"9d5aa738-b605-4e39-a31d-a52d80a554cf"@en . "CONTENTdm"@en . "2016-02-29"@en . "1911-10-09"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/qcislander/items/1.0312725/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " /&w ie*^e\n%\ i^y*\nA Weekly Newspaper Published in the interests of the Settlers, and to promote the development of the Queen Charlotte Islands.\nVOL. 1, No. 7.\nQUEEN CHARLOTTE, B.C. MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1911.\n5 Cents per Copy.\nPotentialities Of The\nharlotte Islands\nRichest Group on the North Pacific Coast of America.\nArticle No. 1.\nEditor Islander, It would not be\nstating anything very remarkable if one\nshould deplore the lack of interest taken\nby the people of British Columbia in the\nwealth, at their very doors, needing\nonly exploiting. The writer of this\narticle has been a resident of the Queen\nCharlotte Group for nearly two years\nand has been in a position to explore,\nby land and sea, almost every nook and\ncorner. /l have seen the Indians capture three thousand large Spring salmon,\nusing only trolling lines and spoons, off\nthe shores of what is now known as\nLangara Island. The Indians fished for\nfour weeks and averaged about ten salmon per day, for which they received\nseventy cents each. . The herring, off\nthe same island, are large and in plenty.\nI have seen halibut over six feet in\nlength and we ghing two hundred pounds,\nand the Indians catch them by hundreds\nlor their winter food. In the rivers,\nwhich are very small, thesockeye, cohoe,\nsteelhead, humpback and dog salmon\nrun and these fish are caught and put\nup by the Indians. The dogfish are\ncaught and splendid oil extracted from\nthem. Black cod can be caught in large\nnumbers, and the only people who ap-.\npear interested in the fisheries are the\nIndians and \"poachers.\"\nDuring my stay on the islands it has\nbeen my good fortune, to visit/he oil\nplant at Tiahn village on the West coast\nof Graham Island/ The seven men\nlocated at the plant were drilling through\nthe best shale and are now working\nthrough limestone. There is every prospect of obtain Ing vast quantities of oil,\nand there is but one company at work.\nAlong the beaches I have examined the\ntar and asphaltum, oozing out of the\ncrevices in the rocky, and went inland\nto \"stake\" claims. True, it is a wild\ncoast, during the winter months ; but\nthere are some good harbors towards\nthe south end of the island, and Virago\nSound is not very far away, overland,\nwhere oil can be piped.\nOf the coal, I know very little, not\nhaving the opportunity to visit the\nmines. From the Indians and others,\nthere is no dobut that good coal bodies\nexist in the interior of the island. It is\ntrue that there are lignite beds along\nthe coast, whether they are of any consequence I am not competent to judge.\nThe boring plants on the Yakoun river\nwill indicate the value of the holdings\nof the various companies there. I have\nseen the coal extracted from the mines\nnear Queen Charlotte, and it is of a\nsuperior quality.\nThe timber resources of Graham Island\ncan only be seen to be appreciated.\nSpruce, hemlock and yellow cedar appears to be the best in sight. Why there\nis only one mill in operation on Graham\nIsland the owners of timber limits can\ntell. The residents of Massett Inlet\nare importing lumber and shingles,\nwhile the shores are lined with timber\nthat only requires cutting.\nOf cleared farming land I saw very\nlittle. The settler must come prepared\nto do some good hard work. /The land\nis good, but it must be cleared. The\nPrince Rupert market is open for the\nproduce of the islands and Graham\nIsland should be the garden spot for the\ninhabitants of the terminal city. I have\ngrown strawberries, small fruits and\nvegetables, and they thrive. The season\nis late ; but the fruit would go to the\nmarket when the California and other\nfruits are not in competition. Cattle\nroam over the Island all the year round;\nbut this is no criterion. Cattle should\nbe fed during the winter in this northern\ncountry, despite the fact that a number\nof wild cattle roam over the east coast\nof Graham Island.