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VOL. 5, NO. 31
STEWART,   BRITISH   COLUMBIA,   FRIDAY,  DECEMBER   28,  192;
$5  THE   YEAR
TMAS TREE
H0U8HT GHEE
Break at Dunwell
Owing to the heavy snow, followed by rain during the  latter
j part of last week, a   break   was
\wO Score Children Greet j caused in the Dunwell flume, re
STEWART-HYDER LOCAL NEWS
Santa Claus In Joyous
(withering That Delighted
Young and Old
New Offices at Anyox
T'lejCommunity Christmas tree factcrily,
Id in the   Hotel   Stewart  this
ening was an unqualified  suc-
aulting in the power being shut
off for several days, consequently delaying the. work. The break
has now been repaired and the
work is progressing very   satis-
INDIAN DEVELOP
Don't forget the Hospital car-     Great   excitement   in   Hyder.
nival dance Monday night. New waitress arrives.
H. Horstman's two daughters, j    Some people get lit up  with-
Beatrice and Leah, returned Sun- j ��ut turning on the electricity,
day from school for the holidays. |    Mrs Wm. Wakefield and little
Clyde Hager and Ben Oien are
among the Hyder business men
who went outside for the holidays.
George Adams, who has bepn
at the B. C. Silver with the diamond drill crew, is in town,  the
daughters left Monday for a visit
in Rupert.
Miss Virginia McConkey teacher of the Stewart public school, j
went to Vancouver to spend the '
holidays with her mother.
This is the time of year when
The new Provincial government offices at Anyox are about
completed. These will house
the Government Agent, Mining
Recorder, Public Works Department for Atlin, local Police, in
fact will provide accommodation
for all Provincial Government
Departments permanently located in the district.
i0
n
ARU
IRID
center of the hall,  had  per
laps one of the most  enjoyable
WORK
less, and over 60 children,   for
rypNttU* decorated "tree" in'     fallfcA ��    wHfc.   bliJ I | work havin& been suspended for; you can size up your  erstwhile
'   I the time being. i      i garden patch and then look with
With the extension of drift 13     Roy Newton, who last summer! kindl> eyes upon your neighbors'
mes of their lives so much So''n^0,l tunnel   of   the   Indian j cooked for the   Good   Eats   and | chickens. ijansmeer ior Atun, ien ior Any-
iit even the grown-ups spent a mme' highly satisfactory results Poodle Dog restaurants, and left! Those patent non-skid dingus-1 ox oa the Prince George Thurs-
nst pleasurable evening watch- 'Continue to be obtained. The'for Edmonton in September, re-'ses to be fastened on boots, are day morning after spending sev-
ig them enjoy themselves. j6th ore body cut in  this tunnel,'turned last Sunday,
PEACE-STEWART
RQUTEJS BEST
Visitor Who Knows Tells
Why Natural Advantages
Of This Route Will Com-
pel Its Construction
The assembled children, burst-
|  ig with anticipation, were key-
;;i   with   excitement   by   a , p^ps
���    ���      -j       i ��� , low the surface.    At a point 190, Fish Creek   mine    left   on  the
lunque idea of a messenger com- nsuww��  M"lie'   lKil  uu f,lc
I putting confidence into the turn- j era! weeks here clearing up   the
past season's work,  particularly
in connection with the Stewart-
now being explored by drift 13, |    H. W. Menach,   engineer   for turn of lots of Stewart folks who!past season's work,  particularly
! has proven to be 250 feet long, I the American Mining and Mill- .must walk the snowy walks., ia connection wnn tne scewan-
j the face of which is 325 feet be- jing Co., who has been at their McLeman & Hooten are the ben-j Hyder road, the Bear river
,lnwHi��(!.!i.fo��Q     A* - ��~*-* ionl m-1- n-   .    sism    ��� -. ������     efactors. I bridge, which was recently open-
Mrs Will Jansowski and  Miss Jed to traffic, the Cascade  creek
into the hall atintervals with | feet from the commencement of j Cardena for Vancouver.
Arthur Skelhorne,  representing    the   Manufacturers'   Life,
who arrived   from the south last
Sunday, is no  stranger  to   the
northern portion   of B. C,   having  staked,   in   the early days,
I some   200   coal   claims  in   the
J.A.Stephen,   Public  Works lGroundoj?t   where he still owns
Engineer for Atlin. left forAny-(ten claimg>
In speaking to the News Mr
���Skelhorne mentioned having
found one of the railway stakes
in the Groundhog valley placed
there by Dwyer, who, it will be
remembered, surveyed for a rail-
! way from the Peace river valley
to the coast gjme years ago.   As
f *���     i~ u,  t-������ I this shoot a crosscut was run, I    The fir<?f-tnneh   nf   frnst  thiq' Mary Tompkin guessed the cor-'bridge,  and   some   few   details | ,
t.-egrams purporting to be from I i     me nrst toticn   ot   irost  mis j        *��� ,    _ one who spent a number of years
fc    ,   ni u .., j that showed the   body to be 21' w;nfP,. nrriveH Mnndav and Tn,-q-: rect number of beans   (950)   in;with   regard   to   next   seasons .
panta Glaus as   he   came   north J winter arrivea raonaay ana ��es-1 v     '       i traveling the country   between
��� .     ,.        ,   feet wide, aud averaging $25 in1 ri.,v nf thp wppW    nffnrdincr  tbf the contest for a  turkey  staged program. ..
m Vanconver passing through b aay oi me weea,   anoramg  tne �����        *    , 1 the Naas and Finlay rivers,  and
,, , , ,  ,      .     iall values.     One  hundred   and' r.v,iMi-en iVp <?nffiftpntlv stmna tn by the local P. Burns market. In j    During the past season several i .   ..   . .     ���     , .,
Kipert and Anyox, each bearing��� jcnnnren ice sumeienuy strong to    ����� |    ^ui   s        v**      ��> prior to that having been on the
I seventy feet   in   advance of the onahlo iv,oty, n-nf c^r��a-DVot;����       the shake-off Mrs .Tar.c.nwski wmI��nK����ni f��� *���a ^u^^^..,   ...    i
a messageto the children, until |seventy feet   in   a(lvance of the| enable them get some'skating.
