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Newspaper
Prince Rupert Journal
Location
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jul 23, 1915
Page
2
Prince Rupert editor announces rates for daily edition delivery in city and mail subscriptions for Canada 2 dollars per year and abroad 3 dollars per year. Advertising rates available on application with telephone contact.
The article notes a surge in cocoanut and copra commerce as Britain blocks food oil shipments to Germany. It cites a 243 million dollar year trade between America Europe and East Asia two years ago, nearly matching world gold output and surpassing rubber by 93.6 million. Copra exports rise from the Philippines and German demand for copra oil supports milk substitutes. Morning Journal advertises a Garden Competition in Prince Rupert with cash prizes ranging from five to twenty five dollars and an entry fee of one dollar due by August.
A wartime recruitment notice outlines service terms including length of service until war end plus six months, pay of one dollar daily with ten cents field allowance, government clothing and subsistence, and monthly separation allowances for wives. Details cover disability, pensions, and survivor benefits for families of those in active service.
R M Stewart acting for self and as agent for Wm Pigott F M C 94365B W D Noble F M C 94088B and D J Rainey F M C 93864B Free Miners intend to apply for a Certificate of Improvements on the Rainier Mineral Claim in the Portland Canal Mining Division Cassiar District on the east side of Bear River sixty days from this date to obtain a Crown Grant action under section 37 must be commenced before the issue dated June 15 1915.
J. W. G. Humble acting for Ella H. Humble with Free Miner's Certificate 94,097B intends within sixty days to apply to the Mining Recorder for a Certificate of Improvements to obtain a Crown Grant of the Warry mineral claim at Maple Bay Portland Canal Cassiar District. Action under section 85 must be commenced before issue of the certificate. Dated June 26 1915.
W E Burritt of Prince Rupert Stipendiary Magistrate intends to apply for permission to prospect for coal and petroleum on Graham Island West Coast. The land is described from Lot 2485 starting one mile north east, forming a 80 chain by 80 chain rectangle. Dated May 10 1915.
I J Fred Ritchie agent for Granby Consolidated Mining Smelting and Power Company Limited gives sixty days to apply for Certificates of Improvements to Crown Grants for the Bonanza North Star Emma Emerald Princess Louise Bonanza fraction and related claims on Bonanza Creek Granby Bay Observatory Inlet B C located Skeena Mining Division Cassiar District. Action under Section 37 must be started before certificates issue, dated July 2 1915.
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