"f9c74618-6869-40b6-a82b-cfe2173cf95b"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "BC Historical Newspapers"@en . "2015-12-01"@en . "1917-03-31"@en . "The Leading Weekly Newspaper of Northern British Columbia"@en . ""@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/ominecaminer/items/1.0211841/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " (T-'N\nTHE LEADING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA\nmer\nVOL. VI, NO. 31\nHAZELTON. B. C, SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1917\nPRICE $2.00 A YEAR\nARE LOOKING TO OMINECA\nGalloway Tells Mining Men of\nImportance of Our Ore\nDeposits\nIn his \"Notes on the Copper\nDeposits of the Northern Interior\nof British Columbia,\" read at the\nmeeting at Vancouver of the\nWestern Branch of the Canadian\nMining Institute, John D. Galloway, assistant mineralogist for\nthe province, made an introductory comment that \"Copper mining is now the most important\nform of mining in British Columbia, and, although the last two\nyears have witnessed a steadily\nincreased production of copper,\nthere is little doubt but that the\noutput will be still further augmented in the near future. The\nNorthern Interior portion of the\nprovince has as yet contributed\nonly a small proportion of the\nyearly copper production of British Columbia, but it must be remembered that it is only within\nthe last three years that railway transportation, by means of\nthe Grand Trunk Pacific Railway,\nhas been provided in that region,\nand this railway serves only a\nlimited area of country on either\nside of the track.\"\nProspecting has been in progress along the line of the Grand\nTrunk Pacific for some years, but\nit is only recently that development may be said to have commenced. At present the only\nimportant copper producing section of the Northern Interior is\nHazel ton-Telkwa district of Omineca mining division.from which\nthe Rocher de Boule mine contributes the greater part of the\nproduction. Along lower Skeena\nriver, in the Babine country, and\neast of Telkwa, along the G.T.P.\nRailway, many copper prospects\nare being developed, but production from them so far has been\n.small. Between the G. T. P.\nRailway and Lillooet district there\nis a strip of virtually unprospect-\ned country, in which copper and\nother minerals may be found;\nthis is along the eastern contact\nzone of the Pacific Coast range.\nThis range is 1,000 miles long,\nfrom the International Boundary\nline northward through British\nColumbia into Alaska. It is\nknown to contain commercially\nvaluable ore bodies, in many\nplaces along both its eastern and\nwestern contacts.\nj In Hazelton-Telkwa district the\nmineralization embraces ores of\ngold, silver, lead and zinc,as well\nas copper, the last mentioned as\na rule being small to medium-\nsized deposits, as distinguished\nfrom large low-grade ore bodies\nin other parts of the province.\nIn the mountains on both sides of\nSkeena river, below Pacific station, many showings of copper\nore have been discovered, but as\na rule they are irregular and not\ncontinuous. Further development\nmay, however.disclose the occurrence of large, low-grade ore\nbodies, Small quantities of high\ngrade copper-silver ore are found\n(Continued on 1'bkc Two)\nBRITISH THREAMST. QUENTIN\nDRIVING WEDGE INTO GERMAN FRONT-\nSOCIALISTS SPEAK OUT IN THE REICHSTAG\nLondon : Haig's troops are\nstill advancing, with cavalry and\narmored motor cars driving a\nsteel point at St. Quentin, sup-!\nposedly one of the main defence!\npoints of the Hindenburg line.\nThe British captured four more j\ntowns within this salient yester-\nday and the fighting became\nincreasingly bitter. |\nThe forward movement on the\nFrench front has suddenly slowed\nup, artillery being brought into\nplay, indicating a very close approach to the Germans' main defence line. Meanwhile.the enemy\nis seeking relief from the tremendous pressure by making\nmass attacks in Champagne.\nGeneral Maurice, reviewing the\nsituation on the western front,\npoints out the difficulties of further progress for thepresent.and\nsays the advance has slackened\nchiefly owing to the difficulty of\nfeeding troops in the devastated\ncountry already recovered.\nPetrograd: Russians attacked\nenemy trenches with asphyxiating gas and chemical shells, in the\nregion of 'Goldovitchi, on the\nnorthern front. To the rear of\nMarmiinovka the enemy attacked\nafter violentartillery preparation,\nand succeeded in forcing an entrance to the Russian trenches,\nbut was later dislodged by a\ncounter-attack.\nBerlin: A Canadian regiment\nattacked a German position east\nof Neuville St. Vaast four times\nduring the night. Each time it\nwas repulsed with heavy losses,\nleaving some prisoners in our\nhands.\nAmsterdam: Berlin claims to\nhave sunk 781.000 tons of shipping in February.\nI n the reichstag yesterday\nNoske, a Socialist member, declared the Prussian system of\ngovernment must be abolished.\nVarious reports say Socialistic\nplans are gaining new adherents.