(upon his arrival amidst a jingle j P��sent face, and   on   the same!    Tcm1 McKay,  of the   prmi<n
. ,. ,        . IpvpI     flip Hiomnnrl     rlrill    *nf     flfl I
eigh bells as he entered   the
���v.i'l. their excitement became ir.-
1 and was,   if   possible,   ac- �����,<-- <-"^ .r..t.<r.ru.iai .ui   a  muc
,! proven to he the same ore bodv   f ��� ���,������ c������+��� pi���,lr, ���������..,. ���* ,l���
need 1 friendly Santa Llaus stunt at the
tuated when he  commei
level, the diamond   drill  cut  WLflce 8tlflf, waB In.towo Monday
feetofo-p.   If, bytheex'en3ion|even!nffihavi.n(fCome  dmvn   t0,
!of the present workings, this isf^et the wherewithal for a little|
.,      v i      a ,,     t i-        i prior to tnat navn
the shake-off Mrs Jancowski was ] surveys for road changes up the I�� ��� t n m r, ^_    ^_
..I L. ���. nrst G.T.P.   surveys   down   the
the winner. !Bear  have  bei-n    made.     Tie!
Masons' Dinner
'and values  are   maintained   all
j the way, the   Indian   will   have
i possibly   the   largest  shoot of
.commercial ore ever opened
- this district.
mine Christmas night.
.Skeena, Mr  Skelhorne   is   very
(swing south by Bitter creek and 'competent to express   tj)e   op]V_
consequent cutting away of tbelfon which hedoes> that no other
 J��     L   ���       ,road-    has   made   necessary    a,railway route across B. G  offers
At a meetmg held in the Port-[change> for   which  a  line  has-the ^        thafc the route from
" I tne lu/iiiage Liial L/ie rouio   from
land Canal News offices last Sat- been run from Ward's Pass, fol- |gtewart thrQURh thePesce Rivcr
nt  of arday evening it was decided   to j lowing   the   hiliside to  Bitter Pag8 can afford<   No such coun.
hold a dinner for local Masons at creek wagon bridge,   which  is)t the Fraser  and  Sk
_^ j^^^h ^canyons need   he   encountered,
uary 2nd. (next  Wednesday)   m s.-nt route.    Beyond Bitter creek '  nd from tide water at Stewart
the Hotel Stewart dining room.    Beveral lines have been run in an t() tfae peace riv>}1. , U(jh   g   raj!.
attempt to avoid Muddy Gulch; way vvou]d traverst ^,mtinuous|y
one follows the railway track through mineral> coal> timbtT
around through the Little Bear,and agricuUura, Iand8f practi.
River Canyon, and another cuts eal]y every ,1||K, of which ig Cflp.
straight through from Bitter rable ofproducinjr tonnage.
i reek bridge to close to   the loot j
of Bear lake,   thence   aloi g   the , ^^h       B^BK-.-  ,
between the   Anas   and   tin lay
road to the gulch and up to near.
L. Jessen,   vice   preside	
oii_    .   _        ._      , . T   . iiiuiu a. uuiuci mi u>cai irtaauns ai creek  wagon  bridge,   which   is
.   ! Boyle Bros. (Canada   Ltd.,   and;Q   , ,    .       .. ���       c   j       .,
in i __ _   , .   .. _   ���     |8 o clock on the evening of  Jan- �� 0f a mi|e shorter than the pre-
MessrsJackson   and   McCarthy,        i^i^i^Hi^B...   ,   Hi^^i^i^H
who have   been   operating   elia-
Making Final Check
(.] lorge   Clothier,     Provincial
listribute the many presents
im the tree.   .
Uter the   tree   there   was  a
;      I march, while three judges
i  led the prizes for the fancy
���   as costumes, which   were as;       Gloria Development       jmond drills at the B.C. Silver,
plows;    Best dressed;   big boy,   left for the south Thursday.
Hw Jack; biff girl,  Mildred Jaa-j    A. Lincke,   who  is  managing}    The Eleven-mile   slide   being
l-owski; small boy,  Walter Han-1 the development  of the  Gloria'down, the Salmon   river  wagon, _ ^^^^^^^
mall girl,   June Williams; fjroup, n#ar the head of Bulldog road   was  blocked   during  the Resident Mining  Engineer  for
���sustained, Bonnie Campbell, jcreek, was in Stewart  early   in I week end, making il impossible the district, arrived on the  Car-
" J i Iges had a difficult   task, U^q   week,   having  come down for a large number who had  in-Idena last  Monday   night  from
to the many   pretty   and ! wjth the crew for the Christmas; tended,   to   come   to   town   for the 8��uth   for   Christmas.      Be- , ,   ..        ,.
,   ,,���.,, f .��� l   t road to the gulch and up to near.
me costumes  irom   wtucn   to celebration.    They had a  tough Christmas.    The Premier put 4oi fore going south  again   lie   will  ,,    .      ,        , ., ,.,,
,..,.,..,., , b the head, and then over the hill. '
���    Alter tnis, dancing and trip out to the canal,   having no i men, and the Indian a  few,  at go over the Indian, B. C. Silver, .���.., .        .....
