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VOL.   8,   NO. 17
STEWART,   BRITISH   COLUMBIA,   FRIDAY,   SEPTEMBER 17,   1926
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LIBERALS WILL
CONTROL HOUSE
Gain Enough Seats to Have
Working Majority���J. C.
Brady Wins Over Stork
In Skeena Riding
PLEASED WITH
CHIEF METALS
Prince Rupert, Sept.16.���The
election returns to date give the
following results: Liberals, 119;
Liberal Progressives, 11; Conservatives, 91; Progressives. 8;
United Farmers, 11; Labor, 2;
Independent, 2. Mr King will
have 129 members pledged to
his support, therefore the resignation of the Meighan Government is expected at the earliest
possible date.
J. C. Brady, Coaservative, is
undoubtedly electrd in Skeena
riding. With a number of small
polls to hear from, Mr Brady is
today leading by something like
250. Later returns cannot make
much change.
Highly pleased with their visit
to the property of the Chief Metals Mining Co., situated a short
distance southeast of the Big
Missouri, and with the outlook
for the  district  in  general,   a
GREAT FIND ON
OUTLAND SILVER
BIG SHOWINGS
ON DALHOUSIE
Development work on the Dalhousie group this summer has
disclosed the presence of three
distinct ore deposits, all differing in character, but each worthy    of   extensive  exploration.
W.A.Pratt of Vancouver, who is! party of heavy shareholders left
heavily interested in the property and has spent most of the
summer there, has brought in a
display of samples from the var-
ious veins.
Most of the  work   has  been
concentrated on a vein   that  is'company director  and  sergeant with the vein cannot be  deter-
about 20 feet wide and is  heav-1 on the Seattle police force;  W. j mined until a  tunnel  is  driven
What i,s declared by oldtime
miners and prospectors of the
district who have seen it to be a
discovery of first magnitude, has
been made on the Outland Silver
Bar property near the head of
Salmon glacier. This consists
for their home in Seattle last! of uncovering an immense de-
Sunday after spending a week posit of galena ore, lying be
in the camp. They are: O. H. 1 tween two dykes which, by ac-
Ebbinghouse, president of the' tual measurement, are 125 feet
company and chief of the fire de-1 apart, though whether the en-
partment in Seattle; G.   Norton, tire space between them is filled
Election day passed quietly in
Stewart, with both sides working hard to round up the votes.
Stork carried the town by a majority of eight. A total of 366
votes was cast, the same number
jis last fall.
WILL PREMIER
TAKE TORIC?
Louis Reynolds, well known
oldtimer of Stewart and Alice
Arm, arrived from the latter
camp Monday night. He says
there is a belief there that the
Premier Gold Mining Co. are
about to take over the development of the Toric mine. Bert F.
Smith, superintendent of the
Premier, recently examined the
Toric, and on his suggestion some
shots were put in that resulted
in disclosing the richest ore ever
discovered on that property, Mr
Smith took 900 pounds of this
ore out with him. Mr Reynolds
says he was familiar with the
Dolly Varden mine in its palmiest
days, and that no ore ever produced by that famous property
could excell that found in the
Toric, in the quantity of native
silver contained.
The Norco took out 41 tons of
Riverside concenrrates.
Boy Scouts Cabaret Dance at
9:30 sharp in the Opera House
next Friday night.
In the tennis tournament the
Rolston cup for mixed doubles
was won by Miss Muriel Crawford and James Morice.
A large shipment of material
for a heating plant, and bathroom fixtures, for the men's living quarters at the B. C. Silver,
arrived Saturday.
Erickson and O.   Carlson,
men.
Mr Norton, who spent sixteen
A cut   was  made  across, years in the mines of the  south-
vein  and   faced  up  te  al west states, is emphatic  in   his
ily mineralized with iron sulphides and copper, the ore averaging about $25 per ton in all values,
this
height of 12 feet, and a tunnel
has been started. This vein has
been picked up 1000 feet further
up the hill where samples taken
assayed $54 with $20 in gold.
Another vein nine   feet  wide
has heen traced for a distance of
assertion that nowhere in the
famous mining districts can the
extent of mineralization and general value of the ores compare
with the Portland Canal district.
"If this section lay anywhere in
the  States,"   he  said,   "there
hotel | and crosscuts run.
The find was made well up on
the mountain and an open cut 12
feet in length put in without locating either wall of the vein.
Two hundred feet down the hill
from this some shots were put
into the capping and the same
character of ore disclosed. A
tunnel has been started from
this point, and it is possible that
work upon it will continue dur-
3000 feet and carries from 10  to would be a stampede that would ing the winter.
15 per cent copper and from 8 toj surpass all records in the history
12 ounces in silver, with only a'of hard rock camps. The near-
trace in gold. I est I have seen to this is the old
An immense zinc deposit has Leadville camp." Both Mr Nor-
been partially exposed by open ton and Mr Ebbinghouse are sat-
cutting, but Mr Pratt  says  thelisfied that in the Chief  Metals
extent of this can best be determined by diamond drilling which
it is expected will be undertaken
next year.
