Open Collections

 ?A  G  IF YOU WANT GOOD SPORT  VISIT BELLA COOLA. EXCEL-  LENT HUNTING AND FISHING.  WEATHER REPORT FOR FEBRUARY  Compiled by Mr. C. H. Urseth, of the  Bella Cooia Observatory.    ,  Temperature: Maximum, 31.   Minimum, 16.  Highest Max. (16th) 19.   Lowest Min. (1st) 3  below zero.   Rainfall, 1.74. Snow25in.  Rainfall for the year (1916) 40.S9 inches.  VOL. 5���������NO. 14  BELLA COOLA,. B. C, SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1917.  $1.00 a Year  French Repulse  German Offensive  Paris, Mar. 14--A strong German . offensive at ,Louvemont,  north of Verdun, was easily repulsed by our troops. Soisson  was also bombarded during the  night. French troops successfully raided the German trenches  between Avre and Aisne capturing over 150 prisoners. In Champagne, we delivered new attacks  against the enemy positions at  Maison de Champagne on a front  of 500 metres. Our troops captured all, the trenches the enemy  had taken on Hill 185, and penetrated the fortified works on the  slopes north of Mamelon. In  course of the action we took one  hundred prisoners.    ,  France is anxious to have unity  and says economic condition  must "not cause political unrest  during the progress of war.  Belgian Relief Ship  Not Spared by Huns  Washington, Mar. 14.���������Leaders of the four great railroad  brotherhoods informed the president that they were behind him  in the event of war.  Belgium ' relief ship Storstad  carriedmaize for -suffering Bel-  ians and was unequipped for defense, but ruthless Hun paid no  heed, to signals. Ship hoisted  relief flag and made no attempt  to escape.  Dr. Ritter, the Swiss minister  at Washington, is distinctly unpopular with state officials at  present.   Attempt to Revive Treaty  New York, Mar. 14.���������An editorial in the Times says the pendulum has at last begun to swing  backwards for Huns. The reverse, on west front and the fall  of Bagdad marks-the beginning  of the end. Advises American  ships to fire at German submarines on sight.  Germany attempts to revive  ancient treaty of 1798,* which  would permit German residents  in United States to be immune  from arrest and internment in  the event of war with Germany.  The proposals are unlikely to be  entertained by state department.  Gsrmany objects to United  States administration of Belgium  relief work in northern France.  Holland will supervise the work.  No end to plotting. Germans  are suspected of taking a census  of sympathizers in the States.  ,  Creates New Record  Ottawa, Mar. 14.���������Indications  are that the Canada victory loan  has established a new record. .  Imperial munition board perfects arrangements for elaborate  ship building program for Great  Britain here.  British Forces  Beyond Bagdad  London, Mar. 14.���������British forces pressing beyond Bagdad have  occupied Kadhimann, taking one  hundred Turkish prisoners. The  pursuit of retreating Turk continues, British gunboat's assisting. Turks sacked the city of  Bagdad, nevertheless, we found  much ammunition.  Premier Borden and his colleagues are impressed with the  army's strength. Canadian -infantry corps' wins splendid tribute from officers commanding  French army, they are.regarded  as one of the finest in the battle  line. , The Canadian premier  found a spirit of confidence prevailed amongst all the troops. t  U. S. Navy Secrets  Held by German Firm  Philadelphia, Mar. 14.���������Naval  secrets possessed by Fischer firm.  Washington startled by disclos-  ui'es surrounding the attempt to  smuggle goods on linerr- Adelbert  Fischer, relative of Kaiser, Wil-  helm, fs'."the"Official head of the  large Hamburg works which had  contracts for American navy, a  number of the employees of the  Fischer firm Have been on the  trial trips of American ships and  are conversant with all the features of their construction.  Richard Jacobs, a prisoner in  the police station, declared he  was one of the German sailors  under orders to wreck machinery  in the German liner Vaterland  at Hoboken.  Well Known Flyer Killed  Berlin, Mar. 14.���������Hans Voll-  mer, well known German flyer  killed during trial' of an aeroplane.  Flour Shortage at Petrograd  Petrograd, Mar. 14���������Result of  a temporary flour shortage was  a demonstration by mobs of stu-  j  dents and others, however, they  were dispersed without bloodshed by companies of cossacks.  Big Fire at Los Angeles  Los Angeles, Mar. 14.���������The  biggest down town fire in years  now raging. Fire began in basement of Wilson building, no details of extent of loss given.  Newcastle, Ind., Mar. 4���������Food  and clothing, as well as money,  are needed today for the relief  of victims of the tornado which  destroyed more than a million  dollars worth of' property and  took-a-toll of nineteen lives.  Victoria, Mar. 15.��������� Premier  Brewster receives a cable stating  that Sir John Simon, lawyer, has  thrown out 1900 votes claimed by  anti-prohibitionists, leaving not  enough to offset dry majority.   .  French Make Progress  Paris, Mar. 15.���������South of Mi-  hiel French troops captured Ro-  mainville Farm and penetrated  four different points up to second  lines of the enemy between Meuse  aud Aremqnt, imprisoning many.  China Breaks With Germany  Washington, Mar.. 15.���������Diplomatic relations between China  and Germany were broken by  China today, according to official  message to navy department.'  . President Wilson's message to  Congress, called in extraordinary session for April 16th, is expected to be sharply militant.  Preparedness will be the keynote  and a universal training policy  advocated.  Ambassador' Gerard reached  the end of his seven thousand  mile journey from Berlin to  Washington yesterday. - Given  enthusiastic reception, butt.he  will not" make any comment until  after he. has transmitted his report to the president.  Tokio, Mar. 15.���������German raider in Indian ocean sinks Japanese vessel enroute to India. Anglo-Japanese fleet scouring the  ocean for raider, shipping been  warned. . .^.   ������������������,.>.- '  Amsterdam, Mar. 15.- Count  Bernstorff and party arrive at  Berlin and are welcomed by Boy-  Ed and Dr. Dernberg.  During Jastv three months of  1916 over eleven hundred arrests  were made and 8200 convicted  for smuggling into Holland.  VonHindenburg Takes  Charge on West Front  London, Mar. 15.��������� Russians  capture the city of Kermanshah,  Persia.  In consequence of our bombardment enemy abandoned his  main defensive position along for  ward cre3t of ridge west of Bap'  aume on a front of 3 1-2 miles.  Hostile raids repulsed during the  night in neighborhood of Neu-  ville'St. Vaast; Spuchez and Ar-  meritieres.        .,  British advanced detachments  are thirty miles beyond Bagdad.  Considerable booty taken at Bagdad besides five hundred wounded :leftin city made prisoners.  .German retirement around Ba-  paume under Britsih ' pressure^  may presage abandonment by  Teutons of the' entire' line from  Bapaume to Beaurains.'  '. First intimation received today  that^Field-marshall Von Hinden-  burg is personally conducting the  operations.on western front. "  *,Duchess of Connaught is dead  from an attack of bronchial pneumonia. Spent over five years in  Canada where she won a host of  friends.  , American line steamer Algonquin, bound for London laden  with"foodstuffs, torpedoed without warning. Crew of 27 saved.  Ship valued at $400,000 and the  cargo at one million dollars.  finds it impossible to make the  trip on schedule time. It is therefore possible that from now on  the run north of Ocean Falls will  be abandoned.  At this time several of the  Bella Coola residents returned  after short triys. Among them  were Chas. Tucker, Iver Fougner, Frank Broughton,- Victor  Carlson,' Earl Stoessiger, and  Dr. Sutherland.  Constantinople, Mar. 15���������Turkish"' troops take up new positions somewhere between Bagdad-  and Samara. i  Jottings of Bella Coola and District  Ocean Falls News.  Encouraged by the achievements of the Red Cross Society  the ladies who are interested in  church matters have organized a  "Ladies Aid Society" with the  following officers: Mrs. J. R.  Morrison, president; Mrs. A. D.  Nevin, treasurer; and Mrs. A.  Metcalf, secretary.  The great object of this society  is the erection of a fine church,  on the institutional plan. The  ladies propose that in connection  with it be a hall, reading rooms  and a Sunday schoolroom which  can be thrown open to connect  with the auditorium of church  in case of a large audience.  And to cap this ambitious, but  by no means unattainable object,  a fine bell will be procured the  sweet tones of which will prove  so irresistible that, according to  Mr. Lancaster who intends to  ring it, everyone within hearing  will answer the call.  The first angling for the elusive  dollars took place at Mrs. Morrison's home on Tuesday evening.  Tea and cake were served at the  nominal fee of ten cents.    ���������'  This evening the ladies of the  Red Cross are giving a masked  ball. There will, be four prizes  given, two for the finest costumes  and  two for the funniest.    It  should prove a great attraction.  The Red Cross in its short  career has already collected the  sum of ' $282. A part of this  money has been expended in the  purchase of a lot of material  which the ladies have been working up into such finearticles that  when the sale occurs the moneyed  men of our town, which means  all of them, will outbid each other  in order to be the happy possessors of such useful and artistic  wares. At the present time the  society has at the bank a balance  to its credit of $117.00.  The activities of the public-  spirited people of our town will  soon make this place so attractive that the scarcity of labor  felt at industrial centres will become a thing of the past here. -  Another organization which  will prove a means towards that  end and a source of entertainment is in the course of being  launched. It is to be a ''community chorus" and is in charge  of E. Penn��������� conductor, with C.  Penh; Mrs.' J. R. Morrison and  Mrs. A. D. Nevin as assistants.  S. S. Camosun arrived, in-the  middle afternoon on Saturday.'  The traffic has already began to  increase to such extent that it  Dr. Sutherland had been away  two weeks at Victoria. She apparently was not aware that/four  patients awaited her at the hospital, because we noticed that  another pa'tierit'eame along witn  her from Smith's Inletwho need-  ��������� i      i -��������� i , ' -  ed surgical treatment,    ''        *��������� ���������  The fame of the Bella Coola  Hospital and ^ its doctor is such  that this patient passed two or-  more hospitals on the way here  and we know he will not regret  doing so.  .  Our different government officials, Tucker, Fougner and  Broughton. must take a ,look  round their respective districts  at short intervals to keep things  moving smoothly. ,,And , they  seem to succeed well; they never  bring reports of riots or trouble  of any kind to gladden the heart  of the Courier reporter.  Earl Stoessiger had decided  that he deserved a vacation after  landing such great quantities of  fish last summer and consequently has spent the winter in the  balmy climes of Oregon. He now  feels equal to another effort at  the fish.  Victor Carlson came back from  a two months stay at Ocean Falls.  The smell of spring and lure of-  the farm became too strong for  him and he is now on his father's  ranch making arrangements for  the production of the .biggest  crop ever raised at Noosatsum.  The Ratcliff family received  another contingent of several  persons from their former home  in Oregon. <  Bella Coola offers attractions  superior to those of the webfoot  state, hence thisfurtheraddition  to the number of our permanent  settlers.   We and many with us will regret to learn that A. R. Neale,  assistantprovincial horticulturist  has found it necessary to resign  from his position.- He has been  summoned to take charge of his  father's business as his parent's  health .is failing.  He will be at Bella Coola on  'iBUptrrff Nnttre    9  Sunday School  Church Service  10:45 a.m.  7:30 p.m.  V ,     Preacher for Sunday���������Rev.  t W, H. Gibson.  \ .,   All Are Welcome.  his farewell trip next week.  Oliver Kellog and Torger Olsen  went outtoTalleo on Wednesday.  They will,soon start logging operations there, and are now making the necessary preparations.  They will want men soon. ,,  ������5  timely truths.  By T. % Aslltford.  "For God so loved the world  that he gave his only begotten  Son, that whosoever believeth on  him should not perish, but have  eternal life."  I think, this verse is held by  most Christians as the chief onei  of the ,he\y testament, that it  contains a simple,* plain stated  ment of the Gospel. Those who  read this verse will agree that it  tells of a plan whereby man may  not perish but live constinuously,  that it is God's plan, not man's.  God lives continuously or he could  not help man continually to live.  But why does God ever live, and  why does man die? Solomon tells  us that in the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway  thereof there is no death.  Paul says: "For Moses writeth  that the man-that doeth the  righteousness which is of the law  shall live thereby. Israel following after a law of righteousness  did not arrive at that law. And  that call have sinned, and fall  short of the glory of God. He  also tells us, as does John, how ,  we may be freed from sin and  obtain righteousness. God ever  lives because he ever does right.  Man dies' because'he has failed  to ever do right. Nothing can  last long that goes wrong;  It would also seem from Johnj  3-16, that man's plans to do right  and live forever had failed, or  God. would not have needed a  plan to help^man. But he gave  his only begotten Son. A Son of  God, and therefore God, and  those who accept this help from  God have a righteousness from  God and eternal life. No doubt  it was a struggle for God to give  his only Son to us, as it would be  to any parent to give an only son  away.  BELLA COOLA AND DISTRICT RED  CROSS AND PATRIOTIC FUNDS   .  STATEMENT FORFEBRUARY  Red Cross Fund  Lysdahl Sewing Circle .   $10.00  Collected by Miss L.  Schulstad the sum of  ..     17.50  Collected by Miss A.  Livelton the sum of        3.00  Collected by Mr. F.    '-^'',  Broughton. the sum of..     16:00  ������������������;������������������['    Total.���������������������������������������������j:$. 46.50  Patriotic Fund  .Collected by Mr. F.  Broughton the sum of .'������������������.    14.50  Collected by Rev. H.  Sageng the sum of . .     5.00  Total..  $19.50 BELLA COOLA COURIER  The Courier  ' Published Weekly at Hiolla Coola by  tub Bella Coola Publishing Co. Ltd.  SUBSCRIPTION RATES:  Canada v; .  1 ycnr ...: - $1.00. lines, winch  C Month*   '.'    0.75  3 Month.   0.50  United Statu*  1 Year $1.50  United Kingdom  1 Year..: $100  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.  Fob Advertising Ratios,  Office.  Apply at  To Correspondents���������While unobjectionable anonymous communications will be published, the  name and address of every writer of such letters  must be jriven to the editor.  The Editor reserves the riifht to refuse pubh-  . cation of any letter.    All manuscript at writer's  risk.  ���������&aliin pnpitli Bitprrmu rat itx.  An American syndicate has  prepared ulans it intends to submit to the government for the  extension of the Pacific Great  .Eastern railway into the Peace  j River country and for long branch  will bring the vast  hinterland into close rail proximity with Uiis coast. The syndicate, it is understood, is prepared to go so far as to take over  the completion of the present  line which is under contract to  Mr. P. Welsh, of Foley, Welsh  & Stewart.  In the outlining of these plans,  besides,the development of the  fertile land and great resources  in mineral, the wheat fields of  Alberta and the westward route  of grain is being taken into consideration with a view of showing the vast importance of Ifiot  (Continued on page 4, column 2.)  OILLETT'5 LYE  EATS DIRT"  SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1917.  Railway to Bella Coola.  That' another and different  class of men is at the head of  provincial affairs is ��������� becoming  more and more evident as the  plans of the government are assuming shape and made public.  ���������And that the, change from a  lawyer-run " government   to   a  business   government   is   very  likely to affect to an appreciable  extent even our humble settlement appears from a despatch  ,from Victoria, dated March 1.  , Some years ago it was the intention of-^Mackenzie & Mann to  build   the   Canadian   Northern  ��������� ��������� to Bella Coola and make this port  its Pacific terminus.     This did  ���������. not suit the McBride government  presumably  because there was  not a sufficient political pull in  Bella Coola to yield the political  capital by, which the government  could   be   made  stronger;   and  therefore it did not accede to a  business   proposition  of   that  nature.   And the result was that  the road  went   to  the  Frazer  Valley, paralleling the C. P. R.  from Kamloops   to   the coast,  with Vancouver as the terminus.  A concession to the bulk of the  voters of the province like this  would in the minds of the politicians bring them to their support.   And it did;  but not for  long.    The - first election after  this move.returned all Conservatives members with the exception of two socialists.   But a reaction set in and the politicians  who    thought    themselves    so  shrewd are now utterly discredited and'in a very small minority  in the present legislature.  .' After the Canadian Northern  had abandoned the Bella Coola  route, a syndicate tried to get  government aid for a road from  Bella Coola .through the Peace  River Valley.   This was,the Pacific &' Hudson   Bay -Railway.  But, according to the.promoter,  the McBride government did not  give this proposition proper encouragement, and then the war  came on and put a stop to the  plans for-the time being at least.  But with the Brewster governT  ment the welfare of the province  as & ��������� whole is rpf.; more concern  than   the\ strengthening of  a  political party.   And as a result  the possibility of a railroad to  Bella Coola with its many advantages   in   comparison   with  other routes in contemplation is  receiving serious attention.  The despatch referred to reads  as follows:  *'"' KIOU 0������l������,������G-������v.l OIMCI.O* W*"* *  ���������"Mr* -  ETTCOMPANYUMlTj;  TORONTO OUT.  The Legislative Session.  The attention of all who have  the welfare of the province at  heart will now for a few weeks  be directed towards, the legislature now'in session at Victoria.  It [is seldom, if ever, that so  many serious and difficult problems have confronted a British  Columbia   legislature   as   those  now awaiting to be dealt with.  That they will be approached  and  hand fed  by experienced  business men who have a stake  in the province, men imbued by  courage, and' patriotism should  inspire confidence, and, indeed,  the indications are that Conservatives as well as Liberals hail  the new legislative body as one  that will inaugurate a new era  in the affairs of our province.  The program laid before the  assembly in the speech from the  throne is quite extensive and  "will, most likely, require more'  time than the six weeks allotted  to tne length of the session. "  The defenders of the liberties  of the land receive the first attention. A memorial to the fallen will be erected on the old  Court House site at Vancouver.  Provisions will be made for  taking care' of the returned  soldiers.  With Hon. T. D, Pattullo and  Hon. John Oliver looking after  the agricultural interests new  and improved ways of settling  the Jand will be adopted, and  measures taken to so develop the  agricultural resources that the  province will   become self-sup  porting.  The mineral resources of the  province will be systematically  prospected, which no doubt will  bring far better results than the  haphazard manner hitherto pursued.   < ������        o        '  Smelting of the ore, will be  donewithin the province, obviat-  ing the necessity of sending bur  ore to a foreign'' country to be  treated.  The conservation of the fisheries will be considered and improved; and with the-practical  men at the' head of the governr  ment this important industry  will no doubt receive a strong  impetus. ,  And with Hon. John Oliver as  minister of railways it goes without saying that the affairs of the  Pacific Great Eastern Railway  will be subjected to a strong  searchlight in the way of an investigation.  Additional revenues must be  provided to meet the'heavy outlays of which interest .on debt,  sinking fund and payment of  interest on railway bonds form  the largest part.  o      ������     O      O     O  Mr.'Bowser certainly is not  without a sense of humor, and  his stock of /gall evidently has  suffered no diminution. He wants  to know'why the attorney-general has taken no steps to prosecute those who helped John T.  Scott to escape. , Mr. ��������� Bowser  was attorney-general when Scott  obtained bail and he was attorney-general when that bail was  jumped and Scott escaped. Why  did he not do something?  O       O       O       O       O '.  