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 Of  ���������   ^  %.  * m  ' -1$.  vftt'  yJi'f >  *^,  5lf you want good sport  sosit bella coola. excel-  Ment hunting and fishing.  WEATHER REPORT FOR NOVEMBER  Compiled   by  Mr. C.  H.  Urseth, of the  Bella Coola Observatory.  Temperature : Maximum, -M.    Minimum 33.  Rainfall, 4.59 inches.  VOL. 3���������NO. 13  BELLA COOLA, B. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 9,  1915.  $1.00 a Year  Naval Battle inBlack Sea  ' Copenhagen, Jan. 7.���������According to an official communication  f rom Constantinople.-twoTurkish  ���������cruisers were in action yesterday  in'ltjte Black Sea. They were  opposed by a Russian fleet of  seventeen units, but despite the  ���������numerical superiority of the Russians the Turkish ships were not  i_ .  destroyed.  y < -a  Seeking Revenge  ^Berlin, Jan. 8. ���������"Preparations  , arefbeing made for a resumption  o%ihe offensive campaign against  4e|via," says she Nord Deu'tch  Affegemine Zeitung. Austrian  ���������army corps on the Danube have  tfe'eh reformed and reinforced.  ��������� &&''>  ;   Every Man Held  Fit for Service  Dardanelles Guards  Sentenced to Death  Athens, Jan. 7.���������The blowing  up of the battleship Messudieh  by a British submarine made a  great, impression in Constantinople, as it was considered that  the Dardanelles were inaccesible.  On account of this fact the commanders of the forts and of a  torpedo-boat destroyer have been  held responsible.  On the third day after the disaster   a' special   court-martial,  Aerial Raids  on Dunkirk  London, Jan. 7.���������A communication from a correspondent of  the London Daily Mail in Prance  reports that a Zeppelin skirted  the French coast near Gravelines,  twelve miles south-west of Dunkirk, on Wednesday morning,  afterwards turning westward towards England. It is rumored  that it was preceded'by two other  Zeppelins. Thereafter, throughout the whole day, Dunkirk was  Italy Demands  An Apology  Must Salute Italian Flag or Suffer  Cosequences  Captain  Clifford.     The men ofjceipts.    The holiday trade is re-  presided over by high Turkish; menaced by aerial raids, but  and German officers, was held to owing to the -vigorous fire of the  try twenty Turks and ten Ger-'guns in -the town only a few  mans. Three were condemned bombs were dropped. At one  to death, it being held that they time there were six aeroplanes  had shown neglect.    Less severe  ' s;;K  Medical Examination Dispensed With  a*  ^'Berne, Switzerland, Jan. 7.���������  ' Infthe case of theT calling of  Austria's last reserves, medical  examinations appear to have been  dispense'd with and every man  istconsidered fit for service, although he may be suffering from  Heart or kidney disease or even  weak lungs.     Highly significant  $ ,<,  is'('the following passage from  army orders from the Austrian  monarchy calling out the land-  strum:  "/'Furthermore when those re-  epgnized as fit for military service actually join the ranks, they  must bring with them a. bowl  from which to eat their food, and  a^knife, fork and a spoon, stout,  well-fitting, comfortable boots,  waym clothing for winter equipment, and if possible a blanket."  This looks as if the. Austrian  war. office was no longer in a  position to afford to equip the  soldiers adequately and therefore  throws upon them the duty of  equipping themselves. ������  hovering over the town, but they  sentences were passed on seven- 'were-soon forced to retire.    Ap-  teen others, among them some parently little or no damage was  Germans.  done.  Turkish Forces Trapped and  Annihilated in Mountain Passes  Two Army Corps Wiped Out  Rome, Jan. 8.���������Italy has fixed  a time limit in which Turkey  must tender a formal apology for  the Heleida incident and salute  the. Italian flag or suffer the consequences. The Italian government will not be satisfied unless  the reparation includes the release of the British consul who  was seized in the'Italian consulate, also the punishment of those  responsible for the violation of  the consulate and military salute  of the Italian flag. (Turkey is  given, until January 10 to make  satisfactory reply, failing which,  Italo-Turkish relations will, after  that date, be of the utmost delicacy.  German Attacks Repulsed���������Heavy Loss  Paris, Jan. 8.���������An official communication states as follows:  Reports   were    received   this  Petrograd, Jan. 7.���������Turkish forces numbering about 50,000 men,  have met with disastrous defeat in the passes of the Caucasipn  range, where under German commanders they attempted to contest the sovereignty of Russia on Russian soil. Two Turkish army! evening of violent German at-  corps, the best of the Turkish army, have been slaughtered and! tacks in the region of Lassigny  all that remains of them is a few hundred prisoners. '   \\n Argonne. at the crossing of  ^ oil.      i-    i ��������� i i     .   i the road from Lefour de Paris to  German Soldiers r orbidden to  Elliott's Horse, at the time Mr  Kenyon wrote, were still at Salisbury Plains waiting to be attached to some mounted corps. The  writer said that it was expected  that the  Canadian   contingent,  ported as being quite up to that  of previous years, and there appears to be no shortage of money  throughout the valley.  Tne  annual   meeting   of   the  or at least part of it, would be j Bella Coola Conservative Associ-  moved to the front at the end of  December or early in January.  Pete Kenyon, at time of writing,  was in the pink of condition and  waiting impatiently for the order  to take his place in the- battle  line.  Cruiser Goeben Strikes  Russian Mines  Canada Will Send  Five Hundred Men  for Princess Pats  -Ottawa, Jan. 7. ������������������ Reinforcements of 500 men for the Princess Patricia's regiment will be  sent from Canada, to England  within a fortnight. They have  been requested by the British  war office, and will be drawn  from battalions now being recruited for the second contingent.  