"f9c74618-6869-40b6-a82b-cfe2173cf95b"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "2015-12-01"@en . "1915-02-06"@en . "The Leading Weekly Newspaper of Northern British Columbia"@en . ""@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/ominecaminer/items/1.0083687/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nTHE LEADING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA\nVOL. IV, NO. 23\nHAZELTON, B. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1915\nPRICE $2.00 A YEAR\nCHAMPIONSZONCE AGAIN\nSix Straight Wins Demonstrate\nHazelton's Superiority and\nCarryjOff Cup\nThe Hazelton'hockey team 'are\nchampions of the Northern B. C.\nHockey'.League for the\" season\n1914-15. By defeating New\nHazelton andTSmithers during\nthe past \"week.^the local team\ncinched the title, and the Ross\ncup will be located here for the\nnext year. Saturday's game'at\nNew Hazelton was close, fast\nhockey. McKenzie rscored for\nNew Hazelton in the first minutes play. For Hazelton, Percy\nMcDougall scored on a rebound\nin the second period, and Irwin\nwas responsible for the deciding\ntally in the final session. McLeod and Duke Harris handled\nthe game.\nOn Thursday night, Smithers\nbrought down a crowd on a special train to see their team lose by\na score of 8-3. The game was\neven more one-sided than the\nscore would indicate, two of the\nSmithers goals being scored off\nHazelton players. For Hazelton,\nHume scored four, Percy McDougall three and Al McDougall one.\nJardine and Keddy scored for\nSmithers. Following are the\nteams:\nHazelton: Taylor, O'Shea, Irwin,\nP. McDougall, A. McDougall,\nHume, Kinghorn, McKay.\nSmithers: Crandall, Clark, Keddy\nMcFarlane, McEwen Jardine.\nReferee, McDonnell.\nJudge of play, O'Neil.\nFollowing is the league standing to date:\nWon Lost\nHazelton 6 0\nNew Hazelton 2 3\nSmithers 0 5\nNext scheduled game, Hazelton at Smithers, Feb. 10.\nThe local team is trying to arrange to play Smithers on Saturday 13, New Hazelton playing\nhere Wednesday.\nCoast Hockey\nVancouver, Feb. 6:\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDAt Portland, last night, the home team\ndefeated Vancouver, 8-3. The\nresult of this game leaves the\nchampionship in doubt, Vancouver having won seven games and\nPortland six.\nSteamer Seized\nTokio, Feb. 5:\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDJapanese warships have seized the Norwegian\nsteamer Christian Bors, bound\nfram Shanghai to San Francisco.\nSerious Explosion\nFayetteville, W. Va., Feb. 6:\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nAn explosion occurred in the\nmines of the New River Coal Co.\nat Carlisle today. It is feared\nthat 130 men have perished.\nW.A.\nThe sewing meeting in connection with the W. A., will be held\nat Mrs. Hoskins' house on Feb.\n11th, at 3 p. m., to work for the\nBelgian Fund. .\nFriends are asked to remember\nthat the home cookery, in aid of\nthe same cause, is held in the\nold public school, every Friday.\nARTILLERY BATTLES GENERAL\nRUSSIANS CAPTURE 3000 PRISONERS\n-HEAVY FIGHTING EAST AND WEST\nPetrograd, Feb. 6, Report by\nthe general staff of the Russian\narmy: \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"Combats on tha Bzura\nand Rawka rivers continue with\nundiminished energy. In an offensive movement, our troops\ncrossed the Bzura, near its\nmouth, captured a portion of the\nenemy's position near Dakhova,\nand dislodged the Germans from\ntheir bridge head. In the vicinity of Borgimow, Goumine and\nWolaszdlowieeka, our attacks alternate incessantly with those of\nthe enemy, under unbrcken artillery fire. On remainder of the\nleft bank of the Vistula front,\nthe artillery fire has diminished\nsomewhat. We blew up a bridge\non the Nida, which had just been\nconstructed by the enemy near\nthe village of Gerniki, and repulsed several attempts by the enemy\nto launch an offensive on the\nNida, near Rembowel.\nIn the northwest Carpathians,\nin the direction of Oujok, we\ncontinued the offensive, and took\nas many as 3,000 prisoners. To\nthe southeast of Oujok, we are\nstill being subjected to very high\npressure by the enemy's forces.\"\nAmsterdam:\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDSeveral German\nsubmarines have been sent to\nZeebrugge from the naval base\nat Wilhelmshaven and Cuxhaven.\nIt is assumed that Zeebrugge\nwill be the base of naval operations which Germany will deliver\nagainst the transports carrying\nEngland's new army across the\nchannel to France.\nAmsterdam:\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe movement\nof the German troops to the\nwestern front continues.