Before starting to mine, a good
trail was built from the foot of
the mountain to the property,
and a log camp constructed at an
elevation of 2200 feet. This
work consumed considerable time
but is of a permanent nature and
an asset for the future.
SUCH IS LIFE
IN   STEWART
"Rap-rap-rap" resounded on
the cabin wall.
"Darn that woodpecker" said
the toiler to himself. He had
been lying awake for five minutes trying to make up his mind
to get up and light a fire.
"Rap-rap-rap."
The Rib awoke with a start.
"Who's there?" she demanded
"Rap rap-rap."
"Who is it?"
"Rap-rap-rap."
"If you wont tell who you are
and what you want, you can just
keep on knocking."
So the woodpecker kept on
knocking.
A daughter was born to Mr
and Mrs J. M.Grey in the Stewart General Hospital at 11 p. m.
Sept. 13.
Dalby B. Morkill is this week
8urveying the Marmot Metals
Co. ground on the south fork of
Marmot river.
they have a nice milling property, the latter declaring that there
would be no question about providing funds to place the property on a productive basis.
Emil Davis, manager of the
property, reports that the tunnel
is now in 185 feet, following a
vein that varies from four to six
feet in width and carries values
from a few dollars up to $65 per
ton. The program laid out for
next year includes the construction of a power plant and the installation of a compressor and
machine drills.
RECONNOITER1NG
TELEGRAPH TRAIL
The reeonnaisance party for a
route for a trail from Stewart to
Telegraph Creek, left last week
consisting of Tom McLean
in charge, with Tim Williams
and Alex Mclnnes, both men
who know the back country well,
having prospected and trapped
in it for years. The party will
first proceed to Meziadin lake,
from which point they will explore the country oyer to Bowser
lake for a better route than now
exists. From Bowser lake they
will try and locate the best route
through to a point somewhere
near the 9th cabin on the Telegraph trail.
Great satisfaction at this reeonnaisance being made is felt
locally.   For  years  the
C.F.Hibbard, a prominent fur
man of Seattle, who has made a
great deal of money in mining,
is heavily interested in the Outland Silver Bar, and upon receipt
of the news of this recent strike
came up to see it. Last fall,
when this vein was unknown,
and before the present season's
work bad greatly improved the
ore showings on the veins previously located, Mr Hibbard declared himself as determined to
"go the limit" on this property.
"I seem to have a faculty for
picking winners," he said, "and
am satisfied that this is another
one."
Pat McBride, known all over
the northwest as a successful
prospector and a good judge of
mineral properties, says the new
vein on the Outland Silver Bar
is the "biggest thing" he has
seen in the country.
SEATTLE CO.
ONJARMOT
Thos. Campbell, well known
mining man, who is heavily in-
terested in the Marmot river section, returned from the south
Monday night after an absence
of more than a year, and will engage in active development on a
group of Marmot river claims
for a Seattle company. He will
first examine the work dene during the summer on the various
claims of the group, and then
decide upon his program, which
is already determined to the extent of putting on a crew to
work until the snow drives them
off the hill. The result of this
will to an extent determine the
character and location of the development to be started next
spring, for which the company
have already provided funds.
However, should he be able to
open up shipping ore in a spot
from which the ore can be safely
moved during the winter season,
work will continue throughout
the winter.
Farewell Party
Many Stewart people spent a
very enjoyable evening at the
home of Mr and Mrs S. Smith.
The event was a farewell party
to Geo. Rowland, who expects to
leave Stewart next Sunday. It
was a lively affair from the
start, games and dancing occu-
pyingimost of the evening. Many
regrets were expressed at the
loss of one who has become so
much a necessary part of the
community life.
the Stewart Board of Trade, and
residents here as well as Telegraph Creek, have been trying
to get this trail, which will make
accessible a large, important
country, It is hoped that next
year construction of the trail
News, I will be undertaken.
BIG TIME AT
HICK DANCE
The Hick Hard Times Dance
given last evening by the Stewart Basketball Club was a huge
success. The club's splendid
five-piece orchestra supplied the
music for the crowded floor of
dancers, and kept up the enjoyment until the wee sma' hours.
The supper tables were placed
down the center ot the floor, on
which a supper, served by the
girl members of the club, of
baked beans, with a keg of cider
in a corner.
Original and comic costumes
were the feature of the event,
Ross Nicholson being the hit of
the evening, dressed as a farmer
shiek. (Some say it came natural to him.) A number of prizes were awarded, Jas. Morice
getting 1st for gentlemen, as a
chicken inspector, (for which position it is stated he is well qualified.) Miss Thelma Burleigh
of Hyder won first prize for ladies' costume, being dressed as
a hard times cow girl. The first
prize in the lucky number dance
was won by Margaret Jancowski
and Bernie McDonald, and the
second by Bonnie Campbell and
Johnny Donahue. Three prizes
were awarded in the next lucky
number dance: 1st by Violet
Watson and E.R.Stivers; 2nd by
Mrs Blue and Mr Inkman and 3d
by Miss Mutas and an officer of
the S.S. Mogul.
