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TITAN IS TO
BE WORKED
It is reliably reported that
shortly after the new year development will be resumed on
the Titan property under the
superintendence of Owney McFadden, who is thoroughly conversant with the ground, having
B.C. AND ALASKA
ARE BECKONING
Why Should Tourists Look
To Europe for Scenery
When a Better Article
Can Be Had at Home
..Resources," July, 1926.   By W.R.H.
Ina little mining settlement spent the better part of three!
in Montana I once saw a boy summers prospecting in the Fish
start out with his shotgun to .Creek section, besides working
hunt rabbits. The sun was bire- on the Titan when it was under
ly up and the coyote chorus was development,
still reverberating from the rocky ' Surface showings ou the Titan
bluffs as th��se sweet singers of are good. The tunnel which was
the safje-brush withdrew from (driven more than 300 feet to get
the open plain to their hiding1 under an exposure of high-grade
places in the hills. , ore did  not   reach its objective
When the sun had set and the but Mr McFadden figures that
locust chorus was tuning up, a jsome crosscutting from this tun-
weary, footsore boy plodded jne| will do the trick. That re-
homeward through the dust, all, mains to be seen. If he is right,
vut dr^-nng his Rhotgun. "What j another producing mine will be
lu*. kid?" I called from thei added to the list of Portland
dtordf the concentrating   mill. Canal properties.
*%* j.% t *$�� ��.><te look  that ex- j 	
'j^Tmore than disgust.    Be-1 SMOKE,  SMOKE,
S?th�� sombre expression of SMOKE, SMOKE
���'his eyes might be read the hope-
{essmwia of aices of ilo��m-trodden
serfdom, such as is seen in that
famous painting, "The Man
With the Hoe." "If thar's a
blank-blank rabbit in this dod-
rotted, burnt-up. stand-onend
of a blankety-blank country, I'll
go eat loco weed an' pizen myself" he responded.
He turned toward the little log
cabin that was his home, stiffened as though an electric bhock
had swept through his frame,
threw his gun to his shoulder
and fired toward the cabin. Then
��> CL
A Merry Christmas
and
A Happy New Year
This is the time of year when everyone goes around shout-
*   ing to everyone else, (even without the formality of an
introduction) "Merry Christmis and Happy New Year."
There are those who say that the reiteration of these
phrases is simply a parrot-like repetition of something that
has been learned by rote, and shows brainlessness on the
part of those who give voice to the formula. The prisoner
in jail, for instance, who is.wished a Merry Christmas by his
warden, has doubt as to the sincerity of the greeting, and
decries the lack of tact whjch the warden displays under
the circumstances. These are the misanthropists of the
world.
But the habit has become so wide-spread that it is ingrown. It is more than a habit, too. There is undoubtedly
in the human race an inherent quality of kindliness that
springs spontaneously to the fore when .the annual holiday season comes 'round, and finds visible outlet in
the form of gifts, and vocal in naturally inherent expressions of goodwill.
The Portland Canal News is thankful for the support accorded it, which, we believe, is the inevitible reward for an
honest endeavor to give tbe best service possible in the
field which this paper represents. So we cheerfully and
conscientiously can wish all of our readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year.
(T
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Spontaneous hilarity prevailed
Iat the smoker held by the Native
'Sons of Canada in the Service
j Club Tuesday night. There was
'some excellent singing, heard |
through a haze of  smoke   thatj
i ��� r  '
seemed to have a mellowing ef-'
! feet on the voices instead of   be-
ling an annoyance as  is  usually
! claimed.    Recitations and appropriate    stories    metamorphosed
lhe feeds and smokes,   and   thej gineer
community son^s, headed by J.
H. Wilson, could be heard blocks
STEWART-HYDER LOCAL NEWS ii
away.
F.E.Gigot was master of
New Years Carnival Dance.
Allan Carolan went south Monday night.
E. R. Workman arrived Monday night from Anyox.
Matthew Little, managing en-
of the Dunwell. went
south Min lay night.
T. W. McDonald, deputy marshal of Hyder, returned Monday
with a yell of triumph, he bound-, ^   J< p> Scariett was night, having gone south with a
thl.
ed to the end of a woodpile wi
which the dwelling was flanked,
picked up two bunnies and waved them aloft for me to aee.
I have thought sometimes of
thi-i boy when I read of the thousands of sight-seeing tourists
flocking to the tamed Alps or
sailing thousands of miles to
view the fiords of Norway. 1
have pictured the boy's weary
quest for that which lived at his
very door, I have wondered
why the people of this North
American continent don't "take
* tumble to themselves" and
�����ok over the wonders of Nature
that are so easily reached.
Perhaps many of the.ia go to
Europe simply because it is the
fashion to go. not because they
have the souls to appreciate what
s:enic glories are there spread
before them. Perhaps, like Ba-
ronByng, Governor-Gen eral of
Canada, who recently visited
Jasper Park, that reberve on the
Canadian National Railway containing some of the most stupendous specimens of Nature's handicraft contained in the world,
they can see and appreciate only
there with his violin   and   Chick
Davis presided at the piano.
