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Array IF YOU WANT GOOD SPORT  VISIT BELLA COOLA. EXCEL-  LENT HUNTING AND FISHING.  WEATHER REPORT FOR SEPT.  Compiled  by Mr. C. H. Urseth, of, the  ]'e\ln Coola Gl.sc-rvatory.  Temperature: Maximum, G5.   Minimum, 42.  , Highest Max. <15th)84. Lowest Min. (27th) SO  Rainfall, 1.95 inches.  Rainfall for the year (1915) 3-1.33 inches.  >������  VOL. 5���������NO. 2  BELLA COOLA, B. C, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1916.  $1.00 a Year  Roumanians Standing  Firm in Transylvania  Crisis Not Yet Passed  London. Oct. 19.���������Roumanians  standing firm in Transylvania  passes. General Falkenhayn's  attempts to smash through have  been crushed at every point except on the eastern and southern  frontiers. 'Roumanians and Russians now in position to strike  back, crisis not yet passed but  battle favorable to Allies.  Heavy Rain on West Front  London, Oct. 19.���������Rain fell  heavily during the night, but  notwithstanding this we made  progress at various points between Albert-Bapaume road and  Lesboeufs, taking some prisoners  Tide of Battle  Favors Roumania  Germans Fail to Gain Inch of Ground  Joltings of Bella Coola and District  ^Germans Attack  French Positions  Paris, Oct. 19.���������Three times  last night the Germans delivered  attacks on the French positions  at Sailley-Saillisel on the Somme  front. French maintained all  their positions and inflicted heavy  losses on the enemy. Near En  Santerre Germans gained a footing in our first line trench', but  were ' immediately driven out  by our troops, their ranks being  very much thinned and the loss  of forty prisoners.  London, Oct. 20.���������Roumanian  situation appears to be better  for the Allies and no repetition  of the Serbian, tragedy is likely  lo be enacted. Tide of battle  has turned in favor of King Ferdinand's troops. The Germans  have failed lo gain an inch of  ground on the whole Carpathian  front. '   Bucharest, Oct. 20.���������Roumanian troops are pushing back the  invading Austro-German forces  on the Bukowina frontier. Our  troops have drove the Teutons  beyond the border and Russian  troops are helping to defend the  passes into Roumania.  A Wedding of Local Interest.  The many friends in Bella Coola of Mr. and Mrs. A. Blayney  are in receipt of invitations to  the wedding of their daughter,  Jennie Belle, to Mr. Frank J. J.  Burroughs at their home Tata-  laslce Lake. B. C.  The wedding was fixed to take  place last Wednesday and the  Courier joins in the wish that  health and happiness be the portion of the newly married couple.  Serbians Capture Village  United States and U-53  Washington, Oct. 19.���������No indication officially that the United  States will make any declaration  of the policy regarding U 53's  visit to western Atlantic until  evidence of violation of international law. British government  will make no official representa-  tation to United States concerning German submarine pending  the announcementof its attitude  by American government.  Paris, Oct. 20.���������South of the  Somme, between Baches and La-  maisonette, the French made  further progress last night, all  gains achieved yesterday were  held in face of several counter  attacks. *      ,    ,  ;  Serbians have captured the  village of Brod, western end of  Macedonia front.  Marines Landed in Athens  Athens, Oct. 20.���������A further  detachment of French marines  landed this morning and the commander demanded the use of the  parliament and university buildings as barracks.  Situation in Greece  Reported Dangerous  London, Oct. 19.���������A despatch  from Athens says situation appears to be dangerous. There  have been royalists demonstrations in the streets and Admiral  Dufornet, commander of the Entente Allies fleet in Mediterranean, was hissed and a detachment of "soldiers were driven  back by hostile crew of a warship. Procession of about four  thousand malcontents headed by  Greek and American flags stopped outside American legation  and demanded the American  minister to protest against the  Entente Allies policy, but,the  , minister being absent the demonstration then paraded the streets  singing the Greek National An?  tfiem. : '  Athens, Oct. 19>-It is reported that the Central powers have  asked Washington to permit the  American, legation here to take  charge of Austrian,  Bulgarian  Desperate Fighting (or  Possession of Halicz  Petrograd, Oct. 20.���������Spirited  fighting occurred in Volhynia region, east of Vladimir. At Vol-  ynski the Russians repulsed several severe attacks. North of  village of.Vuselin the Germans  attacked our trenches undercover of fierce artilleay fire, attack  repelled.,., In region near the  small town of Svinuski fierce  fighting continues, all attack?  repulsed. Sanguinary frontal  battle is proceeding north of  Halicz bridgehead, the Galician  railway running northwesterly  from Halicz to Jidatcheff is under Russian fire and , enemy's  communication between Halicz  and Lemberg is threatened.  ,The salmon canneries at Kimsquit are now closed down. The  total pack given is 14,000 cases  for Manitou cannery and 12,000  for Kimsquit,-which are away  over, last year when the run of  salmon was the lightest in the  history of the place. Reports  from Namu to hand are to the  effect that the fishing establishment there is closing down this  week. The total amount of salmon canned is given as 55,000  cases. '       Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Saint took  Dassage south on the .Camosun  last Monday. After a very successful season at the local plant  things are .gradually being, put  into shape for the winter. This  is manager Saint's eleventh year  at Bella Coola and it has been^his  privilege to put up the largest  amount of salmon that was ever  canned at this establishment.  Mining engineer O. Drange of  Mr. and Mrs. Grant its sympathy  in their fresh sorrow, coming as  it does so soon after the loss of  their son Eddie at the front.  The Courier is in receipt of a  letter from Mrs. R.' Walker, late  of  Hagensborg,  giving an account of her brother's death at  the front.   It will be remembered  that Lieut. Bryan Townsley was  visiting his siter at her home at  Hagensborg on the outbreak of  hostilities, Leaving here he joined the 72nd Seaforth Highlanders, for "over-seas service.    He  saw service in Egypt and then  tranferred   to   the . 12th   West  Yorkshire Regiment,'where he  gained his commission. c  His regiment went to France  and had only been in the trenches two weeks when he met his  death while gallantly leading his  men to success.  Mrs. Walker's husband, after  their arrival in England, joined  the colors and gained a commission.   He is now at the front.  bia, if not in all Canada.  This prospect was first located  some twenty years ago and has  changed hands many times. At  one time it . was worked and  owned by Mr. James Findlay,  ex-mayor of Vancouver. The  present company have made large  improvements on ��������� the property  which speaks well for the faith  that they have in its immediate  future.  Indian-agent Iver Fougner, accompanied by Rev. W. H. Gibson  of the local Methodist Mission,  returned home last week after  an extended tour of the'northern  part of his district. Among the  many places visited were Bella  Bella, Hartley Bay, Kitimat and  Prince Rupert. > Beautiful weather was experienced during the  whole-trip and the party found  the people of the communities  visited in excellent spirits and  apparently prosperous.  Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, commander of British'fleet,,whose  mother died yesterday.  Quite a crowd took part in the  dance held at the Hotel'Bella  Coola last week.' A lunch was  served late at night, after which  all came away expressing themselves as very well pleased.  ONT forget to bring in your Subscription  to the Courier���������-The more support you  give us, the better paper we will give you.  U-53 Reported Sunk  Norfolk,.Va.,Oct. 20.���������British  North Pacific steamer while coaling here reports receiving wireless from British cruiser, "German submarine sunk east of  Nantucket."  ivgton, Oct. 20.���������Loss of  German merchant :' submarine  Bremen is virtually conceded by  diplomats. Bremen is now one  month overdue.  and Turkish interests in event of  declaration of war by Greece or  other complications, permission  been given regarding Austria.  Seattle, who for the past week  has been looking over mining  properties around Bella Coola left  for Vancouver, Monday. Mr.  Drange is really the first mining  man that has taken the pains  necessary to look over this section of British Columbia with a  view of. ascertaining the mining  possibilities of this particular  locality. The Tacoma smelte;* is  in need of ore for fluxing purposes and according to Mr. Drange  this community will be able to  produce just what is required in  that class of ore. He expressed  a hope that' something, might be  done in the mining line here in  the early spring.  Lance-Corporal Fred C, Grant  was wounded on the 6th of October and is now at the Third Stationary Hospital, Boulogne.  ���������  Such was the sad news received  by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S.  Le C. Grant on Wednesday last.  On the outbreak of the war  Fred was amongst the first to  offer himself for foreign service  from Bella Coola and has been  in the thick of the.fighting right  along, having been fortunate to  escape injury up to this.  The Courier joins with his  many friends in wishinghim a  speedy recovery and extends to I  F. G. Hagan met with an accident last Wednesday with the  result that he is now under the  doctor's care.  While squaring a piece of timber for a building in the course  of construction on his ranch in  Saloomt valley, the axe slipped  and in so doing entered the leg  a little below the knee cap. , Mr.  Hagan had a very narrow escape  last spring, while on a hunting  trip the gun he was carrying by  some misfortune emptied itself,  the ball doing considerable damage to some of his ribs. It is  hoped that this last experience  will not be any more serious than  the first and Mr. Hagan's many  friends wiil be able to see hi-m  around again in a short time.  The lectures delivered by Mr.  