TIIE SUNDAY OREGOMAX, PORTLAND, APRIL 24, 1910. SPOKANE 1880 - 350 1890 - 19,222 1895 - 26,334 1900 - 36,848 1906 - 84,660 1910 - 150,000 ON GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC RAILWAY NOW BUILDING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA WATCH BEAUTIFUL TELKWA GROW Telkwa Has Natural v Advantages uJT i i si SteMk Ih iiiin11ffF'r!n3 Kit i JTWTT!i3 NO TAXES NO INTEREST IN THE ME AIL IN LAND HC EMPIRE OILUMIBIA The Govern ment owns one-quarter of the lots in TELKWA BIG SALE OF LOTS BEGINS,. MONDAY 9 A. M OPEN EVENINGS $100 BUSINESS LOTS $10 CASH $10 PER MONTH $100 BUSINESS LOTS LISTEN!!- AVhy will Telkwa be the real Spokane of British Columbia? What will make it grow? What will cause its prosperity? It is located inland about 300 miles east of Prince Rupert, on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, in Central British Columbia. Just the right distance inland from the coast for a city the size of Spokane. Telkwa, the beautiful, has the finest strat egic location for a commercial center of any town in the interior of British Columbia--ra beautiful townsite, at the junction of Bulkley and Telkwa Rivers in the Bulkley Valley. Wild fruit, fish and game in abun dance. Rich soil, fine climate, pure drinking water, no irrigation, Summer rains. It is surrounded by more natural resources than Spokane. Telkwa is but the key to the vast treasure boxes of the surrounding ter ritory. The Inland Empire is the name given to the rich area, the development of which will give Telkwa a large population, serving as it will as the trading point and business center. This empire contains millions of acres of the best farm land on the Amer ican Continent. The COAL DEPOSITS DIRECTLY ADJOINING TELKWA are practically inexhaustible, being of the best grades of bituminous and semi anthracite coaL The G. T. P. Ry. has purchased 17,000 acres of these choice coal lands. The Cassiar Coal & Development Co. owns approximately 33,000 acres, which will be developed when the railroad is com pleted. Other companies are rapidly securing posses sion of these valuable coal" lands. In addition to the coal deposits the BABLNE, HUDSON BAY AND TELKWA MOUNTAIN RANGES WILL BE TO' TELKWA WHAT THE COEUR D'ALENES HAVE BEEN TO SPOKANE. These mountain ranges are tremendously rich with precious metals, such as lead, silver, copper and gold. The next great mining excite ment and stampede will be to the Bab'ine and Hudson Bay Mountains. The above resources, taken with the timber, water power, manufacturing and Telkwa 's great possibilities as a commercial center and distributing point for the northern and interior countries, are the leading elements which will give to Telkwa a pay roll which will defy "hard times," and in all of these there is room for wonderful development. Other localities may claim all the railroads, but do not allow any one to lead you to believe that, railroads, other than the G. T. P. Ry., coming into British Columbia, are not going to invade this country. It is the natural resources in your locality that bring railroads and build cities. Telkwa is not a townsite with a prospect of being. a town some day. To buy real estate in such a place is throwing jrour money away. Telkwa right now is a real, live, established., growing town, with no equal inland on the line of the Grand Trunk Pacific Ry. In this busy town is a well-managed hotel, with bath rooms; a general store, government telegraph station, butcher shop, blacksmith shop, warehouses, laundry, real estate and land office, deputy mining recorder's office and a number of residences. By Spring a lumber mill and brickyard will be built in Telkwa. This is surely a remarkable record' for a town but two years old, and she is growing every minute, notwithstanding the railroad is not yet completed. Is there any wonder that Telkwa, with its Inland Empire, will continue to grow and that its fame will call aloud, to all who wish to come and share in the development of such riches? Telkwa offers 1000 per cent or more profit in the next two years on investments in business and residence lots. It offers openings in every line of business. -Beautiful Telkwa wants you; you want beautiful Telkwa, Do not allow your backbone to be a wish bone. Don't continue to live in the suburbs paying rent, at the same time telling your neighbors and chil dren what you might have made if you had only in vested in Portland, Spokane or some other place, when you had a chance to get in on the ground floor. Some people could not see a flock of elephants coming down , Washington street. If you are ever going to make good, . start today. You are lucky to have one more real good chance you are not going to have these big chances much longer, r You might just as well be living back East if you are not going to take advantage of oppor tunities the West offers for investment. Come in and let us tell you all about Telkwa and its wonderful pos sibilities. Come today and get close-in lots. There will be a big rush for these lots by Portland's shrewdest business men. Do not keep just two jumps behind the rabbit all of the time. If your wife is the business end of the family, bring her with you. Look ahead! Think a little!- Try and realize what beautiful Telkwa will be next year and the year after. For once in your life make one real good investment in a coming city, through responsible people. Don't delay. Indecision is the death of ambition. Come today. Open evenings. Only 600 Lots to be sold. Balance will be held until rail road is completed and sold at much higher prices. Secure your lots as early as pos sible and get close in. You Are Dealing With Responsible People 1 ; IT mm Vis? A UEW IX A JiV VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA 9 CAPITAL STOCK PAID IN $625,000 1 1 n 1U m W. A. STOCKTON, EXCLUSIVE TOWNSITE SELLING AGENT 200 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, PORTLAND, OREGON OUT-OF-TOWN ORDERS will receive ' special attention, "lll carefully select for you the best lot remaining unsold at the time your order Is received. ORDER BLANK XORTIt COAST LAX!) CO.. 1AA. W. A. Stockton. Kxclanive Selling Agent. 20O Chamber of Commerce, Portland, Oregon. I am enclosing herewith $10.oA as first payment on a $100.00 lot at TELKWA. I agree to pay bal ance of 990.00 in nine monthly payments. Signed OPEN EVENINGS OPEN EVENINGS