Of course there are mining and
railway and wagon road and
trail and wharf improvement
problems to consider, but the
burning question in Stewart just
now is coal.
golf links.
To such as these I would say:
"Goto Europe, follow the crowd;
change your clothes three or four
times a day; bask in the sunshine
on great verandahs, surrounded
by hundreds of other human butterflies, and-play golf.
But to the unspoiled human-
and there must be millions of
them left in the sreat nations ot
Canada and the United States-
I would say "Come to British
Columbia. Take one of the palatial steamers that ply the Inside Passage' from Vancouver to
Stewart. See some scenery that
is untamed. Plan to stop oft a
week or a fortnight at the head
of Portland Canal and get a new
sensation by roughing it in the
(Look on Page!l)
mental patient.
Billy Orr vouches for the story
about a Scotchman who went
outside the house on Christmas
Eve and fired off a pistol, then
came in and told his children
that Santa Claus had committed
suicide.
TENNIS CLUB DANCE
WAS GREAT SUCCESS
A highly successful dance was
held last Friday night by the
Stewart Lawn Tennis Club in
the Opera House. An amusing
feature of the evening was a
t>nnis tournament played by
proxy. Mile Suzanne Lenglen being represented by S. G. Lawrence, and the American star,
Miss Kate Brown, appearing in
the person of J.W.Wilson. Both
the players looked very lady-like
and smart, in appropriate costumes. During the supper hour
the cups won in last season's
tournaments were presented to
the winners by Mrs H. D. Rochfort, wife of the Club's president.
New Years Carnival Dance.
F. E. Gigot returned Monday
night from Maple Bay.
A Seattle man dropped dead
while shoveling snow. The moral is obvious.
Jas. McAleenan, proprietor of
the Stewart Hotel, returned
Monday night from a business
trip to Victoria.
Last Tuesday, Dec. 21, was the
shortest day of the year, but no
one is kicking yet about the
robins waking them up too early.
The office boy says he can
think of no meaner man than
the one who gives his wife an
N.S.F. check for Christmas.
CHRISTMAS IS
HERE AGAIN
The coming generation of
Stewart, together with most of
the adult population made a happy noisy crowd at the Service
Club Thursday night when the
annual Christmas treat was given under the auspices of the local Moose.
Of course the main event of
the evening was the appearance
of Santa, represented by J. H.
Wilson, who appeared at 9 o clock
heralded by the jingle of his
sleigh bells. He proceeded at once
to the gaily trimmed and lighted
tree, where he distributed gifts
to 83 kiddies, seven of whom
were from Marmot and Dunwell.
Santa was ably seconded by the
Rev. A.W.R.Ashley, G.W.Smith
and P.S.Jack. The gifts were
not all for the youngsters however. To give an example���for
reasons best known to themselves
and their friends Rev. Mr Ashley was presented with two celluloid babies enshrined in a box
of cotton wool, and Ernie Armstrong was the amused recipient
of a spotted gee-gee on wheels.
The evening was made still
more pleasureable for all by a
program of games and dances,
Mrs W. Jancowski being at the
piano and J. P. Scarlett playing
the violin. The various committees are to be congratulated for
the efforts they have made in
adding to the "pleasure _of the
Christmas season.
Lee Balch
W. L. Balch, contractor and
builder, who came to Hyder in
the spring of 1920 and lived there
five years is now in Seattle where
he has charge of construction of
a big picture house. Ed Christ-
ensen, also a former resident of
Hyder, is with him.
-   Kasper-Allen
The marriage took place in
Stewart last Sunday of John
Kaspar, well known local taxi
man, and Miss Amy Allen, of
Prince Rupert, the Rev. A.W.R.
Ashley performing the ceremony
at St. Marks Church. Miss Mildred Heathcot and Mr George
Custas acted as bridesmaid and
groomsman. Mr and Mrs Kaspar
will reside in Hyder B.C., where
they are having a house built.
Frank Nagle left for Seattle
yesterday.
Jimmy Comer went to Rupert
Monday night.
Mrs Hugo Stratford returned
Monday night to Vancouver.
Kenny McLeod left Monday
night for a visit in Vancouver
Allan Carolan left last Monday
night for a visit in Vancouver.
Dalby B. Morkill is spending
Christmas with his brother in
Anyox.
Sebakwe and Extenuate have
been getting in a bunch of machinery.
R.M.Stewart, president of the
Dunwell, returned to Victoria
Monday night.
Matthew Little, general manager of the Dunwell, left for Victoria Monday night.
The Prince Rupert brought in
a big shipment of hay for Ernie
Armstrong yesterday.
RETURNS FROM
A NEW MINE
Owners o{ Prosperity Get
Fat Check From Smelter
For a Small Shipment of
Surface Ore
A check fo; $6499.46 was split
five ways this week here among
the owners of the Prosperity
group of claims oh Marmot river
being the returns from the Trail
Smelter for a shipment of ore
made late in the fall. The shipment consisted of 632 sacks,
weighing 60,635 pounds gross,
and 58,088 pounds when the 4.2
per cent moisture had h^en deducted by the smelter.
