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 A ,    /  w>  K*  -~������ , ������ j  IF YOU WANT GOOD SPORT  VISIT BELLA COOLA. EXCEL-  LENT HUNTING AND FISHING.  '������*.  11 (pMtUuuigtf|lWUUUJ|Y||UWUMUa}  BELLA COOLA OFFERS ATTRACTIONS  EQUAL IF NOT SUPERIOR to ANY TO  BE FOUND   IN  BRITISH COLUMBIA.  77  VOL. 5���������NO. 41  BELLA COOLA, B. C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1917.  $1.00,a Year  L*������  War News for. the Week  Tuesday:   London.--Germans swept back from all points of vantage in Ypres salient.   Land and sky cleared, of enemy in Thursday's victory.   Canadians walk abreast unafraid consolidating important gains.   Allies troops' supremely confident of ability to"  conquer.   Czar opposed mobilizing,of army, so declares-Sukhom-  linoftV former rriinister, now on trial for treason., Record of bank  deposits is strong circumstances against prisoner, whose income  . was but forty thousand roubles a year but he banked 752,000 in a  year.   Advices received here indicate that Sweden is on verge of  ministerial crisis,  Argentine revelations-and   election   disturb  national serenity.   British destroyer torpedoed and sunk by German submarine in approaches of channel;   Fifty survivors.   Spain  must come on side of Entente Allies, neutral attitude or acceptance of Germany's overtures would be purest nonsense says ex-  premier Romanoes.   Defines this as policy of new Liberal party.  Paris.-North of Verdun and in region of Fosses.and Chauman  woods, artillery duels ^intensely violent during last night.  Rome.--General Cardona's forces made progress last night at  . several points on Julien battlefront.   On Bainsizza plateau Austrians after violent artillery preparation repeatedly attacked positions in region of Kala and west of Volnik, but were repulsed.  -Vatican still looks for peace. '* ���������  Petrograd.-Korniloff revolt conducted with approval of Kerensky section of Russian press openly discusses premier engaging in  conspiracy with Korniloff to crush Petrograd. Proletariat with  aid of cavalry troops. Controversy over recent rebellion provides  great sensations. Object said to have been to establish strong  government-and break up revolutionary assertions.  Buenos Aires.���������Germany disavows Count Luxburg's action.  , Argentine accepts'note as being "temporarily safisfied."  Washington.���������How Germany shamefully abused and exploited  the protection of United States by secreting in the German legation at Bucharest, after American government had taken charge  of Germany's affairs in the Roumanian capital, quantities of explosives for bomb plots and deadly microbes with instructions for  their use in destroying horses and cattle revealed today by Secretary Lansing.  "Billy" Sunday, the noted evangelist, may go to France soon.  He says the Kaiser is so bad that the devil would refuse him admittance.  Heavy cut in steel prices, reduction approved by President Wilson, run from fifty to seventy per cent. Prices become effective  immediately, but subject to revision January 1, 1918. ' American  and British officials working on a program providing for closer  economic co-operation with a viewof uniting for war purposes the  entire resources of ,thevcountry along with Britain and her posses  sions.  Wednesday. Owing to floods in the upper country, the telegraph  line is out of commission, no further news will be available this  week. ��������� v '  Ottawa, Sep. 24.���������Class "A"  men only under first call. They  will be the only ones to enter  service on proclamation, lower  medical classes will not be sent  to France. No guarantees that  "B"and "C" classes will not be  called up. Employers are urged  to find out who are essential men.  Labor congress session ended,  many important resolutions were  adopted by the convention.  Peking, Sep. 24. ��������� President  and cabinet have agreed to plan  sending a trial division of twenty  four thousand Chinese troops to  France if money, equipment and  shipping can be obtained. * -  ;���������",. Montreal, Sep. 24:- G; N. W.  telegraph operators,: linemen and  automatic operators., from Calgary to Camphelltown^N. B.,  went on strike at 11 o'clock yesterday morning." - Company refuse to adopt, the award'of the  board of conciliation granting  wage increase from tento fifteen  per cent.  Petrograd, Sep. 24.���������TheVolia  says a strong rumor is circulated  that the Russian government intends to sell the peninsula of  Kamchatka, northeastern coast  of Siberia, to America for several  billion roubles. Project prompted by financial difficulties of the  treasury and the desire of the  government not to increase the  national debt.  New York, Sep. 24.���������Plans by  the aero club of America for a  national airway from this city  extending to San Francisco, to be  called the Wobdrow Wilson highway, have been approved by  President Wilson.  ffiljurrlt ^0ttr^  Sunday School , -   10:45 a.m.  Church Service ..��������� -' 7:30 p.m.  Preacher for Sunday���������Rev.  W. H.Gibson.  All Are Welcome.  ";  EVERY ONE CAN do  something for his  country  Some can bear arms  Some can produce food  Some can make munitions  Some can give< money  It is the privilege qf all to help.  QU CAN/SERVE, by  Eigtiting-^Working^-  Saving���������Giving  This is NATIONAL SERVICE  Are YOU doing your part ?  LL EYES turn now to  the Canadian Farmer,  for he can render the  Empire Special Service  in this sternest yeaar of the  war.  But���������our farms are, badly undermanned���������25,000 men are needed on  the land.  With insufficient help, the Man on  the Land fights an uphill fight to  meet the pressing need for Food. ,  ITY and TOWN  can help.  Municipal Councils, Churches and  Schools, and other organizations,  both of men and women, can render  National Service by directing all  available labour to tlie Land.  Farmers themselves can exchange  labour.   School boys can assist.  Were you raised on a fiarm ? Can you  drive a team? Can you handle fork  or hoe? If you can't fight, you can  produce. Spend the Summer working on the Farm.  Let every man, woman and child in  the Dominion who has access to  Land, no matter how small the plot,  make it produce Food in 19*17.  ixz  ', For information om any subject relating rto  the Farm a������nd Garden\write:���������  INFORMATION-BUREAU  DEPARTMENT   OF  AGRICULTURE  '������������������' V:' ' Ottawa  '���������  DEPARTMENT OF AGRItULTUR  OTTAWA,   CAW AC VV.  HON. MARTIN  BURRELL, MINISTER.  Miss Viva Bingtsen, who has  been the nurse for the past year  at the hospital, left for Victoria"  by the last steamer where she  will accept a position with the  Royal Jubilee Hospital in the  capital city.  Mrs. J. H. Hober of Firvale,  arrived back this week after a  three months stay in the States.  -- ���������  Frank-, Johnson, in company  with J. .H. Shafer, made a trip  into the new mining country of  Eutsuck Lake, has returned to  town. He speaks very highly of  that section from a mining point  of view. This country is practically unexplored territory with  no trails to speak of, which makes  prospecting difficult in those regions. Mr. Johnson bears out  the statement made by others  that the district is rich in minerals. ' -  Miss Ruth Nordschow was  down from Hagensborg during  the week. After spending three  months in the'hospital here dur-  Winch &Co. of Vancouver, called  at this port last week. The Imr  palla has had a thorough overhauling since leaving here and  looked spick and span, in fact it  was difficult to recognize her as  the same boat. The launch was  bought by the Messrs, Winch  company for the use of their  travelling superintendent, Mr.  Doyle, between the different ���������  canneries owned by the firm in  the north.  We may. be excused for printing the following extract from a '  soldier reader at the front:   .  "I am writing to .thank you  for.the Bella Coola Courier,' which ���������;  has been forwarded so faithfully  for three eventful years and has  found me both in the���������Mediterra-  nean and in France. Its advent,  whether in ihe mud or the clay,  fair weather or otherwise, has  been very welcome; and a fond  link with the dear,old province  of British Columbia."  TKe S."S. Tees of the C. P..R..  r|0N?T forget to bring in your Subscription  to the Courier���������The more support you  give us, the better paper we will give you.  ing the first part of the year,  Miss Nordschow is now enjoying the best of health.  The gathering in of root crops  is now- pretty general throughout the valley and the yield is  considerably abov������ what it was  last year, which was considered  a very good one, particularly the  potatoes, which show a marked  improvement both as to quantity  and quality. Also the fruit is of  a better color, the reason of this  is the dry, warm weather during  the past six week's, which has  improved the fruit in general.  The salmon catches during the  past week have been fully up to  expectation. There has been a  falling off in the cheaper fish,  but the run of Cohoe has improved, if any over last week. From  Kimsquit comes the report that  the canneries there are about  closing down fbr the season as  all tins arranged for are filled,  and it is too late in the season to  obtain any more cans. At Namu  there has been an over supply of  fish and- the latest is .they.will  also have to close on. account of  a shortage in tins. No correct  figures as to the total pack is to  hand, but the Bella Coola cannery is now running close to the  forty thousand cases mark.  The launch Impalla,- formerly  owned by William Sutherland  and now the property of R. V.  service,came up with supplies  for the Talleo Fisheries cannery'  and after discharging proceeded  to Kimsquit and Bella Bella to  load salmon for the south. Considerable of the canned fish was  also taken aboard at "the Bella  Coola cannery for shipment to  Vancouver.  Courier readers will be pleased  to learn that John Simister a  former resident of Bella Coola,  is still in the land of the living.  According to the Cariboo Observer of Quesnel, we learn that  Mr. Simister has left that place  and is now superintendent of the  cattle ranch of Little & Udy at  Nazco, in the Cariboo- district.  Mr. W. H. Little also claimed  Bella Coola his home town before taking up his abode in the  Interior to engage in cattle raising extensively. ____.      ������������������  ��������� Attention is directed to the extensive program of the Bella  Coola Farmers' Institute and  Fair Association in this copy; It  is earnestly hoped that .all will  take an interest in placing1 on  exhibit as.many of the products  of the, valley as possible and  otherwise'aid.in; making this'Fall  Exhibition a success.  Ed. White, with; his family,  arrived back in town after spending the summer at N.ootum Bay,  where Mr. White was engaged  in logging.  Mrs. R. Fleming left on the  last boat for Vancouver.  ;������&v BELLA COOLA COURIER
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SATURDAY, SEP. 29, 1917.
What Might Have Been.
"Then none were for si party,
"Then-all were for the state."