���.,,, ��� ���   i  ,     ,   ��� -l! While this route may he  a   little   .. ^^^^^m
���K-tnies were   Indulged   in   with lsmnvsluK9. and traveling en im- work with shovels, and the road ; Premier and   Dunwell   for   the, ,,     , ,      ,���     : dian, Gun-anoot, that "there are
.,.,,.. I mger it will cut   out   the   high  ,   ..     ,
i midn^ht   '"'*"'-'provised skis.   The work  at the lis now clear, and traffic resumed, purpose of obtaininj? last minute ,    , .,,    half a dozen passes that  can be
r bridg<   and   almost   impossible ,     ...
mi,,n *n\A  Mr f.in/.ua   i*   r.����-1 : data f or h is ai, i. Ha I repor t, u li icli , ,,       i used, several of which are very
grade followi I   I v  the   pr�� sent ,      .,,,.,      ,    ,
will shortly he eoii'.piled. low and   wide.       Mr Skelhorne
route
In   speaking   of   the   country
itween the   Naas   and   Finlay
rivers,   Mr   Skelhorne   confirms
th ) statement of the famous In-
j <y until  midnight,   inter-
1 with which were several !mjll0| said   Mr  Lincke,   is   pro-!
Nividual   numbers.     DaphneLrewinglatisfactorily, a cross-!  Ap-purr-laininff to a Cat
tWo kman and Ida Watson  were cut tunnel  being  driven  under
'���'���inly applauded for tlu-ir vocal \MW ol a St,rk.s 0f |arg9  mineral-     The News s,alf Ls  Purr-pie
d
l!,,s; Violet Watson and   Betty hze(j zonea> jn the lower of which ,,v ;'u> absence of BattlingSikki,
��ck, who did a Nubian   dance,
"i much favor, and Ila Stillin-1 va|ues ranging from $30  to $60|Thoma8 cat.     Purr-haps  so
New Midget Emporium
goes further than this, ai d sa\s
While nothing is definite!) s< t- lhat nu work M lu,.uy  M ,ha ^
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^    (     1;.|, itish.ned   ���   ���    ^m    I     l.xl)l.!.j,,|1Ctt(j    (1()VW)    ���
"k, who did a Nubian  dmnce, I a ,hoot was found   thai  MrH���� I Peck McHwain'spurr-fectly black |   The Midget Emporium of Hy- rpartofth ��� j Rulkl��y   n.��d   h tared,
^                                 '                                                  '                                             melder, of which   H.H.Howard   is j Pleted next  sei  on,  as I            and that the route   is such, and
,.,. p rr-tidious purr-son has  i irr- founder and manager, has grown P|,s'liL situation, I I the natural resources so ex ten-
I-         ���                                          Bitteroreek,    and   at Muddv|sive> that the day lg not fftf du>
""" k'lad-very, very glad. Expected ��� this p.upet��� before l^^^^^^^^^^
('"-at credit is due,   and  a lpr|ng,   Work will be earriad on nial winter was lettini   In,
-y ch.-er of thanks was  ac-|aU wmK.r  wl||,.�� .*nm\\  crew IUkepurr-functory leave of   hi:
'���-dbythe children,   to  the I which will be snlarged  in  tb��l breakfast, dinner and Bup-purr
'"""nitiees  of   ladies   wbo-��spntlWi ;iL(1 u ���,.���,. al,llBU,, liu ' He appear*-i purr i--ii' i       nt.
' a!,l.V planned and   rm-ri.-.l   nui   ..i i   ...i.   .    i,i l.ict urn r-fer\id in    hii    i   m-
' ��bly planned and carried out valopmeat |rograin undertaken.<n feet purr-farvld In
1 iceesfal an evening.     They
"ru Mearjames  Bennett,   Roche-
f,,r'. Tliomey and   Fred Jancow-
jkii   Miba Fraser and Mesdauies
NV Jsnciwski. McLeod amfWat
���on,
"Ai���� to   luck of  apace   *c\
for the bummer.
. >,   c   in tnaka tht
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^_ luitrit-Mt
eral votes of lhanka and the  fin- ��mQR t|at   |)UI,,htt,)8
to the building contains a  number bigrockfill  ap -   lohes  to  th,   kkJ�� water .for  the  Peace  ri n
of living suites and offices     I'hi Bear river bridge and   a   wagon j wheetcro*
wholeesUblishment th< '"���"l '" "''   '"'���l:i"  ""'c'  l'''��"1
|   i ot craftmanship and mater< Cascade creak cro*M��ing,   wUdh    The Prince George,
lata and i�� wUhoui  doubl   th< willbeofvlh! great ���������sitiwes |4edcn, arrired from Prii      i:
-     |      .**...-.���      -  .    -     ...      |     i   t 4. .    K^ s*VU
sews i inceiaMet modern business*premises ;i"'1'' isttm iperaUag to the ,���,i |   trsdaj on the first   ln\
in Hyder. wait of thaj en uf lll(    ,,lllUl        ,    ^      n,
ancial 8lati'ineiiL*Janiiot be   pub-1 ,
h, U'li b( cauia iVek was   taken
lislud until yext wt-c-k.
. ,  ��� .rlnrig   huuK'
II iipital Carnival Mondsj "hai I pUlt SttOUS,
Don'l forge) tl e HeepHal ear*
Pi inee Geoi ge ib   relieving   the
Remembei when Bill Saunders I thi lattei is
nival dance Monday nig����1n the wse Santa Claui'dsput)   si Mock for an   snnu��
Hotel Sltwatl.