Half of them will come from the  ���������>7K'77  middle west, one quarter from  British Columbia and one quarter  from Quebec.  The militia department has no  information as to  whether the  'regiment has been in action yet  yet or not.  Copenhagen, Jan. 7.���������A special  despatch from Constantinople  states that the former German  cruiser Goeben, which now flies  the Turkish flag, struck two Russian mines in the neighborhood  of the Bosphorus and sustained  sei-ious damage. Two large holes  were made in her hull on the  waterline and it is stated the  necessary repairs cannot be completed in less time than two or  three months. The true facts  have been kept secret from the  people of Canstantinople.  Fraternize With Enemy  *, Berlin,  via London, Jan. 8.-  Varennes and that from La Haute  Chevanche in region of Verdun  and on the ridge which dominates  Steinbach.     All  these  sorties  The German army authorities  have issued an order prohibiting; have been repulsed with heavy  the troops in the field from in losses to the enemy. Atall other  anyway fraternizing with men partsof the Belgian-French front  of the enemy's forces, as they!,,         ...                          ,          .  .. .  .    .      /-,,..            .              11 the position remains unchanged,  did during Christmas at several}   points in the western theatre of  war.    To such extent was this  fraternizing carried out, that at  one- place Germans and British  We publish the following letter  from the secretary of the Ontario  Postmasters' Association which  is actively engaged in raising  funds for the relief of the stricken Belgians:  Aurora, Ont, Dec. 28, 1914.  O. Landry, P. M.,  Bella Coola, B. C.  Dear Sir:���������I beg to acknowledge your favor of the 16th instant with subscription list enclosing $27.50 for the Belgian  Relief Fund. You will kindly  convey to the parties who have  signed the subscription my  sincere thanks for their very  liberal contribution for this the  most worthy cause we have ever  known, also you will personally  accept my thanks for your kind  assistance in this matter.  Faithfully yours,  H. E. PROCTOR, Sec.  For Sale  together indulged in a game of  football on Christmas day. They  agreed together to suspend hostilities for two days more.  Will Not Ask  for More Aid  Ottawa, Jan. 7. ���������Sir Donald  Mann, who is in Ottawa on business with the militia department,  made the definite statement that  the Canadian Northern would  not apply to Parliament this year  for additional aid.  Thp only C. N. R. legislation  would be a few bills to extend  the time for the construction of  branch lines in the West, including British Columbia, the construction of which must be deferred until after the war.  Sir Donald intimated that the  Canadian Northern proposes to  go to the New York money market for funds.  or date  as a going concern the premises known as the Grand View  Hotel, Sella Coola.  For particulars apply to���������  <P. O. Box 90  {Bella Coola, B. C.  Jottings of Bella Coola and District  The  mail   steamer Chelohsin j valley,   with   the   exception  of  arrived on Wednesday afternoon j Hagensborg, opened up on Mon-  with an unusually light passeng-1 day.    Miss  Kate Potts, late of  er list.    Among the arrivals is a; Grand Forks, occupies the post  new lady teacher for the Hagens-! of   teacher   at   the   Mackenzie  borg school  which will re-open j school,   while  the  Lower  Bella  on Monday next. I Coola school remains in charge  mi    ,. ,   c     L    . of   Miss   W.    Pecknold.      The  The ist of outgoing passengers  0 ,     . .        ,  ,       ., ���������    ,   .i ! Hagensborg  school   awaits  the  was a rather lengthy one includ-j  ing Mr. and Mrs. W. Sutherland,  the Misses Marjorie and Dorothy  and Mr. V. Clayton. Messrs.  E. R. A. Russell and J. N. Cran.  arrival of a new teacher in place  of  Miss   Ethel   Bar wise   lately  Sunday last being set apart sfs  a day of special intercession on  account of the war a special service was held on Sunday evening  in the Mackenzie school. Rev.  T. C. Colwell preached a stirring  sermon to an unusally large con-  gaegation, emphasising the need  of higher individual as well as  national ideals.  The s chools   throughout   the  resigned.  All rumors of the return of  Mr. Pete Kenyon, who went to  England with Elliott's Horse are  dispelled by a letter received  from him by a local reader.  Mr. Kenyon writes from Bustard Camp, Salisbury. Plain,  where he is doing special duty  as a member of a squad of  Canadian Mounted Police. The  squad is fourteen strong, the  men being picked from Elliott's  Horse by the Provost Marshall,  The exceptionally mild weather  with the absence of snow is  greatly facilitating the work of  land clearing which is being  vigorously pursued by the majority of local farmers. During  the past year unprecedented pro-  | gress has been made in the way  ; of enlarging the cultivated areas  in the valley. Many new orchards have been laid out and  planted and under the instruction  of Mr. W. H. Tomlinson, assistant horticulturist, the farmers  have been enabled to exercise  greater care, and to adopt better  methods which cannot help but  bring about excellent results.  The experimental farm, under  the able management of Mr. S.  Le   C.   Grant,   proved of  great  benefit and evidenced the highly  productive quality of  the  local  soil.    Mr. Grant will continue to j  experiment  in   an   endeavor  to j  ascertain definitely the varieties,  of produce   most  suited   to the  local climate and soil, and it is  hoped  that an even  greater interest in his VVOl'k Will   be ShOWn j A       Sunday School  by all engaged in any branch of j^    Church Service^  agriculture. | &  Local  tradesmen  report business as usual, there being no ap- j ������    rcv. t. c. Cotwdi. B. A.  preeiable falling off in their re-' ������cxj&<j������������l><**ael  ation took place on Saturday  afternoon at the Mackenzie  school. Exactly what transpired  has not yet come to light, but,  whatever the cause, it is generally acknowledged that some  very stormy passages were experienced. The election of officers for the coming year resulted  in some important changes, the  chief of which was the election  of Mr. T. P. Saugstad as secretary in place of Mr. A. Gothard.  