J. G. Walker in;the Mackenzie  school during the week were well  attended and very much appreciated. The subjects were masterly handled by the speaker and  showed that a great deal of study  has been devoted to them, bearing as they. did. on both ancient  and,modern history. \  "THE NEAR EASTERN QUESTION"  IS THE SUBJECT FOR TONIGHT  The near Eastern Question will  be dealt with by Mr. Walker at  the meeting this evening and no  one should miss the opportunity  of hearing this great question  discussed.  J. R. Morrison, John Nelson,  William Nelson and others making up the crew building a section of the main line of the proposed wagon road from Bella  Coola, to Chilanco Forks, have  quit work and returned to town.  The work done this year is claimed to be the heaviest on the whole  stretch of the road between salt  water and Atnarko, a distance of  sixty miles.  An exchange gives this on the  political situation at^ Victoria.  After election the premier elect,  H. C. Brewster, took himself to  his salmon cannery on the west-  coast of Vancouver Island, and  ever since party followers have  been busy at street corn ers selecting a cabinet for him. Among  the most prominent mentioned  are John Oliver of Dewdney, Dr.  J. H. King, Granbi'ook, and T.  D. Pattullo, Prince Rupert, who  are regarded as sure of seats in  the new cabinet.  The new ministei-s will have  to offer themselves for re-election in'their respective constituencies, which is an ancient safeguard against weak and unpopular appointments. Usually ministers of a newly-elected government are returned by, acclamation.  Reports from Surf Inlet show  that this newly started mining  town is building up very fast. _  The ore being taken out is  making better showing every day  as the work progresses. There  is great possibility that' this mine  on Princess Royal Island will be  one of the, best in British Colum-  Our townsman Alf. Blakemore  will spend the winteirat^Kims-'  quit looking after the Diraney  Fisheries Ltd. interests at that  place. ,  Ocean Falls News.  Work on the cottages for the  artisans and other families of the  engaged in the big pulp mill  plant is going on apace, also the  erection of the huge concrete  building that will house.some of  the most up-to-date paper making'  machinery on the American continent. .A great deal of new  machinery is arriving and will  continue to do so as the buildings  are made ready to receive it.  .There are now something like  eleven hundred men employed by  the Pacific Mills Ltd., about the  mills and in the logging camps.  During the summer a scarcity of.  labor was experienced, but this  has to some extent been overcome.' Many of the men taking  part in the fisheries, during the ,  canning season are.ccmirg heie  to work during the winter.  On Sept. 20th a laborer named  Walter Cook attempted suicide  by cutting his throat with a razor  and would have succeeded but  for prompt medical attention.  After being in hospital here for  a time it was found that he was  mentally deranged and has now  been taken down to the mental ,  hospital at New Westminster.  The unfortunate man is about 24  years of age and his former  home was Valdon, Minnesota.  Provincial Constable T. Mansell  was sent up from Vancouver to  take charge of him on the way  south.  Western Products Win' Gold Medal.  Red Cross Concert  The Red Gross Concert, postponed from the Fair Day, will be  held at the Hotel Hall on   .  SATURDAY,  OCTOBER 28th,  '';':"' at 7:30 p. m..-'������������������'.  Westerners will learn with interest-that a gold medal was  awarded to the'Canadian Pacific  Railway for the excellence of its  exhibits at the Quebec Exhibition a few weeks ago.. The gold  medal was for the collective grain  display, which was gathered in  Western Canada, andvwas representative of the various grain  crops of the Western provinces.  '"The daily attendance at the  Quebec Exhibition ran as high  as 75,000, and a very great interest in the agricultural possibilities of Western Canada was  shown by the1 visitors.  flHwrrir Jfattr?    V  a..  a  Sunday School  Church Service  10:45 B.m.  7:30 p. m.  Preacher for Sunday���������Rev.  \V. H. Gibson.  7  AH Are Welcome. ���������������������������  8t> <l'<JC'<J4>l>>C������4XJt>'<J8 BELLA COOLA COURIER  Saturday, October 21.   19>6  The Courier  that nationality.  ('uming down lo lliis v.ju* and  PuBi.isiii:ijWKi-:Ki.YA'rl,.i:i.i.A(,o!������i.A������Y it|1(, <.Uusco1' it *oinc people insist  T11K HlCU.A COOI.A l'lim.lSHSSG Co. I.Tlt. | ,.  , that it is a punishment i roin God  i upon sinfnl pcopi". Be tliat as  il may th<ve is some liuman  agency also responsible for the  Tiaunchingof this the gi eatest of  calamities upon human soeiely.  And it is equally true that that  agency was evil. The responsibility in the light of history will  not be charged to a virtuous  nation.    It is the evil things that  SUBSCRIPTION RA I"ES:  .v. .k"u ������j������  6 Montlic    -  ' --  ~  ..     .l                                                ....   0.50  3 Months      Unltod Stat,.        '  1  Year. . ...������������������.,   tMAKES PERFECT BREAD  ' 1  Year.  United Kingdom  .$1.00  Subscriptions payable in advance.  Subscribers not receiving their copy  regularly please notify the man:iKt'ir.<Mil i l)ni,g t.vil  lo  come about.     And  at once.    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The management wishes to  thank oar numerous readers  for, their support during the  past and trusts to a continuance of the same in the future.  The subscription rate remains at $1  per year, payable strictly in advance.  "Degenerate Germany." .  . There has been a belief commonly held that the Germans  were a virtuous, law abiding and  God fearing people. In fact, that  they were the best people on the  continent of Europe.  Late occurence have tended to  throw doubts upon such opinions.t  While the writer some years  ago was actively connected with  the temperance movement in the  United States, it was a common  ' thing to read in print that beer  had a very brutalizing effect upon the general character of the  habitual drinker, and as proof of  this statement it was pointed out  that the most horrible of crimes  were generally committed by the  beer drinking Germans; and that  the worst elements in society  such as saloon-keepers, brewers  and anarchists were mostly of  'canst, tho war, was brought  about by Germany to satisfy Germany's ambition for "a place in  the sun."  j The cruelty and brutality of  I tho deliberate launching of this  j war upon  the world is ko appal-  I ling that ordinary humanity are  i * *  ! loth  to believe that any'nation  j  should he held responsible. Hut  Germany went into it with her  eyes open, in defiance of the  pleadings, remonstrances and  threats of the other great powers of Europe.  Floods of Evidence  In further proof of the wickedness of the German people as a  whole, a look has = lately seen  the light of day which brings  forward a flood of evidence to  this effect.    -  Its title is "Degenerate Germany," by Henry de Halsalle.  It is "dedicated to those who  still harbor the mischievous illusion that the Germans afe an  estimable, peaceful and kindly  people, utterly misled and misrepresented by their wicked government."  And M! de Halsalle equipped  by a most extended knowledge  of his subject, and backed by the  approval of Frederic Harrison,  Lord Halsbury, Earl of Rose-  bery and Admiral Lord Bores-  ford, will certainly dispel that,  illusion wherever honestly entertained.  The outrages committed by the  Germans in Belgium and Northern France, of which there are  such abundant proofs, have by  Germany's defenders been held  cases and committed Ly some  i drunken and dissolute soldiers  and should not bexjharged to the  army as a whole. But the author  of this book proves beyond doubt  that such is not the case, but  i that "even German statistics indicate that Germany is beyond  question the most vice-ridden  country in Europe.-- In the year  1909, there were dealt with by  German courts as crimes result-  ing in convictions, 797,112 separate acts! Germany furnishes  women for the white slave traffic for half the world."  Tire book contains 2GG0 pages  of close print and is packed with  information of this nature.  In refutation of the assertion  that the Germans are a religious  people  the  statement is  made  that in one parish in Berlin three  clerg\ men   sufliceri, for  CO,GOO  people, with a total (this in the  year 1870) of 03 burials with religious services and 1897 without.  Some years ago the'Kreuz Zeit-  ung deplored the fact that "Berlin, of all christian towns is the  one that has,  proportionately,  the least number of churches."  To which a free-thinking journal  rejoined:    "The pious Zeitung  should have added that even the  few churches of which it speaks  are always empty." The Volks  Zeitung places the attendance at  about one half of 1 per cent.of  the population.  ... o- .: o- -o,:   o     o:: :���������',;.    - -\  ! ���������   $'  President Wilson's Troubles.  ��������� The late submarine activity on  the eastern coast of North America is making President Wilson's campaign for re-election  somewhat complicated.  It is safe to assume that Mr.  Wilson's sympathies are with  the Entente Allies, but in deference to his party, whose success  at the polls he must not jeopardize, he is obliged to assume an  attitude almost unfriendly to the  Allies1 in order not to antagonize  the large German and Irish  voters.  The   Allies   have   protested  to have been confined to isolated lajainst'the enemy's submarines  being allowed to call at United  States ports for information and  possibly supplies; but Mr. Wilson  rules that he cannot refuse the  German submarines this privilege, as it is not a violation of  International laws.  It is not easy to lay down ,the  correct rulings in this case, because the situation created by  the entrance of submarines in  naval warfare is unprecedented;  and in the heat of the campaign  for re-election Mr. Wilson naturally gives a decision which,will  cause the least harm to the success of the Democratic party.'  