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 ....  Z|[^^^lU>I_IU^|������^l_l_UM|fU__l_lUlJ||^.llUIlUllJ  E-*K   . '���������"���������     I1     I        '    '-"��������� ��������� '-     ���������    ���������'  IF YOU WANT GOOD SPORT  VISIT BELLA COOLA. EXCEL-  LENT HUNTING AND FISHING.  WEATHER REPORT FOR MAY  Compiled by Mr. C. H.'Urseth, of the  Bella Coola Observatory.  Temperature: Maximum, C2.   Minimum, 38_  Highest Max. (SOth) 76. Lowest Min.(4th).27  Rainfall, 1.54.  Rainfall for the vear (191C) 40.89 inches.  VOL. 5���������NO. 25  BELLA COOLA, B. C, SATURDAY, IUNE 9, 1917.  $1.00 a Year  Canadians Fight  Terrific Battle  Capture Ruins of Electrical Works  But Are Forced to Retire    ._ ___.     _  London, June 5.-British aviators dropped bombs on docks 'of  the canal at Bruj.es last night.  British recapture advanced post  noar Cherisey taken by Germans  in Saturday night's attack. Repulse hostile raids near Labasse  and Neuve Chapelle. Canadians  ficrht terrific '.all day battle, captured ruins of electrical works  southwest of Lens, but several  hours later were driven back to  original positions underpressure  of German counterattacks. Cancans captured over one hundred  o  prisoners.    \ __��������� ���������_���������_  Sailors Threaten  Trouble at Petrograd  Petrograd, June' 5. ���������Sailors  from Vironstadt garrison who  recently declared their independence of the central government  arrived at Petrograd early this  morning and announced that  warships would come, to Petrograd and land men. Sailors demanded the deposed emperor be  brought to them, they disapprove  of the minister of war, Kerensky, and the whole provisional  government. No warships have  yet arrived and it is believed as  .merely boastful talk on the part  of the extremists.  Home Rule Depends  on Coming Conference  London, June 5.���������The coming  Irish convention for the proposed  settlement of- the Home Rule  question continues the leading  topic in domestic politics. The  successful outcome of the'forth-  coming Irish conference depends  on the spirit of the delegates. It  is believed, however, that the  efforts of the reasonable elements may solve the great problem.    Coalition Government  For Canada  Ottawa, June 5.���������Sir Wilfrid  ��������� Laurier and Premier Borden conferred for half an hour yesterday  morning. The political leaders  ' may make no announcement on  coalition until Tuesday. Whole  issue centers around conscription. National labor council  against conscription.  Sir Richard McBride  Seriously III  Victoria, Jnne.5.���������Cable- g  gram from London says Sir,  Richard McBride is seriously ill. Sir Richard's- condi-  is becoming alarming; he is  | suffering from Bright's^disease and has become.almost  totally blind.  Successful Attack  By French Troops  Paris, June 5.������������������Germans have  forced their way into French advanced positions near Froidmont.  On the front, Vauclere and California plateau, Germans did not  renew their attacks after their  sanguinary repulse of yesterday.  In Champagne district we made  a surprise attack on '"the German  trenches, taking prisoner's and  three machine guns.  U.S. Will Prosecute All  Slackers  Washington, June 5.��������� State  department concentrating on enforcement of Conscription Act,  all must register.. Attorney-  general will prosecute all evaders, it. is not anticipated that  many will resist.  ' New York, June 5.���������American  commission to, Russia, headed by  Senator Root, arrived safely at  some port in Russia and are now  en route to Petrograd. British  steamer Karuma, 2995, tons, sunk  without warning ,by submarine,  April 27, near Spanish coast.  Russian barque Imbearharne,  1958 tons, sunk by submarine,  May 1, off west coast of Ireland.  Disastrous Explosion at  a Cumberland Mine  Nanaimo, June 5.���������Five men  instantly killed and much property damage to No. 6 mine, Canadian Colleries, Cumberland, by  a terrific explosion. Cause unknown.  , New York, June 6.���������Police authorities announced that the head  foreman of the German wireless  system visited the United States  recently, made plans regarding  wireless outfits through which  information could be conveyed  to Berlin and then left probably  for Mexico.  Vienna, June 6.���������Austrian torpedo boat sunk by hostile submarine, Sunday, all aboard were lost  Rio Janeiro, June 6���������American  warships are in South Atlantic  waters now, this releases British  and French cruisers in western  hemisphere.  Madrid, June 6.���������Spain asks  Central Powers to cease persecution of Jews.  Sir Wilfrid Requires Time  Ottawa, June 6���������Coalition may  yet solve Federal issue, the request of Sir Wilfrid Laurier for  more time to give, an answer is  considered favorable : augury.  Two Liberal members, Carvell  and Pardee, leave the capital  very suddenly, believed on a  mission to consult outside Liberal leaders. Halifax Liberals  want general election, beliye coalition would be utter failure.  Getting Ready for  Another Big Drive  London, June G.- The vice-admiral at Dover reports enemy  naval base and workshops at  Ostend were heavily bombarded  early this morning. A large number of rounds were fired with  good'results.' Enemy's shore  batteries returned fire, but did  no damage. Commander Tyr-  whitt- reports that early this  morning his force of light cruisers and destroyers sighted six  German destroyers and engaged  them at long range in a running  fight, one of enemy vessels sunk  and one severely damaged, seven  German survivors picked up. On  Sunday naval airplanes attacked  airdrome at St. Denis Westrem,  near Ghent, many bombs dropped with good results. Enemy's  seaplane base at Zeebrugge attacked by our seaplanes and at  same time shipping in Bruges  also bombed.   Thunder of Brit-  French Retake Positions  Paris, June 6.���������Positions captured by Germans northwest of  Froidmont farm on Aisne front  retaken yesterday by French.  Violentartillery fighting occurred  in Champagne. French steamer  Warra, 4163 tons, torpedoed in  Mediterranean on May 29th,' 690  persons aboard, 36 missing.  Rome, June 6���������Massed attacks  by Austrians on, Italian lines  south of Gorizia from Dossefaiti  to the sea have been repulsed  after severe'fighting.  Understood on reliable authority Spain may soon join Allies.  ish guns increases daily. General  Haig'may launch next big drive  between Ypres and V.imy. -Losses  in merchant vessels during past  week much below average, new  sub methods effective.,. About 12  German taubes, essay raid over  Thames estuary, bombs dropped  in'Essex and Kent, one raider  brought down.   No details given.  turningout pulp to its full capacity. A lot of shingles are also  manufactured at Swanson Bay  that are shipped east over the  Grand Trunk Pacific.  H. Wearmouth, deputy game  warden of Prince Rupert, paid  Bella Coola a visit in connection  with his office. He came south  in his own launch.  .  F. A. Johnson and M. Ratcliffe  came up fromtheirloggingcamp  atNootum Bay for supplies. Mr.  Johnson informed the Courier  that things are very satisfactory  around his camp and that logs  are being put into the water as  fast as condition allows.  Of former residents here'and  used in the clearing of land.  June twentieth is the date set  for the S.S. 'Prince Rupert to  leave the drydock at Esquimalt,  and will resume the northern  service at once. This three-  stacker struck onGenn Island at  the mouth of the Skeena river,  on March 23rd and stayed there  for a month before it could be  brought back into water again,"  afterwards being taken to Victoria for repairs. The big liner  will be in service again in a week  or so.        ^   Friends of Miss Ruth Nord--  schow will be pleased to know  that she'has recovered sufficiently to be about at home.-    Miss  ON'T forget to bring in your Subscription  to the Courier���������The more support you  give us, the better paper we will give you.  ,    GERMAN OFFICER DODGES CAMERA.  Bowing his head to avoid being "photographed1, in line and under  guard to attend the funeral of his comrades at Dover, one Hun  naval officer attracted much attention. Britain buried with full  naval honors the German casualties in Tyrwhitt's victory off Harwich, when a German destroyer flotilla was driven back.  1 t  jottings of Bella Coola and District  Mr. P. Walker, chief clerk in  the provincial secretary's department, came up from Victoria last  week and will spend a few days  in town.   Mr. A. Jensen, manager of the  Talio Fisheries, Ltd., lefrduring  the week for Vancouver to arrange for supplies and construction materials for the new plant  now building at Numamis.  Geo. Turner was down from  Toudistan for supplies. Mr.  Turner informed us that the.trail  was under water in many places  and small bridges floating about,  making travel very uncertain.  The unusually cold weather  during the week did not improve  the run of spring salmon the way  it was expected. Last week the  fishermen did very well and it  was hoped that the coming in of  the large fish would continue,  but the catches have fallen off.  Jesse Hendricks came down  from Swanson Bay, where he is  now engaged with the logging  department of the Empire Pulp  &;P^perCo. Mr. Hendricks informs us that this large plant "is  now residing at Ocean Falls, Mr  and,Mrs. J. R. Morrison and Mr  and Mrs. W. Gallienne were  among the many that paid Bella  Coola a-visitifor the 24th of May  celebration. They all seem to  enjoy life in the pulp town.  - A. Blakemore; after spending  a week in town, left by the Camosun last Friday for Kimsquit  to engage in a long season, of  cooking: salmon at the .Draney  . o  Fisheries cannery.  The following we take' from  the Victoria Daily Times of May  23rd: A very pretty, though  simple wedding was celebrated  at half past nine this morning at  the Centanial Methodist Church,  the principals being Miss Isabel  Aubin of Victoria, and Rev. W.  H. Gibson, in charge of the  Methodist church at Bella Coola.  The bride wore a becoming travel  ling costume. Rev. -A. S. Colwell, pastor of the Centenial  church performed the rite, which  ;was witnessed by a fair sized  congregation of friends of the  bride and groom. The church  was beautifully decorated for  the occasion with flowers. Mi',  and Mrs. Gibson will tour the  sound cities, after which they  will take up their residence in  Bella Coola.  The Gourier joins with the  many friends of Mr. and Mrs.  Gibson here in wishing them all  future happiness.  