Vol. I, No. 13. MIDWAY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1901 $2.00 per Year. tkA CORSETS I have just received a full line of the FAMOUS D. & A. CORSEfS. They are made to FIT and give you that easy comfortable feeling so much desired in a Corset, prices from $1.00 to $1.75. ohmmm R.G.SIDLEVS RANCH The Largest Between Rook Greek and Sidley. 4*0 ACRES UNDER CULTIVATION FALL GOODS ooa ese Fall goods are beginning to arrive. Thin week's arrivals h : Ladies Tailor made Suits in Oxford Greys, Ladies Over- Icirts, Ladies Wrappers, Childrens Dresses, sizes 6 to io [ears, good value at $1.75. Canadian Tweed Cloth Suitable for House Dresses and Childrens Dresses, dark hades, 26 inches wide, 20 cents a yard, 6 yards for $1.00. J.McNICOL. i *TrrrppmrrT\ Y WFWQ ) ® § 3 THI MIDWAY NEWS iks MlS'li • tm jtfhillM IH :•!«-... Stetinery nirf'fetaSSr'keit Latent atotfo* ami pat* , tertrsel Wall Paper new hi eteek. Seventh Street, Midway. JUUUU.I. leeeeeeeeeeeeeeMeeeeeeeeeeoos Are ell very well In their place. I have them and keep then la their place. A FULL LINE OF . . . Jiair Brushes, JoolK BrvsKes, GlotKcs Brushes, Jtsil brusKcSr Lather brushes, etc., etc, Stock made np of thi* best American, English and French goods, and sold at popular prices. iCome in and look around, yon don't havo to toy. A. F. Thomas, Druggist. [Prices to Suit the Times. n_*_k fl_ '-.,■_*-k_m_t!_tt_tl___l____U WW99999 WWfW_\ 9i »'«'«■ M Got Prices in Summer Goods ___a________h__i__i__!_b__i_Ei__j{ 999999m^wimmm WE CARRY A LARGE STOCK OF )ry Goods, Clothing, Boots & Shoes, Shelf Hardware, Lamps and Glassware, etc., etc. Hour motto: Quick Sales and Small Profits. mt A frssk stoek efstepleeed raney groceries arriving S HAIN & CO. MiDWftY. b. c. A Description of the Ranch with the Different Crops mider Cultivation. It U well Stocked with Thorough- bred and rflch-Orade Horace, Cattle aad Hots. Following lhe general notice of the farming district lying weet of Midway, from Rock Cieek to Sidley, on Anarchist mountain, published last meat some particulars will now he given of the largest single holding in that district* that of Mr. R. J. Sidley, J. .P., after whom the Sidley poet office wea named. Mr. Sidley is the oldest settler, In point of residence, of tbe ranchers of Anarchist Mountain. He sett!td there in 1884 sfter having put in a couple of years placering on Rock Oreek and other places where "pay dirt" waa either known or believed tn occur. In the early days of his residence In this neighborhood he was laughed at for thinking uf ranching in a place sn isolated as his land was. Westwards lay Osoyoos, about a dosen miles away, and in the opposite direction a few placer miners were to he found on or ahout Rock Creek. Eholt's hs Midway was known as before ita enter- pri.ing founder had even seen Ihe hejst townsite in the Boundary, wan not then the stopping place it latter became after Louis Eholt bad pre-empted tt, nor was there any Orand Forks in those days, although tintitd Prairie, as the open lands near what is now widely known as Orand Porks were called, was favorite pasturage for cattle, especially for tho* intended for the Kootenays and an occasional band tor ihe North-west. After leaving Ireland Mr. Sidley had farming experience le .Ontario, so that, when tie derided to become a rancher in the wild and woolly weet" he was by no weans a tenderfoot in this connection. Space considerations forbid this pioneer rancher being followed through all the ups and downs, especially tbe latter, of early effort in this district. With no market within a reasonable distance and no roads to get to one even were there one within a day or two's Journey, the prospect wae certainly not encouraging. Yet like many another hardy •rail-lireaker, be bad to flounder along his lonely ranching trail, until the following of many a moccasin and mote modern "Arctic" or "Manitoba" broadened it, and eventually, space bad lieen elected for wagons and sleighs, and now the early advent of that "bush missionary," the railway locomotive, is being expect* antly looked for. From iu small flrst beginnings Mr. HWIey's ranch has gradually heen Increased in .tie until today its area ts about tOOO acres, Including arable land equal to any in the district, pasture landa, and come line timber country upon which Dr, pine and tamarack, much of thia timber suitable for saw logs, are to he found in abundance. The timbered lands are generally of gond soil, having open stretches up to 60 acres each among tbe belts of teres, and so well suited for dah y ing, especially as numerous springs provide plenty uf water. In the neighborhood are ranges lit for either sheep or cattle, so tbat either dairying or raising cattle or sheep for lhe butcher can be followed to advantage, especially now that markets are l-ecoming easily accessible. Heretofore outside of a small market at Camp McKinney and Midway there has been little demand for dairy produce, but this drawback Is being removed as the mining towns and camps of the Boundary increase in population and provide a market for these and olb< r products. Besides the 2,000 acres of purchased land Just mentioned, and which at* situate immediately north of the Inter national boundary line, Mr. Sidley has under a three years' lease, with the approval of the Indian Agent, tor the district, several Indian allot menu Just across the tine, wbich divides his pur chased land from these leased lata. This land Is under cultivation this season for the first lime, and oats and barley sown on the sod have grown and yielded 10 fell that Its fertility wai evident tp all who saw the crops growing. Including the cultivated portion of this land the lotal area Mr. Sidley had under cultivation thie year was about 400 acres, of which 180 acres were In grain, 13 seres in roots and the remainder In fallow for next season's cropping. These fields are all fenced, as, too, Is all the rest of the ranch it|sin which tbew are in all alwut 10 miles of rail (wcing. sss 3S CMte were the largest, crop, both in area and yield, t his season. One Held of about IS acres of oats was visited by the writer Just before it wae reaped. The oats were growing as thickly as they could stand np from the ground, In parte np to sli feet In height, with well-formed heads even where the straw waa longest, and these heavy with grain. 80 well did this Held look that an estimate of an average return of 06 bushels tp the acre appeared quite • reasonable one. Tbis wae a Swedish oat, but it proved to he a titi te late for this district The American Banner bas heen shown by local experience to he about the heat oat for these pans. Most farmers hereabouts grow a uiised oat, though. Bald and beardless barley do well, snoM 40 acres (cut and in tlie ham) prombiug a prolific yield. About 16 acres sown late on the sod and Intended for hay came on so well that it was left for grain and looked as it stood as if it would thresh a fair crop. Fall wheat nnd rye had already been cut when the farm was visited in the middle of Septemher aod the latter had returned about SO bushels per acre nf plump, heavy grain. Wheal, grown chiefly for chicken feed, gives only almut 25 bushels to the acre, the ell* mate not being so well suited for this orop, Oats when not sold are fed to hogs, and barley is ground for horse ed or given to hogs and chickens. lhe 11 acres here cropped witb note Include carrots, potatoes, parsnips, turnips and mangolds. Ked carrots yield ahout 12tons to the acre, white carrots up to ID tons, and parsnips and turnips also oome nenr the latter yield. Frosty nigbta afreet ihe mangolds, which, like tender garden vegetables, do nnl thrive so well as other roots. Potatoes run Ave or six tons per acre, but though satisfactory in sise lhe quality is not lirst class, consequent! y the hogs consume most raised here. Cabbages and onions were seen doing well in tbe garden, wliere, too, soui* small fruits flourish. A few large fruit tiers sre heing expermented, with a good