And recent events show that  t  Mr. Wilson is not exactly reposing on a bed of roses. In spite  of his lenient and forbearing attitude towards Germany, and his  strong protests to Britain for interference with commerce and  searching and detention of the  mails, he has drawn upon himself the opposition of the pro-  Germans who now see an opportunity to punish him for not pitting an embargo on munitions of  war, etc.  Of what he is up' against the  primary election in Mr. Wilson's  home state, New Jersey, furnishes a pretty fair sample.  Two Democrats, one a very  good and able man, the other of  the ward"politician type, were  contending for nomination at the  primary election. Mr. Wilson  used every effort, which, in his  case is exceptionally strong, to  get the best man elected. Under  ordinary circumstances with his  qualifications and the support received Mr. Wilson's candidate  would have had a walk-over, but  instead he met with the most  ignominious defeat.' And the  reason for this unexpected result was that the German-American and the Irish elements united to give Mr. Wilson a drubbing  by opposing his candidate.  Hence it is easy to,explain Mr.  Wilson's attitude in, his controversy with the Allies over the  latest phase in submarine warfare. But thathe resents the  attacks made upon him by the  pro-Germans was made evident  the other day when in answer to  an insulting telegram from a pro-  German he replied it would mor:  tify him to receive the support  of such men and as he was not  Mackay Smith, Blair & Co. Ltd.  VANCOUVER, B.C.  Wholesale  DRY GOODS AND MEN'S FURNISHINGS  Manufacturers  OF "PRIDE OF THE WEST" BRAND  SHIRTS,  PANTS,   OVERALLS,   MACKINAW  Send for Catalogue  "MADE    IN   B. C."  Prompt Atteniion Given Letter Orders  1HE BRITISH COLUMBIA NURSERIES CO. LTD., WANT Mb]N to present  of 1493 SEVENTH AYE. 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Itis.an operation as painful-as  the pulling of teeth. It is now-  over a month' since they were  told emphatically at the polls that  their services were no longer  wanted, but they are very deliberate about obeying the summons. The indications are now  that another month will'elapse  before they will resign and it is  possible that even after this long  lapse of time they will find some  pretext for hanging on a while  Ion gei\  Mr. Bowser very graciously  announces that in this interval  no new business will be introduced or appointments' made.  Only routine business, the catching up with the affairs behindhand in the different departments and getting everything in  ship-shape for turning over the  administration to the incoming  government will be performed.  It is very kind of Mr. Bowser^  to inform the public of'what he  thinks is proper,for his government to do and not to do under  the 'circumstances, as if there,  according to all precedents, was  any other course open to him.  But he has become so accustomed  to violating precedents that he  probably thought it necessary to  inform an impatient public that  in this case he had decided otherwise.  Not so very long ago he extended the.period of the legislature beyond the time for which  ���������the   people   had   elected   their'  Compare���������price for price  GREAT  WEST  TEA  ri-t  -with the lea you are now using  ITS   BETTER  Hilio^  Wholesale Grocers Vancouver, B. C.  not  301"  &  UNION STEAMSHIP CO. OF B.C., LTD.  REGULAR FREIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVICE  BEIWEiIjJN  BELLA COOLA and VANCOUVER  S  S   "CamOSUn"  Leaves Vancouver every  Thursday at 9 p. m.      (Victoria day previous.)  Leaves Bella Coola Sundays a. m.  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Brynildsen & Co.  170  representatives,' and during this  self-appointed occupancy of office he did not content himself  with the performance of just  routine business, but lie introduced very important legislature  and plunged the province into a  debt of six million dollars which  he borrowed for the benefit of  clients of his law firm.  According to our notions of a  popular government it is altogether inexplicable how any man  or body of men could be permitted under the circumstances to  .conduct the affairs of the country  in this way.  Another thing we cannot fathom is why it should be necessary  to wait one month after the election before counting the soldiers'  vote.  The Victoria Times sarcastically comments on the slowness  of the progress of the count in  this fashion: > ., ,  Very Gradual.  "The count of the soldiers'  v.ote cast in Canada will be commenced on- October 13th. The  count of the vote polled in Europe  will be started four days later.  It never would do to have the  two commence on the same day.  There would be too much uniformity about, while it would not  be in keeping with the process  by which the Bowser government  is being disconnected from office  by graduated stages. Never has  a ministry, overwhelmingly rejected by the people, slid so  gently into oblivion. The only  shock this one suffered was on  the day the returns of the civilian vote came in. There has been  no grinding, groaning, moaning,  parting of the hawser, no sharp  wrench. Although the owners  of the ship have fired them bat  and baggage,- the ministers will  remain on deck to the very last  minute and the very last cent.  Perhaps after all   the electors  i  should feel grateful that the retirement of the government is  not even more gradual than it is.  The count of the soldiers' vote  might have been started some  days later than the present schedule demands or the act might  have stipulated that it should hi  begun in not less than six months  and not more than twelve months  from the date of nomination."  o    o    o    o    o  An Early Federal Electior..  In Montreal they are .talking  about an early Dominion election, perhaps the last of Novem-.  ber. Ottawa says no election in  sight, but Ottawa was the only  place taken by surprise when Sir  Wilfrid Laurier dissolved parliament in the summer of 1911. It  certainly looks like the ministers  of the crown were busy feeling  the pulse of the country. Sir  Robert Borden has been looking  over his fences in Nova Scotia,  and yesterday was said to be  meeting influential people in  Montreal. Hon. Mr. Cochrane  has gone to Sudbury, where nickel abounds, and even more  precious metals may be obtained.  Dr. Reid is sizing up the country  west of Lake Superior, and Sir  Thomas White came up to Toroth  to from Ottawa Thursday prepared to spend some little tipie  in this part of the province. Before long,'these doctors no doubt  will come .together, compare  notes and decide on a course of  action. An election beforeChrist-  mas is not out of the question.���������  Ottawa Journal.  r  CLUB OFFER  ���������%  We have pleasure in announcing that we have made arrangements with two of the leading weekly publications  so that our subscribers may have the best of reading at  substantially reduced rates.  The Courier $1.00  Fanners Advocate & Home Journal, Winnipeg 1.50  ' $2.50  The Courier   .       .    ���������  .  Canadian Countryman, Toronto  . $1.00  .   1.50  $2.50,  Both papers  for  .   .   $1.50  Both papers  for  .  .   $1.50  The Courier   ....  Family Herald & Weekly Star, Montreal  $1.00  . 1.00  $2.00  ' Both papers  for  $1.75  ^  The four papers may be had for $3.75.  Belgians Hard to Drive.  The Germans find it rather  'difficult' even with their blood  and iron rule to govern the Belgians. The-Belgians do not accept their authority as legal and  therefore has no scruples of defying it whenever possible.  The Germans have bsen using  che railroads   and   the  rolling  stock of Belgium for war purposes and in the natural course  jf events repairs and renewals  have to be made, but the Belgians could not be induced to do  :his work.   Therefore force had  co be used.   They were told that  .io food would be allowed to be  supplied them from any source,  and in order to enfore this deeiee  barbed wire fences were erected  around the town; no food should  pass^'this barrier ar.d no Belgian  be allowed, to leave.   The relief  committee protested without  avail; but the Belgians were firm  and would not yield even if they  were starved,   with  the result  that finally the German authorities had, to give in and allow food  to be distributed.  SYNOPSI5 OF COAL MINING  '     REGULATIONS  pOAL MINING RIGHTS of the Dominion, in  v' Manitoba, Saskatchewan und Albehta,  lhe Yukon 1 ekiutory, the Nokth-west Tkrim-  ��������� TORIE3 and in a portion of the Province of  British Columbia, muy be leased for a term of  twenty-one icara at un unnunl renlul of *1 an  ncre. Not more than 2,060 acres will be leased  to one applicant.  Application for a lease must be made by the  applicant in person to the Anenl or Sub-Agent  of the dfstncl in wnich the mrhts applied for  are situated.  In surveyed territory the land mini be described by section*., or legal subdivisions of sections, and in unsiii veyed territory the liw:t applied for ahull be staked out by the applicant  himself.  Each application must be accompanied by a  fee of to 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 ut the rate of five cents per ton.  The person operating the mine shail furnish  the Agent with bwurn returns acco'inting for the  full quantity of merchantable coul mined and pay  the royalty thereon. If the coal mining rights  are not being opeinted, such leturns should be  furnished at least once a yeur. .  'lhe lcuse will include the coal mining rights  only, but the leasee may be permitted to pur-  chube whatever available surface rights may tie  considered necessary for the woi king 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  Inteiior, Ottawa, or to any Agent or Sub-Agent  of Poinmioii Lands.  W. W. CORY,  Deputy Minister of the Interior.  N.li.���������Unauthorized publication of this advertisement will not be paid for,���������'iiiGtfO.  BUSINESS CARDS  m \������  nod  Fiir Sales Agency  600 dealers and trappers of 13. C,  Yukon mid 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.  HI U lot :  Dealers and Trappers  The Tanks.  Col. J. J. Carrick, member of  Dominion House of Commons,  has just returned from a visit to  the fighting front in France. He  found everyone at the front filled  with optimism and confidence.  