Two sticks of dynamite were
used in getting out this shipment. Not two boxes, or two
tons, but two whole sticks! And
between 20 and 30 more tons of
ore were left in the cut because
there were not enough pack
horses available to take it out
They were running a race with
Old Winter to get Porter Idaho
ore down, for which a contract^
had been made.
The owners of the property
are Eli Watland, Fred Jancowski
Wm. Jancowski, G.D. Davis and
George Mehlfeld.
Smelter assays give .08 oz. in
gold, 431.55 oz. silver, 29.95 per
cent lead, 10.45 per cent zinc,
11.1 per cent sulphur, 31.4 per
cent silica, 4 per cent iron
and a trace of lime.
This is the highest-grade shipment ever sent out of this camp,
with the exception of 50 tons
once shipped by the Premier on
the Prince John, which is said to
have run $12,000 to the ton.
MY, MY, MY, MY,
WHAT A MESS!
Four of Stewart's young folks
who are pursuing in Vancouver
their search for knowledge, returned Monday night for the
winter Holidays. They are Miss
Mabel and Stavely Mellor, Miss
Cherry Campbell and Miss Muriel
Crawford. Miss Helen Crawford, who is attending Columbia
University in New Westminster,
was busy with the measles and
could not come.
When Wm. Noble  came  into
the kitchen after  dumping  the
ashes   Wednesday   morning  he
was greeted by an   explosion   in
the range.   A few seconds  later
and he might have been   injured
by pieces of the stove that  flew
all over the room.   What caused
the explosion is  undetermined,
but it is likely that the pipe  became frozen  between   the  hot
water jacket and the tank.    D.
W. McLeman, who occupies  the
house with Mr Noble, had gone
up to his store, but is a considerable loser in damaged  clothing.
Hot coals were  thrown around
the kitchen and burned holes in
the linoleum.   The water  tanks
squirted   all   over  everything,
soot flew, and altogether quite a
mess was made.   The house  be
longs to Andy Archie and  is  located at Fifth and Vancouver.
&
New Years Carnival Bance. I
PORTLAND   CANAL   NEWS,
STEWART, B. C,
FRIDAY,   DECEMBER  24,   1926
The Portland Canal News
H.   W.   M.   ROLSTON
Editor ana Publisher
W. R. HULL
News Editor
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THE PROSPECTOR
(Engineering and. Mining Journal)
A recent article in a magazine of the
'���popular-intellectual" type describes the
residual Western prospector. He is described as a tough, hardy old specimen,
who in the past has promptly wasted on
dissipation of the crudest sort any windfall of funds which has come to him, and
who survives in the hope of another lump
of cash, so that he eaa dispose of it in a
similar roistering manner. Such types no
doubt exist���but they do not typify the
average prospector, who no doubt is passing away in the United States.
The recollection of a long personal
acquaintence with prospectors pictures
them as a wonderfully varied and interesting class���as fine and lovable a group,
perhaps, as one can find. They were gathered from every walk in life���some highly
eduoated, with a past record of a busy life
in cities; some with no education���past
farmers, or sailors, or trappers. Many
were philosophers���deep and balanced
thinkers, and appreciative readers of literature and science. As a class they were
competent and courageous, and as a class
most hospitable and free-handed. If they
were disposed, in case of stress, to rely for
protection and their rights on the persua-
sivepowerofa rifle���rarely used except
as a gesture���it was because they lived so
long in places where the rifle was their
only protection against wrong and violence, not in the least because they were
other than most peaceably-minded.
Prospectors as a rule loved the life-
its peace, its freedom, its adventure,
its unlimited hopes. But if they struck
it rich, most of them were prudent, and
retained their prosperity, and became
bankers, or ranchers, or real-estate operators, or financiers���take it all in all, a
fine breed. Their tendency to "cut loose"
in town, so much exaggerated by the article referred to in the beginning, was perhaps that of the average citizen of all
walks of life. Their normal life was cooking serenely in their log cabins; loading
their burros with drills and powder; and
pounding the drills into the heart of the
mountains day in -and day out, week in
and week out, so long as the grub lasted.
The race is not dead���there are plenty
of them yet. Many of them, when there
is nothing else to do, sit down and write
a tetter to the Editor; and no class of correspondence brings more cheer and interest.
gineering and Mining Journal of Oct. 16,
1926, page 601. I wish I knew as much
about prospectors as that guy in the "popular-intellectual magazine." He thinks
all prospectors are bums. I don't know
the taste of whiskey or tobacco. I was
born and raised in the Siskiyou Mountains, and worked in the mines, and prospected all my life, and am 65 years old.
I never went te school, there was no
sort of school up there when I was a boy.