prospect of sucx-caa. There are on the farm somewhere about IM hones, chiefly breeding mares, colli, and saddle horses. Generally Mworkiug horses are keptatead. iiy employed. It. I he stables was seen Young O. M, Patchen Jr., a bright bay entire horse with black pnint*. standing 16 hands high and weighing 1.SM lbs. This hoi se has in him the blood of the celebrated trotting stallion O. M. Patchen, the fastest bursa of his day, Tbe cattle number about 00, including a nice well-bred Jersey Mill, some good beef stock and some dairy cowi, there being 10 of the latter in milk to supply home needs in the way of milk and butler. Mr. Sidley raise, for sale eaeb year about SOO hogs, breeding these from SO to 40 sow*. He has In one of the pens a pore-bred registered Berkshire hoar obtained from Ontario thtough Live Stock Com* miss-oner F. W, Hudson. Tbe wisdom of this purchase Is seen In the shapely and marketable appearance of most of th. trigs running in the pastures. Many of the hogs raised are sold to P. Bums*Co. for their Boundary meat trade. Kearly 100 chickens are kept, these providing a change of meat diet and keeping the household well supplied with eggs, besides leaving a surplus for aale at Camp McKinney or Midway, where price, range between Sand 46cents and average about 81 cents a doien the year through. Not only is there plenty of ham, stable and shad accommodation on the farm for crops and live stock, but all the farm machinery. and Implement- are also kept under roof. Tbe generally good state of repair of tools and machines is in part accounted for by the fact that there Is also here a fully equipped blacksmith's and carpenter's shop, so that repairs can be effected on the spot and much new work done he- sides that would otherwise involve cost in time and money that would ho a heavy charge in the course of a year. Among the machine, and implements are two binders, two mowers, half a down ploughs, barrows, scarifier* seed drills, potato digger and numbers of other labor saving appliances. A •team thresher, lateat Improved witb Si-Inch cylinder, bad heen ordered from Racine, Wisconsin, and was expected to arrive any day. Asked as to the reason why be purchased American made fata machinery Mr. Sidley replied that tha high customs duty did not appear to make any difference In the high prices charged by Canadian manufacturers, 10 after having for some time loyally supported the Canadian manufacturing Interests he had eventually decided lhat since nol withstanding the high duty there is no saving In money In buying Canadian implements, he might Just as well take advantage ot tbe improvements and labor-saving devices and the gen< end excellence characterising the American machines and implement* Whilst there is comfort in the house accommodation at tk* Sidley ranch no attempt has la-en made at building display, m»-n, beasts, and machines are all housed with due regard to the winter's climate, but nn money ha. been spent simply for appearances. Between his farm oversight and hh duties as Justice of the peace, postmaster and customs officer, Mr. Sidley Is a busy man. Yet he finds time tobe hospitable notwithstanding the rather heavy demands made upon Ma gener- nslty in this direction. ... ' B. C. Pratt at Winnipeg. British Columbia fruit ia fast ibg prominence as heing of eltraoedin ary sixe and of deliciuus flavor, Perhaps no province in tha Dominion can claim superiority over British Columbia when all the qualities ihat an requisite to perfection in any variety of f 1 uit is concerned. Nova Scotia has long lieen tained as a producer of a superior quality of apples 1 Ontario li noted for her excellent, grape*, hut It ia doubtful If British Columbia doe. notexcell In both of tbeaa varieties of fruit. Speaking of the exhibit sent to the Winnipeg Horticultural exhibition recently, Ihe Manitoba Free Press saysi When British Columbians under- lake to do a thing they do it well, and when it wa. decided to demonstrate to tbe people of Winnipeg the capabilities of their province in the .matter »f fruit-growing tbey spared no expense In getting up a representative exhibit nt the nort iculioral snow, The section allotted to tbe Pacific prov. ince was crowded last evening by Interested spectators and the gentlemen in charge, Messrs, Metcalfe and Palmer, were kept husy answering qniis- tions and giving general information about, the various parts of British Columbia where fruit, is grown. Thelong rows cf luscious looking peaches, plums, pears, apple* nnd cherries is certainly an object lesson lhat »hould prove valuable to tbe public uf Meal* lohii and also tn ihe wholesale produce dealers, ll isa wonder why any fruit from the south is ever imported lo Manitoba when such excellent fruit can he grown so near tn the consuming real res. But with improved packing methods and iMapbttation Ncilitlee kept up to the traffic no doubt tbe British Columbia fruit will soon die- place the foreign article. One of the special? interesting feature* of the British Columbia exhibit are the long branches rut tram plan and cherry trees, showing the growing and ripened fruit. The branches are in heavily len lhat sane early visitors wero skeptical aa to tbeir being natural, one woman going ao for aa to declare ah. knew they were "Juet tied oa," ■ s I A Cowardly Writer. Some pessimistically inclined Individual from tbe Similkameen, signing himself ••Liberal," ha* made a cowardly attack on W, A. Ualliher. M. P., through the eolumns of tbe Rossland Miner. Whoever the Individual may be, he is taking a very short sighted policy indeed in endeavoring to remedy the evil that exists at tbe present time In the matter of lack nf postal facilities between various points In tha Similkameen dlstriet. To publish a letter of the nature tbat appeared in the Miner is a gron insult 10 Mr. Ualliher. His constituency is a Urge one, and no man can do it Justice, even If be were tn spend the portion of the year not occupied by parliamentary duties at Ottawa, In visiting the different towns and districts InOuded within it. limits. Il Is generally admitted that the postal depart ment haa overdone the thing in curtailing expenses, and it is one of tbe moat difficult problem* tbat a member haa to deal with to obtain any conca**loni trom that St: department. It. is a regretted fad that the postal facilities of the Similkameen are entirely inadequate, hat they are no worse than they are in many other parte of the province. It Is foolish for an Individual living in tha Similkameen to imagine for a moment that because he is living ina district of great possibilities that the Dominion government is going to ignore Ihe dem.inds of older and, at the present time, more Important places, and furnish a mail route to every little Jerk-water point In tha Similkameen. The people nf tha Similkameen are deserving of some recognition in the matter of increased postal facilities, hut that recognition will never he obtained by writing; letters to a newspaper, reflecting upon the member for the district. Mr.Oatli- her haadonemtirhforhla constituency, and if the wants of that district an brought to his notice in tbe manner in which they should he, there Is every reason to believe such requests will teeeive his earnest attention and ardent support, bat to have them presented by an individual and In tha cowardly manner adopted hy tbe person signing himself Liberal will hut am the chance* uf ohtaining tha increased mall facilities so much desired, and Instead of directing public sentiment against Mr. Galliher, as it evidently Liberal's intention, all that sentiment wHI I* directed against tha writer signing himself Liheral, but who la doubtless a dyed-in-the-wool conservative, seeking halm for his wounded feelings, aa a result of last election. ... QRBBNWOOD N0TBS, A. C. Flumiiierfelt, assistant general anager of the Oranhy Company, wa* here lately with a party uf Eastern Townships' Bank officials, who am visiting tbe larger mines aud the smelters