iHAY SHUT DOWN Tey, Vign Os eT iy ST ota a ucts own Produc r I! Raye ee redeemable ful articles. barry pr use kCRUB 4 core Brushes j NAIL On Sale 95 per cent Discount) This Week Only Tyesday Only We will Sell Liptor ( For 15c. f Oui ocoa Ground Cof- PREMIER MINE A. K. Neill Tells Daily News 23 White Cooks Failed Before Chinese Installed. SAYS 1S HAMPERED BY MEN WHO WON'T WORK it. K. Neill, the vice president and general manager of the Pre- mier Gold Mining Company, gave the News representative a very practical talk on the discouraging stand taken by labor, involving conditions which inake it practj- cally impossible to continue the operation of the Premier Mine If this mine shuts down as a consequence of the conditions put forward by Mr. Neill it will be one of the worst knocks that this promising new territory could re- ceive, coming at a time when the people of this district are per- meated with hopeful enthusiasm of its mining possibilities, caused mainly by. the persevering efforts of Mr. Neill and his associates in pioneering the development of a a S —_—_—_— I LERS, Limited Phone 45 Eat at the doston (seill WHITE COOKS ONLY SWIFT’s exium HAM 3ACON and our , Kyggs 2 D if Good \\ ( j ssholmeLuneh Ht a Home Cooked Meal ccelled Breakfast 35c and 40c, m7 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. ncheon 11:30 to 2 50c nner 5:30 to 7:30 50c Home. DY our gement Billings. or Orders Served at Any from 7 a.m. to Midnight a best Coal Blberla Screened GUARANTEED LUMP oe Kitchen Stove. a $15.00 per ton | ; a per '> ton Reipiys, t 13, Only a ae sane ‘one Youp Order Now bert & McCaffery p LTD, hones 564 and 116 Courtesy , Comfort, and Service £0 to le SAVOY ES NOY HOTEL ° r, SOWnegs ANAGER One ee ne 37 Po. Box 1704 mine under tremendous handicaps and great financial expense and risk, Put Stewart on Map. It was undoubtedly the develop- ment of this mine that put Stew- art and district back on the map riveted the attention of the mining world, and the shutting down of work on this property now on account of the unreasonable labor conditions as set forth by Mr. Neill will un- doubtedly make mining men and investors hesitate before entering ihe field. Mr. Neill said: into Salmon River District ther¢ practically nobody in the and I had to hire what- ever labor came along in develop with the result that for me many men pro-German = syii- and outside “When | went was country ment work, I had working of decided pathies and others obsessed with very radical ideas. [ am not op- posed to labor or Mabor unions in the word, but the miners’ union seems to be a thing if the past and has been shelve and its place taken by a few h heads styling themselves One Big Union (whatever that means Question of Cooks. “Ever since I started up there { have done everything I could think of to make the conditions as comfortable as possible for the men, and so long as I had a small gang of eight or ten men we could cet along in peace, but as soon as i increased the development I was ny sense of ip against this radical element nd their O,. B. U. ideas. To give 1 satisfactory mess for the men ! tried 23 white cooks in eighteen nonths. Nimeteen of the white cooks could not fight booze and breakfast at the same time and both the law and myself had a decided objection to them using the cook house to run a still in, and after trying out white cooks at that rate, I think I was justified and I do not see why the men had objections to me-falling back on a Chinaman when no good white cooks are to be had in a pioneer camp like the Salmon River Dis- trict. The great majority of the camps and companies along this coast employ Chinese cooks for the very good reason that th can't get good white ones. Had the developments been far enough would have tried white lady cooks, but they are impos- sible at the present stage as we have no separate quarters erect- ed for them. “The men have never been honorable enough to come to me ipersonally about any grievance; ino, the O, B. U leaders won't do things that way They won't come like any reasonable men jalong would and give you a chance eith- jer to explain or remedy matters. |They waited until 1 had left the ;country, then made peremptory j\demands on the man I had left ‘in charge, and because he could jnot immediately comply with | their demands, they walked off, and call it a strike, and whenever i! hired other men who were quite jagreeable to go to work when the conditions were explained to them they were coerced: or led away by ja few radical leaders, who not jonly won't work themselves but jhate to see anybody else working. | Sane Leaders Wanted. “Conditions in the Portland Canal district are about as bad as could be ‘as far as labor is con- cerned, and I certainly would not jadvise any man or woman to in- vest savings in mining develop- ment in that country until labor \8ets more settled, or until the | | men up there eleet sane working | men as leaders, who will not only — | i understand what the men want. and need; but who will have some little understanding of what the other fellow is up against in try-| ing to remedy their grievances.! After all the big bulk of the money! invested in mining development represents the hard earned sav.