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 THE ADVANCE.
Vol. II, No. 10,
JflWffli BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1895.
$2,00 per Year.
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^Ve always lmyp on:hand a well selected stocjt of the fotejfig gorfs
Dry Ms, Gents' Furnishings
Hoots k Sloes
Jl 11U1UHU1U}
AldJATTHE LOWEST h'ASH PRICKS.
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W.T. SHATFORD & CO.
Ffflrview and Vernon,
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PEjNTICTON
H(iTEL
jj J, THURBEH, Prop.
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tuated at toe Foot of Okanagan Lake.
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Stag) Connection with SS. Aberdeen
to Fiirview, Osoyoos and all points in
Was tington.
All (rrangements made for providing
Guldp 'mcl Outfits for Hunting Parties.
Oiod Boating andfisliing.   Bow Boats and Sail Yachts for Hire.
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ME   BEOS.   &  CO.
 KEI.O -OT BT A..
jjry goods, Gnjffies, Beady-Made Clothing, Hardware Ete., Etc.
Orders fnii
the Lower Okanagan will receive prompt attention.
Prices Reasonable.
s$lli«ififitii
SMITH & CLEHfN, Props.
Manufacturers o{
[Sashes,Boors; Mouldings, Turnings, ete.., ete.
AU kinds of Factory Work kept in
stock inni made to order.
The hest of material used.
Coast cedar worked into furnishings a
specialty.
Write for prices and discounts.
All kinds of lumber, laths ni'il shingles
kept in stock.
Sawmill on Okanagan Lake, handy to
shipment. '■-....
Sash and door factory on C. P. Railway at Vernon.
'wmummmammmm
MIDWAY SAW MILL
Rough and Dressed Lumber
Constantly on hand at Reasonable Prices,
LEQUIME   A   POWERS,  Prtprietors,
A   JIAODpNALD,
BARRISTER,
.Priori*, J^aiinahd Avenue.
VEHllHJN, B. C.
pRANK JplO^M.
SOLICITOR, NOTAFty PUBLIC, %C.
Office, Pound Mock, Hnruni-il Avenuo,
Venn))), H. 0,
POGIJWANE k BILLINGS,
|MHltJSTEHS, SOLICITOUS AND
NOTAHIES I'UHLIC.
Office: Q-|lii'(-*-e's Hluiik, Barnard Avenue,
yjjBNON,     -     B. 0,
W, }J. CqoHKAXS.       •       Fnui). IIii.i.isds
T.
E, OROWELL,
THDNHON ST., V4RN0N,
CONTRACTOR ANO BUILDEB
Office and Store Fittings a Specialty.
IJ   W, KAYMER,
CONTRACTOR and BUILDER,
KELOWNA, I). C.
Plans anil Spoolflcattoiis prepared and i
mail's fiii-nialiail on all kinds of liiiiltlinj'a.
P H, I-AT[MER,
VBBNON, n. C,
DOMINION AND PROVINCIAL
I4-a.x1.cl  Sur-reyoi
Mem. Amer.Hoc. Irrlg, Knt'o.
JOHN A. CORYELL, A. M., B. C. A.
Civil Engineer,
PROVINCIAL   LAND   SURVEYOR
AND DRAUGHTSMAN.
Irrigation Projects, Engineering and Survey Work, with Plans and Estimates,
In Any Portion of the Province, Immediately Attended to.
Maps and Plans of any Portion of
Osoyoos District.
VERNON,    MIDWAY,   KETTLE   RIVER.
CD* B.GREEN,
Assoc. Mem. Can. Soc, C. E.
PROVINCIAL LAND   SURVEYOR
AND DRAUGHTSMAN.
Surveys of Every Description In the Lower
Country from the Siniilkameen to Grand
Prairie Immediately Attended to.
Payment will be received oither In Cash,
Stock, Produce or Labor,
J. 0. HAAS, B. S., K. M.,
MINING  ENGINEER AND ASSAYER,
MIDWAY, B. C.
Samples for Assay From a Distance Will
Receive Prompt Attention.
Analytical   Chemjflt   and   Asitiij-pr.
GEO. A, G-TJIiiSS, M, Ay
Honor Graduate in Chemistry and Mineralogy, Queen's University, Kingston.
All Kindt* of Assays and Analyse Carefully
and Accurately Performed.
ADDRESS
Cart.'of St ijit li j to Mining <>.,
Falnlew, B. C.
TEUMs-Gold, Silver or Lead, emh, §l.50;Goltl
and Silver, ?2; Niokel, 85; Copper, 82;
Coiiper, Oold and Silver, |3.  Other prices
 ou ujipUtiation.	
C. R- GbStERTON
VKHNON. n.c.        ^^~
—jLeeoTM.^ for—-
The Anglo-Columbian Co., L'td.,  Whoisale
Importers of Wines and Spirits,
Xlcholles & Renouf, Agricultural Machinery.
BRITISH  GAMBIA'S
ftonfcr poller J-tiii.
"RED STAR."
This Well Known Brand Makes
More Loaves of Bread f the Sack
than any Other Brand (in the Pacific Coast,
SEE THAT YOU GET THE GENUINE.
Maniifact.iip.nl «nly by
Golurr\biar\ Flouring
JWills Co.,
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11 R. N. TAYLOR, I
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cYders by iMiiil receive careful Attcn-  ft
(lly Exam.)
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A Full Line of English, Ciiiiiullan
and American
PATENT MEDICINES,
DRUGS AND CHEMICALS,
FANCY AND MEDICINAL SOAPS,
PERFUMERY, BljUSHES,
Ami nil Requisites for Hie Toilet anil
Sick Room
lion nnil Quick Dlepatch,
AOENT FOR
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§ Spectacles and Eyeglasses
vt at KitaiAitKitat atStHtatat at
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MIDWAY, B, C.
The Okanagan-Spallumeheen Dists.
FOR
The Royal Insurance,
The London & Lancashire,
The Insurance Co. of North America,
The London k Canadian Fire Ins. Co.
The Sun Life Assurance Co., of Canada,
The Canadian Permanent Loan k Investment Co,
The Dominion Building & Loan Association,
p. O- CABGILL/CO.
ARMSTRONG, B. C.
Q-ENERAL   MERCHANTS,!
NOTARY PUBLIC.
A. D. WORGAN.
vkrnox, it c.
VIEWS OF THE DISTRICT  FOR  SALE.
W. C. POUND,
TAXIDERMIST,
BIRPS, ANIMALS. AS*1 Flf-tl MOUNTED
IN AHI'Iiqi'RlATK STYLES,
Natty* Birds n*jd Heads Kept for Sale,
Orders   by  mail  receive prompt attention.
Mounting itciuHa. Specialty.
VERUON. B.C.
Pealers in, Groceries, Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, Hardware,
Clothing, and Supplies of all kinds.   A specialty
made of Home Cured
JIAMS   AND,   BACON a.
Write fon prices.
A LARGE  LIST OF   pARMS  FOR SALE.
■g-   O.   OAXt.CtXX.Ji,   Al   pp.,
A.xtjytsTxttrsia:
SLOANE-PAINE-RICHMOND CO.
The Lnifllny
WHOLESALE &  RETAIL
GROCERS
Of the Northwest,
S*i>olEca-«*iet TTaah.
SOLE AGENTS l-Olt
Llpton's Celebrated Ceylon Teas.
Anheuaer-Buaeh Budweiser Beer,
" Diamond " Creamery Butter.
Write Us For Prices  oil  Anything (o
Eat or Drink.
SLOANE-PAINE-RICHMOND CO.,
ol0-.1m SPOKANE, WASH.
G, Arthur Rendell,
General Merchant
BOUNDARY FALLS, B.C.
A Full Stock of
DRY   GOODS,
GROCERIES,
MINERS' SUPPLIES.
ALL   AT   THE   LOWE8T   PRICES.
J. Kerb. R, D. Kerr.
KERI? V-ROS.,
BUTCHERS,
MIDWAY and; BOUNDARY FALLS
W. 1ULRYMPLE,
Gouural     SlEacXKMxx&l-tll.
FAIRVIEW, B, 0.
All  Hinds of Repairing.   Horseshoeing a
' Specialty.
MoaI delivered al Hock Creok and all the
M i'.ain Cailltw.
F, B. JACQUES,
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry.
Spectacles and
Silverware.
REPAIRING A SPECIALTY.
VERNON, B.O.,
MIDWAY'*  XMAS  THEE,
For some time past quite a rij.pl* of
excitement hud stirred tbo usually
placid lives of Midway's feminine
population, and this state of affairs
was brought to a climax when on
Olii'latiniis night the public were given
admittance to Palmerston'ahall. Many
even among the adults viewed then
for the Hist time what was without
itilit. a magnificent Christinas tree.
The decorations of the hall, which
were arranged In truly artistic style,
und drew forth praise from all who be-
held llieni, consisted of the niottos
" Welcome to our Olitistmiu) Tree,"
"A Merry Christmas," "A Happy
New Year," and "God Save tbe
Queen," together with lings, the Onion
Jack and Stars and Stripes entwined
ou each side nf tbe principal Christ*
tree,, combined with pictures, Chinese
lanterns, evergreens, etc., ete,, whilst
ilie tree itself (nr rather trees, for there
were three of them raised upon a dins)
were simply loaded with ail kinds and
descriptions of articles, some of which
wore very beautiful and delighted old
and young aline.
As to numbers, Santa Clans himself
must have lieen astonished at beholding such a display of generosity, for
upwards of three hundred presents
passed through bis bands, two hours
of his time being taken up distributing
them.
For a description of Santa Clans
we bad butter turn to the little noes,
for they only can give a true rendering
of his appearance, which did not take
place, until after the following address
of welcome bad been delivered by Mr,
Norris:
" Ladies, Gentlemen, and Little Ones:
"The motto that is at present, hidden from view, but which will soon be
disclosed to vou, reads thus: "Welcome to our Christmas Tree," and it is
with feelings of pleasure and pride I
carry out the duty that has deputed to
me, viz., on behalf of the ladies of
Midway and vicinity to extend to you
all a very hearty welcome to this the
first entertainment of the kind ever
held in your midst, nnd at the same
time to wish you a Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year. The primary
object of this gathering, you will understand is to entertain the possessors
of the beaming little faces that arc
looking at uie with such fullness of
expectancy, and therefore I trust that
one and all will throw iiside reserve
later in the evening und give a cheerful assistance., so Hint lbe enjoyment of
to-night may ever he associated iu after
years with the pleasant memories of
childhood, For a fullness of enjoyment, however, it will he necessary
Hint Santa Clans ahull iiinke his appearance here to-night, sn I beg of you
oue and all to lend your mind to this
one thought, and let your only prayer
be that he, in his rapid flight on errands of mercy to the people of the
earth, may deign to tarry with us, if
only for a little while, to scatter good
things among those who are so ready
Iind willing lo gather them. But
hark! what is that? do 1 hear the
jingle of bells? is it possible our prayer
is so soon to be answered ? but yes, it
must lie so, for surely Santa Clans is
now rapping at the window and I must
leave to let him in.   (Applause.)