The affair was declared by all
to be one of the best, and great
SITUATION ON
THEDUNWELL
Managing Director Tells of
Plan to Raise $70,000.00
And Reasons for New
Stock Issue
R.M.Stewart, managing director of the Dunwell mines, in a
statement recently given to the
Victoria press, said that any little excitement concerning the
Dunwell can only proceed from
a lack of knowledge of the exact
situation of the company's affairs
caused through wild reports and
rumors.
Mr Stewart explained that in
carrying out the plan of development, which included the erection of an up-to-date mill, power
plant and tram line, provision is
being made for blocking out ore
bodies in the mine so that, once
work is started, there will be no
let-up from lack of ore supply.
This makes it necessary, in the
opinion of the directors, to have
an additional $70,000, or ten percent of the present capitalization.
The proposition for the absorption of this amount is to
offer this to the present shareholders on easy terms, pro rata
to the holdings they now have.
This matter, the statement asserts, and the whole situation,
will be laid before a meeting of
the shareholders at the earliest
opportunity.
The development account that
has absorbed the surplus capital
really constitutes an investment
in the mine. It has been carried
out under the instructions of
Matthew Little, engineer in
charge, and has been done to ensure a continuous supply of 100
tons of ore per day for the mill,
the building of which has been
completed and machintry ordered, the delivery and installation
of which are now being awaited.
Geological Party Leaves
Having finished their work for
this season the geological survey
party headed by Doctor Hanson
left for the south Saturday. Dr.
Hanson's assistant, F.F.Osborne
will go to Yale to complete the
course for his Doctor's degree;
the other members of the party,
Robt. Henderson and Jas. Sinclair, have homes in Vancouver.
The former is attending the B.C.
U., and the latter is a graduate
of that inslitutiou.
Service Club card
dance tonight.
party and
credit is due Miss Mary  Tompkins for the organization.
The Club wish to take this opportunity of expressing their appreciation of the attendance of a
large number from Hyder ���.. ...-���
PORTLAND   CANAL   NEWS,   STEWART,   B.C.,   FRIDAY,   SEPTEMBER  17,   1926
The Portland Canal News
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ELECTION  COMMENT
opinion was prevalent in all parties that
the Conservatives would cany the dav
throughout the Dominion, bat when the
ballots were counted tlie reverse proved
to be the ease. A preponderenee of local
| opinion considered likewise Stewart town
would result in a Conservative majority.
[This too proved a surprise, the Liberals
getting a majority of eight.  Again, many
the Liberals
that Skeena was the safest Liberal seat in
B. C, and practically impregnable, and
that Fred Stork, the strong Liberal candidate, would be returned; bat on the ballots being counted, here again was a sarin  the
DALBY R MORKILL
MINING SU-kVEVO*
B. C Land Surveyor
STBWAJRT. B. a
A. T. MILLER
t Successor to G. H. Shepherd)
ASSAYER
Stewart, EC.
F. C. GREEN
(Greca Bra*., Baraks* ft Co. k
CIVIL  ENGINEERS
R C LAND SURVEYORS
Stewart,  B. C.
MCLEMAN
About Your Plumbing
ARE TOUR CHIMNEYS SAFeToiTthe VVINtf*
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D. W. McLEMAN
Fiftk Street
STEWART
riding as well as Prince Rnpert, being returned by a, considering the strength of,
THE  election campaign is over, and the Liberal  candidate,  substantial  ma
Canada will be able to settle down once jority.
more to the business of development.   A:       These three features can be consid-
diagnosis is as yet impossible, situated as ered the surprises of the campaign, from1
we are here In Stewart, yet a few things at least the local point of view,
are clear.   The people of Canada as aj     . One reason that we attribute to the
whole spoke on the 14th in no uncertain j Conservative defeat is the blocking tac-
terms, vindicating the low tariff policies j tics adopted by the Conservative Tactical |
of the Liberal  Party.   Low Tariff and Committee of the last Parliament.   These;
Free Trade thought would appear to dom- tactics so disgusted a large section of the
inate the Canadian People, except in sec-.Canadian Electorate, alienating their sup-!
tions.   Quebec, with the memory of Sir port to the point that when on the 14th
Wilfred Laurier still fresh in the minds; the opportunity offered to register a pro-1
of the people, went practically solid Lib-j test by the ballot, they were not slow in
PORTUIO CAiAL LO0IE
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Meets 2nd Thursday at Hyder, 4th
Thursday at Stewart
"The Convenient Hotel'
Three Minute*' Walk from Stewart Wharf
HOTEL    KEITH
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Steam Heated Throughout - Electric "Lights .
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CHIROPRACTOR
Workmaa   Building
OaWHaaura I! u I
HVDER  brappofi.tw.nt
taking advantage of it.
Tbe election has, however, aside from
teaching a few Jessons, cleared up a most
eral. The Conservative vote predominated in the Maratimes, likewise in Ontario,
though in this Province the Liberals made
surprising gains. The Prairies ran true unsatisfactory condition, in that it has
to their Free Trade thought, resulting in [ given the Liberal Party a clear majority
few Conservatives being elected. British j in the House, and so eliminated for sev-
Columbia. being fundamentally an em-; eral years to come at least, the curse of
bryo industrial Province, returned nearly1 Group Government, such as Canada has
a solid Conservative block, the Liberals had for the past 11 months. Mr King
losing two seats.   This was the only Pro-; will now be able to form and carry on a
Government, without being dictated to by
a small group, representing a very small
HYDER
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SERVICE
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delivered in Stewart, B. C.