\nParis, Feb. 6, Official communication:\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDDuring the night of\nFeb. 4-5, some German contingents endeavored, but without\nsuccess, to advance from their\ntrenches before Notre Dame de\nLorette. Our artillery has done\nsome very effective shooting in\nthe valley of the Aisne. In\nChampagne, to the north of\nBeausejour, our troops made\nsome slight progress during Friday. In Argonne, we have consolidated our position on the\nground which we captured on\nFeb. 4, at Bagatelle. In Alsace\nthe German attack to the south\nof Altkirch was repulsed.\nLondon, Feb. 6:\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDIndignation\nis expressed by the French, Swedish and Italian press at the German Admiralty's announcement\nof a submarine blockade. The\n\"Paper Blockade\" was received\nwith ridicule in England.\nParis, Official:\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThere were\nsatisfactory artillery engagements yesterday, between Arras\nand Rheims. In Woevre and\nArgonne, artillery dispersed convoys and set fire to 24 wagons.\nA German captive balloon was\nbrought down northeast of\nSomme.\nCairo:\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD600 Turkish prisoners,\nthree guns and 90 camels, loaded\nwith stores and ammunition\nhave been captured by the British.\nSTORY OF THE GREAT WAR TOLD DAY BY DAY\nLondon, Feb. 1:\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"Our men, in\nmany cases, fought with bayonets in their hands and even knocked out many Germans with their\nfists. A story is told of one man\nwho broke into a house held by\neight Germans, bayoneted four\nof them and captured the rest,\nwhile he continued to suck on his\nclay pipe,\" said an official eyewitness with the British expeditionary forces, in a description\nof the battle of Jan. 25, when\nGermans attacked the British\nnorth and south of La Bassee\nand succeeded in capturing some\nof their trenches, which a French\nofficial report today says have all\nbeen retaken.\nThe battle, which commenced\nearly in the morning, was preceded by the usual artillery duels.\n\"At eight o'clock in the morning,\" says the eyewitness, \"the\nGermans launched an assault\nagainst the British and French\non the south side of the canal\nand at one point penetrated outlines. About the same time they\nstrongly attacked our troops at\nGivenchy, north of the canal, and\npassing over our front trenches,\ntemporarily gained a foothold in\nplaces. But as their infantry\nsurged forward through the village, our men met them with\ncold steel, killing 100 with the\nbayonet. Fighting then proceeded for some hours at close\nquarters, and by noon we had\nreoccupied the whole of our\noriginal trenches around the\nvillage. Germans showed the\nutmost determination in this\nquarter, delivering no less than\nfive attacks on the northeast\ncorner of Givenchy.\"\nLondon:\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe toll, taken by\nthe German submarine U21, in\na raid on Saturday afternoon\nin the Irish Sea, in the vicinity\nof Liverpool, stands at three\nships, the steamers Ben Cruach-\nen, Linda Blanche and the Kil-\ncoan, the latter a small vessel.\nThe crew of the Kilcoan was\nlanded on the Isle of Man today\nby a coastwise steamer. In addition, a German submarine has\ntorpedoed two British steamers\nin the Euglish Channel. neat-\nHavre, the Toko Maru and the\nIcaria. The Irish Sea raider\neasily made her escape, and shipping interests are confident that\nshe has returned to her base and\nhave ordered resumption of normal traffic today.\nThe following report from the\nstaff of the Russian army of the\nCaucasus was given out: \"On\nthe Sari Katysh front, on the\nevening of Jan. 27, one of out-\ncolumns, profiting by a snow\nstorm, crossed the '-est of the\nmountain and seized, after a\nviolent struggle, the village of\nGarness, making prisoners there\nthe chief of the 13th Turkish\ndivision, his staff of sixteen offi\ncers, seven surgeons, and 450\nothers, and cepturing three cannon, more than 200 rifles, a convoy train and a large quantity\nof war munitions and provisions.\nThe next day the Turks attacked\nthis column, but were repulsed\nby counter attack, with great\nloss, abandoning to us a rapid-\nfiring gun. Elsewhere, there\nhave been the usual fusilades.