The S.S. Coquitlam called here  last week with a large consignment of gasoline, dynamite and  other explosives. Considerable  of the powder is for the local  Farmers' Institute, and  will be  Nordschow    spent   nqaily   five  months in the local hospital.  The Courier is pleased to know  that even in Bella Coola Valley  there is quite an ir.creasc-d acreage.put under cultivation this  year. ' This is of course in line  with what the whole of Canada  is doing. One of the greatest  opportunities ever given to the  Canadian people in rendering  service to the Empire at the  present time is to increase the  supply of food at Home, and assisting in this way towards supplying food for the soldier in the  trenches. This is both our opportunity and duty:,  Torgar Olson and 0. T. Kellog  were up from Tailo where they  have been engaged in putting in  a boom of logs for the sawmill  at Namu. Mr. Kellog is also  connected with the raising of  cattle at the head of South Bentinck and informs us that the  live stock there is doing well-  Andy Christenson has returned home from Parkland, Washington, where he has been attending school.   After undergoing a surgical  operation at Victoria and visiting the States, Mr. C. Carlson  came up on last week's steamer.  Mr. Carlson looks well and his  many friends are glad to.see him  about again.   ������������^>f_C7^<__r?>~<_f><*ff>-<r������ff?"<rs������  *    ffllfurrfj Nflttre   j  Sunday School  Church Service  10:45 a. in.  7 :30 p. rn.  Rev.  Preacher for Sunday  W. H. Gibson.  All Are Welcome.'  _____  to Advertise.      If you want to reach the markets of Northern  British Columbia advertise in the Courier  /THE BEST WEE__LY\  VIN NORTHERN B. C.)  - One of the greatest advertising experts of the American continent talking advertising to a friend  'Jsaid:   "A weekly paper as a rule is small and does not contain much news.      But what news it does contain is local and for that  reason is closely read and thus afford a better]medium than many of the larger city dailies for the party that advertises. ";"'������������������. ' t<  BELLS COOLA  COURIER  Saturday, June 9,   19)7,  The Courier  Published Weekly at Bella Coola by  the Bella Coola Publishing Co. Ltd.  _=3P_.._-������������������_- ���������-:_���������-___r~_r���������   SUBSCRIPTION RATES:  Canada  1 Year $1-00  6 Months       0.75  3 Months .....'    0.50  -United States  1 Year $1.50  .United Kingdom  1 Year $1.00  Subscriptions payable in advance.  Subscribers not receiving their copy  regularly pleuse notify the management  at once. Changes in address should be  sent in as soon as possible. .  For Advertising Hates,   Apply at  OlTIOE.  To Correspondents���������While uh.I. jeciloniibl. anonymous communications will be published, the  name and tul_._>i3 of every wriu-ro. such letter-  must be given to the editor.  The Editor reserves the ri_ht. to refuse publication (it uny letter. All manuscript at writer's  risk.  "&alito pnpuli suprrma vat Ivx."  SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1917.  Wealth Mast Be Conscripted.  If we "must have compulsory  military service "let us also have  CDnscription of wealth. It will  be a farce to compel men to lay  down their lives if compulsion is  not at the same time,brought to  bear on those who have made  profits out of the war, they should  ��������� be forced to disgorge their gains  to aid their country.  ooooo  The government has, after  careful consideration, practical-  ' ly decided that in putting into  force the principle of compulsory  service in Canada the better  course is to fix the age of 20  years as the lowest at which compulsion shall be applied. In the  United States the minimum age  is fixed at 21 years.  The experiences of the war  have shown that men under 20  years do not so well resist the  varied and racking hardships as  those of more mature age. No  doubt there are many who believe  it would be wisdom to place still  higher the age at which men  should.be called upon to serve.  Too large a share of credit cannot be given to the heroic class  of young men who, under the  voluntary enlistment system,  joined the ranks at the age of  18 or so.  Behind Conscription.  Reform within the administration - ��������� thorough reorganization,  if not a complete change���������must  also come if Canada is to support  conscription of manhood. Those  .dark forces, which have operated  in the government"to the shame  and degradation of the nation  since the war began, must go.  The government with its record, with the presence within  its cabinet of ministers whose  administration shows not only  weakness but lamentable incapacity, with the shadow of the  "Hon." Robt. Rogers, minister  of public works, over it, cannot  expect the people oi: this country  unitedly and devotedly to accept  conscription of manhood.  Not only must the government  be purified, but the nation must  be made worthy, the sacrifice of  those who oflferi'up their lives in  '    ** .  its defense. Production must be  regulated and administered for  war and not for profit, the rights  of labor must be protected. Unless national service in the best  interpretation of the word be  instituted,'conscription will be  come a mechanical function.���������  ooooo  What Can We Expect?  One of the most absorbing  questions to the public now is  the high cost of living. It will  be remembered that the Liberal  party went out of office in 1911  on an effort to'reduce the duties  on food through reciprocity with  the United States. The people  of Canada did not see fit to adopt  that policy, but since that time  constant and great increases in  the price of food has brought  home to them the fact that the  cost of food is important to every  householder in the country.  The Conservative government,  forced by public opinion, have  to some extent lowered the tariff  bars, but their action throughout  has been one of dilatoriness in  dealing with the ever increasing  high cost of living. The consumer has little to hope, and the  middleman' and the profiteer  little to fear from' ,the Borden  government in its feeble attempt  to solve the rising cost of food  stu:l's.  ooooo  No Sympathy.  The Central Empires have  finally cut themselves off from  the sympathy if not from the  official comity, of every civilized  people under heaven. Mankind  averts its face from Germany  and her wretched accomplices;  and their groaning populations,  sunk in such misery as no Euro-  pearl community has known within living recollection, are now to  feel that in all .the world they  have no friend remaining, no  powerful peacemaker to whom  they can appeal, no quarter to  which they can look for sympathy and help in the task of living  .lown, when the^ conflict ends,  the frightful record of their directors in the policy of insane  warfare.  ooooo  Some More Bowser.  At a Conservative meeting in  Vancouver recently it is reported  that W. J. Bowser said: "The  present government has shown  an absolute incompetency in its  legislation of; the last session."  The taxpayers of this province  are paying this man Bowser  $3100 a year, of this amount $1,-  00 is paid as leader of His Maj-  r*i  baking:  MAGIC  BAKING  POWDER  CONTAINS NO ALUM |  MADE IN CANADA  esty's loyal Opposition, for the  sole purpose of aiding the government by criticizing and so  perfecting legislation. During  the last session over eighty bills  passed their final stage and are  now law. What we want to  know is where was this man  Bowser all the time that this  work was going on? Did he or  did he not assist? If he did not  assist in the perfecting of legislation, which he is paid to do,  then .he is obtaining the $1500  under false pretences and'the  Act providing for the, salary of  the leader of' the Opposition  should be wiped out of our statue  books.. Why should fifteen hundred dollars be given- 'to Mr.  Bowser or any one else for no  services rendered?  ooooo  What Is Wanted Here.  The deputy secretary of agriculture of Pennsylvania has  evolved a simple plan for demolishing the high cost of living.  According to the secretary intensive farming should be carried  on to the very limit if the high  r  cost of living is to be abated.  Farmers in Pennsylvania, where  some of the most fertile fields  in the world are to be 'found,'  should get all they can'out of  their ground.    By varying- the  crops and  a-proper system of  rotation, planting closer and giving individual attention to their  crops,  farmers .can' help   both  themselves and the people. Something of this sort must be done,  for there is no excuse for importing into Pennsylvania potatoes from Haiti and other vegetables that are staples from outside places.   ,  Sounds just like what we get  here in British Columbia as we  import not only,, vegetables but  eggs'-from China.  Let: the Masses Pay.  The Canadian government in  financing the Dominion's participation in the war has followed the path of least resistance.  Sir Thomas White has pinned his  faith on the Customs Tariff and  unlimited borr owingathigh rates  of interest. He has declined to  tap accumulated wealth through  the medium of an income tax,  although the sister dominions,  Australia and New Zealand, have  long ago adopted this form of  taxation. Pressure of public  opinion has forced him to make  a pretence of taxing war profits.  An analysis of the revenue of the  Dominion for the fiscal year ending March 31st, 1917, indicates  clearly the methods employed in  raising revenue which is based  on the principle that the masses  and not the classes shall pay.  Out of a total revenuo'of $228, -  217,270 raised during the year  the Customs Tariff accounted  for $133,531,155, or 58.33 per  cent of the total revenue raised  from all sources.  Excise accounts for $24,253,-  632, or 10.52 per cent.  Public Works, including railways and canals, accounted for  $25,018,997, or 10.96 per cent. -  Post Office accounts for $20,-  031,627, or 8.77 per cent.  A small percentage was secur-  The Prince Rupert Empire  man, who is a candidate for the  House of Commons for this Riding. ��������� > ��������� , ,  ��������� While others stand for what  will benefit their party, he stands  for what will benefit these districts.'  __Er_a_a__ff_  Mackay Smith, Blair & Co. Ltd.  VANCOUVER, B. C.  Wholesale  DRY GOODS AND MEN'S FURNISHINGS  OF "PRIDE OF THE WEST" BRAND  SHIRTS,   PANTS,   OVERALLS,   MACKINAW  Send for Catalogue  'MADE   IN   B. C."  