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 H 7- -.  IF YOU WANT GOOD SPORT  VISIT BELLA COOLA. EXCELLENT HUNTING AND  FISHING.  ^3S#   ��������� ���������������������������'..������������������  WEATHER   REPORT  Compiled  by  Mr. C.  H. Uraeth, of the  Bella Coola Observatory.  Temperature for the month of February,  maximum, 38,  minimum, 28.  Rainfall for same period, 2.10.    Snow, 10.  ^.1  '^$f  Jm&L. 2���������HO. .27  ^Date Set for Prince  BELLA COOLA, B. C,l SATURDAY, MARCH 28,  1914.  $1.00 a Year  jftt  Rupert Exhibition  "fence  Rupert,   March  27.���������  'JPi^tember 30fc^; 0ctober lst a.nd  fd are the days selected by the  tW;i^P?ard of  directors of the Nor-  ^fllern B. C. Agricultural and Iri-  "������diistrial Association for holding  :(M9sr second   annual   exhibition.  ,?i^'ht:civrc authorities have gran-  ^Sfthe sum  of   $5,000 to the  ^STssociation and the Provincial  ������ofernment'$500.  At the close  ', ^SJast year, the surplus from the  I^Sal fair of $1400 was placed  u lwp5he bank, a pecuniary result  e ';;;^as%ratifying to the board as it  V^was unusual. L. Bullock-Webster  , \>7h��������� been re-engaged as secretary  ������ fXl*< *  ���������'^ndVma-nager.    Plans are being  Churchill Likely to  Succeed Asquith  London, March 26.���������Winston  Churchill's navy speech was a  great personal triumph, following his Bradford address, it revived the report of his early succeeding Mr. Asquith.  Liberals heard with pleasure  Churchill's unstinted praise of  the Australian plan of Dominion  navies. '       ,  Contribution Policy  Should Be Aba  Jottings of Bella Coola and District  fmo&ted for the erection of com-  vTmodious exhibition buildings,  /providing a suitable site can be  ^secured within 'reasonable dis-  "��������� /tance of the heart of the city.  >��������� r  Efci:  ^Se Will Be Unked  ,s4f '<  i  I  J?  /s;ttfp Early Next Month  .^������->       ������������������ -��������� ������������������-��������� ������������������  ' -WPrince Rupert,   March  27. ���������  ' ���������*.>��������������� ...  ^"Splendid progress is now being  ^^aade-on-the-road-constraction;'-J  fftsaid general-superintendent W.  Ttffrl  *(5HG. Mehan.    There is nothing  - now,to interrupt ^continued work,  and*the thirty miles yet to lay to  " reach the Nechaco river should  .*go1 down at the rate of two miles  ,a;day.  ���������7;I?rom the Fort George side to  .the eastern point of connection  1 yis&ninety miles. The grading,  -C*;wnile not finished yet, will not  '-Viikerfere with tracklaying.    At  SGiiie points temporary track will  b'erlaid around the big cuts, the  . purpose being to get tracks to  l,���������ke material through   for the  , ^permanent bridges and for bal-  .: >rj \  '/Masting.  While the eastern end has some  ii"  v.  .further distance to go than there  ���������  iV&is?on the western end, there is  ^Ifss snow and fewer bridges on  ' $&t&t end.    By the latter part of  -"April the Jinking up  will  take  place.  Weather conditions up the line  are very favorable to work this  spring, and no delays are anticipated. It is not expected that  the permanent track will be down  before June or July.  2000 Perish in Black Sea  London, March 26. ��������� A St.  Petersburg despatch to the London Times says it is estimated  that between 2000 and 3000 persons perished in the recent storm  which swept the Black Sea.  Over one hundred and fifty  vessels were sunk.  To Aid Ulster Militants  London, March 26.���������It is said  . the Duke of Portland has offered  a princely  contribution  to the  funds of the Ulster militants.  London, March 26.���������"Recent  experience suggests that a frank  abandonment of the 'Contribution' idea would be in t^he interests of all concerned, including  the British taxpayer," says the  Daily Chronicle (Liberal), discussing the references of Mr.  Winston Churchill to the three  dreadnoughts project of the Borden government, abandoned for  the time being on account of opposition in the senate. The  Chronicle approves the local fleet  unit proposal as carried but in  Australia and advocated in Canada by Sir Wilfrid Laurier. ' It  says: '. '-..'��������� ' ���������'���������.  "We welcome Mr. Churchill's  apparent conversion to the Australian plan of the provision of  local fleet units by the dominions,  which is the only naval plan so  far devised for permanently enlisting and keeping active the  interest of the dominions. Its  avoidance of insoluble questions,  due to the division of the cost of  an undivided imperial fleet between the British and Colonial  taxpayers, is a decisive argument in its favor."  More Work Ahead  Washington, Mar. 26���������Though  merchant ships are expected to  be passing through the Panama  Canal in the course of trade within the next three months, the  canal-makers still have much  work ahead of them. Nearly all  of what is known as the permanent dam and locks construction  has been finished, but owing to  the earth slides in the Culebra  Cut many hundreds of thousands  of cubic yards of earth must be  removed to broaden the channel  to its full width. During the  month of February the total  amount of excavation was 1,430,-  050 cubic yards as compared with  1,514,972 yards in January.  