11 .���<��� in 'IT'    K.,1
tree
ding. ���
PORTLAND   CANAL   NEWS,   STEWART,   B. C,   FRIDAY,   DECEMBER 28, 1923
The  Portland Canal News
H.   W.   M.   ROLSTON
Editor and Publisher
W. R. HULL
News Fditor
MEMBER    OF    CANADIAN   .WEEKLY    NEWSPAPER   ASSOCIATION
FIVE   DOLLARS   PER   YEAR
Advertising   Rates:
Display Advertising, 50 cents per inch per issue.
Notices, 20 cents per line.
Reading
Special  Position  Display or  Reading,   25 per cent above
ordinary rates.
Certificate of Improvement, $15 (if more than one claim,
$2.50 for each additional claim mentioned)
Land Notices, $10.    Coal Notices, $7.
No Advertising Aecepted for First Page
1924-STEWARrS  YEAR
substaatial cabin^ave been built,  as well
as seven or eight large homes.   Last year
at this time the tcf^n was lighted with coal
oil or gasoline lamps, which have since
been discarded for-the more modern electric light, and even street lights, though
modest, are in evidence.   Another modern
convenience added during the year  is  a
water supply, which has been   taken   advantage of by a number of people.     This
winter Stewart has, in addition to a number of new business  houses a  doctor,   a
dentist, and other accessories that go to j
make modern civilization.    Other significant signs of growth  are two first-class
(mail boats a week and 61 children under 161
j years of age, who will be present at  the
'annual   Christmas  tree.   In  addition,   a
winter sports club has been organized.
Taken al! in all, Stewart has perhaps
made greater progress during the past year
than any other community of its size in
the Province; and the year 1924 promises
a still greater development, a year during
which Stewart will settle into its stride j
toward beooming, in a few years, the most j
prosperous and progressive community, in
proportion to its population, of any town
CAROLAN'S   GENERAL   STORE
Groceries
Hardware
Men's Clothing
Mining Supplies
^PROFESSIONal^^
\C- Laud surv
STEWART, i, I
SALMON RIVER BANKING COMPANY
HYDER,   ALASKA
(Incorporated   Under  tho   Laws  of   Alaska)
4   PER   CENT   Paid   on   Savings   Bank   Accounts
Canadian Funds Accepted on Deposit.
Money Telegraphed to all Parts of United States
J. A. HALL, Pres.    D. LINDEBORG, Vice-Pres.   IRENE HALL, Treas.
Meets
L ��- 0. m. i2]3
etsevi>ry 1st  and<?HTi
^.Stewarta^dH^
DlTALFlilTTr^
Dental Sur^on.    PRiNce R
HBLQER80N    BLOCK
A.   ANDERSON
Cobbler and Shoemaker
Stewart. Be
1924 is Stewart's year!
yourcalander of life.
Mark   it   on
A PARADOX
AS WITH the ending of the day,   so
with the ending of the year, and the short
days, long nights and deep snows tend toward a relaxation of the mind,   after the; -  -
hurryandrushofabusy season, drawing [in western Canada'
it into interesting channels of reflection. *"**  ~ ��*        **
Only under the influence of such moments,
is one able  to fully appreciate the great
progress being made by the district as a
whoie, and the towns in particular. WHBTHEK er not we agree as to the divine
Consider   for   a   moment   Stewart's!       ".��f Je6US Ch''ist' the fact must be admitted
, % that his teachings are accepted over a large part
of the civilized world as gospel.     It is  therefore
unseemly that the anniversary of his birth should
be given up to scenes of carousal and ribaldry such
as are indulged in by residents of the cities,   and
' to a lesser extent by the smaller communities."
When this acknowledged leader was crucified
with today.-For instance a   Dlav surh~nslfor h'S revolutionary teachings, he was only 33-
thP panfnD, ..       .. , *       Lil dh.younger than most of the "boys"   now working in
me rantasy could not have been produced! the woods and in the min^s,   His teachings keep
Numbers of buildings, derelicts of the 1910 irinSin�� down the ages.   The boys of his age today
days, have been put in repair    and an> now!celebrate hia birth '" a manner rather at varience
���,,���   ���   ,        .     . Utire now, with those teachings.
o-.~u.iisi aiouiiuess   premises or dwell-
ings.   In addition a large number of good
Hyder Transfer Co.
STEWART   AND   HYDER
WILLIAM   McGREW.        -        -       Proprietor
SADDLE   AND   PACK   HORSES
COAL   AND   WOOD
See us for Teaming Contracts       Prompt Deliveries
DR. W. D'ARCY CHACE
PHYSICIAN AND SURG]
At Alaska Hotel I
HYDER
ALASKA
DR.  C. C. CARTER
DENTIST
Hyder, Alaska.
 _ MWVTTU1   L   C
growth. Nurtured on slow and steady
progress, a firm foundation has been laid
capable of growing into, and carrying the
superstructure of a small city within the
next four or five years. This time last year
there were few inhabitants,   as compared
GIANT     EXPLOSIVES
FOR   METAL   MINING
The use of the right grade assures better work and cuts  the
cost of mining.
Giant Powder Company of Canada, Limited
602 Hastings Street West, VANCOUVER,  I!.'".
HOTELPRINCE RUPftT
Leading   hoti;i. in
british coi
H. H.  ROCHES 11 [;, Mawpr
European Plan ...
\\
ELEfTRin ' v
HOUSE
���EC
IMS **J
H. H00T0N
McLi'iiuni & [looten
Baldwin 1   ���
You will enjoy your Meals
if you eat at the
To each and all, a Happy New Year!