Prompt Attention Given Letter Order*  ed from Dominion Lands, Interests on Investments, and Miscellaneous.   '  But out of the total of $228,-  217,270, War profits contributed  only $14,552,383, or the insignificant percentage of 6.58 of the  total.  - In Britain excess profits and  accumulated wealth contributed  60.23 per cent of the revenue.  In Canada excess profits contributed only 6.58 per cent and  accumulated wealth contributed  nothing. Upon the masses the  weight of the burden has been  placed.  HERE ARE SCIENTIFIC  FOOD FACTS  At Normal Prices���������  Ten cents worth of wheat flour contains 5440 units of energy.  Ten cents worth of beef contains 410 units of energy.  0 Ten cents worth of eggs contains 385 units of energy.  ��������� Ten cents worth of fresh fish contains 245 units of energy. ���������/  A pound of meat costing 25 cents contains LESS energy  than a'pound of flour costing 4 to 6 cents.  And when the flour is  our  the difference is still more in its favor because of its extra  strength���������produces more loaves to the sack.  , Here's the "high cost of living" problem solved. ���������  Think it over���������then ask your dealer  for Royal Standard.  - BKST  iwTSL SIANDABD1  _  Look for the  CIRCLE '"V"  _  " Trade Mark  ON   EVERY   SACK  GREAT   WEST  TEA  1    ____������___r\  The New Tea with the old time  flavor.  IN   PACKETS   ONLY  LEES0N, DICKIE, GROSS & CO., Ltd7~  Wholesale Grocers Vancouver, B. C.  M  Hon:  30E  PROJECTED ROUTE OF THE PACIFIC & HUDSON BAY RAILWAY  2)  UNION STEAMSHIP CO,OF BC^LtD,  REGULAR FREIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVICE  ;.'���������'_ .��������� :;-._.���������;..;���������      -   /BETWEEN   \yv.." . 7: ������������������...:;;  BELLA COOLA ANb VANCOUVER  S. S. K CamOSUIl      Leaves Vancouver every  Tuesday at 11 p. m.      (Victoria day previous.)  Leaves Bella Coola Fridays a.m.  *_  S. S. " Coqmtlam " sails from Vancouver fortnightly, carrying Gasoline and Explosives, will call  at Bella Coola by arrangement. '  <_n  For rates of Freights, Fares and other information, apply to  Head Office, Carrall St., Vancouver; or Geo. McGregor,  agent, 1003 Government St., Victoria.  o  HOE  hoe  w  Advertise your Wants;in;; the Courier &  Saturday, June 9,  1917  SELLA] COOLA'COURIER  Dominion Election.  There are not .wanting signs  that a Federal campaign will be  fought in the near futsre.   The  Minister of Elections has been  unusually busy of late and this  may be taken-as-an indication  that the   time   draweth nigh.  Doubtless the Hon. Robert is relying on a flag-waving campaign  to carry the Borden administration back to office, but that remains to be seen.    Patriotism  has' ever   been   the  refuse of  scoundrels and Rogers sincerely  hopes  that it  may afford him  refuge, too.   He hopes that enthusiasm in the national cause  will,   more   or   less,   enable  Canadians to forget the wretched  story of official   connivance at  gross frauds against the public  ��������� resulting in  huge commissions  to  political   favorites, "delayed  war supplies, ill-equipped troops,  fancy prices and a general rise  in the cost of living.   Sir Sam  Hughes himself, late minister of  militia, states that, the mostar-  dent agents of the German government   could   scarcely have  been more successful in holding-  up the proper equipment of Canadian forces than his colleagues.  When tlie truth about the war  contracts become fully known,  as it undoubtedly will be in the  course of a parliamentary campaign, there will be such a cleanup of political grafters and tricksters as will serve- as a warning  to all such for a, century, if not  for all time.���������The Week.  Junkers Fear Tide of. Democracy.  According to the correspondent of the New York Times at  The Hague the Junkers of Prussia have issued a manifesto calling upon von Hindenburg to put  a stop to the growing tide of democratic sentiment in Germany  by force.     One  prince   wails:  "When is von   Hindenburg to  raise the fallen Kaiser? "   All of  the Prussian reactionaries agree  that Chancellor von Betthmann-  Hollweg is a double-dyed traitor.  They charge him with playing  to the Social Democrats and with  treason to the dynasty���������meaning  of course, treason to Junkerdom.,  The truth is the Chancellor realizes that the ohd regime is doomed and that unless he deals the  cards   very   dexterously   there  will be a tremendous upheaval  "wh-cirwiil wreck the whole fabric of, Prussian domination over  Central Europe.     So  far  the  Chancellor has been able to hold  his position because evidently he  has been playing, the Kaiser's  game.   While the Junkers are  openly appealing to von Hindenburg���������who hates democracy, and  all its works���������to proclaim a dictatorship    by    force,   Wilhelm  through the Chancellor is trying  to maintain his standing with  the people.   It is a new role for  the Kaiser to play, but there is  little doubt that he is fearful of  the increasing power of von Hin-  denburg..  BRITAIN DESIRES THE PRIVILEGE.  The motherland is providing  for the buaial in single graves of  all her overseas sons who die in  Great Britain. The land necessary is being acquired, and it  will be held in perpetuity at the  cost of the imperial army funds..  All possible care will be taken of  the graves. All expenses .of  burial and of the future care^of  these silent witnesses tothe~loy-  alty, heroism and devotion of,  the empire's- sons who die from  wounds or sickness in the moth-  erland will be borne by the people  of Great Britain.  In a dispatch from London received by the Canadian government announcing the above it is  stated that the British government is confident that it will be  the unanimous wish of everyone  in the United Kingdom that the  British people should be privileged to undertake this charge and  ensure in this way that the last  resting places of the Dominion  soldiers be not unworthy of their  services of the '.cause for which  they have given-their lives.  SYNOPSIS OF COAL MINING  REGULATIONS  f^O Ah MINING RIGHTS of the Dominion, in  , ^. Manitoba. Saskatchewan and Albeiita,  the Yukon Terkitoby, the North-west terri-  I tobies'and, in a. portion of the Province of  British Columbia; may be leased for a term of  twenty-one years at an annual rental of .lan  acre.,''Not' more than 2.S60 acres will be leased  to one applicant.  Application for a lease must be made by the  applicant, in person to the Ai__nt or Sub-A__ent  of the district in which the rights applied for  .are situated.  In surveyed territory the land muot be described by sections, or legal subdivisions of sections, 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, $6, which will be refunded if tlie riKhts  applied' for are not available, but not otherwise.  A royalty shall be paid on the merchantable output of the mine at the rate of five cents per ton.  The person operating the mine shall furniah  : the A^ent with sworn returns accenting- for the  full quantity of merchantable coal mined and pay  the royalty thereon. If the coal mining rights  are not being operated, such, returns should be  furnished at least once a year.  . The lease will include Ihe coal mining rights  only, but the. lessee'may be permitted lo purchase whatever available surface rights may he  considered necessary for the working of the mini,  at.the rate of $10.00 an acre.  For full information application should be  mode to the Secretary of the Department of the  interior, Ottawa, or to any Agent or Sub-Agent  of lAominion Lands.  W. w. cony.  : Deputy Minister of the Interior.  N. It.- Unauthorized publication of this advertisement will not be paid for.���������30.90.  BUSINESS CARDS  LU(c  nor  m  FARM LANDS  The lazy way is^sure to  hard one.  " _      /  be a  Canada has the most extensive  arid prolific fishing waters in the  world.  Oregon & California Railroad Co.  Grant Lands.���������Title to same revested in United States by Act of Congress dated June 9, 1916. Tv_> million three hundred thousand acres to be  opened for homesteads and sale. Timber and agricultural lands. Containing some of the best land left in the  United States. Now is the opportune  time. Large1 map showing lands by  sections and description of soil, climate, rainfall, elevations;_etc_^'_.ost-  1 'paid One Dollar.?-   =S1-"  Grant: Lands Locating Co.,, Box 610,  Portland, Oregon.  Fur Sales Agency  iin-iii-iaiia.       ______a_���������________  _r___i -*���������  PACIFIC MILK  Is clean, sweet, pure  and most economical.  YOU'LL LIKE PACIFIC?  FOOD PRODUCTS CO., LTD., Manufacturers  Office: 322 DRAKE STREET, VANCOUVER, B. C.  ! 0MDK_������4><������_aM><W_MHB_D^������3H_M>4_������tQ  Comfort and luxury assured at a  minimum cost. Many Prince Ru:  pert testimonials prove its worth  Have You Got $20?  If not your credit is "good  Harry Hanson  Special Wafer Heater  (Patented in Canada)  Installed in your kitchen  range  600. dealers and trappers of B. C,  Yukon and Alaska have taken advantage of our Fur Sales Agency for B 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.  WTTLE BROS. FUR SALES  V     AGENCY, LTD.  54 POWELL ST., VANCOUVER, B. C.  HI H- IQI >l [___  ear the "Dayfqot"  Solid Leather  MADE FOR B. C WEATHER  G..B. DAYFOOT and Co'y  Georgetown, Ont. and  303 Mercantile Building  Vancouver, B. G.  will give you^ all the hot water  you can use within thirty minutes -  after fire is started.     121 now in,  use in Prince Rupert and every  user a booster.   You don't know.,  hot water comforts till you have  seen these results.   $20.00 is the  Cost.   Absolutely no charge unless satisfactory. *  A bath supply within twenty minutes  after fire is started and then a neu)'supply every twenty minutes thereafter.  Wall radiators can also be run from  your^ hot water boiler and other rooms  healed ���������with no extra cost for fuel.  The Result Will Surprise You  .  Investigate!  Harry HansonT,J?,(frSLe.le  P. O. Box 395 .    l  139 2nd Ave., Prince Rupert, B.C.  Q>4B^O ______ O-eS&__ee____kO.0__t-O4gSB������.J3  Watch Repairs  Send your watch to us for guar-.  anteed repairs at lowest prices.  A price given before proceeding with work. If not satisfactory, watch will be returned free  of expense. ,  O. B. ALLAN  ���������   Diamond Merchant���������Optician  Granville and Pender, Vancouver, B.C.  VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT  COAST���������BANOE  XXX.  that  Earl  Neece,  of  DISTBICT   OF  Take   Notice  Alexis Creek. B.C., occupation farmer,  'intends to apply for permission to lease  the following described land:  j Commencing at a post planted about  one mile distant and in a westerly direction from Mile Post 42, 124th Meridian,  thence" north twenty chains, thence  west twenty chains, thence south twenty  chains, thence east twenty chains to  point of commencement.  . EARL NEECE.  Dated, March 17, 1917.  VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT  For people of good taste  Nabob Coffee is the ultimate choice. Its unvarying strength (ind tempt-'  ing taste make a strong  appeal to those who recog-  nize the best.  Kelly, Douglas & Co. ltd  VANCOUVER,  B.C.  To make a big catch-  first get your tackle!  IOME call it  "Luck"-and  some "Exper-  ��������� ill N  lence!  But one point all  good fishermen agree  on is that our store  is Fishermen's Head;  quarters.  For minnows or  sharks���������we can fit you  out.  Ours is a dandy line  ���������and it will interest  you.  DISTBICT  OF  COAST���������BANGB  III.  Take Notice that Earl Neece, of  Alexis Creek, B.C., occupation farmer,  intends to apply for permission to  lease the following described land:  Commencing at a post planted about  two miles distant and in a westerly  direction frdm,the 43rd Mile Post, 124th  meridian, thence south twenty chains,  thence west twenty chains, thence  north twenty chains, thence east twenty  chains to point of commencement.  '    - EARL NEECE.  Dated, March 17, 1917.  VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT  DISTRICT   Of   CO AS-��������� BAH (IE   III.  ��������� Take notice, that I, Frank Inrig, of  Wadhams, B. C, occupation cannery-  man, intend to apply for permission  to purchase the following described  land:  Commencing at a post planted at the  southwest corner of Lot 1041 on Goose  Bay, Rivers Inlet, thence east20 chains,  thence south 20 chains, thence west 20  chains to the shore, thence following  the shore line to the place of; commencement.  FRANK INRIG.  Dated, March 28, 1917. ��������� A p. 7-J'ne 2  TheMason &RischPi  tano  of to-day will make plain our  privilege lo slate with authority:  I  ���������a  "NO FINER  PIANO MADE!"  SOLD DIRECT BY THE MANUFACTURERS  ssn  ^jf Let us attend your Victor Record  J mail orders���������our service is intelligent  and guaranteed.       Write for Catalogue  Mason & Risch Ltd.  738 GRANVILLE ST., VANCOUVER,,__?. C.  ri^..  IX^HAT person so happy and contented as the prosperous farmer?  WHAT person so independent?  WHAT ambition more noble than to  ,be a producer of the necessaries  of life?  Bella Coola farmers are independent,  they are strangers to hard times.  "View of a ranch in Bella Coola Valley.  CZZ)  ���������"THE REASONS for this enviable condition of affairs  are  obvious  to anyone  who knows the Bella Coola Valley.  The land is fertile and reeds 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 pro-  duee from Bella Coola Valley carried away  over twenty first prizes...  O ELLA 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.  IS������______  RCM.NCT0N  ���������j.-ri-ni-r- m -���������������������������-^--������~������������������  Sportsmen's  Headquarters  And how  about shooting?  We carry the renowned Remington  UMC line of Arms and  Ammunition. A full  fresh stock at all times.  B. BRYNILDSEN & CO.  SUBSCRIPTION RATES OF  BELLA COOLA COURIER.  ;'yvj  Subscription* Payable-inAdvance.  CANADA.  \ One Year .......... ..$1.00  ���������. Six Months   0.75  ��������� Three Months  0.50  UNITED STATES.  One Year...........  $1.56  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. O   Tear out and mail today, with amount of .ubtcription enclosed  t. 3  BELLA COOL A, COURIER  Saturday, June 9, 1917.  owner  ONE DOLLAR  FOR ONE YEAR  The Courier is the only  ..newspaper published on  the mainland coaft between Vancouver and  Prince Rupert.  A distance of six hundred miles.  Il will be to your in  terest to keeP We^ in  formed regarding  the  happenings throughout  the Northern section of  this Province���������  THE "COURIER"  GIVES THEM.  ADVERTISERS-  Now is the time to keep  your name before the  public. No manufacturer or wholesalehouse can  afford to let slip the opportunity of increased  sales that public advertising brings.  D EAL 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."  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  you are in earnest is to  practise it.  Support the "Courier" and you  are doing something for yourself  and your community.  oune  $1 a Year  Published every  Saturday at  BELLA COOLA, B. C.  Ignorance of the Workers.  Jf it is true that all great men  had great mothers, the converse  contains an element of truth.  Did not the kaiser's mother die  insane? He, like some nearer  home who might be mentioned;  has the storey above his chin but  scantily furnished. Although  the dividing line between genius  and insanity has always been  thin, his brain would at least be'J  an interesting study for the  branch of biology known as pys-  chology, ,and his helmet an excellent souvenir for the British  museum.  The really great obstacle in the  way of progress is not autocracy,  but the ignorance of the working  class. Wars and the capitalist  system are 'closely related, and  with them both is associated the  lack of .political intelligence  among the workers. Since the  world could do without all three,  their disappearance would be  highly desirable.  The enemies of .the "human  race continue to be nakedness,  hunger and cold, so let us all  mobilize consciously and correctly an international army tomake  them as extinct as the Pithecanthropus erectus, to, overthrow  the forces of oppression and to  bring about a world fit for the  habitation of man.���������B. ,C. Fed-  erationist.  CASUALTIES OF THE WAR.  The casualties in the European  war to Jan. 1,1917, according to  a competent list issued in Washington, based on expert comparison and assembling of figures  compiled from every available  source,-; have been 9.203,200 combatants killed, wounded, captured and missing, of which the  loss sustained by the Entente  Allies is computed to be 5,819, ������������������  400 and by the Central Powers,  3,384,800.  The compilation estimated that  the total of men killed has been  4,341,200^ the number of wounded 2,448,-00, and the numberof  captured and.missing, 2,314,500.  ���������THE two principal reasons  1   why  you   should   buy  "Shamrock" Hams, Bacon,  Lard, etc., are:  FIRST-  There is none better.  SECOND���������  They are the only  brands produced in  B. C. under government inspection.  Ask for "SHAMROCK"  Burn.  LARD  EGGS  and keep your money at home.  P. BURNS & CO., Ltd.  Packers and Provisioners  Calgary     Vancouver     Edmonton  Canada's Boys Want Smokes!  Will You Help?  If so, Mr. Francis R. Jones will be pleased to.answer any enquiries addressed to the Canadian Oflice of the Over-Seas Club,  Room 28, Windsor Hotel, Montreal, and will be glad to supply  Collecting Books, Contribution Cards, Boxes and Circulars  to any who are willing to assist:  .Support Conscription.  ^  Editor,  ���������   '  Bella Coola Courier. ���������   -  It looks as if the German  Socialists were working for the  Fatherland in' Russia to some  _*        <i  purpose. Having got rid of the  little father (the Czar) they are  now trying to fix' things up so  that the big father (the Kaiser)  will find it easy to take his place.  Mr. Borden has come back,  from Europe with,almost a note  of anxiety in his address and has  put before the House at Ottawa  a resolution to enforce selective  conscription. Canada is a country of mixed peoples from all  parts of the world and conscription is a thing which has always  been abhorrent to us all. Yet it  seems this is no time to go into  discussion on the principles and  theories of conscription. If the  ship is.in a rough sea there is no  use saving the oil to go down  with the ship. If Russia makes  a separate peace with Germany  then weshall indeed be in a rough  sea, and to enable us to save the  Ship of Liberty we must throw  away all prejudices or else sink  in the sea of German Militarism.  In this emergency we are most  assuredly called upon to support  the government in its endeavor  to unite all the resources of the  country in a supreme effort to  aid in the overthrow of the most  terrible menace that ever faced  the worlds  Great England's heart,  Great England's love,  . Great England's joy shall be  , -To stir men's souls to %yave the flag  of glorious Liberty. '      >  _  And you who came from foreign lands,  With plighted troth to keep,    ������  The nation.'s banner floating high  That guards your children's sleep.  Hark to the cry that comes from those  Brave champions to the fore;  Lest that great emblem shall go down  All trampled in their gore.  O; do not shame the Maple Leaf!  You came beneath its shade,  You dared to cast the dye with us',  Your liberties we gave.  But !!! on the Flag of Liberty,  For ever in its folds,  The-Maple Leaf is twined about  The Shamrock and the Rose.        ;  ���������JOHN CRESWELL.  Hagensborg, May 29, 1917.   '  Our one Province of Alberta  is larger than , either Germany  or France, while British Columbia has 200,000 square miles of  magnificent mountain scenery  as against' Switzerland's 16,000  square miles of ditto.  If you are satisfied with little,  that's what you will get.  ADVERTISE IN THE "COURIER"  /���������"  CLUB OFFER  =l*  We have pleasure in announcing that we have made arrangements with two of the leading weekly publications  so that our subscribers may have -the best of reading at  substantially reduced rates.  The Courier  . $1.00  Farmers Advocate & Home Journal, Winnipeg 1.50  $2.50  Both papers  f  or  $2.00  The Courier   .  Canadian Countryman, Toronto  . $1.00    n /l  Both papers  ���������______   for   .  .   $2.00  ���������$2.50  The Courier $1-00    Both papers  Family Herald & Weekly Star, Montreal . . 1.00   for $1 75  $2.00  %_  The four papers may be had for $4.50.  J  ESTABLISHED AT BELLA COOLA IN 1895.  rymldsen  LEADING   DEALERS   IN  eneral Merchandise  Dry.Goods and Notions  . Staple and Farley  Groceries  HEAVY AND shelf hardware  CAMP. HEATING AND COOK STOVES  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    S    ������  Settlers, Prospedors, Hunters, Trappers, Campers and Land-Seekers will,  find it to their advantage to look over  our stock. Nothing but the mo& 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  B___i  mM  (^B_>_%nt;  otW*_s.  ^_2_������r.f__ $&{���������  t__>���������_i_W&?.  ������tJ)_'*���������_���������_.*._'������.  T*___" - J    m ������____���������    :)____*.* __��������� ^ \  or_*s4.'__%*������^������*.  Cm? ������-<������*ar*rvw  ������ w.  1 YOU WANT GOOD SPORT  .IT BELLA COOLA. EXCEL-  '��������� HUNTING AND FISHING.  [j^^^g.um������_mm*^Ui������titU-Uijj]f^muU-������t)(|niuuiinn^jj  WEATHER REPORT FOR MAY  Compiled  by  Mr. C. H. Urseth, of the  Bella Coola Observatory.  Temperature: Maximum, 62.   Minimum, 3_.  Highest Max. (30th)76. Lowest Min. (.4th),27  Rainfall,  1.54.  Rainfall for the year (1936) 40.89 inches.  5���������NO. 25  BELLA COOLA, B. C, SATURDAY, IUNE 9,  1917.  $1.00  a Year  ladians Fight  Terrific Battle  [hire Ruins of Electrical Works  But Are Forced to Retire  Lon, June 5.-British avia-  Idropped bombs on docks of  :anal at Bruges last night.  _h recapture advanced post  ICherisey taken by Germans  Hurday night's attack. Re-  hostile raids near Labasse  leuve Chapelle. Canadians  terrific .all day battle, cap-  ruins of electrical works  .nvest of Lens, but several  !>s later were driven -back to  jnal positions under pressure  erman counter attacks. Can-  is captured over one hundred  Successful Attack  By French Troops  Paris, June 5.���������Germans have  forced their way into French advanced positions near Froidmont.  On the front, Vauclere and California plateau, Germans did not  renew their attacks after their  sanguinary repulse of yesterday.  In Chami_agne district we made  a surprise attack on *the German  trenches, taking prisoners and  three machine guns.  >ners.  lors Threaten  'rouble at Petrograd  Itrograd,   June' 5.-Sailors  Vironstadt   garrison  who  _tly declared their independ-  of the central" government  /ed at Petrograd early this  ling   and   announced   that  blips would come to Petro.  * and land men.   Sailors de-  Ided the deposed emperor be  jght to them, they disapprove  |he minister of war, Keren-  and the whole provisional  .rnment.    No warships have  arrived and it isbelieved as  fely boastful talk on the part  le extremists.  fme Rule Depends  fn Coming Conference  ndon, June 5.���������The coming  convention for the proposed  oment of   the  Home Rule  tion continues the leading  c in domestic politics.    The  essful outcome of the forth-  lng Irish conference depends  .he spirit of the delegates. It  Sieved,  however,  that the  Srts  of  the  reasonable ele-  ts may solve the great prob-  alition Government  For Canada  ttawa, June 5.���������Sir Wilfrid  ner and Premier Borden coned for half an hour yesterday  ning.    The political leaders  make no announcement on  ition until Tuesday.    Whole  c centers   around  conscrip-  National   labor   council  itist conscription.  U.S.WilI Prosecute All  Slackers  Washington, June 5. ��������� State  department concentrating on enforcement of Conscription Act,  all must register. Attorney-  general will prosecute all evaders, it is not anticipated that  many will resist.  New York, June 5..���������American  commission to Russia, headed by  Senator Root, arrived safely at  some port in Russia and are now  en route to Petrograd. British  steamer Karuma, 2995 tons, sunk  without warning'.by submarine,  April 27, near Spanish coast.  Russian barque Imbearharne,  1958 tons, sunk by submarine.  May 1, off west coast of Ireland.  ir Richard McBride  Seriously III  Victoria, Jnne 5.���������C^ble-  ram from London says Sir,  ichard McBride is serious-  y ill. Sir Richard's condi-  s becoming alarming, he is  uttering from Bright's dis-  ase and has become almost  otally blind.  o  Disastrous Explosion at  a Cumberland Mine  Nanaimo, June 5.���������Five men  instantly killed and much property damage to No. 6 mine, Canadian Colleries, Cumberland, by  a terrific explosion. Cause unknown.  New York, June 6.���������Police authorities announced that the head  foreman of the German wireless  system visited the United States  recently, made plans regarding  wireless outfits through which  information could be conveyed  to Berlin and then left probably  for Mexico.  Vienna, June 6.���������Austrian torpedo boat sunk by hostile submarine, Sunday, all aboard were lost  Rio Janeiro, June 6���������American  warships are in South Atlantic  waters now, this releases British  and French cruisers in western  hemisphere.  Madrid, June 6.���������Spain asks  Central Powers to cease persecution of Jews.  Getting Ready for  Another Big Drive  London, June 6.- The vice-admiral at Dover reports enemy  naval base and workshops at  Ostend were heavily bombarded  early this morning. A large number of rounds were fired with  good results. Enemy's shore  batteries returned fire, but did  no damage. Commander Tyr-  whitt reports that early this  morning his force of light cruisers and destroyers sighted six  German destroyers and engaged  them at long range in a running  fight, one of enemy vessels sunk  and one severely damaged, seven  German survivors picked up. Oft  Sunday naval airplanes attacked  airdrome at St. Denis Westrem,  near Ghent, many bofnbs dropped with good results. Enemy's  seaplane base at Zeebrugge attacked by our seaplanes and at  same, time shipping in Bruges  also bombed.    Thunder of Brit-  French Retake Positions  Paris, June 6.���������Positions captured by Germans northwest of  Froidmont farm on Aisne front  retaken yesterday by French.  Violentartillery fightingoccurred  in Champagne. French steamer  Warra, 4163 tons, torpedoed in  Mediterranean on May 29th,' 690  persons aboard, 36 missing.  Rome, June 6���������Massed attacks  by Austrians on Italian lines  south of Gorizia from Dossefaiti  to the sea have been repulsed  after severe fighting.  Understood on reliable authority Spain may soon join Allies.  ish guns increases daily, (general  Haig'may launch next big drive  between Ypres and Vimy. Losses  in merchant vessels during past  week much below average, new  sub methods effective. About 12  German taubes essay raid over  Thames estuary, bombs dropped  in Essex and Kent, one raider  brought down.   No details given.  turning out pulp to its full capacity. A lot of shingles are also  manufactured at Swanson Bay  that are shipped east over the  Grand Trunk Pacific.  H. Wearmouth, deputy game  warden of Prince Rupert, paid  Bella Coola a visit in connection  with his office. He came south  in his own launch.  used in. the clearing of land.  F. A. Johnson and M. Ratcliff e  came up from theirloggingcamp  at Nooturn Bay for supplies. Mr.  Johnson informed the Courier  that things are very satisfactory  around his camp and that logs  are being put into the water as  fast as condition allows.  Of former residents here and  . June twentieth is the dateset  for the S. S. Prince Rupert to  leave the drydock at Esquimalt, <���������  and will resume, the northern  service at once. This three-  stacker struck on Genn Island at  the mouth of the Skeena river,  on March 23rd and stayed there  for a month before it could be  brought back into water again,  afterwards being taken to Victoria for repairs. The big liner  will be in service again in a week  or so.   Friends  of Miss Ruth Nord--  schow will be pleased to know  that she "has recovered sufficiently to be about at home.    Miss  ON'T forget to bring in your Subscription  to the Courier���������The more support you  give us, the better paper we will give you.  Sir Wilfrid Requires Time  Ottawa, June 6-Coalition may  yet solve Federal issue, the request of Sir Wilfrid Laurier for  more time to give, an answer is  considered favorable augury.  Two Liberal members, Carvell  and Pardee, leave the capital  very suddenly, believed on a  mission to consult outside Liberal leaders. Halifax Liberals  want general election, belive coalition would be utter failure.  GERMAN OFFICER DODGES CAMERA.  Bowino- his head to avoid being photographed, in line and under  guard to������attend the funeral of his comrades at Dover, one Hun  naval officer attracted much attention. Britain buried with full  naval honors the German casualties in Tyrwhitt's victory off Harwich  when a German destroyer flotilla was driven back.  Jottings of Bella Coola and District  Mr. P. Walker, chief clerk in  the provincial secretary'sdepart-  ment, came up from Victoria last  week and will spend a few days  in town.        Mr. A. Jensen, manager of the  Talio Fisheries, Ltd., left during  the week for Vancouver to arrange for supplies and construction materials for the new plant  now building at Numamis.  Geo. Turner was down from  Toudistan for supplies. Mr.  Turner informed us that the trail  was under water in many places  and small bridges floating about,  making travel very uncertain.  The unusually cold weather  during the week did not improve  the run of spring salmon the way  it was expected. Last week the  fishermen did very well and it  was hoped that the coming in of  the large fish would continue,  but the catches have fallen off.  -Jesse Hendricks came down  from Swanson Bay, where he is  now engaged with the logging  department of the Empire Pulp  &:P#per Co. Mr. Hendricks informs us that this large plant i_  now residing at Ocean Falls, Mr.  and Mrs. J. R. Morrison and Mr.  and Mrs. W. Gallienne c\vere  among the many,that paid Bella  Coola a visit for the 24th of May  celebration. They all seem to  enjoy life in.the pulp town.  ��������� A. Blakemore, after spending  a week in town, left by the Camosun last Friday for Kimsquit  to engage in a long season of  cooking salmon at the Draney  Fisheries cannery.  The following we take from  the Victoria Daily Times of May  23rd: A very pretty, though  simple wedding was celebrated  at half past nine this morning at  the Centanial Methodist Church,  the principals being Miss Isabel  Aubin of Victoria, and Rev. W.  EL Gibson, in charge of the  Methodist church at Bella Coola.  The bride wore a becoming travel  ling costume. Rev. -A. S. Colwell, pastor of the Centenial  church performed the rite, which  was witnessed by a fair sized  congregation of friends of the  bride and groom.. The church  was beautifully decorated for  the occasion with flowers. Mr.  and Mrs. Gibson will tour the  sound cities, after which they  will take up their residence in  Bella Coola.  The Courier joins with the  many friends of Mr. and Mrs.  Gibson here in wishing them all  future happiness.  TheS.S. Coquitlam called here  last week with a large consignment of gasoline, dynamite and j  other explosives. Considerable  of the powder is for the local  Farmers'  Institute and   will be  Nordschow    spent   nearly   five  months in the local hospital.  