The curtain falls and Santa Clans
stands revealed to view amid the
Christmas Trees, and such u Santa
Clans, with fur coat, cap and boots,
currying in one hand a lantern,
upon which was Inscribed strange
greetings, in tbe other a long whip,
and this was bis greeting: " Bisiuallah,
lnsballah, Fallallab! Good evening
little girls, good evening little boys, a
Merry Christinas to all my Children
I have come from the far north and
rapid has been my journey, for 1 knew
you were all anxiously awaiting me.
Ureal use I have made of iny whip to
(joule the four beautiful reindeer that
drew me over the crystal snow. Hul
I came very near not bringing ynu ajl
those beautiful present-:, fur surely t
unit, a large while liear in Aliwka, who.
wished local, llieni up, but I. said "go,
away, go away, I cannot bear you," so
1 was allowed to pass on, mill after
surmounting other Innumerable difficulties here I inn ready and willing to
cheer your hearts and in/ike you
merry,"
And merry the 1111* Siuitn Clans
spent aiming thein trujy wns, with
jokes, trite sayings, anil happy remarks, and his departure came all loo
sunn and wus much tjqgretted by all
although taken mil'd) great applause
After the distribution of presents
refreshments were served to all, after
which, Mr, Alex... Sherrett having
kindly volunteered lofiirnish the music,
I he floor was cleared and two hour
were spent in dancing, which brought
ton close one nf tlm pleasanlest gatherings ever brought togethi'i' in the
country.
Great credit, is.diuj to the ladies whi)
worked so hard nnil, so long to, Wiug,
tli*> entertainment to H11; craning
success that it was.
J'HE BED MOUNTAIN RAILWAY.
I'.i'". OpHlloiiH   I-'oi*  olid   ,\ianlu-l   (lie
]-,.lili-i',:i   of till'   ('l)Urtl'l'.
Vaiu'oijvei' World. "Among other
railway undertakings with which the
legislature will have to deal thi, session is the Red Moiniiniij railway
scheme, lu April, ISHti, it graiiledthis
company, of which CT. Dupunt, P..
11. J'cinliertoo, and D. ('. Corbin are the
leading lights, a charter to build a lin.
from a point on ihe International
lioundary on the right fork of Sheep
creek, up tbe said creek to Ited Mnuii-
lain, tapping the Trail creek inine.-.
Nothing has been done in Hie nny pi
commencing operations and the chill*
Ier expires in April in default of bona
tide operations. The promoters will
haven hill before Ihe bouse, asking,
among other tilings, au extension nf
time in which to commence operations,
Certain events have transpired since
the graining of the charter to prejudice members of ibe legislalure against
the Red Mountuln company, It is
practically Ihe Nelson jtForl Sheppnrd
Railway Company, or, in other words,
D. C. Corbin. This gentleman is the
principal owner of the Spokane Falls
k Northern railway, the American
continuation of the Nelson k Fort
Sheppnrd railway connecting with
Spokane, The railway company owns
the townsite of Northport, and within
the last year bus made every effort to
build it up nt the expense of British
Columbia towns, To such an extent
has this been carried out that the Nelson k Fort Sheppnrd railway has refused—so it is reported.—shipments of
ore from Trail Creek at any point in
Canada, necessitating shipment by
steamer to Northport, The way things
have shaped recently bus been sulllci.
ent to convince members of the legislature that the construction of any
such line us the Red Mountain railway
could have but une effect, that is the
diversion of traffic from its natural
channel through British Columbia
towns to the American townsite of
Northport, An effort will lie made to
impress upon the house the fact that
the building of the road will tend In
Iiicreuse the material Importance and
progress of an American townsite at
the expense nf places OU this side of
the line."
Tlie following is part of the Nelson
Tribune's rejoinder In the above :
"The Nelson k Fort Sheppard railway has lint refused In receive Trail
Creek ore at its stations, All ore from
that district is now transferred from
steamboat lo rail nt Wiineta; and
were the Pilot Buy smelter now ready
to treat ore, every ton of Trail creek
ore could be treated at that point, provided the charges for treatment were
tbe same us at American smellers, for
the simple reason Ibnl lbe transportation charges from the mines lu Pilot,
Buy would he ffl 11 tun less than the
charges now paid fui transportation In-
Tucuina nr Great Falls, Were the Red
Mountain rnud built tu a connection
with tbe Spokane Falls k Northern nl,
Northport, the transportation charges,
tu Pilot Buy would be even less than
the present rate, for both the wagon
and steamboat hauls would lie done
away with. The World should nut
intermeddle In railway matters thiit'do
not concern its own bailiwick : it is mil
sufficiently broad-minded tn discuss
econo'mio questions thnl concern lbe
province at large. * * * ,.
It (lbe Wnrld) would have sniHsV<r<i
Kootenay kept as a preserve for tins
Canadian Pacific, or fnr llie men who,
build railways, like the Nakltsp * Sin*,
cnn, on the credit of tlie- province,
There is nn reason why lbe inine owners of Trail Greek should be deprived
of Ilinl whicli is granted ilie people of
other sections nf lbe province, Ibal  is,
transportation,facilities; und mnrees-.
pecinjly when,such facilities are tn lie
giv,VU tllelll, v/ilhulll cost. In Ihe pt'11-
vini'ia 1'h,? hul|dlng a')' the Ited Monti*
uin railway will force the Canadian
Paci.lJc to extend, ils Columbia tV.
Kontcnay branch,Into Trail Creek dis
tript; and the building nf Ihe two,
roads will heui'lll llie province, and,
will surely nut work In the disadvantage nf the mine owners 1 if Trail,(.'reek."
Trail Creek is in ICootonay nud llie
bll|ldltlg of the Ited Muiuiliiiu railway
as fur as Ihe  ADVANCE)  is concerned
must necessarily lie treated iu a hroad
spirit, as the principle Involved is ,1
matter which allecis the southern In*
terior and not lie- immediate bocUuii
of country In wbjph this paper chiefly
circulates, and iu which il is principally
iii',yresled--"the southern Ukauagnn
uiui,Kettle river. We have,.Ilierefuie,
up, hesiUtinn whatever in •Jilting, as,
the'.principle involved appears in he.
wheth|;r private , pnjlics ur corporations,i)|i the American side of the line
shnllor shall nol be permitted to- build
roads into the mining camps of Iho
southern purl ion nf the province when
they geek 1111 sirisidy from ibe Govern-
ineiitf un this side, that lhey slintiltl be
,pei;i||itled to do so.  Tbe question is,
'nnl whether tlie  building uf acel'tillpj
(Concluded on last page.) THE ADVANCE.
8TUABT & NoiUil.s Pbohubtobp,
Published  weekly  at  Midway,  B. C.
BubBcrlpUoD Price, 12.00 pot annum, payable
in advance, either yearly or half-yearly at t lie
option of the subscriber.
Adverting Rate! Hent nn application.
Though the column* of The Advance are
always open for the discussion of matters of
public Interest ftnd important*.-), wu do not iice-
petwarily endorsi' any of tho opinions exint ^td.
Correspondence, of a personal nature will not he
published.
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^ATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1895.
A MATTER OF CHOICE.
Nelson Tribune, Dec. 22.-" Whether
or hot jf-'gener'/l election is to be' held
'at all rirly day or a late day, it should
be-me doty of every electorIftYale
artu 'Kl)oteiiay to vote, solid for a nieui-
Mjjj who frill pledge himself to make an
julenipt to remove from office Fust-
office Inspector Fletcher. ' ThjS may
Work a hardship on Mr. Mara, the
present member; but Mr. Mam has
Jong refused to act ns his constituents
Wish him in this and other matters and
1C will have to step down'and uut to
nake room for a niiili who will do us
ie is told by the people whose servent
113 Is."
The people ef sqiith If note-nay, whose
wishes and ideas are' well voiced by
the Tribune, have undoubtedly suffered
Immense Incon'yen'IpncjB owing to dross
stupidity OT fne. part of the pqstofflce
department 'jis represnted by Mr.
rlclthm-.' The people of south Yale
i|jj(j'have no reason to cherish a friendly fcjiling towards Mr. Fletcher, those,
at any rate, who live in the south
pkanngnh and Ketflo river.
The manner in which the country
south of Okanagan lake has been
treated during the past four years in
this rejpect would lead anyone to believe that the arrangement for mail
Contracts in this section was left to a
committee of lunatics. If Mr. Mara is
wise io his generation (nnd he certainly
jins the reputation of being so) he will
undoubtedly take some acton in the
ik'e'r'before the next general election
I
,|-J|i place, either by securing the
lostoffiee inspector a handsome pension for life or by getting another official appointed to arrange mail contracts for the districts in bis constituency. This may be a very "smalt"
way of treating a political matter, but
f' oliticB in this section of Canada are
ery suiail imyway, and if Mr, Mara
pannot secure Kettle river a better
piail service than that lately accorded
tq it, he can rely on receiving very
few Kettle river votes.
Subscribers to the Advance who did
not receive their paper by last, week's
mall are entitled to know the. reason
Why, Il was owing lo the mixed up
Slate of affairs caused by the old mail
3ervice giving place to the new one,
tye lujnde \ noble effort to get a paper
out in time to catch the last mail for
the west and north, which now leaves
Midway en Monday and not, Weunes-
Say (or Tuesday, as hist week),
put in common with almost everyone
in the place, failed to connect, as no
notification wus given beforehand as to
the change, Henceforth this paper
will he published on Saturday night tn
fall in with the weekly mail for the
iorfh, and will be sent by one of the
subscription mail services to Grand
WairiVand points east.
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A NEW CORNER ON COPPER.
if  '
Dispatches yesterday morning announced thar an International deal had
been ftfl(fMd into lit Chicago, whereby
1 French Syndicate had combined to
jiet, a corner on the copper market.
Ever since the great smash up of the
file great comer in copper, which was
Created by the French apd English
Syndicate three years a,go, speculators
have bepn figuring *10.w to Put thi-ough
Some such scheme,
The, representative^ of the combine
•yin'Chicogo several days ago, und
W idi,i\ed there by John Dompstel nf
GtasTOy. 'Arthur T'lirnbull of New
York, w|io'is interested in the deal
also, came on and yesterday the party
left for the west,
' Their mission, it Is said, is tn confer
with the owners of the lininenMi Montana an$ Arizona properties,
The scheme of the syndicate is to get
the owfierV to cut in two the output
(Hit! not'exc-aed 2,000,000  pounds   a
until.   This Would bring down tho
igures of the A qacondu properties, and
(if the ('nliini'el mat 11 niin mines. All
arrangements have lieen made for the
Harrying uul, of tlie deal and it only
feniu'ins for Marcus Daly to give bis
Consent.   He Is tt difficult man to deal
ill,, but the promoters profess to believe they win afford to offer a big in*
duceiueiil.-Mlhuig and  Market Re-
lorter.