\"\nParis, Feb. 2, Official communication:\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDThe night of Jan. 31-\nFeb. 1, was quiet. In the morning of Feb. 1, the enemy made a\nviolent attack on our trenches on\nthe road of La Bassee. The\nattack was repulsed and the Germans left a large number of dead\non the field. At Beaumonthamel,\nto the north of Albert, German\ninfantry attempted a surprise\nagainst one of our trenches, but\nwere obliged to take flight, abandoning explosives with which\nthey had been provided.\nOfficial.\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDIn Argonne there has\nbeen great activity in the regions\nof Pontaine-Madame and the\nForest of La Grurie. An attack\nby Germans was repelled near\nBagatelle. One of our trenches,\nwhich was demolished by two\nmines, was evacuated without\nloss. In Vosges and in Alsace\nthere is no action to report. The\nsnowfall has been very abundant.\n(Continued on Page Four)\nLOCAL NEWSPARAGRAPHS\nWeek's Items of General Interest\nIn and Aroundjthe\nDistrict\nC. Gibbs, of Victoria, is here\non a business visit.\nMiss Irwin, of Prince Rupert,\nis visiting Mrs. R. E. Allen.\nA ladies' hockey match is\nscheduled for this afternoon.\nGus Olson and Jim Bates came\nin from Omineca this week.\nMiss Kate Carr, of Smithers,\nis spending a few days in town.\nJ. C. K. Sealy left for his ranch\nin the Bulkley last Wednesday.\nBorn, to Mr. and Mrs. Hugh\nTaylor, at the Hazelton Hospital,\na son;\nC. P Richardson, of Kitselas,\nwas a business visitor in town\nthis week.\nFrank Jackson is out of the\nhospital, and will leave for the\ncoast tomorrow.\nConstable C. F. Evans, of Fort\nFraser, spent the first part of the\nweek in Hazelton.\nW. N. Jinkins, who has spent\nseveral months in Groundhog,\nleft for the coast Thursday.\nThe Hazelton second team\nplayed at New Hazelton Tuesday\nnight, winning from the latter\nteam by 7-2.\nA dance held after the hockey\ngame Thursday night, was well\nattended. Those present had an\nenjoyable time.\nA. N. McDonald and W. Watson\nare now in Atlin, having made\nthe trip from Hazelton, via Car-\nCross Y. T., in seven days.\nWhile watching the hockey\ngame on Thursday night, J. D.\nMcDougall had the misfortune to\nfall on the ice, breaking his collar bone.\nThe special train, carrying the\nSmithers hockey team, ran into\na hand car on Thursday, near\nPorphery Creek. A section foreman on the car had several fingers cut off. He was brought to\nthe Hospital on the train.\nBilly Reid, who has spent the\nlast six months at the Coronado\nGroup on Hudson Bay Mountain,\nis in town for a few days and\nreports some splendid showings.\nTwo shifts are working steadily\non development work, and three\ncarloads of ore are alongside the\ntrack ready for shipment.\nA German Plot\nParis, Jan. 6:\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDA plot to blow\nup the liner La Champaigne, by\na German passenger, was frustrated by a wireless message\non the voyage from Mexico to\nCorunna. Five dynamite bombs\nwere discovered in his trunk. THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1915\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD naiumncz*\n: r. ar~ \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDar\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*ry\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDTWi\nThe Omineca Mimier\nPublished every Saturday at Hazelton, the Center of the\nGreat Omineca District of British Columbia.\nA. R. Macdonald, Publisher and Proprietor.\nIIMUIIMIM1IIIIII1MHI1M11II1MINH1KMI\nH\nm\nm\nm\nSUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada and Hritiah Possessions, Two Dollars a\nyear; Foreign, Three Dollars a year.\nADVERTISING RATES: Display, $2.50 per inch per month; Reading\nNotices, 20 cents per line for each insertion. Legal notices inserted at B. C.\nGazette rates.\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD. SARGENT'S\nWe Lead\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nOthers iFollow\nMINERS' PROSPECTORS' and SETTLERS' SUPPLIES A SPECIALTY\nVol. IV.\nSaturday, February 6, 19] 5.\nNo. 23\nThe annual report of the Hazelton Hospital, which was placed\nbefore the patrons of that institution last week, and is now available for general distribution, shows a splendid record of achievement\nfor the past year. The statistics show that 306 patients were\ntreated during the year, being a slight increase over the attendance\nin any previous year. An interesting item in this connection 's\nthat twenty-six countries are represented in this total. One of\nthe outstanding features of the report, is that dealing with the mortality rate, which was 3.06 per cent. This is an exceptionally low\nfigure, and one that the most modern city hospitals seldom equa'.