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Newspaper
Prince Rupert Journal
Location
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jul 22, 1916
Page
2
The Prince Rupert Journal advertises daily edition details with office address at 128 Third Avenue East and post office box 14. It lists delivery rates for prepaid subscriptions, advertising rates upon application, and notes publication daily except Mondays.
The article recounts Liberal accusations of Conservative plugging in the Vancouver by election while Liberal workers admit using payment to influence voters. It notes public belief in the Vancouver vote and suggests the Liberals fear general election manipulation could follow.
Hon. Alex Stewart of Victoria has been named Minister of Finance in the Provincial Government but faces Liberal Party backlash for backing the Bowell Government. The Times denounces him as Liberalism and democracy give way to party machine dictates.
The Prohibition bill is losing favor as electors scrutinize it. The Prohibition party approved the bill, but its design shows holes enabling illegal operations if enacted. A strict wartime license law may be preferable until after the war to gauge public opinion on prohibition.
Continued from page one, list of student names and scores follows including Fred Stephens, Marguerite Kil, Raymond Fisher, Arthur Brantley, Margaret Morpatrick, Arthur Morrow, Vert Alec Rix, Richard Pillsbury, Grace Tovey, George Shaw, Margaret Allen, and Jack Naden with scores ranging from 440 to 789. The names indicate a school sports or academic standings feature.
The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company notifies under Section 7 of the Avigable Waters Protection Act that a site description and warehouse plans for Prince Rupert Harbor in front of water front Block G have been deposited with the Minister of Public Works in Ottawa and the District Registrar at Prince Rupert. After one month from first publication the company will seek approval and leave to construct from the Ottawa minister. Dated Winnipeg May 25 1916.
The Surf Inlet Power Company Limited deposits site and plan details with the Minister of Public Works Ottawa and the registry at Prince Rupert B C for wharves and a power house at Surf Inlet Princess Royal Island fronting Lot 40 Range 4 Coast District B C After one month from first publication the company will seek approval and leave to construct under the Navigable Waters Protection Act Dated Vancouver May 29 1916. 12-jly2
Joan Flewin holder Free Miners Certificate 80 5138 and W H Cooper F M C 80 518B intend within sixty days to apply to the Mining Recorder for a Certificate of Improvements to obtain Crown Grant on the Blue Jay claim near American Creek in Port Land Canal Mining Division Cassiar District. Action under section 85 must be commenced before the certificate issue. Dated April 20, 1916.
J. Fred Ritchie acting for Consolidated Mining Smelting Power Co planning to apply within sixty days for a Certificate of Improvements to obtain a Crown Grant for No. 4 Frac No 5 No 6 Nos 6 Frac No 7 and No 8 adjoining Carney Lake Granby Bay B C. Action under section 85 must be begun before the certificate issues. Dated June 15 1916.
Mineral Claims Tip Top Rambler Bu Pna Vista Province Jain and Knob Hill in Portland Canal Mining Division on Salmon River. Daniel Lindeborg and associates announce sixty days to apply for a Certificate of Improvements to obtain a Crown Grant. Dated January 31, 1916.
Synopsis outlines Dominion rights across Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and beyond with lease term of twenty one years at one dollar per acre, cap of 2 560 acres per applicant, in person applications to district agent, fees of four dollars refundable if rights unavailable, five cent per ton royalty, annual returns, surface rights option at ten dollars per acre, and details for internal administration. Also notes specific mining claims in Skeena Division under Granby Consolidated Mining with plans to apply for Crown Grant of Improvements within sixty days.
The Surf Inlet Power Company Limited announces on May 18 1916 that it filed plans for diverting water from Cougar Lake at the outlet for use at Surf Inlet head and within ten miles of the head. Dated Vancouver May 26 1916. Copies of the plans are open for inspection in Victoria and Prince Rupert.
Fred Ritchie agent for the British Columbia Power Company applies for a Certificate of Improvements to obtain a Crown Grant for mineral claims Balsam Cedar Cyprus and Spruce in the Skeena Mining Division Cassiar District Granby Bay B C. Action under section 85 must be started within sixty days of notice, dated April 7 1916.
The notice lists rates for advertising including solicitor and notary services. One insertion charges per word, six and twenty six consecutive insertions. Birth, marriage, and death notices priced separately with small fixed fees. Card of thanks and condensed ads are noted.
Notice from Samuel Horner of Vancouver to obtain a coal and petroleum prospecting licence in British Columbia. Describes lands at Otard Bay Graham Island starting northwest corner of C L 10175 with described boundary and area 640 acres. Dated April 11, 1916. Signed Samuel Horner.
Notice that Daniel Lindeborg and partners acting as agents for Andrew Lindeborg Hiram Stevenson and D C Barbrick claim mineral rights in the Portland Canal Mining Division Cassiar District located on Salmon River with filings F M C numbers 93 839B 98 838B 93 844B 91 112B dated January 31 1916.
Tweed Pearse a Vancouver solicitor declares intent to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands BC for a licence to prospect coal and petroleum. Lands described as C L 10 157 Ozard Bay Graham Island 640 acres more or less located at the northeast corner post, west 80 chains, north 80 chains to the start. Dated April 10 1916.
Wanted large quantity spruce logs of good size with at least 30 percent scaling. No 1. Provide price, quality, and earliest delivery details to C P Coles & Co Vancouver.
Notice states on July 8 an application to the Superintendent of Provincial Police will be made for a liquor sale license at the Alice Arm Hotel Head of Alice Arm Lot 3 643 Cassiar District. Dated June 1916 by Olaf Bvindsen.
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