\n/The waterways through the islands\nwill compare with any in the known\nworld. Imagine a farmer rowing home\nfor forty miles in a few hours. The\ntides run at the rate of six miles an\nhour and it is possible to drift for forty\nmiles along the shores at that rate without exertion of any kind. One may\nvisit the settlements on one tide and\nreturn home on the other. There are\nnumerous small rivers cutting into\nGraham Island teeming with fish. The\nwaterfalls, especially on Ain River, will\nultimately be used to generate power\nand the other rivers can all be used for\nthat purpose/\nThis is no advertisement, Mr. Editor,\nI do not state it is a poor man's country;\nbecause, until capital is brought in there\nis no work for the laboring man. To\nlive on the islands and clear land one\nmust have enough capital to exist on.\nIt is the coming centre of large industries\nand the pity is that it will be taken up\nand exploited by those outside of the\ncountry, unless our people get over the\nprevailing \"sleeping sickness.\"\nCumtux.\nIslands Will Be\nStocked With Deer\nExpected to Become One of Finest\nGame Preserves in Province.\nWith a view to further enriching the\nsplendid game resources of British\nColumbia and to widening the field for\nsport for the large numbers of well\nknown hunters of big game coming to\nthis province every year^/the provincial\ngovernment has undertaken the stocking of the islands with deer. Already\nseveral fine specimens have been turned\nloose and more will be captured and conveyed here.\nMr. Bryan Williams, provincial game\nwarden, in a interview recently, said :\n\"The climate on Queen Charlotte\nIslands is eminently suitable for' deer\nand we see no reason why these islands\nshould not be made one of the finest\ngame preserves in the province. We\nhope by turning out about eighteen or\ntwenty head on the islands to provide\na sufficient number to- allow of-hunters\nspending a very profitable season there.\nA few years ago several head of cariboo\nwere found on Queen Charlotte Islands,\naltogether different from the species to\nbe found in other parts of British\nColumbia and although several expeditions have been sent there, no trace\nof any cariboo has been obtained since\nthen. The specimens secured on the\nislands have been presented to the\nmuseum.\n-o-\nTotem Pole For 'Frisco College.\nSan Francisco, Sept. 25. -A giant\ntotem pole carved by the Haida Indians\nof British Columbia arrived yesterday\non the steamer Montara and will be set\nup on a great hill overlooking Golden\nGate Park in the campus of the Affiliated Colleges of the University of California. The pole is the gift of Mrs.\nPhoebe Hearst.\nThe Haida Indians live in the Queen\nCharlotte Islands and are considered the\nmost expert wood carvers of all North\nAmericans Indians.\n-o-\nThe Marine and Fisheries Department\nhave notified the Grand Trunk Pacific\nRailway Company that it is contrary to\nthe regulations to carry gasoline on the\nvessels plying between the islands and\nthe mainland. A petition is in circulation requesting that this regulation be\nnot enforced. There are a large number of gasoline boats on the inlets, and\nit is a hardship to prevent them from\ncarrying on the trade that is springing\nup between the settlements and the\nvarious camps.\nMr. and Mrs. A. M. Miller and daughter returned yesterday from a short\nholiday in Washington.\nPICCA\nMake it this way :\nSeven pounds green tomatoes ; 3 lbs.\nonions ; half a cup salt. Slice the\ntomatoes and onions, and leave the\nsalt on over night. In the morning\nwash off the salt, add: 2 quarts\nvinegar, 2 teaspoons ginger, 2 teaspoons cinnamon, 2 teaspoons mixed\nspice, and boil till soft.\nIt's Good!\nLanterns\nat 35c; $1.S0; $1.60.\nLamps\nat 75c; $1.45; $1.75.\nFurniture at\nVancouver Prices.\nD. Cochrane\nGroceries Dry Goods\nHardware\nQueen Charlotte\nFrank D. Rice\nB. C Land Surveyor\nMineral Claims, Town Sites,\nTimber Limits, Sub-Divisioils, etc.\nUnderground Surveying.\nRoom 12 Pender Chambers\n522 Pender St. W., Vancouver, B.C.\nW. G. Reinhart\nBegs to announce that his\nPower Sloop \"Mavis\"\nIs open for Charter by the Day or\nWeek to carry Freight and Passengers to any points on the Islands.\nFor terms apply at the '' Islander''\nOffice.\nSubscribe for the \"Islander.\" It has\na bigger circulation on the Islands already than any other paper. QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDER\nQUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDER\nJ. M. CAMPBELL, Publisher.\nSUBSCRIPTION\nIn Canada, $2.00; Foreign, $3.00\nper annum, in advance.