In regard to the celebrated  "tanks" he said:  "During the few days that I  was at the front, the first attack  was made by the mysterious  'tanks.' They were^considerably to the north of us and could  not be distinguished on account  of the tremendous bombardment,  which never let up day or night.  However, when I was at dinner  with Lord Rhondda and some of  the war-office officials, they de-  scribed these tanks as a miracle  of ingenuity. They are about 60  feet long and between 12 andil5  feet wide and run on an endless  chain  belt  arrangement which  enabies-<them .to go over rough  ��������� ���������   v w''' i-v ��������� *' ��������� A,  ground- and over trenches.   ,Sii  Sam Hughes told me that one of  the German officers is reported  to have said that when a tank  was across a certain trench, enfilading it, that this was not war  ���������it was simply murder. However, it ill behooves the.Germans  after their tactics of gas and baby |  killing and f rightfulness to make  any such references."  April Favored for Election.  ��������� The Borden government is in  doubt whether to pull off a general election in December or to  postpone the day of wrath until  next April.' The chances favor  the latter date.  The government itself looks on  April as a desirable date to test  public feeling for two or three  reasons. In the first place, an  April campaign means a short  session of Parliament. To dissolve the House and make the  writs returnable means a clear  space of a month, and that in  turn means an adjournment by  the end of February.  A six weeks session, occupied  largely with estimates and appropriations will not give a scandal crusade much chance to make  headway. The Borden government has enough scandals on  its hands already.  y.'s:'^*  / heJVlason & rlisch Piano  "NO  of to-day will mafic plain our  privilege to slate with authority:  FINER  PIANO MADE!"  SOLD DIRECT HY THE MANUFACTURERS  ������Jf Let us attend your Victor Record  Jl mail orders��������� our service is intelligent  Write for Catalogue  and guaranteed.  Mason & Risch Ltd.  738 GRANVILLE ST., VANCOUVER, B. C.  =~ ^-Jfc.'. .  #  \JL7HAT person so happy and contented as the prosperous farmer?  \]I7HAT person so independent?  ^A7HAT ambition more noble than to  be a producer of  the necessaries  of life?  Bella Coola  farmers are independent;  they are strangers to hard limes.  ���������"THE REASONS for this enviable condi-  ���������*��������� tion of'affairs are obvious to anyone  who knows the Bella0Coola 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 pio-  duce from Bella Coola Valley cairicd away  over twenty first prizes.  CZD  OELLA COOLA and the surrounding  , country possesses wonderful wealth  in timber, as yet almost entirely undeveloped, and perhaps at no ether point  on the Northern Coast is there the same  opportunity for a remunerative investment as in a saw mill at Bella Coola.  Get "More Money" for your Foxes  Muskrat, White Weasel, Beaver, Lynx, Wolves,  Marten and other Fur bearers collected in yonr section  SHIP TOUR FUKS BTUF.CT <o"SnuiJF.RT"the largest  bouse in the World dealing exclusively in NORTH AMEB1CAN RAW FUKS  a reliable���������responsible���������safe Pur Houte with an unblemished reputation existing for' 'more than a third of a century." a lonsr successful record ofisending Fur Shippers prompt.SATISFACTORY  AND PROFITABLE returns. Write for"JTljt &buurrt fetwptr."  the only reliable, accurate market report and oricelist published.  Write for it-NOW-K'a FREE  AH   CUTTRTPPT   Iw/~   23-27 WEST AUSTIN AVE.  . D. OnUDE.K. 1, inC. DcpkC67 CHICAGO. VSJk.  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It is understood that the University of British Columbia intends to give short courses in  agriculture during the coming  winter. It would be time well  spent and money well invested  for the young men to avail themselves of such opportunity to acquire a 'better knowledge of  farming.  The Courier is the only  newspaper published on  the mainland coast between Vancouver and  Prince Rupert.  A distance of six hundred miles.  // Will he to your interest to keeP WQtt in~  formed regarding the  happenings throughout  the Northern section of  this Province��������� A  THE "COURIER"  GIVES THEM.  Grants to Provinces.  The allotment to the different  provinces under the The Agricultural Act, passed by the Dominion Parliament, in ]})13, have  been made for the year ending  March :51, 1917.  It will be remembered that by  the terms of this'Act ten million  dollars spread over,, a period of  ten years, was to be divided he-  Canada's Boys Want Smokes!  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.  Ramsay Bros. & Co. Ltd.  VANCOUVER, B. C.  MANUFACTURERS  OF   ���������  Biscuits :: Candy :: Macaroni  Milk and Nut  ' Chocolate Bars  Also Refiners of Syrup and  Packers of Molasses  "WE STAND BEHIND OUR GOODS"  VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT  J^EAL ESTATE booms in the  cities have come and gone.  People are beginning to flock to  the country. The North-West  Coast of British Columbia offers  opportunities for all. Did not  know, is no excuse. Investors  should keep posted on developments by reading the "Courier."  You are judged by the  stationery that you use.  Let us do your job printing.   We will do it right.  DTJILD UP YOUR HOME  U TOWN! Do not talk���������support-home industries���������talk is  cheap. The best way to show7  that you are in earnest is to  practise it.  Support the, "Courier" and you  are doing something for yourself  and your community.  $1 a Year  Published every  Saturday at  BELLA COOLA, B. C  ������E  301  DISTRICT   OF   COAST���������RANGE' III.  Take Notice that I, Thomas J.  Whiteside, of Vancouver, B. C, occupation contractor, intend to apply for  permission to purchase, the following  described land:  Commencing at a post situated on the  north shore of Jackson Passage, about  half a mile within the western entrance  and near a small stream, thence North  20 chains, thence West20chains, 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, Aimiisl 22, 1916. Sfp't. 2--Nov. -1  ������%J  7^  "���������M.  cheers and refreshes  at any hour of the day,  [You get the most delicious tea when you  use  ^^a^S^^SaS^i-.-  M  Nevarftold  InBulk,  TEA  '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  B. C. under government inspection.  Ask for "SHAMROCK"  HAMS  LARD  BUTTER   EGGS  and keep your money at home.  P. BURNS & CO., Ltd.  Packers and Provisioned  Calgary     Vancouver  ; Edmonton  Will You Help ?  ?  If so. Mr. Francis li. Jones will be pleased to answer any enquiries addressed to the Canadian Oflice of the Over-Seas Club,  Room 28, Windsor Hotel, Montreal, and will be glad lb supply  Collecting Books, Contribution Cards, Boxes and Circulars  to any who are .willing to assist.  tween the nine provinces of the!  Dominion, according to population, for the encouragement of  education in agriculture and domestic science. In the initiatory  year, 1913-14, $700,000 was to be  divided. .Each year the amount  was to be increased by $100,000,  until 1917-18, when the grants  under this arrangement will have  reached a total of $1,100,000, at  which they are to remain until  1923, when the ten million dollars will have been exhausted.  The sums received by the different provinces for the year ending  March 31 next, will be as follows:  Prince Edward I'd - $30,443.75  Nova Scotia' - - - 74.859.28  New Brunswick   -   -   59,209.60  Quebec 243,212.23  Ontario 301,158.45  Manitoba - - - ,- 70,767.21  Saskatchewan - - - 74,869.76  Alberta ----- 61,247.22  British Columbia - - 63,732.50  By the aid of these grants agricultural education,and domestic science knowledge has been  greatly benefitted, and extended  all over the country. School  buildings' have been erected,  college buildings have been extended and increased in number,  experienced teachers of a high  class have been engaged. District Representatives and country  agents' expenses have been met,  demonstrations in all branches  of agriculture and short courses  have been liberally arranged,  agricultural instruction in both  public and high schools has been  extensively promoted, much useful literature has been circulated,'  veterinary sciences has been benefitted", knowledge and praticeof  domestic science-extended, manual training received an impetus,  competitions of many varieties  helped and initiated and school  and home gardening greatly developed. In short, the beneficial influence of the Act is making  itself felt in every direction that  agriculture and home making  take.  ADVERTISE IN THE "COURIER"  Ogilvie's  Royal Household Flour  always gives satisfaction  Better order a bag now  From  ALL GOOD GROCERS  ESTABLISHED AT BELLA COOLA IN 1895.  ryniidsen  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  , < - ' o '  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    ������    Q  Tents-Pack and Riding Saddles  Settlers, Prospedors, Hunters, Trappers, Campers and Land-Seekers will  find it to their advantage to look over  our stock. Nothing but the mbsl suitable articles are kept at prices that  invite competition.  Paints - Oils - Varnishes - Stains  Crockery and Glassware of all kinds  Patent Medicines of all descriptions  Best brands of Flour.     Feed and Grain of all sorts  kept on hand.    Prompt service  Best Goods���������Lowest Prices���������Largest Stock  RAW FURS BOUGHT AND SOLD  B. BRYNILDSEN & CO.,  m  ���������/������������������������&  ������������������/������?���������:  m; IF YOU WANT GOOD SPORT  VISIT BELLA COOLA. EXCEL-  LENT HUNTING AND  FISHING.  WEATHER REPORT FOR SEPT.  Compiled   liy  Mr. C.  H.   Urseth, of the  Bella Coola Observatory.  Temperature: Maximum, G5.    Minimum, 42.  Highest Mux. (]5th)84. Lowest Min. (27th) 20  .   Rainfall, 1.95 inches.  Rainfall for the year (1915)  34.33 inches.  VOL. 5-NO: 2  BELLA COOLA, B. C, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21,  19/6.  $1.00 a Year  Roumanians Standing  Firm in Transylvania  Crisis Not Yet Passed  London. Oct. 19.���������Roumanians  standing   firm   in  Transylvania  passes.    General   Falkenhayn's  attempts to smash through have  been crushed at every point except on the eastern and southern  frontiers.   Roumanians and Russians now in  position  to strike  back, crisis not yet passed but  battle favorable to Allies.  