If thatcould be brought about
how happy we all would be.   A
society has been formed in England under the name of "The
Society for Upholding Political
.   Honor" and its objects are as
follows: (1) To attack abuses of
government by party,-and especially the misuse'of party funds.
(2) To ensure that publicity shall
ba given to the source, amount,
and disposal of all monies devoted to party objects.'  (3) To insist that honors shall be bestowed only as a reward of ser.yices
to the state,,, an'cf in no case for
moneylary considerations.     (4)
To support as candidates for parliament men who are free from
party ties.    (5) To free the press
from party allegiance. The whole
undertaking is  certainly some
job.     What a happy time we
.- should have had in British Columbia if an organization of  this
kind had been started hereabout
twenty years ago.   Some of the
objects of this organization are
quite sound.   The hidden party
chest is a scandal anyway and
should have been done away with
years ago.   Some pe :>ple seem to
think that there is going to be a
new Empire created after this
war.   In the constitution of the
new Empire when it is reconstructed there must be a clause
forbidding the bartering of public'honors.   More knights have
been created in Canada since the
war started than  during the
whole fifty years of confederation, and if  the bestowing of
honors on men is to continue at
the rate.of the last three years
there will be more knights than
common citizens.
.   o'    o     o     o     o
Overmanned.
The county court of Vancouver
county, of which Bella Coola
happens to be a part,, though not
by choice, has lost two of its
judges. Mr. Justice Schultz by
death and the senior member,
Judge W. Wi B. Mclnnis, by.'retirement to.enter politics in the
Comox-Alberni district, where
he has received nomination in
the Liberal interest for the Dominion House. This leaves the
court with only one-judge who,
it is reported, is quite able to
hand all the business coming before this tribunal.
The Express of the Future.
A great deal of thinking has
been going on during the past
three years, particularly as to
the transportation business of
the future. The tunnelling of
the Straits of Dover is one thing,
but there are others. The latest
in tunnels is one from Wigtownshire, in Scotland, with the Irish
coast, but this may not be seriously entertained for the present, or at least not so longas the
Irish question remains unsettled.
In this connection it may be said
that if the present Irish generation should agree to a settlement,
there may be one or two Irishmen in the next that would stir
up matters a little. This would
leave the tunnel out of the question. Some years ago the tunnel to France was a topic, but
that was as far as it ever went.
Now it is said that nearly half
of the members of the British
House ,of Commons are in favor
of the scheme. Had the French
tunnel been in existence in 1914,
the task of supplying the British
forces in France .would have
been an easy matter and the
perils from the-=Hun submarines
would riot have affected either
the movement of the troops or
supplies. That this tunnel will
be built is no dream. The result
will be,that the Orient express
will leave Charing Cross and run
through to Petrograd, thence
across to Vladivostock, then under the Bering Straits, thence
through Dawson and on to Fori
George. It may run through to
Constantinople, thence branching via Asia Minor to Palestine
and on to Egypt, linking up, with
Cecil Rhodes railway scheme,
Cairo to Cape, or via Bagdad to
India. Any of the lines of railway are quite possible as well as
the tunnelling of the English
Channel and the Bering Straits.
o     o     o     o     o l
Our Duty as Electors.
Slavery to party is one of the
reasons why the politics of the
country have become degraded,
and there are happily many indications of better things in the
near future. The war is, perhaps more than anything else,
bringing us to a realization of
the truth' that our blind partyism
enables a few unscrupulous and
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greedy men to grasp the reins of
power and control parliaments.
Naturally this sort of govern-
ment has resulted in a carnival
of extravagance and corruption
that is disgraceful beyond description. The electors have
only themselves to blame; they
always get just the government
they vote for. But we are awakening to the fact that the exercise of the franchise is a sacred
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duty, and that every elector is
responsible forthe.wayin which
he discharges that duty. Those
who steadfastly refrain from
voting, and those who vote without giving due consideration to
the questions before the ��� country, are equally/to blame forjun^
desirable conditions. Ever since
the supreme sacrifice on Calvary
was made to make men free, suffering humanity has, continued
to struggle for the fulfilment of
that freedom. So long as we fail
in our duty to strive for that fulfilment we cannot hope to escape
from political evils.. The responsibility rests on every voter,
and.those who have the best opportunities to know of the conditions must bear the greatest'
responsibility. '
o       i>       O       O       O "
Showing Up Germany.
It is beginning to apper that
Germany committed a serious
mistake by provoking the United
States to enter the war, not only
in a military sense but also from
the view point of moral sentiment. Since the American republic has taken up the sword
her most damaging work has
been done in the diplomatic exposures. Mr. Gerard, the former ambassador of the United
States to Germany, gave the
world some inside information
which revealed the Teuton at his
worst in international relations
and since then Washington has
disclosed the duplicity of the
German consul in Buenos Aires.
To cap the climax Washington
now produces proof that Geirn-
any was using the Swedish consul in Mexico as a tool in'another
matter of vital importance to the
Allies. This information and
the proof thereof have been long
in possession of the American
government, which has a faculty
of getting hold of things of this
sort which must- be the envy of
the much- vaunted German spy
system. It will be recalled that
the United States had the noto-
riousZimmermann letter up its
sleeve for months before President Wilson confounded Germany with it.
O      O      O       0      o
The man of alien birth will
give the'1 best evidence of his
patriotism to the land of his
adoption if he accepts the new
law without a murmur. The
quarrel is none of his. , He is not
asked to lend a hand in behalf
of the Empire.^ That being the
case| it is his duty to leaVe the
settlement of the issue to those
who are bearing the burden.
o    o    o    o     o
���--    A Dastardly Trick.
A merchant captain-relating
experiences with submarines
says: "Another German trick is
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S. M. NEWTON
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lip ..Saturday, September 29,  1917  BELLAi COOLA COURIER  it  /2  i:  ms  %  P.  .r^fiS"  The Kootenay has a nickeled steel,  rust-proof oven that is as easy to wash  and keep clean as any cooking utensil.  The ash-chute directs all the ashes  into the pan, which is roomy and large  enough to hold a two days' accumulation.   Write for booklet.  HOOTENAY RANGE  LONDON      TORONTO      MONTREAL     WINNIPEG      VANCOUVER  ST. JOHN, N.B.     HAMILTON     CALGARY 14  SASKATOON      EDMONTON  "The Oppressed English."  Ian Hay's book is an amusing  defence of'England. "As a Scotsman," he begins, "the English  people have my profound sympathy." The Englishman is' described as the whipping-boy of  the British Empire.  1 In the war of today, for instance, whenever anything particularly unpleasant or unpopular  has to be done���������such as holding  up neutral mails; or establishing  a blacklist of neutral firms dealing with theenemy���������upon whom  rests the odium? Upon England;  never upon France, and only occasionally upon Great Britain.  The people and press interested  thunder at "England's arrogance.", ,  Similarly the German formula  is "Gott strafe England! "Never  "Britain," as a Scotsman once  very rightly complained to me,  adds Ian Hay in parenthesis:  On the other hand, when there  is any credit going round, continues the first chapter of "The  Oppressed Englishman"��������� say  for the capture of an hitherto  impregnable ridge on the West-  Ames Holden McCready Ltd.  Vancouver, B. C.  1  LEADING WHOLESALERS IN BOOTS,  SHOES   AND'  RUBBERS   FOR   MEN,  WOMEN AND'CHILDREN.  1  h' '),  Largest Manufacturers of Boots and  Shoes in Canada  ern front���������to whom is that credit assigned? Well, it depends.  If the Canadians took the ridge,  Canada gets the credit; and the  world's press (including that of  England) pays due tribute to the  invincible valor of, the men from  the Dominions. Or if a Scottish  or an Irish regiment took the  ridge, the official report from  general headquarters makes appreciable reference to the fact.  But how often do we see the  phrase: "The ridge was stormed  under heavy fire by an English  regiment?" Practically never,  Ian Hay answers. A victory  gained by English boys from  or Yorkshire appears as a British victory, pure and simple.  Some of the chapters of "The  Oppressed English" are devoted  to a discussion of the relationship of England to the Irish situation.   The author concludes:  But I have said enough to demonstrate to unbiased' observers  the present deplorable status of  that unfortunate country, England/ Today her chief offices of  State are occupied by Scotsmen  of the most ruthless type; Wales  supplies her with prime ministers; whilelreland appropriates  all her spare cash and calls her  a bloodsucker. When the war is  over, and the world has leisure  to devote itself to certain long-  postponed domestic reforms, it  is most devoutly to be hoped  that the case of that unhappy  but not undeserving people, the  English, may be taken in hand,  and that they be, granted some  measure, however slight, of  political freedom. After that we  must do something for Poland.  SYNOPSIS OF COAL MINING  REGULATIONS  pOAL MINING RIGHTS of the Dominion, in  Vrf Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Albkhta.  the YUJiONiTERRlTORY, the Nokth-westTerki-  ��������� Tories and in a jiortion of the Province of  British Columbia, may be leased for a term of  twenty-one years at an annual rental of $1 an  tture. Not more than 2,560 acres will be leased  to one applicant.  