of ibe Boundary, These were J.B. McKlnnnn, of Hherbrooke, Quebec 1 W, L. Ball, of Ricbuioml. Quebec 1 and Wn. Spier, manage* nf the hank*, nraach at Orand Forks. Mayor Naden has returned to Oreenwood flow a badness trip to California. '"•; O. H. Herb-y, of Minneapolis, la being ritown artnind the mines liy D. A, Holbrook, aflat having visited a number nf Slocan properties. The Oreenwood smeller now In toll Mast la reported to be doing excellent work again, putting through a high dally average quantity of nre which I* of a generally belter quality than that received from the Mother Lode mine before its ore quarries were so well opened up as they are now. Earlier a larger proportion nf surface rork had tn be sent down to gel it out -of th* way, hut now that the working* are well into the solid rock a marked Improvement in average grade ot or* la reported. The visit* daring tbe past few daya nf representatives of several mining machinery manufacturers.is regarded , aa indicative of an exception that time, in tha Boundary are Improving. Tbey certainly are, and the machinery men evidently think so to or they would not he seeking new business In th* dlatrlct Mra. Annie Larkln, who during tho husy times of railway construction built tbe Larkln House in Oreen .rood, and who bad for several yuan previously nam In the restaurant business hare, died on Monday and was l-uried Wednesday. She was a very active and energetic woman until some months ago when a paralytic stroke lay bar aside and since then she ha* hen a helpless invalid, tbe greater part of the time a patient in ihe Oreenwood hospital. Boundary Ore Shipments. mmmmmmmtaaommmamamama The tonnage of ore shipped by the mines of the Boundary District during 1901, and for the eight months of 1902, is as under: 1901 1902 Old Ironsides and Knob Hill group 231,762 215,079 Mother Lode 99*548 74<°9» B. C 47.5-7 3.010 Sunset 800 4,520 Winnipeg , ..... 1,040 785 King Solomon 850 Snowshoe 1,731 3.M No. 7 665 482 Jewel 3*5 »."75 Golden Crown 625 Sundry small shipments 2,500 1,380 Totals 386,738 306,046 Shipments during 1900 totalled 97,837 tons; during the year 1901, to December 31st, 386,738 tons, and during eight months of 1902, 306,046 tons, making an aggregate of 790,631 ions pit PtepalcV C. M. CKOUSK Mitnr *Wl Pr^riela^ Published weekly at MMivu)■, Bi 0. SiibMriptloB prlco, tl «i pur milium, payable In mdviuia;, cither yearly or Imlt yearly at tno option uf tile HiibacritHJi'. Advertising rotes Mint on application. MONDAY, SEPIEMBEII. iffl, 1002. thc twopercenlnix iin the «roS*i output of minus lliisliil#ly bi-en themhjeii of a good deal of discussion in I he press and els-wlinrf. Opinion may dilfer as to the effect of this lax upon the min Itxg industry, hut, iiiohi people will ii«ree thut it was unwise foil the government, to impose it at a time when capital was necking investment, in the mines.of this province at a stage of their devel opulent when little or nn returns in the shape of dividend* could be expected. "But we must hnve revenue," the government aay, if we reuinve this tax We must impose it. on something else. The suggestion hns heen made thai an additional tax he placed upon crown grunted mineral claims, and th»t in lieu nf $100 worth iif work now required to he dune annually upon mineral claims, $80 he required in work anil the hnlance in cash: in olher words take the. burden off the rich man and putit upon the poor num. an idea th/tl cannot claim any origitiafitv in its conception, for it is hn old ns the hills nnd has heen put. into praotieh nil down the ages. The Hon. E. 6. Prior is reported to have snid that he favored this mode of relief, yet we do nut heliuve the suggestion will lie noted upon'by the government. In all ihesedwrunslnns, it does not seem t-i have occurred to anyone that possibly the revenue of the province, derived from different, sources, is not.in all cases, judiciously expended j that there may lie leakage* in the provincial trei'u'itry.i which it would bc desirable, In the public .inter- ■eats, io stop at the earliest possible moment; If there are such, it, will readily be admitted thai it would be better to stop them'than to impose fresh burdens upon the people, and further it might lie possihle to remove some of the taxes already imposed. During the session of the legislature in 1898 an act wns passed entitled :"An Act lespectihg the Department nf Landa and Works, dividing said department into two brunches consisting of the binds Branch and the Works Branch," the former to be under the charge of Ihe Deputy Commissioner, and the latter under an official called the Chief Engineer, who had charge of all roads hridges nnd olher puhlic works. This wus, no doubt, intended as a reform measure, nn improvement upon the old system in vogue under the Turner and preceding governments i the results thereof to la- belter puhlic works, more economically con ilrucled, .Thil a. st-lii has been in fora nearly four) ear*, and a review of its practical application*'is now fn Older. It may he mentioned that the Hon. F. Cartei'Cotton, then Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works was the author of. tho Act, arcording ti his own statements. Before this time there whs attached to ihe Department of Lands and Works, un official known as the Puhlic' Works Engineer, whn devoted hi* attention to the larger public woiks requiring professional skill, while minor puhlic works such . as " roads Into mining camps.' and hridges over'small si reams were in charge of enmpt-tent local men of intelligence and a thorough know* ledge of local ci'iidi| ions autiiiii under instructions from the Uold Commissioners, Government Agents and Assistant Commissioners throughout the province. When, during thuraiii- paign of 1808, the lale Jos. M. Martin was soliciting the vote uf the elector* of Boundary Creek and vHriity, they asked him to use his 'influence, if elected, to have included in the estimates a sufficient sum of money to construct u rond up the West Fork of. Kettle River unit a bridge ovei the same river near its mouth. Mr. Martin succeeded ill Inn ing $5,1X10 appropriated for the. West Fork road lmd $1,000 for the Kettle Hiver mod. These Munis were uf course insufffcl'uli atirt Mr. Miirtin explained that, theie were so many culls upon the government for assistance to roads ami bridges, that no more could he obtained, Iu April 1808 F. C, Gamble who was appointed, Olilel Engineer-under the new (reform) Ad, was sent down by the Chief Commissioner Hon, F. Carter Ciiltirn lo select a sight fnr a bridge over lhe West Fork of Keltic tin'r, which averages about HO feel in width, and is fordiible for nine months in ihe year, and, of course ptvsiniiil many for iiiitlaiilti engineering difficult )*•-*, After selecting the bit" I ni' the hridge, lhe Chief Engineer in**, njtwl a ferry-bout buill the year before under inslriiitioiis from L. Norris, As.