i    The Courier is pleased to know  '��������� i. ���������' ��������� ���������  j that even in Bella Coola Valley  there is quite an increased acreage put under cultivation this  I year. This is of course in line  with what the whole of Canada  is doing. One of the greatest  opportunities ever given to the  Canadian people in rendering  service to the Empire at the  present time is to increase the  supply of food at home, and assisting in this way towards supplying food for the soldier in the  trenches. This is both our opportunity and duty.  Torgar Olson and O. T. Kellog  were up from Tailo where they  have been engaged in putting in  a boom of logs for the sawmill  at Namu. Mr. Kellog is also  connected with the raising of  cattle at the head of South Bentinck and informs us that the  live stock there is doing well.  Andy Christenson has returned home from Parkland, Washington, where he has been attending school.   After undergoing a surgical  operation at Victoria and visiting the States, Mr. C. Carlson  came up on last week's steamer.  Mr. Carlson looks well and his  many friends are glad to.see him  about again.  r> <<_ c*xtO\<"_.������  (jJlmrrb Nnito    ?  9  Sunday School  Church Service  10:45 a. m.  7:30 p.m.  Preacher for Sunday���������Rev.  VV. H. Gibson.  All Are Welcome;'  ><_*0 c^-'i-frfltX-'O *������" ���������  to Advertise.  If you want to reach the markets of Northern  ��������� - - ^THE BEST WEEKLY^  UN NORTHERN B. C.  British Columbia advertise in the Courier.   (���������nortL^nEb.Lc.)  One of the greatest advertising experts of the American continent talking advertising to a friend  said: "A Weekly paper as a rule is small and does not contain much news. But what news it does contain is local and for that  reason is closely read and thus afford a better medium than many of the larger city dailies for the party that advertises. "  < .1     '.! BELLS  COOLS  COURIER  SaturJo  The Courier  Pubushed Weekly at Bella Coola by  the Bella Coola Publishing Co. Ltd  SUBSCRJPTION RATES:  Canada  come a  mechanical  function.���������  a     c     o     o     a  What Can  We Expect?  One of the  most  absorbing;  1 questions to the public now is  the high cost of living.    It.will  l Year -....".7777. *i:ooj be remembered that the Liberal  6 Month.           0.75  3,Month.    0J>0  ���������* United State*  1 Year. ...$1.50  United Kingdom  1 Yea_..7 $1-00  Subscriptions payable in advance.  Subscribers riot receiving their copy  regtilarly please"notify the management  at once. ��������� Changes in address should be  sent in as soon as possible.  party went out of office in 1911  on an effort to reduce the duties  on food through reciprocity with  the United States.    The people  of Canada did not see fit to adopt  that policy, but since that time  constant and great increases in  che price of food has brought jesty __ loyal Opposition, for the  home to them the fact that the'sole purpose of aiding the gov-  For Advertising Rates,  ' Office.  Apply at  To C_3___S_Ojn>___S���������While unobjectionable aa-  oayn_o<B_ commn_ic__5ons Till be pob___od. tbe  name and address of every writer of socfa letter-  must be given xo the editor.  The Editor reserves the riirtrt. to refuse jk_Ki-  e&tiiua pf any letter. All manuscript at writer's  risk.  "Balus prqntl. fiitpn? ma tst Lex/  SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1917.  cost of food is important to every  householder in the country.  The Conservative goveminent-  forced by public opinion, have  to some extent lowered the tariff  bars, but their action throughout  has been one of dilatoriness m  dealing with the ever increasing  high cost of   living., The con-  ernment by criticizing and so  perfecting legislation. During  the last session over eighty bills  passed their final stage and are  now law. What we want to  know is where was this, man  Bowser all the time that this  work was going on? Did he or  did he not assist?   If he did not  {  Wealth Mast Be Conscripted.  If we must have compulsory  military service^let us also have  conscription of wealth. It will  be a farce to compel men to lay  down their lives if compulsion is  not at the same time brought to  bear on those who have made  profits outof the war, they should  . Deforced to disgorge their gains  to aid their country.  sumer has little to hope, and the  middleman and the profiteer  little to fear from' the Borden  government in,its feeble attempt  to solve the rising cost of food  stuffs.  The government has, after  careful consideration, practical-  " ly decided that in putting into  force the principle of compulsory  service in Canada the better  course is to fix the age of. 20  years as the lowest at which compulsion 'shall beapplied. In the  United States, the minimum age  is fixed at'___Uyears.  The experiences of the war  have shown that men under 20  years do not so t well resist the  varied and racking hardships as  those of more mature age.   No j  doubt there are many who believe  it would be wisdom to place still  higher the age at which  men  should be called upon to serve.  Too large a share of credit cannot be given to the heroic class  of young men who, under the  voluntary enlistment system,  joined the ranks at the age of  18 or so.  Behind Conscription,  Reform within the administration - thorough reorganization,  if not a complete change���������must  also come if Canada is to support  conscription of manhood. Those  dark forces, which have operated  in the government'to the shame  and degradation of the nation  since the war began, must go.  The government with its record, with the presence within  its cabinet of ministers whose  administration shows not only  weakness but lamentable incapacity, with the shadow of the  "Hon." Robt Rogers, minister  of public works, over it, cannot  expect the people of this country  unitedly and devotedly to accept  conscription of manhood.  Not only must the government  be purified, but the nation must  be made wor^hj^tjie sacrifice of  those who ofl_&ivup their lives in  its defense. Production must be  regulated and administered for  war and not for profit, the rights  of labor must be protected. Unless national service in the best  interpretation of the word be  instituted, ��������� conscription will be-  No Sympathy.  The Central Empires have  finally cut themselves off from  the sympathy if not from the  official comity of every civilized  - r.  people under heaven. Mankind  {averts its face from Germany  and her wretched accomplices;  and their groaning, populations,  sunk in suchimisery as no .European community has known within living recollection, are now to  feel that.in all .the world they  have no friend, remaining, no  powerful peacemaker to whom  they can appeal, .ho quarter to  which they can look for sympathy and help in the task of living  down, when the conflict ends,  the frightful record of their di-  warfare.  e     c     c     c     o  Some More Bowser.  At a Conservative meeting in  assist in the perfecting of legislation, which he is paid to do,  then .he is obtaining the $1500  under false pretences and the  Act providing for the salary of  the leader of the Opposition  should be wiped outof ourstatue  books. . Why should fifteen hundred dollars be given--to Mr.  Bowser or any one else for no  services rendered?,    ,  ������coco  What Is Wanted Here.  The deputy secretary of agriculture of Pennsylvania has  evolved a simple plan for demolishing the high cost of living.  According to thesecretary intensive farming should be barried  on to the very limit if the high  cost of living is to be abated.  Farmers in Pennsylvania^ where  some of the most fertile fields  in the _ world are" to be sfqund/  ���������, ��������� _���������   ���������   f ..       ���������  should get all'they"can-������oiit of  their ground.    By varying:-the  ���������    _ i_ _ *    ��������� "V  crops and a-proper;;system .of  Letthe Masses Pay*  The Canadian government in  financing the Dominion's participation in the war has followed the path of least resistance.  Sir Thomas White has pinned his  faith on the Customs Tariff and  unlimited borrowing at high rates  of interest He has declined to  tap accumulated wealth through  the medium of an income tax,  although the sister dominions,  Australia and New Zealand, have  long ago adopted this form of  taxation. Pressure of public  opinion has forced him to make  a pretence of taxing war profits.  An analysis of the revenue of the  Dominion for the fiscal year ending March 31st, 1917, indicates  clearly the methods employed in  raising revenue which is based  on the principle that the masses  and not the classes shall pay.  Outof a total revenue of $228,-  217,270 raised during the year  the Customs Tariff accounted  for $133,531,155, or 58.33 per  cent of the total revenue raised  from all sources.  Excise accounts for $24,253,-  632; or 10.52 per cent.  Public Works, including railways and canals, accounted for  $25,018,997, or 10.96 per cent ���������  Post' Office accounts for $20,-  031,627, oi- 8.77 per cent  . A small percentage was seciir-  Mackay Smith, Biair & Co I .<_  VANCOUVER,  B. C.       '       '  Wholesale  DRY GOODS AND MEN'S FU RNlSHWcs  Manufacturers  OF "PRIDE OF THE WEST'   BRANn  SHIRTS,   PANTS,   OVERALLS,   MACK������JW  MADE    IN  Send for Catalogue    B. C."  Prompt Attention Giver,  ed from Dominion Lands, Interests on Investments, and Miscellaneous.  , But out of the total of $228,-  217,270, War profits contributed  only.$14,552,383, or the insignificant' percentage'of 6.58 of the  total.  ��������� In Britain excess profits and  accumulated  60.23 per cento  In Canada  tributed only  accumulated .  nothing.    Up,  weight of th.  placed.  wealth  1 wr.lrikrt  -������������������(' revenue.  mTSS Profits ecg.  ' G'58.Percent*  wt-aith. conirilrj  >h_ ,n  ���������������������������-..i.e.  n has b*l  HERE ARE SCIENTIFIC  FOOD FACTS  rectors in the policy of insane [rotation, planting closer and giving individual attention to their  crops, farmers . can * help ^ both  themselves and the people. Something of this sort must be done,  Vancouver recently it is reported; for there is no excuse for im-  that W. J. Bowser said: "The!porting into Pennsylvania pota-  present "government has shown [ toes from Haiti and other vege-  an absolute incompetency in its 1 tables that are staples from out-  legislation of. the last session." 1 side places.  