In Mr. Saugstad the club has an  able man who can be depended  upon to act fairly and honorably,  and if ever the time comes that  pressure is brought to bear on  him from any self interested  clique it will be found that he is  not for sale. That is our opinion  of Mr. Saugstad. We cannot,  however, help expressing our  regret that Mr. Gothard was not  re-elected as we know that he  had grasped the situation  thoroughly and had a clear understanding of several matters  which had been brought to his  notice by local Liberals. It. is  gratifying to know that Mr.  Grant was re-elected to the presidency. With this gentleman a������  the head those who are not pre-  , pared to associate themselves  I with the party in power are  ; assured of a certain measure of  fair dealing.  A move to demand the scalp of  any man in the government employ who might, by any stretch  of imagination, be deemed to  entertain ideas favorable to the  Liberal party, met with a warm  reception. Mr. T. P. Saugstad  spoke strongly^against any such  course, even threatening to sever  his connection with the party  should anything of the sort be  attempted. Other changes in  the exective committee were  made, also in the road foremen  for the coming season, but in  this regard very little information has as yet leaked out. We  wish to explain that the reason  why we can only offer a vague  report of the proceedings is that  no one but fully qualified members of the association are allowed access to local Conservative meetings, not even the press.  Many of our readers will be  interested to learn that Mr. A.  Crichton, late of this place, has  volunteered for active service  and is at present in training in  Ireland with the Royal Irish  Fusiliers.  <r������"> <i������r><"z������r><T������">^rsa  (Clmrrh Nnttn>  10:45 a. m.  7:30 p. m.  Rev.  Preacher:  Hai:s Sageng, A.  B.  ^astor  3 I  I  .*������������������������  ftfcv. ' v  t,  i'  .t  i'rl  " 1  !!J  -  i  ���������  !  J  BELLA COOLA  COURIER  Saturday, January  o  i ^1 D  THe Courier  Published Weekly at Bella Coola by  the Bella Coola Publishing Co. Ltd.  SUBSCRIPTION RATES:  Canada  1 Year  ''���������'.. .$1-00  6 Month*    ������-75  3 Months    ������-50  , United States  1 Year.'. ..-���������.. $1-50  ' United Kingdom  1 Year.....' $1-00  Subscriptions payable in advance.  Subscribers not receiving their copy  regularly please notify the management  at once.    Changes in address should be  sent in .as soon as possible.  v .__   For Advertising , Rates,  Apply  at  /      Office.  To Correspondents���������While unobjectionable an-  . onymoua communications will be published, the  name und adilresaof every writer of such letters  must be (riven to the editor.  The Editor reserves the rlffht *to refuse publication, of any letter. All manuscript at writer a  risk. .  /  Vancouver Office - - 317-323 Cambie St.  'j^'alufi {fapiiU Buprrma eat Uk"  SATURDAY, JAN. 9,  1915.  o><  MO*  K>  <On  ���������<a><  ������-o-aua������-o  THE BRITISH RECRUIT:  A descriptive series by our soldier correspondent, j^rchieT).        'Darlington, late of Shushartie Bay, B. C.  MM  "tainted."  ' A further instance of how Mr.  Bowser allows his interests as  partner in the* law firm of Bowser,  ��������� Reid and Wallbridge to conflict  with his duty as attorney-general  of the province has come to light  Mil   a   recent   case   before   the  supreme ?court      In this case  ��������� three Chinese, recently'convicted  for keeping and frequenting a  gambling joint were represented  .by a man. in the 'employ of the  attorney general's law firm, who  sbugtit to'have their convictions  / quashed.    Mr. Bowser as^attor-  ney-general succeeded in obtaining a conviction against the three  , Chinese, then Mr. Bowser's law  firm gets-hold of the case, takes  it to the appeal court and seeks  to obtain the release of the convicted persons.  ��������� On this occasion  ��������� Mr. Bowser ran up against a snag  m the person .of Chief Justice  'Hunter,   who   denounced   the  double shuffling of the attorney-  general in no uncertain words.  ' 'It seems to me to be a grave  state of affairs.    Here is a case  where an officer charged with  the administration of justice  is taking proceedings to have  * convictions made by his own  officers- set aside. The attorney-general has an interest in  this firm. The whole thing to  my mind is tainted. IT IS  TAINTED' AT  THE  FOUN-  'TAIN HEAD.    I never saw a  clearer case of where interests  conflicts with duty."  He should  not be allowed to act in criminal convictions."  So spoke Chief Justice Hunter,  and we have need to be thankful  for such men, who are not afraid  '   to speak boldly when they'see a  man in a responsible position of  public   trust  stooping   to   such  contemptible practices.  ��������� Mr. Bowser has, i or the past  : number of years, been using his  official position merely as a tout  to direct the legal business of  individuals, firms, and corporations having business with the  provincial   government   to   the  law office, of Bowser, Reid and  Wallbridge.     His responsibility  for the loss to the depositors in  the    defunct   Dominion   Trust  Company is still   fresh  in   the  minds of the public.    As long  ago as 1907 the charge of mixing  up his private practice with his  duties as attorney-general  was  brought against Mr. Bowser. At  that time he was the legal adviser of a clever Japanese, Gotoh,  O"��������� -i ���������wi mi n��������������� *"*  I should like to say a word in  favor of the British recruits.  