Heavy Rain on West Front  London, Oct. 19.- Rain fell  heavily during the night, but  notwithstanding this we made  progress at various points between Albert-Bapaume road and  Lesboeufs, taking some prisoners  Germans Attack  French Positions  Paris, Oct. 19.���������Three times  last night the Germans delivered  attacks on the French positions  at Sailley-Saillisel on the Somme  front. French maintained all  their positions and inflicted heavy  losses on the enemy. Near En  Santerre Germans gained a footing in our first line trench, but  were immediately driven out  by our troops, their ranks being  very much thinned and the loss  of forty prisoners.  Tide of Battle  (���������  Favors Roumania  Germans Fail to Gain Inch of Ground  London, Oct. 20.���������Roumanian  situation appears to be better  for the Allies and no repetition  of the Serbian tragedy is likely  to be enacted. Tide of battle  has turned in favorof King Ferdinand's troops. The Germans  have failed to gain an inch of  ground on the whole Carpathian  front.   Bucharest, Oct. 20.���������Roumanian troops are pushing back the  invading Austro-German forces  on the Bukowina frontier. Our  troops have drove the Teutons  beyond the border and Russian  troops are helping to defend the  passes into Roumania.  Joltings of Bella Coola and District  United States and U-53  Washington, Oct. 19.���������No indication officially that the United  States will make any declaration  of the policy regarding U-53's  visit to western Atlantic until  evidence of violation of international law. British government  will make no official representa-  tation to United States concerning German submarine pending  the announcementof its attitude  by American government.  Situation in Greece  Reported Dangerous  London, Oct. 19.-A despatch  from Athens says situation appears to be dangerous. There  have been royalists demonstrations in the streets and Admiral  Dufornet, commander of the Entente Allies fleet in Mediterranean, was hissed and a detachment of soldiers were driven  back by hostile crew of a warship. Procession of about four  thousand malcontents headed by  Greek and American flags stopped outside American legation  and demanded the American  minister to protest against the  Entente Allies policy, but the  minister being absent the demonstration then paraded the streets  singing the. Greek National Anthem.  Athens, Oct. 19. ���������It is reported that the Central powers have  asked Washington to permit the  American legation here to take  charge of Austrian,  Bulgarian  Serbians Capture  Village  Paris, Oct. 20.���������South of the  Sornme, between Baches and La-  maisonette, the French made  further progress last night, all  gains achieved yesterday were  held in face of several counter  attacks.  Serbians have captured the  village of Brod, western end of  Macedonia front.  Marines Landed in Athens  Athens, Oct. 20.���������A further  detachment of French marines  landed this morning and the commander demanded the use of the  parliament and university buildings as barracks.  Desperate Fighting for  Possession of Halicz  Petrograd, Oct. 20.���������Spirited  fighting occurred inVolhynia region, east of Vladimir. At Vol-  ynski the Russians repulsed several severe attacks. North of  village of Vuselin the Germans  attacked our trenches undercover of fierce artilleay fire, attack  repelled. In region near the  small town of Svinuski fierce  fighting continues, al! attacks  repulsed. Sanguinary frontal  battle is proceeding north of  Halicz bridgehead, the Galician  railway running northwesterly  from Halicz to Jidatcheff is under Russian tire and enemy's  communication between Halicz  and Lemberg is threatened.   U-53 Reported Sunk  Norfolk, Va., Oct. 20.- British  North Pacific steamer while coaling here reports receiving wireless from British cruiser, "German submarine sunk east of  Nantucket."         Washington, Oct. 20. Loss of  German merchant submarine  Bremen is virtually conceded by  diplomats. Bremen is now one  month overdue.  and Turkish interests in event of  declaration of war by Greece or  other complications, permission  been given regarding Austria.  A Wedding of Local Interest.  The many friends in Bella Coo-  | la of Mr. and Mrs. A. Blayney  are in receipt of invitations to  the wedding of their daughter,  Jennie Belle, to Mr. Frank J. J.  Burroughs at their home Tata-  laske Lake. B. C.  The wedding was fixed to take  place last Wednesday and the  Courier joins in the wish that  health and happiness be the portion of the newly married couple.  Mr. and Mrs. Grant its sympathy  in their fresh sorrow, coming as  it does so soon after the loss of  their son Eddie at the front.  The Courier is in receipt cf a  letter from Mrs. R. Walker, late  of Hagensborg, giving an account of her brother's death at  [ the front. It will be remembered  that Lieut. Bryan Townsley was  visiting his siter at her home at  Hagensborg on the outbreak of  hostilities. Leavinghere he joined the 72nd Seaforth Highlanders for over-seas service. He  saw service in  Egypt and then  The salmon canneries at Kimsquit are now closed down. The  total pack given  is 14,000 cases-tranferred   to   the   12th   West  for Manitou cannery and 12,000  Yorkshire Regiment,  where he  for Kimsquit,   which  are awav j gained his commission.  over last year when the run of!    His re*iment went to F,'ance  ,. . ,    ,_ .    ,,    l and had only been in the trench-  samon was the lightest in  the:       , ,        ,       , ,   , .  to ' es two weeks when he met his  history of the place. Reports  from Namu to hand are to the I  effect that the fishing establishment there is closing down this  week. The total amount of salmon canned is given as 55,000  cases.  death while gallantly leading his  men to success.  Mrs. Walker's husband, after  their arrival in England, joined  the colors and gained a commission.    He is now at the front,  Indian-agent Iver Fougner, ac-  xi a \k ���������   7   d  C.,;^f fr>nV i comPa^ed by Rev. W. H. Gibson  Mr. and Mrs. J. B. baint took *��������� - .  of the local Methodist Mission.  Admiral Sir John Jellicce, commander of British fleet, whose  mother died yesterday.  Quite a crowd took part in the  dance held at the Hotel Bella  Coola last week. A lunch was  served late at night, after which  all came away expressing themselves as very well pleased.  J. R. Morrison, John Nelson.  William Nelson and others making up the crew  buildir.g a sec-  Dassage south on the Camosun .  last Mondav     After a very sue-' returnec* home last week after tion of the main line of the pro-  an extended tourof the northern j posed   wagon   road   from   Bella  Coola  kkChilanco Forks,  have  cessful season at the local plant  things are gradually being put: P*rt of his district. Among the  into shape for the winter. This'1���������"1? Places visifced were Bel]a  is manager Saint's eleventh year! Bella- Hartley Bay, Kitimat and  - ..   ^   .i- .... .iii.! i u;.-.' Prince Rupert.   Beautiful weath-  quit work and returned to town.  The work done this year is claim-  ! ed to be the heaviest on the whole  bia, if not in all Canada.  This prospect was first located  some twenty years ago and has  changed hands many times.   At  one   time   it   was   worked   and  owned   by  Mr.  James  Findlay,  ex-mayor of   Vancouver.     The  j present company have made large  ; improvements  on  the property  j which speaks well for the faith  that they have in its immediate  j future.   Our townsman Alf. Blakemore  will spend the winter at Kimsquit looking after the Draney  Fisheries Ltd. interests at that  place.   Ocean Falls News.  Work on the cottages for the  artisans and other families cf tl.e  engaged in the big pulp mill  plant is going on apace, also the  erection of the huge concrete  building that will house some of  the most up-to-date paper making  machinery on the American continent. A great deal of new  machinery is arriving and- will  continue to do so as the buildings  are made ready to receive it-  There are now something like  eleven hundred men employed by  the Pacific Mills Ltd., about the  mills and in the logging camps.  During the summer a scarcity of  labor was experienced, but this  has to some extent been overcome. Many of the men taking  part in the fisheries during the  canning season are ccmir.g here  at Bella Coola and it has been his; - . ,  nrivilPffP to nut  nn fhe largest: er was exPeriencet-������   during the j stretch of the road between salt  pm nege to put  up ^      : ^^ ^ ^ .^ ^^ ^^ , ^^ ^ ^.^.^ a di3tance of | to work during the winter  amount Of salmon that was ever  canned at this establishment.  Mining engineer 0. Drange of. apparently prosperous  the people of the communities I sixty miles.  visited in excellent spirits and i *  j    An exchange gives this on the  political   situation   at   Victoria.  D  ������������������ ~ ~ | After election the premier elect,  ONT forget to bring in your Subscription |h. c Brewster, took himself to  to the Courier���������The more support you j^ ymeoam Island) and  give US, the better paper We Will give yOU. lever since party followers have  ! been busy atstreet corners select-  Seattle, who for the past week.1 F. G. Hagan met with an ac- ing a cabinet for him. Among  has  been   looking'  over  mining: cident last Wednesday with the j the most  prominent mentioned  are John Oliver of Dewdney, Dr.  .������   - .     llM .. . . ,f.     ;J.  H.   King, Cranbrook,  and T.  Drange is really the first mining;    Wh.le squaring a piece of t,m-, who  (Lnt  vmc  tnk-pn   the pains ber for a building in the course i1J- L a  :���������v to Lf k-r this sec of construction on his ranch in ] are regarded as sure of seats ,n  h Columbia with a Saloomt valley, the axe slipped j the new cabinet.  The  new ministers will have  has been looking over muniiKAiuciu ioai ncuwcouuj >>!���������." -*���������  properties around~Bella Coola left j result that he is now under the  for  Vancouver,   Monday.      Mik doctor's care.  On Sept. 20th a laborer named  Walter Cook attempted suicide  by cutting his throat with a razor  and would have succeeded but  for prompt medical attention.  After being in hospital here for  his salmon  cannery on the west j a time it was found that he was  mentally deranged and has now  been taken down to the mental  hospital at New Westminster.  