@prefix ns0: . @prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . @prefix geo: . ns0:identifierAIP "6cacf320-d810-43e1-b5c8-37aca5cc1e14"@en ; edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:isPartOf "BC Historical Newspapers"@en ; dcterms:issued "2011-07-29"@en, "1917-09-01"@en ; dcterms:description "The Bella Coola Courier was published in Bella Coola, in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, and ran from September 1912 to October 1917. The Courier was published by the Bella Coola Publishing Company, and its stated aim was \"to work for the upbuilding and development of Bella Coola particularly, and the welfare of Northern British Columbia generally\" (vol. 1, no. 1, p. 2)."@en, ""@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/xbellacoo/items/1.0170174/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note " h\\ IF YOU WANT GOOD SPORT VISIT BELLA COOLA. EXCELLENT HUNTING AND FISHING. WEATHER REPORT FOR JUNE Compiled by Mr. C. H. Ur3eth, of the Bella Coola Observatory. Temperature: Maximum, 64. Minimum, 43. Highest Max. (14th) 82. Lowest Min.illth) 30 Rainfall, 2.42. Rainfall for the year (1916) 40.89 inches. VOL. 5���������NO. 37 ' BELLA COOLA, B. C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER I, 1917. $1.00 a Year War News for the Week Tuesday: London.--Three great allied drives assailed Teutonic lines on three fronts today. British and French resumed offensive. Italy continued her fierce drive uninterruptedly. In past week, Italians have taken approximately ninety square miles of Austrian territory, close to twenty-five thousand prisoners, vas? stores of munitions, guns and supplies, and inflicted stupendous casualties on the enemy, estimated at seventy-five thousand men. French changing point of attack from left bank to right bank of the Mouse, General Petain struck another blow at German defense out of Verdun. Initial shock carried French nearly a mile forward on two fronts. British successfully pushed forward ' against German positions in sector north of St. Quentin, where 'thjre.has been little fighting in last two months. Powerfully fortified posts on Hindenburg line stormed and taken and British front advanced half mile over a mile front. Wednesday: London.-British forces in Flanders took tighter grip of German's thirdjine. They advanced two thousand yards astride St. Julieri-Poelcapple road. German attempts last night . to drive back British from their positions on Inverness copse, .Ypres-Menine road, frustrated and prisoners taken from the attacking forces. Germany has lost more that fifty thousand men in Flanders since,July 1st. ' Paris.-French troops penetrated German trenches at Butte De Souain and captured prisoners. Considerable artillery activity on Verdun front. Washington.-Trieste being evacuated, civilian population seek refuge in the interior of Austria. Italians sweep forward from Monte Santo across the plateau of Bainsizza and are fast turning Austrian., withdrawal in.to a debacle. ', ..���������,..... . '. ..-'.- ��������� America's present war congress will be thirty billion dollars session. $7,147,222,907 has been appropriated since Congress convened In March. More than twenty-three billion dollars pending for estimates and others will be made soon and must be cared for before session quits. Henry Ford advocates government taking 95 per cent of all war profits. Ford company now building aeroplane cylinders for government on basis of no profits. Moscow.-\"Unless Russia's army is regenerated and resists the enemy, Riga'road to Petrograd will be open,\" declared General Korniloff in vigorous demand made yesterday to Russian conference for iron discipline. Petrograd.-At the trial for high treason of-Gen. Soukhomlinoff, former minister of war, General Ivanoff, former commander of ��������� Volhynia and Galicia, testified yesterday that he had information showing that military secrets had been communicated direct from Petrograd to Berlin and Vienna by way of Warsaw. Gen. Velit- cKko, director of engineer corps, regarded Soukhomlinoff as being principally responsible for death of Russian army, czar not to blame. Russian army retires before enemy attack in Boyany region, retirement occasioned by beginning of offensive in region of Tasczernowitz, Bukowina, by Germans and Austrians. Thursday: London:���������During night British carried out successful raids northeast of Gouzeaucourt and southwest of Halluch and captured a few prisoners. Italy's great offensive paused temporarily today. Italian forces advanced so rapidly that the heavy artillery failed to keep up with the infantry. Bainsizza plateau now virtually centre of fighting, reported Austrians preparing to make a stand on theplateau. Friday: London.-Furtherop- erations by British on western front hampered by rainstorm today. Germans re-inforcing northern frontier of Belgium, near Bay Scheldt and village of San- tvliet, large guns been located on strong concrete floors. Number of reserve troops in fortified positions, around Antwerp in-, creased daily, now estimated at fifty thousand. ��������� Only,23.'ships lost out of 5309 movinglastweek. Italy's victorious offensive reached its second and most important stage today, Having attained the dominance of Bainsizza plateau Gen. Gadorna's trOops began vast flanking movement northward, with Tolmino as immediate object of the drive. First standardized merchantman built in Britain completed today. RussiaFacesUtterChaos Moscow, Aug. 30���������Russia faces utter chaos by November unless railway workers are willing to make personal sacrifices, if not, transportation will cease. It is a-problem to restore, discipline in the army: Troops completely poisoned by ill-interested doctrines and are split into two camps. Officers are now mar- tyres, soldiers look on While their leaders go bravely forward to face enemy and certain death. . Petrograd,-Aug.-30.���������A Russian divison yesterday abandoned its position in the region of Fok- hania and fled in disorder. U. S. Rejects Peace Washington, Aug. 30.���������President Wilson sends reply to the Pope, offer rejected, useless to discuss peace while autocracy is in control. Peace rests upon decision of the German,people and not their rulers. Reports from Germany lead observers here,to believe that the central powers will not reject the peace propos als of the'Pope. Plan to Put Czar Back Copenhagen, Aug. 31���������Russian fleet-may join revolutionists in revolt. Navy said to be under the influence of Nicholas, Lenine ���������and his adherents. Second revolution planned to start from Kronstadt. Troops prevent diet assembling in Finland. Martial law in Kazan. ��������� - Petrograd, Aug. 31.���������A large proportion of the Russian regiments in Fokhania region, Rou- mania front, left their trenches and retired yesterday. Russian war ministry knew of Germany's military preparations and was also aware that she contemplated declaring war in 1909 and again in 1913, according to the .testimony yesterday by Gen. Michael- son, who swore he had reported Gemany's military activity to the Russian war office. , Austrian Attacks Repulsed Rome, Aug. 31.���������Counter at tacks by Austrians against our newly-won positions on front above Gorizia, were repulsed. San Gabrielle has been partly taken by Italian troops. Salmon fishing, locally, for the past week has been very good and the canneries have had all theycould handle, in fact some of the fish was sent away to Na- mu to be canned. Next week and up to the close of the season the fish to be principally canned will be cohoes. The' packs put up so far, approximately, todate are: Bella Coola cannery. 25,000 cases; Tallio Fisheries, 15,000; Kimsquit, 16,000; Manitou 16,000 and Namu 40,000 cases. No report to hand of the pack of the East Bella Bella cannery, though the run at that place has been very satisfactory all through. Borden Wants to Resign Ottawa, Aug. 30.'���������Sir Robert Borden is willing to resign the leadership, but Conservatives in caucus would not hear of any other chief, meeting pledged him continuance of loyal support. Premier offered to vacate in favor of Sir Geo. Foster. . Montreal, Aug. 30.���������Penalties are severe under military service act.' One to five years imprison- ment^ for personal resistance to operation, of the act or persuading others to resist or impede it.' London, Aug. 30.���������Earl Gray, governor-general of Canada from 1904 to 1911, died at six o'clock yesterday morning at Howich House, Northumberland, after a long illness. Penetrate German Trenches Paris, Aug. 31.���������German attacks last night on Verdun front repulsed completely. French troops penetrated German trenches in Champagne\" sector, taking prisoners and two machine guns., New York's Irish Problem New York, Aug. 31���������New York has Irish problem. \"Friends of Irish freedom\" caused serious disturbance, police reserves called out and orators jailed before the crowd was dispersed. Rioting in Montreal Montreal, Aug; 31.- A strong force of police charged and broke up, in face of- a hurricane of bricks and stones, theworstanti- conscription demonstration Montreal has yet witnessed. Volly of blank revolver shots by rioters followed, who declare they will use ball cartridges tonight if police interfere. Of the many activities visible along the coast, mining is foremost and considerable prospecting is going on. Claims that have been lying idle for years are now being given another overhaul and it is quite possible that the new year wilf see some real development in many places. The Eutsuk Lake country is re- Peter Marin, is now in England undergoing treatment for rheumatic fever, contracted on the battlefields of France. The report states that he is on the mend, and will return to his post when physically fit. B. F. Jacobsen has just returned from a two weeks trip looking, over some of his many mining properties on Dean Channel. A little work was done in places and some claims are presenting very satisfactory showings,'over which Mr. Jacobsen is very optimistic. ^ The Fall Fair at Prince Rupert will take place in (hat city, September 19 20-21. It will be to the interest of the faimers of this valley to place some of their product on exhibition in the northern city. ��������� The Fair at Bella Coola is set for October 121 h and i it is expected that this year will see a very fine ,lot of garden stu ff of all kinds displayed. ' -- ^.