\nAdvertising Rates\nContract Advertisements $2.00 per\ninch per month.\nSingle insertions $1.00 per inch\nper week.\nLegal Notices, Government Rates.\nQneen Carlotte Sprnce ScOWCroft's Restaurant\nIs World Famed. QUEEN CHARLOTTE.\nA petition is being largely signed by\nresidents of Queen Charlotte and Skidegate requesting the Provincial government to appoint a Justice of the Peace\nfor this district. We all know the\nreason why there has never been an\nappointment made so far. The matter\nhas been allowed to hang fire too long\nand the time has arrived when this\nimportant matter should receive the attention of the authorities. Many instances are known of how residents\nhave suffered in business through no\nmagistrate being resident here. During\nthe recent election a great many drawbacks had to be contended with and only\nfor the presence of J. P.'s from Prince\nRupert and Massett, to use an expression we would have been up against it. The\nname of Mr. T. R. Davey, we believe, is\nbeing recommended for the appointment, and we think that no better\nname could be put forward, as he is\ncompetent in every way.\nThe opening up of the coal and oil\nproperties on Graham Island marks\nanother section of the rich province\nwhich will bring before the world the\npotentialities that have been awaiting\nthe construction of a railway. Two\ncompanies are at work on the Yakoun\nriver, building roads and working diamond drills. At Tiahn point a drill is\nLor.ng for oil at the rate of thirty feet\na day and is down 500 feet. They\nhave passed through the surface shale\nand aie now in the limestone capping.\nOil is met with and every indication\nevident of the existence of vast oil properties over the territory extending\nfrom Frederick Island to Otard Bay.\nThe whole of the west coast of Graham\nIsland has been staked, one indivdual\nrecording no less than 180 claims.\n-o\nHospital Society Reorganized.\nMr. J. E. Corlett, managing director\nof the Moresby Island Lumber Co., who\nspent the past week at Queen Charlotte\non business in connection with his company, left yesterday for the south.\nIn a short interview, Mr. Corlett said\nhe was well satisfied with the work done\nthis season. Owing to present conditions it was impossible to get ships to\ncome here and load lumber, as Comox\nwas the only port in the north that ships\ncould clear from with insurance. As\nsoon as Prince Rupert was made a\nclearance port for ships, which would\nbe in the near future, the lumbering\nindustry on the islands would be no small\naffair. His company were prepared to\nrun their mill night and day as they had\na market in Australia for all the spruce\nlumber they could cut. Mr. Corlett\nstated that a consignment of ten car\nloads of spruce for Boston would be sent\neast and another of 200,000 feet of\nclear spruce for Victoria was ready for\nshipment.\n-o-\nA meeting was held last Wednesday\nnight in the hospital for the purpose of\nreorganizing the Hospital Society. Mr.\nBarge, who presided, said that it was\nabout time they were doing something\nin regard to putting the Society on a\nmore solid basis. He suggested that\nthe secretary write for particulars re\nincorporation and report. It was agreed\nto make the membership fee $2.00\nper annum. The following officers were\nappointed: President, W. J. Smith; vice-\npresident, D. Cochrane; auditor, J. L.\nBarge; secy.-treas., J. M. Campbell;\ntrustees, Messrs. E. M. Sandilands, G.\nD. Beattie and T. R. Davey. Dr. Win\nter, who has had large practice in the\ncoal district of south Wales and lately\nof the Columbia Hospital, Van Anda, is\nin charge of the hospital.\nA first, class Restaurant where meals\ncan be had at all hours.\nFRESH MEATS\nBoiled,\nRound Steak\nRoast Beef,\nT-Bone, -\n18c. per lb.\n20c. per lb.\n22c. per lb.\n22c. per lb.\nFISH\nFresh and Salt, -\n10c. per lb.\nFine Exhibit Of Vegetables.\nThe \"Islander\" office last week was\ndecked with all kinds of garden products\ngrown by two local men. W. Sandison\nof Lena Island had some excellent carrots, parsnips and potatoes on exhibit.\nThe potatoes were very large and nine\nof them weighed over 10 lbs. J. L.\nBarge had also a fine exhibit of cabbage,\ncauliflower, parsnips, carrots, turnips\nand potatoes, all of fine variety and\nlarge size.\n o\t\nDeveloping The South-Easter Mine.