The unfortunate man is about 24  years of age and his former  home was Valdon, Minnesota.  Provincial Constable T. Mansell  was sent up from Vancouver to  take charge of him on the way  south.  tion of Britis..  ~- -  view of ascertaining the mining and in so doing entered the leg  nossibilities   of   this   particular a little below the knee cap.    Mr.  locality     The Tacoma smelter is Hagan had a very narrow escape  n need'of ore for fluxing purpo-; last spring, while on a  hunting  ses and according to Mr. Drange trip the gun he was carrying by  Uiis community will be able to some m  m-oduee iust what is required in  tlatchssof ore     He expressed age to some of his  ribs.    It is ; islers 0f a newly-elocted govem-  ./hnn/ihit something might be  hoped that  this last experience; ment are turned l,y acclama-  anop *    .  .      ..      ,,'      :n  will not be any more serious than!  ,i,,m, ;n  fiw.  mining  me here in J , tion.  done in  inc  immnh ; the first and Mr. Hagan s many ;  the early spring.     i friends will  be able to see himj     Reports from  Surf Inlet show  Lance-Corporal Fred C. Grant j around againjn a short time,  was wounded on the 6th of Octo- j    The iectures delivered by Mr.  ber and is now at the Third Sta-jj. Q. Walker in  the  Mackenzie  tionarv Hospital, Boulogne. | school during the week were well  Sue! was the sad news received I attended and very much appre-  oUtllUt ,f      c. i dated.    The subjects were mas-  by his parents, Mr. and  Mis. ^ ; teHy handled by the speaker and  Le C. Grant on Wednesday last. ; showcd thata greatdeal of study  On the outbreak of the war; has been devoted to them, bear-  Fred was amongst the first to j jng as they did on both ancient  offer himself for foreign service'and modern history.  fmm Bella Coola and has been; -the near eastern question-  from btna ^ulu .   IS THE SUBJECT F0R TONIGHT  1" the thick of the f.ghting right,    ^ ^ ^^ ^^ ^  along, having been fortunate to | ^ ^^ ^.^ fay ^ Wa)kei. at  escape injury up to this. L|)e moeting this evening and no  The Courier joins with his ,on0 Hj10U|c| miss the opportunity  manv friends in wishing hima|0f hearing this great question  speedy recovery and extends to! discussed.  to offer themselves for re-election in their respective constituencies, which is an ancient safe-  isfortune emptied itself, ; guard against weak and unpopu-  the ball doing considerable dam- j lar appointments.    Usually min-  that this  newly started mining  town is building up very fast.  The ore being taken out is  making better showing every day  as the work progresses. There  is great possibility that this mine  on Princess Royal Island will be  one of the best in British Col urn-  Red Cross Concert  The Red  Cross Concert, postponed from the Fair Day, will be  held at the Hotel Hall on  SATURDAY,   OCTOBER  2Stii.  at 7:1)1) p. m.  Western Products Win Gold Medal.  Westerners will learn with interest that a gold medal was  awarded to the Canadian Pacific  Railway for the excellence of its  exhibits at the Quebec Exhibition a few weeks ago. The gold  medal was for the collective grain  display, which was gathered in  Western Canada, and was representative of the various grain  crops of the Western provinces.  The daily attendance at the  Quebec Exhibition ran as high  as 75,000, and a very great interest in the agricultural possibilities of Western Canada was  shown by the visitors.  (Eiutrrlt Jfarttr*  Sunday School  Church  Service  10:45 a. m.  7:30 p.m.  Piv.-iclwr for Sunday    Rev.  VV. 11. C.ilison.  All Are Welcome.  3  9  i  <*��������� BELLA  GOOLA  COURIER  Saturday,   Ocloler 21,   \9\6  s^������,  The Courier  Published VVbekly at Bella Coola by  the Bella Goola Publishing Co. Ltd.  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The management wishes to  thank our numerous readers  for their support during the  past and trusts to a continuance of the same in the future.  The subscription rate remains at $1  per year, payable strictly in advance.  *t\  'Degenerate Germany."  :There has been a belief commonly held that the Germans  were a virtuous, law abiding and  God fearing people. In fact, that  they were .the best people on the  continent of Europe. '  Late occurence have tended to  throw doubts upon such opinions.  While the writer some years  ago was actively connected with  the temperance movement in the  United States, it was a common  thing to read in print that beer  had a very brutalizing^effect upon the general character of the  habitual drinker, and as proof of  this statement it was pointed out  that the most horrible of crimes  were generally committed by the  beer drinking Germans; and that  the worst elements in society  such as saloon-keepers, brewers  that nationality.  Coming down to this war and  the cause of it some people insist  that it is a punishment from God  upon sinful people.    Be that as  it may  there   is   some   human  agency also responsible -for the  launching of this the greatest of  calamities upon human society.  And it is equally true that that  agency was evil.    The responsibility in'the light of history will  not   be   charged   to a  virtuous  nation.    It is the evil things that  bring evil to come about. ��������� And  in spite of the pro-Germans asseverations to the contrary'the  calm and critical historian of the  future will have no  trouble to  find that this monumental holocaust,   the   war,   was   brought  about by Germ amy to satisfy Germany's ambition for "a place in  the sun."  The cruelty and brutality of  the deliberate launching of this  war upon the world is so appalling that ordinary humanity are  loth to believe that'any nation  should be held responsible. But  Germany went into it" with her  eyes dpe'n, in defiance of the  pleadings, remonstrances and  threats of the other great powers of Europe.  Floods of Evidence  In further proof of the wickedness of the German people as a  whole, a book has lately seen  the light of day which brings  forward a flood of evidence to  this effect.  Its title is "Degenerate Germany," by Henry de Halsalle.  It is "dedicated- to those who  still harbor the mischievous illusion that the Germans are an  estimable, peaceful and 'kindly  people, utterly misled and misrepresented by their'wicked government."  And M. de Halsalle equipped  by a most extended knowledge  of his subject, and backed by the  approval of Frederic Harrison,  Lord Halsbury, Earl of Rose-  bery and Admiral. Lord Beres-  ford, will certainly dispel that  illusion wherever honestly entertained.  The outrages com mitted by the  Germans in Belgium and Northern France, of-whhm there are  such abundant proofs, have by  V  mmm  wmmmrn  MAKES perfect bread  J  cases and committed ly some  drunken and ^dissolute soldiers  and should;hot be charged to the  army as a whole. But the author,  of this book proves beyond doubt  that^such is not the case, but  that "even German statistics indicate that Germany is beyond  question the most vice-ridden  country in Europe. In the year  1909, there were dealt with by-  German courts as crimes resulting in convictions, 797,112 separate acts! 'Germany furnishes  women for the white slave traffic for half the world."  The book contains 2660 pages  of close print and is packed with  information of. this nature.  In refutation of the assertion  that the Germans are a religious  people the statement- is made  that in one parish in Berlin three  clergymen sufficed for 60,000  people, with a total' (this in the  year 1870)of v63 burials with religious services and 1897 without.  Some years ago the Kreuz Zeitung deplored the fact that "Berlin, of all christian towns is the  one 7 that has, proportionately,  the least number of churches.''  To which a free-thin king j.ournal  rejoined: "The pious Zeitung  should have added that even the  few churches of which it speaks  are always empty." The Volks  Zeitung places the attendance at  about one half of 1 per cent of  the population.  Germany's defenders been held  and  anarchists were  mostly of to have been confined to isolated  President Wilson's Troubles.  The late submarineactiyityoh  the eastern coast of North America is making President Wilson's campaign for re-election  somewhat complicated.  It is safe to assume that Mr.  r  Wilson's sympathies are with  the Entente Allies, but jhMefer-  ence to his party, whose success  at the polls he must not jeopardize, he is obliged to assume an  attitude almost unfriendly to the  Allies in order not to antagonize  the large German and Irish  voters.  The   Allies   have    protested  against the enemy's submarines  being allowed to call at United  States ports for information and  possibly supplies; but Mr. Wilson  rules that he cannot refuse the  German submarines this privilege, as it is not a violation of  International laws. -   ,'  It is hot easy to lay down the  correct rulingssin this.case, because the "situation created by  the entrance of submarines in  naval warfare is unprecedented;  and in the heat of the campaign  for re-election Mr. Wilson naturally gives,a decision which will  cause the least harm to the success of the Democratic party.  And recent events show that  Mr. Wilson is not exactly reposing on a bed/of roses. In spite  of his lenient and forbearing attitude towards Germany, and his  strong protests to Britain for interference with commerce and  searching and detention of the  mails, he has. drawn upon himself the opposition of the pro-  Germans who now see an opportunity to punish him for not put-  ing an embargo on munitions of  war, etc. k       ,  Of what he is up against the  primary election in Mr. Wilson's  home state, New Jersey, furnishes a pretty fair sample.  sTwo Democrats, one a very  good and able man, the other of  the ward politician type, were  contending for nomination at the  primary election. Mr.. Wilson  used every effort, which in his  case is exceptionally strong, to  get the best man elected. Under  ordinary circumstances-with his  qualifications and the support, received Mr. Wilson's candidate  would Jiave had a walk-over, but  instead he met with the most  ignominious defeat. And the  reason for this unexpected result was that the German-American and the Irish elements united to give Mr. Wilson a drubbing  by opposing his candidate.  