\nHollweg says the time is not\nripe for constitutional reforms,\nbecause the greater part of Germany's voting population is in\nthe trenches.\nWashington: President Wilson\nhas completed the first draft of\nhis \"war message\" to congress.\nThe cabinet view of the situation\nis outspoken and frank. Several\nmembers have expressed without\nqualification their belief that a\nstate of war between the U. S.\nand Germany has existed for\nsome time.\nBryan is being unmercifully\ncastigated for his suggestion that\nthe whole question of German-\nAmerican relations should be referred to an international tribunal\nfor adjudication.\nRome: Italian papers think\nthe Teutons may launch their\nnext offensive against Italy, which\nlooks to the Entente for aid.\nCONTRIBUTIONS\nARE GROWING\nThe campaign for monthly con- j\ntributio,is to the Cananian Pat- j\nriotic Fund, the Red Cross, and\nthe Soldiers' Aid, instituted by\nthe central patriotic committee, I\nopened yesterday, when J. G.\nPowell and Jack Frost,represent-'\ning the three organizations,called\non a majority of the townspeople\nand met with a cordial reception\neverywhere Many are already\ncontributing regularly, and those\nwho have not so far made regular j\nmonthly payments are cheerfully!\nfalling in line with the central'\ncommittee's suggestions. Before\nthe campaign for funds is ended '\nevery resident will be given an j\nopportunity to make regular con-j\ntributions, with the certain result\nthat Hazelton's patriotic record\nfor the year will even surpass\nthat of last year.\nRed Cross Tea\nThe ladies are arranging to\nhold a Red Cross Tea next Saturday afternoon in St. Andrew's\nHall. In connection with the affair there will be a sale of Easter\neggs, chicks, and bunnies. All\nare requested to attend, between\nthe hours of 3 and 5.\nDeveloping Well\nThe tunnel on the Hazelton\nView has been driven 487 feet,\nand has already disclosed several\nshoots of nice ore. One of these,\n3J feet wide, gave an average\nassay of $180. while another.three\nfeet wide, returned $90. Duke\nHarris, who is in charge of the\nwork, states that some unusually\nhigh molydbenum values have\nbeen found in some places, while\nthe average of this desirable\nmineral is over two per cent.\nMay Work American Boy\nA syndicate of prominent Vancouver men, on whose behalf the\nAmerican Boy property was recently examined, is considering\nthe purchase of the unsold treasury stock, for the purpose of xde-\nveloping this well-known group.\nEveryone in the district will\nwish them success.\n\"WETS\" APPEAR\nTO HAVE WON\nVictoria,Mar.30:\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDUp to Thursday night prohibition was in a\nminority on the overseas vote of\n6163, with 600 votes uncounted.\nOn the face of the returns the\nmeasure appears to be defeated.\nBuying War Certificates\nIn addition to sales through\nother agencies, the Hazelton post-\noffice has already sold $1800\nworth of war savings certificates,\nand it is believed this amount\nwill be largely increased when it\nis generally known that money in\nthe P. O. savings banks can be\nwithdrawn for the purchase of\nthe certificates, which bear higher interest.\nPetrograd : The dethroned\nCzar is a model prisoner.\nStockholm: The entire Swedish\ncabinet has resigned.\nNew York: Hyphenates plan\nto block war measures by lobbying.\nLondon: Parliament on Wednesday decided for woman suffrage.\nLondon: Haig says the Canadian divisional train is the finest\nhe has seen in France.\nWashington: All Americans\nhave been warned to leave Germany before April 2.\nHelping Red Cross\nLast night's social, under the\nauspices of the Red Cross, was\nas successful as all such events\nprove in Hazelton. There was a\nvery enjoyable concert program.\nThe receipts were over $80. The\n\"White Elephant Sale\", which\nwas a feature of the social, will\nbe continued this afternoon, for\nthe benefit of the Indians.\nComing Events\nAprjl 3\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDHazelton Board of Trade,\nQuarterly Meeting. Progress Club\nRooms, 8 p.m.\nApril 7-Red Cross Tea and Sale of\nEaster Eggs, St. Andrew's Hall, 3 to\n5 p. m.\nLOCAL NEWS PARAGRAPHS\nItems Of General Interest From\nHazelton and Surrounding District\nP. Keane arrived from Edmonton on Tuesday.\nJ. P. Hogan, of Edmonton, was\nhere on Tuesday.\nChas. V. Smith is paying a\nbrief visit to Vancouver.\nR. S. Sargent is a business visitor in Telkwa this week.\nAlex. Zobnic.of Prince Rupert,\nwas one of Tuesday's visitors.\nMrs. F. M. Dockrill arrived\nfrom Telkwa on Tuesday's train.\nT. S. Weatherley, of Montreal,\nwas among the week's arrivals.\nA. McDonald, of South Bulk-\nley was a visitor in Hazelton this\nweek.\nJ. C. K. Sealy is spending a\nfew days at his Bulkley Valley\nranch.\nE. G. Ayliffe, of the telegraph\nservice, was down from North\nBulkley this week.\nSam Lee is rebuilding his laundry, which was destroyed by fire\na couple of weeks ago.\nR. G. Cunningham, of R. Cunningham & Son, Ltd.,is spending\na few days in Hazelton.