\nA force of eight men, under the superintendence of T. R. Davey of this city,\nare at work on the South-Easter mine\nwhich is situated east of the Skidegate\nIndian reserve. We understand that a\ncook house and dining room, 26 x 16,\nand other necessary buildings have been\nerected. Surface work, such as tracing\nthe various veins through the property,\nand underground development of the\nmine is being carried out and we understand everyone is pleased with the outlook. The property is owned by A. J.\nGordon, et al, and was bonded recently\nby J. D. Sword, M.E., of Seattle, and\nassociates.\nFOR SALE.\nLEROUX'S GROCERY STORE at\nSkidegate. Stock and Fixtures at\ncost ; a bargain.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Apply D. Leroux,\nSkidegate.\nSkeena Land District\u00E2\u0080\u0094District of Queen\nCharlotte Islands.\nTake notice that Charles Harrison of\nMassett, occupation farmer, intends to\napply for permission to purchase the\nfollowing described lands: Commencing\nat a post planted about 80 chains distant and in a Northerly direction from\nthe North-east corner post of Lot 227:\nthence south 30 chains more or less,\nthence west 20 chains more or less,\nthence south 40 chains more or less,\nthence east 40 chains to the shore line,\nthence along the shoreline to point of\ncommencement, and containing 160 acres\nmore or less.\nCharles Harrison.\nDate September 25th, 1911.\nSKIDEGATE\nHOTEL\nUnder New Management\nC. DE PAPE, Proprietor.\nFirst-class accommodation for visitors.\nMeals at all hours. Beds from 25c. up.\nReasonable Rates by the Day or Week.\nFree information given to parties\nlooking for land.\nSkeena Land District\u00E2\u0080\u0094District of Queen\nCharlotte Islands.\nTake notice that I, Samuel B. Ray-\nbould, of Lawn Hill, occupation farmer,\nintend to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:\nCommencing at a post planted on the\nwest bank of Tl-El River on the east\nboundary of Lot 1748, thence north along\nsaid east boundary of Lot 1748, a distance of 20 chains, thence in a southeasterly direction along the west bank\nof Ti-El River to point of commencement, containing five acres more or less.\nSamuel B. Raybould.\nDated Sept. 7th, 1911.\nSkeena Land District\u00E2\u0080\u0094District of\nQueen Charlotte Islands.\nTake notice that I. David M. McLaren, of Vancouver, B. C, occupation\nprospector, intends to apply to the\nChief Commissioner of Lands for a\nlicense to prospect for coal and petroleum over 640 acres of land described\nas follows: Commencing at a post\nplanted on the beach on the south side\nof Tain Point, west coast of Graham\nIsland, and about 9 miles south of\nFredrick Island, thence 80 chains south,\nthence 80 chains west, thence 80 chains\nnorth,, thence 80 chains east to point of\ncommencement.\nDate June 24, 1911. David M. McLaren\nAgent, Charles D. McPhail\nSkeena Land District\u00E2\u0080\u0094District of Queen\nCharlotte Islands.\nTake notice that I, Charles Beck, of\nLena Island, Queen Charlotte, occupation rancher, intends to apply for permission to purchare the following described land: Commencing at a post\nplanted at the South-east Corner of Coal\nLicense No. 5684, Graham Island, thence\nnorth 40 chains, thence east 10 chains,\nthence south 40 chains, thence west\nfollowing the shore-line to point of commencement, and occupying the land between Coal License 5684 and Pre-emption 1092. Charles Beck, Locator.\nLocated September, 9th, 1911.\nFor a Strictly up-to-date\nTailor Made Suit\nTry SWEDER BROS.\nMerchant Tailors\nPRINCE RUPERT.\nGoing At\nCost\nTo make room for Xmas\nGoods which will begin to\narrive soon we are going\nto clear off a few lines at\n20 Per Cent. Off\nAll Suits of Clothes\u00E2\u0080\u0094all\nnew and up to date\u00E2\u0080\u009420\nper cent.\nTrunks and Grips\u00E2\u0080\u009420\nper cent.\nDishes and Fancy China\n\u00E2\u0080\u009425 per cent.\nThese prices only hold\ngood to Oct. 31 and are\nfor cash only.\nDon't Delay.\nBEATTIE'S\nDEPT. DRUG STORE\nQUEEN CHARLOTTE.\nAn Ideal Place to Spend\na Vacation.\nP\nremier\nHotel\nQueen Charlotte, - B. C. j\nSplendid Shooting and Fishing\nto be had in the vicinity.\nOnly the Choicest Brands of\nLiquors and Cigars kept.\nW. J. Smith, Prop.\nWRITE\nThe Insurance People\nFire\nLife\nMarine\nAccident\nPlate Glass\nEmployer's Liability\nContractors' and Personal Bonds\nPolicies Written Direct.\nMack Realty & Insurance Co.