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Newspaper
Prince Rupert Journal
Location
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
Date
May 02, 1916
Page
2
O H Nelson editor location at 128 Third Avenue East near McBride Street lists city delivery rates and office contact. Published daily except Monday with tiered prepaid rates and 0.50 month postpaid option. Advertising rates available on application via telephone 138.
D. D. Kennedy assumed duties as the city Public Utilities Superintendent on May 2 1916 after Mayor McCaffery selected him from applicants. Kennedy brings extensive experience and has begun inspecting the Lake Woodworth plant as he takes charge.
Wim Goldbloom, a prominent fur dealer who built Prince Rupert into a key fur market, has gone south to visit Vancouver and plans to return in a couple of weeks. A fur price dip enabled the trip, and he remains confident in the city’s future in the trade.
An OCR fragment lists multiple lots with figures such as 7,000 for Cart F and 4,000 for New England Fish Company Ellie, plus 11,000 for Albert a, 12,000 for Rolfe, 15,000 for Glacier and 6,000 for Yona. The text appears to catalog auction entries with monetary values.
Clyde A. Hellner, mire operator, intends to apply to purchase lands in the Skeena Land District Coast District Range 4. The parcel covers about 80 acres on Bear Lake Princess Royal Island, described by specified boundary lines and a February 18 1916 date.
The city reallocates funds in line with several bylaws to redeem bonds, predicting interest savings exceeding $400. This action accompanies the bond sale and moves the overall transaction forward by a month before final completion.
The Department of Agriculture invites Prince Rupert citizens to enter a house garden contest judged by end of August. An entry fee of one dollar applies and plots must be staked or clearly defined. Apply by letter to the Department of Agriculture for information and entry forms.
Daniel Lindeborg acting for four coowners and as James Proudfoot Estate administrator gives notice under section 85 to apply for a Certificate of Improvements for the Tip Top Rambler Bu Ena Vista Province Jain and Knob Hill claims on Salmon River in the Portland Canal Mining Division Cassiar District. Action must start within sixty days from the notice date January 31 1916.
I J Fred Ritchie, agent for Arthur C Crookall, both with Free Miners certificates, give sixty days notice from February 2 1916 to apply to the Mining Recorder for a Certificate of Improvements on the Blue Bird Mineral Claim located on Glacier Creek Goose Bay Skeena Mining Division Cassiar District about two miles from the mouth aiming for Crown Grant.
Notice of petition to Minister for approval of water works by Surf Inlet Power Company Limited. Hearing date to be fixed. objections may be filed. Company head office Vancouver. water to be taken from Cougar Lake and returned at sea level Surf Inlet on Princess Royal Island for power within ten miles. Copy posted February 24, 1916.
St. Fred Ritchie as agent for Granby Consolidated Mining Company, holder of Free Miner's Certificate No. 90,810B, will apply to the Mining Recorder for a Certificate of Improvements sixty days from the date hereof to obtain a Crown Grant for the Balsam Cedar Cyprus and Spruce mineral claims in Skeena Mining Division. Action under section 85 must be commenced before the issue. Dated April 7, 1916.
Dominion lands offer coal mining rights in Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta Avon Territory Northwest Territories and part of British Columbia for 21 years at 1 dollar per acre. Up to 2660 acres per applicant, five dollar application fee, five cent per ton royalty with sworn production returns, surface rights possibly leased at ten dollars per acre.
Postmasters informed that the exchange of Money Orders with Denmark Holland Norway and Sweden, suspended on the 5th August 1914, has been resumed. Money Orders may be issued on these countries at the same commission rates as formerly.
John Flewin and W H Cooper note their Free Miners certificates intend to apply for a Certificate of Improvements within sixty days to obtain a Crown Grant for the Blue Jay claim near American Creek in the Portland Canal Mining District Cassiar. Action under section 85 must begin before issue of the Certificate of Improvements. Dated April 20, 1916.
Notice of intention to apply for Certificates of Improvements on the Dolly Varden mineral claims in the Skeena district, with sixty days notice from March 30 1916. Also a separate advert for large spruce logs wanted with price and delivery details to C P Coles & Co Vancouver.
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