\nDuring the year, the equipment has been supplemented by the addition of a first-class lighting and water system, a Kelly-Koett X-ray\nmachine and an ambulance, all of which are giving splendid service and have helped to increase the efficiency for which the\nHazelton Hospital has always been noted. The Superintendent\nand staff are indeed to be congratulated on the splendid showing\nmade during the year, and the hearty support of the entire district\nis due those who are striving to maintain the high standard which\nhas been reached.\nIn a recent address before the\nPrince Rupert Board of Trade,\non \"Agriculture in the North,\"\nMr. A. H. Tomlinson, of the department of agriculture, says in\npart:\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\ning, etc., develops, but the main\nmarkets for points west, especially of the Skeena district and the\nIslands, Bella Coola and the Naas\nwill be Prince Rupert.\nLocalfmerchants have been and\n\"In the North we'have the! are anxious to do business and\nmost extensive agricultural areas reciprocate trade with the far-\nin British Columbia, containing, mers and settlers. The merch-\nsome of the most productive, ants are in a position to procure\nsoils. Stretching from Prince markets for northern produce,\nRupert to McBride, taking in the which the individual farmer can\nnot. Then we have also the City\nMarket, which, if well managed,\nOotsa and Stuart Lake districts I with co-operative growing and\nSkeena valleys with their tribut\naries, Bulkley Valley, Francois,\n9\nHI\n0\na\na\nm\nu\nn\na\nn\nm\nm\nm\nu\nm\nm\nm\n*\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\n*\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\n*\nm\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nn\nn\nm\nu\na\nm\nt\nHARDWARE\n]\nI\nIs one of our Special Lines\nCall and look over our stock\nWe have the Goods and\nOUR PRICES ARE RIGHT\nSome Broken lines of FELT\nFOOTWEAR now selling\nat greatly reduced prices\nGeneral D C CADPCMT Hazelton\nMerchant\nand the small lakes; also Fraser\nand Nechaco Valleys.\nIn the district surrounding\nHazelton. mixed farming should\nbe practiced with a leaning towards grain, fodder, etc., as well\nas fruits on the slopes. The fact\nmust not be overlooked that for\nthe Skeena district, livestock\nmust be Riven a place. As yet\nonly small numbers can be provided for, but as time goes on,\nthe farmer must increase his\nstock in proportion to the land\nunder cultivation, and this will J\nenhance the fertility of the soil.\nSome splendid timber exists in\nparts of the Skeena valleys which\nit will not be wise to ruthlessly\ndestroy, because as mines open\nup, such timber will be useful\nand needed. Eastern Canada\nand the United States have learned a lesson that it will be wise to\nconserve the best timber. Of\ncourse British Columbia is doing\nlikewise.\nReferring to markets, Mr. Tomlinson said: \"Prince Rupert i?-,\nnaturally, the main shipping\npoint as well as receiving point.\nm\na\na\n*\nm\nm\nm\nm\nm\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\nft\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDftftftftftftftftftftft\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDftftHVftftftftHftlftftftftftftHKftft\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDftftftft\n'selling, should also encourage\n< farmers and settlers to cater for\n| local trade. At these places, for\ninstance, the Skeena district,\nlarge and small fruits, vegetables\n; hay butter, eggs and poultry and\n; meat may be raised and sent\n, here.\nThe Bulkley and adjoining districts will also ship certain produce to this market; fodder and\ndairy products particularly.\nThe country nearer and in the\nvicinity of Prince George, will\nlook to the mines and Prince\nGeorge as a market principally.\nThe G. T. P. Railway dining car\nservice will call for produce of\nuniformity and quality. Such\nmay be raised. It is a matter for\nthe most enterprising districts to\nsecure this trade.\nMinty Holds Record\nFrom a lengthy article in the\n\"News-Advertiser,\" on the passing of the \"B-X\" Express Co.,\nand entitled, \"A Marvellous Record,\" the following is taken: -\n\"In these days of rush and hurry,\nback (592 miles). This was\nmade by Mr F. Carter-Cotton, in\nthe election campaign of 1900,\nwhen he accomplished the round\ntrip in three days and fifteen\nhours. Ashcroft was left on a\nThursday morning, Mr Carter-\nCotton addressed a meeting at\nBarkerville on Friday evening\nand was back in Ashcroft Sunday at midnight. Mr. A. C.\nMinty was the driver, and sixteen relays of horses were used\non' the trip.