\nPRINCE RUPERT, B.C. Que\nCharlotte\nLATEST TELEGRAPHIC NEWS\nReindeer For How Did He\nNorthern Wilds Cast His Vote\nDepartment of Interior is Mak- Colliers Wonders to What Ex-\ning a Novel Experiment with tent the British Born Cry\nReindeer from Lapland. Affected the British Born.\nPithy News Of\nOld England\nItems of Interest to Many\nPeople from the Old Home\nLand.\nEdmor.tor., Oct. 5.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Three carloads of Laplar.d reir.deer frcm\nNorthern Newfoundland was the\nremr.rkr.ble freight which arrived\nin Edmor.tor. today on the C. N. R.\nfrom the east. There were forty-\nthree reir.deer in three cars and\nthe fourth car was stocked with\nreir.deer food, moss and frass.\nThe reir.deer are che representatives of the species with which\nthe department of the interior\nhas planned co stock the district\nof Mackenzie. The animals are\nto be used for carrying purposes\nin the long reaches of the north\nin place of dogs.\nThe consignment of reir.deer\nleft Newfoundland on September\n8.\nThe reindeer will be taken by\nrail as far as Stony Creek, sixty\nmiles r.orih of Edmonton, and\nfrom that point they will be taken\noverland to Athabasca Larding.\nSome that have been well broken\nwill be led and others will be\nconveyed in wagons. At Athabasca Landing the animals will\nbe placed in scows and floated\ndown the Athabasca river to Fort\nSmith, which is their destination.\nThey will have travelled fully\nfive thousand miles by the time\ntheir journey is at an end.\nHad Married Thirteen Times.\nPortland, Ore., Oct. 5.\u00E2\u0080\u0094Wooed\nand won by thirteen braves, Nellie\nLane, a good looking Siletz squaw,\nis now the bride of Moses, her\nfourteenth who has been married\nfour times himself. The woman\nmade this admission cheerfully\nbefore the grand jury when she\nappeared as a witness in an investigation into the sale of liquor\non the Siletz reservation.\nIt is believed she has the Pacific\nCoast matrimonial record cinched\nand the only one who even approached her mark, is dead. He\nwas Peter West, a Pendleton attorney, who died after he had wed\nhis thirteenth.\n\"If the election returns are ever\nanalysed it would be interesting to\nfind out what the British born\ndid with his vote. By the British-\nborn is meant the newcomer from\nEngland to Canada\u00E2\u0080\u0094in Australia\nthey call him a new chum\u00E2\u0080\u0094as\ncompared with the people who\ncame here long ago and built up\nthe country. Of course, we are\nall British-born who are born\nwithin the Empire and all equally\nproud of it. But a special appeal\nwas made, for party purposes, to\nthe recently arrived British-born\nas a person who might be influenced, because he was ignorant\nof Canadian politics, to help deliver Canada from the danger\nof free food exchange with the\nUnited States.\n\"Of course, the best service\nanyone can do the British-born\nis to assimilate him to the people\nand conditions of the new land\nthat he is making his home; but\nin this case he was picked out\nas a special rescuer, and told\nthat his place in the general election was to save a Liberal Government, born and bred on the spot,\nfrom making an unpatriotic and\ndisloyal fool of itself.\n\"As a rule, the British-born\nwe get over here belongs to the\nworking classes, and it is true that\nhere, as in the Old Country, most\nof the workingman's blessings have\nflowed from a Liberal Government.\nIt is also true that Premier Asquith\nsaid reciprocityy was good for\nbusiness and for the Empire, and\nLloyd-George, the friend of the\npoor, said it was crystallized common sense, and British Ambassador Bryce helped to make the\nagreement, but all these things\nmay not have counted against\nthe representations on the other\nside.\n\"What did the British-born do?\nDid he cast a ballot for common\nsense and cheaper living? Did he\nrally to the side his bread is\nbuttered on? Or did he do something else?\"\u00E2\u0080\u0094Canadian Colliers.\nPostman Walks 200,000 Miles\nGeorge Wright, a postman, of\nDownham Market, Norfolk, has\nretired after thirty-six years' service, during which he has walked\nand driven considerably more than\n200,000 miles.\nOld Greek Coin\nDuring excavations on Lord Onslow's estate at Clandon a silver\nstater of the time of Philip of\nMacedon was unearthed. This\ncoin was among the earliest brought\nto Britain by the Greek traders,\nand was of the type from which\nthe British gold coins were copied\nDumb Man Speaks\nAlfred Lee, an electrician, employed by Llanelly (Carmathen-\nshire) Electric Light Company,\nwho was struck dumb as the result\nof an electric shock accidentally\nreceived during his employment,\nhas recovered his speech.