Wi
V
porter.
NOTICE.
jUnail.VNT to [ho "TruHleesMid Executors
Act." notico is hereby given mat all oredl
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prs and' other. pei-Hoiis having  any   chums
the cstal. of John Molliit, Of uuirvlu
igainst
uninni, iiii; tuioi .,'.h .ihiiii ■iiuiuii, ii|     i.uil i lew,
Jritish Ciiluitilii.r who died on llie llrfl day of
November. lljJM.'utVd of whose estate p]'abate
SasgrauM on thi'17th day of Decernfitti, to
oorjjc J. Sheol|un, ol Fairview, aforcwiid. are
hereby required to send lit the particulate of
their claims or dmnaiido, duly rorltted, to the
undersigned on dp before the 1Mb tiny of IfobrU-*
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GENIUS *NU tVADNESiJ.
Mollere was subject to convulsions.
Schopenhauer was always gloonfy and j
pessimistic.
Hen .lonson and Nat Lee were almost
slaves to alcohol.
Pa^inini, the violinist, often fell into a
cataleptic state.
Schiller Was a victim of fainting fits and
convulsions.
George EJiot had frequent attacki of
nervous prostration.
Chatk'rtqtj was undoubtedly insane
when he took his own life.
Shelley (s Bald to have had visions in
jvhich be devoutly believed.
Both Kepler and Cuvier died of different
forms of brain disease.
Johanna Southcote was a cataleptic of
the same yariety as Joan of Arc.
Ignatius Loyola had visions which he
seems to have regarded as inspired.
The brilliant Southey finally sank into a
state of mental stupor, in which he
died. ' *
Lord Olive's melancholy finally ended
in madness, and he died by his own
hand. '
Socrates imagined that he had a familiar
spirit or guardian angel thut conversed
with him.
WELL-KNOWN FOREIGNERS.
Alexander Dumas has been fined twice
for keeping a vicious dog nt his home in
Paris.
M. Dumof, the aeronaut, who first opened communication between Paris ami the
outside world in 1870, is dying in a Paris
hospital
Multnfa Bey, formerly private physician
to the sultan of Morocco, Is said to derive
an income of (100,000 a year from his profession.
Countess Alesio, of Turin, Italy, who
celebrated her one hundredth birthday recently, accompanied her husband through
all tlie hardships of the Moscow campaign
while she was a bride of eighteen,
The Archduke Rainer, of Austria, has a
collection of 10,000Egyptian papyrus documents daLfug back from B.C. 1200. The
collection contains commercial letters,
contracts, tax records, wills, tailors1 bills,
novels and even love letters.
Bismarck said to a correspondent who
risited him at yarzln a couple of weeks
ago: "Ishall never enter public life of
nny kind again. I am out of the harness
forever." As be is verging upon the ag.j
of fourseore this is not particularly surprising.
GOVERNMENT RAILROADS.
FOB SALE CHEAP
"South Austria owns her own railway
system.
The little country of Hesse owni two
hundred and twenty-sir miles of rail
road.
The government of Portugal owns about
half the railroads in the country.
The Netherlands own nearly one thousand miles of railroads', all in the best uf
condition.
There nre six hundred and three miles of
railwuy belonging to the Japanese government.
A large per cent of the railways of Italy
are owned by the government and leased
to corpnriitions.
Victoria, Australia, owns all the railroads ia the colony, two thousand three
hundred and forty-one miles.
' New South Willi's owns two thousand
one hundred and eighty-two miles of railway, and New Zealand in lKllii owned sin
hundred and seventy-two miles.
THE ORIENT.
According to the examination just made
by order of tlie Gn ok jutli'inrcli, the Byzantine edifices of I'li.i-tiuitiiiople have not
suffered severely by iiiii|'iiitlii[iuike.
As tasters the sect of Jains, in India, la
far ahead of all rivals. Fasts of from'
thirty to forty days are very common, and
once a year they are said to abstain from
food for seventy-live days.
Nearly every Japanese paper has a
"prison editor." For infraction of the
publication laws somebody must go to
Jail, and so the prison editor's chief duty is
to expiate the newspaper's offense by languishing in a cell.
On a territory about the area of Montana,
Japan supports forty million people iii
comparative comfort.1" Ktitkuuiiigouruwii
area at twenty-four times tlinr. of Japan,
tllis country nt that rate Would support
nine n,uudi'cd and sixty million people,
THE SUNDAY SCHOOUI
Europe lias only about eight per cent,
of the Sunday school attendance ol the
world.
The Sunday school membership of Germany has increased over eighty per ceiit,
in the last twenty years.
There are $1,000,000 persons, teachers anil
scholars, enrolled in the Protestant Sunday
^chools of the world. ' '
There ure 35,0119 Sunday schools, 81,050
^eachers, and 1,085 scholars in t(ie different'
continental nations of Kiirope,
' in HIT! there were,'in Germany 1.318
Protestant Sunday schools, with 8(1,4111
teachers and scholars, In 18'Jil there were
6,000 schools aud 181,760 teachers and
scholars.     "'
,niti>.-i mk ii an nil in um, in, int* i oi ll mil or I'l'lull-
.ry, '181», after ivlili'li dim llie executor wiil
proceed pa distribute tlm assets of decerned
Sinongst tlm parties untllleil thereto, IinvliiK
reference only lo the debts, iliilms and ile-
iiiiIihIh uf which In;,.hull then lave had notice,
Md for the asiets ur any part tneroof so ailaila-
i.tereil ordtHtrlblllcil nail lie nil! im I be liable In
sny person of whoHcilulit, clalm.or demand ho
shall not then have had notice; ami all persons
Indebted to tho estnle of the dec-csaud arc it-
aniii'il forthwith to liny the iiiitoiiii of tholr
llcbts roHpoclivel'- lo the executor. „'
11' OKOHOl! .1. SHEKHAN,
Executor,
'Tumbcr, 1811., IK. Knlrvliiw, 11. ('.
iniluiiA     ,'■  ■
IN AND AROUND ENGLAND.
The announcement was lately made by
^he paymaster general of the supreme
court of England that the total amount of
dormant funds lying in chuueury is $11,
000,000,
The Fastnot lighthouse, the spot on thu
Irish const tie*-.; known to Canadians, is
said to be in a dangerous condition, as tho
iron fastenings of tlie tower have become
corroded.
"Window gazing" tsa profession In London. A couple of stylishly dressed ladles,
pause before the window ot a merchant,
remain atsiut live minutes und audibly
SruiHethe goods displayed inside.  Then
icy. pass on tu another store ou llieir lung
1'ist of pul runs.
PAINTING AND ARTISTS.
Rosa Iloidiuiir Is over seventy years of
age, and not finding Imr easel sufficient In
occupy her time und odpsumo her energy,
she bus taken up with 'photography as an
additional work. '"'
''Miss llhaiibiil Fardonjer Bnnnjee, aged
eighteen years, of Bombay, is die first wii-'
man to go from India lo Paris for art
study.' She has succeeded In having one
of her pictures hung in the Paris salon.
After many rapalntmgs and alterations
Alum Tallinn!,'lin', finished bis iiaianuin
opus, a picture of Ancient Homo in festival, which bus already been bought by a
dealer in Berlin fur one hundred thousand
marks. It is called "Spring," anil contains more than one hunoVi'd figures of
celebrants and spectators, a'Kocesslon In
honor of the gods of flower* Wid fertility
moving uluug toward the temple.
BHtiapjjl Jabtf,
JPooJ J&ble.
Both These Tables are Complete and
In First Class Condition.
APPLY TO
h. Mcintosh, vewon,
Or the ADVANCE OFF|CE.
THE
0
HAS BEEN A
GREAT SUCCESS
In Africa, Australia, America, and
also in Canada, including t|ie Pre.
vince of British Columbia. ,
It Will Not Cost You more than $4 pes ton to
extract from 00 to 06 per cent of the
assay value of your ores. Send an inplci:
to us and ive wllf report thereon free of
cost, provided freight Is prepaid Call
and sci, us or write to
JKe Gassel Qold
Extracting Co., Lid.,
W. PELLEW HARVEY, F.C.S.,
Supt. Experimental Works,
«rl9 VANCOUVER, B.C.
FOR SALE
OKANAGAN MISSION, B. C.
This Is a splendidly finished house inside
and out, almost new, with good stable and out
buildings, is centrally located lu the valley
and coniniiinils a good trade. It stands on its
own grounda of two and a half acros tu'extent,
und is a gooi| investment.
AL$0 A FIRST-CLASS
BLACKSMITH SHOP
WITH
COMPLETE OUTFIT GF TOOLS.
This building is* two Htoreys high and stands
on its own ground of half un ao^ In oxtent, and
is in a uomi'ituiding buHlnoHU unf-ltioi).
For Terms Apply to
D. NICHOLS£)N,
OjCANApAN Mission.
H. C. COOPER
MANUFACTURER OF
VERNON, B. C.
BOUNDARY FALLS HOTEL.
Centrally Located In the Boundary Creek
' Mining Camps,
HEST OF LIQUORS AND CIGAItS,
CHARGES MODERATK.
Mlnlna, Atoll Porsonally Conducted lo Any of
llie Camps, or Horses Furnished,1
THOMAS. J. HARDY, PROP.
BOCK CBEEK HOTEL , . .
MOUTH OF 1««'K CREEK.
.   n-tt,t.ai.cl3L-lB-lif   MCf*r--c*.
FlHBT.Cl.A88   ACCOMMODATION   tOK  Ul'KSTS,
GOOD STABLING
WEsi'iill"!,; Fishing on Kettlo Hlvnr.jt-.il
GRAND FORKS
HOTEL
KETTLE   R1YEK, B. C.
Stage* to lliirciiN, Wiuli., ami
Mlflivay, B. 0.
Every Attention G|yen 19 Guests.
J. L, WISEMAN, Prop.
L ll. .  . '   .,   1 I
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G0f,D COMMISSIONER'S NOTICE,
Osoyoos Division ol Yale District.
All placer claims and lease holds in tlti-j distriet legally held may be laid over from the 1st
ol November, 1891, Ut [he 1st of Jul,e, 1895.''