Application for a Iea������e must be made by the  applicant in perbon to the Axent or Sub-Agent  of the district in which the rights applied for  arc situated.  In surveyed territory the land must be described by sections, or legal (subdivisions of sections, and in unsurveyed territory the tract applied for Bhall be Btaked out by the applicant  himself.  Each application must be accompanied by a  fee of 15 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 of five cents per ton.  The person operating- the mine shall furnish  the Agent with sworn returns acco"ntine 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 leaBt once n year.  The lease will include the coal mining rights  only, but the lessee may be permitted to purchase whatever avuiluble surface rights may be  considered necessary for the working of the mine  at the rate of $10.00 un acre.  For full information application should be  made to the Secretary of the Department of the  Interior. Ottawa, or to any Agent or Sub-Agent  of Dominion Lands.  W. W. CORY.  Deputy Minister of the Interior.  N. I).���������Unauthorized publication of this advertisement will not be paid for.���������30690.  SUBSCRIBE TO THE "COURIER."  BUSINESS' CARDS  Physician:'Did your husband  follow my directions,.taking his  medicine religiously?  , Wife: I fear not doctor. He  swore every> time I gave him a  dose.  According to the man who  knows, "Oil and water, won't  mix, but booze an gasoline cause  manyamiz."  Watch Repairs  '���������'Send your watch to us for guaranteed repairs at lowest prices.  A price given before proceeding with work. If not satisfactory, watch will be returned free  of expense.  O. B. ALLAN  '* Diamond Merchant���������Optician  Granville and Pender, Vancouver.B.C.  00  HOE  3 ������  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.  0 h       -io������       >i m  WATER NOTICE    i  DIVERSION AND USE.  "f^AKE Notice that the Smelters  Steel. Company, a company  incorporated under the laws of  the State of Washington, with  an office at 422 Lum ber Exchange  Building, Seattle, Washington,  will apply for a licence to take  and use one hundred miner's  inches of water out of a creek  falling into the West side of Dean  Channel, North of Cascade Inlet,  adjoining the King Solomon Mineral Claim, which flows Southerly and drains into the said Dean  Channel about fifteen hundred  feet North West of. Iron Island  in said Channel. The water will  be diverted from the stream at  a point about seven hundred and  fifty feet from high water mark,  and will be used for domestic  and mining purposes upon the  lands described as the said King  Solomon Mineral Claim and an  area of about forty-five acres adjoining said mineral claim which  Smelter Steel Company has applied to the Minister of, Lands to  purchase. This notice was posted  on the ground on the 22nd day  of August, 1917.  ���������A copy of this notice and an  application pursuanttheretoand  to the "Water Act,,1914," will  be filed in the office of the Water  Recorder at Vancouver.   Objections to the application maybe  filed  with the; said Water, Recorder .or,:.witJi',. the Comptroller  of  Water^Rlghts,   Parliament'  Buildings;;;Victoria,   within. 30  days: after the first appearance |  of this notice in a.local news-,  paper.     The date of the'first!  publication of this notice is Sep  tember 8th, 1917. ���������;���������:?'���������.-  Smelters Steel Company, ;.  '���������.',   ������������������ \,Ara.icANr..j  By GEORGE A. PIDDUCK,'Agent:,  Sep.8--29. ���������".>'"'; U'-..  Land Notices  VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT  SISTBZCT   OF  COAST���������BANGS   III,  Take notice that I, Frank Inrig, of  Wadhams, B. C, occupation cannery-  man, intend to apply for permission  to lease the following described land:  Commencing at a post planted at the  southwest corner of Lot 1041 on Goose  Bay, Rivers Inlet, thence east20chains,  thence south 20 chains, thence west 20  chains to the shore, thence following  the "shore line to the place of commencement.  FRANK INRIG.,,  Sep. 1-Nov. 3.  August 25th, 1917.  VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT  DISTRICT  Or  COAST���������BANGS  XII.  Take Notice that the Smelters Steel  Company, a company incorporated under the laws of the State of Washington, intends to apply for permission to  purchase the following described land:  Commencing at a post planted at the  Northeast corner of the land applied  for and at about four hundred and fifty  feet East of the mouth of a creek falling into the West side of Dean Channel,  North of Cascade Inlet, adjoining the  King Solomon Mineral Claim, thence  North twenty chains, thence West  twenty chains, thence South twenty^  five chains more or less to the beach,  thence following the beach to the point  of commencement and containing forty-  five acres, more or less.  SMELTERS STEEL COMPANY.  Date; August 22nd, 1917. .  : . By GEORGE A. PIDDUCK. Agent.  Sep. 8--Nov. 10.  Ask Your Dealer for  "Minister IMyles"  Shoes  "BERESFORD" Shoes for Men   .  "VASSAR" and "MISS CANADA" Shoes for Women  i][llllf^O=Dic  \3UTHAT person so happy and contented as the prosperous farmer?  1IXrHAT person so independent?  \I7HAT ambition more noble than lo  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.  r*THE REASONS for this enviable condi-  f 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 excelT  lent 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.  <=D  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.  CD  '������  c-D i zn  SUBSCRIPTION RATES OF  BELLA COOLA COURIER.  . -Subscription* Pay atle in '_ Advance.   ���������������������������".��������� Canada.; :  One Year-.......... 1.........  Six Months i....',..... .....  Three Months . .������������������...;......  UNITJED STATES.  :.;$i.oo  ,...0.75  .... 0.50  $1.50  One Year.  United Kingdom and the Continent.  One Year. '.-;!....:.,............. '..$1.00  SUBSCRIPTION BLANK.  BELLA COOLA PUBLISHING CO., LTD.  BELLA COOLA, B. C.  Enclosed please find..............  for Bella Coola Courier for...,........  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Investors  should keep posted on developments by reading the "Courier."  You are judged by the  stationery that you use.  Let us do your job printing.  We will do it right.  DUILD UP YOUR HOME  D TOWN. Do not talk���������support home industries ��������� talk is  cheap. The best way to show  that you are in earnest is to  practise it.  Support the "Courier" and you  are doing something for yourself  and your community.  Bella Coola Agricultural  Fair Association  $1 a Year  Published every  Saturday at  BELLA COOLA, B. C.  The Annual Agricultural  Exhibitioh will be  held in the  Colony Hall, Hagensborg, "  on  FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12th.  Prize List  ,  STOCK.  Cow  3.00  2.00  Heifer (1 year and  under 2)  3:00  2.00  "POULTRY.  Cock (any breed)  2.00  1.00  Hen  2.00  1.00  DAIRY.  Butter (lib. brick) 2.00 1.00 .50  BAKING.  White bread  1.00-  .50  Brown bread  1.00  .50  Bachelor's bread  1.00  .50  12 buns  1.00  .50  Cake  1.00  .50  PRESERVED FRUITS  Cherries (in glass jars)  .50  .25  Raspberries  .50  .25  Strawberries    "  .50  .25  Plums1'"  .50  .25  Gooseberries     <4  .50.  .25  Best made jam in jars  ,  (any variety) 1.00  .50  Apple jelly  .50  .25  'PICKLES.  1 jar (any variety)  .50  .25  FLOWERS.  "  Flowering pot  .50  .25  1 bunch of cut flowers  .50"  .25  APPLES.  Baldwins  .50  .25  Wealthy  .50  .25  Gravenstein  .50  .25  Alexander  .50  .25  Collection of 5 varieties  (five of each) 1.00  .50  Five of any variety  -.50  .25  5 pears (any variety)  .50  .25  FRUIT.  Collection of plums  1.00  .50  12 plums (any variety)  .50,  .25  12,prunes  .50  .25  1 doz. cherries  "  .50  .25  Rhubarb (12 stalks)  .50  .25  VEGETABLES.  Cabbage, 2 pointed  .50  .25  2 round or flat .50'  .25  2 red  .50  .25  Celery, 6 heads  .50  .25  Tomatoes, 6 red  .50  .25  ''       6 green  .50  .25  Peas, 12 pods  .50  .25  Beans, 12 pods (green]  .50  .25  "    12   "   (bayo)  ,.50  .25  Corn, sweet (6 ears)  ��������� .50  .25  2 cucumbers  .50  .25  2 crookneck squash  .50  .25  2 vegetable marrows  .50  .25  2 Hubbard's squash  .50  .25  2 pumpkins  .50  .25  2 muskmelons  .50  .25  2 citrons  .50  .25  6 beets  .50  \25  6 carrots  .50  .25  6 parsnips  .50  .25  6 yellow onions  .50  .25  6 red  .50  .25  1 bushel potatoes 3.00  2.00  1.00  6 white       "      1.00  .50  .25  6 pink  .75  .25  FIELD CROPS.  2 swede turnips  .50  .25  2 mangolds  .50  .25  6 white carrots  .50  .25  6 red  .50  .25  6 sugar beets  .50  .25  Collection of field roots  i  5 varieties (5 each)  1.00  .50  1 sheaf fodder corn  ,     (12 stalks)  1.00  .50  1 sheaf wheat  .50  .25  1 sheaf, barley  .50  .25  If only one entry of a hind, second  prize only will be gtven.  O.J. Nygaard, Secretary,':���������.  Bella Coola Farmers'  Institute.  ��������� "Say, Casey, did you ever make  an idot of yourself over women?  "An id jut, ��������� is it?    Sure, I've  made mesilf an intoire asylum."  Northern British  Columbia Regiment  Second to None  According to Archie D. Darlington,  , Our War Correspondent  I have come across the local  battalion several times.. It has  a splendid reputation���������second to  none. And I have seen, set up  in a very conspicuous place in the  shelled area, a large white cross  marking the plot where the men  of - Northern British Columbia  who fell on a memorable,morn-  ing now rest. .There are many  names on its raised base, and if  "THE two principal reasons  A   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"  BUTTER   EGGS  and keep your money at home.  P. BURNS & CO., Ltd.  Packers and Provisioned  Calgary    Vancouver    Edmonton  blood was the price, of their  achievement, they paid well for  it.,  There has been some very severe fighting in my immediate  neighborhood quite recently, but  at the time we really do not know  much of what is happening.  Each man has his own job, and  incidently.as well,, looks after,  himself: and each particular unit  fights its own little war. We  just see what goes on within  sight, that is all. , We know  there is fighting to our' left or  right merely, by hieroglyphic reports���������flare rockets at night, the  noise of the guns and so forth.  The rest, week-old newspapers  and rumor supplies; the latter  mainly founded upon lies. As  usual the looker on sees most of  the game.  