\nA Candid Friend\nA woman who, at Greenwich\nPolice Court, denied being intoxicated, called a witness who\nknew nothing of the incident beyond what she had heard. \"Then\nwhat have you come for?\" asked\nthe magistrate. \"To pay the\nfine,\" she answered promptly.\nNew Lighthouse in Solent\nWithin a few weeks a new lower\nlighthouse will send out its warning\nrays from Hurst Castle, at the\nwestern entrance to the Solent.\nThe innovation is to ensure ships\ntaking a safe course to the westward of a dangerous reef of rocks\nof which the Needle sform the\nbase.\nSELECTING A HUSBAND\nMile. Mallery Wants a Man\nWho Can Lift More Than She\nCan.\nis.bestowed, either by the Mayor\nand Corporation of her native\nplace, or by some benevolent\ndonor. The prize enables hereto\nfind a husband, even if her virtues\ndo not. There are innumerable\nRosieres annually in France, almost\none for every hamlet, but Mile.\nMallery stands out from the rest.\nShe is very strong is six feet tall,\nand tills the fields with her father,\na farmer. She lifts weights, and\ncan easily juggle with one or two\nhundred pounds. Her feats of\nstrength are many. One of her\nfather's farm hands drove up with\nsome sacks of^ wheat. One of\nthem was too heavy for him, and\nhe asked for help. Mile. Mallery\nsmiled and brushed him aside.\nShe lifted the sack, weighing over\n400 pounds, as if it were a feather,\nshouldered it, and carried it into\nthe granary.\nShe has just been awarded for\nher virtues the sum of $400 in\ngold pieces, left annually by a\nmerchant of the south to the\nmost deserving girl of the village.\nIn spite of her virtues and her\ndowry she has not yet found a\nhusband. She is looking out fcr\none, but will not put up with a\nweakling. She says the mar. of\nher choice must be able to lift\nmore thai, she car..\nJ. L. BARGE\nCarpenter and\nGeneral Contractor\nQueen Charlotte.\nSASHES, DOORS, M0UDLINGS,\nGLASS, PUTTY Etc.,\nalways in stock.\nFuneral Director.\nAll your Watch and Jewelry repairing\ncan be done at home. See\nMile Mallery who has just Tfc0mflS A. BrOlWl\nrecieved the Rostere s Prize at\nVinay, near Grenoble, is a maiden Practical Watchmaker\npossessed of all the virtues, or\nwhom, on that account, a dowry at the Queen Charlotte Drug Store\n\ QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDER\nToo Hot?\nDrink Blue Ribbon Beer\nToo Cold?\nDrink P. & 0. Scotch or Corby's Rye\nWe are sole agents in Northern B. C. for these and other well-known lines\nand we fill orders promptly. You know that you will receive goods by\nreturn boat when you order from us. We also carry all standard lines\nof Liqnors, and CASCADE BEER.\nCLARKE BROTHERS LTD.\nThe Pioneer Liquor House of Northern B.C.\nMclntyre Block, Third Avenue, Prince Rupert. P.O. Box 319\nW TT yirTsTITO' '*\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0096\u00A0*\nLYNCH BROS.\nDEPARTMENT STORES\nPRINCE RUPERT, B. C.\nGROCERIES\nHARDWARE\nCROCKERY\nMEN'S FURNISHINGS\nSASH AND DOORS\nGLASS\nWe Supply the Farm, House, Camp and Mine and Save\nthe Buyer Money.\nWrite for our Price List\nLargest Stock in Northern B. C.\nEmpress Hotel\nPRINCE RUPERT,\nB.C.\nPrivate telephones in every room. Hot and Cold running water.\nNo extra charge for Baths.\nLunch Counter and Dining Room in Connection.\nBar Pool Room Barber Shop.\nElectric Lighted\nWell Heated\nCentrally Located\nThird Avenue\nMASSETT NEWS.\nA wireless station is urgently needed\nin the vicinity of Massett Inlet. The\nnearest means of communication with\nthe outer world is Dead Tree Point, over\neighty miles from Massett, and but one\nsteamer arrives at the north end of the\nisland during each fortnight through the\nwinter months. The hundreds of residents are completely cut off from the\nouter world andkeenly feel the want of\nbetter service/\nTwelve men are at work at Langara\nIsland constructing the lighthouse that\nwill stand on the extreme limit of the\nlast land between America and Asia,\nthe structure is being erected on one of\nthe most dangerous sections of the coast\nof British Columbia, and will aid in the\nnavigation of vessels between Alaska\nand Prince Rupert.