-isUinl. Couunismoii- er, This vessel, tlm.ikIi it hud heen in comiiu-ision for title year only was condemned as iHiscnivi.t Ihy, mid a Itrgei vessel of different, model wns ordeiiid to lie I ullt. The governiuenl furnished a wire cable, but right here an e'rtlSr wns made, whether hy the government or some ship cliatullei" or shipwright, is not known, fm- proper tack' ling was pruviued, but instead tile tackling used on Ilie condemned vessel built by the defunct Turner govern ment wseatIrHcheil io the new vissel. which broke away one tine morning in midstream to Uu'ureal jieiil ufltsliv lagfreigktafteralioiiilhreoweek-Verv- ice nod went down river neverto return .Tin-/oiiilemned bunt wax again put ii into comiiijsKioii and made many daily '- trips wil lioul accident ont il tbe sea- «nu dosed. Now what was the cosl uf thi*'boat and tlie expenses connected therewith we do not know, hut we suppose not les* than $300. This we will call economy Nn. 1. Ahout, the snine lime Scott iMcH.ie was employed hy the government to select routes for roads up the West Fork of Kettle river antl Kettle river nt u cost of ahout $100. Though C. JR. Shaw CE. of Oreenwood, has staled that the work dune liy Scott McRae, taken as Hwhole, cannot beiinpioved upon.in nu inslanie bus anyone in the employ of lhe government followed those routes. Tbis we will cull economy Nn, 2. During Ihis •eason Louis Christ in u of Vir- non wa* employed by the government io build ii. road from Rock Creek up Ketlle river. Mr. Christian did good work, hut for some reason the govern* muni did not want tu expend the $UO00 appropriated hy the legislature, since they limited hi* crew lo 12 men at $2 perdu jii Times being good and work plentiful, it was difficult, to get capable men at these wage*, so t hat. t lie crew averaged ahout 9 men. It. was im l-ossil-le to expend $9,0011 in one short season with tbi* crew, nnd though this amount was appropriated fur roads, it was evidently i .served for some other purpose, prohahly for the Howe Truss bridge afterward* constructed al the site selected by F. C, Gamble at a cost of $4,500, which bridge-builder* say can he duplicated for ahoul half thut amount. This bridge tbe finest on the Kettle river was completed several years ago, ln this outlying district, and today there is not a road beyond it ill to haul a heavy loud over, This we will call economy No. ii. In the spring of WOO, W. 8. Fletcher and his associates, who, we understand, hailed from Victoria,' B. <!., wanted to hnoni a place called Canyon City, situated at tlm mouth of Canyon creek, Kettle river. They built a road trom a point near Westbridge to Canyon Ciiy, a distance of about 18 miles. This was a fairly good road, and Mc. Fletcher took a saw-mill to Canyon Oily over it. This saw-mill was afterwards hauled hack which was about the only heavy load taken over this road. Though ihis mad wa* built to promote private interests, Ihe government Of Briiish Columbia re-iinliiirsed them for their oiiilny to the extent of $4.S0O. There was no popular agitation fur tbis road, not a family ever living on Kettle riverahuve Westbridge. There wns not and is not a prodiu-itigiiiine in thnt section of the country ; in the whole distance there is only one. cultivated ranch, The rond is lined til some extent by deer hunters, who slaughter these animals in a wholesale way in and out nf season, for conveying their meat tu niaiket. No Chief Engineer nor Civil Engineer had anything to do with tbe construction of Ihi* mad that is,' no engineering work wa* dune ou this road : they routined their operations to lhe West Fork,of Kettle river. This we will call economy No.4. The legislature of 1G0O appropriated $8,000 for the completion Of the Wesl Fork road, an amount altogether too small, but U* usual, theie was no more money tn spare, Sometime during the summer C, M, Shaw (), B„ nf Greenwood, received a message from Vic toriato proceed np l he West Fork of Kettle river to survey a route fur a wagon mad, He proceeded and was the head of a long procession of IiiIkh- eK'timekeeper* and others principally 'front the city of Uruenwiiod.. He un dertook'to survey a route up the oust side Of the Wesl Fork. This, however, did nut suit a certain Mr, Thru-ton, of England, and afler Mr. Shaw had surveyed about five miles of the route, down came F. C. Gullible from Victoria,'to look into the matter. He, iu his wisdom, ordered Ml-. Shaw to come back'and to follow a ronie that neces siliited bridging the river hi at least .thrife plai'e*. Several foremen with crew* nf •nen then commenced construction work. Some of these foremen did good wnrk, hut dne uf them mimed Hr.yn.iil. who wa* an American undertook to remove the side of a mountain, nn1 hy faith, but with steel nnd powder purchased wiih the money of British Columbialux*|iayet'n. Many men have looked at the wm ksince that time, and wondered whnt object he had in view, some think he wo* working for lim Ilill, olhers for the (!. P. It, hula more plausible theory it ihal Mv. Hryani was a populist, who believed that n government could issue its "Hut" and make money, and since Mr. (liiiuble hud staled that theie was plenty nfmoti-ty ul, Victoria for the more expensive route, t.i iai a few cord* had lieen inuiniriielured fur this special purpose. At any rate the appropriation of $8,000 was spent ill a very sliurt time, ami about $7,000 in addition, lie. fore the government could stop them, lt is said that ahoul six miles of road, hi section here and there, wiib Iniilt. liy l he different foremen. Nowhere is a simple ipiii.tion in arithmetic ; if W.S. Fletcher without the assistance, of au I'tiginciVc could Imilil 18 miles of road for l}l,uU0,(and it did not fills! that sum) on the main Kettle river, what would il cosl, to build six miles oil the We.-t Fork of Kettle i iver wiih the assistance of a Chief Engineer and ' a Civil Kn. ginen•? Ans. $15,000. This wc will call ecniiomy No, 5, An'other question iii: why should they iieed engineers ou the West Fork and inimt oh the inuin Keltic river, Imth being government roads? Thus ive Hnd Ihut hIioiiI. $25. OOOhesi; been spent un the road he tween Ruck Creek and Beaverdell nclnding tbat for the hridge, and ax- cluiUng ibat for the main Kettle rivar, at i be same time l here is nn doubt hot ihat Louis Christian or John Lindsay or any other competent man could have huilt. a good road between tbeee points for about $18,000, and that is not all, it Will take fully $10,000 to complete the road up the east side of t he West Fork and at least $20,000 to huild it liy crossing and re-crossing lhe river.' If the road had been constructed two or three years ago (and it would have been under any common sense system) there would be a prosperous mining camp on tbe We«t Fork piodiicing a good revenue for the provincial treasury. In place of Ihis we have a section of the country almost deserted, pre-emptions and mineral claim* abandoned, where there were twenty families on the West Fork, there i* now one, and many of these have removed from tbe province. Tiie withdrawal of Ihe superintendence of these minor public works from local official* and giving it to an official in Victoria was wrong iu principle, taking away about the nnly automony enjoyed by the people outside of muni cipalities, and most disastrous, we believe in practice. That official would have ihe gift, of organisation and executive ability in a high degree, indeed, who could superintend every road and ferry and other minor work* in the remote paits of this province w here condit inns are constantly rhang ing, biit, we think a little more strenuous effort, might have been made along the lines of honesty, intelligence and common sense. Instead of tinkering at parts of our governmental system, it is probable that the whole system should he revised and remodelled to conform to modern ideas. We need new methods, aa well a* new men, our met hod* being, in some cases, relics o crown colony days, and our men are steeped in old ideas. We need reform and reformer*. NOTICE. TA5Ki^?