There are two parties in different parts, of the world whom  Mr. Bowser does not want to see  back in British Columbia. One  is Sir Richard McBride and the  other is John T. Scott. The for-  mer would get his job and the  latter would get his goat.  ���������,   '���������   l     O       i       O       O       O  Germany's Evil Nature.  The revelation of the plot en-  SalurJay, March 17,   19)7  Maekay Smith, Biair & Co. Ltd.  VANCOUVER, B.C.  Wholesale  DRY GOODS AND MEN'S FURNISHINGS  OF "PRIDE OF THE WEST'   BRAND  SHIRTS,   PANTS,   OVERALLS,   MACKINAW  "MADE   IN    B. C  Send for Catalogue  Prompt Attention Given Letter Orders  Bella Coola Experimental Plot   Report for 1916  gineered by the German government to bring Japan and Mexico  into war with the United States  has opened the eyes of the people  to the fact that Germany in her  lust for power and world conquest is like a tiger turned loose  upon humanity.  Those people who have pointed  with scorn-at the war-mad nations who fight against Germany  will now at last see that this war  is as well justified as a fight  against a furious wild beast at  large killing people and destroying property would.be.  The leading paper in State of  Washington, the Seattle Post Intelligencer, has this to say on the  evil dpsigns of Germany.to extend the war area still further':  "A European peace without'  victory, in the light of the revelations of German treachery  would be a crime. Germany must  be thoroughly defeated and its  powers for evil, to the remainder  of the world forever destroyed.  To permit any other settlement  of the present war would be to'  suffer a dangerous malefactor, a  plotter against thelifeof nations  and the people of the world, to  roam at will and to,work his  evil purpose undisturbed. The ���������  season for allowing murderers,  to run at large has passed. The  riot alarm has been turned in,  and the international police force  must be cailed out to apprehend  a dangerous criminal, to preserve  the security of the civilized  world."  S." Le C. Grant, Experimenter;  ' Section 5.   Plot 8.  Corn���������Golden Nugget: sown May 15; germinated May 28; bloomed  July 30.    Results,, ready Sept. 10.   Few heads, rather small,  good quality. ���������  Malcolm: sown May 15; germinated May 30; bloomed Aug.  1.   Results, largest heads, but few well filled.  Extra "early'Adams: sown May 15; germinated May 26;  bloomed July 28.   Results, bloomed early, but slow in filling and ripening.  .  A .-Early Minnesota: sown May 15; germinated May 30; bloomed July 30.'- Results, earliest ripening, gave fair yield.  Remarks, corn was well manured with hen, hog and barnyard manure immediately before planting. This[was a poor  year for this crop on account of cold season.  Peas���������Dwarf Telephone: sown May 15; germinated May 25j bloomed July 8. i 'i i  Imp. Strategem: sown May 15; germinated May 25; bloomed July 10.  . Results, both varieties gave good yields.   Telephone probably superior quality.  Cow: sown May 20; germinated May 30.   Results, good  catch, but did not ripen or even flower before frost.  Beans���������Soy: sown May 20; germinated May 28.    Results, injured  in seedling leaf by frost June 1.  Remarks, Both these seem to be difficult to grow here,  probably on account of - light soil and cold nights, will not  stand cold well.  Royal Standard Flour  | <^^Vl  Makes The .Big, Clean Loaf  A loaf of Bread baked'with ROYAL  STANDARD FLOUR cannot be  otherwise than big, clean, light and  tasty, because you are putting into  it the cleanest and purest Flour it  isp'ossible to make.  Made from the hearts only of the choicest Canadian wheat and made CLEAN���������absolutely free from  dirt, fluff or lint.  Next time order ROYAL STANDARD.  SOLD BY ALL STOREKEEPERS  .Section 7.   Plot 9.   ���������  Clover���������Alsike: sown 1915; harvested July 2, August 8, September  20v   Results, three good cuttings, in bloom each ..time*  Remarks, this is a continuation of the gravelly knoll. Plot  5, section 5.  S. M. NEWTON' '  ���������:     ��������� ���������...'���������     ������������������   ��������� J."':  The -Prince Rupert' Empire  man. who is a candidate for the  House of Commons for this Rid-  irig. ,    ���������-,.  While others stand for what  will benefit their party, he stands  for what will benefit these districts. ' .  .-Piqtip.' ���������;       -,;       .;���������'���������'.'���������'-i. O ,,'  Mangel���������Mamm. Red: sown 4 ozs. April 8; germinated April 28;  fertilized Nitrate Soda; harvested October 9; yield 980 lbs.  Results, fair size, hard to lift.   .'  Giant Yellow .Intermediate: sown 4 oz. April 8; germinated April 28; fertilized Thomas Slag;1 harvested October 9;  yield 1030 lbs.   Results, good crop and easy to lift.  Yellow Globe: sown 4 oz. April 8;' germinated April 28;  no fertilizer; yield 1242 lbs; ; Results, excellent crop and  Eood quality.. ;   '/'.'-/ ..-. .  ./:'/. -������������������{ -  Remarks, due probably to dry weather little appreciable  difference in fertilizers. This plot was sub-irrigated to advantage in June/ v .;::���������;' ��������� ���������-.,-..,'���������  L  GREAT   WEST  TEA  The New Tea, with the old-time  flavor  PACKETS   ONLY  LEES0N, DICKIE, GROSS A CO., Ltd.  Wholesale Grocers Vancouver, B. C.  30E  30E  '���������    Plot Hand 12.      '".>.';'"';.:. - ''T:''  Winter Rye; sown September 1, 1915; germinated September 10;  harvested Aug. 9, 1916; "yield 15 bush.     Results, excellent  crop.   Heads large and well filled.   Styaw over 6 ft. long.  Section 8.   Plot 15 and 16*  Winter Rye: sown October 1, 1915; germinated October 13; harvested Aug. 9, 1916; yield 10 bush.   Results, good crop, but  not as heavy as that sown in September.  Remarks, There is a noticeable difference in yield and the  :        length of straw between sowings one month apart.   Both  ripened at the same time.    Earlier sowing germinated best  (   with "warmer weather. ���������  '���������''  '������������������''.'."  To be concluded in two issues.  UNION STEAMSHIP CO. OF B.C., LTD.  /REGULAR FREIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVICE  :������������������.- ���������'..'.���������."������������������. '���������"'���������''..���������    BETWEEN;;:;.;'  BELLA COOLA and VANCOUVER  S. S.      CamOSUn     Leaves, yancouver every  Tuesday at 9 p. m. (Victoria day previous.)  Leaves Bella Coola Fridays p. m.  &  S. S. "Coquitlam" sails from Vancouver fortnightly, carrying Gasoline--and.,. Explosives, will call  at Bella Coola by arrangement.  For rates of Freights, ^Fares' and othSiinformation, apply-;to  Head Office, Carrall St., Vancouver; or Geo. McGregor,  agent, 1003 Government St., Victoria.  hoc  HOE  ������  Advertise, your:  ���������wiipliw iiiijMUiM������JUiiJUB������<UHWmiM^^ v*  Saturday' March 17,  1917  BELLA, COOLA COURIER  NVESTORS  (HOSE WHO, FROM TIME TO TIME, HAVE FUNDS. REQUIRING  INVESTMENT MAY PURCHASE  AT PAR  DOMINION OF CANADA DEBENTURE STOCK  IN SUMS OF $300 OR ANY MULTIPLE' THEREOF.  Principal repayable 1st October, 1919. '  Interest payable half-yearly, 1st April and 1st October by cheque (free of exchange at  any chartered Bank in Canada) at the rate of five per cent per annum from the date of  purchase.                                ��������� '  Holders of this stock will have tho privilege of surrendering at par and accrued interest,  as the equivalent of cash, in payment of any allotment made under any, future war loan issue  in Canada other than an issue of Treasury Bills or other like short date security.  ' Proceeds of this stock are for war purposes only.  A commission of one-quarter of one per cent will be allowed to recognizod bond and  stock brokers on allotments made in respect of applications'for this stock, which bear their  stamp. -  ' _ ,   -  For application forms apply to the Deputy Minister of Finance, Ottawa.  DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, OTTAWA, ,     '  OCTOBER 7th, 1916. <  The Soldier and the White  ' Plague.  A very interesting sketch by a  soldier of what happens in a  military sanatorium for tuberculosis has just been published by  the.Military Hospitals Commission. Rest, unlimited fresh air,  and proper feeding of course  play a large part in the treatment organized' by the Military  -Hospitals Commission; but exercise, carefully graduated, and  - interesting occupations are also  employed with most valuable results in restoring the patient to-  , health and energy of body "and  mind.  Of the 3480 invalided soldiers  now being cared for by the ������om-  mission in Canada, 511 are suffering from tuberculosis, besides  91 remaining in English sanatoria. - *  All these 605 men were passed  by medical officers as sound in  -���������wind and limb at the time of enlistment. Some of them, doubtless, in their eagerness to serve  at the. front, concealed facts  which would have aroused the  doctor's suspicions. Others did  not know that their lungs were  affected. It is often difficult to  detect the trouble in its early  stages.  In 223 of the 605, the disease  was discovered before the men  had   a chance to go overseas.  That is, it developed under no  greater hardship than' that of  camp life���������no more severe than  the experience of a hunting excursion in the woods, which so  many people undertake as a holiday recreation.  What does it mean, this dis  covery of 605 "consumptives"  even among the picked men who  should be above the average in  health and strength?   ,  -It means this. The seeds of  the disease have been sown in  thousands of apparently healthy  folk, and simply lie quiet till  some' new circumstance' gives  them a chance to spring up and  attack the body infected by them.  Then they, give 'the man a fight  for his life. .  If there is one thing certain,  it. is that the disease can be  stamped out.  This can "only be done by combining prevention with cure.  Nearly all consumptives can be  cured, if the-dis'easehasnot been  i  allowed to get very far. And  .the example set by the thorough  treatment now given to tubercu-  lous" soldiers-should be'followed  in dealing with" all others attacked by the disease.  So much for the question of  the cure. Still more important  is the question of prevention.  The seeds cannot grow if they  are not sown. We must prevent  them from being sown.  Those who have the disease  can and must be taught how to  avoid giving it to others. And  all of us must learn to avoid those  evil conditions of life which allow  the seeds first to enter our bodies  and then to germinate and attack  us.  Good ventilation, sunlight, and  good food thoroughly masticated  and digested- with these on our  side we can defy the enemy.  