I work for myself and live in my own log cabin,
and I will bet that the fellow who wrote that article works for wages and pays rent to a landlord.
I co to town only when I need grub. There is
plenty of game and trout where my claim is. Last
spring and summer while the snow water lasted I
cleaned up $125 in gold, $30 in platinum and three
small diamonds, one weighing a carat, one of li
carats, and a stone weighing 2J carats. One was
canary yellow and two were blue white. I got
$125 for the diamonds. Besides I trapped twe
marten, 12 mink and one black bear pelt. I am
waiting for the fall and winter rain, ��� Stanley
Morgan, San Francisco.
DALBY B. MORKILL
BONING SURVEYOR
B. C. Land Surveyor ^
STEWART, B. C.
F. J. CROSSLAND, B.S.C., Mi.
(Registered; Mining Engineer
MINE
EXAMINATION
EXPLORATION
DEVELOPMENT
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CIVIL ENGINEERS
& C. LAND SURVEYORS
Stewart, B. C.
CONFIDENT
COOKING
Can only be done when
Your Range is just Right.
No better range than the
MONARCH
Was ever made.
You'll not know the meaning of
COMFORT in the KITCHEN
Until you have one.
SOLE A6ENT
D. W. McLEMAN
Fifth Street, STEWART.
CANADA NEEDS PUBLICITY
Sir Alfred Mond, a well-known British capitalist and the holder of many Canadian interests,
stated that Canada's greatest need abroad is pub*
licity. He tells of leading and supposedly well
informed British capitalists who do not even know
that some of our greatest mines have names. Mineral revenues are growing each year but are still
a small portion of the production of the country.
To bring the mining industry into greater production capital investments are necessary. It is stated that the opportunities for investment in this
field must be placed before outside capital. Canada could, however, finance all necessary development if the'Canadian people possessed faith in
themselves and their country. The earning power
of the people who v>��*u^j. *.k* *.ut-.*v u��.�� ra
greater than ever in history. The money is in the
country and could be put to work if the owners
realized the opportunities their country offers. ���
Mining and Industrial Record.
PORTLAND CANAL LOOSE
U O. O. M. 1218
Meets 2nd Thursday at Hyder, 4th
Thursday at Stewart
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CHIROPRACTOR
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Opposite Assay Office.
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SYNOPSIS OF.
LAND ACT AMENDMENTS
Men who attempt to drown sorrow merely
irrigate it.
Round after round is the way the pugilist
ascends the ladder of fame.
Lots of men tell the truth because it is the
easiest way to fool some people.
Tha Editor:���I read the editorial about
Iht article, "The Prospector," in the En
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PRE-EMPTION*
- Vacant. unreserved. surveyed
Crown lands may be pre-empted b)
British subjects over 11 yeara of ace,
snd by aliens on declaring Intention
to become British subjects, conditional upon residence, occupation,
end Improvement tor sericulture!
purposes.
* Full Information concerning regulation.! regarding pre-emptlona is
riven lo Bulletin No. 1, Land Series,
"How to Pre-empt Land," copies ot
which can be obtained free of charge
by addressing tho Department ot
lotxoiu. Victoria, B.C��� or to any Government Agent.
Records will be granted covering
only land suitable for agricultural
purposes, and which Is not. Umber- '
land. I.e., carrying over t.OOO board
feet per acre west of tbe Coaat Rasure
and 8,000 feat per acre east of that
Range.
Applications for pre-emption-, are
to be addressed to the Land Commissioner of the Land Recording DI
vision, ln which the land applied foi
la altuated, and are made on (.Tinted
forms, copies of which can be obtained from the Land Commissioner.
Pre-emptions must be occupied fo)
Ave yeara and Improvements made
to value cf $10 per acre, including
clearing and cuiUvatlng at leaat flvi
aerea, before a Crown Orant can be
received.
For more detailed Information eee
thc Bulletin "liow to Pra-tmayt
Lend."
PURCHASE
Applications are received for purchaae of vacant and unreserved
Crown lands, not being tlmberland.
for agricultural purposes; minimum
prloe of flrst-olass (arable) land Is |l
per acre, and second-class (graslng)
tend $2.60 per acre. Further Information regarding purchase or lease
Of Crown lands la given In Bulletin
No. IS, Land Series, "Purchaae aad
Lease of Crown lands."
Mill, factory, or Industrial sitae en
Umber land, not exceeding 40 aerea,
may he purchased or leased, the conditions Including payment ef
stum page.
HOME8ITE LEASES
Unsurveyed areaa, not exceeding It
acres, may be leased aa homeeltes,
conditional upon a dwelling being
erected In the Arat year, title'being
obtainable after residence and Improvement conditions ate fulfilled
and land haa been surveyed.
LEASES
For graalng and   industrial    purposes areaa not exceeding set aeres
soar be leaaed by one pereen er a
company.