\nF. B. Chettleburgh returned on\nThursday from a trip to the Bulk-\nley Valley, on forestry business.\nMrs. McDougall's many friends\nwill be pleased to learn that she\nis making good progress towards\nrecovery, and is visiting relatives\nin St. Paul.\nRev. T. Ferrier, a prominent\nmember of the Methodist mission\nboard, was in Hazelton this\nweek, and took the service on\nSunday evening.\nHarry Hamblin, Dominion constable here, has secured leave of\nabsence, and will go to the coast\ntomorrow to join a forestry draft\nfor overseas service.\nDistrict Forester R. E. Allen\nleft on Tuesday for Prince Rupert, to take up his new duties as\nhead of the combined Hazelton\nand Prince Rupert districts.\nW.Wattie arrived from Alberni\non Wednesday, to take a position\nwith R. Cunningham & Son,Ltd.\nMr. Wattie expects to bring his\nfamily to Hazelton in the near\nfuture.\nMarried on Train\nArchie McDonald, a South Bulk-\nley farmer,and Mrs. Lucy Tabane,\na widow, were married on Thursday morning, by Rev. M. Pike.\nThe groom came to Hazelton to\nmeet the bride,who arrived from\nTacoma on Wednesday's delayed\ntrain. As there is no clergymen\nnear South Bulkley, Mr. Pike accompanied the couple to Smithers\nand performed the ceremony on\nthe train.\nMadrid: Martial law has been\nproclaimed in Spain, owing to\nlabor troubles and high prices of\nfood. THE OMINECA MINER. SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1917\ne umnoeca\nPublished every Saturday at Hazelton. the Center of the\nGreat Omineca District of British Columbia.\nA. R. Macdonald, Publisher and Proprietor.\nARE LOOKING TO OMINECA\n(Continued from Page One)\non Hudson Bay mountain, How-\nson and Hunter basins, but ore\nproduction fmrn them as yet is\nonly of slight importance.\nThe production of copper from\nSUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada and British Possessions, Two Dollars a\nyear; Foreign, Three Dollars a year.\nADVERTISING RATES: Display, $2.5(1 per inch per month: Reading! Hazelton-Telkwa district in 1915\nNotices, 20 cents per line for each insertion\nGazette rates.\nLegal notices inserted at B. C.\nVol. VI.\nSaturday. March 81, 1917\nNo. 31\nwas 2,831,279 lbs.,of which quantity 2,788,000 lbs. was from the\nRocher de Boule mine; in 1916\nthe same mine contributed nearly\nall the district total of 1,648,072\nlbs.\nIn conclusion, there seems to be\nsufficient evidence on which to\nbase a reasonable hope that the\nNorthern Interior of British Columbia will in future years contribute materially to the copper\nproduction of the province. In\nLegislation of the utmost importance to the mining industry of\nBritish Columbia has been introduced at Victoria, and is now\nreceiving the attention of the House. The bill introduced by Hon.\nWm. Sloan, minister of mines, is entitled \"An Act to Provide for a\nMineral Survey of the Province of British Columbia and for the\nDevelopment of the Mineral Resources of the Said Province,\nincluding Provisions in Aid of Prospectors and Miners and for the\nProtection of Wage-Earners and Investors.\"\nIt provides for the division of the province into six mineral I regard to the Hazelton-Telkwa\nsurvey districts, each to be in charge of a duly qualified mining'district proper, many of the ore\nengineer, these districts to be as follows: j bodies here should prove attrac-\nNorthwestern, with headquarters at Prince Rupert.and including tive to small mining syndicates\nthe following existing mining divisions: Atlin,Stikine.Liard,Skeena,\nPortland Canal, Bella Coola, Queen Charlotte.\nNortheastern, with headquarters at Hazelton, and including\nOmineca, Peace River, Cariboo, Quesnel.\nCentral, with headquarters at Kamloops, including Clinton,\nLillooet, Kamloops, Ashcroft, Nicola. Vernon and Yale.\nSouthern, with headquarters at Grand Forks, and including\nSimilkameen, Greenwood, Grand Forks and Osoyoos.\nEastern, with headquarters at Revelstoke.and including Golden,\nWindermere, Fort Steele, Ainsworth, Slocan, Slocan City, Trout\nLake, Nelson, Arrow Lake, Revelstoke, Lardeau and Trail Creek.\nWestern, with headquarters at Nanaimo,and including Nanaimo,\nAlberni, Clayoquot, Quatsino, Victoria, Vancouver and New Westminster,\nThe engineers are to hold office \"at the pleasure of the Crown\"\nand the following duties will devolve upon them: To carry on\ncontinually a mineral survey of their districts; to keep complete\nrecords and plans of each survey; to keep complete official records\nof official business; to make reports to the minister of mines.\nIn the section of the bill dealing with aid for prospectors and\nminers it provides for the resident engineers giving information as\nto mineral indications and as to ground open for location as mineral\nclaims or placer mines as a result of knowledge gained during the\ncarrying out of the mineral survey of the district; examining\nsamples and applying such tests as may be possible on the ground\nor in his office, and advising as to the nature of any mineral and\nas to the best available methods of analysis, sampling, assay and\ntest; forwarding samples to the minister of mines for further\nexamination and tests whenever in his opinion such course is\nnecessary or expedient; reporting to the minister of mines the\nlocation and approximate cost of such roads, trails and bridges as\nin his opinion are reasonably necessary in order to render possible\nthe development of any mineral resources; and generally giving\nsuch advice, information ana directions as may be of assistance to\nminers and prospectors within his district.