U. A. It. LA^Ly, '
Osoyoos. H. C. Gold Curniniwioner,
2illi October, 1891. '' '
CANADIAN PACIFIC
RAILWAY, ■
The    World's    HigliJKay
from Atlarific to Pacific
STEAMER ABERDEEN
LEAVES PENTICTON
TUESDAYS. THURSDAYS and  SATURDAYS
at 8 a.m., Connecting at
OKANAGAN LANDING
lpi) Trains for the East and West
 ♦ '■
Through Flrst-Class Bleeping Cum
Dully Betwoen Vancouver uml .Minium! uml St. Paul.
Through Ticket,   on  Sale to  Eastern
und I'nclllc (nasi I'tiluls
Bates Lower Than Any Otlier Line
—»—
For Elites, Time &e,f Apply to
H. S. SCADDING,
Agent, Pentioton
OR TO
G. Ml. BROWN,
DisT. Pass. Agent,
Vancouver, B, C.
SPOKANE FALLS
and
NOBTBERN RAILWAY
Nelson& Fort Shsppard StaiSway
ALL RAIL  TO NELSON,  B. C.
C-nly through line to Nelson,
Kaslo, Kootenay Lake
and Slocan Points.
Through Trains Sap-Weekly.
Daily, except Sunday, between Spokane and Marcus.
7:0Qa.ni. Lv SPOKANE Ar. 5:30 p.m.
On Wodiieailnya and Saturdays trains will
run' through to Nelson, arriving at 5:40 p.m.,
making closo connoclion witli the Hleamcr Nel-
non for Kaslo aud all lilku points, arriving at
Kaslo at 9:00 p.m. samflldays. ltclurnin^, passengers will leave lake points and NelHon on
Tuesdays and Fridays, arriving at Spokane
iramc day.
' I'aB'ieffpers for Kettle River and Houndary
Crcekf" connect at Marcus with st-ago on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
auglotf ''	
CANN & CO.,
BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS
And Dealers In
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,
SEWING  MACHINES,
WALLPAPER,
TOBACCPS, ETO„ ETC
Needles for All Makes of Sewing
Muehifies Kept in Stock.
Mail orders from the Lower Country
will receive prompt attention,
CANN & CO,,
TBRHOV,     B.     O.
FAIHYIIW HOTEL
■JOHN MOFFAT, PROP.
EXCELLENT BOABB
GOOD STALING
Horsos and Buggies for Hire.
GRAND PRAfRIE
BOTEIi
QHAN1I I'HAIHIK, KKTTI.K HIVER,
(lenil .Stock o
Liquors and Cigars
l'HICKH HKASUXAIILK.
mclaren bros., proprietors.
BLACKSMITH SHOP IN CONNECTION
H(ages Heave every Monday and IVcdncmlay
for Muri'ils, Wasli.'
ENDERBY HOTEL
II, W. WH1HIIT, Huor.
:-:   E,NDHRliY, 13. C.   :
Livery In Connection.
First-class accommodation (or Commorcinl
Travellers.
Hunting uml Fishing In abidance through
thlfl district. ,r '
Pack Hors^ and Guides furnlshod to Sporta*
t\\h on short^'t notico, '
T.ELLIOT.    !
Geniril Merchant^
FAIRVIEW, P- 0,
Keeps the Largest and Be?t Asscirtd ^fock of
Groceries, Jpy Goods, Boots & gho§s, &e„
any place so^itli at Vernorj, and sells on terms to rait the times, ^
Cheapest Place to buy for Cash in the Okanagau Country,
FULL WEIGHT AND MEASURE ASSURED.
BANKMONTfrEAL
CAPITAI, (all paid up) »18^00,000.
REST...^.!'.     8,)00,MO.
Sill DQNALD A. SMITH, Pees.    HON. GEO. E. DRUMMOjm Vice-Pros
E. S, (ifOUSTON, GlSNISHAL MAlfAOJB "ol
SAVINGS  BBANOEC.
f INTl'HtEST AT l'HIlSENT 31 PERlllsNT.
IN AND GqLD DUST HANIlED.
HATE OF
BULLION AND GqLD
Branches in London, Eng„ New York and Chk'ngo, and il all thf, principal cite
in Canada,  BuyaiidllellSterling'Exi'hangeanaCa^lfrafflSers. Grant
coiniuerciul and trill elliiigcruilii,s,iivailiili.lu in any tkrtoi the world, '
Drafts issued.        Collections Made top Points.
nBANCHBS IN BlliriSIl COI.UMMA I
VANCOUVER
VICTORIA
NEW WESTMNSTER.
NELSOX        "
if hod LriincL : G. A.
naffer.
"" -i-,il rr.i -n"n i .■ir.iitt-.vwiiwsM.i. .,
WUI,FFSOHr^ 8c BEWI|k:E, Ui,
E..A$KEKS:
Financial, Real Estate, Irsirpnce ard
General Agf: t&
Dock House, BilutEb Sthhei, L m„..v, Ixounn
VANCOUVER, B. C. anu VhiNON, ii. (.'.
J0HANN WULFFSOHN, Managing Director.
     Vernon Branch, 6. A. f^nltey, Managw.
Tie YeFDOfl Livery
1    Food and Sale Stables,
i
r—'*—   -  -i    ...  	
Having taken over the stables of Gallagher k Stevenson, aid thoroughly oves
hajjled and refitted the' premises, I um prepared to ui'et the drmauds
of the public.   I have on hand a complete stock iff new rigs,
(double nnd single.) for public use, and also a gnu1 lot
of well broken carriage and saddle horsei
Tourists desiring to see the country would do well to ca^.
 X	
GrOQd Single Drivers,      Good Do) No Drivers,
Good Saddle Horses.
^adies' gentle double and single drivers and adjdle horses.,
Horses boarded by the week or month (box stalls if desired),
Horses broken to harness, and horses and cattle sold op commission.
Dealer in hay and grain, wlolesale and retail.
Corner Of. TXt±ma±.oaa mud TrouBoi. tt±armm%m
W.GARDNER-iPbopi™.
Opposite W. R. Mcgaw's Storo,
Poat Office Box 137 '■
Notk. -This stable will bo run strictly flrsUlufis in every particular. My driven art all fan
and gentle disposition, and tho most durable stock the market can protuce. Special atttntian
to transient trado and to boarders, r
M, AU kinds of heavy teaming promptly attei|ilwl to.
NICHOLLES & RENOUp, L'td
Victoria,  S. O. |
A&BICULTUHAL MACMEBY,
SOLE AGENTS FOR j
Brantford % Binders ^ and f| powers,
THE BEST IN THE MARKET.
A Full Line qf Waggons, Trucks, Ploughs, HarraVs be., &c
WAREHOUSE A^ VERNON.
O. F. Costerton. A.
I
exi.-fc.
Armst^pg Sash a,nd D(oor Factory.
ALL KINDS OF
DOOR.S, SASHES, MOULDINGS,
HOUSE FURNISHINGS, ETC., ETC,   *
Manufactured on the Premises an.l Kept in Slock
Writ*? for Prices to
N, MCLEOD,      :
ARM&TMON.ti
ARM5TR0NQ   (-10ILL Qi
H. pYES, V-iop,
Good Accpimodation,
Be$ Liquors and Ctors.
First-Class Stablliig,
ARMSTRONG, B. CA
,''iv   iORT.
HiTM, mum, MTI1,
TlIOHOl'fiHI.Y COMKOBHAM-iT.
—First-class-
LIQUORS wjd C^GASS..
f
:; J. W. I^EED,
#,ATCH*AKER and JEWELLER
MIDWAY, B. C.
fins Watch Repairing- a Special^.
1/1 Work Warranted,    oll-iia
faipiton's JMusip Store
-OLD   POST  OFFIOE-
,409 Hastings Street, Vaneouvep.
Pianos and Organs-'Easy Terms
Sheet Music, &c. Special attention given to
Hatl Orders.
The CjB-zy Shaving Paplor
VERNON, B. C.
fhe fiilinore Rlock,
Opposite the Post Office.
tannics' nnd Chlldreu'e hair-cutting and
thampoofng a specialty.
E. oloODMUltPHY, Prop,
LOCAL AND DISTRICT,
Mr. Lefcvre returned to Midway on
friday from Fairview,
Timber wolves have been frequently
niii'ii of late in Grand Prairie.
The fords are now frozen solid the
whole length of Kettle river,
A ctntaifl fesldent of Grant} Prairie
.wiilibe charry of chairs in future,
Mrs. W. T. Thompson Is, wo are glad
pa hear, again recovering health,
Mr. J. E. Bobs left last week for Spokane and is expected to return in a few
days.
Mr. Dale |s getting out a quantity of
cedar shakes and shingles up Nor
wegian gulch.
Mr, 'f. Hardy lately trapped seven
• martin during a two days' outing at
Christina lake,
Messrs, Brown, Wolfe and Miller are
stjll hard at work in the tunnel of their
claim up the north fork ol Kettle
river.
The specifications for the recorder's
nllli-i*, Midway, have lieen altered to
allow lumber other than fir to be used
for flooring and sheeting,
The expenses to which tlie city council at Vernon were put lo quench tho
diphtheria epidemic, amount to the
respectable tigure of $1,400., There is
a great deal of ill feeling over the intil-
tep.
The clean-ups on the Siniilkameen
river are beginning to come in, and
bricks aggregating several hundreds
of dollars have been accepted in town
in trade for "grub."—Loomiston
Journal.
The majority of the settlers ou
Anarchist. I'lounlain celebrated Christmas by a surprise pari y at the hospitable home 'i* tit R. 0 Sidley. A
thoroughly pleaiaut m I enjoyable
/evening was -pent hy tho,! present
The necessary permit ion having
been given by ilu school trustees, a
meeting will take place tins week in
the school house; Grand Prairie, for the
purpose <if electing officers for the
library apd debating society, lately
formed in the valley,
Mr. Shii.riii ai.i.a ilia late mail carrier, made his last trip from Oseyoos to
Grand Prairie on Saturday, and wjl|
now settle pn bis ranch up the north
fork. Mr. Sjh&Hngham was always
willing to ol,,fea the public in aify
way he could jfhile carrying the mail,
and those who ivill miss seeing him
along bis old r/>ule will not be few in
number,
The Kettle river above Boundary
/creek has been fordahle on ice for the
past week, ij'onie exceptionally cold
nights werp experienced on Boundary
Plat last yeek, considerably colder
than at Canjp McKinney or higher up
flic creek, the thermometer registering
^several degrees below zpro. No great
(cold has yet be,en experienced in tbe
lower Okanagan.
The new weekly mai) service between Penticton and Grs,B.d Forks will
cost the Government $t>)0 more than
the old weekly service by Osoyoos,
By giving an additional day for making the trip a semi-weekly service
eoifld have lieen procured fop the figure
the new weekly flne will cost, It
would, however, be of no earthly use
to attempt to explain the matter In the
post office department
A very pleasant gathering (nok place
At, the Manse, Grand Prairie, op Xtnas
Eve, when Rev. Mr, Piilon and Mrs.