ORAZINO
_DB��ra.,JK f*-***e Aet tte Pre*.
taoe ha divided Into graalng districts
and tbe range administered under ���
Ossnmlssl���i.   ��� Annual
permlta era Issued based] w
* priority being given
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BRITISH COLUMBIA
The Mineral Province of Western Canada
Has produced Minerals valued as follows: Placer Hold, $77,G^,0-15;
Lode Gold, $122,808,459; Silver. $74,111,397; Lead. $89.21.^907:
Copper, $197,642,647; Zinc, $39,925,947; Coal and Coke. $273,
048,953; Building Stone, Brick, Cement. $44,905,886; Miscellaneous
minerals, $1,594,387; making its mineral Production to the end of
1925 show
AN AGGREGATE VALUE OF ��920,919,628
The substantial progress of the Mining Industry of this Province is i-trikingly
exhibited in the following figures, which show the value of production im* -|K'
cessivefive year periods: For all ytars to 1895 inclusive, 194,647,241; f'>r nv��
���years 1896-1900, $67,605,967: for five years 1901-1906, 996.607,968; for i; ������ vsri
1906-1910, $125,634,474; for five years 1911-1916, $142,072,603; for five years
1916-1920 $189,922,726; for the yea. 1961, $28,067,641; for the yea. ���'-���;,;,,
158,843; for the year 1928, $41,304,820 for 1924. $48,704,604, for 1925,*f>l .492. J.
PRODUCTION DURING LAST TEN YEARS. |404.64��U75
Lodejnlnijw iyttonly been ^^ yen-!, and
only about one-half oTthe Provinceliai beenprospdeted; 200,000 sqw i    �����"'*���
of unexplored mineral-bearing land are open for prospecting.
The mining lawa of this Province are more liberal and H"1 f<"!
lower than of any other province in the Dominion, or any Colony in th. Itrttu-n
Empire.   Mineral locations are granted the discoverers for nominal if''.-.
Absolute Titles are obtained by developing such proptii "s *���*
curity of which is guaranteed by Crown Grants.
full information, together wilh Mining Reporta and Maps. '""J
be obtained gratis by addressing
THK HON. TUB MINISTER OF MINES, Victoria. British ('olii'"**'*-'
N. B. -Practically all British Columbia Mineral Properties upon which development has been done are described In some one of the annual Report* o
the Minister of Mines.   Those considering mining investments shoulil refer
such reports.   They are available without charge on application to the Depar
ment of Mines, Victoria, B. C.   Reports of the Geological Survey of Canads.
Winch Building, Vancouver, are recommended as valuable sources ol   "l0
mation.   Reports covering each of the six Mineral Survey Districts are P�� '
lished separately, and are available on application. PORTLAND   CANAL   NEWS,   STEWART, B. C,   FRIDAY*,   DECEMBER  24,
1926
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Vancouver, B. C.
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B.C. AND ALASKA
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mountains back of Stewart and
Hyder, Alaska.
Alaska���the land of mystery
and romance!���Who, with an
ounce of imagination, has not
longed for a visit to this great
territory, still so thoroughly misunderstood, but yet fast becoming one of the richest possessions of the American nation?
And where can a visitor so easily set his foot on this famed soil
and amid such surroundings as
at the head of Portland Canal?
I am boosting for this part of
Alaska because the Portland
Canal district embraces the mining territory on both sides of the
International boundary line. The
incomparable mineral zones, that
are already producing millions
for the enhancement of the
world's new wealth, know ho
boundary line, no more than do
the bears and prospectors that
roam over them.
The "Inside Passage," a water
course unique in that it has no
counterpart on the globe, has
been described by many  writers
whose flow of language and descriptive powers are more  voluble than mine,   but  too  much
cannot be said about it, for  the
subject cannot be overdone. Five
hundred miles of a smooth water
way from Vancouver  to  Prince
Rupert, (with two short  breaks
where one might just possibly be
shaken up a bit,   across  Queen
Charlotte and Mill bank Sounds,)
flanked on both sides by  mountain scenery that will live afterwards in dreams when once observed, may be covered in comfort and convenience by  three
steamship lines whose service  is
unexcelled.   The 120 miles more
to Stewart, up the Portland Canal, a deep, narrow fiord lying between gigantic mountains, whose
beauty and  grandeur  increases
as the steamship proceeds northward.   The peaks wear crowns
of eternal   snow,   and  between
them may be seen tongues  of
glaciers creeping through   from
the parent ice-bodies that lie behind the ranges.   Foaming cataracts   abound,  and  here and
there a mountain stream  roars
down to the sea.
At Stewart or Hyder autos
may be secured to take the visitor direct to some of the more
important mines, and   within  a
few miles of glaciers which may
be reached on foot or horse-back
with no special effort, and once
on the ice, the visitor may go as
far as he likes. He may become
familiar with a wonder of nature
that he has always contemplated
with a feeling of awe. If he has
a little of the primitive in him,
(and who has not?) he may enjoy making camp in the hills and
working around the cliffs, and
fraternizing with the bears and
mountain goats; and if he has a
week or two of this he may perhaps stumble onto the outcrop of
a mineral vein that will pay his
expenses for many trips to other
parts of the world.