S. S. Camosun arrived in port  on Sunday last with the usual  large number of passengers.  Mr. and Mrs. Kasperson, three  sons and a daughter, arrived by,  last Sunday's steamer and intend  to settle in the valley. They  came from Norway by the Allan  Line of steamers, purchasing  their tickets through the steamship company's local agent at  Bella Coola.  Mr. and Mrs. Kasperson have  relatives and friends in the valley.  Mrs. Reginald Hill has come  to join her husband, the well-  known and highly popular head  net-man at the local cannery, and  will spend the summer in this  valley.  Randolph' Saugstad and John  Nygaard have returned after  spending the winter attending  college in Washington.  J. Pask has been spending the  last week in town.  Mr. and Mrs. Martin Nygaard  are to be congratulated on the  birth of a son on Tuesday last.  Mrs. Nygaard senior, mother  of Mr. Martin Nygaard, is also  to. be congratulated on the arrival of her twenty-fifth grandchild.   John Sylvester of Hagensborg  leaves by tomorrow's steamer  for the Beaver cannery, where  he will be engaged during the  summer.  '    Ed. Wheeler.has done considerable improvements to his property opposite the Courier office, in  the way of clearing, leveling and  fencing. The property now presents a very creditable appearance and should prove some incentive toother property owners  in the town to do likev*ise.  The draw for the Parlor Suite  took place at Hagensborg on  Wednesday last. The lucky number was 28, and the handsome  suite has become the property of  Thersesa Lokken of Hagensborg.  Trout Fishing Regulations.  The idea has become prevalent  that under the new act of'the  ���������������������������������������������*������������������������������������*���������������������������<  ���������  Don't Fad to Hear the Liberal Leaders  JOHN OLIVER  Colony Hall, Hagensborg, Monday  30th, at 7:30 p.m.  Mackenzie School, Bella Coola, Tuesday 31 st, at 7:30 p. m.  GOD SAVE THE KING.  9  Expects Him Back  Ottawa, March 26. ��������� W. Sloan,  ex-M. P. for Comox, who has  been here for the past week conferring with Sir Wilfrid Laurier  and other Liberal leaders, left  for British Columbia. Sir Wilfrid confidently expects that Mr.  Sloan will come back to parliament after next election as one  of the Liberal contingent from  British Columbia.  Mrs. J. H. Whitcombe has returned from Spokane, Washing-  which place she visited for the  purpose of consulting a physician  Mr. Ashdown Green, left by  the last steamer after spending  a week in town on business in  connection with the Indian Department.  J. H. Disney, who has for some  time past been engaged in survey work in this neighborhood,  left for Vancouver on Sunday.  C. Rainsford has left for his  home in North Vancouver after  spending a week in town.  C. Mills, the genial representative of the famous firm of Kelly  Douglas & Co. Ltd., went on his  way by the last steamer after  spending a pleasant and profitable week in the valley.  A. Crichton left town on Sunday for Victoria, where he will  legislature licenses must be taken  out before angling can be indulged in. This is not so, the  attorney-general having stated  that all anglers resident Jn the  province are at liberty to use rod  and line as formerly.  The regulations governing  trout fishing this year are as follows:  "No one shall fish for. catch or  kill trout of any kind, including  steelhead of two pounds in weight  undressed, or under, from November 15 in each year to March  25 following, both days inclusive,  except in the waters east of the  120th  Meridian,   where  no one  Rev. T. C. Colwell has returned  from a visit to Firvale and the  Crossing and will conduct service  on Sunday as usual.  Harry Kivett, of Firvale, has  had the good fortune to capture  a fine male fisher, alive and unharmed. The animal will be  shipped probably to Vancouver  by the Camosun on Sunday next.  The long and anxiously awaited  work of cribbing the Necleets-  connay river for the protection  of the town was commenced on  Thursday last. This removes a  great cause of anxiety to the  people of the town, who have  not relished the idea of a possible  reoccurrence of the flood of last  fall. _______  Mr. Ashdown Green, civil engineer of the Indian Department  of the Dominion government,  has stated that he intends to re-  commend that considerable work  be done on *the Necleetsconnay  river as it passes through the  Indian reserve; with* the object  of diverting a large portion of  the water into the Paisley river.  This will save the road towards  the approach to the wharf from  being flooded in case of a freshet.  Mr. and Mrs..F. M. Brewster,  who have been spending the  winter at Hagensborg, leave by  tomorrow's steamer for the  Brunswick cannery, Rivers Inlet,  where Mr. Brewster is employed  as engineer^   The   McClosky   brothers   of  Kimsquit visited the valley last  week for the purpose of obtain  independent fishing licenses.  