-Exchange Grill-
J. P. HawSTNBON, Prop.
Foods well cooked and tastefully served  are   appetizing,
This jou will Ret at the EXCHANGE GRILL
SMS
PRE
BANK OF MONTREAL
Established over IOO years
Summary of
Assets and Liabilities
31st October, 1923
ASSETS
Gold, Dominion Note., and Silver Coin    $  81,589,681.80
Depo.it with Central Gold Reterva         J 7,000,000.00
Balance, due by  Bank,  and Banking Corra.-
pondenti eltewhere than in Canada  14,259,744.89
Call  .���d Short  loan,  on  Bond.,  Debenlnre.
end Mock.       129,984,917.90
Dominion MlMj provincU, Covernmant Sacuri-
���  ."" "         03,185,030.88
IU. *.y    .ud    other   Bond.,   Debenture,  and
Mock a
-,      J        '  2,328,051.22
L.nadi.u    Municipal    Securitie.   and   Briti.h.
forelBn    ,���a    Colonial    Public    Securitie.
other   than   Canadian         37.801,758.88
Note. .,,d th.qu.. o, o(W ^^         ^ hj i jo
Un.ted St.,.. .nd olh.r ,0l���ign c.,r���ncU, 3bl.Sl*3 00
:T,T U'"������" ."d  ^.r A.ttU  ....     281,888,581.74
bank  I'renit.a-v   .
$692,382,109 42
LlAlilLlIU.s   H) PUBLIC
��..:.. t, ^^i.m lummm
l)c|..,,it,     ...
, '    ���-,       B8.i,;iU|,|9tf.2.S
  1.3M.62H 14
toift nl>��,/ tb ��D
Exceu of A.m:U over Luhiltti*t to
P"***    *5��,S31,o51*.S4
Dr.   Richard   P.   Butler
DENTIST
NEWS BUILDING,
Fifth Street,  Stewart, B. C.
P. S.���Keep on tap our hi* Christmas and  N��w Yeir'i
Dinners.     Best on market on bill of fare
CRESCENT
FURNISHED   ROOMS
HYDER,   -   B.C.
RVI'ES. $1.     II. II. HICKS, Prop.
FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE
GUARDIAN FIRE INSURANCE CO. QUEEN FIRE  INSURANCE CO
NATIONAL  FIRE   INSURANCE  CO.
NORTHERN     FIRE    INSURANCE    CO.
BRITISH   CROWN   ASSURANCE   CORPORATION   IFTRJ)
CONFEDERATION     LIFE    INSURANCE    CO
PACIFIC   MARINk   INSURANCE CO
GLOW   IN..EMN.TV   00..    FOR   s,CK   OS   ACCIDENT
H.   W.   M.   ROLSTON
AC.ENT
I
DANN'S STAGE
LRAVES
HOTEL   STEWART
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I PORTLAiND   CANAL   NEWS,   STEWART,   B. C,   FRIDAY,   DECEMBER 28, 1923
Por the gotdvJll ���tnifested in your confidence and support throughout the year,
we thank you. That you may have a Merry
Christmas, and that the New year may bring
a full measure of joy and prosperity, is our
sincere wish.
Harry Zeffertt.
Christmas, 1923. Stewart, B. C.
Come to the Ryan Building Store and inspect one of the
NEW GAS BURNERS at work. You can fit it in
;iny stove or heater. It gives twice the heat of coal at
half the cost.
NO ASHES
NO SMOKE
NO SMELL
NO KINDLING REQUIRED
Burns ordinary coal oil, and no dnnger of explosion. A
child can operate one. Twenty years' guarantee and
money back if dissatisfied. Cut your fuel bill in half and
get rid of coal worries. Forty cents will supply you
with ten hours continuous heat.
Jack O'Shsa,
Ag^nt for Northern British Columbia.
TO AGAIN MINE
PALLADIUM ORE
to date and  modarn, and the J
equipment has beas placed with
a view ot lasting.
"Assays on the  300-foot level
show a considerably tughtr   pal- j
ladium content than that shown |
Famous Saltchuck Property j by &e ore in the glary aol��. The \
iitmi   t�� ��. !ore thus far   developed   on   the!
Will Resume Operations; 300.foot level will average be.j
Employiug Most Modern tween $20 and $3�� Perton, about!
[three quarters of this value  be-!
We have just opened our  Restaurant  in   the  Northern
Rooms, Stewart, and have named it the
GOOD   EATS   CAFE
A name implying a reputation which
intend to live up to.
we
DAVE   JOINVILLE,
PROPRIETOR
Milling Methods
j ing in palladium, the rest being!
j in  platinum,  copper,   gold   and
! silver.
"Should the,work on the  300-
j foot level prove the ore body to
be of the same lateral dimensions
as on the  surface,  abont 30,000
j tons of ore will be proven above
��� this level   and prospects for ma-
#or terially increasing   ore reserves
I in,depth are excellent.
COAL
y,
new tunnels which have blocked
out additional ore,   the   cost  of
management.
UiKEAD
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SPECIAL ORDERS TAKEN
1HT   LUNGHE8
. CREAM
STEWART   BAKERY
BBLL&DUKE       ...       -
PASTRY
FRESH MILK
SOFT DRINKS
Proprietors
NEWELL ROOMS
Proprietor
Barber Shop in Con-
Solo Tables
W.   L.   NEWELL,
[Comfortable Furnished Rooms
Section.    Cigars, Tobaccos, Soft Drinks.