In any event he will see something new; he will experience
sensations unexpected but delightful; he will commune with
Nature at her best, unspoiled by
the hand of man, and he will
meet an unstinted hospitality
such as is found only in new
countries where the sordid strife
of the older sections has not yet
spread its blight
But he will find no golf links
���yet.
B. C. EQUIPMENT CO. Ltd.
Dealers is All Clasecs of Machinery Vancouver, Canada.
He Told Them
"When I was a little boy"
sweetly piped the hard-boiled
sergeant, "I had a set of wooden
soldiers. One day I lost those
soldiers and I cried very much.
But my mother said: 'Never mind
Johnny, some day you will get
your wooden soldiers back.' And
believe me,.you bunch of wooden
headed dumbbells, that day has
come.*'
Sergeant (to rookie) ���"If yon
have the east on your right hand
and the west on your left hand,
what have yoa back of you?"
Rookie-"My knapsack."
The bravest man in the world
is a bachelor serving as a judge
at a baby show.
Exercise does not always increase the size of a muscle. Consider the tongue. --%.
Exit the Stove
Mary Ann���Please, mom, the
gasoline stove has gone out.
Mistress���Well, light it again.
Mary Ann���I can't, mum. It
went out through the roof.
stew art board or trade
STEWART,  B. C.
General  information   of the
PORTLAND CANAL
DISTRICT
supplied on application to the
Secretary, Stewart, E C.
Board meets 1st and 3d Tuesdays of each month,
Board Rooms
^
In the Center of Everything
HOTEL  ST. REGIS
Vancouver
Corner Seymour and Dunsmuir Streets.
��J
Canadian National Rap��ys
STEAMSHIPS
Leave STEWART
For ANYOX
PRINCE RUPERT
VANCOUVER
THURSDAY, 11:00 a. m.
TRAINS LEAVE
PRINCE RUPERT 11:30 A.M.
MONDAY
WEDNCSDAY
SATURDAY
ALL POINTS EAST
8. S. PRIVCE JOHN Ex. Prince Rupert fortnightly tor
Vancouver via Queem Charlotte Islands.
Agents For All Ocean Steamship Lines
Pull Information  and Reservations from
P. S.J.ck or R. P. McNaughton
St��wart,��,C District Passenger Agent
Prince Rupert i>- - ���
Head
OBict,
Montreal
BANK OF MONTREAL
Established i8i7
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ASSETS and LIABILITIES
30th October, 1926
ASSETS
Cash on hand  $    83,411,634.39
Deposits witl* and notes and cheques cf
other Banks  50,844,527.81 -
Deposit with antral Gold Reserve      . 17,000,000.00
Call and Short loans on Bonds, Debentures and Stocb        160,811,301.37
Dominion and Provincial Government
Securities  79.157.614.a8
Canadian Municipal Securities and
British, Foreign and Colonial Public
Securities other than Canadian     .    . a9.iJO.754-.l6
Railway and other Bonds, Debentures
and Stocb  4,463,251.16
Quick Assets   .   .    $424,919,084-27
Loans and Discounts and other Assets 330,85 J.,870.06
Bank Premises  11,800,000.00
Liabilities of customers under letters of
credit (as per contra)  13,952,190-87
Total Assets   .   .    $781,525,145.20
LIABILITIES fO PUBLIC
Notes in circulation  47.i7*.989-$o
Deposits  656,259.467-65
Letters of credit outstanding      .    .   . i3>95a.-90-87
Other liabilities        ______
Total Liabilities to Public   .    . $ 719,4I7.775*aa
Excess of Assets over Liabilities
to Public      ..,....$ 62,107,369.98
r-��4
MAY we be permitted at this season
to extend to our many friends onr
hearty thanks.
Your continued confidence in ourselves
and in our merchandise, year after year,
is a source of pride and gratification.
We shall endeavor, in 1927, to merit a
continuance of that confidence.
We wish you, all of you,
A Happy Christmas
and
A Prosperous New Year
H. ZEFFERTT. r-r=-= O J. MORRICE
Wishing Everyone a
MERRY CHRISTMAS
and a
HAPPY NEW YEAR
P, BURNS & CO. Ltd.
Stewart Dairy
J. Campbell,    Prop.
Fresh Milk
Table Cream
Butter
ICE
Buttermilk
Whipping Cream
Beaman Block
Columbia St. Entrance
UNION STEAMSHIPS
The popular TXS. S. CARDENA saila from Stewart
Every monday at midnight for
Prince Rupert and Vancouver via way points.
Northbound;���
T. S, S. Cardena leavea Vancouver every Friday, 9 p. nn.
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.
Panics Rupert Agent  2nd Ave.   Phone 668
HEAD OFFICES, Union Dock, ft. Carrall St.   Phone Sey. 306. j^H^B
PORTLAND   CANAL   NEWS.   STEWART, B. C   FRIDAY,   DECEMBER 24,   lfW
Local Agent*
for
"His Master's Voice"
VICTROLAS
and
VICTOR RECORDS
FURNITURE
HARDWARE
PAINTS & OILS
Local Agents
for
Eastman Kodaks
FILMS, ALBUMS
and
DEVELOPING Etc.