I am writing from a rude little  dugout quite near to the line;  though pot exactly' rain-tight, it  is nevertheless splinter-proof,  and what little shelter it affords  is appreciable this wet weather.  Every half-minute or so a big  grandfather of a howitzer goes  bang and shakes rust .from the  corrugated iron roof into my eyes  and on to the paper. However,  oniy one inch of my candle remains; I must conclude before  it flickers out.  CAMP. HEATING AND COOK STOVES  Looks Like It.  Love and war go hand in hand.  Even the din of battle has a  sort o'f engagement ring.  Just a Few of Our Exclusive Specialties  THE GOAL EVERBEARING APPLE. The only everbearing  apple in existence. A delicious all-the-season fruit, tine  tree, each, $1.00.  THE VANDERPOOL RED APPLE. The great export apple  and keeper.   Each, 50c.  THE.ORENCO APPLE.; The best dessert apple.   Each, 50c.  THE YAKIMENE PEACH-APRICOT. Aremarkablecombination of the apricot and peach.   Hardy.   Each, $1.00.  THE VROOMAN FRANQUETTE WALNUT. Produces food  of great nutritious value on a highly ornamental tree.  .. .Each$i. ���������:������������������.���������'���������.' .'���������-��������� ���������:'��������� ;!',:���������".'".; .'^ :   ��������� ���������"���������'���������'.'������������������������������������.. >  THE SOUVENIR EVERBEARING RASPBERRY.   The great-  '   est everbearer.   Hundred, $14.00.  SPECIAL   SAMPLE   OFFER  .    We will send prepaid to your nearest s'tation'next Spring one of each of  these splendid trees and a dozen Souvenir Raspberries on receipt of a $5.00  bill, or CO. D. $5:50.   Orders should be placed NOW for these^orany  other of bur well-known stock.   We do not ship into the interior in the Fall.  N.B.-It is MOST IMPORTANT that orders be sent.in AT ONCE���������the.  stock must be reserved NOW.  The British Columbia Nurseries Co., Ltd.-^  1493 SEVENTH AVENUE WEST  VANCOUVER, B. C.  Nurseries at Sardls.  Large and well assorted stock  of Men's, Boys' and Children's  Clothing, Shirts and Underwear  We carry the largest and most  up-to-date stock of Men's,  Women's and Children's Shoes  in all styles at the lowest possible price. Men's Furnishings  to suit individual tastes    r$    $  Settlers, Prospe&ors, 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 that  invite competition.  Paints -  Oils  - Varnishes  -  Stains  Crockery and Glassware of all kinds  Patent Medicines of all descriptions  Best brands of Flour.    Feed and Grain of all sorts  kept on hand.    Prompt service  Best Goods���������Lowest Prices���������Largest Stock  RAW FURS BOUGHT AND SOLD  B.BRYNILDSEN& CO., BELLA COOLA, B.C.  ^iM^^aiuuMBiMMMi������i������iMt������iUB������miimniaB 8  S>'3  .-.*���������!���������'  w5?  -81  k 'is  ������<**M  BELLA COOLA OFFERS ATTRACTIONS  EQUAL IF NOT SUPERIOR TO ANY TO  BE FOUND   IN   BRITISH COLUMBIA.  'OL. 5���������NO. 41  BELLA COOLA, B. C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1917.  $1.00 a Year  War News for.the Week  \  Tuesday: London.--Germans swept back from all points of vant-  e in Ypres salient. Land and sky cleared; of enemy in Thurs-  y's victory. Canadians walk abreast unafraid consolidating im-  rtant gains. Allies troops supremely confident of ability to  nquer. Czar opposed mobilizing of army, so declares Sukhom-  off, former Minister, now on trial for treason. Record of bank  sposits is strong circumstances against prisoner, whose income  'as but forty thousand roubles a year but he banked 752,000 in a  ar. Advices received here indicate that Sweden is on verge of  inisterial crisis, Argentine revelations and election disturb  tional serenity. "British destroyer torpedoed and sunk by German submarine in approaches of channel. ��������� Fifty survivors. Spain  ust come on. side of Entente Allies, neutral-attitude or accept--  ce of Germany's overtures would be purest nonsense says ex-  emier-Romanoes. Defines this as policy of new Liberal party.  Paris.���������North of Verdun and in region of Fosses.and Chauniah  [oods, artillery duels intensely violent during last night.  Rome.���������General Cardona's forces made progress last night at  veral points on Julien battlefrent. On Bainsizza plateau Aus-  fian's after violent artillery preparation repeatedly attacked posi-  ons in region of Kala and west of Volnik, but were repulsed,  jatican still looks for peace.  Petrograd.-Korniloff revolt conducted with approval of Kerens-  e'etion of Russian press openly discusses premier engaging in  hspiracy with Korniloff to crush Petrograd.    Proletariat with  d of cavalry troops.    Controversy oyer recent rebellion provides  eat sensations.   Object said to have been to establish strong  verriment and break up revolutionary assertions.  Buenos  Aires.���������Germany disavows  Count Luxburg's action.  rgentine accepts note as being '.'temporarily safisfied.".  Washington.���������How Germany shamefully abused and exploited  e protection of United States by secreting in the German lega-  ion at Bucharest, after American government had taken charge  Germany's affairs in the Roumanian capital, quantities of explosives for bomb plots and deadly microbes with instructions for  jhoir use in destroying horses and cattle revealed today by Secre-  vy Lansing.  "Billy" Sunday, the noted evangelist, may go to France soon.  *������ says the Kaiser is so bad that the devil would refuse him admittance.  Heavy cut in steel prices, reduction approved by President Wil-  Jbn, run from fifty to seventy per cent. Prices become effective  Immediately, but subject to revision January 1, 1918. American  Md British officials working on a 'program providing for closer  genomic co-operation with a view of uniting for war purposes the  Sentire resources of .the-country along with Britain and her possesions.  Wednesday.    Owing to floods in the upper country the telegraph  Ine is out of commission, no further news will be. available this  S^ek;  Ottawa, Sep. 24.  Class "A"  They  /^P'B'-and''  *ttv  tt.. t  '"it  ,*S^Vini'n only under first call  '* vmS?11^ ^e tne 0T1^y ones to enter  VvisService on proclamation, lower  'fljSjnt'dical classes will not be sent  No guarantees that  C" classes will not be  J-*S5alled up.    Employers are urged  *������ jKfcJto tind out who are essential men.  V'^Aij Labor congress session ended,  'flWJPany important resolutions were  ^'prjadopted by the convention.  fcSsfe   -'^'������ Peking, Sep.  24.���������President  \nd cabinet have agreed to plan  lending a trial division of twenty  A^our thousand Chinese troops to  ^France if money, equipment and  , ^hipping can be obtained.  , \; Montreal, Sep. 24.- G. N. W.  ** telegraph operators, linemen and  automatic operators, from Calgary  to  Campbelltown,   N. B.,  went on strike at 11 o'clock yes-  '"|?M|terday morning.    Company re-  ''i������3|������������use to adopt the award o  '"k/f^board of conciliation gra  f the  granting  ^r^wageincrease from ten tofifteen  per cent.  Petrograd, Sep. 24.���������The Volia  says a strong rumor is circulated  that the Russian government intends to sell the peninsula of  Kamchatka, northeastern coast  of Siberia, to America for several  billion roubles. Project prompted by financial difficulties of the  treasury and the desire of the  government not to increase the  national debt.  New York, Sep. 24.���������Plans by  the aero club of America for a  national airway from this city  extending to San Francisco, to be  called the Woodrow Wilson highway, have been approved by  President Wilson.  dtfurrlj Nnto  Sunday School  Church Service  - 10:45 a.m.  - 7:30 p.m.  Preacher for Sunday���������Rev.  W. H. Gibson.  All Are Welcome.  J361PV6  VERY ONE CAN do  somethi ng for his  country  Some can bear arms  Some can produce food  Some can make munitions  Some can give money  It is the privilege of all to help.  YOU CAN SERVE by  Eighting-^Vorkiiig���������  Saving���������-Giving  This is NATIONAL SERVICE  Are YOU doing your part?  ALL EYES turn now to  ��������� JH^' the Canadian Farmer,  for he can render the  Empire Special Service  in this sternest yea*r of the  war.  But���������our farms are, badly undermanned���������25,000 men are needed on  the land.  With insufficient help, the Man on  the Land rights an uphill fight to  meet the pressing need for Food.  CITY and TOWN  can help.  Municipal Councils, Churches and  Schools, and other organizations,  both of men and women, can render  National Service by directing all  available labour to tlie Land.  Farmers themselves can exchange  labour.   School boys can assist.  Were you raised oxx a fiarm ? Can you  drive a team? "Can you handle fork  or hoe? If you can't fight, you can  produce. Spend the Summxer working on the. Farm.  Let every man, woman and child in  the Dominion who has access to  Land, no matter how small the plot,  make it produce Food in 19x17.  rrj  :t:  For information 0<n any subject relating tto  the Farm end Garden write:���������  INFORMATION  BUREAU  DEPARTMENT   OF   AGRICULTURE  OTTAWA  ~^dl  DOMINION  DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE  OTTAWA,   CANAL XA.  HON. MARTIN   BURRELL, MINISTER.  Jottings of Bella Coola and District  Miss Viva Bingtsen, who has  been the nurse for the past year  at the hospital, left for Victoria  by the last steamer where she  will accept a position with the  Royal Jubilee Hospital in the  capital city.  Mrs. J.H. Hober of Firvale,  arrived back this week after a  three months stay in the States.  Frank Johnson, in company  with J. H. Shafer, made a trip  into the new mining country of  Eutsuck Lake, has returned to  town. He speaks very highly of  that section from a mining point  of view. This country is practically unexplored territory with  no trails to speak of, which makes  prospecting difficult in those regions. Mr. Johnson bears out  the statement made by others  that the district is rich in minerals.        ���������-.' " - ' ���������'   '  Miss Ruth Nordschow was  down from Hagensborg during  the week. After spending three  months in thVndspital here dur-  Winch &Co. of Vancouver, called  at this port last week. The Irrir  palla has had a thorough overhauling since leaving here and  looked spick and span, in fact it  was difficult to recognize her as  the same boat. The launch was  bought by the Messrs. Winch  company for the use of their  travelling superintendent, Mr.  Doyle, between the different  canneries owned by the firm in  the north.  