investment
eign countries has increased by
more than seventy per cent.
FREIGHT CONTRACTORS /
FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
Fireextinguishers can be found
at the following places:
Big chemical, 25 gallons-
Fire Hall
Five-gallon   extinguishers-
Gibson's
Newell's
Tourist Rooms
Hotel Stewart
Carolan's Grocery
Hotel King Edward
Portland Canal News
G. C. Andrew
CRAWFORD TRANSFER CO.
AGENTS   FOR   f^/\ I\ I       NUT
NEW I   I f/41 &
WELLINGTON    ^Vl  1M   LUMP
Office 5th St., . Stewart.
COAL Z $16
UNION STEAMSHIPS
T. S. S. Cardena sails from Stewart
Every Monday at midnight for
Prince Rupert and Vancouver via way points.
T. S, S. Cardena leaves Vancouver every Friday, 9 p. na.
Prince Rupert Sunday, 8 p.  m.
For Alice Arm, Anyox and Stewart.
T. S. S. Venture leaves Vancouver every Tuesday, 11 p. m.
For Prince Rupert and Anyox via Skeena and Naas Canneries.
Reservations  and all information from
Prince Rupert Agent, 2nd Ave., Phone 568.
HEAD OFFICES, Union Dock, ft. Carrall St.   Phone Sey. 306.
CUSTOMS HOUSE BROKER
Agent Fok
Winnipeg Fire Underwriters
Stewart Land Co. Office,
Stewart. B.C.
COASTWISE STEAMSHIP
& BARGE CO. LTD.
Weekly Sailings From
Stewart Direct To
Smelters.
General Freight and
Powder.
For Information Apply:
805 Birks Bldg.,
Vancouver, B. C.
WINTER STEAMSHIP IERVICE
S.S. PRINCE RUPERT will leave STEWART for ANYOX, PRINCE RUPERT.VAN-
COUVER,    VICTORIA,    SEATTLE,, and
intermediate   points each THURSDAY at
12:00, noon.
The S. S. "PRINCE JOHN" leaves PRINCE RUPERT
fortnightly for VANCOUVER, via QUEEN CHARLOTTE
ISLANDS.
PASSENGER TRAIN SERVICE FROM PRINCE RUPERT
Each MONDAY. WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY at 5 p.m.
for Prince George, Edmonton, Winnipeg. Direct connections
fer all points East and South.
For Atlantic steamship sailings and further information,
apply to R. F- McNaughton, District Passenger Agent,
Prince Rupert, B. C.
������ PORTLAND   CANAL   NEWS,   STEWART,   B. C,  FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1925
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KING   BABY"
Start the Baby off right, by having it sleep alone.
Children's Steel Cribs with rust-proof springs attached.
Pure Felt Crib Mattresses are the best.
High Chairs, Commode Chairs, Baby Plates, Etc.
Keep a Kodak record of the Baby.
Kodaks, Films, Developing and Printing.
UNIVERSAL SUPPLY CO.
5th Street,   STEWART, B. C,    G.W. Smith, Mgr.
Stewart Bakery
BREAD
ICE CREAM
VEGETABLES
CAKES
CANDY
FRUIT
CAMPBELL & DUKE.
HELLO   BOYS!!
If you want that hole i�� your stomach filled in a
satisfactery way at popular prices,
"See   Stick"
at the
HOLE IN THE WALL CAFE
Hotel Stewart
BELLVIEW   HOTEL, Ltd
HYDER,   B. C.
ALL NEW EVERYTHING DONE FOR YOUR COMFORT
ELECTRIC LIGHTS    TUB AND SHOWER BATHS
$1   PER   DAY
Phone 4 Long Mrs.  Helen Bell, Manager
MAZDA   LAMPS
DOUBLE   SOCKETS, Etc.
International Electric Company
GET OUR BID
on
Moving That Freight
E. ARMSTRONG
GENERAL FREIGHTER
Delivered
DRY   WOOD
Any Length
Any Quantity
W. J. Wakefield
KEEP WARM
Body Belts
Hot Water Bottles
BE COMFORTABLE
TEAMS  PACK HORSES
P.O.Box 133,   STBWART. B.C.
Creams and Lotions
For Rough Skin
Stewart Drug Store
Victoria Mines
  LIMITED 	
The Board of Directors of Victoria
Mines, Limited
Begs to announce that the issue of
Treasury Shares at 50c. a Share
Is closed from this date.
This action is taken in view of the recent excellent reports
from the mine, and the strong position of the company's
treasury.
The annual general meetinf of shareholders has been called
for Monday, March 23rd, 1925.
VICTORIA MINES, LIMITED
R. W. Martin, Pres. Stewart, B. C.
REPORTS MADE
ON POWER PLAN
Splendid Chance for Large
Reservoir and Cost of the
Installation Should Be
Comparatively Low.
Weekly Ups and Downs
On Local Stock Mart
GOING TO BUILD
9
The positive statements in regard to the installation of a hydroelectric plant in this vicinity are
hardly warranted, although being widely circulated. It is true
that investigations have been going forward satisfactorily and reports have been made accordingly, but as "Rome was not built in
a day," neither are such projects
carried to a successful termination so hurriedly.
The plan under consideration
provides for a plant at the mouth
of Soule River,  better known as
Glacier Bay.  about eight milesjpanies from the south indicates'
down the Portland Canal on the|that this district will be very ac-]
Figure It Over With Us.
Wa can supply you with everything you need
FROM BASEMENT TO CHIMNEY.
No need to send Outside for anything any more.
L. & L. Glacier caused the excitement of the week, this stock [
dropping some twelve points under a heavy bear movement.
Most of the other local issues)
remained steady.