Now,' more than ever before,  it is urgently necessary to increase the health and efficiency  of every Canadian, so .that when  peace comes we can make good  the waste of life and health  caused by the war. Unhealthy  conditions of life and labor must  be rooted out as deadly enemies  of ou-r country's prosperity.  Such conditions' exist .both ��������� in  town and country, though much  worse in town.  Governments, municipal authorities, anti-tuberculosis leagues,  and all of us as private citizens,  should more energetically than  ever, perfect the efficiency of  the methods used.  A little hand-book entitled  "Fighting Tuberculosis,", by  Lieut. J. R. Buyers, C.A.M.C.;'  who has charge of the two sanatoria at Ste. Agathe, has-just  been published by the Military  Hospitals Commission for the  soldiers concerned. Similar pamphlets have been given out by  certain local organizations and  insurance companies.  The .seeds of safety, in such  publications, should be spread as  widely and cultivated as actively  as the seeds of "danger are now  being spre"ad and cultivated by  our neglect.  SYNOPSIS OF COAL MINING  REGULATIONS  f"OAL MINING RIGHTS of the Dominion, in  ^ Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta,  the Yukon Tbkmtory, the North-west Territories and in a portion of the I'KOVINCE of  British Columbia, may be leased for a term of  twenty-one years at an annual remul 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 Ihe Aifcut orSub-Anent  of the district in which the rights applied for  Bre situated.  in surveyed territory the land must Le described by sections, or legal subdivisions of sections, and in unsurveyed territory the tract applied for shall be slaked out by the applicant  .himself.   ���������  Each application must be accompanied by a  fee of $5 which will be refunded if the riirhts  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 shalt furnish  the Agent with sworn returns acco"itinK for t he  full quantity of merchantable coal mined and pay  the royalty thereon. If the coal mining rights  are not being operated, such leturns should be  furnished at least once a year.  The lease will include the coal mining rights  only, but the lessee may be permitted to pur- '  chase whatever available surface rights muy be  considered necessary for the working of the mine  at the rate of $10.00 an acre.   >  For full mfornmtion 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.���������Unauthorired publication of this advertisement will not be paid for.���������30090.  BUSINESS CARDS  m H  30E  m  Fur Sales Agency  600 dealers and trappers of B. C,  Yukon and Alaska have taken advantage of .our Fur Sales Agency for 3 years.  Our sealed bid plan whereby 15 or 20  of the biggest fur buyers in the world  bid on your fur instead of one individual house assures the highest market  price always. - ������    '  We hold sales monthly, but will advance 75 per cent, of value on receipt,  sending balance immediately after sale.  Our commission is only 3 to 4 per cent.  LITTLE BROS. FUR SALES  AGENCY, LTD.  54 POWELL ST., VANCOUVER, B. C.  lol  30E  Dealers and Trappers  Nobly Done.  Every man, woman and child  in Canada has given approximately two dollars to the Canadian Patriotic Fund. According  to reports which are coming to  headquarters,- in Ottawa, the  thirteen miilion dollars which the  people of the "Dominion were  asked to give this year has been  more than subscribed.  In pledges, the fund has so far  received something like $13,500,  000.  Comfort and luxury assured at a  minimum cost. Many Prince Rupert testimonials prove its worth  HaveY<roGot$20?  If not your credit is good  Harry Hanson  Special Water Heater  (Patented in Canada)  Installed in your kitchen range  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 un- .  leas'satisfactory. 'r  *A Mm:s^ppt^ within twenty minutes '"  after fire'is"s\a(ied and then a new sup- ,  p/j> eoery'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:Hanson TIS?^!J;?to  ���������    -P. O. Box 395  139 2nd Ave., Prince Rupert, B.C.  VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT  DISTRICT   OF   COAST���������BA1TGE   III.  Take Notice that I, Thomas J.  Whiteside, of Vancouver, B. C, occupation builder^ intend to apply ,for  permission to purchase the following  described land:  Commencing at a post situated on the  north shore of Jackson Passage, about  one-half (1-2) mile within the entrance  and near a small stream, thence North  20 chains, thence West20 chains, thence  South 20 chains, to the shore,-thence  following the shore line to the point of  commencement, containing 40 acres,  more or less. ��������� ..���������  THOMAS J. WHITESIDE.  Dated, November 30, i91G. Jan. C--Marcli  VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT  DISTBICT   Or   COAST���������K&NOB   III.  V Take Notice that I, Murk Smaby, of  Ocean Falls, B. C, occupation timber  cruiser, intend to apply for permission  . P1  lands  fol  to  purchase   the   following  described  O  Commencing-at a post planted at the  southwest corner of Pulp, Lease 205;  thence North 20 chains; thence East 20  chains; thence North 20 chains; thence  East 20 chains; thence,South 20 chains;  thenee East 40 chains; thence South 20  chains; thenee East 20 chains; thence  South 7 chains more or less to high  water mark of Cousin's Inlet; thence  following along said high water mark  in a westerly direction to a pointdue  east of this post;' thence West, 12 chains  more or less to this post, containing  140 acres more or less.  (Signed). MARK SMABY.  Date, December 26, 1916.  Jan. 27-^Mar. 24.  'I'll  :3U  n  TheMason &t\ischjriano  "   of lo-day will make plain our  privilege to slate with authority:   '  "NO FINER  PIANO MADE!"  SOLD DIRECT HY THE MANUFACTURERS  ^][ 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, B. C.  I  ctzd  r^M  ��������� J|t=J  \X7HAT person so happy and contented as the prosperous farmer?  \^7HAT person so independent?  \j&/HAT ambition more noble than to  be a producer of  the necessaries  of life?  Bella Coola  farmers are independent;  they are strangers to hard times.  View of a ranch in Bella Coola Valley.  c=d  HTHE REASONS for this enviable condi-  * tion of affairs are obvious to anyone  who knows the Bella Coola Valley.  The land is fertile and needs little or no  irrigation. Tho climate is1 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.  > 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.  SUBSCRIPTION RATES" OF  BELLA COOLA COURIER.  Subscriptions Payable in Advance.  ...���������������������������. CANADA.  One Year ....    Six Months ........ ��������� v:..  Three Months ...../ '."..��������� '���������  ''.���������'' UNITED STATES.  One1 Year. '.. ���������  ,.$1.00  .. 0.75  ,. 0.50  $1.50  United Kingdom and the Continent.  One Year.......... $\.O0  SUBSCRIPTION BLANK.  . subscription  BELLA, COrOLA PUBLISHING CO., LTD.  BELLA COOLA, B. C.  Enclosed please find.'. ......  for Bella Coola Courier for.......... r   Name..... .......; ��������� ........  |;, .''���������������������������'":   .>o.....:.:..:..;-;..v.;:...  Tear out and mail today, with amount of subscription enclosed A  BELLA:COOLA COURIER  Saturday, March 17,  I9i7  FOR ONE YEAR  The Courier is the only  newspaper published on  the mainland coast between Vancouver and  Prince Rupert.  A distance of six hundred miles.  It will be to your interest to keep well in-  "formed regarding the  happenings throughout  the Northern section of  this Province���������  THE "COURIER"  GIVES THEM.  ESTABLISHED AT BELLA COOLA IN 1895.  PROJECTED- ROUTE OF THE PACIFIC & HUDSON BAY RAILWAY  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.  DEAL ESTATE booms in the  cities have come and gone.  People are beginning to flock to  the country. The North-West  Coast of British Columbia offers  opportunities for all. Did not  know, is no excuse. Investors  should keep posted on developments by reading the "Courier."  You are judged by the  stationery that you use.  Let us do your job.pririt-  ihg.   We will do it right.  DU'ILD UP YOUR HOME  U TOWN. . Do not talk���������support home industries��������� talk is  cheap. The best way to show  that you are in earnest: is to  practise it.       ' \ ���������.  Supportthe "Courier" and you  are doing something for yourself  and your community.  Railway to Bella Coola  (Continued from column 2, page 2.)  t  only the P. G. E. to this coast,  but alternate .routes which are  feasible. In this connection the  mileage figures are very interesting in a comparative light.  A line from Dunvegan to the  coast at a point about Bella Coola  by way of Pine pass give's the  shortest route of 490 miles.  Against this the distance via the  proposed.lines and the P. G. E.  connection is 968 miles. Also  another alternate route via Pine  pass and the P. G. E. from Dun-  vegan is 868 miles; another is  550 miles and yet another is only  500 miles.  The proposal as yet is in the  embryo state, but it is stated  engineers are at work on the  proposition and the routes suggested have been determined to  be feasible, so that the concrete  proposition may be in shape to  place before the government di-mot want to build a railroad just  reclly. ���������  It will be noticed that the route  to Bella Coola is'the shortest and  that fact will count for considerable with business men who do  to' make money in its construction 'by letting fat contracts to  themselves, but who want a railroad that in the operation will  pay profits to the stockholders.  LEADING   DEALERS   IN  General Merchandise  Dry Goods and Notions  Staple and Fancy  Groceries  G  $1 a Year  Published every  Saturday at  BELLA COOLA, B. C.  S10  . THE two principal reasons  ���������      why   you   should   buy  "Shamrock" Hams, Bacon,  Lard, etc., are: ,    ;.  FIRST���������  There is none better.  SECOND���������  They   are   the   only  brands   produced  in  /���������/.'.Bv C. under government inspection.  Ask for "SHAMROCK"  ADVERTISE IN THE  "COURIER"  '. ":'���������'.���������' " .���������'.;'" -'���������'"'������������������ "'��������� ' ' '. ��������� ' ���������':���������.".������������������������������������?.:'* .:.;''     . ; ���������.'������������������'������������������.'/���������'"    '  Flour  always gives satisfaction  BUTTER   EGGS  and keep your money at home.  P. BURNS & CO., Ltd.  Packers and Provisioned  Calgary     Vancouver     Edmonton  setter  From  ALL GOOD GROCERS  a bag now  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    ������    ������  Tents-Pack and Riding Saddles  Settlers, Prospectors, Hunters, Trappers, Campers and LaniSeekers will  find it to their advantage to look over  our stock. Nothing but the most 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  ������oods���������Lowest Prices���������Largest Stock  RAW FURS BOUGHT AND SOLD  BRYNILDSEN & CO, BELLA C00LA,B.C.  