\n/Five deer have been turned loose on\nthe west side of Massett Inlet/ The\nanimals will not be disturbed by wolves\nor other wild denizens of the forest, the\nislands being clear of every other species\nwith the exception of black bears. Some\nyears ago a number of Indians secured\nthree Caribou on the island, and recent\nland stakers saw the track of one\nCaribou near Frederick Island.\nThe result of the vote at Naden Harbor, where the whaling station is located,\nshowed that but one voter in that district\u00E2\u0080\u0094the returning officer. With a\nlarge number of men employed and\nvessels engaged in capturing whales, it\nwas the subject of comment that all\nemployees neglected to register or were\nrecent arrivals. The large majority of\nworkmen are Japs and Chinese.\nAt the new townsite of Massett a\nwharf is urgently needed. The structure\nHenry Edenshaw's Power Sloop\nit\n\u00C2\u00BB\nJosephine\nUnion Engine 15 H. P.\nIs open for Charter by the Day or Week\nfor the carrying of Freight to any point\non the Queen Charlotte Islands.\nThe '' Josephine '' is the largest power\nboat on the Queen Charlottes and makes\nregular trips to the West Coast.\nFor further particulars and information apply to\nHenry Edenshaw, Massett.\nnow serving as a wharf is in a dilapidated condition and is liable to fall at\nany time. Unfortunately, the residents\nof Massett are divided over the location\nof a new wharf, for which the Dominion\ngovernment has passed a liberal appropriation. Considering that the large\nvolume of business is carried on at New\nMassett, several persons who were\nfavorable to the construction of the\nwharf, in another locality, having signed\nthe petition favoring the placing of the\nstructure at the new settlement.\nThe Graham Island Oil Company has\nbeen incorporated and is awaiting development at the plant of the B. C. Oilfield Company. The owners of the\nproperty are all residents of Massett\nand Prince Rupert. At a recent meeting\nthe following officers were elected : Dr.\nKergin, president; G. D. Tite, vice-\npresident; Chief Vickers, sec.-treas.;\nMessrs. Patmore, Deasy, Brown, directors. The company own a large number of claims on the west coast of\nGraham Island, and are confident that\nthe future oilfields will develop into one\nof the largest industries in the neighborhood of the new city of Prince Rupert.\nMINERAL ACT\nCERTIFICATE Oi? L.ir;tOV3MENT3\nN-.iTIGJ\nP'nk Mip'Tp.l Cl ira. sitinte in tlie ,,(uoand DiBti.it.\n\, l.oiv iocat'eu\u00E2\u0080\u0094On Moresby Island on the west\nside of Collison Bay about 500 feet from tide\nwater.\nTake notice that I, John Elliott acting as agent\nfor R. A. Trethewey Free Miner's Certificate\n51776 B., J. O. Trethewey, Free Miner's Certificate 51777 B., and A. Ferguson Free Miner's\nCertificate No. 00000 0?. intend, sixty days from\ndate hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder\nfor a Certificate of Improvements, for the purpose\nof obtaining a Crown Grant of the above claim.\nAnd further take notice that action, under section 37, must be commenced before the issuance\nof such Certificate of Improvements.\nDated this 14th day of July ,A. D., 1911.\nJOHN ELLIOTT\nPer Tom Wilson\nMINERAL ACT\nCERTIFICATE OF IMPROVEMENTS\nNOTICE\nThe Harriet Mineral Claim, situate in the Queen\nCharlotte Mining Division of Skeena District.\nWhere located\u00E2\u0080\u0094On Moresby Island on the east\nside of Harriet Harbour, about half a mile from\ntide water.\nTake notice that I, John Elliott acting as agent\nfor R. A. Trethewey Free Miners' Certificate\n51776 B., and J. O. Trethewey Free Miner's\nCertificate No. 51777 B., intend, sixty days from\ndate hereof, to apply to the Mining Recorder\nfor a Certificate of Improvements, for the purpose\nof obtaining a Crown Grant of the above claim.\nAnd further take notice that action, under\nsection 37, must be commenced before the issuance\nof such Certificate of Improvements.\nDated this 14th day of July, A. D.. 1911.\nJOHN ELLIOTT\nPer Tom Wilson\nIf there is anything you want people to know Say it Thro the \"Islander.\"\nMost Complete Manufacturing and Repair Department in Northern B. C.\nSatisfaction Guaranteed.\nJ. S. GRAY & SON\nLate Foreman for R. Hemsley, Watch Inspector\nfor all the Railroads running into Montreal.\nManufacturing Jewellers, Diamond Mounters, Engravers,\nWatchmakers and Graduate Opticians\nAgents for the Victor Gramaphones and Records.