Open Collections

 Vol. I, No. 2.
FAIRVIEW, BRITISH COLUMBIA, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1894.
$2.00 per Year.
LSQI7S3SS   BS&O^S.   <Sfc   CO.
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Dry Goods, Groceries, Bsady-Mada Wliag, Hardware, Etc., lo,
Orders from the Lower Okanagan veil! receive prompt attention..
Prices Reasonable,
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SMITH & CLERIN, Props.
Manufaeturers of
Sashes, Doors, Mouldings, Turnings, etc., etc.
All kinds of Factory Work kept in
stock find made to order.
The best of material used,
Coast cedar worked into furnishings a
specialty.
Write for prices and discounts.
All kinds of lumber, laths and shingles
kept in stock.
Sawmill on Okanagan Lake, handy to
shipment.
Sash and door factory on C, V. Railway at Vwnqt).
W.T.
We always have on hand a woll selected stock of the following goods.
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Boots k Sloes,  Hardware, Etc., Ete.
ALL AT THE LOWES.! CASH PRICES.
W.T. SHATFORD & CO.
Fairview and Vernon,
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will leave Penticton 7 a. m. every Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday, arriving at Fairview 1 p, m., and Oro, Washington,
the same evening.
will leave On Washington, 7 a, in„ Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays, reaching Fairview at 11 a. m„ connecting with
SS, Aberdeen and S, & 0. and C, P, Railways,
Aaron Johnson, Prop.
PENTICTON
HOTEL
J. THURBER, Prop. •
.» Pleasantly Situated at the Foot of Okanagan
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Stage Connection with SS. Aberdeen
to Fairview, Osoyoos and all pints in
Washington.
All arrangements made for providing
.Guides and Outfits for Hunting'Parties.
P^  MAODONALD,
BARRISTER,
OfFIOK, BARNARD AVJMOK.
VERNON, 11. 0.
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D F. BOTOE,
Physician and Surgeon.
fairview. b, 0.
Boating and Fishing,  How Boats and Sail' Yachts for Hire'
Ur F. OiMEBONj
CONTRACTOR AKD BUILDER,
VERNON, It. 0.
Plans & Bpoolflcatldmi furnished on application,
Siidlms, Door anil Shingles kopl in stuck.
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TUOXKON S'l'., VtatNON,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER
Office and Store Finings a Spoolnlty.
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W, RAYMER,
CONTRACTOR and BUILDER,
KELOWNA, II. 0.
Plans nml Spoclllcations prepared anil esli
mules nirnlahod pjp all kinds "f buildings.
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DOMINION AND PROVINCIAL
I.EJ.3S.C1  Suriroyor.
Mem. Amor. 8or. Irrlg. Kiiga.
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A Full Line of Ki.ioisii, Canadian
nml 'American
PATENT MEDICINES,
DRUCS7.ND CHEMICALS,
FANCY AND MEDICINAL SOAPS,
PERFUMERY, BRUSHES,
Anil nil Roqulsttos fur tlia Tollot and
Hick Ito'iin
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Orders by Mnil 1'ecotvocarcful Alton-
lion anil Quick Dispatch.1
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B. LAURENCE'S
Spectacles and Eyeglasses
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CORYELL ABUHNYEAT,
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Civil •■:- Engineers.'
PROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYORS j
AND DRAUGHTSMEN, |
All kinds of Engineering and Survey Work.
Willi Plans mid Estimates iu any part of
the Province, promptly attended to
Agents:
Hcsrvl   XSa-fcu-to   und  3MC±xxea
Viihnon, Fairview and Boundary Creek!
W. W. GIBBS.
A.SSAYER,
Boundary Creek.
Samples by Mail will receive prompt attention
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Assoc, Mem, Can, Soc. C. E.
PROVINCIAL LAND  SURVEYOR
AND DRAUGHTSMAN.
Surveys of Every Poscrlptlon In the Lower
Country Immediately Attended to.
Address:     BOUNDARY CITY, B. C,
For Sale or Rent.
Two Story blacksmith's Shop and complete
set of tools (new); also slock of conl anil iron.
On half-acre lot at Bonvoulin.
Apply I), NICHOLSON*.
Hyndford Hotel.
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SITUATED Twolvo Miles South of the Fair.
5  view Mines, on the bank of
—: OSOYOOS LAKE :—
Noted for its Sconory and Hunting.
MPS. E, .1. DOWIHNO.
A. D. WORGAN.
Portrait & Landscape Pliotoppnor
VERNON, B. C.
VIEWS OF THE DISTRICT  FOR   SALE.
FOR SALE
160 Acres of Land, All Meadow.
BETWEEN Slxlyouil Seventy Acres CI 'ed
ami llraincil.  Six miles from Camp Mo-
Kinney.  Ono Mile from waggon road.
Apply ADVANCE OFFICE,
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My Court Notice.
NOTICE Is hereby given that a silling of the
County Court of Yalo will ho held al
Osoyoos on Wednesday, 13th Juno, 18M, at the
hour of 11 o.clock in the forenoon.
By coinni.ti.nd,
0. A, It. LAMBLY,
(lovoriuncnt Ofllec, Osoyoos, It. C. 0.
lllh April, 18M,
Notice of Licensing Coort.
NOTICE Is hereby given that a Uoonslng
Court fur the Southern portion of the
Osoyoos Division of Yalo District will bo hold
at the GoYornmont Olllco, Osoyoos, on tho 15tli
Juno next, at tho hour of II o'clock in tho forenoon. 0, A. R, LAMBLY.
tlovcriiiiicnt Oflloc, Osoyoos,
14th April, 1KII,
FAIRYIEW MEL
(Next to Mr. Elliot's store,)
JOHN MOFFAT, PROP.
EXCELLENT BOABD
GOOD STABLING
Horses and Buggies for Hire.
W, t. POUND,
TAXIDERMIST.
BIRDS, ANIMALS AND FISH MOUNTED
IN APPROPRIATE STYLES.
Natlvo Birds and Heads Kept for Sale.
Orders  by niiitl  receive prompt  attention.
Mounting Heads a Specialty,
VERNON, B.C.
W. DALRYMPLE,
fairview, n. c
All  Kinds of Repairing.   Horceshoelng a
Specialty.
Vernon Private College,
VERNON, B, C.
F, Admen Meyer, Principal.
SEND FOR PROSPECTUS.
P. B. JACQUES,
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry.
Spectacles and
Silverware.
REPAIRING A SPECIALTY.
a SOHULTZ,
General Blacksmith,
VERNON, B. 0.
C. MAIR
KKLOWNA, B, 0,
Gonornl Doalor In
Dry Goods, Groceries,
Boots and Shoes,
Clothing and Provisions.
Particular attention paid lo orders from tho
MINING CAMPS
of the Lower Country,  Prices Reasonable
C. W. BOLLIDAY
Portrait and
Landscape
Photographer
VERNON, B. C,
CANN & CO.
Stationers &c.
—Dealers In-
PIANOS, OMANS, MUSIC, ETC,
YERNON, II, Q,
DISTRICT NOTES.
Mr. Green, 0, E,r found the skeleton
of a soorplon on a sandy bank near
Kettle River not long since, Lai us
hope it lived a happy existence in the
pre-Adamlte iu,ri'.
Throe mill's of the trail from Camp
iMi Kinney  lo  Rock creek  is in a bail
condition, owing to fallen timber and
other obstructions, it would require
a small expenditure to get it flxod for
pack horses,
A petition was forwarded to Victoria some lime ago, signed by residents of Pentictou and Pairview, asking that a bridge be built between Mr
Ellis' house and the Penticton hotel,
where one of the creeks, though dry
during the rest of the year, rises dangerously high during tho early spring.
At the present time there is nut one
single money order ollien in tliu Lower
Okanagan. This is a source of considerable inconvenience to residents and
should be remedied without delay.
No lime should he lost in petitioning
the postal authorities for tho establishment of money order offices at Fair-
view, Osoyoos and Boundary creek.
There are still several bands of wild
horses in the lower country, whi-'h, if
they were exterminated, never would
be missed. In other words they are a
source of direct loss to stockmen and
an unmitigated nuisance, and permission should he granted by the Government to destroy them oil sight. II, is a
strange fact that they nearly all have
matted tails.
Last week a siwash came within an
ace of being drowned while crossing
the moron horseback at, Grand Prairie,
The horse turned round and round in
the stream and finally drifted ashore
half a mile further below. The red
man hung onto the horse's tail for a
time and then managed to swim
ashore, More bridges are required in
this part of the country, but that is no
reason why the settlers should have to
build them at their own expense.
A matter which claims the attention
of those in atlf hot'lty, and which should
be settled definitely without delny, is
the prevalent custom of land-holders l»
alter the roads made by the Government and on which public money has
been spent, so as to suit their own convenience. There have been many notable instances of this, both iu tho Upper
and lower Okanagan, and in nine eases
nut of ten a poor and circuitous road
lias been substituted for a short and
good one. The Government lias certainly been very lenient in the mailer
and has allowed almost any changes to
be made that the parties making them
found to their advantage. In the majority of these instances the change
has been made to save double fencing.
As, however, the public roads are supposed to be for the convenience of the
general public, the least that could be
done would be to insure the building of
a road equally as well made as the one
fenced in. Otherwise. Ibe public must
of necessity pay fur the rebuilding of
roads that they have already paid for,
which is obviously unjust, A great,
many of the public roads throughout
the district are not gazetted, but this
appears to make little difference, as
gazetted roads have also been changed
to suit private convenience.
