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VOL. 6, NO. 50
STEWART,   BRITISH   COLUMBIA,   FRIDAY,    MAY   8,  1925
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TROY GROUP TO
BE DEVELOPED
High-grade Property Near
Head of Salmon Glacier;
Is to be Scene of Mining
Activity
ii
FIVE BRIDES"
FULL OF FUN
f
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STEWART-HYDER LOCAL NEWS
Mrs Ernest Blue left  on   the
"A laugh every minute."        |Cardena for * v'sit in Rupert.
That is the best   way   to  de-.1    Ray    Gorman,     representing
scribe the   "Five Brides"   farce I Canadian Explosives, is in camp
comedy produced in the Stewart this weck
An   aggressive
Opera house last night by   home
talent.    Without exception those
development j who attended are loud in praise \ the
Wm. Hamilton left last Sunday
for a visit in Rupert.
E. Irwin, assayer at the Premier, returned Sunday from a
trip outside.
J. Frank Breeze,   manager  of
winter,
campaign is to be put into effect | of the  performance,   and   somei    Fred Jancowski   returned   on
on the Troy group this summer, say they lost a bunch of vest but-, the   Cardena   from   a   business
according to Niel McDonald,  or- tons through too vehemently ex-j trip to Anyox.
pressing  their  hilarious   appre-j    The snow went from Fifth St.
eiation. just three days earlier this year
There is more or less of a plot, j than last.    The News kept tab.
winter.  Between ten and twelvejof course, but not enough to dis-{    W.R.Tooth is building an 8 ft.
tons of supplies and squipmeotjturb the smooth operation of the Ljdewalk along the east side of
have been ordered and   will   be j joy factory.   No sublimity is ap- ��� his building at 5th and Columbia,
moved in to the property  before parent, but the   ridiculous   was1
the end of this   month.    Camps'there with bells on.    If   another
L. C. Davis returned   Sunday
from Victoria,  where he   spent |the L & **- Glacier Creek, returned Sunday from Vancouver.
A Chevrolet sedan, 19'i4 model,
arrived on thc Prince Rupert last
ijfinal locator of the property,
who returned this week from
Vanceuver. where he  spent the
L.E.Kyle,   representing  tne | j*. <j .Crosby.
; Sunday for Billy Frame.
Pat Keyes, an oldtimer of the
icamp who has been outside since
i the fall of 1920, returned Sunday.
'Mrs Boyd left Sunday for her
home in Clinton after an extended visit with her daughter,   Mrs
WORK STARTS
SILVER CREST
Seymour Campbell, manager
of the Silver Crest, was in this
week and reports that the trail
has been broken through to the
property and a crew of miners is
now at work. Only four men
are at present employed, but
this number wil! be largely augmented shortly.   The   snow   at
RESUME WORK
ON VANCOUVER
Property Practicallv Surrounding the Terminus
Will be Actively Developed This Summer
Captain S. F. Knight, of S. F.
Knight & Co., Vancouver, who
is heavily interested in the Van-
will be built, the initial buildings; collection of comical   situations
i Britannia Wire   Rope   Company
W. E. Griffiths,   representing
being on the Butte claim, where
there is plenty of timber, and
fram.1 buildings to be construct-
could be condensed into the same
of Vancouver,   is spending the Canadian Ingersol Rand,
space of time, it has not yet come',
te light.
week in camp.
is   ra
diating smiles and   mining   ma*
;    B. W. W. McDougall, manager chinery propaganda   throughout
,   ,i       ��� , of the Terminus,  returned Sun- the camo
ed later, closer to the mine work-j    In addition, the music is worth jd '
ings.   The property is now own-!tne prjCe.    The orchestra.   Mrs,
ed by the Northland mining company and is said to be well financed for the season's operations.
W. Jancowski, J. P. Scarlett and |
Joe Cullen, rendered both classic j
and topical numbers that   were
The present pregram calls   for hjghly appreciated.    Miss   Anne I
lay from a business trip to Van- j    Dr. H. A. Whillans, Physician
couver and Victoria. land Surgeon.    Office, corner 6th
Have   you   seen   the   famous and   Victoria  Sts.     Hours,    12
!' Gold   Dollar"    Silk   Hose   for o'clock, noon, to 3 p. m.,  and by'year's requirements
Ladies at  Zeffertt's?     They're appointment. [   ,
real values.    Newest shades.       |    The newly arrived government'
the mouth of the tunnel has been ! couver group, adjoining Ihe Ter-
shoveled away, and also a space j minus, and in the Hyder Jumbo
cleared for a dumping ground, group near the head of Fish
Supplies are moving up to the creek, on the Alaskan side, was
mine, and when packing condi-; in camo this week, accompanied
tions are better lumber will bejbv A.S. Burdekin of Vernon, who
taken up for additional bunk-! looked over the properties and
house accommodation. t is going back to England to tell
��� I some of his friends about them.
Building on Ruby Silver ! Sam Desehamps, manager of
A crew of men was put toj the Vancouver, has taken a small
work this week building a mess|crew up to resume work in the
house at the Ruby Silver, in] the main tunnel, and when the
preparation for a large crewj trail is clear and transportation
which is shortly to be employed, j feasible, a substantial camp will
A substantial camp was built last jbe erected and a number of min-
year, but is net adequate for this ers employed.