ing away the brush piles from  the town streets.  The Development League have  had the matter in hand with the  government for several months  past, but have so far not succeeded in obtaining any assurance that the work is to be undertaken.  One reason given is, that it is  not the government's policy to  clear town "streets. A glance at  the accounts, however, would  lead one to believe that our member of parliament was suffering  from a lapse of memory when he  made this statement, as there appears numerous instances of  money being "spent for exactly  this purpose in places not as important as Bella Coola. This is  one of the matters that the  League will take up with Mr.  Manson on his arrival.  Another matter which the  League will deal with is the temporary crossing over the Noot-  satsum river.  It is understood that the government does not intend "to construct a new permanent bridge  at this place, so that it is essential that the temporary crossing  should be properly constructed  and maintained. .   .-.-  Road superintendent Macfar-  lane was authorized to do this  work as long as October last,- but  seeing that the thing was being  urgently requested by a large  number of settlers and would be  a great public convenience, it  was not in accordance with his  usual custom to even consider it,  and he didn't.  If the government does not  build a permanent bridge, a temporary bridge must be provided.  Stay with it.  Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Christen-  sen and Mr. and Mrs. I. Fougner  made a short trip by gasoline  launch to the head of South Ben-  tinck Arm. The return journey  was not at all pleasant owing to  high wind and a rough'sea. The  party returned on Monday evening none the worse for the  experience^   Much regret is being expressed  at the serious loss incurred by  Mr. R. N. Levelton whose house  was completely destroyed by fire  on Monday night.  The fire, which was not discovered until it had got a firm  hold of the roof, was caused by  a spark from the chimney.  The building which was of a  substantial   nature,   being con-  shall fish for, catcher kill trout j structed  for the most part of  of any kind  from November 15 \ hewn  timber,   burned   fiercely,  in each year to April 30 following, j the glare in the sky being plainly  both daysinclusive. provided that j Seen for miles around,  these close seasons shall not ap-|    The fire was fortunately pre-j  ply to Seton and Anderson lakes: vented  from  spreading   to the  and  waters   tributary   thereto. I stable, barns and other outbuild-  nor  to   dolly   varden   trout noriings and the major  portion  of  sit for the final examination for j steelhead caught in tidal waters j the furniture was saved,  the diploma of Provincial land ; by rod and line, or in Okanagan.      We understand  the property  Shuswap, Arrow and was not insured  Crich- Kootenay lakes, nor to landlocked  salmon,   weighing  live  pounds,  undressed, or over."  The Liberal leaders, H. C.  Brewster and John Oliver, are  due to arrive by the Camosun  tomorrow.  Bella Coola is determined to  take full advantage of the visit  of these gentlemen and they are  in for a busy time.  Leaving the town on Monday  morning they proceed to Hagensborg where they will address a  meeting in  the  evening.     Returning   to   town   on   Tuesday  morning about noon, they will,  if convenient, be invited to meet  the executive board of the Development   League  during   the  afternoon.     There are several  matters   absolutely nonpolitical  on  which the   League   require  information and which, doubtless,  Mr. Brewster and Mr. Oliver will  be able to afford.   On Tuesday,  the Liberal leaders will speak in  the Mackenzie School.   They will  leave on Wednesday for Namu  en route to Prince Rupert, the  next point to be visited in their  tour.  surveyor.  The Courier wishes Mi  ton every success and looks foi  his speedy return. ;'  People are asking if anything  i is to be done in regard to clear-  Lower Bella Coola: Sunday  School, 10 a.m. Church Service, 11 a.m.  Bella Coola: Sunday School,  2:30 p. m. Evening Service,  7:30 p. m.  Subject:���������'Dr. Thoa. Crosby.'  Talk to the boys and girls.  Rev. T. C. Colwell, B.A.. Pastor  to Advertise.   An ad. in the Courier never fails to bring results.  Give us a trial. (���������nor?he^Eb.Lc) Let us publish your Land Notices. ii,:  i  Mil:  II  ,J> II "  II    |-  HI 1 ���������  l!  i  'hi       '      '  -?'-.'.''������  I  I III)  - i  BELLA  COOLA  COURIER  Saturday, March 28,   /Q.  The Courier  Published Weekly at Bella Coola by  the Bella Coola Publishing Co. Ltd.  SUBSCRIPTION RATES:  Canada  1 Year .., $1-00  ������ Month. ,    0.75  3 Months    0.50  United States  1 Year $1-50  United Kingdom  1 Year.....' $2.00  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.  For Advertising Rates,  Apply at  Office.  To Correspondents���������While unobjectionable anonymous communications will be published, the  name and address of every writer of such letters  must be (riven to the editor.  