BANK OF HYDER
HYDER,   ALASKA
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vince in which the Conservatives made
any gains.
The saying that there is nothing so
uncertain as an election, was never more
emphatically  emphasized.     Locally the
minority of the electorate. For this the i
country as a whole will be very thankful, j
and glad the election was brought about.
The service ofthe Bank of Montreal is as
wide and comprehensive as the postal
system itselL
This fervice enables customers living in remote
districts to transact their banking by mail as
aatisfactorily as if they could make personal
Smile Awhile
Convincing Himself
Two backwoodsmen in  Maine
j knocked at the door of a   farmhouse in Main-?.     "Hello  Ed!"
I said one of them to the farmer.
! "Say. we just come across  thei
| dead body of a man over  there
in the hollow, and we thought it
was you."
"Ihat so?    What'd he  look
like?" asked the farmer.
"Well, he was your build -"
"Have on a gray flannel shirt?
"Yep."
"Boots?"
"Yep."
"Knee or hip boots?"
"Let's see. Charley, was they
knee boots or hip boots? Oh yes,
they was hip boots."
"Nope."    said    the   farmer.
"Twasn't me."
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Write for our folder,
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Stewart Branch
R. T. CROSBY, Manager
lV^NK.OFJyiONTREAL
Established over IOO years
Solving the Mystery
The widow of a farmer, striving to keep the farm going, had
difficulty with her hens, and
wrote the following letter to thc
Department of Agriculture:
"Something is wrong with my
chickens. Every morning I find
two or three lying on the ground
cold and stiff with their feet in
the air. Can you teli me what
is the matter?"
In the course of time she received this reply:
"Dear Madam: Your chickens
are dead."
SYNOPSIS OF.
LAND ACT AMENDMENTS
PRE-EMPTIONS
Vacant, unreserved. rarr��-r��4
Crown Una* mar ba pre-empted b>
British aijt-jecta orer II yeara ot *i*
aa* by allena oa declaring tatention
to become British aubjec'.a. conditional upoa reeidenoa, occupation,
and improvement for agriculture)
purpoaea.
Fm'.I Information concerning regu
Letlonj regaj-dlr.g pre-emptlona ta
giren ln Bulletin No. 1, Land Karl**
"How to Pre-empt Land." coplea of
which can be obtalnad free of charg��
by addressing tha Department of
L*n<i*. Victoria. B.C, or to) any Oev-
ernment Agent.
Record* will be granted covering
only land suitable for agricultural
purpoaea, aad which ia not timber-
land. I.e., carrying over t.OOO board
feet per acre waet of tha Ccaat Range
and 1.000 feet per acre eaat of that
Range.
Application* for pre-empUonb ara
to be addreaaed to the Lend Com-
miaaioner of the Land Recording DI
viaion, ln whicL tha land applied fee
la aifuated. and are made on printed
forma, coplee of which can be obtained from tha Land Cemmiaaioner
Pre-emption* muat be occupied lot
fl-a yeara and improvementa mate
to value cf f 10 per mcrt. including
clearing and cultivating at lea*t tlrt
aerea, befoia a Crown Grant can be
received.
For more detailed information aao
the BulieUn "How tu Pre-emut
Lar.d."
PURCHASE
Appllcatlona are received for pur-
chaae of vacant and unreserved
Crown landa. not being tlm ber land.
far agricultural purpoaea; minimum
price of Hrat-olaaa (arable) land la II
per acre, and eecond-olaae (grazing)
land |2 50 per acre. Further information regarding purchase or lease
of Crown landa la given ln Builatln
No. 10. Land Serlee, "Purchase aad
Leaaa of Crown landa."
Mill, factory, or induatrlnl aHea ao
Umber land, not exceeding 00 *****
mar be purchaaed or leaaed. the conditions including payment af
atumpage
HOMESITE LEASE*
Unaurveyed areaa, not aTranina M
aerea, may ba leaaed aa homeaitea,
conditional upon a dwelling bains
erected In tha ltrat year, title being
obtainable after reeldeace and Improvement condltlone aia fulfilled
and land haa been aurveyad.
LEASES
For  graalng and   industrial    near*
9**** areaa not exceeding 040 aerea
may be leaaed by on* pereou ar a
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BRITISH COLUMBIA
The Mineral Province of Western Canada
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GRAZING
Under the erasing Aat tt* Fr*-*-.