Going to Cassiar
driving a   crosscut   tunnel   160 Clothier's vocal  selections were'ca,,a,UC3-    ��-******-->-"***-���       i    *��* '"1,"���,U��� �����|    tXex."u~'\nJ"'rnan-.an\
feet in length which will cut No '      -t i i i    I    A beer license has been grant- compressor has been put to work<    J. A.btephen. government en-|
ieei in itngm wnicn win cut ino.  vociferously encored, as was also 6 , ...   .      ., ,  . .    !ffino(1.  ���,:a Wm  u���k;ii  ��<-   ��D I
1 vein at a denth of 50 feet and rt.     k ,    ,        ���  ���,, ed for the  Hotel   Stewart,   and gunning drills to widen and  take Lgtger,.with Wm. Hobill  as   as-
i \em ac a aepm oi ou ieei anaithe   base   solo   by J. H. Wilson, !    . , .        0;--fn��-��-  lofi horn MnnHav   r-in-i-f
*o.2ata depth  of   150   fctt.Lt.-   _^   iuu   .   ���..;.���J the premises is being altered   so | out some dangerous curves from -s.stant, left here Monday   night)
FRAMING FOR
SEASON SPORT
; who   responded   with   a   guitar
Everyone who has seen the prop- j rendition. I
erty pronounces this  No.l   vein]    [t ;8 produced under the  petto be one of  the  strongest  and j sona, direction of Mr8 H. P. Gib*^
as to conform with requirements.
Johnnie Kasper, the taxi man,
returned    Monday   nighl   from
I the Stewart-Hyder road.
ifor the new gold   strike   in   the>
Mr and Mrs   John   Mellor   re- Cassiar, going by way of Wran-I
These bright warm days   have
best defined in the district,   with
a Urge  tonnage  of   high-grade'
son, and the smoothness of   the
Vancouver where he spent  the'^it in England.    They brought
turned Sunday from an extended |seU,   Alaska,   and   the  Stikine
river. Accompanying them from
'aroused the dormant sporting instinct in the athletes of the town
.    , , .winter.    He brought a earaloig.
action is due to her trainir/r.        j
ore on the surface. Itisthein-I The cast of characters includes ' D.D. MacKenzie, known to al)
t-ntion tomake a test shipment' -^rs p-^^ Bowler, and Misses'real oldtimeis by the nickname
of from 50 to  100   tons   during. Dapnne Workman,  Ida Watson. I of "Fagan," has returned after
from  Vancouver a  fine   saddle i here were Dr. Whalen of Anyox j ���,-,���,
1C|   ,    .        ,.        , . J season of whirlwind events
who is making the   trip  out  of
horse foi their daughter Mabel.
New Store Opens
Thor and Bert Johnson arrived
the season, taking the ore down lCherry Carnpbell>  Muriel  Craw-; an absence   of  more   than   ^ last Sunday from Rupert  with a
for(jt 'years.   He was one of the origi
nai locators of the Terminus.
Salmon glacier.
The property is to be surveyed j
and crown grant applied   for   in
the fall.   An office will be open-,
ed in Stewart.    E. O. Weston of
Vancouver has been elected secretary treasurer of the company.
stock of gents'  furnishings and
have opened an attractive  stere
Messrs A.W.R.Ashley, George
Andrew. P.S.Jack, H. G. Marvin'    H. A. Heywood,   former man-1 for men in the Newell  building jpartment.
and J. W.Wilson. lager of the Terminus  and  still |on Fifth  street.   The  Johnson
- -        ! one of the heaviest shareholders, j Drothers   are   no   strangers   to
J arrived on the Cardena but waa' most residents of Stewart, being
; forced  by  business  arising in pi0Heers of Rupert and   having
curiosity; Jack McDonald, who
owns No. 5 above discovery on
Gold Pan creek, and who is taking his wife along, and Dick
Reberts of Alice Arm, a former I
employee of the public works de-!
INDIAN ORE IS
COMING DOWN
LA ROSE MINE
!    IN LIMELIGHT;
I !
I    J.M.Morrison left last Monnry,
f night for his home in Alice Arm I
Victoria to return on   the  same
boat.
Last Sunday H.D.Rochfort re-
ceived a bunch of pigeons which
one of the leading stores there.
Preparing for the Fray
Harold   Blanton   is    training
i and arrangements are on for  a
The
joint committee to take charge
is composed of J.W.Wilson, Jack
Scott and H. Wilkinson, representing the United Services Club;
W. R. Tooth for the Citizens Association, and D. W. McLeman
for the Board of Trade,
Sam Wickwire has been chosen
Successful  Dance as manager of the baseball team
The May Day dance, held in and a11 players should report to
Pioneer hall, Hyder, in the inter- jhim- Everyone is expected to
ests of the Hyder baseball team, [turn out for practice next Sun-
was a great success, both social-; day at 2 ��'clock- 0n the 25th a
ly and financially. Stewart was Uame wiU be Played with Ryder-
well represented, and   the   Pre-     J.W.Wilson will direct thedes-
tance of about two  miles.     According to W.S.Orr, manager of
*e property, about 1500  sacks, j ^secretary ofthe company ^
making a total  weight of  be-J    A. contract  has  been   let  to,
tween 80 and  90  tons,   will  be'Niel Forbes  and   associates  ta
"-oved to the road before the re
treating snow makes transportation by this means impossible.
Two tons were shipped out last
Monday night, one to Trail smel-
to and one to Selby, California.