Messrs, Jos, Schol|e!dand R, Denzler,
two well known Boundary creek milling men, were in Fairview last, week.
The former is part owner, together
with Messrs. Atwood and Lefevre, of
the Number 7 mine at, Al wood's camp,
and with Mr. Denzler In tho Nleiii-
windcr, in the Greenwood camp. He
also owns a third interest In the Little
(Iiant fraction, whicli lies between tbo
Number 7 and the New York. There
are three distinct, leads on ll|e Number
7 carrying gold and silver concentrating ore. One of those has been Iraeul
800 feet and another IKXI feet, and over
$1,200 spent in development work on
same. TheHleniwinderisnowtoqwpll
known to need description, and was
lately bonded for a high figure, On
reluming to Boundary creek Mr,
,Srliol(eld will coiil ini.ie development
work on the Mountain Rose in the
Summit camp, about four miles from
Greenwood. This is a copper sulphide
proposition carrying gold. Besides being interested |t\ srtnie of th« claims
above mentioned, Mr, Denzler is part
owner of the North Star, Red ('loud,
Snowshoo and War Eagle and others
in the Greenwood camp. These carry
sulphide ore rich ill copper and gold.
The ore in all these claims, improves
with development. On bis paturn lo
the camp Mr. Denzler will sink i\ deep
shaft on tbo War Ragle, Mr. T. D.
Johuson, of Mai'ci|s, holds an interest
in this claim,
British Columbia, baa probably bud
siHrtfoicnt boom tawiisite.slaid out. within its limits for some time to como, especially In eases where no effort has
boon madp (<i develop the natural resources of the property In question.
That the lucre laying out a plotof land
into town lots will not necessarily
cause it to grow in!" a town is well ex-
emplifled (too well in fact) by a visit txi
Okanagan Falls, This "rising city"
now can boast of a resident population
of three souls, and as many bodies,
Even the celebrated Hotel Holman,
which resembles a series of bathing
sheds, is now iinlennanted, The survey pegs, however, si ill remind the passer by that he is treading on town lots,
probably the property of parlies hundreds of miles distant, aud an mid copy
of the prospectus of the townsitc company picked up on the ground makes
him smile ironically, when be reads of
the proposed Industries, railway stations and other statements therein contained, Yet there is little doubt that
file place will eventually become a
point of greater Importance than it is
at present, but selling town lots will
not help make ii. so. When the new
steamer runs on Dog lake the greater
portion of the freight from the Upper
Okanagan will pass that way, and
when the wnterpower provided by nature on the townsitc is randy put to
some use, Okanagan Falls may li so
the name it is continually called by tho
people of the district.
Encouraging news comes from (lie
placer mines at and above the crossing
of Rock creek. Mcrsrs Rankin and
Turley have struck solid grave] and are
more than pleased, Just above the
south fork, at the Gold Cup (formerly
the Homostako), Messrs. (i. Buyer, D,
Bowen, G. Hofinastor, .1. Lewis, J,
Blaugh and others interested have already come across considerable color
and are feeling good. They commenced
rk only this spring, and have run a
ground sluice to wash off tho top dirt.
A clean-up will be made shortly.
Above Ibis claim, at White's liar, Mr.
A. Donahue, an old Cariboo and Granite creek miner, is staled to be Inking
out good pay. This claim has already
been worked throe times, and in tho
early days paid two ounces to tho man
per day. Still further up the creek a
Chinese company has been working for
several years. Very coarse gold, some
nuggets running as higli as $1(1 and $18,
lias come out of liieirclaiins, Tlieclaini
highest up the creek was located last,
fall by Messrs. Kline, McDougall and
others. Thev have been waiting for
Ihe snow to go off to commence work,
and will probably make, a start, next
week.
Those Interested in fruit culture who
entertain the idea of planting out trees
in the Lower okanngan cannot do bet-
lei than pay a visit to the orchard of
Mr. Francois Suprenaut (Frank Surprise) in the Kcreuieos Valley. Al'tep
seeing the manner in which these tree:)
thrive and blossom, any doubts as to
the possibilities of successful culture
in this sect ion will a! one vanish und
the visitor will be soon convinced that
the Lower Okanagan is par excellence
the most favored district for fruit
growing in the Province Tbe orchard
is small, ;io! covering more than four
acres in extent, but in it there are
peach, apricot, plum, prune, apple,
pear, cherry and oilier trees in full-
bloom. The majority aro poach trees,
some of which arc grafts and others
grown from pits. They have all borne
a heavy crop tbo past three years,
always ripening well, and the blossom
this season gives promise of it being
still better than the preceding ones,
The aai'AO may be said of tiio apricots.
The apple, plum, cherry and other trees,
are of various varieties, both early and
late, and all seem to hear equally well.
The careful manner iu which I hey have
been pruned and attended to has much
to do with Hit' success met with. There
are also a few vines, the grapes op
whicli have ripened In the open air. Mr.
R. Cawston has also a flourishing orchard in the same valley. 1|. is a pity
there are not more of them.
At the present, timr- ranchers coming
lo Fall-view from Kereineos and other
parts of tile Similkameeii valley with a,
waggon, have to travel by Mr. Frank
Hichler's, and almost lo Osoyoos, a (lis-,
toiico of twenty-foui'inllcs, round three
sides of a square. Asa road could well
be built iqi the eieek to the West of Mr,
Manuel Bavcello's ranch, thence by tho
Clear Water lakes to the north end of
the camp, which would not be mora
than 'en miles long, and would be a
clear saving of a day, and of benefit to
both the mining and farming■ community, the matter is well worth looking
Into this season. The least*the Govern^
nient could do in. the matter would bo
to send an engineer lo report on the
approximate cost of construction, At.
the present time the trail which runs
almost over Ihe same ground is always
used in the summer and fall by parties
going on on horseback. A fence is bo-.
Ing put across this trail at the entrance
to the. valley. There cap. benoobjets
tiuu to this provided that a gate i«
placed so that the travelling public can
pass, (bough t|ie closing up of publiQ
highways with fences by private hu^
owners in certain portions of the dis*.
trict is a matter which should no longer,
be allowed. Y
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'i HE ADVANCE.
rT' ■AitT&XDiuiis..
. Piioeiiicrons,
Publlstietl weekly at Fairview, Okanagan, B.C.
S'lluoriptloii Price, (3,00 por aunuui, payable
J i .1 Iv.incc, citliei- yearly or balf-yearly at the
eptiull of the suliserihor.
Advertising; Itatos sent on applicution,
T!i nigb tho cnliimns of The ADVANCE arc
ti!va>s open fur tbe ducushiim uf matters of
public Ltltorosl and linportanco. wo do nut nec-
ee^arily endorse any ol tho opinions exproBsed,
Oot'rospoiulunoe of ;i personal nature will not be
p tbllsliotl,
THURSDAY, MAY It, 1894,
GOOD NEWS IFTRUK,
We  clip   the   following   from   the
|, loiuiston Journal j -
"Two ear-loads of naitow-guage T
rails have been received at Wemitehee
and way bills for about 5(1 car-loads
more iron and new locomotives have
been received by the freight agent at
(lial place. The Iron and inaehlnos are
billed lo Francis ii. Cook.   It,  is  his
intention io ai once commence tho construction of a iiari'ow-giiage railroad
Up Ibe west bank of file Columbia
river to Swansea, thence north on the
Okltnagan river to a point directly east
of Loomiston, thence to this city by
way of Wilggon Road coulee. This
news is exceedingly gratifying, and the
chances are that by November Loom-
jslon will lie enjoying railroad connection with the outside world."
This is gratifying news, if correct, to
the people of the Okanagan country on
ho, li sides of the line, and it Is to be
hoped that the railway will bo continued up to the boundary line at
Osoyoos lake. Whether that would
force tl»o 0,P,R, to build southwards
to that point or not is uncurtain, but at
any rate the Lower Okanagan on the
B. C. side would enjoy the benefits of a
a competing point, and no longer suffer
from the ridiculously high freight rates
at present ill forco over the S. & 0. and
C.l'.R. Though peuplo in this province would naturally prefer, if possible, to help out a Canadian institution,
Still the policy of high rates has not
rendered the C.P.R. popular in this
Section of the country, and it is only
natural to suppose that, if the line in
question runs up to Osoyoos, that a
very large percentage of the passenger
pud freight traffic would go south-
Wards and not northwards as at present. Goods can at present be bonded
through via the Statesfrojn Victoria to
Kettle river cheaper tliau they can be
laid down at Penticton, and when the
new railway is built a similar course
will undoubtedly be adopted by the
lower country merchants unless a material reduction in freight rales is made
by the C.P.R. It is interesting to note
that the second link ill the chain of the
Alaska railway route so forcibly explained by Mr, 0, K, Purry, 0, E,,
when in charge of the construction of
the S. k 0. railway, is now about to be
forged. The route advocated by Mr.
Perry was up the Okanagan valley to
connect with the S, & 0., thence via
Kamloops and the North Thompson
and Chilcotin plains, and it appears
from present Indications that his ideas
are liable to be realized sooner than
even he himself anticipated.
Now that the general provincial eloc.
tlons are near at had it is certainly
tinui for some movement to bo made in
the district towards the selection of a
Candidate or candidates to represent
this constituency, There is nothing to
lie gained by apathy in tilings political,
Itnd if the district is to be properly
represented in the next provincial
legislature tJhe sooner thti selection of
It thoroughly representative man is
made the better. Such being the case,
|t is to be hoped that any parties aspiring to political honors will announce
themselves without delay and pom.