\nthe reader will, of course, want\nThere will spring up markets 111' to know the record time for the\nalong the line, especially as mill-\nround trip to Barkerville and\nBusy at Lake Kathlyn\nJennings Brothers, who are\ncutting ice for the G. T. P., for\nuse at their divisional points at\nPrince Rupert, Pacific, Smithers,\nEndako and Prince George, are\nloading 200 tons a day, at Lake\nKathlyn. A total of approximately 6,500 tons will be shipped\nfrom that point, about thirty\nmen being employed in cutting\nand loading. This is a new and\nimportant industry for the Bulkley Valley and one that promises\nto develop into large proportions.\nG.T.P. Steamers Prince Georgeand PrinceJohn,for\nVancouver, Victoria and Seattle\nSteamer \"Prince George\" leaves Prince Rupert at 9\na.m. every Friday. Steamer \"Prince John\" leavea\nPrince Rupert, 7 p. m. Sunday, Feb. 14, 28, and\nMarch 14, 28. Reservations and through\ntickets may be obtained from any G. T. P. Agent or from Train Agent.\n_Westbuund train leaves Hazelton at 11.07 a,m.\n\"Thursdays and Sundays, connecting with above\nsteamers for the south.\nEastbound train leaves Haxelton at 6.41 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays, for Edmonton, Winnipeg, etc, connecting with trains for St. Paul,\nChicago, etc. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD For Toronto, Montreal, Buiralo, etc., use the\nGRAND TRUNK SYSTEM, the_ DOU3LE - JTRACK ROUTE\nFor full information regarding the above services, also thiough tickets,\nreservations, etc, apply to Local Agent, or to\nALBERT DAVIDSON, GENERAL AGENT, PRINCE RUPERT, B. C.\n \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Agency for all Atlantic Steamship Lines \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD i mi \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD m i*'i\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDi i\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD___\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nG. T. P. Railway-\n(T\nThe Miner is two dollars a year\nto any address in Canada; to\nUnited States, three dollars.\n=^\nBulkley Valley Farm\nLands For Sale\nThese Lands are close to the main line of the Grand Trunk\nPacific Railway, which is now running trains through the\nBulkley Valley. There is a ready local market for all produce. Land prices are reasonable. Terms are easy.\nWrite for full particulars to\nNORTH COAST UNO COMPANY, Ltd.\nSuite 622 Metropolitan Building\nVANCOUVER, B. C.\nW\nPaid up Capital $1,500,000.\nHi1- \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD- a ,\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD.,'. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD '. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\n=^ THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1915\naJ*\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nKd\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD&$gl3&&\nSynopsis of Coal Mining Regulations.\nCOAL mining rights'of the Dominion,\nin Manitoba, Saskatchewan and\nAlberta, the Yukon Territory, the\nNorthwest Territories and in a portion\nof the Province of British Columbia,\nmay be leasee! for a term of twenty-one\nyears at an annual rental of $1 an\nacre. Not more than 2,560jacresjwill\nbe leased to one applicant.\nApplication for a lease must;be|made\nby the applicant in person to the Agent\nor Sub-Agent of the district in which\nthe rights applied for are situated.\nIn surveyed territory jthe^land must\nbe described by sections, or legal subdivisions of sections, and in unsurveyed\nterritory the tract applied for shall be\nstaked out by the applicant.',himself.\nEach application must be accompanied by a fee of $5, which will be refunded if the rights applied for are not\navailable, but not otherwise. A royalty shall be paid on the merchantable\noutput of the mine at the rate of five\ncents per ton.\nThe person operating the mine shall\nfurnish the Agent with sworn returns\naccounting for the full quantity of merchantable coal mined and pay the\nroyalty thereon. If the; coal mining\nrights are not being operated, such\nreturns should be furnished at least\nonce a year.\nThe lease will include the coal mining\nrights only, but the lessee may be permitted to purchase whatever available\nsurface rights may be considered necessary for the working of the mine at\nthe rate of $10.00 an acre.\nFor full information application\nBhould be made to the Secretary of the\nDepartment of the Interior, Ottawa,\nor to any Agent or Sub-Agent of\nDominion Lands.