^-,'^r,tt,'!"»: mWonerotLi S-Tor*7WMt OwyiKM Dutnct. August Sth, mil ot I Intend tUSas WW** nir ■*,,»>»"" cissol Bsei-re/ed mounii . _s,Usr«i tr8««. «Und B_,''ti-_ •e»t rf-eoiloa *. To«*»hip K It. K. OKKKN, HARVESTERS AND THRASHERS Harvesters and thrasher* who nre heavy consumer, uf Chewing Tobacco, will And PAY ROLL CHEWING TOBACCO:^ much more wholesome than the rank tobaccos of the past, As only pure ingredient* enter into the manufacture of this brand, it can l« used with perfect security. Valuable presents can also he obtained by saving tbe Snow- shoe Tags, whirh are on every ping. The time for the redemption of Snow* shm Tags has been extended to Jan. ist, 1904. "THE MILWAUKEE" A familiar name for the Chicago, Milwaukee ft 8i. I'aul Railway, known all over the Union as the Greal Rail way running the "Pioneek Limited' trains every day and night lietween St, Paul and Chicago, and Omaha and Chicago,,'*The only perfect train* in the world." Understand: Connec tions are made with ALL Transcontinental Lines, assuring to passengers the best service knowu. Luxurious coat-he*, electric light*, steam heat, of a verity equaled by no other line, See that your ticket rend* via "The Milwaukee" when going to any point in the United States or Canada. All ticket agent* sell t hem. For rates pamphlet* or other Intor matioii, uddress, R. L. Ford. H. S. Rowb, Tr»v. Puss. Agt. SPOKANK, WASH. Uenernl Aaimt, HOKTI.ANH, OK. RUBBER STAMPS Seib , SttneHi Price Marker* Printing Wheel* Namkerlng rtscfciMs Band listing snd Numbering Stssi pi Check Perfer- ■tnr* Rsbber Type Printing Preiiei Etc., Etc. FRANKLIN STAMP WORKS, VANCOUVER, I). C. STOCK FOR SALE,! Durham Bulls, Fresh Calved Cows, Cows in Calf, Steers and Heifers, Boar Pigs, Sows and Young Pigs, Sheep and Poultry, Saddle and Pack Ponies. Apply to J. A. COULSON^ 1 l/i miles from Midway, or Dispatch office. TICKETS -TO ANO FKOM ALL- POINTS EAST VIA Great Northern Railway SHORT LINE TO St.Phal, Math, fllnneapoH*. Chkaio AND POINTS KAST Through Psbuie snd Tourist Sleepers Dining and Bolfet Smoking Library Cnri DAILY TRAINS 1 KAST TIMK : HKHVICK A1IP SCKNKFtY VNKQUAI.RD. Kor Rats*, KoMen and Kull Information, ealloasraddrsw, H.BRANIiT,r..P.fcT. A.. < KM W. Riverside Avenue, Hpokane, Wash. A. E C. DBNN18TON.H. VV. P, A., 8KATTI.K, Wash. L08T On 18 th Inst., -omewhere between 1. 0, Mi'Mvnn's mneh and MMway, on* logging chain. Kindor will-oblige by leaving st -this office, NOTICf. THK partnership heretofore exlatlng be tween tho ondoMlgunl iw Saw Mlllem uniler lln- mime nf l,ct-*t|n*i) I! Power*, In Mid* xx;xy, li. |!„ Hnd Oramt Korku, 11. C, la hereby ilinrjih dl li)- minimi eminent. All debt* owing In Ilur Mill war Sawmill are lo be paid to Win Powont of Miilway. II. ft, who will coiiliinio thu Mlilwny InminoKH am! Hitlnfy all clnim* nidiliixl tlm nnlil liu-inew, A'l debts owing to liu; firiinil Korku Sawmill nru lo Iw paid to II. l_q-liiio. of (Iraml Knrks, B. ft, who will continue the Urand -orkHliu-lncwanil -ati-fr all clalniH ogaliivt the <1 r .nd Kork* mill. WM. POWERS, " LIKJIUMK.. Signed Witness JAfen'Jl-qi-lwiN. Dated at Midway tblitth o>y sl Sept.. MM, lis Gommepeial Job Printing THE — AT DISPATCH MINERAL ACT. Certificate of Improvements. IMEYERH0FF3 _*_sSTAGEfej- Carrying His Hajesty's Hails Will leaye MIDWAY on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, at 8.30 a. m., arriving at CAMP McKINNEY at 5 p.nv Returning will leave CAMP McKINNEY on Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 9 a. m., reaching MIDWAY at 1.30 p. m„ and making con nection with the train going east at 2:55 o'clock, the beat of aooomtitodatlon for tho oonvenlonoo of tho travelling publlo. R. MEYERHOfT, PROPRIETOR. CROWELL'S HOTEL... THE BEST HOTEL INl MIDWAY OOOOOOO Headquarters for Railroad, Mining ooooooo First Class Livery Stable in Connection with Hotel,| >oooooooo< S. A. CROWELL, Prop. W. H. WEBB CARRIAGE AND WAGON ^ REPAIRING^ CARRIAGE AND SIGN PAINTING. BfeydB Bepalriig nd Suiiw Wotloa. Bins Bau. Mikirai, Cum. Sltosts ta lbs Osoiraes Mining Division of Tata lilstrlsu Whsrs UeaMd s-Kru- icp HomiuUn* TAKK NOtICK Ihst I. Chsrles de BIoIh Orson, sssgent lor Ooo-votl. PowslUreo minors corllttcsto No. union, »rd for Rrsn MerrU, Ir** mlstm oertlfloato No. «II70 Intend Hint)' dsvt from tho dste horoof, to apply to the Mining Kooonlor for a Cortiflcato of ImtmH-emcmln. for the purpone of iibtalnliiir a Crown Urant of tlm abovo olalm. And farther lake notico that action, under •eotlon 87, maul be ooinmenowl before 'holum*. ance of such certlflcate of improvements. Dated thin 90th day c f July, UW. «o C. nttl. ORKKN. Tmk Mams OtSIQNS OOfYRIOHTt kO. «ASBsrBi** ^^t__*t*mdtmt9ik InrtntVm atesrtaln oor iprobablr S-rtfsfc^555--*1' essr?** MUN, Wtt_NtS (whether an . Connnsnlea. book on Patents lenu. rw«lT« •pney for Men-Ira muiiii Scientific fltntrican. A hantfmmelr llltintrated weekly. Immt clr. " "SUSWIURl*.^-"""" Pn lliBisssMr, loe.l»FB_,W«-h - nwmmrrrinr .unwinum, WVVRIJ, ,. ., ftilxliHi „( anr vniillSt kaarnel. Termi. W a nari fonrmontb*,!!. MM by ill newulealara. rflt,Waiblnsti Boundary Falls Hotel THOS. WAKE, PROPRIETOR. ~ t ==s This hotel Is centrally loeated and is a stopping: place for stage lines. Oood stabling on the premises. ; GOOD FISHING IN THE VICINITY : Only tKe choicest brands of Wines, liquors, and Gigars at tKe Bar. SITUATED AT BOUNDARY PALLS, B. 0. SJ.H.BUS1 tmmMPji "• GENERAL BLACKSM1TH| Horse Shoeing a Specialty All Rinds of Work Executed to the Satisfaction of rustomers! HOTEL.. ^T^ N SEVENTH STREET, MIDWAY. B.C, o<L. L SALTER, PROPRIETOR.^ omi&\ma4 A new building, well furnished. Everything new and first-class. Only the choicest Wines, Liquors and Cigars kept in stock. Every convenience, furnished thc traveling public. Bus meets all trains. NO OUINKHK KMPLOYED. I ,'■ •___, LUCAL 1M» I'M • mv • • Ij1. M. Kerby, P. L. 8,, went over to n'nd Forks today. I Miss Madge McBwen, of LetlihHdge, J visititiB xWPj A. V, Mesker. Ip. McOillis is spending a few weeks thisrsnch aliove Kock Oreek. lodoher lflth has lieen iiHlcikllv nn* Lnced as the date for Tlianksgivinp; ty. I Mrs, A. Wenrick leaves this week tr Victoria, where she spend the win* 1, with her daughter. I Conductor .1. Irvine Isatciln nn the fan over the Uoluiuliia k Western he- keen here and Nelsnn, I J. Brent, who went out to Souili Ltricn with the Inst cnntiiigeiit, returned tn Midwuy today, Innking Lme the worse for his experience. I A. (!. Mesker, who has heen conduct* i the Cnluuiliia ft Western ever Inui' the rond was first operated, is l>w acting as trainmaster in the ah- fence of J. 8, Lawrence, who is on an (tended trip to the east, I H. Ntiouss and 8. Benennan have leturned from a trip up the West fork, where they went partly Jh Search I game, but like many otheis, saw no |eer and got only a few birds. W. H. Korris returned on Saturday oui Nelson where he went to meet , Kirkland Sen., Mrs. Kirkland , and daughter, Olgs, nf Landers, jfho will spend a few weeks in Midwuy i his guests. IT. McAuley went nut on today's Vain toaccompany J. Thornton. "Jolly ck" to The Old Mens' Home, Kam- Oops, Mr, McAuley, who is president the Old Timers1 Association, of »hich organiisntion Jolly is a member, i heing sent by the unsocial ion as com hiiny for the old man while on his rney to Kamloops, this prohahly feeing the last opportunity they will have of showing a little kindness li, ithe old timer. J. P.Keane, Superintendent of the jCnribno, Camp McKinney, drove down Midway last weak accompanied Mr*, Purvis, sister of James Hunt Icr, who was seriously injuied in the Icitrilsin mine on llth inst., nnd wns laflerwards taken to the Oreenwood ■ Hospital, It is learned that Hunter Is (slowly making progress towards re- I-uvery, the broken thigh bone knitting land the crushed ankle showing iiuli- ■cations of yielding tn the skilled (real Itni'iitof Dr. Spankie. Under the uir- Iciiiiislances it is unlikely that tin- in I jiu-iil Muni will he taken tn Spokane. I for miruical treatment, ns bud lieen I contemplated, since he appears to be I doing well enough in Dr. Spankie's 1 humls. The Montreal k Boston Company's | Sunset mine, at which work was re I sinned last week, afier the temporary shutdown caused by the recent short* ave in the coke supply, is again ship* I ping ore to the company's smeller al | Houndaiy Falls. A sufficient output of nre is heing maintained to supply I the requirements of lhe smelter above ! iU receipts of custom ores, and at the same lime sn active policy of further development is heing inslituted at (be mine. Before sinking the main shaft deeper and doing olher development wnrk, however, the diamond drill will he used freely on the lower levels, drill ing both tlownwnrdti and laterally, so as to locate the ore bodies and iissist in determining where sinking u- cross- cutting may be done to the liest advantage. Two of the directors, J. N. Greenshields and A. A. Munroe, both of Montreal, arrived in Oreenwood lasl Thursday, A second furnace is fo be put in the company's