^ '.~ ',...- ' - . i ' Notices are out stating that Dr. ON'T forget to bring.in your Subscription' to. the Courier���������The more support you give us, the better paper we will give you. ISONZO FRONT-WHERE THE ITALIANS ARE MARCHING TO COMPLETE VICTORY. Italians.in their attempt'to capture Trieste have inflicted enormous losses on the Austrians, who are preparing to make a last stand to save the city on Bainsizza plateau. ceiving most attention at pres- sent. A party from here left recently to spend some time in that section looking up some old claims and also to prospect in the unexplored territory, said by old Indians who have roamed over that country for ages past, that there is \"hiyu chicimen stone\" to be found. Mr. Henry Doyle, of the Tallio Fisheries, Ltd., came up on last week's Camosun and spent a couple of days at the new cannery to size up things. He left for Kimsquit and will spend some time over there before going up the.Naas river, where his company have a cannery operating also a new one in course of construction that will be completed for next year's operations. Mr. Doyle informed the Courier that things were looking up all along the coast, and from a commercial aspect things have not looked so good for years-back as they do at present. J. T. Mandy will show some very interesting moving pictures hei e, \"with the Allied aimies,\" en Monday and Tuesday nights the 3rd and 4th September. These pictures are interesting and describe accurately the war of today as it is carried on along the battle line. We advise everybody/to see this moving picture travelogue; 1 This section of the coast has enjoyed real, nice weather during the month just passed. BELLA COOLA AND DISTRICT RED CROSS AND PATRIOTIC FUNDS Mr. and Mrs. E. Qien, whom for the past two years have been residents at Smiths Inlet, returned here this week and will reside on their ranch up the valley for atime... .'.'���������������������������\" , Among the passengers for this port last week were Mr. and Mrs. j. D. Clayton, who returned after their wedding trip to the coast cities. STATEMENT FOR JULY. Red Cross Fund Collected by Miss L. Schulstad the sum of .. 10.00 Collected by Misses Livelton and Peterson 5.00 Collected by Mr. F. Broughton the sum of.. 31.00 Total $ 46.00 Patriotic Fund Collected by Mr. F. Broughton the, sum of .. 12.50 Collected by Rev. H. Sageng the sum of ��������� .. J.00 .. Total........ $14.50 4.v..;;ffilptrdf Ntfito Sunday School Church Service 10:45 a. m. 7:30 p.m. V 7 ���������9 r a. Our former townsman, Pte. J oa>c������������^������^^J������������L>s*a^'rI\"������ Preacher for Sunday- W. H. Gibson. All Are Welcome. -Rev. BELLA\" COOLA COURIER Saturday, September 1, 19)7 The Courier Published Weekly at Bella Coola by the Bella Coola Publishing Co. Ltd. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada 1 Year $1.00 C Monthi 0.75 3 Montln t 0.50 United Statei I Year $1.50 United Kingdom 1 Year $1.00 Subscriptions payable in advance. Subscribers not receiving their copy regularly please notify the management Ht once. Changes in address should be sent in as soon as possible. Births, Marriages and Deaths. 50c per insertion. For Advertising Rates, Apply at Office. To Correspondents���������While unobjectionable ,an- onyrooua communications will be published, the , name anil address of everywriter of such letters muHt be given to the editor. , The Editor reserves the risht to refuse publication of any letter. All manuscript at writer's risk. '��������� \"^alita pnjiuli atuinmta rut Ipx.\" SATURDAY, SEP. 1, 1917. The Fish Supply Problem. ��������� Some of the evidence given at Vancouver before the Royal Commission inquiring into the fishery conditions is very interesting, and in many cases contradictory. ��������� The person who gave .the most reliable evidence was Mr. A. L. Hagar of the Canadian Fishing Co., Vancouver. He favors close seasons, particularly for halibut, also the government's allowance in sharing the freight rates on' broken shipments of fish to apply to other kind besides halibut. Mr. Hagar also ^informed the Commission, besides many others things of vital importance to the industry, ���������that,fully ninety per cent of certain food fish is wasted annually. We are all aware that this state of affairs in food fish waste has existed in British Columbia for the last twenty years and over. One of the reasons for this is that politics entered largely into the industry. Unless, a pull was to be had with the members of parliament at Ottawa no license could be obtained for a fishing establishment of any kind, and when there was a license to be granted the money consideration to politicians would be so great that-the poorer concerns had no chance and the whole thing was left to the salmon trust.' This trust was left alone, the fishery regulations were in part or wholly ignored by them in almost every detail. Fishing boundaries in rivers had to be fixed by'their consent, with the result that now the salmon, particularly the sockcye, are running Yory much short. The trust has never bothered to look after the spawning grounds or clear- ingof obstructions in rivers leading thereto, the killing of the enemies of young fish, or anything that would be of assistance in the propagation of our salmon supply. In fact they sucked the lemon dry. Yet the Canadian government has given this trust a freehand to destroy a national .���������\"resource.' Now.that the supply is getting less they are hitting on alii sorts of schemes, but all of such a nature that the public must pay, while those that have made millions out of the industry go scot free. .���������-���������. To remedy the practise, both past and present, of the government allowing the rivers and streams to remain blocked up by log jam, thereby preventing the fish from reaching the spawning grounds, Mr. Hagar suggested that a cannery license and fee should be made sufficiently high and named $5000, to assist in keeping the rivers open. This is a most reasonable suggestion, and coming from a business man of Mr.- Higar's. ability' should have some weight with the.commissioners. The Courier has for years suggested that rivers and streams leading to the spawning ground should be cleared of all obstacles, and that hatcheries should be built on all salmon streams in the north, but as the salmon truLt have had all the fish that they could conveniently handle up to now they have opposed, it, in fact as stated before the head of the trust have never even had a look at the breeding grounds, and they are the people that are to a great measure responsible for the, salmon shortage. It is now up. to both the Provincial and Dominion governments to get together and jointly work for the preservation of what is ieft and to use every means for the increase of the future supply of salmon. '������������������' ������ '���������' O O O ' o \"Why Not Before? There has been a lotof talk of a union government for Canada, while some are in favor others are ^gainst it. What is the most mysterious to us is that the Borden government should have waited so long before attempting to form a coalition government. Sir Robert knew that his time was up last year, he was granted another year to set his house in order and yet he waited to the last days before he hit'upon this union government business.' , If the premier had done what was right and'attempted a fusion of the two great parties earlier, similar to that established in England soon after the war broke out, then the Canadian people would have thought it an honest endeavor on his part. As it is now it is only a political move, just to lengthen the time to enable the friends of the Borden government to have an extra chance to profiteer out of the war at the expense of the people. MAGIC BAKING POWDER CONTAINS NO ALUM , MADE IN CANADA. ernmentwere playing with conscription as with the coalition idea, leaving it until they are forced by necessity to do something. Perhaps they are waiting for the Germans to be driven across the Rhine. ��������� We were told when conscription was first introduced that it was imperative and urgent that the question should be settled without delay, and if the urgency existed then it does today, with a growing casualty list. The Canadian casualties in last weekend's fighting alone totalled overone thousand. The needs of the country must be subservient to the game of politics. An argument which was adduced in the debate on conscription, but which was not dwelt on at any length, is worth noting here. Canada is the only British,country in which there is,a race issue where conscription has been broached. England did not put,conscription in force in Ireland. Conscription was not attempted in South Africa, which is the latest addition to the galaxy of free nations which compose the British Empire. It is only fair to state that the conscription bill .got its hardest knocks from its own friends. In fact all through the crisis the last thing the Borden government seemed to think about was conscription as conscription. All its eyes were for conscription as a life-saver for the Borden government. While the conscrip- tian fever was at its height the Borden government was hustling around for a coalition that might pull it out of the hole by dragging Sir Wilfrid Laurier and half a dozen other Liberals in. Remember, and Save! \"The children of Belgium are crying for food. Serbia has been over-run by the enemy. Half of Roumania is occupied. Much of France is laid waste. Tennations of the world are on rations. Sixty million men are withdrawn from production for war service. To feed the allied armies and nations the men and women of Canada must pledge themselves to maximum production, the elimination of waste, and the largest possible consumption of perishable foodstuffs, \" says,Hon. W. J. Hanna, Canadian Food Controller. O O Ct' o o A Wonderful Future. \"I predict a wonderful future for the Canadian fisheries,\" said Major Hughie Green, officer in charge of the fish supplies for the overseas Canadian army, and the Imperial Board of Trade. \"If the war were to end tomorrow, the British fish trade would not be reorganized for at least five years. 