The Editor reserves the riuht to refuse publication of any letter. All manuscript at .writer's  risk.  ed this office. Perhaps these  were the 'only ones that left the  post office building, as the waste-  baskets and boxes for public use  were stuffed full of the trash.  That this report shonld still be  distributed, after being declared  an utter fabrication, is nothing  less than a scandal, and the persons responsible are as devoid of  honor as they are lacking in any  sense of decency.  When a party stoops to such  depths as this, they are in a bad  way indeed.  Vancouver Office - - 317-323 Cambie St.  ���������&aUts papuli rfiqirrma rat lr.v."  SATURDAY,' MARCH 28, 1914.  _     .     _ .  Warning to Naturalized  British Subjects.  ' Every naturalized British subject "would do well to bear in  mind that by a recent amendment to .the- Elections Act, no  naturalized' British subject can  have his/ .name placed on the  voters' list for any electoral district unless his application is accompanied by his certificate of  naturalization or a certified copy  thereof.  .   Attorney-general Bowser fears  " the vote of the naturalized British subject and   seeks  by this  means to disfranchise as many  of them as possible.  The only way the full effect of  ��������� this change in the elections act  can be obtained is by the cancellation of the present voters' list.  This has been done before, and  can be done again anytime the  government think advisable ��������� for  its own benefit,   ������  . '  The last time .the lists were  cancelled only five weeks were  allowed for reregistration previous to the holding, of the court  of revision.  Less than five weeks time may  be'allowed next time, with prob1  ably a general election to follow.  Get your certificates reacly.  You will need them. Mr. Bowser does .not-put laws of this  . nature on the statute books without intending to use them. Do  not let him put one over on to  you.  If you have not got your naturalization certificate, get a certified copy.bf it by applying to the  registrar of the court which  issued your naturalization paper,  enclosing fee (25 cents in British  Columbia) for copy of certificate.  Get busy on this at once.  Don't be "beaten out of your  vote by Mr. Bowser.  o     o    o    o     o  Mail-Bags Full of Rubbish.  The mail arriving at Bella Coola  post-office on  Sunday last was  ' exceptionally large.  Speculation was rife as to what  the extra bags contained. Some  hoped for longdef erred mail from  the Old Country. Some waited  for their mail-order house catalog.  All were doomed to shock and  disappointment.  At last the postmaster commenced to haul out large envelopes, marked as coming free from  Ottawa. These envelopes contained a sheet called the Federal  Press Bullentin, with headlines  inches deep, "The Transcontinental Scandal," "Railroading to  Bankruptcy," (this makes us  think of home) etc.  This sheet was at once recognized as the very press report  that has been branded by the  acting minister of railways as  utterly false and devoid of fact.  Of course several copies reach-  Inconsistency.  Mr. Giitelius states, that by  reducing the grades on the Intercolonial Railway, the tonnage on  the trains could be doubled and  by increasing the strength of  the bridges heavier motive power  could be used.  This, says Mr. Gutelius, would  enable business to be handled at  les's than half the present cost of  transportation and would reduce  the total cost of operation by 25  per cent.  This is the same Mr. Gutelius,  who, with his colleague, Mr.  Lynch-Staunton, declared that  the Transcontinental Railway  Commission appointed by the  Laurier government had been  guilty of unpardonable extravagance in having the grades of  ,the Trancontinental reduced to  a minimum and in constructing  steel bridges instead of. wooden  trestles.  o     o     o     o     o  The Cost of It All.  What it cost to have these investigating commissioners compile their fake report is somewhat  interesting.  The two above-mentiened gentlemen were appointed on February 14th, 1912," at a salary of  $65 per'day and expenses. According to a government report,  Mr. Gutelius was paid $27,465.48  and Mr. Lynch-Staunton received  $24,038.01 as remuneration1 for  his services,* in addition to which  $11,884.96 was paid out for their  expenses. .The government report shows that Mr. Gutelius has  also drawn sfnee the first of May  last, on which date he was appointed manager of the Intercolonial Railway, a salary at the  rate of $20,000 a year, or up to  the time the above referred to  report was made, $14,999.74.  Thus for pay and salary allowance alone in less than two years  he has drawn no less than $42,-  465.42  provided with a private car. which  cost the governmentl $17,500.  Can it be wondered that a report  favorable to the Borden govern  ment was made?  No mention is made in the  official return as to whether any  of the expenses of Mr. Lynch-  Staunton, when canvassing for  the Conservative candidate in  South Bruce last October, were  charged up in this account.  