\nThe proposed mineral survey of the province, if carried out as\nplanned, will be of inestimable value to the mining industry. It\nwill be the hope of all who have the interests of legitimate mining]to ask for them for a lonKer per-\nat heart that this innovation, at least, will become an accomplished iodand Put tnom on in every\nfact. The measure of success to be attained, however, will depend j }lval'able church in this district,\nentirely upon the caliber of the engineers chosen to conduct the! A man with a well-prepared lec-\nsurvey operations. Let us hope that no considerations will be ture and a few local slides could\nallowed to prevent the appointment of competent and level-headed\nofficials, since inexperienced, biased, or unduly pessimistic\nengineers in such responsible positions could work immense injury.\nAnother section of the act provides for government-owned\ndiamond-drilling outfits, for the prospecting of ore deposits. Such\nfm\nand individual operators, as large\namounts of capital are not required to develop and equip these\ndeposits of medium to high-grade\nores. Capital is already coming\nin from Edmonton, Alberta, and\nSpokane, Washington, and the\ndistrict appears to otfer good opportunities for capital from Vancouver and Victoria.\nMilitary Hospital Pictures\nAn Ontario minister the other\nday borrowed from the Military\nHospitals Commission a set of\nlantern slides. These slides show\nwhat goes on at the hospitals\nand sanatoria. That is, they show\nsomething of how our injured\nsoldiers are being restored to\nhealth and to power for self-\nsupport, however serious their\ninjuries may be. The minister\nexhibited the slides at three\ncountry churches under his\ncharge. In returning the set he\nwrites:\n\"My recording steward, who is\nalso the postmaster and chairman\nof the local recruiting league,\nsays they should be shown in\nevery community. They meet\nthe unrest in many families who\nhave feared that the maimed who\nreturn will be forced to sell lead\npencils or such like.\n\"What'I should have done was\nrender a valuable service to the\ncountry in allaying the unrest\nabove refen'ed to and in removing the prejudice in some families from which recruits might\naid to the exploration of iron ore, or other large deposits, may be, secured-\nwelcomed by some miners, although the proposed charge of double ajj- \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD o u-T> \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD* \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD!\n., . * . , , . . ,., , , . ., , Addressing boldiers Mail\nthe cost, plus six per cent interest on cost.is likely to be considered . \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD .,. , , ,\nIn order to facilitate the hand-\na rather heavy charge on mining property.\nOther provisions of the bill require all free miners giving bonds\nor options on their property to insert a clause calling for semimonthly payment of wages, while operating syndicates are required\nto give security to the satisfaction of the gold commissioner for the\npayment of wages.\nThe policy of the Bowser administration in the matter of\nassisting in the construction of mining roads and trails is to be\ncontinued.\nMining men throughout the province will look with interest for\nthe completed bill, which is likely to include various new features\nbefore it is given its third reading.\nIt is claimed that in unscrutin-\neered polls the soldiers' vote\nshowed four times as many \"wet\"\nballots in proportion.\nCanadian scientists, after long\nresearch, have found a way to\nelectroplate with cobalt at from\nten to fifteen times the speed of\ncommercial nickel and to produce\na whiter and harder surface.\nAustralian election returnsshow\na majority of twenty for the\nnational government party over\nthe independent labor men.\nling of mail at the front and to\nensure prompt delivery, it is requested that all mail be addressed as follows:\n(a) Regimental Number.\n(b) Rank.\n(c) Name.\n(d) Squadron, Battery or Company.\n(e) Battalion, Regiment (or\nother unit), Staff appointment or Department.\n(f) Canadian Contingent.\n(g) British Expeditionary\nForce.\n(h) Army Post Office, London\nEngland.\nUnnecessary mention of higher\nformations, such as brigades,\ndivisions, is strictly forbidden,\nand causes delay.\n%\nIF YOU CANT FIGHT\nYOU CAN AT LEAST\nSTAND BEHIND THE\nMAN WHO FIGHTS\nFOR YOU!\nTHE CANADIAN PATRIOTIC FUND\nWhich assists the wives and families of Canada's gallant\nsoldiers, requires millions of dollars to keep the soldiers'\nhome fires burning.