0The Canadian fisheries should produce $100,000,000 annually instead of the $34,000,- 000 produced today.\" :o ,,o '. o o ��������� o Fish is to become more plentiful in the Canadian market. The Canadian food controller has inaugurated a special refrigerator express car service direct from Mackay Smith, Biair & Co.-Ltd. VANCOUVER, B.C. Wholesale DRY GOODS AND MEN'S FURNISHINGS Manufacturers OF \"PRIDE OF THE WEST\" BRAND SHIRTS, PANTS, OVERALLS, MACKINAW Send,for Catalogue 'MADE IN B. C.\" Prompt Attention Given Letter Orders the Nova Scotia coast to Toronto. This is the first step in a plan to put on a fish car express service from both Pacific and Atlantic points to supply Central Canada with sea food cheaply. o .. o o . o���������..'��������� o, If you can't be a fighter, don't be a waster. Conscription Becomes Lqw The military bill became la on Tuesday and formal assent to the conscription measure was given by the governor-genei the following day. With conscription placed on the statute books the way will be w al a .ver Wants'em of course! The foods called for by Great Britain and the Allies from Canada and United States are beef, It looks as if the Borden gov-1 bacon and wheat. S. M. NEWTON _ . The Prince Rupert Empire man, who is a candidate for the House of Commons for this Riding-. While others stand for' what will benefit their party, he stands for what will benefit these districts. ���������Delicious, Appetizing, Melt-in-the-mouth Buns and Biscuits that taste as good as they look and smell.. Made from ROYAL- STANDARD FLOUR they couldn't be otherwise. ��������� Royal Standard Flour,is made from a wheat that has no peer���������No. 1 Canadian Hard���������carefully selected and just as carefully milled; It's kernels are sweet as a nut. And because every atom of its goodness goes into- ROYAL STANDARD ' FLOUR you get the most perfect and satisfying Flour that ever entered a household. . ��������� ' Look for the Trademark, \"The Circle V\" on every sack. MILLED IN BRITISH COLUMBIA SOLD BY ALL STOREKEEPERS . Compare���������price for priced��������� GREAT WEST TEA with the tea you aire now using. It's Better. LEESON, DICKIE, GROSS & CO., Ltd. Wholesale Grocers Vancouver, B. C. hoe HOE UNION STEAMSHIP CO. OF B.C., LTD. REGULAR FREIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVICE ,? ���������:,,:':. :>\"'.,,���������,.':/; BETWEEN'-., ������������������\"���������������������������.���������',������������������ ,,:.:.,' >'��������� .. BELLA COOLA and VANCOUVER S. S. CeiniOSlin Leaves Vancouver every Thursday at 11 p.m. (Victoria day previous.) Leaves Bella Coola Sundays a. m. S. S. \" Coquitlam '' sails from Vancouver fortnightly, carryipg Gasoline and Explosives, will call at Bella Coola by arrangement. For rates of Freights, Fares and other information, apply to Head Office, Garrall St., Vancouver; or Geo. McGregor, agent, 1003 Government St., Victoria. . > nan 3������0 HOE ise your 3^ PROJECTED ROUTE OF THE PACIFIC & HUDSON BAY RAILWAY m ssssers ������������&' tir P I tf '^Mm Saturday, September 1, 1917 -BELLA COOLA COURIER Our Booklet Explains why Kootenay Ranges stay good, as new, long after other ranges have worn out; how the asbestos joints prevent leakage of air or drafts; how, the alum- inized flues prevent rust; and why they require less fuel than other ranges. , Ask our dealer or write for booklet. ITOaiyfc ECOOTENAY RANGE LONDON TORONTO MONTREAL WINNIPEG VANCOUVER ST. JOlINt N.B. HAMILTON t'ALGARV \\$ - ��������� -���������- - EDMONTON compared with that exported in the raw state is steadily increasing. These and other particulars of this important industry are set out in the bulletin which may be had free by any citizen interested by addressing the director of Forestry, Ottawa, and asking for the Pulp wood Bulletin for 1916. inn. li.n. tit SASKATOON cleared for a union government, and maybe one will be formed cbeforc we go to press. In any case we hope it will include the best brains in Canada and have but a single eye���������the support of our gallant boys at the front. With full support victory is ours, democracy will surely triumph over militarism.|lf our politicians will stop squinting around for political .advantage, ��������� but look straight ahead, , Canadian Pulp Manufactured . in 1916. The Forestry Branch of the Department of the Interior, Ottawa, has just issued the annual bulletin on the manufacture of pulpwood. The. total value of the pulpwood,made into pulp in Canada and exported for manufacture elsewhere in 1916 was nearly $20,000,000, which represents an increase of over 28 per cent as compared with 1915. The proportion of pulpwood manufactured into pulp in Canada PACIFIC MILK Is the most economical milk you can use. It is rich, heavy consistency, and vcan be diluted to a greater extent for cooking and table use than any other milk. YOU'LL LIKE PACIFIC\" FOOD PRODUCTS CO., LTD., Manufacturers Office: 322 DRAKE STREET, VANCOUVER, B. C. . Ask Your Dealer for \"Minister Myles\" Shoes . - \"BERESFORD\" Shoes (or Men \"VASSAR\" and \"MISS CANADA\" Shoes lor Women Life at the Front Extracts From the Letters of Fred , Grant. July 5. Well! we are still at the re- serve'line, and having a dandy time swimming. I go in three time a day and am .making the c best of it. I have never been so clean since 1 came to France. Mr. Keeping arrived to see me just as 1 had finished my letter home the other day. He stayed for dinner and spent the rest of the day with us, the two other sergeants and myself enjoyed his company immensely/ You will be surprised, to hear that 1 have applied for a commission in the Royal- Flying' Corps, as an observer first and later on pilot; my papers have been signed already by the colonel and also the brigadier. I still have to go to theR. F. C. headquarters to see if they will accept me, and cannot say till then whether I can make the grade or not. Being out' here so long and knowing machine gunnery, is all in rhy favor, but I fear most for my weight (175 lbs.) is against the regulation (161 lbs.) July 13. To give you an idea 'of what sort of a place we are in- first ol all it is a town which is pretty well battered down. Half a dozen of us are in a dug-out, about thirty feet'underneath an'old building and street, then there is another opening cwhich comes out in a building on a different block.' The tunnel is about 70 ft. long, 6 ft. hijrh and 5 ft: wide, and the Germans have lined it nicely -for us with three-inch planking. There is' an alley way off it \"which we use for a bed: room: In it are big; box spring beds with feather mattresses. The Germans took the best they could find and brought them here. In the drawing-room there is some of the loveliest furniture you could wish for: couch, settee, arm chair, smaller chairs, side board and a big mirror, also a hundred dollar clock hanging on the wall. We have also a splendid set of crockery and enamel- ware, some of which is going into our sergeant's mess. The dug-out is lighted up with candles, but the concussion of Fritz's \"minnewerfers\" has put them out quite a few times already today. I wish you had been here yesterday to see our new planes bring down two of Fritz's. One fell upside down and there ������ere two men and a dog in it, one man was killed and the other badly wounded and shaken up with the bump. I have fiye outposts to look after and have to. get what sleep I' can during the day. . \". ,V;:;:7';:\\';;/.ri:.\\Juiy2i. .; ;, The night before last we^ame out of the; line, and, a-#eir|r;. wet and stormy night it was. It was just about daylight when we got into camp and I Was covered with mud from head to foot, in fact so bad that I took my clothes Continued on page 4, column 4. SYNOPSJS OF COAL MINING REGULATIONS r-.OAL MINING BIGHTS of the Dominion, in *���������* M*.nit6ba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, the Yukon Trbritoky, the North-west Tebri- i Tories and in a portion of thu Province of BlUTIBH Columbia, may be leased for a term of twenty-one years at an annual rental of $1 an acre., Not more than 2.060 acre* will be leased to one applicant. Application for a lease must be made by the applicant in person to Ihe Agent or Sub-Agent of the district in which the rights applied for are situated. In surveyed territory the land must be described by sections, or legal subdivisions of sections, and in unsurveyed territory the tract applied for shall be staked out by the applicant himself. ��������� , Each application 'must be accompanied by a fee of 15 which will be refunded if the rights applied for are not available, but not otherwise. A royalty shall be paid on the merchantable output of the mine at the rate of five cents per ton. The person operating the mine shull furnish the Agent with sworn returns accounting for the fullquantity of merchantable coal mined and pay the royalty thereon. If the coal mining right* are not being operated, such returns should be furnished at least once a year. The lease will include the coat mining rights only, but the lessee may be permitted tn purchase whatever available surface rights may be considered necessary for the working of the mine at the rate of $10.00 an acre. For full information application should be made to the Secretary of the Department of the -Interior. Ottawa, or to any A (font or Sub-Agent of Dominion Lands. W. W. CORY, Deputy Minister of the Interior. N.B.