Having in view all the anathemas which have been hurled at  the heads of the single young  men of the United Kingdom regarding their obvious duty, it is  remarkable what a number of  irresponsible, unauthoritative  statements 'have been made.  The fault is thatthe young man's  interest has not been attracted,  his patriotism and latent fighting  qualities���������blunted doubtless by  football and such like���������have not  been properly appealed to, the  core of his nature not touched.  The press, whatever may be said  of the bureaucratic fiends,^ has  not had a square deal; the journalists and special correspondents have had no scope���������however brilliant,, their time has  been wasted. In fine, the censor  is a dark curtain hung between  details of the- truth and the  nation. The romance of war is  therefore lost.  As for the recruit, Kitchener's  man,,his response is a noble one.  I'have previously mentioned the  transformation of the "knut".  The "knut" is not a waster, .not  necessarily, in local parlance, a  "gadabout"; not worthless, but  a respectable young, fellow, A  mechanic perhaps, or a clerk  whose only weakness is to*ap-  pear "wounderful in the eyes of  women."- To this end he wore  the bluest of blue socks, the most  striking of suits, the brightest  ���������(OxaMBMJ-OSMM)  of bright ties. And some ill-  advised newspapers have created  an odious comparison with him  and the New Zealander, the  Australian and the stalwart Canadian; fine, clean-limbed men,  sons of the open spaces, and  reared on God's fresh air, who  come with a light heart and. a  cheery smile to fight for the  ���������Motherland. This is a potent  thing, it is a tribute to the greatness of Greater Britain. Nevertheless there is a strong word to  be' said for the city man, the  street-bred citizen who exchanges his job for the hardships and  paltry pay of active service.  Whatintenseand vitalpatriotism  does this imply? Immediately  he becomes a soldier, his privileges practically speaking���������outside that fine one in a different  sense of being a British soldier-  are gone.- In the garrison towns  and .training centres he endures  in silence the insolence of storekeepers and insipid, milk and  water civilians behind the counter of the "dry canteen" who  look upon this 19^.5'class of Atkins as a being to be preyed upon and despised. He must salute  young- lads of nineteen and  twenty years holding a subalterns commission who are, perhaps only his equal in intelligence; he must be respectful and  obedient' where corporals , and  sergeants are concerned. He  must demean himself, he is only  (Continued on last page.)  O At-UM  For Results Use���������  u  CHICK STARTER  CHICK FOOD  CHICK DEVELOPER  SCRATCH FOOD  SOLD BY LEADING DEALERS  ,    AND BY  ALBERTA   PACIFIC  GRAIN  COMPANY  VANCOUVER,  B. C.  LTD.  '., t.  ��������� The appointment of the member for Prince Albert to a judgeship leaves Saskatchewan without a Conservative member in  the commons. The prairie province and British Columbia can  pair off in that respect-  o    o     o    o    o  If your resolutions will not  hold water there isno sense in trying anything stronger on them.  "A. P. Standard*'-���������We stand back of every sack  who' was secretly bringing-in  Japanese iabor to this country  under the legal advice of Bowser,  Reid and Wallbridge. With the.  object" of assisting his client-Mr.'  Bowser introduced into the legislature of this province a-Natal  Act,'.which* stated that any  foreigner who could NOT read  or write English' would be free  to enter the province.  Itis nothing short of a scandal  that the attorney-general should  be allowed to use' his office to  enrich the coffers of his private  business and that is really what  it amounts to. Mr. Bowser has  become vastly rich in a very  short time, it is time a thorough  investigation was instituted and  that he be compelled to attend  to the duties^ of his public office  or else to make .way for a man  whose administration of justice  will not1 be "tainted at the fountain head." '���������   .  St Johns, Nfld., leads Canada  in percentage of enlistments, one  of every twenty-five of the population having volunteered. Liverpool holds the record in Great  Britain, one in fifteen/  o     o     o     o     o  The export of raw rubber has  been prohibited by a Dominion  order-in-council. It requires a  considerable stretch of the imagination to figure out where  our Canadian Congo rubber plantation is located.  The Princess Pats are the first  Canadian regiment to go to the  front. When the Germans call  they will stand pat  Editor,  Bella Cdola'Courier.  Sir.���������I   notice   that   you   toT  gether with many others of the  papers in the province are urging  upon people the necessity of getting  "back to  the land,"  and  would like to say that until there  is a radical change in laws such  a move"is prctically impossible.  The "Game Act" is an injustice  to those who are attempting to  farm, and here are some facts  regarding the origin of the'act  In January, 1912, a1, "game protection association" was formed  and a meeting took place in the  St Francis Hotel, Vancouver, in  a room handy to  the bar.    A  gentleman  who   called  himself  secretary was the chief speaker,  and" proceeded to .outline what  appeared to me the most ridiculous laws for the protection of  wild land  destructive   dnimals,  known by any person of common  sense to be the worst enemies of  the struggling farmer,    I. was  told that the chief game .warden  was in favor of protecting these  destructive animals and that he  would   address   us   at   a   later  meeting.    But the chief game  warden did not show Up.    In this  he showed good judgment.   The  secretary-spokesman    informed  us that he, had   interviewed  a  person high in government circles  and  had learned that the  government intended springing  an early election and as the proposed game laws were bound to  be unpopular with the  farmer,  nothing would be done in that  session as it would probably af-  Gault Brothers Limited  WHOLESALE <DRY GOODS  361 Water Street        Vancouver, B. 