Baton entertained a large number of
guests, twtji young and old,   The great I
feature of th<» evening was a musical'
trio hy tbe Messrs, Ward aud Slither*
.Intnl.   Altogether, the gathering wai
un* of t lie pleusautesl which ever took
pi io In the valley, nnd the genial hospitality nf the host and lioslesa was
..-really appreciated by all who nere
present.
'•    '■'. i'   lands,(Hi iin i, Vui lii'i'iind
id 01(1   ' tptaji   -a ivts nf
—sa, i pa—
lin
W
,t
a.;
li
hi    ■
., do *
niework
goo
1 la
ivs I'm
those iv
the
ate
,.i ne
s.   The I
..  lid
Penticton,
he  ..ul |iui'-
,'   group   in
Sands and In*
l'M'i'|it illll.'lll}-
i worked fui
llent captallj
SlaU'll liillt llie ])• tipla of  hi'Mllariler
would have to pin up with h ia company
for some time, as people up north had
l.inii of tried to freeze him out, On
behalf of the Kettle, river community
we nl'cr the captain a hearty welcome
as one of the greatest all rquud geni-
(juses f the day.
Mr. F. W. Dickman is getting splendid pre out of the Defiance.
ObrijiMas und New Year were celebrated *1 gWit styje at both hotels at
Fairview.
Mr. ar/d Mrs. Lundy left Midway on
Friday for Spokane. Mrs. Lundy, we
regret I o stj,te; vyas suffering iron, ill-
health.
Mr. Edward's ferry on Kettle river
has been moved two hundred yards
further do.wp stream. Thiswi|l avoid
a dangerous eddy.
Seventy-live men "swore pff" on
Boundary creek during the last
night of 1801. All have sworn on
again by this time except one man,
who dops not wish his name to be
made public.
Mr. and Mrs. D. McClung and family
left Midway on Thursday for their
ranch near Colville, where they will
pass the remainder of tlie winter, returning Ui their Boundary creek home
In the spring.
Last Wednesday a great, Christmas
celebration took place at McLaren
Bios,' hotel, Grand Prairie, A large
number of miners wore present. What
with music, stump speeches, and step
dancing everybody had a real good
time. Mr. William McCormick especially excelled himself in step dalle.
ing, and the chorus "Crossing thu
Occur d'Aleno," brought down the
house.
We regret to report that two valuable teams belonging to Mr. Beimel, of
Midway, were drowned in the Kellle
river last, Sunday. They were bejqg
driven down to Curlew creek to be
wintered hy Mr, .1. W. Heed, and the
ice broke while they were being laken
on the river round the rocky liluff,
about two miles from that point. Mr.
Heed first tried the ice himself un
horse back and it appeared to be perfectly safe, ll, however, broke when
the teams were being driven over It,
and the burses wore carried down by
the current, one after the other.
A very sad event is reported frnni
the Toniisket Indian school (Okatiiiguii)
on the Colville reservation, One of
the scholars, Moses Lambert, a half-
In-eeil, while stooping uver a l.it'ge
heating tub used for washing purposes,
slipped iiiiii fell into the almost boiling
water. Those near, in attempting to
pull him out, let him fall in a second
time. The unfortunate child was so
badly scalded that lie died in great
agony four hours afterwards, He was
buried near the schuolhoiise. The parents, who live twelve miles up Curlew
creek, are distracted with grief, He
was tljpir eldest child and twelve years
of age.
Mr. Charles Lawson, one of the
pioneer cattle men of the upper Okanagan, died in yernon on December
20th. He was a native of Sweden and
was a sailor during the early part of
his life. He took part in the earliest
gold excitements |n Australia and
came to B. C. at the time of the first
rush to Cariboo. On leaving the gold
liekls of (he north he went into the
cattle business and took up a ranch on
Swan lake, near Venwn. This property was purchased, together with
his band of cattle, some four years back
hy Judge Spinks. Since the sale of
Ilis ranch Lawson's health hail gradually become unpaired. The immediate
cause of his death was f romfalliugdown
stah-s in the Victoria hotel, Vernon,
wlierehy he fractured his hip bone and
onp of his arms.
tjews from the outside world reaches
Kettjp river slowly, It was qply this
week that intelligence of the death of
Mr. Jfat. Hotter reached Boundary
creek, who died on November. 15th,
four days after reaching San Francisco. Mr. Hotter was a partner of
Mr. ,1. Stevens, who oiiginally owned
the Wide West mine, Fairview, and
held interests at the time of his death,
in the Evening Star, Fairview j Paris
and Lincoln, White's camp, and the
Knob Hill and fronsides, Greenwood,
besides other properties, He was a
very much respepted man among all
who knew him. jtor a long time past
he had been in very feeble health. He
leaves, we understand, two children in
California to mourn his loss and died
intestate,
For the lnforlna|i|pn of justices of
the pence ill llle southern portion of
Ihe Osoyoos Dlvlslqfl of Yule we
may stale that at the licensing
einii'l held nl Vernon on tin' 16th, Mr.
0, W. Ireland, I'. M,, who sal nu the
board, objected to the application uf
I''. II. li line, of Fail view, In have his
licence I'm' the Golden Gatol|otoltrans*
furred i" Mr. T. Elliott, being dealt
with by ibe board nt  Vornutt. I'm' ilu-
'Imt,iiig leasonsi Ibal. it would be u
In-each ni etiquette ami mi Insult in
tlie southern cowl Bluing ut Osoyoos
ii, ileal with ,-i matter before ibe lowor
.hi,, anil entirely ivlthlu its province,
inm the object of establishing a court
in the lower oouutry had hem fur the
express, purpose nf allowing that, court |
to deal with mutters concerning whicli
tho justices living iu that Bectlon wore
conversant, and that in lbe event of
the northern court grunting or refusj
lug a transfer of thelicense (be reverse
might be done by the southern court.
It iii only fair to Mr, Ireland to niukc
this public, as the stand he took in the
mat tor was undoubtedly the right one,
and something more than surprise was
entertained by the magistrates down
south at the action qf the northern
board.
A shaft house has been put up on
the Lost Chance, Stylnrk camp.
On New Years Eve service was held
by the Catholics on the reservation at
Mr. R. Keoiigljan's, near Curlew creek.
Mr. J. A, Gpryell, C. E., returned to
Midway oq Saturday from Grand
Prairie, wljpi',6 he had been engaged in
survey work, and left for Vprnpp the
next day. •
Dr. R. W. Jakes, who for tho past
three months has been practising medicine at Midway, left on New Years
Day tor Victoria to pass hjs examination before the B. C. Medical Bqard for
the necessary certificate permitting
practise jn this province. The examination takes place on tho 9th of thjs
month,
Mr, J. Taylor of the Wellington
camp jvent up to Rock creek to-day.
He stated that, he and Mr. Riiui-
bcrger, having done what work thev
Intended to do this season nn the
Ophir, meant to do some development
on the Lexington, White's camp. Mr.
Taylor also stated that lie had gone
out pf the cat-raising business, as the
owl season was again approaching.
Mr. H. While returned to Midway
fin Sunday from a business trip tn
fairview, lie reported that tlie mill
was only running live stamps, pending
the arrival of new stamps and shoes
from San Francisco to replace those
worn oul. The Morning Star ledge, he
slated, was proving itself to be wider
and belter than ivns supposed where
Ihe me is now being taken out.
Mr. Fred. A, Barlholemew- came
down from the Providence camp un
Thursday to Midway lo have his left
baud attended to which he had cut
open with an axe while, chopping lire
wood, In the absence of Dr. Jakes he
was fixed op by "line" Norris. .Mr.
Bartholomew stilted that lbe Master
Mason claim (north exlensi if the
Providence), which heowns in partnership Willi Mia li. Myers, is looking line.
The shaft in which they are now working i. down twenty-eight feet in solid
quart's, picked specimens uf which
show free gold, one wall being clearly
defined, lie is still on the outlook for
the parties whn stole everything in
sight out of bis cabiq during ''is last,
absence, and necessitated bis purchasing new batching and mining outfits.
 «-♦*.——
NEW YEAR'S  EVE DASOE,
Hardly had the sounds of merriment
ceased (the ocho of children's' voices
still lingering in the ears of those who
took part in the Christmas tree entertainment) than Piihnerston's hall became once again the scene of a truly
joyful gathering of the youth and
beauty of the whole Kettle river district occasioned by a dance given on
New Year's Eve hy the bachelors of the
neighborhood. Among tlie visitors
from a distance may be mentioned Mr.
and Mrs. Carraber, Miss and the Misses
Elsie and Belle McLaren, JJr, F,
Ruckle and Miss Wassnti, and Miss
Newby, together with a large number
of gentlemen, These parties drove
over from Grand Prairie by way of
the new road over the Boundary Mouu.
tain, and reported gqpd sleighing and
a nice time spent on the way, the drive
being a very enjoyable one, A large
contingent came alss from Boundary
Falls and vicinity, among whom were
noticed Messrs, T. Hardy, G. A. Ren-
dell, D. A. Hollirook, N. Leplaute, H.
White, J. Winters, John Harlan and
others. Midway was. represented by
Mrs. Miicdoniild, Miss Jones, Mr. and
Miss McAuley, Mr. and Mrs. Lundy.
Mr, and Mrs. Melville, Mr. and Mrs.
Bennet, Mr. and Mrs. McDowell, Mr.
and Mrs, McClung, Mr, and Mrs. Martin, the Misses. Hopper and Miss Susie
McClung. The local bachelors' names
cannot he given for want of space,
their number being legion, sufficient is
it to say that they turned out in force.
At about 7 p. in. dancing was commenced, the music being furnished by
(l well appointed orchestra, and with
the exception of the time spent in partaking of a splendid supper at 12
o'clock furnished by Messrs. McAuley
k Lundy, to whom for the many deli-
cas|cs provided greal praise is due, was
kept lip until the early morning
warned, those remaining that, they had
truly filtered upon the New Year, and
that gay us. the night had been, all
things, even nletistirt, must have an
ending, So with many expressions of
kindly regard exchanged between entertainers and visitors, llu- musl enjoyable gathering nf tlie kind llnil ever
took place uu lyiltlii river was brought
tu an end, ivilh the wish expressed
by many thai the nonr future might
witness such another,
 ,.»_«	
COIIIHSSPOMDENOIO,
'I'u lliu Editor uf Tim Auvascii:
Sir—For somo reason at present unknown the Advance hue not come l,o
bundi possibly the mall service is al
fault i any way your tidy and interesting paper has mil. visited the writerfor
a number of weeks.