���������Unauthorized publication of this advertisement will not be paid for.���������3OG50. Twas Ever Thus. There is a tendency,to, overlook the fact that, the-government is composed of ordinary human beings���������some of them very ordinary. , Few of the members were selected because of their ability to handle the,affairs of the nation even in peace times���������few, indeed,, are of the calibre to fill the breaches which are demanding men of , great capacity today.���������Financial Post of'Canada. Which,seem to,say much in little space. ��������� The American corn crop is reported favorable from a majority of ihe big producing states: \\ ���������' BUSINESS CARDS Watch Repairs Send your watch to ua for guaranteed repairs at lowest prices. ��������� A price given before proceeding with work. If not satisfactory, watch will be returned free of expense. O.B.ALLAN Diamond Merchant���������Optician Granville and Pender, Yancouver.B.C. ������ H HOC ���������tu Fur Sales Agency 600 dealers and trappers of B. C, Yukon and Alaska have taken advantage of our Fur Sales Agency for 3 years.' Our sealed bid plan whereby 15 or 20 of the biggest fur buyers in the world bid on your fur instead of one individual house assures the highest market price always. ��������� We hold sales monthly, but will advance 75 per cent, of value on receipt, sending balance immediately after sale. Our commission is only 3 to 4 per cent. LITTLE BROS. FUR SALES AGENCY, LTD. 54 POWELL ST., VANCOUVER, B. C. H3 n to' ������i m VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT DISTEICT OF COAST���������RANGE in. Take notice that I, Frank Inrig, of Wadhams, B. C, occupation cannery- man, .intend to apply for permission to lease the following described hind: Commencing at a post planted ut the southwest corner of Lot 1041 oh Goose Bay, Rivers Inlet, thence east20 chains, thence south 20 chains, thence west 20 chains to the shore, thence following the shore line to the place of commencement. .\"'.������������������������������������������������������ FRANK INRIG. August 25th, 1917. ��������� ' ,- Sep. 1-Nov. 3. V- PRINCE RUPERT EXHIBITION September 19-20-21 Greatest Agricultural and Industrial Show in the North. Over $3000 in, Cash Prizes GRAND INDTaN^BaND CONTEST Baseball ��������� Football ��������� Water Sports Particulars to be had from the Secretary at Prince Rupert ae^i X&7HAT person so happy and.contented as the prosperous farmer? \\ji7HAT person so independent? 11WHAT ambition more noble than to be a producer of the necessaries of life? a Bella Coola farmers are independent', they are strangers to hard times. View of a ranch in Bella Coola Valley. ���������\"THE REASONS for this enviable condi-' ���������*��������� tion of affairs are obvious to anyone who -knows the Bella Coola Valley. The land is fertile and .needs little or no irrigation. The climate is mild and enjoyable ; long -warm summers with sufficient rainfall and mild winters make for excellent crops. Large and small fruits, garden and field crops are grown to the best advantage. This fact was established at the Prince Rupert exhibition last year when farm produce from Bella Coola Valley carried away over twenty first prizes. OELLA COOLA and the surrounding ���������\"^ country possesses wonderful wealth in timber, as yet almost entirely undeveloped, and perhaps at no other point on the Northern Coast is there the same opportunity for a remunerative investment as in a saw mill at Bella Coola. SUBSCRIPTION RATES OF BELLA COOLA COURIER. Subscriptions Payable in Advance. *#'-. 'i,-:\\f '������������������'���������'���������' ���������'���������'���������'��������� CANADA. ' ���������' One Year 1. ....'..���������....''.'., Six Months ....... Three Months \"............,.'. UNITED STATES. One Year.: ���������..;.. .$1.00 . 0.75 . 0.50 $1.50 United Kingdom and the Continent. One Year '.'.��������� .....,....$1.00 SUBSCRIPTION BLANK, BELLA COOLA, PUBLISHING CO., LTD. ' '[ BELLA COOLA, B. 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ASK YOUR MERCHANT FOR AMHERST \"HOME-MADE\" BRAND AMHERST HALIFAX ADVERTISERS - Now is the time to keep your name before the public. No manufacturer or wholesalehouse can afford to let slip the opportunity of increased sales that public advertising brings. DEAL ESTATE, booms in the cities have come and gone. People are beginning to flock to the country. The North-West 'Coast of British Columbia offers opportunities for all. Did not know, is no excuse., Investors should keep posted on developments by reading the ''Courier.\" noting You are judged by the stationery that you use. Let us do your job printing. We will do* it right. DUILD UP YOUR HOME D TOWN.. Do not talk���������support home industries���������talk is cheap. The best way to show that you are in earnest is to practise it. Support the \"Courier\" and you are doing something for yourself and your community. $1 a Ypar ���������'' \" ' ���������' ��������� Published every Saturday at BELLA COOLA, B. C. TALE OF THE BUFFALO. The buffaloes found in the telegraph poles of the Overland Line a new source of delight on the treeless prairie���������the novelty of having something to scratch against. But it was quite expensive scratching for the telegraph company, and there, irf- deed was the rub, for the bisons shook down miles of wires daily. A bright idea struck somebody, to send to St. Louis and Chicago for all the bradawls that could be purchased, and these were driven into the poles, with a view to wound the animals and stop their rubbing propensity. Never was a greater mistake. The buffaloes were delighted. For the first timethey came to thescratch sure of a sensation in their thick hides that thrilled them from horn to tail. They would go fifteen miles to find a bradawl. They fought battles around the poles containing them, and the victor would proudly climb the mountainous heap of his fallen companions and scratch himself into bliss until the bradawl broke o or the pole came down. There has been no demand for bradawls from the Kansas region since the first invoice.\" Russia is on rations. A wheat embargo exists in Argentina. Australia, New Zealand, and India are out of reach of Great Britain because of the shortage of ships. It has fallen to the rT,HE two principal reasons 1 why you should buy \"Shamrock\" Hams, Bacon, Lard, etc., are: FIRST��������� There is none better. SECOND��������� They are the only brands produced in B. C. under government inspection. Ask for \"SHAMROCK\" BUTTER EGGS and keep your money at home. P. BURNS & CO., Ltd. Packers and Provisioned Calgary Vancouver Edmonton United States and Canada to beat the German blockade and feed Great Britain, the' Allies, and the armies in the field. ' LIFE AT THE FRONT���������Continued from page three. off and threw them into the river, then jumped in after and washed them out. By this time the rain had stopped and a very strong wind was blowing and it was not long after putting the wet clothes on that they were fairly dry after running about a bit. We came on the rest of the way that morning and were in time to see the 4th Divisional sports, and I am almost sure that I saw John Nygaard \"running in one of the relay races, butowing to the tremendous crowd I was not able to locate him after the race. Today I have been orderly-sergeant and certainly have been kept on the go. We got up at 6 a. m., had breakfast at 6-15 and a work1 party had to be got ready to move off at seven. Kit inspection at a quarter to eight and at nine, one hour's drill. At ten* all hands went to a large steam boiler and had all clothing fumigated, and at eleven all who had not beep inoculated within the last twelve months had to be done over again. I, fortunately, was not among the bunch. At 1:30 there was instruction at bayonet fighting and at three o'clock the paymaster opened his heart and gave us our pay. . Ames Holden McGready^Ltd. Vancouver, B.C. 1 LEADING WHOLESALERS IN BOOTS, SHOES AND' RUBBERS FOR ~MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN. . H Largest Manufacturers of Boots and Shoes in Canada . ������- Just a Few of Our Exclusive Specialties THE GOAL EVERBEARING APPLE.\" The only everbearing apple in existence. A delicious all-the-seasun fruit. Fine ��������� tree, each, $1.00. THE VANDERPOOL RED APPLE. The great export apple and keeper. Each, 50c. THE OREN.CO APPLE. The best dessert apple. Each, 50c.. THE YAKIMENE PEACH-APRICOT. ' A remarkable combination of the' apricot and peach. Hardy. Each, $1.00. THE VROOMAN FRANQUETTE WALNUT. Produces food of great nutritious value on a highly ornamental tree. Each $1. THE SOUVENTR' EVERBEARING RASPBERRY. The greatest everbearer. Hundred, $14.00. SPECIAL SAMPLE OFFER We will send prepaid to your nearest station next Spring one of each of these splendid trees and a dozen Souvenir Raspberries on receipt of a $5.00 bill, or C. O. D. $5.50. Orders should be placed NOW for these or any other of our well-known stock. We do not ship into the interior in the Fall. N.B-It is MOST IMPORTANT that ordors be sent In AT ONCE-tho stock must be reserved MOW. The British Columbia Nurseries Co., Ltd. 1493 SEVENTH AVENUE WEST - . VANCOUVER, B. C. Nurseries at Sardls- 5S% CLUB OFFER We have pleasure in announcing that we have made arrangements with two of the. leading weekly publications so that our subscribers may have the best of reading at substantially reduced rates.' ' ���������'. The Courier . : ,. . .' ���������^���������00 Both papers Farmers Advocate & Home Journal, Winnipeg 1.50 f p p , .