Rooms,  $1    PER   DAY
ALWAYS on  HAND
All
the Latest Papers and Magazines
Books and Music
Of particular interest   to   this
section of  British  Columbia  is
the fact that the Saltchuck mine
near Ketchikan is  again  to  be
put   on   a paying basis.   J.  R.
Heckman, leading business man
of Ketchikan, and   receiver
the bondholders  of   the   mn ,,���,,,
After the ore has  been   put
was recedtly quoted by the Ket-jthr0UKh the mi��� Bnd concentrate
chikan Chronicle as saying: j plant the  concentrates   will  be
"After a most careful inspec-ishipped in sacks   to   Irvington,
tion.it is my   opinion   that   the! N-J--for beihg refined.
Saltchuck mine, adjacent to Ket-L "The power plHnt ha*  power
,., .,, ���   .,     lnrnished    by   two   Fairbanks-
chikan, will  prove   one  of   the ,, . ^..     , ,
Morse   semi-Diesel  engines, de-
world wonders for richness,   en-||ivering 175horse  rower    Ad.
titled to be classed with the ditional power is furnished by
Chichagof and Premier. Under three water wheels, delivering
the new milling plan,  aided   ! y'a total of 165 horse power.
Mr Heckman said T. D. Lane,
the engineer in charge, and L. H.
Hi ward, the mill   engineer,  are
mining will not exceed 65 cents j both men of experience, and the
per ton.    I   am   confident   that i work accomplished   under   their
i fully  $80,000  per  month   gross; direction is a model and  inspira-
! will be milled   under   the   new ; tion for economic mining.     The
Saltchuck mine has already produced values of over $400,000 by
the cruder methods. Originally
level has resulted in pickirg upI the palladium values were wast-
the downward extension of the j ed, and several hundred thous-
ore body which crops on the a"d dollars thus escaped, until
surface   and   which   has   been 'the discovery was made that the
, , ,       ,   , ��    xi   i*'e carries  this  precious   metal
mineu by a glory hole to a ce^tn !.,,.. ..
in addition to its other values,
of approximately 100 feet. :	
"The additional tr   new   ore I
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proved by this work  amounts to
about 150,000 tons,  having kioss
value of more than   53,COO.(,00.
Ore   heretofore   developed   and
ready for miuing   had   a  gross
value of about $1,000,000.    Total
ore now   available   is   therefore
about $4,000,000.
"The ore is  now  taken   2,500
feet through the tunnel and surface tram from the mine to   the
first bunker.    The crusher,   mill
and   notation  machinery  have
been provided an i are now being
installed, having a  capacitj   oi
from 125 to 150 ton;   per   Ii y,
with a probable value of $80,000
per   mi n h.      The n a a ial si d
machinery are   all of the     try
best that money  can buy.     The
w >rk of Installation and erection
| is under the  direction   of   I . D
Carpenter, to mer millwri, h for
U.e 1 read well   and A laika    in
' eau interests,    Everj thing i     p
PER   TON
"IT'S   A   BLACK   BUSINESS
BUT   WE   TREAT   YOU   WHITE"
LAWRENCE & WORKMAN
OR   FRED   YOUNG
RENOVATED AND NOW OPEN FOR  BUSINESS
HYOb.R HOTEL,  alaska
Under management o/ JIM DALY
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PROPRIETOR
Home Made Ice Cream Fresh Milk
and   Buttermilk
ICE    FOR    SALE
Cream
BEAMAN BUILDING       One Doer West of Grey & Wilson
Crawford   Transfer  Comoaiw
GENERAL   FREIGHTERS
LARGE SELECTION,    CIGARS, CIGARETTS
���nd  TOBAC( OS
-   STEWART   NEWS   -
<.ii��,,n Jttotk Fifth Street
HYDER
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SERVICE
ORDER  for   NEW YEAR'S
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WHAT
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GOOSE?
CHICKEN?
I'RIMK ROAST?
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MINERAL  ACT
Certificate  of Improvements
NOTICE
Georgia, Georgia No. 1 and  Georgia
No. 2 Miqeral Claims,  situate in   the
Portland   Canal    Mining   Division   of
i Cassiar District.
Where   located:   On    the    eastern
��� Bli pe of tli>' Colling   Range   of   Mountains and about seven miles from the
mouth of Georgia River.
TAKE NOTICE that   I,   Frederick
Nash, of Terrace, B. C, Er.ee Miner's
Certificate No, B6677C, acting as agent
for The Georgia River Mining Co, Ltd
N. P. 1..,   Free Miner's Certificate No.
12846; Clarence E. J irvis  Free Miner's
Certiffcate No.  59976;   Edward   I i
Free Miner's Certificate No.  6439 ������ r., ���
Daniel Hume. Free Miner's Certificate
No. 616310,   intend,   Rixty   days   fron
the date hen of, to api l\ to t he Mining
Recorder for a Certificati oi Imp,.
ments, for the purpose of obi  i ..
Crown Grant of the above claims.
And further take notice thai   i
under section 86 must   be   commi
before the issuance of Buch  Certil
of Improvi ments
Dated this 1st day ol Oi I >ber,   A. D.
1923. 24
GOOD SADDLE AND PACK HORSES
COAL POWDER
I    ACETYLBNE WELDING      GENERAL BJ.ACKSMITHING
STEWART, P. C.
HYDER, ALASKA
MINERAL ACT
i Certificate of [mpn   i mi nta.
NOTN i:
Irwin Mineral Clai n  the
Portland   Cm al   Mii in >   It, ision    oi
District.
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The only first-class and up to date hotel in the Portland
Canal district
Hotel King Edwerd
STEWART,   -   B.  C.