Iiiunicate their views either at public
meetings or through the columns of
the local press. There is certainly, in
any case, no necessity for an election
by acclamation, As far as we are
aware, it is still uncurtain whether
Hon. Mr. Vernon will again ask for
the support of his constituents, op
niPrPly assist In the election of a Government candidate, Several gentle-
liiuu pressed to stand in the Upper
Okanagan have refused, and there appears to be less talk of running a candidate from the Kettle liver district,
Its 11 protest against the manner in
Which that section of the country has
been neglected of past years, HUH
thorn Is no tolling what may happen-
|t is generally the most unexpected
which dons Like place- and the soonor
the tbe voters have the names and
political views of the candidates placed
biifore llmm, l|ic more likelihood will
there be of a suitable man being
elected.
White Valley Notes.
I notice that efforts are made to
lower the rate of current wages In the
Okanagan by introducing main linn
and coast figures for laborers' work,
If a corresponding decrease in the cost
of food and clothing were Instituted,
the move might lie justified. Two dollars and fifty cents has been the pay
for a laborer for day work, boarding
himself, and I see that the city council
of Vernon have lowered that standard
to $2 for street work, so that after paying almut $0 per week for board, and
Wear and tear of clothing, hut little
Kiat'glll in left for tho hardest worked
fit workers, Credit is due to Alderman Shatford fop his attempt to main-
lain the old figure,
Ca.pt, Shorts passed through Luniby
(,he other day on his way the Harris
creek mines, The enterprising captain
It ilU/llt'W r'.vs!l!!!C»pperatjnrlsf'0i' ''"'
.slimmer. "Nil desperauduiu" is his
motto.
I notice In an Eastern Canadian
paper that "judging from the frequent
favorable mention of Canada of late
by the English press that Canada is beginning to attract attention in the old
country," In my humble opinion it is
about high time that such should be
the case. After a century and a half
of possession and occupation it is being
found out at last that there is a country where over-populated Britain can
Unburden itself to the great benefit of
the old country as well as the new
There is something radically wroiq.
with our emigration department. If
our emigration olllces throughout
(ireat Britain and Ireland are run in
the same manner as in '78, when your
corre pendent had occasion lo transact
some business iu the Dublin office, they
nilghl as well be closed up altogether,
Lumby and White Valley are attracting the attention of outsiders, Several
visitors have been looking up the country with a view to locating. The chances arc good for the opening of a large
general store in Lumby in tne near
future,
Osoyoos Notes.
(From our own correspondent,!
An advance party of emigrants ar
rived at Osoyoos to-day, consisting of
three families with four covered waggons loaded with farming implements
and household goods, and also a number of horses and cattle. They intend
to seek homes in the lower or upper
Okanagan, and failing, to proceed to
the N. W. T. They come from Umatilla County, Oregon.
It would seoni that Beegan has successfully eluded the authorities, as it is
reported he was seen to board the train
tho other day at Wilber.
It is rather hard on intending settlers coining into Canada to have to
comply with the quarantine law ou
stock. It subjects them to a great
amount of annoyance and expense,
and is really not necessary, as it is a
well known fact that no contagious
disease of any kind exists among cattle
in the Western States.
I am Informed that the quartz mill at
Loomiston, which has been lying idle
for some time past, has been leased by
parties wit intend soon to put it in
operation again,
When tho fact of wild t'eeso nesting
in the trees iq this neighborhood has
been mentioned, people on the outside
have been slow to credit the atopy. A
few days ago a still stranger circumstance was brought to light by one of
our residents, who, on ascending a tree
to roll a gouse nest, discovered to his
surprise that the goose and Osprey had
nested together. It would be interesting to know which of the two birds
would rear tills strange family.
OLIVER HARVEY
GENERAL MERCHANT
ENDERBY, Ti. 0.
A large stock of summer goods just
opened.
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ENDERBY, B. C,
Ploneei' Roller Mill of the Province
PREMIER
THREE STAR
STRONG BAKER'S
SUPERFINE
Brands
Mill Feed Always on Hand.
Write for Quotations.
PRAIRIE III
Thoroughbred
Four-Year-Old
Blood Bay
Bred by John Miller & Soiih, Brougham, Out,
PEDIGREE
Slro, Tollochgorm (MO, Hoottlsli Tlmos UIMli
dam, lllniini of Crnlgivllllo (IHIIUI by Imp (bred
by John Miller, Brougham, Ont.li g.«., Dull
Ml, by Itefnriller lotting.g. d., ltnse, by Pope,
Vol, |„ Scotch Clydesdale Html Book,
Will stand l't my ranch until tho latter end
of August.
TERMS I  >1S GUARANTEE.
Service fco to to paid before 1st August.
Marcs pastured.
FRANCOIS SURPRENANT,
 KniRFiMEos, B. C.
BOUNDARY HOTEL
BOUNDARY CREEK, KETTLE RIVER.
First Class Accommodation.   Good Stabling,   Terminus of Stage Line
from Marcus, Washington.
T. McAULEY
Proprietor.
U.   C.   COOPER
MANUFACTURER OF AND DEALER IN
All Kinds of Harness, Saddlery, Horse Furnishings
Opposite Posjt Office, Vernon.
C. F. COSTERTON
VERNON, B. 0.
—Acont  For—
Estates of G. G. Mackay & Co.
Anglo-Columbian Co., L'td.
Yorkshire Guarantee and Securities
Corporation.
Nicholles & Renniif, L'td.
Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada.
The Royal Insurance Co. of North
America,
London & Lancashire
Fire Insurance Co,
London Guarantee & Accident Insurance Co.
General Real Estnto & Financial Agt.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
KNIGHT & CO.
Purveyors of Meats
POULTRY I
PORK SAUSAOEa HEAD CHEESE
PIUKLEI) PORK '
PRIME CORNED l.c.EF
FRESH MUTTON,
PO.iK    AND    BE.OF
Always on bond. Orders solicited and promptly
attended to.   Wholesale and Retail.
KNIGHT A CO, - . Vernon, B.C.
Kelowna Livery Stable,
LEFEVRE & LOUOHEED, Props.
GOOD HORSES
irst-
Always on Hand.
GOOD- SADDLE-HORSES
Toubists DnivEN Round this Cocktuy,
X.VIW  KHD
GENERAL STORE
ROCK CREEK,
Minors' Supplies.  Also Chinese Goods.
K1XSXI
GENERAL STORE
ROCK CREEK.
Minors' Supplies and Cliinoso Goods,
The Cozy Shaving Parlor
VERNON, B. 0,
The Gilmore Block,
Opposite the Post Office.
IS'tjidics' and Children's halr-cuttlng aud
and shampooing a specialty,
E. GOODMURPHY, Prop.
VICTORIA HOTEL
VERNON, B. 0.
McAuley & Grant,
PROPRIETORS.
rillST-CLASS IN EVBIIY KKBreCT.
  CHARGES MODERATK.
PENTICTON
Livery, Feed k Sale
:-: STABLES.   :-:
Good Double and Single Rigs always
on Hire.
Also Ladles' and Gents' Saddle
Horses.
Hunting Parties Supplied With Pack
Outfits.
We shall shortly open a branch at
Okanagan Falls to connect with the
new steamer when running.
J. R. BROWN & CO., Proprietors.
GRAND PRAIRIE
KOTEI.
GRAND PRAIRIE, KETTLE RIVER,
Good Stock of
Liquors and Cigars    .    .
PRICES REASONABLE.
McLAREN BROS., PROPRIETORS.
BLACKSMITH  SHOP  IN  CONNECTION.
Stages Leave every Monday and Wednesday
for Morons, Wash,
HOCK GREEK HOTEL . . .
MOUTH OF ROCK CREEK,
BC.   Pittoiiii-iBli,   «gr.
FmsT-CtAss Accommodation roil Guests,
GOOD STABLING
lyExodlont Fishing on Kottlo Rivcr.jst
ENDERBY HOTEL
H. W, WRIOHT, Puoe,
:-:   ENDERBY, B. C.   :■
Livery in Connection.
First-class accommodation (or Commercial
Travellers.
Hunting and Fishing in abundance through
this district,
Pack HoraoH and Guides furnished to Sports-
men on fihortwt notice.
VISION BAKERY
For GOOD BREAD
And CONFECTIONERY
J. A. MOHR
Proprietor,
MARTIN BROS.
I.EAII1XI1 llot'SK FOR
Hardware, Stove, Tinware, Paints, Oils
and Glass,
Vernon, B. O.
JOB  OBB
Wash House
HOT and COLD BATHS.
FAirtVIKW.rU'.
Hosorvod (or
T. HARDY
BOUNDARY FALLS,
and
SMITH BROS.
Booksellers
Stationers
.-.—Dealers In—
Fancy Goods,MusicaI Instruments
Subscriptions taken for all the leading
Newspapers and Magazines.
Prices quoted on application,
VERNON, B, C,
n, a. cabsili. * go,
Armstrong, B. C,
Dry Goods, Groceries,
Boots and Shoes, Etc
A arge list of farms for sale,
Gilberts Resort.
OKANAGAN LANDING,
HUNTING, PISHING, BOATING,
TllOliOrUHLV COMEOKTAIILE.