smelter so as in accommodate the larger output of the Sunset mine, J. Kiikup, assessor and collector for the Rossland district, came in ou Saturday's train and will remain until tomorrow. Mr. Kirkup's district extends as far west as Itock Creek and while here is going nver the country from there to points east of Midwuy, fiuniliariring himself with ihe ilitlVr- ent ranches and noting any obahges that have recently taken place, so ilinl he will he in a position to intelligibly assess the different holdings Included in his districl, Mr. Kiikup does not hase his knowledge upon observations biken while passing along the road, hut visits each individual ranch, going into the moat remote part* of his territory, thereby becoming familial-with svery detail In connection with levying »tax on the real value of the property •tidtoa certain extent doing away with the necessity of holding a Court of Revision or al least lessening the number nf complaints that are tt'ual.ly presented at such a time, Had this district herelufore received Iho careful attention that isnow being pnid tin It ny the present assessor, nnti'li annoyance would have been saved the tax payer and hundreds of justified onm plaints entered by Ihem nu account nf blundering ,,,.,.m.fi committed while this district was included in the Hoik Oreek district, would never have been necessary. Mr. Kiikup bus been In 'hecinployof the Provincial government for over 21 years and In the early history of the Kootenays to use « street expression, was "the whole thing," and many good stories are told of how he dealt out justice with credit U) himself, a saving to the government and a decided gnod object lesson to the culprits, Mr. Kirk up l« above average weight, which materially •Misled in suppressing rowdyism at a duties and his office at ltossl.mil is one of the hest if not the hest, producers aiuongst its many properties • itis a regular free milling proposition pay- ing regular dividends, and has been put into its preseftt shape hy .luck Kiikup. which is sufficient guarantee nf his estimable worth. Mr. Cosens Senr., father of Messrs, Cosens, general nieiihiiiits, of Camp McKinney, got astray In the woods iwntly and wns not found mil il ahoul, 86 hours later. The old geni.leiii.in, who is ahout (X) years of Hge, wentout shooting one morning, and lost his bearings in Uie thick forest lietween the cninp mid Anarchist Mounlain. As be did not return in the evening enquiries weie made and it cms feared he had met with an accident mi one of the rocky mountain sides character istic of that pari, of the district. Next Uiorning a search party scoured the woods in all iliivctioiiH and towards '■veiling Henry Main came upon the wanderer sitting down near an old deserted sawmill. He was a bit the worse for his tramping and exposure but quickly hrightened up after eating some food Mr. Main carried with Ium and di inking a little whiskey. He had shot one bird, and this he had fed his dog with, Hiilisisliug onlierries himself. The dog appeared even mot* played out, than his master, A few rifle shots recalled ihe other searchers who returned to camp delighted to have found the old gentleman unharmed and not seriously effected by his unus ual experience. Midway was visited recently hy Tne Empire Coronation Company. The show was prci-edi'il hy glaring posters that would have done valuable execution in advertising a three-ringed circus. The people were io see Martinique aud St, Pierre hefore nnd after lhe eruption of Ml. Pelee; the Coronation iu all its grandeuV, was to he presented even more lifelike and beautiful than the original scene, The limelight was to add beauty to the occas Ion without detracting from the realistic appearance, and just to please those who might prefer to feast their yes on historic scenes of more local interest, theie were In he a number of let urea of th living variety, of Ver nie immediately after the lale disaster. Last Init not least a number of musical ed songs were to he given as a pleasant windupto the evening's enter laiiiineiit. They were lo bring mil negro melodies so soft and sweet that tbey would melt Upon exposure to the air. All we have sniil was to have heen. hut our critic, who was there has banded in the following: The Empire Coronation Company appeared hefore a large audience in McNicol's ball on 20th inst. The most noticeable feature of the entertainment was the vast difference lietween lhe nunilier that constituted tlie audience and lhat which formed the company, the latter con silting uf but two men. Two men have l>een known to put up a fairly goial show, lint they were not the two representing the Empire Coronation Company. Excuses are iu order for tbe elder gentleman of the company, who was conscientious in all that he did but couldn't do anything. His efforts lo entertain the audience were thwarted hy his youthful companion, who throughout the entertain' went put his thoughts into expression as fast as they were formed. He was restless, and while the senior member of the company would be telling in flowery language of the beauties of Martineque before the eruption, the kid would put in a new slide representing the king in coronation robes, which was not at all in keeping wilh the old gentlemen's flowery announcement. The slides lieing through the announcement was made that the moving pictures would now he presented. The old standby Mt. Pelee was again selected hut contrary to expectations, Mt. Pelee refused to move, and although Ihe kid became frantic in an effort to put it on a moving basis, it remained as tlrni ss the looiiiitnilis around Midway. But. a dim vision of some indistinct object could be seen on the canvas. The dimness was accounled for by the fad lhat, when the picture was taken, just while Mt. Pelee was the most oh- streperous, the sunset wasteinpoinvily excluded, but why Ihe picture refused louiovu required n reason beyond the reason invent ing minds of the company. Various wheels on 'lie engine were turned the light was repeatedly chiingcil, even the kid was removed from the platform, but all to no effect the old standby bad gone back on I hetti and remained a dim stationary object, Al Inst it was discovered that they had forgollen to remove the lasl slid,., which was the source of the trouble, By this lime the gas was exhausted. A boy who suggested that lbe machine be taken down tn Hain -.Co's store to have it refilled, was promptly thrown out of the window To suggest that they remain longer was too much for the audience. The kid gave back the tickets and announced another show on the following Tuesday, but to the relief of the (heater going crowd, did not keep bis word There is tho soap grafter, the nut shell K >n,e, the patent medicine eendor but for all down right grafts thai ever hit the west, the Umpire Oorimiitlon Company stands head and shoulders above all others, can separate coil, from Ilie public with tl„. ease mul gracefulness of a. pick* poclid. The Canadian Pacific Railway has announced the following rales in connect ion with the New Westminster (exhibition. Tickets will tie on sale on Mam Line between Calgary and Kamloops, and oo Okiuiicgnu Branch, on Sept. 28th, iBItli, lltlth and Oct. 1st, good to return until Oct. Oth. On Main Line between Savonas and Vancouvei ticket b will he on sale Sept. _»th, 30th, October 1st and 2nd, good lo return nnl il Oct. 5th, On i he Okanagan Lake tickets will he sold on Sepi. 2<ith. 29th, and Oct. 1st, good to return until Oct. Di li. Vancouver \ WostimnBtor Jc'. Port Mimily Ilninliioiid Hancy Wnonnoek Buskin....' Mission Junction Humus HitrrUoti AKassiz Vain North llend Lyttein Siienciw Bridge.. Asliurnfi Savonas Kaniliiiipn Shuswap ^allium Arm Six: iliKius .lllnc... Revelstoke I .imillluciriowaet. .. .lu Otaelor ,80 Heaver Mouth. .Iki I iiiinUil .".il Holden l.im Hallimir 1.11) Field Mill Hector- 1.8D ' 2,50 2.50 8,80 186 5.1)4 ir.fi T.lu .Ai, 8.M '.Ul 10.8) ii.ni IU) I." Kuan, Uuutf Anthracite.. I'luiinore Morley ...... Cochrane— Calgary Knderby Armstrong Venion OkanaKiin 1/d'g, Kohiwnii Pohttoton .SM.iu . 