Running Hot and Cold Water.     Raths.       All the con-
veniences of the city.    Dining Room in connection
European plan $1 per day and up
W.   H.    rOLIN,      -      -      Manager
INDEPENDENCE
TO    BE
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Wiring,    riumlmig
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For In formation Enquire
S. P. Fitzgerald
liyder, Alaska.
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Stewart. B.C
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PORTLAND   CANAL   NEWS,   STEWART,   R C   FRIDAY,   DECEMBER 28,1923
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
Linemen Labor
Under Handicap
OCEAN   VIEW HOTEL, Limited
HYDER �� B. C.
Warm, Comfortable Rooms. $1.00 Per Day
All Modern Conveniences���Baths, Electric Light
Choice Line of Canadian Cifjars and Tobaccos, Peterson Pipes j
BALL AND BANQUET ROOM IN CONNECTION
Catering to Large and Small Parties.
CFIAS. ft RIDLEY, Manager Tel.-l Long
ALL   THE   COMFORTS   OF   A   HOME
ARE   TO   BE   HAD   AT   THE
W.   DANN,   Proprietor
Steam Heated Rooms      Comfortably Furnished
Drying Room       Dining Room
Baths
FIFTH   STRKET
STEWART
BRITISH COLUMBIA
The Mineral Province of Western Canada
Has produced Minerals valued as follows: Placer Gold, $76,542,203.
Lode Gold, $109,647,661; Silver. $59.814;266. Lead. $51,810,891
Copper, $170,723,242; Zinc, $24,625,839; Coal and Coke. $238,-
239,565; Building Stone, Brick, Cement, $36,605,942; Miscellaneous
ineraJs, $1,358,839; making its Mineral Production to the end of
1922 show
AN AGGREGATE VALUE OF ��734,259,619
The substantial progress of the Mining Industry in this I'rovinci
is strikingly exhibited in the following figures, which show the value
of production for successive flve-y-ar periods: For all years to 1895,
inclusive, $94,547,241; for five years, 1896-1900, $57,607,967; for
frve years, 1901-1905, $96,539,968; for five years, 1906-1910, $125. -
534,474; for five years, 1911-1915, $142,072,(503: for fjVe years,
1915-1920, $189,922,725; 1921. $23,066,641: for the year 1922,'
$35,158,843.
PRODUCTION DURING LAST TEN YEARS. $889,280,940
Lode mining has only been in progress for about 33 years, artf!
not 20 per cent, of the Province has been even prospected; 300,000
Bftuare miles of unexplored mineral-bearing land are open for pYui-
pecting.
The mining lawa of thia Province are more liberal and the fesi
lower than those of any other Province in the Dominion, or any
Colony in the British Empire
Mineral locations are granted to discoverers for nominal fast.
Absolute Titles are obtained bj developing such properties, se-
cunly of which  is guaranteed by Drown Grants.
lull information, together with Mining Reports and Maps, m��j
\��e obtained gratia by sddreaaing
I. HON. THE MINISTER 01  MINKS. Victoria, British Columbia
Stewart people are wondering
why they cannot, in the winter,
have regular telegraphic communication with the outside.
The answer is easy.
The reason is that headquarters, Ottawa, do not realize the
conditions under which this line
must be maintained.
Between Stewart and Anyox
are 54 miles of wire ���the longest
section in the whole Dominion
telegraph system for two men
to maintain, and the hardest,
because of the precipitous mountain sides, and the deep, soft
snow that is indigenous to this
district. The maintenance men
are also said to be the potest
paid of any on the line.
Some time ago a  requ. st was
put in for a new boat,   and   one
was provided; but the operators
now wish that they had the old
one back,   because   the new one
provides no accommodation   for
living quarters.   It   is   only  20
feet long and  the   boys,   when
they are in port,  must eat  and
sleep "up town."    Worse  than
that, if they are  caught  in   a
storm down the canal,   (as  happens frequently) they are forced
to ero ashore and   camp  in   the
snow.
They work hard to keep up this
line and provide the pubic with
a service to which it  is entitled.
They should not be compelled to
"siwasbK" like a pairof derelict prospectors. They should!
be provided with the means for1
properly doing their work���and
the most important of these is a
suitable boat.
Oh do not deride the home paper.
The editor out on a chase,
The irate sucscriber a-caper,
The printer asleep at his case.
The more other folks play, the
harder the printer has to work.
Half the ads in this paper must
be changed this week. If next
week's paper is late?   Well?
COMING EVENTS
WHY LABOR UNDER A mm
We Have
Just What
You Want in
TOOLS
or
HARDWARE
McLEMAH & H00T0N - M^m
Service Club supper, in club
rooms, Ryan building, Stewart,
Dec. 29, 8:30 p. m.
H i pital Carnival Dance.
Sfewait hotel auditorium, Decern! er31.
Citizens Association meeting
January 2, Moose hall.
Dinner for Masons, 8:00 p. m.,
Jan. 2, Hotel Stewart.
WHERE TO FIND 'EM
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MINERAL  ACT
Certificate   of Improvements
NOTICE
Eldorado, Silver Thought Fractional
ar.u Silver Thought No. 2 Fractional
Mineral Clai.n.J, situate >n the PortJano
Canal Mining Division of Cassiar District.
Where located:-Salmon River Valley.
TAKE NOTICE that I, Frederick
Nash, of lerrace, B. C, Free Miner's
Certificate No. 58677C, acting as ageni
for Thomas V. Wilson, Free Miner's
Certificate No. 46797, intend, aixty
days from the date hereof, to apply to
the Mining Recorder for a Cartiflcati
of Improvements, for the purpose ol
obtaining a Crown Grant of the above
jjaims.