\nDistrict Treasurer: Stephen H. Hoskins, Government Agent\nHazelton Committee:\nJ. E. Kirby, R. E. Allen, J. K. Frost, J. R. Barker,\nand J. G. Powell. Monthly Subscriptions are Solicited\nTHE CANADIAN RED CROSS\nThe Hazelton Branch requests the support of all in its\nefforts to assist in the noble work of this great humanitarian\norganization.\nHonorary Presidents: Mrs. (Rev.) John Field; Mrs. (Rev.)\nW. Hogan\nChairman: Dr. H. C. Wrinch\nVice-Presidents: S. H. Hoskins; Mrs. E. R. Cox; W.J. Carr\nHonorary Secretary: Miss J. C. Grant\nHonorary Treasurer: H. H. Little, Manager Union Bank\nExecutive Committee:\nMrs. H. C. Wrinch, Mrs. R. G. Moseley, Mrs. Chas. Reid,\nMiss Hogan, Rev. John Field, Rev. M. Pike, H. H. Phillips\nLarge or Small Contributions will be Gratefully Received\nSOLDIERS' AID & EMPLOYMENT\nCOMMITTEE\nEndeavors to supply soldiers from Hazelton district with\nsuch comforts and necessities as cannot be readily obtained\nat the front, and will assist them to re-establish themselves\nin civil life when they return. The Committee is acting in\nco - operation with the Provincial Returned Soldiers'\nCommission and the Military Hospitals Commission\nContributions to the Soldiers' Aid Tobacco Fund are Welcome\nChairman: A. R. Macdonald\nHonorary Secretary-Treasurer: R.E.Allen, District Forester\nH. H. Little. J. K. Frost, F. B. Chettleburgh\nH. B. Campbell, H. F. Glassey.\nSOME CAN FIGHT, SOME\nCAN WORK OR PAY \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nALL CAN SERVE THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1917\nThe World's Doings in Brief\nNews Notes from Many Sources\nAsquith favors woman suffrage.\nThe U.S. will build 500 airplanes.\nChina is sending a special envoy to Japan.\nThere are 2,500,000 native Germans in the U.S.\nThe U.S. navy may use Alberta\ncoal on the Pacific.\nIllinois legislature defeated\nstate-wide prohibition.\nGerman officials returning from\nChina have been granted safe-\nconduct through the U.S.\nBread in England costs a shilling for a four-pound loaf.\nBritish trade unionists now\nfavor universal free trade.\nAn industrial survey of Canada\nwill be undertaken next fall.\nOttawa predicts an influx of\nAmerican farmers to Canada.\nGerman influence was behind\nthe Argentine wheat embargo.\nCounting of soldiers' votes on\nprohibition was resumed on Monday.\nSeventy-five thousand Canadian war certificates have been\nsold.\nThe German food dictator admits the crops have been overestimated.\nGreece demands the withdrawal of Italian troops from Epirus\nto Avlona.\nCoast merchants have petitioned the government to abolish the\nweekly half-holiday.\nVice-Admiral Sir Charles Coke\nhas been appointed to direct Canadian naval services.\nFifty-two thousand bales of\ncotton were destroyed by a fire\na .Vladivostok last week.\nThere is a rumor that Premier\nHearst of Ontario will call a general election at an early date.\nThe provincial government will\ninvestigate charges in connection\nwith the Fort George election.\nThree thousand women will\nassist in gathering the B.C. fruit\ncrop, to do away with Oriental\nlabor.\nFood exports from the States\nin February were reduced about\none-third by the submarine campaign.\nA Halifax report says a German submarine was sent to the\nbottom by a shot from a tramp\nsteamer.\nThree hundred homes were\ndestroyed and many lives lost in\na tornado which swept New Albany, Indiana.\nSeveral Bulgarian regiments\nare reported to have deserted, as\na result of friction with their\nGerman allies.\nRestrictions on the importation\nof Canadian fruit and salmon\nhave been removed by the British government.\nHolland has refused Germany's\noffer of compensation for the\nseven Dutch merchantmen recently torpedoed.\nThe great success of the British war loan was a matter of\npatriotism, not finance, says Bonar Law, who attributes the\nover-subscription to the U-boat\ncampaign.\nThe steamer Appam and her\ncargo have been finally awarded\nto the British owners by the U.\nS. supreme court.\nHon. P. E. Blondin,postmaster\ngeneral hopes to raise a battalion\nof French-Canadians for overseas\nservice in 60 days.\nNew York financial authorities\nsay the U.S. is able to loan the\nAllies any amount necessary to\nconduct the war to a finish.\nVancouver prohibitionists claim\nthat at Epsom camp, where over\n1000 soldiers' votes were polled,\nthere were only 200 B.C. men.\nThe Brewster government, it\nis reported, will abolish the agricultural credits board, which administers the farmers' loan funds.\nOwing to the swarm of German\nspies in Petrograd, where enemy\ninfluence is still strong, Moscow\nis likely to be made the Russian\ncapital.\nNew freight tariffs issued by\nCanadian railways provide for a\ngeneral increase in class and\ncommodity freight amounting to\ntwenty per cent.\nBrigadier-General Jack Stewart\nis making good with his Canadian\nrailway brigade in France. One\njob, which was wanted in a hurry\nand which the engineers estimated would require six weeks, was\ncompleted by the Canucks in four\ndays.