Ince la divided into graalng districts
and tha range administered under a
GrastaaT Cemmiaaioner. Anneal
graslng permlta arja laeued based ea
numbers ranged, priority being* given
to eetabUahed ownera. Stack-owner*
may form ���
permit* are
���   aaasaUtlos-e    tar    rang*
areavailable* Sny^sUfi
a**f  traveller*-,  ap   u  tea
Has produced Minerals valued as follows:  Placer Gold, $7
Lode Gold. $122,808,459; Silver.   $74,111,397; Lead, fi
Copper.   $197,642,647;   Zinc, $39,925,947; Coal ar
048,953; Building Stone, Brick, Cement. $44,906,886; M
minerals, $1,594,387; making its mineral Production to ihe end
1925 show
AN AGGREGATE VALUE OF -1920,919,628
The substantial progress of the Mining Industry ���; t:  - I'r '   ���"
exhibited in the following figures, which show the vai"e of pr
cessive five-year periods: For all yi ars to 1895 inclusive.  CM " I
years 1836-1900. $57,605,967; for five years 1901-1905. 196.507,96*   ���
1906-1910,1125,534,474; for five years  1911-1915,   $142,072,603;  for
1916-1920, #189.922,725; for the yea. 1951, $28,067,641: for the year
158.843; for the year 1923. $41,304,320 for 1924. $48,704,-504. for 19J   '
PRODUCTION DURING LAST TEN YEARS. $404.6-1
,  -^^JT-WUJghasgnly been in progress for abpUt2:
only about oneTitlf ofthe PrdvinceTiai beenprospectpd: 2T'0>
ot unexplored mineral-bearing land are open for prospecting.
The mining laws of tbia Province are more liberal and
lower than of any other province in the Dominion, or any Colony
Empire.   Mineral locations are granted the discoverers for norr :
Absolute Titles are obtained by developing surh pn ;
curity of which is guaranteed by Crown Grants.
Full information, together with Mining Reports an J Mapj
be obtained gratis by addressing
THK HON. THE MINISTER OF MINE8. Victoria. British Hoi'
N. B.-Practically all British Columbia Mineral Properties upon wh
velopment har, been done are deseribed in some one of the annua! R��       ���
tbe Minister of Mines.   Those considering mining investments shoul i
such reports.   They are available without charge on applic-atio- t
ment of Mines, Victoria, B. C.   Report* of the Geological Survey
Winch Building, Vancouver, are recommended as valuable  sour^
mation.   Reports covering each of the six Mineral Survey District.-
lished separately, and are available on application.
i f
are  \
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What might be all the visible
remains of a tragedy some years
ago was found recently by R. F.
"Dick" Sullivan and Jess Set-
terington on the glacier at the
head of the west fork of Sutton
river, which drains into Hastings Arm.
The glacier is about IJ  miles
wide, and while crossing it at a
point some four miles   from  its
foot, about half way across they
came upon the remains  of  two
canvas kit bags, two canvas coats
a badly rusted automatic pistol,
hair brush,   rotten   remains  of
underwear and other   clothing,
��� fishing rod and a rotten prospec-
; tor's hand  book.   Close to  tbe
spot was a large,  deep  hole  in
the ice.
The clothing etc had the appearance of having lain on the
ice for perhaps as long as nine
years.   Down near the foot   of
the glacier they found fan old
hand sleigh, some three miles
from the clothing but with impassable ice between. The first
articles had been scattered, as
though the people to whom they
belonged were in trouble and
had left suddenly, going through
their kit hurridly before leaving.
The fact that no cooking utensils
were to be found would support
this theory.
If the men had been  coming
up the ice from   Hastings  Arm
it is hardly likely that they would
have left their sleigh at the foot,
and if they had been going d*-wn
the ice they would not have  left
their kit when they had a sleigh
to take it on.   Then again,   the
ice being bad between the  two
points, they would not have taken
a sleigh over it;   therefore   the
possibility offers that the  sleigh
and the clothing had nothing to
do with each other.
The manner in which the cloth-
| ing etc was scattered would   indicate the possibility of aome one
having been   lost  in  a  fog  or
caught in a snow storm and run
short ef food, and as a result being badly up against it.
On the other hand there is the
possibility of a quarrel or perhaps one man going into a crack
in the ice, and the remaining
man, having too much stuff to
take out, left what he did not
need, theugh even with this he
would hardly have left his own
as well as his partner's coat behind, as was apparently done.
Inquiries made among the old
timers locally have failed to
elicit any information as to men
being lost in that section, but it
is possible that they went up
from Hastings Arm, in which
case nothing would be known of
them here, but might be found
out from old-timers in Anyox.
Send the News to a friend.
Dr. H. A. WhiHans, Physician
and Surgeon. Office, corner 6th
and Victoria Sts. Hours, 12
o''clack, noon, to 3 p. m.. and by
appointment. L
The "MERCHANT" ���Home
Cooked Meals. Board by the
month, week, or transient meals.
Mrs Stickney, 4th & Columbia.
United Services Club Hall for
rent on application to Sect. J.
Morice, P. 0. Box 42.
Newell
Rooms
Comfortable Rooms, $1.00
2 Chair BARBERSHOP
Wm. Newell
BATHS 50c.
Clean, Modern,   Convenient.
The Water Is Always Hot!
And we don't mean "Maybe."
PETTER
VICKERS-PETTER
OIL ENGINES
THE
WORLD'S BEST
FOR   ALL
POWER PURPOSES
Large Stock  of Both
Engines and Spare
Parts
Always on Hand
FACTORY BRANCH
Canadian Petters
Vancouver, B. C.
Distributors for B. C.
B. C. EQUIPMENT CO. Ltd.
Dealers in All Classes of Machinery Vancouver, Canada.