-,������������������ lor/'. $2.50 $2.00 .The Courier . ������������������'.'���������\" . Canadian Countryman, Toronto. $1:00 L50 $2.50 Both papers for . . $2.00 The Courier, $i.oo Family Herald & Weekly Star, Montreal . . 1.00 ' $2:00 Both papers or $L75 ^ The four papers may be had for $4.50. jj ESTABLISHED AT BELLA COOLA IN 1895. LEADING DEALERS IN General merchandise Dry Goods and Notions Staple and Fancy Groceries :*-! HEAVY AND SHELF HARDWARE C^MP. HEATING AND COOK STOVES Large and well assorted stock of Men's, Boys' and Children's Clothing, Shirts and Underwear We carry the largest and most up-to-date stock of Men's, Women's, and Children's Shoes in all styles at the lowest possible price. Men's Furnishings to suit individual tastes Q ������ ���������BB Settlers, Prospedors, Hunters, Trappers, Campers and Land-Seekers will find it to their advantage to look over oar stock. Nothing but the mosT: suitable articles are kept at prices that invite competition. Paints - Oils - Varnishes - Stains Crockery and Glassware of all kinds Patent Medicines of all descriptions Best brands of Flour. Feed and Grain of all sorts ,,.' kept on hand. Prompt service Best Goods���������Lowest Prices���������Largest Stock RAW FURS BOUGHT AND SOLD B. BRYNILDSEN & CO., BELLA COOLA, B.C. v li pi ��������� Fl;- Al>. r*1 is B>. It ��������� . it r ft P< !���������*������ \\: 1 ��������� ������ t lip ' til ������������������������ fa\" i .WnHJtaBBW E52S3ESB gaaaggBa MMBMBBHUmeBSBS i k Ami J*Ti1\",f'VSi v' ���������������* * 7 dJ.ilM ir priV * S-V'-fyi .���������' 4s ���������*���������*.-' 'fill1 YOU WANT GOOD SPORT ISIT BELLA COOLA. EXCEL- |ENT HUNTING AND FISHING. COB WEATHER REPORT FOR JUNE Compiled by Mr. C. H. Urseth, of the Bella Coola Observatory. Temperature: Maximum, 64. Minimum, 43. Highest Max. (14th) 82. Lowest Min. (,11th) 30 Rainfall, 2.42. Rainfall for the, year (1916) 40.89 inches. e s )L. 5���������NO. 37 BELLA COOLA, B. C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1917. $1.00 a Year War News for the Week :s ..;- ������i3i m *<='< t^ Tuesday: London.--Three great allied drives assailed Teutonic ������s on three fronts today. British and French resumed off en- Italy continued her fierce drive uninterruptedly. In past ������k, Italians have taken approximately ninety square miles of itrian territory, close to- twenty-five thousand prisoners, vast res of munitions, guns and supplies, and inflicted stupendous fualties on the enemy, estimated at seventy-five thousand men. mch changing point of attack from left bank to right bank of Meu3e, General Petain struck another blow at German de- fse out of Verdun. Initial shock carried French nearly a mile fward on two fronts. British successfully pushed forward linst German positions in sector north of St. Quentin, where Ire has been little fighting in last two months. Powerfully for- jd posts on Hindenburg line stormed and taken and British it advanced half mile over a mile front. edhesday: London.-British forces in Flanders took tighter of German's third line. They advanced two thousand yards [ride St. Julien-Poelcapple road. German attempts last night rive back British from their positions on Inverness copse, ���������res-Menine road, frustrated and prisoners taken from the at- ing forces, Germany has lost more that fifty thousand men landers since July 1st. aris.-French troops penetrated German trenches at Butte De ain and captured prisoners. Considerable artillery activity on rdun front. ashington.-Trieste being evacuated, civilian population seek luge'imth'e interior of Austria. Italians sweep forward from fate Santo across the plateau of Bainsizza and are fast turning Strian.withdrawal into a.debacle. ���������.,^-^.,^..;^. - , ��������� ^ - America's present war congress will be thirty billion dollars sion. $7,147,222,907 has been appropriated since Congress coned In March. More than twenty-three billion dollars pending .estimates and others will be made soon and must be cared for lore session quits. Henry Ford advocates government taking er cent of all war profits. Ford company now building aero- 2 cylinders for government on basis of no profits, oscow.-\"Unless Russia's army is regenerated and resists the Imy. Riga'road to Petrograd will be open,\" declared General Srniloff in vigorous demand made yesterday to Russian confer- for iron discipline. etrograd.-At the trial for high treason of Gen. Soukhomlinoff, toier minister of war, General Ivanoff, former commander of glhynia and Galicia, testified yesterday that he had information owing that military secrets had been communicated direct from trograd to Berlin and Vienna by way of Warsaw. Gen. Velit- iko, director of engineer corps, regarded Soukhomlinoff as being incipally responsible for death of Russian army, czar not to time. Russian army retires before enemy attack in Boyany re- Ion, retirement occasioned by beginning of offensive in region Tasczernowitz, Bukowina, by Germans and Austrians. Thursday: London:���������During night British carried out success- i raids northeast of Gouzeaucourt and southwest of Halluch and ptured a few prisoners. Italy's great offensive paused temporarily today. Italian forces ad- RussiaFacesUtterChaos Moscow, Aug. 30���������Russia faces utter chaos by November unless railway workers are willing to make personal sacrifices, if not, transportation will cease. It is a problem to restore discipline in the army. Troops completely poisoned by ill-interested doctrines and are split into two camps. Officers are now mar- tyres, soldiers look on while their leaders go bravely forward to face enemy and certain death. Petrograd, Aug. 30.���������A Russian divison yesterday abandoned its position,in the region of Fok- hania and fled in disorder. In; ice m U. S. Rejects Peace Washington, Aug. 30.���������President Wilson sends reply to the Pope, offer rejected, useless to discuss peace while autocracy is in control. Peace rests upon decision of the German people and not their rulers. Reports from Germany lead observers here to believe that the central powers will not reject the peace proposals of the Pope. Borden Wants to Resign Ottawa, Aug. 30.���������Sir Robert Borden is willing to resign, the leadership, but Conservatives in caucus would not hear of any other chief, meeting pledged him continuance of loyal support. Premier offered to vacate in favor of \"Sir Geo. Foster. Plan to Put Czar Back Copenhagen, Aug. 31���������Russian fleet-may join revolutionists in revolt. Navy said to be under the influence of Nicholas, Lenine ���������and his adherents. Second revolution planned to start from Kronstadt. Troops prevent diet assembling in Finland. Martial law in Kazan. c Petrograd, Aug. 31.���������A large proportion of the Russian regiments in Fokhania region.Rou- mania front, left their trenches and retired yesterday. Russian war ministry knew Of Germany's military preparations and was also aware that she contemplated declaring war in 1909 and again in 1913, according to the testimony yesterday by Gen. Michael- son, who swore he had reported Gemany's military activity to the Russian war office. Austrian Attacks Repulsed Rome, Aug. 31.���������Counter attacks by Austrians against our newly-won positions on front above Gorizia, were repulsed. San Gabrielle has been partly taken by Italian troops. Penetrate German Trenches Montreal, Aug. 30. ���������Penalties are severe under military service act. One to five years imprisonment for personal resistance to operation of the act or persuading others to resist or impede it. London, Aug. 30.��������� Earl Gray, governor-general of Canada from 1904 to 1911, died at six o'clock yesterday morning at Howich House, Northumberland, after a long illness. Paris, Aug. 31.���������German attacks last night on Verdun front repulsed completely. French troops penetrated German trenches in Champagne'sector, taking prisoners and two machine guns. New York's Irish Problem Salmon fishing, locally, for the past week has been very good and the canneries have had all they could handle, in fact some of the fish was sent away to Na- mu to be canned. Next week and up to the close of the season the fish to be principally canned will be cohoes. The packs put up so far, approximately, todate are: Bella Coola cannery. 25,000 cases; Tallio Fisheries, 15,000; Kimsquit, 16,000; Manitou 16,000 and Namu 40,000 cases. No report to hand of the pack of the East Bella Bella cannery, though the run at that place has been very satisfactory all through. Of the many activities visible along the coast, mining is foremost and considerable prospecting is going on. Claims that have been lying idle for years are now being given another overhaul and it is quite possible that the new year will see some real development in many places. The Eutsuk Lake country is re^ Peter Marin, is now in England undergoing treatment for rheumatic fever, contracted on the battlefields of France. The report states that he is on the mend and will return to.his post when physically fit. B. F. Jacobsen has just returned from a two weeks trip looking over some of his many mining properties on Dean Channel. A little work was done in places and some claims are presenting very satisfactory showings, over which Mr. Jacobsen is very optimistic. .���������' The Fall Fair at Prince Rupert will take place in that city, September 19 20-21. It will be to the interest of the farmers of this;valley to place some of their product on exhibition in the northern city. The Fair at Bella Coola is set for October 12th and it is expected that this year will see a very fine lot of garden stuff of all kinds displayed. -Notices are out stating that Dr. New York, Aug. 31���������New York has Irish problem. \"Friends of Irish freedom\" caused serious disturbance, police reserves called out and orators jailed before the crowd was dispersed. Rioting in Montreal Montreal, Aug. 31.