And furth r take notice that action,
under section 85, must be commenced
before the issuance of such Certificate
of Improvements.
Dated this ZOth day of September.
A. D. 1928. 21
Fire extinguishers can be found
at the following places;
Rig chemical, 25 gallons���
Grey & Wilson store.
Five-gallon   extinguishers���
Gibson's
Newell'a
Tourist Rooms
Hotel Stewart
Carolan's Grocery
Hotel King Edward
Portland Canal News
Dr. H. A. Whillans, physician
and surgeon; consultations at
office of Stewart General Hospital, 10 to 11a.m., and by appointment.
',38
STEAMSHIP and TRAIN SCHEDULE
S.S. PRJNCIBUPK1T will have HTKWART
for ANYOX,   PRINCE Rl'PKRT,  VANCM'-
VER, VICTORIA, SKA TILE and Intirmtdiute
Ipoints, each THURSDAY at 12.00 Noon.
8. S. PRINCE JOHN will leave PRINCE Rl'PERT for VANCOUVER via QUBEN CHARLOTTE US LAN US, Jan.   i
2uth, *Yb. 9th, ��id.
PASHKNC.hK TRAIN SERVICE  1 ROM J'iiiMUiRUPERT
D.ily imp! .Sunday it Ml p. m.  for EDMONTON, WINN I
PiiG, making direct conoettioaj fur all point* Eaaiaud ,-h>uiI.
1 t Atlantic ateamalup nailing* ��....; furtawr MmKtiM
a.p!>   It   R.   K    McNaughtin,   District   l'aa������far
I'line* Rupert, li. C.
MINERAL ACT
Certilicate of Improvements
NOTICE.
M. C., M. C. No, 1, Lucky Jim, Nine
of Hearts, Nln ��� of Hearts No. 1, Hri-
ton, N. H. fractional. Nine Spot I rational. M. C Fractional, M. ('. No. 1
Fractional Mineral Claims, situate in
the Portland ('anal Mining Dtviafon of
nir Difttiet,
Where   located:    On    west   side   of
Hear River, ahout 8 miles   from   Bti w
art.
TAKE NOTICE that Ilall.y H. Mor
kill, oi Btawart, B. c, aetiayaaagani
for M. (', Mining Company, Limited,
Pre* Mtner'e Certificate No. MOfi
lends, sixty dajrl from the date hereof
to apply to the Mining Recorder for i
Certificate of Improvemente, for tin
purpsaa <>f oi,taming a Cnrara Oraat of
tin- above claims.
And further take notice that action
under aaetaan M, BMMi be commenced
before the issuance of such Certificate
of Improvement*.
Dated this 2d day of October,   A. D.
i��l':i. M
JOHN  WANDER
HARBKR
Tourist Rooms, Stewart
Ml" ERA I. ACT.
��� ��� i tiiicate of Improvements.
NOTII i:
Chart**, Cbarlea No, :i Fraction, Vir
u'\:ila Fraction Mineral < laims,   situate
m th< i al  Mi <iok  D' ���
of Caaoiw Dutrn i
Where located:    South fork   of   (,1a
��� ���..    ( i
lAKENOTll .   that iij.it>-. B. Mor
kill, oi H  r   ��� ���' In*; a* | -.   i
for Jamea H.   Neeoitt,  Pree  M
Miner's Certificate
��� .-.- i , d��\H from tl i i-timt,
to spt'ly Ui tlie MioiiiK Recorder  for  u
Cer'.ll ��� :.li     lit     |
uolslnu,^; a ' ant of
ims.
And further lake m,i
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BON   TON
CHOCOLATES
FOR CHRISTMAS
Wf have been appointed salts
silent for Hnyler's (New York
and Toronto,) See asMirt-
mtrnt just hi rived.
Stewart Drug Store
E.  ARMSTRONG
GENBRiU	
FREIGHTER
TEAMS    TACK HORSES
SI KWART.
B.C.
POOL!
run pasii a pleasant hour
PLAYING POOL
at the Hoh-I Si       i i
TOURIST  ROOMS NOW OPEN
An Ideal Home to brintryour Mother, Sister or V.
Special  Weekly  Rates
JACK   YOHN,   Proprietor      ....       STEWART,   B. C
WHEN LAYING IN SUPPLIES,
WHY NOT GET THE BEST?
STAPLE AND FANCY G!#
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GREY &  W LSON..
Beanian Block,
HOTEL ST.RE
Cor. Dunsmuir and Seymocr.   VANCOl  .
Recognized Stopping Place for People
Portland Canal District
T.J.Grant   -   PROPRIETORS   -   WW.
UNION STEAMSHIP GO. OF 8.
t. s. s. CARDENA bails from STEW
every MONDAY at 10 p.m.  i
PRINCE RUPERT   (H kan falls   VAN<<
NORTHHOUNIHeaves  VANCOUVER BVaai ITUDAl
"   PRINCE RUPERT   "   BUNDAV
roi ALICE ARM. ANYOX and STLV.
Excellent Paaaangav Aaaawimodatkaa Eipraaa I
i'rinre Rupert A^ent. 2nd Ave.,  PhoOfl
Head oilices,  Union Doek, Pt Carrail St., Vaneeaw,
n
LIU.
SILVER    GRILL
Under New Management
C all and See
JACK and MAC
For First-clans Meals
Ol'KN UNTIL 2 a.m.
NORTHERN  ROCK.
AMI
BATHS
I odaitoh
CIpaN
.r)th Stnct, Strwjirt.
Knft Drteki
Jnt-k MeLeod,
SALMON   RIVER STAGE
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