We may be excused for printing the following extract from a  soldier reader at the front:  "I am writing to- thank you  for the Bella Coola Courier, which  has been forwarded so faithfully  for three eventful years and has  found me both in the Mediterranean and in France. Its advent;  whether in the mud or the clay,  fair weather or otherwise,,has  been very welcome; and a fond  link with the dear old province  of British Columbia."  1tte%;S. Tees of ;the C. P.. R:.  T^ON'T forget to bring in your Subscription  to the Courier���������-The more support you  give us, the better paper we will give you.  ing the first part of the year,  Miss Nordschow is now enjoying the best of health.  The gathering in of root crops  is now pretty general throughout the valley and the yield is  considerably above what it was  last year, which was considered  a very good one, particularly the  potatoes, which show a marked  improvement both as to quantity  and quality. Also the fruit is of  a better color, the reason of this  is the dry, warm weather during  the past six weeks, which has  improved the fruit in general.  The salmon catches during the  past week have been fully up to  expectation. There has been a  falling off in the cheaper fish,  but the run of Cohoe has improved if any over last week. From  Kimsquit comes the report that  the canneries there are about  closing down for the season as  all tins arranged for are filled,  and it is too late in the season to  obtain any more cans. At Namu  there has been an over supply of  fish and the latest is they will  also have to close on account of  a shortage in tins. No correct  figures as to the total pack is to  hand, but the Bella Coola cannery is now running close to the  forty thousand cases mark.  The launch lmpalla, formerly  owned by William Sutherland  and now the property of R. V.  service came up with supplies  for the Talleo Fisheries cannery'  and after discharging proceeded  to Kimsquit and Bella Bella to  load salmon for the south. Considerable of the canned fish was  also taken aboard at "the Bella  Coola cannery for shipment to  Vancouver.  Courier readers will be pleased  to learn that John Simister a  former resident of Bella Coola,  is still in the land of the living.  According to the Cariboo Observer of Quesnel, we learn that  Mr. Simister has left that place  and is now superintendent of the  cattle ranch of Little & Udy at  Nazco, in the Cariboo- district.  Mr. W. H. Little also claimed  Bella Coola his home town before taking up his abode in the  Interior to engage in cattle raising extensively.  Attention is directed to the ex-  tensive program of the Bella  Coola Farmers' Institute and  Fair Association in this copy. It  is earnestly hoped that all will  take an interest in placing on  exhibit as many of the products  of the valley as possible and  otherwise aid in making this Fall  Exhibition a success.  Ed. White, with his family,  arrived back in town after spending the summer at Nootum Bay,  where Mr. White was engaged  in logging.   Mrs. R. Fleming left on the  last boat for Vancouver.  ;  ���������������  .v.-- i*  0,  se  ns  k  8  .r  it  is  S  '^  ���������:���������  ** 7" '-,  IF YOU WANT GOOD SPORT  'IS1T BELLA COOLA. EXCEL-  ,ENT HUNTING AND FISHING.  BELLA COOLA OFFERS ATTRACTIONS  EQUAL IF NOT SUPERIOR TO ANY TO  BE FOUND   IN   BRITISH COLUMBIA.  'OL. 5���������NO. 41  BELLA COOLA, B. C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29,  1917.  $1.00 a Year  War News for. the Week  \  (foods,  IRomi  Tuesday:   London.--Germans swept back from all points of vant-  e in Ypres salient.    Land and sky cleared; of enemy in Thurs-  y's victory.   Canadians walk abreast unafraid consolidating im-  rtant gains.    Allies troops  supremely  confident of ability to  nquer.    Czar opposed mobilizing of army, so declares Sukhom-  off, former Minister, now on trial for treason.   Record of bank  posits is strong circumstances against prisoner, whose income  'as but forty thousand roubles a year but he banked 752,000 in a  ar.    Advices received here indicate that Sweden is on verge of  inisterial  crisis,   Argentine revelations  and   election   disturb  tional serenity.   Rritish destroyer torpedoed and sunk by German submarine in approaches of channel."  Fifty survivors.    Spain  ust come on side of Entente Allies, neutral-attitude or accept-  ce of Germany's overtures would be purest nonsense says ex-  emier' Romanoes.    Defines this as policy of new Liberal party.  Paris.���������North of Verdun and in region of Fosses.and Chaumari  , artillery duels intensely violent during last night.  e.--General Cardona's forces made progress last night at  veral points on Julien battlefrent.   On Bainsizza plateau Aus-  ilan's after violent artillery preparation repeatedly attacked posi-  ons in region of Kala and west of Volnik, but were repulsed,  jatican still looks for peace.  Petrograd.-Korniloff revolt conducted with approval of Kerens-  e'etion of Russian press openly discusses premier engaging in  hspiracy with Korniloff to crush Petrograd. Proletariat with  i of cavalry troops. Controversy oyer recent rebellion provides  eat sensations. Object said to'.have been to establish strong  verriment and break up revolutionary assertions. <  Buenos Aires.���������Germany disavows  Count Luxburg's action,  rgentine accepts note as being "temporarily safisfied.". "  Washington.���������How Germany shamefully abused and exploited  e protection of United States by secreting in the German lega-  lon at Bucharest, after American government had taken charge  Germany's affairs in the Roumanian capital, quantities of ex-  ives for bomb "plots and deadly microbes with instructions for  oir use in destroying horses and cattle revealed today by Secre-  vy Lansing.  "Billy" Sunday, the noted evangelist, may go to France soon.  *������ says the Kaiser is so bad that the devil would refuse him ad-  lttance.  Heavy cut in steel prices, reduction approved by President Wil-  ibn, run from fifty to seventy per cent.    Prices become effective  ifinmediately, but subject to revision January 1, 1918.   American  British officials working on aerogram providing for closer  jnomic co-operation with a view of uniting for war purposes the  Jgntire resources of .the-country along with Britain and her possesions.   Wednesday.    Owing to floods in the upper country the telegraph  ine is out of commission, no further news will be. available this  Svek.  losi  Md  IS  itions  sorts  jck  Ottawa, Sep. 24.���������Class "A"  l__������!_lu*n only under first call.   They  ill be the only ones to enter  rvice on proclamation, lower  rfH&jn t'dical classes will not be sent  ^Ijfoflo France.   No guarantees that  ?4flN"and "C" classes will not be  ���������iA$&alled up.   Employers are urged  ** jp-Jto lind out who are essential men.  ^i '-'^Ajtf Labor congress session ended,  , ��������� V'^ijfrlbany important resolutions were  v> "^'^'adopted by the convention.  *- %������$������ Peking, Sep. 24.���������President  , ' 'fSjI&nd cabinet have agreed to plan  ^^ending a trial division of twenty  $our thousand Chinese troops to  ^France if money, equipment and  Ltf  ^Shipping can be obtained.  i'r*  B.C  >   f*  &  \ Montreal, Sep. 24.- G. N. W.  '" telegraph operators, linemen and  automatic operators, from Calgary to Campbelltown, N. B.,  went on strike at 11 o'clock yes-  "terday morning. Company re-fuse to adopt the award of the  '-V&board of conciliation granting  Swageincrease from ten tofifteen  per cent,  Petrograd, Sep. 24.���������The Volia  says a strong rumor is circulated  that the Russian government intends to sell the peninsula of  Kamchatka, northeastern coast  of Siberia, to America for several  billion roubles. Project prompted by financial difficulties of the  treasury and the desire of the  government not to increase the  national debt.  New York, Sep. 24.���������Plans by  the aero club of America for a  national airway from this city  extending to San Francisco, to be  called the Woodrow Wilson highway, have been approved by  President Wilson.  Sunday School  Church Service  10:45 a.m.  7:30 p. m.  -  Preacher for Sunday���������Rev.  W. H. Gibson.  All Are Welcome.  ���������(L^<_><JMtX^OC������^>������^>0������^>������X������  '-V  1    ~f+     (.'  Serve  E  VERY ONE CAN do  something for his  country  Some can bear arms  Some can produce food  Some can make munitions  Some can give money  It is the privilege of all to help.  OX5 CAN SERVE by  J^htingrrV^orkiiig^  Saving���������Giving  This is NATIONAL SERVICE  Are YOU doing your part?  /ILL EYES turn now to  _f"\_ the Canadian Farmer,  for he can render the  Empire Special Service  in this sternest year of the  war.  But���������our farms are, badly undermanned���������25,000 men are needed on  the land.  With insufficient help, the Man on  the Land fights an uphill fight to  meet the pressing need for Food.  CITY and TOWN  can help.  Municipal Councils, Churches and  Schools, and other organizations,  both of men and women, can render  National Service by directing all  available labour to tlie Land.  Farmers themselves can exchange  labour.   School boys can assist.  Were you raised oxi a farm ? Can you  drive a team? "Can you handle fork  or hoe? If you can't fight, you can  produce. Spend the Summier working on the. Farm.  Let every man, "woman and child in  the Dominion who has access to  Land, no matter how small the plot,  make it produce Food in 19x17.  ���������J:  ���������X.  For information o<n any subject relating tto  the Farm s?nd Garden write:���������  INFORMATION  BUREAU  DEPARTMENT   OF   AGRICULTURE  OTTAWA  r_cJ  DOMINION  DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE  OTTAWA,   CANAL \A.  HON. MARTIN   BURRELL, MINISTER.  Jottings of Bella Coola and District  Miss Viva Bingtsen, who has  been the nurse for the past year  at the hospital, left for Victoria  by the last steamer where she  will accept a position with the  Royal Jubilee Hospital in the  capital city.  Mrs. J.H. Hober of Firvale,  arrived back this week after a  three months stay in the States.  Frank Johnson, in company  with J. H. Shafer, made a trip  into the new mining country of  Eutsuck Lake, has returned to  town. He speaks very highly of  that section from a mining point  of view. This country is practically unexplored territory with  no trails to speak of, which makes  prospecting difficult in those regions. Mr. Johnson bears out  the statement made by others  that the district is rich in minerals,        -y " ������������������ ' ���������'   '  Miss Ruth Nordschow was  down from Hagensborg during  the week. After spending three  months in the hospital here dur-  Winch &Co. of Vancouver, called  at this port last week. The Irrir  palla has had a thorough overhauling since leaving here and  looked spick and span, in fact it  was difficult to recognize her as  the same boat. The launch was  bought by the Messrs. Winch  company for the use of their  travelling superintendent, Mr.  