\nTHE '\nUp-to-Date Drug Store\nfor\nKodaks and Photo\nSupplies\nToilet Requisites\nA Fine Line of Stationery\nAGENT FOR THE LEADING MANUFACTURERS OF ALMOST ALL COMMODITIES IN\n GENERAL USE\t\nJ. F. Maguire\nManufacturers' Agent\nHAZELTON, B. C.\nQUALITY, PRICES AND TERMS ARE RIGHT,\nENQUIRIES INVITED. SAMPLES AND QUO.\nTATIONS CAN BE SUBMITTED PROMPTLY\n-ALSO INSURANCE OF ALL KINDS.-\nGreen Bros., Burden & Co.\nCivil Engineers\nDominion, British Columbia,\nand Alberta Land Surveyors\nOffices at Victoria, Nelson, Fort George\nand New Hazelton.\nF. P. Burden, New Hazelton\n1\nSTUART J. MARTIN\nI Provincial Assayer f\ni i\nHazelton, B.C. j\no -~ ~ 6\nHOTEL PRINCE RUPERT\nTHE LEADING HOTEL IN NORTHERN B. C.\n: : EUROPEAN PLAN ::\nOne Dollar per day and upwards\n25c. auto service to and from all trains and boats\nPRINCE RUPERT B. 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M.\nEastbound trains leave Hazelton: Passenger, Wednesday and Saturday,\n7:10 P.M. Mixed 1:56 P.M. Tuesday. Wayfreight 12:30 p.m. Saturday.\nWestbound trains leave Hazelton: Passenger Tuesday and Thursday,\n9:46 a.m. Mixed 6 A.M. Sunday. Wayfreight 11:36 a.m. Sunday.\nFor further information apply to any Grand Trunk Pacific Agent.or to\nG. A. McNiclloll, An.it. Gen. Freight and Passenger Agent.Prince Rupert, B.C.\nExpress, General Drayage and Freighting\n/ 1VFRY nnA *\TA HF^ We are Prepared to supply private\nLtifLtiXi UHU OlftULsO anri public conveyances day and\nnight. Our stages meet all trainB at South Hazelton or New Hazelton.\nBEST DRY BIRCH, $6.50 A CORD\nI\nConsign your shipments in Our\nCare for Storage or Delivery.\nAddress'lilT communications\" to Hazelton.\nRuddy & MacKa\nHAZELTON >nd NEW HAZELTOI\nml\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDKiiaaaassi\nServe\nSave\nVERY ONE CAN do\nsomething for his\ncountry\nSome can bear arms\nSome can produce food\nSome can make munitions\nSome can give money\nIt is the privilege of all to help.\nY\nOU CAN SERVE by\nFighting\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDW orking\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nSaving\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDGiving\nThis is NATIONAL SERVICE\nAre YOU doing your part?\nALL EYES turn now to\n/\ the Canadian Farmer,\nfor he can render the\nEmpire Special SERVICE\nin this sternest year of the\nwar.\nBut\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BDour farms are badly undermanned\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD25,000 men are needed on\nthe land.\nWith insufficient help, the Man on\nthe Land fights an uphill fight to\nmeet the pressing need for Food.\nCITY and TOWN\ncan help.\nMunicipal Councils, Churches and\nSchools, and other organizations,\nboth of men and women, can render\nNational Service by directing all\navailable labour to the Land.\nFarmers themselves can exchange\nlabour. School boys can assist.\nWere you raised on a farm ? Can you\ndrive a team? Can you handle fork\nor hoe? If you can't fight, you can\nproduce. Spend the Summer working on the Farm.\nLet every man, woman and child in\nthe Dominion who has access to\nLand, no matter how small the plot,\nmake it produce Food in 1917.\nFor Information on any subject relating to\nthe Farm and Garden write:\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\nINFORMATION BUREAU\nDEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE\nOTTAWA\nDOMINION\nDEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE\nOTTAWA, CANADA.\nHON. MARTIN BURRELL, MINISTER\n16 THE OMINECA MINER, SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1917\nTHE MINER WAR BULLETINS\nr\n^ .extends near Moy and Vendronil,\n11 between St. Quentin and La Fere,\nJ) with\nMONDAY, MARCH 26\na flood of men. At this\nIT \u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD ... , , i point tho Allies have advanced\nHeavy fighting has been ; , , _\niurthest against the Germans.\nParis\nin progress in various sectors on\nthe western front, with large\nlosses to the enemy. The battle\nstill rages with utmost fury, and\nthe Germans are hard pressed.\nAnother important advance was\nmade by the French in their\nmovement against the strongly\nfortified town ot St. Quentin.\nPositions embracing Castres and\nEssigny le Grand,extending over\na front of two and a half miles,\nhave been taken. ' Our troops\nhave also made an impression on\nthe bulge in their line formed by\nNorth of St.Quentin Haig's forces\nare forging another wedge, so\nthat the city is menaced from\nthree sides. St. Quentin is believed to be one of the strongest\npoints .on the Hindenburg line.\nThe British advance is slow, but\nmethodical, fighting of the most\ndesperate character marking every inch of progress.\nThroughout the Hritish Empire\nthere is a controlled but deep-\nfounded feeling of optimism.\nParis: Despite driving rain anil\nthe lower Coucy forest. A force! every obstacle of broken ground,\ncrossed the Aillette and attacked [the French forces are advencinj?