o     oy   o     o     o  It is worthy of note that one  of these investigating commissioners, when appointed, was an  American citizen. Hearing that  Mr. Borden had once valiantly  declared, himself determined on  "No trade or truck with the  Yankees,'' he quickly applied the  whitewash brush and is now a  naturalized British subject.  ��������� o     o     o     o     o  Built Out of Revenue.  ' Conservative editorial writers,  pamphleteers and speakers are  using the partisan Gutelius-  Lynch-Staunton report to convey  the impression that Canada is  staggering under the enormous  burden of interest charges on the  National Transcontinental Railway construction cost. Hon. Dr.  Reid, acting minister of railways,  told,the House of Commons the  other day that of $140,562,147  actually expended on the road  so far, only $41,966,890 has been  raised by loans. The rest has  been met out of revenue. When  revenue pays for more than two-  thircls of so large a national development work of permanent  character, it hardly seems to be  a case of the country-"staggering" under its financial load.  o     o     o     o     o  A Summersault.  ( Sir Richard McBride in 1908:  "We have the Grand Trunk Pacific;, we have the C. P. R. building, and presently, no doubt, we  will have Mackenzie & Mann  knocking at our doors. Let us  give decent, . intelligent encouragement to' these undertakings, but nothing else."  By 1914 he has made the Province liable for a burden of indebtedness amounting to some  $122,000,000 for the benefit of  one road alone. A burden that  may yet bankrupt the Province  and retard its development for  a quarter of a century or more.  The Voters' Responsibility.  In this .free country the citizen  is part of a collection of soverign  force that directs the destinies  of some.eight'millions, with ten  times that number looming large  on our national horizon. The individual voter should feel keenly  the responsibility of his sovereignty. It should bean intensely felt moral obligation for him  This gentleman was also^tols'tudyPolitical problems with  the view to making his vote and  influence tell in the settlement  of those problems on the lines of  justice and mercy.���������Port Arthur"  Daily News.  Editor,  Bella Coola Courier.  Sir,-���������As a resident of Bella  Coola, and one who has always  taken a live interest in anything  connected with the welfare of  the Valley, I would like to draw  the attention of my fellow-residents to what is without a doubt  a very poor outlook for the coming season.  The rumor is, that the government intends to spend only $12, ~  500 in this part of the Skeena  district this year.  The bridge at present under  construction' across the Bella  Coola River will take up about  $8,000, leaving a balance of only  $4,500 for repairs to the roads,  bridges and wharf, the protection of the town from the ravages  of the Necleetsconnay River, the  continuation of the road in the  Upper Valley and many other  things.  Times .are bad. The government is forced to curtail expenses  in regard to public works, "PAR-  T1CULARLY IN THE NORTH."  This is the reason given, and we,  the poor brainless people who  pay the salaries of the men who  are supposed to represent us,  are not even supposed to ask any  questions.  What has the government been  doing with the vast revenues of  the Province for the past few  years? Have they been developing the "country? Let us consider the Northern part of the  Province. Last year the government spent, roughly speaking,  half a million dollars. This year  that amount is reduced by half.  Now, with this greatly reduced  amount, let us see what these  men, who would have us believe  that they have a corner on the  supply of intelligence, will do'to  develop the country and encourage settlement. They will  tell you' that they are going to  build roads and bridges. Where  are these roads and bridges? We  have one in this valley, which  has cost over two hundred thousand dollars and is not naif completed. It was the declared intention of the government to  connect it with the Cariboo road,  but at the present fate of progress, we of this generatiod will  never witness its completion.  The government says it is not  their policy to undertake any  temporary work. Their standai'd  is work that will withstand the  wear and tear of many years.  We of'Bella'Coola know how true  this is. Look around as you  travel over our road. You have  lots of time for so doing. It  would be cruelty to horses to  drive faster than a walk. Is this  the best work these brainy gov-  ment men can do? Is this their  high standard? I think it must  be the beautiful scenery that  dazzles the person who passes  such work and calls it good. See  three roads side by side. Each  of them cost good money. Three  (Continued next page, column 1.)  *"���������* ���������-���������in  Popular  and   Useful  Gifts  A 'Birks' Watch, Chain or Fob  WATfHF^ fo1* Men and Boys, in a great variety o|  ��������� WAlin������.O.atyle8f but all warranted to be reliable  timekeepers. We have many fine grades in men's Thin  Models, as well as in Models especially intended Un  Doctors, Merchants, Ranchers and Lumbermen.  