By*the time the total shipment
13 down to the wharf, returns
fr��m the trial shipments will
have been received and the man-
jjtetnent can then determine the
best market.
fault.   He took sick and had  to
...   .r-,. toc*' lie over for a spell in Rupert,
drive a crosscut tunnel  450 feet
on the property, which is expect-1 S. Bazett-Jones. public accoun-
ed to open up a high-grade vein j tant and auditor, has opened an
from which two shipments were independent office in Rupert. He
made some years ago, aggregat-j is an oldtimer in the north, having 32 tons and averaging .11 oz. | ing been connected with the
gold, 353.1 oz. silver, 3.1 per cent Granby Co at Anyox in 1913-14,
lead and 6.6 per cent zinc. and since that time with a firm
Of the treasury  stock,   50,000 ef auditors in Rupert,
shares has been put on the mar- ~      ���������-     ���
ket for development purposes,in gtod demand, more than half
only, and Mr Morrison says it  is of the issue being already soli.
Portland Canal" neither smokes!
are now nesting  and   preparing i nard for hj9 batt]e  here on   the
i  , ���     ,   ,�� , to populate the valley.     Henry! night of May 25 with Red   Skin-
Ore sacking at tht Indian from after a week spent:.t  Premier ^ .% kmwn ^  ^ are The   ..prjde of
the No. 2 level is proceeding rap* |and in Stewart and  selling  L��:notgame Wrd8| and they  don-t
Wly and the ore  being  hauled | Rose mining  company's  slock* j savey the ghotgun.
down by double enders   to  theiat which he said he had grratify-j
s uuuuie enaers   10   ine, .,      ,.      Sam Gourlay returned Sunday
Salmon valley wagon road a dis- ---�� success.     Besides   himself, .
.v v,hm)u roau, a uis .    ,    .  .       , from his annual winter's sojourn
stock may also be obtained from
r*.  tt  j,t   f -.f v-.inna   R,,n   in Seattle.    For the first time in
E. H. Mortimer, ��f Prince   Kup-:
many years, the robins beat him
mier orchestra gave   an  exhibition of high-grade music.
tinits of the feotsall team,   and
he wants the players to turn out
for practice on Tuesday and Fri-
Political Rumblings '       1 day evenings at 6:45.   The  Pre-
It is reported that a Conserva- j mier bunch is coming down   for
nor drinks and is always in  prood 1 tjve convention will be held   in'the celebration on  the   25th   to
condition, but he knows he is ��p;Rupert on the 20th of this month
against a tough  bird   this   tinotjto nominate a candidate to  rep-
and is taking no chances.
play the home  boys.   They  are
fast actors, and if Stewart is to
,resentthis riding   in   the  next'win, there will have to be  some
I dominion election.   The name of team work developed.
Cartwright-Phillips {Dr. Leroydof Anyox  is  promi-
The wedding took place in St. .nently me-ntioned as  a  possible
Michael's Church, Vancouver, on j nominee.
the afternoon of April 24, of Miss |
Mabel Phillips, daughter ef  Mr| Goes on the Table
and Mrs E.F.Phillips of Nelson, j    Miss Kate Ryan, known where-
and F.W.Cartwright, son of Mrs'ever Northerners fraternise as a
EjCartwright of Nelson. Mr j pioneer of pioneers and herself
and Mr�� J. A. Williams of Bella;an alleviator of distress, under-
Coola were attendants. The! went a successful operation in
groom is on the staff of the Pre- i the General Hespital on Wednes-
mier company, and he and his day of this week, and is again
bride will make their home at radiating smiles around the bus-
themine. I iness streets.
Helping the Government
Henry Rivard, who owns  the
j government liquor store  bundling, is having it and the  warehouse addition re-shingled.
Canadian National trainB now
leave Rupert for the east daily
except Sunday at 11:30 a. m.,
carrying through sleeping cars
as far as Winnipeg. Trains arrive from the east daily except
Tuesday, at 3:30 p. m. PORTLAND   CANAL   NEWS,   STEWART,   B. C,   FRIDAY, MAY   8,  1925
The Portland Canal News
the same chances as the traditional snow-'Not yet.   Nope,  we wont send
i any 20D0 papers.   We  will  dis-
H.   W.   M.   ROLSTON
Editor and Publisher
W. R. HULL
News Editor
MEMBER    OF    CANADIAN    WEEKLY     NEWSPAPER   ASSOCIATION
FIYE   DOLLARS   PHR   YEAR
Advertising   Rates:
Display Advertising, 60 cents per inch per issue.    Reading
Notices. 20 cents per line.
fascial  Position   Display or   Reading,   25 per cent above
���frtHnsry rates.
Otltificate of Improvement. $15 (if more  than one claim,
5Et6S for each additional claim mentioned)
Land Notices, $10.   Coal Notices. $7.   Water Notices, $10.
No Advertising Accepted for First Page
ASSESSABLE  MINING STOCK
WE NOTE that Mining Truth of Spokane is campaigning for a revival of the
assessable stock plan for mining corporations. In this connection Engineering
and Mining Journal Press comments as
follows:
The recent ruling of the New York
Curb Association against the listing of
assessable stocks is of interest to mining
companies. Mining companies whose
stock was assessable were once very common; but in many oases the system was
abused by those who held control of the
company's policy, and the situation degenerated into what was plainly called by
them a game of "freeze-out." Every time
a new assessment was declared, a certain
margin of discouraged stockholders refused to pay, and thereby forfeited their
stock, which made the shares of those who
were still in so much more valuable. But
at the next assessment another outside
ring of clinging stockholders was jarred
loose, while the real insiders fattened
thereby. Meanwhile, the stock was judiciously traded in and maneuvered on the
stock exchange, new buyers came along,
speculating, buying for a rise, and thereby a new crop of stakers was ready for the
assessment.