Doyle, between the different  canneries owned by the firm in  the north.  We may be excused for printing the following extract from a  soldier reader at the front:  "I am writing to. thank you  for the Bella Coola Courier, which  has been forwarded so faithfully  for three eventful years and has  found me both in the Mediterranean and in France. Its advent,  whether in the mud or the clay,  fair weather or otherwise,,has  been very welcome; and a fond  link with the dear old province  of British Columbia."  ���������-_:he-&.-S; Tees of the C. P.-R..  D  ON'T forget to bring in your Subscription  to the Courier���������-The more support you  give us, the better paper we will give you.  ing the first part of the year,  Miss Nordschow is now enjoying the best of health.  The gathering in of root crops  is now pretty general throughout the valley and the yield is  considerably above what it was  last year, which was considered  a very good one, particularly the  potatoes, which show a marked  improvement both as to quantity  and quality. Also the fruit is of  a better color, the reason of this  is the dry, warm weather during  the past six weeks, which has  improved the fruit in general.  The salmon catches during the  past week have been fully up to  expectation. There has been a  falling off in the cheaper fish,  but the run of Cohoe has improved if any over last week. From  Kimsquit comes the report that  the canneries there are about  closing down for the season as  all tins arranged for are filled,  and it is too late in the season to  obtain any more cans. At Namu  there has been an over supply of  fish and the latest is they will  also have to close on account of  a shortage in tins. No correct  figures as to the total pack is to  hand, but the Bella Coola cannery is now running close to the  forty thousand cases mark.  The launch lmpalla, formerly  owned by William Sutherland  and now the property of R. V.  service came up with supplies  for the Talleo Fisheries cannery'  and after discharging proceeded  to Kimsquit and Bella Bella to  load salmon for the south. Considerable of the canned fish was  also taken aboard at "the Bella  Coola cannery for shipment to  Vancouver.  Courier readers will be pleased  to learn that John Simister a  former resident of Bella Coola,  is still in the land of the living.  According to the Cariboo Observer of Quesnel, we learn that  Mr. Simister has left that place  and is now superintendent of the  cattle ranch of Little & Udy at  Nazco, in the Cariboo- district.  Mr. W. H. Little also claimed  Bella Coola his home town before taking up his abode in the  Interior to engage in cattle raising extensively.  Attention is directed to the ex=-  tensive program of the Bella  Coola Farmers' Institute and  Fair Association in this copy. It  is earnestly hoped that all will  take an interest in placing on  exhibit as many of the products  of the valley as possible and  otherwise aid in making this Fall  Exhibition a success.  Ed. White, with his family,  arrived back in townafterspend-  ing the summer at Nootum Bay,  where Mr. White was engaged  in logging.   Mrs. R. Fleming left on the  last boat for Vancouver. -.tv't*tE**t'  A**'"' ���������"��������� '?  J. xr*������ * -r    '"���������"-'  ,S-J  tt  tf  . -!  |^r-_^  ii  j-  i  (| i  BELLA COOLA COURIER  Saturday,   SepUml  er 20  The Courier  Published Weekly at Bella Coola by  the Bella Coola Publishing Co. Ltd.  SUBSCRIPTION RATES:  Canada  1  Year  *10������  6 Month.    :    ������'j[J  3 Months        ������-50  United State*  1   Year     ������1'50  United Kingdom  1 Year .'...: *100  h _  Subscriptions payable in advance.  Subscribers not receiving their copy  regularly please'notify the management  at'once. Changes in address shoald be  sent' in as soon as possible.  Births, Marriages and Deaths.  50c  per insertion.  For Advertising ��������� Rates, Apply at  :  'Office.  To Correspondents-While ������_!������*"������������"��������� .*������  onyraous communications will be published, the  name and address of every writer of such letter*  ffi'^^^ffirtW to.refuse publication ofany letter. All manuscript at writer s  risk.  'Dalits pttpuli Bttprwtia eat Ux-'  SATURDAY,  SEP. ,29, 1917.  What Might Have Been.  "Then none were for a party, ^  "Then all were for the state.''  If that could be brought about  "how happy we all would be.   A  society has been formed in England under the name of "The  Society for.Upholding Political  Honor" and- its objects are as  .follows: (1) T,o attack abuses of  goverhment.by party, and especially the misuse of party funds.  (2) To ensure "that publicity shall  be given /to the source, amount,  and disposal of all monies devot-  ' ed to party.objects'/ ,(3) To insist that-hohors shall be bestow-  ' ed only.aa^reward,- pf se^ryices  to the statev'anjllin -no case for  moneytary considerations.     (4)  To support as candidates for parliament men who are free from  party ties.    (5) To free th e press  from party allegiance. The whole  undertaking is   certainly  some  job.     What a happy time we  should have had in British Columbia if an organization  of   this  kind had been started hereabout  twenty years ago.   Some of the  objects of this organization are  quite sound.   The hidden party  chest is# a scandal anyway and  should have been done away with  years ago.    Some pe3ple seem to  think that there is going to be a  new Empire created after this  war.    In the constitution of the  new Empfre when it is  reconstructed there must be a clause  forbidding the bartering of public honors.   More knights have  been created in Canada since the  war startedf than  during the  whole fifty years of confederation, and if   the bestowing of  honors on men is to continue at  the rate of the last three years  therje will be more knights than  common citizens.  o    o     o     o    o  Overmanned.  The county court of Vancouver  county, of which Bella Coola  happens to be a part, though not  by choice, has lost two of its  judges. Mr. Justice Schultz by  death and the' senior member,  Judge W. Wi- B. Mclnnis, by retirement to,enter politics in the  Comox-Alberni district, where  he has received nomination in  the Liberal interest for the Dominion House. This leaves the  court with only one judge who,  it is reported, is quite able to  hand all the business coming before this tribunal.  The Express of the Future.  A great deal of thinking has  been going on  during the past  three years, particularly as'to  the transportation   business of  the future.    The  tunnelling of  the Straits of Dover is one.thing,  but there are others.    The latest  in tunnels is one from Wigtownshire, in Scotland, with the Irish  coast, but this may not be seriously entertained for the present, or at least not so long as the  Irish question remains unsettled.  In this connection it may be said  that if the present Irish generation should agree to a settlement,  there may be one or two Irishmen in the next that would stir  up matters a little.    This would  leave the tunnel out of the question.    Some years ago ,the tunnel to France vyas a topic, but  that was as far as it ever went.  Now it is said that nearly half  of the members of the British  House of Commons are in favor  of the scheme.    Had the French  tunnel been in existence in 1914,  the task of supplying the British  forces   in   France   would   have  been  an  easy   matter and   the  perils from the Hun,submarines  .would not have affected either  the-movement of the troops or  supplies.    That this tunnel will  be built is no dream.   The result  will be.that the Orient express  will leave Charing Cross-and run  through   to   Petrograd,   thence  across- to Vladivostock, "then under" the Bering Straits,  thence  through Dawson and on to Fort  George.    It may run through'to  Constantinople, thence branching via Asia- Minor to Palestine  and on to Egypt, linking up>ith  Cecil' 'Rhodes ' railway scheme,  Cairo to Cape, or via Bagdad to  India.   Any of the lines of railway are quite possible as well as  the  tunnelling of'' the English  Channel and the Bering Straits.  o     o     o     o     o  Our Duty as Electors.  Slavery to party is one of the  reasons why the politics of the  country have become degraded,  and there are happily many indications of better things in the  near future. The war is, perhaps more than anything else,  bringing us to a realization of  the truth that our blind partyism  enables a few unscrupulous and  **-***"���������  liADE.   IN  ^CANADA ,  .EATS DIRT  GiLEETTS  CLEANS-DIS!NFECTS~USED FOR  SOFTENING WATER���������FOR MAKING  HARD AND-SOFT SOAR: iFJILL.  niRECTIONS Wtffl EACH CAN,,  greedy men to grasp the reins of  power and control parliaments.  Naturally this  sort of government has resulted in a carnival  of extravagance and, corruption  that is disgraceful  beyond description.      The   electors   have  only themselves to blame; they  always get just the government  they vote for.  , But we are awakening to the fact that the exercise of the franchise is a sacred  duty, and  that every elector is  responsible for the way in which  he discharges that duty.'   Those  who   steadfastly   refrain "from  voting, and those who vote without giving due consideration to  the questions before the   country, are equally to blame for undesirable conditions.   Ever since  the supreme 'sacrifice on Calvary  was made to make men free, suffering humanity has continued  to struggle for the fulfilmentbf  that freedom. . So long as we fail  in our duty to strive'for .that fulfilment yVe cannot hope to escape  from political  evils.      The responsibility rests onevery voter,  and. those who have the best opportunities to. know of the conditions must-bearr the greatest  responsibility."   - "       '\'   '���������*,  and since then Washington has  disclosed   the duplicity of  the  Gerrhan:consul in Buenos Aires.  To, cap the climax Washington  now produces proof that G.ei m-,  any was using the Swedish.consul in Mexico as a tool in another  matter of vital importance.to the  Allies.     