\nthe salient at its apex. We have '\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD against the Germans, and have\nsucceeded in establishinga footing\non the Soissons-St. Quentin road.\nBerlin admits our gains.\nLondon: North of Bapaume\nreached Folembray, south of the\nforest of Coucy. The enemy\nunsuccessfully attacked French\npositions between theOiseand the\nCambrai road the enemy made a J Somme. Enemy losses were heavy\nbombing attack on one of our Shells from French Kuns ex\nposts in the neighborhood of\nBeaumetz-le-Cambrai, but were\ndriven off. We improved our\npositions westofCroisilles. North\nand east of Loos we entered\nenemy trenches and captured\nprisoners and machine guns.\nTwo important railway junctions behind the enemy lines\nwere bombarded by our airplanes.\nEight hostile machines were\ndriven down out of control.\nLondon: According to a Reu-\nter despatch from Petrograd, the\nRussian minister of war has\ninformed Grand Duke Nicholas\nthat.owing to his connection with\nthe dynasty, the government\nconsiders his retention as commander-in-chief of the Russian\narmies as undesirable.\nGen. Kroniloff.the new Russian\ncommander of troops in Petrograd\ndistrict, conferred yesterday in\ncouncil with workmen's and soldiers' delegates concerning the\nGerman concentration on the\nnorthern front.\nA great meeting of soldiers on\nthe Riga front, which was attended by General Radko, Dimitiieff,\nand delegates from the duma, resolved unanimously tostrain every\neffort for the defence of Russia.\nThe new government will pay\nall obligations of the late government.\nWashington: The staff of the\nploded munition depots behind\nthe German lines.\nAmsterdam: Hollweg is still\nseeking peace. He is expected to\nmake further overtures to Russia.\nPetrograd: Russia is convinced\nthat Hindenburg's retreat on the\nwest front is the first move in a\ndrive on Petrograd. The nation\nwill prosecute the war vigorously.\nWashington: The U.S. has refused to entertain further negotiations respecting the old Prussian\ntreaty, by reason of the clear violation of its terms by Germany.\nThe national guard organization\nhas been called into the federal\nservice in 18 states. The maximum paper strength of the navy\nhos been increased to 87,000 men.\nIt is believed congress will\npass a fiat declaration of war\nagainst Germany.\nThe St. Louis, the first American vessel equipped to fight submarines, has arrived at her destination unmolested.\nPhiladelphia: The crews of\nthe interned German warships\nwere removed and sent under\nguard to internment camps in\nGeorgia.\nand the other sank in a collision.\nOne sailor was drowned.\nMackensen has arrived in Constantinople to reorganize the disrupted Turkish army.\nParis: The hospital ship Astur-\nias was torpedoed by a German\nsubmarine. Thirty-one lives were\nlost and twelve are still missing.\nFrench forces have occupied the\nvillage of Coucy and the entire\nnorthern portion of Coucy forest.\nThe Hague: Four thousand\nGerman soldiers crossed tlvj line\ninto Holland,seeking food. They\ni have heen interned at Zwolle.\nPetrograd: It has been discovered that Protopopoff had a\nsecret, wireless station at the\nCzar's palace,and had established\ncommunication with Berlin.\nA new Russia is budding forth\nand there is a marked improve-\n| ment in the general situation.\nA German gas attack on the\nwest bank of the Chara river\ncompelled the Russians to fall\nback in an easterly direction.\nWashington: Congress may he\nasked for a bond issue of a billion\ndollars to be used for the purchase\nof French bonds, thus aiding the\nAllies to prosecute the war.\nMany Germans are fleeing to\nMexico. The official belief is\nthat they leave (o avoid internment, and not to join a German\narmy.\nLondon: Despatches from Holland report two German moves of\nexceeding interest. First, Germany is preparing to shorten her\nlines by withdrawals in Alsace,\nparticularly Mulhausen; second,\nBerlin has made tentative offers\nfor a separate peace with Russia,\nwith terms including autonomy\nfor Poland,internationalization of\nConstantinople,and Russian domination in Armenia; Russia, in\nreturn to evacuate the Austrian\nterritory she now holds.\nTHURSDAY, MARCH 29\nJ\nr\nWEDNES., MARCH 28\nJ\nLondon: The British have\ncaptured Equancourt, ten miles\nAmerican commission in Belgium isoutheast of Bapaume.and Long-\nwill be withdrawnand Holland will javesnes, three miles northwest\nundertake the work of adminis- of Roisel.\ntering the Allies'relief funds. The Allied pursuit continued\nRome: Artillery is busy on I hotly yesterday, and was marked\nthe Trentino front. There is | by violent fighting, both open\nenemy activity near Gorizia. land of a massed character, at\nBerlin: Germany is seizin? half-a-dozen points along the flf-\ngrain and vegetables in the hands fcy-mile front which is now raP>d-\nof consumers. Farms will be >? nearin* the Hindenburg line.