- A strong force of police charged and broke up,' in face of- a hurricane of bricks and stones, the worst anti- conscription demonstration Montreal has yet witnessed. Volly of blank revolver shots by rioters followed, who declare they will use ball cartridges tonight if police interfere. Italian 'anced so rapidly that the heavy irtillery failed to keep up with f ^Hipk infantry. Bainsizza plateau ow virtually centre of fighting, 'eported Austrians preparing to make a stand on the plateau. ^JFriday: London.-Furtheroperations ��������� by British on western front hampered by rainstorm to- $?Ptay. Germans re-inforcingnor- ui������*|fcheirn frontier of Belgium, near *3j&ay Scheldt and village of San- ;L tyliet, large guns been located ,^TOti strong concrete floors. Num- \\fkber of reserve troops in fortified Ojo-dtions around Antwerp in- v?*drt ased daily, now estimated at -V fifty thousand. Only 23' ships '^lo-toutof 5309 moving last week. * 'Italy's victorious offensive reach- ,_ *ed its second and most important /Stage today, having attained the ^dominance of Bainsizza plateau Y Gl i. Ca'dorna's troops began vast flanking movement northward, \\ with Tolmino as immediate ob- ( je������ t of the drive. First stand ardized merchantman built in Britain completed today. > s������ & > t >,i hA ISONZO FRONT-WHERE THE ITALIANS ARE MARCHING TO COMPLETE VICTORY 3?: - ���������~ ' STAOT ������3 A*- -���������*���������*��������� s. }.:....: *!���������������> United Kingdom 1 Year /..., *!���������������> Subscriptions payable in advance. Subscribers not receiving their copy regularly please notify the management at once. Changes in address should be sent in as soon'as possible. Births, Marriages aot������ Deaths. 50c per insertion. , For Advertising Rates, Apply at Office. To Correspondents���������While unobjectionable anonymous commnnicationa will be published, tne name and address of every writer of such letters must be given to the editor. ' The Editor reserves the njrht to refuse publication of any letter. All manuscript at writer's risk. , i M&aluH papnil Hiiprenta *Ht Isx\" SATURDAY, SEP. 1, 1917. The Fish Supply Problem. Some of the evidence given at Vancouver before the Royal Commission inquiring into the . fishery conditions is very interesting, and in many cases contradictory.' The person who gave the most reliable evidence was Mr. A. L. Hagar of the Canadian Fishing Co., Vancouver. - He f avors close-seasons, particularly for, halibut, also the government's allowance in sharing the' freight rates on broken ship- ' ments.of fish.to apply to other kind besides halibut. Mr.Hagar also informed the Commission,' besides many others things of vital importance to the industry, -that.fully ninety per cent of cer- tain food fish is wasted annually. We are all aware that this state of affairs in. food fish waste has existed in British Columbia for the last twenty years and over. One of the reasons for this is that politics entered largely into the industry. Unless a pull was to be had with the members of parliament at Ottawa no license could be obtained for a fishing establishment of any kind, and when there was a license to be granted the money consideration to politicians would be so great that- the poorer, concerns had no chance and the whole thing was left to the salmon trust.* This trust was left alone, the fishery regulations were in part or wholly ignored by them in almost every detail. Fishing boundaries in rivers had to be fixed by their consent, with the result that now the salmon, particularly the sockeye, are running very much short. The trust has never bothered to look after the spawning grounds or clearing of obstructions in rivers leading thereto, the killing of the enemies of youn# fish, or anything that would be of assistance in the propagation of our salmon supply- In fact they sucked the lemon dry. Yet the Canadian government has given this trust a free hand to destroy a national resource. Now. that the supply is getting less they are hitting on all sorts of schemes, but all of such a nature that the public must pay, while those that have made millions out of the industry go scot free. ^ To remedy the practise, both past and present, of the government allowing the rivers and streams to remain blocked up by log jam, thereby preventing the: fish from reaching the spawning; grounds, Mr. Hagar suggested that a cannery license and fee should be made sufficiently high: and named $5000, to assist inj keeping the rivers open. This is a most reasonable suggestion,; and coming from a business man; of Mr.; Hagar's ability should! have some weight with the com-j missioners. .The Courier has for years suggested that riversand streams leading to the spawning ground should be cleared of all obstacles, arid that hatcheries should be\" built on all salmon streams in the north, but, as the salmon trutt-have, had all the fish that they could conveniently handle up to now they have opposed it, in fact as stated before the head of the trust have never even had a look at the breeding grounds, and they are the people that are to. a great measure responsible for the salmon shortage. It is now up. to both the Provincial and Dominion governments to get together and jointly work for the preservation of what is left and to use every means for the increase of(the BAKING j MAGIC BAKING POWDER CONTAINS NO ALUM MADE IN CANADA. future supply of salmon. O O O O ' o ��������� Why Not Before? There-has been a lot.6f talk of a union government for Canada, while some are in favor others areggainst it. What is the most mysterious to us is that the Borden .government' should have waited so long before attempting to form a coalition government. ;\" Sir Robert knew .that his time, was up -last, year, he was granted���������\";a'h\"other'.5year to set-his house in order and yet he waited to the last days before he hit upon this union government business^ If'the.premier had done what* was right and attempted a fusion of the two great parties earlier,- similar to that established\"^ England soon after the war broke out, then the Canadian people would have thought it an honest endeavor oh his part. As it is now it is only a political move, just to lengthen the time to enable the friends of the Borden government to have an extra chance to profiteer out of the warat the expense of the people. It looks as if the Borden gov- A Wonderful Future. \"I predict a wonderful future for the Canadian fisheries,\" said Major Hughie Green, officer in charge of the fish supplies for the overseas Canadian army, and the Imperial^ Board of Trade. \"If the war were to end tomorrow, the British fish trade would not be reorganized for at least five years. The Canadian fisheries should produce $100,000,000 annually instead of the $34,000,������: 000 produced today.\" o o o o o Fish is to become more plentiful in. the Canadian market. The Canadian food controller has inr augurated a special refrigerator express car service direct from ernment were playing with conscription as with the coalition idea, leaving it until thev are Canadian Pood Controller forced by necessity to do something. Perhaps they are waiting for the Germans to be driven across the Rhine. We were told when conscription was first introduced that it was imperative and urgent that the question should be settled without delay, and if the urgency existed then it does today, with a growing casualty list. The Canadian casualties in last weekend's fighting alone totalled overone thousand. The needs of the country must be subservient to the game of politics. An argument which was. adduced in the debate on conscription, but which was not dwelt on at any length, is worth noting here. Canada is the only British country in which there is a race issue where conscription has been broached. England did not put conscription in force in Ireland.. Conscription was not attempted in South Africa, which is the latest addition to the galaxy of free nations which compose the British Empire., t, '��������� '-��������� t ' It is only fair to state that the conscription, bill .got its' hardest knocks from its own friends. In fact all through the crisis the last thing the Borden government seemed to think about was conscription as conscription. All its eyes were fo_r conscription as a life-saver for the Borden government. While the conscrip- tian fever was at itfc height the Borden government was hustling around iot a coalition that might pull it out of the hole by dragging Sir Wilfrid Laurierand half a dozen other Liberals in. Remember, and Save! \"The children of Belgium are crying for food. Serbia has been over-run by the enemy. Half of Roumania is occupied. Much of France is laid waste. Ten nations of the world are on rations. Sixty million men are withdrawn from production for war service. To feed the allied armies and nations the.men and women of Canada must pledge themselves to maximum production, the elimination of waste, and the largest possible consumption of perishable foodstuffs,\" says Hon. W. J. Hanna, NEWTON The Prince Rupert Empire man, who is a candidate for the House of Commons for this Riding. The foods called for by Great While others stand for what Britain and the Allies from Can- will benefit their party, he stands ada and United States are beef, bacon and wheat. '9������; Mackay Smith, Biair & Co JtJ VANCOUVER, B.C. \" ' Wholesale DRY GOODS AND MEN'S FURNISHINGS Manufacturers OF \"PRIDE OF THE WEST' BRANn SHIRTS, PANTS, OVERALLS, MACKINAW \"MADE IN B. C.' Send for Catalogue Prompt Attention Given Letter Or the Nova Scotia coast to Toronto. This is the first step in a plan to put on a fish car express service from both Pacific and Atlantic points to supply Central Canada with sea food