This  information and  the proof thereof have been long-  in possession of the American  government, which has a faculty  of getting hold of things of this  sort which must be the envy of  the much- vaunted German spy  system.   It will be recalled that  the United States had the notorious Zimmermann letter up its  sleeve for months before President Wilson confounded Germany with it.  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  <<  MADE    IN    B. C  Send for Catalogue  Prompt'Attention Given Letter Ord  The man of alien birth will  give the* best evidence of his  patriotism to the land of his  adoption if he.accepts the new  law without a murmur. - The  quarrel is none of his. He is not  asked to lend a hand in behalf  of the Empire. That being the  case, it is his duty to leave the  settlement of the issue to those  who are bearing the burden,  o    o  " o    o     o  A Dastardly Trick.  A, merchant captain -relating  experiences with submarines  says: "Another German trick is  to lash a ship's boat with several daisy  men in it to a periscope. The  idea is that a British ship will  come along and, thinking the  men are survivors of some  wreck, will come up close and  let itself be blown up by the submarine  beneath   the   boat.   A  idea, but wekeep aw,T  from such decoys, thank you'"  This abuse of the sacred rule &  humanity which rc-quircs thatai|  ships render every possible ag.'  sistance to save lives at seal,  one of the most dastardly actsof  which the Germans 'are guih'v  O       'J  Showing Up Germany.  , It is beginning to apper that  Germany committed a serious,  mistake by provokingt-he United  States to enter the war, not only  in a military sense but also from  the view point of moral sentiment. Since the American republic has taken up the sword  her most damaging work has  been done in the diplomatic exposures. Mr. Gerard, the former ambassador of the United  States to Gerjnany, gave the  world some inside information  which revealed the Teuton at his  worst in international relations  Royal Standard Flour  ���������Is the famous "no-risk" flour.  ���������The famous "money-back."flour.  ���������The flour that carries the highest percentage  of Food Value.  ,  Look  for   the   " Circle   V"   on   every sack  MILLED IN BRITISH COLUMBIA  SOLD BY ALL STOREKEEPERS  S. M. NEWTON  ; The Prince Rupert Empire  man, who is a candidate for the  House of Commons for this Riding.  While others stand for what  will benefit their party, he stands  for what will benefit-these districts.  Let the Tea Pot tell you  GREAT   WEST  TEA  is Better.  LEESON, DICKIE, GROSS & CO., Ltd.  Wholesale Grocers  Vancouver,  IOC  D ���������  UNION STEAMSHIP CO. OF BX^m  REGULAR FREIGHT  AND PASSENGEli SKUVia  BETWEEN  BELLA COOLA and VANCOUVER  S. S.   "CamOSUn"   Leaves   Vancouver every  Thursday at 11  p. m.     (Victoria day previous.)  Leaves Bella Coola Sundays a. m.  S. S. "COQUITLAM" sails from Vancouver  nightly, carrying Gasoline ancl Explosives, wi  at Bella Coola by arrangement.  apl'I.V l0  1    HUH.  For rates of Freights, Farea and other inforinnli" ��������� J^,  Head Office, Carrall, St.,  Vancouver; or i.r.o.  agent, 1003 Government St., Victoria.  OK  30E  PROJECTED ROUTE OF THE PACIFIC & HUDSON BAY RAILWAY.  Advertise your Wants in the  Courier  !T*EK fe.il   - ~*fJlS September 29,   1917  BELLAi COOLA  COURIER  Tlie Kooteriay has a nickeled steel,  rust-proof oven that is as easy to wash  and keep clean as any cooking utensil.  The ash-chute directs all the ashes  into the pan, which is roomy and large  enough to hold a two days* accumulation.   Write for booklet.  McClaryT5  RANGE  em front���������to whom is that credit assigned?   Well, it depends.  If the Canadians took the ridge,  Canada gets the credit; and the  world's press (including that of  England) pays due tribute to the  invincible valor of the men from  the Dominions.   Or if a Scottish  or an Irish regiment took the  ridge,   the official  report from  general headquarters makes appreciable reference to the fact.  But how often do we see the  phrase: ' 'The ridge was stormed  SYNOPSIS OF"COAL MINING  REGULATIONS  pOAL MINING RIGHTS of the Dominion, in  *���������' Manitoba. Saskatchewan and alberta.  the Yukon Territory, the North-west Terri-  ' Tories and in a portion of the Province of  British Columbia, may be leased for a term of  twenty-one years at an annual rental of $1 an  awe. Not more than 2,560 acres will be leased  to one applicant.  Application for a lease must be made by the  applicant in peraon to the A������ent or Sub-Afcent  of the district in which the riffhta 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 $S 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 of five cents per ton.   *:-~ *V"������ ~inn qha.ll furnish  WINNIPEG      VANCOUVER  ������r"lOHN   N.B."'HAMILTON      CALGARY '   14  ST* J   SASKATOON      EDMONTON  phrase: inenuRew������BWu.^, ^^^^^iZt^^^^'^  under heavy fire by an English | RS������_^r^^������HhSSS  regiment?"    Practically never, I -"W_~ J_ ^-__Ufib.  Ask Your Dealer for  'Minister Myles"  Shoes  "BERESFORD" Shoes for Men  "VASSAR" and "MISS CANADA" Shoes for Women  Oppressed English."  lay's book is an amusing  ��������� of England. "AsaScots.  Jtish Empire.  ie war of today, for in-  whenever anything par-  ly.unpleasant or unpopular  Ibe done���������such as holding  ftral mails, or establishing  clist of neutral firms deal-  |h the enemy��������� uponwhom  never upon France, and only occasionally  upon  Great Britain.  The people and press interested  ���������e begins, "the English [thunder   at   "England's  arrog-  lhave my profound sympa- ance-  The Englishman  is de-     Similarly the German formula  as the whipping-boy of is "Gottstrafe England! "Never  "Britain," as a Scotsman once  very rightly complained to me,  adds Ian Hay in parenthesis.  On the other hand, when there  is any credit going round, continues the first chapter of "The  Oppressed Englishman"���������say  for the capture of an hitherto  n the enemy���������iiponwiiuui i Wl   n.^ e   e odium? Upon England;'impregnable ridge on the West-  lAmes Holden McCready Ltd.  Vancouver, B. C.  I  LEADING WHOLESALERS IN BOOTS  SHOES   AND   RUBBERS   FOR   MEN,  WOMEN AND CHILDREN.  1  ILargest Manufacturers of Boots and  Shoes in Canada  Ian Hay answers. A victory  gained by English boys from  or Yorkshire appears as a British victory, pure and simple.  Some of the chapters of "The  Oppressed English" are devoted  to a discussion of the relationship of England to the Irish situation.    The author concludes:  But I have said enough to demonstrate to unbiased observers  the present deplorable status of  that unfortunate country, England. Today her chief offices of  State are occupied by Scotsmen  of the most ruthless type; Wales  supplies her with prime ministers; while Ireland appropriates  all her spare cash and calls her  a bloodsucker.   When the war is  i'  over, and the world has leisure  to devote itself to certain long-  postponed domestic reforms, it  is most devoutly  to be hoped  that the case of that unhappy  but not undeserving people, the  English, may be taken in hand,  and that they be granted some  measure,    however    slight,^ of  political freedom.. After that we  must do something for Poland.  the royalty thereon, n me com un.,...��������� -.��������� ���������  are not beinf? operated, such returns should be  furnished at least once a year.  The lease will include the coal mining rights  onlyt but the lessee may be permitted to purchase whatever available surface rights may be  considered necessary for the working of the mine  at the rate of $10.00 an acre.  For full information application should be  made to the Secretary of the Department of the  Interior, Ottawa, or to any Agent or Sub-Agent  of Dominion Lands.  W. W. CORY.  Deputy Minister of the Interior.  N.B.���������Unauthorized publication of Ahia advertisement will not be paid for.���������30690. ���������  SUBSCRIBE TO THE "COURIER."  BUSINESS CARDS  Watch Repairs  :Send your watch to us for guaranteed repairs at lowest prices.  A price given before proceeding with work. If not satisfactory, watch will be returned free  of expense.  ':   O. B. ALLAN  - Diamond Merchant���������Optician'  Granville and Pender,Vancouver, B.C.  Should be used for coffee,  tea, pudding, whipped      .  cream and all cereals.  FOOD  PRODUCTS   CO., LTD., Manufacturers  Office: 322 DRAKE STREET, VANCOUVER, B. C.  Physician: Did your husband  follow my directions, taking his  medicine religiously?  Wife: I fear not doctor. He  swore every time I gave him a  dose.  According to the man who  knows, "Oil and water won't  mix, but booze an gasoline cause  many a miz."  ,M___H_������M_MMMM~Mfc~M~M~kM~_B~iMlmmmtm���������_���������������aBMaMMMMMH  WATER NOTICE  DIVERSION AND USE.  HTake Notice that the Smelters  ���������*��������� Steel Company, a company  incorporated under the laws of  the State of Washington, with  an office at 422 Lum ber Exchange  Building,   Seattle,   Washington,  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.  Land Notices  "T ���������*  _hSa  YOU GET THE BEST  oi  f  *i"-\'i  When you order NABOB  Coffee For this good coffee  is mellow and hne, full flavored, fragrant and delicious.  Cbmes  in  the big, green  tins, a full pound net.  ORDER A TIN TODAY  will apply for a licence to take  and  use   one   hundred   miner sj  inches of water out of a creek  falling into the West side of 1 >ean  Channel, North of Cascade Inlet,  adjoining the King Solomon Mineral Claim, which flows Southerly and drains into the said Dean  Channel about fifteen hundred  feet North West of Iron Island  in said Channel.   The water will  be diverted from the stream at  a point about seven hundred and  fiftv feet from highwater mark,  and will  be used for domestic  and mining purposes upon the  lands described as the said King  Solomon Mineral Claim and an  area of about forty-five acres ad-  ioining said mineral claim which  Smelter Steel Company has applied to the Minister ol Lands to  T^irfhase   This notice was posted  Tthe ground on the 22nd day  of August, 1917.  ���������A copy of this notice and an  application pursuant thereto and  rn the "Water Act, 1914,     will  be fileed irtthe office of the Water  Recorder at Vancouver.    Objections to the application may be  filed  with the said Water Recorder or with the Comptroller,  of   Water .Rights,   Parliament  Buildings,  Victoria,   within  30  days after the first appearance)  of this notice in a local news-  naDer      The  date of the first;  Publication of this notice is Sep  tember 8th, 1917.  