—Flrat-class—
LIQUORS and CIGARS.
THOMAS ELLIOT
General Merchant
FAIRVIEW, B. C.
Tie Pioneer Store of the Camp.
Always on hand a full supply of Groceries, Dry Goods and
Staples of every description, and at prices
to suit the times,
XiOiKr a.s -tlie XiO'TOresti.
VERNON HOTEL
VERNON, ft C.
A First-Class House in Every
Respect.
Free Bus to all Trains
Sealed Liquors a Specialty
ONLY WHITE HELP EMPLOYED,
HARRY McINTOSH, Proprietor.
FOR SALE.
FEED, OATS, HAY AND POTATOES,
Will lie dolivorod at Okanagan Falls as soon as
now steaioor runs on Dog Luke,
J. HUTCHESON, Veknon.
Flour and Chopped Feed
Delivered at Kelowna Wharf at Reasonable]
Prices.  Write (or Prices to
J, T. DAVIES,
Okanaisan Mission,
FRESH EGGS
FOR BALE
C BALAGNO,
DUCK i LAKE ; OKANAGAN I MISSION,
BANK'MONTREAL
 +_—_—
CAPITAL (all paid up) $12,000,000.
REST     6,000,000.
SIR DONALD A. SMITH, Pres.     HON. GEO. E. DRUMMOND, Vice-Pres
E. S. CLOUSTON, General Manager
S-A.-VI3STC3-S  BRANCH,
HATE OF INTEREST AT PRESENT 8| PER CENT,
Branches in London, Eng„ New York and Chicago, and in all the principal cities
in Canada.   Buy and Sell Sterling Exchange and Cable Transfers. Grant
commercial and travelling credits.available in any partof the world.
Drafts Issued.
Collections Made to all Points.
BRANCHES IN BK1TIBH COLUMBIA I
VANCOUVER     -     -     NEW WESTMINSTER,
VICTORIA    ....       NELSON
Vornon Branch, G. A. HENDERSON, Acting Manager.
Wulffsohn & Bewicke,
(LIMITED)
BANKERS * * *
Financial, Seal Estate, tarance & General Agfc
BANKERB AND CORRESPONDENTS
ron
Bank of British Columbia
Agents for Sale of Lots on tne Aberdeen and Lyons Estates
WULFFSOHN&liEWICKE, Ltd.,
Dock House, Biluter Street, London, England,
VANCOUVER, B. C. and VERNON, B. C.
JOHANN WULFFSOHN, Managing: Director.
Vernon Branch, G. A. Hankey, Manager,
The Vernon Livery
Feed and Sale Stables.
Having taken over the stables of Gallagher & Stevenson, and thoroughly over.
hauled and refitted the premises, I am prepared to meet the demands
of the public.   I have on hand a complete stock of new rigs,
(double and single) for public use, and also a good lot
of well broken carriage and saddle horses.
Tourists desiring to see the country would do well to call.
(food Single Drivers,      Good Double Drivers,
Good Saddle Horses.
Ladies' gentle double and single drivers and saddle horses,
Horses hoaiilcd by the week or month (box stalls if desired).
Horses broken to harness, and horses and cattle sold on commission.
Dealer in hay and grain, wholesale and retail.
Oomep Of MIbbIoh and Tron«pn Sfeicewta
W. GARDNER, Pkoprietor.
Opposite W. R. Mognw's Storo.
Post Office Hox 137
Note.—This stable will bo run strictly flrsUlaes In ovcry particular, My drivers an all freo
and gentle deposition, and the most durablo stock tho market can produce, Special attention
to transient trade and to bourdon.
w. All kinds of heavy teaming promptly attended to.
Golden Gate Hotel.
FAIRVIEW, B. C.
F. R. KLINE, Proprietor.
GOOD ACCOMMODATION • • GOOD STABLING
Stopping Place for Stages to Pentieton and Oro, Wash.
',' ■■■?■■ :■■■■'■ S BB—B
NICHOLLES & RENOUF, L'td
TtotorlB, 8, O.
AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY.
SOLE AGENTS FOR
Brantford @ Binders # and $ Mowers
THE REST IN THE MARKET.
A Full Line of Waggons, Truoks, Ploughs, Harrows &c, &c,
WAREHOUSE AT VERNON.
O. Ii". CosrfceaHbom., •A.jBg'exvfc, QOCHRANE & BILBING8,
BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS AND
NOTARIES PUBLIC,
OIBco: Gllmore's Block, Barnard Avonue,
VERNON,    •    B, II.
W. M. CocnKANE.       -       Fkeu, Billings.
BIRTH.
TnoLL—At Camp Fairview, on Snturday, 28th
April. ISM, to tbo wife of Mr. N. Tholl, a
daughter.
LOCAL ITEMS.
Half the population of the camp took
in the Oro races last Tuesday.
Mr. R. Oawston, of the B, C, Cattle
company, was in camp Saturday.
A large body of good ore has linen
struck on the Morris extension of tile
Joe Dandy.
Mr. Johnson is spending a week at
Vernon. Mr. Prather is taking his
place on the stage,
Mr. F. Gome passed through Fair-
view from Penticton on his way to
Boundary creek on Monday.
■ Last Sunday a Klootchnian living in
the camp shot herself through the foot
with a revolver. It appears she was
drunk at the time.
The first issue of The Advance was
published at Fairview on the same day
that tbe first stampmill was set in motion at Camp McKinney. This district
is not dead yet by any means.
Three men left the camp to cross the
line last week owing considerable
money to local storekeepers. Characters of this kind are welcome to a permanent residence in Uncle Sam's domains.
Mr. Manson McMillan is setting an
example in the gardening line to the
other boys in the camp. He claims he
can raise better garden stuff than any
one else—barring out Mr. Moffat, of
course.
Mr. David Leblanc, who for some
tinie past carried on a business as butcher in the building adjoining the
Golden Gate hotel, left on Wednesday
for Vernon, en route to Vancouver,
where he has secured a position as bartender in the Manor house.
Two herds have been started in tbe
camp, one by Mr. T. Robinson, who
has his Karral on Reed creek, about
half a mile above Dr. Boyce's house;
the other by Mr. A. Cosens, who uses
Mr. J. Anderson's old stamping ground.
Both have secured a number of horses.
The owners of the Morning Star are
about to ship twelve tans of concentrates to the Tacoma smelter. They
run as high as $280 to the ton. The
carload rate from Penticton to Tacoma is $11 per ton for not less than
twelve tons, and U. S. lines quote a
carload rate on eight tons.
The main cropping of the Brown
Bear, hitherto unworked, aud considered not worth working, is now being
opened up. The ledge, about eight
feet wide, appears to contain two
streaks of well mineralized galena ore,
and tbe chances are that several tons
will lie runtlirough the mill as a test,
Mr. Morris, of Fairview, goes prospecting next month in the Sheep Creek
camp, which lies between Grand
Prairie and Trail, north of the Dowd-
jiey trail, and about eleven miles
west of the Columbia, The well known
0, K. claim was located by Mr. Morris
three summers ago and since sold to
Spokane parties. It is an extension of
the I. X. L., the first location struck in
the camp by John Cole. Mr. Morris
baa immense faith in Sheep creek.
The owners of the Silver Crown
mine (Messrs. Blewett and Hammond,
of Seattle) are expected to arrive
shortly in camp, with a view to developing their property, which is no
longer in litigation, They also own an
interest in the Joe Dundy and the Morris extension, in partnership with Mr.
T. Davis. The Joe Dandy turned out
good bullion in the early days of the
♦.'amp, and a new strike lately made
proves these claims to have been underrated,
Mr. Toronce, mining expert, left Fair-
view on Wednesday for Montreal. He
was very reticent us to the opinion
formed by him of tbe various claims
be examined in the several camps, yet
be unhesitatingly stated that the bodies
of ore hastily examined by him in
Camp McKinney and Boundary creek
Appeared to him extremely rich, He
*lso spoke highly of certain property
in this camp which he did not authorize this paper to mention.
The Smuggler is turning out sonic
fine ore—a claim bought from 0, E.
Campbell by Tljos, Elliot. Mr, Fred
Gwatkjqs, who is now managing the
work done, says be thinks it some of
the best rock in the camp. Mr. Gwat-
kins is the pioneer miner of Fairview
and ought to know, Tho ledge matter
fs widening out, and prospects at 40
feet in depth, where they now are, are
flattering for Jfr. T. Elliot to leave the
camp worth $50,000.
Mr. J, Shubert, road superintendent,
returned from Kettle river last week.
While there he inspected the various
proposed routes over the Boundary
mountain. He stated his opinion that
the one passing by the Skylark, though
considerably the longest, affords the
best grades, and would also furnish a
/ temporary outlet to the Copper Camp
and that the other, selected by Mr.
Burnyeat, O, E„ which passes between
the two groups of camps, though the
shortest possible route, would offer
more difficulties iu construction. The
question will be decided on his return
Within a, week, when lenders for the
construction of portions of tbe road
work will be advertised for. Work
was begun last Tuesday on tbe Camp
McKinney portion of the road whore
it was left off last fall—about eleven
miles from Fairview, several men bo-
in;.; employed. The completion of the
rock work on Vasseau lake will be
commenced in about a week, when a
gang of men will be put on under the
supervision of Mr. Kehoe. It will take
about three weeks to get this finished.