SE^BESSSSBBSBBS!  ggSSJESESBHSffiaiffiSBS  t^xtmBammrsmsm^gssaeuBmaamn ���������TrS  t  r  '."  fvift  M  i  ft?j  fl  m  '. -,'.v=^r;y"--;'; ������*-'-j  v-'j  K-'l  ������-:������  ft*  !������������������*������  Ac  /*r  isi  ���������'-������S  ���������,*3������  '1 _  |F YOU WANT GOOD SPORT  rISIT BELLA COOLA. EXCELLENT HUNTING AND FISHING.  WEATHER REPORT FOR FEBRUARY  Compiled  by  Mr. C. H. Urseth, of the  Bella Coola Observatory.  Temperature -. Maximum, 31.   Minimum, 16.  Highest Max. (16th) 19.   Lowest Min^lst) 3  below zero.   Rainfall, 1.74.  Snow25in.  Rainfall for the year (1916) 40.S9 inches.  bU 5���������NO. 14  BELLA COOLA, B. C, SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 19/7.  $1.00 a Year  Irerick Repulse  German Offensive  fraris, Mar. 14���������A strong Ger-  offensive   at   Louvemont,  irth of Verdun, was easily re-  ilsed  by our troops.    Soisson  as also bombarded during the  rht.   French  troops  success-  ' raided the German trenches  It.veen Avre and Aisne captur-  ; over 150 prisoners.   In Cham-  igne, we delivered new attacks  painst the enemy positions at  [aison de Champagne on a front  500 metres.    Our troops cap-  iivd all. the trenches the enemy  id taken on Hill 185, and pene-  ited the fortified works on the  )pes north  of Mamelon.     In  )urse of the action we took one  indred prisoners.  ^France is'anxious to have unity  id   says    economic    condition  fust not cause political unrest  iring the progress of war.  felgian Relief Ship  Not Spared by Huns  Washington, Mar. 14.���������Lead's of the four great railroad  ���������otherhoods'inf or'rned the presi-  nt that they were -behind him  the event of war.  Bdgium" relief ship  Storstad  tried maize for suffering Bel-  ins and was unequipped for de-  ' nse, but ruthless Hun paid no  ii-i  to signals.    Ship hoisted  ihef flag and made no attempt  escape.  Dr. Ritter, the Swiss minister  Washington, is distinctly un-  [opular with   state   officials at  Urgent. "    ittempt to Revive Treaty  New York, Mar. 14.���������An edi-  nal in the Times says thepen-  iuium has at last begun to swing  iaA wards for Huns.     The reverse on west front and the fall  Bagdad marks the beginning  if the end.    Advices American  ups to fire at German suhma-  ik's on sight.  Germany attempts to revive  noient treaty of 1798," which  F������iuld permit German residents  [h United States to be immune  rom arrest and internment in  ;hf event of war with Germany,  he proposals are unlikely to be  ntertained by state department.  Garmany objects to United  tates administration of Belgium  elief work in northern France.  ;>MJ)Holland will supervise the work.  i~ "���������: TWfe No end to plotting. Germans  f X.^|Jare suspected of taking a census  ' - ffflbf sympathizers in the States.  ^ :$������ ~ '  :i /^Canada Victory Loan  Creates New Record  r i.  42  ������4 I.  Ottawa, Mar. 14.���������Indications  Hare that the Canada victory loan  ./thas established a new record.  ���������.'"; Imperial munition board perfects arrangements for elaborate  ; Bhip building program for Great  -^Britain here.  British Forces  Beyond Bagdad  London, Mar. 14. ���������British forces pressing beyond Bagdad have  occupied Kadhimann, takingone  hundred Turkish prisoners. The  pursuit of retreating Turk continues, British gunboats assisting. Turks sacked the city of  Bagdad, nevertheless, we found  much ammunition.  Premier Borden and his colleagues are impressed with the  army's strength. Canadian infantry corps wins splendid tribute from officers commanding  French army, they are regarded  as one of the finest in the battle  line. The Canadian premier  found a spirit of confidence prevailed amongst all the troops.  U. S. Navy Secrets  Held hy German Firm  Philadelphia, Mar. 14.���������Naval  secrets possessed by Fischer firm.  Washington startled by disclosures surrounding the atcempt to  smuggle goods on liner- Adelbert  Fischer, relative of Kaiser Wil-  helm, is'the official hea:d of the  large Hamburg works which had  contracts for American navy, a  number of the employees of the  Fischer firm have been on the  trial trips of American ships and  are conversant with all the features of their construction.  Richard Jacobs, a prisoner in  the police station, declared he  was one of the German sailors  under orders to wreck machinery  in the German liner Vaterland  at Hoboken.  Well Known Flyer Killed  Berlin, Mar. 14. ���������Hans Voll-  mer, well known German flyer  killed during trial of an aeroplane.  Flour Shortage at Petrograd  Petrograd, Mar. 14���������Result of  a temporary flour shortage was  a demonstration by mobs of students and others, however, they  were dispersed without bloodshed by companies of cossacks.  Big Fire at Los Angeles  Los Angeles, Mar. 14.���������The  biggest clown town fire in years  now raging. Fire began in basement of Wilson building, no details of extent of loss given.  Newcastle, Ind., Mar. 4���������Food  and clothing, as well as money,  are needed today for the relief  of victims of the tornado which  destroyed more than a million  dollars worth of' property and  took a toll of nineteen lives.  "Antis"Lose 1900 Votes  Victoria, Mar. 15.��������� Premier  Brewster receives a cable stating  that Sir John Simon, lawyer, has  thrown out 1900 votes claimed by  anti-prohibitionists, leaving not  enough to offset dry majority.  French Make Progress  Paris, Mar.. 15.���������South of Mi-  ,hiel French troops captured Ro-  mainville Farm and penetrated  four different points up to second  lines of the enemy between Meuse  aud Aremont, imprisoning many.  China Breaks With Germany  Washington, Mar. 15.���������Diplomatic relations between China  and Germany were broken by  China today, according to official  message to navy department.  President Wilson's message to  Congress, called in extraordinary session for April 16th, is expected to be sharply militant.  Preparedness will be the keynote  and a universal training policy  advocated.  Ambassador Gerard reached  the end of his seven thousand  mile journey from Berlin to  Washington yesterday. Given  enthusiastic reception, but he  will not make any comment until  after he has transmitted his report to the president.  Bit ^   Tokio, Mar. 15.���������German raider in Indian ocean sinks Japanese vessel enroute to India. Anglo-Japanese fleet scouring the  ocean for raider, shipping been  warned. _  Amsterdam, Mar. 15.- Count  Bernstorff and party arrive at  Berlin and.are welcomed by Boy-  Ed and Dr. Dernberg.  During last three months of  19.16 over eleven hundred arrests  were made and 8200 convicted  for smuggling into Holland.  VonHindenburg Takes  Charge on West Front  London, Mar. 15.���������Russians  capture the city of Kermanshah,  Persia.  In consequence of our bombardment enemy abandoned his  main defensive position along for  ward crest of ridge west of Bap*-  aume ori a front of 3 1-2 miles.  Hostile raids repulsed during the  night in neighborhood of Neu-  ville. St. Vaast, Souchez and Ar-  mentieres.  ^British advanced detachments  are jthirty milesbeyohd Bagdad.  Considerable booty taken at Bagdad* besides five hundred wounded :left in city made prisoners.  German retirement around Ba-  paume under Britsih pressure  may presage abandonment by  Teutons of the entire line from  Bapaume to Beaurains.  'First intimation received today  that-Field-marshall Von Hinden-  burg is personally conducting the  operations on western front.  ."- Duchess of Connaught is dead  from an attack of bronchial pneumonia. Spent over five years in  Canada where she won a host of  friends.  American line steamer Algonquin, bound for London laden  with foodstuffs, torpedoed without'warning. Crew of 27 saved.  Ship'valued at $400,000 and the  cargo at one million dollars.  finds it impossible to make the  trip on schedule time. It is therefore possible that from now on  the run north of Ocean Falls will  be abandoned.  At this time several of the  Bella Coola residents returned  after short triys. Among them  were Chas. Tucker, Iver Fougner, Frank Broughton, Victor  Carlson, Earl Stoessiger, and  Dr. Sutherland.  Constantinople, Mar. 15���������Turkish troops take up new positions somewhere between BagdaoV  and Samara.  Jottings of Bella Coola and District  Ocean Falls News.  Encouraged by the achievements of the Red Cross Society  the ladies who are interested in  church matters have organized a  "Ladies Aid Society" with the  following officers: Mrs. J. R.  Morrison, president; Mrs. A. D.  Nevin, treasurer; and Mrs. A.  Metealf, secretary.  The great object of this society  is the erection of a fine church,  on the institutional plan. The  ladies propose that in connection  with it be a hall, reading rooms  and a Sunday schoolroom which  can be thrown open to connect  with the auditorium of church  in case of a large audience.  And to cap this ambitious, but  by no means unattainable object,  a fine bell will be procured the  sweet tones of which will prove  so irresistible that, according to  Mr. Lancaster who intends to  ring it, everyone within hearing-  will answer the call.  The first angling for the elusive  dollars took place at Mrs. Morrison's home on Tuesday evening.  Tea and cake were served at the  nominal fee of ten cents.  This evening the ladies of the  Red Cross are giving a masked  ball. There will be four prizes  given, two for the finest costumes  and  two  for  the  funniest.     It  should prove a great attraction.  The Red Cross in its short  career has already collected the  sum of $282. A part of this  money has been expended in the  purchase of a lot of material  which the ladies have been working up into such fine articles *"hat  when the sale occurs the moneyed  men of our town, which means  all of them, will outbid each other  in order to be the happy possessors of such useful and artistic  wares. At the present time the  society has at the bank a balance  to its credit of $117.00.  The activities of the public-  spirited people of our town will  soon make this place so attractive that the scarcity of labor  felt at industrial centres will become a thing of the past here. -  Another organization which  will prove a means towards that  end and a source of entertainment is in the course of being  launched. It is to be a "community chorus" and is in charge  of E. Penn, conductor, with C.  Penn; Mrs. J. R. Morrison and  Mrs. A. D. Nevin as assistants.  S. S. Camosun arrived in the  middle afternoon on Saturday.  The traffic has already began to  increase to such extent that it  Dr. Sutherland had been away  two weeks at Victoria. She apparently was not aware that four  patients awaited her at the hospital, because we noticed that  another patient came along witn  her from Smith's Inlet who needed surgical treatment.  