In some cases mines were kept open
and run for many years by systematic assessments, these paying for the salaries of
the controlling ring and for the deficits in
mining operations. These were losing enterprises, which cn a strict business basis
would have been shut down. Some of the
companies operating on the Comstock
Lode are examples. The investor who
hopes to make money out of mining profits
���if there be any so guileless���had about
  ,	
ball in Hades	
Such instances as we have sketched
above were perhaps the exception, but they
were common enough to call for the nonassessable stock plan, which would guarantee the investor at least a certain nonforfeitable equity in consideration of money invested. This equity may be and often
is a vanishing one, in the hands of skilled
jugglers of corporations; nevertheless, it
does not disappear with the disconcerting
suddenness and thoroughness of the equity
represented by assessable stock. And by
the process of evolution, because the public refused to buy assessable stock, the
promoter has turned almost entirely to
non-assessable stocks.
On the other hand, it is easy to see
that in certain conditions and in the hands
of the right people, the assessable stock
has advantages. If a group of people with
their eyes open go into a mining enterprise with the intention of staying with it
to the end, and with their eyes open agree
to assessments ad libitum, then the problem of continued capital for continued operations is an easy one; and those financial
crises, so ruinous to the stockholders' interests,
which so often afflict the non-assessable mining
stock, are avoided, Moreover, the financial history of many mining stocks has shown that asses-
able mining stocks have been the basis of numerous successful ventures after one or more assessments. The great Homestake mine in South Dakota levied one assessment before it became a
profitable gold producer; the Tintic Standard mine
in Utah, levied not fewer than 19 assessments
before it, too, went over the top.
The purchase of non-assessable stock is no
more protection against fraud than a purchase of
the assessable variety. Both may be manipulated
before and after they are issued. In the last analysis the honesty and reputation of the people behind the company is the best guarantee the stockholder can have.
tribute our kicks otherwise.
MINERAL ACT.
Certificate of Improvements.
NOTICE.
Rufus, Rufus No. 1. Rufus No. 2,   Rufus No. 3,   Rufus No. 4,   Rufus No. 5,
Rufus No. 6, Baby  Rufus   Fractional,
Slide Fractional, Wide Fractional,   Silver  Fractional  and   Long   Fractional
Mineral Claims, situate in the Portland
Canal Mining Division of  Cassiar Dis
trict.
Where located:-On Erickson Creek,
Bear River.
Take Notice that I, Frank C. Green,
of 221 Pemberton Bldg., Victoria, B.C.
acting as agent for Rufus Silver-Lead
Mines, Limited, Non Personal Liability, Free Miner's Certificate No.
61707C intend, sixty days from the date
hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder for Certificate of Improvements
for the purpose of obtaining Orown
Grants of the above claims.
And further take notice that action,
under section 85, must be commenced
before the issuance of such Certificate
of Improvements.
Dated this 6th day of September,
A. D. 1924. 48
CAROLAN'S
Meat Market and General Store
Hardware      Groceries       Fresh Meats       Working Cloth
Boots and Shoes Stoves and Ranges     '*
Powder, Caps and Fuse
One pair genuine Silk Stockings given with each $10 cash pun has
"PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS ACT"
ATLIN ELECTORAL DISTRICT
Notice Is Hereby Given that I
shall, on MONDAY, the 18th day of
May, 1926, at the hour of 10 o'clock in
the forenoon, at the Court-house, Anyox, hold a sitting of the Court of Revision for the purposes of revising the
list of voters for the said electoral district, and of heariug any and all objections to the retention of any name on
the said list, or to the registration as
a voter of any applicant for registration; and for the other purposes set
forth in the "Provincial Elections
Act."
Dated at Anyox, B. C, this 13th dav
of April, 1925.
JOHN CONWAY.
Registrar of Voters,
Atlin Electoral District.
SYNOPSIS 6F,
UND ACT AMENDMENTS
SALMON RIVER BANKING COMPANY
HYDER,   ALASKA
(Incorporated   Under   tlj#  Laws   of   Alaska)
4   PER   CENT   Paid  on   Savings   Rank   Accounts
Canadian Funds Accepted on Deposit.
Money Telegraphed to all Parts of United States
J. A. Hall, Pres.    D. Lindeborg, Vice-Pres.    E. D. Haddon, Cashier
The only first-class and up to date hotel in the Portland
Canal district
Hotel King Edward
STEWART,   -   B.   C.
Running Hot and Cold Water.     Baths.      All the conveniences of the city.    Dining Room in connection
European plan $1 per day and up
W.    H.   TOLIN,
.Manager
MISSED THE PEACE PRIZE
Always Busy
Giving Good Service
-Exchange Grill
Freeh Bread and Pastry   Every Morning
Sole Agent for Draid's Tea and Coffee.
J. P. Hawkinson, Prop.
STEWART UND COMPANY. LIMITED
Founders and Original Owners
of STEWART  TOWNSITE .  .
THE FOREST
SHALL WE CROP IT
AND CONSERVE OUR FOREST CAPITAL
STABILIZE INDUSTRY
ENSURE FUTURE PROSPERITY; or
SHALL WE MINE IT
Too bad the Nobel Peace Prize has been
awarded, because it will never bring peace.