The valley is settling down lo winter
quarters, and cattle aro lining gathered nlf the ranges fur feeding. The
stock is coming in in fair condition
and us feed Is plentiful, with ordinary
care, and unless Iho winter |s very
severe, the cattle should come tlirpugh
oil right.
The prospects of the valley (ire
brightening. The hard times, wliieli
means with us slow sales and scarcity
of ca^h, are getting \b» pepple down to.
business in reducing expenses and
practising economy, b«sjdes making
plain to some the lai.) i lint good |i|,iin
common seni-y, backed i)p with honest
work, is a sjirer tneans of prosperity
than wild-cat speculation or trying to
get rich at the expense of somebody
else.
Mission Valley is progressive. The
inauguration nf the "Agricultural and
Trades Association" is a ipai'ked step
forward, and r-efleets. the greatest credit
on the forethought and perception of
those who brought the society into ex-
isteqpe, apd nq doubt it will fully justify the expectations pf its most sanguine supporters,
There are coipplnints p to expensive
transportation, Freight rates seem to
be always u bone of contention. It is
certainly true that without cheap
transportatipn some of our iqost valuable resources must be idle. Whether
we shall ever get as cheap rains as
those in ihe eastern provinces must be
doubtful, considering our piuuutain-
locked position,
If we are unfavorably situated in regard I" cheap tianspurlntiuii, what
must bu the position of those to the
south nf Okanagan lako and in tho
.Siinilkaineen valley f And when the
great interests at stake are considered,
the development of tbe lower Okau-
ngiiu and Siinilkaineen countries must
be seriously handicapped by lack of
quick and easy accesB to tbe coast.
Jn the days of the cayuse and pack-
npile t||e quickest and easiest route to
llle const was from Penticton to Kcre-
meos, and up the Siniilkameen river
lo Princeton, thence across the mountains to Hope, about 1-15 miles. Now,
why could not this old and reliable
route he again used, and the most
recent scientific invention to reduce
I he cost of travel take the place of the
cayuse and pack nude? In other
words—would it not be possible to build
nn electric tram line from Pentictou to
Hope, taking in the mining camps to
the south ? There is an abundance of
power along the line. I presume
Okanagan Fulls would furnish power
enough In dn a great deal of the work,
aud the Siniilkameen and other
streams coqld be safely relied upon to
do tho rest. It seems to. me that tram
cars coi'ld, he made to climb grades in
the Hopo Mountains as well as the
hjlls between Westminster and Vancouver, As for the funds to put the
thing in operation, if everybody along
the route, or would be affected liy such
an enterprise would take hold of it, I
see no reason why the money could
not be raised. I am neither an electrician nor engineer, but I make the
suggestion in the hopo that if the idea
is feasible a cheap and ready means of
access to the coast can be had for the
late spring, summer and early fall
months that would lie of great advantage t(i the residents of this valley and the
coqutry through whicli tho road would
pass, And if such a scheme is practicable to Hope it might be possible to
continue the line down the south side
of the Fiuser and cross the river on
the new bridge to bo built at New
Westminster, making that city the
terminus, and thus get the support of
the people along the Frasep, and also
some assistance from the city of New
Westminster,
This letter has now become much
longer than I expected, so I will not,
continue It further, only to sav that if
this tram |jno is not an impossibility,
the Government would no doubt help
in its construction.
Wtvh best wishes, yours truly,
Settler,
—■ t»<	
TRAIL. GREEK NOTES.
(Co-idewnt Irom ExohenucB.i
The question as to the transport, out
nf the camp of the mass of ore is now
anxiously heing discussed, The llle-
cillewaet can load up thirty-live tons,
und unless (he C, & K. people can send
down the I,ytton or th* Kootenay to
make the Vrip from Waneto to Trail, it
looks ai> if the liusiness nf the camp is
to lie paralyzed hy .he stagnation of
traffic, No authority has yet been
grafltod for thf flfltput of produce
along the. Sheep creek, road, and it is
Understood tlmt. the Spokane freight-
era who wore mining up here in droves
to, haul ore ovw the Northport road
have been notified that no horses will
lio allowed  to cross tho line without
ninety days' quarantine,
This riwt fl'oui Northport is still reported tu Iiu a atlilldy route for smugglers, as it has been for the last two or
three years, There is no one near it
whose duly it. is to prevent smuggling
ur In syjii'i-h (nr KC.pds which havu come
in wil Ihiiii nK¥Mpn,t qf duties.
The preliniiinn')- siirvitj' (if the lied
Mountain railway I'm hinm completed
In,in the mines as far as Bmiiey
()'lli-(ini's un Sheep creek. From the
mines down to the Sheep creek divide
there is a fall of 150 feet equal to a
1! per cent grade, while from the divide
to O'Brien's if is 1,150 feet pint to 5
per cent, nud the line will therefore
have In take a higher level and more
distance,
Mr. RoblllS has heeq appinled us*
saver nt the War Eagle iiiiil nn assay
office, hoarding house and ore chute
are now being put. ill.' (In ,'leiii'iiig the
ground far a ro'iul ueAf tlie ore chute a
body of qt'ii U fcc.t. yvidyi wus disclosed,
which appears to |.e.of'(be sni'ii' nature
as iii tin', tunnel,
I. N. Campbell h(ts purchased nil the
interests (t\ th" \ll'W, pn the summit
of Red mnnntilin.
G, Lndjjvi, formerly of the. Old Dominion mine, Colville, has taken charge
as foreman of the \f> Jtoj (pine,
PERSONALS OF ROYALTY-
The aie-i-n of England alwajri sle.jt
with her bedroom window open.
Allan a Ilis in .ay iicaina ii-iimi-nlB the
'lake ul E linburgh csii speak uvea differ*
elit In  nan.:i h.
Sir Ivi'.-in Arnold said thi other diy
that he epdoreed a remark once made by
Climincey U, Depaw: "Fame depends on
being civil to interviewers."
The dukp nf York has never conquered
bia tendency to eeasickneae, antl although
he dues a ereup deal of yachting with hi.
father it is uol a|l plniu tailing with him,
Lord Abertleeu Hint met bi. wife on
Gnisaclian, her lather's eetate, when he
waa n lad, and, having lost liiinnelf nu the
hills, lii.;:-;i.il shelter at the lodge for himself and his pony,
Here is » (rood story whioh is told of Sir
Arthur Sullivan: It was at dinner, and •
young Indy inquired of Sir Arthur whether
BhcIi wns composing anything at present,
"No," he replied; "at present he Is decern no.iug,"
The duke of York, who is an oiiiluul-
sstie slump collector, recently applied to
llie ug, ul general of the colonies for specimens u! tin- issues of their conn: nee. In
reply Biiuups have been But to him by
the sliet'l, uml in some cases i.sues with*
drawn have been reprinted for him.
WHY ANO WHEREFORE,
Clonds that more in the direction op*
poeile to Unit of the surface current indicate a change of weather, because they
prove the existence of two air currents, one
«..nu ami t no ui her cold, aud the mingling
Oi ".c»u iii'ie i causes ruin.
The strongest tuuBcie Is in the calf of
Hi - leu, 1 ei-nnso locomotion is miu of the
inuat ln,cessnry fuucliuiia, The greuttuus-
I^UjCjIlue culf hue been found hy actual
.jlianieni, io be capable of sustaining
js-jir-ti tiiiu's the W'.ighi of the hody.
Mnny peisniie lay a pokor across the top
of a gi'ite tu make tlie fire burn, because
of n popular superstition, once oredited,
that a stubborn lire was due to the devik
Two pokers were used, and were laid across
the lire iu the form of a cross.
The human system can endure a hest of
two hundred and twelve degrees, the boil,
lug point uf water, because ihe skin is a
hud conductor aud because the perspiration cools the body. Men have withstood
without injury a heat of three hundred
digrees fur several minutes.
WORK AND WAGES.
An engraver in Bio de Janeiro con make
$13 per week.
A blacksmith in Jerusalem ean make
f 1,113 per week.
The King of Bavaria has t salary ot
91.413.UU0 a year.
A printer In Peru can make bom fl.25
to 81,80 a day,
Shop girls in France receive sn average
of $100 a year,
In Mexico seamstresses are paid IT cents
a day; weavers, 50 cento.
Bookla-aors in Germouy receive from
"  i) to ffSOO a year,
Tench, rs in Hamburg rewire from tH
tu $» p.-r mouth,
Fig packers in Asia Minor, if skillful,
can milks 30 cents a day.
A cinnel owner aud his bout io Palestine
are worth $1 n day.
Railroad clerke la Germany aro paid tn
average of 152 cents a day,
Houses for working people In Germany
lent for $35 to 845 a year.
GOSPEL HYMNS.
''Drooping sonls, no longer monrn,"
wat the work of Thomas Hastings, the author of more than six hundred sacred
lyrics, and even better known as a com-
poser of church music for ete in popular
religious assemblies,
"Come, O Thou All Victorious Lord," is
by Ohnrles Wesley. It wos written for the
qnsrrymen of Portland, and contained
Bi'Ti'liil allusions to their bushiest, whioh
were readily recognized aud heartily ap-
preeiatcd.
"0 Luve divine that ttooptd tothare,"
wns by Ulicsr Wendell Holuifs, and fin I
appeared in one of the series of papers entitled "The Professor at the Breakfast
Table," published iu the Atlantic Monthly
for November, 1859.
"I'll praise my Maker while I've breath"
enme from tho pen of Waits, It wot a
favorite Hymn with John Wesley. The
day be fori' he died ho sang it through, md
the night of his death he vainly attempted
several times lu repeat its words.
MEN OF MONEY.
D.  McDUFF,
General Blacksmith,
MIDWAY, B, C,
All KindB ut Work Exoi'utcd lo lbe Salts
laclion ol CtlBUUilers.
I
MARTIN BROS.
J.EADINO BOUSE ¥Ol\
8, Stove, Tinware, Paints, Oils
Ve3«ioii, lut. C
Vernon Private Col
VERNON, B. C.
I?. Aurien Meyer, Pkincipal,
SKNIl FOB PB0SPK0T08,
Alexander Muir,
ACCOUNTANT AND GENERAL AGENT
VERNON, B. C„
P. C. Box, 91, Barnard Avo,
Books Posted, Audited and Squared I'l'.
Proper attention given to hinullcr firms,
Fire, Lifcand Accident Insurance cll'ccteil,
PROVINCIAL BUILDING & LOAN ASSOC,
llncoriiurtiM)
Of Toronto, Ont,
la open to loan Money for tho purpose of bulldi
lug in and around Vornon. No tluliiy wljcrq
security Ib good.     Apply to
ALEXANDER  MUIR,
SE0.-TREA8. ANO AdENT,
W. HENDERSON'S
STAGE   LINE
UETWEEN
MIDWAY  AND   GRAND   FORKS
CAllllYING
Mail, Freight, Express & Passengers,
Connects With E. D, Morrison's Stage
to Marcus,
Leaves Midway Wednesdays and Saturday)
fnr Grand Forks and Marcut,
LeaveB MorciiB Mondays and Fridays for
Grand Forks, and Grand Forks Wednesdays
and Saturdays (or Midway, dcllKlino
FOR SALE
TM THF, REST LOCALITY ON TIIK VER
1  NON Townsite, a few a "re unit liiill-iu-iu
lots, either for building or giyrdcnln;;.