The fame of the Bella Coola  Hospital and its^ doctor, is such  that this patient passed two or  more hospitals on the way here  and we know he will not regret  doing so. "  Our different government officials, Tucker, Fougner and  Broughton must take a .look  round their respective districts  at short intervals to keep things  moving smoothly. Arid they  seem to succeed well; they never  bring reports of riots or trouble  of any kind to gladden the heart  of the Courier reporter.  Earl Stoessiger had decided  that he deserved a vacation after  landing such great quantities of  fish last summer and consequently has spent the winter in the  balmy climes of Oregon. He now  feels equal to another effort at  the fish.   Victor Carlson came back from  a two months stay at Ocean Falls.  The smell of spring and lure of  the farm became too strong for  him and he is now on his father's  ranch making arrangements for  the production of the biggest  crop ever raised at Noosatsum.  The Ratcliff family received  another contingent of several  persons from their former home  in Oregon.  Bella Coola offers attractions  superior to those of the webfoot  state, hence this further addition  to the number of our permanent  settlers.   We and many with us will regret to learn that A. R. Neale,  assistant provincial horticulturist  has found it necessary to resign  from his position.- He has been  summoned to take charge of his  father's business as his parent's  health is failing.  He will be at Bella Coola on  QUjurrii Jfatirr    J  ��������� 9  Sunday School     -    10:45 a.m.  Church Service     -   7 : 30 p. m.  Preacher for Sunday - Rev.  W. H. Gibson.  All  Are  Welcome. \  his farewell trip next week.  Oliver Kellog and Torger Olsen  went out to Talleo on Wednesday.  They will soon start logging operations there, and are now making the necessary preparations.  They will want men soon.  ?  j cUimel^ truths.  j j By -7T. % Astleford.  &������������������=r _        =8  "For God so loved the world  that he gave his only begotten  Son, that whosoever believeth on  him should rot perish, but have  eternal life."  I think this verse is held by  most Christians as the chief one  of the new testament, that it  contains a simple,, plain stated  ment of the Gospel. Those who  read this verse will agree that it  tells of a plan whereby man may  not perish but.live constinuously,  that it is God's plan, not man's.  God lives continuously or he could  not help man continually to live.  But why does God ever live, and  why does man die? Solomon tells  us that in the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway  thereof there is no death.  Paul says: "ForMoses writeth  that  the   man   that   doeth the  righteousness which is of the law  shall live thereby.   Israel following after a law of righteousness  did not arrive at that law.    And  that  all   have  sinned,   and fall  short of the glory of God.    He  also tells us, as does John, how  we may be freed from sin and  obtain righteousness.    God ever  lives because he ever does right.  Man dies because he has failed  to ever do right.    Nothing can  last long that goes wrong.  It would also seem from John;  3-16, that man's plans to do right  and live forever had failed, or  God. would not have needed a  plan to help man. But he gave  his only begotten Son. A Son of  God, and therefore God, and  those who accept this help from  God have a righteousness from  God and eternal life. No doubt  it was a struggle for God to give  his only Son to us, as it would be  to any parent to give an only son  away.  BELLA COOLA AND DISTRICT RED  CROSS AND PATRIOTIC FUNDS  STATEM ENT FOR FEBRUARY  Red Cross Fund  Lysdahl Sewing Circle .  Collected by Miss L.  Schulstad the sum of   ..  Collected by Miss A.  Livelton the sum of   Collected by Mr. F.  Broughton the sum of. .  Total   $10.00  17.50  3.00  16.00  $   46.50  Patriotic Fund  Collected by Mr. F.  Broughton the sum of ..  Collected by Rev. H.  Sageng the sum of   Total   14.50  >.00  $19.50  % W  n  <&  '��������������� ���������HUM  #* Ji  ,   <; fer:   mJi  Ifiii  li'.fi ji-i'i'iliial  tips  1 . !i  4  118 <  M  PS?  Jff*  p. s  Mfc hut  II  I  !j  jn,i.| ������������������3f>V|fi  ���������is IPW  Hi?   -  f IK)  W'h  ,i*jf������  )!.!  If*  Iml1  ���������    ������li  ,1  /I  t.1'%  *$  It ..  <  il  {i  * Pis  A. f( '  t  1. *  p'>  {\Y   ' 'i-  ..  I     'rtt  ,1J  ������***.?.  2  BELLA COOLA COURIER  SalurJi  The Courier  ,    An  American   syndicate has  | prepared plans it intends to sub-  i  pDBusHED,WBEKiiVAT Bella Coola by !mit to the government, for the  ! extension  of the Pacific Great  Eastern railway into the Peace:  River country and for long branch ���������  the Bella CooeaPublishing Co. Ltd.  SUBSCRIPTION RATES:  i Year *??.*. si.oo ��������� lines which will bring the vastj  6 Month.   ������-75; hinterland into close rail prox-l  3 Month.    0-50;.     . .,    lt. .       ���������,.  ��������� ..,-.. lmitv with this coast.    Ine syn-  United States t  l Year J1-50 {dicate, it is understood, is pre-  GILLETT'S LYE  EATS DIRT"  ������  1 Year.  United Kingdom  '  .$1.00  Subscriptions payable in advance.  Subscribers not receiving their copy  regularly please notify the management  at once. "Changes in address should be  sentnn as soon as possible.  Fob "Advertising Rates,  Office.  To Correspondents���������While unobjectionable &n-  .ooymou. communications will be published, the  name and address of every writer of such letters  must be given to the editor.  The Editor reserves the risht to refuse publi-  - cation, of any letter.    All manuscript at writer's  risk.  ���������M&alus papuli suprrma pst Ipx.  pared to go so faras to take over  the  completion  of the present  line which is under conti-act to  Mr. P. Welsh, of Foley, Welsh  & Stewart.  In the outlining of these plans,  "���������besides the development of the  Apply at'  fertile land and great^ resources  in mineral, the -wheat fields of  Alberta and the westward route  of grain is being taken into consideration with a view of showing the vast importance of not  (Continued on page 4," column 2.)  ���������8^*5*  ������������?UETT COMPANY UM^JC  TORONTO ONT.      *������-'~*  SATURDAY. MARCH 17, 1917.  Railway to Bella Coola.  ���������' That. another  and   different  class of men is-at the head of  provincial   affairs   is   becoming  more and more evident as the  plans of the government are assuming shape and made public.  .' ��������� And that, the change from' a  lawyer-run * government   to   a  business   government   is   very  likely to affect to an appreciable  extent even our humble settlement appears from a despatch  irom Victoria, dated March 1.  Some years ago it was the intention of-Mackenzie & Mann to  build the Canadian Northern  to,Bella:Cbolaand make this port  its Pacific'terminus. This did  not suit the McBride government  presumably, because there was  not'a sufficient."political pull in  Bella Coola to. yield the political  The Legislative Session.  The attention of all who have  the welfare of the province at  heart will now for a few weeks  be directed towards, the legislature now in session at Victoria.  It ;ris. seldom, if ever, that so  many serious and, difficult problems have confronted a British  Columbia   legislature   as   those  now awaiting to be dealt with.  That they will be approached  and  handled by experienced  business men who have a stake  in the province, men imbued by  courage and   patriotism  should  porting.  ,  The mineral resources of the  province will be systematically  prospected, which no doubt will  bring far better results than the  haphazard manner hitherto pursued.  Smelting of the ore will be  done within the province, obviating the necessity of sending bur  ore to a foreign" country to be  treated. ' .>  The conservation of the fisheries will be considered and improved, and with -fhe:practical  men at the head, of the. government this important industry  will no,doubt receive, a strong  impetus. ; '"    r, ..  And with Hon. John' Oliver as  minister of railways it goes w  , out saying that the affairs of the  [Pacific Great Eastern Railway  'will be subjected to a strong  j searchlight in the way of an in-  vestigation.  Additional revenues must be  provided to meet the heavy outlays of which ihterest\on debt,  sinking fund and payment of  interest on railway bonds form  the largest part.  I Mr." Bowser certainly is not  without a sense of humor, and  his stock of-gall evidently has  suffered no diminution. He wants  to know why the attorney-general has taken no steps to prosecute those who helped John T.  Scott to escape. Mr. Bowser  was attorneyrgeneral when Scott j  obtained bail arid he was attorney-general when that bail was  jumped and Scott escaped. Why  did he not do something?  Maekay Smith, Biair & Co. ltd  VANCOUVER,  B.C.  DRY  Wholesale  GOODS  AND  MEN'S  FURNISHINGS  Manufacturers  OF "PRIDE OF THE WEST'   BRANn  SHIRTS,   PANTS,   OVERALLS,   MACKINAW  Send for Catalogue  MADE    IN    B. C  Prompt Attention Gi  ivcn.Ult  er Ord,  en  #���������  There are two parties in different parts of the world whom  Mr. Bowser does not want to see  back in British Columbia. One  is Sir Richard McBride and the  other is John.T. Scott. The former would get his job and the  latter would get his goat.  Germany's Evil Nature.  The revelation of the plot en-  inspire confidence, and, indeed,  the indications are that Conservatives as well as Liberals hail  the new legislative.body as one  that will inaugurate a new era  in the affairs of our province.  The program laid before the  assembly in the speech from the  throne is quite   extensive and  capital-by which the government kvill, most likely,  require more  Bella Coola Experimental Plot   Report for 1916  S.Le C. Grant, Experimenter^  gineered by the German government to bring Japan and Mexico  into war with the United States  has opened the eyes of the people  to the fact that Germany in her  lust for power and world conquest is like a tiger turned loose  upon humanity.  Those people who have pointed  with scorn at "the war-mad nations who fight against Germany  will now at last see that this war  is as well justified as a fight  against a furious wild beast at  large killing people and destroying property would be.  The leading paper- in State of  Washington, the Seattle Post Intelligencer, has this to say on the  evil designs of Germany to extend the war area still further:  "A European peace  without  victory, in the uKnt of th.  lations   of   German  would be a crime,  t'j.  fie revc *  treachEr? \j>  be thoroughly ,k-feaiod  powers for evil ;.  