18.65 . ll.ln . 11.75 . 15.20 I5.6H .10.25 . 16.56 . 16.711 . 17 75 . 17.1111 . 18.20 . lO.lm . 19.55 . 20.15 . 11.70 . 12.IW 12.4U 12.55 lJI.W 11.15 Victoria Exhibition Oct. 7th to Uth (INCLUSIVE.) Passengers who hold tickets issued as ahove, and who wish also to visit tlm Victoria Exhibition, can have their tickets extended for a period of eight days on application lo the Ticket Agents at Vancouver or New Westminster, and i upon the purchase of lickelB to Vidtoria and return. Percy F, Godenrath was in Midway yesterday oo his w_tf lo the Siinilkauieen. en route from Spokane, where he lately formed a conipany to take overceitain coal lands in the Siniilkameen, He expects to be absent about eight days, It. C. Long'ey and W. T. Smith have' taken the Republic group of mineral claims, situate near here, on a working lease with an option to purchase. The group includes the Republic, Last Chance, Hidden TreaMire and Non Such, the last named lieing the oldeBt mineral claim on continuous record ill the Boundary Creek dislrict. All bave showings of quartz ore carrying values in gold and silver. On the Republic there is a 100-foot incline shafl in ore and a shnfl of similar depth on the Last Chance with alike showing of ore opened hy it. The Non Such has had 70() to -til feel of tunnel work done on it on two levels following the quartz vein, Oie will Iw shipped from the dump as soon as arrangements shall have lieen made with a smelter to take il. The claims were originally located by Mr, Smith, whn has held an interest, in the Non Such {or about 18 years. They have lieen owned by the HepiiWIc, Gold Mining Coinpaiiy, ot Spokane, for several years, hut this conipany has not done any development on them for some time past, .', , IMMENSE OPPORTUNITY. For Getting a Beautiful Watch and Chain Free.—Mo Honey Required.—Every Man, Woman, Boy, or Girl has the same Opportunity under our System. In order to have Dr. Arnold's Kng lish Toxin Pills placed in lhe hands of all persons Buffering from bad b-alth we make the following most liberal offer !- If j on will send us your name and address and agree to sell for n.* twelve hoxes of Or. Arnold's English Toxin Pills at, 25c. per box, we will R.i ve you absolutely Free a beautiful Watch and Chain in either Ladies or Oeins size or vour choice of twenty olher iiieniiuni's such as tine sets of Jewelry, Kings, Violins, Mandolins, lea bels, Sateen Skills. Cameras, eie. lleniein- her we don't want any money until after vou sell the Pills nnd you don I have io sell any more than 12boxes.to get the premiums, This is a bona tide offer from a reliable consent that has given thousands of dollars worth of premiums to agents all over jtberouli* rv. Heineniber also Unit Dr. Arnolds English Tn-ln 'Pills .are a.well known reioedv for all diseases of the kidneys and bladder, Blight's disease. diabetes, rheumatism, nervous Mtiithles, A d female complaints, and are tor sale l;> all Hrst. class druggists and dealers in all parls of the world. 'I Oil have onlx to show Ihem to sell them. \ on are not offering something that the people don't, know. Our watches are the regular standard she for Ladhjs or lii Heme.. In Nickel or Gun Metal Cases with handsome illuminated dials „',„,' reliahle tltne-keepore, watches such as no lady or gent email need e asha.ned to enry, and they will I so nt ahscluiely Free to all who se u y twelve hoses of those <«»derfnl Toxin Pills, Write at mice and Le lln I sl in vour locality to earn one o hose beaut ifol watches and chain. A ' on as we receive your Idler or pos S we xvlll send you post paid twelve boxes together With our Illustrate, C,t iiWucjuMl hcantifi.llvcoloredci.nl « vour inline and iiddresH cm as our a, !,,«■W agent, pwr in mind that #V 11 not be asked to sell Ml ntojj fu...; ,|,e 13 boxes and we don't want f„y.mmI until after you have sold Vhein Wo Lear "" •■"' MP*"86 ,""1 ^Vnlvmnking this liberal ^»J» method of advertising Dr, Arnolds ",g I, Toxin Pills. Don't delay, vhi!',,., once and earn a.bean.lful present for yourself fort !hristma8. Address ARNOLD MEDICINE CO., Oept. tl8 5o Adelaide St. East, Toronlo.Ont. UAiimm Ghkrnw<iuu, B. C* y\w NICHOLSON, '--■. Notaby Politic, REAL ESTATE, FINANCIAL AOENT AHD MINING BHGKER. Camp MoKinniy, B.C, Dr. R. Mathison, -——: DENTIST. NADEN.-PLOOD BLOCK • OREENWOOD. f M.KERBY, A. 9. Can. Soo. C. B. Provincial Land Surveyor AND CIVIL ENGINEER. MlllWAV AND OlIKKSWOOn. DR. SIMMONS, DENTIST, Rkndell Block, Grkknwood. Phone SO, V. o S. Chas. A. Webster, PROMOTER. INVENTOR, DESIGNER, Spokane.Wash.. U.S.A. Midway, B C. Spokane Falls &Northepn Railway Co. Nelson & Ft. Sheppard Railway Co. Red Mountain Railway Co., ft fi. M. Ry., Van.,Vic.&E.By.&N.Co. The only all rail route between points east, WMf'-mtd• "8011th to Rossland, Nelson, Orand Forks and Republic;. (Jonnecpi rat Spokane with tlie Ureal Northern, Northern Pacific and O. ll. k N. Co. for pointa east, west and south ; connects »' Rossland and Nelson with the Canadian Pseitic Hy. Connects at Xelnon with the K. II. A N. Oo. for Kiwlo anil Kloeiii* points. Count-cm at C»c|**.w wlih stage foe Orisyiw-iiHl und Miilway n. ('. llaflrt cars run on trains between S|iukune anil Hepilbll'c. EFFECTIVE AUGUST 17,1902: U*vo, ,./ Arrive. ItSS-un.. SHUKANK...' ,M.ip.in. lu.» tint.'.::... ROSSLAND MO An. „I5 via....';...'tfRLSON 8.00TWW. il.W».p:......(gSlSK01tKs} m¥j _J0«,m RKPUBLIC MJIpi, jbs. __.. *.*x»__u_oar. General PasMiiwcr Agent. Spokiuii!, Wash. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY. Excursion Rates September 29th and 30th -TO- Washington, D. C, and Return $69.85 From Rossland, Nelson, Etc. • Correspondlinf reductions from nil smlioiis. Parlor-Cafe Cars UNA 1 KOOTENAY BKTWE15N NELSON AND MIDWAY MEALS I A CA OARTE OR TABLE D HOTE LlQUOUS .\Nn GiGARS AT nvAxnoA.xe.xa pmon_ COMl'l.V.TE F.QUU'Ml'.NT Unequalled in tii v. West, Kor time tiiblos, raws uinl Hill i,i"'m™''1''" ,„ll nn in- niWrcss A. M • II All.l-.l, Auent, Mlilwny, Or ,|.H. CARTER, K..1. IttVI.I,. I). P. A.. A.U.T.A.. Nelson, B C Vancouver. H.C MINERAL ACT, 1896. Certificate of Improvements. NOTIOB, JKKKKIIBIIN MlNI'.IIM. tJI.AlM. Sltuilt In! tht KMtle River Mining Division of YaleDlltrlot. Where looated : On Oraw Mountain. Camp McKinney. TAKK NOTICK thai I.Honrj Nlohjrtsnn. T froo mlfiora' oortlllcaiu No, 11KB, as nacnt or C.A Dots', true minor s cofUBoal^NJ. nllSlll.. lntono,«bttt ilnys Irom lho dale iiwiif, " iiiipiv to the MliiltiK ftocordorloi' a » IIImu-. SimpMvonitiit-, lot1 tlio purpose, "f obtolnlng a CniB'ii Orant of Ihonoovo olUml And furthor tnko notioo Ihm iwtlort. undor wotloii 37. must l,o n.niimiH'od boforo lho iMnicfl "t snoh oorUllcsto o( improvwrtnta. linlodihlsolhilnyof.liily.)!"'-■ 10 HKNKY NlC'llOl.SllN. ************ Furniture, Carpets, Linoleums. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ FUNERAL DIRECTORS and EMBALMERS. Large Stock. Low Prices. ************ T. TOL. O-XTX-X-.B^Sr Ss CO., COPPER STREET. GREENWOOD. QOOOOOOOOOOOC I'liJ Greenwood-Curlew VIA MIDWAY Stage Line. The undersigned is running ;i DAILY STAGE between Greenwood and Curlew via Midway. Stage will leave Greenwood at 6:30 a. m„ arriving in Midway at 7:45 and at Curlew in time to connect with the train for Spokane due 10:4 5 returning will leave Curlew at 5 p. m., upon arrival of jnconling train, reaching Midway at 7:30 p. m. and Greenwood at 9 p. rn. Will connect with Meverhoff's Stage from all points West. J. H. TYRRELL, Proprietor. Midway Livery, Feed k Sale Stable Seventh Street, Midway, Opposite Crowell's Hotel. J. H. Tyrrell, - Proprietor. SINGLE and DOUBLE DRIVERS PACK and SADDLE HORSES md flats for Sale. - Bus Meets all Trains. General Transfer and Dray Business. mrytmttyi''-'^*'^.x:r,:AM T_* ■ '■' ■..:■:.tt" a9H j-mrnncm Rock Creek, B. C. S.T, LARSEN, Prop. HlnpiiiiiK pliice fm'Singes to mill Iiiiui all Hiiiiiiiliuy Orefk iiuiiits. Gocd AeeonnoWon for the Traveling Pule, ' 'ff! • • • t I8"0NTH E MP TO STAY... It wfll be tlie iKt mptri- iot Bailway Ceitre _i the hterior of British Main. It is io the eeitre if i rieh lining, St«_-Hiisi_f, Buebiog, Gardeniif, liu- fietiriBg, Cnl PniKiif, ui Biflwiy District Midway propeKy wl ■ike you rieh. It is nt i speeilatioo, it is u n- I Mwiy, tha miig railway, eenereiil* whole. aale aii uaifaeturing eeitre ef the Kettle Biver aii Bauiary Creek Dis- Wets, iB8itiitei it the onImmi at Boundary Cnek ni little Biver. Tha leaiiig resiienee tiwi hi the emtry, with ii aiflOnt dime, pure witir apply, aid sur- naaiei hy rieh agrieul- tini Ini A. M. WOVENDEN, Sec., :*) St John t-U.