Wednesday the 25th, Mr. Bullock-
Webster found a halfhreed named
Dick Keoghan hopelessly drunk at the
Indian village at Inkameep, in the
early hours of' the morning. He arrested him and he was tried the following morning before Messrs. Lainbley
and Sidley, J. P.'s, at Osoyoos, for having intoxicants in his possession on a
reserve, He admitted being drunk,
but, stated that he did not know that
he was on the reservation. For this
offence he was fined $50 and costs or
in default one month's imprisonment.
He was further charged, under the
cattle act, with cutting off the ear of a
sucking calf belonging to an Indian
rancher named Batiste—his father's
earmark, He pleaded guilty to the
second charge and was fined $100, or in
default three months' imprisonment,
THE ORO RACES.
Grey Dick the Winner or a Well-Contested
Event.
(Special to The Advancb.I
Oro, May 2.—The matched race, a
800-yard dash, for $250 a side, between
between J. Long's Grey Dick and 11.
Seibert's Barney, of whicli notice was
given in the last issue of The Advance, come off at Oro May 1st, under
very favorable circumstances, and it
was quite apparent by the large number of peoplo assembled to witness the
event that it had been looked forward
to with a goodly amount of interest.
The horses having been paraded, Mr.
Stanton, witii his white pinto and long
whip, was requested by the judges to
constitute himself master of ceremonies, which duties he performed in
his usual happy and pleasant manner,
and soon cleared the track. Mr. W.
Granger acted as starter and sent them
away without loss of time. So evenly
matched were the horses that many
were in doubt as to whicli won, but
after a consultation by the judges
Grey Dick was declared the victor, and
the people from Loomiston gave vent
to their feelings in tho usual manner.
Messrs. Stevenson, Ballier und Lath-
rop acted as judges.
The day's sport was brought to a
close with a 75-yard foot race between
F. B. Barney and Charles Richter for a
purse, but as some mistake took place
at the start the judge, Mr. Stanton,
decided it no race, and it was decided
to run the same over again to-day.
Owing to the ill feeling existing between white people in this district aud
the Indians of the Colville reserve,
there was not a siwash nor dusky
maiden of the plains to lie seen.
Kelowna Notes.
(From our own correspondent.!
The Government has begun repairing
the roads iu this section, and the force
is now engaged on the main road, near
Mr. Dell's property, where the new
road, gazetted last spring, starts in to
reach the steamer landing and Kelowna generally. It is to be hoped that
they will continue the work in the
right direction, for " westward the star
of empire takes its way," and why not
roads. There is a giod deal of complaint about the manner in which the
new road has been shifted about, most
of the remonstrance coming from the
ranchers in the northern portion of the
valley, who feel it most. For a time it
was difficult to know whete the road
was, but just at the moment there is
one, though how long it may stay there
it is difficult to say,
An inquest was held on the 21st Inst.
hy Coroner McGowan on the the body
of young Welby, the unfortunate
young man who was drowned in the
lake tho 10th, Mr. Walker, who was
the companion of the young man, at
the time of tbe accident, gave the only
evidence bearing on the case, which
was to the effect that deceased must
have been taken with cramps, or had
somo affection of the heart. The funeral took place Sunday, 22nd hist., and
was largely attended, although the
young man was not extensively ac<
qnainted in tho valley. A Church of
England minister was not available for
the occasion, and Mr. Mair, of Kelowna, kindly consented to read the
burial survice. A number of floral
offerings were sent by some of the
ladies of the Mission,
Mrs. Eli Lequime and Mrs. Bernard
Lequime, after a sojourn of nearly
three months in San Francisco, returned last week, accompanied by the
father of the latter lady, Mr. Jas. Dowl-
(ng. Mr, Dowling is; one of the old
pioneers |n this country, having gone
up the Fpisor river in 58, when travel
Was both difficult and dangerous.
Mr. Frank Conkling is the happy
possessor of a son and heir.
Enderby Tips.
(From our own correspondent!
A celebration will be held on 2-tth of
May.
The gun club are letting the pigeons
sit for their beuefit—not flying them.
Horses are alredy being trained foi
the fall races.
The water in tbo river has risen very
rapidly.
A lawn tennis club is lieing started.
Harvey k Co. are going out of bnsi-
ness.
HYDRAULIC MINING"
Qranite Creek and the Slmllkameen Rlvor to
bo Worked.
Mr. It. Stevenson, a former partner
of tbe celebrated Cariboo Cameron, has
formed a company to develop the valuable hydraulic placer diggings on the
benches above Granite creek, and is
now, with other parties interested, in
the east placing stuck on the market.
The company has been registered as
"The Stevenson Gold and Platinum
Hydraulic Mining Company," of which
Mr. Stevenson is president and xMr. W.
M. Hogg secretary.
For at least three miles along Granite creek the benches contain good pay,
and it is for working the n that the
company has been organized. They
hot only contain gold, but also platinum, which can be saved at the same
place and time, being the heavier of
the two metals. For the working of
the benches it, will be necessary to construct flumes and ditches for a few
miles, so as to obtain sufficient elevation for pressure, and as the primary
expenses will necessarily be large it. has
been found expedient to call in outside
capital. It is a well-known fact that
close to the river, where accessible to
water, these benches have yielded large
returns.
Last year quite an excitement was
created by the fact that a number of
eastern capitalists bad become interested in the development of largo tracts
of hydraulic ground near the junction
of the Similkameeu and Tulameen
rivers. It is now understood that the
investigation made of the property
proved that there is a large quantity of
gold in the gravel on the benches alaiut
fifty feet above the bed of the Similka-
nieen, and that active operations on a
large scale will be commenced and carried on this season. A flume or ditch
will have to be constructed for a distance of about five miles.
Vernon Notes.
Not seeing any correspondence from
Vernon in your first issue, I thought a
few notes would be appreciated.
The weather has been very favorable
and a very large acreage is lieing sown
in the valley this spring. Messrs. C.
O'Keefe, Mark Hill, Price Ellison, E,
H. Woods, Q. Faulkner and L. Gir-
ouard will be through seeding, or nearly
so, this week. Mr. McClusky, on the
B. X. ranch, has got in all his crop,
Quite a number of settlors have located on the commonage and are busy
breaking, seeding and putting in their
crops.
A large orchard is being set out on
the B. X. ranch.
The fruit trees on the Coldstream
ranch are looking remarkably well,
In mining matters there is not liiu.'h
to say. dipt. Shorts was in from Har
ris creek last week and reports heavy
snow in the mountains. He is work
ing up a new scheme and one of great
value to fruit-growers—the extermination of the gopher. He says he has
struck it this time and judging from
his mysterious manner I think he has.
On Monday, Kith hist., the ratepayers
of Vernon, by a large majority, decided to hang up $5,000 for the erection
of a 60-barrel flour mill, with eondl
lions. It is very doubtful if any one
can lie found with the necessary capital, who would be foolish enough to
comply with one of the conditions—to
run nine months every year. A flour
mill is a commercial enterprise, the
same as any other industry, regulated
by supply and demand. I think the
city council will find it a difficult matter to find any one willing to comply
with the conditions they have attached
to the bonus.
Now that the flour mill by-law is disposed of, I think it is time we wero
making a move towards fire protection
of some kind. As we stand now, we
are helpless whenever a fire occurs. Tho
by-law introduced by the council of
last year was defeated. I believe it
was a mistake to vote it down. Its opponents have nothing better to offer
now, and the members of the present
council who opposed it are ashamed to
introduce it again. Such is the irony
of fate.
Mi's. Grecnliow and Mr. Girouard, to
the surprise of every one, have placed
thirty acres of their land on the market in half-acre lots, at $1000 an aero;
no building conditions; terms not
known. Barnard avenue is continued
west and narrowed down to 110 feet,
with a jog on the off side. Two streets
running north and south will be called
after the owners, Girouard and Green-
how avenues. There will lie a lane in
the centre, which should be called De
Lorier's alley if it is crooked. However, it is, taken on the whole, an improvement on old Frank's townsitc,
and will sell—by and by, E.
Make Sure of Your Vote.
Blank application forms for the registration of provincial voters can be had
at The Advance office. In connection with this matter information furnished by the collector at Vernon may
prove of interest.
The old register was closed on the
21st day of March, 181)1, and all names
of persons not known to be resident, in
the district were dropped therefrom,
leaving those who have complied with
the provisions of the Provincial Voters' Act, and whose names have been
posted for two months on the list of
persons claiming to vote, and are
known to be resident in the district.
The names of those persons who have
not been posted for two months prior
to 2lst March, 1801, shall not be added
to the register until the two months
expire. Also those who send their
applications now must lie posted two
months liefnre their names can lie
placed ou the register.
"The names comprising the new register, as well as those taken from the
old list, will shortly he published, thus
giving people a chance to see whether
their names are on or not.
"If any residents are dropped from
the preliminary list that will be published, thoy can lie replaced upon the
collector being satisfied that they are
entitled lo lie op,
MR. AND MRS, BOWSER.
THIS WELL-KNOWN COUPLE HAVE A
SECOND ATTACK OF GRIPPE,
Mr. How.or's Opinion of the Doctor Who
Says Such a Thlog 1. Possible-Ills Re-
TlMd Opinion After ■ Fraotloal Experience.