So long as history consists of a record of
wars, so long as the Bible is largely a recounting
of battles, and so long as history is studied and
the Bible is read by the young, just -so long will
wars continue.
Burn all the histories and issue new ones,
telling about industrial and social progress; call in
all the present existing Bibles and print revised
editions with the thrilling stonVs of Gideon and
Joshua, of David and Goliath, *f Sampson and his
jaw-bone, deleted; destroy all the novels with battle scenes depicted; and then, perhaps, in a hundred years or so, the young people, having never
heard of fighting on a large scale,
will be content to confine this
form of amusement te personal
encounters in thevback alley.
Pity we didn't think of this
while the contest for the Nobel
Peace Prize was still open. The
prize would have come to Stewart. A great chance to advertise this coming mining metropolis has been missed.
Head Office -��
101  Pemberton Block,     -   VICTORIA,  K. C
Real Estate   Insurance   Mines
ROBERT   M.    STEWART.
Financial Agents
Presidrnt
^
AND DEPLETE OUR FOREST CAPITAL
UNDERMINE INDUSTRY
MENACE FUTURE PROSPERITY
National Interest and National Security demand the
Treatment of our Forest Resource as a Crop
THE OBSTACLE to proper treatment ia FIRE
THE CAUSE of fire js CAKELESgNE88
THE CURE of carelessness ie AROUSED PUBLIC OPINION
VI MUST Ml- VIM OVa l-ART
HON. CHARLES STEWART. Minister of the Interior
A friend in Vancouver suggests that we send 2000 extra
copies of one of our numbers to
a client of his for free distribution, with a view to getting some
more subscribers. Let's see;
2000 papers, each put through
the press four times and each
impression taking eight kicks on
the press, would make 64,000
kicks. We have 64,000 kicks,
but   not   for   free   distribution
PRE-EMPTIONS
Vacant, unreserved, surveyed
Crown lands may be pre-empted L>>
British subject* over 18 years of age
and by aliens on declaring Intention
to become British subjects, conditional upon residence, occupation
and Improvement (or agricultural
purposes.
Full Information concerning regulations regarding pre-emptions is
given in Bulletin No. 1, Lan'i Series,
"How to Pre-empt Land," copies of
which can be obtained free uf charge
by addressing the Department Ot j
Lands, Victoria, B.C., or lo any Gov- I
ernment Agent. .
Records wiil be gran"��^ revering I
only iand suitable f', agricultural I
purposes, and wht< .. Is not timber- \
laud, i.e., carrying over 6.000 board j
feet per acre west of the Coast Rang* I
and 8,000 feet per acre east of that I
Range. |
Applications for pre-emptions are j
to be addressed to the Land Com- >
mlssioner of the Land Recording DI- j
vision, ln which the land applied for |
Is situated, and aro made on printed
forms, copies of which can be obtained  from  the Land Commissioner.
Pre-emptions must be occupied for
five years and improvements made
to value of (10 per acre, including
clearing and cultivating at least flvi
aacres, before a Crown Orant can bs
received.
For more detailed Information see j "a8 Policed Minerals valued as  follows:    Placer Gold, $76,(J62.ZW;
the     Bulletin     "How     to     Bre-empt
Land."
PURCHASE
Applications are received for purchase of vacant and unreserved
Crown lands, not being tlmberland,
for agricultural purposes; minimum
price of first-class (arable) land Is $1
per acre, and second-class (grazing)
land $2.60 per acre. Further Information regarding purchase or lease
of Crown  lands Is given  In Bulletin
Lots for sale in all parts of town
Listings of properties for sale wanted
STEWART LAND CO.. LTD,
Fifth St. Stewart, BC
BRITISH COLUMBIA
The Mineral Province of Western Canada
Lode Gold, $113,352,635; Silver, $63,532,655; Lead. JC8.ls2.6ffl;
Copper, $179,046,508; Zinc, $27,904,756; Coal and Coke. $250,���
968,113; Building Stone, Brick, Cement. $39,415,234; Miscellaneous
minerals, $1,408,257; making its mineral Production to the end ol
1923 show
AN AGGREGATE VALUE OF 1810,722,782
The substantial progress of the Mining Industry in thi*1
Le0ase^nrowneLandsTUr0haM *"" 1,8 strikingly exhibited in tho following figures, which show Llio
Mill, factory, or industrial sites on   0-" production for successive live-year periods
timber land,  not exceeding: 40  aerea ��� ���      .
- -    '     ' -        *   inclusive, $94,547,241; for five years.   1896-1900,
enT
con-
may be purchased or leased,
ditions       Including       paymenl       of
stumpage.
HOME8ITE   LEASES
i Unsurveyed areas, r.ot exceeding it
acres, may be leased as homesltes
conditional upon a dwelling being
erected In the first year, title being
obtainable after residence and Improvement conditions aie fulfilled
and land has been surveyed.
LEASES
For graslng and Industrial purposes areas not exceeding 140 aeres
may be leased by one person or ���
company.
GRAZING
Under the Orazlng Aet tha Province Is divided Into gracing districts
and the range administered under -a
Qraslng Commissioner. Annual
graslng permits are Issued baaed on
numbers ranged, priority being given
to established owners. SterV.-ewn.ers
mar form asajtelatlons for rang*
management. Tk-ee, or partially free,
permits are available for settlers,
campers and travellers, ap to tea
head
iivliitu
vnluo
181)5,
��� for
V t'lll'S.