Apply ut lids offlcc or to
F. ADBIAN MEYER,
vmiN'oN'. n.c
FOR SALE
160 Acres of Land. All Meadow.
BETWEEN Mistv nml Hcvcnly Aero I'torc'l
anil Drained,  Wn mlloa fnnn I'mnii Mo*
Kinney. Him Mile from waggon rood,
Apply ADVANCE OFFICE.
William Waldorf Astor hat in Income
of eight million niuo hundred IhoMtBd
dollars a year.
Princess Tom It tn Alaska Indian woman. Sue is the richest of her race iu tbe
fnr norlli west, She Is a nhrowd trader
and wears upon her arm thirty tuaceleU
iiiiulii of twenty.dollar gold piecet,
M. Schneider, the head of the greal
Creosot foundries, wat married the other
dny In I'nris. Oreusot has grown In sixty
yi-nrs from a villus uf five hundred In-
hotiilonts io a town of thirty thousand
people—linger ihan Kinpp's lowu of Essen,
Henry W. Crump, secreinry of the great
(hump Shin building company, Is an en
thiisiiistin liotiin'st, and Is panioularly in.
leresled ill funis and palms, His fothor,
I ii .r!'-s 11, (Jraiiip, Is said to he oue of the
best posted ""'" i'1 'bo country on the
commercial and utilitarian value of the
Vtriout woods of the l.'iijtod Statu.
SEALED TENDERS
ENDORSED, "Tender, Qov't Blllldtoga
Midway, n. C." will ho received by Um
undersigned up lo 12 o'clock noon on Iho 1st ilny
of February, tSIH, fur llie creel Ion of a
Rbooboqb'8 Office, and a Lock-dp
AT JllDWAY, Ii. C
Each tendor munt ho occomiionlod by nn no*
ccplcil bank cluspio tor 1200.09, made payable
in the Hon. chief Commissioner of land, and
WurkB. Such ohwiuo will tin roliirnod I" unsuccessful eonipetllors. tint will be forfeited liy
any bidder who uiny doclltiu I" nxii'ilt on-
Irani If called upon lo il" so.   In Iho in nl of n
contract being let thoohoquo will be riiur I
upon tlie contractor I ™i«hing approved « mi
liy, amounting t«H.""-  "'""' 'i'"' eoiuplcllon
of the work.
I'lnns and spccillciil ions iiiii In1 aroo nnd lol'lil
nf lender obtained at the following plnrcs*
Government  Otllce.   Osoyoosi   vtovor t
Olllco, Rock Creek;  Advance" wil". Mid'
way l reslih o nf Mr- s. II. Aid I. J. !'■■
Keltic River; unit nl tlio office "( It"' lllllll'r'
signed.
The lowest or nny lender t,'H iiwciwirll*
n [it cil.
LKOXAKD \lll,-HIS.
Assi. Commissioner tanrianinl Works
Vernon, 11. ('..
Novombor Uth, 101. Md
MISSING LINKS-
A piano eontaimi nearly a mile of
wire.
I    There arc 147 Indian rtnerTotione in the
United Suites.
A Bobelnuvn monk, in 1754, luvetilwi tbe
first ligliiiiiug conductor,
I    Recruit! for the Oh ne» > army will nol
be accepted unlem they  con  leap a ditch
six feet wide,
Philadelphia makes its. own gas at the
Cist ut ft cei'ia a thousand feet, and it it
fold tn consumers ol 81,30,
F.nglund has forty ships engaged in South
African traffic, lietinany eight ainl, th...
Dulled Slates only two,
County Court Notico,
SITTINGS, qftho County Coiirl ol I'nlo
tic li'.ltU'ii as follows:
At (Isoynwi on Wi-diicsilny. lnill April,
At Midway mi Saturday. 13th April,
at the hour of oloven o'clock in tho fnrciiin
Rv Command
C. A, II, LAMBLY,
n.c.
UOVVIVIN'MINT Omen. Osovoos,
fflul All-it ISM,
IMiij
INl'i, TI1F. MINING BUREAU.
Text of the Measure to Promote the Mining liuii,airy by Establishing a
VI i iin la   ll'ii.iii:.
The following is thi* bill Introduced
by ihe Hon. Col. Baker, provincial
Secretary and Minister of Mines, for
iho I'siiililisbnii-nl of a Mining Bureau;
Whereas it is expedient to establish
a central otllce for information ami insl ruction comcrning Din mining inilUS;
tries of the l'rovincu:
'therefore. Her Majesty, by and with
tin* advici' and consent of the Legislii-
t Ive Assembly of the Province of Ilrit-
jsh Cr.liiniliiii. enacts aa follows*
I. Ihis Act may be cited as llio
" qurca'ii of Mines Act, 1895."
't. 'thai mi or after the passing of this
Ait tlie Lieutenant-Governor, in Council
maji si-lcci some suitable inn,lily, tn he
i.si'i.i'il out of Crown lands or to he
ac(|iiii'i'il i-ilhi'i-by purchh.se or lease,
fur ih.- creelinn nf tin- necessary buildings, iniicliincry und furniture fur the
establishment of n miisciiui of minerals, offices, nml lecture rooms, ussuy
;ililii* uinl laliiiaiiiiii'v: Provided, nl.
v,iiyn, lliiil llu- necessary expenditure
for llu11'l'i'cliouof such I'sliililialiiiii'iiiri,
nud fur Ihi'ir i'IVi'1-liva uili(.iiiislrnlhin.
iis hereinafterdcscrll i.d has been jane*
tinned by Ilia lYgiij.'tivc Assembly.
il. i'ilni • ■ (Mitral office or Bureau of
Minos sli.-il' hs ijstiibltshed for tlje col;
!■ i linn i,f i;il official infiirmnlion rein-
;',', |i jilie vnt-iiiiis mines und mining
himjens of llio Province, und for the
publication ami circulation of such in-
fiirmiilioii as uiny In deemed advisable
for making tjie mineral wealth of the
Province more widely known, and also
for taking any slops which might lm
likely to advance the development of
Hie mining industry,
1. Tin' Minister of Mini's (hereinafter
called "tin.' Minister") shall have the
iiilioiiiisii-iitiiin  nnd  control  uf   tin
such examinations on (In-ircnn't'.Ligation of duly appointed i-xati.j,.,.-!-., uml'
such certilicul i*s shall he tj,K.,ii as priuiii, U u lAj.1 MU.ll   K
facie evidence of yfljcip'nry   in  any
Court of Lmy iu tho Province.
18, Societies of Art und Science may
he permitted, with the sanction in j
writing nf the Minister, to affiliate
with lliu Mining Bureau for tho pur
-nrjijeof courses of Instruction and examination of their students, provided
they pay such fens as may from time
to time be fixed by the Lieutenant;
Governor in Council.
*=v*tfw!iMr«awiG?.v..as»t*px^**^-iSS<55iK3BEKHK
Dominion Revision.
Mr. .Iii-Hici! Walkem has lately completed the revision of tin.1 voters) lists
for tbe Vale and Cariboo districts,
The work bus been must lahorj,qus, A
totally new revision ivuuld hiiVf coal
less trouble ami labor. Tin' lolul number of voters for Hie combined districts
is 7,712. An Increase of 2,(HK1 voles,
since 1 SO 1, bus taken place in tho
Kootenay, Revelstokc, Vernon, Osoyoos
and Nelson snclions of the country,
which has necessitated a sub-division
of twenty-one districts in lbe Yule constituency illono itiio forty-seven dish-ids, Yii-uuu uml Kitinliiiips, oddly
eiioiigh, hi'vii (he flame nuinlier of
voters -|!f. each.   Five courts "1' re-
visijill IVi'l'e held iu llle Caribou district
nml ..eieii iii Valu-lCootciiitydistrict,
namely, at Asheiufl, Vale, Kamloops,
Vernon, Nelson, Golden and llouiilil,
mid a revision also took place at. Revel-
stoke when Ilie judge was on bis v.uy
to Nelson.
From all quai tors much satisfaction
I has been expressed at the Independent
manner in which lbe lists have been
completed, Tlie Kootenay and Vernon newspapers referred to the work
done in their .sections iu similar terms,
The work has also been rapidly (lone
j with n view to saving expense. The
I judge, when not  absent, from town,
.,    ... , „ has had longer hours of toll than most
aforesaid  offices nnd luii-eaii, ami all i        , ,,     . ,    , •     ",',
,   t,.     ■/ ■    •       .     ■ • , .people  would wish  Iur, entering his
(ii)vei'iiioi nl others in connection with    ,      ,        ,    ,,     '       ' ,       ,
chambers shortly after 9a. m., hesel*
.   J
p-oxcrG- soxr-.ni
will leavg Penticton   7 ;i. m. every Tuesday, Thucsday jjricl
Saturday, arriving at Fairview 1 p. 111., and Oro, Wasjijngtpn,
the same evening.'
com-;- nqBTB
leave Oro, Washington, 7 a. m., Mondays, Wed|itisday.s
HI
and Fridays, reaching Fajryipw at 11 a. m., connecting with
SS. Aberdeen and S. & 0. and C. P. Railways.
Aarqn Johnson, Prop.
COLDSTREAM
[lie Milling industry, all of which shall
llj ...miiler the nauia of the Depart*
ji'l.llliif Mines.
5. The minister may make such arrangements as lie may deem expedient
with lbe Ddiimiion 01* other Government, fur the collection nnd transmission Of information on the mining industries uml allied subjects of the Province, or for obtaining for use of the
province such information und specimens ns may have been collected liy
tlie Department of Geological Survey
of the. Dominion, orfroin other sources,
11. There niny he appointed a Deputy
Minister of Mines, who, under instructions from tlie Minister, shall have
charge of the Government Bureau of
Mines,
7. It shall be the duty of the Deputy
Minister of Mines, under Instructions
dmn  left thein  before ni'dnight and
oft i'li later.—Kamloops -Sentinel.
Tho Gold Output of the Dnltwl States,
The treasury department of Washington has received such returns in
regard to the production of gold in the
United Slaies during tin* calendar year
1891 as warrants the statement flint
the output will approximate $13,0(10,009,
The states of Colorado, Montana, Idaho,
iiiul California will show an increase
amounting in Uu*. aggregate to $7,000,-
(01 of the total production of tlie year,
It, is estimated that California will con-
1 ribute $13,760,000, Colorado #11,270,000,
Montana $'1,6,76,000, and Idaho $2,-
22;VKK).