The taxpayers of this province ] Sounds just like what we get  are paying this man Bowser; here in British Columbia as we  $3100 a year, of this amount $1,-1 import not only vegetables but  .00 is paid as leader of His Maj-: eggsT-from China. ~"      _  At Normal Prices���������  Ten cents worth of wheat flour contains 5Mi)  Ten cents worth of beef contains 410 unit., _,.  Ten cents worth of eggs contains 385 units <>  Ten cents worth of fresh fish contains 245 units of enerp  A pound of meat costing 25 cents contains I F\8 _.  .  than a pound of flour costing 4 to 6 cents. "'   c'3  And when the fiour is  J nits oi tr������rnI  on orgy.,  energv.  Royal Standard Flour  ox its extra  the difference is still more in its favor'becai.  strength���������produce������ more loaves to the sack.  Here's the "high cost of living" problem solved.  Think it over��������� then a. k \ our cka...  for Royal Standard.  NEWTON  The Prince Rupert Empire  man, who i.4 a candidate for the  House of Commons for this Riding.  While others stand for what  will benefit their party, he stands  for what will benefit these districts.  Look for the  CIRCLE "V"  Trade Mark  EVERY   SACK  GREAT   WEST  TEA  The New Tea with the old time  flavor.  IN   PACKETS   ONLY  LEES0N, DICKIE, GROSS & CO., Ltd.  Wholesale Grocers Vancouver, B.C  30E  ���������E  301  UNION STEAMSHIP CO. OF B.C., LTD.  REGULAR FREIGHT AND PASSENC. KK SKiiVICK  BETWEEN  BELLA COOLA and VANCOUVER  S. S.   "CamOSUn"   Leaves   Vancouver  every  Tuesday at 11   p.m.       (Victoria day previous.)  Leaves Bella Coola Fridays a. m.  S.  S.   "Coquitlam"   sails   from   Van<"ir  nightly, carrying Gasoline  and   Explosive.  at Bella Coola by arrangement.  For rates of Freights, Fares and other inform.i  Head Office, Carrall St., Vancouver: or G_:<'  agent,  1003 Government St., Victoria.  ai'i'iJ'  \(,   I, I...'!''1"1'  _30E  ___2M<  mocz-^  .  m  PROJECTED ROUTE OF THE PACIFIC & HUDSON BAY RAILWAY  Advertise your Wants in the Courier '$1  S3  ��������� Saiurdiay, June 9,   1917  ' .���������_  _f  aen  ___ '     .  ^ I        C  I   !_  ������.  Kg  &ELLA] COOLA- COURIER  Dominion Election.  There are not wanting signs  that a Federal campaign will be  fought in the hear futsre.   The  Minister of Elections has been  unusually busy of late and this  may be taken as an indication  that the   time   draweth   nigh.  Doubtless the Hon. Robert is relying on a flag-waving campaign  to carry the Borden administration back to office, but that remains to be seen.     Patriotism  has ever   been   the   refuge of  scoundrels and Rogers sincerely  hopes  that it   may afford  him  refuge, too.    He hopes that enthusiasm in the national cause  will,   more   or   less,   enable  Canadians to forget the wretched  story  of official   connivance at  gross frauds against the public  resulting in  huge  commissions  to  political   favorites,   delayed  war supplies, ill-equipped troops,  fancy prices and a general rise  in the, cost, of living.    Sir Sam  Hughes himself, late minister of  militia, states that the most ardent agents of the German government    could   scarcely   have  been more successful in holding-  , up the proper equipment of Canadian fprces than his colleagues.  When the truth about the war  contracts 'become fully known,  as itjundoubtedly will be in the  course of a parliamentary campaign/ there will be such a cleanup of political grafters and tricksters as will serve as a warning  to all such for a century, if not  for all time.���������The Week.      : ��������� -'  "^^^'^^^^^-^^--r^TTrr^n-y-_r-irntgT_ i.  Junkers Fear Tide of Democracy  According to the correspondent of the New York Times at  The Hague the Junkers of Prussia have issued a manifesto calling upon von Hindenburg to put  a stop to the growing tide of democratic sentiment in Germany  by  force.      One   prince   wails:  "When  is  von   Hindenburg to  raise the fallen Kaiser?"   All of  the Prussian reactionaries agree  that Chancellor von Betthmann-  Hollweg is a double-dyed traitor.  They charge him with playing  to the Social Democrats and with  treason to the dynasty���������meaning  of course, treason to Junkerdom.  The truth is the Chancellor realizes that the old regime is doomed and that unless he deals the  cards   very   dexterously   there  will be a tremendous upheaval  which will wreck the whole fabric of, Prussian domination over  Central  Europe.      So   far   the  Chancellor has been able to hold  his position because evidently he  has  been  playing the  Kaiser's  game.   While the Junkers are  openly appealing to von Hindenburg���������who hates democracy,and  all its works���������to proclaim a dictatorship    by    force,   Wilhelm  through the Chancellor is trying  to maintain his  standing with  the people.    It is a new role for  the Kaiser to play, but there is  little doubt that he is fearful of  the increasing power of von Hindenburg.    Canada has the most extensive]  The lazy way is sure to be aland prolific fishing waters in the  T-tii. wirr ii_._-_.-ii.i__i.r_ nri i  BRITAIN DESIRES THE PRIVILEGE.  The motherland is providing  for the buaial in single graves of  all her overseas sons who die in  Great Britain. The land necessary is being acquired, and it  will be held in perpetuity at the  cost of the imperial army funds.  All possible care will be taken of  the graves. All expenses ��������� of  burial and of the future carel'of  these silent witnesses tothe^loy-  alty, heroism and devotion of  the empire's sons who die from  wounds or sickness in the motherland will be borne by the people  of Great Britain.  In a dispatch from London received by("the Canadian government announcing the above it is  stated that the British government is confident that it will be  the unanimous wish of everyone  in the United Kingdom that the  British people should be privileged to undertake this charge and  ensure in this way that the last  resting places of the Dominion  soldiers be not unworthy of their  services of the .cause for which  they have given their lives.  SYNOPSIS OF COAL MINING  REGULATIONS  pOAL MINING RIGHTS of the Dominion, in  *" Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Albekta,  the YukonTebritory, the North-west Terr i-  i tobies and in a. portion of the Province of  British Columbia, may be leased for a term of  twenty-one year, at an annual rental of $1 an  acre. ' Not more than 2.560 acres will be leased  to one applicant.  Application for a lease must be made by the  applicant in person to the Ag-ent or Sub-Agent  ' of the district in which the rigrhts applied for  .are situated.  In surveyed territory the land must be described by sections, or legal subdivisions of sections, and in unsurveyed territory the tract applied for shall be-staked out by the applicants  " himself. w  Each application must be accompanied by a  fee of $5, which will be refunded if the rights  applied fdrare not available, but not otherwise.  A royalty Bhall be paid on the merchantable output of the mine at the rate of five cents per ton.  The person'operatinpr the mine shall furnish  the Affent with sworn returns accontini. for the  full quantity of merchantable coal mined and pay  the royalty thereon. If the coal mining rights  are not being operated, such returns should be  furnished at least 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 necessary for the working of the mine  at.the rate of .10.00 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.B.���������Unauthorized publication of this advertisement will not be paid for.���������30690.  BUSINESS CARDS  HOE  Fur Sales Agency  .������__���������_*__*______ __���������____���������_������������-���������  ������������������____- -Jr..  ���������___i*M- ��������� *j______f i-.TV ������������������__���������_���������_���������  FARM LANDS  Oregon & California Railroad Co.  Grant Lands.���������Title to same revested in United States by Act of Congress dated June 9, 1916. Tv?o million three hundred thousand acres to be  opened for homesteads and sale. Timber and agricultural lands. Containing some of the best land left in the  United States. Now is the opportune  time. Large map showing lands by  sections and description of soil, climate, rainfall, elevations; etc. Postpaid One Dollar.  Grant Lands Locating Co., Box 610,  Portland, Oregon.  GOO 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.  WTTLE BROS. FUR SALES  AGENCY, LTD.  54 POWELL ST., VANCOUVER, B. Ci  30E  hard one.  world.  PACIFIC MILK  __���������  Is clean, sweet, pure  and most economical.  "YOU'LL LIKE PACIFIC?  FOOD  PRODUCTS  CO., LTD., Manufacturers  Office: 322 DRAKE STREET, VANCOUVER, B. C.  Comfort and luxury assured at a  minimum cost. Many Prince Rupert testimonials prove its worth  Have You Got $20 ?  If not your credit is good  Harry Hanson  Special Water Heater  (Patented in Canada)  .!  Wear the "Dayfoot"  Solid Leather  Shoe  MADE FOR B. C. WEATHER  G..B. DAYFOOT and Co'y  Georgetown, Ont. and  303 Mercantile Building  Vancouver, B. C.  ��������� .WliftftHfrMIIM  The Ultimate Choice  Installed in your kitchen range  will give you all the. hot water  you can use within thirtyminutes  after fire is started. 121 now in  use in Prince Rupert and every  user a booster. You don't know,  hot water comforts till you have  seen these results. $20.00 is the  Cost. Absolutely no charge unless satisfactory.'  A bath supply within twenty minutes  after fire is started and then a new supply every twenty minutes thereafter.  Wall radiators can also be run from  your hot water boiler and other rooms  heated with no extra cost for fuel.  The Result Will Surprise You  Investigate!  Harry HansonThpelu^__?'e  P. O. Box 395  139 2nd Ave., Prince Rupert, B.C.  a  !  Watch Repairs  Send your watch to us for guaranteed repairs at lowest prices.  A price given before proceeding with work. If not satisfactory, watch will be returned free  of expense.  O. B. ALLAN  Diamond Merchant���������Optician  Granville and Pender, Vancouver; B.C.  VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT  distbict  or  COAST���������BANaE  III.  Take Notice that Earl Neece, of  Alexis Creek. B.C., occupation farmer,  intends to apply for permission to lease  the following described land:  j Commencing at a post planted about  one mile distant and in a westerly direction from Mile Post 42, 124th Meridian,  thence north twenty chains, thence  west twenty chains, thence south twenty  chains, thence east twenty chains to  point of commencement.  . EARL NEECE.  Dated, March 17, 1917.  VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT  For people of good taste  Nabob Coffee is the ultimate choice. Its unvarying strength and tempting taste make a strong  appeal to those who recognize the best.  Kelly, Douglas & Co. Ltd.  VANCOUVER,  B.C.  To make a big catch���������  first get your tackle!  SOME  call it  "Luck"-and  some  "Experience!"  But one point all  good fishermen agree  on is that our store  is Fishermen's Headquarters.  For minnows or  sharks���������we can fit you  out.  Ours is a dandy line  ���������and it will interest  you.  DISTBICT   OP   COAST���������BANGE   HI.  Take Notice that Earl Neece, of  Alexis Creek, B.C., occupation farmer,  intends to apply for permission to  lease the following described land:  Com'mencing at a post planted about  two miles distant and in a westerly  direction from���������the 43rd Mile Post, 124th  meridian, thence south twenty chains,  thence west twenty chains, thence  north twenty chains, thence east twenty  chains to point of commencement.  EARL NEECE.  Dated, March 17. 1917.  VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT  DISTBICT   OF   COAST���������BANOE   III.  Take notice that   I,   Frank  Inrig, of  Wiulhams,  B. C  man,   intend  to  occupation  cannery-  pply for  the   following  .EMfNGTOH;  UMC: .  W.  Sportsmen's  Headquarters  And how  V about shooting?  carry the renowned Remington  UMC line of Arms and  Ammunition. A full  fresh stock at all times.  B. BRYNILDSEN & CO.  apply for permission  to purchase the following described  land: I  Commencing at a post planted at the  southwest corner of Lot 1041 on Goose  Bay, Rivers Inlet, thence east20chains,  thence south 20 chains, thence west 20  chains to the shore, thence following  the shore line to the place of commencement.  FRANK INRIG.  Dated, March 28, 1917.      Ap. 7-J'ne 2  :���������_.._  1 he Mason (������r rbsch Piano  of to-day will make plain our  prioilege lo state with authority:  "NO FINER   PIANO  MADE!"  SOLD DIRECT BY THE MANUFACTURERS  ������T Let us attend  your Victor Record  ^1  mail orders���������-our service is intelligent  and guaranteed.        Write for Catalogue  Mason & Risch Ltd.  738 GRANVILLE ST., VANCOUVER, __.. C.  SUBSCRIPTION RATES OF  BELLA COOLA COURIER.  ���������������������������'' Subscriptions Payable'in Advance.  CANADA.  One Year $1.00  . Six Months   0.75  Three Months  0.50  UNITED STATES.  One Year  $1.50  United Kingdom and the Continent.  One Year $1.00  \X/HAT person so happy and contented as the prosperous farmer?  ISfHAT person so independent?  \IfHAT ambition more noble than to  be a producer of  the necessaries  of life?  Bella  Coola   farmers are  independent;  they are strangers to hard times.  ..  _  1ST :.ir-  }*������������������ ��������� J-_.  m  Wk> __H^i  fflr** * r**B&_2$_____'$  BSHf"0* *" ^*4_____B_3_ss_y  S8fr__._.-f  '    : ^ *"> - >���������   "   -]. '   ^    '  m  Pif;^ _______  ������.. >'    _________  _far.v v   _____  _f_.- wS  - ~*l������l  _SS������_K?r  _.___������____    'tfg&r* **  .          ***   ________  ^        >    .^..___-__fc_____L____.gl__-_?^-    ...   *^-l                                 <_______BI  ___r______!_______________^!__P*^-t                               ������_J_______H  _______i_________^ '->=--���������*? -~--_2_i_BB  ''.-'������������������ .__  ,r.^^_*S* ?  .-_--;. :-__���������*.������.,:'  .   _V     '��������� -��������� 7, ,_��������� -  p  ���������������?..  __������___!  * ^_5___H_____________________________H  -_^__flH  E3____i3______!_?__3  '���������r^ ____r ___,.. ������������������'"������������������ ; ' ��������� I__���������__ _J  View of a ranch in Bella Coola Valley.  HTHE 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..  CZD  DELLA 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.  r���������i  CZD  m���������iTTitr ���������r"imii������ i_ir_n_i__���������t__r-������������������-��������������������������� irrmn ~     i n   i       ��������� "  "������������������������������������---���������������������������������^^^������-���������^-^���������ra^..-^���������-~-  SUBSCRIPTION BLANK.  BELLA COOLA PUBLISHING CO., LTD.  BELLA COOLA, I... C.  Enclosed pluase find subscription  for Bella Coola Courier for   Name   P. 0   Tear out and mail today, with amount of aubacription encloied  ..'ii'-  f>.r    "';'''  ?.    .  ""in __������������_i_i_i  mini _--._���������-_ -r "���������" l_S-ffi KKit H.������i  __���������      -V  ^!fl?  . i is .Hi.'.'  * i.?;  iPltefm  ___������s__H*J ���������'!   <_.  .U..   t5_3i _--*'��������� ."*  "p _?U$fr._-   -  te '_ v:.l_?;r';:"  I Intel  !B_!  111  ii  llii'4.i_.^  !^;_s.  Site.  lifelike  ? .8  _A> _  .s^HiLi  . #1  f<_������.  ������Ei  m  ___.  m  ff&ft  m  .,%'.'j-j&.fe  .11  HS  __?*:  ,_jf:H  (B__������  Mil.  , 8   I f      r'v I .fcV.M_  ,    t   ��������������� ' v.      .  li  _���������   '_  r   -   K_. *  j' ������  ' ...  .  .  .  ' v ���������������<������y_  l.r  BELLA COOLA COURIER  Saturday, June 9, /9j;  ]=j|  Ignorance of the Workers.  If it is true that all ffreat men  Subscribe  for the  Courier  "~"  ��������� ������������������ ���������   r���������������- _  Canada's Boys Want Smokes!  ONE DOLLAR  FOR ONE YEAR  The Courier is the only  newspaper published on  the mainland coa_t between Vancouver and  Prince Rupert.  A distance of six hundred miles.  /{ Will be to your interest to keep well informed regarding the  happenings throughout  the Northern section of  this Province���������  THE "COURIER"  GIVES THEM;  ADVERTISERS  Now is the time to keep  your name-before the;  public. No manufacturer or wholesalehouse can  afford to let slip the opportunity of increased  sales that public advertising brings.  i  'had great mothers, the converse  j contains an  element of  troth,  j Did not the kaiser's mother die  [insane?    He, like some nearer  .home who might-be mentioned;  jhas the storey above his chin but  [scantily famished.     Although  the dividing line between genius  and insanity has  always been  thin, his brain would at least be*  an   interesting   study - for  the  branch of biology known as pys-  ichofogy, and his helmet an excellent souvenir for the British  museum.  The really great obstacle in the  way of progress is not autocracy,  but the ignorance of the working  class. Wars and the capitalist  system are %closely related, and  with them' both is associated the  lack of political intelligence  among the workers. Since the  world could do without all three,  their disappearance would be  highly desirable.  The enemies of the human  race continue to be nakedness,  hunger and cold, so let us all  mobilize consciously and correctly an international army to make  them as extinct as the Pithecanthropus erectus, to overthrow  the forces of oppression and to  bring about a world fit for the  habitation of man.���������B: G. Fed-  erationist,       .   -       ..     "  ���������*  DEAL ESTATE booms in the  cities have come and gone.  People are beginning to fiock 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."  CASUALTIES OF THE WAR-  : The casualties jri the European  war to Jan: 1,1917i according to  a competent list issued in Washington, based on expert comparison and assembling of figures  compiled from every available  source; have been 9,203,200 combatants  killed,   woundecl;  cap-  turedand missing, of which the  loss sustained by the. llntehte  Allies is computed to be 5,819,-  400 and by the Central Powers,  3,384,g00.  The compilation estimated that  the total of men killed has been  4,341,200,,the number of wounded 2f448,o00, and the number of  captured and missing, 2,314,500.  Job Printing  You are judged by the  stationery that ycfu use.  Let us do your job printing.  We will do it right  DUILD UP YOUR HOME  D 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.  Will You Help?  If so Mr. Francis R. Jones will be pleased to answer any enquiries addressed to the Canadian Office of the Over-Seas Club,  Room 28, Windsor Hotel. Montreal, and will be glad to supply  Collecting Books, ..Contribution Cards, Boxes and Circulars  to any who are willing to assist:  .Support Conscription.: m j assuredly Called "upon to support  EditoT  . the government .in its endeavor  Belli! Coola Courier. -'   '] to unite all the resources of the  It looks as if the German  Socialists were workings, for the  country in a supreme effort to  aid in the overthrow of the most  terrible menace that ever faced  the world.  '"-  ������  Great England's heart,  Great. England's love,  . Great England's ioy shall be  _--To stir men?s souls to'wave the flag  of glorious Liberty.  And you who came from foreign lands,  With plighted troth to keep,  .The nation's banner, floating high  "That guards your children's sleep.  Hark to the cry that comes from those  Brave champions to the fore;  Lest that great emblem .shall go down  All trampled in their gore.  O. do not shame the Maple Leaf!  You came beneath its shade,  You dared to cast the dye with us,  Your liberties we gave.  But !!! on the Flag of Liberty,  } For ever in its folds,  Fatherland in Russia to some  purpose. Having got rid of the  little father (the Czar) they are  now trying to fix. things up so  that the big father (the Kaiser)  will find it easy to take His place.  Mr. Borden has come back  from Europe with almost a note  of anxiety in his address and has  put before the House at Ottawa  a resolution to enforce selective  conscription. Canada is a country of mixed peoples from all  parts of the world and conscription is a thing-which has always  been abhorrent to us all.    Yet it  seems this is no time to go into  ,, .   ���������-   i ���������   ���������_, a  The-Maple Leaf is twined about  discussion on the .principles and l       Sh*mTOck and ^ Rose.  theories of conscription.    If the ���������JOHN CRESWELL.  ship is.in a rough sea there is no. HagensboTg, May ������9, 1917.  use saving the oil to go down j    Qur one Province 0f Alberta  with the ship.   If Russia makes is ]afger than  either Germany  a separate peace with Germany  then we shall indeed be in a rough  sea, and to' erable us to save the  Ship of Liberty we must throw  away all prejudices or else sink  in the sea of German Militarism.  In this emergency we are most  or France, while British Colum  bia has 200,000 square miles of  magnificent   mountain   scenery  as against Switzerland's 16,000  square miles of ditto.  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