\nW. W. CORY,\nDeputy Minister of the Interior.\nN.B. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDUnauthorized publication of\nthis advertisement will not be paid for.\n-58782.\nO-\n1\nGOOD MORNING!\nWe Are Introducing\nAmerican Silk\nAmerican Cashmere\nAmerican Cotton-Lisle\nHOSIERY\nThey have stood the test. Give\nreal foot comfort. No seams to\nrip. Never become loose or baggy. The shape is knit in\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDnot\npressed in.\nGUARANTEED for fineness,\nstyle, superiority of material and\nworkmanship. Absolutely stainless. Will wear 6 months without\nholes, or new ones free.\nOUR SPECIAL OFFER\nto every one sending us $1.00 in\ncurrency or postal note, to cover\nadvertising and shipping^'charges,\nwe will send post-paid, with\nwritten guarantee, backed by a\nfive million dollar company, either\n3 Fairs of our 75c value\nAmerican Silk Hosiery,\nor 4 Pairs of our 50c value\nAmerican Cashmere Hosiery\nor 4 Pairs of our 50c value\nAmerican Cotton-Lisle Hosiery,\nor i Pairs of Children's Hosiery\nGive the color, size, and wether Ladies' or Gent's hosiery is\ndesired.\nDON'T DRLAY-Offerexpires\nwhen a dealer in your locality is\nselected.\nTHE INTERNATIONAL HOSIERY CO.\nP.O. Rox244\nDAYTON, OHIO, U.S.A.\nThe World's Doings in Brief\nNews Notes from Many Sources\nggg\nQ]iiiiiiiiiiiirjiiiiiitiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiico]iiiiiiiiiiiiro]iiiiiiiiiiiiro3iiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiioiiiiiiiiiiiico\n| Hudson's Bay Company 1\nIt was thirty-six below in Win'\nnlpeg last week.\nThe second Australian contingent is reported to have arrived\nin Egypt to join the first contingent.\nAn unconfirmed report from\nMexico City states that General\nFrancisco Villa has been seriously injured.\nThirty carloads of fish were\nshipped out of Prince Rupert last\nweek. This included a special\ntrain of ten cars.\nMore than 1,000 German newspapers, 120 of them political ones,\nhave been forced to cease publication owing to the war.\nA Copenhagen despatch reports\nthat an attempt was made to\nassassinate King Constantine of\nGreece several days ago.\nAnnouncement has been made\nat the offices of the P. G. E. that\ntracklayers would probably reach\nLillooet by the 15th of Feb.\nResidents of Vernon and Kam-\nloops have been startled by the\nreport that two aeroplanes have\nbeen seen over Okanagan Lake.\nPresident Chamberlain of the\nGrand Trunk Pacific, states that\nthe company has not yet definitely decided to reduce the wages of\nemployees.\nNine prisoners of war, who\nwere interned at the citadel at\nHalifax, escaped. Four have\nbeen re-arrested, but the others\nare still at large.\nIn Chicago, May wheat reached\n$1.57, establishing a new record.\nA report that Italy is preparing\nto take part in the hostilities was\nresponsible for the rise.\nwill be asked to vote $100,000,000\ntowards the expense of carrying\non the war in Europs, at the\nsession which begins this month.\nMajor-General Steele, Inspector-General of Western Forces,\nhas expressed his intention of\nentering action for libel against\nW. T. R. Preston, in connection\nwith Preston's \"Life of Strath-\ncona\".\nFoley Bros, and The Northern\nConstruction Co. have entered\naction against the C. N. R. for\nover four million dollars, alleged\nto be due for construction on the\nPort Arthur-Sudbury section of\nthe C. N. R.\nRYE WHISKEY:\nDraught .\nSeagrams 83 .\nCorby's .\nSCOTCH WHISKEY:\nDraught .\nH. B. SPECIAL .\nFinest Old Highland\nJohn Dewar's .\nKing George .\nO.O.\nPORT WINE\nOld Duke\nper gall,\nper case\nper case\nper gall,\nper case\nper case\nper case\nper case\nper case\n5.00\n15.00\n13.00\n7.00\n20 00\n14.00\n15.00\n18.00\n16.00\nper case $ 15.00\n1\n2\nE\n= We will sell you 6 bottles of assorted liquor at whole-case \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\n|= rates. . . . Mail orders promptly attended to. =\n| HAZELTON, B. C. |\n0Jlllllllllllini!lll!ll!IIIC03ll!!lll!IIIIC3lllllllllllir03llll!tl!lllltO3lll!lllllllia!lllllllllliaill|||l'lll|CO\nI\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD%<\nCaptain Robert Bartlett, commander of the steamer Karluk,\nwhich carried the Stefansson expedition to the Arctic, expresses '\nthe belief that the eight explorers of the expedition have perished long ago.\nExpress, General Drayage and Freighting\n1 IVFRY nm\ WAGFR We are Prepared to supply private\nLillB-il\l U.UU. JJ/lUliU and public conveyances day and\nnight. Our stages meet all trains at South Hazelton or New Hazelton.\nBest Dry Birch $7 a Cord.