1922.
in progress for about Qo 5 l;l.-~;1 ���������
9 has been even prospected. ���
eral-bearing land are open   '
For till ycai
$57,607,967
five years, 1901-1905, $96,507,968; for five years, 1906-1910.
534,474; for five years, 1911-191*. 1142,072,003;     for  five
1916-1920,   $189,922,725;   1921.   $23,066,641:    for  the yeai
$35,158,843; and for 1923, $41,304,320.
PRODUCTION DURING LAST TEN YEARS, $350,21
Lode mining has only been
not 20 per cent, of the ProVirfCe
square miles of unexplored mine
pecting.
The mining laws of this Province are more libera
lower than those of ap^y othir  Province  in the Dominion,
Colony in fha tfritffh Rrtipire.
MinsPal looatiwng are granted to discoverers for nomuio
Absolute Titles are drained by developing such propel
"urity of which is guartintefcd by Crown Grants.
Full information, together wilh Mining Reports an"
��o obtained gratis by a'dtiressing
n    I     li fiilii'1'-"
V'-U! HON. THE MPNIfiTKR OF MINKS. Vic��0"
the ���--'
or itf
fpes.
PHtisli ������ PORTLAND   CANAL   NEWS,   STEWAKT,   B. C,   FRIDAY,  MAY   8,  1925
MR. E. J. SKINNER
Special Representative
20th Century Clothing
Is  here for a few days
Have him measure you for that new suit
BEAMAN
BLOCK
H. ZEFFERTT
SOLE AGENT       20th CENTURY CLOTHING
STEWART,
B. C.
MINERS PREFER
STOCK TO GASH
STEWART BOARD OF TRADE
STEWART,   B. C.
MAPS and general information
of the Portland Canal District
may be had by applying to the
Secretary of the Board.
Hoard meets 1st and 3d Tuesdays of each month,
Board Rooms
I in operation in this   district  the
j Stewart Board of Trade desirts
it known  that  the  men   themselves piefer the stock   to  the
I wages and are themselves eager
Have Made Big Wages By ianc- willing to take a chance on
Participating  in Profits, ���lhe outcme of the work done b*
them. Having faith in the ground
Says Board of Trade Sec-j theyare developing<  they are
retary j sufficiently hopeful of the chance
  Jof success to want  to   share   in
The following self-explanatory J the winnings. If they did not
I letter appeared in a recent issue' believe the ground held promise
{of the Vancouver Province: they could, and would, find work
'    "Replying to a   letter   signed where their full cash wage would
J. Maxwell, which appeared un-| be forthcoming."
jder the heading  "Miners' Wages) W. C. Cameron,
'in Shares'in the  Sunday   Prov- Secretary   Stewart   Board
'ince, I am instructed   to correct| of Trade.
I the misleading  statement   thatj 	
j tho miners in this camp  are   at     Send this paper out   to   some
i any time forced to  take   shares friend intertited in mining.
' for their wages.
I    "In investigating this   matter j
j the Stewart Board of Trade   can j
i find no case where miners  have;
j been in any way   forced   or   ec-:
jerced into taking  stock   against
.their wishes.
PROFESSIONAL   CARDS.
DALBY B. MORKILL
MINING SURVEYOR
B. C.  Land Surveyor
STEWART, B. C.
I
HYDER
RADIO
SERVICE
Opan 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. (including Sunday.) Messages
delivered in Stewart, B. C.
WATCH
REPAIRING
Orders  Promptly Filled
All Work Guaranteed
S.   Wickwire
Newell Building, Stewart, B.C.
S. BAZETT-JONES
Public Accountant and Auditor
Smith Bldg.  - P.O. Box 795
PRINCE RUPERT,   B. C
PORTLAND CANAL L0D6E
L. O. O. M. 1218
Meets 2nd Thursday at Hyder, 4th
Thursday at Stewart
JOHN HOVLAND
ASSAYER
Prompt and Reliable
Hyder,     Alaska.
TUGBOATS
Rupert .Marine Products, Ltd.
Geo. G. Bushby. man. dik.
Prince Rupert,     B.C.
V,
In the Center of Everything:
In Vancouver
HOTEL  ST. REGIS
Corner Seymour and Dunsmuir Streets.
W. W. HADDOCK and J. B. WYARD,   Props and Mgrrs.
"It has been found that rnin
ers who have taken stock as part
wage payment have been recora-
i
' pensed at the rate of over $20 a
J day for their work.   This, in addition to the  cash   wage,   their
[shares realizing as high as   ten
i to twelve times the amount they
1 agreed to work for.
j    "In all cases   investigated   it
I was found that the men had vol-
1 untarily agreed to accpt stock as
j part of their wages.
j    "Workmen of the present day
j are not easily   forced to   forego
their due and just   recompense'
{without   some   resentment   and j
| such action as -forcing  them   to I
i accept stock for   wages   would
jvery soon be known all over  the 	
^ ''camp, and the company   making- HOTEL PRINCE RUPERT
such an arrangement   would   be I 	
blacklisted, j  A Real GOOD Hotel
"In fairness to the   properties ;      Q  R R0CHEgTER> Manag���
European Plan SI.50 per day up
FIRE
LIFE
SICKNESS
ACCIDENT
F. E. GIGOT
INSURANCE
Stewart, B. C.