Bachelor���How we change as
we grow older!
Divorcee���Yes, d'you know,
I used to marry men I wouldn't
invite to dinner now.
A MERRY CHRISTMAS
A HAPPY NEW YEAR
toail
UNIVERSAL SUPPLY CO.
5th Street, STEWART, B. C.,    G. W.&wth, Mgr.
LYON'S MEAT MARKET
Extends to Everyone
the '
-    Compliments of the Season
To The Ladies
Six days shalt thoo labor.   On
the seventh come to the King
Edward Cafe and let as do it
Local Stocks
<ByH.W.M.Belsteu*Co)
Dr. H. A. Whilane, Physician
and Surgeon. Office, corner 6th
and Victoria Sts. Hoars. 12
otlaek, noon, to 3 p. tn*.. and by
appointment I
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WHY NOT USE FORESIGHT?
The General Pablic Opinion is that next year will be a busy
one on the Marmot River Section
CW=i^:=CONSIDER====^=BD
The Marmot Metals Mining Co. Ltd. N. P. L.
at present market prices
H. W. M. ROLSTON & CO.
STOCK BROKERS
Special wire arrangements with the southern markets
Consult us on your local stocks
Newell
Rooms
Comfortable Rooms, $1.00
2Chiir BARBER 8H0P
Wm. Newell
r<��
ANDERSON CAFE
 "Beet Cook This Far Northllllz=^=
Caterers to the General Public
Cheapest and Best Place to Eat
PRIVATE DINING ROOM FOR PARTIES
From Soup to Nuts 50c.
WE   KNOW   HOW!
BATHS 50c.
Clean, Modern,  Convenient.
The Water Is Always Hoti
And we don't mean "Maybe."
WATER NOTICE
TAKE NOTICE that Helen Bell.
whose address is Stewart, B. C, will
apply f or a ticense to take and nee 10
cubic (eet per second of water from an
unnamed stream which enters the
"Border" Mineral claim at the North
East corner and flows in a westerly
direction emptying into Caaeade creek.
The water wi I be diverted from the
aaid unnamed creek about six hundred
and fifty feet from the mouth of the
said stream at the tails on the aaid
stream about seventy-five feet from
the highway and about six hundred
feet from the International Boundary
line.   All the water taken from the
"   * **'' -* -- '-"���r
(a) Domestic purposes, (b) To pro-
' for a private lighting plant
eabove
ALL THE COMFORTS OF A HOME
>      ARE TO BE   HAD AT THE
HOTEL STEWART
First Class Cafe in Connection
Jambs McAleenan.   Proprietor.
vide power    	
The water will be used for
mentioned purpoaea on the
Mineral claim above mentioned, being
Lot 4166 District of Cassiar, Province
of British Colombia.
This notice .was posted on the
on the 18th day of November,."
A copy of thia notiee and an application, pursuant thereto and to the '"Water Aet" Chapter 171 R.S.B.C. will be
filed in the office of the Water Recorder at Prince Rupert, British Columbia. ^^^^^^^^^^
Objections to the application may be
filed with tbe said Water Recorder or
with the Comptroller of Water Rights,
Parliament Buildings. Victoria, B. C,
within thirty days after the first apnea.'anee of this notiee in a local newa-
paper.
The date of tbe first publication of
this notiee ia November Miii, 1906.
Hewn Bell.
Applicant,
Stewart, B. C.
The usual downward trend of
stocks that always occurs daring
tbe Christmas season failed to
materialize thia year, and week
by week the local market is booming stronger.
The cause for this is credited
to the fact that the development
done lsst year without doubt
showed up some of tho most remarkable ore bodies, and it can
be safely aaid that from 6 to 7
prospects entered the mine class
and it can be further said that
at least three of these will bs in
the shipping class during 1917,
Another feature is ths number
of large operating companies
that are becoming interested in
the camp, and plenty of eapital
ia available for prospects of
merit
The main stoek of last week
was Porter Idaho, which reached
the highest levels for some time,
though it slackened off during
tile latter part of tho week under
h��ivy selling. As hss been forecasted, great activity is expected in tho Marmot River stocks.
Marmot Metals remained
steady with little stock changing
heads. There only being some
800,000 shares of this stock on
the open market, very little buying quickly enhances the price.
Dunwell is inactive with very
few shares changing hands. It
appears aa if the public are waiting to see the mill in active operation before turning to thja
United Services Club Hall forj __ __ _^  _^ 	
"GROCERY
rent on application to
Morice. P. O. Box 42.
Sect
jaUMs~
prtrn
It has been noticeable the past
few days that Lakeview Is com
ing Into interest again. A number of buying orders have been
received. It would not take
much buying to place this stock
at a higher level.