STEWART BOARD 01= TRADE
STEWART,   B. C.
General information   of the
PORTLAND CANAL
DISTRICT
supplied on application to the
Secretary, Stewart, B. C.
Board meets 1st and 3d Tuesdays of each month,
Board Rooms
(T
In the Center of Everything
HOTEL  ST. REGIS
Vancouver
Corner Seymour and Dunsmuir Streets.
<L
Canadian NMALRMli
STEAMSHIPS
Leave STEWART
VANCOUVER
PRINCE RUPERT
12:00 Noon
SUNDAY
TRAINS LEAVE
PRINCE RUPERT 11:30 A. M.
DAILY
EXCEPT
SUNDAY
ALL POINTS EAST
S.S. "PRINCE CHARLES" Ex Prince Rupert for Massett
Inlet Ports each Monday, 10:00 p. m.
a a PRINCE JOHN Ex. Prince Rupert fortnightly for
Agents FVy All Ocean Steamship Lines
Full Information and Reservations from
or R. F. McNaughton
r. ��. jam District Passenger Agent
Stewart, B. C Prince Rupert B c
Pure beer
promotes
true
temperance ���
WHEN pure beer, as is the case of British
Columbia, is available to the people, the
drinking of liquors of high alcoholic content is
lessened and true temperance is promoted. The
legal, above-board and Government controlled sale
of beer in British Columbia, in licensed premises
by the glass and in Government stores by the
bottle, has removed this Province from among the
communities in which alcoholism is a factor of
importance.
The attempt at total prohibition made in the
United States early showed its complete bankruptcy from a moral point of view and its utter
failure as regards enforcement. Now its ill consequences from a social standpoint are becoming
evident.
To mention only one result, among seven million
people insured by the Metropolitan Life of New
York the death rate from acute alcoholism has
increased 600 per cent, since the enforcement of
prohibition was attempted. Which means that as
pure beer was taken from the people an illicit
trade in concentrated and easily handled liquor of
high alcoholic content, and mostly poisonous,
sprang up and drunkenness increased.
Recent deaths from poison alcohol, made from
motor radiator spirit, in Ontario and New York
afford an example of the harm of preventing the
use of light beverages such as pure beer. This
flood of death-dealing poison, naturally, did not
affect Quebec, where pure beer is to be had by
the people in the most free and open manner.
The people of British Columbia are protected
against the danger that comes from making
distilled liquors a beverage���for which they were
never intended���and against the poison brews that
flood the United States, for British Columbia is
provided with pure beer by the five modern plants
\   of the Amalgamated Breweries, the sale of which
is supervised and controlled by the government
throughout.
Pure beer  is   a  healthful  and  invigorating  beverage of a
definite food value, with an alcoholic strength of V/% per cent.,
as required by law in British Columbia, only sufficient to
stimulate the digestive system in the most favorable degree.
Its consumption, inasmuch as it displaces the drinking of strong
distilled liquors, is a GUARANTEE OF TEMPERANCE.
The members of tbe Amalgamated Brewers are: Vancouver
Breweries   Ltd.,  Rainier  Brewing  Co. W  Canada  Ltd.,
Westminster Brewery Ltd., Silver Spring Brewery Ltd.,
and the Victoria Phoenix Brewing Co. Ltd., where the beer
supplied to the people of Brltlah Columbia Is made.
ti
PAJAMAS"
Is Something Every Man Needs.
Our Stock is Complete.
The .Patterns are Good.
Prices to Suit Your Requirements.
See For Yourselves.
SOLE AGENT
20th Century and Berger Tailoring Co. Made to Meaaure Clothing.
BEAMAN    ll       7rr-r,r-OTT     STEWART,
block    n.   LLrrLn I   I b. c.
BUY the BEST in MEATS
We Sell Government Inspected Products
USE
SHAMROCK BRAND
HAMS BACON LARD BUTTER EGGS POULTRY
P. BURNS & CO. Ltd.
In buying insurance
You buy protection
Therefore the best is none too good
- -    ���SEE	
ROLSTON
And get the best.
Stewart Dairy
J. Campbell,    Prop.
Fresh Milk
Table Cream
Butter
ICE
Buttermilk
Whipping Cream
Beaman Block
Columbia St. Entrance
This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor
Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia.
UNION STEAMSHIPS
The popular T. S. S. CARDENA sails from Stewart
Every monday at midnight for
Prince Rupert and Vancouver via way points.
Northbound;���
T. S, S. Cardena leaves Vancouver every Friday, 9 p. m.    *
���"        " " Prince Rupert Sunday, 8 p. m.
For Alice Arm, Anyox and Stewart.
For further information, Reservations Etc.
Apply W. J. CRAWFORD (Crawford Tranfer Co.) Agents.
Office 5th St., Stewart.
Prince Rupert Agent  2nd Ave.   Phone 668
HEAD OFFICES, Union Dock, ft. Carrall St.   Phone Sey. 306.
nms PORTLAND   CANAL   NEWS,   STEWAKT,   B.C*-   FRIDAY,   SEPTEMBER   17,   1926
FURNITURE!