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
CANADIAN NATIONAL
PROMOTES RESOURCES
Spalding's Sporting Goods
and
Imperial Tobacco Company
TOM LEE
PLUMBER
Brightwell St..    Stewart.
All the Latest Papers and Magazines
Ice Cream and Candy      ���      ��� Notions
CIGARS    -   CIGARETTS   -   TOBACCOS
Gibson Block ::--:: Fifth Street
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 stronp<��st
fire companies in the Insurance world .
SINCE its organization, the colonization nnd development department of the* Canadian National Railways has given attention to the development of the
natural resources of the territory
traversed by Canadian National
lines; and, in order to give greater
effect to the activities of this
branch of the department, it has
been decided to place a representative in charge in the western region, whose chief duty will be to
gather information and promote
further the development of these
resources, more especial1*' in the
provinces of British Columbia and
Alberta. In this way, the facts
obtained can be hrought to the attention of those interested, with
capital.
The office for this district will be
at Edmonton, in charge of R. C.
W. Lett, now General Agent, Colonization and Development Department, Canadian National Railways,
who is well fitted for the work*
having had considerable experience
in. connection with mining and
lumbering, and during the past
few years has made a very close
study'of the natural resources of
British Columbia and Alberta.
JOHN   WANDER
BARBER
Tourist Rooms, Stewart
G. C. Andrew
SHAMROCK
The Brand that stands for
THE BEST ON THE TABLE
Butter,  Eggs, Bacon, Hams,
Lard and Compound.
JAC>LagerTT' P.    BURNS   &   CO.
FRUMENTO, RYAN, MacDONELL & CO.
520-521 Vancouver Block, Vancouver, B. C.
We are specializing in Portland Canal Mining Stocks.
Sertd us your buying or selling orders.
We are in the market for prospects which will stand strict
investigation.
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.Bldg., 43*51 Louise St. Winnipeg.
Established 1883 Incorporated 1920.
STEWART DAIRY s SODA FOUNTAIN
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 BLACKSMITHINS
FREIGHT CONTRACTORS
CRAWFORD TRANSFER CO.
AGENTS   FOR   f^f\ I\ I       NUT
NEW 1   VfM I &
WELLINGTON    V,V-  1M   LUMP
Office 5th St., Stewart.
COAL ,1. $ 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, 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 Bid?.,
Vancouver, B. C.
SPRING STEAMSHIP iCRVICE
S.S.   PRINCE  RUPERT  will sail from
Stewart for PRINCE RUPERT,  VANCOUVER, VICTORIA, SEATTLE and intermediate points, each SUNDAY, at
12:00, noon.
S. S.  "PRINCE JOHN" will sail from PRINCE RUPERT
fortnightly for VANCOUVER,   via QUEEN CHARLOTTE
ISLANDS.
PASSENGER TRAIN SERVICE FROM PRINCE RUPERT
Trains leave Prince Rupert daily except Sunday at 11:30
a. m. for Jasper, Edmonton, Winnipeg, direct connections
for 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, MAY   8,  1925
aeae
MINERS'    SUPPLIES
Camp Ranges, Camp Stoves, Utensils. Bunk Beds, Mattresses,
Pillows, Blankets, Comforters, Miners' Lamps, Miners Caps,
Carbide, Picks, Hammers, Shovels, Axes and many other articles
useful to miners.
BUILDERS'   SUPPLIES
Ready Roofing, Building paper, tarred and plain. Brick, Lime,
Cement, Sash & Doors, Flooring. �� & \ Round. Nails, Door Sets,
Butts, Plumbers' Material and Carpenters' Tools.
UNIVERSAL SUPPLY CO,
5th Street,   STEWART, B. C,    G.W.Smith, Mgr.
Local Stocks
(Quotations by H W.M.KoI.ton & Co)
Stewart Bakery
BREAD
ICE CREAM
VEGETABLES
CAKES
CANDY
FRUIT
CAMPBELL & DUKE.
The New Stewart Cafe
Give Us A Trial ��� We'll Do The Rest.
Everything New and Up To Date.
SOMETHING FOR THE HOME FOLKS
A Complete Line of French and Puff Pastries
On hand at all times.
Try our 65c. Merchants' Lunch.
We Specialize in Hills Coffee
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
A Welcome Awaits You At The
DOMINION HOTEL
Victoria, B. C.
STEWART HEADQUARTERS.
200 ROOMS
100 BATHS
Everything a GOOD HOTEL should be
Rates $1.50 and up.       ���      Free  Bus.
Stephen Jones, Proprietor.
ROSS DAVIES LTD
Winch Bldg.
Victoria
Rogers Bldg.
Vancouver
Special Information Service
To all parties interested in Portland Canal mining companies
Enquiries Treated in Strictest Confidence.
Roth in the south and locally
the markets were very quiet,
with little trading. This slackness is in no way exceptional, as
these "between periods" always
occur, though great activity is
looked for when the operating
companies start on their summer
programs.
Local stocks closed as follows:
Bid     Asked
B. C. Silver $ 1.35
Dunwell 2.75
Glacier Creek .20
Independence .14
Indian .09��
Lakeview .30
Premier 2.35
Terminus .35
Silver Crest ,���
L&L Glacier Creek
Victoria Mines
Marmot Metals
Porter Idaho. Co.