\nSole Agent for the Stanley Pianos. Eyerything in Rubber Stamps made\nto order. Repairs promptly attended to.\nHelgerson Block P0B<\u00C2\u00BB7fl Prince Rupert\nV QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDER\nPioneer Steam Laundry\nPrince Rupert, B. C.\nFor Good Work and Quick Service send\nyour Clothes to us.\nGrand Trunk Pacific Railway Official\nWatch Inspector\nR. W. CAMERON\nWatchmaker and Jeweler\nPrince Rupert, B.C. P.O. Box 449\nComplete Stock of Patent Medicines,\nDrugs and Druggists' Sundries\nC H. ORME\nThe Pioneer Druggist\nPRESCRIPTIONS A SPECIALTY\nPRINCE RUPERT. P.O. Box 1523\nIh Kaien Hardware Co.\nBuilders' Supplies Tools Paints\nPaints Oils Glass Stoves Ranges\nTin and Hardware.\nPrince Rupert, B.C. P.O. Drawer 1524\nPRINCE RUPERT PANTORIUM\nSixth Street, between 3rd Ave. and Fraser\nPioneer Cleaners\nReliable work in Cleaning, Pressing and\nRepairing. French Dry Cleaning\na Specialty.\nFrizzell's Meat Market\nGEO. J. FRIZZELL\nButcher and Provision Dealer\nPrince Rupert, B. C.\nBooks and Stationery\nOffice Furniture Drawing Materials\nKodaks Remington Typewriters\nMcRae Bros. Ltd.\nPrince Rupert, B.C.\nPrince Rupert Hardware\nand Supply Co.\nGENERAL HARDWARE SPORTING GOODS\nMINERS' SUPPLIES.\nPRINCE RUPERT, - - B. C.\nHayner Bros/\nFurniture Dealers Prince Rupert\nIf you don'' buy from ut WE both lose money.\nLinoleums, Carpets, stoves and Everything for the Home. Singer's Sewing\nMachines, Pianos, Edison's Phonographs, Funeral Directors and Em-\nbalmers. Monuments and Headstones\nWhen in Prince Rupert\nSee\nMartin O'Reilly\nFor\nFine Tailored Clothing\nFurnishings, etc.\nHotel Central\nPeter Black, Prop.\nSpacious Travelers' Sample\nRoom.\nSteam Heated\nElectric Bells\nCorner First Avenue and Seventh Street\nPRINCE RUPERT.\nSavoy Hotel\nAmerican and European Plan\nThe only House in Prince Rupert\nwith hot and cold running water\nin all rooms.\nRooms 50c. up.\nOnly the Best Brands of Liquors\nand Cigars carried.\nCorner Fifth and Fraser Streets, Prince Rupert\nA. J. Prudhomme, Prop.\nNew Knox Hotel\nBesner & Besner, Props.\nThe New Knox Hotel is run on\nthe European plan. First class\nservice. All the latest modern\nimprovements.\nThe Bar keeps only the best\nbrands of liquors and cigars.\nThe Cafe is open from 6.30 a.m.\nto 8 p.m. Excellent cusine.\nBeds, 50c. and Up.\nFirst Avenue - Prince Rupert\nDominion Hotel\nVictoria, B. C.\nAmerican Plan $2 and Up\nEuropean Plan 75c. and Up\nOtis Elevator Steam Heat\nRooms with or without bath\nLong distance phones in rooms\nRunning hot and cold water\nSpacious Dining Hall\nComfortable Office and Lounge\nFree Busses Central Location\nThomas Stevenson\nManager\nStephen Jones\nProprietor\nThe A. W. Edge\nCompany\nImporters and Dealers in\nWallpapers, Burlaps, Mouldings, |\nPaints, Oils, Varnishes, Glass,\nBrushes, etc.\nPrince Rupert, B. C.\n-\u00E2\u0096\u00A0\u00E2\u0080\u00A2- \u00E2\u0080\u0094 - -\n7. R. Davey, Mining Engineer and Notary Public\nJ. M. Campbell\nT. R. DAVEY & Co.\nReal Estate and Mining\nBox 63 Queen Charlotte, B. C.\nWirte us for Farming Lands, Coal, Petroleum\nand Mining Properties.\nOne of the best Water Front Lots on Queen Charlotte\nTownsite for Sale. Price Easy for Cash.\nRANCHES FOR SALE.\nPRINCE RUPERTS\nPIONEER WHOLESALE HOUSE\nJ. Piercy, Morris & Co.\nWholesale Gents' Furnishings\nOiled and Rubber Clothing\nHouse Furnishings, Stationery, etc.\nPRINCE RUPERT, B. C.\nGraham Island\non account of the immense wealth of its natural resources, is fast coming\ninto prominence in the eyes of investors in British Columbia. Do you\nknow that the\nFARM LAND\nof Graham Island is unexcelled in northern British Columbia ?\nDo you know that the climate of Graham Island is as good as that of\nany part of the Pacific Coast ?\nWe are offering the choicest agricultural land of Graham Island for\nsale in tracts of 40 acres or more, at the exceptionally low price of\n$12.50 Per Acre upon very easy terms\nOur booklet gives some facts and figures which will interest and convince you. Write for it, or better yet, call personally.\nMERRILL & MERRILL m n^\"/\"\"* *\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2mU.MU! JM.I"@en . "Newspapers"@en . "Queen Charlotte (B.C.)"@en . "Queen_Charlotte_Islander_1911_10_09"@en . "10.14288/1.0312725"@en . "English"@en . 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