Hence it is easy to explain Mr.  Wilson's attitude in his controversy with the Allies over the  latest phase in submarine warfare. But that he resents the  attacks made, upon him by the  pro-Germans was made evident  the other day when in answer to  an insulting telegram from a pro-  German he replied it would mortify him to receive the support  of such men and as he was not  Mackay Smith, Blair & Co- Ltd.  VANCOUVER, B.C.  Wholesale  DRY GOODS AND MEN'S  FURNISHINGS  Manufacturers  OF "PRIDE OF THE WEST"  BRAND  SHIRTS,   PANTS,   OVERALLS,   MACKINAW  Send for Catalogue  MADE   IN    B. C."  Prompt Attention Given Letter Ordc  THE BRITISH COLUMBIA NURSERIES CO. LTD., want MEN tr, ,  of 1493 SEVENTH AVE. W., VANCOUVER, B. C, them in differed ^^f  the. 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Itis an operation as painful as  the pulling of teeth. It is now  over a month since they were  told emphatically at the polls that  their services were no longer  wanted, but they are very deliberate about obeying the summons. The indications are now  that another month will elapse  possible that even after this k,r,K  lapse of time they will find Mine  pretext for hanging on a uhile  longer. .  Mr. Bowser very graciously  announces that in this interval  no new business will be introduced or appointments made.  Only routine business, the. catch-  ing up with the affairs behindhand in the different departments and getting everything in  ship-shape for turning over the  administration to the incoming  government will be performed.  It is very kind of Mr. Bowser  to inform the public of what he  thinks is proper for his government to do and not to do under  the circumstances, as if there,  according to all precedents. was  any other course open to him.  But he has become so acoustended  to violating precedents that he  probably thought it necessary to  inform an impatient public that  in this case he had decicit d otherwise.  Not so very long a������u he extended the period of the it j/isla-  ture beyond the time foruhiih  before they Will resign and it is (the   people   had   elected   their  Compare���������price for price  GREAT   WEST  TEA  -Wl  ith th  e lea you are now using  IPS   BETTER  LEES0N, DICKIE, GROSS & CO, Ltd.  Wholesale Grocers Vancouver, B. C.  M  ion  d������c  HOC  "Getting the worse for wear."  0  o  QJ  UNION STEAMSHIP CO. OF B.C., LTD.  REGULAR FREIGHT  AND PASSENGER SEKVICK  BETWEEN  BELLA COOLA and VANCOUVER  5. 5.      LamOSUn      Leaves   Vancouver   every  Thursday at 9 p.m.        (Victoria day previous.)  Leaves Bella Coola Sundays a.m.  S. S. "Coquitlam" sails from Vancouver fortnightly, carrying Gasoline and Explosives, will call  at Bella Coola by arrangement.  u  *or rutes of Freights, Farea and other information, J'l'l'b '"  Head Office, Carkall St., Vancouver; or (Jko. M.Cuih^h,  agent,  1003 Govebnmknt St., Victoria.  [on  )��������� c  Advertise your Wants in the Courier rday, October 21,   1916  BELLA; COOLA  COURIER  3  Intense heat-resisting power is the feature of the almost  imperishable fire-box linings of our own McClary semi-  steel fire-box made in eight pieces���������can't warp.  WQarfs  *Rm&  The man who designed the Kootenay knew his job. I  know that and that is why it carries my guarantee as well  as the makers'.  Sold by B. Brynildsen & Co.  ���������70  representatives, and during this  self-appointed occupancy of office he did not content himself  with the performance of just  | routine business, but he introduced very important legislature  snd plunged the province into a  debt of six million dollars which  |l he borrowed for the benefit of  ;  clients of his law firm.  According to oar notions of a  popular government it is altogether inexplicable how anyman  or body of men could be permitted under the circumstances to  conduct the affairs of the country  in this way.  Another thing we cannot fathom is why it should be necessary  to wait one month after the election be fore counting the soldiers'  vote. I  The Victoria Times sarcasti-'  cally comments on the slowness!  of the progress of the count in;  this fashion: j  !  Very Gradual. j  "The count of the soldiers'!  vote cast in Canada will be commenced on October,13th. The  count of the votepolled in Europe  will be started four days later.  It never would do to have the  two commence on the same day.  There would be too much uniformity about, while it would not  be in keeping with the process  by which the Bowser government  is. being disconnected from oflice  by graduated stages. Never has  a ministry, overwhelmingly rejected by the people, slid so  gently into oblivion. The only  shock this one suffered was on  the day the returns of the civilian vote came in. There has been  no grinding, groaning, moaning,  parting of the hawser, no sharp  wrench. Although the owners  of the ship have fired them ba^  and baggage, the ministers will  remain on deck to the very lasi  minute and the very last cent.  Perhaps after all the electors  should feel grateful that the retirement of the government is  not even more gradual than it is.  The count of the soldiers' vote  might have been started some  days later than the present schedule demands or the act might  have stipulated that it should bt  begun in notless than six months  and not more than twelvemonths  from the date of nomination."  o     c     o     c     o  An Early Federal Electior.  In Montreal  they are talking  if1  CLUB OFFER  ^  We have pleasure in announcing that we have made arrangements with two of the leading weekly publications  so that our subscribers may have the best of reading at  substantially reduced rates.  The Courier  $1.00  Farmers Advocale & Home Journal, Winnipeg   1.50    ^ $1.50  $2.50  Both papers  for   .  The Courier   .  Canadian Countryman, Toronto  . $1.00  .   1.50  $2.50  Both papers  (or   .  .   $1.50  The Courier   .       .       ���������       ���������       . $1.00    g^ papers  Family Herald & Weekly Star, Montreal . .1.00   for $L75  $2.00  V,  The four papers may be had for $3.75.  about  an  early Dominion elec-l  tion, perhaps the last of Novern- j  ber.    Ottawa says no election in !  sight, but Ottawa was the only  place taken by surprise when Sir  Wilfrid Laurier dissolved parliament in the summer of 1911.   It  certainly looks like the ministers  of the crown were busy feeling  the pulse  of the  country.    Sir  Robert Borden has been looking  over his fences in Nova Scotia,  and  yesterday   was  said   to be  meeting influential   people in  Montreal.     Hon.  Mr. Cochrane  has gone to Sudbury, where nickel abounds,   and    even^ more  precious metals may be obtained.  Dr. Reid is sizing up the country  west of Lake Superior, and Sir  Thomas White came up to Toronto from Ottawa Thursday prepared to spend some little time  in this part of the province. Before long, these doctors no doubt  vvill    come   together,    compare,  notes and decide on a course of  action. An election before Christmas is not out of the question.���������  Ottawa Journal.  Belgians Hard to Drive.  The Germans find it rather  difficult even with their blood  and iron rule to govern the Belgians. The Belgians do not accept their authority as legal and  therefore has no scruples of defying it whenever possible.  The Germans have bsen using  che railroads   and   the   rolling  stock of  Belgium  for war purposes and in the natural course  jf events repairs and renewals  have to be made, but the Belgians could  not be induced to do  r���������his work.    Therefore force had  :o be used.    They were told that  :io food would  be allowed to be  mpplied them from any source,  ind in order to enfore this dec) ee  barbed wire fences were erected  iround the town; no food should  jass this barrier ar.d no Belgian  be allowed to leave.    The relief  committee  protested  without  ivail; but the Belgians were firm  SYNOPSIS OF COAL MINING  REGULATIONS  pOAL MINING RIGHTS of the Domini  *������������������'   Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Ai.u  nion, in  .         ERTA,  the Yukon Tekritoky, the North-wkst Territories und in a portion of the PROVINCE of  British Columbia, may be leased for a term of  twenty-one years at an annua) rental of i\ an  acre. Not more than 2,660 aerea will be leased  to one applicant.  Application for a lease must be made by the  applicant in person to the A^ent or Sub-Atfent  of the district in which the riKhts 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 rnust be accompanied by a  fee of iu which will be refunded if the riKhts  applied lor are not available, but not otherwise.  A royalty shall be paid on the merchantable output of the mine at the rate of five cents per ton.  The person operating the mine shall furnish  the Agent with sworn returns accounting 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 minintc rights  only, but the lessee may be permitted to purchase whatever available surface rights may be  considered necessary for the working of the mine  at the rate of $10.00 an acre.  For full information application Hhould be  made to the Secretary of the Department of the  Interior. Ottawa, or to any Agent or Sub-Afrent  of Dominion Lands.  W. W. COKY,  Deputy Minister of the Interior.  N. 13.   Unauthorized publication of thiH advertisement will not be paid for.���������30090.  _7-7773i  / heMasoncr riischriano  of to-day will make plain our  privilege to slate with authority:  "NO   FINER   PIANO  MADE!"  SOLD DIRECT BY THE MANUFACTURERS  f  u  I'll,  y  4QI  Let us attend   your Victor Record  jI   mail orders-- our service is intelligent  and guaranteed.        Write for Catalogue  Mason & Risch Ltd.  738 GRANVILLE ST.,  VANCOUVER, B. C.  ]   CD]   C  BUSINESS CARDS  HOE  Fur Sales Agency  rtlfWI -r~M IMBSaWEMMMM -" '-r ������������������ ���������������������������-Tr -~-'TTTT-      ���������      '-  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.  Vfc/HAT person so happy and contented as the prosperous farmer?  \X7HAT person so independent?  \X7HAT ambition more noble than to  be a producer of  the necessaries  of life?  Bella  Coola   farmers are  independent]  they are strangers to hard times.  