"What's thlil What's thlsl" exolalmed
Mr. Dowser m he came home the other
evening and found Mrs, Bowser lying on
the sofa and looking very much distresBed,
"The doe.or Bays it's the grip—a leeund
attack," she explained. "I woe taken with
a chill and headache about noon and "
"Grin? Seooud attack? That's all nun.
tense, Mrs, Bowser! Nobodyoan have the
grip a Bi-eoiid time,"
"Bat the doctor savj so,"
"Then tlie doclor is an idiot, and III tell
him bo to hid fa™, I know whul'a the
mutter with you, You've boen walking
around the back yard barefooted or doing
some otliur foo.isli tiling, I expected it,
however. No woman in happy unless she'a
flat down about half the time. How on
earth any of your *ex muuage lo live to he
20 years old in a mystery to me. The
average woman has no more sense than a
rag linliy,"
"I haven't been carol***," «he replied.
"I know betterl of course you hare!
If you hadn't been you wouldn't be wlmio
you are. Grip I* banned! Well, it's only
right Hint you abould suffer for it. Call it
what vou wiali, but don't eipeot any sym-
patliy fiom me. While I one every precaution to preserve my health you go
sloshing around in your bare feet or .it on
a cake of ice to read a dim*- novel, or do
some other tomfoo, thing to flatten you out.
I refuse to sympathise with you, Mrs, Bow-
ler—absolutely and teetotaliy reiuao to
utter une word of pity."
Mm. Bowser had nothing to say In reply.
Mr. Bowser ate his dinner alone, took ad
vantage of the occasion to drive a few nails
and make a great noise, and hy and by
went off to his club and wai gone until
midnight, Next morning Mrs. Iloweer
fell n bit hull, r and made • heroic attempt
to be about until he started for the office.
The only reference he made to her illness
was to say:
"If you live to be 800 yearn old. yon may
possibly loam euueiliiug about the lawn
of health and be able to keep oat of bed
three days iu tlw work,"
Mrs. Bowser was alt right at the end of
throe or four dayi, aud nothing more wm
"t KXl'ECTSD   IT,  HOWT.YBR."
•aid. Then one afternoon at three o'clock
a carriage drove np, and a itrauger im-
s.sted Mr, Bowier Into the house He
was looking pale ami ghastly, and hli chin
quivered and hii knees wobbled.
"What is it, Mr. Bowier?" eke exclaimed
as ihe met him at the door,
"Bed—doctor—death I" he gaiped in re
ply,
Mn, Bowier got him to lied and examined him for bullet hole! or knife
wounds. There were none. He had no
broken limbs. He hadn't fallen off a
home or been half drowned. When she
had satisfied herself ou these point*, ihe
asked;
"How were yon takenr
"W with a c chilli" he gasped-, "with
a ochill aud a b backache I"
"I thought m, Mr, Bowser; you hare
the grip—a teoond attack. Ai I have
•ome medicine left there'i no need to lend
for the Doctor, I'll hare you all right in a
day or two."
"Get the Dootor at once," wailed Mr.
Bowier, "or I'm a dead man I Such a
backache I   So coldl   Mn   Bowier if I
should ddie, I hope "
Emotion overcame Mr. Bowier, and he
could say no more. The Doctor came and
pronounced i. a second attack of grip, but
a very in Id one, When be had departed,
Mn. Bowser didn't aoense Mr, Bowser
with putting on till summer flannel* a
mouth Uio loon; with forgetting his umbrella and getting soaked through, with
leaving hit rubbers at home and hiving
damp feet all day. She didn't express her
winner that he hadn't died years ago nor
predict that when he reached Ihe age of
Methuselah lie would know belter than to
roll in snowbanks or stand around iu mud
puddles. She didn't kick over chairs or
slam doors or leave him alone. When Mr,
Bowier shed tears, she wiped them away
When he moaned, ihi held hit hud.
When ho said he felt that the grim specter
wai near and wanted to kiss tin baby good-
by, ihe cheered him with Ihe prediction
that he would be * great deal better next
day,
Mr. Bowser didn't get npnextday, though
the Doctor said he could. He lay in bed and
sighed and tittered sorrowful moaui and
groans, He wanted loasl and preserves; he
had to have help to turn over; he worried
about a relapse; be had to have • damp
cloth on his forehoad; he wanted to have a
council of doclori, and he road the copy of
bis last will aud testament over three
times. He was all right next morning,
however, Whin Mn, Bowier tiked him
how he felt he replied;
"How do I feel? Why, as right a* *
trivet, of course. When a man takes the
oare of himself thai I do; when he hai the
nerre anil will power 1 have, he can throw
off most anything, You would have'died,
Mn. Bowser, but I was scarcely affected.
It was just a play spoil, I'd like to be
real sick once just to see how it would
leem, Cholera, 1 suppose it was, hat outside of feeling a liitle tired 1 wasn't at all
affected."
And the dutiful Mrs. Bowser looked at
him and swallowed it all and never said *
word to hurt hi* feelings,       M. Quad.
A Lust Kesorl,
Little Boy: I wout you to write me an
excuse fur bring late to school yesterday,
Jeweler: Kb?   You ere *ot my sou,
L.tilu boy: N o, but uiuuiiun tayi I bad
plenty of lime to get to school, so I guei*
ihe dock you sold her doesn't go right,
l.o.l Ills HsmiI Completely,
"They say Vaillau', the Anarchist, was
very brave on tne scaffold,"
"Thai wasn't bravery,   It was bluff."
"What makes yuu think so?"
"Why, along towards the last he weak
Wd,   Lost mi avail completely,"
NAMIM" Tur BABY.
$&'.T^i <T§> /'A
li^Hi
rii/.I,ui   l'roof.
Paterfamilias—What ou earth did that
young man mean by paying you such au
nnoomoionalilfl long call last night?
Mary—Oh, papa, it was purely au noel-
deut, you seel   The clock stopped at U.SU.
Her Joke,
Heiress—There'i a man after my own
heart.
Popa-Who?
Heiree*—Tbe Count. Bat he won't get
it I
Long Headed.
Jell—If Mrs. Fill has a divorce why
does she continue to recoguixe her former
husband?
Bets—He has promised to give her *
reference.
Knew It Wns Loaded.
Joe—I gness I mnit be a gun.
Tom-Why?
"The boss fired me this morning."
"Was it a cine   of diiln't-kuow It-was
loaded?"
"Ou the contrary."
Taking No Chance..
Mr. Bowcrie—Say, giauuio a oloae hair
out.
Barber—How olivet
"Close to de head."
"Training for a prixe fVght?"
"H»v; going to git married."
A Murk of .superiority.
His Mother—Why don't you play with
your Christinas toys, Tommy? They're
just as good ti new, and you've had them
ten days.
Tommy—That's just It. They're no
good, Willie Nabnrs got some that ho
bust in no time.
A Mean Trick.
"It was mighty lueau of htm."
"What was?"
"We were linking of good dinners, anil
I tood him to a ceriuin restaurant just to
show him what a rood dinner is Uke.
When we finished, the cad expected me to
foot the bill."
STAbLING THE COWS.
Its tracts From nn I. »uj Itnoenrlr IlMd bf
Ex-Got, Hoard of Wlsuonsla.
Hnw to keep cows clean ill the stable
has boon an unsolved problem. Props,
Stanchions of various kin.Is und s variety
of stalls have one aud all proved thane
selves useless in this respect. Latterly,
however, I have boon using a rack and
floor which seem perfect, With Watts,
1 can say;
"This Is (he way I long have BOUghtl
Am! mourned because I found it not."
In place of a manger is a rack for hay,
slanting towards the cow at an angle of
forty live degrees, Tho other alls of
the rack is boarded up four feet high.
Into this all the conroo fodder it
thrown. The out and ground food
is given the animal iu a strong
box, placed under the rack as shown in
the cut, The cow is held by a halter
to which Is snapped a rone. This ii
tied to a riug in'the r»ck and gives her
Ho Wondered.
Mother—The paper lali morning hai an
aocouut of a little hoy who wai drowned
while skating ou thin ice.
Little Son (cleaning up Ida skated—Too
bad. 1 wonder if he was any relation to
the poor little boy who waa killed by the
trolley while going to school.
A Disappointed Husband.
Sympathetic Friend: I hear that your
partner has skipped with $20,001) of your
money.
Business Man: Yes, but that's not all the
ungrateful scoundrel did.
Friend: What else did he do?
Business Man; He neglected to take my
wife along wiih him, and he has been flirting with her for the last six mouths, the
ungrateful scoundrel I
Perfectly llofoleis,
Mr. Meanltall: So you hare quite recovered from your throat trouble, Miss Cotillon?
Miss Cotillon: Yea; but It has left me In
a terrible condition, The Doctor sayi I
shall never bo able to rails my voice or
scream,
Mr, Meauitall; "That Is not very serious;
you seem lo talk all right,
Mis* Cotillon: Yea; but suppose someone
should try lo k is me, for instance.
llemedlal Art.
The horse waa balking and backing all
over the avenue, and a chappie with a
pretty girl hy hi* side was watching it*
performances,
"I think," remarked the young woman,
"that they ought to Mod it to ths Art
school."
"To the art school?" queried the chappie, without the faintest ids* of hi* companion's meaning,
"Certainly."
"And why, pwayf
"To cultivate It* talent* for drawing, of
course. Don't you think it needs it?"
Aud thi chappi* caught on several houn
later.
Her Interpretation1.
Stld the wise man, "A soft answer lorn
eth aw»y wroth." A lady who believed in
this precept, said to her four year-old
Nellie, who is somewhat quick tempered.
"If on* of your playmates speaks rudely
to you, return a si,ft answer,'1   "Soft?"