WATCHES for Ladies in the 'newest popular case <{,..  signs.    Our Catalogue shows a very fine  line of Bracelet Watches.    The bracelet watch is how the  most fashionable with ladies of all lands.  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For at gjore det bekvemt og komfortabelt for nordmaend som  bori det vestlige Canada, og som onsker at dotage i de norskc  hundredaarsfestligheder, har Allan linjens Dampskibs'Co. Ltd.  arrangeret det saaledes at S. S. CORSICAN, 11500 tons, skal  gjore en SPECIEL tur fra Montreal denI2den Mai.  SPECIELLE TURISTVOGNE via Canadian Pacific jernbancn  vil bli benyttede fra Vancouver til man saettes iforbindelse  med SPECIELT TRAEN der afgaar fra Winnipeg den 29d<>  April, bestaaende af forsteklasses passager vogne, turist- o^r  spisevogne. '  Saerskilte jernbanefragter i forbindelse med turen vil kunne  opnaaes den 20de, 25de og 30te april.  Atlanterhaysbilletten til Kristiana koster :--  _ Anden klasse, en vei ... .$ 66.10  Anden klasse, retur $124.40  Tredie klasse, en vei .���������. .$ 36.00  Tredie klasse, retur..-  ..$74.25  En betimelig bestilling af koier baade paa anden og tr-e die  plads er nodvendig���������grundet den store sogning���������for at faa rum.  For fuldstaendige oplysninger, tryksager, etc. henvend  B. Brynildsen, Local Agent, Bella Coola, B. C.  The ALLAN LINE  320 HOMER STREET   .-     -     VANCOUVER, B.C.  emp'sINVALI  A SUPERIOR  MEDICATED  WINE  Unsurpassed as a  TONIC,   STIMULANT   AND   INVIGORATOR  JA      T1 a fil      Wholesale Distribute  . A. Jepoorten Ltd.,vANcouvER,B.<  UNION STEAMSHIP CO. OF B.C., LTD.  Boscowitz Steamship Co., Ltd.  REGULAR FREIGHT  AND PASSENGER SERVICE  BETWEEN  BELLA COOLA and VANCOUVER  S. S/VENTURE'163^ Vidoria every Wednesday.  <-*���������'��������� -���������-   f.mvps Vancouver every Thursday at 11 p.m.  LEAVES BELLA COOLA SUNDAY MORNING.  PROJECTED ROUTE OF THE PACIFIC & HUDSON BAY RAILWAY,  S. S.("Capilano" or S. S. "Coquitlam" also call with  Gasoline and Explosives by special arrangement.  For rates of E'Vei^htt;, Faros and other information, apply '"  Hhai> Officio, Oakkau. St., Vancouver ; or John Baknhi.fv.  1003 Government St., Victoria. hrday,   March 28,   1914  BELLA   COOLA   COURIER  or  >le  in  or  le  ri-  ^jfcflfempts to make a road straight,  "���������^his is one of the reasons why  ,$[$Hwfe road has taken  so  long to  y*preach where it does today-  "V' -Don't blame your local .representative altogether. Blame your-  ' Shelves 1or having him represent  *   ,7 you.    He is simply a cog on one  of the small wheels of the gov-  '       ernment's political machine.    A  machine which is fast battering  itself%to pieces.    The sooner it'is  smalmed the better.  "M&m all over   the   Province  ''$M& the same complaint, that  '0my  appropriated  for public  '^Srks  is  being   squandered to  Scurry favor with men who use  '*' politics simply to make an easy  'living,  i        If members of the government  woujf only use their brains they  %4a perhaps realize that they  must have efficient men to carry  out their public works, and not  just give employment to cripples  and men who are incapable of  undertaking the work for which  they are well paid.  "By their works shall ye know  them." Personally, I would hate  to be held responsible for the  government's work in this part  of Northern B.C.      .  Wake up all you people who, like  me, are responsible for the present government.  It has.been said that the people  of Bella Coola are al wayskicking.  That part of it is all right. Kick  harder still. The members of  the government have betrayed  the trust you honored them with.  The government have dazzled  us all with talk of the huge sums  derived from the sale of our  natural resources, and we like  fools have allowed them to spend  it with wanton recklessness and  extravagance to little or no lasting benefit to the Provjnce, and  today we are reaping the benefit,  PARTICULARLY IN THE  NORTH.  ,.  Imagine the government of  this Province having the nerve  to tell the people that they cannot afford to spend the paltry  sums that they have been spending on public works for the past  few years, but must necessarily  cut them down to half. Shame!  Yours, etc.,  DISGUSTED.  Bella Coola, B.C.  SYNOPSIS OF COAL MINING  REGULATIONS  fOAL MINING RIGHTS of the Dominion, in  '>���������* Manitoba, Saskatchewan unci Alberta,  thu YukonTukiutohy, ihoNoRTH-WBSTTivKRi-  TOKIKS and in a portion of tho PROVINCE of  British Columbia, may be leaned for a term of  twenty-one years) at an annual rental of $1 an  acre. Not more than 2,500 acres will he leased  to one applicant.  Application for a lease muHt be made by the  applicant in person to the Agent or Sub-AKunt  of the district in which the rights applied fur  are situated.' _  In surveyed territory the land must be described by sections, or letful subdivisions of sections, and in unsiurveyed' territory the tract applied for ahull be staked out by the applicant  himself.  .Each application must be accompanied by a  fee of $5 which will be refunded if the riehlH  applied for are not available, but not otherwise.  A royally ahall be paid on the merchantable output of the mine at the rate of five cents per ton.  The person operating the mine shall furnish  the Agent with sworn returns accounting for the  full quantity of merchantable coal mined and pay  the royally thereon. If the coal mining rights'  are not being operated, such returns should be  furnished at ieast once a year.  The lease will include the coal mining rights  only, but the lessee may be perrnitteiJ 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 Bub-Agent  of Dominion Lands.  W. W. CORY,  Deputy Minister of the Interior.  N. B.���������Unauthorized publication of this advertisement will not be paid for.���������HOMO.  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.  0)-WB^04KSB������04fiSR������-0-������EeatHH  ���������o-flfflsax >-&z&ty'GWfro-<sw&o-aw&o<aBB>o4aia*o-msm'0<xaB-a-&BB*-o  O-flBHB-O  O-OTHKD  a  ampers,  Prospectors, Etc.  Why Pack Your Outfits  Further Than Necessary?  We carry complete lines of the following at Bella coola prices:-  GROCERIES TENTS DRY GOODS HARDWARE  CAMPERS' SUPPLIES PACKERS' REQUISITES  HAY  AND   GRAIN  Bella Coola Mercantile Co-, Hagensborg  12 Miles from Bella  Coola and on Direct  Route to the Interior  C15-*2S33-()^S2iO()-S!aS>()-<2233-()-���������3J33!>-0-i  K )-������3Ka-0-aaZ^O^E32^0<SU������0-e5!K������frO<a������^  B. FILLIP JAC0BSEN  Agent for and  Owner of  FARM, TIBER LANDS AND WATER POWER  IN BELLA COOLA AND VICINITY  TEN ACRE FARMS A SPECIALITY  ^ After a residence of 30 years I have acquired  a thorough knowledge of the whole coast 'of  British Columbia, and can give reliable information of the different resources at almost any  point in this pa>-t of the province. All information strictly guaranteed.  B. FIL1 -IP JACOBSEN, Bella Coola. B. C.  BUSINESS CARDS  Here's a photo of a  plain everyday man in  a "Fit-Rite".-suit,  " Looks well   dressed  doesn't he?  So will you if you  'Fit-Rite"  Ask y<>ur dealer.    Sold in the best  clothing stores in Canada.  nnt'  JOHN W. PECK & CO. LTD., VANCOUVER, B. C.  a������  Geoffrey K. Burnett "D. .1. McGuoan  C.E., B.C.L.S.,        .      R.'A.S.C B.C.L.S..  ASS. M. CAN.SOC. C.E.  Burnett & McGugan  (Successors to GeofTrny K. Burnett)  (Late Hill & Burnett)  CIVIL ENGINEERS and  B.C. LAND  SURVEYORS  Grand View Hotel, Bella Coola, B.C.  City addreas���������New Westminster, B.C.  P. O. Box 886. Telephone 232.  BAKING  POWDER  PURE j6i the Can and  SURE in  the  Baking  NOT MADE BY A TRUST  Made in Canada  Sold by all first-class Grocers  Satisfaction Guaranteed  or money back  (t  MRS. J. CLA YT'ON *������  "\  Dry Goods  ���������  Boots and Shoes  Groceries and General Merchandise  Hardware (U Surveyors', Loggers'  and Packtrain Supplies a Speciality  ���������*&&  die  jm.  c.  c.  jj^������*,mraw*^i6^^  LOTS!  IN  J. A. LEROY PhoneSey. 9387 J. NATION  bujTmeets all bToats ancTtrains  Hotel Winters  COR. ABBOTT AND WATER STREETS  VANCOUVER, B.C.  EUROPEAN    PLAN    HOT AND COLD WATER  S1.O0TOS2.50      STEAM   HEATED  ROOMS WITH BATH  HOE  Fur Sales Agency  in  FURS Bought and Sold   BELLA COOLA, B.C.  600 dealers and trappers of B. C,  Yukon and Alaska have taken advantage of our Fur Sales Agency for 3 years, j  Our sealed bid plan whereby 15 or 20 j  of the biggest fur buyers in the world j  bid on your fur instead of one individu- i  al house assures the highest market j  price always. . !  ���������We-hold sales monthly, but will ad- \  vance 75 per cent, of value on receipt, !  sending balance immediately after sale. '.  Our commission is only 3 to 4 per cent, j  Sole agents for Arthur Bell & Sons' Famous  Scotch Whiskey, Perth, Scotland.  WINES, LIQUORS and CIGARS  PROMPT ATTENTION TO ORDERS OUR MOTTO  WE   SHIP   PROMPTLY  9     *  o    o  O  I   758 Powell Street, Vancouver, B.C.  )>-������Sa������-<)-���������aiS9-0-fflnSID-(J-������EB3>C-GE3KX    >-������55SO<    KSB>(    )-CTII������-0-a2HE"0-aEHM>-<EBE������-<}  >-^Bi������-O-!ffi5SB-0-ffiaKH>������3E2������-0-<nn3������-C    )������SEEE><   )-fiffi������>(    >-fflZ3������-0-enK>(>^5SES-0-CHI������-f,  This Year's War Measures.  (From Stratford Beacon.)  Two and a half millions is the  proposed expenditure for armories in Canada this year., and some  of them will be place where they  will  never be  needed for that I ----  ���������m^s?  purpose.    This is one of the ef-1 minister   at  the   head  fects of having a military-mad! militia department.  ������=  LITTLE BROS. FUR SALES  AGENCY, LTD.  54 POWELL ST., VANCOUVER, B. C.  jo  HOE  of   the  For Purity and Sweetness  Highest market prices paid.  Fair grading given.  EXPRESS CHARGES PAID  ON ALL SHIPMENTS.  Prompt returns. Write for  Price List and Shipping Tags  to���������  PASCALL'S  Chocolates an  f ections are Nutritious  elicious  NOW    F O  SALE  MAKE    YOUR    SELECTION   EARLY  Present Prices���������From $250 to $400  Address all Communications to���������  Bella Coola & Western Land Co.  