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I began to smell a rat and attempted to lodge an objection.  I said I intended to farm and  ���������that if such laws were enacted  I could see no chance of success,  as my stock would be destroyec  while I had no power to protect  Loud talk followed necessitating;  in the case of many, frequent  visits to the adjacent bar, to  where, finally, all hands adjourned. On gaining the street I was  at once tackled by the secretan  who tried to pacify me, offering  to use his immense influence U  (Continued column 3, page 3.)  Oven is a wonderful baker. That's because  the heat flues completely encircle it.  re "  satisfies   the   most  exacting  _        cook on every point. Let the  McClary dealer demonstrate the fact.  _    ���������  "MADE IN CANADA."  %/2jte  Sold By All General Merchants.  (3  Q  o  D  ^i  30E  UNION STEAMSHIP CO. OF B.C., LTD.  REGULAR FREIGHT  AND PASSENGER SERVICE  BETWEEN  BELLA COOLA and VANCOUVER  S. S.      Chelohsin     Leaves  Vancouver  every  Monday at 8 p.m.  Leaves Bella Coola Wednesday night.  DM  S. S. "Coquitlam" will also sail from Vancouver on  November 12, 26,   December  10, 24,   January 7,  21,  February 4, 18, carrying Gasoline and   Explo3ives  by  special arrangement.  For rate?, of Freights, Fares and other information, apply to  11 raw Okfiiib, Carrall. St., Vancouver; or Gko. McGregor,  agent,   1003 Government St., Victoria.  non  >w:'*������a*v*.0*.'< ,f f  .','* Saturday, January'9,   1915  BELLA   COOLA   COURIER  TEA    IMPORTERS  VANCOUVER,     B-C/  Order that pound  of BRAID'S BEST  Tea now. Packed  in handsome 1, 3,  and 5 lb. tins.  J  ���������}1���������t?5SGI���������T,"  Royal  .. dc  OYAL STANDARD is  the wizard of the kitchen.  Acts   like   magic  in  any  refcipe   calling   for   flour.  Standard   is   the  sesame"   to  good  It  transforms ordinary bread, cakes or pies  into  real wonders  of the  culinary art.  ^jjYour grocer sells Royal Standard  under  a  money-back  guarantee.  open  ^cooking.  BEST  ���������&?***  ������>'Vs  J.W.Peck&Co.Ltd,  Manufacturers of  CLOTHING, SHIRTS,  CAPS and OVERALLS  We carry a complete stock of Men's Furnishings  and all' the best English  and American  Hats  "\  JOHN W.  MONTREAL  PECK ���������&  WINNIPEG  CO., LTD.  VANCOUVER  J  Success is always  assured with  Nabob  Jelly  Powder  Just follow directions on the package  - -you will be more  than pleased.  Each packet makes  a full pint of jelly.  ASK YOUR GROCER.  HUGHES BROS.  IG  LIQUOR STORE  Wines, Liquers and Cigars  WATER NOTICE  HTake Notice that Iver Fougner  1 of Bella Coola, on behalf of  the Bella Bella Indians, will apply  for a license to take and use 3000  gallons per day of water out of  an unnamed creek which flows  easterly and drains into Plumper  Channel about one half mile  north of the Bella Bella Indian  village. < The water will be diverted from the stream at a point  about three quarters of a mile  from its mouth and will be used  for Waterworks in the Indian  village of Bella Bella. This notice was posted on the ground on  the 12th day of December. 1914.  A copy of this notice and an  application pursuant thereto and  to' the "Water Act, 1914," will  be filed in the office of the Water  Recorder at Vancouver. Objections to the application may be  filed with the said Water Recorder or with the Comptroller  of Water Rights, Parliament  Buildings, Victoria, within b0  days after the first appearance  of this notice in a local newspaper. The date of the first  publication of this notice is January 2nd, 1915.  BELLA BELLA INDIANS.  By Iver Fougner, Agent.  (Continued from preceding page.)  have  me   appointed   a   deputy  game warden.   What I answered  did not seem to please him,  1  was   insulted. -..    My   prospects  were jeopardized and I wanted  no trifling.     I never found out  when or where the next meeting  of that association'was held.  Sure enough   an   election   was  sprung and   the   Conservatives  were elected almost to a man.  Then came the 1913 game act,,  curtailing the liberty of the farmer on his own land and protecting numerous animals which are  known  to  destroy crops.     One  man was fined for killing a cougar  which   was   destroying   his  calves,  simply  because he had  not a. gun  license.    He .should  have   driven   into   town > for a  license and left the cougar with  the rest of the calves.    Does the  government think that by legislating for the idle sportsman and  against the farmer they are doing  well by the province?   The absolute indifference to the needs of  the bona fide settler has brought  on a condition of near starvation  in the cities. Meanwhile Sir Richard looks on with 'calm dignity.'  He must have a heart like the  Kaiser.    I want to farm.    I have  land close to Hazelton without a  trail to it.    In 1913 I attempted  to clear the land and put some  stock on it.    But the bear commenced to kill my stock.    I applied for a permit to kill the bear  but was refused, and told that if  I waited 'till after August 31 I  could get a license  to trap for  $10.    I was closely watched by  certain  parties.     They  would  watch a farmer and let the bank  be robbed in broad daylight. So  much for the act of 1913.  The 1914 Act is still woi-se as  it protects more destructive animals and birds.  The government has systematically persecuted the person desirous of engaging in agriculture  and a terrible condition exists in  our cities in consequence. The  city people should seek to assist  the farmers and they will not go  hungry. The Conservative steam  roller must be smashed, it has  ruined the agricultural industry  and is driving the city people to  beggar^;-'; ;  B. D. TANTON.  SYNOPSIS OF COAL MINING  REGULATIONS  fOAI, MINING RIGHTS of the Dominion, in  ^-* M/iKiTOUA, .Saskatchewan and Ai.hkhta.  