cheaply. o & o o o If you can't be a:fighter, don't be a waster. , id nsenption Becomes I The military bill became^ assent .j measure. *, given by Ih, ^ the following i];.1V- .With conscription placed(1 the statute books ihe wav,a on Tuesday and formal the conscription Everybody Wants 'em of course! ���������Delicious, Appetizing, Melt-in-the-mouth Buns and Biscuits that taste as good as they' lock and smell.' Made from ROYAL STANDARD FLOUR they couldn't be otherwise. Royal Standard Flour is made from a wheat that has no peer���������No. 1 Canadian Hard carefully selected and just as carefully milled. It's kernels arc sweet as a nut. And because every atom of its goodness goes into ROYAL STANDARD FLOUR you get the most perfect arid satisfying Flour that ever entered a household. Look for the Trademark, \"The Circle V\" on every sack. MILLED IN BRITISH COLUMBIA SOLD BY ALL STOREKEEPERS for what will benefit these districts. PROJECTED ROUTE OF THE PACIFIC & HUDSON BAY RAILWAY Compare���������-price for price��������� GREAT WEST TEA with the tea you are now using. It's Better. LEESON, DICKIE, GROSS & CO, Ltd, Wholesale Grocers Vancouver, B.C HOE UNION STEAMSHIP CO. OF B.C., LTD. REGULAR FREIGHT AND PASSKN'flKU SKKVIlk BETWEEN BELLA COOLA and VANCOUVER S. S. \"CamOSUn\" Leaves Vancouver every Thursday at 11 p. m. (Victoria day previous) Leaves Bella Coola Sundays a.m. S. S. \"Coquitlam\" sails from V:m<-������\"UT ������'^j nightly, carrying Gasoline and Explosive. u> at Bella Coola by arrangement. ���������jM For rates of Freights, Fares and other \"'lf,^m:ill''/{;V;i L ��������� *W m Our Booklet Explains why Kootenay Ranges stay good as new, long after other ranges have worn out; how the asbestos joints prevent leakage of air or drafts; how the alum- intzed flues prevent rust; and why they require less fuel than other ranges. '���������V ( Ask our dealer or write for booklet. McQary& LONDON TORONTO ST IOHI* W^������KTX^������lr,.rtSrn\"P1MEG VANCOUVER J iiii/^nW-��������� CALGARY SASKATOON EDMONTON 16 (eared for a union government, id maybe one. will be formed lefore we go to press. In any fase we hope it will include the lest brains in Canada and have fut a single eye���������the support of fur gallant boys at the front, 'ith full support victory is ours, iemocracy will surely triumph fver militarism.!If our politicians will stop squinting around for. political advantage, , but look straight ahead, it may safely be jaidthat Canada will come out If this crisis a better Canada. Canadian Pulp Manufactured in 1916. The Forestry Branch of the Department of the Interior, Ottawa, has just issued the annual bulletin on the manufacture of pulpwood. The, total value of 1 the pulpwood made into pulp in Canada and exported for manufacture elsewhere in 1916 was nearly $20,000,000, which represents an increase of over 28 per cent as compared with 1915. The proportion of pulpwood manufactured into pulp in Canada PACIFIC MILK Is the most economical milk you can use. It is rich, heavy consistency, and can be diluted to a greater extent for cooking and table use than any other milk. 41 YOU'LL LIKE PACIFIC\" FOOD PRODUCTS CO., LTD., Manufacturers Office: 322 DRAKE STREET, VANCOUVER, B.C. compared with that exported in the raw state is steadily increasing. These and other particulars of this important industry are set out in the bulletin w^hich may be had free by any citizen interested by addressing the director of Forestry, Ottawa, and asking for the Pulpwood Bulletin for 1916. Life at the Front Extracts From the Letters of Fred Grant. Ask Your Dealer for ' 'Minister Myles\" Shoes \"BERESFORD\" Shoes for Men \"VASSAR\" and \"MISS CANADA\" Shoes for Women July 5. Well! we are still at the reserve line, and having a dandy time swimming. I go ih three time a day and am making true best of it. I have never been so clean since I came to France. Mr. Keeping arrived to see me just as I had finished my letter home the other day. He stayed for dinner and spent the rest of the day with us, the two other sergeants and myself enjoyed his company immensely. You will be surprised to hear that 1 have applied for a commission in the Royal Flying Corps, as an observer first and later on pilot; my papers have been signed already by the colonel and also the brigadier. I still have to go to the R. F. C. headquarters to see if they will accept me, and cannot say till then whether I can make the grade or not. Being out here so long and knowing machine gunnery, is all in my favor, but I fear, most for my weight (175 lbs.) is against the regulation (161 lbs.) July 13. To give you an idea of what sort of a place we are in- first of all it is a town which is pretty well battered down. Half a dozen of us are in a dug-out, about thirty feet' underneath an' old building and -street, then there is another opening -which comes out in a building on a different block. The tunnel is about 70 ft. long, 6 ft. high and 5 ft. wide, and the Germans have lined it nicely for us with three-inch planking. There is an alley way off it which we use for a bed: room. In it are big; box spring beds with feather mattresses. The Germans took the best they could find and brought them here. In the drawing-room there is some of the loveliest furniture you could wish for: couch, settee, arm chair, smaller chairs, side board and a big mirror, also a hundred dollar clock hanging on the wall. We have also a splendid set of crockery and enamel- ware, some of which is going into our sergeant's mess. The dug-out is lighted up with candles, but the concussion of Fritz's \"minnewerfers\" has put them out quite a few times already today. I wish you had been here yesterday to see our new planes bring down two of Fritz's. One fell upside down and there were two men and a dogin it, one man was killed and the other badly wounded and shaken up with the bump. I have five outposts to look after and have to get what sleep I can during the day. July 21. The night before last we$ame out of the line, and ayery wet and stormy night it was. Itwas just about daylight when we got into camp and I was covered with mud from head to foot, in fact so bad that I took my clothes Continued on page 4, column 4. SYNOPSIS OF COAL MINING ? REGULATIONS f.OAL MINING RIGHTS of the Dominion, in ^' Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. the Yukon Territory, the North-west Terri- i Tories and in a portion of the Province of Britib'h Columbia, may be leased for a term of twenty-one years at an annual rental of $1 an acre. Not more than 2,560 acres will be leased to one applicant. Application for a lease must be made by the applicant in person to the Agent or Sub-Agent of the district in which the rights applied for are situated. In surveyed territory the land must be described by sections, or legal subdivisions of sections, and in urisurveyed territory the tract applied for shall be staked out by the applicant himself. ��������� .Each ���������application must be accompanied by a fee1 of $5 which will be refunded if the rights applied for are not available, but not otherwise. A'rbyalty shall be paid on the merchantable output of the mine at the rate of five cents pec ton. The person operating the mine shall furnish the Agent with sworn returns acco\"nting for the full quantity of merchantable coal mined and pay the royalty thereon. If the coal mining rights are not being operated, such returns should be furnished at least once a year. The lease will include the coal mining rights only, but the lessee may be permitted to purchase whatever available, surface rights may be : considered necessary for the working of the mine at the rate of $10.00 an acre. 'For full information application should be . made to the Secretary of the Department of the Interior, Ottawa, or to any Agent or Sub-Agent of Dominion Lands. W. W. CORY, Deputy Minister of the Interior. ��������� N.B.���������Unauthorized publication of thiB advertisement will not be paid for.���������30G90. 'Twas Ever \"Thus. There is'a tendency to overlook the fact that the government is composed of ordinary human beings���������some, of them very ordinary. Few of the members were selected because of their ability to handle the affairs of the nation even in peace times���������few, indeed,, are of the calibre to fill the breaches which are demanding men of great capacity today.���������Financial Post of-Canada. ; Which seem to say much in little space. The American corn crop is reported favorable from a majority of the big producing states. ' BUSINESS CARDS \\ Watch Repairs Send your watch to us for guaranteed repairs at lowest prices. - A price given before proceeding-with work.