RED MOUNTAIN RAILWAY.
VlrRNQN, 13. C.
pPPOSJTE TO ifAlLWAy DEPOT.
XX.    O.   EI XX X. TU lid XI.,   Pr«jpi*loTio.*.
EST OF WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS.
QOOD STABLING.
Terms - From - $1.00 - per - Day - Upwards.
Okanagan Saw Mill
Kelowna, I
C.
A Large Stock of Al| Kinds of Rough and Dressed Lumber,
of Superior. Quality, Thoroughly Seasoned, Constantly on Hand.
BMi  ^ftiiiQ? ra  Hjaorai-anm-fcy.
Ox**cLc»3r>s  ^Pi-onM-ji.-kly  Filled.
Lath, Shingles, Sash and Doors.
Goods Delivered at Okanagan Falls at Reasonable   Rates.
LEONLEQUIME, Proprietor. ly
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from llie Minister, to institute enqillr-1        (Oonchided from first page,)
les ntnl collect useful facts relating to I line will divert Midi) in one direction
the milling industries of tho Province, or another, but whether people wbolQ   ;   ;   !
iind   to adopt such measures, for dis- luivo the pliicK anil enterprise lufiu'ii-iM      '" '
slinlinatlug and publishing, the sniiio In isl,  transportation  facilities fur lln-vf
such ma ir. and form'lis lie finds best'mining camps in the interior, and es-   '
adapted to promota Improvement in pecially those close to the boundary
the aforesaid mining industries of ihe: |jm, K|,„n |„. permitted to do, so ur not.
Provincei to conduct all correspond- The 0..P, R, e.vidiintly'dnes not, wish
Slice of Ihe Department' to send lo the; to build into Trail. (In t.heo.llier hnyil,
proper officers nml persons of whom' the ,S. F. ,x N. 1',. R, is willing to do so
such service Is required, schedules with without H subsidy. Neither the peo-
iiistructions, apjiriiveil by the Minister, :u!eof the cunsl, towns ur IheC. P.R.
foi- the collect ioli of facts and Infornui*! have 11 right to dictate llnil every mill*
linn i'ela(.ing to tlie milling industries ing camp in the interior shall either
und allied subjects uf the Province; tojscn.l ils trade their way or shall re-
receive, obstruct nnd tabulate, thein- main stagnant fur want of shipping
formation collected and obtained, ami and general transportation facilities,
in publish the same from time to lime; j Boundary creek' itself furnishes a
lu prepare nt, the close uf the yctr a gund illustration uf the result of'their
general report to the Minister; and policy Af ho^glBlinessby which ee'rtaiii
gi'iiei'iiilv to haye such control and 'lines are. rpfused charters I'm- building
to perform such work within tlia'sphere; into certain districts because they must
,f the Departnient, us may from time ■ necessarily divri't traffic to 11 great cx-
10 time lie directed by the Minister.        lent across the, line,   Some font- years
8, All owners of mines and nil per- iigo Mr..Corbi'ii'was prepared to build li
soils engaged in mineral pursuits and ii line up Boundary creek without
Milled subjects, or theii' agents, ahull subsidy,  The railway company hp re*11
proinplly'iitisiver, lo Ihe best of' their j present id   were  conversant  with the
in 'chili;!' and belief, nil official en- mineral resources of the distiict and
Satisfied   that   they  would  furnish
■ traffic.   No  charter could,  hmvovei'.
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W. J. ARMSTRONG
HARDWARE, TIN AND ffllW,
Stoves, Ranges and Heaters of all |<inds
Agricultural Machinery.
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Rifles and Shot Guns
1'orce and Lift Pumps.
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W.J.ARMSTRONG,
KELOWNA
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The GARDEN TOWN of B. C., and the natural
Shipping and Distributing point for the famous
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This new town affords till' best and safest invest-
miiiits to lie found in British Columbia,
Town Lots
The smallest size being. 50x120 feet
with 100 feet, avenues qnd 20 feet.
lanes. Acre \ilocks from 5 Acre^ to.
wards.
FOR PRICES  APPLY TO
DONALD & SUTHERLAND,
ly AGENTS, KELOWNA
A. G. FULLER
Barnard Avenue,       Vernon, B. C.
INGRAM & BUBER
General Teamsters and Freighters,
ROCK CREEK,  B.  C.
Rales from Penticton to Camp McKinney, Rock Crock, Midway and(
Boundary Falls, two cents per pound for two tons or under, Marcus to Mid-,
wnj, the same rate.   Marcus to Grand Prairie one cent per pound.
J Railway, Mining and Agricultural
Centre of the Kettle River
Country.
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ill ing ft'iiiu   the t\opiU'tnicn|
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3.1 Easy Terms to Actual
Residents.
Special Rates for l>rge Orders and Ore Contracts.
BOUNDARY HOTEL
MIDWAY, KETTLE RIVER.
First Class Accommodation.   Good Stabling,   Terminus of Stage tine
from Marcus, Washington.
McAULEY & LUNDY, Proprietors.
FOR PARTICULARS APPLY TO
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enquiries ure ilnnlo liy cltuuliir o,!' by be obtnined for the line, 011 the ground
personal iipplicniiiiii of nnjj public ofll- that trance would go amiss the line.,
cor of the I'l'iivinee, in-liy ni.iy agent or 'I'lie cult'ii'lpience bus lieen llnil nil HflO |
I'liri'i'spuiiileiil or person duly author- j has beep built into tlie Biumdiiry niiii-
ized by the Uopai'tniou! to make such j oral bolt, and Immense bullies uf cop-
i-ni|iiii-ies: Provided, always, that if per und gold ores whicli cannot he
aiicli ouquii ics sbiill relate to 11 subject workisl at a profit until near triiiispbr-
whieli, lu ihi' opinion uf the parly In* tiltlotl facilities are ohtnlnud, still ru-
lei'i'iigiiled, il would be delt-iinenlal to niiiitt imworkeil. If Air. Cochin's line
his ml crests to disclose, 11 notification : bud been built Boundary would lm now
In tlml I'lTucI sliull he it Millicienl coin- employing iiuiny hundred miners, und
pliuni'c with Ibis "I'ctinn. J would be by now one of tlio greatest
ti. All officers and agents innployi'd DUealth,prod'uclugcamps on tbBcontin*
in ii'lli'i'liiigilulii Ini'the Oepui'liueiil cut. Like any oilier people inleresled
uf Mines shall be einjileil 1,1 receive ul inllw wi'tl'ure uf not- own country, wn
(tilist une copy uf lbe piililicnliuns of, would prefer to see lbe trade of the in.
the reports of llio Department, terior rumps bundled   by  Canadian
10. Tlm.Minister may from time to:|il"'s '" tlii' hofjefll of towns Inoui'l
lime iniikii arrangi'iuuiits for such in-: iwrritury, lull if Amerii'itn enterprise
ijtructlun as may bo downed of benefit "'J11 ll"il'' HnWtn Hriiish Oiiliinihliij
(opros|iiii'l.oi'siiii(l(itliei'sln,™iiiectlon i»k1 will iwlp to develop the weullh of
win, n„. iin,.,,;,,,; ii,,, siiiniii's nnd Mb" I'lteripr when (Wnadian (ipnljjy
otbi'i'iixpcusi'S of and Incidental to tho wl" UOtdo.so, ivo are on the-sldeof
ui.-iiiugi'meiil und tiiltinti'iiittii f tlm American enterprise every time, as it
llepai' nl   shall he prnv'i/ti'd nut (lfj at least will ining I'liimt one henellclill
fluids lu I.,- iippi'ii|,i'iiil,'.,l f„r that pin- rr-sidt- linmely, l.bii (leyelopiuenl. of
piiM'l'rnin lime In i'iine liy (lie i,"gislu- Un' natural resuuice.-i of the country.
line. Whi'lliei the ri'siilt is also beneficial
11. Tlie l.ieiiteii'iiii-floyeriioi' In' to <W neighbors across tho lino or not
riiiiiiiil.-.liiill froti'i, time to time llxnlis01 "I'onnilai'yimportance. We hope
schi'dlllo uf fees fur Instruction nnd!tll"lth'' meiijlier fur this riding, Mr.
foe assays iind tests nutile by tlie De-' Graham, will sec III to vole for lbe ex-
partnii'tit, tension of the charter of the Red
1 12. The Minister shall in each nnd i Mountain railway company, uol in the
every year appoint an exiiniinutiiini'oi''biterests of   the   company^ but   on
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Golden Gate Hotel.
FAIRVIEW, B. C.
F. R. KLINE, Proprietor,
GOOD ACCOMMODATION - - GOOD STABLING)
Stopping Place for Stages to Penticton and Oro, Wash.
Importers and Manufacturers
of All Kinds of
FURNITURE,
(I5-6111 VERNON, B, C,
efficiency in thO'pi'ncliceuf assaying,
.ir such othor subjects as may he
ileemeil advisable, und the Lieutenant-
Governor In Council shall grant a cer-
ilHentn of all successful candidates nt
account of the principle the granting
or refusing lbe company's petition involves, und because tlie refusal to grant
a charter In .Mr. Corbin lo build up
Kettle Kiver helped to will bis (Mr.
Griiliani'sl election.
STOW   OPENING!
Well Assorted lines In
FANCY Gip, TOYS, DOLLS,
IPH B0JJND BOOKS,
CHILDREN'S PURE BOOKS.
Xhftyj Gird's ia Qreed: Va/idvf.
All New rjtock and Prices to Suit the Times.,
SMITH    BItpS,,
BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERS,,
Vernon, B. C.
XC^BC'S  HORN*  HOTEL,
LUMBY, B. 0. ^
First-Class Accommodation for Guests. Bond Hunting-'and Fishing,
Stages to Vernon and Blue Springs,
ZiOixis Movand, Prop.
Midway Livery, Feed and Sale Stables,
GOOD DOUBLE AND SINGLE DRIVING MORSES.
liigs fo Hock Creek, l'cnticlon, Grand Prairie, Marcus and all other points ill,
the Country,   Furlies desirous of seeing the mines should "M
Give ttfi a Call,
Heavy Teaming Promptly Attended To.
RILEY &  DONALD'S
Agricultural   Machinery  Kept  ir|  Stock;.,
CONKLE & DONALD,
         MIDWAY,  B, C.
GENQWAYS & McAVINEY
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in and Growers oij
CHOICE NURSERY STOCK.
All Stock Grown, Without Irrigation.
AU Trees, Inspectetf Before Leaving thi> Nursery,,
SPOKANE   FALLS,
P. O. Box 583. U'lisliyigtorv
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