LINOLEUM.   OILCLOTH   &   RUGS
CROCKERY,   GLASSWARE   A   UTENSILS
HARDWARE, RANGES & HEATERS
PAINT,  VARNISH, OH, TURPS, ALABASTWE ui BRUSHES
"Take a KODAK with you"
KODAKS, FILMS, DEVELOPING t PRINTING
Have yea beard the new Orthopbook Vartroia?
Come aad bear it aav evening.   Price fllo.'��
"Hia Maeter ��� Voice" victor Record* 75c Each
UNIVERSAL SUPPLY CO.
5th Street,  STEWART, B. C,    G.W.Smith, Mar.
LYON  &  SCOTT
MEAT    MARKET
VAVCOUVEtt CRE4MERY3BUTTER
OUR PRSSH RANCH ESGS AND CHICKENS
SWIFT'S HAMS AND BACON
HOME-MADE PORK SAUSAGE
All the Best We Can Procure
Local Newi Notes
Miss Bianehard left for Vancouver Saturday.
Miss Elizabeth Pitt left for
Rnpert Saturday to resume ber
studies.
A. W. Pratt, of tbe Dalhousie
Mining Co.. left for Vancouver
Saturday.
Twenty tons of Porter Idaho
ore went out Saturday bound for
a smelter.
D. W. McLeman received a
| shipment of blacksmith eoal and
j cement Saturday.
A. and C Manning of tbe Pre-
i mier staff returned last Monday
Local Stocks
(Br H.w.M.****** a c��)
When Buying or Selling Stock
Your orders should read
"AT MARKET
You then have the benefit of any rise or fail in the market
Oar Investment Suggestions
The Dunwell Mines Ltd.
The Marmot Metals Mining Co. Ltd.
Special wire arrangements with the Southern Markets
H. W. M. ROLSTON & CO.
Specialist* ia Portland Caaal Stock*
TUGBOATS
Ropert Mariae Products, Ltd.
Geo. G. Bushby, man. dir.
Prince Rupert,    B.C.
CARSON'S TAXI
At All Hours
STEWAHT HOTEL
CRESCENT
FURNISHED ROOMS
HYDER, B.C.
Rate. $1 ��� H. H. HICKS. Prop.
j .-;?ht from a trip south.
Joe Green returned from Seattle Monday night aad left for
Ketchikan Wednesday.
A. Z). Steeds, on the mechanical staff of the Premier, returned Saturday from a trip outside.
Mrs J. V. Clegg left for Victoria Monday night, having received word that her mother is
_ sick.
F. C. Winkler of Victoria, who
owns  considerable  property  in
i the Salmon basin, arrived Saturday to do some assessments.
P. E. Peterson,   metallurgist at
l the Big Missouri, returned Saturday from a  visit  to  his old
home in Lead. South Dakota.
Mrs G.C.Andrew has received
! word that her sister. Mrs W. W.
| Wallace,    formerly   Miss  Bess
Clothier, of Woodstoek, Ont..  is
tbe mother of twin girls.
Mr and Mrs Wm. Jancowski
returned home Saturday. Mr
Jancowski has been relieving the
liquor vendors at Smithers and
Terrace while they took their
vacations.
The most spectacular stoek
was Dunwell, which was very
heavily traded is ana as said in
last week's issue, sagged very
rapidly in the early part of tbe
week but soon picked up again.
There is a strong rumor that the
Dunwell management intend
placing a further 70,000 shares
on the market to registered
shareholders only at $1.00 per
share. It appears as if this issue is in no way in connection
with present development plans,
but the management deemed it
vise to have a bieger operating
plan at the mine end.
The public are very easily
stampeded in the Dunwell market, and the brokers are strongly
advising the holding of Dunwell
stock, as it is'known that ore reserves are blocked out sufficient
to run the mill the better part of
a year, and also that there is
plenty of cash to finish the mill,
tram and power plant
Marmot Metals was actively
traded in, but the market stood
up very well under some heavy!
offerings. It is reported that
engineers who recently went
over the property were very well
pleased and it is quite possible
this property may be turned over
to a large operating company.
Through the hectic  peri-d  of
[the Dominion election the  local
stocks held very firm, and higher
levels are confidently looked for.
The market closed as follows:
WESTERN CANADA
GOLF CHAMPION
GROCERY
SPECIAL
MONDAY
ONLY
Shredded Wheat
Puffed Wheat
Puffed Rice
Norwegian
Fish Balls
Thc
BON    TON
DRESSMAKING
CLEANING       -       REPAIRING
nfCES SEASONABLE
Mrs. Wm. Hansen
Cr. 5*1*81. ABriaht.e!)
W. J. WAKEFIELD
Light and Heavy Transfer
Wood for Sale
We Bay Bottles
Stand at Welcome Pool Hall
SHOEMAKER
A. Hendrickson
4th and Columbia
Boots and Shoes
REPAIRED
or
MADE to ORDER
HOTEL PRINCE RUPERT
A Real GOOD Hotel
fl. a ROCHESTER, MtM|ir
European Plan $1.60 par day op
MINERAL ACT.
Certificate ol Imorovementa.
NOTICE.