- If not satisfactory, watch will be returned free of expense. OB. ALLAN Diamond Merchant���������Optician Granville and Pender,Vancouver; B.C. ID H JOE Fur Sales Agency 600 dealers and trappers of B. C, Yukon and Alaska have taken advantage of our Far Saley Agency for 3 years. Our sealed bid plan whereby 15 or 20 of the biggest fur buyers in the world bid on your fur instead of one individual house assures the highest market price always. We hold sales monthly, but will advance 75 per cent, of value on receipt, sending balance immediately after sale. Our commission is only 3 to 4 per cent. LITTLE BROS. FUR SALES AGENCY, LTD. 54 POWELL ST., VANCOUVER, B. C. \\o\\rn nor: VANCOUVER LAND DISTRICT DZSTSICT Or COAST���������BAHOE IH. Take notice that I, Frank Inrig, of Wadhams, B. C, occupation eannery- man, .intend to apply for permission to lease the following described land: Commencing at a post planted ut the southweBt corner of Lot 1041 on Goose Bay, Rivers Inlet, thence eastliOchains, thence south 20 chains, thence west 20 chains to the shore, thence following the shore line to the place of com mencement. FRANK INRIG. August 25th, 1917. Sep. 1-Nov. 3. nrrnwiw iiwi'mif- PRINCE RUPERT EXHIBITION September 19-20-21 Greatest Agricultural and Industrial Show in the North. Over $3000 in. Cash Prizes GRAND INDIAN BAND CONTEST Baseball ��������� Football ��������� Water Sports Particulars to be had from the Secretary at Prince Rupert w HAT person so happy and contented as the prosperous farmer? ( YlfHAT person so independent? ^WTHAT ambition more noble than to be a producer of the necessaries of life? Bella Coola farmers are independent; they are strangers to hard times. View of a ranch in Bella Coola Valley. C~TD THE REASONS for this enviable condi- *��������� tion of affairs are obvious to anyone who \"knows the Bella Coola Valley. The land is fertile and. needs little or no irrigation. The climate is mild and enjoyable ; long warm summers with sufficient rainfall and mild winters make for excellent crops. Large and small fruits, garden and field crops are grown to the best advantage. This fact was established at the Prince Rupert exhibition last year when farm produce from Bella Coola Valley carried away over twenty first prizes. OELLA COOLA and the surrounding country possesses wonderful wealth in timber, as yet almost entirely undeveloped, and perhaps at no other point on the Northern Coast is there the same opportunity for a remunerative investment as in a saw mill at Bella Coola. B c=3| 1 . 1 SUBSCRIPTION RATES OF BELLA COOLA COURIER. Subscriptions Payable in Advance. CANADA. One Year $'.00 Six Months 0.75 Three Months 0.50 UNITED STATES. One Year $1.50 United Kingdom and the Continent. One Year $1.00 SUBSCRIPTION BLANK. BELLA COOLA PUBLISHING CO., LTD. BELLA COOLA, B. C. Enclosed please find subscription for Bella Coola Courier for Name P. 0 Tear out and mail today, with amount of subscription enclosed ft tf$A 4 BELLA C66LA C6VM������& m o HOE Subscribe for the \"Courier\" ONE DOLLAR FOR ONE YEAR AMHERST Solid Leather BOOTS *Ssfi h������& The Courier is the only newspaper published on the mainland, coasi: between Vancouver and Prince Rupert. A distance of six hundred miles. N90202 For Miners Loggers Fishermen Prospectors are in a class by them- : selves They have been tried-and: tested for over Fifty Years and have not been disappointing. It will he to your interest to'keep well informed regarding the happenings throughout the Northern section of this Province��������� THE \"COURIER\" . GIVES THEM. \" ASK YOUR MERCHANT FOR AMHERST \"HOME-MADE\" BRAND Amherst Boot & Shoe Co. AMHERST HALIFAX REGINA ADVERTISERS Now is the time to keep your name before the public. . No manufacturer or wjholesaleho.use can afford to! let slip-the opportunity1 of ' increased sales that public advertising brings. A DEAL ESTATE booms in the cities have come and gone. People are beginning to flock to the country. The North-West Coast of British Columbia offers opportunities for all. Did not know, is no excuse. Investors should keep posted on developments by reading the \"Courier.\" J nting You are judged by the stationery that you use. Let us do your job printing. We will do* it right. BUILD UP, YOUR HOME TOWN. ;Db not talk���������support home industries ��������� talk is cheap. The best way to show that you are in earnest is to practise it. Support the \"Courier\" and you are doing something for yourself and your community. TALE OF THE BUFFALO. The buffaloes found in the telegraph poles of the Overland Line a new source of delight on the treeless prairie���������the novelty of having something to scratch against. But it was quite,ex- pensive scratching for the telegraph company, and there, indeed was the rub, for the bisons shook down miles of wires daily. A bright idea struck somebody to send.to St. Louis and Chicago for all the bradawls that could be purchased,-- and\" these were driven into the poles, with a view to wound the animals and stop their rubbing propensity.,.Never was a greater mistake. The buffaloes were delighted. For the first time they came to the scratch sure of a sensation in their thick hides that thrilled them from horn to tail. They would go fifteen miles to find a bradawl. They fought battles around the poles containing them, and the victor would proudly climb the mountainous heap of his fallen companions and scratch himself into bliss until the bradawlbroke or the pole came down. There has been no demand for bradawls from the Kansas region since the first invoice. Russia is on rations. A wheat embargo exists in Argentina. Australia, New Zealand, and India are out of reach of Great Britain because of the shortage of ships. If has fallen to the United States and , Canada to beat the German blockade and c feed Great Britain, the Allies, and the armies in the field. \" LIFE. AT.THE FRONT���������Continued from page three. off and threw them into the river, then jumped in after and washed them out. By this time the rain had stopped and a very strong wind was blowing and it was not long after putting the wet clothes on that they were fairly dry after running about a bit We came on the rest of the way that, morning and were in time to see the 4th Divisional sports^and I am almost sure that I saw John Nygaard \"running in one of the relay races, but owing to the tremendous crowd I was not able to locate him after the race. Today I have been orderly-sergeant and certainly have been kept on the go. We got up at (S a. m.. had breakfast at 6-15 and a work party had to be got ready to move off at seven. Kit inspection at a quarter to eight and at nine, one hour's drill. At ten all hands went to a large steam boiler and had all clothing fumigated, and at eleven all who had not beep inoculated within the last twelve months had to be done overaVain. I, fortunately, was not among the bunch. At 1:30 there was instruction at bayonet fighting and ��������� at three o'clock thepaymasteropened his heart and gave us our pay. Ames Holden McCready Ltd. Vancouver, B.C. 0 LEADING WHOLESALERS IN BOOTS, SHOES A.ND' RUBBERS FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN. ... i Largest Manufacturers of Boots and Shoes in Canada ;7. ' -��������� Just a Few of Our Exclusive Specialties THE GOAL EVERBEARING APPLE.' The only everbearing apple in existence. A delicious all-the-season fruit. Fine tree, each, $1.00. THE VANDERPOOL RED APPLE. The great export apple - and keeper.- Each, 50c. THE ORENCO APPLE. - The best dessert apple. Each, 50c. THE YAKIMENE PEACH-APRICOT. A remarkable combination of the; apricot and peach. Hardy. Each, $1.00. THE VRbOMAN FRANQUETTE WALNUT. Produces food of great nutritious, value on a highly ornamental tree. Each$l. THE SOUVENIR* EVERBEARING RASPBERRY. The great- est everbearer. Hundred, $14.00. SPECIAL SAMPLE OFFER We will send prepaid to your nearest station next Spring one of each of these splendidtrees and a dozen Souvenir Raspberrieson receipt of a $6.00 eipt the bill, or CO. D. $5.50. Orders should be placed NOW for these or any other of our well-known stock. We do not ship into the interior in the Fall -It is MOST IMPORTANT that order* be a������nt In AT ONCE-tho stock must be reserved NOW. N.B.- the British Columbia Nurseries Co., Ltd. VANCOUVER, B. C. 1493 SEVENTH AVENUE WEST Nurseries at Sardls j Courier 1 a Year Published every Saturday at BELLA COOLA, B. C. m \\s lOL la HTHE two principal reasons why you should buy \"Shamrock\" Hams, Bacon, Lard, etc., are: FIRST��������� There is none better. SECOND��������� They are the only brands produced in B. C. under government inspection. Ask for \"SHAMROCK\" (T Burns; bacon HAMS LARD BUTTER EGGS and keep your money at home. P. BURNS & CO., Ltd. Packers and Provisioned Calgary Vancouver Edmonton CLUB OFFER \"H We have pleasure in announcing that we have made arrangements with two of the leading weekly publications so that our subscribers may have the best of reading at substantially reduced rates. The Courier $1.00 Farmers Advocate & Home Journal, Winnipeg 1.50 ���������:��������� for $2.50 Both papers ' . $2.00 The Courier . Canadian Countryman, Toronto $1.00 1.50 $2.50 Both papers for . . $2.00 The Courier . . Family Herald & Weekly Star, Montreal $1.00 ��������� 1.00 $2.00 Both papers for . . $1.75 -J 1 ^ 1L The four papers may be had for $4.50. :i ESTABLISHED AT BELLA COOLA BeBrymldsen LEADING DEALERS IN General Merchandise Dry Goods and Notions Staple and Fancy Groceries HEAVY AND SHELF HARDWARE CAMP. HEATING AND COOrTsTOVf^ Large and well assorted stock of Men's, Boys' and Children's Clothing, Shirts and Underwear We carry the largest and most up-to-date stock of Men's, ^omenXand Children's Shoes iii all styles at the lowest possible price. Men's Furnishings to suit individual tastes ������ ������ Tents-Pack and Riding Saddles Settlers, Prospe&ors, Hunters, Trappers, Campers and Land-Seekers will find it to their advantage to look over oar stock. Nothing but the moft suitable articles are kept at prices that invite competition. Paints - Oils - Varnishes - Stains Crockery and Glassware of all kinds Patent Medicines of all descriptions Best brands of Flour. Feed and Grain of all sorts kept on hand. Prompt service Best Goods���������Lowest Prices���������Largest Stocky RAW FURS BOUGHT AND SOLD B. BRYNILDSEN & CO., BELLA COOLA, B.C. kuia 4 1 ^Tj-l '% Jt*fifa. 1 *$$ M 5 i -ii. *& 1 K?lWA ���������^ iflffJL'"@en, "Print Run: 1912-1917 ; Frequency: Weekly"@en ; edm:hasType "Newspapers"@en ; dcterms:spatial "Bella Coola (B.C.)"@en ; dcterms:identifier "Bella_Coola_Courier_1917_09_01"@en ; edm:isShownAt "10.14288/1.0170174"@en ; dcterms:language "English"@en ; geo:lat "52.383333"@en ; geo:long "-126.75"@en ; edm:provider "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en ; dcterms:publisher "Bella Coola, B.C. : Bella Coola Publishing Co."@en ; dcterms:rights "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 ; dcterms:source "Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. 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