the Yukon Teukitory, the North-west Tekri-  T'oiiiks und in a portion of the PlioviNCE of  KlilTlsn Coi.umijia may be U-natui for a. term of  twenty-one yearn at an annual rental of $1 an  acre. Not more than 2,MO ucres will be leimed  to one ?ii>i>licunt.  Application lor n lease muBt lie rnrulc by the  applicant in person to the Atfent or Sub-Atfent  of the district in which the nnhts applied for  are sntualed.  Jn Hurveyrii territory the land must he described by HectioiiH, or IorhI aubdivinioi>H of Bec-  tionH, and in unsurveyed territory the tract applied for shall be staked out by the applicant  himself.  Each application must be accompanied by a  fee of }r, which wi!! be refunded if the riff fits  aoplied for are not available, but not otherwise.  A royalty shall l������. paid on the merchantable output of the mine .it the rate of live centa per ton.  The pel-won operating the'mine ahull furnish  the A Kent with sworn ret urtin accounting for the  full quantity of merchantable coal mined and pay  the roya'tj thereon. If the- coal mining rights  , are not buini; operated, such returns should be  furnished at leant once a year.  . The lease will include the coal mining rights  only, but the lessee may be permitted to purchase whatever available surface rights may be  considered mcessary for the working of the mine  at the rate of $H).(A) an acre.  For full information application should be  made to the Secretary of the Department of the  Interior, Ottawa, or to any Agent or Sub-Agent  of Dominion Lands.  W. W. CORY.  Deputy Minister of the Interior.  N. H.���������Unauthorized publication of this advertisement will not be paid for.���������306'JO.  BUSINESS CARDS  Geofkuey K. Burnett   D. J. Mf:Oi>OAN  C.E., H.C.L.S., ll.A.S.C, B.C.L.H..  ASS. M. CAN. SOC. C.E.  Burnett & McGugan  (Successors to Geoffrey K. Burnett)  (Late Hill & Burnett)  CIVIL ENGINEERS and  B.C. LAND SURVEYORS  Grand View Hotel, Bella Coola, B. C.  City addre93���������New Westminster, B.C.  P. O. Box 88G. Telephone 232.  J. A. LEROY PhoneSey. 9387 J. NATION  BUS MEETS ALL BOATS AND TRAINS  Hotel Winters  COR. ABBOTT AND WATER STREETS  VANCOUVER, B. C.  EUROPEAN   PLAN   HOT AND Cold WATER  SI.OO TO  S2.50      STEAM  HEATED  ROOMS WITH BATH  WANTED  Listing of Lots and Acreage  in Bella Coola and Valley.  Give full particulars,  Price, Title, etc., to  MARTIN J. RAVEY  826 Pender St. W., Vancouver, B.C.  ���������  |o  (  IOI  )  o  Fur Sales Agency  600 dealers and trappers of B. C,  Yukon and Alaska have taken advantage of our Fur Sales Agency for 3 years.  Our sealed bid plan whereby 15 or 20  of the biggest fur buyers in the world  bid on your fur instead of one individual house assures the highest market  price always.  We hold sales monthly, but will advance 75 per cent, of value on receipt,  sending balance immediately after sale.  Our commission is only 3 to 4 per cent.  LITTLE BROS. FUR SALES  AGENCY, LTD.  54 POWELL ST., VANCOUVER, B. C  HOE  Gentner  BLACKSMETHING  OF ALL KINDS  Expert Horseshoer  CARRIAGE   REPAIRING  agens&org  E3. C.  ---i"-"-"3fc-  I heMason & JtxischPiano  of to-day will make plain our  privilege to slate with authority:  "NO  FINER   PIANO  MADE! "    1  SOLD DIRECT BY THE MANUFACTURERS  tflj  Let us attend  your Victor Record  JJ   mail orders���������our service is intelligent  and guaranteed.        Write for Catalogue  Mason & Risch Ltd.  738 GRANVILLE ST., VANCOUVER, B. C.  I  m  1                  1  1     1  ������  V&THAT person so happy and contented as the prosperous farmer?  \AynHAT person so independent?  \X/HAT ambition more noble than to  be a producer of   the necessaries  ������     of life?  Bella  Coola   farmers are  independent;  they are strangers to hard times.  THE REASONS  for this  enviable  condi-  1  tion of affairs   are   obvious  to   anyone  who knows the Bella Coola Valley.  The land is fertile and needs little or no  irrigation. The climate is mild and enjoyable ; long warm summers with sufficient  rainfall and mild winters make for excellent crops.  Large and small fruits, garden and field  crops are grown to the best advantage.  This fact was established at the. Prince  Rupert exhibition last year when farm produce from Bella Coola Valley carried away  over twenty, first prizes.  ID  OELLA COOLA and the surrounding  country possesses wonderful wealth  in timber, as yet almost entirely undeveloped, and perhaps at no other point  on the Northern Coast is there the same  opportunity for a remunerative investment as in a saw mill at Bella Coola.  I 1  @  (���������>  (H  Highlan  Sole agents for Arthur Bell & Sons' Famous  Scotch Whiskey. Perth, Scotland.  WINES, LIQUORS and CIGARS  PROMPT ATTENTION TO ORDERS OUR MOTTO  WE   SHIP    PROMPTLY  758 Powell Street, Vancouver, B. C.  <   > mi ii i-(   i-esa������<   >  o-mse������-<)  o-������bb������-<  J������  Patronize Home Industry  WE    SHIP    EVERYWHERE  Send for free price list with  shipping instructions  105 Hastings Street East, Vancouver, B.C.  ������  and Bay RAMS AYS'  Biscuits, Candy, Macaroni  New Orleans Molasses  Manilla Drips  Imperial Maple Syrup  Ramsay Bros. & Co. Ltd.  VANCOUVER, B. C.  SUBSCRIPTION RATES OF  BELLA COOLA  COURIER.  Subscriptions Payable in Advance.  CANADA.  One Ykak $1.00  Six Months   0.75  Three Months  0.50  UNITKD STATES.  One Ykak  $1.50  United Kingdom and the Continent.  One Year $1.00  SUBSCRIPTION BLANK.  BELLA COOLA PUBLISHING CO.. LTD.  BELLA COOLA, B. C.  Enclosed please find subscription  for Bella Coola Courier for   Name   P. 0   Tear out and mail today, with arrount of subscription enclosed f7wm  BELLA  COOLA  COURiER  Saturday, January 9,  19)5  HOE  S\  [���������  ONE DOLLAR  FOR ONE YEAR  The Courier is the only  t newspaper published on  the mainland coaSt between; Vancouver and  Prince Rupert.  A distance of. six hundred miles.  It will be to; your in-  terest to keeP We^ ^n"  formed regarding the  happenings throughout  the Northern section of  this Province���������  THE "COURIER"  GIVES THEM.  