Yea, Now run aloin! anil play; mainina
la busy." The child went oil. on ilia lawn,
where a neighbor's boy wa, mending a
kite. She accidentally broke the kin- still
more, whereby the boy was made angry.
"I don't like you; you're a horrid tiling I"
e said, Little Nellie's eyes flatbed, and
-he was *bout to reply with a very unkind
emark. when, suddenly recalling her
uotlier'a advice about • soft answer, she
ooked the boy right In eye, aud Mid meek
b/Md slowly, "Muah."
He'll Never Marry,
perfect liberty of motion so she o»n
rub or lick herself at pleasure. The
floor Ulilllto most mo-lorn Hours, many
of which damage dairy cows, is planked
level. As the cow stands feeding at
tho rack a two by three inch scantling
is laid down just forward uf her bind
feet ami spiked firmly. Between this
scantling and the rack a little dry bedding is placed. The cow in lying down
soon learns to stop forward and not lie
across the scantling, hut occupy only
thi! dry. clean and comfortable portion
of the floor. When she rb'os the sloping iaon forces her to step back sad
there tho manure is dropped, The bed.
ding in ; It. the BcuatlJ.ii will remain
dr.- until rjrouud toiowder,
The bottom of the rack is twenty sis
inches Irum the floor and its' top
twenty-six inches from the partition.
The latter is freqiiontiyeritiseu, because
it prevents visit ore from passing aloug
I and looking at tho faces of the ...tucki
I but thecows seem satisfied, Our stable*
are too frequently made tor the comfort
of man instead uf beast. This . ta ,ln is
preeminently adapted to the con fort of
tbe cow 1 used two snaps oa the r .pes
which fasten my cows. In this way if
one gets luoso tbo other Is sure to hold
her,
Shoes tor I 111. Veer.
A woman's congress shoe of the whole
foxed variety of bright doiigola is produced. Tho foxing at i|ie back extends taper,
lug to the top ,,f the shoe olid lit the top is
tipped wiili patent leather. The top is of
plain light colored cloth, with goring to
match it iu coior, T,,is is iu nutation
button style, the scalloped button piece
forming the seam line against the goring
at the fr 'lit, and the extension of Ihe fox,
illg to the seam l|ue at the bank, By this
tne: h.nl the aim,., is slinplitied as to the
number of pieces required for the tup and
a uiin mum of annuls is obtained, With
medium heel nn I a narrow, rounded toe,
the shoe is tie it in appearance, A similar
shoe is uf French kid, the difference Iteinit
that the handsome, broa I button piece is
of this bright leather, instead of cloth,
forming a pretty contrast to the dull black
j goring, instead of matching it as in the
former. A sample shoe, with a pretty
name,  is  low cut and a Combination of
I button and lace fasteners, of soft, black
kid. Down the front is a line of scalloped-
edge open work, to show the nocking of
the wearer, Tne elaborate and broad button piece has three diamond-edged points,
(corresponding to the thr-o button*, and a
circular hole is in ide below each button,
through which also the hosiery is visible
I when on the foot.   It has *  broad,  per-
j forated heel foxing of the lime material,
-Shoo and Leather Reporter,
Row Cigar A.hei I an He Utilised.
Cigar ashes ore used tor medical purpose*—a* a euro for ringworm, epidemi"
soarlatina. etc. They are useful on ac
count uf the lime ami alcoholic properties
they contain, Cigar ashes have been sold
Under the pretention! name of "diamond
dust from the ami," and the purposes to
which they :|n chietlv pu: me denning plale,
brightening un I sharpening razms, lancet*
anil doctors' othe. [Wienie instruments,
as au insecticide fur nlanle, etc, and as a
tout li powder, It lias been staled thai *
Loudon tii'iu Hied a guinea per onnoe
for Iheni nn- tb i purpose ol compounding
with other arte n* as a valuable deui fries,
The call is, however, so lljhi that It re.
quires a very large quantity indeed to
Weigh one ounce.
Uncle Jneh (on » tWH-Well, Mlnth,
you've growed so I reckon you'll be »•
giitiu' married afore long, eh?"
Mints—Nil, I'm gnin' to remain single
an' be a skirt dancer an' high kicker. I re
gut in now that I kin kick as high as my
uead. I could take them glasses off your
forehead with my foot an' never touch
your eyebrow. Do yoi w»n» me to do lit
The 1)011') OlIW.
Interest In the dairy line continue
unabated, and I ho creamery has become
the strung staff of many a fanner. This
method of operation in hiitlor making
seems to have cuuie to stay, Tho price
received for butter during the year
averages nearly !15 cents per pouud,
Good butler cows are alwaysin demand,
The little Jersey, so sneered ut by dairy
men a few years ago is now Hailing j|or
way iulo every neighborhood, Our
farmers are learning I hat beoj raising
end butter milking are two distinct
lines of business and that it is a mistake
to attempt either with a type of cows
iiltimil.nl fur tho other, The lung, fruitless search fur tbo general-purpose cow
is changing to a scramble for the special,
purjaise animal.—Country Gentleman,
k. Itutter From the Farm.
I A careful and painstaking system ad.
opted on the farm will bring up the
farmer's butter to a higher price than
either dairy or creamery butter can by
ftny possibility attain to, for the reason
that a few cows properly kept by the
farmer is subject to less variations from
true conditions than larger herds kept
by the dairyman aud tho circumstance*
attending the creamery, A determination on 'lie part of the farmer and tbe
milk maid lu produce the »«rr hiist, w-,'l
soon make such a favorable change that
there will be no ground for ouuruiuiui
from customer*, and the (armor and hit
) family will reap rich rewards,—& 3,
Toagarden, iu Western Rural,
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CAMP HeKlNPY.
A. Up'-.Latter Day ror the O'd C».mn-The
l.aw diatnpmtll Uo;i,t; Fad Blast.
,. roin our own correspondent;)
'   sii'MoKlNNEf, April-2n\—To-day
ii.,  it ii d-letter d ty lor old I'aiup Mc-
'.: in iy,   Eur the first time since tlie
|,iiu| icas struck was heard the wel-
j'oiuo sound of " stampsili'0]ipiiig."
in tlie beginning of .May, 81, Messrs.
M, Jiinney, Hice, Burubaui and Lofevre
located t be Cariboo and Lefevre claims,
iitni the richness of the croppings and
,,. Mid many specimens taken, more
i.'.,ri.„ itlarly from the former of the
two claims, created no iiu'iiusiilcraiiie
excitement, Many claims were taken.
lip, mil only in Ihe vicinity of tbo
" bonanzas," but for miles in ovory direction, aud Camp McKinney enjoyed
iiic questionable luxury of a boom,
[jut the time was not propitious for
dnarU,capitalists were timid to invest,
^ [tie disastrous ipiat't/, experiences of
■ a,-';'mi bail not been forgotten, while
luliui'oiini'tz vein tires, notably the Fos-
tiioiue, wure still fresh in thonilnds
pi the uinnled men of Victoria, The
riches ol the Kiiinenay country were
itili undeveloped, and unable to refute
(he almost accepted axiom that there
were  no  valuable quartz  properties
.. innib uf the -tilth parallel. Another
seriiuis drawback to ('amp McKinney
wns us Inaccessibility; only under
I.e.ivy expense and with great difficulty
could heavy milling machinery be imported, Nothing daunted, however,
the owners of such well known claims
•is the Cariboo, Amelia, Kureka, Alice
n,,il Kiiiina, Carbonate, .Maple Leaf,
Kutnloops, Okanagan, Victoria, Washington and many others, expended
thousands of dollars in development
i.Vink and proved beyond doubt that
there were Ions of paying ore iu Camp
.si ."nicy and its vicinity, inviting
only :iie advent of the necessary machinery to produce dividend-paying
|),u|,oleics, The fortunes of the camp
I,,urn,oily languished, until it became
I,.at most desolate of places, a deserted
mining camp, when late last year
Messrs, Mouaghan, King and Mc-
Aulej. ibe principal shareholders uf
lie (iirlboo and Amelia Co., determined lo further develop their property,
'Sin- result was so satisfactory that a
force ol men was kepi working all
i. iii..-r, running drifts casl and west in
lie vein, .-iii,l a remarkably Ijne body
r ore, carrying free gold, was dismayed, Mr. Motiagban, the president
I" the company, realizing that if ma;
i'lii.ic,.;* was iq be jirought into Camp
McKinney, ibe winter was the only
j:iiuepracticable, lie was fortunately
jlbjo i" secure a first-class teu-stump
jtliil ciiiiqilele, which had l'liriin-i'iy liec.n
p.-.cil iu iliu llainbi'W mine, near (lul-
jii'ii. Wash,, a distance of 85 ntijos froiq
i limp McKinney, and on Pehruary
iiiili lie ciiininenceil nulling down flic
mill on-tlie, Bujnhqw mine, and on
April anil he saw his first ton of ore
iti le'h at, Camp McKinney,   When
ive consider the ililliculties In bo contended with in handling heavy machinery up a mountain 'l.fiOO foot with, from
[.wo to four feet of gnow, in ibe mosl
inclement weutlier, getting mil timbers
and lumber, and setting up the mill in
running order in a little over (JO days,
n muse be admitted that Mr, Monuhnn,
under whose persona! supervision the
(viirk has been carried on, lias established a record for energy and perse-
Vi-iniuo which deserves I11 meet Willi
success, and it is iiiu'il gratifying lo be
jthio instate, that an exauiiuatiiui uf
toe plates, after the trial run above
alluded lo, showed considerable, gold,
and tho old Cariboo claim promises In
lqiiuiid her former reputation as ibe
liest gold property In this portion of the
province. H. N.
qf Kettle river and over the Boundary
mountain—stated to he the lowest pass
in the Gold range, A charter was at.
one lime held fur the construction of a
line from Verflpu to Nelson via \Vhito
valley, Fire valley, and the Columbia,
river. It has, we believe, lapsed. This
is just as well, as the parties holding
tlie same were not practical railway
men and the chjvrter was, according to
ail appearances, obtained purely as a
speculation. There is one section of
tliu district, the Kettle river valley,
which pquld easily capture the Knot
enny market by the construction of a
comparatively short waggon road—i.e.
if the present portion of the old
" Dewdney trail from the east of',: and
Prairie" to Trail, un the Columbia,
were made passable for waggons. This
question must of necessity claim the
atteptiot) uf the Government in tin
near fill lire. The fanners of Ibis sec
l.iiin are, however, certain lo find a
ready market soon al Ihe mines in their
own vicinity.