P. O.  BOX  1482 EDMONTON, ALTA.  Bella Coola Agent    E. F. JACODSEN      Office���������C. P. R. Block, Edmonton  Animals, Birds, Fish  and all kinds of  Game Heads  Mounted True to  Nature  Hides tanned and made  into Rugs and Robes  All work strictly first - class  EXPERT  TAXIDERMIST  . Mittler  728 Helmcken Street  VANCOUVER, B.C.  Watches and Clocks  Repaired  ALL WORK .GUARANTEED  CHARLES TAYLOR  BELLA COOLA,  B.C.  vtm m       ia  Patronize Home Industry  VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT  DISTRICT   OP   COAST���������BANGS   III.  \\kk Notice that Walter F. Brydon  of   Schooner   Passage,   occupation   en- :  s^ineer,  intends to apply for permission !  to purchase the following described land: \  Commenciii.u' at a post planted at the j  .south-west corner of an Island situate j  about one mile distant, and in a wester- |  lv direction from East Bella Bella Can- '  nery,   Bella  Bella.   B.C.,   thence   north!  live   .-nains.    thence   east   ten    chains,!  the i ��������� e  south live  chums,   thence   west;  ten chains alone; shore line to  point  of  commencement, including,' whole Island.  WALTER F. BRYDON.  Date. 4th March, lull. March ll--May 16.  and Buy RAMS AYS'  Biscuits, Candy, Macaroni  New Orleans Molasses  Manilla Drips  Imperial Maple Syrup  iisayisros.i  VANCOUVER, B. C.  .Ltd.  "1 have eggs at thirty cents,  ma'am, but I wouldn't guarantee  'em." "Well, send me a dozen,  please. They'll do to lend the  neighbors.''���������Life. F  ���������~>  It  !���������������������������  ii'.  mm  k#  !fi'f-  BELLA  COOLA  COURIER  Saturday,  March 28,  /c^,  LEADING   DEALERS   IN  $  ilH. ������������������������������  .   < ���������  ^E  HOI  SlU  HOE  &  en s, Ladies' ana  Child  ren s  .oes  lOE  )   C  HOE  \$  @E  W  re  HOI  }   C  HOE  Men's Suits, Shirts  and Underwear  iOE  HOL"  ������  es1  ���������TENTS  Gamp, Heating and Cook Stoves  m  WE .'.GARRY  A  LARGE  STOCK  OF  FANCY  AND  STAPLE  GROCERIES AT LOWEST   PRICES  ettiers, Prospectors and Campers  Supplies  ELLA  COOLA, B.C.  Mackay Smith, Blair & Co. Ltd.  VANCOUVER, B.C.  Wholesale  DRY GOODS AND MEN'S FURNISHINGS  Manufacturers  Shirts  ' Pants  "Mackinaw" Overalls  Sample Room at Prince Rupert  if  THE  c.  Manufacturers of all  kinds of  HIGH-GRADE BISCUITS  ::    AND CANDIES    ::  MOONEY'S SODAS and  PILOT BREAD  Made in British Columbia  Eventually You Will Use  Prairie Pride Flour  Why Not Now?  Every Sack Guaranteed  Your Money Refunded If Not Satisfied  Ask your dealer.    On sale at  all first-class Grocers  Made by MEDICINE  HAT   MILLING   CO., LIMITED  MEDICINE HAT, ALBERTA  HUGHES BROS.       >;  BIG  LIQUOR STORE  Wines, Liquers and Cigars  WE    SHIP    EVERYWHERE  105 Hastings Street East, Vancouver, B.C. }  Send for free price list with shipping instructions  >������<  BRAID'S BEST-  TEA   COFFEE   SPICES  FLAVORING  EXTRACTS  Are ABSOLUTELY PURE and conform with the Government  Standards absolutely  CO.   VANCOUVER, B. C  =J  ADVERTISE IN THE " COURIER"  IF YOU GET IT AT  PLIM LEY'S  IT'S ALL RIGHT^S  iwaHeaKBegw>������i!iif������Mwi������������aawa������aw  E22E2330!i&SEISS8E23BKa  \ Our Loggers', Miners',  ! Prospectors' and Boys'  Shoes are THE BEST  THAT  MONEY  CAN  10 in. Hand Made Logger  "BEST FOR THE WEST"  BUY  L 811  1G in. Oil Tan Prospector  SECKIE CO. LTD.  .. Largest Shoe ..  Manufacturers on  the (Pacific Coast  ancouver, B. C.  VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT  DISTRICT OF COAST-RANGE II.  Take Notice that George Simpson  McTavish, of Victoria, B.C., occupation canneryman, intends to apply for  permission to purchase the following described land:  Commencing at a-post planted about  ten chains distant in u westerly direction from an unnamed creek emptying  in Victoria Gove, Rivers inlet, thence  south 20 chains, thence east 40 chains,  thence north 20 chains, thence west '10  chains following shore to point of commencement, containing 80 acres, more  or less.  GEORGE SIMPSON McTAVISIT.  The  Call  of the  Open  Comes with the months of spring and at Plimley's  everything is ready for the Cyclist and the Motorist.  The 1914 "Indian" Motor Cycles; The 1914 "Overland" Cars and the new cycle models by the world's  leading makers all await younchoice.    Send for free  Catalog today.  730  YATES  Street  TH0S. PLIMLEY  VICTORIA, B. C.  727-735  Johnson  Street  ���������s/i  Date, 28 th February. 1HH.  Mar. 7���������May i).  A PRACTICAL SOUL.  Not long ago a country parson  went to preach in an old remote  parish in the southern part of  Maine. The aged sexton, in taking him to the place, insinuatingly said:  "I jest do hope you won't mind  preaching from the chancel. Ye  see, this is a quiet place, no.children about, an' I've got a duck  a-settin' on fourteen eggs in the  pulpit."��������� Harper's Magazine.  The Best Manufactured Clothing for the West  "SOVEREIGN BRAND  CLOTHING  SOLD IN ALL FIRST-CLASS STORES  IV. P. Sandiforcl Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Ham!lion, Onl.