\nvisited and foodstuffs confiscated.: The French are within UjSS than\n\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD\u00EF\u00BF\u00BD | a mile of the Hindenburg line and\n(f Trrrrr.ii/ \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, il iare progressing steadily, despite\n^\nTUESDAY, MARCH 27\n-J\nLondon: Many women, children and old men died of hardship\nand starvation resulting from the\nbrutality of the Germans towards\nthe French civil population previous to and during the retreat.\ninundations and the increasing\nresistance offered by the enemy.\nThe nearest approach of the British to the new line is around Lag-\nnicourt,eleven miles westof Cambrai. There was bitter fighting\nin this neighborhood yesterday,\nGerman massed forces desperately striving to retake the village,\nThe ruthless spoliation of orchards\nand crops, carried out by order, I which was firmly held by the\ndisgusted even the German sul- j British.\ndiery. The sprouting fields were London: Riots in Berlin are re\nharrowed to ruin the crops.\nTorch and dynamite were used\nto wipe out whole villages. The\nFrench soldiers are furious.\nNivelle is evidently sharpening\nthe point of his wedge, which\nported and rumors of a revolutionary movement throughout Germany are gaining currency in\nSwitzerland.\nTwo British destroyers have\nbeen sunk. One struck a mine\nLondon: With sledgehammer\nblows Nivelle is driving a wedge\ninto the German lines north of\nLa Fere.and at the same time, by\nhot pursuit, is forging another\nsuch wedge and thrustingatLaon.\nThe most bitter fighting of the advance and retreat so far is centered around the point of the second\nwedge, near St. Gobain forest.\nBritish military experts express\nadmiration for the marvelous\nspeed with which Nivelle moved,\nfollowing up every advantage of\nthe German retreat and forcing\nthe enemy,in advance of carefully\nprepared plans,to give way before\n(he tremendous pressure of the\nFrench troops. In the meantime,\nlighting on the British front is\nstill of the open variety, as opposed to the massed conflict in\nthe French sectors. Weather\nconditions continue the main obstacle to swift progress.\nBritish cavalry and armored\ncars have taken the town of\nBoy el les.\nParis: French forces have\ncaptured important positions in\nthe region of Leilly and Neuville,and have made further progress north of the Aillette. A\nheavy artillery duel is in progress\nin the region east of the forest\n| of Coney.\nThroughout the day and night\nheavy guns on both sides raged\nin the region of Butte de Mesnil\nand Maisons de Champagne. Between the Oise and the Somme\nthe night was quiet.\nGerman airplanes are dropping\nin French territory candy containing germs of fatal epidemic diseases, as well as handbags and\npocketbooks filled with, explosives.\nPetrograd: Hindenburg's plan\nof attack on Russia was frustrated\nby nature at a critical moment,\nthaws checking the German drive.\nThe delay affords the Russians\nample time to prepare defences\nwhich should prove effective in\nchecking the German advance.\n/\nFRIDAY, MARCH30\nLondon: The defeat of a Turkish force of 20,000, in a battle\nsouth of Gaza, is officially reported from the headquarters of the\nEgyptian expeditionary force.\nHeavy casualties were inflicted on\nthe enemy and 900 prisoners were\ntaken, including the general and\ndivisional staff of the 53rd Turkish division. The staff included\nfour Austrian officers, with thirty-\nfour other Austrians and Germans. The booty taken included\nj two 4-in. howitzers.\nGaza is about 48 miles southwest of Jerusalem.\nLondon: There is no news to-\n! day from the British forces on\n| the western front.\nThe weekly official returns of\nlosses from submarines and mines\ncontinue to indicate that the underwater menace is serious, but\nthe renewed confidence of neutrals is shown by the larger number of ships using British ports.\nPersistent rumors from Switzerland stale that the Germans\nare evacuating Muelhausen and\nother places in Alsace.\nAmsterdam: Autocracy in Germany now faces a serious crisis.\nSweeping reforms are insisted upon by the growing radical element\nwhich designates Russia as a shining example. Socialistsjdemand\nconstitutional govern ment and the\nelimination of Kaiserism, and it\nis believed a revolution is near.\nLondon: The British transport\nTyndareus struck a mine off the\nAfrican coast. The crew and a\nbattalion which was aboard were\nsaved.\nThe British bark Neath was\ntorpedoed, and sank in seven\nminutes. The captain was taken\nprisoner. It is reported the submarine was later captured and\nthe'skipper released.\nDENTISTRY\nDR. BADGERO\nSmithers, B.C.\n-O\nI\nI\nO\nI\nI\n-o\nDALBY B. MORKILL\nBritish Columbia Land Surveyor\n::: MINE SURVEYOR :::\nHazelton, B. C.\nSurveys of Mineral Claims, Townsites,\nTimber and Coal Leases, Etc. and General Engineering Surveys.\nThe obtaining of Crown Grants attended to. tf\nB\nI Just Arrived\na \t\nI\nHOBBERLIN'S\nSpring and Summer\nSAMPLES\nLet\" us snow you appropriate styles and WEAVES\nNOEL & ROCK .\nI Hazelton, B. 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