Fatal Accident.
Last .Thursday Win, Bllgt'O, who lias
boen living for some lime with .Mary
Smith, Indian wife of the bile "Okanagan ,' Smith nn the ranch on tho Col-
villa reserve, accidentally discharged, a
revolver, in Hiding a severe wound, from
which he died in about two hours, ll
seems that there were some alterations
being iii.'tilc iu the house, and that
Engrp, whjlo stoopltig over a lied,
whicli Ik: wis taking a|:ai't, iu some
way caught the trigger of a revolver
flint was stuck into the waistband of
bis trousers. The bullet entered the
iij,'h! side of bis stomach, shooting
downwards, and he expired from loss
of blood, There were only Engro, Mary
Smith, her daughter Llaiiiu and Philip
Kntiv, who hi opiployed around the
fruit farm, in the house at the time of
the accident, Roux immediately went,
to Oro fur a doctor, but lung before he
returned Engre was dead.
It was reported at Fuirviow on Saturday that Engra's death was the outcome of a row between him and one
Jack Evans, a son-in-law of Hoke
Smith by his Indian wife, and for some
lime overseer of Ihe ranch during
Smith's life. C i'- - ..'.'is lent to this report by- thp fad .1 il, about nix weeks
ago, Engre anil Evans met, in a saloon
in Oriij and bail some bq|. VYords. which
elided in it row.
GENERAL NEWS,
KBLOWHA
The Kootenay Markot.
Our correspondent from While valioy
sends us the following!—
" 1 wonder if ever It will come to pass
that the Okanagan country will have
direct railway communication with the
Kootenay mining district by a route
other than the C.P.H. The. Kootenay
country is being rapidly developed;
(owns and cities are springing up in
hvary dirootlqn 1 thousands are flock-
jug in aqnm.lly, and the only Industry
\:\ that section Is mining. II is not. an
agricultural country, and yet ibe ponti-
i;tinii need agricultural products of
pvyry dcscriptiiiii, flour, beef, pork,
liny, oafs, potatoes, Are., and we can
safely say that tho bulk of I his trade is
done with our neighbors across the
line, fifol over a hundred miles distant
Is a, cash market for all tho surplus,pro-
ducts uf this over-stocked Okanagan
valley, yet, here we arc shut nil' therefrom In exhorliitiint freight rates and
j. lengthy found about route which
swallow up the profit margin. I have
i
JK'I'II
in the Kootenay country and
|np\'; that nothing hut American hit-
jiin, Ainericaii Ijeef, American flour
nml American goods of all kinds pro-
dominate, So far us we are concerned,
j, i;„ in agricultural products, we certainly should make an effort In secure
I his market, which lays iu our own
province, aye, at our very door, A
feasible route has been discovered via
While valley, Cherry and Mosquito
frcelis to the Columbia, near Naknsp;
and another down the Fire valley to
near Jfobson,"
Our correspondent is probably ipi-
•pwuro that a third pass; exists, dis-
t'tvered by Mr, J, A, Coryell, 0, K.,
Considerably south of the two men-
UdnOd by him. This would run north
,,f fliristiiia lake, ilnwn the north fork
it is slated that thero are horned
toads 011 tho Anarchist Mountain.
Mr. Green, C, E,, is about to move
from Osoyoos to Boundary creek,
where lie will reside ill future, lie
will also have, a residence bqUt 011 ids
pre-uiuptiiAi qu Osoyoos lake,
Last season a rather novel u;jiil(i|d of
mining was tried in thp Siniilkaiiiccn, a
short distance below the line, hy a
diver, who worked iu the river lied
about twenty feel, under the water,
lie is said lo have done well. The same
method lias long since been tried near
Lytltin by Captain Pinch and Cqjonel
Underwood,
One of (he most liaulifiil sights in
tho coir.i'rv pan qnw be seen at the
fruit ranch of the late Okanagan
.Smith. The peach, apricot, plum and
and other fruit trees are all in full
bloom, and as there are quite a few
acres it gives the place (.lie appearance of a fnresj qf flowers. The. grape
vines, ton, arc looking beautiful.
The Kettle, lliver district b".s two
mails a wee.lc from tbe Coiled States
and only one from flic Canadian side.
Tbe latter dues not represent one-tenth
of tho entire mail matter. Though the
settlers have to subsidize the line to
Marcus, still they save money by doing
.0, ns tlie postage is cheaper, And yet
there are people who assort lh;i,t the,
district has not been neglected.
The snow is rapidly melting off the
Iinunilary mountain, and the miners
are all making for Ibe bills. There is
also very little left at Camp.McKinney,
while at Fairview Ihe snnw had quite
disappeared from the camp a month
ago,   This   is   mil   by  any means as
snowy 11 country as our neighbors
ai'f.iss tho. line seem to Imagine.
Then, is 110 lack of genius in this section of B.C. This is amply proven by
the fad, I hai a well known rancher has
patented a process whereby t he brain
of a squtiTo] e.-tit ho grafted Into that
of a .sinking calf. Ou rooohing years
of discretion Ihe peaceful bovine tuoro-
fore, puis up its own winter food, This
is 1111 Immense saving of (iii\n and
money. II Isratbor au edifying spec-
In sec a frisky young shorthorn skipping around 011 tho boughs of Ihe trees,
or silting on iiswaying limb chattering
merrily while cracking nuts and throwing tlie shells at. the watery-niqiitbed
boys beneath,
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frcpared to Substantiate.
To thq editor of Tin: AiiVANCl!:
SiR:-In the lncal columns of the
Vernon News,"of April 2lll.li, I notice
an ni'l.iclo'apparonlly makinguul. li.lt
representations as to. P,P.,Hi rates via
steamer Aberdeen m ho niisreiircsenla-
(inns. Tlie only fact Capt. Foster' en-
dciivoi'sio upset is Ihe fuel of passenger's' Batoge, all -1 odtbrpiigh to |\in-
licton, being len ,t Okani.gii'ii Landing. He stales that the baggage
Invariably goes through, In the. case
represented by K. H,, tliu baggage was
checked to Penticton, the owner of tne
baggage came through, anil hiii| to
leave his chocks at Penticton until the
baggage arrived on the following trip.
K. li. is able [n siilislauriaiji wi'iat he
stated In the Vernon News and'Slap in
this issue uf Tun Advance, K. it,
FairvieW, Api'll 'Si. lwm.
Tn those who want II llrsit-rlass American Binder or Mower we have
BtSoOonrxlck   Klrn.rte>^- McCoyiuiclc   Mowoi-
Then wo still hiiiiilln tho K\ng of Caniiilliin Machines,
Everything else In the Farm Implement line, from a Wheelbarrow to a
Threshing Machine, If you will come and sue us we will show you what
we have,   Warehouse at Keluwna,   Address
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Impurlcviuid Dealer |n
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
A Full Assortment of Groceries Always in Stock.
Boots and Shoes,        Hats and Caps.
Dry Goods and Clothing.
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Cash Discount of \ per cent, en Dry Goods and. Men's
Furnishings.   Order* Promptly Attended to.
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HOTEL
VERNON, B.C.
OPPOSITE TO RAILWAY DEPQT,
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BEST OF WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS.
GOOD STABLING.
TERMS - FROM
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PER - DAY . UPWARDS,
Okanagan Saw Mill
Kelowna, B. C,
A Large Stock of All Kinds of Rough and Dressed Lumber,
of Superior Quality, Thoroughly Seasoned, Constantly on J4and.
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Lath, Shingles, Sash and Doors.
Goods Delivered at Qkanagan Falls at Reasonable,  Rates.
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CAMPBELL BROS.
IMPOBTBBS AND JlI.VNUPACTUI^BB OF AW, K?SP.S °?
FURNITURE
Upholstered Goods, Carpets, Linoleums,
Oil Cloths, Table dm, Curtains,
Down Quilts, Window Shades,
Baby Carriages, ty., &e,
PICTURE FRAMING AND REPAIRING A SPECIALTY,
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VERNON, B. C.
J. E. MATHESON
MERCHANT TAILOR
Stock complete,  E^tra good quality and
value in i\ll the lat«jjt patterns for
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YforxnuvRghip.
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Convince,
BARNARD AVENUE.
VERNON, B. ft,
BOUNDARY 0$TY SAW; MILL
Hough aiad Dressed Lumber
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