The local representative of the
Stewart Central Mines of Bitter
creek has been notified that a
program of active development
on this property is being planned
for next year. Very .little of this
stock is held held locally.
The market closed as follows:
Bid    Asked
ST. MARK'S CHURCH
CHRISTMAS DAY
8 a.m.
Holy Communion
lla.ro.
Morning Prayer with Sermon
FoUowsd by Holy Communion
SUNDAY. DEC. 8Mb
Sunday Seaool 8 p. m.
SPECIAL MUSICAL 8ERVICE
in tbe Services Club 8 pm.
EVERYONE INVITED
SPECIALS
j MONDAY
ONLY
Nabob Tea
Per Ib 75c.
#
Sweet Potatoes
Per tin 25c.
hotel prince RUPERTlGreen Beans
Two tins for 35c.
A Real GOOD Hotel
H. a ROCHESTER, Manager
European Pkn 81.(0 per day ut
CRESCENT
FURNISHED ROOMS
HVDER, B.C.
181 -H. tt HICKS. Prep.
BJD. Silver $ 1.70 A
Dunwe.ll Ex R.       1.00
[.Glacier Creek .06
Independence .081
Infiah .04*
National Silver G S  .20
Lakeview new issue .021
Premier L97
Terminus
Stiver Crest
L&L Glacier Creek
Victoria Mines
Marmot Metals
Porter Idaho. Go.
Ore Mountain
Bay View      .,
Sebakwe
1.75-
.1.05
.071
.10
.04f
.25
.04
2.05
a-*"" *
.08
THE Province ot Ontario-ima, by the vote of its people, shaken Itself free from the
shackles of a prohibitory law- H joins the provinces of Canada, STRETCHING
FROM SEA TO SKA that have found Prohibition a failure and have rejected it
The people of British Columbia, Alberta, Saslcatchewati. Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec
hav* seen for flwiBMtvss throogh actual eaperience the falseness and dishonesty of
naUbhW^Nrr have seen the fob of attempting to build TEMPERANCE on a founds-
ADIAN COMMONSEN8E LEADS
TO TKUiV TEMPERANCE
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Mads" to order A remodeled
Raw skins tanned A dressed
Mail orders promptly attended to
MraP Terr,
SM Broadway B.,
Yaaeeaver, B. C
GET OUR BID
on
Moving That Freight
E. ARMSTRONG
GENERAL FREIGHTER
TEAMS    RACK HORSES
Heinz Catsup
Per bottle 25c
FOR Line
GROCERIES
AND
PROVISIONS
J. W. WILSON
5th A Columbia Sts.   Stewart. R. C
P.O.Box 133.   STEWART. RC.
A Merry Christmas, the
Merriest of all the past,
(te the with of Pacific Milk
to all.
W. J. WAKEFIELD
���1 wonder what your mother
would say if she knew how bock*
ward you are in history?" asked
the teacher of the pupil.
���'Oh. my mother says she never'learnt Marry," replied the
other, "and she's married.. Aunt
Salina says she never lernt 'istry
and she's married, and you did
learn 'ietry and you're not mar-
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nan.
Light and Heavy Transfer
Wood for Sale
We Bay Bottles
Stand at Welcome Pool Hal)
PACIFIC  MILK
Head Oflce, Vancouver
Factories at Abbotsford A Lsdnei B.C
MINERAL ACT
Notice To Delinquent Partner
To William E. Saunders.
Take Notice:���Whereas I have done'
and caused to be done assessment work
on the "Galena Farm," ''Galena Farm
No. 1," ''Galena Farm Fraction,"
"inn No.?" --* ���**
"Galena Farm wo. s" and "Keystone'
Mineral Clsims. situated on the ess
side of American Creek  about
situated on the out
.,  . ������an Creek  about one
���"t &��� ^l"!!?a?" ��.f !>***. <-*���>
wn* K RTv^rtUmd4 tSl'lBl
ng Division of Cassiar Diatrict, for'
Jytekl??4 ���nail"e5.'�� which
work the balance still due me fdr your
share amounts to Two Hundred and
Seventy-flvel>��llars(WiOoJ-
tStSSX&SVi*^ *!�������** Wo-88
together with the cost of this ad var.
ft-WM* *���endof ���>.#S
COASTWISE STEAMSHIP
A BARGE CO. LTD.
Weekly Sailings From
Stewart Direct To
Smelters.
General Freight and
Powder.
Por information App1.
805 Birks Bldg..
Vaneouver, B. C.
d*y��J"5�� *e date hereof, ai
the Mining Recorder at Stewarl. ���. ���.
relSd* KintTre,t ,n '*���*-�� claim,
vested in me, in pursuance of the
provisions of the MineralAct. *
Signed, Samuel Desehamps.
Dated at Stewart, B. C    this 21th
day of September. IMS.      ' 24th
FOR A GOOD
SMOKE
See Pete at the
Exchange Cigar Store
CtOABS, CIGAEBTTS, ToBA.JOS
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