| ings of working men and women | who are trying to add to their in-| comes at great risk to themselves, | and if the only justification the! O. B. U. has for its existance is! to put so many obstacles in the| way of the successful operation of a mine, then the logical thing| is for people not to invest their| savings in @ mining venture which} is at least risky from a financial standpoint. Will Not Save. | As it stands now the men will; not work steady and save their | money for investment. They work long enough to get a few hundred dollars together; find some im- aginary grievance; quit work; call it a strike, and won't go gack! until they have blown it all in,! and of course won't let anybody’! else work in the meantime. Then| because the other fellow saves his| money and invests it and makes | it a success they feel sore and’ call him a capitalist, “T am very much discouraged} and feel that I should close down | the mine and look for other fields | which will offer more protection | | to the investor. It is immaterial, to me whether I ever return, and} I am very much inclined to look! for other mining localities where the laws of the country are en-! forced and where an investor will | gel an even chance to make aj profit on his investment.” | IN PROBATE SUPREME COURT OF COLUMBIA, IN THE MATTER OF THE ADMINISTRA- TION ACT IN THE BRITISH — end — iN THI SiTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN BARKRIMAN DODSON, DECEASED INTESTATE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN of an Order made by His Honour F. McB, Young, in the above matter on the 26th day of January, A, D. i920, as follows IT 1S ORDERED that the said John H McMullin shall be allowed to swear to the death of the said deceased as occurring on the 25th day of October, 1918, after the expiration of one month from the date of the first publication of notice of this order, unless in the meantime proof is furnished to the Registrar of this Court at Prince Rupert, B.C., that the said deceased, John Barriman Dodson, was alive subsequently to the said 25th day of October, 1918. AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the said John H. McMullin do publish notice of this order in the Prince Rupert Daily News, a newspaper published at Prince Rupert, B.C., for a period of one month DATED at Prince fupert, B. C., this 26th day of January, A.D. 1920. JOHN H. McMULLIN, OMcial Administrator WATER NOTICE. DIVERSION AND USE. NOTICE that M. P. address is Alice Arm, B. C., or a licence to take and use 50 cuisc- second-feet and to store about 400 acre- feet of water out of Clearwater River which Nows southerly and drains into the Kitsauit River about 22 miles from the head of the Inlet of Alice Arm. The storage-dam will be natural outlet of Clearwater Lake The capacity of the reservoir to be created is about 450 acre-feet, and it will Nood Olsen, whose will apply TAKE located near about 50 acres of laud. The water will be diverted from the stream at storage dam and will be used for power for mining purposes upon the mine described as the Ciimax Group. This notice was posted on the on the 26th day of January, 1920. A copy of this notice and ar application pursuant thereto and to the “Water Act, 1914," will be Mled in the oMce of the Water Recorder at Prince Rupert, B. C Objections to the application may be sled with the said Water Recorder or with he Comptroller of Water Rights, Parlia nent Builiings, Victoria, B. C., within thirty days after the first appearance ol! his notice in a local newspaper. M. P. OLSEN, Applicant The date of the first pypveaivon of this notice is February 5, 1920. a> Lone ; Pe os ai™ EXAMINATION FOR THE ASSISTANT FOREST ground POSITION OF RANGER. The Department of Lands gives notice of examinations of applicants for Assistant Forest Hanger. The salary for the posi- tion is $110 per month and travelling ex penses are paid, Powe § eT a ee woe SPSS Sey mre “Go Teach correct paganism at hom The Need of Africa _ Africa was first explored by a Mis- sionary who lies in Westminster Abbey, honored by all nations, David Livingstone was succeeded by other devoted men, who gave themselves un- reservedly to the people of the Dark Continent. Triumphant success in some districts—Uganda for instance— is balanced by dull failure in others. Yet the general prospect is encourag- ing. Through Canadian Missions in that land, men are raised out of sav- agery, women are ennobled, children are cared for and educated. seas many devoted men and wom is an eager call for more missio hospitals. Now, owing to the decl even to hold the ground won. All men, who think honestly unique in moral splendor, in spir The Chance in China China is attempting to develop a democratic spirit before the nation is prepared for it. Many of the leaders got their first glimpse of true liberty in Christian Mission Schools. Now they talk of establishing one miilion Government primary schools. They look to Canadian Missionaries for help in the establishment of normal courses. Was ever such an opportunity before the Church —to help influence the school teachers of a great, new nation of four hundred million people? The Call the war with cheerfulness, since i to continue by peaceful suasion t work which for four years was do by batteries and bayonets. Yo ized and educated by Foreign M today. Beginning at Jerusalem” Oy panes it,” says a critic, “ “beginning at terobaliom? You should I do not believe in Foreign Missions.” The Missions Established Five Christian Communions in Canada — Anglican, Baptist, Con- gregational, Methodist and Presbyterian — have an extensive mission work abroad. They have sent over- By their work, barriers have been broken down and in every land there more teachers, more doctors, more ing value of the dollar, it is necessary to double the expenditure ‘in order Until that is done, an advanced Missionary programme can not be undertaken. A Mandate for Expansion Canadians, Churchmen or non-Churchmen, you met the charges of ness in the earth. Now hear the call