Radio, Radio No. 1, Radio No. 2,
Radio No. 3, Radio Fractional and
Creek Mineral C laims. situate in the
Portland Canal Mining Division of Cassiar District.
Where located:-North of Bitter
Creek about 4 miles above highway
bridge.
Take Notiee that 1, Prank C. Green
of 221 Pemberton Building. Victoria,
acting aa agent for Radio-Stewart
Mines Limited, N.P.L., Free Miner's
Certificate No. 3771D intend, sixty
days from the date hereof, to apply to
tha Mining Recorder for a Certificate
of Improvements, for the purpoae of
obtaining a Crown Grant of the above
claims.
And further take notice that action,
under seetion 86, must be commenced
before the issuance of such Certificate
���f Imp
 aprovements.
Dated this 21st day of June,
1926.
A. D.
GET OUR BID
on
Moving Tnat Freight
A Woman's Logic
��� Mrs Jones cast an entirely new
light���and, it may be, a wholly
reasonable one���on the problem
of women's dress the other night.
She and Mr Jones were awaiting
callers, and Mr Jones surveyed
her new gown rather critically.
"Isn't it a little extreme?" he
suggested. "A trifle short and
low cut?"
"Oh, I don't know," said M��
Jones, "They are coming to see
me, aren't they���not the dress?"
NED McKENNA.
golf pro. at Minaki Inn. tbe Canadian National Railways summer
hotel ai Minaki, Ont, who captured
the open and profess:<-nal golf
championship of western Canada
during the recent tournament held
in Winnipeg.
Bid     Asked
B. C. Silver $ 1.95 $ 2.10
Dunwell 1.25      1.30
Glacier Creek .07       .10
Independence .06       08.
Indian .04*      .05J
National Silver .18       .22
Lakeview new issue .02J     .04
Premier 225     2 30
E. ARMSTRONG
GENERAL FREIGHTER
TEAMS    BACK HORSES
P.O.Box 133,   STEWART. B. C.
ST. CHARLES
I VAPOKATQ)
MILK
coahing
StCO-36
Use it
wherever the
recipe calls for milk
Magistrate (severely to old offender)���"So you've been fighting your wife again.   Liquor?"
Prisoner���"No, she licked me.
Terminus
Silver Crest
L&L Glacier Creek
Victoria Mines
Marmot Metals
Porter Idaho. Co.
Ore Mountain
Bay View
.05 .-
.��� .12
.12
.35
.12
.��� ^.06
.��� .25
.06        .10
.15
.09*
ST. MARK'S CHURCH
Sunday, September 19
Holy Communion
8 a. m.
Sunday School
2 p. ro.
Evening Service at Premier
It Does Not Cost Any More
To Ride In a Good Car
FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
"How long is it since you have
been in a police court?"
"Twenty years, your honor."
"And where have you been
since then?"
"In prison."
Watch found.   Enquire News.
Log Cabin for rent W.R.Tooth
F, J. CROSSLAND, B.S.C., N.E.
(Registered; Mining Engineer
MINE
EXAMINAMION
EXPLORATION
DEVELOPMENT
Fireextinguisherscan be found
at the following places:
Big chemical, 25 gallons-
Wilson's Store.
Five-gallon  extinguishers-
Gibson's
Newell *s
Marmot Hotel
Hotel Stewart
Carolan's Grocery
Hotel King Edward
Portland Canal News
SEWING, CLEANING, PRESSING
Cake & Pastry Made to Order
Room for Rent
Mre.   Martin
7th St. 2 BIks. E. of Court Hou'e
ALL THE COMFORTS OF A HOME	
ARE TO BE   HAD AT THE
HOTEL STEWART
Firgt Class Cafe in Connection
James McAleenan.   Proprietor.
The NASH LIGHT SIX is
the Best Car in Town
STEWART MOTORS & TAXI
C. M. Adam, Manager.
Day and Night Service.
Oflee,    Marmot Hotel Building.
FROM
PRIZE
HERDS
Dacilc Milk comes from prise herds
but climate and soil is a great help
to them. The pasture in Fraser Valley, the home of this good milk, is unrivalled. Our dairy cattle have a
world-wide reputation. The Dominion
Government has recorded their number, quality and production. Australia.
United States and the Aaiatic countries import them for breeding. Pacific
Milk can be nothing but good.
PACIFIC MILK
Head Office.  Vancouver.
Factories at Abbotsford A Ladner B.C.
Per tin 2oc.
Full Line
GROCERIES
AND
PROVISIONS
J. W. WILSON
5th A Columbia Sts.    Stea ui
Prevent
CAimney
Fires
WELSH
ANTHRACITE
COAL
Makes NO SOOT and
Drives out all soot left by
Soft Coal
Clean to handle
$23 per ton
Delivered
FRANK BOWLER
Agent
5th Street, Stewart
COASTWISE STEAMSHIP
& BARGE CO. LTD.
Weekly Sailings From
Stewart Direct Tc
Smelters.
General Freight am
Powder.
For Information A; I
805 Birks Bldg.,
Vancouver, B. C.
FOR A GOOD
SMOKE
See Pete at the
Exchange Cigar Store
Cicaas. Cigarbtts. Tob*cco��
and SNUFF- BESTBRAN^