-i.---t, Montrwtl, P. tl Business, residence and garden lots at low prices and on easy terms. Send for maps, prices, and full particulars to The MIDWAY COMPANY, Ltd. J 0. M. CROl'NK. Agent for Brituh Oulunihiii, Midway, B. V. m flame Laws. It la lawful to ijhixit Rvur m follow* {Antes Inclin-ur): September 1 to Dwember 14—ther, buck or din*: mountain -{uM. inouiitain »hi-i'p (rain.) Septfiiibfr 1 lo December 81— Cari- boil ; elk, wapiti, (hull): grtmee of all kind*, including prairie chicken*! hare; mooie, (hull), S'-ptpmltrrl lo Fehniarjr28— Bittern; dink, all kinds; hewn ; meadow lark, plover. November 2 lo March 81— Braver, land ntter, marten. Ir. in unlawful tu nhnnt or destroy al any time i Bird* living on noxiou* In* Bei-t*; English blackblrdi; i-arihou, cow or calf; chaffinch ; deer, fawn under twelve month*: elk, wapiti, row or calf under two yeiuv; gull; linnet ; moose, row or ealf under twelve mouth*; mountain »heep, ewe or laiuli; Knglinh |iartrldge ; phessanta, ow-k or hen, except ai hereinafter provided ; qu.iil, all kind*; roliiu* (farmera only ■i.ny ihoot theie in garden* lietween June 1 and Sept. 1); ikylark, ihnu-h. It I* unlawful to Imy, »ell or expuae for *«le, ibuw oi adverti*eiiienl, earl- him, bare, bull mcNme, mountain goat, luiiiintain rain liefore October 1; deer before September I ; nor any nf tbe above named animal* or bird* at any lime, except duck, blue grume, heron ami plover during the open *ea*on. It, ii unlawful lo kill or take inure thim Ave carilwu in one wornm ; mure Ui-m ten deer, or to bum them with dug* or to kill for hide- alone ; more (ban 260 riucki: more thnn two hull eik ur wapiti; uio.e than two hull iiMHiHej nmrethan Ave mountain gnat*: more than three munnliiin ram*; or I o take or dent roy l he eggs nf protected bird*iitany time. It I* unlawful lo enter land euelneed by fence, water nr natural •ounilary, lifter notice or if notice under Section 17 i* posted up; for mm resident* to ibiKit without a lieeime ; fur nou real dent Indian* to kill name at any time : to export or tran*port in the nw Mate, game blrrta of every kind and iiiiinmU protected except Iwar, beavil. marten and land titter; to u-e trip* net*, gin*, drugged halt, «ic,,lo catrb gm.ie liird* j to expi-ne fur vale au\ deer «iihout Its head nr bird withom it* plumage; to uie liatterie*, *wiv guniiw winkeii |iuiit-< in non tidal wilier* to lake iln- k*i>r geesn : fnr un- liueimeri nnu-reaidiiit*! to Irap oc kill arnr heaver for'heir pelt* i In kill y giune liiul between one hour aftei nnet. and nhe hour hefore siinrlie ; kill gune lilril« or aniiiial* iuiporleil for acclimatization I'ltrpo-e*; to bu> or Nell hi-adti uf iniiiiiitaln sheep ; ti tiik" trout except by book and line, o U> use miIiuuu rue ae buit. EHOLT NOTES. Thiaannih baa *een a derided uu- provemen t in general >>u*ine«* at Khob, The reauiuption nf work at. the B. V. mine, lituate aluait a mile aod a half from l he lown it chiefly respon*il>l« for ibis gratifying change for the he' let. Ahou' 70 men are now employed at the B. C. mine which li •hipping an aveiaire of 190 lo HO trm of oie a day to the Boundary Fall* imelier. Tbi* nre to l«ing mined in the nld working*. A prcNpeet shaft to l-ehig «u> k on the south end of lbe B C. claim. This to now down nearly Hfty feet ami wme good on- ha* been met witb in it but little to being nld aliout it, lhe object being in avoid raising hopes that may not be realized shnuld the ore shoot not prove i*er* manent. The prospect* are favorable for its doing so, however. The Jewel to still shut down, but it to hoped ibat the arrangements for sgain shipping ore, reported a» having been mentioned in Vancouver by W. Work Slater, a director of the Jewel company, tn the effect that he hoped a contract would he closed for shipping from XMHO to 80,000 tons, vill. shortly lie made and men put tn Work in the mine once more. The Jewel I* too good a property, fnun a din rid pnint of view, to he allowed to remain un- worked. When a mine i* known to bave a larttequantity of ore that can easily he mined and treated at a profit those inlere*ted in tbe Welfare of the diotrict feel much regret at seeing it clmed dnwn fnr any consideralile l-nif'h of tlm". _V Hen Wanted as * * tTo Mil for the Iai*• Foothill narwrlM. Applications should bottled at turn, fflfhut wigw pold,|MrmanoBtpIaooMsnradtotho right mon. Wo fturnuh gaarantaad stock commanding hig host tooti- monlali from British Columbia Inspectors. » WEI,UK9TON8T._. TORONTO. OUT. Stone & Wellington. 99* Do your Children QUESTIONS? Of course tbe; do. It it their' wsy of learning and it ia yonr duty to answer. Yen nay need a dictionary to aid yon. It won't answer every que*lion, bnt there are thousands to which it will giro yon trne, clear and definite answers, not about word* onlv, hat about tbingi, the inn, machinery, men, placet, itorice and tbe like. Tben, too, the children can find their own aniwon. Some of onr greatest men hare ascribed their power to study of tbe dictionary. Ot conrse you want tho beat die- tionary. The most critical prefer tke Mew and Knlarged Edition of WEBSTER'8 International Dictionary; If yen hart any jutttient about it mil* tu. h O. MIMIAM 00, MIOIiWHBhBi •MttMOPHJU, MAM. Northwestern Mess College, 809 SECOND AVE., SPOKANE, WASH. THE Leading Business Training Sehool or THI INLAND EMPIRE FIVE DEPARTMENTS. Business, Shorthand and Typewriting, Civil Service, Normal, Telegraphy. Our (tttdent* hold the record nf the United 8Ute* for prohVlenejr io Biifbie** nnd Civil Hertrlce hmnchm. Bend for catalogue. E. H. THOMPSON, B. S„ Principal. The Midway Sawmill WM. POWERS, PROPRIETOR Riverside Nurseries Orand Fork*, B. C. riARTIN BURRELL, - - PROPRIETOR. Home-frown, thrifty. aeellmaUiod trceo and shrubs, Currents, Rispborries, Strawberries, etc A line assortment of Maples and other shade trees, Roses, Lilacs, Hedge Plants, other ornamentals. The motet of *uccw- In planting, ii, first-Io (retire Rood itock, raronn—to plant m coon •* po**ible after it i* dug. Trees obUM rnp m unery en ke pUitei it ' IMwiytws days liter (key ire Ji*. Prleo Hat, an4 tall Information promptly given. THE PIONEER HOTEL LC One of the Best Equipped Hotels in the Boundary. Everything First Class. J. W. NELSON, Proprietor. MANUFACTURER Of All kinds of ROUGH and DRESSED LUMBER,! ^ BEST brands of liquors, cigars UTH in. SHINDIES, SASHES nd BOOBS. Band sawingand job work done to order Lancashire House, MIDWAY.B.C '• • • The undersigned having re-opened this well- known and comfortable hotel invites the patronage of all old customers and the public generally. Farnaco.heated and comfortably tarnished rooms. 6PBMwood^Hri6wf Tia IHwiy Sitge ±SX2B upon li* arrival In th* evening, while change of hone* I* bring n-nd* . Mrs. Dowding, Proprietress. f\ SteBfi*
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Title | The Midway Dispatch |
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C. M. Crouse |
Publisher | Midway : [publisher not identified] |
Date Issued | 1902-09-29 |
Geographic Location | Midway (B.C.) Midway |
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Notes | Title changes in chronological order: The Advance (1898-1902) ; The Midway Dispatch (1902-1904) |
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Date Available | 2016-02-02 |
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