ADVERTISERS-  ' '   '  1  Now is the time to keep  your :name before the  public. No manufacturer or wholesalehbuse can  afford to let slip the opportunity of increased  sales that public advertising brings.  DEAL ESTATE booms in the  cities have come and gone.  People are beginning to flock to  the country. The North-West  Coast of British.Columbia offers  opportunities for all. Did not  know, is no excuse. Investors  should keep posted on developments by reading the "Courier."  oh Printing  You are judged by the  stationery that you use.'  ' Let us do your job printing.   We will do it right.  DUILD .UP YOUR HOME  - TOWN. Do not talk���������support home industries���������talk is  Cheap. The best way to show  that you are in earnest is to  practise it.  Support the "Courier" and you  are doing;something for yourself  and your community.  otirier  a Year  Published every  Saturday at  BELLA COOLA, B. C.  Ol   '' ""��������������� jl   fo  THE   BRITISH   RECRUIT���������(continued  from page two.)  a soldier. Though his kind forced  the passage of the Aisne and the  Marne, have smashed the Kaiser's picked divisions, and are  holding the lines at Ypres, he is  only a common soldier, or, what  is one degree worse, a miserable  "rookie."  I have been compelled to correct some people who have spoken  of his   having   a   picnic.     The  "picnic"   comprises   seven   or  eight hours of drill every day,  field training wherein he learns  the business of "mutual support"  and attack,  lying prone at the  firing position in the cold  and  wet fields, dashing at race-track  speed���������with .rifle at the trail���������  towards the point of objective,  only to fall into the cover of a  waterlogged  ditch at a whistle  or signal of command.   And this  war game is" played carrying an  equipment 'of over forty pounds  in addition to rifle and sidearms!  He is called out at night for route  marches, his evenings are often  stolen by lectures "on musketry  and kindred subjects.    He is not  over-fed,-nor over-paid���������he gets  seven .shillings a week and the  German press call him a "mercenary"!  Yet they are making a live  wire of this "1915 Atkins," a  man "full of energy and'fire with  the soldierly .spirit ingrained in  his system. There-are a million  such; not a horde, but a trained  juggernaut of steel soon ripe for  the German sacrifice! So there  is a new name for-the "knut",  he has become a nail, as all enduring and as tough. And he  wants to go to the front, to fight  in the'trenches, and to roar and  to kill like some wild beast of  Valhalla. And even with his  small experience he has no fool  notion of modern warfare: still,  he wants to go,*to see the thing  through. His life is offered to  the ' Motherland, his days and  moments for the period of the  war .are at her service. More-  over, he will not shrink if perchance the Angel proffers him  the "darker draught," or if, by  the fortune of war he is maimed  for life.  Yes, these home-bred English  and Scotch will fight side by side  with us Canadians and men from  the Antipodes and South Africa  with equal zest and fire; as much  and as fine a body of warriors  as their sires of Waterloo and  nkerman. And they will get  what? A medal perhaps as av  souvenir, and which a million  will wear, made from the*metal  of a German gun: a pound or so  as service gratuity; their jobs  back again, perhaps? A hundred  and sixty acres ? No! There  wilL.be a common honor of having served in the Great War, of  having fought for principle and  right. Still, men fought for  principle and right in the Crimea,  and mained old. veterans died  starving in workhouses or lived  to sell matches in the streets.  Yet the "knut" (or "nail" as I  like to call him) offers his life  and services knowing these  things, knowing well it is not a  joyous venture with the lure of  gold, but���������"Simple service, freely given to his own kind in their  common need."  The recruiting is nowaggregat-  ing thirty thousand a week.  Hats off to the British recruit!  THE Manufacturers of all  ' _:iM AVTf_. kinds of i<r  MOONEY BISCUIT ���������������" 1  & CANDY C0. Ltd.  VANCOUVER, B. C  MOONEY'S SODAS and  PILOT BREAD  "THE   BEST YET"  Made in British Columbia  Ogilvie's  Royal Household Flour  always gives satisfaction  Better order a bag now  -'                                ' fT   '   -                                                                                                                                        ,                                                                                             I  From  VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT  DISTRICT   OF   COAST���������BANGE   XXI.  Take Notice that William J. Williams, of Snohomish, Wash., occupation  farmer, intends to apply for permission  to lease the following described land:  Commencing at a post planted half-  mile south-easterly from/the head of a  small inlet extending south from Schooner Pass, on north end of Price Island,  thence south 80 chains, thence east 80  chain������, thence north 80 chains, thence  west 80 chains, to point of commencement containing 640 acres, more or less.  " WILLIAM J. WILLIAMS.  Dated, November 10, 1914.  MARK SMABY, Asrent.  VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT  DISTRICT   OP   COAST���������BANOi'   III.-  Take Notice that Helge Smeby, of  Gig Harbor, Wash., occupation farmer,  intends to apply for permission to lease  the following described land:  Commencing at a post planted 1 1-2  miles south-westerly from the head of a  small inlet extending south from Schooner Pass, on north end of Price Island,  thence south 80 chains, thence west 80  chains, thence north 80 chains, thence  east 80 chains, to point of commencement, containing 640acres, more or less.  HELGE SMEBY.  Dated, November 10, 1914.  "     MARK SMABY, Aeent.  VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT  DISTRICT   OP   COAST���������BANGE   III.  