HOE  HTHE RFJ  ���������*���������   tion of  Dealers and Trappers  ASONS  for this   enviable  cor.di-  a [fairs   are   obvious   to   anyone  who knows the Bella Coola Valley.  The land is fertile and needs little or r.o  irrigation. The climate is mild and enjoyable ; long warm summers with sufficient  rainfall and mild winters make for excellent crops.  Large ar.d small fruits, garden and field  crops are grown to the best advantage.  This fact was established at the Prince  Rupert exhibition last year when faim produce from Bella Coola Valley carried awcy  over twenty first prizes.  -.3  B  "It Always 9leases  And would not yield even if they  .vere  starved,   with   the   result killingand frightfullnessto make  that finally the German authori- any such references."  ties had to give in and allow food  to be distributed.  The Tanks.  Col. J. J. Carrick, member of  Dominion House of Commons,  has just returned from a visit to  the fighting front in France. He  found everyone at the front filled  with optimism  and  confidence.  In regard to the celebrated  "tanks" he said:  "During the few days that 1  was at the front, the first attack  was made by the mysterious  'tanks.' They were considerably to the north of us and could  not be distinguished on account  of the tremendous bombardment,  which never let up day or night.  However, when I was at dinner  with Lord Rhondda and some of  the war office officials, they described these tanks as a miracle  of ingenuity. They are about 60  foet long and between 12 and 15  feet wide and run on an endless  chain belt arrangement which  enables them to go over rough  ground and over trenches. Sh  Sam Hughes told me that one ol  the German officers is reported  to have said that when a tank  was across a certain tnnch, enfilading it, that this was not wai  it. was simply murder. How-  evel., it ill behooves the Germans  after their tactics of gas and baby  April Favored for Election.  The Borden government is in  doubt whether to pull off a general election in December or to  postpone the day of wrath until  next April. The chances favor  the latter date.  The government itself looks on  April as a desirable date to test  public feeling for two or three  reasons. In the first place, an  April campaign means a short  session of Parliament. To dissolve the House and make the  writs returnable means a clear  space of a month, and that in  turn means an adjournment by  the end of February.  A six weeks session, occupied  largely with estimates and appropriations will not give a scandal cyusade much chance to make  headway. The Borden government has enough scandals on  its hands already.  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 Coust is there the same  opportunity for a remunerative investment as in a saw mill at Bella Coola.  1=1  Get*'Mor<,:Moiiey'*ioi' your Foxes  Muskrat, White Weasel, Beaver, Lynx, Wolves,  Marten and other Fur bearers collected In your section  SHII* YOI'II HII1S D1I1KCT ������o"SirUllKUT"tiie larqest  house In the World Uoaling exclusively In NORTH AMERICAN RAW FUkS  a reliable���������responsible ��������� s.n'i1 l-'ur Hor.se with an unblf-mislied reputation existing tor "mure than :i third or" a century." a lontf successful rivord ofseiuiinK l-'ur Shippers prompt.SATISFACTORY  AND I'ROI-'ITAIM.K returns. Wr!:c for "VFiu febuurrt <&blpprr."  the only reliable. :u curate market report and priee list published.  ���������Write for it-NOW-lt's FREE  A  R ^HITRFRT Tnr-  25-27 west Austin a ve.  J\. D. jnUDLRl, inc. DeptC 67 CHICAGO, U.S.A.   *������������������ ir *���������' " 1 -'���������T~rTT' ���������������������������-���������������������������-- ���������������-*y r~~   SUBSCRIPTION RATES OF  BELLA COOLA COURIER.  Subscriptions Payable in Advance.  CANADA.  Onh Ykak $1.00  Six Months   0.75  Thkke Months  0.50  UNITED STATUS.  Onk Ykak  $1.50  Unitkd Kingdom and the Continent.  One Year $1.00  SUBSCRIPTION  BLANK.  BELLA COOLA PUBLISHING CO., LTD.  BELLA COOLA, R. C.  Enclosed please find subscription  for Bella Coola Courier for   Name   l\ O   Tear out and mail today, with amount of subscription enclosed ?  BELLA  COOLA COURIER  Saturday,  October 2/,   19} fj  0 n  HOE  D      D  scribe  for the  tin      ���������    >*  Courier  ONE DOLLAR  FOR ONE YEAR  Study Farming.  The young men who intend to  pursue farming as a vocation and  who are so situated that they  cannot very well enlist for the  war, should now plan to obtain  as much information as possible  in their calling during the comparative slackness of the winter  season.*  It is understood that the University of British Columbia intends to give short courses in  agriculture during the coming  winter. It would be time well  spent and money well invested  for the young men to avail themselves of such opportunity to acquire a better knowledge,..of  farming.  Canada's Boys Want Smokes!  The. Courier is the only  newspaper published on  the mainland coast between Vancouver. and  Prince Rupert.  A distance of six hundred miles  // Will he to your interest to keeP WeH informed regarding the  happenings throughout  the Northern section of  this Province���������  THE "COURIER"  GIVES THEM.  Grants to Provinces.  The allotment to the different  provinces under the The Agricultural Act, passed by the Dominion Parliament in 1913, have  been made .for the year ending  March 31, 1917..  It will be remembered that by  the terms of this Act ten million  dollars spread over a period of  ten years, was to be divided be-  ADVERTISERS-  Now is the time to keep  your name be������ore the  public. : No manufacturer or wholesalehouse can  afford to let slip the opportunity of increased  sales that public advertising brings.  Ramsay Bros. & Co. Ltd.  VANCOUVER, B. C.  MANUFACTURERS  OF  Biscuits :: Candy :: Macaroni  'Milk and Nut  Chocolate Bars  Also Refiners  of Syrup  and  Packers of Molasses  WE STAND BEHIND OUR GOODS"  VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT  DEAL ESTATE booms' in the  cities have come and gone.  People arer beginning to flock to  the country. The North-West  Coast of British Columbia offers  opportunities for all. Did not  know, is no excuse. Investors  should keep posted on developments by reading the "Courier."  You are judged by the  stationery that you use.  Let us do your job printing.   We will do it right.  OUILD UP YOUR HOME  V TOWN., kDo 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.  DISTRICT   OT   COAST���������BANGE   III.  Take Notice that I, Thomas J.  Whiteside, of Vancouver, B. C, occupation contractor, intend to apply for  permission to purchase the following  described land:  Commencing at a post situated on the  north shore of Jackson Passage, about  half a mile within the western entrance  and near a small stream,' thence North  20 chains, thence,West 20 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, August 22. 191C. ��������� Sept. 2~Nov. 4  The Courier  $1 a Year  Published every  Saturday at  BELLA COOLA, B. C.  oj rj  ion  =>    o  TTHE 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  B. C. under government inspection.  Ask for "SHAMROCK"  Burns;  BACON  HAMS  LARD  BUTTER   EGGS  and keep your money at home.  P. BURNS & CO., Ltd.  Packers and Proviaioners  Calgary     Vancouver     Edmonton  Will You Help?  If so, Mr. Francis R. Jones will be ple.ased to answer any enquiries addressed to the Canadian Office of the Over-Seas Club,  Room 28, Windsor Hotel; Montreal, and will be glad to supply  Collecting Books, Contribution Cards, Boxes and Circulars  to any who are willing to assist.  tween the nine provinces of the  Dominion, according to popula-  greatly benefitted and extended  all  over the country.      School  tion, for the encouragement of buildings   have   been   erected,  education in agriculture and domestic science. In the initiatory  year, 1913-14, $700,000 was to be  divided. Each year the amount  was to be increased by $100,000,  until 1917-18, when the grants  under this arrangement will have  reached a total of $1,100,000, at  which they are.to remain until  1923, when the ten million dollars will have been exhausted.  The sums received by the different provinces for the year ending  March 31'next, will be as follows:  Prince Edward I'd' - $30,443.75  Nova Scotia - - - 74,859.28  New Brunswick - - 59,209;60  Quebec - - - . . 243,212.23  Ontario ----- 301,158.45  Manitoba - - - - 70,767.21  Saskatchewan - - - 74,869.76  Alberta - - - - - 6.1,247.22  British Columbia -   -   63,732.50  By the aid of these grants agricultural education and domestic science knowledge has been  college buildings have been extended and increased in number,  experienced teachers of a high  class have been engaged. District Representatives and country  agents' expenses have been met,  demonstrations in all branches  of agriculture and short courses  have been liberally arranged,  agricultural instruction in both  public and high schools has been  extensively promoted, much useful literature has been circulated,  veterinary sciences has been benefitted, knowledge and pratice of  domestic science extended, manual training received an impetus,  competitions, of many varieties  helped and initiated and school  and home gardening greatly developed. In short, the beneficial influence of the Act is making  itself felt in every direction that  agriculture and home making  take.  ADVERTISE IN THE "COURIER"  Ogilvie's  Royal Household Flour  always gives satisfaction  Better order a bag now  From  ALL GOOD GROCERS  ;*M  IT'S  CANADA'S  BEST FLOUR  ESTABLISHED AT BELLA COOLA IN 1895.  B.BryniIdsen&Co  LEADING   DEALERS   IN  G e n e b- a S IVS e r c h a n d i s e  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-1o-d at e 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, Prospe&ors, Hunters, Trappers, Campers and Land-Seekers will  find it to their advantage to look over  our stock. Nothing but the mo������ suitable articles are kept at prices that  invite competition.  Paints -  Oils  - Varnishes  -  Stains  Crockery and Glassware of all kinds  Patent Medicines of all descriptions  Best brands of Flour.     Feed and Grain of all sorts  kept on hand.    Prompt service  Best Goods-Lowest Prices���������Largest Stock  RAW FURS BOUGHT AND SOLD  !. BRYNILDSEN & CO., BELLA COOLA, B.C.