of the world for*.-  To permit any *.v  of the present v,;;  suffer a dangi<r,n:  plotter against th  and the people o:  roam  at will am  evil purpose und;  season   for allov.  to run at large ha  riot alarm has  and the international policefor������  must be called out to apprehecd  adangerous criminal, to preserve  the   security   of   i\]i;  t-K^  world."  and its jL  lh,-^mainde,E  '"v d^m, ^  A'r **U!euieiit'&������  " w������'������id be to  malefactor, j  ���������1't''������������������'!* naticrj  l'w world, to  tlJ 'v������rk &  = iurbed.   The  '���������^ nmrderers  passed. Ii*  ijeen turned ir  !������������  could   be   made  stronger;   and  therefore it did not accede to a  business  proposition   of   that  nature.   And the result was that  the road  went  to   the  Frazer  Valley, parralleling the C. P. R.  from  Kamloops   to   the coast,  with Vancouver as the terminus.  A concession to the bulk of the  voters of the province like this  would in the minds of the politicians bring them to their support   And it did;  but not for  long.    The first election  after  this move returned all Conservatives members" with the exception of two socialists.   But a reaction set in and the politicians  who    thought    themselves    so  shrewd are now utterly discredited aodtin a very small minority  in the present legislature.  ; After the' Canadian Northern  bad abandoned the Bella Coola  route, a syndicate tried to get  government aid for a road from  Bella Coola through the Peace  River Valley.    This was the Pacific &   Hudson   Bay   Railway.  But, according to the promoter,  the McBride government did not  give this proposition proper encouragement, and then the war  came on and put a stop to the  plans for the time being at least.  But with the Brewster government the welfare of the province  is^awhola is ^of^ more concern  than   the   strengthening' of   a  political party.    And as a result  the possibility of a railroad to  Bella Coola with  its many advantages   in   comparison   with  other routes in contemplation is  receiving serious attention.  The despatch referred to reads  as follows:  time than the six weeks allotted  to tne length of the session. -  The defenders of the liberties  of the land receive the first attention. A memorial to the fallen will be erected on the old  Court House site at Vancouver.  Provisions will be made for  ..taking care' of the returned  soldiers.  With Hon. T. D. Pattullo and  Hon. John Oliver looking after  the agricultural interests new  and improved ways of settling  the land will be adopted, an &  measures taken to so develop the  agricultural resources that the  province .will   become self-sup-  " Section 5.    Plot 8.     ;  Corn���������Golden Nugget: sown May 15; germinated May ������8; bloomed  July 30.    Results, ready Sept. 10.   Pew heads, rather small,  good quality. -       '  Malcolm: sown May 15; germinated May 30; bloomed Aug.  1.    Results, largest heads, but few "well filled.  Extra "early Adams: 'sown May 15; germinated May 26;  bloomed July 28.- Results, bloomed early, but slow in .filling and ripening. .;.    .. . ���������-  T.  Early Minnesota: sown May 15; germinated May 30; bloomed July 3Q.*: Results, earliest ripening,-gave fair yield.  Remarks, corn was well manured with hen* hog and barnyard manure immediately before planting. Thi.<was a poor  year for this crop on account of cold season.  Peas���������Dwarf Telephone: sown May 15; germinated May 25; bloomed July 8. ���������* r      ���������  Imp. Strategem: sown May 15; germinated May 25; bloomed July 10. ...;���������_  - Results>. both varieties gave good yields.    Telephone probably superior quality.  Cow: sown May 20; germinated May 30.    Results, good  catch, but did not ripen or even flower before frost  Beans-Soy: sown May 20; germinated May 28.     Results, injured  in seedling leaf by frost June 1.  Remarks, Both these seem to be difficult to grow here,  probably on account ofJight soil and cold nights, will not  stand cold well. ,:  ^  1  m  Royal Standard Flour  Makes The,Big, Clean Loaf  A loaf of Bread baked IV ith ROYAL  STANDARD FLOUR cannot be  otherwise than big, clean, light and  tasty, because you are putting into  it'the cleanest and purest Flour it  is possible to make.  Made from the hearts only of the choices-?  dian wheat and made CLEAN���������Absoluteiv fre  dirt, fluff or lint.  Next time order ROYAL STANDARD.  SOLD BY ALL STOREKEEPERS  BEST  MAL STANDARD-  :a  ~m  Section 7.    Plot 9.   '       \  Clover���������Alsike: sown 1915; harvested July 2, August 8, September  20.   Results/three good cuttings, in bloom each time. "  Remarks, this is a continuation of the gravelly knoll. Plot  5, section 5.  S. M. NEWTOK ''  The ' Prince Rupert Empire  man. who is a candidate tor the  Hous������ of Commons for this Riding.  While others stand for what  will benefit their party, he stands  for what will benefit these districts. '  Plot 10.  Mangel���������Mamm. Red: sown 4 ozs. April 8; germinated April 28;  fertilized Nitrate Soda; harvested October 9; yield SS0 lbs.'  Results, fair size, hard to lift.  Giant Yellow Intermediate: sown 4 oz. April 8; germinated April 28; fertilized Thomas Slag; harvested October 9;  yield 1030 lbs.    Results, good crop and easy to lift.  Yellow Globe: sown 4 oz. April 8; germinated April 28-  no fertilizer; yield 1242 lbs. Results, excellent crop and  good quality. .  Remarks, due probably to dry weather little appreciable  difference in fertilizers. This plot was sub-irrigated to advantage in June.  GREAT   WEST  TEA  The New Tea, with the  flavor  PACKETS   ONLY  0  Id-time  LEES0N, DICKIE, GROSS &,C0., Ltd.  Wholesale Grocers Vancouver, B.C.  j    >3  ^3  IOE  Plot 11 and 12.  Winter Rye; sown September 1, 1915; germinated September 10-  harvested Aug. 9, 1916; yield 15 bush.     Results, excellent  crop.   Heads large and well filled.   Straw over 6 ft  long  Ssction 8.    Plot 15 and 16;  Winter Rye: sown October 1, 1915; germinated October 13- har  vested Aug. 9, 1916; yield 10 bush.    Results, good crop but  not as heavy as that sown in September.  Remarks, There is a noticeable difference in yield and the  length of straw between sowings one month apart.    Both  ripened at the same time.    Earlier sowing germinated best  i'   with warmer weather. ���������  To be concluded in two issues.  3������H  30t  UNION STEAMSHIP CO. OF B.C., LTD.  .REGULAR FREIGHT  AND PASSENGER SLKVh'K  BETWEEN  BELLA COOLA and VANCOUVER  S. S.      CamOSUIl"   Leaves   Vancouver  every  Tuesday at 9 p.m. (Victoria day previous.)  Leaves Bella Coola Fridays p.m.  S. S.   "Coquitlam"  sails   from   Vancou  nightly, carrying Gasoline and   Explosives,  at Bella Coola by arrangement.  U ii  ^  For rateB of Freights,vFares and otH'or information. :���������!���������!"���������  A? 9������T1CE' Carrall St.,  Vancouver; or Geo. M. '-��������� ,;  agent, 1003 Government St., Victoria.  \������  ���������tV*  Advertise your Wants in the Courier  y i* f  <<f.va.ir;riw*<N*frti ^1  11  If  WL  ���������e re,fl  when  ard,,,  trowed.  I t-lt  K-tcr.j  *>��������� !���������i  ���������  Tre  rdtrtrs  !. Ty  icd ,r,  :eforu  'i'S-.'.t  rl  ne  l4"3  j������������������  9  er  \turday, March 17;   1917  BELLAi COOLA  COURIER  BWa������rtHir-it-rrrtTnirtT--~���������T,uT-^-__.i���������,���������,._T  TO INVESTORS  I HOSE WHO, FROM TIME TO TIME, HAVE FUNDS REQUIRING  INVESTMENT MAY PURCHASE  AT PAR  DOMINION OF CANADA DEBENTURE STOCK  IN   SUMS  OF  $500  OR  ANY  MULTIPLE  THEREOF.  Principal repayable 1st October, 1919. '  . Interest payable half-yearly, 1st April and 1st October by cheque (free of exchange at  any .chartered. Bank m Canada) at the rate of five  per cent  per annum from the  date of  -purchase.  Holders of this stock will have the privilege of surrendering at par and accrued interest/  as the equivalent..of cash, in payment of any allotment made under any future war loan issue  in Canada other than an issue of Treasury Bills or other like short date security.  Proceeds of this stock are for war purposes only.  A commission of one-quarter of one per cent will be allowed to recognized bond and  stock brokers on allotments made in respect of applications for this stock which bear their  stamp. ,     ���������. ' .  For application forms apply to the Deputy Minister of Finance, Ottawa.  DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, OTTAWA, " '  OCTOBER 7th,  1916.  e Soldier and the White  Plague.  very interesting sketch by a  jier of   what happens  in  a  Ilitary sanatorium for tubercu-  is has just been published by  Military Hospitals Commis-  Rest, unlimited fresh air,  3 proper feeding of course  y a lafge part in the treat-  nt organized by the Military  spitals Commission; but exer-  e, carefully graduated, and  eresting occupations are also  ployed with most valuable rets in restoring the patient to  faith and energy of. body "and  nd.  f the 3480 invalided soldiers  ,v being cared for by the������om-  ssion in Canada, 511 are suf-  ing from tuberculosis, besides  remaining in English sanato-  l11 these 605 men were passed  medical officers as sound in  id and limb at the time of en-  tment. Some of them, doubt-  is, in.their eagerness to serve  the front, concealed facts  lich would have aroused the  :tor's suspicions. Others did  ; know that their lungs were  fected. It is often difficult to  the trouble in its early  jtges.  [n 223 of the 605, the disease  is discovered before the men  a charrce to go overseas.  That is, it developed under no  jater hardship than that of  gnp life���������no more severe than  experience of a hunting ex-  ion in the woods, which so  my people undertake as a holi-  |y recreation,  'hat does it mean, this dis  covery of 605 "consumptives"  even among the picked men who  should be above the average in  health and strength?  It means this. The seeds of  the disease have been sown in  thousands of apparently healthy  folk, and simply lie quiet till  some new circumstance gives  them a chance to spring up and  attack the body infected by them.  Then they give the man a fight  for his life.  c     - ��������� f ���������     ���������������������������- ".-������������������  If there is one thing certain,  it is that the disease can be  stamped out.  This can "only be done by combining prevention with cure.  Nearly all consumptives can be  cured, if the-diseasehasnot been  allowed to get very far. And  the example set by the thorough  treatment now given to tuberculous" soldiers should be followed  in dealing with all others attacked by the disease.  So much for the question of  the cure. Still more important  is the question of prevention.  