\nConsign your shipments in Our\nCare for Storage or Delivery.\nAddreBB nil cornmunicatlona to Hazelton.\nRuddy & MacKay\nHAZELTON and NEW HAZELTON\nIn Hungary all deposits of natural gas that may be discovered\nbecome the property of the gov-\neminent.\nThe germ causing gangrene\nhas been discovered by two surgeons in Paris, who have prepared a serum to counteract it.\nRussia's population is increasing at the rate of 2,500,000 a year.\nIt now stands at about 147,000,-\n000, of which 100,000,000 are\npeasants.\nr CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY ~~^\nBRITISH COLUMBIA COAST STEAMSHIP SERVICE\nS.S. \"Princess Maquinna\" leaves Prince Rupert every SUNDAY at 8 p.m.\nConnecting with G. T. P. train arriving at 6.30 p.m. Sunday\nFor VANCOUVER, VICTORIA and SEATTLE\ni:\nTickets to and from all parts of the world. Atlantic and Pacific\nSteamship Tickets\nJ. G. McNab, Cor. 3rd Ave. and 4th St., Prince Rupert, B. C.\nLAND NOTICE\nThe Miner is t wo dollars a year\nSTEVUMI\nthe Barrels y\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD*y~\\nand Lugs of o-S&s*\nSTEVENS H 7\nDouble and Single Barrel\nSHOTGUNS\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDt>o islly ifltcted atMl\nother gun! art\nSTfVENI with fun*\nprk\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD and noU\nare drvp-foriredin\nbneploct. Made of\n-STRONGEST when\nWEAKEST. Compare\nat an/ whfra near the\nour QVM.ITV Lhrousliout.\nOur Shotgun\nCat til of shows the\nfamous line of Stoveni Rcp^nters\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Doulitoi-Sln-\nlies. If you cannot obtain STEVENS from your\ndealer-lot ui luiow, and we will ship direct. \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDx>\nprci* i>ivi\"iid. tnK.ii receipt of Catalog Price.\nJ. STEVENS ARMS\n& TOOL COMPANY\nP.O. Bo\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD500S,\nCHICOPEE f Alls, MAM.\nOrders have been placed by\nthe C. P. R., acting as agents\nfor the British Government, for\n4,200,000 feet of B. C. fir, to be\nused for railway sleepers.\nEmil Nerlich, a wealthy wholesale merchant of Toronto, is being held under bail of $100,000,\non a charge of helping a German\nofficer to escape from Canada.\nThe Servian legation in London has addressed a letter to the\npress and public urging the adoption of the spelling \"Serbian\"\nand \"Serbia\", instead of \"Servian\" and \"Servia\".\nA memorial has been introduced in the U. S. Senate, asking\nCongress that the Eastern Washington counties be joined with\nthe Panhandle district of Idaho,\nto form the new state of Lincoln.\nGeorge E.Foster has announced\nthat the Canadian Parliament\nHazelton Land District. District of\nCassiar.\nTake notice that Thomas Moore, of\nKitwangah, occupation rancher, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:\nCommencing at post planted at the\nnortheast corner of Lot 3504 Cassiar,\nthence 20 chains east, 20 chains south.\n20 chains west, 20 chains north to point\nof commencement, containing 40 acres\nmore or less.\nFeb. 3, 1915. Thomas Moore.\nJll\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD-llll\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDUH\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDllll\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD llQll\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"Mil\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\"IlO\"\"\"<-BII\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDHO\"\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDllll\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDMO<\n[ Thorp & Hoops\nI Real Estate, Financial and Insurance Brokers\nI ALDERMERE, B. C.\no\t\nJ Sole district agents for E. G. Prior & Co., Victoria, Agncul-\nj tural Machinery and Implements, Wagons, Etc.\n? Fire, Life, Accident, and Employer's Liability Insurance.\nWe represent the best companies.\n-HO\n9\nI\nOH'\nWe Can Locate You On a Good Pre-Emption Near the G. T. P.\nIf you desire information about the Bulkley Valley write us.\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD UH\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ,,,, -||M__||C||\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD..111 \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDHOll llll\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD-HO\" II\"\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDllll \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD llll-\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDMO\nDRY GOODS\nMEN'S FURNISHINGS\nHARDWARE GROCERIES\nC. V. SMITH\nHAZELTON\n\"Everything in Canvas''\nPrince Rupert Tent and Awning Co.