Dunwell and Glacier continue'.   . XT���.    ���^TTT-, rw\r^.r\
to slacken with little demand for! AJND  1 HE TOOLS   TO BUILD WlTrll
the  latter,  though  Dunwell   isj "*
still firmly held. j
Independence is still in good
demand, caused by reports coming in that this company is amply supplied with operating funds
for some time to come.
Lakeview stock is very firmly
held, with a heavy demand, and
practically none offering. The
management reports satisfactory
progress on installation of the
new machinery.
Continued demands for information of the Marmot River com-
D. W. McLEMAN
Fifth Street
STEWAKT.
PROVISIONS and HARDWARE
Try Our Coffee
Ground while you wait
Per Ib. 55 cents.
J.   W.   WILSON
5th and Columbia St.       :-:       :-:      Stewart.  B.C,
Alaskan side. Investigation reveals two feasible sites for dams
on this river. The first one is
only some two thousand feet
from the mouth and would giye
a fall of two hundred and fifty
feet. The second site is about
three miles up stream but in some
respects is preferable. Here the
water comes through  a rarrovv
tive during the summer. The
Marmot has some mining properties which were the first in the
district to ship ore profitably, and
it is expected that Marmot River
stocks will be in great demand.
Bid      Asked
frfELP the HOSPITAIJ
B. C. Silver
Dunwell
| Glacier Creek
$ 1.20
4.00
__,      , , , ,   I Independence
channel cut through what might! i  j*
be called a "reef," above which
is a valley or old lake bed some
four miles in length, with a five
hundred foot drop between the
reef and the mouth of the river.
It can be readily seen that this
would provide for an almost unlimited head of water, especially
when it is noted that this second
site i3 below the forks of the
river and the two branches are
thought to be approximately ten
and fifteen miles in length.
One of the chief objects of the
last investigation was to ascei-
tain if the volume of water would
bi sufficient during the driest
period of the year, which would
likely be during December, January and February. The investigating party was quite satisfied
on this point.
Reports have been forwarded
only during the last month to the
Eastern interests which have the
project under consideration, but
it is too soon to expect a reply or
any definite action. We will be
i pleased to advise our readers as
! soon as there is anything further
available for publication.
.19
.10
.55
2.35
Lakeview
Premier
Porter Idaho M. Co. . ���
Rufus .13
Terminus .53
Silver Crest .16
L&L Glacier Creek .24
Victoria Mines
National Silver .���
Vancouver Mines .���
$ 1.40
4.fi(l
.30 |
.23 I
.14 j
.65 '
2 50
.25
.20
.60
.20
.30
.75
.25
.50
ST. PATRICK'S DAY DANCE
STEWART HOTEL
MARCH   17th
UNDER AUSPICES OF THE WOMEN'S AUXILIARY
Supper supplied by Women of Stewart
Music by Ridley and Cullins
IRISH CONCERT BY LOCAL ARTISTS
Booths where Ice Cream can be bought and real
Shamrock (growing in pots)
IVC
^
Tickets $1.50 each, including the home-made supper; e
dren under 12 years. 75c.   On Bale at the stores and
from mem burs of the Hospital Women's Auxiliary
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SKEENA LAND DISTRICT
District of Cassiar. j
I.  JOSEPH WARE,   Returned Sol-}
dier,   hereby  apply  for a  lease  as a j
homesite  on   the following described
lands;���
Commencing at this, the south-west
corner post, planted on the north side
of the Stikene River, about four miles
above the townsite of Glenora; thence
5 chains north, 20 chains east, 5 chains
south to the river bank, thence westerly to point of commencement; containing 20 acres, more or less.
Joseph Ware.
Dated Dec. 22, 1924. 38 9t
FOR
Portland Canal
STOCKS
Dr. H. A. Whillans, Physician
and Surgeon. Office, corner 6th
and Victoria Sts. Hours, 12
o'cloek, noon, to 3 p. m., and by
appointment. [
Local Meetings
Board of Trade: First and third Tuesday evenings.
Boy Scouts: Each Friday evening in
the Moose Hall.
Citizens' Association: Quarterly and
as required.
Hospital Board: Evening of the 6th
of each month. ]f 6th falls on Sunday,
next evening.
Loyal Order of Moose: Second and
fourth Thursday evenings.
St. Mark's Church: Service each Sunday evening at 7:30. Sunday school at
two o'clock. Choir practice held on
Saturday evenings.
United Services Club: Second and
���Jj I fourth Thursday evenings.
Who's Your Broker ?
Stewart Share* Bought and Sold
G-   F.   HARTLEY
Member Vancouver Stock Exchange Since 1911
422 Richards Street. Vancouver, H. C,
TRAPPERS-
I need Beaver,  Muskrat,   Marten,
Lynx, Skunk, Weasel, Mink,
and want them now, Ship today and remember
that "MUNRO" mean* "MORE MONEY"
J. H. MUNRO,  - Revelstoke, B. C.
Free Recipe Book-Write the
Borden Co. Ltd., Vweouver.
tb Ti ttsss
WRITE
WIRE
SEE
H. W. M. ROLSTON & CO
Stewart
ALL THE COMFORTS OF A HOME
ARE TO BE   HAD AT Till'.
Hotel Stewart
James McAleenan,   Proprietor.
Steam Heated Rooms      Baths      Drying
Restaurant in connection
FIFTH STREET STEWART
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FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE
YOU
say you have not time today,
cannot afford it this week,
will attend to it next week.
PROCRASTINATION
A habit that has cost people all over the
world thousands of dollars, and will one
day cost YOU all you have.
��� SEE
ROLSTON
And secure protection in the strongest
fire companies in the Insurance world.
Prepare
for the Spring Rusl
HAVE YOUR JOB
DONE NOW
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