The seeds cannot grow if they  are not sown. We must prevent  them from being sown.  Those who have the disease  can and must be taught how to  avoid giving it to others. And  all of us must learn to avoid those  evilconditionsof life which allow  the seeds first to enter our bodies  and then to germinate and attack  us.  Good ventilation, sunlight, and  good food thoroughly masticated  and digested- with these on our  side we can defy the enemy.  Now, more than ever before,  it is urgently necessary to increase the health and efficiency  of every Canadian, so that when  peace comes we can make good  the waste of life and health  caused by the war. Unhealthy  conditions of life and labor must  be rooted out as deadly enemies  of our country's prosperity.  Such conditions exist .both in  town and country, though much  worse in town.  Governments, municipal authorities, anti-tuberculosis leagues,  and all of us as private citizens,  should more energetically than  ever, perfect the efficiency of  the methods used.  A little hand-book entitled  "Fighting Tuberculosis," by  Lieut. J. R. Byers, C.A.M.C,  who has charge of the two sanatoria at Ste. Agathe, has- just  been published by the Military  Hospitals Commission for the  soldiers concerned. Similar pamphlets have been given out by  certain local organizations and  insurance companies.  The seeds of safety, in such  publications, should be spread as  widely and cultivated as actively  as the seeds of danger are now  being spread and cultivated by  our neglect.  SYNOPSIS OF COAL MINING  REGULATIONS  COAL MINING RIGHTS of the Dominion, in  ^ Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta,  the Yukon Territory, the North-west Territories and in u portion of the Province of  British Columbia, may be leased for a term of  twenty-one years 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 he made by the  applicant in person to the Agent or Sub-Agent  of the district in which the rights 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 applicant  .himself.   ���������  Each application must be accompanied by a  fee of $6 which will be refunded if the rights  applied for are not available, but not otherwise.  A royalty shall be paid on the merchantable output of the mine at the rate <?f five cents per ton.  The person operating the mine shall furnish  the Agent with sworn returns acecotinir 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.    t  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. R.���������Unauthorized publication of this advertisement will not be paid Tor.���������30690.  BUSINESS CARDS  30E  Fur Sales Agency  600 dealers and trappers of B. C,  Yukon and Alaska have taken advantage of .our Fur Sales Agency for 3 years.  Our sealed bid plan whereby 15 or 20  of the biggest fur buyers in the world  bid on your fur instead of one individual house assures the highest market  price always.  We hold sales monthly, but will advance 75 per cent, of value on receipt,  sending balance immediately after sale.  Our commission is only 3 to 4 per cent.  LITTLE BROS. FUR SALES  :    AGENCY, LTD.  54 POWELL ST., VANCOUVER, B. C.  nor:  Dealers and Trappers  "ftAlways Pleases'  Nobly Done.  Every man, woman and child  in Canada has given approximately two dollars to the Canadian Patriotic Fund. According  to reports which are coming to  headquarters, in Ottawa, the  thirteen million dollars which the  people of the Dominion were  asked to give this year has been  more than subscribed.  In pledges, the fund has so far  received something like $13,500,  000.  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)  VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT  DISTBICT   Or   COAST���������BANOE   III.  Take Notice that I, Thomas J.  Whiteside, of Vancouver. B. C, occupation builder, intend to apply ,for  permission to purchase the following  described land:  Commencing at a post situated on the  north shore of Jackson Passage, about  one-half (1-2) mile within the entrance  and near a small stream, thenee North  20 chains, thence West20 chains, thence  South 20 chains, to the shore, thence  following the shore line to the point of  commencement, containing 40 acres,  more or less.  THOMAS J. WHITESIDE.  Dated, November 30. 1916. Jan. 6-March  VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT  !  Installed in your kitchen range  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  hdt water comforts till you have  seen these, results. $20.00 is the  Cost.. Absolutely no charge un- .  less'satisfactory. / .  f^:M^p^T3. Wiihtn twenty minutes r\  after fire'iarslaried and then a new supply eoery'twenty minutes thereafter.  Wall radiators can also be run from  your hot water boiler and other rooms  heated aith no extra cost for fuel.  The Result Will Surprise You  Investigate!  Harry;HansonTlp^De?,e  jjj :'P. O. Box 395  I   139 2nd Ave., Prince Rupert, B.C.  DISTRICT   OP   COAST���������BANOB   III.  Take NOTICE that I, Mark Smaby, of  Ocean Falls, B. C, occupation timber  cruiser, intend to apply for permission  to purchase the following described  lands:  Commencing at a post planted at the  southwest corner of Pulp Lease 205;  thence North 20 chains; thence East 20  chains; thence North 20 chains; thence  ISast 20 chains; thence South 20 chains;  thence East 40 chains; thence South 20  chains; thence East 20 chains; thence  South 7 chains more or less to high  water mark of Cousin's Inlet; thence  following alone said high water mark  in a westerly direction to a point due  east of this post; thence West 12 chains  more or less to this post, containing  140 acres more or less.  (Signed) MARK SMABY.  Date, December 26, 1916.  Jan. 27--Mar. 24.  glass  / hejylason (y i\ischPiano  of to-day will make plain out  privilege to state with authority:  "NO  FINER   PIANO  MADE!"  SOLD DIRECT BY THE MANUFACTURERS  I  ^QT  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, B. C.  tf-u^i  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  \JL7HAT person so happy and contented as the prosperous farmer?  \\T\HAT person so independent?  \A/HAT ambition more noble than to  be a producer of  the necessaries  of life?  Bella  Coola   farmers are  independent;  they are strangers to hard times.  .;������   ':'  .*,  -il  View of a 'ranch in Bella Coola Valley.  t     j  TTHE REASONS  for this  enviable  condi-  x   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.  'A'.r  n  OELLA COOLA and the surrounding  "* country possesses wonderful wealth  in timber, as yet almost entirely undeveloped, and perhaps at no other point  on the Northern Coast is there the same  opportunity for a remunerative investment as in a saw mill at Bella Coola.  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 subscription enclosed it
#2
if :]| h#n
$plf   llrMrP-
If #
UK! watt
Mv'Jiif I
���\9 W&V\\Wk8L
tails Ms
-Ifl'S'
i>;gnl3
m
I
If 1 Pill
m
mm
4
SwlfcM.'r*
.mi hip
5     if   *i \"
| .1 \n
ft
i -
"I?
4jK
*���      '���J ^ ���
}     -
^
ji
���I.
;:.������ ���,*fc'4{i.'.
"���.::Blt^.
I i.
5 ���
he;
>. v;;.
;HMi^fte
BEL LA\ COOLS COURIER
Saturday,  March J?
II
30E
Subscribe
for the
Courier
ONE DOLLAR
FOR ONE YEAR
The Courier is the only
newspaper published on
the mainland coasl: between Vancouver and
Prince Rupert.
A distance of six hundred miles
It will be to your interest to keeP WeU informed regarding the
happenings throughout
the Northern section of
this Province���
THE "COURIER"
GIVES THEM.
PROJECTED*ROUTE OF THE PACIFIC & HUDSON BAY RAILWAY
ADVERTISERS-
Now is the time to keep
your name vbefore the
public. No manufacturer or wholesalehouse can
afford to' let slip the opportunity of increased
sales that public advertising brings.
DEAL ESTATE booms in the
cities have come and gone.
People are beginning to flock to
the country. The North-West
Coast of British Columbia offers
opportunities for all. Did not
know, is no excuse. Investors
should keep posted on developments by reading the "Courier."
J
g
You are judged by the
stationery that you use.
Let us do your job_print-
ing.   We will do it right
Railway to .Bella Coola
(Continued from column 2, page 2.)
only the P. G. E. to. this coasts
but alternate,routes which are
feasible.   In this connection the
mileage figures are very interesting in a comparative light. -
A line from Dun vegan to the
coast at a point about Bella Coola
by way of Pine pass gives the
shortest route of 490 miles.
Against this the distance via the
proposed.lihes and the P. G. E.
connection is 968. miles". Also
another alternate route via Pine
pass and.the P. G. E. from Dun-
vegan is 868 miles; another is
550 miles and yet another is only
500 miles.
The proposal as yet is. in the
embryo state, but it is stated
engineers are at work on the
proposition and the routes suggested have been determined to
be feasible, so that the concrete
proposition may be in shape to
DUILD UP YOUR HOME
U 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.
The Courier
$1 a Year
Published every
Saturday at
BELLA COOLA, B. C.
place before the government di-; not "want to build a railroad just
rectly. -  - "        ' to make money, in its construc-
It will be noticed that the route < tion :by letting fat, contracts to
to Bella Coola is the shortest and; themselves, but who want.a rail
that fact will count for considerable with business men who do
road that in the operation will
pay profits to the stockholders.
era
The Coffee of Distinction
because   of   its   exquisite
flavor
.Packed in our new hygienic
AIR-TIGHT TIN
The W. H. Malkin Company, Ltd.
VANCOUVER, B.C.
ADVERTISE IN THE "COURIER"
HTHEtwo principal reasons
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"
Burns;
BUTTER
BACON
HAMS
LARD
EGGS
Ogilvie's
Royal Household Flour
always gives satisfaction
Better order a bag now
From
ALL GOOD GROCERS.
and keep your money at home.
P. BURNS & CO., Ltd.
Packers and Provi��ioner��
Calgary     Vancouver     Edmonton
ESTABLISHED AT BELLA COOLA
1895.
LEADING   DEALERS   IN
General Merchandise
Dry Goods and Notions
Staple and Fancy
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
��
Terats-Pack and Riding Saddles
Settlers, Prospectors, Hunters, Trappers, Campers and Land-Seekers will
find it to their advantage to look over
our stock. Nothing but the most suitable articles are kept at prices thai
invite competition.
Paints -  Oils - Varnishes  -  Stains
Crockery and Glassware of all kinds
Patent Medicines of all description*
Best brands of Flour.     Feed and Grain of all *<>rtJ
kept on hand.    Prompt service
Best Goods-Lowest Prices   Largest Stock
RAW FURS BOUGHT AND SOLD
B. BRYNILDSEN & CO., BELLA COOLA, B.C.
':�����!
[���:
n
Pftl
TV
I'
��
*   iSK.
'^3*1 fn
: {.Count
-, *,tri atn
'JBOiilio
A1 lhe
nd
fruad
���rm