\nPrinct Rupert. B.C\nAsnv Office and Mining Office\nArts and rr.ifts Building, 57! Seymour Strict\n \ rVNCOUVER. B.C\t\nJ. O'SULLIVAN, F.C.S.\nProvincial Assayer and Chemist\nAssayer for 26 years with Vivian 4 Sons, Swansea\nCharges Moderate :: Correspondence 5a!idted\nMines and Mining HAZELTON HOSPITAL,\nWilliam H. Holland\nDry Birch|\nFOR ONE WEEK ONLY Wi\n$4.50 Per Cord 11\nDELIVERED |J\nSeasoned Lumber\nSelling out remainder of jH\nHazelton Stock at\n$10\nPer Thousand |||\nGENERAL STORES AT ffl\nHAZELTON & KISPIOX ||\nGood Properties for sale \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Cash or on\nBond. Development and\nAssessment Work.\nCarr Brothers\nEight Years In This District.\nIlilyt'llfin. II. G,\nThe Miner is two dollars a vear.\nI8SUB8\nICKM1\nfur any period from on* month upward al II par\nmonth in advance. Thin ratw incliidca o*Va rua-\nuiltaliona mid maufelnog, at, well m all mats walla\nIn the hospital. Tfeketl olitatnalilu In tiaxelion\nHt the l'ot*t OIAm or the DrUB Store; In Aldarmera\nfrom Ur. T. J. Thorp; In Ti'lkwa from Dr. Wallace;\nor l>v mall from the Medical SupcrinLenrlaat at tao\nHo-pltal\nGreen Bros., Burden & Co.\nCivil Engineers\nDominion and British Columbia\nLand Surveyors\nOffices at Victo.ia, Nelson, Fort George\nand New Hazelton,\nB. C. Afkleck, Mp;r. New Hazelton.\nLAND NOTICE.\nHazelton Land District. District of\nCassiar.\nTake notice that James Scoe,infr,\nof Entlako, occupation railroader, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:\nCommencing at a post planted\nSouth West corner of Lot .1178 Cassiar\nthence .10 chains east, thence 40 chains\nsouth, thence 40 chains west, thence 40\nchains north, to point of commencement, containing 160 acres of land.\nNov. 20, 1914. 18-21 James Scoging\nEXPERT\nWatch Repairing\nWATCHES - JEWELRY\nO. A. RAGSTAD, Smithers\nOrders may be left at Noel & Rock's. Hazelton\ni\nI\nDENTISTRY\ni\no\nDR. BADGERO\nSmithera, B.C.\ni\nO-\nPhone 300 P.O. Box 1635\nHARRISON W. ROGERS\nARCHITECT\nSpecial Attention to Out of Town Clients\nSuite One, Federal Block.\nPRINCE RUPERT. B. C.\nHarold Priea\nJ. R. Graham\nPRICE & GRAHAM\nB.C. Land Surveyor*\nand Civil Engineer*\nHAZELTON AND SMITHERS\nLondon Building\nBritish Columbia\nVancouTor THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1915\nTlliL MINER WAR BULLETINS\n(Continued-\nParis: -Atrairr on Friday and\nSaturday nights the Germans\nmade furious attacks on the\nFrench positions at L;i Basse and\nGivenchy, says a despatch to the\nHavas news agency from St.\nOmas, in northwestern France.\nThe Germans tried desperately\nto break the British line, but.\nbefore the end of the battle the\nScotch Highlanders drove them\nback at the point of the bayonet,\ninflicting great loss.\nWellington, N. Z. .-\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDNew Zealand has arranged to buy one million bushels of Canadian wheat,\nto be delivered'in July.\nLondon, Feb. 2: -Five hostile\nairships, accord in pr'to a telephone\nmessage from Dover, were driven off by jrunfire of the forts.\nThey turned and sailed away,\napparently not penetrating inland.\nA despatch to the Exchange\nTelegraph Co., from Dover says,\n\"The harbor batteries ojiened\nfire tonight, while searchlights\nswept the water. It is believed\nthat German submarines were\nthe cause of the activity.\nLondon : \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Dover batteries\nopened fire last night on German\nairships and submarines, London is in darkness, prepared for\na raid. The enemy were driven\nolT to the Eastward.\nWashington: \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD Great Britain\nnotified the United Slates today\nthat foodstuffs of any kind destined toGermany would be regarded as contraband. A forecast of\nthe shipping bill- mnV^^^^^*p,p\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD'V^^*p\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDp\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDp^%p*P "Newspapers"@en . "Hazelton (B.C.)"@en . "Hazelton"@en . "Omineca_Miner_1915-02-06"@en . "10.14288/1.0083687"@en . "English"@en . "55.2558330"@en . "-127.6755560"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "Hazelton, B.C. : A.R. Macdonald"@en . "Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from the Digitization Centre: http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/"@en . "Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives."@en . "Omineca Miner"@en . "Text"@en .