SMELTERS STEEL COMPANY, nt ,  By GEORGE A. PIDDUCK. Agent.  | Sep. 8-28.  VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT  _ISTEXCT   OP   COAST���������RANGE   IH.  Take notice that I, Frank Inrig, of  Wadhams, B. C, occupation cannery-  man, intend to apply for permission  to lease the following described land:  Commencing at a post planted at the  southwest corner of Lot 1041 on Goose  Bay, Rivers Inlet, thence east20 chains,  thence south 20 chains, thence west 20  chains to the shore, thence following  the shore line to the place of commencement.  PRANK INRIG.  August 25th, 1917.  Sep. 1-Nov. 3.  VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT  DISTRICT   OP   COAST���������BANGE   IH.  Take Notice that the Smelters Steel  Company, a company incorporated under the laws of the State of Washing-  ?on. intends to apply for permission to  purchase the following described land.  P Commencing at a post planted at the  Northeast  corner of the land applied  for and at about four hundred and fifty  feet East of the mouth of a creek falling into the West side of Dean Channel  North of Cascade Inlet   adjoining the  S Solomon   Mineral   Claim, thence  North    twenty   chains,   thence   West  Twenty   chains, thence  South twenty-  five chains more or less to the beach  thence following the beach to .the p91.1t  of commencement and containing forty-  five acres, more or less.  SMELTERS STEEL COMPANY  Date, August 22nd, 1917.  By GEOKGE A. PIDDUCK, Agent.  Sep. 8--Nov. 10.  H=  3lfr__3ra;:_  \XjTHAT person so happy and contented as the prosperous farmer?  \&THAT person so independent?  ^tt/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.  THE REASONS for this enviable condition 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.  TVELLA 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.  .SuWription. Payable in Advance.  CANADA.  One Yeak..  Six Months ...  Three Months  .$1.00  . 0.75  . 0.50  SUBSCRIPTION BLANK.  UNITED STATES.  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" {���������-!��������� I  ill  lubscribe  for the  Bella Coola Agricultural  Fair Association  ONE DOLLAR  FOR ONE YEAR  The Annual Agricultural"   -  .Exhibition will be  held in the  Colony Hall, Hagensborg,  on  FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12th,  SalurJay> Setfemk J  The Courier is the on/*/  newspaper, published on  the mainland coaSt between Vancouver arid  Prince Rupert.  A distance of six hundred miles  .    STOCK.,  Cow "3.00  Heifer'(1 year and  under 2),   ,3.00  "POULTRY:  Cock (any'breed)        2.00  Hen    "      " 2.00  D4IRY.  Butter (lib. brick)" 2.00 1.00' .50  {BAKING.  2.00  2.00  1.00  1.00  Solid Leathe  ���������n.  MwilUbe i&yoafiin*  feres/ /o ftfcep - well informed regarding the  happenings throughout  the Northern section of  thiSiProvirice���������        "  THE "COURIER"  _ \ GIVES THEM.  ADVERTISERS  Now is. the time to keep  yoiir.: name 'before, the  public. No manufacturer or wHblesalehouse can  afford"to: let slip the opportunity of increased  ?C sales that public adver-  tismg brings. > s  /SZtK  -\  f.X  'in  DEAL ESTATE bo'omsMu_ihe.  cities have come\and" gone?  People are beginning^to flock to  the country. The Nprth-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."  ob Printing  You are judged by the  stationery that you use.  Let us do your job printing.  We will do it right.  bUILD UP'* YOUR HOME  TOWN. Do not talk���������support home industries-- talk is  cheap. The best way to show  that you are in earnest is to  practise it.  Support the "Courier" and you  are doing something for yourself  and your community.  The Courier  $1 a Year  ���������White bread      *   ���������     - 1.00.  Brown bread , 1.00  Bachelor's breads  . '   1.00-  12 buns"-- '��������� ' ' L00 '  Cake "   1.00-  ... PRESERVED FRUITS.  Cherries (in glass jars)v .50  Raspberries ���������   > ..50  Strawberries '   "      ..  .50\  .  *Ptams*^*5;*^'B,"-,' * %50  Gooseberries  ["  /.     .50  Best made" j am in* j ars ���������    .i t r  - -"    : (any,variety) L00  Apple jelly,j . . ���������' -^-,50^  ' J SICKLES:    ,  1 jar (any variety) ���������' , ;50,.  '^S^VFLOIVERS, ; ; ;  Flowering pot - "' - A.50 *  1 bunch .of'cut.flowers...'50  f;  -  "apples:  Baldwins -   \50  Wealthy   . ^ .50  GraVenstein   ^ .50  Alexander . .50.  Collection of 5 varieties  ^(five of each) 1.00  Five'of any variety   ~ -.50  5 pears (any variety)    .50  ,     "     " :: FRUIT.    -  Collection of plums     1.00  12 plums (any Variety)   .50  12.prunes " .50  1 doz. cherries " .50  Rhubarb (12 stalks)      .50  ..   ,;   VEGETABLES.  Cabbage,-^^ pointed       .50  ^,-   *' > .^'foKfl^^rflat .50  ^'^"'^^'red :NfJ -50  Celery, 6,i7eads<?'"1' .50  Tomatoes, 6 red \ .50  ��������� - " 6 green V ~.50  Peas, 12 pods .50  Beans, 12 pods (green) .50  _     12    "   (bayo)    .50  Corn, sweet (6 ears)   * .50  2 cucumbers .50  2 crookneck squash .50  2 vegetable marrows .50  2 Hubbard's squash .50  2 pumpkins .50  2 muskmelons .50  2 citrons                         .50  46 beets .50  6 carrots .50  6 parsnips .50  6 yellow onions .50  6'red          "' .50  1 bushel potatoes 3.00 2.00  6 white ���������'.' 1.00 .50  6 pink " .75  FIELD CROPS.  2 swede turnips .50  2 mangolds .50  6 white carrots .50  6. red " .50  6 sugar beets .50  Collection of field roots,  5 varieties (5 each) 1.00  1 sheaf fodder.corn  (12 stalks) 1.00  1 sheaf wheat .50  1 sheaf, barley .50  Published every  Saturday at  BELLA COOLA, B. C.  E_l E  HOE  ID to]  .50  .50  ,50  .50  .50  .25  .25  ..l'.25  .25  .25  .:50  ..25  -   ������?  "  w  "'.25  .25  .25  .25  .25,  .25  .50  .25  .25  ^.50  .25  .25  .25  ..25  .25  .25  .25  .25  :_5  .25  .25  .25  .25  .25  .25  .25  .25  .25  .25  .25  .25  \25  .25  .25  .25  .25  1.00  .25  .25"  .25  .25  .25  .25  .25  .50  .50  .25  .25  For Miners  Loggers  Fishermen  Prospectors  are in a class by themselves  Theyihave been tried and  tested for over Fifty Years  and have not been disappointing.  ASK YOUR MERCHANT FOR AMHERST  "HOME-MADE" BRAND  t       + i  Amherst Boot & Shoe Co. Ltd.  AMHERST-    '"���������'    HALIFAX REGINA  \ ���������PtJXt v4    -  Northern British  Columbia Regiment  Second to None  ';.--"  "   /     .." -���������: ������  ���������According to Archie D. Darlington,  [���������' -VOur War Correspondent  I have come "across the local  battalion several times., , It has  a splendid reputetiori~se.cond to  none. And, Lhave seen; setup  in a very conspicuous place in the  shelled area, a largewhite cross  marking the.plot where the men  of -Northern British'Columbia  whofelLori a memorable,morning how rest. .There are many  names on its raised base, and if  If only one entry of a k>nd, second  prize only will be given.  O. J. Nygaard, Secretary,  Bella Coola Farmers' Institute.  "Say, Casey, did you ever make  an idot of yourself over women?  "An idjut, is it?    Sure, I've  made mesilf an intoire asylum."  '"THE two principal reasons  why   you  should   buy  "Shamrock" Hams, Bacon,  Lard, etc., are:  FIRST���������,,  ^ sfb.z/e 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. BU^NS & CO., Ltd.  Packers and Provitioners  Calgary    Vancouver    Edmonton  - blood <was,,Fthe^ price, of their  achievement' they paid well for  There :has been some very severe'fighting ~rh my immediate  neighborhood quite recently, but  at the time we really do not know  much of what is- happening.  Each man hast, his own job, and  incidently as well,, looks after  himself: and each particular unit  fights, its own- little war. We  just see.what goes on within  sight, that is all. We know  there is fighting to our left or  right merely by hieroglyphic reports���������flare rockets at night, the  noise of the guns and so forth.  The rest, week-old newspapers  and rumor supplies; the latter  mainly founded upon lies. As  usual the looker on sees most of  the game.  I am writing from a rude little  dugout quite near to the line;  though pot exactly rain-tight, it  is nevertheless splinter-proof,  and what little shelter it affords  is appreciable this wet weather.  Every half-minute or so a big  grandfather of a howitzer goes  bang and shakes rust from the  corrugated iron roof into my eyes  and on to the paper. However,  only one inch of my candle remains; I must conclude before  it flickers out.  Looks Like It.  Love and war go hand in hand.  I Even the din of battle has a  'sort of engagement ring.  Just a Few of Our Exclusive Specialties  THE GOAL EVERBEARING APPLE. The only everbearing  apple in existence. A delicious all-the-season fruit. Fine  tree, each, $1.00.  THE VANDERPOOL RED APPLE. The great export apple  and keeper.   Each, 50c.  THE. ORENCO APPLE.   The best dessert apple.   Each, 50c.  THE YAKIMENE PEACH-APRICOT. A remarkable combination of the apricot and peach.    Hardy.   Each, $1.00.  THE VROOMAN FRANQUETTE WALNUT.   Produces food  of great nutritious value on a highly ornamental tree  Each $1.  THE SOUVENIR EVERBEARING RASPBERRY. The greatest everbearer....Hundred, $14.00.  SPECIAL   SAMPLE   OFFER  We will send prepaid to your nearest atation'next Spring one of each of  these splendid trees and a dozen Souvenir Raspberries on receipt of a $5 00  bill, or C. O. D   $5.50.    Orders should be placed NOW for these or any  other of our well-known stock.    We do not ship into the interior in the Fall  N.B.-lt is MOST IMPORTANT that orders be sent In AT ONCE-tno  stock must be reserved NOW.  The British Columbia Nurseries Co., Ltd.  1493 SEVENTH AVENUE WEST       -   -      VANCOUVER, B. C.  Nurseries at Sardls.  ESTABLISHED AT BELLA COOLA IN  rynildsen&Ci  LEADING   DEALERS  in  General Merchandisjj  Dry Goods and Notio|$|  Staple and Fancy  Groceries  HEAVY AND SHELF HA  CAMP; HEATING AND COOK STOVi  ' -SV  ,fr&  ��������� - r .. ,  Large and well assorted stock  ojjf Men's, Boys' and Children'^  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, Prospedors, Hunters, Trap  pers, Campers and Land-Seekers will  find it to their advantage to look over  our stock. Nothing but the mo_t suitable articles are kept at prices thai  invite competition.  Paints -  Oils  - Varnishes  - Stains  Crockery and Glassware of all kinds  '-.-���������V   .     ..���������  T- Patent Medicines of all description  Best ftrands of Flour.     Feed and Grain of all ^  kept on hand."   Prompt service  | Best Goods^-Lowest Prices   Largestjto^  RAW FURS BOUGHT AND SOLD  B.BRYNILDSEN & CO., BELLA  C00LA,B.C  ..,. __H?r