Rufus
National Silver
Vancouver
Ore Mountain
Bay View
.23
.29
.13
.21
.12
.10
$ 1.50
4.15
.25
.17
.12
.50
2.50
.50
.22
.28
.42
.18
.26
.17
.25
.50
.25
.13
Send this paper out   to   some
friend interested in mining.
SPRING IS HERE
Have Your
RUBBISH
Hauled Early
W. J. Wakefield
DEMERSJOMING
Demers of Prince Rupert will
be represented at the Stewart
Hotel May 11 with up-to-date
millinery and fashionable clothes.
Local Meetings
Board of Trade: First and third Tuesday evenings.
Boy Scouts: Each Friday evening in
the Moose Hall.
Citizens' Association: Second Tuesday of each month.
Hospical Board: Evening of the 6th
of each month. If 6th falls on Sunday,
next evening.
Loyal Order of Moose: Second Thurs-
pay evening at Hyder, fourth Thursday
evening at Stewart.
St. Mark's Church: Service ea'h Sunday evening at 7:30. Sunday school at
two o'clock. Choir practice held on
Saturday evenings.
United Services Club: Second and
fourth Thursday evenings.
With the
Cream left in!
veMilk
TdrCooklng
Free Recipe Book-
Write the Borden Co.
Limited.   Vancouver
FORD CARS and PARTS
GUTTA PERCHA TIRES.
Oils, Paints and Varnishes
SPORTING  GOODS
MINING SUPPLIES
ALL KINDS OF BUILDING MATERIALS
Restmore Springs & Mattresses - Steamer Trunks
0. W, McLEMAN
Fifth Street
STEWART.
WHAT BRAND DO YOU DRINK'
WE SELL
GREAT WEST TEA, RED
GREAT WEST TEA, BLUE.
NABOB TEA
BLUE RiBBON TEA
.80
.90
.85
.85
HILLS BROS. COFFEE
GREAT WEST COFFEE
NABOB COFFEE
FRESH GROUND COFFEE
.80
J.   W.   WILSON
5th and Columbia St.       :-:       :-:      Stewart.   B. C.
This advertisement is not displayed  by the Liquor Control Board.
^
BENNETTS' CHEMICAL LABORATORY
Market Street,   Tacoma, Wash.
REPRESENTS SHIPPERS AT SMELTER
Control Assay* for Shippers
J
mr. Ca ��o-a*
ANDERSON CAFE ^delicatessen
Private Dining Room For Parties
Best Cook this far North
Give Us a Trial
IT
HAY & OATS
BEST LOCAL TIMOTHY
$22.00  Per Ton.
NO. 1 FEED OATS
$40   Per Ton.
F. O. B. Vancouver.
Pacific Grain & Feed Co., Ltd.
243���1st Ave. E.
CLEAN   UP
Your back yards and alleys
by using
CHLORIDE LIME  -  LYSOL
CARBOUC  DISINFECTANT
And make your premises presentable for Tourist and
Government Visitors.
Stewart Drug Store
L. Workman & Son,
Buy your Lamps To Suit Present Voltage
Everything for wiring buildings.
Lamps Frosted While You Wait
J
<r
GET OUR BID
on
Moving That Freight
E.  ARMSTRONG
GENERAL freighter
TEAMS     PACK HORSES
EXPLOSIVES
GIANT GELATIN
Is the Safest and Most Economical
BLASTING CAPS
SAFETY FUSE
ETC.   ETC.
GIANT POWDER CO. OF CANADA LTD.
Vancouver Nanoose Bay
EVERYTHING FOR BLASTING.
If ordering through your dealer
SPECIFYQ |ANTBRAND
P.O.Box 133,   STEWART. B.C.
Who's Your Broker ?
Stewart Sharca Boucht and Sold
G-   F.   HARTLEY
Member Vancouver Stock Exchange Since 1911
597 Haatinga St. W. Vancouver, B. C,
Mining Men Meet
AT THE
CASTLE HOTEL
If you want to
SEE YOUR FRIENDS
'  When you come to
Vancouver
Come to the Castle
t
'-^\
-TRY
The "MEN'S WEAR" Store
SUITS
Ready Made and Made to Measure
AGENT   FOR
SOCIETY BRAND CLOTHES  ���  BROADWAY CLOTHES
Thor Johnson, (J=��) Newell Block.
\  = : ^
f-
VANCOUVER MINES LTD.
A limited amount of Treasury Stock now being sold
For particulars see ��� Samuel Desehamps
Representative at Stewart, B.C.
"%
If interested in any Portland Canal District stocks, write
S. F. KNIGHT & CO.,    Fiscal Agents,
Vancouver Bldg.. Vancouver, B. C.
National Silver Mines
~i
��� LIMITED ���
CONTROLLING
BUSH MINE
LIMITED
c
Treasury Shares For Sale for a Short Timt
at 25c. a Share
F. R. JANCOWSKI
Company Representative
-~J
H. W. M. ROLSTON & CO.
Stockbrokers,   Stewart, B. C.
FISCAL AGENTS
The PORTER IDAHO The MARMOT METALS
Mining Co. Ltd. N. P. L.        Mining Co. Ltd. N. P. I
Buying and selling orders receive prompt attention.
We will be pleased to give all information available on
all Portland Canal properties.
ALL THE COMFORTS OF A HOME
ARE TO BE   HAD AT THE
Hotel Stewarl
James McAleenan,   Proprietor.
Steam Heated Rooms      Baths      Drying Room
Restaurant in connection
FIFTH STREET STEWART