of the Churches for adequate means Church appeals directly to you, civil- sions of an ancient time, to meet your obligation to that same Great Cause All. Nations e before going abroad to look for it. Yet Jerusalem was not Christian- ized when the Apostles went to Antioch; when Philip was sent to the Ethiopian. Remember This The man who does not believe in Foreign Missions stands today clothed and educated be- cause of Foreign Missions. When did English culture begin? With the visit of St. Augustine, a Foreign Missionary from Rome. Who Evan- gelized Rome? A Foreign Missionary named Paul, of Tarsus and Jerusalem! What if he had gone to the Ganges instead of to the Tiber? Certainly Canada needs more Christianity, but the best way to improve our own spiritual life is to help bear the burdens of the world. en. : ° Mass Movements in India India is our brother-land, a loyal British dependency. [Illiteracy is the rule. Caste imprisons the people and stifles all ambition. British adminis- tration has taught the folk the value of peace. English-speaking Mission- ns, in- aries from Canada are teaching them the value of education and the power of the Name which is above every name. Great masses of the people are asking for baptism, but there are not enough Missionaries to teach them. realize that the Gospel of Christ is itual force, in civilizing influence. It redeems the individual and exalts the nation. It has made the modern world of thought, of industry, of pro- gress. It must go out over all the earth to ease international relation- ships, to put an end to cruelty and misery. There is free entry for the Gospel in every nation under Heaven. Lift up your heads, O ye Gates of India, and be ye lifted up, ye ever- lasting Doors of China and Japan and Africa, and the King of Glory shall come in. to Action t was waged to establish righteous- The Need of the World Japan, Formosa, Korea, the South Sea Islands, South America, and not least, the pagans in our own land, need the Gospel. The Missionary is wel- comed in all lands. Men everywhere appreciate the spirit of those Cana- dians who forget themselves in order to serve the suffering and the weary. Idealism in action counts: he ne ur is- Simultaneous Every-Person National Peace Thank-Offering February 9-14 Canvass by Each Communion The United National Campaign Re ting (he Simultaneous but Independent Forward Movements re ha ‘kaelisen. Baptist, Congregational, Methodist, and esbyterian Communions in Canada = eS The period of employment will be for the fire season, with re-appointment next year at $120 per month, If services prove satisfactory, and with the prospect of pro- motion by merit to the permanent Forest Service as occasion offers. Returned Soldiers, with the necessary qualifications will receive preference. The examinations will be held at the places and on the dates named below: February 16-17 Vancouver Ned Tt ae Nanaimo The written and oral examinations are designed to test the knowledge and ability of applicants to perform the duties of Assistant Forest Rangers The examina- tion will consist mainly of practical ques- tions on logging, cruising, surveying, forest protection, ete., but will also in- clude questions to test the applicant's ability to prepare reports, Physica ability ments, experience, education and fitness are sub- ject to verifeation by the Department, No ersons other than British subjects will ne permitted to take the examination. In sending applicants should notify the Chief Forester, Victoria, or the District Forester at Vancouver, Prince Rupert, Prince George, Kamloops, Cranbrook or Nelson. G. RK. NAD EN, Deputy Minister of Lands, and wood character are absolute require |B All statements made by applicants as to|Miner’s sixty days from the date hereof, to apply to the Open Ist February, 1920 NEW MARINE WAYS Shawatlans Passage Equipped for building and repairing all classes of boats up to 100 feet in length, KING, BLACKSMITHING AND MACHINE SHOPS. Best equipped plant in Central British Columbia. Cove Marine Ways, Ltd. W. E. Thompson, Gen. Manager Phone Green 153 aes aa, ” "Bride a ae + Meetoris TIMBER SALE X 1940. “ 91 )..);... Prince George Sealed tenders will be received by the! WOODWOR ° Oe 5 sa var dees Vanderhoof Minister of Lands not later than noon on + Oe. cilvichstsns Sere the 4th day of March, 1920, for the pur- | On eahay es Powell River chase of Licence X 1940, to cut 1,092,000 | . OE i asvetvake's Kamloops | feet of Spruce and Hemlock on Lot 2073, | Seal ” arash t iG big e% eks Smithers Massett Inlet, Queen Charlotte Islands Dis- ? BO sawn ka ay nies Hazelton trict - Z " Te ade ae Nelson one (3), near will be allowed for re- A. Swanson, President Tas 61s: tees Rae Nakusp moval o er, March j ee Sue ate Prince Rupert _ Further particulars of the Chief Forester, Phone Red 391 a Be Visatta + aban eee Creston Victoria, B. C., or District Forester, Prince ” Bs so hia Ale*est'y. ase Aa ee Cranbrook Rupert, B.C, " Oooh 03.ie anes ener Fernie — ee oerarrry wenn: tp MINERAL ACT Certificate of Improvements. NOTICE “Copper Crest’ Mineral Claim, situate in he neat River Mining Division of Cassiar ‘Where located:—Glacier Creek, Granby ay. TAKE NOTICE that I, B. L. Johnson, Free Certifcate No, 81762-B, intend, ining Recorder for a Certificate f Improvements, for the purpose of ob- aining & Crown Grant of the above claim, And further take notice that action, un- er section 85 must be commenced before he issuance of such Certificate of Im- rovements, pees this 11th day of December, A. D. 919, Georgetown PHONES 130 ang 423. 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