Take Notice that Martin Smeby, of  Gig Harbor, Wash., occupation farmer,  intends to apply for permission to lease  the following described land:  Commencing at a post planted 1 1-2  miles south-westerly from the head of a  small inlet extending south from Schooner Pass, on north end of Price Island,  thence south 80 chains, thence east 80  chains, thonce north 80 chains, thence  west 80 chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less.  MARTIN SMEBY.  Dated, November 10, 1914.  MARK SMABY, Agent.  VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT  VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT  DISTRICT   OP   COAST���������RANGE   HI.  Take Notice that Mark Smaby,  of Ocean Falls,-B.C., occupation timber cruiser, intends JLq apply for permission to lease the , following described land:        ' "  Commencing at a post planted half-  mile south-westerly from the head of a  smallinletextendingsouthfrom Schooner. Pass, on north end of Trice Island,  thence north 80 chains, thence east 80  chains, thence south 80 chains, thence  west 80 chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less  MARK SMABY.  Dated. November 10, 1914. Nov. ll--Jnn. 9  VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT  DISTRICT   OP   COAST���������RAMGE   III.  " Take Notice that Phillip Williams,  of Ocean Falls, B. C, occupation farmer, intends to apply for permission to  lease the following described land:  Commencing at a post planted half-  mile south-westerly .from the head of a  small inlet extending south from Schooner Pass, on north end of Price Island,  thence north 80 chains, thence west 80  chains, thence south 80 chains, thence  east 80 chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less.  PHILLIP WILLIAMS.  Dated, November 10, 1914.  MARK SMABY, Ajrent.  VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT  DISTRICT   OF   COAST���������RANGE   III.  Take Notice that Emma 0. Smaby,  of.Ocean Falls. B. C, occupation married woman, intends to apply for permission to lease the following described,  land:  Commencing at a post planted half-  mile south-westerly from the head of a  smallinletextending south from Schooner Pass, on north end of Price Island,  thence south 80 chains, thence east 80  chains, thence north 80 chains, thence  west 80 chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less.  EMMA C. SMABY..  Dated, November 10, 1914.  MARK SMABY. Agent.  VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT  DISTRICT   OF   COAST���������RANGE   III.  Take notice that Richard Loden, of  Mineral, Wash., occupation farmer,  intends to apply for permission to  lease the following described land:  Commencing at a post planted 1 1-2  miles' south-easterly from the head of a  small inlet ex Lending south from Schooner Pass, on north end of Price Island,  thence south 80 chains, thence east 80  chains, thence north 80 chains, thence  west 80 chains, to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less.  RICHARD LODEN.  Dated, November 10, 1914.  MARK SMABY, Agent.  VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT  DISTRICT   OF   COAST���������RANGE   III.  Take. Notice that Frank W. Samuel-  son, of Cromwell, Wash., occupation  farmer, intends to apply for permission  to lease the following described land:  Commencing at a post planted 2 1-2  miles south-westerly from the head of a  small inlet extending south from Schooner Pass, on north end of Price Island,  thence south 80 chains, thence west 80  chains, thence north 80 chains, thence  east 80 chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or less.  FRANK W.  SAMUELSON.  Dated, November 10, 1914.  MARK SMABy, Agent.  DISTRICT   OF   COAST���������RANGE   III.  Take Noti,ce that Mary A. Williams,  of Ocean Falls, H. C, occupation married woman, intends to apply for permission to lease the following described  land:  Commencing,at a post planted half-  mile south-westerly from the head of a  small inletextendingsouth from Schooner Pass, on north end of Price Island,  thence south 80 chains, thence west 80  chains, thence north 80 chains, thence  east 80 chains, to point of commencement, containing640 acres, more or less.  ' ��������� MARY A.  WILLIAMS.  Dated, November 10, 1914.  MARK SMABY, Agent.  VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT  DISTRICT   OF ' COAST���������RANGE   III.  Take Notice that Charles J. Sexton,  of Seattle, Wash., occupation farmer,  intends to apply for permission to lease  the following described land:  Commencing at a post planted half-  mile south-easterly from the head of a  small inletextendingsouth I'romSchoon-j  er Pass, on north end of Price Island,  thence, north 80 chains, thence east 80  chains, thence south 80 chains, thence  west 80 chains to point of commencement, containing 640 acres, more or leas.  CHARLES J. SEXTON.  Dated, November 10, 1914.  MARK SMAliY. Agent.  smBsmumaoaama  ESTABLISHED AT BELLA COOLA IN 1895.  LEADING   DEALERS   IN  General Merchandise  Dry Goods and Notions  Staple and Fancy  Groceries  ���������'���������<*v������  A  HEAVY AND SHELF HARDWARE  CAMP/KEATING  AND COOK STOVES  77vfo  Large and well assorted stock  of Men's, Boys' and Children's  Clothing, Shirts and Underwear  We carry the largest and most  up-to-date stock of Men's,  Women's and Children's Shoes  in all styles at the lowest possible price. Men's Furnishings  to suit individual tastes \  ������     ������  Tents���������Pack and Riding Saddles  Settlers, Prospedtors, Hunters, rappers, Campers and Land-Seekers will  find it to their advantage to look over  our stock. Nothing but the mosl suitable articles are kept at prices that  invite competition.  Paints - Oils  - Varnishes  -  Stains  Crockery and Glassware of all kinds  Patent Medicines of all descriptions  Best brands of Flour.     Feed and Grain of all sorts  kept on hand.    Prompt service  Best Goods���������Lowest Prices   largest Stock  RAW FURS BOUGHT AND SOLD  B. BRYNILDSEN & CO., BELLA COOLA, B.C.  -V.;7  I